Well, no reviews today, so we can cut straight to the story.
Kale let out a murmur as he slowly blinked his eyes open. "Mm…" He saw a roof not like his room's, and immediately sat up, only to stop when he remembered everything that had happened. He grumbled as he got up from the floor. Since there was only one bed, Serena made him sleep on the floor, which, while not happy about, agreed to in order to not get punched. He was getting the bed next time though, because he had cramps like you wouldn't believe. Stretching, he decided to get breakfast for the two, and pick up his Pokémon along the way. He slipped on his boots and adjusted his goggles into his hair, before heading out.
"Alright, guys, get some fresh air." Kale told his team, having released them from their Pokeballs. His Pokémon nodded in agreement as he headed into the donut shop.
Rena started stretching, torqueing her neck and doing some basic calisthenics.
"I'll never understand how you can stay so focused on being healthy Rena." Excalibur remarked, polishing his shield as he watched the Lopunny do her routine.
"Keeps me busy, and it keeps me in top shape." Rena replied simply, changing to some jumping jacks.
"Well it seems to be pointless to me…" Wicca remarked, reading a pamphlet on Santalune City from a nearby stand.
"That's because you don't even walk. You just float everywhere and pick things up with your mind."
"… Well you don't need to point it out…" Wicca replied, pouting.
After a few more minutes, Kale came out, lugging a box of donuts and a small bag. "Got you guys something!" He told his team, causing them to come over. Kale opened the small bag to reveal some Poké Puffs, which he then handed out to his team members, who all eagerly gobbled them up.
"Mmm… So good…" Gigawatt moaned, his tail sparking a bit from how happy he was.
"Rawr." Banana agreed.
"Alright guys, let's head back. We've most likely got a big day ahead of us, so let's get to it!" His team voiced their agreement as they were returned to their Pokeballs.
"SERENA WAKE THE FUCK UP." Kale shouted as he kicked open the door.
"Noooooo…" The Gang Leader groaned, placing her pillow over her face.
"… I have donuts?" Kale offered, shaking the box.
"… I'm up…" Serena mumbled, sitting up, her hair a frizzled mess as she glanced at the donuts. She sleepily reached for them, causing her to fall out of bed. "Donuts…" She mumbled, trying to stand up (and failing).
… She's oddly cute. Wish she'd stay like this. As if on cue, Serena finally managed to stand up and snatch the donuts, opening them on the nearby table and biting into a chocolate Éclair. "Mm… Damn that's good." She remarked, taking a seat in a chair. "So! Thank you for the donuts first of all."
"No problem."
"Second, we need to begin planning."
"Planning… Oh right!" Kale handed a map of Santalune to Serena. "This oughta help."
"Well well, you are good for something." Serena remarked, earning an indignant "HEY!" from Kale as she pulled out a red marker. "Alright, now pay attention." She marked a small building on the end of town. "The entrance to their hideout is here. It's a relatively small gang, so as long as we keep the element of surprise, we should be fine."
"And if they find out about us?"
"Then fuck it, we blow shit up."
"… You need to make better plans."
"And you need to shut the fuck up and listen to what the fuck I say. Now let's GO."
"And here we are!" Serena announced, standing outside of a relatively unassuming building in the middle of Santalune City, actually not that far from the Gym.
"… It's not what I was expected." Kale admitted, looking around. "What is it, exactly?"
"It's an abandoned arcade the gang is squattin' in." Serena replied, fishing out Varis and Jolyne's Pokeballs and calling the two
Kale decided to do the same, sending out his Pokémon. "Alright guys, we're here to take over the gang here alright?" He told his group. After some nods of confirmation, he continued with "So we're going to try to just avoid hurting people, alright-"
"LET'S FUCKIN' GO BITCHES." Serena announced as she kicked the door open, causing some yells of surprise to erupt from down the stairs.
"… Arceus dammit." Kale muttered as he ran in behind her, his Pokémon following… Except for Banana and Jolyne, who were too big.
"Just stay here and catch anybody trying to escape!" Varis told the two.
"Got it." Jolyne replied, taking a seat with Banana.
Once Kale and co got inside, the first thing they saw was Serena curbstomping some random goon.
"… What happened to not hurting people?" Wicca asked.
"I don't think that rule applies to Serena." Varis replied, before noticing a glint from a corner of the room. "Wha-" A Zap Cannon fired at Serena, prompting the Delphox to shout "LOOK OUT!"
The Zap Cannon exploded, and when the dust cleared… The King's Shield in front of Excalibur's own shield faded away, having stopped the attack from reaching its target.
Kale sighed as he rested Excalibur's blade on his shoulder, the Pokémon's scarves wrapped around his arm, and his shield in his other hand. "You gonna show yourself?" He asked the attacker.
"Well well…" A female voice replied, a tone of amusement in her voice as she floated out atop a Magnezone, whose magnets were still sparking slightly from its recent attack. She was wearing a black suit, with a white tie and white hair, with brown eyes glancing the two over. "When one of my men told me we had two upstarts in my town, I thought he was lying. And whaddya know, the idiots just waltz right into my place!" She got off of her Pokémon, cracking her neck. "Get 'em." She ordered her Magnezone, who nodded and charged Kale.
"Hah… Figures it'd come to this." Kale remarked. Excalibur's blade then began to glow as he turned to face the Magnezone. "… SACRED SWORD!" He cried, releasing a massive energy slash at the Magnezone, sending it crashing into the wall, KO'd.
"What the?!" The woman asked, glancing at her Pokémon. "How'd you do that so easily?!" She asked.
"Because-" Kale began, only to get interrupted by Serena shouting "BECAUSE MY PERSONAL SERVANT IS THE FUCKING BEST!"
"No, it's because Excalibur has an Adamant Nature and I gave him a Black Belt to increase the power of Fighting Type Moves. Couple that with the fact Sacred Sword's super effective on Magnezone, and bam, I win." Kale corrected.
"… Oh. You're a Trainer Nerd aren't you?" Serena responded, a surprised expression on her face from how calmly and matter-of-fact Kale said that.
"Wha- HEY! I'm not a nerd, my Mom just taught me well!" Kale replied, crossing his arms in a huff.
"DON'T IGNORE ME!" The Gang Leader interrupted, waving her arms at Kale and Serena.
"Mm?" Serena responded, turning to her. "What, you have another Pokémon?"
"… No." She admitted. "What are you going to do to us?" She asked, gesturing to the knocked out Gang Members around them.
"Simple!" Serena responded, placing her foot on an overturned chair, flipping it up, and sitting in it. "You all work for me now!" She told them. "You're to keep this place up to shape, and take care of any upstarts who try to fuck with you, got it?"
"…" The woman nodded.
"Great, glad to have you aboard… What's your name?" Serena asked, tilting her head in confusion.
"Noire. Noire Shira." She replied.
"Alrighty Noire, you got your marching orders, now I'm going to go now, okay?" And with that, the two Trainers left.
"… The fuck was all that about?" Noire asked, a confused look still on her face.
"That was kinda anti-climactic." Kale remarked as they walked up the stairs.
"Yeah well…" Serena began as she opened the door. "They can't all be thrillers-"
FLASH!
"GAH!" Serena yelped at the sudden camera flash.
"Voila! A perfect picture!" A woman remarked as she removed her camera from her face, a Vivilon floating behind her.
"WHAT THE HELL LADY?!" Serena asked angrily.
"Ah, sorry!" The woman replied, laughing slightly. "I was told there was someone fighting the gang here, and I had to see if I could snap a picture of the group! I didn't expect it to be just two people though!"
"Well… Wait, I know who you are!" Kale exclaimed, pointing at the woman. "You're Viola, the Santalune City Gym Leader!"
"Guilty as charged." She replied. "And you two are?"
"Kale Greystone."
"Serena Blanche."
"Well I'm sure my sister will love this story, so I'm afraid I gotta cut this short. Before I go though…"
"Yeah?" Serena asked.
"One more picture for the road?" Viola asked. "Pleeease?"
"… Fine." Serena relented, fixing her sunglasses. She and Kale then got ready for the camera, and Viola took one more picture of the two.
"Thank you!" Viola told the two, and then ran off.
"… She was… Nice?" Kale remarked. "Anyway, let's back to the center." Serena nodded, and the two headed off.
Alexa sighed as she stared at the ever growing pile of papers before her. Her editor wanted a new story by the end of tomorrow, yet nothing interesting was going on!
"LEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEX!" A familiar voice called as her sister came rushing in.
"What is it Vi?" The Journalist asked her sister. Usually, whenever she came running in, it was to show off some new picture of a Bug Pokémon she had found.
"I found something you'll love Lex!" She replied, showing the pictures of Serena and Kale as she told the story.
"… Greystone…?" She asked.
"Yeah, that's the guy's last name."
"Hm…" She got up and started searching in a file cabinet. After finding out the paper she wanted, she let out an 'Aha' as she pulled it out. "Here we go."
"What's that Lex?" Viola asked, peeking over her sister's shoulder. The picture was of a woman, clearly in her late twenties, standing outside of the entrance to Victory Road, her Pokémon standing behind her: A team composed of A Rhyperior, A Mismagius, a Shiny Lopunny, an Ampharos, a Haxorus, and a Dragalge.
"It's a picture of Lily Greystone, who managed to beat the entire Elite Four, and almost beat the Champion. She's the closest anyone had come in the past forty years." Alexa remarked. "And I'm pretty sure you just met her son."
DUN DUN DUN!
So yeah, Kale's mother is kinda a badass!
Serena: … Huh. The more you know.
Excalibur: But who's the Dragalge?
That's a secret.
Excalibur: Aw…
Anyway, until next time, GOODBYE!