Welcome (again and again... this is going to get boring) to a new chapter of Special Adventures – Radiant Versus Dire [SA-RvD] once again.
MISC: This story will not be in fully serious adventure genre, as my powerhouse is still in comedy and... maybe romance? -.- Since I have 2 experiences of writing comedy+romance fan fictions, I will mix them into this fan fiction. I can also write something like a shipping chapter like in School Twist ½ when I have no idea to continue the plot for the time being. This is one of the measures I took to counter that god damn writer's block. This is also the first time I actually have contemplation of the plot in my mind before starting a new chapter, which I didn't when I was writing School Twist and School Twist 2 – Alternative Timeline.
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supersexyghotmew95: Rest assured, It will be revealed... soon.
Daownlyone: Blue can like have a lot of fun with her ability. I designed this ability for her because I was thinking of her Ditto :D Crystal's ability is definitely creative, something I thought out in a whim.
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Special Adventures - Radiant versus Dire
Arc 1 – Immersing in our own power
Chapter 4 – Power Swap
Snowpoint City, Radiant's Mansion
Diamond woke up early in the morning as he is assigned as the main chef of the mansion which he happily obliged. He went downstairs to start cooking breakfast for all the Dexholders while the maids that Platinum called for yesterday prepared the plates and eating utensils.
He quickly finished some plates of toast, bacon, baked french bread along with various other foods that one will like to see on his breakfast table. Diamond was and is a wonderful expert cook since he likes eating so much, naturally he will be interested in the culinary department.
After he finished preparing breakfast for all the other Dexholders who are still asleep, he still had some spare time as breakfast is at 8 in the morning, while the current time is 7.30. He walked out to the massive backyard of the mansion, and stared blankly into the sky, plunging into deep thought.
"If only I had one too..." Diamond muttered while closing his eyes. His face have a sad expression on it, which is rare being the happy-go-lucky boy he normally is.
"Diamond?" A familiar voice snapped Diamond out of his thoughts as he turned back and saw Platinum smiling at him.
"Good morning, Miss Lady..." Diamond tried his best to feign a smile but failed to do so as Platinum saw through that immediately.
Platinum sat down on the grassy backyard beside Diamond. "Is there anything wrong, Diamond?"
"It's... I wish I had an ability too." Diamond sighed.
"I believe your ability will be revealed soon, please do not feel sad about it." Platinum tried her best to cheer Diamond up as Diamond's face darken more and more. "I wanted to protect you, Miss Lady! Now it's the other way around, and I seem to become a useless and worthless guy without powers or Pokemons to protect you!" Diamond snapped, causing Platinum to flinch. Its the first time she ever saw Diamond so devastated.
"Diamond... I am grateful as long as you are by my side." Platinum closed her eyes and smiled. "You and Pearl had been taking care of me for a long time, and I had always been a burden to you. Now Arceus finally grants me this chance to repay you in kind, I shall gladly do so, even if I may get hurt in the process. It's nice to have a role reversal, don't you think?" Platinum said as she gave Diamond a quick kiss before standing up and began walking towards the mansion. "Time for breakfast, don't you think?"
Obviously, Diamond couldn't stand against that cute smile of the heiress. He smiled and followed the heiress into the mansion.
After having an extremely sumptuous breakfast, the Dexholders gathered around the living room while playing a game called Blackjack that Gold introduced to his seniors and juniors. Although Crystal strongly objected against gambling, but she gave in when Gold agreed not to include money bettings into the game and just play for fun.
"Eighteen." Emerald said as Silver (the dealer) flipped his cards. Silver smirked and showed Emerald his cards, to which Emerald frowned.
"I guess sixteen shall be a loss then." Platinum placed her cards to the bottom of the card deck.
"Guess what everyone, black –" Gold's sentence was interrupted by a doorbell sound that pisses the Jotho Dexholder off. He and the others with abilities stood up and prepared for a brawl.
However, they found a boy and a girl around their age wearing lab coats and suitcases on their hand standing on the front gate instead. The boy have blonde hair, and the girl have long purple hair and a warm smile. Gold also noticed that they bought their luggage here and frowned. "What in the world of Arceus, who the hell are you guys?"
"So you are the ones that grandpa sent." Green said as he finished his glass of milk.
"Definitely correct. It is a pleasure to meet you, Dexholders. I am Topaz, and this cute girl beside me is Amethyst. We are here on behalf of Professor Oak to research about your newly acquired abilities, and also try our best to improve them. We will also give you missions so that you may hone your abilities and use them to their fullest." Topaz gave a bow after finishing his speech.
Gold and Emerald looked at each other, then ran away from the group after hearing the 'mission' word. Silver too, went invisible to avoid unnecessary workload (missions). Obviously, the new duo didn't come unprepared as Amethyst took out a silph scope (Blue: What the hell, you also have a silph scope?!) and scanned the surroundings for heat signatures.
"Silver, I can see you, so you can save hiding yourself." Silver groaned as he appeared once again.
"This two researchers are not to be messed around with..." Pearl mumbled to himself. "Senior Blue, are they your siblings?"
"I sense the sarcasm in it, and if you do not want to have your replicate walking around doing something you wont want to do, you better shut your front door." Blue glared at her junior with blood-curdling eyes. Pearl immediately fell silent and walked away.
"Front door?"
"It means shut your mouth, Super Serious Gal." Gold laughed, but instantly regretted his decision as Crystal formed a crystal blue bow and arrow and began taking aim on the running Gold.
"What?! I only explained to you the meaning of 'Front door' ! What did I do to deserve this?!" Gold said while evading arrows and hammers made out of crystallized crystal by Crystal. Everyone else laughed as Gold has no chance of retaliation and running around like Mankeys.
"Cool down, everyone. Now can I request Silver, Ruby and Sapphire to stay behind at the living room?" Topaz said and Silver, Ruby and Sapphire sat down on the big freaking couch, with Sapphire getting a light smack from Ruby for sitting without proper attire.
"Ladies... I mean Lady and Gentlemen, I have an assignment for you that could help Silver improve his ability and test out that two whatever-it-is over there, and in hopes of excavating Sapphire and Ruby's hidden power. We are now sending you in a mission." Topaz said with Amethyst opening her laptop to check on the details of the mission.
"What did I do to deserve this?" Silver said in frustration.
"This sounds fun! Can I beat someone up?" Sapphire pumped her fist.
"Wild and inelegant..." Ruby muttered when he stared at Sapphire. Sapphire glared back.
"Yes you may, but you can always start with Ruby first if you want to." Amethyst giggled as Ruby's face twisted. "What the hell, miss researcher?" Ruby said before getting tackled down to the floor by Sapphire like two little kids fighting over toys. Silver groaned even more. "Do I have to work with these guys, seriously?"
"We need someone with an ability to cover them in the mission." Topaz explained which did not amuse Silver by even a percent.
"That's bullsh*t! You could send someone like Gold or Platinum to accompany them, why me of everyone?"
"Hey Silver, you forgot Blue!" Gold said as he arrived downstairs and Silver took out something from one of his pockets and shot it at Gold. Gold fell down the floor and ice started to form around him immediately, turning him frozen solid. The weapon Silver just used is a special pistol (x2) made by Emerald which contains specially refined bullets that does not kill a target but inflicts paralyzation, poison, sleepiness, frozen solid and confusion, just like status aliments in a Pokemon Battle. The effects will last only for ten to thirty minutes, depending on the target's health condition. Emerald named it Multitype Aliment Inflicter, while Silver just shortened it to MAI.
"Gold did NOT brought sis into the picture, and you two did NOT heard anything about sis." Silver warned the two researchers.
"Yeah, yeah... so its set. YOU are going together along with the Hoenn duo."
"Can't you just ask Gold or Platinum?" Silver tried his best to escape the mission once again, but Topaz ain't letting him off the hook. Apparently he did not bought Crystal into the picture because he doesn't want to hear Crystal nagging him for the whole week.
"Gold is too immature to lead a team, as you already know. Platinum's ability are all supportive – what can she do if the team is engaged in a battle? You expect Platinum to cast Chronosphere while Ruby and Sapphire find stones on the ground to attack the enemy? So you are going with them and there is nothing that will change my mind." Topaz said sternly that causes Silver to finally agree since Silver does not have lawyer blood running in his veins, unlike someone with a cheeky mouth... but sadly, the 'someone' we are talking about here is taking a chill in a block of ice.
The mission is a simple 'search and sabotage' mission, in which Silver and his teammates (a.k. ) will infiltrate a possible outpost of the Dire in Hearthome city. You need to recover any intel files you found, and try not to alert the enemy of your presence. We are fighting war now, as you might already know." Silver nodded, while Ruby and Sapphire didn't even listen.
"Lastly, don't die. As a Dexholder, your life is valuable. Please take note of that." Topaz added.
"That's it for now. In the meantime, Topaz and I will research on Turnback Cave for any possible ways of reopening the portal to the Distortion World so that you and the other Dexholders will reunite with their own Pokemon." Silver nodded again and forcefully dragged the fighting Hoenn duo away from the living room.
At the same time, Emerald walked downstairs with a strange suit that has two extended hands on his shoulder he's wearing.
"What's that?" Red and Green asked while they battle against each other in a chess match on the dining table.
"It's a battle suit I just created. It has a laser shooter on the left that could obviously use as a fighting measure, and homing missile launching pod on the right that will seek and chase after the targets I target with the aiming system. Emerald said as he clicked another button, and a piece of glass swiped out infront Emerald's eyes.
"Sometimes, you do look like a tinkering maniac with all these inventions you invent." Green said before turning back to his chess game which did not please Emerald at all. However, he chose to stay silent as offending his senior is a problem, offending the Gym Leader is a BIG problem.
Outside the mansion (in the backyard), Crystal is sparring with herself (Blue's replicate) while Yellow sits on the grass in case any of the Dexholders needs healing in the training. Platinum practices along by casting empowering spells, both on Crystal and on the replicate.
As Platinum casted a speed-enhanching spell, Crystal took hold of the opportunity and formed a crystal bow while increasing the distance between her and the replicate while Blue just sit back and relax while controlling her replicate mentally by forming a crystal shield. Crystal surprises her by throwing the bow towards the shield, shattering the bow but also damaging the shield. Crystal then sped towards the replicate while the replicate struggles to keep itself stable after withstanding the bow's force. Crystal formed a small knife and pointed that towards the neck of the replicate, signaling the end of the training.
"Woah, your speed matches even my wits. I am impressed." Blue praised Crystal that made her embarrassed a little bit. "It's all thanks to Platinum, after all she casted the speed increasing spell on me for me to successfully do that."
"Don't lie, Crystal. Platinum also periodically enchants my replicate's speed and power, so it's a fair game and you won." Blue smirked as she continued to 'praise' Crystal until she reluctantly agreed that she won the match although Blue is obviously not Blue when she praises someone that is better than her. You know, jealously on girls...
"You won, right Crystal?"
"Uhh... yes."
"Good. Then you shall lend me your body for awhile. GOLD, WHERE ARE YOU?" Blue yelled towards the inside of the mansion while controlling Crystal's replicate to enter the mansion much to Crystal's horror.
"BLUE, WHAT ARE YOU TRYING TO DO?"
"Having some fun." Blue winked.
This chapter is a little bit shorter compared to the previous ones. This chapter has 2600++ words while the previous ones are all above 3k words. Sorry about that, but the rest needs to be continued in another chapter.
List of the special abilities known:
Gold – Electric Controlling
Platinum – Time Pausing and Supportive Spells
Crystal – Crystallizing
Blue – Replication
Silver – Invisibility and 2x Multitype Aliment Inflicter Pistol
Yellow – Advanced Healing and Revival
There will be 2 (or more) ability revealing in the next chapter, if things go smooth as planned. Whoever it might be, just stay tuned for the next chapter and you shall find out.
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Chapter by Storm
Released on 19th May 2013