Louhearst vs. Seathroul

The War Begins II

Stepping out of his car at the Seathroul Academy, Duncan Mendoza was immediately met by a series of laughter from the students hanging out in the parking lot.

"Shut the hell up!" he shouted as he made his way towards the back of the school. He noticed two students in the middle of a battle with a group of thugs around them. The first one was a tall, handsome and athletic looking boy with light brown eyes, spiked, dark brown hair, and slightly tan skin. The second one was a tall and lanky boy with flaming red hair, pale skin and piercing brown eyes.

"Tyranitar, return!" the first boy said as he noticed Duncan's presence. "Hey, Duncan, we heard you got bitch slapped by some broad at Loser-hearst!"

"Really funny, Zack," Duncan shot back. "By the way, I saw your ex-girlfriend at the party. You think she brought the kid with her on the expedition?"

The thugs laughed as a frown formed on Zack's face. "That's not my kid!" he shouted as he shoved Duncan. "How many times do I have to tell you assholes that?"

"Please," the red-haired boy interjected. "Everyone knew that Ronnie Ventura was a prude before she met you and come on, we've all seen the kid. He looks just like you. That's why you won't get a DNA test. Someone's scared of paying child support!"

The surrounding thugs laughed even harder, the loudest one coming from a tall and heavyset boy with blond hair and brown eyes.

"Buzz off, Vic," Zack told the red-haired boy as he turned to the large laughing thug. "Shut the hell up, Percy! You guys just have to bring this up every day. Besides, that's not the issue right now."

"He's right," Duncan said. "The issue is Louhearst. If they think they can get away with this, they've got another thing coming. Melvin!"

A thin boy with thick glasses and neat black hair appeared out of the crowd of thugs. He was dressed in a white button down shirt tucked into a pair of black slacks with dress shoes and a tie. Needless to say, he looked completely out of place with the thugs.

"Greetings, Duncan!" he said in a nasally voice.

"Greetings?" Zack repeated as he arched an eyebrow. "Okay, remind me again why we hang out with this guy?"

"Because he knows how to get inside information," Duncan answered. "And he does our homework…and, um, he's my sister's boyfriend's first cousin, so I have to keep him in the group. Anyway, did you get the information I wanted."

Melvin nodded his head as he pulled out his black laptop. "With the help of Porygon-Z, I was able to type in descriptions of the students you mentioned and hacked into Louhearst's main computer. Apparently, the blonde girl's name is Emma Jacobs. She's from New Bark Town, so I decided to search for any male students from the same town and I found one, an Ethan D'Log. Check out his picture."

"Yeah, I remember him," Duncan replied. "He was the drummer for the band at the party. This is good. We can't go after a girl, but we can go after him. Zack, Trent, and Paul, you guys are with me tomorrow when we go look for him. He's our main target, but if we can't get him, we'll jump the first Louhearst guy we see. Zack, your little sister, Serena, goes to Louhearst, right?"

"Yeah," Zack answered. "Why?"

"Call her and let her know what's going on," Duncan explained. "Get her to lead that guy to us. Vic and Percy, you two stay here with the rest of the guys and keep McShan, Quinn, and Feckle from getting suspicious."

"What about me?" Melvin asked curiously. "Can I come? Come on, let me go with you guys!"

"Melvin, we can't show up to a fight with you. We'll look ridiculous."

"Come on!" Melvin pleaded. "It's not even an actual fight. You guys are just going to beat down some guy. For Arceus sake, I'm your sister's boyfriend's first cousin!"

"Fine, you can come!" Duncan shouted irritably. "Damn, you're like an annoying child. I guess you can videotape it and uh, I don't know, bring us smoothies so we'll have something to drink after we're done beating that Ethan guy down. Strawberry mango…"

"So it's war?" Zack questioned.

"It's war…"

The party at Louhearst had died down and most of the second year students were sitting around in the courtyard. It was odd to see Shane and the rest of his gang in the same general area as their other classmates without causing some sort of chaos. Logan wondered what was up with him, but he realized that he could never really guess what went through Shane Clarke's mind. Even the Pokémon were being strangely calm and relaxed.

"So…" Shane started as he turned to Ronnie. "You're Ventura, right?"

"¿Habla inglés y español?" Jewel asked her curiously.

"Yes," she answered to Shane before turning to Jewel. "Sí, hablo inglés y español."

"What was up with all that stuff that guy was talking about?" Shane asked. "Do you really have a kid?"

Ronnie sighed and nodded her head as she moved closer to her Mr. Mime. "That guy that crashed the party is Duncan Mendoza. He's the leader of a gang of bullies at Seathroul. His friend, Zack Winters, is my ex-boyfriend and my son's dad. He ditched me after I got pregnant, so I figured I could just get away from all the drama by transferring to Louhearst."

"Wait," Emma interjected. "Did you bring the baby with you on the expedition?"

"Well, my grandmother is kind of crazy, so I brought Joey with me," Ronnie explained. "Professor Pine helps me take care of him during busy hours and-"

She was cut off by the sound of Shane's phone ringing. He stared at the unknown number and arched an eyebrow. Most of his friends were sitting with him, so he had no idea who it could be.

"Hello? Who is this?"

"Hey, Rich Boy, this is a message from Seathroul to all of Louhearst, so listen up. We've declared war on you losers."

"Because one girl slapped you in the face? Damn, if we've known you'd be a little bitch about it, we wouldn't have thrown you out the party."

"Make all the jokes you want now, but we know all of your names and everything else we need to know. So, Shane, you let Emma know that whatever happens to you losers and your Pokémon is her fault. Your blood's on her hands…"

The phone hung up and Shane turned to the rest of the second years. It was obvious that they heard the conversation. "Apparently, Seathroul's declared war on us," he told them. "I'm not pointing any fingers, but a certain violent cowgirl-"

"Nice going Jacobs!" Jewel interrupted. "You're going to get us killed."

"Oh man, I can't get killed!" Rus stated as he clutched on to Dunsparce. "Cheerleading tryouts are coming up!"

"Cheerleading tryouts?" Shane said. "Who the hell is this guy?"

Emma began running her hands through her hair frantically. "Maybe I shouldn't have done what I did. Violence doesn't solve anything."

"Everyone relax," Logan said. "Emma was just defending Ronnie. No one's going to get killed over something stupid like this. The best thing for us to do is to ignore them and focus on the upcoming tournament. Come on guys, it's not like they're actually going to do something…"

Jett entered the Cherrygrove Café with Magmar by his side and took a seat at the table. It was early in the afternoon and he wondered why Emma wanted to meet him there.

"Sorry I'm late," Emma said as she rushed to the table with her Ninetales. "Anyway-"

"I know where this is going," Jett interrupted. "You have the hots for me after seeing my awesome rock star performance at the party last night, don't you?"

Emma grinned and shook her head. "This isn't about us. Besides, you're not my type."

"Yeah, right," Jett scoffed. "I'm hot. That's everyone's type, right, Magmar."

"Maaaaa!"

Emma rolled her eyes and thumped him on the head. "This is about my sister and your brother. They met at the last Heart Warriors meeting and Sarah said that she and Jerry really hit it off, so I was wondering if maybe when the expedition goes to Violet, the four of us could hang out for a while so Sarah and Jerry can get a little closer if you know what I mean."

"What's with you girls and always playing matchmaker?"

"Will you just do it? For me?"

Jett sighed and nodded his head. "I'll do it. So, are you worried about, you know…?"

"You mean the so-called 'war' that jerk from Seathroul is talking about? Please, there are more important things to worry about…"

Ethan sat down at a table in the courtyard, placing Togepi in his lap. "Man," he started as he took three burgers, two orders of fries, and a large shake out of the brown paper bag. "I'm starving. What about you, Togepi?"

"Piii! Piii!"

"One of those burgers for me?"

Grey Thomas took a seat next to him along with his Charmeleon and gave him a high five. "Man, how can you eat so much?"

"Jett says that real men eat a lot," Ethan said nonchalantly as he began eating. "And you can have half of a burger."

Grey shook his head. "I was just joking. I'll pass on the burger."

"Suit yourself. Hey, is it true what they're saying about you? That you can 'talk' to Pokémon?"

"Well, it's not really-"

"Hey!"

The two boys turned to see a tall and thin girl green eyes and blond hair with black highlights. She had pale skin and her nose seemed to be a bit red. They could tell that she was likely a third year. "Um, my name is Serena and I really need your help. You see my brother's Ninjask is a bit mischievous and he likes to fly off. Can you help me find him?"

"Sure," Grey answered. "We'll both-"

"Um," Serena interrupted. "Ninjask gets scared if there's too many people. I think one of you should go." She turned to Ethan. "You look strong and athletic. Any chance you'd be willing to help a girl out?"

"Sure...

"So if you see anyone from Seathroul don't back down or you'll make the whole school look bad…"

Logan and Rietta walked into the main hallway to see Shane, Rolen, and Tinett talking to three first year boys and their Pokémon. The first one, a boy with straight light brown hair, brown eyes, and slightly tan skin. He and his Lickilicky seemed to be more interested in Shane's words than the other two.

The second boy was smaller than the other two. He had flat brown hair and large blue eyes. Logan couldn't help but notice the boy's outfit. He was dressed in a fancy white button-up dress shirt underneath a navy blue sweater vest, light grey slacks, and fancy black dress shoes, all from expensive name brands. Adding to the fact that the boy had an Anorith, it was painfully obvious that he came from a wealthy family.

The last boy seemed to be the leader of the trio and had the most distinguishing appearance. He had light, clear, brown eyes and a tall and skinny build. However, his hair was stark white and somewhat messy. He was the only one without a Pokémon out of their Poke Ball.

"What are you up to, dude?" Logan asked him.

"Oh, Martin, Muk-Face," Shane started. "Meet Mark Krasen, Asher McConnell, and Frosty. They're first years. I've been telling them about the war with Seathroul."

"My name is Jericho," the white-haired boy corrected.

"There is no war, Clarke," Logan told him. "How many people have you told?"

"Just a few…" Shane answered.

"A few?" Rietta questioned.

"Hundred…" Shane finished. "Come on, it's good publicity for the tournament. Besides, I'm not the only one whose doing this."

"Really?" Rietta replied. "Who else?"

"See us kick Seathroul's ass at the tournament! If they want a war, they've got it! No one messes with Louhearst!"

There was a loud cheering as they saw Z.K. walking down the hallway, surrounded by students from all four of the grade levels. "So yeah," she started. "We're at the party and this jerk from Seathroul shows up, so Emma had to kick his ass. I mean, he's lucky I didn't fight or there would have been some major damage."

"Wow," one of the students said. "That's intense."

"Well, that's how we roll…"

"Come on, Rietta," Logan said as he grabbed her arm. "Apparently, everyone's losing their minds around here…"

"Niiiin!"

The Ninjask swooped down off of the roof and grabbed Ethan's hat before flying off with it.

"My hat!" Ethan shouted.

"Let's hurry up and follow him!" Serena shouted. "You know how fast Ninjask are!"

They had been chasing Ninjask around campus for a few minutes before they soon found themselves further and further into Cherrygrove. They had cut a few corners before Ethan finally saw the Ninjask perched on a dumpster in a nearby alley with Ethan's hat on the ground to the entrance.

"Whew," Ethan said as he picked up his hat and placed it on his head. "That Ninjask gave us quite a chase, Serena. If I sneak up on him, I may be able to grab him."

Ethan made his way towards the dumpster, only to notice that the Ninjask seemed a bit too calm. The moment Ethan got close enough to grab him, Ninjask flew towards the entrance of the alley.

"Hey, Ethan…"

Ethan whirled around to see four boys blocking the entrance to the alley. He immediately recognized Duncan's face, but the boy next to him seemed to resemble someone he had seen.

"Your sister and Ninjask did a good job, Zack," Duncan stated as a sick smirk formed on his face.

"Here you go, sis," Zack said as he handed Serena a twenty-dollar bill.

Ethan was more confused than he had ever been. "Hey idiot," Serena yelled, interrupting his thoughts. "In case you haven't figured it out, this whole thing was a set up. Enjoy getting the crap kicked out of you!"

She laughed as she vanished from the scene leaving Ethan alone with the four Seathroul thugs. Staring at the entrance, Ethan noticed that they had parked Duncan's car to prevent him from exiting. Even with his team of six Pokémon, he knew that the thugs each had a full team of Pokémon.

"We have a message for you to send to your friend, Emma and the rest of those losers at Louhearst," Duncan told him. "Melvin!"

The scrawny nerd rushed to the scene with four smoothies and a video camera in his jacket pocket. "I'm ready when you are, Dunc!" he said in his nasally voice as he turned the camera on.

Duncan rolled his eyes as he and his gang slowly walked up to Ethan. "We can't hit girls, so that blonde bimbo gets a free pass. You're not going to be so lucky, Ethan, but hey, you'd better be glad we didn't bring Vic..."

Ethan immediately ran towards the entrance to the alley, but was quickly restrained by Zack. "Where do you think you're going!" he yelled as he shoved Ethan into Duncan's car. He bounced forward and Zack threw a punch at his stomach, causing Ethan to fall to the ground.

"Stomp his ass!" Duncan shouted.

The four boys began viciously kicking and stomping on him, Zack being particularly brutal as he knew the camera was rolling and he enjoyed putting on flashy shows for people. They continued their savage assault for a few more minutes before they had finally had enough.

"Send that message to Emma," Duncan said as he gave him one last kick. "That's what happens when you mess with Seathroul. This is just the beginning. See you at the tournament…"

The students from Louhearst filed into the waiting room of the Cherrygrove Hospital. Logan looked around at his fellow second years. Emma and Lyra were bawling their eyes out, Emma being the worse of the two, Jett and Z.K. looking as if they were ready to murder someone, and the rest of the students generally worried over their friend. Even the Soul Snakes showed up, though their reasons were unknown. Logan remembered how his mother told him that Ethan had visited him at the hospital in Cerulean every day after he was put into a coma at Mt. Moon and now it was his turn to repay the favor. He waited patiently before he was finally allowed to go into Ethan's room.

"Hey man," Logan said as he closed the door behind him. "What did the doctors say?"

"Two broken ribs, a broken nose, and I have to keep my arm in a sling for a while," he explained. "Thanks for coming. I really appreciate it, Logan."

"Don't thank me," Logan told him. "When I was in the hospital last year, you came every day. Listen to me, they're going to pay for what they did."

"I've been hearing that all day," Ethan replied. "Listen, the best the way to make them pay is doing it the right way. Don't go for revenge or more are just going to get hurt. If we want to serve them justice, we need to do it the right way and beat them in the tournament…"

Logan stared at him wide-eyed. That was the smartest thing he had ever heard Ethan say. However, he couldn't deny that he was furious over what had happened. He heard a knock on the door and went over to open it. Ronnie was standing in the hallway with a small toddler in her arms.

"May I come in?" she asked.

"Yeah," Logan replied as he stepped out of the way. "Ethan, Ronnie is here."

"Hi, Ethan," she started. "Um, I'm sorry about what happened to you. Those guys are just unbelievably crazy."

"I'll live," he said. "Is this your son?"

Ronnie nodded her head. "Ethan, Logan, meet Joey. Say hi, Joey."

Ethan managed to smile which caused Logan to feel a bit better as he stepped out of the room. Shane Clarke stood against the wall and grinned when he saw Logan. Walking towards him, he stretched his arm out.

"Is it war?"

Logan hesitated for a moment. He knew that Ethan didn't want any more violence, but his emotions were taking over once again. Logan nodded his head as he shook hands with Shane. "It's war. Let those Seathroul bastards know that we're coming for them…"

A/N: Not much to say other than things are heating up as we get introduced to more and more Seathroul characters. I'll also have a chapter about the other students at Seathroul, to show that not all their students are thugs and bullies. So, there's a poll on my profile asking what team you're on. Feel free to vote and come to the forums to discuss the chapter.

Later!