Primero lo primero.

Un saludito para Natfics.

Muchas Gracias por darme la inspiración que me hacia falta en un momento difícil.

Si logre publicar este capitulo fue gracias a ti.


READERS!
I NEVER YIELDED!
AND
AS YOU CAN SEE!
I
AM
NOT
DEAD!
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More explanations at the end of the chapter.

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Let's get into it.


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What are we?

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Worthless?

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Scrapped?

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Abandoned?

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Forgotten?

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Decayed?

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Feared?

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Reviled?

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Broken?

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Shattered?

Whatever we are

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Whatever you thought you knew about us

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Was a lie


Years ago, Somewhere in Paldea.

"Oh my gosh! Oh my gosh! Finally!" A young blonde girl shouted in her room with a massive smile. "You're finally here! Oh, wait! I'm going too fast, aren't I? Sorry, sorry! Let me take it slowly." She said to then take a deep breath and calm herself. "My name is Mela Koton and you're my first Pokemon! You were an egg and I've been taking care of you for a month now and It makes so happy that you finally hatched! Ok, ok, now I have to give you a nickname, I need a good one, a real good one! you're my starter after all, well, you're a Charcadet so how about... Charlos! How do you like that?"

"Char." The Charcadet simply raised his thumb.

"Alright!" She smiled to then hug Charlos. "We're gonna be the best friends ever!"


Some years later.

"Charlos, look here! I got you a gift!" Mela said to the Charcadet. "Today marks the 5th anniversary of the day you hatched and we met so I brought you something really special, it was a real pain to get my hands on these, but here they are!" Mela then showed her starter two pieces of metal, one of them golden and the other dark purple. "You know what these are, right?" She asked and Charlos nodded. "Then go on and pick one, it's your choice." Charlos stared at both metals for a moment but eventually picked the golden one, which then started to shine alongside him and evolved him into an Armarouge.

"Yes! Look at you, you're so tall!" Mela cheered while hugging the Armarouge. "Now you and I will be stronger than ever before! As for the malicious armor, I think I'll give it to Amethio, he also got a Charcadet and I bet a Ceruledge would fit him, since he's kinda edgy, you know? Anyway, back to us, how about we go and get some training with Eri? It's not like I want to take advantage of the fact that you're a psychic type now or anything."


A few years later.

"Alright, the group chat is done, but we still need a name for it." Penny said to her friends. Giacomo, Mela, Atticus, Ortega and Eri were all in her backyard forming a circle.

"How about 'Bullying support group'?" Eri suggested.

"Eh, that sounds a little sad." Ortega replied.

"Yeah, we need something cooler." Mela said. "We aren't just dealing with bullies, we're dealing with fully-fledged villains!"

"Correct." Atticus nodded. "People who base their existence in the sole purpose of causing shame to others, they're barely even humans."

"Yeah, those guys are borderline terrorists." Penny said.

"Hey, that's it!" Giacomo snapped his fingers. "From now on, we shall be known as... The Anti-Terrorism Squad!"

"Now that's the cooler name I was waiting for!" Mela said.

"I agree." Atticus replied.

"Sounds perfect." Eri said.

"Good to me." Ortega added.

"Fine, fine, that will be our official name then." Penny accepted the idea. "Those bullies will have to stop bothering us eventually, so for now let's just keep supporting each other."

"I know everything's gonna be alright as long as we stay together." Eri smiled.

"You're totally right, Eri." Mela smiled as well. "And I'm sure everything will just get better and better for us starting from this moment."


Some weeks later.

"What do you mean they don't believe her?" A man asked.

"I mean exactly that! They think she's lying!" A woman answered.

"Then why don't we just call the police or sue the Academy?" He asked again.

"Cause we don't have any proof!" She exclaimed.

"Isn't Mela's word enough?"

"No, it's not, the one who did this is a relative of the Director, he comes from a picture perfect family, he has all the resources he could want and the support of like the whole region, there would be nothing we could do about it!"

"But we should try at least!"

"But what if it doesn't work?! Mela would end up looking like a liar to everyone! And think about all the mess that the media would make about this, with our daughter in the middle of all that! It would hurt her even more than it already has!"

"So I'm supposed to act like none of this happened?!"

"It's not that simple!"

"Ro."

"Ch-Charlos?!" The woman shouted surprised. "Huff, sorry, you scared us, we were just... having a parents talk, nothing you should worry about... Mela still doesn't want to come out?" She asked and Charlos shook his head. "I see... well, her breakfast is there in the kitchen, go give it to her and please make sure she eats the whole thing this time, can you?"

"Charlos, thanks a lot." The man told him. "You know you've been a member of this family since day 1, I'm glad Mela has you by her side... especially in a moment like this."

Charlos took a bow to both of them and went to the kitchen to take the breakfast in his hands to then walk back to Mela's room, finding her laying in the floor.

"Ain't in the mood." Mela answered still in the floor as Charlos put the breakfast close to her, but then her stomach growled. "Ugh, fine, but just because it's you, Charlos." She sighed to then sit on the flood. "I know I- ARGH!" Mela suddenly shouted holding her stomach.

"Arma!" Charlos shouted while holding Mela.

"I-I'm fine." She stuttered. "It's fine, it just... it stings from time to time, but the doc already said I'll be fine so I guess I shouldn't worry about it... Listen, I've been talking with the guys, this was the final straw, we can't let them keep doing things like this to us or the other students, we have a plan, the Anti-Terrorism Squad has a plan, it'll take a month or so to fully prepare it, but we're almost sure it'll work... can I count on you?"

"Ro." He answered with a nod.

"Of course I can." Mela gave a weak smile and then hugged her starter. "Thank you so much, Charlos, if it wasn't for you, I don't what it would have been of me."


A month later.

"Well, this is it..." Penny took a deep breath. "Before we get started, does anyone want to back down?"

"Not in a thousand years." Giacomo answered.

"We can't just retreat after what they did to Mela!" Eri exclaimed.

"Everything's going according to the plan, we might not get a chance like this ever again." Ortega said.

"In case we don't come back, I wanna say it's been an honor serving with you all." Atticus said and they all nodded to then look at Mela.

"...Let's rock out." She whispered, the group of six then walked to the schoolyard where all of the bullies in the school were present after recieveing a fake message from Penny in their phones.

"And who are you supposed to be?" One of the students asked.

"Listen up, bullies!" Giacomo exclaimed as a set of spotlight turned on around the schoolyard to then center on the group. "The Anti-Terrorism Squad is long gone! And now, Team Star challenges you all!"

"You're forced down to reckoning, you vile monsters!" Atticus said.

"You messed with one of us? You messed with all of us!" Eri shouted.

"Your reign of terror is going to end tonight, one way or another." Ortega said.

"Tonight is the night... when we fight back!" Penny shouted.

"Let's do this! Charlos!" Mela shouted releasing her ace.

"Annihilape!"

"Bisharp!"

"Dachsbun!"

"Revavroom!"

"Plusle! Minun!"

"Heh, this will be fun." One of the bullies smirked and they all released their Pokemon as well and began surrounding Team Star.

"Remember, back to back, keep defending each other." Eri said to her team. "It doesn't matter how outnumbered they got us, it's not the size of the 'Mon in the fight, it's the size of the fight in the 'Mon, no one gets inside our circle!"

"No one gets inside!" They all answered as the fight unfolded, attacks flying left and right, back and forth, while the newly-formed Team Star kept the advantage form the very beginning, but as the battle grew longer they were forced to separate in order to keep track of their Pokemon.

"Charlos! Where are you?" Mela asked unable of seeing him with all the dust that was being kicked up.

"Well, well, look what we have here." One of the bullies looked directly at Mela, making her freeze in her place.

"Y-You..." Mela stuttered.

"Aww, Mela, don't tell me I'm the cause of all this." He smirked while approaching her. "You really made such big ruckus because of that?"

"Get away from me..." Mela whispered taking a few step backs. "G-G-Get away from me!" She shouted out loud getting the attention of hr temmates who quickly ran in the direction of the scream to aid her.

"Don't talk like you didn't have fun too." He continued talking form Mela. "Why don't we repeat it?"

"RO!" Charlos fell from above and landed in front of the student, he then looked back at Mela; and seeing the fear in her eyes, Charlos pointed his cannon to the chest of the bully, being only a few centimeters away from him.

"What do you think you're-"

-BOOM!-

A loud explosion was heard, a body dropped in the ground and after several seconds of heavy silence...

"Everybody scatter!" One of the bullies shouted and they all started retreating while also picking up the one that Charlos attacked, leaving only the members of Team Star and their Pokemon in the Schoolyard.

"We... We did it..." Mela whispered. "We won..."

"Mela! Are you okay?!" Eri shouted running to her and taking her in a hug.

"Charlos, why did you do that?!" Penny shouted.

"H-Hey! He was defending me!" Mela exclaimed as she separated from Eri. "Y-Y-You know that was who-"

"Mela! Did you even see what happened?!" Penny shouted again. "That was a point-blank Armor Cannon to his chest! He could be dead!"

"And who cares?!" Mela answered. "We won! Those idiots will never bother us anymore! This... This is how it feels when you finally take a stand and fight back! We did this for every time that we got tripped or punched or spit on or humiliated! We did this for what they did to me! Don't you see it, guys? We're heroes!"

"I'm... glad to see you feel better at least." Giacomo said.

"Though I must admit it could have been cleaner, we should be proud of this battle." Atticus said.

"That's right, we merely fought for the values we believed in." Eri said.

"Yep, yep, no shame in fighting for what's right." Ortega said. "And we didn't even need to use the Starmobiles, it would have been an overkill if we did, those guys didn't stand a chance."

"Now those bullies know they shouldn't mess with us." Mela smiled.

"So we really won..." Penny said to then look at Charlos, who was standing still while staring at the blood in his hands. "Hey, I'm sorry about what I said." Penny talked to him. "I know you were only protecting Mela, like you always do, best Team Star can do right now is staying together, whatever comes next..."

"...Ro." Armarouge simply nodded and looked at Mela to see her smiling, it had been a long time since the last chance he got to see her smiling.


Two weeks later.

"What... do you... mean?" Mela asked.

"I mean exactly what I said." Penny sighed. "Team Star has to disband."

"B-But you're our founder!" Eri shouted. "You were the one who said we had to stick together!"

"I know, but with all that happened after the fight, I think I've recollected my thoughts, I told you, I will be sent back to Galar to study abroad for a whole year, I won't be here to guide you. And even though Director Harrington is investigating the whole thing, even though the one who Charlos attacked survived and none of the bullies presented charges, the damage is already done, all of the bullies dropped out from the Naranja Academy saying that we had been bullying them for years and we attacked them for no reason; And everyone believed them, now everyone thinks we're the villains."

"So you're basically saying all hope is lost now?" Ortega asked.

"Of course not." Penny replied. "Listen, the bullies are gone, the Academy is clear, it's over, you guys can all start from scratch now."

"But what if you don't want to start from scratch?" Giacomo asked.

"Yeah, what if we want to stay like this? What if we like what we have now?" Eri asked.

"This is for your own good, guys, please..." Penny sighed again. "I'm leaving now, my flight to Galar is tomorrow and there's still some things I need to prepare..." Penny was about to leave the room but was then stopped by Mela, who placed a hand on Penny's shoulder.

"So you're really going to abandon us?" Mela asked.

"You know I don't have a choice here." Penny said.

"Yes, you have!" Mela shouted. "Why don't you take a stand like we did against the bullies?! Why don't you tell Harrington you don't want to go anywhere?!"

"Because going back to Galar was the prize I had to pay so you guys wouldn't be expelled from the Academy!" Penny shouted back. "We took things too far and you know it!"

"Those bullies took things too far first and YOU know it!" Mela answered "And who cares if we get expelled form that bullshit school?!"

"With due respect, Noble Boss." Atticus called her. "While we appreciate the fact that you were willing to sacrifice yourself to that extent for our well-being, we never asked you to take the full-responsibility of the event."

"That's right! We did all of this together!" Ortega said.

"It's not fair that you're the only one who pays." Eri said.

"Penny..." Mela took another step towards her. "Listen, if you tell us to do it right now, we promise we'll do everything in our power to make sure you stay here with us."

"...This is an official order from the Big Boss of Team Star, Cassiopeia." Penny stared at the group with a serious look. "We are disbanding."

"...Are you sure that's all you have to say?" Giacomo asked.

"I do." Penny simply nodded.

"Fine then, it's your life." Mela gave in. "Hasta la vistar." She made the team salute along the others. "...And thanks for everything."

"You guys..." Penny sighed again and the six shared a group hug before Penny left the room.

"So does this means we're really disbanding?" Eri asked.

"Of course not." Mela smirked. "Guess there's nothing we can do if she wants go and be on her own, but just like we can't force her to stay, she can't force us to disband, am I right?"

"But what are we supposed to do now?" Eri asked. "Team Star won't be the same without Penny."

"You're right, Eri, it'll be even better." Mela replied. "I'll be taking the lead from now on, anyone got a problem with that?"

"I... guess not?" Ortega shrugged his shoulders.

"Perfect, then our first mission right now is to recruit more people, we all got friends who had been bullied too, right? Gather all the ones you can and get them to join, they'll be your Grunts and you'll lead them in your own squads that will form the new Team Star."

"Great idea, it'll also be a good chance to explain them what really happened." Eri said.

"Geez, I'll have to write all those things in our code now." Giacomo said.

"Speaking of that, considering all the changes that will occur from now on, we should make a revision of our rules." Atticus replied.

"Oh! I got an idea!" Giacomo said. "How about we make a rule that forces us to drop out form our bosses positions if we're ever defeated in a Pokemon battle?"

"Uh... why?" Ortega asked.

"Yeah, why would we agree to something like that?" Mela asked.

"Just to give some more spice to the whole thing." Giacomo answered.

"I mean, it could push us to give our all in every battle." Eri said.

"Sure, uh, there has to be a better way to inspire us." Mela said. "But well, we'll have time to think about rules later, for now, go and gather more people, bosses, this is the new dawn of Team Star, and I, as the new big boss, have very important things to do."


Some weeks later at the Schedar Base.

"Armor Cannon!" Mela ordered and Charlos shot down a pile of school books setting them on fire. "Ha! Now that's better!" She smiled while Charlos was staring at her. "Hey, why are you looking at me like that?"

"Ro!" He answered pointing at the burning books.

"What's the matter? Those were just a bunch of useless things I'll never use again." She answered.

"Ro!" Charlos pointed at her.

"What do you mean with 'Ro'? Don't tell me you want me to go back to school?" She asked and the knight nodded. "Are you serious?! After everything that happened?! Don't tell me you really believe what Penny said?!" Mela shouted.

"Rouge!" He continued.

"Charlos! Just think about it! There's nothing left for us there!" Mela replied. "We were bent and broken in that place! Our dignity was stolen! All of the bad things that ever happened to our friends happened in that stupid school where those stupid teachers were supposed to protect us but they never did anything! You want something like THAT to happen to me again?!"

"Arma!" Charlos frantically shook his head.

"Well, it looks like you want to!" Mela kept shouting. "You know what? I'm even disappointed in you! You should have killed that guy!"

"Ro?!" Charlos looked at Mela with his eyes wide open after what she said.

"Argh! Enough! I'm not discussing this with you!" Mela pulled out Charlos' Quick Ball and activated it, but he made a quick movement and avoided the ray. "I said return!" Mela was about to activate the ball again, but Charlos shiftly took the ball out of her hand and took a few steps back.

"What do you think you're doing?!" Mela shouted again as Charlos stared at her.

-You should have killed that guy-

Charlos closed his eyes for a moment and then tossed up the Quick Ball to prepare an Armor Cannon and shoot it down, destroying it into pieces.

"W... What?" Mela asked softly after processing what happened. "Charlos! Why did you do that?!" Tears started to flow out of Mela's tears, Charlos stared at her for a brief moment before turning around and starting to run away.

"Wait, please!" Mela started to run after him, but her boots caused her to fall as the Armarouge kept running away. "I'm begging you, don't leave me alone! CHARLOS!"

"...I'm sorry." Charlos said in his mind as he disappeared in the distance.


Two years and half later.

"It's a whole new world we live in..." Ash sung softly as he took the first steps of his Paldean journey, with Pikachu on his shoulder as always. "Here we go, buddy. A new beginning, we may be Monarchs now, but remember, there's always room to grow, now let's hope nothing too crazy happens in our first day."

"Leave us alone!" A feminine voice called out in the distance.

"And so it begins." Ash and Pikachu sighed to then smile. "Well, when duty's calling- answer!" He exclaimed to then run to where he heard the voice come from.

"Cyndaquil!" A male teen reached out to his knocked out Pokemon.

"Return him and stay back!" Said a girl with black and blueish hair and a Rowlet in her shoulder. "We'll take care of the rest."

"Are you totally sure about that?" Another girl asked her, being accompanied by an Oshawott.

"P-Please just give me back my pendant!" The Black-haired girl shouted.

"Nah, thanks, I think I'm keeping this, it's quite pretty." Mela answered holding a green hexagonal pendant while being on top of her Starmobile while her Grunts surrounded the trio of trainers. "Maybe next time you'll think it twice before entering one of Team Star's domains."

"Please just give it back!" The girl with the Rowlet insisted. "It's very important to me!"

"Why should I caaaaare?" Mela sung mockingly.

"Oshawott, Razor Shell!" The other girl ordered and her Pokemon jumped to attack.

"Thunder Fang!" Mela released a Houndoom that caught Oshawott mid-air and then slammed him into the ground.

"R-Rowlet, Brave Bird!"

"Sludge Bomb!" Houndoom shot a ball of ooze from his mouth and knocked out Rowlet into the floor as well.

"And now to make sure you remember your lesson. Inferno!" Mela ordered and Houndoom then howled and expelled a black flame from his mouth towards the three trainers.

"Pikachu, use Surf!" The mouse jumped from above and tossed and orb of water from his tail, the orb then turned turned into a wave that washed down the inferno while Pikachu landed in front of the trainers and Ash made it into the scene as well.

"That's... that's him..." The black-haired girl whispered.

"Hey, Mister! We need help here!" The boy shouted.

"That girl with the giant boots stole my friend's pendant!" The other girl shouted.

"Leave it to us!" Ash replied.

"Oh, yeah? Well, come and get it!" Mela shouted.

"Don't mind if we do!" Ash answered and Pikachu jumped to his hands to then let Ash toss him upwards, with the rodent ending up falling on top of Mela's head to then take the pendant and toss it to Ash.

"Hey, get off!" Mela shouted and her Houndoom jumped aiming at Pikachu, but he avoided it and Houndoom ended up knocking down Mela instead while Pikachu jumped above the Grunts and used Surf again, causing a water explosion that washed out some Grunts and their Pokemon, giving the trainers an opening to return their Pokemon and run to where Ash was.

"I guess this is yours." Ash said handing over the pendant.

"Thank you so much." She answered placing it back around her neck.

"No worries, now get out of here, your Pokemon are injured." Ash replied.

"Are you sure you can handle them all?" The other girl asked.

"Don't worry, we've faced wors-" Ash answered but he was then interrupted by a sudden hug from the black-haired girl.

"I can't believe I finally get to meet you." She said with a big smile as she blushed.

"Uh... thanks?" Ash asked confused.

"Er- I-I mean." The girl quickly pulled herself back from Ash and tried to regain her composure. "S-Sorry about that, m-my name is Liko, uh, Liko Matsumoto and I'm your... b-biggest fan, uh, these are my friends Roy and Ann and-"

"And we should be leaving!" Ann shouted pushing her friends away to avoid another Inferno attack from Mela's Houndoom. "Thank you, Mister!"

"T-Thanks again!" Liko waved at Ash as they ran away. "W-We'll meet again! I'm sure of it!"

"Nice to meet you too!" Roy added.

"Be safe!" Ash replied to then stand in front of the Grunts, while Mela and her Houndoom were still on top of the Starmobile.

"So you helped them escape? Yeah, sure, I'll go get 'em after I'm done with you." Mela said. "But I have to say, l am impressed. I would very much like to know the name of the man who is causing me so much trouble."

"My name is Ash ketchum from Pallet Town." He answered with a rather proud smirk. "And you are?"

"Pfft, I'm Mela, the Big Boss of Team Star and the leader os its Schedar Squad."

"Team Star, huh?" Ash asked.

"Yup, and let me tell you, Ketchum, everyone in Paldea knows that messing with Team Star is a very big mistake. Everyone, back off! He's mine!" She shouted and all of the Grunts returned their Pokemon while Mela jumped off the Starmobile along her Houndoom.

"Heh, so that dumb Pikachu is all you have?" Mela asked. "This will be too easy. Inferno!"

"Quick Attack!" Pikachu dashed through the black flames and then tackled down Houndoom, the attack was strong enough to push him back, but Pikachu ended up burned afterwards.

"Ha! Like I said! Too easy!" Mela laughed out loud.

"You're just a bit too confident, don't you think?" Ash asked.

"Inferno!"

"Use Surf!" The water orb broke through the flames and ended up exploding right onto Houndoom's mouth, pushing down the Dark-type yet again. "Now Thunderbolt!" Pikachu made his move and Houndoom was then knocked out completely causing all the Grunts to gasp.

"H-He defeated the Big Boss' Ace." One of the Grunts said.

"With just three hits!" Another Grunt added.

"W-What do we do now?" Other Grunt asked.

"Welp, you asked for it." Mela smirked again as she returned Houndoom. "Blazing Torque!" She suddenly shouted and her Starmobile set itself in flames.

"Wait, what?!" Ash asked before the car drove itself towards Pikachu, who barely avoided it. "Well, this is new. Surf again!" Pikachu tossed the orb of water and this turned down the fire once it exploded, but the Starmobile quickly set itself in flames again.

"Roll that rat over!" Mela shouted.

"Kepp dodging with Quick Attack!" Ash answered and Pikachu did as told despite still being affected by the burn. "What even is thing? Thunderbolt!" Pikachu jumped high in the air and released his attack, but it didn't even made the Starmobile flinch and the car finally reached him and knocked Pikachu to the floor. "What now?" Ash asked himself.

"Aim for the eyes!" Someone shouted but no one could spot where the voice came from.

"That voice..." Mela trailed off.

"Aim for the eyes?" Ash repeated to then then take a closer look to the Starmobile, spotting two eyes in its engine. "Is that a Pokemon? ...Pikachu! Iron Tail to the engine!" Pikachu jumped in the air again and slammed his tail between the two eyes of the engine, causing the fire to turn off, he then made a sideways Iron Tail and forced the Revavroom out of the Starmobile which made the car lose its power. "Got you! Now Thunderbolt!" Pikachu released the electric blast again and the Revavroom was knocked out flat.

"No!" Mela shouted.

"Anyone else?" Ash asked.

"Grr... retreat!" Mela shouted again and returned the Revavroom to then escape along her Grunts, leaving only the empty Starmobile with Ash.

"Well, this is quite the first day." Ash said taking a closer look to the car while Pikachu jumped back to his shoulder.

"Uh, excuse me." Someone talked to him and Ash turned around to find a girl with glasses, a big black jacket and an Eevee backpack.

"Hey there, you okay?" He asked.

"Uh, y-yeah, I..."

"Sorry about that ruckus, but those people were bothering some trainers, I had to get in the way. Name's Ash Ketchum; and you are?"

"P-P-Penny, my, uh, my name is Penny!" She shouted.

"Oh, you're a girl." Ash said.

"Y-Yeah, uh, wait, you thought I was a boy?" Penny asked. "You do notice I'm wearing a skirt, right?"

"I don't judge." Ash answered. "Wait, you were the one who told me to aim for the eyes of the car, weren't you?"

"Uh, yes, it was me, you seemed to need a little help." Penny replied. "And I... I've seen those things in action before."

While the two continued to talk, Charlos looked at them from distance after he had seen the whole scene.


Two days later.

"Ready to keep going?" Ash asked closing his backpack while Penny and him were preparing to continue their journey early in their morning.

"Sure, let's just return our Pokemon for now." Penny answered while Pikachu, Fuecoco, Deerling, plusle and Minun were all playing together, but they all suddenly stopped and started looking around. "Huh, what's the matter?"

"It looks like they're sensing something." Ash said.

"Something like what?" Penny asked and then tried to pay more attention to her surroundings. "Wait, do you hear that?"

"It kinda sounds like... a battle theme?" Ash asked. Suddenly some trees started to rattle and were then taken down by two Starmobiles, with Mela and Giacomo each on top of one.

"Well, well, well." Mela said. "What do we-"

"Pulsad el Play!" Giacomo interrupted her with a song. "En esta pista de baile, Momo es el rey ¡LLEGO EL DJ!"

"Shut up!" Mela shouted. "Now where was I... ah, yes... ehem, well, well, well, what do we have here? didn't know you had a girlfriend, Ketchum."

"So she's been with him this whole time?" Giacomo whispered. "Well, better put on a good show to show her we've been doing fine without her."

"Mela, Giacomo..." Penny whispered.

"You know him too?" Ash asked.

"Uh, y-yes, I mean, you see, Team Star is divided in five squads, each led by a different boss and-" Penny was about to keep explaining but Giacomo's music suddenly turned way too loud.

"Could you turn down that bullshit?!" Mela shouted.

"What for? This is my jam!" Giacomo answered. "I'll turn my enemies into fans!"

"I'm surrounded by idiots." Mela sighed. "Come on, Ketchum! Round two! You know that you need it!" She shouted releasing a Baile-Style Oricorio.

"And I'm here too!" Giacomo added releasing a Bisharp while still headbanging and singing. "¡Alola! Bueno, comienzo, destapo el flow! Genero hazañas increíbles, ¿juegas? K.O.!"

"Shut the fuck up!" Mela shouted.

"Lanzo minas nocivas, obras potentes que riman, Serotonina, toxinas, último vidas, ¡wo-oh! Xenoglosia yace zumbando-" Giacomo stopped flat once he received a slap in the face from Mela who then grabbed him by his collar.

"Do you really think this is the moment for that?! I brought you here to help me beat Ketchum! Not to put on a Karaoke!"

"Relax, Mel, I'm just trying to get some inspiration." He answered to then start singing again. "In fact! The power that I've found resounds in my music, so let this- dark starman pull out his blades and then prove it!"

"Shut your fucking mouth!" Mela shouted yet again.

"Huh, they don't get along as good as I expected." Ash said to then look at Penny who was staring into the void.

'W-What am I supposed to do?!' She shouted in her mind. 'They're going to tell Ash everything about me and then he'll stop trusting me and then-"

"Hey, Penny!" Ash called her back to reality. "Let's show this two how some real teamwork looks like!"

"...Heh." Penny simply smiled. "Let's do it then! Everyone, aim for the engines!"

"Pikachu, Surf! Fuecoco, Flamethrower! Deerling, Energy Ball!"

"Plusle! Minun! Thunderbolt!"

"Huh?" Mela and Giacomo didn't even have time to react as their Starmobiles exploded and they were sent blasting off along their Pokemon.

"El equipo estrella ha sido vencido otra veeeeeeez!" Giacomo shouted.

"This isn't over, Ketchum!" Mela shouted as they disappeared in the distance.

"Yeah! That's how we do it!" Ash offered Penny a fist bump and she accepted it as she smiled.

'I feel like I should be more concerned about the fact that I just sent my friends flying into the strathosphere.' Penny thought. 'Meh, they're surely fine.'

"Ro!" A voice called from behind and Ash and Penny turned around to find an Armarouge looking at them, the knight then walked until he was in front of them and knelt before Penny.

"I... Charlos?!" Penny shouted.

"I'm starting to think you know everyone here in Paldea." Ash said.

"What? N-No, I mean, this is Mela's Armarouge, he's just very polite, that's why he knelt, it's not like we know each other." Penny explained while Charlos showed them a broken yellow and blue object.

"Is that... a piece of a Quick Ball?" Ash asked.

"Wait, wait, so you escaped from Mela?" Penny asked and charlos nodded. "But... you were her first Pokemon, you two were so close... did things really get bad?" She asked while Ash gave her a suspicious look, Charlos lowered his head for a moment and then pointed at Ash, the Armarouge then jumped back and stood in fighting position.

"Heh, I see." Ash smiled. "Fuecoco, let's do this!" He said and the croc prepared himself as well. "Show us what you can do, Armarouge!"

"Ro!"

"Take Down!" Ash gave the order and Fuecoco attacked, but the hit merely pushed Charlos back, the Armarouge then answered with a Psyshock, shooting three pink rays from the spots in his forehead and knocking Fuecoco to the floor, Charlos then rushed towards him with a Flame Charge, but Fuecoco jumped up to avoid it and then bit down Armarouge's left leg with a Crunch, the knight then tried to knock him off, but Fuecoco kept a strong grip with his teeth, Charlos then formed a Shadow Ball and tossed directly to Fuecoco, causing him to let go off his leg and giving him a chance to kick the croc away.

"Use Flamethrower!" Ash ordered again.

"Wait!" Penny shouted while Fuecoco made the move and Armarouge simply stood still as his armor absorbed the flames and started to shine brighter.

"Flash-Fire…" Ash said, Charlos then joined his pauldrons and fired off a massive Armor Cannon that exploded onto Fuecoco, leaving the starter on the ground again.

"Fine then, you're just as tough as you look, but we got you a little surprise." He said while pulling out his Tera Orb to then activate it. "Terastalize!" Ash tossed the orb above Fuecoco and this surrounded him in crystals to then explode and take the form of a water fountain above Fuecoco's head. "Now Tera Blast!" Fuecoco took a deep breath and then expelled an attack akin to a Hydro Pump from his mouth, Charlos tried to withstand the hit, but he was quickly washed away while Fuecoco let out a laugh.

"Ready to keep going?" Ash asked as Charlos stood up again, but the Armarouge simply took a bow and then ran away.

"Wait, Charlos!" Penny shouted. "What... what was all that?"

"Don't worry, something tells me this isn't the last time we see him." Ash said. "But anyway, great job, Fuecoco." He told him while the croc sat down with a big smile.


Some weeks later.

"And welcome back to the Iono Zone, posturetas del Instagram!" The streamer talked to her Rotom Phone which was recording live while she was in the middle of a snow mountain, wearing a yellow snowjacket adorned with stickers of various Electric-Type Pokemon, while Ash's Pikachu was inside of her jacket as well, only having his head out of it. "As we continue our travel of madness we arrive in the cold mounts of Glaseado, where Ash will fight for his fourth Paldean Gym Badge! Say hi to our fans, Ash!"

"Hello there!" Ash answered wearing a blue snow jacket, while Penny was wearing a red one and Nemona a green one, Nemona then waved at the camera with both hands while Penny simply rolled her eyes.

"But of course, before any of that happens, Ash has to clear the Gym test." Iono continued. "And who better to introduce us to it than the Gym Leader himself? Say hello to the Sub-Zero Shredder! Grusha! Who's 100 percent not a girl... I think."

"Yeah, sure." He sighed while the camera focused on him. "Well, it's rather simple, all that Ash has to do is defeat my sister in a snowboarding race down the mountains, you don't even have to make it to the finish line before she does. If your style and movements are good enough she'll count it as clear even if she wins, but it's her decision at the end of the day, not mine, anyway, we're here, everyone, this is my sister-"

"Cerah!" Ash exclaimed recognizing her.

"Ash?" She asked seeing him as well.

"What?" Grusha, Penny and Nemona asked.

"Oh, ho, ho! We got us some drama!" Iono made a devilish smile. "Who's this beautiful woman that Ash happens to know? An ex-girlfriend, perhaps?"

"WHAT?!" Grusha, Penny and Nemona shouted again.

"Hey! Hey! Hey! Easy there!" Cerah shouted blushing madly. "I-I just met Ash and his friends back when I was in Alola in the Pokesled Jump Games and I never saw him again until now, we literally met for just one day."

"Tal parece que yo me acostumbre a ti en un solo dia." Iono sung, causing Cerah to blush even more while Grusha's left eye began twitching.

"Iono, please, nothing at all happened." Ash said. "Still, it's always good to see a friend again." He offered Cerah a handshake and she accepted it despite the fact she was still blushing.

"Oh, well, false alarm, everyone." Iono stuck out her tongue while Penny and Nemona sighed relieved, while Grusha kept staring at the two 'friends' and Iono also sighed relieved in her mind.

"So I just have to beat you in snowboarding?" Ash asked Cerah.

"That's the plan, show me how you dance." Cerah told him and they both took a snowboard from a holder. "Alright then, let's save ourselves anything exaggerated, I know you're quite skilled so let's just have fun."

"Stone Edge!" Someone shouted from the skirts of the mountain and a set of rocks were sent flying and hit right on the mountain summit, causing the whole place to crumble.

"Avalanche!" Iono exclaimed with a smile.

"And why do you look so excited about it?!" Penny shouted.

"Everyone, take a snowboard!" Grusha shouted.

"Are you serious?!" Penny shouted again.

"Penny, we don't have time for thinking!" Nemona told her.

"I'm not getting on one of those!" She continued.

"Don't worry, I got it!" Ash ran to the glasses girl and suddenly took her in a bridal carry. "Is this okay?" He asked.

"Oh, wow... sports." Penny stuttered with a massive blush, Ash then jumped on his snowboard while still carrying Penny and started to sled down the mountain, being followed by Iono, Nemona, Grusha and Cerah, each on their own snowbaord.

"¡Alevántalo! Que yo no soy de aquí!" Iono sung.

"¡Alevántalo!" Nemona sung with her.

"¡Yo vine de visita!" Iono sung again.

"Pika-Pika-pi!" The mouse sung as well still inside Iono's jacket.

"Well, this sure bring some memories." Grusha said.

"Just enjoy the ride, lil bro." Cerah replied.

"Whatever you do, don't let me go!" Penny shouted hugging Ash's head while he still carrried her in his arms.

"Penny, this will be easier if you don't cover my eyes!" Ash shouted.

"Watch out for that ramp!" Penny exclaimed.

"Ramp?" Ash asked, but before he could react they were sent flying from a ramp, with Penny falling off his arms as they were in the middle of the air.

"Ash!"

"Penny!"

"Ro!" Charlos suddenly came out of nowhere and caught Penny in his arms to then land safely in the snow with her.

"Charlos..." Penny whispered.

"That Armarouge again." Ash said landing safely with his snowboard while the knight left Penny softly in the snow to then shot several Armor Cannons aiming at the avalanche in order to protect her.

"Ash, watch out!" Cerah shouted.

"Huh?" Ash looked behind him and Cerah was going right in his direction, but it was too late for either of them to move aside, Cerh ended up crashing onto him, making them both fall and roll down the mountain onto a snowball until they crashed into a tree right at the bottom of the mountain, leaving them both with swirly eyes, with Iono, Pikachu, Grusha and Nemona arriving shortly afterwards as the avalanche dissipated.

"You guys okay?" Nemona asked.

"Uh, sure, let's just..." Cerah answered until she froze in place once she noticed she had landed on top of Ash.

"Well..." Ash stopped as well as they kept staring at each other. "At least I softened your fall, right?"

"I'm really sorry!" Cerah shouted quickly standing up and then helping Ash do the same. "Let's just, uh, let's say you cleared the test and forget all of this happened."

"I got the whole thing recorded." Iono laughed.

"Se cree muy especial por ser albina." Nemona pouted.

"Great, good job, everyone, hey, Ash, can we talk for a moment?" Grusha asked pushing him away from the girls. "Listen, Ash, I understand that you're popular with girls and you honestly deserve it, you've been to hell and back quite a few times, I respect that, but this is my sister we're talking about... I'll crush every bone in your body if you try anything."

"Uh, I think there are more important things we should be worrying about right now." Ash said slightly nervous. "For example, who caused that avalanche?"

"I think I know." Penny answered arriving along Charlos.

"Hell yeah, you do." Mela replied entering the scene along a Coalossal. "Now the question is, how will you make it out of this?"

"Holy Raikou, the real question is, what are those?!" Iono shouted pointing at Mela's boots.

"Are you making fun of me?!" Mela shouted.

"Si la bota te queda." Nemona replied.

"What did you just say?!" Mela shouted again.

"Que si la bota te. que-da!" Nemona answered.

"How do you even walk with those?" Cerah asked.

"Pfft, teenagers." Grusha said.

"Argh! Damn it all!" Mela shouted again. "I'm here for a rematch, Ketchum! And this time I'll beat you on my own!" Mela stared at the group until her sight focused on the Armarouge that was with them. "So here you are..." She whispered. "With them? ... So you truly abandoned me, huh? after everything we've been through, I thought..." Mela stopped for a moment felling a pain in her chest. "I thought you were my family! ...Turns out you were just another mindless Pokemon."

"Ro..." Charlos lowered his head for a moment as he closed his eyes, he then walked to Ash and looked him in the eyes to then turn around and her face Mela and her Coalossal.

"So this is how it's going to be..." Mela whispered in the verge of tears, but she stopped herself form crying. "Stone Edge!"

"Flame Charge!" Ash gave the order and Charlos avoided the pointy rocks at high speed while being surrounded in flames to then shoulder tackle Coalossal, the impact was strong enough to knock him down, but the Coalossal then stood back up and started shining bright red and expelling steam.

"And Steam Engine, of course." Ash sighed.

"Sorry about that, idiot, but fighting Fire with Fire doesn't quite work against me." Mela smirked. "Earth Power!" Coalossal roared and the ground beneath Charlos began to crack to then explode in eruptions of orange energy, but he dodged them with Flame Charge again.

"Now Psyshock!" Charlos shot the three rays from his forehead but Coalossal avoided it thanks to his boosted speed and then punched down Charlos.

"We need to be faster too. Flame Charge again!" Charlos used the move to boost his speed while spinnning around Coalossal.

"Shadow Ball!" Charlos formed the orb between his hands and then tossed it directly at Coalossal.

"Stone Edge!" Coalossal quickly answered the attack and his rocks easily broke through the Shadow Ball and hit Carlos directly, knocking him down on the snow.

"Heh, this is too easy." Mela smirked. "I almost feel bad for you, Charlos. Almost, but you know what? By mere mercy, I think I'm gonna end this fast." Mela then pulled out a Tera Orb and activated it. "Terastalize!" Mela tossed the orb above Coalossal and this was surrounded in brown crystals with the image of an ancient stone building appearing on his head.

"So rock?" Ash asked pulling out his Tera Orb. "Then we'll change as well."

"Hah! Don't even think about it." Mela laughed. "Charlos' Tera Type is Fire, you're just going to make this even easier for me, no, you know what? Go ahead."

"Arma!" The knight looked back at Ash and gave him a thumbs-up.

"Fine then, Terastalize!" Ash shouted tossing the orb above Armarouge.

"Stone Edge!" Mela shouted and Coalossal made the move while Charlos was surrounded by crystals, the rocks were even larger thn before and they broke through the crystals and kicked up plenty of dust, but once it settled, Charlos was standing tall and proud with his body surrounded in silver crystals and an axe in his head.

"STEEL?!" Mela shouted. "How?! When?! What?!"

"Here we go, Tera Blast!" Ash ordered and Charlos extended his arms forward and his pauldrons moved to his hands, but instead of forming a cannon, they took the shape of two metallic gloves. "Let's do it!"

"Ro!" Charlos made a jump forward and landed a straight punch right on Coalossal's chest to then land an uppercut on his chin and continue to punch him several times.

"Fire Blast!" Mela shouted and Coalossal shot the move from his mouth and surrounded Charlos in flames.

"Ha! I guess changing to Steel wasn't a good idea after all!" Mela laughed out loud.

"You sure about that?" Ash asked with a grin as Charlos started to shine with red light.

"What?" Mela asked. "F-Flash-Fire!" She suddenly realized.

"You said it yourself, fighting Fire with Fire doesn't quite work." Ash replied. "Tera Blast!" Charlos focused all his heat in a single point of his right fist and landed a strong blow on Coalossal's chest, causing a massive explosion and sending Coalossal flying back to then fall defeated on the snow, with the Rock Tera crystals that surrounded him breaking down into pieces.

"And that's that." Ash said while Charlos pounded his fists.

"The fight is over, I suggest you to leave now." Grusha said with a Poke Ball on hand. "Or I'll be glad to force you out."

"Yeah, people like you aren't welcome here in Glaseado." Cerah added.

"People like me aren't welcome anywhere." Mela answered. "Everyone made that clear to me and my friends every day in our entire lives... people like you, you're very fine with breaking us, but then you don't want out broken parts... but one of these days... sigh." Mela returned Coalossal and stared one last time at Charlos and Ash. "...One of these days." She repeated to then turn around and start to walk away.

"Just what is her problem?" Iono asked.

"I don't know, Team Star has been pestering everyone for pretty much no reason during years." Nemona said.

"Yeah... for no reason." Penny whispered.

"Well, let's forget all of this and focus on what you came here to do." Cerah said. "I can't wait to see your battle against Grusha."

"Me neither, let's get into it." Grusha said.

"Sure, but first..." Ash walked to Charlos and stopped in front of him. "I think you and I need to talk."

"Ro?" He asked as the Terastalize wore off.

"If I had to guess..." Ash though for a moment. "After hearing all that Mela said, I imagine you ran away because you think she lost her way, right?"

"Ar." Charlos nodded.

"But you're still worried about her, aren't you?" Ash asked and recieved another nod from the Armarouge. "And you decided to battle against her alongside me... You want Mela to quit from Team Star and return to have a normal life and you want me to help you with that."

"Rouge!" He gave another nod and this time knelt in front of Ash with his arms crossed over his chest.

"To think he still cares about her to that extent." Nemona said.

"That's so sweet." Iono squealed.

'Now that's Charlos for you.' Penny thought with a smile.

"Maybe that girl isn't completely lost then." Grusha said.

"But what are you gonna do, Ash?" Cerah asked.

"I think the solution is obvious." Ash said pulling out a Poke Ball and kneeling in front of the knelt Armarouge. "Very well, Charlos... let's help Mela together."

"Arma!" He shouted fist bumping the Poke Ball and getting himself absorbed and caught without resistance.

"Now... let's only hope Mela wants to helped." Ash said.


A week later.

"How dare they?!" Mela shouted in her room of the Schedar Base the day after Team Star found about the letter sent to the bullies. "How dares Ketchum?! How dares Charlos?! How dares Penny?! How dares that stupid school?! How dares everyone to mess with me?! As if it wasn't enough with that so-called Monarch and his entourage of stupids traitors! Now those bullies are going to return to the Academy... NO! We have to do something, but... what can we even do right now?"

"Attention! Attention!" Mela's Rotom Phone suddenly ringed. "Th-This is the Team Star Grunt Carmen, from the Caph Squad, I'm sending an emergency message to all the other bases, the Caph's Squad's Base in under the attack of a weird Pokemon, our leader Eri is doing her best to hold it down, but she needs help! We need help!"

"And more problems! Perfect!" Mela sighed. "Schedar is on its way!" She shouted to her phone and then ran out of her room. "Everyone, we're going to the Caph Base!" She shouted to then get on top of her Starmobile while the Revavroom of the engine started up and drove to the Caph Base, being followed by Mela's Grunts in their Cyclizars, they made it to the base in roughly ten minutes and found what appeared to be a cuadrupedal Volcarona knocking out several of the Caph Squad's Fighting-Types.

"Rage Fist!" Eri ordered her Annihilape who took a jump to attack, but the Volcarona jumped as well and knocked Annihilape out with a strong smack of its tail.

"What the heck is that thing?!" Ortega shouted arriving with his crew as well.

"Hey, Mela, how was your thing with Ketchum yesterday?" Giacomo asked.

"Shut the hell up!" Mela shouted.

"My dear friends, I think we should focus on our current problem." Atticus told them.

"You guys! Thank you for coming!" Eri said running to them along Carmen. "Our Fighting Types have been trying to attack that thing with Stone Edges, but they don't seem to be working."

"Not only that, but look at its movements." Carmen said while the Volcarona made another high jump and landed with a kick onto a Grunt's Crabominable, knocking it out. "They're too fast and precise. Call me crazy but I think that thing is a Fighting-Type too, that's why our Rock attacks aren't working."

"That could make sense." Eri said. "I mean, it appeared here while we were practicing Fighting-Type Terastalization."

"So you're saying it was attracted by that energy?" Atticus asked.

"I don't care what attracted it, I'm in a bad mood." Mela said crasking her knuckles. "And I'll let you know that somebody hired me for pest control!" Mela said to then release Coalossal, Oricorio and Houndoom. "Schedar Hurricane!"

Houndoom used Inferno and Coalossal used Fire Blast, both aiming at Oricorio, but before the dancer was hit, she quickly spun around using Hurricane and let the flames surround her in a fiery tornado that grew larger and larger as it approached the Volcarona, who tried to counter with a Wild Charge as he dove into the tornado and tried to reach Oricorio, but the Volcarona was quickly dragged in by the fiery winds and after roughly a minute the hurricane dissipated and the Volcarona was now laying in the ground with several burns all over his body.

"Now that's better." Mela said as Oricorio landed on her shoulder.

"Now what do we do with him?" Ortega asked.

"Hey, how do you know it's a him?" Eri aked. "It could be a girl."

"Stop, we're not having this conversation." Giacomo told them as the Volcarona let out a huge roar and slowly approached the Team. "That thing is still willing to keep going?!"

"Hmm..." Mela simply stared at the bug.

"Is there anything on your mind, my lady?" Atticus asked.

"You know there is." Mela smirked to then walk towards the Volcarona who noticed this and tried to stand up, but it was too damaged to do so, so it simply stayed on guard on his four legs. "Easy there." Mela said approaching him. "I'm not gonna hurt you... more than I already did... sorry about that, but you needed to calm down, you look a little lost..." Mela extended her hand and softly placed on the Volcarona's forehead. "But all of us here are kinda lost in one way or another." She continued talking while the Volcarona seemed to be calming down. "How about you come with me?" She asked pulling out a Net Ball. "You look pretty strong and I can tell you don't give up easily, you'll fit perfectly with us." Mela softly pressed the Ball on the Volcarona's head and she successfully captured it. "Well, I've always wanted a Volcarona."

"But that is not a Volcarona." Eri said. "And look around, look at all the damage he caused, do you really think we can control something like that?"

"Not only I think so." Mela smirked. "But seeing all this destruction that he made... I think I got a neat idea."


"We're gonna burn down the Naranja Academy into nothing but an ugly black! WE'LL TURN THE WHOLE BUILDING TO CINDERS!"


Present day.

"Slither Wing! Use Lunge!" Mela shouted as the bug attacked Charlos and Ash's Skeledirge with his tail, while Ash and his group were fighting against the enterity of Team Star.

'I will show them.' Mela thought. 'To Ash, to Penny, to Charlos, to him... I will show it to everyone... I won't let them stop me, I'm going to do this... It doesn't matter what happened in the past nor what awaits for us in the future, right here, right now, in this very moment... I'm not broken.'


AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAND THAT'S IT!

We're back! After 4 months of hiatus! Geez, I guess I owe you guys an explanation, right?

Well, to put it short, I'm in the middle of a very tough process in my life and I don't really have time for anything. That's as simple as it gets. LIFE SUCKS!

Said process isn't quite over yet, but I managed to pull it off and get this chapter out, I would have never finished the 20k chapter I'm planning for Fighting Dreamers, (but It'll be good, I promise) I'll let you when I can get back to my usual 2-3 chapters per month, but for now I still don't have much time to write.

Also what gave me the inspiration I was lacking was one of those awful google-read fanfic videos in youtube, either for destiny or coincidence I found one of those in spanish for Timeless Wonders and like I said they're awful, but I love it, it kinda reminded me why I made this, thank you, Natfics.

Either way, I hope this chapter kinda made up for the long wait, this was a full flashback chapter to give you more context and we'll leave the conflict for the next chapter (Let's hope it doesn't take other 4 months), see you in 'A world of new solutions'

Also, I was going to ignore the Gen 9 anime for this story, but... Orla and Mollie exist, maybe I'll add Liko and Ann (or is it Anne?) too depending of how things play out, yup, that's Holdonlupin for you. At least I'll have plenty of Gokaiger references to use when I introduce Friede's Crew.

And since I already gave Penny a Sprigatito I decided to leave Liko with a Rowlet, though I suppose it obvious what for since Roy has a Cyndaquil and Ann/Anne has her Oshawott.

I also know I said only Paldean/Gen 9 girls will be in this, but well, I saw the oppotunity with Cerah here since I also wanted her for Fighting Dreamers, but couldn't quite add her there.

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Either way, references:

The title of this chapter 'All the Other Kids' is taken from the Lyrics of 'Pumped Up Kicks' by Foster the People.

The 'what are we?' speech from the beginning are lyrics from 'Put me back together' by JT Music.

Mela's last name 'Koton' is to complete a pun with her name: Mela Koton = Melocoton ('Peach' in spanish), which is also from where her japanese name 'Meloco' comes from.

'Barely even humans' - Lyrics from 'Savages' from Pocahontas.

"Before we get started, does anyone want to back down?" - Captain America: The Winter Soldier.

"In case we don't come back, I wanna say it's been an honor serving with you all." - Teen Titans Go!

"Let's Rock out." - Lyrics from Josuke's theme from Jojo's Bizarre Adventure: Diamond is Unbreakable.

"You're forced down to reckoning." - Lyrics from 'Break my Mind' by DaGames.

"You messed with one of us? You messed with all of us!" - Spider-Man.

"It doesn't matter how outnumbered they got us, it's not the size of the 'Mon in the fight, it's the size of the fight in the 'Mon, no one gets inside our circle!" "No one gets inside!" - Power Rangers S.P.D.

"this is how it feels when you finally take a stand and fight back!" - Lyrics from 'Not Gonna Die' by Skillet.

"We did this for every time that we got tripped or punched or spit on or humiliated! We did this for what they did to me!" - Criminal Minds, most specifically the episode titled 'The Anti-Terrorism Squad', which, as I mentioned last chapter, centered on bullied kids and partly inspired my take on Team Star.

"I think I've recollected my thoughts." - DaGames.

"We were bent and broken in that place! Our dignity was stolen!" - Lyrics from 'Not Gonna Die' by Skillet. Again.

"It's a whole new world we live in..." - Lyrics from the 'Johto Journeys Theme Song'

"There's always room to grow." Ant-Man and The Wasp: Quantumania.

"when duty's calling - answer!" - Lyrics from 'Boots on the Ground' by JT Music.

Mela's "Why should I caaaaare?" is taken from the lyrics of 'Why should I worry?' from Oliver and Company.

Liko's last name, Matsumoto, is a reference to Rica Matsumoto, Ash's japanese voice actress.

"But I have to say, l am impressed. I would very much like to know the name of the man who is causing me so much trouble." - Furious 7.

"Pulsad el Play! En esta pista de baile, Momo es el rey ¡LLEGO EL DJ!" - Lyrics from 'Los Héroes nunca mueren' by Keyblade, an Overwatch rap, and the line I take is based on the character Lucio, who is music-based, the line translates to: "Press Play! On this dance floor, Momo is king. THE DJ IS HERE!"

"This is my jam! I turn my enemies into fans! - Lyrics from 'What a Hero's made of' by JT Music, another Overwatch rap and once again a line based on Lucio.

"I'm surrounded by idiots." - The Lion King.

"Round two! You know that you need it!" - Lyrics from 'Maximum Effort' by Nerdout.

"¡Alola! Bueno, comienzo, destapo el flow! Genero hazañas increíbles, ¿juegas? K.O.! Lanzo minas nocivas, obras potentes que riman, Serotonina, toxinas, último vidas, ¡wo-oh! Xenoglosia yace zumbando-" - Lyrics from 'ABC Rap' by Keyblade, translates to: "Alola! Well, I start, I open the flow! I generate incredible feats, you play? K.O.! I throw noxious mines, powerful works that rhyme, Serotonin, toxins, last lives, wo-oh! Xenoglossia lies buzzing-" , unfortunately the 'abc' thing gets lost in translation.

"In fact! The power that I've found resounds in my music, so let this- dark starman pull out his blades and then prove it!" - Lyrics from 'My Watch ain't Over yet' by JT Music, an Overwatch 2 rap, yet another line based on Lucio.

"El equipo estrella ha sido vencido otra veeeez!" - a line from the latin-american dub of the Pokemon anime, which is the traslation of 'Team Rocket's blasting off again', although the translation isn't exact since it means. "The Team Star/Rocket has been beaten again!"

"Posturetas del Instagram." - Lyrics from 'Afrodita' by Destripando la Historia, tranlates to 'Instagram posters'.

"Tal parece que yo me acostumbre a ti en un solo dia." - Lyrics from 'En un solo dia' by Wason Brazoban, translates to: "It seems that I got used to you in a single day."

"Oh, wow... sports." - The Owl House.

"¡Alevántalo! Que yo no soy de aquí! ¡Alevántalo! ¡Yo vine de visita!" - translates to: "Raise it up! Cause I'm not from here! Raise it up! I came for a visit!" and it's a war song from Dominican Republic (My home country by the way), which the troops sing during cold weather, since Dom. Rep. tends to be a warm place they pretend they're somewhere else when it's cold.

"Watch out for that ramp!" - George of the Jungle.

"but this is my sister we're talking about... I'll crush every bone in your body if you try anything." - The Angry birds Movie 2.

"the real question is, what are those?!" - Black Panther.

"Si la bota te queda." translates to "If the boots fits you" and the way Nemona says "Que si la bota te. que-da!" is taken from the latin-american dub of Toy Story 2.

"How?! When?! What?!" - Randy Cunningham: 9th Grade Ninja.

"Everyone made that clear to me and my friends every day in our entire lives." - Penguins of Madagascar: The Movie.

"but then you don't want our broken parts." - Lyrics from "This is me" from the Greatest Showman.

"And I'll let you know that somebody hired me for pest control!" - Lyrics from "Mei vs Pyro" by Jt Music.

And the random spanish line:

"Se cree muy especial por ser albina." - "She thinks she's very special because she's albino."


I'll also share with you some of the titles for future chapters of this fic, here are some, but they ain't in order, don't be fooled:

-Straight Buggin'

-The Sky Pirates Appear.

-Playing House just makes me sick.

-A Showdown in the Spotlight.

-We liked Breaking your Mind.

-Why I take a Wrench when I go to the dentist.

-Aligned with Giants.

-The Human Condition.

-I Dig History

-Won't you be our hopeless guest?


Let's answer some reviews! I actually forgot to do that last chapter, sorry, it was back when my 'process' was starting.

Guest

Here's your continuation!

Switch 4 Life

Yup, that's how it works. I also feel just a tad bit guilty of using more latin-american than actual spanish references here, but well.

Guest 2

Glad you like it.

BlueJack22

Glad you liked the story, dude. And hope you liked this new backstories.

Dragon King Ryouga

Only time will tell.

Justin aka my dude

I have a harem of at least 15 girls planned for this story and I ain't backing down!

Alwayfriday

Mikey is my God, I kid you not.

Commie-sama

I'm very proud of the mommy fetish joke, hahaha. Won't be the last time it gets brought up.

Guest 3

Well, Liko is here now, but what plans do I have for her? You'll have to keep reading to find out.

Dragonkeeper10

You'll have to wait a bit more, sorry.

emiya5467

Yes, there will be.

Guest 4

Sorry, but Paldea or anything further won't be at all in Fighting Dreamers, but that's we have this story for.

Doc of 102

We'll get dates soon

WhyareUsernamesTakenAlready

I have something planned for Juliana (and her mom too, why not? She's really preety, damn)

BIGV4065

We'll get there, we'll get there.

Ri2

Miriam is 100 perfect confirmed to join later on.

KGBeastboy

-Penny is going to have Eeveelutions, but at the same time she won't, hehe.

-And I'll do exactly that with Katy! It's gonna be a crazy 6v6 for te last badge! ...But that'll also mean it'll take a bit to get there.

UltimateCCC

The girls will meet Delia eventually.

Guest 5

Very nice girl picks there.

Guest 6

That smile actually made my day, I'm serious.


That's all for today, one last thing, I don't tend to do this, but I'd like to kindly ask you guys to review, pleeeeease, I just really missed you all, so let me know what you think of today's chapter and what you expect from the next ones, suggest some things if you want too.

Holdonlupin is out!

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God, I missed this so much, you guys just can't see it, but my smile right now is so big it's gonna break my face.

THANK YOU ALL!