#bede x f!reader

[sparklz02]

Summary:

In the vast world of Pokémon there are many to have yet been discovered. All Pokémon vary in size, strength, and appearances. There are many mysteries to be uncovered and many Pokémon to meet!

People who have become friends with Pokémon and battle alongside each other are Pokémon trainers. They strive to either become the strongest trainer in their region or even world! There are also trainers who casually enjoy the company of their partner and feel no need to engage in battles. And finally Pokémon performances! As the name suggests, trainers show off the appeal of their Pokémon and aim to be the best performer among many others.

This story will focus on a young girl who aims to become a strong Pokémon trainer in the Galar region and seeks for even more challenges beyond her original goal. She will meet many trainers of her age who are equally or even more powerful than her! Will she overcome these challenges? Will she achieve her goal? Will there be more than just adventure?

Let’s find out together for this is your journey~!

Chapter 1: A Dreamer

Chapter 2: Baby Steps [coming soon…]

Chapter 3: Hello Vermill— Lugia!? [coming soon…]

Chapter 4: Gotta Catch All Coats! [coming soon…]

Chapter 5: Work of Fate [coming soon…]

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[rougepancake]

The Summoning (ch. six)

FT. Leon x Gym Leader!F!Reader

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WARNINGS: This chapter seems all over the place, but I promise it’ll come together towards the end. I made some interesting choices when it came to certain characters, but I believe that each choice works well with the story. I didn’t proofread this too well, so if there’s any major mistakes, please let me know!

Hammerlocke stadium towered over Gloria as she stood before it. For some reason, this gym seemed much more intimidating than the others. She had to stop and make sure that she was ready, despite training nonstop since she left your gym. Hop didn’t, however, and had run along to challenge the gym’s leader. Marnie was nowhere to be found, but Gloria didn’t mind. She had mentioned a while back that she was set to be the next gym leader of Spikemuth. Bede had gone missing too, but she thought he’d be fine. He seemed independent enough anyhow.

The battle against you had shaken her some. She knew her strength, but fighting against you made her doubt herself. That’s why she was apprehensive about facing Raihan. If you were able to make her question her every move, then what would Raihan do to her? She shook her head, hesitating to take a step forward. To the untrained eye, she looked like an anxious gym challenger, yet to those that she challenged, they’d recognize her resolve crumbling. Up until now she had sailed through the gym challenge, simply due to observing those around her. But you… you had honestly frightened her.

Seeing that video of you battling the Kommo-o had just unnerved her further. She was thankful she didn’t witness it, seeing as she would’ve been to paralyzed by fear to escape. You were just that powerful.

She sighed. She didn’t have the time to think about that right now. She needed to defeat Raihan. Gloria looked down at the Pokéballs strapped to her waist. She could feel that things were going to gradually get more intense, she just didn’t know how. She thought back to the stories her mother would tell her before she passed. Each region has had a crisis with its legendary Pokémon in recent years, which Gloria believed to be part of a bigger picture. The most recent one was a few years ago when the Alolan region had things called ‘ultra wormholes’ open up. Researchers and trainers from all over jumped at the opportunity to see the phenomena, including her mother. Different wormholes led to different worlds, some that were even inhabited by human-like beings and Pokémon.

Gloria sighed. She was getting ahead of herself. She needed to defeat Leon before she could do anything about Alola. Her mind wandered off to her encounter with Zacian back in the Slumbering Wield. For whatever reason, Hop hadn’t seen it. Instead, Zamazenta had been the one to reveal itself to him. But why? How had those two legendary Pokémon picked them? What had led up to that decision? She sighed again. Her bloodline meant something to them. Hop’s too. Could they have possibly fought alongside them in a past life?

Hop suddenly rushed out of Hammerlocke stadium, running straight for her. She jumped at the sight of him. If only he were aware that he was a small piece in a much bigger puzzle.

“He beat me! He beat me!” He wailed, throwing himself into Gloria’s arms dramatically. She chuckled before pushing him away. Hop himself was a strong trainer, it was his emotions that he let run him. That’s mostly what caused him to lose. “He’s really strong, Gloria! Make sure you’re prepared!” She shook her head. She was always prepared.

She began to sign out her words. Her hearing aid hadn’t been working for quite some time, which made it a struggle for her to get through the gym challenge. She planned on getting a new one with the money she saved up from her gym challenge, but that wouldn’t be for another month or so. It was unfortunate.

‘What is his trial like?’ She signed out slowly, since Hop wasn’t exactly too quick with his Galarian Sign Language. She stopped and looked at him, glancing at his lips every now and then as he formulated a response.

“Oh it’s simply awful!” Hop whined, grabbing her by the shoulders and shaking her. “He drags out three of his gym trainers and makes you prove your worth! That’s it! But they’re soooo strong!!!” He groaned and hung his head. He was such a character. Always dramatic. Gloria smiled, nodding in response.

‘See you on the other side,’ she responded, grinning at him. Hop frowned and pouted at her.

“You’ve got this, Gloria! Kick his butt on my behalf!” He waved her off and ran in the direction of the PokéCenter. She watched as he left, gripping the straps of her bag tightly. She then turned to face the looming building that was Hammerlocke stadium. She swallowed nervously. This was simply just another step in her challenge.

She began to walk across the bridge, taking her time with each step. This battle would be easy. Hopefully. According to sources, Raihan wasn’t in it for the game, but for the thrill of battle. If she could throw him off with strategy, then she’d continue on undefeated. Gloria pushed past the doors to the gym lobby. Raihan met her there.

“Yo! I’ve been waiting for ya!” He grinned, showcasing his weirdly sharp teeth. She cringed. “Follow me.”

꧁ ༺ ─── ˚₊‧꒰ა ☆ ໒꒱ ‧₊˚ ─── ༻ ꧂

You sat in your living room, your head between your hands as you stared down at your floor. Piers had since gone back to Spikemuth, promising to return later to check in on you. Leon however, was sitting across from you, his eyes full of worry. He didn’t know what to say or what to do that could make you feel just a bit better. He felt… guilty.

“Leon. Eternatus is clearly trying to get ahold of me,” you started out, “but why? Why is Opal’s family connected to it? What connections did they have to the Darkest Day? And…” you looked up slowly, your eyes meeting his. Realization had struck you. “It’s not just me,” you muttered in awe, your mouth slightly agape.

“What do you mean? Is Eternatus reaching out to people other than you?” He cocked his head to the side, racking his brain to make sense of the situation.

“That child, Gloria, and your brother Hop. They encountered the sword and the shield Pokémon in the Slumbering Wield a day or so ago, right? Those Pokémon hadn’t been seen in nearly two hundred years before that. Think about it, they must be able to sense that something dangerous is happening in the region,” you got up and walked over to the bookshelf that stood in the corner of the room. Dozens of history filled books lined the shelves, each of them provided by Opal. You scanned the shelves, your eyes landing on a book that you had seen many times before. You just hadn’t been aware of its significance up until now. “There must be something important about the both of those children that caused them to show themselves…” you slowly opened up the book, skimming through its pages manically. There was something in particular that you just needed to confirm. Sure enough. There it was.

A drawn out family tree of Opal’s bloodline took up two full pages, and two more families followed it. Opal’s handwriting was at the bottom of the page, drawing you into the generation. On the next set of pages was a tree of names that you couldn’t recognize. The last name added to the tree was a child, descendant of Adriana, named Gloria.

“Leon…” you whispered, turning around with the book in your hands. You continued to scan its contents, your eyes reading over each name on the tree. You hesitated to turn the page. Another, slightly shorter family tree met your eyes. The latest addition to the line was a child, descendant of Cedrinne, named Hop. Opal had documented their births, which ultimately connected them to you. “Look…” you passed off the book to him. You weren’t quite sure what this meant. And you couldn’t remember if you had any more of Opal’s old books that explained the significance of it all. You looked back at the bookshelf and then back at Leon.

If Opal’s ancestors were worshippers of the being that was Eternatus, then what were Gloria and Hop’s? Were they firm believers in the sword and shield Pokémon? Had they worshipped them? Were there hidden statues in their honor? You felt your heartbeat grow faster, now pounding within your chest. What did this mean? The world spun around you. This felt horribly surreal. Two fifteen year olds and a twenty something year old had been picked by Pokémon that were powerful beyond belief and for what? Was it them that would save the region?

“I…” Leon looked up at you, his eyes widening. You looked pale, and you had broken out into a cold sweat. “Are you alright?” He asked slowly. Setting aside the book, he got up and reached for you, to which you rejected.

“We need to go to the clearing,” you blurted out. “I’m going to see if I can get answers. I need answers.” You pushed past him, grabbing your coat and sliding it over your arms. You struggled to put on your shoes, your hands shaking terribly. Leon rushed to follow you.

“How are you even going to do that?” His tone was filled with nothing other than worry as he copied your movements. Once he had his coat on, he waited for your next move. You seemed frantic, and it was bothering him. He wasn’t sure why, but it was.

“I’m going to reach out to it this time. The last time I saw it, I was shown the true importance of that area. If I can just get it to show me more, then maybe I’ll be able to piece some of this together and have it finally make sense. And maybe then we can formulate a plan to deal with Eternatus and Rose.” You walked briskly, pushing past various tree branches that blocked your path. This plan needed to work. If it didn’t, then you’d be at a total loss. Everything would have been for nothing and Eternatus would then be unstoppable.

“Y/n…” The man behind you stammered, holding his phone in his hands. You payed him no mind and continued on. “Y/n!” He raised his voice slightly, which caused you to jump. Slowly, you turned around to face him. “Hop and his friends… they beat Raihan…” Your expression fell. Shit! You thought that you would have more time to figure out a plan together. Now… now he was leaving. Now you’d be back to square one.

“Damnit,” you huffed, looking at him with a pained expression. You didn’t want him to leave. Not yet, anyways. You needed him. After all he had done to help you, you needed him! “Well, I suppose you ought to get back to Wyndon,” you frowned, hanging your head slightly. “I’ll let you know if I come up with anything, alright? I don’t doubt that they’ll want me to participate in the competition, so I’ll be seeing you soon enough,” you paused, “just don’t get lost.”

“Got it,” he nodded, giving you a wide smile. A heat rose to your cheeks. “Just be careful out here. I’ll…” he cleared his throat, “I’ll see you soon.” Leon turned his back to you and began heading back to your house.

You continued on to the clearing. It somehow looked much more dead than the last time you were here, as if the life had been drained from it entirely. The statue stood before you in all its glory. You felt the strength of its presence. The hairs on the back of your neck rose. An overwhelming feeling washed over you, and suddenly everything went black.

Your eyes were wide open, yet you couldn’t see anything. Scared, you called out, sticking your arms out to feel for something you could lean on. There was nothing. In fact, you couldn’t even hear the ambience of the forest anymore. You turned around and your sight returned. Eternatus was in front of you, seemingly restless. It was as if it wanted something from you.

Hesitantly, you stepped forward, hoping to touch it. Your hand was a few centimeters away when the scenery changed. The two of you were back in the clearing, right next to the statue, which appeared to be in pretty rough condition. The creature let out a cry.

“What do you want from me?” You asked, frustrated. It wouldn’t give you answers. It couldn’t. The thought upset you. If it had been putting you through all of this, then why couldn’t it answer a simple question? Eternatus stood still, its silence eerie. The sound of footsteps made you redirect your attention. Your eyes widened. “Opal…”

The woman appeared to be a bit older than the last time you had seen her, and behind her followed a teenage version of yourself. “I’ve told you before that this is our history, but I’ve never told you why,” the older woman smiled, her eyes focused on the statue. She turned to face the younger you, gesturing for you to come closer. She had a far off look in her eye that made your heart clench. Oh how you missed her.

Opal cleared her throat before sitting down gently on the grass. “Come now, child. This story is quite a long one.” You looked at Eternatus. So this was its way of responding to you. You looked back at Opal and yourself. It had been here all along. A gasp escaped you at the sudden realization.

“A very long time ago, an event called the Darkest Day took place. It caused the Pokémon in the region to dynamax randomly, which led to chaos. That statue right there is a depiction of the creature that caused all of that chaos. It fed off of the energy that dynamaxing provided up until the two kings defeated it. With the help of the sword and the shield Pokémon, they were able to save the region and capture the creature. But they didn’t know what to do with it. Would they bury it? Would they turn it in? Well, they didn’t do either of those things. The brothers chose to pass it off to the region’s strongest line of psychics,” she grinned, “those psychics, dear child, are my ancestors. They entrusted them to properly handle the situation, to which they decided to trap its soul within the statue. Since then, it’s been a tradition to prepare the next in line for the responsibility of their choice. We look after it.

“You see, each of the women in my bloodline has had a connection to this being. Some have even reported to see it in their dreams,” she sighed and placed a hand on your shoulder. “I’m not sure if you’ll be able to do the same, due to your situation and relation to the family,” Opal paused, her eyes searching yours, “I believe that if it wants to reach out to you, then it will find a way. I’ve no doubt that it can sense that you’re now a member of the family. And while I understand that this is very exciting for a child your age, I need you to understand that this is a dangerous being. The statue must never break, or its soul will return to its body, do you understand—“

The memory faded away slowly. Opal had been the last thing to dissolve, which only hurt your heart more. Vast nothingness now surrounded you and Eternatus.

“You…” you muttered, staring at it in awe. “You want to be freed of this curse…” you trailed off slowly. “But… if you’re still in the statue when Rose awakens your physical body, then what? Won’t you just go anyway?” The Pokémon roared at your question. “I’m guessing that’s a no…” A sudden shock ran through your body, causing you to gasp.

“Save… me…” a deep and powerful voice echoed within your head. It sounded incredibly raspy, its words hardly intelligible. Shivers ran down your spine. You had no clue that it could communicate.

��But… I can’t!” You took a step back. “You’re stuck here for a reason! How am I supposed to believe that you won’t go with Rose when your body is awakened? This is dangerous. You’re dangerous. I refuse to put my region at risk.” It roared. Opal’s voice suddenly met your ears.

“You misunderstand… child…” each word was choppy, as if Eternatus was sifting through its memories to get to you. “I’m… right here. Rose… won’t… have me.” You groaned and covered your ears, shutting out the voice.

“Stop that! I’m not letting you out!” You shouted, taking another step back from it. You stumbled and fell. When you landed, the void around you had disappeared, the original sight of the clearing greeting you. The statue’s aura seemed much more intense than when you had gotten there, and it unnerved you. Slowly, you rose to your feet. You did your best to dust off the dirt from your rear before inspecting the statue. Everything seemed fine. No cracks or anything.

A loud, shrill cry suddenly met your ears. The sound was followed by a few thunderous footsteps. Each one shook the forest floor, and each one brought it closer to you. Horror struck you as you stared. Above you towered a dynamaxed Espurr, a Pokémon that was said to not have any control over its psychic abilities. You panicked as you felt around for at least one of your Pokéballs. Quickly, you threw out the first one you could find. Polteageist.

The Espurr cried out and stomped its foot, causing a few of the nearby trees to fall. Your heart sank. The trees weren’t the only thing that had fallen. The statue was now on the ground, reduced to nothing but tiny pieces. A black cloud flew from the rubble and into the sky. That must’ve been Eternatus’ soul. It vanished in an instant, taking the dynamaxed energy away from the Espurr and knocking it unconscious.

“Oh no…” you muttered, looking up at the sky.

꧁ ༺ ─── ˚₊‧꒰ა ☆ ໒꒱ ‧₊˚ ─── ༻ ꧂

There was nothing more Leon feared than losing. Without his title as the champion, he'd be nothing. He sat in his private locker rooms, his head hung between his shoulders. From everything that Hop had told him, Gloria sure was a force to be reckoned with. Even Raihan admitted that he had a tough time battling her. He was proud of the girl for making it so far into the gym challenge, but he had a nagging feeling. If Gloria was strong enough to take both you and Raihan out on the first go, then what did that mean for him? Would he too struggle and inevitably lose?

He frowned. Being the champion was all he had ever known. He had remained undefeated since the tender age of ten, taking down the former champion at eleven. All he had ever really gotten the chance to do with his life was fight. Now he regretted it. He wished he had chosen something different as his passion. It was too late now, however. Leon was doomed to repeat an endless cycle of repetitive winning.

The intercom crackled as the speaker called for all of the challengers to make their ways to the locker rooms for further information. The first round of preliminary battles were about to take place. There were four singular challengers. Only one, if any, would be able to claim the title as champion.

Leon sat up, turning to look at the wall beside him. He wondered if you had managed to discover anything in reference to Eternatus. He couldn't help but worry. You had seemed so sure of yourself when he left, plus you had yet to send him any kind of message-

His phone suddenly began to ring. He picked it up immediately, holding to his ear as he waited for you to begin speaking.

"Leon this is bad," you sounded out of breath, as if you had been running. His heart sank. "Leon this is so bad. Eternatus' soul was trapped inside the statue! It wanted me to free it, and I told it no, but right after that a dynamaxed Espurr appeared and fucking knocked it over!! Leon! That accursed thing broke the statue!" your voice wavered. You were panicked, and now, of course, Leon was too. "If it get's back to its physical form, then we're done for! All of that research, all of that hard work we put in- wasted! Leon Galar is fucking doomed!" He heard you let out a sob. "It's all my fault..."

"Hey hey hey- wait- um," he choked on his words. Fuck. Eternatus was free. That meant that he and you were staring the inevitable doom of the region in the face. "You need to tell Rose. He needs to know what's going on. Where are you? I'm heading out. Hey, take a deep breath. We'll put a stop to this."

You sniffled, holding your breath to prevent you from letting out another sob. "I'm at my place... the boys are out at the gym... if they found me like this I- fuck..." You mumbled, simply verbalizing your current thoughts. Leon sighed and stood up. You hung up, leaving him alone with his thoughts. If he wasn't scared before, he definitely was now. He grabbed his cape and threw it over his shoulders before briskly walking out into the lobby. Several fans stopped him, but he pushed onward. Oh if only they knew the amount of trouble they were in.

He managed to grab a flying taxi and head out to Ballonlea. He tipped the cabby and rushed towards your house. The sky was dark. A storm was coming.

Dread filled him as he set foot in Ballonlea. The weight of his current situation was just now beginning to hit him. He was at a loss. If Eternatus was free, then what did that mean for Rose’s plan? His heart sank. If the soul and the body had been separated, then there was a chance that Eternatus was trying to get back to stop the use of its body. Unfortunately, the chances of that being the case were slim.

You came into his line of sight, your eyes puffy from crying. Without warning, you ran up to him, wrapping your arms around him and burying your face in his chest. A sob escaped you. Leon could feel his own eyes begin to water. He couldn’t tell if this was the end and it scared him. He hesitated to return your embrace. His heart throbbed in his chest. The moment felt so incredibly bittersweet that he didn’t know if he wanted it to last forever or not. Having you so close to him reminded him of how much you meant to him. You were everything.

After a few minutes, he let you go, taking a step back so you could collect yourself. It didn’t take you long to catch your breath before you led him back to your house. You stared down at the ground the whole time, your eyes focused on nothing in particular. It hurt him to see you in such a state. You looked broken, and there wasn’t anything he could do to help fix that. He frowned and looked away.

You opened the front door and let him in, avoiding looking directly into his eyes. You feared that he would get mad at you. Actually, you hoped that he would. You wanted him to put the blame on you and accept things as they were. If he did that, then maybe it’d be easier for him to handle it. Oh what were you thinking. You’d fall apart if he blamed you. Yet you felt you deserved it.

With a sigh, you sat down onto the couch. Bede and Allister were still out, blissfully unaware of what was soon to come. Your lip quivered slightly as you thought about what to say. Was there even anything you could say? ‘Sorry I fucked up and now the region is done for.’

“It’s not your fault.” Leon’s words pulled you from your thoughts. You turned to look at him with teary eyes. “How were you supposed to know that was going to happen?”

“But I—“ you sniffled, looking back down at the floor. He walked over and sat next to you, wrapping his arm around you. “Opal chose me to watch over it… and I—“ you cut yourself off with a sob. Leon pulled you closer to him and rested his head atop of yours. He wished he could offer you some advice. He really wanted to be able to tell you that everything would be fine.

But he just didn’t know.

He pulled away and grabbed you by the shoulders. His eyes searched yours in silence, as he was too awestruck by your beauty to form a sentence. He swallowed nervously. “I don’t know if this is the end or not, but I wanted to tell you that I’m so glad that I got the opportunity to know you better,” he took a second to gather his thoughts, “I wouldn’t want it to be anyone else…” he could feel himself beginning to tear up. If only he could tell you just how much he loved you. But now wasn’t the time. It would never be the time.

“I…” you sighed. Suddenly you were at a loss for words. Your heart ached, and you longed to tell him how you yearned for him, but you knew you couldn’t. You feared that now wasn’t an appropriate time. But if not now, then when? “Leon… I never thought I’d grow close to you. But… I’m happy that I did. I… I’m not sure if it’s all going to end soon, so I wanted to say—“

He leaned in and gently placed his lips against yours. When he leaned back, he saw your widened eyes and panicked. He quickly scooted back, looking away out of embarrassment. He could feel his face burning.

“S-Sorry! I-I thought that— and uh— um…” he trailed off, his voice rising in pitch the longer he spoke. It had been so long since the last time he had felt this embarrassed. He wanted to disappear.

“Can you do that again?” You asked slowly, reaching out and placing a hand on his arm. His head whipped around, his eyes wide as he stared at you. He couldn’t believe that you were serious. In fact, he was overjoyed. Forget about the world possibly ending, the one he’s in love with just asked him for another kiss. He could actually die in peace now.

Experimentally, he placed his hand on your cheek, his thumb caressing the skin gently. He then leaned in, planting another kiss on your lips. You leaned into it this time, placing your hand atop his. You could feel him smile before he pulled away.

“I think I might—“ Leon was interrupted by the sound of the door practically being kicked open. Instinctively, he scooted away from you, his eyes widened.

“Y/n!” Bede screamed, nearly tripping over his own feet when he saw you in the living room. He was horribly out of breath, and his eyes were wide with fear. You rushed over to him. He grabbed you by your shoulders and let out a choked sob. “A-Allister’s Mimikyu dynamaxed while we were out! I t-tried to stop it, but it t-took out my team so fast a-and… he said he’d be able to handle it b-but…!” You stopped him, your expression serious.

“Stay here with Leon,” your voice quivered slightly. Allister didn’t have any other Pokémon besides Mimikyu, so how was he going to take it down? Wait a second… you recalled seeing another Pokéball in his room, but you were sure that this mystery Pokémon wasn’t strong enough to take down Mimikyu. You looked back at Leon briefly before rushing out of the house.

Thunder rolled in the distance, nearly covering up the loud cry of a Pokémon that came from the Glimwood Tangle. You ran off in the direction, making sure you had Chandelure ready. You hoped that you’d be able to reach it in time, and feared what would happen if you didn’t. The world flew by as you ran, the cries gradually growing closer.

A soft groan met your ears, causing your heart to sink. You ran out into a clearing where the enraged Mimikyu had settled. To your left stood Allister, and in front of him was a tired looking Dusclops. You ran over to him and pushed him to the side. In the same movement, you brought out Chandelure, giving it free rein over the battle. You grabbed the child, looking at him with teary eyes. His mask was broken, hanging off of his face and revealing one of his eyes. He looked horrified, as did you.

You got up and turned around, watching as Chandelure fought off the Pokémon. You began to aid it, calling out moves and commands. Now that you were between it and Allister, you could rest easy. But not too easy. See, the thing with Allister’s Mimikyu was that it was by far one of the strongest Pokémon you had ever seen. You had just made sure to keep him unaware of that fact. It had always been an issue for you while training with him, unfortunately, but you knew that having this secret was for his own good.

With your body in between Allister and Mimikyu, you were practically a shield. At this point, you were willing to take a hit from the thing if it meant that he would be safe. You winced as Chandelure was attacked. Its pain was your own, and you could feel it gradually growing weaker. A pained expression crossed your features. Your knees began to weaken. You weren’t sure if you and your partner could keep this up for much longer. You frowned, bracing yourself for the inevitable.

But it never came. In fact, Mimikyu had returned to its normal form all on its own, now laying on the forest floor unconscious. You looked at it in shock before turning to face the child. He had been frozen in terror, a sight that shattered your heart.

“Are you okay? Are you hurt? What happened?” You asked back to back, moving him as you inspected his current state. You shook him as you spoke. The absolute fear in your voice would grow to be something he’d never forget. You pulled him into your arms and held him as tight as you possibly could, not giving him room to breathe. Tears welled in your eyes. Oh you were so worried. It made you more than happy to know that he was alright. “Let’s get you back to the house, okay? I’m sure Bede will be happy to see you,” you finally stepped back, fixing his mask with a smile. You gathered Mimikyu and carried it, walking alongside the Dusclops that Allister had summoned.

It was a miracle that it had withstood Mimikyu’s attacks so well. You couldn’t help but be amazed. How had he managed to find a Pokémon as strong as this one? Did he just get lucky? Surely not.

“We’re almost back to town,” you turned to look over your shoulder, giving him another soft smile. You froze. “Allister?” You turned around, your eyes wide. “Allister?!” You called, panic washing over you. “ALLISTER??” You raised your voice in hopes that he would respond. Yet you heard nothing. “Shit shit shit…” The Dusclops beside you sensed your worry, trailing alongside you as you walked deeper into the Glimwood Tangle. He had been right behind you the whole time! How had he vanished so quickly?! Your heart raced and you handed off Mimikyu to the Dusclops before breaking out into a full sprint on your search.

“ALLISTER!!” You shouted, out of breath. No response. You stopped. Your running had led you to the clearing where the statue of Eternatus once stood. Dread filled you. It was no coincidence that you would up back here, you were sure of it. You looked around the area frantically, stopping when you saw the child sitting in front of the base of the statue. He turned to face you as you got closer.

“My premonition…” he took off his mask and set it to the side. “I-It’s going to be fulfilled soon…”

A nervous chuckle left your lips. Fuck. “Come now Allister, let’s get you out of here and back home,” you extended your hand for him to take. He stood up and you picked him up, carrying him on your back carefully. It had been quite a long time since you had done this, but you figured the timing was right. You frowned as you carried him back to the house.

“Y/n..?”

“Yes?”

“What was that place?”

“Just an old shrine for the two kings, Allister.”

“Alright.”

꧁ ༺ ─── ˚₊‧꒰ა ☆ ໒꒱ ‧₊˚ ─── ༻ ꧂

“Those trainers that are fighting in the wild area are getting killed.”

“You think I don’t know that?!” Rose slammed his hands down onto the table, causing some tea to spill. Oleana flinched, her eyes widening slightly before she cleared her throat. He sighed and stood upright, fixing his tie in an attempt to maintain professionalism. He turned around and looked out at the large window. “What I meant to say was, I’m already aware of that unfortunate fact.”

“Is there not anything that you can do?” She gave him an exasperated look. She wasn’t sure if her love for him was worth it anymore. “Can you not issue a warning? This is a serious matter!”

“They knew the dangers when they signed up to take those Pokémon down,” he retorted. He couldn’t do this much longer. “It’s no one’s fault but their own, do you understand?”

“But Chairman the—“

“Do you understand?!” He whipped his head around, giving her a serious glare that caused her to wince. She frowned, hanging her head in shame.

“I understand.” She mumbled, rising from her seat in silence. She turned to leave, but stopped. There were so many things that she wanted to say to him, but he wouldn’t listen. He would never truly listen to her. Sadness filled her heart. He was so horrible to her. She hated him. But oh, what would she do without him?

The sound of her heels clicking on the marble floor echoed as she made her way to the door. Once again, Rose was alone. His eye twitched. His plan would be executed soon enough, and then he wouldn’t have to worry about anything anymore.

He grabbed his teacup and threw it across the large room in a fit of rage. Watching it shatter gave him a small feeling of satisfaction. The little glass pieces shined on the floor, each one reflecting a different perspective. He watched it in awe. Each piece reminded him of the different stages of his life. First his family, then his gym challenge, and then his rise to fame as the Chairman. His heart ached at the sight.

There simply was no escaping the path that he took to get there.

It seemed that he couldn’t go anywhere or do anything without being reminded of how much he had lost. And he had lost so much. He swallowed thickly. If his plan worked, then he wouldn’t have to lose ever again. No one would. In fact, the Galar region would simply be a thing of the past.

Rose laughed bitterly. He found it ironic that he feared death, despite having nothing more to lose. He thought of Oleana and sighed, hanging his head. The thought of her made his knees weak. He found her to be utterly annoying, and yet, she had been the only person to stay by his side since he had taken on the position as chairman. A tear rolled down his cheek. Confused, he wiped it away. He didn’t care for her that much, did he? He shook his head. There was no way. She was insufferable. But… was she really insufferable or was she simply just trying to help him.

He froze. Everything he ever thought about her he began to doubt. When was the last time she had smiled? He had no clue. Another tear fell, and then another, and then another until he was fully crying at the thought of someone caring about him that much.

He wrapped his arms around himself and shuddered. Maybe he did have something to lose.

꧁ ༺ ─── ˚₊‧꒰ა ☆ ໒꒱ ‧₊˚ ─── ༻ ꧂

Piers had booked a room at the Rose of the Rondelands so he could be with Marnie for the Champion Cup tournament. The final rounds between the final challenger and the gym leaders was set to commence tomorrow. Both he and you were set to battle in it, as well as Raihan. It was sure to be an interesting series of battles. If Gloria were to win each of her battles and move on to the next round with Leon, then that battle would commence immediately after the final round ended. It would be a back to back event, with fans from all over tuning in to see the challenger Gloria fight.

The sound of knocking tore him from his thoughts, causing him to jump slightly. “Oh, come in.” He called weakly. Marnie opened the door, followed by Gloria and Hop. The children’s worried gazes made him frown. “What’s wrong? Did ya not get t’ the dessert bar in time?” Hop shook his head and frowned.

“Do you know where Lee is? He promised he’d meet us for dinner, but we can’t find him anywhere!” He sighed, hanging his head. Gloria placed a hand on his shoulder to comfort him.

“I don’t. Have you tried lookin’ around? He really could be anywhere,” Piers stretched as he rose to his feet. “Come on, let’s go lookin’ for ‘im. I’m sure he’s not too far from here.” He led the way out of the room and to the elevator. “So when was the last time you saw ‘im?” Hop furrowed his brows in thought.

Gloria began to sign. ‘He appeared right after we finished the first round.’

“Oh yeah! That’s right! He looked like he had gotten there in a hurry, and he seemed real desperate to spend time with me and Gloria over here!” Hop paused and frowned once again. “But then he vanished. He told us that it would be a late meal, but we had no clue it was going to be this late!”

“They were telling me about it, an’ I figured that you might know somethin’ since you’re in kahoots with him,” Marnie shrugged. “I don’t wan’ t’ send you on a wild goose chase just because.” Piers nodded understandingly.

The group walked out of the hotel lobby and into the parking lot. For some reason, despite it being about nine pm, the area was rather busy. They walked through the crowd and headed towards the plaza, where they were greeted by even more people. Piers looked around, growing more and more suspicious of the situation. He looked at Marnie, who returned his look. So she could feel it too.

“Why don’t you go check th’ station?” He looked at Gloria, who nodded in response. “And you, purple hair, why don’t you check the other end of th’ plaza. Marnie, I need you to go get some of the nearby Team Yell members.” She nodded and ran off. Each of the children went their separate ways, which gave him some time to think before he executed a plan.

His eyes scanned the crowd. An unusual amount of league staff members were in the crowd, doing their best to blend in by interacting with the crowd. Odd. Usually there was one by the station, but now there were at least five or six mixed into the cluster of civilians before him. Come to think of it, those civilians hardly seemed… well… to be normal. Piers was a well known celebrity in the region, and not one of them had turned to acknowledge him. He hated to seem selfish, but he found it incredibly strange.

Gloria rushed up to him, signing frantically about some guy in the station that had battled her and ran. She said that he was working for Macro Cosmos, the company that Rose owned. Piers scowled. Of course.

“Where did he go?” He looked around, looking for something— anything suspicious. If he could get a lead, then he’d be set. All he needed was a hint. He looked over at Gloria. She informed him that this staff member had a different set of sunglasses than the usual ones did. He smirked. That was all he needed.

Marnie returned with the Team Yell members, each one of them eager to help out. Piers quickly explained their situation to them before sending them off in search of the staff member. He instructed Gloria and Marnie to stay together in the plaza while they looked. He’d rather they face off this stranger side by side than them be alone. There was no telling how far this guy was willing to go.

It didn’t take them long to find that son of a bitch. When they did, Piers had stepped up to battle him head on, but Gloria offered herself up instead. Her raw talent never failed to amaze him, and apparently Hop felt the same way, seeing as he watched the battle very closely.

“Hey kid, you’re staring,” he elbowed Hop with a smirk, resulting in the kid’s face turning a bright shade of red. He chuckled and directed his attention back to Gloria, who had finished her battle and was now facing them. She told them that they could now use the monorail, but they’d have to be quick. Apparently Leon was at Rose Tower.

“You guys go on ahead,” Marnie took a step back from them. She looked apprehensive. “I’ll deal with these numbskulls and join you over there,” she turned around and headed off in the direction of the hotel. Gloria turned to Piers, gazing up at him expectantly.

“You expect me to lead this mission?” She smiled slowly and he sighed. “Alright, come on you two. We’re in this together.”

When they got to Rose Tower, they stopped. After all, Piers didn’t really know what to do. It’s not like they could just rush in there and demand that they see Leon—

“I’m gonna go right on in there and demand that they let me see my big brother!” Hop huffed as he began marching toward the tower’s entrance. Piers rolled his eyes and Gloria held him back.

“That’s a bad idea. You need t’ work out a plan,” he crossed his arms and sighed. This was difficult alright. And it sure was strange.

“I have! I want to see my brother!” Hop raised his voice, glaring daggers at Piers. “And you can’t stop me!” He turned on his heels and stormed into the building. Gloria ran after him, worry painting her face. Children. Leave it to them to make poor decisions. He sighed. He was going to keep his happy ass right here just in case those two needed anything. He doubted it though. They were quite the duo.

“Gloria, you didn’t have to follow me.” Hop crossed his arms inside the entrance, turning his head away from her. She sighed and shook her head. At this point she really didn’t have much of a choice.

The two children took a few steps into the lobby of the tower, where they were immediately confronted by staff members. Naturally, they had to battle them to get past them. Once they got past that, they were free to use the elevator to the top.

She turned to face him, looking deep into his eyes before reaching out her hand for him to hold. He blushed and took it, giving her hand a gentle squeeze as the elevator continued to go up. He could feel his face burning, but he didn’t mind. He was living the dream in this moment, and he was content with that.

The elevator came to a halt, and Hop froze. “There’s no way we’re already at the top…” he mumbled, bracing himself. Two doors to his left opened, a pair of staff members joining them on the platform.

“That’s right, kid. We’re gonna take you down!” One of them taunted with a smirk. He pulled out a Pokéball and looked over at his partner.

“We’ll see about that!” Hop grinned, bringing out Dubwool. Gloria nodded and sent out Inteleon.

꧁ ༺ ─── ˚₊‧꒰ა ☆ ໒꒱ ‧₊˚ ─── ༻ ꧂

“Do you understand the magnitude of this plan?” Rose asked the man beside him as he stared down at the city of Wyndon. He folded his hands nearly behind him. He had called Leon in to inform him of his new job in this plan.

“I’m afraid I don’t…” he frowned, following Rose’s gaze. “You say that me taking down Eternatus would save the region from imminent destruction… but how do you know that’s true?” His brows furrowed. He really didn’t want to agree with him, but it was looking like he had no other choice. And after everything that he had worked for too… it pained him.

“It’s called faith,” Rose’s tone grew serious. “And I have faith in you, dear champion. You’ve never failed before, so what makes you think that you’ll fail now?”

“I—“

“LEE!!” Hop’s voice echoed throughout the room. The sound surprised Leon so much that he gasped loudly, his eyes widened with shock. Gloria ran up beside him, a soft grin on her face.

“Hey there Hop,” he forced himself to smile, “how did you make it all the way up here?”

“Oh it was horrible! They were all ‘you’re not gonna get past us!’ and we were all ‘think again suckers!’ and then we faced off against Oleana, who was simply mad!! I told each and every one of those people that all I wanted to do was see my brother, and they wouldn’t let me!” He huffed and crossed his arms. “Plus you still owe us dinner! It’s been hours since we saw you last! I was so worried, Lee!” Hop whined and pouted dramatically.

Leon forced a chuckle, shaking his head as he did so. “I’m sorry Hop, I really am. I had every intention of taking you two out for dinner tonight, but I got caught up with important champion matters. Listen,” he squatted down some to look him in the eyes, “why don’t we go out for breakfast tomorrow before the final round of the Champion Cup begins?” Hop nodded excitedly. He was practically jumping up and down at the thought.

Rose frowned. He had never noticed that Leon and Hop were so close. He envied them.

“Why don’t you just go on back to the hotel?” Rose asked, resulting in a confused look from Leon. “Yes, you too. You’re all going to want to be properly rested before to tomorrow, so just go ahead and get your rest.”

“You heard him,” Leon chuckled again. “Alright let’s get going.” He ushered them out of the room, still grinning. Rose felt his heart ache.

He missed his family.

He missed his brother.

Rose hung his head, biting the inside of his cheek so hard that it began to bleed. Oh how he envied Leon and Hop. And Piers and Marnie. And you and Allister. Each of you were so close to one another, and it hurt him to witness. It wasn’t fair. He had worked for everything he had, and he couldn’t have a family? Even before they died, his parents wanted nothing to do with him. It just wasn’t fair. He brought an unreal amount of money to their name that they had never seen before, and all he got in return was cut off.

It wasn’t fair.

None of it was fair.

His knees buckled and he fell to the floor.

If only his mother were still alive.

꧁ ༺ ─── ˚₊‧꒰ა ☆ ໒꒱ ‧₊˚ ─── ༻ ꧂

You didn’t want to, but you had no other choice. You booked a suite at the Rose of the Rondelands, guaranteeing that Bede and Allister would have enough space to be comfortable. You refused to leave them home alone after the incident with Mimikyu. Naturally, Bede was reluctant to go back to Wyndon, but he knew he couldn’t argue with you.

It was late when you checked in, and the person at the front desk was half asleep. Thankfully she recognized you, otherwise you would’ve been there for a while. Once you made it up to the suite, you put the boys to bed and then rested in the open area. Everything seemed like it was moving fast, and to make things it didn’t even feel real.

Every time you thought about Eternatus, you couldn’t grasp that it was a real being. But it was. And it haunted you. Ever since that statue had been destroyed, bad things had continuously happened to you, as if you were cursed. You shuddered at the thought. Eternatus may’ve been a powerful creature, but it surely wasn’t powerful enough to place a curse on you. You weren’t even sure that Arceus was capable of that, and Arceus was the being above all beings.

You sighed, rolling over onto your side with a frown. You had a splitting headache, and wanted nothing more than to rest, but you couldn’t. What if you closed your eyes and Eternatus found you again? Or what if you dreamt about what happened earlier with Mimikyu? You feared what might come for you in your sleep. It seemed slightly irrational, but you knew it wasn’t. A groan escaped your lips. Secretly, you dreaded participating in the matches tomorrow. You never cared for them in the past, so what made them think that you would now?

It was probably to make it more challenging than the round prior. Which made sense given that they usually brought in Raihan and Melony to make a show of it. When they brung you in is when things tend to get much more serious. You’re a challenge in and of yourself, and that’s exactly what the board is looking for.

You can’t help but cringe at the thought. Why not call in someone like Piers or Kabu? Why did it always have to be you and Raihan? You groaned again. Exhaustion washed over you. Unfortunately, you planned on forcing yourself to stay awake. You just didn’t want to risk seeing Eternatus again. Not after the encounter from earlier. That was going to bother you for a while.

A rueful chuckle left your lips. Maybe you should look into therapy after this mess gets cleared up. Arceus knows you need it. Oh well. That was a discussion for a later date. You yawned. Your eyes felt heavy. You didn’t want to go to sleep.

You yawned again. Your eyes closed.

You dreamt of nothing.

[ourvanishingghosts]

Hello!! can I req Raihan x Female Reader where reader is a Ice/Grass specialist and has a Glaceon and Leafeon who protects her because she gets picked on a lot Maybe some angst to fluff Thank you already!❤��

Sure thing.

Lonely Without Friendship

Raihan x F! Reader Angst/Fluff

Growing up you were always bullied. You didn't do anything to cause the bullying. It's just that kids are mean. You didn't have any friends because of this, so your parents ended up giving you a Glaceon and a Leafeon to help and protect you. They were your only friends throughout all of your school years. That was until you moved to Galar to continue studying.

So far your only friends were Hop, Milo, Marnie, Gloria (Fairy Gym Leader), Nessa, Melony, Sonia, and Bea. Your two Eeveelutions didn't like men all that much since boys were the main bullies from your younger years. Hop and Milo were the exceptions since Leafeon and Glaceon could tell that they had good intentions and wouldn't hurt you in any way. There were some people in Galar who would bully you and they would either wake up to a yard full of leaves or a yard full of ice that was covered in snow.

Raihan wanted to befriend you, but your two friends wouldn't allow it to happen. You would always have to put them into their Great Balls in order to talk to him. You couldn't blame them because Raihan is an intimidating-looking man. Towering over you and his fangs were a little scary at first. Leafeon would give him cuts by using razor leaf and Glaceon would purposely make the surrounding area cold by using snowy terrain.

It has been two years since you came to Galar and your two partners have eased up a little bit. They now like Kabu, Leon, Bede, Gordie, and Piers. Raihan was close to giving up on becoming friends with you entirely because he still isn't liked or even remotely close to being liked. That was until he was sitting with you on your bed while you were crying. You were crying because your boyfriend of three years broke up with you over text. Leafeon and Glaceon were laying their heads on your lap trying to comfort you. You were leaning your head against Raihans chest in a way that he couldn't see your tear-stained face.

"Y/N, I am going, to be honest with you and you may not like what I am about to say."

You sniffle and hiccup before responding

"What is it, Rai?"

"Your boyfriend was a complete jerk. He didn't deserve you."

You remove your head from his chest and look up at him.

"What do you mean?"

"What I mean is that you deserve someone who will treat you like you are the queen of the world."

You giggle a little bit before sniffing again

"I am no queen, Raihan. You know that."

He gently takes your hands in one of his and puts his other hand on your cheek.

"You are a queen, Y/N. You may not see it. But you are a queen to your Leafeon and Glaceon."

The two Pokémon nuzzle against you making happy purring noises agreeing with Raihan.

"And if I am being honest. You are my queen. I would do anything to see you smile. I will embarrass myself in order to make you laugh."

After telling you that he kisses the top of your head and you smile.

"Thank you, Raihan. I appreciate that. I really do."

"You are very welcome. Now, why don't you lay down with Leafeon and Glaceon and take a nap because I bet you feel tired after letting out all those emotions."

You nod and lay down. Glaceon and Leafeon lay down by your feet. Raihan gets off the bed and heads towards the door until you grab his hand.

"Could you cuddle with me, Raihan? Please?"

He looks at you and then at the two Pokémon for their responses. They nod their heads, yes and he lays down next to you putting your head on his chest. You and Raihan smile knowing that Leafeon and Glaceon finally accept that he would never hurt you. Ever.

[v3n33rs]

‧͙⁺˚*･༓☾ 𝐴𝑏𝑜𝑢𝑡 𝑚𝑒 ☽༓･*˚⁺‧͙

Hi I'm a Transgender (FTM) fanfiction writer and I'm here to make people happy

Anyways lets get to the good stuff

And for !'s: F! = Fem M! = Male NB! = Non-Binary T! = Transgender(FTM only) P! = Platonic

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M! Reader

T! Reader

Fluff

Smut(I'm bad but hey, it's something)

Headcannons

Ask for specific kinks(I'll tell you if I'll write them or no)

AU's(Ex: Animal world, Mythical creatures, ETC)

‧͙⁺˚*･༓☾ 𝑊ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝐼 𝑤𝑜𝑛'𝑡 𝑑𝑜 ☽༓･*˚⁺‧͙

R@p3(No.)

Pregnancy(Ew children)

Incest\Tcest(Requeat this and I'm blocking you)

Pedophilia (Minor x Adult)

Scat or Piss(Ew)

Fetishes

F! Reader or NB! Reader(Sorry NB's)

‧͙⁺˚*･༓☾ 𝑅𝑢𝑙𝑒𝑠 ☽༓･*˚⁺‧͙

If you're Trans\Homophobic, Racist or a Pedophile Leave, Now.

If you have a rude comment keep it to yourself

‧͙⁺˚*･༓☾ 𝐹𝑎𝑛𝑑𝑜𝑚𝑠 ☽༓･*˚⁺‧͙

COD(Call of Duty)

ROTTMNT(Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles)

MLP(My Little Pony)

EW(Eddsworld)

HP(Harry Potter)

MID(My Inner Demons)

Helluva Boss

Hazbin Hotel

Pokémon

HTTYD(How to Train Your Dragon)

DS(Demon Slayer)

The Maze Runner

Sonic The Hedgehog

‧͙⁺˚*･༓☾ 𝐶ℎ𝑎𝑟𝑎𝑐𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑠 ☽༓･*˚⁺‧͙

COD

John "Bravo-Six" Price

Simon "Ghost" Riley

John "Soap" Mactavish

Kyle "Gaz" Garrick

Alejandro Vargas

Roldolfo Parra

Valeria Garza

König

Kim "Horangi" Hong-jin

ROTTMNT

Leonardo

Raphael

Donatello

Michealangelo

Casey Jones

Splinter (P! Only)

MLP

Rarity

Fluttershy

Twilight Sparkle

Rainbow Dash

Pinkie Pie

Applejack

Discord (P! Only)

EW

Tord

Tom

Edd

Matt

Jon

HP

Harry Potter

Hermione Granger

Ronald Weasley

Fred Weasley

George Weasley

Draco Malfoy

Arther Weasley (P! Only)

Molly Weasley (P! Only)

MID

Asch

Pierce

Rhys

Noi

Leif

Ava

Mrs Oates (P! Only)

Helluva Boss

Stolas

Blitzø

Moxxie (P! Only)

Millie (P! Only)

Striker

Hazbin Hotel

Charlie

Angel Dust

Husk (P! Only)

Cherri Bomb

Lucifer (P! Only)

Pokémon

Ash(P! Only)

Piers

Raihan

Gordie

Milo

Marnie(P! Only)

Allister(P! Only)

Bea(P! Only)

Nessa

Kabu(P! Only)

Opal(P! Only)

Bede(P! Only)

Melony(P! Only)

Hop(P! Only)

HTTYD

Hiccup

Astrid

Snotlout

The Twins

Dagur

DS

Tanjiro

Inosuke

Zenitsu

Nezuko(P! Only)

Any of the Hashiras

The Maze Runner

Gally

Thomas

Newt

Minho

Chuck(P! Only)

Sonic The Hedgehog

Sonic

Tails(P! Only)

Rouge

Knuckles

Shadow

Blaze(My bbg)

Amy

Request anything I'm bored as all hell

[kittenmey-rin]

Pokemon Sword & Shield: Yandere Milo x Female Psychic & Dark Pokemon Singer Reader

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You are running from Milo because he killed Hop, Nessa, Kabu, Bede, and Chairman Rose, you can't believe that the nice, gentle, caring, loving, Grass type would become a monster. "N/n, where are you, come out, come out, come out wherever you." Milo said while walking down the hall of the Basement, you are hiding in the largest, longer boxes, you have been planing of being the bait once Milo's guard is down, you are done calling the cops and told them full proof plans, once you come out of your hiding place, you made a sound of a loving voice. "Milo, I am going to the office room, come and get me." You said, while giggling and running to the office, Milo heard your voice from a mile away, he smiled psychoticlly, and followed you. When Milo went into the office, the office lights went out, but the candles are lighting up, he sees you wearing a (Short/Middle/Long) (F/c) Dress, beautiful make-up on your face, he walked to you and asked "Did you make this for me, N/n??" You nodded while looking at Milo "Hey Milo, can I put this blindfold fabric on your face??" You asked while your mind is according to plan into crime action of Milo's fault. "Sure N/n." Milo said while smiling. After you cover Milo's ears with earplugs and putted an fabric blindfold on Milo's face, you whispered away from Milo and said "Goodbye forever Milo." After the police arresting Milo, Milo is sentence to 24 years in prison before death, and you never ever heard of Milo the Grass type gym leader again, you visit Hop, Nessa, Kabu, Chairman Rose, and Bede's gravestones every afternoon while giving them goodbye gifts, 15 years later, you are the new Chairman.

The End.

[plantedwrites]

Masterlist

Alrighty, heres the home of all my past, current, and future posts :) You’ll find prompts, my writing, my rules, and some other stuff I post. Enjoy ;)

General Stuff

Fluff prompts

Smut prompts

Question Prompts

Rules

Imagines

Champion of Finances  (Leon x reader)

Cuffed  (Piers x reader x Raihan) 

Harsh Words and Soft Hands (Piers x reader) 

Headcanons 

Adding a Third  (Leon, Raihan, Piers)

Soft Dates (Raihan and Piers) 

Cuddles (Milo and Piers) 

Relationship with Bede (Bede x reader)

Relationship with Hop (Hop x reader)

Battling Monsters (Bede and Piers) 

Blurbs

Hushed Words (Raihan x reader)

Good Boy (Piers x male reader)

Screaming Nickit’s (Piers x male reader)

Alphabet 

Alphabet help and guide :)

Fluff C,G,K (Leon x reader)

Fluff I,C,L (Raihan x reader)

Smut Y (Leon and Raihan) 

Smut J,K,S (Milo x reader)

Fluff K,H,D (Raihan x reader)

Smut K,M,U (Leon x reader)

Fluff B,N,C (Marnie x reader)

Fluff C,K,V (Bede x reader)

Fluff H, U, Z (Hop x reader)

Smut K,M,U (Raihan x reader)

Fluff F,K,J (Piers x Reader)

[the-comfort-den]

Master list

Pokemon:

Pokemon headcanon 1

Sexuality and pronoun headcanons for Submas(Ingo and Emmet)

Love language headcanons for Leon, Bede, Ingo, and Emmet

Fav headcanons for Ingo and Emmet

Pokemon headcanon 2

Pokemon headcanon 3

Letters V, J, and N with Ingo, Emmet, and Adaman

Pokemon headcanon 4

Pokemon headcanon 5

Pokemon headcanon 6

Letters A and B with  Ingo, Emmet, Leon, Adaman, Piers and Raihan

Pronoun and sexuality headcanons for Adaman

Letters Y, V, and U with Ingo, Adaman, Leon, Piers, and Emmet

L and N for the fluff alphabet with Ingo, Emmet, Leon, and Piers

Pokemon headcanon 7

Piers love languages 

Polyamory with Ingo and Emmet 

letters K and M with PLA Ingo, Adaman,Ingo,Emmet and Leon

D, J, R fluff alphabet with gen 5 ingo, leon, raihan and piers

Ingo and Emmet with an s/o who deals with headaches/migraines

S and O Ingo, Emmet, PLA!Ingo, Adaman, Guzma, and Piers,

Shared headcanon from anon about dating and pokemon teams

Something Guzma likes to do but doesn’t to admit

Adaman and PLA Ingo with an S/O that sleeps during the day and goes out at night

Guezma’s childhood dream

If Milo had a sustenance garden

Volo’s secret softness

Guzma’s grunts(and Plumeria) wishing him a happy birthday

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Fnaf:

Letter V fluff alphabet with Lolbit

Pronoun, sexuality, and bonus headcanon for Lolbit

Fnaf headcanon 1

P, Q and S with Sun and Moon

(fixed)Mangle’s favorite thing to do

Monty’s deepest secret

All Foxy’s Skyrim classes

What are their fav candle scents with Monty, Roxy, Sun, and Moon

N!Bonnie being approached and being called cute and cuddly and that they want to cuddle/snuggle them

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Twisted Wonderland:

U, V and Z for Ruggie

N, P, and S with the Octavinelle and Savanaclaw dorms

Fav headcanons on all available Twist characters 

Savanaclaw W, X, Y, and Z and Iida with  W, X, Y, Z, N and S

J, k, b, and v with Savanaclaw

Octo-trip x koi!mer!reader - more here!!

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Creepypasta(Soft au only):

3 random hc for LJ

Ben Drowned’s favorite food

Z, X and R with Eyeless Jack

Dark Link’s deepest desire

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Inner World(my ocs)

A and D with Myth!AU(Demon) Insanity

B, C, and M with Myth!Au(Demon) Insanity

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CountryHumans

A, D, J, and N with Egypt If Milo had like, a sustainance garden

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Undertale

D, N, O, and P with Oak, Willow, Spruce, Redwood, Birch, Acacia, Bristlecone, Ginkgo, Cinnamon, Maple,

Citrine, Beryl, Charoite, Malachite, Topaz, Chrys, Moonstone:, and Sunstone and how they react to a box bed

Full SFW Alphabet with Citrine

Citrine romantic headcanons!

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Bittybones

Dino bitties

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Sans, Papyrus, and Gaster bitty cards

Pheonix bitty card

Grillby, Potassium, Carmine, Lithium, Strontium, Nebula, Constellation, Solar, Jupiter, Space, Salsa, Twirl, Spin, Sulfer, bitty cards and Pheonix bitty card addon

Ingo, Emmet, PLA!Ingo(and two extra) bitty cards

Gelato, Burger, Sherbet, Croissant, Sorbet, Roll bitty cards

Bon and Sha bitty cards

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Spooky month

Kevin teaching (gn) reader how to skate

Kevin x (gn) reader x Streber (Poly)headcanons

Full fluff alphabet with Kevin!

Fluffy alphabet L, R, K, and F with Radford and Atticus

Full fluff alphabet with Rick

[murder-senpai]

F A N F I C T I O N

Oh, hello there!! My name is Murder-senpai! I’m new here to tumblr sooooo don’t mind me being awkward n’ stuff. So this is gonna be like, what fandoms and characters I write for sOoooOoOo

AU’s and other stuff I’ll do: ABO, genderbend, hanahaki, soulmate, supernatural/power, soft yandere/ stockholm syndrome, coffee shop, modern, fantasy, baby/kid versions of characters, babysitter, neko, inu, kitsune, post apocalyptic, zombie, flower shop, book store, dragon, fairy tale, high school/college, mafia, pregnant, steampunk, merpeople, pirate, pirate/merperson, prison, reincarnation, famous, vampire, werewolf

There is more shit I’ll do but I can’t really think anymore so just request

(reader insert crap)

I will NOT do nsfw. This is a christian minecraft sever 

You CAN request multiple character/poly and platonic stuff

If your not specific, I will choose between headcanons or a fic/drabble

If you request angst, I will give it a fluffy ending unless requested otherwise

Please be specific in your request   ex: reader gender (fem, male, gender neutral)

Edit: I will now take character x character, character + character platonic stuff, aus (like, medevil bnha, or a story about friendship or enemies to friends or adoption, anything really), and stuff like that

Current hyperfixation (aka, what I will probably write better for/ do more): dream smp

Will probably put the scenario in a non specific arc

Fairy Tail:

Natsu

Gray

Loke/leo

Laxus

Sting

Rouge

Gajeel

Zeref

Jellal

Jackal

Lucy

Levy

Juvia

Guildarts

Freed

Erza

DBH:

Connor

Hank

Markus

Gavin

nines

ATLA:

Aang

Zuko

Sokka

Katara

Toph

mai

ty lee

azula

BNHA:

Izuku

Katsuki

Shouto

Denki

Eijiro

Tenya

Toshinori

Shouta

hizashi

fumikage

neito

mirio

takami

hitoshi

inasa

Enji

keigo

rumi

momo

mina

ochaco

dabi

shigaraki

overhaul

sir nighteye

kurogiri

toga

twice

Inuyasha:

Inuyahsa

kagome

naraku

miroku

koga

sesshomaru

sango

BNA:

michiru

shirou

nazuna

alan

marie

pinga

Sherlock:

Sherlock

john

moriarty

mycroft

greg

molly

Harry potter:

harry

ron

hermione

draco

cedric

Black Butler:

ciel

sebastian

bard

finny

ash

claude

alois

triplets

william

grell

ronald

undertaker

joker

dagger

agni

soma

pluto

beast

lizzy

mey-rin

ran-mao

edward

aleistar

vincent

real ciel (I refer to him as astre tho)

snake

charles grey

charles phipps

gregory

cheslock

joanne

maurice

herman

clayton

lawrance

mcmillan

edgar

blavat

seiglinde

MLB:

Marinette/ladybug

adrien/chat noir

gabriel/hawkmoth

nathaniel

marc

luka

alya

nino

felix

bridgette

chloe

TPN:

emma

ray

norman

don

gilda

leslie

Undertale:

sans

papyrus

frisk

toriel

chara

asriel

asgore

grillby

gaster

mettaton

blooky 

AU’s- underfell, mafiatale, mafiafell, underswap, swapfell

Beastars:

legoshi

haru

louis

juno

gouhin

melon

Gravity falls:

dipper

mable

ford

wendy

robbie

bill

AU-reverse falls, monster falls

SVTFOE:

star

marco

tom

toffee

Hazbin:

alastor

angle dust

charlie

husk

vaggie

lucifer

val

vox

Pokemon:

Gladion

ash

clemont

serena

james

jesse

zeraora

lucario

mewtwo

zacian

zamazenta

literally any pokemon but those are my fave(and human versions ofc either is fine)

guzma

kukui

alain

lysandre

bede

hop

leon

milo

allister

raihan

marnie

piers

ACNH:

tom nook

raymond

lobo 

kabuki

lolly

marshal

Isabelle

redd

fang

Avengers:

tony

steve

bucky

clint

natasha

dr. strange

thor 

loki

peter

Voltron:

lance

keith

shiro

hunk

lotor

pidge

Aggretsuko:

tadano

haida

hyoudou

The hobbit:

literally JUST smaug

MLP:

twilight

pinkie

apple jack

rainbow

fluttershy

rarity

discord

Maid sama:

takumi

misaki

shoichiro

the three idiots

aoi (totaly gives off a ciel/lizzy vibe don’t even lie)

sotaro

tora

kanade

kuga

koma

yujiro

shosei

Naruto:

naruto

sauske

kakashi

itachi

gaara

neji

shikamaru

kurama

kiba

OHSHC:

tamaki

haruhi

hikaru

karou

both twins

kyoya

hunny

mori

kasanoda

nekosawa

Cells at work:

white blood cell

red blood cell

killer t cell

Little witch academia:

atsuko

diana

sucy

lotte

amanda

andrew

louis

frank

Pucca:

pucca

garu

tobe

abyo

Glitter force:

emily/Miyuki

kelsey/Akane

lily/Yayoi

april/Nao

chole/Reika

ulric/wolfrun

rascal

Glitter force doki doki:

ira

maya/Mana

rachel/Rikka

clara/Alice

mackenzie/Makoto

TMNT(2012):

leonardo

raphael

michelangelo

donatello

splinter

april

ROTG:

aster bunnymund

north

pitch

sandy

jack

tooth

Soul eater:

death the kid

soul 

black star

maka

stein

Aot:

levi

eren

armin

mikasa

jean

erwin

IT(2017):

pennywise

richie

beverly

eddie 

stanley

ben

bill 

henry

patrick

victor

belch

bowers gang

losers club

kamisama kiss:

nanami

tomoe

mizkui

kurama

otohiku

mikage

jiro

The outsiders:

dallas

darry

ponyboy

johnny

two-bit

steve

soda

Diabolik lovers:

shu

reiji

ayato

laito

kanato

subaru

yui

karlheinz

kou

azuza

carla

ruki

richter

yuma

shin

Hamilton:

alex

john

king george

george washington

lafayette

hercules

philip

aaron

thomas

Venom(2018):

eddie/venom

Tokyo mew mew:

ichigo

zakuro

tart

pie

Kisshu

Fran bow

Fran

remor

itward

mr. midnight

Steven universe

steven

connie

pearl

amethyst

larz 

sadie

garnet

lapiz

peridot

spinel

Haven't you heard i'm sakamoto

sakamota

Shou

Gargantia on the verdurous planet

ledo

amy

Animaniacs

yakko

wakko

dot

Over the garden wall

wirt

beast

Sonic

sonic

tails

knuckles

amy

shadow

Snow white with the red hair

Shirayuki

zen

obi

The sacrificial princess and the king of beasts(manga)

Leonhart

Sariphi

Lanteveldt

Anubis/Sirius

Jormungand

Fenrir

Nir

Joz

Ilya

Beetlejuice(musical)

beetlejuice

lydia

Creepypasta

Jeff the killer

slenderman

offenderman

trenderman

splenderman

ticci toby

masky

hoodie

BEN drowned 

eyeless jack

laughing jack

homicidal liu

zalgo

clockwork

Jason the toymaker

puppeteer

Yu-gi-oh

Seto Kaiba

FNAF

Freddy

bonnie

chica

foxy

golden freddy

toy freddy

toy bonnie

toy chica

mangle (male and female ver pls specify)

marionette ^

springtrap

william afton/ purple guy

baby

funtime freddy

ennard

nightmare freddy

nightmare bonnie

nightmare chica

nightmare foxy

nightmare mangle

fredbear

nightmare fredbear

Cuphead

cuphead

mugman

devil

king dice

Bendy and the ink machine

bendy

boris

alice 

Duck tales

Scrooge (aged down tho)

webby

della

donald

louie

dewey

huey

launchpad

lena

Dream smp

everyone (all platonic. Will do reader stuff, but would prefer more character +character interactions, specifically, SBI. PLSSS give me sbi stuff, ill marry you)

[kakusu-shipping]

Emile Hides - He/She

Agender - Fray/Panromantic - Asexual - Polyam

23 years old

Autistic - OCD - Major Anxiety

Age Regressor (4-8 years old)

Proship/Comship

Art Tag: Emile’s Arts

Writing Tag: Emile’s Writing

This is my Ship and Let Ship blog, where I post about ships I like, Self Ship an entirely healthy amount, write X Readers curated to me and me alone, and ramble about my F/Os in the tags of other people’s posts.

PLEASE INTERACT IF WE SHARE AN F/O!!

I love self inserting, probably more than self shipping. Writing lore and weaving myself into the plot of my favorite media is the best part to me, so please ask about my Self Inserts and their plot because I love to talk about it! And let me know if you want me to ask about yours as well because I always want to know about other’s S/Is and love sending asks!!

Very long F/O list under the cut, along with some navigational links at the bottom. Thankyou for reading.

Romantic F/Os

Koro-Sensei - Assassination Classroom (+Friendship Irina, Karasuma)

Kazuaki + Hitori - Hatoful Boyfriend (+Familial Nageki)

Toko Fukawa - Danganronpa (+Familial Masaru, Jataro, Kotoko, Nagisa)

Hifumi + Celeste - Danganronpa (+Friendship Chihiro, Taka, Mondo)

Teruteru Hanamura - Daganronpa (+Friendship Kazuichi, Sonia, Gundham)

Ryoma + Gonta - Danganronpa

Shirokuma - Danganronpa

Mario + Luigi - Super Mario

James - Pokemon the Series (+Friendship Jessie, Meowth, Wobbuffet)

Guzma - Pokemon Masters (+Friendship Kukui, Molayne)

N - Pokemon BW (+Friendship Cheren, Bianca)

Drayden - Pokemon BW

Wilkstrom - Pokemon XY

Lillie - Pokemon SuMo (+Familial Molayne, Sophocles)

Molayne + Sophocles - Pokemon SuMo (+Friendship Kuikui, Guzma)

Milo + Gordie - Pokemon SwSh (+Familial Opal, Bede, Allister)

Clavell - Pokemon SV

Salvatore - Pokemon SV

Inteleon - Pokemon SwSh (+Familial Mincinno)

Chesnaught - Pokemon XY

Armarouge (Charlos) - Pokemon SV (+Platonic Koraidon)

Ghetsis’ Hydreigon - Pokemon BW2

Ted B. Grizz - Splatoon

Jel La Fleur - Splatoon 3

Papyrus - Undertale (+Familial Sans, Gaster)

Vulkin - Undertale

Spamton - Deltarune

Swatchlings - Deltarune

Dick Gumshoe - Ace Attorney

Raymond Shields - Ace Attorney

Phineas Filch - Ace Attorney

Ginko - Mushishi (+Familial Adashino)

Muta - The Cat Returns

Scorpia - She-Ra

Bismuth - Steven Universe (+Friendship Peridot)

Eda + Raine - The Owl House

Hieronymus Bump - The Owl House

Billions and Billions - Kipo and the Age of Wonderbeasts 

Tad Mulholland - Kipo and the Age of Wonderbeasts

Alfur - Hilda

The Snork - Moominvalley 2019

Zenyatta - Overwatch (+Familial Genji, Mondatta, Ramattra)

BOB - Overwatch (+Friendship Ashe, McCree, Bars)

Maximilien - Overwatch (+Familial Ramattra, Mondatta)

Ramattra - Overwatch (+Familial Zenyatta, Mondatta)

Lynx17 - Overwatch (+Friendship Hana, Lucio, Jamison)

Iggy - Overwatch (+Friendship Lena, Emily)

Brooster - Animal Crossing

Toshinori Yagi - My Hero Academia (+Friendship Hizashi, Aizawa, Midnight)

Taishiro Toyomitsu - My Hero Academia (+Familial Tamaki, Kirishima, Tetsutetsu, Momo)

Atsuhiro Sako + Jin Bubaigawara - My Hero Academia (+Familial Tomura, Himiko)

Ojiro + Monoma + Shinso - My Hero Academia (+Familial Nezu)

Makarov Dreyar - Fairy Tail (+Familial Erza, Juvia, Laxus)

Jackpot - Fairy Tail

Toma E. Fiore + Mato - Fairy Tail

Chushaku Kometani - Komi Can’t Communicate (+Queerplatonic Naruse)

Riri - Romantic Killer

Junta Hayami - Romantic Killer

Otsu - Manly Appetites (+metamour Minegishi)

Anna - Dead by Daylight

Sun - FNaF Security Breach (+Platonic Moon, Freddy, Gregory)

Funtime Freddy + Toy Freddy - Five Nights At Freddy’s

Leshy - Inscryption (+Familial Magnificus, P03)

Magnificus - Inscryption

Candyman - Lethal League

Gabocha - Suikoden 2 (+Familial Ridley, Boris)

Mae Browski - Night in the Woods

Viktor Humphries - Slime Rancher

Sisu - Raya and the Last Dragon

Rockhoof - My Little Pony

Tadano + Haida - Aggretsuko

Takashi Morinozuka - Ouran Highschool Host Club (+Familial Kyoya)

Harunobu Nikaidou - March comes like a lion

Franky Franklin - Spy X Family

Tetsuo Takahashi - Interviews with Monster Girls

Lynn - All Saints Street (+Familial Ira)

Skull Boy - Ruby Gloom

Al-An - Subnautica Below Zero

Peter - Your Boyfriend Game

Robot Husband - 10 Billion Husbands

Zach Binspin - Moshi Monsters

Isaac - Castlevania the Animated series

Teddy - Bob’s Burgers

York + Grendan + Rose - Drawtectives

Allhands - Drawga

Leuvis - The Promised Neverland

Theodore DaCabe/The New Prince - Chzo Mythos

Kyle + Brett - Drive Time Radio

Andras - Hell’s Library

Reed + Leigh - Middle Game

Vermont + Kass - My friend Gabe’s OCs

Platonics

Toshimitsu Kubo - Baka and Test

Chihiro + Taka + Mondo - Danganronpa

Kazuichi Soda - Danganronpa

Shirokuma - Danganronpa

Winston - Overwatch

Peridot - Steven Universe

Grime - Amphibia

Queen - Deltarune

Entrapda + Hordak - She-Ra

Skull Boy - Ruby Gloom 

Snufkin - Moominvalley

Flug Syls - Villainous

Irina + Karasuma - Assassination Classroom

Hunny + Reiko - Ouran Highschool Host Club

Hizashi + Shota + Nemuri + Sekijiro + Ryo - My Hero Academia

Nezu - My Hero Academia

Fafnir + Makoto Takiya - Miss Kobayashi’s Dragon Maid

Taurus - Fairy Tail

Gildarts Clive - Fairy Tail

Samuel - Fairy Tail

Tsukasa Kazuki - Romantic Killer

Professor Elvin Gadd - Mario

Metal Mario + Gooigi - Mario

Doctor Mario + Mr. L - Mario AU

Cheren + Bianca + Hilbert + Hilda  - Pokemon BW

Jessie + Meowth + Wobbuffet - Pokemon the Series

Hau + Gladion - Pokemon SuMo

Penny + Giacomo + Mela + Atticus + Ortega + Eri - Pokemon SV

Jacq + Raifort + Tyme + Salvatore + Dendera + Miriam + Hassel + Saguaro - Pokemon SV

Koraidon - Pokemon Scarlet

Jaques - Animal Crossing

Riou + Joey + Nanami - Suikoden 2

Nina - Suikoden 2

Klaus + Sierra - Suikoden 2

Chaco + Tuta + Yuzu - Suikoden 2

Hero + Ramiel + Claire + Brevity - Hell’s Library

Goobert - Inscryption

The Mycologist - Inscryption

Anghel Higure - Hatoful Boyfriend

Shuu Iwamine - Hatoful Boyfriend

Freddy + Gregory - FNaF Security Breach

Moon - FNaF Security Breach

Bon Bon - FNaF Sister Location

Helpy - FNaF Pizzeria Simulator

Steve + Dustin + Eddie - Stranger Things

Makoto Katai - Komi Can’t Communicate

Watanuki + Domeki - XXXHolic

Liontari - Children of the Whales

Ayato Naoi - Angel Beats

Familials

Tony + Pauline - The Mario Movie (Parents)

Entei + Heatran - Pokemon (Parents)

Ginko + Adashino - Mushishi (Parents)

Toadsworth - Super Mario (Parental Figure)

Captain Craig Cuttlefish - Splatoon (Parental Figure)

Iroh - Avatar (Parental Figure) 

Gaster - Undertale (Parental Figure)

Nezu - My Hero Academia (Parental Figure)

Mondatta - Overwatch (Parental Figure)

Reaper Leviathan - Subnautica (Mother)

Opal - Pokemon SwSh (Mother)

Beware - Pokemon the Series (Mother)

Alder - Pokemon BW (Father)

Ganon - Legend of Zelda The Windwaker (Father)

Mr. Grizz - Splatoon 3 (Father)

Ridley Wizen - Suikoden 2 (Father)

Columbo - Columbo (Father)

Sekijiro + Mitsuki - My Hero Academia (Siblings)

Mirai Sasaki - My Hero Academia (Twin Brother)

2P!Canada - Hetalia (Brother)

Victini - Pokemon BW (Brother)

Molayne - Pokemon SuMo (Brother)

Arven - Pokemon SV (Brother)

Boris Wizen - Suikoden 2 (Brother)

Ramattra - Overwatch (Brother in the monk sense)

Genji Shimada - Overwatch (Close enough to be Brothers)

Kyoya Ootori - Ouran Highschool Host Club (Close enough to be Brothers)

Kaoru Toudou - Baka and Test (Grandmother)

Clavell - Pokemon SV (Grandfather)

Elvin Gadd - Mario (Uncle)

Burgh - Pokemon BW (Uncle)

Drayden - Pokemon BW2 (Uncle)

Sophocles - Pokemon SuMo (Cousin)

Ingo + Emmet - Pokemon BW2 (Cousins)

Mario + Luigi - Mario (Cousins)

Gooigi + Metal Mario +Robot Mario - Mario (Cousins)

Ira - All Saints Street (Cousin)

Snufkin - Moominvalley 2019 (Nephew)

Katsuki Bakugo - My Hero Academia (Nephew)

Sonic + Tails - Sonic (Nephews)

Masaru + Jataro + Kotoko + Nagisa - Danganronpa (Adopted Kids)

Luz + Hunter + King - The Owl House (Adopted Kids)

Tamaki + Eijiro + Tetsutetsu + Momo - My Hero Academia (Adopted Kids)

Himiko + Tomura + Suichi + Dabi - My Hero Academia (Adopted Kids)

Cohozuna + Horroboros - Splatoon (Adopted Kids)

Koopalings + Bowser Jr - Super Mario (Adopted Kids)

Juvia + Erza + Lucy - Fairy Tail - (Daughters)

Bede + Allister - Pokemon SwSh (Sons)

Neito Monoma - My Hero Academia (Son)

Inasa Yoarashi - My Hero Academia (Son)

Ichiban Natsuno - Mix; Meisei Story (Son)

Ryoma Terasaka - Assassination Classroom (Son)

Berdly - Deltarune (Son)

The Collector - The Owl House (Son)

Hastur - The Baby in Yellow (Son)

Black Hat - Villainous (Son)

505 - Villainous (Grandson)

Laxus Dreyar - Fairy Tail (Grandson)

P03 - Inscrypton (Grandchild)

Drayden - Pokemon BW (Trainer)

Wilkstrom - Pokemon XY (Trainer)

Salvator - Pokemon SV (Trainer)

Weavile - Pokemon BW (Partner)

Castform (Bozu) - Pokemon SuMo (Partner)

Mincinno - Pokemon SwSh (Partner)

Armarouge (Charlos) - Pokemon SV (Partner)

Shiintonic - Pokemon the Series (Partner)

Queerplatonics/Metamours

Aguri Yukimura - Assassination Classroom

Kendo Rappa - My Hero Academia

Rikiya Yotsubashi - My Hero Academia

Mei Hatsume - My Hero Academia

Shisuto Naruse - Komi Can’t Communicate

Reedus Jonah - Fairy Tail

Minegishi - Manly Appetites

Baron Humbert von Gikkingen - The Cat Returns

Peach + Daisy - Super Mario

Bowser - Super Mario

Prince Peasely - Superstar Saga

Cheren - Pokemon BW2

Nemona - Pokemon SV

Cobb + Doc + Raddle + Petri - Animal Crossing

Tom Nook + Isabelle - Animal Crossing

Rouxls Kaard - Deltarune

Genocide Jack/Jill - Danganronpa

Genji Shimada - Overwatch

Winston - Overwatch

Crushes

Metal Mario - Mario

Emmet - Pokemon BW/BW2

Hassel - Pokemon SV

Saguaro - Pokemon SV

Ash’s Sirfetch’d - Pokemon the Series

Lady Sneasler - Pokemon

CQ Cumber - Splatoon 2

Marco Pagot - Porco Rosso

Ryutaro - Pom Poko

Baptiste - Overwatch

Doomfist - Overwatch

Roadhog - Overwatch

Sid - Suikoden 2

Richmond - Suikoden 2

Humphery - Suikoden 2

Luca Blight - Suikoden 2

Hugo Oak - Kipo and the Age of Wonderbeasts

The Nowhere King - Centaur world

Masaru Bakugo - My Hero Academia

Katsuki Bakugo - My Hero Academia

France - Hetalia

Souichi Nishimura - Baka and Test

Nokoko Inaka - Komi Can’t Communicate

Pantherlily - Fairy Tail

Gaster - Undertale

Siren Dogen - Ace Attorney

Iroh - Avatar the Last Airbender

Shigure Souma - Fruits Basket

Kyubey - Madoka Magica

Alastor - Hazbin Hotel

Exes

Neclord - Suikoden - Ex-Husband

Monokuma - Danganronpa - Ex-Husband

Mask Seller - A Whisker Away - Ex-Husband

Redd - Animal Crossing - Ex-Husband

Alan Ituriel - Villainous - Ex-Husband

All For One - My Hero Academia - Ex-Husband

Belos - The Owl House - Ex-Boyfriend

Jacques - Animal Crossing - Ex- Boyfriend

Big Mac - My Little Pony - Ex-Boyfriend

Hizashi Yamada - My Hero Academia - Ex-Boyfriend

Thankyou very much for reading.

More stuff you should check out:

Fictional Foe List - Kin List - Ship List - Koro-Sensei’s F/O List - Fanfic Request Rules - Pro-Ship Self-Ship Discord Server

[imjeralee]

Wallflower: Chapter 16 - Your Hugs are the Best

Raihan x F!Reader

Disclaimer: Do not own Pokemon

Note: I remember typing this chapter. It was a nightmare XD

Summary: You’re an unassuming Pokemon breeder who works at the nursery in the Wild Area and he’s Raihan, the fearsome gym leader of Hammerlocke who has more than a million followers. You don’t want anything to do with him but he’s…persistent.

Rating: Mature/Explicit

Warnings: Lemon, smut, violence, language. 

YOUR HUGS ARE THE BEST

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...

Eli's brought to the room in handcuffs with two policemen escorting him.

He's got a visitor and he's not sure who it could be because he's not expecting anyone else to visit him. Bede came earlier, just to see how he was getting on and to drop a few insults which he was used to. Bede will now become Chairman Rose's right hand man, a role which the youth had wanted for some time but didn't realise he would get so soon and without any drama considering Eli's own (and uncalled for) undoing. His mum also came to visit where he found out a rather unpleasant truth.

Numb inside, he finds his feet moving on their own accord and when the door is opened, he's nudged in and he sees Raihan sitting in the empty seat, wearing a rather morose expression which doesn't suit him.

So Eli snarls out, "What are you doing here?"

Raihan's really the last person he wants to see. He took everything from him. Everything. He's extremely fortunate; he's a gym leader, he's rich and he has a girlfriend. That's what really grinds Eli's bones. He has everything whilst Eli has nothing. As though oblivious to Eli's growing disdain, Raihan says, "I'm here to visit you." It's the obvious truth which frustrates Eli more.

Regardless, Eli shuffles over, dragging the chair out and the legs scrape across the cold hard floor with a squeal; Eli plops himself down, furious. "Why? Have you come here to gloat?"

Raihan looks confused. "No. Why would I do that?"

”Then what do you want?”

”I just came to see how you were.”

Eli lifts up his handcuffed wrists. “What do you think?”

Raihan slides his gaze to the cuffs then says, "...I spoke to your mother.”

There's a brief silence and Eli lowers his wrists, throwing his glance to the window before he scoffs. “...The old bag isn't even my real mum. I don't know where I come from or who I am." He mutters under his breath, “...What a joke. My entire life is a joke. What else could go wrong?”

He's facing ten years in prison, that's what could go wrong.

”Eli, you helped Chairman Rose all those years and he doesn't blame you for what you did. We can reduce the sentence.”

Again, he scoffs. ”Look at me, Raihan. I'm right where I belong. I'm a criminal. Since the day Rose told me I was no longer going to be Hammerlocke's gym leader, Team Rocket took me under their wing and I infiltrated Galar for them. Don’t feel sorry for me. The only people who truly appreciated me was Team Rocket.” Eli replies, before he says loudly, “One day, you'll also realise that Rose is nothing but a selfish bastard and by that time, it'll be too late."

"Rose can be difficult, but....he wants to help you.”

"It's fine, Raihan. No-one needs to do anything for me. I got what I deserved."

Raihan looks somewhat conflicted. "That's not true."

"Don't bother with me anymore. Just leave me alone. Don't you know how lucky you are? Don't you know how good you have it?" Eli replies, before he throws a glance over his shoulder, "Guard, take me back.”

”Wait."

”What?”

“...You’re one of the first people I met when I joined the Pokemon League.” Raihan says, as Eli moves to stand, “You were a good friend to me; I'll never forget that.”

Eli blinks in silence, stunned. His fists curl but he says nothing and the policemen return, ending the short visit. Eli does nothing as the men grab him and bring him to the door and out of the room. Raihan watches his retreating back silently.

The guards show Eli to the cell, uncuffs him and he steps inside, glancing around his surroundings. He'll be here for a long time. Eli's lip trembles as he sits down on the cold, hard bed and the barred door is slammed shut and locked with a loud creak, he stares quietly at the ground.

Then he promptly bursts into tears.

....

After leaving the station, Raihan returns to the stadium. The city's pretty quiet today in general but it could be due to the closure of the gym and the cancellation of gym challenges for a week so there's less tourists. Along the way, he receives several messages and when he checks the screen, his brows furrow when he realises they are from someone he didn't want to hear from, or think he would hear from either: his ex-girlfriend.

The message preview says: I miss you.

He should tell his girlfriend should he get the chance, just in case any misunderstandings arise.

Nevertheless, he makes his way inside the gym and to the locker room where he spots the Hammerlocke gym team - his proteges Sebastian, Camilla and Aria, and the cheerleaders. They're all waiting for him; some of them are on their phone until he steps inside and they hastily put away their devices, all attention focused on the gym leader.

"Morning everyone." He gives them a grin, stuffing his hands into the pockets of his thick hoodie as everyone seats themselves down on the benches, "Today's meeting is gonna be fairly short. I'd send a message to the group chat but I thought speaking to you guys face to face would be better. You've probably seen the news - all gyms are to be closed for a week, re-opening next Monday. However, you're welcome to use the pitch for training as long as you've still got your keycard."

There's an excitable hubbub amongst the group but they soon dissolve into silence as Aria lifts up her arm.

"Yes, Ari?"

"Raihan, why did Eli attack Chairman Rose?"

Raihan lifts one hand to scratch at his headband; he forgot that some of the team and proteges were new and wouldn't know. "Eli was originally meant to be Hammerlocke's gym leader." He says. Whilst Sebastian, Alicia and Camilla nod, the others look noticeably confused. "But Chairman Rose decided Eli wasn't a good fit so I was given the gym leader position instead."

"Thank Arceus!" One of the cheerleaders exclaim, "We can't imagine anyone else being Hammerlocke's gym leader except you, Rai."

"Yeah, I agree!"

"Definitely not Eli, he's awful!"

The cheerleaders are quite vocal about their opinions whilst his proteges merely nod amongst themselves and Raihan laughs, "Alright, calm down, everyone." And the cheerleaders simmer into silence.

Sebastian lifts his hand up this time. "The news says you and your girlfriend stopped him." He mutters, pushing his glasses further up his nose.

"Yep, that's right. You've probably seen her around."

A cheerleader giggles loudly, "Yeah, I saw her mop the floor with Alicia!"

Immediately, Alicia frowns and scowls at her. "I-I went easy on her!"

"I heard she's an EV trainer."

"Has she been to any of your matches, Rai?"

"Not yet."

"Can we meet her????" asks another cheerleader and whilst Alicia and a few others scowl at her, the proteges look quite interested.

"Sure. I can bring her round one day."

"Yay!”

"Any more questions? Anyone?"

The group goes silent and everyone throws glances to each other but overall, there's nothing, so Raihan adjourns the meeting and everyone goes off their separate ways. As he takes his belongings out of his locker, Rotom sounds off again and he checks the screen. It's from his ex again and it says: I miss you, please come back to me.

....

Later.

There's a spot in your home where you go when you want some peace and quiet, to clear your mind. It's not the kitchen sink cupboard either, it's the tree stump in your front yard. Luckily the weather is good with a gentle breeze in the air so you've sat there whilst waiting for Raihan to come back, staring up at the sky with Espeon curled up in your lap.

You stroke her head and back absent-mindedly, preoccupied with your thoughts. You had woken up this morning, remembering all too well that Raihan has seen you sleeping under the kitchen sink in the middle of the night and you thought you had turned him off big time but you were surprised to wake up and he was still in your home. He didn’t mention anything though and you carried on as normal - you both took a shower, got dressed, ate breakfast and then Raihan returned to Hammerlocke.

Many people in your life came and went. They could deal with your emotional issues, or issues in general - but only up to a certain point. After a while, people just seemed to have displayed no interest in listening and stopped lending their ears. You soon discovered that people were more interested in themselves and were only out for themselves.

That was a cold, hard truth you learned quickly in life.

Used to being misunderstood, being disappointed by those you poured your trust and faith in... the only person you confided in and still maintained contact with was your friend who has been with you through thick and thin and vice versa - and now you have found out that she’s been involved in an accident in Castelia City; she's been admitted to the Community Hospital and she hasn't woken up. Her mother called you to let you know, even though she's a few days late. That explains why your friend never made it to Rose's party.

If that wasn't distressing enough for you, your boss then messaged, informing you that she will be taking indefinite leave and the nursery will be closed for a week on account that the gyms are closed, too.

However, during her absence, you're going to get a new boss - someone from the Route 5 nursery. Your boss sounded uncertain when you asked her when she was going to return, so now you can't help but feel that she's decided not to come back, if at all. She tells you not to worry about the nursery during your break.

You have decided that Phantump will continue to stay with Allister; your boss cannot bring herself to face Phantump at the moment. Perhaps in due time, she will take him in.

Then you saw this online article and it's about Raihan and you and the comments range from how ugly and fat you are and how you don't deserve Raihan, how poor you are and that you're a gold digger, how he deserves much better and that you should go back to where you came from.

Emitting a huge and heavy sigh, you try not to let the comments from complete and utter strangers get to you but they are so mean and hurtful...and now you're questioning everything: why are you here? If you think about it more clearly, you haven't really had a good time.... you haven't made any new friends. Your family are in Johto, you miss them a lot, and now your friend is hurt and in hospital. Your job seems secure to a certain extent but you're not sure what's going to happen from now on.

The only good thing to happen to you since you came here is meeting Raihan. Aside from that...you don't really have anyone or anything else. It was your choice to work abroad... but you didn't realise it could be so lonely.

And before Raihan left to Hammerlocke, you had told him everything that had happened and how you will need to visit your friend in Unova. After Unova, you will go to Johto to see your family. You asked him if he wanted to come because since you both have a week off, you think it is really a good idea to make the most of it if possible.

To your utmost surprise, he agreed and that he would look into last minute flights. Leave it all to him, he said. You felt bad about that but he said he would take care of it.

The thought of going home actually makes you happy and you turn to Espeon. She opens her large eyes and blinks up at you, then she reaches up and rubs her head and ears and whiskers over the side of your cheek affectionately. You giggle, wrapping your arms around your lilac furry baby, fingers smoothing over her soft fur. She purrs with content, closing her eyes as you hold her tightly in your embrace. You remember when she was just a little Eevee, so tiny and cute.

You chuckle under your breath just as Poliwag sticks his head under your arm and eases it off Espeon, burying himself into your arms. He trills happily and you're surprised to see him outside the bathroom which is nice for a change. Drifloon floats over too, wrapping his little strings under your chin and settling over the top of your head.

"Hmm, I'm missing two more." You say, throwing a glance over your shoulder to Dreepy and Goomy - however, you're quickly taken by surprise when Dreepy vanishes from his spot and materialises on your shoulder, rubbing his head over your cheek.

That leaves Goomy, who's fast asleep under a neon mushroom a few feet away from your group until he's gently picked up. It's Raihan; he's returned, standing behind the small gate of your front yard. With Goomy in his grasp, he makes his way over to your group. "Hey."

Your face lights up at once. "Hey, you're back. How did it go?"

"All good. Sebastian and the others are fine. The cheerleaders too." He leans forwards and you exchange a brief kiss before breaking apart. Raihan moves to sit cross-legged in front of you on the grass with Goomy snoozing away in his lap. "The stadium's officially closed." He adds, "I got the tickets. Everything's all booked."

Your jaw drops as he pulls out some tickets from his pockets and presses them into your hand. He's gotten cruise tickets for the Royal Unova andplane tickets. "Rai! These are...how did you even get these??? It’s so last minute! Thank you so much." You smile widely at him and he leans forwards once more; you follow his cue and your lips meet again.

"It's no bother at all."

"How much do I owe you?"

"You don't owe me anything, princess. It was my pleasure." He says, cupping your cheek with his large hand, "The Royal Unova will take us from Hulbury directly to Castelia City, then we'll catch a direct flight from Mistralton to Johto."

You gawk at him wide-eyed. He's got everything figured out! Sweet Arceus, why is Raihan so perfect?!

"I'll head back to pack." He adds, snapping you out of your thoughts.

"Okay. Shall we meet at Hulbury?"

He nods, pressing his lips against yours briefly. "Yep." You smooch again until he says, “Before I go, I need to show you something.”

”What?”

He takes out his phone and shows you his messages screen. You don’t see anything wrong and you’re not sure why he’s showing you it until you see a “I miss you” message from his ex.

At first, you blinked blankly at the message, then your expression turned dark. What the hell. I miss you? You begin to quietly seethe with rage; you see that he’s received several messages too, and not just the one. So....his ex wants to get back with him?

He returns his phone back to his pockets once he notices how you glower at the screen. ”I just started receiving them this morning. I didn’t reply, and I’m not going to.” He mutters, “I thought I should tell you.”

Oh, Raihan. Raihan, Raihan, Raihan. What a sweetheart. You smile widely, reaching for him and pulling his headband up where you plant multiple kisses on his forehead. He chuckles in response when you proceed to wrap your arms around his head, holding him close to you.

”Thanks, I really appreciate it.” You say, “It’s fine, honestly.”

Raihan leaves and you grab Goomy; it sucks that Raihan’s ex has messaged him, trying to worm her way back into his life and even trying to steal him away from you - but Raihan has shown you the messages and even told you he won’t entertain her.

With more important things to think about - like your trip for example - you rush back into your cottage with your pokemon and into your lounge and they leap out of your arms as you shut the door before you pull out your Rotom phone to message your mother:

You: Hi mom i have a week off so im coming home. Raihan is coming with me :)

Looking up from your phone for a brief moment, you pause, then hastily start typing again.

You: Ps can u hide my Steven Stone fan art and those fanfictions I wrote about Lance?

...

Later.

This is your first trip with Raihan.

How exciting!

Also, you're getting to go home! You'll be able to see mum and Glenn - and it's then you randomly remember that mum had wanted you to go to Celadon City and not Galar, to train as a flower girl in Erika's gym but knowing that she only specialised in grass and welcomed 'attractive' pokemon only, you had refused because your entire team apparently didn't qualify.

Time is of the essence here and you're determined to make the most of your allocated time - so the itinerary is very simple: the Royal Unova is a luxurious cruise ship that picks up passengers on various harbours around the world and in Galar, and as Raihan mentioned, the harbour is at Hulbury. It will subsequently dock at it's final destination which is Castelia City, thus efficiently depositing you where your friend's hospital is. It won't even take long either, just a few hours onboard. You've been wary of sea travel after seeing what happened to the S.S. Anne but hell, it can't stop you.

And after you visit your friend, you will then head to Mistralton City to take a flight to Johto and from Johto, take a return flight to Galar. Unfortunately, you really don't have any time to do much sightseeing in Unova with Raihan. Maybe next time.

The cruise ship is arriving tonight at eight o'clock and you've got to pack. Whilst Raihan has returned home to pack his belongings, you both video chat each other. Even though he's not physically in your house, you feel he is still with you. You will meet him three hours in Hulbury prior boarding time; he's given you heads up to pack a swimsuit.

You hastily return all your house'mon into their pokeballs and deposit them into the PC for safekeeping and for access when you get on the cruise liner. You will keep Metagross, Chompy, Tyranitar, Salamence and Haxorus with you on person. You keep Poliwag with you too; he'll be your companion.

At home, you pull out the suitcase you took with you to Galar, giving it a quick wipe with a clean and hot cloth before grabbing some clothes to pack. You're not going away for long so it's not necessary to pack too many items but for some reason you're wanting to pack ten pairs of panties with you in case you run out of underwear. Once you're done, you ensure all your gas, electricity and water and heating has been turned off and make sure everything else is in order, then head for the door.

"Goodbye, house." You say, giving your cottage one final look before closing the door and locking it.

The Corviknight taxi takes you and Poliwag to Hulbury and it's been a while since you and Poliwag have really hung out but it's nice for him to be outside your bathroom for a change.

Since Poliwag is not very good at walking, you carry him. He looks a little frightened by his new and different surroundings but you assure him that he'll be fine and you both make your way to the harbour where Raihan is waiting for you; he's inside the ferry terminal, looking at his phone whilst seated on a bench with three suitcases by his side.

At first, you thought he would be overdressed but he's looking rather casual - he's wearing a windbreaker, a white t-shirt with a dragon claw print on the front, black joggers and white trainers with a red streak on the sides. In an attempt to be as inconspicuous as possible, he's even propped a beanie over his dreadlocks and a pair of sunglasses. Luckily, no-one seems to pay any attention to him; you weave through the crowd of passengers who are waiting to board the ship and when he sees you, he stands, putting his phone away.

"That's a lot of suitcases." You point out as you stop in front of him.

"Yep." He says, peering down from his shades to wink at you; he scoops your hand with his, giving you an affectionate squeeze, "Let's go, I got all the travel documents."

Nodding, you join the queue with your suitcases and stand in line amongst other fellow passengers who chatter to each other excitedly whilst their Pokemon play with each other. You can also hear people comparing the amount of ribbons their pokemon have and the number of contests they've won. Outside, the ship can be seen bobbing up and down gently in the sea where a few Dewgongs leap around and frolick in the waves. The ship is so huge you can only see one window and the side of the ship is covered in Binacles.

To keep yourself occupied whilst you queue, you watch as a few youngsters play around with their pokemon whilst a couple in the corner kiss passionately; Raihan nudges you with a grin and you turn away, cheeks reddening. You grab the brochure, opening it and checking the entertainment onboard - there are a few shows going on, namely Pokemon Karaokemon and Pikachu's Jukebox which you want to watch.

When it's finally your turn to be served, you both check in, the agent breezes through your travel documents and passports where you and Raihan end up comparing your ID photos. The agent then weighs all your luggage and attaches tags on them; finally, she prints out your onboard identification passes, room key and payment card and you're finally ready to go in. The agent tells you that the ship will be docking in Castelia City next morning.

You almost forgot how exhausting the entire ordeal could be when you and Raihan make your way hand in hand down the corridor that will lead to the ship. A steward with a Poliwhirl dressed up with a sailor's hat stands at the very top and they both welcome you onboard with a synchronised salute. The steward provides instructions how to find your room and when you look at the ticket, you realise Raihan's booked a VIP suite which doesn't surprise you at all.

With Poliwag in your arms, you and Raihan find your room - which is far away from the common folk and it's a massive room with an equally huge king-sized bed slap bang in the middle. The room's decor is seriously exquisite - consisting of gold drapes and red furnishings and an ensuite bathroom that's fitted with a jacuzzi. It's a shame you're only staying for a few hours, but you are going to make sure you relax and enjoy your time here with Raihan.

Whilst Raihan tests the bed, you and Poliwag check out the bathroom, glimpsing around the beautiful marble interior. You're interrupted when a tannoy goes off and it's an announcement from the captain; you feel the ship is beginning to move and you are now free to explore the ship to your heart's content.

The first thing you do is hit the VIP pool; it's Raihan's idea, of course.

With a towel, a pair of flip-flops and your swimsuit in hands, you and Raihan head to the VIP area where you both split up once you reach the changing rooms. Poliwag finds an empty cubicle for you - you're going to meet Raihan at the pool - and you quickly change out of your clothes and into the swimsuit you packed. Cripes, it's tight. You stand awkwardly in your flip-flops, tugging and pulling at the straps and pulling down on your panties before locking away your belongings into a locker and grabbing the jelly bracelet and key, strapping it around your wrist.

Turning to Poliwag, he looks eager to hit the pool and follows you outside, promptly jumping into the pool first.

You stop at the pool's edge, peering over and glimpsing into the clear blue water and you sense a presence approaching you from behind. Spinning round on your heel, you see it's Raihan and he's about to push you into the pool as he creeps up but you're quick to grab his arm as he reaches for you and you pull him forwards.

You end up tumbling into the pool with a loud splash. There's a few patrons - mostly old ladies and gentlemen along with their Pokemon (ranging from Horsea, Swanna to Snubbull) leisurely swimming around and they don't look impressed with your arrival, giving you dirty looks.

The pool's extremely deep; under water, you see Poliwag swimming closeby with someone's Buizel, before you hastily return to the surface with Raihan; he grins at you as he sweeps his damp hair away from his eyes before he grabs you - and he inadvertently brushes his hand over a ticklish spot - you end up curling into a ball that would put a defense curl to shame and squeak with laughter, trying to get away from him.

Raihan grins and goes after you in the pool; you're splashing loudly in the water and flailing around, swimming away from him until he finally chases you all the way to a quiet corner away from people; it's the section with the jacuzzi, the water bubbling around you and Raihan slips his bare arms around your waist, bringing you close to him.

"Got you." He murmurs, as Poliwag swims beside you both, kicking his little feet in the water before the bubbly water carries his little body up and he bobs around you in a circle. Your face grows red as Raihan leans over and nibbles the shell of your ear, pressing you against the slippery tiles of the pool. "What do you think of everything so far?"

"It's great," You utter with a smile as you drape your arms over his bare shoulders, running your hands over his smooth skin and muscles; he's so close your noses are touching and he nuzzles you affectionately. “This is my first time on the Royal Unova.”

“Mm, then we should do this more often. There's plenty of other vacation spots out there - Hano Grand Resort in Alola, for example."

"Actually, I'd love to go to Melemele Island, or visit Floaroma Meadow."

He chuckles before he leans forwards, his lips finding yours. You kiss him in response and he grins against your mouth, pressing his lips tightly against yours until your ears pick up the sound of pounding music a distant away; when you break apart, you glimpse over his shoulder. "What's up?" He asks, following the direction of your gaze.

"It's kinda noisy over there. Wonder what's going on."

"Wanna check it out?"

"Alright." You mutter, and Raihan leaves the pool before promptly lifting you out.

You grab Poliwag; following the source of the noise, it leads you to an entirely new area - you both peer over the ledge to see a massive pool one deck below filled with tonnes of people cheering and whooping and dancing whilst a DJ and his booth stands at the very end, blasting out heavy dance music with his Loudred and Exploud; there's a few stewards weaving through the crowd carrying champagne glasses.

A sign in the corner says:

Pool Party, Venue - Lower VIP Deck VIP members only **Strictly NO Electric-types allowed** PS. No Magikarps either.

It's not too late to turn back but Raihan's expression lights up at once at the scene and you sigh under your breath. Guess it can't be helped. “...Alright, let's go have a closer look."

Grinning widely, he takes your hand and leads you downstairs towards the lower VIP deck. There's no bouncer and you stray further inside where the music is becoming louder; in fact, it is so loud, it hurts your ears. Poliwag waddles beside you, looking around cautiously and trying not to get his tail stepped on.

Glancing at the pool, you see half of it is separated by a net - there are attractive young men and women playing water volleyball with their Vaporeon and Sharpedo and other water-types, screaming with laughter and cheering wildly. Holy crap, you are so uncomfortable here, being surrounded by so many attractive fit people in their tiny bikinis and shorts. You accidentally glance at a few couples on couches who are making out intensely and fondling each other in intimate areas - and you turn away immediately. There's so many people dancing and drinking booze and you cringe when you realise this is nothing but a gratuitous frat party.

And this is definetely Raihan’s scene.

In fact, he is totally at home here. It's so crowded, you can hardly breathe; almost every space of the deck is occupied by someone or a pokemon. There's barely any room to move around freely and if it wasn't for Raihan holding your hand tightly, you were afraid you would've become lost amongst the crowd. You give his hand a tight squeeze, clinging onto him for dear life but he merely smiles at you reassuringly.

"Do you want a drink?" Raihan asks, gesturing to the bar where a few staff members are busy making cocktails. "I'll get you one."

"Sure."

"What do you fancy?"

You shrug. "Nothing too strong, please. I'll wait for you over there." You gesture to an empty deck chair near the pool.

"Alright." He kisses your knuckles and makes his way towards the direction of the bar. Along the way, you notice a lot of girls ogle him, which makes you highly uncomfortable.

You stand on your own with Poliwag in your arms,  looking rather out of place. Oh well, time to hit the deckchair you mentioned. You head over, but some girl beats you to it and plops herself down on the plushy seat.

"Sorry, this one's taken." She says abruptly.

Fine then. You turn away to find another chair, weaving through the crowd, trying to locate a spare chair until you come across a small table with three seats and one is already taken - although you're not inclined to share, you don't see any other seats available. The person in the other chair is a woman in a white bikini with her sunhat conveniently placed over her face. Though you cannot see her face, you can tell she's attractive - she has a very slim, hourglass figurine with large breasts.

You ask, "Excuse me, are these seats taken?"

You wonder if she's asleep but she raises one sinewy hand and lowers the hat and your eyes widen; it's Raihan's ex-girlfriend. She observes you for a split second and whilst you freeze up all over with shock, she sits up properly and smiles. "No, there's no-one sitting here."

Shit, you should get away from her as quickly as possible. However, your feet are rooted to the spot and ultimately, it's too late to make a hasty exit now. "....Thanks." You end up croaking out, seating yourself down with Poliwag in your lap. He looks eager to jump into the pool, straining and struggling in your grip so you let go of him and he hops onto the floor. "Be careful, Poliwag."

He nods and with a cheerful trill, you watch as Poliwag waddles towards the pool and hastily jumps in, causing a splash which makes some patrons whoop and yell and follow his example, cannonballing into the pool. You're left with the ex-girlfriend.

"What a cute Poliwag," She coos, snapping you out of your thoughts and you turn to her, "Is that an Everstone tied around his tail?"

"Oh, uh, yeah."

"Sorry, could you say that again? I couldn't hear you over the noise."

"...Um, I said, yes, that's an Everstone." You croak out, raising your voice slightly higher so she could hear you. Is she being nice or fake-nice? You cannot tell and it doesn't even matter because you have no intention in getting to know her better or becoming her friend. You find that you can't stop staring at her; she's so pretty and perfect, with her sleek and shiny long hair, sharp features and big, soft eyes and long eyelashes and perky lips. You're feeling like the ugly Ducklett all over again. Ugh, how terrible, how awful.

"He doesn't want to evolve?" She asks curiously and it's then you see various guys a fraction of a distance away, and they're all staring at her, checking her out.

"Yeah."

"Why not?"

"He likes being a Poliwag."

"What level is he?"

"Seventy two. I've had him for a long time." You mentally kick yourself, pondering why you are still conversing and being so civil.

"A level seventy two Poliwag? I've never met a trainer who dedicated so much time in....in..."

"...In training a Poliwag up to level seventy two?"

"Yes," She giggles lightly, eyes creasing with delight. “Sorry, it's just... never mind. Anyway, fancy seeing you here. How are you?" She says, reaching for a champagne glass and lifting it off the table and earnestly, you're surprised she even recognises you.

"I'm fine, thank you." You grunt out.

"Here, have one." She gestures to the spare champagne glass and you stare at the pearly, golden liquid bubbling inside. "It's Champagne Brut Millesime."

"No thanks."

"I saw the news - you saved Chairman Rose along with the gym leaders and Leon." She adds, and a part of you is wondering why she is chatting to you as though you have known each other for a long time and as though you are very good friends. "That was very brave."

"I didn't do much."

She waves her other hand dismissively. "Don't be so modest. Everyone knows what you did - it’s on the news and it’s all over social media. So, what brings you here?"

"We're going to Unova."

"Is Raihan with you?"

You hesitate, then nod. "....Yeah, he is."

She glances around before she spots him at the bar, "Ah, I see." A wide smile appears on her face then. Chuckling to herself, she leans comfortably against the deckchair to stretch and you can't help but stare as she crosses one long leg over the other. Her skin is milky white and perfect, likeporcelain. "I don't think I properly introduced myself back at the party." She tells you her name and how she is a gym trainer at Elesa's gym in Nimbasa City and how she is also a social media model, beauty blogger, travel vlogger and makeup artist. All of these you already know, of course.

"That's crazy. I-I mean...wow." You're not sure what else to say in response to her feats but she seems pleased with your reaction anyway. You tell her that you're a Pokemon Breeder.

"I wanted to work in a daycare too because I love baby pokemon, but I like travelling more and I can't stay in one place for too long." She utters; you're busy looking around as she speaks and you spot a group crowding around a high table and you can see they're snorting berry dust up their noses. "Do you have a social media account? Give me your username and I'll add you."

"Huh? What? Oh...I-I'm not on social media."

"That's a shame." She mutters, looking rather confused, "You know...Raihan and I used to go to these kinds of parties all the time. We always had a good time....and he would always get me anything I wanted. It was really sweet of him. If I asked him to get me something, he used to drop everything and I mean everything, just to do it, just to make me happy. You should do the same too."

You give her an incredulous stare in response as she proceeds to take a sip from her champagne.

"Sorry, I didn't mean to go on like that." She rummages around her side and pulls out two thin cigarettes... or what you thought were cigarettes. "Want one?"

Your eyes grow wide. "Is that..."

"Yeah." She says with a grin, and as she attempts to find a lighter, you start feeling nauseous. "How are you two getting on?"

"We're fine."

Unable to find her lighter, she huffs and says, ”Alright, what do you like about him?”

You wonder why she is asking you this. “Everything. He’s perfect. I love his smile. Oh, and his hugs are the best.” You reply, without thinking too hard.

”Aw, how cute. You know, when he falls in love, he falls, hard. I'm sure you realise that by now," She then says, looking at her polished fingernails, "He was such a little flirt; he went after me like a Lycanroc on steroids. And when we broke up, his heart was crushed. I'm sure of it. I guess it can't be helped. But even then.... he managed to pick himself back up and start all over again....because now he's with you. And it's like I never existed."

You're not quite sure what she's trying to say.

However, now is a good chance to confront her and tell her to leave Raihan alone. He is your boyfriend, not hers. You need to get your message across, to mark your territory and claim what is yours, big time. Go on, tell her to leave Raihan alone.

"Look, I know you've - "

"Remind me again: how did you meet Raihan?"

You don't recall telling her how you met him. You should tell her how you met Raihan at a club and later had hot sex at his hotel room. Wait... maybe not. Some things should not be said and that is definitely one of them. You don't want to tell her anything because quite frankly, you are not obligated to tell her anything.

Before you can reply however, a familiar voice says, "We met at a club and then spent the night in a hotel room."

You turn round with your mouth agape to see Raihan standing behind you; when your eyes meet, he grins widely. "Rai!" You exclaim.

"What?"

"You can't just say these things out loud! People are going to get the wrong idea!"

He chuckles loudly whilst the ex-girlfriend stares silently at the both of you. He's got Poliwag with him and you take your tadpole pokemon off him and into your arms. Raihan then glances at his ex.

"Good to see you." He greets her before he leans down, cupping your chin with his hand and tilting your face up to his level, pressing his lips against yours in a soft kiss. As your heart thumps wildly, he lets go of you and his ex-girlfriend stares at your interaction before she opens her mouth, about to speak. However, Raihan quickly says, "We were about to go. Isn't that right, princess?"

"Yes! Let's go right now." You say hurriedly, although you wonder why Raihan doesn't seem interested in the party any longer.

"Wait." His ex-girlfriend rises from the chair to stand, "Raihan, can I talk to you? Alone?"

There's a short silence; Raihan glimpses between you and his ex-girlfriend, and you and Poliwag blink blankly at him in response. To your dismay, he nods. Planting his hand on your shoulder, he gives you a squeeze and grins at you, "I'll be right back."

Raihan pecks your forehead and promptly leaves your side. You watch as he joins his ex-girlfriend and they disappear through the crowd; you're left on your own and Poliwag slaps you on the arm gently with his tail and makes a loud noise, before using his tail to point at them unwaveringly.

"Follow them?" You utter, and he nods furiously. ".....No, we don't need to. I trust Raihan. Let's just wait for him to come back."

But Poliwag shakes his head and begins waddling towards the direction Raihan and his ex headed off to.

"Poliwag, come back!" Now you have no choice but to go after him, scrambling off the chair to chase after your pokemon.

He's quite small so you have a hard time trying to catch up, occasionally losing sight of your round boy but the telltale signs are his smooth and shiny blue head and tail bobbing around so eventually, you follow him all the way towards the direction of the VIP Observation Deck.

Along the way, you politely excuse yourself as you make your way through the crowd and suddenly, Poliwag stops and you finally reach him; lifting him up and back into your arms. Poliwag points again using his tail and you see Raihan and the ex-girlfriend; they haven't ventured too far at all. You immediately duck and hide behind the nearest pillar you can find before peeping out; you haven't been spotted and luckily, you are within earshot. Unfortunately, you're a bit late so they're in mid-conversation and you thought they were smoking joints together or whatever but they're merely staring at the ocean.

You can hear Raihan saying, "She means a lot to me."

The ex-girlfriend turns to him, placing her hand on his bare arm. "That's not true. You haven't been together for long. She cannot help you, Rai. She's a nobody and she's a stick in the mud. We had so much fun when we were together; remember when we went to Undella Town? Lilycove? The Resort Area in Sinnoh? We did so much together."

He gently removes her arm off him. "Why are you doing this?"

"Because you didn't reply to my messages and I miss you; I saw you at the party and I remembered how much fun we had. Let's go back together. We were meant for each other." She says, "I can call my engagement off; I miss you a lot. I really do. I know you still have feelings for me too - come back to me, please."

She smiles at him wistfully before she attempts to embrace him; however, he stops her, holding her back at arm's length, "You're wrong. And I don't feel the same. You've met a nice man who treats you well. I know you'll be very happy together."

There's a brief silence. She goes silent at the rejection, staring up at him with her large eyes. However, in the span of a second, her expression turns to ice as she glares at him before turning away from him with her nose in the air. "You'll regret this, Raihan," She sneers, "You two won't last long. And when the time comes, don't come crawling back to me because I won't take you back, even if you begged."

"Wasn't planning to." He calls after her as he lets go of her and she stomps away.

Your jaw hits the floor.

Poliwag struggles in your grip and lands on the ground, waddling out. "Poliwag!" You exclaim before you can help yourself, completely blowing your cover in progress as you attempt to grab him.

At the sound of your voice, Raihan turns round and you freeze up at once as he looks at you and Poliwag. You stand up properly as your gazes meet. Poliwag walks up to Raihan, chirping at him cheerfully and Raihan grins, scooping him off the ground and into his arms, holding him high into the air.

"Sorry, Rai, we weren't...I didn't mean to..." You mutter sheepishly as he heads over to you, and you take Poliwag from him.

However, Raihan merely smiles and plops his hand atop your head, "It's fine. She won't message me ever again."

He's chosen you over her, even though she tried to get back with him and you glance at the direction the ex-girlfriend stormed off to. "What you were talking about just there - she can't talk to you like that and just walk away though."

Yep, you're going to march up to her, tell her to stay away from Raihan. He's with you now. You're his girlfriend, not her.

However, he stops you by grabbing your arm gently. "Don't waste your time." He drawls, wrapping his arms around you, pulling you into his chest, enveloping you into a tight hug. You hear him sigh gently before he presses his lips over the top of your head. You close your eyes, encircling your arms around him tightly and he does the same, burying his face into your hair.

”You’re too nice.” You mumble; you don't think that's the last you have seen of her.

“Kill ‘em with kindness. Gets them every time.”

You sigh helplessly in response. Even when people are horrible and mean to him, Raihan just smiles and takes it or shrugs it off. "But I don't want to see you get hurt or get taken advantage of."

"This is the kind of world we live in, princess." He replies, and you lower your gaze to the ground. Raihan chuckles at your response, ruffling your hair before he hugs you tighter and you bury your face into his nape, snuggling into him. “C’mon. Let’s go back to our room.”

You nod; he scoops your hand with his, clutching you firmly and you both make your way towards the direction of the exit. That's enough drama for one day.

...

Finally, you've made it to Castelia City.

It's your first time here and it's way bigger and busier than you had anticipated and the moment you left the ship, you and Raihan spent a few seconds gawking at the grandiose of it all. There is nothing in Galar that remotely resembles this city and hell, you thought Wyndon was pretty big but Castelia takes the cake. Quite frankly, you feel like a little country-bumpkin Morpeko all over again. The horizon is dotted with numerous skyscrapers that stretch so high you have to crane your neck just to look up properly. Blown away by the view, you open up the brochure you took from one of the stands near the ticket kiosk and pull out the map.

"Hm, let's see. Casteliacone shop - nope. Art Museum - nope. Aha! The hospital is somewhere in Mode Street." You mutter, whilst Raihan takes selfies of himself in all manner of poses and from all possible angles. You fold the map back up, slotting it into your bag, "Rai, are you done taking pictures? We need to go."

He puts his phone away, trailing after you; he's occupied with looking at the scenery and sights but stays close. You know he wants to sightsee now that you're here.

Luckily, the ship operates a left luggage service so you leave your suitcases and you can collect them later. You begin your journey to the hospital with your gift card and gift basket in hand, dodging the businessmen and tourists alike who are running up and down the streets in a hurried fashion. And here you thought Kanto's cycling route was bad. This is worse - even though there's not a bike in sight.

You do your best to avoid people by darting left and right but it's inevitable that you end up bumping into a few folk along the way. As you continue down the frantic street with Raihan, you see how manic it is - triathletes run with their Hitmonlee, parasol ladies are walking their Furfrous and Manectrics, a cleaner hoses down windows with his Quagsire team and a small group of construction workers takes up half the sidewalk with Gurdurrs and Hariyamas.  It's so lively here but space is limited, making you feel that you take Galar and the sparse Wild Area for granted.

You could also get a taxi but the street is just two blocks ahead and when you finally arrive, you're panting and you see that the hospital is a standalone building and you and Raihan enter; it's as busy as the streets outside with Chanseys and Blisseys rushing around. Your friend's mother has given you the ward number beforehand so you follow the signs and ride the elevator up, stepping out once you reach the correct floor.

You register at the counter and hurry in, spotting your friend's mother, her Bellsprout and a familiar purple-haired young man standing a bed by the window, conversing quietly. Once they spot you however, they stop discussing and wave to you immediately.

"Leon?" Raihan says, stunned by the Champion's presence here.

"Hey, Raihan." Leon replies, before he greets you also. You greet him in response; it's nice to see that he's not in his Champion gear - he's wearing a plain white sweater with a Charizard on the front, dark blue jeans and white sneakers. A black snapback with a red motif sits atop his fluffy hair.

"What are you doing here?"

"My friend was meant to be introduced to Leon." You quickly explain, though you're surprised to see that Leon actually came to visit.

"Yep, that's right." Leon replies, grinning.

Your friend's mother smiles widely also as you introduce Raihan to her. "Thanks for coming. This means so much to her."

Everyone glances at the bed where your friend is lying still, eyes closed. She looks terrible - her entire right leg is bandaged and hoisted up in the air by a sling attached to the ceiling, and she has a brace around her neck. It hurts you to see her like this; your friend is a good person. Why do bad things happen to good people? You move to join her mother, sitting beside her on the spare chair. "....How is she?"

"She's stable now; she's in a lot better condition than a few days ago and the doctor says she'll make a full recovery."

You breathe a sigh of relief, "What happened?"

"A car hit her when she was crossing the street and drove off. The police are looking into the incident. I called her workplace and they've decided to let her go. They said they can't afford the statutory sick pay because they don't know when she will wake up."

Your nose scrunches up with revulsion. You knew your friend didn't like her work and the company sounded awful, but you didn't realise they'd be this dodgy, either.

She nods gently, sighing under her breath. "...I'm afraid there isn't much we can do. We'll just need to wait for her to wake up, but...never mind, she is better off not working for that dreadful company any longer. I was getting so worried."

"I think so too." You mutter. Maybe it's a sign?

"Anyway, how are you, dear?"

"I'm fine; I brought a gift." You reply, holding up your gift basket and card and as you place it down on the bedside table, you chat with your friend's mother for a brief moment whilst Leon and Raihan talk quietly in one corner.

Unfortunately, you can't afford to stay any longer due to your flight to Johto so you say your goodbyes, your friend's mother thanks you again for taking the time to visit and you wish your friend a speedy recovery. She doesn't budge in any way, completely unresponsive. After the visit's over, you leave the hospital with Raihan; Leon will be staying put in Castelia for a while, which makes you happy considering you thought it was a shame that your friend didn't get to meet him yet he's come to visit.

Hand in hand, you and Raihan make your way towards the direction of the ship where you will collect your suitcases before heading off to the airport.

"I hope your friend gets better." Raihan says, noticing your forlorn expression.

"Me too. Thanks for coming with me." You murmur, "And it's nice of Leon to visit, I didn't think he would."

"Mn, I agree."

"I hope they go together," You add, smiling, "I have a good feeling about them."

...

[sparklz02]

Summary:

In the vast world of Pokémon there are many to have yet been discovered. All Pokémon vary in size, strength, and appearances. There are many mysteries to be uncovered and many Pokémon to meet!

People who have become friends with Pokémon and battle alongside each other are Pokémon trainers. They strive to either become the strongest trainer in their region or even world! There are also trainers who casually enjoy the company of their partner and feel no need to engage in battles. And finally Pokémon performances! As the name suggests, trainers show off the appeal of their Pokémon and aim to be the best performer among many others.

This story will focus on a young girl who aims to become a strong Pokémon trainer in the Galar region and seeks for even more challenges beyond her original goal. She will meet many trainers of her age who are equally or even more powerful than her! Will she overcome these challenges? Will she achieve her goal? Will there be more than just adventure? 👀

Let’s find out together for this is your journey~!

Chapter 1: A Dreamer

『Location: Wyndon, Galar』

Both trainers and Pokémon were also energized by the crowd's cheer. The champion was not letting up nor was the young challenger.

“And both Giganta-Max Charizard and Dynamax M̷̢̗̥̦̩̱̙͗̽̓i̶̢̟̳͉͈͈̗̞̺̎̿͗̓̂͊̈́̎̂͘l̵̢̯͈̫̲̹̪͂̓̓̒͑̚͝ớ̶̖ţ̵̧̱̙͇̰͚͙̣̑̌̈́ï̷̻͓͕̪̃ͅc̵͙̣̹͇̃̾̊́̓͌̿͐͘̚ revert back to their original form! Who will take the crown???!”

The two Pokémon are tired out after their previous clash of attacks. However they were not done yet, they let out cries signifying that they still had energy and spirit to fight. This threw the crowd into an even more frenzy of cheers and applause.

“Heh…I must admit you are truly a strong trainer Y/N. You and your M̷̢̗̥̦̩̱̙͗̽̓i̶̢̟̳͉͈͈̗̞̺̎̿͗̓̂͊̈́̎̂͘l̵̢̯͈̫̲̹̪͂̓̓̒͑̚͝ớ̶̖ţ̵̧̱̙͇̰͚͙̣̑̌̈́ï̷̻͓͕̪̃ͅc̵͙̣̹͇̃̾̊́̓͌̿͐͘̚ are in perfect sync!”

“Thank you Mr. Leon! Likewise! Battling you is truly an experience to savor…however we will not lose!”

Leon smirks and crosses his arms over his chest “I love your spirit kid! Reminds me of my brother who is around your age. Anyways I’m afraid I cannot lose either, I must maintain the good image of an older brother!”

You giggle at his statement “That’s cute and all but we won’t lose here! Right M̷̢̗̥̦̩̱̙͗̽̓i̶̢̟̳͉͈͈̗̞̺̎̿͗̓̂͊̈́̎̂͘l̵̢̯͈̫̲̹̪͂̓̓̒͑̚͝ớ̶̖ţ̵̧̱̙͇̰͚͙̣̑̌̈́ï̷̻͓͕̪̃ͅc̵͙̣̹͇̃̾̊́̓͌̿͐͘̚?”

M̷̢̗̥̦̩̱̙͗̽̓i̶̢̟̳͉͈͈̗̞̺̎̿͗̓̂͊̈́̎̂͘l̵̢̯͈̫̲̹̪͂̓̓̒͑̚͝ớ̶̖ţ̵̧̱̙͇̰͚͙̣̑̌̈́ï̷̻͓͕̪̃ͅc̵͙̣̹͇̃̾̊́̓͌̿͐͘̚ looks back at you and gives an enthusiastic nod.

“Hah, very well then! Let’s finish this off with one move! Ready Charizard?”

“Very well then! Let’s do this!”

“Finish this with fireblast!”

“End it with h̸̙͐̊ͅý̸̧̩͓̦̩̙͍͔́̄̾̎̽̕͝ͅd̷͔̑͂̀͘̚r̶̞̣͔̯̹͎̙̭͚͆͒̔̔̄̓ö̵̜̣̫͙͖͎̯̟̟́ ̵̻̭̟̭̉̔̅̅͠p̸̢̜̤̪̾̈́̀u̸̜̰̹̒ṃ̵̧̛͍͓̖͎̞̝̞͒̀͛̒̃̔̌̑͠p̷̠͖̹̪͉̈́̀̀̈́̃͆͘!!”

The moves collided and created an explosion however one move was able to push through…

Who’s that Pokemon?

Beep! Beep! Beep! Beep!

The sound of a blaring alarm clock cuts this action packed dream short, forcing you to jolt up confused and drowsy.

A soft knock was heard opposite of your room and you turned your head sleepily to the direction as the door opened ajar slightly. A blonde woman you knew stepped forward and did a quick scan of your room before finally looking at your sleepy self.

She hums softly before taking a quick peek at her clipboard and finally spoke, “On time I see. Your parents wish to see you immediately after breakfast. Quickly get settled because I refuse to be a single minute behind schedule.”

The lady turns around, not awaiting your answer and before she shuts your door she glances back at you one last time, “And please dress appropriately, Chairman Rose will also be there and I sincerely doubt they want their daughter making a fool out of herself to their boss.” And she closes the door, not wanting to hear any reluctance.

Beep! Beep! Beep! Be—

You shut down the alarm and fall back into bed, exhaling deeply and thinking it would be a great idea to roll off your bed.

Thud

“Ow…”

It was in fact a bad idea.

The rest of the morning was a blur. All you knew was waking up, dressed up, had breakfast, and proceeded to be thrown into a Corviknight cab to be sent who-knows-where.

You gaze out the window, appreciating the view before arriving at your destination.

The shuffling of paper snapped your attention away from the view and to the new source of sound. That’s when you remember about the blonde secretary who came for you. She was strict and uptight and only spoke if it was something important.

In short, boring.

“Are we there yet?”

She doesn’t respond and proceeds to flip through the pages on her clipboard.

“Are we there yet?”

She exhales deeply and raises her head to meet your lazy figure. You were about to ask again just for fun but freeze in your attempt as you felt a shiver run down your spine. Her gaze was cold and piercing as if she was looking right through your childish banter and daring you to try again and find out the consequences.

You straighten your posture and glued your eyes to the ground. “Sorry, I’m being insufferable…” you mumble out quietly.

She goes back to reviewing the indescribable paperwork. And thus the ride to who-knows-where went back to being boring.

The who-knows-where turned out to be Macro Cosmos stationed at Rose Tower! Did you still know the reason behind this visit? Nope!

Once again, you were thrown into a well decorated room with a bunch of other 10 year olds who were just as confused as you are.

You take the chance to scan the other kids and none were too outstanding. However, there was a platinum-blonde hair boy who was also away from the group of children and also observed the crowd. He was average looking and looked like he had an inflated ego for whatever reason.

A mysterious voice suddenly says, “One, two, three, is this working?”

Everyone turned their attention to the direction of the voice who turned out to be…

“Chairman Rose!!” The children squeal in delight.

Everyone quickly takes their seats to give their undivided attention to the man on stage. You had a decent view of him from the middle section of the audience.

Chairman Rose smiles in delight at the sight of well educated and mindful children. He watches everyone carefully before speaking, “How are you all this lovely morning?”

“Good!” Everyone said.

Chairman Rose chuckles at the energized response and proceeds with the moment, “Thank you for coming here. You must be wondering ‘Why did Mom and Dad make me come here?’ Right?”

Murmurs could be heard from the crowd. He smiles fondly, “Well wonder no more! Today is a momentous day because I have decided to provide all of my precious employees kin an opportunity to own Pokémon!”

Everyone gasped in surprise but was later swept away with cheers. The children began to jump up and down in joy and gave their thanks to Chairman Rose.

‘Our own Pokémon?! This was totally worth being dragged here for!’

“The only thing I ask of you is…,” the children stopped celebrating momentarily to hear their benefactors' request, “is that you love, care, and cherish your Pokémon.”

All the children promised with a ‘Yes sir’ and waited patiently for any further announcements.

Satisfied with their answer he proceeds, “And who better to teach you about Pokémon than…,” he takes a step back to present, “Our newly crowned Champion Leon!”

The room buzzed in cheer once more after Leon’s introduction. He steps forward to the stage and flashes his signature smile to the children.

“Thank you Chairman Rose for the introduction!” Leon takes out a poké ball and shows it for everyone to see, “Anyone wanna guess who’s inside?”

The children began to throw guesses that ranged from Magikarp to even Arceus.

“Maybe it’s a cute Pachirisu!” A girl says.

A boy crosses his arms, “I doubt that. Maybe it’s an awesome Rockruff!”

“Or maybe even ralts!” Another chimed in.

Leon chuckles in amusement, watching everyone getting excited. “All right, settle down now…,” Everyone quiets down and watches him intently. Leon smirks and jerks his left arm back, “Now I want you all to meet…,” he launches the ball into the air, “Fletchling!”

The Fletchling comes out of its poké ball and flies around the room. Everyone watches in awe as Fletchling flies about. It finally goes back to Leon and lands on his right shoulder.

“Now then,” he raises both his arms in the air, “Who’s ready to choose their starters?”

“Me!” “Me!” “Me!” “Me!” “Me!”

Many workers emerge from the doors and begin to showcase all the Pokémon the children can choose from; there was a bountiful Pokémon from all the regions.

You walk around the room, scanning each Pokémon and determining your choice. ‘Hmmm…who to choose?’

You recall your unfinished dream from this morning. ‘Hmmm, was that supposed to be a sense of deja vu? Then that could mean my destined partner is in this room!’

After much time passed there was still no luck. You should settle for one and fast, many good picks are being chosen left and right. But then…

“No no no no, I can’t be feeling this now of all times!”

You look around anxiously for an unoccupied worker but they obviously had their hands tied. You grumbled in annoyance and began to walk towards the entrance before someone stopped you.

“Where are you going? You haven’t chosen a Pokémon and you’re leaving? A bit ungrateful don’t you think?”

You halt in your tracks and angrily turn to the source, it was the platinum-blonde kid from earlier. “Look, I’m not ungrateful it’s just that…”

He sneers, “it’s just what?”

Your face turns pink in embarrassment, “I really really need to use the bathroom right now…”

His face morphs into that of ‘are-you-serious’ look. He shakes his head and walks ahead of you, “I’ll lead the way. Be grateful that I’m feeling nice.

‘I hate this kid already.’

“I really hope there are still leftover Pokémon!” You say in a panic, rushing through the building.

“H-hey! You’re not even going the right way!”

You stop and turn around to see the boy finally catch up to you, “I thought you said it was this way?!”

“No, I was saying how after a turn we should’ve done would then be just a beeline to the showcase room!”

“Then…,” realization began to settle in, “are we even going to make it back on time?”

“Doubt it.”

You gasp and dramatically fall onto your knees. The boy flinches at your sudden change in behavior and quickly tries to say something, “Maybe Chairman Rose will still let you choose! If there is any left over that is…” he says the last part quietly.

“You think so?” You ask hopefully.

“Totally…!” He says in an unsure tone.

Oh right, where are you at the moment? Some random hall of Rose Tower. Or was it just some random hall?

“Karp, karp, karp…”

A sudden noise from an unmistakable Magikarp caught yours and the boy's attention.

“Hey…,” you start. You stand up once more and walk towards the protective glass in awe, “where are we?”

The boy standing next to you is equally amazed, “This is Rose Tower Pokémon sanctuary.”

There were many Pokémon that resided in this sanctuary. It had many biomes to provide a comfortable home for the Pokémon.

There were grass type Pokémon bathing under the artificial light. Ground type Pokémon making random holes in the dry lands. Flying type Pokémon flying in the air with grace. Water Pokémon splashing about in glee, and so much more!

“I want to go in…”

“What?”

“I want to go in.” You said firmly.

The boy closes his eyes, shakes his head, and crosses his arm, “No. This area is strictly off limits and if we…” he opens his eyes once more to see you were no longer next to him. “Oh no…”

“Hey look!” You call him from inside the sanctuary. “This is ten times cooler in person!”

“Wait no! Come back!” He hisses. You either ignored him or didn’t hear because you kept going inside to explore. The boy panics and ends up going inside to drag you out by force.

The inside of the sanctuary was indeed ten times better in person. You walked in deeper into the sanctuary but one biome in particular was calling for you: the water biome.

You carefully approached the water biome to watch all the water Pokémon in awe. There were Wingulls, Staryus, Magikarps, Froakies, Piplups, Bruxishs, Mudkips, and the list goes on and on.

‘Oh my goodness they are all adorable!’

A sudden harsh tug snaps you out of your amazement. You jerk your head towards the figure that turned out to be the annoying boy.

“We need to get out of here!” He urges. “This off-limits to—”

You shrug him off, “Just five more minutes! I need to burn this place into my memory!”

“But—!”

You pull out your trump card: the puppy eyes. The boy grimaces, “No.”

“Pleaseeeee! I pinky-swear it'll only be five minutes!” You plead as you raise your right pinky.

He reluctantly caves in, “Fine but if we get caught you take the blame, got it?”

“Deal!”

And thus, the two of you check out the water biome for a few minutes. You watched intently as the water Pokémon play with each other and throw random water moves playfully.

One in particular caught your attention. It was an oddly colored Feebas and it was flailing about in the water along with other Magikarp and fellow Feebas.

“What are you looking at?” The boy inquired. He follows your line of direction and sees the odd Feebas.

He tilts his head, “Huh, that’s a weird looking—”

“I want that one.”

“Huh?”

You walk towards the group of fishes and crouch to observe further. The boy catches up to you, “I don’t think they’ll allow you to have it.”

You turn your head to him, “But that’s my destined partner!”

“Ok I think you’re delusional. We should—”

You pointed towards the Feebas that was now looking at the both of you, “I’m being honest! I had a dream about it too! I was battling against Leon and—”

“Very delusional.”

You gasp, “Hey, that's rude!”

“It’s the truth!” He counters back.

“Bas, bas, feebas…”

You both pipe down and turn to the Pokémon in question. Feebas was jumping eagerly and did a quick circle before approaching the both of you.

It watches you two curiously before swimming to your side and smiles while doing more circles.

The boy's mouth drops in surprise while you smile smugly and proudly say, “See? We were meant to be!”

A deep voice cuts your boasting moment short, “Ah, so this is where you were, Bede. And with the missing young miss as well.”

You both stood up abruptly, “Chairman Rose!?”

“Chairman Rose! You see—”

“It’s my fault sir!” You interrupt the boy named Bede.

Rose turns to you in surprise. He hums and nods for you to continue.

“You see this kid— I mean Bede, tried to warn me to not come but I came here anyway because…” you lower your gaze embarrassed.

“Because…?”

You suck in air and turn to point at the Feebas that was watching the whole scenario unfold, “Because I sensed that my destined partner would be here and I was right sir!”

Rose looks to the direction you're pointing at and sees the Feebas standing by. He chuckles, “So you think that this Feebas is meant to be your partner?”

You shake your head vigorously, “No sir I don’t think, I know that the Feebas is my destined partner!”

Bede watches in horror as you make such a bold yet delusional claim to Chairman Rose.

“Y/n!? There you are, oh my goodness!”

Your parents—still dressed in lab coats—rushed to your side and kneel down to check for any injuries. “Are you alright?! You’re not hurt or anything? Once we get home your Father and I will—”

“Oh so you’re the parents of the little miss, Mr and Mrs L/n?”

Your parents freeze and turn to face their boss. The bow deeply while also forcing you to bow, “We are deeply sorry for any inconveniences our daughter has caused Chairman Rose. We promise to be stricter with her…”

Chairman Rose chuckles deeply, “That's alright. I must say, I'm amazed to see you two have raised such a confident yet chaotic child. I'm very impressed.”

Your parents look at each other briefly, unsure if this was a good or bad thing.

“Sir!” A female voice chimes in. It was the blonde secretary from earlier; She rushes towards Chairman Rose's side, “We have yet to find the missing–” Her gaze falls towards you and Bede, “Children?”

“Ah, Oleana!” He chirps. “I was walking around the sanctuary to see if everything was alright only to see the door unlocked and wide open for anyone to enter and leave.”

Bede looks away embarrassed while you pretend to kick an imaginary rock to some random direction.

“Is that…so?” She says in disbelief.

He chuckles once more, “Looks like we need to upgrade our security.”

Your Father hastily grabs your shoulders, ensuring you wouldn't wander off again, “Thank you so much for finding Y/n, Chairman Rose. We will take our leave immediately.”

You cry out in protest, “But–!”

“No ‘buts’ young lady, you've caused enough trouble for the day!” Your Mother scolded.

Before you could be dragged away, Chairman Rose clears his throat. “I believe little Y/n has yet to pick her Pokémon. It would be a shame to let her leave this establishment without one.”

Your parents look at each other with hesitation and so your Father spoke up first, “That is very generous of you Chairman Rose but we think that–”

“Will you be my partner Feebas?”

Everyone looked back to where you were supposed to be and quickly snapped to the direction of where Feebas was.

Your parents shared the look of horror Bede has, while Oleana is speechless, and Chairman Rose delighted.

“Feebas, bas, fee…”

The Feebas swam in circles happily and then proceeded to jump into your arms. You happily accepted its embrace and began to giggle happily, oblivious to everyone's stare.

“Well, that's settled. Oleana, please find a poké ball for this Feebas.”

“Yes sir.” She answers swiftly and quickly leaves to find a ball.

Rose turns to your horrified parents and smiles, “Your daughter will be an amazing trainer. I can feel it.”

He then turns to Bede, “You two should be friends. She will be a great companion to you.”

Bede takes in his word and looks back to you and Feebas.

Oleana finally returned with a ball and handed it to Rose. He takes the ball and walks over to you and Feebas and kneeled down to your level, hand outstretched with the ball. “Care to do the honors?” He offered.

You and Feebas look back at Rose. You smile and nod eagerly and take the ball right out of his hand.

You offered the ball to Feebas. “Ready to face the wonders of the world together?” You ask eagerly.

Feebas sings happily and so you poked the ball gently to its forehead and like magic, it goes inside effortlessly. The ball wiggles once and you hear a ‘click’ confirming its catch.

The sound of the click was a fulfilling sound you didn't think would be meaningful.

You stood up and tackled Rose into a hug. “Thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you!” You chanted over and over.

He reciprocated the hug and pats your back gently. He gently separates you from him and now looks at you seriously. “However, there is still one thing I ask of you.”

Sensing his seriousness, you prepared for anything he had to ask. “Yes sir.”

Rose looks at you then the pokeball in your hand. He grabs your hand holding the pokeball and uses both hands to cover yours. “Promise me that you will love, care, and cherish Feebas.”

Taken aback slightly by his request, you nod firmly. “I promise Mr. Chairman.” You raised your free hand and stuck out your pinky, “It's a pinky promise!”

Amused by your antics, he chuckles and removes his right hand to link his pinky hand with yours. “Then it's settled. Congratulations on becoming a trainer little Y/n.”

It’s Feebas!

Thank Arceus your parents had a habitable pond at your place. It was the perfect place to let Feebas swim around!

It had been three days since you officially became partners with Feebas. How did you spend time together with a Pokémon that was unfortunately bound by water? Camping outside with it of course!

It's a new experience but surely you'll become accustomed to the outdoors setting, right? After all, many trainers have to sleep out in the wild anyways during their travels so what's the harm in getting to know the outdoors?

Feebas was swimming around the pond, clearly happy with the new environment. Meanwhile, you were clicking through the new Pokédex you were given and stopped at Feebas's evolution line.

The color and design were absolutely breathtaking.

“Feebas! Come and take a look at this!”

Feebas stopped what it was doing and swam to your direction eagerly. Matching its energy you flipped the dex for it to see. “Look! According to this gadget, you're going to evolve into a Milotic!”

You shift between its original colors to its shiny version. “And since you're a shiny Feebas, you'll have different colors! Isn't that cool!”

“Bas, bas, bas!” It chants in agreement.

You sigh dreamily at the idea of how beautiful your Feebas will be. You reach out to caress its gills, “You're gonna be such a pretty boy you know that? And I'll make sure to help you be beautiful and strong!” You fisted your hand to the air, “We shall be champions!”

Feebas rushes around the pond and jumps into the air to match your enthusiasm. You laugh in delight at its eagerness that matches your own.

It comes back to you and you smile softly. You yawn, tired from playing and learning about Feebas all day. Do you regret it? Not at all. If anything, you wish to do this forever.

You lay down onto your sleeping bag near Feebas and look up towards the sky, admiring the stars. You raise one arm into the arm, as if trying to grab a star.

“We will become brighter than the stars one day. A light that no one can ignore.”

Yawning once more, you stretch your limbs to relinquish any more leftover energy. You turn to your side to face Feebas and smile tiredly.

“You know…,” You start, catching its attention. It listens to your words carefully, “I wasn't kidding what I said three days ago. About how you were my destined partner.”

It tilts it head to the side slightly, as if telling you to continue.

“I had a dream that day…” You yawn yet again. “In that dream we…were fighting Leon and…his Charizard. Did…we win? I dunno to…be honest.”

Your eyes began to give up on you. “But…I do…hope that…we…won…”

The crowd at the Wyndon stadium are going wild. The two trainers—one being the champion—are down to their last Pokémon. The intensity of the battle has kept everyone at the edge of their seat. Cheers chanting for the young challenger and champion could be heard throughout.

Both trainers and Pokémon were also energized by the crowd's cheer. The champion was not letting up nor was the young challenger.

“And both Giganta-Max Charizard and Dynamax Milotic revert back to their original form! Who will take the crown???!”

The two Pokémon are tired out after their previous clash of attacks. However they were not done yet, they let out cries signifying that they still had energy and spirit to fight. This threw the crowd into an even more frenzy of cheers and applause.

“Heh…I must admit you are truly a strong trainer Y/N. You and your Milotic are in perfect sync!”

“Thank you Mr. Leon! Likewise! Battling you is truly an experience to savor…however we will not lose!”

Leon smirks and crosses his arms over his chest, “I love your spirit kid! Reminds me of my brother who is around your age. Anyways I’m afraid I cannot lose either, I must maintain the good image of an older brother!”

You giggle at his statement. “That’s cute and all but we won’t lose here! Right Milotic?”

Milotic looks back at you and gives an enthusiastic nod.

“Hah, very well then! Let’s finish this off with one move! Ready Charizard?”

“Very well then! Let’s do this!”

“Finish this with Fireblast!”

“End it with Hydro Pump!!”

Who won? No one knows, it is a dream after all. And what do you do when you have a dream? You begin the journey to accomplish it!

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And that’s exactly what you will do.

[And The Journey Continues 🇬🇧…]

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[ourvanishingghosts]

HIII omg finally someone with open requests🙏🙏could u pretty please do hcs of raihan with a fem s/o who is a pharmacist/poison type gym leader who is initially really standoffish and bitchy at first meet but as you get to know her is actually very sweet and friendly? very specific request i know LOL. thank youuuuu🤭🙏

Yes! Also, I love when people are specific with their requests because it makes it easier for me to write them. But I guess it depends on what they request. Anywho. Here you go. F/N= First Name L/N= Last Name

The Harmacist Gym Leader

Raihan x Fem! S/O Reader

When Raihan heard that Kabu was retiring from being a gym he was sad but supported his friend’s decision

He heard that a new gym leader was already chosen by Kabu himself and said that it was friend of his who he constantly trained with on his days off

So naturally Raihan go curious and headed to Motostoke to check out the new gym leader. He assumed the Milo and Nessa already introduced themselves to the newbie

He got there and was to see that the gym leader was Y/N L/N

He had heard about you through Kabu, but assumed you were from a different region

Which was correct since you moved to Galar from Kanto region based on the fact he saw a Pokémon he didn’t recognize

He introduced himself to you trying to be confident, but that didn’t work out since you just rolled your eyes

“I’ve heard all about you, Raihan.” You said coldly, but he could feel the poison coming out of your mouth (not literally)

“Oh. I’m guessing Kabu told you about all of the Galar gym leaders?” He asked a little scared of you

“Oh yeah. I know that you are very overly competitive and that you don’t go easy on anyone. Especially Leon.”

He nods “Uh. Yeah. I kinda eased up on him after The Darkest Day happened. So, what kind of gym will you be running? Still fire types?”

“Poison.”

“Huh?”

“Poi-son. If you’re just going to ask stupid questions please leave. I have to refine my team.”

He leaves you with a quick goodbye

You decided that your team will start with Arbok, Skuntank, Salazzle, and finally ending with Venusaur

After a year of being the Poison Type Gym Leader you let down your walls around Raihan when you realized that you have so much in common with him

Like you both are intimidating to on lookers, take battles very seriously, and take pride in your Pokémon

He also learns that you are trying to figure out how to counteract the poison that Pokémon create if a human gets poisoned by said Pokémon

It took another 3 years for him to ask you out because he didn’t want to ruin your friendship (he asked you out via Applin)

You said yes

After dating for 4 years he asked you to marry him

The public calls you two the Galar Power Couple

Trainers try to hit on you constantly, but you quickly shut that down by giving them a death glare and telling them that you will have your Skuntank spray them causing them to have to bathe in tomato juice for a month or that you are married to Galar’s Dragon Tamer

He loves you for that and he thinks it’s hot

During the time between dating and getting married you finally made the medication to counteract Pokémon poison in the human body

Everyone celebrated and hospitals all over Galar started using it after a few more tests

Allister is the one who came up with calling you “The Harmacist Gym Leader”

And that’s what everyone ended up calling you

The only people who were scared of you besides him were Nessa, Leon, Hop, Bede, and Gordie

But they ended platonically loving you when you and Raihan started dating

Nessa ended up being your Maid of Honor and Kabu was Raihan’s Best Man

And at the end of everyday you and Raihan cuddle but won’t tell anyone that you two do so because you two like to keep up the intimidating looks that you two have going

You teach him about all the Pokémon from Kanto and he teaches you about all the Pokémon in Galar

Finally, your medical creation is being used worldwide and saved countless lives

[skullgruntdana]

Trainer Dana’s Bio

Art done by Pokemohn

Name: Adanais “Dana” Estrella María Sanchez

Pronunciation: Ah-day-nas Ehs-treh-ya Ma-Ree-Ah Sahn-chez

Birthday: July 19 (9 yrs) 

Height: 3’5”

Occupation: Child Pageant Star (formerly), Team Skull Grunt (Currently)

Family: Elise (mother), Rick (father), Diana (twin sister), Finn (brother)

Ethnicity: Hispanic, Japanese, and English. 

Face Claim: Yotsuba from Yotsuba&! (manga) 

Voice Claim: Ponyo 

Status: Primary Virus

Race: Human

On Elise’s side of the family:

On Rick’s side of the family:

Background: Dana was born to Elise and Rick Sanchez in the Kanto Region. The family lived in the Kanto Region until Dana was three years old. Previously, Dana’s parents had worked for Team Rocket but they were fired before Dana was born. As soon as Dana was born, Rick began doing DNA experiments on her in an attempt to get back in Team Rocket. While he successfully gave Dana her electrokinesis, he did not gain the fame he sought. Instead, he was ridiculed in the Kantonian science community, which caused him further distress. Rick was unable to get another job, and the family was forced to flee to the Hoenn region. The couple did not have enough money to support themselves after arriving in the Hoenn region, which forced them to work odd jobs until Dana was six. Rick and Elise decided to move to Lilycove, and apply to Team Magma when Rick got laid off his sales clerk job in Rustboro City. Until then, Dana did not have a lot of contact with other children and therefore did not have a lot of friends. She was further isolated when living in the Lilycove Hotel while her parents worked. Unknown to her parents, Dana often went off on her own to the Pokemon Safari, where she met a Drifloon. This particular Pokemon often stole children away, and it dragged Dana to the Alola region where she found Mimikyu, Tirtouga, and Drifblim. While in Alola, Dana made many friends and started to hang around Team Skull. 

Over time, Elise and Rick’s relationship began to worsen the more Rick drank, and Elise finally divorced him after a bitter and violent argument about Dana. Elise took him to court and won full custody of Dana after which she quit her job at Team Magma and moved with Dana to the Alola Region. Elise re-established contact with her parents and they gave her back her inheritance which she lost after marrying Rick. Dana now lives in a nice house overlooking the sea on Akala Island. Dana still goes and visits Team Skull in Po Town and her friends in Aether at the Aether Paradise. 

Update: After transfering to the Galar region, Dana was endorsed by Bede and completed the first four gyms, but she lost against Bede. She plans to rematch him. 

Family Information: Rick’s grandfather Keitaro has a dance house dojo in Ecruteak City that is run by Rick’s aunt Masako. Takako, his cousin, is unable to take the next position to be dance master, so Dana is next in line to be one.

Appearance: Dana has brown hair and pupil-less blue eyes. Her dress is handmade and purple in the style of Drifloon. There is a yellow X stitched onto the front along with two black circles. Her most iconic accessory is her Drifloon headband, which she never removes. Dana wears black church shoes.  

Hobbies: Collecting rocks, making friends, and annoying Team Skull.

Gaming Systems:  Wii, 3Ds, Game Boy, Game Boy SP, Nintendo DS, Xbox, Playstation, and Playstation Two.

Personality: Dana is a very outgoing child who enjoys making friends. Because of her Asperger's Syndrome, she has a very hard time responding appropriately to social situations. At times she can get hostile, but only when she thinks she is in danger. Another one of her oddities is how she refuses to take off her headband. Dana hates the way her head feels without and gets very upset when it is taken from her. Dana is very impulsive and does not think before she acts, unlike Batty who is very careful about everything she does. Being indecisive and impatient, Dana often jumps into situations she can't easily back out of, which makes it very hard for her to make the right decisions. People usually have to fix things for her as she is incapable of solving her own mistakes. Dana can also be very vulgar mouthed as she thinks it is cool to go around swearing, much to the dismay of the adults around her. Though Dana uses slang, she knows how to talk normally and only does so when she is serious. Aside from her selfish behavior when to comes to sharing toys, Dana is a very good, loyal, and cherished friend who you can rely on in times of need. Dana is also lively, open, easygoing, and lovely to speak to. Dana always has engaging conversations, though can sometimes stray from topic to topic with her own reasoning if something reminds her of something else.  Dana is easy to annoy, irritable, surreal, odd, bizarre, and prone to flights of fancy. Sometimes she loses concentration because she is too busy daydreaming. Dana is a very blunt person who does not sugar coat things, but it really depends on the person when it comes to her responses. Despite always being sarcastic, Dana does not understand sarcasm well and it often goes over her head, taking things literally to the point of causing her and the speaker to become confused. Being patient is something Dana struggles with as she expects things to happen when she wants them to happen. Dana is often annoyed when she has to wait for things. Like most children, Dana believes everybody should be a mind reader: knowing what she wants or needs at all times when she needs/wants them. Dana often gets annoyed when nobody picks up on her wants or needs. Despite her selfish demeanor, she puts her friends first and enjoys helping them, though there are times where Dana wants others to cater to her wants and needs. Dana is very vocal when she does not get her way, and often says “i want this” or “i want that.” Dana does not struggle when it comes to her wants and needs, though, as stated above, she believes everybody should know what she wants or needs at all times. As said previously, Dana is very vocal and this is also true when it comes to her thoughts, which she cannot keep to herself. Dana often talks about how she thinks about certain things, not caring if the other person does not want to listen/ does not care about that particular topic. Often volatile, Dana is unpredictable and often does things on a whim, much to the annoyance of adults who can’t follow her sudden changes in demeanor or actions. Dana also: takes things personally, is adventurous, and a thrill seeker.  

Interests: her casio, classical piano music, rap/hiphop, her headband, Drifloon, cheesecake, strawberries, metal/punk, rocks, cotton candy/bubblegum ice cream, tea parties and tea, mud, her squirt gun, grape soda, anime, double chocolate chip cookies, chocolate milk, 

Dislikes: Spearow, Fearow, Murkrows, taking her headband off, the police, large bodies of water, 

Headcanons: Dana is right handed, Dana can whistle but she can’t snap her fingers, she can’t swim, Dana almost drowned when she was younger, Dana has been to Juvie for a week for theft, Dana was bullied at school so her mother took her out, Dana listens to Usher and N.W.A, Dana is good at Dance Dance Revolution. Dana sucks on her hand, which is a bad habit. 

Gaming Consoles she owns: Wii, 3Ds, Game Boy, Game Boy SP, Nintendo DS, Xbox, Playstation, and Playstation Two. But I need a Game Cube.

phone: one: DOCOMO FUJITSU F-03D GIRLS POPTEEN (smart phone) 

DoCoMo SH-11C

(Flip phone)(purple) 

LG Cyon Lollipop 2 Phone (pink)

Instruments: pianos: Casio Privia PX-870 and a Pink Casio SK-1

9Songs she can play: Dream On by Aerosmith, Fur Elise by Beethoven, learning the Turkish March by Mozart, House of the Rising Sun by the Animals, Bohemian Rhapsody, 

[imjeralee]

Wallflower: Chapter 12 - The Elusive Eli

Raihan x F!Reader

Disclaimer: Do not own Pokemon

Note: This is my first Pokemon fanfic. I hope you enjoy it :) Originally posted on Archive of Our Own.

Summary: You’re an unassuming Pokemon breeder who works at the nursery in the Wild Area and he’s Raihan, the fearsome gym leader of Hammerlocke who has more than a million followers. You don’t want anything to do with him but he’s…persistent.

Rating: Mature/Explicit

Warnings: Lemon, smut, violence, language

THE ELUSIVE ELI

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He leaves the nursery, rubbing at his chin and jaw until he spots a familiar boy dressed in pink standing by a tree, smirking at him. The youth looks at him up and down, taking note of his rather bedraggled appearance and scoffs under his breath, "Well. Aren't you a sight for sore eyes?"

Eli joins his side and the two boys begin to make their way down the path. "What are you doing here, Bede?"

"Chairman Rose sent me to get you. We've to go to Motostoke. I saw you talking to Raihan and that girl. What was that all about?"

"Nothing."

“Nothing?"

Having been pressed, Eli relents. “Hmph. People like him really piss me off. He isn't anything special." He says with a scowl. Bede says nothing, except stare at him silently. Turning to Bede, Eli adds, "Don't associate yourself with the likes of them, Bede. The gym leaders - they're all a pathetic and pitiful lot. None of them are worthy of their titles. Work hard and don't show mercy to the weak. Don't forget that. Am I clear?"

"Yeah." Bede replies, "Crystal."

”Good.” With that, they continue their journey to the city.

You'll see, Eli thinks to himself, frowning, You'll all see. I'll become the most powerful trainer in Galar and you'll regret not choosing me, Rose.

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With Eli gone, the nursery settles into a discomforting silence. You return Goomy and Dreepy into their pokeballs because they seem shaken by Eli's presence. It occurs to you that you have never seen Raihan angry before and you stare up at him as he watches the door, as though waiting for Eli to come back for seconds.

However, when nothing happens, his dark expression clears up and he turns to you with the biggest, cheesiest grin and coos at you, “Are you okay?”

You’re stunned at the quick turnaround until you slide your gaze to his hand and you gasp. “You’re bleeding!!! Oh wait, is that Eli’s blood?”

With an eyebrow raised, Raihan lifts his hand up where there’s a trickle of fresh blood over his knuckles. You don’t wait for him to respond - reaching for him, you tug on his clean hand and lead him inside the nursery.

“Am I allowed in here?” He asks, as you pass the storeroom and the nursery and towards the staff bathroom.

”Yes, of course.”

“Where’s your boss?”

”She went out and won’t be back anytime soon.”

Once you’re at the door, you push it open, revealing the cramped, tiny space but you usher him in and Raihan looks around himself - his back hits the sink and you stand in front of him, reaching for the medicine kit that sits on the shelf above the toilet. You rummage inside and pull out a plaster along with a few cotton pads, a roll of clean bandages and some cooling gel.

”Give me your hand.” You mutter, and Raihan obediently sticks his palm out for your taking and you scoop his hand into yours. You dampen the cotton wool pad and begin to carefully dab and smother at his bloodied knuckles. “Tell me if I hurt you by accident, okay?”

“Okay.” He observes you as you tend to him the entire time which you don’t notice because his hand looks like it’s turning purple and that doesn’t bode well. After you’ve cleaned the blood, you grab the cooling gel and apply it over his knuckles, spreading a thin layer and making sure to massage it thoroughly into his skin and when it dries, you grab the plaster and it’s then you notice that he’s staring at you with the same goofy smile and you feel your cheeks going a little warm.

”...W-what is it?” You ask; before he can respond however, and you automatically assume the worst. ”Did I hurt you by accident? I’m so sorry!”

”No, you're fine. You didn't hurt me.” He plops his other hand atop your head. “Don’t be silly.”

You mumble an 'okay' under your breath and continue dressing his hand and once you’ve tucked the bandage neatly into itself and tied the end so it won’t fall apart, you let go of him and Raihan inspects his bandaged hand. He only punched a dude in the face but you’re worried he injured himself when punching said dude.

��Thanks.” He grins at you widely as you pack away the med kit. “You’re good at this.”

”Well, baby pokemon falling off high shelves is a very common occurrence here.”

Raihan laughs before he reaches for you, pulling you into his embrace and holding you so tightly, you think your back might break in half. "Did he hurt you?" He murmurs as he lets out a gentle sigh, pressing his nose into your hair.

You shake your head; your face is pushed into his chest that it's getting hard to breathe. "No.” is your muffled response. You wrap your arms around his back, holding him tightly in return.

"Did he touch you?"

"Just my hair."

He loosens his grip slightly to peer at you, smoothing his large hand over your cheek before he leans forwards and plants a kiss on your mouth. "You're okay?" He murmurs, pressing his lips against yours once more.

"Yeah."

And he smooches you again but this time, he doesn't pull away and begins brushing the tip of his thumb over your bottom lip. "What did he say to you?" He says, between kisses.

You decide to pull away. "Uh...He said I'm nothing like your ex-girlfriend. That I'm not as pretty as her, that he didn't think you'd go for a girl like me. And he said it hadn't been long since your previous break-up so you probably weren't even over it and that you're just using me." You mutter, and you're quite amazed yourself that you remembered all that. It's then you realise that you feel quite upset. When you think about what you just said aloud, you had been compared to Raihan's ex-girlfriend. You didn’t even know he had an ex-girlfriend but you figured he would’ve...sighing, you inhale and exhale loudly as you throw your gaze to the floor.

For a while, you were feeling pretty awesome about yourself. There were a few hiccups along the way but everything seemed to work out fine - you were with Raihan, there were no problems with your work and your friends and family were fine also. However, it has taken one very negative experience to knock you off the pedestal of happiness. 

Although you're aware that Eli has beef with Raihan and would probably use various tactics to get to him which may include getting into your head, you shouldn’t let his words get to you, but unfortunately they do. You don't know her or who she is and Raihan doesn't need to talk to you about his ex, or exes... but this hurts on a whole new different level and now you feel so insecure about...well, everything.

"Hey." Raihan says, cupping your cheeks again, "Look at me."

You slide your gaze to him slowly and your eyes meet.

"Eli's like that. He's even mean to Ball Guy." He mutters, but when he notices how despondent you are, he brings you into his embrace again and slides his arms around your shoulders tightly, giving you an affectionate rub. You let him hold you, closing your eyes before he adds, "Let's talk outside."

"....Okay." You mumble; he releases you so you can leave the bathroom, holding his hand and leading him outside to the back porch. It joins to the main nursery, so you make your way past some of the Pokemon who are too busy playing to notice you and you push the doors aside, revealing the large garden. You plop yourself down over the wooden floor, sitting cross-legged and so does Raihan, your knees knocking together.

"It's nice here." Raihan comments, before he takes out his phone and begins going through it. You're not sure what he's looking for, or what he's looking at but you decide not to pry.

"Yeah, it's really peaceful." You mutter, "Rai, you don't need to tell me about your ex-girlfriend if you don't want to. I'm okay, really."

He blinks blankly at you for a few seconds, before he casts his gaze to his lap. "Would it make you feel better if I told you though?"

"Um, well...I don't want you to be uncomfortable."

Now he chuckles, turning to you and ruffling your hair affectionately with his large hand. "You're so cute. You're always thinking about others instead of yourself." He says, and you blush like crazy as he clutches your hand and opens your palm, tracing his fingertips over the lines of your hand. "We weren't together for long. And we broke up a year ago."

Aha! Eli was just making porky pies to get to you, after all. Your breath gets caught in your throat as Raihan rubs your hand throughly. You don't know what to say... Maybe it's best to listen for now, so you stay silent.

"Everyone said we made a great couple." He adds, before his expression turns a tad stoic, "But it was a pretty stressful time for me."

"Stressful?"

"Yeah. She's on social media by the way so you'll find her easily. She's a lot different in-person than online, of course." He says this with a grin but somehow...you feel he’s smiling in spite of himself.

Online, huh? Your friend is really good at stalking people online so you could ask her for help later.

"We don't keep in touch." Raihan adds, before he lets go of your hand and suddenly moves to stand, looking around, "I should go. I don't want your boss to get you into trouble for me being here."

"Huh? Oh..."

You watch as he begins to fish around his pockets before he pulls something out. "Piers got me tickets to The Maximizers. He's the opening act and they're playing in Spikemuth tonight. Wanna go?" He hands you the tickets and you inspect them, your eyes bulging at the price tag. Also, they're VIP tickets... they're hard to get...

This must be the reason why Raihan dropped by your workplace in the first place. "Uh, tonight? It's a bit short notice but...sure. I got nothing better to do." You say, nodding.

He beams widely in response as you pocket your ticket. "I'll pick you up at seven."

"Okay."

"Great, see ya." Raihan brings you into another bone-crushing hug, pressing his lips against yours deeply - you melt against him at once - and then he lets go of you. "If Eli comes back, let me know."

"I'll be fine," You try to reassure him but nevertheless, Raihan seems adamant in protecting you from him. You lead him back to the main area but before he leaves, you bite down on your lip and grab his arm, "Wait."

He turns round and you gently slide your arms around his neck, pulling him down to your level as you go on tiptoe, leaning forwards; he blinks blankly at you for a split second before he grins and slips his arms around your waist, bringing you closer to him and your lips meet. 

You feel him smirking against your lips as you kiss, and you kiss for a long time before finally parting; however, you don't let go of him and he doesn't let go of you - instead, you stay in his clutch as he presses his forehead against yours. His teal blue eyes gaze deeply into yours before he lowers his gaze to your lips, and back to you. You smile when he begins nuzzling you affectionately, occasionally brushing his lips over yours in a fleeting, teasing manner. It’s nice to be in his arms, to be held like this.

With much reluctance, you let go of him after what feels like an eternity and he does the same - as he leaves, you wave him off, sighing heavily as your heart flutters.

Your day continues and you're feeling lonely since Raihan left even though he sent you a message seconds after his departure, reassuring you again that Eli was nothing but a rat bastard. Very good. Now you wonder if it's right to ask your friend if she can do some snooping to find out more about the ex-girlfriend instead of asking Raihan directly but what the heck, you send her a message, asking if she knows anything about her. And then you resume work.

"Bzrt, new mezzzage from Allister!"

"Thanks, Rotom." You check the message; Allister says they're attempting to identify the body in the woods using dental records - he'll keep you posted. You purse your lips in response, "Hm...guess that's kind of...good to know."

Earnestly, it's all very macabre and you can't help but feel a bit disturbed. The encounter with Eli has also put you into a questionable mood and it's not even lunchtime yet. Your boss is still in Hammerlocke, informing you that she won't be back until after lunch so you'll be on your own for a while. A few customers enter the establishment and you deal with them all; you go to retrieve their pokemon whilst they wait. 

Once you collect the pokeballs, you hear the front door being pushed open yet again, and you return to the main area just to see two new customers - there's a familiar girl standing behind the counter - Cheerleader Alicia. She spots you and in return, you stare at her akin to a Stantler caught in headlights. Shit, what the heck is she doing here?

"Oh my, so this is where you work?" She says, lifting one hand to cover her mouth, hiding a sneer. She's first in the queue and the customer behind her in line is a middle-aged woman who dropped off an Azurill, but Alicia's first and you really don't want to serve her.

"Yes, how may I help you?" You ask, a little warily.

"Hmmm. Let me think." She replies, fumbling in her bag for a pokeball which she proceeds to place onto the counter. "Here. Look after my Zebstrika for me. I'll come back for him in a few days or so. I expect him to be well taken care of. Actually, I'd like him to be EV-trained. I heard you're the EV trainer around these parts."

"Yeah, that's right."

"How much do you charge?"

"It's a daily rate of five hundred pokedollars." You state, gesturing to the sign that's taped to the wall that details all the prices.

"Five hundred pokedollars? That's expensive."

"Um, that's the standard rate across all - "

"Where's the manager? I want to talk to her."

"She's not here."

"Then you're not getting my business. I'm not paying money for that, it sounds like a complete scam." She adds, and she says this quite loudly and nonchalantly whilst throwing glances to the other customers in the nursery, as though she's trying to rile them up. However, she's just met with blank stares but she seems satisfied that she's creating a scene, which is totally unnecessary and you feel she isn't here to drop her Pokemon off at all. "On second thought, I don't want you looking after my pokemon."

You remain silent, unsure what to say as you feel all eyes on you. You feel your cheeks grow hot and bite down on your lip, embarrassed by the way she has spoken to you. You're not in the same mood as you were when you dealt with that angry customer the other day, no. 

You've returned to being quiet and shy and anxious and now you're not quite what to say to her. You shouldn't let her see you like this though and remembering the general policy on how to deal with upset customers, you mutter, "I-if you're not happy with our service, you can write or call up Macros Cosmos."

"Fine then, maybe I will." She adds, before she spins on her heel to leave.

The nursery grows silent when she exits and the next customer steps up to the counter. "What a horrible girl." says the woman, "No manners whatsoever."

"O...Oh, well, we get all kinds of customers." You say, laughing awkwardly. As usual, you’re trying to lighten up the situation by downplaying it.

After you've helped the rest of the customers, you're left doing some washing up on your own, re-thinking about what Alicia said to you. Her words repeat endlessly in the recesses of your mind over and over again, along with every little detail - from her stupid sneer, her spiteful stare and the poisonous words that escaped her vile mouth. 

You should've told her it's the standard charge rate for EV training and if she doesn't like it, then tough, it's her problem and not yours or the nursery. Oh, and that she is an annoying wee bitch. Yeah, maybe that too.

"Goddamnit." You mutter to yourself, your fist clinching around the sponge, causing bubbles to ooze out all over your rubber glove. "I should've said that. Why didn't I say that? Goddamnit."

It's too late to say anything now, and you're probably going to be up all night re-thinking about this. Lord help you. Shaking your head, you begin rinsing the dishes until the front door opens once more and you turn round to see a very familiar customer - if you recalled correctly, it's the angry man whose Thievul you looked after before he began complaining and screaming to your boss and yourself. 

Oh shit, what is he doing here? Worse thing is, he's not alone. There's three big and burly men with him - they're all punks - and they're definitely not here to drop off any Pokemon.

Before you can even speak, the man gestures to his group and quickly issues a command: "Let's trash this place, boys!!!"

Eyes wide, you hastily put down the dish you're cleaning as soon as the group begins to tear down posters, overturn furniture and throw objects over the floor of the nursery. 

"What are you doing?!" You shout in alarm; you attempt to leave the kitchen but you have no choice but to stop and duck behind the counter as someone throws a potted plant which promptly smashes against the wall, smearing the wallpaper with muck. You peek over the counter, ducking once more as the berry planter is picked up next and tossed towards your direction. You can hear the Pokemon crying in distress from inside the nursery due to the loud noise.

Before you can release Haxorus, you hear the door opening and it's your boss. "What in the shitting hell is going on here?!" She shrieks, as the group of men turn to her. "Fluffy, Scruffy, go!" She tosses two pokeballs into the air, releasing two Houndoom who snarl and bark loudly at the men when they emerge from their capsules. "Get 'em!"

"Let's get outta here!" The men make a run for it, pursued by the Houndoom and their flamethrower attacks. You peer out from the counter, watching the dark pokemon chase after the three men through the Wild Area.

The nursery grows quiet as your boss makes her way to the counter and spots you on the floor, shaking like a leaf. "Hen, are you okay?!"

You shake your head as she helps you up to stand; you're still trembling, your face pale.

"It's okay, those horrible men are gone now." Your boss dusts you down, trying to smile, "What were they doing here?"

"I-I don't know, they just came and started trashing the place. Sorry, they scared me. I'm so glad you're here."

"It was that horrible man with the Thievul from the other day, wasn't it? Chairman Rose will hear about this!!" Your boss mutters angrily under her breath. "Fluffy, Scruffy - get over here, now!" Your boss whistles and the two Houndoom abruptly return to the nursery. Once they arrive, they stop in front of the two of you and sit on their haunches, heads up high. "Good boys." You watch as your boss strokes their horns before she goes to the fridge and pulls out two large, raw steaks which she promptly tosses and the Houndoom snap their jaws as they catch one each, tearing into the meat with their sharp fangs.

"I didn't know you had Houndoom, boss." You utter, rubbing your elbow.

"They're good boys. I don't like to use 'em much but from now on, I'll get them to guard the nursery." Your boss says, squatting down beside her pokemon. As her Houndoom growl and snarl, she smiles at them and pats them affectionately. "I'm sorry I didn't come sooner. Did anything else happen?"

"Um....Eli came this morning."

There's a brief silence.

"Eli?"

"Yeah."

"Oh..." She mutters, "I see. Did he say anything to you? About me? About coming home?"

"...Um, well, he asked where you were and I told him you were in Hammerlocke on a few errands."

"What else?"

"Uh, then he told me that he was your son."

"Oh." She says again. "Okay. Alright." The nursery grows silent once more and you're getting the feeling that they really don't have a great relationship. Your boss sweeps her hair back and sighs heavily. "Thanks, hen. I should've told you earlier, right?"

"Huh? N-No, don't say that, it's your family stuff - it-it's none of my business, honestly..."

She nods and smiles weakly, "Yes, but Eli is quite the troublemaker. I always had a hard time dealing with that boy. I mean, he even ran away from home once and didn't come back for a long time." She says, shaking her head, "My family are all pokemon breeders, hen, and we always have been - one generation after the other - but I guess my son doesn't want to follow in our footsteps. He wanted to be a gym leader. He wanted to be gym leader so badly."

You're not sure what to say in this situation and a silence spawns.

"Ah well, it's nothing for you to worry over, hen. Don't mind me! Oh my, would you look at that! It's getting late, let's get a move on, shall we?" Your boss quickly averts her gaze to the clock on the wall and smiles widely at you. You can only smile weakly in response and you both begin to tidy up the nursery.

...

It's after work when you receive an update from your friend.

It's the information she managed to find on Raihan's ex-girlfriend online. She's sent you a few links to several articles, some photos and also her social media account. You find your eyes glued to the screen as you press on the first link - it's her social media account and you see that she has more than a thousand photos and over a million followers. Hot damn. Her trainer class is Beauty/Model.

It's worse than you thought, you realised. Her recent photo is a selfie which you click on - and you see that she is an extremely beautiful young woman, smiling sweetly at the camera. She has a rounded face but pointed chin, large eyes and a nice smile. But then you see she’s wearing this low cut top and the large amount of cleavage she's showing is astronomical and the comments below - oh, boy. 

Most of them are from thirsty males who respond to her photo with the emoji of an aubergine or three sweat drops or the lips showing tongue. She's also deliberately showing her hand, her palm poised under her chin with her lips apart, showing some pearly white teeth. On one of her fingers is a ring with a massive diamond sitting on top.

So, this is Raihan's ex-girlfriend.

You scroll through the rest of her feed to see more selfies and some photos of makeup products, electric type pokemon, more selfies of herself with other people (including Cheerleader Alicia, funnily enough) and also some photos where it's quite obvious it's an advert. There's also photos of her in various beach resorts. 

There are no photos of herself and Raihan. You didn't know Raihan's ex-girlfriend was a social media model. On the other hand, and if this is relevant at all, you recall Raihan's interview about his ideal type of woman and....well, you don't share any of the same traits with her, appearence-wise. She's a highly successful woman and you click another recent photo which is a selfie of herself with Elesa, the gym leader of Nimbasa City in Unova.

Intimidated and overwhelmed by everything, you leave her social media account and click on the article. It's dated one year ago and it illustrates how she's engaged to a rich, but old, tycoon from Kalos but she won't quit her job - she's a makeup artist, model, beauty blogger, travel vlogger and also, she is a trainer who works in Nimbasa City gym. That's quite the list. What happened to Raihan then?

You find the next article and this time, it's about Raihan and it's dated even far back. It's the first dating rumours that emerged, revolving around the dragon tamer of Galar and the article outlines how they've been seen together on several occasions and netizens and fans alike are speculating that they're dating and have been for a while. 

The more you read it, the more it's getting rather difficult. Unable to read the rest of the article and the remainder of the information your friend has gathered for you, you close the pages and look away from your phone. You can't help but wonder what Raihan likes about you and what he sees in you.

You thank your friend and you see she's typing a message. You wait for her reply, but to your surprise, she calls you so you pick up, "Hey." You greet her, trying to sound cheerful.

"Hey, you okay?"

"Y-yep, of course."

"What the - no, you're not."

"I can't help it." You moan, "Look at her! She's a bloody supermodel!"

"You know, somehow I pictured Raihan’s ex to be exactly like that and I wasn’t wrong."

"She's really pretty, like...insanely pretty."

"Yeah, I mean...it's Raihan, what were you expecting? He's hot stuff and she's hot stuff. She's from Elesa's gym for Raticate's sake. Everyone knows all the trainers from that gym are supermodels.”

"....Yeah, I know."

"It's like looking at my freaking yearbook and my high school reunion all over again - you know, all the hot, popular students and the nerds? They're the popular kids and we're the nerds. Popular kids don't end up with the nerds!"

You sigh heavily as some bad memories begin to resurface. "We're not in school anymore and things are... different, when you're in the real world."

"Yeah, I really wish school gave us some more life skills. But...just because she looks happy doesn't mean she actually is. Who knows? Maybe she's actually miserable deep inside. 

People like to post up the good stuff. It's like that person I know who posted up those photos of himself riding Rhyhorns in Spikes Passage, climbing Mt Coronet, and building a goddamn school from scratch for orphans!!! When I saw that, I was...I was like lost, for a long time. I was thinking 'man, what the hell am I doing with my life? I'm so fucking useless'."

"Uh, actually...I'm pretty certain she's happy."

"Look, don't compare yourself to her. She doesn't have what you have - she doesn't have Raihan, you do. You're the one he's with, you're the one he wants to be with. Not her. I know his ex married a richer, older dude, but still."

Your voice grows weak. "Oh.”

“Unless you’re gonna go off and marry an older, richer dude too - ”

“NO!!!!" You're on the verge of screaming down the phone, but you manage to calm yourself in time, "I would never do that to him! I love - um, I like him. I like Raihan a lot, we've done a lot of stuff together and he's such a sweetheart." You quickly babble, "Er...I gotta go now actually; we're meeting up."

"Alright, I'll talk to ya later. And don't compare yourself to her. Just because you don't look like her or you're not doing what she's doing, doesn't make you unworthy of Raihan or less valuable than she is."

You're surprised by her words and you hesitate, holding your breath, "Okay." You finally squeak out, "...Thanks for everything."

"No sweat. Bye."

...

You're running late due to overtime and it's most likely you've missed the first ten minutes of the concert. Raihan doesn't seem to mind and informs you that he's waiting for you at Hammerlocke pokemon centre so you can both head to Spikemuth together; when you arrive, he's looking at his phone which he gingerly puts away when he spots you.

"Rai!" You exclaim, and he grins widely as you hastily make your way over.

"Hey." He greets you casually and wraps an arm around you; you freeze up on the spot slightly but he doesn't seem to notice.

"Ugh, I had such a shit day today." You groan as he holds you in his arms. It's not like you to complain, but damn, you really had a shit day.

"What happened?"

"Well, first there was Eli, then Alicia came and harassed me a while, then the angry customer from last time came - but with some other punks - and trashed the place. I had to clean it all up."

"Alicia came?"

"Yeah, she came to insult me, the nursery and our prices and then left."

Raihan rubs the back of his neck. "...I'm sorry that happened. I'll have a word with her tomorrow."

You end up sighing. "It's...ugh, honestly, it's fine. Damn, I...I think I need a drink."

"Let's go to Spikemuth."

"Okay."

After calling the Corviknight taxi, it takes you to the small town in a matter of minutes and if your mum knew you had set foot in here not once but twice, she wouldn't be happy at all. You're unfortunately fifteen minutes late into the concert and you feel so rotten that you've made Raihan late too - it's beginning to eat you up inside even though Raihan assures you a few times that he doesn't mind. 

The concert is being held in the same nightclub where you met him which doesn't exactly tickle your fancy but hell, you probably need a lot of drink tonight and to let off some steam.

The venue is already packed to the brim - it's full of fans of The Maximisers and Piers alike and they are screaming, waving their banners and blowing into kazoos, throwing middle fingers and signs of the horns into the air and it's so noisy you think your eardrums might explode. 

In the darkness, the bouncers and their Machokes let you in and you and Raihan blindly enter the VIP section where you're incredibly close to the stage - you can see Piers close up.

He's already singing and he’s supported by two guitarists and a drummer in the back; he spots Raihan and waves lightly, acknowledging your presences before he returns to entertaining the crowd with ear-pounding, head-thrashing rock music, belting out dark lyrics that goes well with the music. You glance around yourself awkwardly as you're jostled all over from the enormous crowd - the majority of the fans are big, hulking men with spiked hair and tattoos all over their arms and chests. Raihan's having no difficulty here at all - he's tall enough to rise above the crowd.

Suddenly, the music begins to grind to a slow and steady beat with the guitarists playing a riff with deep, bass undertones. You don't feel like you belong here at all and Raihan yells something but you don't hear him.

"What?" You shout, pointing to your ear, indicating that you can't hear him well over the loud music. He repeats himself but you still can't hear.

"I want to thank everyone for coming here today," Piers' amplified voice is carried over the music, the microphone emitting some feedback and you glance at the stage, "In a few minutes, The Maximisers are gonna come on stage. But before we do that, let's give them a warm welcome the traditional Spikemuth way - I want some of you to go over that side and the rest of you to go there. You all know what this means, right?"

Wait, what? A warm welcome, the Spikemuth way? What the heck does that mean? However, everyone else seems to know and you're left in the dark (quite literally) as the crowd begins to divide, parting like the Red Sea and soon, the crowd is split into two sections. You look around awkwardly; everyone has this...strange grin and glint in their eyes. What the heck is going on?

"Alright, it's looking good." Piers says as he assesses the crowd with a smile, "Good job, everybody. Now...Are you ready??!!!" He shouts out all of a sudden, and you look up at the stage, eyes wide. Holy Moltres, what is happening?

He's greeted with a mixture of bellowing, roaring and jumbled 'hell yeahs' from the audience and it's then you realise, turning to Raihan with your mouth agape. "Raihan, we need to get outta here! I think we're in the - "

You're interrupted when Piers yells into the microphone and the crowd begins to charge towards each other.

"MOSH PIT!!!!!!"

It's chaos. Piers thrashes his head up and down, and the drummer and guitar players begin thrumming their fingers over their instruments maniacally, blasting out heavy metal music; the small, cramped space is consumed with cheers and screams as the section soon turns into a warzone. 

The two sections soon clash and fans begin pulling hair, punching bellies, knocking out teeth and slamming elbows into one another and you cling onto Raihan who pulls you out of the crowd and pushes through the crazed fans; you're safe in his arms, thank Arceus, and he steers you towards the bar and away from the madness. Aside from the concert, the nightclub is still busy with its regular patrons so you quickly find an empty spot at the bar counter where a few Jynx are helping create ice cubes for drinks.

"We made it! We're alive!" You exclaim with relief as you stare wide-eyed at the fighting fans, you then turn to Raihan, noticing he's chuckling at you. "What? What is it? Is it my hair? It's my hair, isn't it?" You palm the top of your head worryingly but Raihan casually saunters to your side and begins smoothing your hair down with his large hands.

"Want a drink?" He murmurs, throwing his glance to the bartender.

"Alright, give me something strong. I think I need it."

He chuckles again and lets go of you to wave a hand, and the bartender is summoned in seconds despite being in the middle of serving another customer. "Yes, Mr Raihan, sir?"

"Any recommendations for a strong drink?"

"Er, well, the strongest drink we have is the Death in the Morning, it's got a teeny tiny quantity of Seviper venom in it so, er...yeah, it's pretty lethal. Won't kill ya, but you might have a helluva hangover next day. Also makes folks hella horny too. Don't say we didn't warn ya."

Raihan doesn't look too impressed and you definitely don't want to be steaming drunk or mega horny for the rest of the night, so you check the menu and decide to order a not-so-lethal drink, a Bounsweet Bomb. It sounds pretty safe...and you believe it shouldn't be too difficult for you to hold down. After all, it's a drink that'll come in a shot glass and it's made with Cheri berries. Sweet!

"And what will you have, Mr Raihan, sir?" The bartender asks, after taking down your order.

"Just the usual, thanks."

"Got it."

You notice Raihan has put your drink on his tab, so you thank him and he merely grins at you. Soon, another bartender shows up with your drinks - a small shot glass filled with a golden liquid is presented to you, along with Raihan's drink - which is just a typical beer - and you both clink glasses before drinking. You tip it into your mouth and it burns the back of your throat as it sloshes down your gullet, leaving a trail of fire down your windpipe in its wake. Sweet Foongus, it's strong! You accidentally choke as it settles in your stomach, which you feel is burning.

"Wait." You utter with your eyes narrowed, realising something feels wrong, "I didn't taste any cheri berries."

Raihan quirks a brow. "That wasn't your drink?" He says, and he waves his hand again; the bartender who took your order comes scurrying over.

"Yes, Mr Raihan, sir?"

"We've been served the wrong drink."

The bartender grabs the empty glass and sniffs it, then turns round. "Oi, who served this?"

A random server - the one who just served you, actually - comes over. "Uh, that would be me, sir."

"She ordered a Bounsweet Bomb. This is NOT a Bounsweet Bomb."

"Huh? And not the Death in the Morning?"

"Good heavens, lad! You muppet, you absolute numpty! No! Yer such a bampot!"

"I'm so sorry!"

The bartenders bicker and then apologise profusely to Raihan over the mixup - and the dragon tamer accepts the apology with no qualms. As you gradually become lightheaded, Raihan says, “I'll take you to the VIP section where you can sit down.”

Lifting you off your seat, he meticulously leads you away from the bar and towards a dark corridor where the entrance is guarded by a huge bouncer and his Hitmonlee. Your head's beginning to throb viciously, your senses dulling and the floor spinning - your legs will go under in a matter of seconds if you don't hold onto something, so you cling onto Raihan the entire time. The man lets you in after seeing Raihan and you're led further inside where you see a large but empty room full of comfy sofas and fancy drapes. You see a bar area here too but it's also devoid of any staff. You thought you'd stop here but Raihan continues leading you to a small, secluded space. “In here.”

”Huh?” You squeak, as Raihan lifts up the curtain and gestures for you to head inside. You duck underneath the lacy trimming and he follows, and you see it’s just an empty booth with plush seats. Ah, wait, you remember - you made out with Raihan on a couch like this one that night and you think he realises this too. You stare at your surroundings; you're numb all over and you're surprisingly weightless...

"You okay?" He asks, but his voice is distorted and his words echo loudly.

"Yeah, I'm okay..." You nod limply as he sits down on the sofa and you join him, climbing into his lap instinctively and settling yourself against him. He chuckles at your forwardness and adjusts you comfortably, drawing you into his chest. You snuggle against him, burying your face into his neck and he holds you, rubbing your arm up and down in an effort in keeping you warm. 

You guess you have no choice but to sit it out and wait until you're better; however your body feels hot and sweaty all over, your head throbs and Raihan's neck looks very inviting - you reach over and slip your arm around his neck, propping yourself up properly before you lean forwards and press your lips over his flesh.

He tenses under you and throws a questioning glance but you're busy occupying yourself. Your head is woozy as he utters your name but you merely push yourself further into his chest, holding him tightly as you begin to kiss the side of his face and jaw aggressively. It's the drink, it's the goddamn drink. Goddamn Seviper venom drink is making you frisky. Goddamn Seviper drink is making you hot all over. Raihan plucks your hand off his neck and you whine in frustration.

"You're not thinking straight..." You hear him muttering incoherently, but you don't care.

You move your lips from his jaw and cheeks and finally to his mouth, pressing sweet kisses again and again, cupping his face with one hand and pushing his headband off his forehead with your other hand before you decide to encircle your arms around the back of his neck again, tilting your head to the side as you push your lips against his roughly.

You hear him sighing and it's not long until Raihan wraps his arms around your waist and props you up once more; you break apart, your eyes meeting for a split second before he leans over, his lips claiming your neck. You moan softly, closing your eyes as his hot lips nibble and suck on your flesh gently. You can’t help but giggle as his hair tickles your chin and you slip your fingers through his dreadlocks. You let him kiss you, holding him tightly until he stops, and looks up.

"What's wrong?" You mumble, rubbing at your eyes. Your neck feels very wet and tender.

"I saw Eli." Raihan mutters.

"Where?"

"Over there."

You follow to see where he's gazing off to and it's then you spot a familiar figure through the lacy curtain. This familiar person is lurking around in the back, far away from your booth and heading towards the corridor - it's Eli. The blond-haired young man looks around left and right before hurrying away from your sight. "Oh? He's at the concert too? What's he in such a hurry for? That's awfully shady."

"I don't think he saw us."

"...You wanna follow him?" You add, grinning.

Raihan looks at you, brow raised.

You laugh in response. "We should! I don't have a good feeling about that guy."

"I don't think anyone does, princess."

"C'mon, let's follow him."

You climb out of his lap and you have the inkling that Raihan's moral compass is wavering towards 'don't follow Eli' but you're already tiptoeing towards Eli's direction so he can only sigh and follow after you. "Careful..." He mutters as he holds your hand; you both leave the private booth, making your way towards the corridor where you saw Eli venturing into, avoiding the fans as they squabble and brawl. "We can't be seen."

"Yep yep."

Everyone's too busy with the concert and mosh pit to notice the pair of you sneaking round the back. The Maximisers have appeared on stage now anyway, capturing everyone’s attention. You pass the mosh pit and into the corridor where Eli wandered off, stopping when you see Eli just a few feet away. You're getting too close now, so it's best to wait for him to move further. Raihan pulls you behind a pillar with him, and lets you peek out occasionally to watch his retreating back. 

The distance between you grows bigger and bigger; he's at the end of the corridor now and you realise it's the fire exit. He opens the door, pushing down on the bar, and leaves.

You and Raihan quickly abandon your spots and rush down the corridor, opening the door a tiny fraction and as quietly as possible, inching outside and glancing around warily. It's frigid outdoors and the music's quieter now that you're outside. Before any of you can move, you pick up the sound of distant conversation and Raihan spots Eli standing in the entrance to an alleyway across the street from the nightclub, speaking to a group of three men all dressed in black.

"Over here." Raihan pulls you over to hide behind a large dumpster that's conveniently to your left; it smells terrible but there's enough hiding space for the two of you - you see a few Garbador and Trubbish waddling around awkwardly, feasting on the smelly, dirty trash that's left discarded on the ground but they don't pay any notice to you.

"Do you think he saw us?" You whisper, as Raihan pulls you up against him; your back hits his chest as he holds you, arms around your shoulders.

"Don't think so." Raihan utters, peering out cautiously.

"Wonder what they're talking about. It's probably a bunch of bad guy stuff."

You both watch Eli speaking to the group before each of the men reveal that they are holding large bags - Eli reaches for them and opens them one at a time briefly, and quickly closes them - however, you still managed to spot the strange black rocks along with the brief red glow in each sack and it occurs to you that it's full of Wishing pieces. Eli takes all the bags, fumbles in his pockets and lifts out a bulging wad of cash which he hands to the men. The group converse more before quietly dispersing, splitting up into different directions.

Eli doesn't return to the bar however, and when it grows silent,  you and Raihan exchange quick glances before you utter, "I thought he was doing drugs, honestly."

...