I'm sorry! I neglected it! Sorry! I'll try my best next time!
"Let's see…" I stared at the group of girls (the boys I called were either too drunk, already taken, or too badmouthed to come) who are sitting at a round table. In all, there are three people. "Wasn't there supposed to be five people?" a staff member whispered to me. "Well…we ran low on volunteers." I muttered back. "Why girls?" the staff member asked.
"Why boys?" I answered back.
"Um…" one girl timidly raised her hand. "Yeah?" I said. The girl adjusted her glasses. "U-um…what is this for again?" she asked nervously, twirling her curly hair around. "You don't know?!" the staff member next to me and I said in surprised. "Figures a girl who looks like a bookworm came here against her will." A staff member nearby said. "What do you mean?" the other member next to him said, struggling with a few boxes of supplies (because it's kinda a thing for studios to always be busy). "'Cause think about it. How can anyone NOT know what this is about without being accepted?"
"I could think of a few-"
"Shut it."
"Well, Sarah. You're here to basically…find your one true love with the help of a bunch of idiots." I replied. The staff member next to me jabbed at me. "Ow!" I cried out. "It's true though! Don't deny it!" I said, rubbing my side. "That's true, but still!"
"Well anyways…" I looked at Sarah, who gulped after realizing what she has gotten into. "Hey, look at the bright side." I tried to soothe her. "You get to meet some mighty famous people."
"Why are you talking with a Hokkaido way of talking?" the staff member asked. I shrugged. "Is it Hokkaido? I picked it up from a character in an anime." I replied. "I think it's from Hokkaido." The staff member said. "Don't cha worry 'bout nuthin', kay?" the girl in pigtails said very cheerfully . She patted Sarah's back really heard. "Ya'll gonna have a GREAT time!"
"You're beating her." I said. "Oops." The pigtail girl stopped banging Sarah (who was already halfway to the floor). "Sorry!"
The other girl sitting suddenly jumps out. Her t-shirt is covered with a bunch of phrases like "Specialshipping for life!" or "Red and Yellow 4Ever!" in various fonts and sizes. "Where's Crystal? And Red and Yellow and Blue and Green and-"
"Yeah! Where's the famous idiotic, not-so-reliable heroes?!" the pigtailed girl said, jumping up and down. The two giddy girls alternated jumping, looking around for the dexholders. Sarah just adjusted her glasses and watched. "Uh...girls? Maybe you can…calm down for just a minute?" I suggested. The two girls eventually stopped jumping and sat down.
"Love your shirt! Ya a specialshipper?"
"Yep! I'll do anything to make it happen! I'll even date Red if I have to!"
"Ooh! I'm with ya! I even learned a few gun tricks for the occasion!"
"Gun tricks?"
"Yah! Watch out Blue, here I come!"
As much as I like seeing fans becoming friends, please note that no killing is allowed. And they're playing matchmaker, not the one being matchmaked. I thought. I noticed a presence behind me and turned. "Ah! Crystal! Just on time for-"
"Crystal!" the Specialshipper girl said. She took out a huge mallet ("Where'd you get that from?! The jeans pocket?!"). Crystal backed up a step in surprise. "Where's Gold?" she asked, fire in her eyes, already in batter mode. "Is she always this energetic?" a staff member commented to me. "I dunno. From the reviews, I'll say she's just a fan with a passion." I replied back. "You mean a passion for mallets and Specialshipping or a passion of Gold mining?"
"Uh, Petal?" I tried to get the mallet girl's attention. "Oh! Ani!" her eyes lit up when she met mine. "Thanks a lot for putting me in the show!" she dropped the mallet and hugged me tight. A bit too late since we've been together for two hours now. I thought. "Now I can't wait to set my plans in motion!" she laughed a small dark laugh at the end. "I think she meant a passion of meddling…" a staff member told the other with a dark and scared face. "That's nice and all…" I huffed. "But…can't…breathe…!"
"Sorry!" Petal immediately let go of me and I gasped for breath. "It's okay…" I told Petal. Crystal just stood there, wondering what Petal's shirt says. The pigtailed girl eyes lit up as if she just remembered something and started to look through her duffel bag, muttering incoherent words. "Just…give us a moment for the others to come…and no mallet welcoming!" I looked pointedly at Petal.
"Aww…" Petal said sadly and tossed the mallet in some random direction (which landed straight into a staff member's face. Sorry!). Petal handed Crystal an autograph card and a black marker. "Please sign this! It's not every day you get to meet a real live fictional-mmph!" I covered Petal's mouth from continuing.
Ah, the wonders of plot holes, fourth walls, and inconsistencies.
"What she means is that it's very nice to meet you, right?" I said the last part forcefully on Petal. Petal just nodded with a "Mm-hm." And I let go of her. "Me too! Sign please!" the pigtailed girl said as she handed Crystal her own marker and card (that's what she was looking for in her bag apparently). Crystal just stared at me and Petal curiously as she started to write her name on the card. "Jeez, Ani." Petal said. "No need to go all forceful about it." She said with a frown. I sweatdropped. "Let's just get Crystal's voice back before the others come to start."
"Is it only three people?" Petal said in surprise. "I thought it'll be one for each person."
"Nah, too long." I said. "Now where's-"
"Men."
"Ahh!" I screamed when I turned around and saw Ichiya face right up in mine. I jumped back and automatically slapped him with a giant paper fan. "Oh! Is Ichiya gonna help Crystal?" Petal said. "Worst idea ever." I said in a flat tone. Suddenly Ichiya sniffed Crystal from all sides, making Crystal silently jumped in surprise. I could tell by her trembling fists that she's about to do a one punch KO. The pigtailed girl was also ready to become the karate kid. "*sniff* *sniff* ah! What a beautiful parfume!" Ichiya proclaimed. "That's it, time's up. Out." I said and with a push of a button on a remote, he disappeared with an exclamation of "Me~n!"
"Aw." Petal and the pigtailed girl said with a disappointed look. "You like him?!" I said in shock. "Well…maybe not his personality…but I really wanted him to hit him with my mallet…" Petal said. "And I wanted to try my newly learned boxing skills." The pigtailed girl said. I sweatdropped. "Okay, I'll just go get Jirachi. I don't care what she says, she's going to grant this stupid antidote-I KNOW JIRACHI ARE GENDERLESS! THIS IS A DIFFERENT ONE I'M TALKING ABOUT!"
Crystal reeled back a little from the outburst. "Sorry. Writer's telepathy cons." I said.
"Ani! We're here!" Gold said cheerfully as he opened the door. The other dexholders are behind him, some dreading, some smiling, others annoyed. "Ah ha!" Petal pointed at Gold. "Hm? Who's this chick?" Gold said. She whipped out her mallet again and started to charge at him. Gold quickly tried to dodge and this ended up a lap around the warehouse. "It's time for revenge Gold! Revenge!" Petal said. "I don't know you!" Gold said.
"What revenge is she talking about?" Yellow asked me. I shrugged. "Probably about his outburst during the beginning." I suggested. "What do you mean?" Red asked. "Remember that reviewer that recommended the obstacle course? Yeah, that was Petal." I nodded at the girl. "That's her?!" several dexholders said in surprise. "What?! You're Pikachu3?" Gold turned to get a glance at Petal. "It's Pikaree1! And technically it's me and my brother!" Petal yelled. Sarah stood there worrying, wondering what to do and starting to freak out.
"Minna!" the pigtailed girl tried to get the other dexholders attention. She waved a few autograph cards. "Please sign these please!"
After some weird events happened (I just don't feel like reporting)
"Okay…let's introduce the people getting matchmaked." I said. A stack of signed autographs (and a stamped one for Silver and Green and Sapphire (made by Blue of course) Gold didn't want to sign and autograph someone who tried to hammer arm him) sat on a table with a monitor tv and random snacks. "You kinda know Petal already…"
"I'm not really that crazy…I just like to hit people who gets on my nerves. Mainly cursing." Petal said. Could've fooled me everyone else thought. I stayed silent on a few details she didn't mention. Like that suitcase full of cosplaying clothes. Or her OTP shipping…
Petal's face started to turn red a bit. Must be because of the fact she literally made a not so great first impression with the dexholders. "Well, anyways…Sarah, you're turn." I looked at the girl who's fiddling with her skirt. She adjusted her glasses. "U-um…my name is Sarah and…I was forced here by some of my classmates…so…um…hi…" she said really quietly. "Nice to meet you!" Blue said warmly. Sarah just nodded meekly and looked down on the floor, slinking into her seat. "Don't worry 'bout her! She's jus' shy!" the pigtailed girl told Blue very loudly and cheerfully, attempting to pat Sarah on the shoulder, only to have Sarah slapped onto the ground. "Oops! Sorry!" the pigtailed girl said to Sarah. "Um…I'll pay for your cracked glasses…when I manage to get enough of it anyways…"
"And who are ya?" Sapphire asked the pigtailed girl. "The name's Lori! Nice to meet cha!" the girl replied happily. The dexholders gave their "helloes" and "nice to meet yous". "Alright! With that out of the way," I clapped my hands. "Let's explain the rules and why the heck is Green tied up like he's a hostage?" I pointed at the said guy. His face is as annoyed as ever. "He tried to run away from his job." Blue said sweetly, intentionally snuggling up to Green to make him even more annoyed. "Oh yeah…Green, Sapphire, and Gold are supposed to help you with your…hobby…" I said. "Well anyways…you'll be in groups of three and will be in a random city (where you can't get help out of this place mind you, it's computer generated but stuff and stuff and it's still real-I'm not a scientist so I don't know how this works but it just does) and will help these three to finding the other end of their red string. Capsice? I only take yes for an answer, good bye!"
"Wait, what-!" most of the dexholders tried to process this but before any of them can put in another world, I already pressed the activation button and they were teleported to the said place. "You never told them the groups, Ani." A staff member mentioned. "Oops." I said. Then I shrugged. "Ah, whatevs. They'll know soon enough. Now…" I set a chair next to the table and turned on the monitor tv. "Begin this stupid event…now."
"Funny the creator and host of this thing is badmouthing her own creation and idea." A staff member muttered.
"Be quiet or I'll dock your pay."
In a random, unnamed city
"So…now what?" Emerald asked. Sapphire and Ruby shrugged. Sarah just sipped her pre-ordered milkshake. They somehow ended up at an outdoor café with drinks and sweets already set for them to eat. Sapphire has a chocolate chip sundae with some sort of green lime soda while Ruby has a strawberry shortcake and a soda float. Emerald has a bowl of ice cream and…
"Where's my drink?" Emerald asked, looking around. Sapphire stopped sniffing her drink and looked at Emerald. "Ain't it that milkshake Sarah got over there?" she looked over to Sarah. She adjusted her glasses and held the said milkshake. "I thought it was mine…"
"Maybe Ani forgot to order another set and decided to split it." Ruby said, sketching his shortcake (I later asked him why and he said it was for "ideas"). "Where'd you get that sketchbook?" Sarah commented in the background.
"Hey, Sarah?" Emerald asked with a serious tone. "Y-yes?" Sarah replied. "Can't you just hook up with a random guy so we can get out of here faster?" Emerald said bluntly. "A-as if! I'm not a prostitute you know!"
"I never said you were!"
"How would YOU like it if some random stranger claims to like you but never does?!"
"Why are you overreacting!?"
Back at the Warehouse
"Okay, Crystal." I rubbed my hands together in anticipation. Crystal looked at me with a determined face. "Let's see…if Ichiya is out of commission…we'll just have to do it the hard way! The suspension bridge effect!"
"Um…isn't that…the effect with a lover or something?" a staff member said. "Oh…well…the tactic was to get Crystal scared enough to get her voice back…sound good?" I said. "No." several staff members said. "Well, I'll like to see any of you tame Ichiya and his sniffing." I hmphed. "It's still not called the suspension bridge effect!" One called out. "I don't care~!" I replied back in a sing song voice. "Now let's get cooking!"
"Cooking?"
"Just thought the leftover food from the cooking contest from before would help…"
Crystal paled at the thought of that and was already at starting position to kick me out of the roof top. "Relax! It's not like it's gonna be rotten or anything! You see-" Crystal's glare gave me the signal to just. Be. Quiet.
"Okay…fine…" my face brightened as an idea struck my head. "So tell me Crystal," I said, rubbing my chin with a mischievous glint in my eyes. "Are you great at playing with fire?"
With Lori's team
Blue and Lori are having fun with some girl chat, that Green and Silver has no intention of listening. "Why are we behind a bush?" Silver said, glaring at Green like it was his fault. "That's apparently how we start the day here." Green grumbled. Suddenly the background chattering (aka the girl's) stopped. Green and Silver turned to the girls right away and was met with two pairs of glinting eyes.
"…What?" Green asked, already dreading the answer. "Alright!" Lori said, getting up and getting a few leaves stuck in her head in the process. "Let's start matchmaking!"
Note: They are currently in a public park, complete with a water fountain and birds and benches. Of course, there are also common folks and kids as well.
"Robber!" one kid pointed out with his finger and loudly cried out. "Shh, don't pay attention to her." His mother reached for the kids hand and ushered him out of the park. Other people were watching Lori with a look that isn't really…welcoming.
Lori sweatdropped at the awkwardness and Silver and Green slapped their hands onto their foreheads. Blue was too busy writing something down in her mini notebook. "…alright, there!" Blue said with a satisfied smile as she finished dotting the period. She shut the notebook closed and put them back into her pockets. "What were you writing, sis?" Silver asked. "Oh, just plans…" Blue said with a mischievous smile.
"I'm am 100% sure about the answer but for time's sake, what for?" Green said. Lori and Blue grinned Cheshire grins. "We're gonna find soul mates for both of you!" they both said excitedly and loudly.
"Excuse me, ma'ams." A police officer said, suddenly appearing in front of the bushes. "Could you and your boyfriends please refrain from disturbing the other people or I will be forced to excuse you out of this park."
"S-sorry…"
"And they're not our boyfriends." Lori commented.
Green and Silver groaned and slapped their foreheads again. "Kill me now…" Green said. "Gladly." Silver said.
With Petal's Team
"…where's Petal?" Red asked, looking around. "Who knows?" Yellow and Gold replied as the searched around as well. "Hey, Straw Hat Gal. Any idea how we got in the middle of the town?" Gold asked his short senior. "Nope." Yellow replied. Gold's eye caught on a shop displaying women's bathing suits and started to walk towards it with a grin. Yellow noticed that and quickly grabbed Gold by the hoodie and dragged a flailing Gold back to Red. "Oi! I was just checking to see if Petal was there! Oi!"
"Sorry, Gold!" Yellow said, still dragging him slowly. "But Crys, Blue, and Silver told me to keep an eye on you!"
"Why?!"
Gold stopped trying to fight Yellow when he felt an eerie glare at him. He looked around for the stalker but to no avail. "…creepy…" he muttered. "What's creepy? The haunted house or you?" Red asked, appearing next to him. Yellow and Gold looked at him. "Haunted house?" they looked behind them to see what Red was looking at and immediately screamed. Somehow, they didn't notice the haunted house at all, and the decors were very scary, to say the least…
Meanwhile, Petal was on the second floor in a restaurant, staring at the trio with binoculars through the window. "Hm…seems I have to adjust my plan a bit…that Gold, always ruining my plans. I've got to figure out a way to get him out of there…" she stood up taller and made a fist. "I'M GONNA GET THOSE TWO TOGETHER, IF IT'S THE LAST THING I DO HERE!"
"Excuse me, miss? Please try to be quiet, or we'll be forced to escort you out of the restaurant." A waiter said. Petal stiffened and became as red as a cherry. "I-I'm sorry!" she quickly bowed down in apology. That being said, she quickly ran out of the restaurant, embarrassed at yelling in a restaurant with people staring at her. "Excuse me!" she said as she ran.
She didn't realize she was at a five star restaurant.
Back with Operation Get Crystal's Voice Back
Crystal and I waited (with slight disgust) as our pink haired friend devoured a bunch of meat and fish and other food we had prepared. Too bad food is flying everywhere, some landed on our faces and we're just glad that it didn't end up in our mo-
"Eew! I think one flew into my mouth!" one staff member shrieked. "Serves you right for yawning when it's the climax! Go Proteam Omega!" another said, watching the said cartoon.
Can food even go that far? I wondered. And that's a kid's thing, for Arceus' sake! Do your job!
"Uh..N-natsu? Can you just help us?" I asked the eating monster. "Hm?" Natsu stopped at mid chew and looked at me. He gulped the food in his mouth. "Help with what?" he asked. "Help with getting Crystal here her voice back." I replied. And maybe our food stock, while you're at it…
Crystal just stared at the man weirdly. "That's it? Seems too easy for 8 million jewls." Natsu said, crossing his arms. "Oh well. Now, open wide…" he said mischievously as he lit up a fire on his hand, glinting eyes to go with his voice. Crystal silently shrieked and flinched at the evil way. "Don't you dare burn her!" I screamed, jumping off the crate I was sitting on. "Or I'll have a group of Crystal fans to make Erza seem like a cuddly teddy bear! Ribbon included!"
Natsu huddled far away from me and meekly said "I'm sorry." While being white as a sheet. "Just leave, you overgrown kid." I said. "Fine, it's not like I wanted the reward anyways…" he said, getting up and whistling a small tune. "Oh really? I remember you being indebted to Lucy after scorching half her apartment down. What was the replacement price again? Oh yeah, 8 million jewls…" I said half innocently. Natsu sweatdropped at that. "I was only trying to show her my juggling skills…" he muttered. Crystal stared at the guy with a look that probably says, "This guy is worse than the boys put together! Eugene included!"
Eugene somewhere sneezed.
When Natsu left, I sighed. I looked at Crystal. "Got your voice back yet?"
Crystal shook her head.
Sigh.
I hate life.
With Sarah's group
After finishing their free meal, the quartet walked around randomly, hoping to somehow find the guy and hopefully the miraculous love at first sight event will occur.
Or, a plan will magically appear in their inexperienced mind.
They stopped at a bus stop so they could rest on the seats for a while. Ruby, however, refused. "Do you know how many germs could be on those filthy seats?" he said, backing away from them. Sapphire rolled her eyes, who straight up sat on the floor. "C'mon Prissy Boy. It ain't that dirty."
"Is too! And for once, stop sitting on the ground! Your clothes will get ruffled!"
"It ain't gonna be and mind yer own business!"
Emerald and Sarah sighed in the background. "So…got any preferences?" Emerald asked Sarah. She jumped a little at the sudden conversation and shook her head. "I don't really think about it…at all…" she replied softly, adjusting her glasses. "Well, think now 'cause we aren't gonna be leaving anytime soon until you found a guy." Emerald crossed his arms and looked up in thought. Sarah sweatdropped. "Easier said than done."
"Well then, what do you like to do? Maybe we can find some hints there."
"I like to read. And…learn about some stuff."
Spoken like a true nerd, not like I'm ever gonna tell her that. Emerald thought.
The couple that will never be continued to argue.
Their topic seemed to change to the partial memory loss Ruby claims to have.
With Petal's Group
"Ah! Petal!" Yellow exclaimed when she found the said girl running towards the dexholders. "Sorry! I…uh…got lost! Somehow I wasn't with you guys!" Petal lied when she caught up.
"What's with the binoculars?" Red asked innocently, pointing at the device in Petal's hand. Petal slightly flinched. "Oh, these? These are for…looking for boys! Yeah! It's better to see guys real close than from afar right?" Petal said. "Right…? Well…then what's that frosting for?" Gold pointed at the pink frosting on Petal's arm. Petal mentally shrieked. She hadn't realized she scraped some off during her exit earlier. "Um…obviously to attract Pokemon! It's like that method where you surround yourselves with cute things to gain attention…or something…" Petal was beet red after her adlibbing.
"More like attracting unwanted attention." Gold commented bluntly. "A-anyways…" Yellow said, awkwardly smiling. "What should we do about-"
"And about the matchmaking!" Petal interrupted quickly. "I have just the thing!"
"You do?" the trio asked Petal at the same time. Petal stood up proudly, hands on hips. "Yep! And the locations is…"
With Lori's Team
Green and Silver looked at each other before looking at the pile of papers in front of them. They're now at an open café, mostly because of the table, partially because of the free sweets they're giving out. They looked up to see Blue and Lori, only to find their view blocked by piles of dishes all around them. They sweatdropped. "Wh-what the…"
On the other side of the plate barrier, Blue looked at Lori with a dumbfounded look. So far, she has eaten only about three plates, whereas Lori has finished her 95th one. In the background, the chefs were getting panicked about their rapidly falling stock of sweets. "This is why I told you to not give out free sweets for the day!" one said in agony to the main chef. The main chef just silently cried at his own sulk corner.
Lori, oblivious about the commotion, looked at Blue blankly, fork still in mouth. "What cha lookin' for?" she said in a slightly muffled tone. Blue shook her head in a monotonous way. "Nothing. Really."
"Really? Don't look like it."
Lori gulped her last morsel of cake. "Well, anyways…" Lori turned to face Green and Silver, only to be visibly startled by the stacks of plates. "Whoa! What the-! What tha heck happened?!"
YOU happened! It's you! You! Blue, Green, and Silver thought with dark lines over their heads and shadowed faces.
Lori shrugged. "Ah, who cares?" she simply stacked a few plates on the other stacks to see Green and Silver. "Now that that's settled…"
No, it's not!
"Let the plan commence!"
Green and Silver blinked. "…What?" they said bluntly. Lori and Blue grinned. "I already know the perfect girl for you!" Lori clasped her hands together, looking at Silver. Silver sighed in his head. Then he staggered back in his chair with dreadful foreshadowing when Lori took out a gothic loli dress (that somehow seems to be his size, if he was a 'she') out of nowhere. Green stared at the dress warily before looking at Blue accusingly. "Explain." He said. "What? It's not for you." Blue answered nonchalantly. "Hee hee~!" Lori smiled. "Petal gave me this a few minutes after we came to the warehouse. She gave one to Sarah too in case you end up with her."
Damn that *Beautifly*
Note that I'm censoring things by pokemon names that share the same letter as the original word, just saying!
With Sarah
"By the way, love the dress!" Ruby gushed at the dress Sarah had. It was really frilly, as if a gothic loli turned pink and white (if that's normal loli, well, go figures). Sapphire scrunched up her nose in disgust. "Where'd ya get that from?" she asked. "Petal gave it to me. Said something about getting Silver to play cosplay no matter what…or something like that."
With Petal
"…a love tunnel?!" Gold exclaimed at the obvious entrance sign. Decorated with hearts, luvdisc, pink, and basically Valentine's Day on repeat forever, the group stared at the attraction for a long time. The dome shaped building had a long line, and according to the mechanical sign, they have to wait for an hour or so to get in. "…" the trio looked at Petal. "Why do we have to go?" they asked. "Not you." Petal grabbed Gold and yanked him to her side. "You two!" Petal looked at Yellow and Red. Yellow and Red blinked. They pointed at themselves. "Me?" they said. "Duh!" Petal exclaimed. "We'll just…sit with the crowd!"
"There's no crowd that's sitting, though." Gold commented. "Details, details…" Petal commented back. The duo that was forced to go continue to stare at Petal blankly. "…you know…it's you that's supposed to…you know…go here…you know?" Red said. "Well…yes…" Petal said slowly. "But um…I feel kinda sick right now so…you guys should go! Tell me all about it, 'kay?" Petal said happily. Yellow furiously shook her head while Red just scratched the back of his head. "Sure but…what's the point? Can't we just wait for you to get better?" Red reasoned while Yellow furiously nodded in agreement, red from embarrassment.
"Th-that's true…"
"By the way…" Gold pointed at Petal's mallet. "Why are you holding that thing above my head?"
"Hm? Oh…" Petal put the mallet away. "Sorry. I just got a sudden urge to play whack-a-johto-nian…"
With Operation Get Crystal's Voice Back!
"So…um…" I looked at the redhead eating a strawberry cake. Crystal just mentally prepared herself for some sort of disaster. "Erza?" I asked. "Hm?" Erza looked up from her cake. "What's wrong?" she asked. "Well...can you help us get her voice back?" I nodded towards Crystal as indication. "Oh, right. Sorry." Erza put down her half finished 40TH cake. "Now, let's begin." She stood up and all of the sudden a bright light flashed. When it died down, Erza wore her-
"Eeek! The swords are falling! The swords are falling!" one staff member shrieked. Crystal also mentally shrieked and leaned back from the sudden sight of fifty swords in the air aiming at her. "Okay…I know you mean well…but the Heaven's Wheel Armor? Seriously? Don't break the warehouse with it!" I screamed. "Relax, Ani." Erza said cooly, in her new armor. "I've heard that if we scare a person hard enough, the hiccups should go away. Erza smiled with her excited (yet idiotic) expression. "It'll work, trust me."
It doesn't count if you end up KILLING the poor girl!
Erza raised her arms and swung them down at Crystal's direction, who just looked at Erza and wondered what's gonna happen. The swords suddenly flew to her and Crystal instinctively shielded herself with her arms. "Don't kill her Erza!" I screamed, also ducking for cover. Just as the first swords reach Crystal, they stopped. Crystal, sensing that she's still alive and processed no pain, slowly looked up. The swords made a nice small space where she could go to the extent of just putting her arms to her side and raising her head high.
"Well? Did it work?" Erza asked excitedly. Crystal looked at Erza with a certain look and shook her head quickly. "Oh." Erza became distraught and went back to her normal armor. "By the way, Erza-san." A staff member holding a shield said in the background. "We're trying to get her voice back, not get rid of hiccups."
"Oh, well in that case." Erza straightened and looked like she had an idea. "I know just the thing-"
"Just go home." I sighed.
With Sarah's Group
After they rested (and the couple that will never be finally stopped arguing), they continued to walk around the city to sightsee and wait for a guy.
"You know," Emerald said. "I'm starting to give up on wandering around. Let's just go to those places where you hook up with whoever."
"Underage, probably…" Sarah squeaked, adjusting her glasses. "C'mon, Prissy Boy! Ain't the time ta go window shoppin'!" Sapphire said as she dragged Ruby from a boutique. "You can always be with Ruby." Emerald jerked his thumb at the said boy's direction. "If you're willing to live life as a mannequin from time to time." He added. "Definitely not!" Sarah said, trembling at the thought of Sapphire. "Definitely not!" Sapphire and Ruby said at the same time Sarah said it. "Well it's not like it's your business, Sapph." Emerald stared at Sapphire knowingly. Sapphire's eye twitched. "Grr…"
"By the way…" Sarah said quietly. "Is the guy still there?"
Emerald turned to look behind them. Amongst the people and cars, there is still a guy half hidden at the corner of the block. When he noticed that Emerald was looking at him, he quickly ducked out of sight. Emerald looked back at Sarah. "Yeah." He answered. Ruby and Sapphire looked at the corner where the guy was last seen. "So…what now? Continue ta ignore 'im?" Sapphire asked. "I guess, since there's no point in confronting him right now." Ruby answered. "Looks like you have a stalker admirer." Emerald told Sarah. "H-how do you know it's Sapphire or Ruby and not me?" Sarah said, flustered. "You're famous people!"
"True..." Emerald thought for a bit, then frowned. "Hey…what about me?"
"Eh? What?"
"You didn't include me!"
"O-oh...um…it's just-"
"It's 'cause I'm short, isn't it?!"
"Wh-what? N-no!"
"You hesitated!"
"But i-it's just th-that-"
"Why must everyone pick on me?!"
"I'm sorry!"
With Lori
Lori failed at getting Silver to wear the dress when he decided to use the table knife to threaten her. "I might have learning boxing and all…" Lori said, backing away. "But I didn't really learned how to dodge knives…or guns…or-"
"Look out girl!"
Splat, goes the apple pie. Blue hurriedly wiped the pie that landed on the back of Lori's head. "…sweets." Lori finished her sentence with a disgusted look. "Serves you right." Silver murmured. Green just sat back and watched the waiter who tripped say sorry to Lori over and over again. When the ordeal was over, Green asked Lori "Why does Silver need to dress up anyways?"
"Um…to the fulfillment of a fan's request?" Lori said. Silver got up quickly and glared at Lori. "Eek!" Lori jumped back and prepared a self defense stance. "Put that knife down or I'm gonna call the cops for attempt of murder! And it was Petal's wish, not mine!"
"Damn that *Froakie* *Beautifly*!"
"Language, Silvy!" Blue scolded. She slapped Silver on the head. "Repent by wearing the dress! Now!" she said in a serious tone while holding the dress and an excited aura around her. "No." Silver said bluntly. "Tch." Blue turned with fake disappointment. "Fine then. Keep your clothes." She brightened. "Not gonna stop us from playing matchmaker!"
"That being said…" Lori reached for Blue's hand and Green's and put them together. "I vote for you two!"
"Objection!" all three said. "Tch." Lori snapped her fingers, wearing the same face as Blue's from before. "Worth a try."
With Operation Crystal (abbr. form)
"LUCY!" I cried with alligator tears as I tackled the mage with a hug. "Am I glad to see a sane person!"
"Hi Ani!" Lucy greeted. "You can let go of me now."
I let go of her and introduced her to Crystal and vice versa. They both said (bowed) their greetings. "So…how can I help you?" Lucy asked me. "Obviously, use your magic to get Cry's voice back!" I said. Crystal nodded. She sensed that Lucy isn't a freak either. "I'll try my best." Lucy said with a determined face. "Let's see…" she looked at her keys at hand. "Open, Gate of the Southern Cross Key, Crux!"
Crystal jumped when a sleeping cross with legs, arms, and a beard appeared. Crux landed with a thud and continued to snore away. "Crux!" Lucy yelled at her spirit. The bubble popped and Crux blinked wearily. He floated upright and yawned. "Hello, Lucy." He said. "Crux, can you help us find if anyone in the spirit world knows a cure to get her voice back?" Lucy asked, showing Crux Crystal. "I shall try my best." And with that, Crux went right back on sleeping.
Crystal looked at me with questioning eyes. I looked at Lucy. "He's really looking, right? Not sleeping?" I asked the mage. "I'm pretty sure he's searching." Lucy nodded with agreement to herself. "If he doesn't wake up in five minutes, I'm officially calling him useless." I muttered. "Relax, Ani." Lucy said. "He'll give us an answer, I'm sure of it."
"But still…"Lucy looked at Crystal. "How did you lose your voice? The only thing Ani told me was to be quiet about this whole 'crossover' business."
"You're a writer, you should know the consequences of having other characters meet in different dimensions." I said. "No I don't." Lucy said. "I'm a writer, not a god. I don't write scripts that happen in real life."
"Me neither." I replied. "Nothing I write happens in real life. For me, anyways."
"Well? How did you lose your voice?" Lucy asked Crystal, not partaking in the conversation anymore. "You know she can't answer you, right?" a staff member said next to a fangirling staff member. "Lucy! I'm your biggest fan!"
"Thank you!" Lucy replied back with a smile. Though I pretty sure you meant watching my life story, and not my articles…
"She lost her voice from a cookie." I replied bluntly. "A cookie?!" Lucy sweatdropped. "Yeah, long story." I said.
With Petal's Group
Ignoring the love tunnel attraction ("For now," Petal said), they continued to walk in the amusement park they were in. "Heard it was a great place for finding love." Gold once said. "As if." Petal retorted. "You just wanted to get to the food stalls!"
"I can't help it! They make the best poke puffs!"
Yellow and Red walked behind them, eating cotton candy. "Besides, even if that's true, it's not like some random guy will drop by and then love at first sight star-" Petal continued. "A guy is falling!" a passerby interrupted with fear, pointing at the top of the ferris wheel up ahead. "What?!" the group said and looked up. The said guy was about to fall, but another guy at the top car grabbed his hand. "HELP!" the guy said.
"Seriously?" Petal muttered at the coincidence. "Come on! Let's go help!" Gold said and ran ahead. "How?!" Petal said and ran after him. Red and Yellow followed. As soon and Yellow came the guy's hand slipped and fell-right on top of Yellow. The both fell on the ground, moaning. "You ok, Straw Hat Gal?" Gold asked. "Are you alright, mister?" Petal asked as she helped the guy up while Red helped Yellow. It's a good thing in anime, people have more resistance or something, and no one died.
Note: I sure am glad I inputted some anime aspects into this dimension world place. Take that, Grim Reaper!
The guy stared at Petal. Petal stared back, before sweatdropping. "Um…something wrong?"
The weirdo brightened. "I found my one true love at last!"
"Hai?!"
He knelt. "Marry me please, true love. Please?"
"HUH?!"
At the Warehouse
"HUH?!" the staff members watching the monitor said at the same time as Petal, Gold, Yellow, and Red.
Crystal and I didn't care about that at the moment. We care about the new afros we're sporting. "I asked to get Crystal's voice back, not a hair cut!" I yelled. "And why was I included too?" I added. "Ebi." Cancer simply struck a pose and disappeared. "Come back here, you crab freak!" I called out. "Sorry." Lucy apologized, who also had the afro look. "I guess he had a different idea in mind."
Crux, by the way, turns out to be actually sleeping, and was sent back to the spirit world. Lucy decided to try her other spirits, and that's where we are right now.
"Should we try Gemini?" Lucy suggested. "What for? To have them as a substitute for Crystal like back when you were invisible? No thanks." I said. "Ok…then…Aquarius?" Lucy said. I gave her a look. "Excuse me? You want us to flood this place full of important equipment by an ill tempered mermaid?" I said. "Ok, fine." Lucy rolled her eyes and Crystal wondered what I meant by 'ill tempered mermaid'. "But hey, the scare might bring her voice back…"
"We're not talking about hiccups." I reasoned.
"Fine, Ms. Know it All. What now?" Lucy said, crossing her arms. "You," I said, pointing at her. "Go back home and play human soccer with Natsu and Happy. Meanwhile," I looked at Crystal. "…we're finding an expert."
"What expert?" Lucy voiced Crystal's thought. "…a mutated cookie antidote expert." I replied.
With Sarah's Group
"So…are we gonna confront him?" Emerald asked Sarah as he sipped his soda. The group walked around the city, trying to throw off the stalker but ended up getting a drink break instead. Sarah sipped her iced tea. "Maybe…later…" she replied. Sapphire didn't get any drink (because a: she wasn't thirsty and b: she got kicked out of the store for causing a ruckus) and Ruby didn't either (because of b) so they ended up arguing on who's in the wrong.
"How about we go watch a movie or something? That way, the stalker guy might give up and won't be able to find us." Emerald suggested, ignoring the bickering duo behind him. "I guess…but don't you think we'll be kicked out before we even enter?" Sarah referred to Sapphire and Ruby. "Then they'll be out decoy and we get to go in for free." Emerald said half jokingly. "Who are you calling a decoy?" Sapphire and Ruby commented angrily before going back to arguing. Emerald sighed. "Sometimes it really makes one wonder how those two can argue for eternity when they like each other."
"We do not!"
"Ok! I'm sorry for ever talking! Now let's go to the movies!"
"W-we're going?!"
"Well, duh! Got any other plans?"
With Lori
"Ok…clearly we got off on the wrong foot." Lori said, sporting a bump on the head where the others hit her. "No kidding." Silver grumbled, crossing his arms. "Let's…start over? Whaddaya say?"
"No." Silver and Green said at the same time. "You don't count 'cause ya'll really cold hearted." Lori said. She looked at Blue. "Well?" she asked. "I'll forgive you when I feel like it." Blue said, still mad about being matched up with Green. "Speaking of which…" she turned to Green sweetly and held up the dress. "Green-"
"No." he said automatically. "…AS your three day master, I command you to…"
"Hold on," Green warned. "That's an abuse of power."
"…I command you to force Silver to wear this dress!"
"What?!" Green and Silver said. "You could've let me finished." Blue shrugged. "No, that's not the point." Green said. "First off, what makes you think Silver is going to listen to me?" Green pointed at Silver when he said the red head's name. "And I'm not going to wear that." Silver said. "Master's orders." Blue said. "You're not my master." Silver and Green said. "Technically, yes." Blue told Green. "And pretty please with a cherry on top?" Blue pleaded with Silver. "No." Silver said bluntly. Blue turned to Lori. "Help me and I'll forgive you." She said. "Will do!" Lori said, already in a fighting pose. "Let me just say that I took a lot of lessons, from karate to gun aiming."
"Gun aiming? Oh, nevermind." Blue said. "Now…" Blue wrote some stuff in her travel notebook as Lori tackled both Green and Silver to a three way fist fight. "Excuse me…miss?" a worker at the café (they're still at) said to Blue. "Hm?" Blue acknowledged him with a slight raise of head, but still continued to work on her planning. "Is everything okay? Your friends are fighting for some reason-" the worker said. "Oh, they're fine." Blue said with a wave of her hand. "They're very experienced people."
As the worker continue to stammer about how they should stop causing a commotion, Blue finished writing on her matchmaking plans and put the notebook away. "Now…" Blue said, looking at Silver and Green in the midst of the fight. "Time to start the matchmaking!"
"What?" the fighting trio said in mid punch/defense/kick. They heard what Blue said, and wanted to make sure they heard correctly. "Nothing, continue fighting, little kids." Blue said sweetly.
"Little kids?!"
With Sarah's Group
Ruby and Sapphire waited patiently outside the movie theater. "This is all your fault." Sapphire muttered. "For the sake of not arguing, I'm not going to argue." Ruby replied back. They were forced to wait by Sarah and Emerald because they were still arguing at the time and they also had a job of look out for the stalker. "See the guy yet?" Sapphire asked. "Nope. Probably left." Ruby said, stretching. "Let's just leave and-"
"Ah! Found 'im!" Sapphire suddenly said and pointed at the stalker guy. He pretended to mind his own business by reading a newspaper and leaning on the wall next to the theater's entrance (which also serves as an exit), but he takes peeks at the door from time to time. "Where'd he come from?" Ruby asked to himself. "Dunno." Sapphire answered. "Anyways, let's tackle 'im and ask what's he doing!" Sapphire started to run towards the stalker, but Ruby stopped her. "Wait," he said. "Maybe we should keep an eye. You know, in case he's one of those weird scouts." He proposed. Sapphire stared at him. T T
"You're kiddin', right?" Sapphire said. "Uh…y-yeah…of course…" Ruby stammered. "A-anyways, we should just wait and see what happens. Don't want to mistaken him or anything." He took a step back and looked away, trying to cover up his blunder. "Mistaken 'im? How? He's suspicious as clear as day!" Sapphire argued. "Keep your voice down." Ruby hushed Sapphire. "The guy might hear us!" luckily for Sapphire and Ruby, the stalker didn't seem to hear them due to the busy chattering of passer bys.
Meanwhile, in the theater, Emerald is busying trying to ignore the weeping mess of tissues and red eyed Sarah next to him and tried to pay attention to the boring clichéd movie. "How the heck is this sad?" Emerald said quietly with a grumpy look. "It's so boring and exaggerated." He became silent when a few fans stared at him menacingly and slumped in his seat.
With Petal's Group
Petal tried to brush the guy off, but he just insisted on (currently he's insisting anyways) marrying her right then and now. "First he said true love, then he said dating…is he taking conversations as a time skip?" Gold asked Red and Yellow. "Who knows?" Yellow and Red replied. "And I insist," Petal continued to say. "I really don't think you mean it!"
"Of course I mean it, love!" the guy proclaimed. "Don't call me that! It was just the suspension bridge effect!" Petal said. "No, I know love when I feel it! You're the one! Now, how many babies would you want again?"
"None, thanks!" Petal yelled. "I can't promise riches, but I promise to be forever true to you!" the guy pleaded. "Just…hold on, okay?" Petal said before running away super speed and dragging Gold along with her. "Whoa!" Gold said when they stopped behind a circus tent of sorts. "What's the deal?" Gold said. "What deal? Look," Petal took a deep breath. "Help me get that weirdo off my case. I can't have him meddling in my- I mean, it's really annoying with a weirdo like him, and I don't plan on marrying yet, let alone having babies." Petal made a face at the thought. "What's that gotta do with me?" Gold asked, frowning. "Simple. You," Petal pointed at him. "distract him, and me and Red and Yellow, will leave the amusement park."
"Wait, why do I have to be the bait again?" Gold said furiously. "Because this is what you do best." Petal insisted. "Trust me, this is your time to shine! Bring those flirting with random women to good use! Being the sacrifice is what you do best, after all!"
"Are you trying to encourage me or look down on me?"
"Um…both?"
In the Outer Dimension (while Gold tried to bribe Petal since he's doing a huge favor)
"Ani, the hell?" one staff member asked me. "What? It's not my fault I was watching anime to make my list be shorter." I protested. "…what are you annoyed about anyways?"
Meanwhile, Crystal is communicating (using a sketchbook) with the guy working at the store about her dilemma. Unfortunately, the worker kept falling asleep due to accidentally eating a cookie, that makes you very, very sleepy. Heard it was called the Yawn Cookie, part of the Pokemon Move Set Cookie Collection number 43.
"In any case…" I said, dragging the worker away. "Clearly he ain't gonna be much help so…" I threw him out the door and looked at Crystal. "…how about we just go find a Jirachi?" I suggested for the multiple time. "You know…you never did invite Gray here." A staff member noted. I looked at him. "How is he gonna help?" I asked with an eyebrow raised. The staff member shrugged. "The same reason why you thought Natsu could help?"
"While you might have a point, that means that Gray won't be help at all." I looked at the monitor. "…Why is Gold trying to bribe Petal? Why is Petal whacking at him? Where the heck did that love struck guy came from?!" I cried out as I saw a guy popping out of nowhere and practically clinging on a pale Petal before getting whacked in the face. Still persistent though. "Ugh! I had it!" Petal said and kicked the guy out of the monitor screen's sight. Petal then glared as if she could tell where the monitor screen is and seemed to glare right at me. "Ani!" she yelled. "Get me outta here! I found a guy, so let me outta here!"
"…she does realize that the point was for the pokedex holders to match make her and not herself, right?" I said to no one in particular. "She does realize that she's literally talking to thin air, right?" a staff member said in the same tone I used.
With Lori's Group
After Blue finished wrapping Lori's head with bandages from her first aid kit, she tsked at the trio. "You guys look like you just went into a one way gang fight." She looked at Silver and Green, who had various bandages around their bodies. "Who's fault was it to begin with?" Green muttered. "Now no one's gonna hook up with you two." Blue said a bit sadly. "Now that's what I call, a blessing in disguise." Green commented. "So…I'll have no choice but to pair one of you up with Lori dear…" Blue said a bit melodramatically. "…what?!" Lori stood up from the ground she was sitting and stared at Blue as if she was a betrayed pokemon. "When did I became a backup?!" she asked. "When did we agreed to this?!" Silver said. "Just now." Blue replied sweetly. "And Green can't do anything about it." She added happily. "Yes I can. That agreement thing wasn't really set officially. I don't have to listen to your every insane desire." Green countered. "Insane? Mind you, but I believe I'm helping you out here! Without anyone to pull some strings, no one is gonna like you, let alone live with you for the rest of their life!" Blue retorted. "I don't need someone to 'pull some strings' for me." Green crossed his bandaged arms. "I don't plan on living with a stranger either." Lori looked at Green crossly at that. "I'm no stranger! Much, anyways." Lori said the last part like an afterthought. "Don't tell me you're thinking of living your life…alone?!...are you?" Blue asked Green with an eyebrow raised and a suspicious look. Green looked at Blue in the eye. "Now that you mention it, yes. I am." Green said. "So I don't need a nosy troublemaker like you to mess around with my life."
Blue dramatically threw herself on the ground, handkerchief in her mouth and hand. "Is it really a sin to just pray for a dear friend of mine to have a fulfilled, happy life at its full potential?" she said, fake weeping. "My fulfilled, happy life at its full potential is me getting peace and quiet and researching." Green deadpanned. "Hmph." Blue said, standing up and dropping the act. "You obviously are a lost cause." She stuck her tongue out at him. "Which means…" she looked at Silver who looked away. "Please~ Silvy? For me?" Blue said, puppy eyed. "…I prefer my life as it is." Silver said. "And I prefer to not have a boyfriend right now." Lori added. Blue stared at Lori with a 'be quiet now' look. Lori looked away and whistled a tune.
"By the way…" Silver looked at Blue. "I thought Lori was supposed to be matchmaked, not us."
"Just thought I could kill two pidgeys with one stone, you know?"
T T
With Sarah's Group
"Sarah! Emerald!" Sapphire greeted when the two exited the theater. "What's wrong?" Ruby asked Emerald, who looked like he never slept for the past two days. "The movie, that's what." Emerald said as Sarah continued to wipe her eyes. Ruby and Sapphire looked at the two reactions of the same movie and decided not to pry (for convenient purposes). "Did you find the stalk-ah!" Emerald found the stalker guy, and Sapphire and Ruby immediately covered his mouth and dragged both Emerald and Sarah around the corner. When they let go, Emerald yelled "What the heck was that for!"
"Just runnin' away so the stalker guy doesn't know we know." Sapphire said. "Why?" Emerald asked. "Just confront him."
"This guy wants ta make things more complicated." Sapphire jerked her thumb towards Ruby. "Well, sorry then!" Ruby replied. "You go ask!"
"Why me?!"
"Because you're the one who wanted to in the first place!"
"So? You ask! For punishment!"
"What are you, scared?"
"No! I'm not!"
"Then go!"
"You go!"
"Okay! I'm sorry I asked!" Emerald interrupted. "I'll talk to him! Sheesh! Sarah, let's go." Emerald dragged Sarah back towards the theater, where the stalker guy still is. Sarah adjusted her glasses. "W-We're really gonna go ask him? He looks…scary." She said, trembling. "I honestly believe you'll think a Pidgey looks scary, but I get where you're coming from. But it's either talk to him or have him follow us until we get back." Emerald replied. "Then…I prefer the latter." Sarah said. "And I prefer the former." Emerald said. By this time, they were already near him, and he (who was looking around the scenery and lost track of them and time) noticed Sarah immediately. He straightened and looked at Sarah. But before he was able to say a word, Sarah shrieked (she snapped from the pressure) and knonked him on the head with a nearby stick before running away. "Wait! Sarah!" Emerald ran after her and Sapphire and Ruby (who was looking around the corner) followed Emerald, ignoring the onlookers.
I think she needs to stop being scared all the time before she starts looking for a boyfriend!
With the Outer Dimension
"…Welcome back~…" I said sheepishly at Petal's group. For some reason, Petal was huffing as if she just ran the marathon and Gold is currently out with the staff members for first aid. "Um…how'd it go?" I asked, even though the reason I teleported them back was because of the failure. "Just…peachy!" Petal smiled a fake smile. Red and Yellow smiled a cringed smile. "Well…glad to have you back…so…" I looked at Lori's group. "Why are you here?"
"I teleported them back when it didn't seem like Lori is gonna have the other half anytime soon…and we're pretty much running out of time." A staff member said. "This thing as a time limit?" I asked. "We took the demo deal." Another staff member clarified. I rolled my eyes. "Ok…then where's-"
"Aah!" Sarah screamed as she continued to run even after she was teleported back. She zoomed past me with Emerald and Sapphire following. "Welcome back! And you can stop running!" I called out after them. Ruby was telling a staff member to quickly prepare an ironing set (the nerve!). "The wrinkles!" he kept saying. Gold sighed. "I never did get to talk to the girls…" he complained. "Good riddance." I said.
"Well…anyways…" I then have an idea. "Ok! That being said, this day is over! Now leave!" I said loudly. "And pack up!" I added to the staff members. "What about the hat?" Yellow asked. "No need, I already have an event planned out." I grinned. "It's the Get Crystal's Voice Back Event!"
"You still haven't found a cure?!"
"Do any of you see Crystal talking?!"
Review if you want a faster upload, and sorry for the abrupt ending. It's too long!
And I'm lazy!
And I have another idea that won't be uploaded until I do a few more chapters of this series!
And I don't own Pokemon!
And etcetera!
And um...can anyone draw and color digitally? Just asking...for reasons...
BTW: I have a plan of doing a side story of sorts (like a bonus story) so...if you want to read about events that probably was mention throughout the series...let me know!
...ugh! I hate low self-esteem!