Louhearst vs. Seathroul

Friday Night Plans

There had been a few more altercations between the students of Louhearst and the students of Seathroul during the rest of the month, but nothing serious had happened. The expedition had reached Violet City and the tournament wasn't set to start until Goldenrod City which meant that there were still two months left. With the help of Emma, Professor Caper had organized a discussion in his classroom between a few students from Seathroul and several Louhearst students to try to come to some sort of compromise between the two schools.

"Hey Ethan," Emma started as she helped him with his belongings. His injuries had healed quite a bit, but it would still be a while before he was at one hundred percent. "Are you coming to the peace summit with Seathroul at lunch?"

"Peace summit?" he asked curiously.

"Yeah," Emma replied. "I figured since I've caused enough problems between us and Seathroul, I might as well attempt to fix them, so some students from here are meeting with a few Seathroul students in Professor Caper's classroom to try to see what we can do to come to a solution."

"I really would go," he said. "But Ronnie invited me to have lunch with her and you know I can't turn down a lunch."

"Trust me, I know," Emma said. "I just realized that you've been spending quite a lot of time with Ronnie. I think she likes you."

"Nah, she's just being nice…I think. Did she tell you anything?"

"Just how sweet you were. Maybe you should give her a chance. She's got it pretty rough. Anyway, I got to get to class. Catch you later."

Walking down the hallway, Emma bumped into Logan and the two exchanged glances and stood in silence before Emma decided to speak. "Um," she began awkwardly. "So, you're going to the peace summit at lunch?"

He nodded his head. "As much as I want to get those guys back, the whole school's not responsible for what happened with Ethan, so I think it'd be good to meet some regular students. I know they have a bad rep, but Ronnie came from there, so they can't all be bad. Listen, I know things have been kind of rocky since we broke up, but we can change that, right?"

"Totally," Emma replied. "I've been thinking that and…"

As Emma went on and on, Logan found his eyes wandering. During their first year, he thought she was a pretty cute girl. Her sweet demeanor was a bit too sweet at times and he found it slightly irritating at times. However, she had matured a great deal over the summer, both mentally and physically and Logan couldn't help, but notice.

"Hey, Jacobs," Shane started as he walked up to them. "Martin's not listening to you because he's too focused on your sweet farm girl rack."

Emma immediately turned red and used her binder to cover her chest. Shane grinned and thumped Logan on his head. "What do you want, man?" Logan asked irritably.

"Depends," Shane replied. "Have I made your day bad already?"

"Yes," Logan answered. "Your mere presence has pretty much upset my day."

"Mission accomplished," Shane retorted. "But screw all that for now, have you two heard of this 'Arceus Club' stuff going around?"

"Yeah," Emma said. "That first year girl, Christina Tenner, started it and I think it's a good idea. With all this stuff going on, it's nice that there are some people and their Pokémon trying to spread the message of peace and love."

"Lame!" Shane shouted. "That club might as well be renamed the 'V-Club' if you catch my drift. I mean, it's not like anyone in that group is ever going to get any." He stopped and reached into his back pocket and pulled out his wallet. "I almost forgot. Martin, here's some money."

He handed Logan several rolls of twenties and Logan stared at Shane in confusion. "Not that I would usually object to free money, but what's the deal?"

"We're allies," Shane responded. "We're united against Seathroul and allies give each other money, right?"

"Sure…"

He walked off and Logan prepared to head down to the mess hall to get food before class since he now had enough money to actually eat a good breakfast and he knew he needed it since he had to go straight to work after classes. He had been saving the money from working at Cold Shoulder to buy a car, but it was mostly to look good. If he actually needed to go somewhere, he could just take a ride on Charizard, but she could only fit so many people.

"So, I guess, I'll see you later?" Logan said to Emma.

"Uh, yeah, later…"

"So, this is my problem, Mawile," Logan started as he pointed to the small piece of blueberry muffin on his plate. "The muffin is sweet, but sometimes it's too sweet and you don't want that. You want to live a little and the muffin knows how to say the right things. Not to mention, it has beautiful blue eyes and a sweet rack."

"Maaaawiile?"

Logan pointed to the pepperoni pizza as Mawile stared at her trainer, utterly confused. "Now, the pizza knows how to have a good time and you never have a boring day with it. It's hot and it has so many layers that you can't wait to get under. Plus, it has sexy green eyes, great legs, and an amazing singing voice."

"Maaawiile?"

Logan sighed and pointed to his cup. "And then, there's the soda, but the soda is acting like a soft drink. Well, he is a soft drink, but he's acting too damn soft. He would like to choose between the blueberry muffin and the pizza, but his soul is in danger of being destroyed by a group of terrorists." He paused and gestured to the salt and the pepper. "So even if he made up his mind, there's always a chance, the salt could kill either the muffin or the pizza and then come with the pepper, who is the soda's psychotic aunt, and kill him. Then they destroy his soul, thus preventing him from ever going to the afterlife, and take over the world!"

"Maawiile?"

"I know that I'm being crazy, Mawile," Logan sighed as he buried his hands in his face. "Dumbass metaphors…"

Jeremy Lynche stared at his younger co-worker from a few tables over. He was sitting with a couple of the other fourth year students and they had noticed Jeremy watching Logan.

"Maybe you should help him out?" he heard Nina say.

"What, you mean like hang with him?" Jeremy asked curiously. "I mean, he's only a second year, but we do work together."

"Not to mention that his best friend's brother helped you out when you were a first year," Kaylee added.

"Good old, Jerry Mitchell," Jeremy said. "Good times."

"Exactly," Nina replied. "Listen, he went through a lot last year, but he at least had Malcolm Meladeo to make things easier. Now that he graduated, the school does need a 'New Malcolm', so what about it, Jeremy?"

"Well, Psycho Spindas are playing tonight in Violet and I have some extra tickets," Jeremy responded. "Maybe I can ask him to come with us?"

Jeremy stood up and walked over to the table where Logan was sitting. He noticed that his food was covered in salt, but didn't want to ask why. "Hey, Logan," Jeremy started. "Listen, Nina, Kaylee and I are going to a concert tonight and I have two extra tickets. Do you listen to the Psycho Spindas?"

"Definitely!" Logan replied immediately.

"Good," Jeremy said. "Mike is working the night shift, so after work, you, me, and Rus are going to meet up with the girls and head to the concert. Since its Friday, there's no curfew, so if we're lucky, we might get backstage passes…"

Logan entered Caper's classroom at lunch along with Jett, Rietta, Z.K., Rus, and Grey. He saw the three first year boys that Shane had introduced to him back in Cherrygrove and the third years, Nikki, Eliza, Aiden Lynche, and Blake Smith. He also saw Jeremy Lynche surrounded by four of the fourth year girls. There were a few other students there with their Pokémon, though Logan didn't recognize them. He figured that they must have been Seathroul students, but they didn't look like they were as bad as they had been made out to be.

"I'm all for peace if it means we get to meet some hot Seathroul girls," Jett said as they began taking their seats.

More students filled into Caper's classroom and after a few more minutes, the students were ready to begin the meeting. An attractive Seathroul girl with ocean blue eyes and auburn hair took to the floor and Jeremy immediately focused his attention.

"Looks like someone's in love," Audrey, the Louhearst fourth year blonde, taunted as she thumped Jeremy on the back of his head. She turned to her red-haired friend. "What do you think, Eden? I mean everyone's calling Jeremy the 'New Malcolm Meladeo' after all."

"Hey, if inter-school romance is what it takes to stop all this nonsense, I completely agree."

"Peace is love," Jeremy whispered back to the two girls. "And that girl is stunning."

With the crowd of students and their Pokémon finally focused, the girl began speaking. "My name is Melanie Garcia. I'm a fourth year at Seathroul." She paused and gestured to a tall young man with brown eyes and a pale, freckled face. He had a noticeable amount of muscle and waist length red hair in a ponytail. "And this is Emil Feckle. He's also a fourth year at Seathroul."

"Hot..." Audrey and Eden whispered in unison.

"Look at that hair…" Eden said as she gazed at Emil.

"I know!" Audrey replied. "And look at the rest of him. He's like a Ginger Tarzan. I'd be his Jane any day…"

Jeremy grinned as the two girls managed to focus their attention back to the meeting. "Anyway," Melanie continued as she grabbed a marker. "We have two representatives for each grade and they'll all get a chance to speak. Now, our main topic is how we should increase the peace between our schools. First, I think we should list what the problems are. Does anyone want to start?"

"Yeah," the first year Mark said as he raised his hand. "I think I know what one of the problems is."

"Okay, tell us what you think and I'll write it down," Melanie told him.

"Well," Mark started. "I think this one is obvious. Your school is full of psychos!"

Several Louhearst students nodded their heads in approval as Melanie began writing on the board. "My school is full of psychos..." she repeated as she finished writing. There were some laughs from a few of the students. "Now, I am aware that we may have some bad apples at our school, but that doesn't mean we don't have regular students just like you guys."

"Maybe a tour?" Jeremy suggested. "We can have some students from each grade tour Seathroul and some of the Seathroul students can tour Louhearst."

"Not a bad idea," Melanie replied. "What do you think, Emil?"

"Why not?" the red-haired boy answered calmly. "We can have a few student representatives from each grade to guide the visitors. Maybe it should take place during our first week in Azalea?"

"Sounds like a plan…"

After they talked to the Louhearst students for a few more minutes, Melanie and Emil took a seat and were replaced by two third year girls.

The first girl had ocean blue eyes framed by fluttering eyelashes and had ash blonde hair is tied into a French braid. She was a short girl with fair skin and noticeable curves. There was no doubt that she was extremely gorgeous.

The second girl was equally as attractive. She had clear blue eyes and had creamy skin with a slender, but noticeable build. However, her most noticeable trait was her long, silky chocolate brown hair. It fell down to the middle of her back and she had one thick cherry red streak running through it. The top layer of her hair was braided and rested on the straightened second layer with the braid connected to the lower layer by way of two Beautifly clips at her temples that also keep her bangs out of her round, sunny face.

"Hi," the blonde started. "My name is Renee Girard. I'm one of the smartest and strongest trainer's at Seathroul." She pointed to the brunette. "This is Sonia Barret. We're both third years."

"Any questions?" Sonia asked. Jett's hand quickly shot up. "Yes."

"I actually have two," he stated.

"Sure," Sonia replied. "Go ahead and ask them both."

"First," Jett began. "I thought Seathroul had students, not angels. Second, will you marry me?"

Sonia giggled and there were several laughs from the students. "That depends," she started. "How well can you party?"

"That's it," Jett said. "I think I just met my perfect match. Not only is she insanely beautiful, but her personality rocks. Logan, I think I'm about to have a heatstroke from all this hotness."

Logan caught Rietta's glare at Jett, but could honestly care less and went back to listening to the girls that were speaking. Any problems that she and Jett had could be worked out between them. He was tired of babysitting two teenagers. However, as Renee and Sonia continued with their speech, Logan noticed that Jett seemed to really be into Sonia, which surprised him considering there were plenty of other attractive girls in the room. By the time the next two speakers took the floor, Jett still had his eyes glued on Sonia.

The next two speakers were both boys. They were second years and Logan recognized the first one. He had lively, dark brown eyes with spiked black hair and fair skin. He was tall with a somewhat athletic build and he seemed to have a very energetic demeanor.

The second boy had striking light brown eyes and short blonde hair that lied flat on his head. He was slightly pale and had a wiry build. He kept a toothpick in his mouth and had one of his eyes closed. Unlike the first boy, he seemed to have a cool and relaxed stance.

"How's it going?" the first boy started. "I'm-"

"Justin McShan," Logan finished. "You were in a tournament in Viridian this summer."

"Holy crap!" Justin shouted as he grabbed the second boy. "Derek, that's Logan Martin! Dude, you're the guy who tried to save Mt. Moon!"

"Yeah, it is," the second boy replied. "I recognize him."

Logan was nearly taken aback. That was the first time he had ever heard someone mentioning the Mt. Moon incident without pinning the blame on him. Justin had nearly forgotten about his speech until Melanie had to remind him what he was supposed to be doing.

"Alright, I'm back on track," Justin said. "Now, I think-"

"Justin!"

A pale girl with steel grey eyes and long dark hair entered the room and immediately received stares from the crowd of students. With her black eyeliner, black stud earrings, and all black clothing, she almost looked like a female Logan.

"So this is where you've been!" the girl shouted. "I've texted you five times!"

"Everyone," Justin said. "This is my girlfriend, Sindy. Sindy, say hi."

She looked at the crowd of people and rolled her eyes at them. "So…" she started as she glared at Sonia, Renee, and Melanie. "You're here…with them?"

"It's not what you think. Me and Derek came here with them to talk to the Louhearst kids about violence and…you know what, let's step in the hall."

The two walked out and Derek grinned before finishing his speech before allowing the two first years to go. After they finished, Melanie took to the floor again. "It's settled. The tours will take place during the first week that the expedition is in Azalea. Since it's a small town, we don't have to worry about much trouble with transportation and we'll have guides to make sure that we don't have any problems. If there are no more questions, meeting adjourned. It was nice meeting you all…"

The students began filing out of the classroom with their Pokémon and Jett immediately grabbed Logan. "Dude," he started. "You already know…"

"That Sonia girl?" Logan questioned. "Go for it, but she is a year ahead of you."

"What does that matter?" Jett replied. "Nina is two years ahead of you and you still made out with her. Plus, I'm hot and I think I can handle an older woman. What girl doesn't want to take a ride on 'The Jett'? Besides, it's not just Sonia's looks. It's her personality and normally I could really care less when it comes to stuff like that, but she's like me if-"

"If you were a girl…" Logan finished. "Wow, now that I think of it, she could be your clone. Well, if you're going to go for it, you'd better hurry up before she heads back to Seathroul."

"Damn! I forgot about that! See you in Tallow's class."

Jett raced out of the room and down the hallway, quickly moving between the flock of students and their Pokémon until he spotted Sonia in a conversation with Melanie and Emil. All of a sudden, he felt his breathing getting heavier and to his shock he actually found himself nervous. Each step he took towards Sonia made him even more nervous and antsy.

"What the hell is wrong with me?" he thought to himself. "Am I actually nervous about asking a girl out? I mean, it's not like she's going to say no, but what if she does? I am younger. Maybe she doesn't like younger guys? Maybe I should just give it up. Wait a minute, what am I thinking? I'm Jett Mitchell. Mom always said don't give up without a try, but-"

"Hey, Romeo," Sonia said, interrupting Jett from his thoughts. "Where's my engagement ring?"

Jett realized that he was walking towards her the entire time he was in his own world. Taking a deep breath, he grinned and extended his hand. "I'm Jett Mitchell," he told her. "I kinda forgot to tell you my name at the meeting. I'm sure you've heard of me."

"Oh yeah," Sonia replied. "I've heard of you. Most of the girls at Seathroul have heard of you."

Jett took another deep breath. "Well, I've hope they've all been good…"

"Some good," Sonia said. "And some bad, but I tend not to listen to people's opinion about a person until I meet them. My friend showed me your band's performance on Pokétube. You were awesome."

"Well, I can't take all the credit. My friend, Roux, was the real talent. The other guys were really good too. So, listen, since it's Friday, I wanted to know if you would like to go with me to the Sprout Tower tonight? My friend invited me to go with him and his date…and his date's kid, so you know, don't want to be an extra wheel."

"Sure," Sonia replied. "I can always use some excitement. You better not bore me on our date."

"Trust me. No girl is ever bored with Jett Mitchell…"

Rietta sat at the small table in the mess hall along with her Mismagius, Faye. She hadn't eaten all day and there wasn't that many people in the hall which was easier on her when it came to eating without much noise. However, her peace didn't last for long when she noticed Shane, Rolen, and Tinett approach her.

"Hola, Senorita Pasty Skin," Shane taunted as he and his cronies took a seat at the table. "Wow, I now realize that without Martin and Mitchell, you have zero friends. I always knew you were the one holding them back. Pretty soon they'll find another nerd to do their homework and they'll cut all communication with you."

"Get lost…" Rietta responded. "Besides, I thought you were 'allied' with us."

"Oh yeah," Shane said as he reached in his wallet and threw a roll of twenty dollar bills at Rietta. "I'll still insult you, but I'll give you money and protect you if those Seathroul jerks come around."

"Well," Rietta started as she began counting the money. "Damn, that's a lot! Well, if you're willing to give me this much money, keep the insults coming."

"Your hair is disgusting," Shane began. "Your skin is as white as a ghost, you dress like a ten year old, and you're the biggest loser on the planet. Oh and when I look at your chest, I either think that you still wear a training bra or I start seriously doubting that you're actually a female. Whew, had to get those insults out."

Rietta glared at him. "Okay, you've made your point, now go!"

Shane smirked as he, Rolen, and Tinett stood up from the table as Faye glared at the three boys, but the ghost Pokémon didn't dare make a move. There was a strict rule against Pokémon attacking other trainers and she didn't want Rietta to get in trouble. Before Rietta could return to her food, she was approached by two first year girls. The brunette was her old friend, Ilys Benjamin, but she had never seen the blonde girl.

"Rietta," Ilys started. "This is Christina Tenner and she really wants to talk to you."

Christina sat her Vulpix in her lap as she took a seat next to Rietta. "Hi!" she greeted cheerfully.

"Um, hi…" Rietta greeted back as she stared at the girl in confusion.

"Ilys has told me all about you!" Christina said. Rietta quickly noted her bubbly demeanor and let out a sigh. "A few of your second year classmates are joining the Friendship Club and so are a bunch of other people including Ilys. I was wondering if you wanted to join!"

"Wait," Rietta said as she arched an eyebrow "Friendship Club?"

Christina nodded her head. "We're all about having fun and spreading peace and friendship to others with our Pokémon! It's a really good thing to do and you'll meet lots of interesting people and Pokémon. No one is judged by their popularity, wealth, grades, or anything like that. We're just all there to be friends!"

"Come on, Rietta!" Ilys told her. "We even managed to get Z.K. and Becca to join! Of course, after that, we had a major increase in boys, but it's really going to be fun. Please!"

"Fine," Rietta said. "I'll join. When's the first meeting?"

"Tonight," Christina answered. "See you there!"

Logan, Rus, and Jeremy stood in the middle of Cold Shoulder. Jeremy had just finished his shift and Mike had arrived to take over. Mawile, Dunsparce, and Growlithe were playing on the floor as their trainers continued their conversation.

"Man!" Logan yelled in excitement. "This concert is going to be awesome! Rus, I didn't even know you were into the Psycho Spindas!"

"Are you serious?" Rus said. "Next to Dungeons and Dragonites, gymnastics, and algebra, they're my only reason for existing!"

"Alright, gentlemen," Jeremy said as he checked his cell phone. "The concert's across town and we're an hour away, so let's roll!"

The three of them picked up their respective Pokémon and made their way to the parking lot where they saw Nina and Kaylee standing beside a large an expensive white truck.

"Dude," Logan said in disbelief. "Is this you're ride?"

Jeremy grinned and nodded his head. "Yep, it's all mine. Aiden wants it, but I'm not giving it to him until I'm dead. Rus, you ride up front with me. Logan, you can sit in the back between the ladies."

Nina shot Logan a flirtatious grin before the five of them began loading up. Jeremy and Kaylee had a brief conversation about not speeding and Jeremy promised to go the speed limit, though he knew he'd have a difficult time resisting the urge to slam on the gas pedal.

"Alright, everyone," Jeremy began as he started up the truck. "Get ready for the best night of your lives!"

AN: We FINALLY meet 'good' Seathroul students in this chapter and after the next chapter, we'll meet even more Seathroul kids. Speaking of the next chapter, it's gonna be pretty CRAZY, so stay tuned!

Later! :D