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Pokémon: Pokédex no Isekai
Chapter Twenty-one: Get ready for the sexiest Team Heart Admin you'll ever see
The Big Beauty was parked in an empty lot located behind the contest hall that's located locally in Hearthome City, Sinnoh. The reason that Dawn and her crew came to Hearthome City was due to how Johanna, the mom of Dawn and Trip, was in Hearthome City to serve as a judge for a Pokémon Contest that was going to be held later. As a matter of fact, Johanna was actually on board of The Big Beauty at the moment, enjoying breakfast with the crew of the flying ship.
"You really have shown that you care about Sinnoh, kids," Johanna said as she talked with Dawn, Trip, Kenny, and Mina, "Given what all you've done to fight Team Heart ever since you got back here to Sinnoh and stayed here. You kids aren't planning on going anywhere anytime soon, are you?"
"...Actually mom," Dawn began, "The field research that Kenny, Trip, Mina, and I have been doing in Sinnoh is just about over. As soon as Kenny evolves the second Bidoof that he caught into Bibarel, we're going to make plans on going to another region."
Johanna could tell that her daughter was concerned about something. "...You and your crew are planning on going to a region that's part of the Team Heart Empire next, aren't you?" Johanna said.
"Promise you won't freak out mom," Trip began, "But after our field research here in Sinnoh is done, the next region in our sights is Unova."
Johanna nearly choked on the coffee that she was drinking. "Aside from us needing to do some field research on Pokémon in Unova that can't be found anywhere else," Dawn explained, "We also have a few friends living in Unova." There was no forgetting Iris or Cilan. There were also a few others who the reborn trainers wanted to check up on.
"But Unova is the heart of the Team Heart Empire," Johanna said, "Are you kids certain that you can't do said field research elsewhere?"
Dawn gently shook her head in the negative. "No. There's Pokémon over there that can't be found anywhere else in the world."
Johanna let out a resigned sigh. "...Well you kids have been to Johto and Hoenn. Oh, speaking of." Shifting gears a bit, Johanna said, "I heard in the news that Brendan, the former Champion of the Hoenn region Pokémon League, had been reinstated into his old position due to assisting his older cousin Chad in helping to bring down Hoenn's Heroes from within."
"Brendan took down Hoenn's Heroes?!" the reborn trainers said in unison, all of them clearly surprised.
"It was actually his older cousin Chad, but from what I heard Brendan was like a bodyguard for him," Johanna said, "Anyway, Chad's actions earned him, Brendan, and all of their surviving family aside from Chad's father Chandler official pardons from the Team Heart Empire. Brendan was also, like I said, reinstated as Champion of Hoenn."
"Well that's good news," Mina remarked.
A look of concern spread across Johanna's face. "...Really? A group of freedom fighters was taken out wholly before they could liberate their homeland from the rule of the Team Heart regime," said Johanna, "How is that good? How can what Chad and to a much lesser extent Brendan had done be considered a good thing?"
"We actually met Brendan, you see," Kenny began, then he went on to explain the full story that he and the others knew. They spared no detail that they were aware of, and even threw in A generous dash or two of speculation. "...And that's probably why Mina said it's good," Kenny said, "She was thinking of how Chad and Brendan got back at Chad's jerk-wad dad Chandler."
"...I see," Johanna said, "That Chandler man clearly sounds like he has an ego the size of Mount Coronet." Looking to the reborn trainers, Johanna went on, "Even so, he was part of a force that was fighting for good against the obvious bad guys here. He ought to be cut at least a little slack."
"His actions got all of his living family aside from Professor Birch arrested but the Professor was put under serious supervision," Mina pointed out, "Then said actions got his wife and sister-in-law killed and his son and nephew forced to go on the run. For someone claiming to be a good guy, he certainly didn't show it."
"Team Heart had arrested his family and sent them to labor camps," Johanna countered.
"Sinnoh's government had Paul's older brother Reggie arrested because he gave help to people who he didn't know were Team Heart members when he helped them," Mina counter-argued, "They didn't wear any Team Heart outfits, and didn't say anything that Reggie heard that could have tipped him off on who they were." Folding her arms over her chest, Mina went on, "And don't get me started on how the regional security men for Kanto are not only largely ineffective at their job but also use said job as an excuse to be utter jerk-wads to others."
"We will not deny that Team Heart is bad," Dawn said, "But from what we've seen in the free lands so far, the governments of said free lands aren't exactly spotless either."
Johanna looked a bit concerned. "...Well the stress of the job of keeping their regions free of Team Heart probably gets to them at times."
"That still shouldn't be used as an excuse," Kenny said, "I mean, seriously! What are the governments of Kanto and Sinnoh even thinking, having utter jerk-wads as regional security men, and straight up arresting people for helping Team Heart members but they didn't know those were Team Heart members until AFTER the fact? No-one in this conflict can rightfully make the claim that they are fully in the right."
"What worries me is what things will be like when we check out regions that are still free lands," Trip spoke up, "What all will be going on with Kalos? What all will be going on with Alola? Will they be better than what we've seen in Kanto and Sinnoh? About as bad? Somehow worse? There are too many things to take into consideration."
Trip had a point, Dawn realized. Although the free lands are technically the good guys in this world spanning conflict, from what she's seen thus far in Kanto and Sinnoh, the good guys have their own faults that don't make them flawless, spotless paragons of goodness, just like how Dawn is forced to admit that Team Heart, despite how they are technically the bad guys, have some redeeming points to them that ought to be acknowledged.
Additionally, Dawn has seen how the authorities in the free lands are jerks and use the ongoing conflict against Team Heart as an excuse for both said behavior and continuing to use said behavior. What will things be like over in Kalos and Alola, the other free lands? Will they be worse or better or about as bad as Kanto and Sinnoh? This was a lot for Dawn to consider as she and the other reborn trainers sat with Johanna.
Later, the special Pokémon Contest came and went, and it was won by Zoey, the contest rival from the anime in Dawn's previous life. In that anime, anime!Dawn was never able to beat Zoey in a Pokémon Contest. In her new life here, Dawn never even touched Pokémon Contests, aside from the little place swap she did with Princess Salvia, and attending the occasional Contest as a member of the audience.
Dawn gave a passing thought at how she'd fare if she were to try her hand at Pokémon Contests here. She had full, total confidence that she'd win contests if she made it to the battle round, it's the appeal rounds before that which have Dawn worried. Regardless, Dawn herself had zero interest in Pokémon Contests anyway, she's fine with letting others take the stage of performance. Dawn had found her own preferred stage, a stage she found on the battlefield.
"Hey Zoey," Mina began, "Quick question, how do you think you'd fare against the girls and I if we all entered a Pokémon Contest against you? And by that I mean every girl who's a member of the crew of The Big Beauty."
"Dawn here, assuming she makes it past the appeal round, would flatten the rest of the competition," Zoey said, "I cannot imagine myself winning a Pokémon Contest that Dawn and I are both entered in unless Dawn fails to get past appeals. If she makes it to the battle round of the contest, then she's guaranteed to win."
"Yeah, I can see that," Kenny remarked, imagining Dawn's named Palkia Tsukune immolating Zoey's Glameow with Flamethrower.
"Kind of makes me glad I never had to compete against Dawn in a contest," Zoey went on. Turning to look at Dawn, Zoey went on, "Umm, no offense."
"None taken," Dawn replied, "I don't feel much for contests anyway. I found my own path."
Gesturing to Dawn, Zoey said, "And said path led you into becoming the officially ranked number one strongest trainer in the world. Seriously though Dawn, it's pretty amazing that you're the Monarch of the World Coronation Series! And you're also the Champion of Sinnoh on top of that! I can't help but wonder how much further you can go."
Gesturing to Zoey, Dawn replied, "I can't help but wonder how much further you can go in Pokémon Contests, Zoey. I mean, you're a Top Coordinator from what I've gathered. What's next for you?"
"I'm thinking about heading to Alola to see if I can get the title of Contest Kahuna," Zoey replied, "But if I have to compete against the first person to get that title, then I'm utterly screwed."
Arching a wry eyebrow, Trip said, "I think the first Contest Kahuna of Alola is Serena, the Champion of Kalos. It makes sense why you'd fear having to face her, she's a Champion level trainer."
Zoey nodded once in agreement. "Yeah, that all is correct. But that's only really scratching the surface on why I'm worried about my odds of having to face Serena in a Pokémon Contest. Serena is regarded, at least unofficially, as the second strongest region Champion in the world, ahead of Ash but behind Dawn here."
That actually piqued the interest of Dawn and the reborn trainers. Sure Serena had to be a strong trainer given she's the Champion of Kalos, but she's regarded (unofficially at least) as the second strongest region Champion in the world? Serena is even considered (again unofficially) as stronger than Ash, and here he's got the Kanto legendary birds plus Meloetta and Melmetal? Speaking of, the reborn trainers were going to have to see Ash for touch trades for Meloetta and Melmetal later.
There's also Ash's various other Pokémon, especially including his Pikachu who Dawn suspects is a secret legendary Pokémon in and of itself. Ash has so much, but Serena is considered stronger than him by a good number of other people. What exactly is it about Serena that not only has her at so high of a level, but said level puts her above the boy she's in love with? This was something that the reborn trainers were going to be wanting to look into later when they had the time to do so.
Dawn, while the other reborn trainers (especially Trip) were wondering how Serena could actually be stronger than Ash, was about to ask Zoey for some more details about her hopes for the Pokémon Contest scene. However, Zoey was cut off before she could get more than one syllable out when a panicked, crying shout sliced through the air at the Hearthome City contest hall.
"Sounds like trouble," Zoey said as she ran on ahead, heedless of danger, and requiring Dawn and her fellows to run after her to make sure she didn't get in over her head. Zoey may be ace when it came to Pokémon Contests, but that wouldn't exactly mean she's also ace in standard fighting.
Zoey may bite off more than she can chew if she goes it alone.
Dawn, along with her usual away team, came upon a sight of a bunch of Team Heart members trying to carry out an attack on Hearthome City. Dawn was the first to spot Zoey, she had somehow found Johanna and the two of them defeated a pair of Team Heart grunts. Both of them were looking to be troubled, however, so they quickly had to get out of there and to safety. Luckily for the two of them, they saw Dawn and her away team.
"Dawn! Trip!" Johanna called out to her kids, "It's Team Heart! They're trying to take over Hearthome City from the looks of it!"
"Yeah, that doesn't surprise me," Dawn said dryly, "Well anyway, we need to get you out of here, mom!"
"Dawn's got a point," Trip remarked, "If Team Heart learns that you're out here in the open, they'll try to make a grab for you and use you as a bargaining chip to make me and Dawn stand down and let them do as they please. Hell, they may even force us to fight for them!"
"That's right, this lady is your mom," Barry remarked.
It was agreed that Trip would take Johanna to safety, flying off with her on his named Dialga Deelia. Zoey also asked to come along, citing how she feels that she'll only get in the way of the others if she stays in Hearthome City. While Trip took Zoey and Johanna to safety, the rest of the away team from The Big Beauty stayed in Hearthome City to fight Team Heart.
The remaining members of the away team split up into groups to go help beat down on Team Heart. It was as the heroes were split up that Kenny and Paul stopped short upon hearing a resounding, moaning cry of, "OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOHHHHHHOOOOOOOO!" that reverberated with tones of aroused, sensual pleasure. The two boys both turned in the direction that the moan came from, and as such they saw who made it.
It was a uniquely dressed Team Heart member, fair skinned and with long, golden blonde hair ending in a single braid that draped over the left shoulder. He wore pink sleeveless leather body armor with pointed black pauldrons, a pair of black speedos, pink arm warmers that went from the wrists to halfway up the biceps, pink shoes, black long socks that reach halfway up the thighs, and a pink cape attached to the back of the armor. A black Team Heart 'H' was on the armor, above the left pectoral.
With the Team Heart man in the armor was another person in a unique Team Heart outfit. They wore a pink long sleeved dress top with black buttons, a pink dress skirt that hugged the thighs, black heels, black stockings, and a black Team Heart 'H' on the dress top over the upper left area. By all accounts, such a dress would be worn by a female under normal circumstances.
But the person wearing that womanly outfit was very clearly a man, fair skinned and with orange-red hair combed up and back. "Oh my," said the man in the armor, his voice identifying him as the one who had moaned moments before, "It would seem that we have us some would be heroes here. I'm going to assume that you strapping young men intend to fight back, don't you?"
"Hey!" Paul exclaimed at the man in the armor, "You're one of the two members of Team Heart that my older brother Reggie helped without knowing you guys were Team Heart members!"
"Oh my, you mean that kind Pokémon Breeder who helped rescue me when I was pinned under that overturned van?" said the man in the armor, "If it counts for anything, I'm terribly sorry that he got arrested. I did hear about that."
"Who even are you guys?" Kenny demanded.
"Well I suppose that you two boys are owed an introduction," said the man in the armor. Gesturing to himself, the man in the armor went on, "I am Zidane, Admin of the Sinnoh Sector of Team Heart, and soon to be Governor of the Sinnoh region, OOOOOOOOOHHHOOOOOO!"
"I myself am Soka," said the man in the dress, "I serve my sweet darling Zidane here as his Admin's Assistant. I also assist him in... other... ways not pertaining to our work in Team Heart."
"I don't care who you are!" Paul said, "You're members of Team Heart, so you're going down!" Tossing up a Pokéball, Paul called out, "Electivire, standby for battle!"
After seeing Paul's Electivire come out, Kenny said, "Geez Paul, slow down! Look, I can tell that facing that Zidane guy who's partly responsible for getting Reggie arrested is a big deal for you, I'm guessing you're seriously wanting to give his sorry hide a fierce pounding-"
Not only did Zidane and Soka both give resounding, moaning cries of aroused, sensual pleasure, but Kenny's named Machamp Zarbon came out of his Pokéball on his own and gave off a likewise cry. "...Actually, Imma keep Zarbon out," Kenny said, "He might be useful."
Tossing up a Pokéball, Soka said, "Go, Gothitelle!"
"Go, Sawk!" Zidane said as he sent out a Sawk.
"Okay, a psychic type like Gothitelle ought to be bad for Machamp to deal with," Paul said, "Kenny, I'll focus on Gothitelle, you have your Machamp focus on the Sawk." Gesturing forward, Paul said, "Electivire, use Thunder Punch on Gothitelle!"
"Zarbon, use Dynamic Punch on Sawk!" Kenny ordered.
"Gothitelle, use Psychic on Machamp!" Soka commanded.
"Sawk, use Bulk Up!" Zidane called out.
Electivire was the quickest, rushing in before Gothitelle could take aim at Zarbon. Gothitelle wasn't even able to properly conjure its Psychic attack before Electivire punched it with an electrified fist, scoring paralysis which kept Gothitelle from acting that turn period. As for Zarbon, he slugged Sawk across the face just before it was able to pump itself up with Bulk Up. Only Sturdy saved Sawk from going down in one hit.
But Sawk was confused by Dynamic Punch, and in its confusion Sawk struck itself, knocking itself out in the process. Zidane was forced to call back his Sawk and send out his next Pokémon, that being a Conkeldurr. "Conkeldurr, use Brick Break on Electivire!" Zidane ordered.
"Gothitelle, use Psychic on Machamp!" Soka commanded.
"Electivire, use Thunder Punch on Gothitelle!" Paul called out.
"Zarbon, use Cross Chop on Conkeldurr!" Kenny declared.
Once more, Electivire was the fastest, rushing in and slugging the paralyzed Gothitelle with an electrified fist and knocking it out. Zarbon likewise was able to knock out Conkeldurr with a rather well aimed Cross Chop that went critical. Both Zidane and Soka were forced to recall their fainted Pokémon before sending out their next ones.
Soka sent out a Gardevoir, and Zidane surprisingly enough sent out his own Machamp. "Kenny, you really ought to switch your Machamp out," Paul advised, "A dual psychic fairy type like Gardevoir can really unleash some serious punishment-"
"OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOHHHHHHOOOOOOOO!" Zidane and Soka cried out in resonating, moaning tones of aroused, sensual pleasure.
As Paul looked on in confusion at the members of Team Heart, Kenny looked as if he got an idea that he wanted to try out. Gesturing forward, Kenny said, "Zarbon, use Poison Jab on Gardevoir to give it a long and hard pounding!"
Not only did Zidane and Soka moan again in aroused, sensual pleasure, but so did Soka's Gardevoir. As a matter of fact, Gardevoir was so distracted by being aroused that it failed to do anything to stop Zarbon from coming in and striking it hard with Poison Jab, doing some rather serious super effective damage to it as well as scoring poison on Gardevoir.
Seeing the opportunity, Paul said, "Quickly, Electivire! Use Fire Punch on Gardevoir!"
Electivire rushed in and struck Gardevoir hard with Fire Punch, knocking it out after it was pained by its poisoning. "Oh my, you young men certainly are ruthless," Soka said as he recalled his fainted Gardevoir, "Makes me think that my darling and I are gonna have to step up if we wanna stand even the slightest chance at winning here." Soka sent out his third Pokémon, which surprisingly enough was a kantonian Mr. Mime.
Kenny seemed as if he could tell where things here were going. "Well my allies and I won't go down without a fight! We'll fight to our last! We'll go on for as long and hard as we can!"
Zidane and Soka both moaned again in resonating cries of aroused, sensual pleasure, giving Zarbon the opening to rush in and strike Mr. Mime with Poison Jab, taking it out in one hit with a well placed critical. Paul's Electivire went on to strike Zidane's Machamp with Thunder Punch and paralyzing it, which kept it from being able to attack for the round.
In the next turn of battle, Electivire defeated the enemy Machamp with a strong Brick Break, thus winning the battle for Kenny and Paul as both Zidane and Soka were out of Pokémon that were able to fight. "It's over, Team Heart," Paul scowled, "You've been defeated here."
"Oh my, you certainly do know how to make people work for it," Zidane remarked, "Don't you, young man? You and your companion here are also rather... stimulating... to go up against in battle. You both make for very exciting opponents."
"That's because we both go as far as we can if it means bringing you idiot villains to justice for what all you've done!" Paul declared, "We won't stop until you and all of your likeminded fellows are taken down for good! Team Heart in its entirety will fall one day! And until that day comes, I cannot, will not, stop for any reason!"
Paul and Kenny proceeded to move in to try to apprehend the defeated Zidane and Soka. "You're both going to jail," Kenny said, "And there's nothing-"
Kenny was cut off when a number of Team Heart grunts came running in. "Admin Zidane! Admin's Assistant Soka! Are you two in need of assistance?" said one of the female grunts.
"Oh my yes," Zidane said, "Soka and I are both spent, we need someone to cover us, mmm, so that we can escape and recover."
"Oh you are NOT getting away!" Paul snarled angrily, but there was nothing he or Kenny could do to stop Zidane and Soka from fleeing once the gathered grunts turned their attention onto the two of them. Paul, as he saw out of the corner of his eye Zidane and Soka successfully get away by fleeing into the distance, couldn't help but growl angrily at the situation. He already failed to keep one of the Team Heart members responsible for Reggie's arrest from fleeing.
And right now, he had just failed to keep the OTHER one from fleeing as well. Paul was by no means happy with how things had turned out here.
Later, the siege on Hearthome City was ended, and Team Heart efforts were ultimately defeated. A total of ten Team Heart members, all grunts with six being guys and four being girls, were captured by the heroic trainers who fought to defend Hearthome City against Team Heart's evil. It was right as the last of the captured Team Heart members were taken away that Trip came flying back in on Deelia, bringing Johanna and Zoey with him.
"How did it go?" Trip asked after everyone riding on Deelia got off and Trip recalled his legendary dragon Pokémon.
"Ultimately, the good guys won today," Dawn said, "We repelled the Team Heart siege, and ten grunt level members of Team Heart were captured. But the Admin and his Assistant, according to Kenny and Paul, were able to get away."
"We also got a bit of info on Admin Zidane," Kenny said, "Apparently, he in the past was a victim of homophobia, which is why he's stated to be strongly against it."
Johanna looked surprised. "The Team Heart Officer who led the attack here in Hearthome City today is gay?"
"In our experience, all Team Heart Admins are victims of some form of discrimination, each one having suffered from a different kind each," Kenny said, "So far, we've dealt with Admins who had suffered from racism, religious discrimination, classism, and now homophobia. Team Heart as a whole hates all forms of such kinds of discrimination."
"It would give those fighting to bring down Team Heart some valuable insight on how the higher ups of Team Heart function," Paul admitted, "We can better deal with them if we know what makes all of their top leaders tick."
Dawn nodded in agreement, and then went about checking to see if there was anything that she and her crew needed to look into in Hearthome City. There was no need, so Dawn decided to have Heath fly The Big Beauty to Twinleaf Town, giving Johanna a lift in the process. Zoey asked if she could get a lift to Twinleaf Town as well, citing how she hears that Twinleaf Town is bar none the safest place in the Sinnoh region to live.
"Well of course Twinleaf Town is the safest place in Sinnoh to live," Trip said, "Me and Dawn live in Twinleaf Town with our mom here, and Sinnoh's government wants to make sure our home life is safe from Team Heart."
Later over in Twinleaf Town, Dawn was in her room at the Berlitz residence while The Big Beauty was parked outside of the house. After doing a quick check, Dawn saw that she as well as Kenny and Trip had been able to complete the Sinnoh Pokédex, having all Pokémon registered as caught between the lot of them. But then again it wasn't all that hard of a task to do, given how much of a jumpstart on the Sinnoh dex they had.
The next region that Dawn and her crew was going to be heading to was Unova. Not only is Unova part of the Team Heart Empire, but it serves as the seat of said Empire. It's where Bianca, the Boss's Assistant of Team Heart and the public face ruler of the Team Heart Empire, rules from. Dawn and her crew were about to head right on into the thick of enemy lines, but Dawn and the reborn trainers still had to complete the Pokédex.
It was as Dawn was finishing up checking to see if there was anything she wanted to bring with her onto The Big Beauty that there was a knock at her bedroom door. Dawn, curious, went to answer the door, and was surprised to see that Saliva and Paul had both come to see her. "I got it from Trip that the next region we're heading to is Unova," Paul said, "Is that true?"
"Yeah, Unova is the next location on our list," Dawn replied.
"Freesia says that you ought to leave her and myself here in Sinnoh where we'll be safe," Salvia said, "She especially wants me to stay here. But I told her no, we need to go to Unova, myself especially so, regardless of risk as we need to find and gather allies to help with retaking my kingdom from Team Heart rule."
"It will be very risky to you, I hope you know," Dawn said, "And you and Freesia will have to remember your respective aliases."
"I'm still not sure why Kenny and Leona had that argument about what disguises Freesia and I ought to wear to conceal ourselves from Team Heart," Salvia remarked.
"Kenny loves telling a story and Leona wants to keep things short and simple but effective," Dawn explained, a dry look on her face to match her likewise tone.
Paul nodded once in understanding. "I have to respect Leona's way of doing things, although I will admit that Kenny, as eccentric as he is, has also produced amazing results." Looking to Dawn, Paul went on, "But there was something that Kenny said earlier. Something that caught my attention as it could be a lead to help us gain insight on how Team Heart's higher ups function, it could help us all learn what makes Team Heart tick."
Dawn arched a wry eyebrow at Paul. "What was it that Kenny said?"
"He said that all Admins of Team Heart had suffered from some form of discrimination," Paul said, "And they've suffered from a different kind each. He mentioned racism, religious discrimination, classism, and now homophobia as forms of discrimination that Team Heart Admins had suffered from." Folding his arms over his chest, Paul went on, "And now we're heading to the Unova region, where we'll deal with a different Team Heart Admin. I can't help but wonder what discrimination that he or she had suffered from."
Paul had a valid point. Every Team Heart Admin that the crew of The Big Beauty has met so far has suffered from a different kind of discrimination each, and that suffering is a key to figuring out what makes each Team Heart Admin tick. Dawn was going to be wanting to keep an eye on the next Team Heart Admin in Unova. She was going to be wanting to learn what kind of discrimination he or she had suffered from, and learn more about why it sets them off.
But Unova was going to be tricky, and for more than one reason.
(Opelucid City, Unova region)
A pair of uniquely dressed Team Heart members were making their way through the mansion in which lived Bianca, the Boss's Assistant of Team Heart and the (public face) ruler of the Team Heart Empire. The pair consisted of one guy and one girl each, the both of them looking to be the same age as Bianca herself.
The guy of the pair was fair skinned, with white hair long enough to be in a single men's ponytail, aside from his bangs which he allowed to frame his face. He wore a pink short sleeved men's causal dress shirt over a black long sleeved shirt, black pants, pink shoes with black shoelaces and soles, and he had a black Team Heart 'H' on his casual dress shirt, over the left pectoral.
The girl of the pair had tannish skin denoting a Latino heritage, with her black hair, about as long as the white hair the boy with her had, in a single ponytail. The girl wore a pink hoodie with the hood worn down, a pair of black baggy cargo shorts held up with a belt, pink socks, black shoes with pink shoelaces, and a black Team Heart 'H' on the hoodie over her left breast.
When the two uniquely dressed Team Heart members rounded a corner into the hallway where Bianca's office could be found, they were met up by a butler. "Ah, Admin Wolfgang," the butler said in a tone of pleasantly surprised greeting, "Admin's Assistant Betzabe. What brings you two in today? Business with Lady Bianca, I assume?"
"Lady Bianca actually summoned me to see her," replied the male uniquely dressed Team Heart member, "I just got here, but have no clue as to what she wishes to speak with me about."
"Lady Bianca is in her office right now, Admin Wolfgang," the butler said, "Please, allow me to bring you over and announce your arrival to Lady Bianca." The now identified Wolfgang nodded to the butler in understanding before letting him lead both himself and his follower, apparently Admin's Assistant Betzabe, over to Bianca's office.
...
When the butler entered Lady Bianca's office, he came upon the sight of Bianca sitting at her desk while talking to Hilda and Nate, the latter being the Champion of Unova and the former being the latter's older sister. Nate's Simisear was out and standing next to him. "Umm, apologies for butting in, Lady Bianca," the butler said, "Did I interrupt anything important just now?"
"No, I was just trying to remind Hilda," Bianca began, "Again might I add, that she has got to be more careful with what she says and where. I myself may be lenient with her, but the others in Team Heart aren't as forgiving."
"My older sister here made a crack about Bianca's weight again," Nate translated to the butler while gesturing to Hilda.
"I see," replied the butler, "Well anyway, Admin Wolfgang is here to see you. He said that you had summoned him to speak with you?"
Bianca nodded in confirmation. "That I did," Bianca replied, "If he's waiting outside, you can send him right on in." The butler nodded once in reply before leaving Bianca's office and coming back in a second later, leading in Wolfgang and Betzabe. "Punctual as always, Admin Wolfgang," Bianca said, "I'm glad to see that hasn't changed."
"Well I do like to maintain a certain kind of standard," Wolfgang replied, "Anyway, what's the business that you wished to speak with me about?"
"It concerns a few points, mainly Aincrad," Bianca began, catching the attention of Wolfgang and Betzabe. Aincrad is the name of the local terrorist group working in Unova to overthrow the local Team Heart authority. The people of Aincrad claim to be freedom fighters and rebels trying to save the people, but they are nothing more than terrorists trying to uproot the way of life in Unova, as per the word of the Team Heart Empire.
"Yeah, I'm familiar with Aincrad," Betzabe said, "I believe that one of their first major acts in Unova since forming resulted in injury to your father, Lady Bianca."
"He survived, thank goodness for that," Bianca said, "But the terrorist who attacked him, that Yoshitsugu fellow, is still at large. There's also how I got it that at least one member of Wolfgang's family was also hurt in an Aincrad attack."
"The girl dating Betzabe's older brother got a minor scarring wound on her left shoulder," Wolfgang replied, confirming Bianca's theory.
Hilda looked confused by how Wolfgang phrased his confirmation of Bianca's guess. "Umm," Hilda began, "Don't you mean that your sis-"
"She doesn't deserve the consideration of being referred to as one of my siblings," Wolfgang interrupted, the firm, narrow gazed look on his face and his unwavering tone of voice making it clear that he doesn't exactly have any love for his family.
Looking to his older sister, Nate said, "Yeah, Hilda. Admin Wolfgang... isn't exactly fond of his family. If I got it correct, it all stems from how he was treated horribly by his family as a whole due to how he's a boy, thinking of him as nothing but bad before he had even gotten a chance to prove himself otherwise. All because he's male."
"Champion Nate... is correct," Wolfgang admitted, sounding hurt but in a resigned sense at being reminded of his past struggles, "My... birth-givers had automatically assumed, before I even had a shot at showing what kind of person I could have otherwise been, that I was going to be nothing but bad, that I'd never amount to anything, that I could never do any right or any good. But they always had nothing but high hopes and good words for my ten... female siblings. And that attitude had rubbed off on my... female siblings, some more than others."
"It's not the first time I've heard of parents assuming that sons can do no right but daughters can do no wrong," Bianca said, "And such attitude isn't the only form of Sexism that Admin Wolfgang here has faced in his life, although the influence of his family had led to a lot of the outside instances of Sexism that Wolfgang had faced." Gesturing to Wolfgang, Bianca went on, "But we in Team Heart do not discriminate."
"Considering that I was able to rise to an Admin position," Wolfgang said, "And did so purely due to my own merit, tells me that Team Heart cares for me more than my supposed family ever did." To Bianca, Wolfgang asked, "What are the points that you wanted to tell me about, Lady Bianca?"
"I heard rumor that the girl who sabotaged her own younger brother in order to beat him and win the most recent Vertress Conference had joined Aincrad," Bianca began, "We first need to confirm if the rumor is true. Given the recent deal I had to handle involving Hoenn Champion Brendan, I don't want to rush having the girl's whole family arrested."
"And... if the rumors turn out to be true?" Wolfgang asked, already hating the idea of the girl who had sabotaged her own younger brother in order to win the most recent Vertress Conference. It gave him bitter reminder of how he suffered growing up due to how he could never stand with any of his sisters as an equal peer due to never even being allowed the chance to even try.
"First off, we need to assess the extent of how connected the girl is to the rest of her family and vice-versa," Bianca said, "I have a few ideas I wanna try implementing, depending on if things turn out to be as I suspect. Can you handle the assessing for me?"
Wolfgang nodded once in confirmation. "Of course, Lady Bianca." After he was dismissed, Wolfgang took off with Betzabe, leaving Hilda and Nate in the office with Bianca. Wolfgang didn't care all that much for siblings who screw their other siblings over, especially if it's a case of a sister screwing over a brother.
He's had more than enough of that for many lifetimes.
END, CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE
Author's notes;
This chapter sees the heroes confront Admin Zidane in Hearthome City, repelling his attack and saving the day. There's also the special Pokémon Contest that Zoey wins and Johanna is a special judge for, but that's more or less an excuse to have the heroes in Hearthome City. The heroes also learn that Zidane had faced Homophobia in the past; each Team Heart Admin has faced a different form of discrimination each, it's part of why Team Heart is so big on stamping discrimination out.
And the Admin for the Unova Sector of Team Heart, Admin Wolfgang, is no different, as he's faced Sexism in his life due to being male. It's part of why he so fiercely dislikes his family, as well as why he hates cases of sisters screwing over brothers. This will be explored more in the next chapter, as the next chapter is the beginning of the Unova arc of this story. Until then, take care.
Dawn's Pokémon: (on hand) Chi-Chi (female Infernape), Tsukune (Palkia), Leni (female Lucario), Argent (male Arcanine; alpha; Hisuian), Lincoln (male Latios), Ezio (male Eevee; shiny)
Kenny's Pokémon: (on hand) Black (Giratina), Shallot (male Glaceon), Cell (male Scizor; shiny), Roshi (male Torterra), Zarbon (male Machamp), Kermit (male Politoed)
Trip's Pokémon: (on hand) Deelia (Dialga), Lisa (female Latias), Mr. Popo (male Magmortar), Veda (female Abomasnow), Myde (male Empoleon), Fourze (male Electivire)
Mina's Pokémon: (on hand) Scar (male Eevee; scared over one eye), Gardevoir (male), Lucario (female), Umbreon (male; shiny), Espeon (male; shiny), Jolteon (male; shiny)