Chapter 11: Fighting at Midnight (Preparations)
A/N: Here I am with a (hopefully) better chapter for y'all to enjoy (I'm not Southern or anything... Not that I care... Just imitating). But seriously, if Tangerine hadn't mentioned the "fighting at midnight" thing, this chapter name wouldn't have made sense.
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"Uh..." Yellow said. "I thought we're here to discuss battle strategies?"
The others (minus Dasiy, who was reading a magazine and had her earbuds in her ears) stared at her blankly (again).
"You know," Yellow prodded the others (while having a "déjà vu" feeling), "Red suggested it at that place Indigo brought us to..."
Green cringed, bracing himself to hear Daisy ask who Indigo was and where she brought them to, but she didn't. After all, she was reading a magazine and had her earbuds in her ears (wow, déjà vu déjà vu).
Red blinked. "I did?"
"Um, yeah?" Yellow felt us though she was asking instead of answering.
Red closes his eyes, trying to remember.
"Of course, this means we have to discuss battle strategies."
"Ah!" Red said, successfully recalling what he had said about an hour our two ago. "Yes, I did say that!" He looked at Yellow. "You're impressive Yellow," he complimented the blonde girl. "You could remember what I said but I couldn't..."
Yellow's cheeks warmed so much that she thought her face used Overheat. (That would mean that her cheeks were Pokémon that could learn Overheat... It doesn't make sense.) Blue waggled her eyebrows at Yellow, making the latter flush even more because Blue knew that Yellow liked Red.
"Ugh, this is too drama and corny, like a soap opera," Pearl grumbled. When he noticed that no one was paying attention to him, he shouted, "Hey! Cut! Cut! Cut the soap opera scene! We're here to discuss battle strategies, not practise our acting skills!"
The people involved in the soap opera (Red, Yellow and Blue) stared at Pearl.
"Oh, come on!" Pearl snatched Platinum's wrist and ran up while dragging the bewildered girl along. "Let's go discuss battle strategies, guys!" Then he screeched to a halt in his tracks. "Wait... Where can we do that?" he asked sheepishly.
"My room," Green replied. "It's labelled with my name."
After hearing that, Pearl wasted no time and ran upstairs while Platinum was dragged behind him.
"Pearl!" Platinum cried. "Stop running! What's the rush?"
"I want to discuss various ways to fight!" Pearl told her.
Hee hee! Another cute couple! Blue giggled and pounded upstairs.
"Just don't wreck my room," Green called, in case the "pesky lady" and Pearl would try to break everything, inclusive of the un-breakable stuff; the green-eyed lad was sure Pearl would somehow break even those. That was just how strong (and hyper) Pearl was.
"Well, no use sitting around here when Blue-san, Platinum and Pearl are partying up there," Sapphire remarked before dashing up, her heavy footsteps resonating.
"Argh! Sapph!" Ruby galloped after the tomboyish girl with Emerald hot on his heels.
Lyra giggled and grabbed Silver's hand. "Let's go join the others in brawling!"
Silver blinked in shock and looked at their hands in a... shy manner...
The two of them (one enthusiastic, the other stunned) sprinted upstairs to Green's bedroom.
Gold was literally dragging Crystal upstairs. "Oh, c'mon!" he said. "Don't be a wet rag."
"Gold Ethan Hibiki!" Crystal exclaimed. "I am perfectly capable of walking up by myself, thank you. I refuse to be dragged in such an uncivilized manner!"
Gold Ethan Hibiki grinned cheekily. "Then I'll drag you up in a properly civilized manner, if that's what you want."
"Gold!"
Green sighed and tore upstairs. He needed to make sure the cave-people-like people in his room weren't brawling or making a mess.
Diamond took out a Pokéball from his pocket. "You know, everyone's running upstairs, but I don't see the rush. Come out soon-"
Whatever word Diamond said was cut off by loads of screaming and yelling and Sounds of Brawling (quite different from the Sound of Music).
The glutton shrugged. I should get up there.
He walked up in a very sedate manner as compared to the others.
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Blue, who was dancing for no reason at all, noticed that Pearl's hand was still gripping Platinum's tightly. "Ah," the dancing lass remarked in a French accent, "zis evening, ve have young love sprouting. How romantic, non?"
Pearl sweat-dropped, noticing Blue sounded a lot like Fantina, the Gym Leader of Hearthome City, Sinnoh. "Young love?! Why do you say that?"
"Vy, you and zat young missy are holding handz and are ignoring zé white noize of zis area," Blue replied.
"Eh?!" Pearl looked down and saw that he and Platinum were indeed holding hands. "UWAH!" He let go.
Blue decided to drop the French accent since it was so hard to do. "Ah, I know you like her, Pearly!"
"Pearly" was flustered. "What da heck?!" he yelled. "No... I don't know... I mean, um... Shit..."
"No, I cannot be wrong!" Blue trilled. "I'm positive you like her!"
"Huh, wait, no, wait, huh, what, I dunno, I mean, no, wait, uh..." Pearl rambled a whole bunch of words that didn't go well together.
Platinum got up. "I see. I get it." She ran out in tears.
Pearl was dumbfounded but then he quickly collected himself. "Wait! Missy! Hold it!"
But she never did.
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Diamond noticed that two someones were missing. "Hmm, where's Pearl and Missy?"
Green sighed. "It's all like a stupid, sappy, romantic movie or book," he muttered.
Diamond got the wrong idea. "Oh, they eloped?" He frowned. "Aren't they a little too young to be eloping?"
Lyra shook her head. "I'll explain it to you..."
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Pearl found Platinum sitting on a rock, her head buried in her hands. Her body was shaking and water was trickling down her arms (couldn't be rain).
"Missy?" Pearl called out gently.
There was a sniffle, then a reply: "Go away."
Pearl ignored the reply and walked quickly next to Platinum. "Missy," he said gently.
"Go away," she shot back nastily. "Why are you even here? Aren't you glad to see me crying like this?!"
"No," Pearl said simply, getting down next to her.
"Why? You broke me into pieces so casually cruel, and now you want to rub it in by being near me?" Platinum demanded in between sobs.
"Wait..." Pearl felt that... "You... Like me?" he asked quietly.
"Yes. All this time."
"Um..." Pearl wrapped an arm around Platinum's waist tightly.
She didn't struggle (surprisingly); instead, she rested her head on the rash boy's shoulder.
"Um, I dunno how to say this..." Pearl said slowly. "But... Um... I'm sorry. I mean, I..."
"You what?" Platinum asked, her tone gentler since Pearl had apologised.
"Uh... I... like you too," Pearl said his cheeks heating up. "It's just... At that time, I didn't know that you had feelings... for me... So... Um... When Blue-"
"It's okay, Pearl," Platinum whispered, leaning in closer.
"M-missy," Pearl stuttered.
The two of them looked at each other in the eyes. Platinum adjusted her body slightly and leaned in even closer. Since Platinum had moved, Pearl could lace his other arm around her waist. The girl wrapped her arms around Pearl's neck, drawing him closer.
Pearl then closed the remaining distance between them, gently brushing his lips against Platinum's.
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Blue hooted. "Wasn't what I originally planned, but it still worked out!"
"Get away from that window!" Red exclaimed. "They're having a private moment!" He tried to imitate what Gold did to Crystal, but ended up getting a whack on the head.
"How dare you try to do that to MEEEEEEEEEE~!"
"Crud." Red broke into a sprint while Blue chased after him.
"What did she originally plan?" Yellow wondered out loud.
"Probably involves pushing heads together into a forced kiss," Green answered.
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Pearl and Platinum were still locked in a tender and passionate kiss, with their hands going everywhere (not the private parts though, since they're not perverts). It was only after five minutes then they broke apart.
Platinum was exhilarated. Pearl was grinning. In short, the two were a happy couple.
"That was fun," Pearl said while Platinum got off him. His grin grew wider. "And I want to do it again."
Platinum, who was sitting on the grass (with no complaints), was suddenly pushed gently against the rock behind her by her blond boyfriend. Pearl kissed her again, but this time, his tongue slid into her mouth slyly. He still went gentle though as he was kinda weighing Platinum down.
Platinum was stunned, but then she gathered herself and kissed him back.
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Red limped into Green's room behind a triumphant Blue. Behind them, Pearl and Platinum walked in with happy and dazed smiles on their faces.
"Um, Blue," Yellow said. "What did you do to Red?"
"I gave him a major tickle treatment to reward him for trying to manhandle me," Blue said. "Of course, he wasn't expecting me to manhandle him back, so my tickling mission was a success!"
Red clutched his sides. "I don't think my body will be the same after this," he groaned.
"That sounds wrong," Gold commented.
SMACK!
"Stop thinking sick!" Crystal yelled.
"I was born this way!"
"Can we start yet?!" Pearl demanded (having a girlfriend didn't stop him from being impatient).
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A/N: Yoha! Please review!