#kira looks like a pokemon trainer what

[crucifycorii]

Kira and his pall Aishi ‼️

#koibito's art #your turn to kill! au #yttk! au #kira kuroki #aishi kuroki #kira looks like a pokemon trainer what #<3

[sea-of-dust]

Kira☆Kira☆

Miscivious vocalist! reader x Grusha and Rika

Summary: Dating a vocalist is something but them also being a skilled Pokémon trainer is something else. Especially when their scary lizard thing stands on its hind legs...

Notes: The reader has a Koridon for context on the scary lizard thing 💀. Wtf does it need wheels for. Also anyone else notice the hashtag pokemon scarlet and pokemon purple?

Grusha

One of the things he admires most about you is how well your vocals shift when the moment calls for it. You could sing gently to help pokemon sleep then scream at the top of your lungs to hype up a crowd. "Why is a special talent of mine~. Maybe I'll sing you a lullaby one of these days...what was your name Grusha?" That was the first thing you've ever said to him, the first time you've meet, since then he's always had this warm feeling in his chest

His dreams already died but whenever he sees you he always sees another dream flourish and bloom. One of the many reasons he's attracted to you

He doesn't admit it but he's very cat-like hell deny missing you when your on tour. Yet his actions say otherwise. You would leave to take a bath and he would offer to bathe with you. If you were cuddling somewhere your even more screwed. He'll pin you down making sure you can't move. He also refuses to offer affection verbally yet you wake up in his arms

Speaking of tours he can only go to the shows in Paldea. He's a gym leader he can't exactly leave. So you decided to Perform with Rhyme! It was crowded but at least he got to see you do what you enjoy

He doesn't tell you he isn't that into rock until you showed him more tone downed rock. "So does that mean you don't like the music I play?!" he'll die before answering that question.

You decided to take on the gym challenge. "I'll only use one Pokemon to nerf myself" "Why do you feel the need to do that" "Why I want this to be a fair fight hmmm" you change your position of a Pokemon and you begin the battle...was your motorcycle always um...standing on two legs?

Grusha isn't a big fan of Koridon especially after you just sat there using flamethrower to one shot his whole team. "I WON" you clasp your hands together. He sighs in defeat but at least you're happy.

"So where's my commemorative picture?" You smile mischievously "you have enough pictures of me already" "this one's gonna be special" he smiles under the scarf taking a picture with you. "Nice! Showing this to Koridon" "anyone but Koridon I beg of you"

He thought his old fans were bad...DEAR GOD YOUR FANS TATTOO YOUR NAME ON THEIR FOREHEAD. "No shame~. But at least I can use them to commit a crime for me ☆" "please never go through with that"

You and him often appear in interviews together. Every time the interviewer asked you a question about your relationship he narrows his eyes and just stares at you. "So how's Grusha like at home?" "Uh..." Grusha's staring you down. "Almost the same as when he's out" that's a lie he's almost attached to you at home. You've never seen someone so addicted to hugs. "Have you ever seen Grusha without the jacket? Can you describe his figure? "He has an amazing figure" You were about to nerd out in front of him when you felt someone look at you. It was Grusha... He's going to grumble about this as you drive him home you think. You look over at him. Even with that scarf, you can still see that disappointed face. He doesn't say anything about it he just sits there...disappointed.

"What I can't compliment my boyfriend in front of others" "it's not that" he pauses for a second the aggressive motion of Koridon underneath you two. He holds onto you tighter. "I get it...FREE FANSERVICE" There's silence between you two once again. "You know what never mind..." He holds you close even more, with barely any more space in between your bodies tucking his head into your back.

Your Koridon was such a party crasher, mood ruiner, fart cloud. He dosent like Koridon. You two could be in a heated moment and he would ruin it. ESPECIALLY WHEN IT INVOLVES FOOD. Date in a fancy restaurant? He would pop out the Pokeball and eat the food you were feeding HIM. He doesn't want to hurt your feelings by saying it out loud but your Koridons a Lizard cock block

The worst time he thinks Koridon ever cock blocked him was when you two were about to go to sleep and you got on top of him the moonlight hitting your face at just the right angle "good night dear" and just as you were about to kiss him you two hear rummaging in the kitchen. "HUH?! I'm gonna go check that out stay here" you walked out seeing Koridon's attempts at opening the fridge. "....are you serious" your Koridon looked pleased you opened it for him and let him pick something out before going back into his Pokeball. Walking back into the room you tell Grusha what happened. "Koridon was just trying to get a snack" "oh that's alright" ARE YOU SERIOUS?! THAT WAS THE MOST ROMANTIC YOU'VE EVER BEEN SINCE YOU CAME BACK FROM TOUR RUINED BY YOUR FREAKING SPACE LIZARD. He hated Koridon ever since. At this point, he tells you to ignore Koridon whenever you two are about to kiss. Just give him the smooch and you'll deal with it later 😾.

Whenever you're seen in public by a fan they usually just want a picture. One time someone posted where you and him were and you saw people suddenly line up in a cafe all lined up to see you. He sees you get overwhelmed and decides to lead you out of the establishment. "Hey hey-" "don't hey hey me your obviously getting stressed out" "but still I should be-" "They lead two blocks down" "oh...maybe I couldn't" "That's what I thought"

You like to sleep on him for his reaction. "What the heck are you doing" and you'd just be dead asleep. Whenever your not there his pokemon usually do that for you. Their mindset is probably, "second parents gone must give dad cuddles" sometimes they sleep on his face...not fun

Rika

She likes rock! And found your band out trying to get out of her comfort zone. She fell in love with more than just a voice that day. So she looked around your band's profile and found out you guys not only had a YouTube channel, but you were coming to Paldea! This was her chance.

You were performing when a technical error occurred, you took the chance and decided to talk to the audience. "And what might be your name sweet checks" may have been the first time she's flustered to answer her own name "Rika..." "Rika huh? That's a nice name rolls off the tongue" you get a message from staff that everything's fine and get up to continue performing. Ever since then, she's used that to fluster you. "Remember when you called me sweet cheeks?" "OH GOD"

You eventually moved to Paldea sending your parts of songs overseas to your producers and bandmates. Still meant you had to go to events with your band. Wasn't a problem till you get texts from Rika saying she missed you. "Bro your always looking at your phone you ok?" "It's just...I wanna see my girlfriend" "it's been 3 hours" "that's two days 😔" "..." they had to look up pictures of her to keep your head in the game. You always try to surprise her when you come back. Appearing behind her, waiting for her outside of gyms. Your bandmates call it laughing through the rivers of tears. She does miss you too she just doesn't say it out loud. She does try to touch you more often "Are you trying to figure out if I'm an Astral projection?!" "Are you?!" "AM I?!" You try to put your finger through yourself only to fail. Another thing Rika teases you for.

She knew you had a motorcycle like Pokemon she just didn't know how much of a cockblock it would be. She'd lay down and you'd take the chance to kiss her when Koridon pops out of his Pokeball. "OH KORIDON-" you're trying to hide Rika behind you as Koridon asks for food. She was disappointed but it won't happen twice...right? It did. You two were on a calm ride in an amusement park enjoying the view when you saw Koridon drift down toward you two. " what in the-" "HES AIR SWIMMING?!" LET HER HAVE HER KISS DAMMIT. She basically leaves Koridon's Pokeball on tables just so you and her could have intimate moments.

Speaking of Intimate moments, she pinned you to a wall in a semi-public area. "What's wrong? Cat got your tongue" "Rika- you know this isn't the time or place-" "oh come on surely no harm could come from teasing my s/o a little" "MOM IS THAT Y/N?!" You look at her with an I told you so glance as the kid begins to freak out seeing their idol. "And why are they getting pinned to the wall like that?" "Let's go honey those two are occupied" you were so embarrassed. You'd get her back sometimes pinning her to the wall yourself. "Finally caught you" you've got her pinned no escape. "Oh? This is a tad unexpected-" she isn't used to being flirted with you should have known this by your first interaction with her. You usually use this to your advantage pinning her to a wall and then just making a deez nuts joke or straight up staring at her and doing nothing.

You sometimes open up your guitar case to practice when she's not around when you do practice when she's around she nearly begs to try ending up in you two singing karaoke and leaving you too wiped it even sing tomorrow.

She likes telling you to try on her stuff and wear them to concerts. "My glasses look so cute on you! Please just for today!" "I have a concert but..I'll try-" your fans made edits of you with her glasses on. Witch, she will promptly shove in your face. "Y/n with glasses is something I didn't know I needed in my life~" "DON'T READ THEM OUTLOUDDD" you cover your face with a pillow. "Hehe"

You made a bet with her that if you soloed her team she would pay for dinner. She laughed at the idea at first she's an elite four member you sure? "Oh I'm very sure" "like your confidence dear-" she was going to eat her internal monologs words BECAUSE JESUS KORIDONS HUGE WHEN DID YOUR MOTORCYCLE SUDDENLY KNOW HOW TO FIGHT!?" "Guess your paying for dinner" you scoff. Now she's at a 50/50 with Koridon, he cockblocks her, and now he beat her ass...the only positive to that pokemon is that he helps you see her and she likes seeing you.

You somehow convinced her to put her hair down and dear god...."YOU LOOK LIKE OUR DRUMMER!" "is that a good thing or-" "he's so pretty hold on lemme find a pic" first Koridon cock blocking her now a love rival-. "LOOK!" "Eh he's not that good looking" "I'd turn into a mop if he told me too" "...what-" he had to explain to her that you two have an inside joke about how pretty each other were and she eventually agreed with the drummer that indeed...you're hot.

Despite the inside jokes, she knows you wouldn't cheat. How? Because you gush about literally every little thing she does. "She's just so AHHH you know what I'm saying bro" her Clodsire agrees with you. "Wish I was single again so I could ask her out again" you pause. "ANYWAY DID YOU NOTICE THE LITTLE SPIN SHE DOES WHEN BRINGING OUT POKEMON SHES SO HJSKZKZ" you can't put into words how much you love her. That's all the proof she needs to know you'll always be by her side.

Whenever you cover darker songs she thinks you're depressed or something. "Are you alright?" "Yea why" "you can tell me if anything bothering you you know" "yea why'd you ask?" "..." "is it because of the cover? We covered it because it sounded cool then we actually looked at the lyrics and realized how dark the song was... it still slaps tho so we covered it" "oh-" she's still checking for sighs only for those sighs to come in as deez nuts jokes. It's depressing how many deez nuts jokes you can make in a day.

You have this habit of putting tape on a piece of paper after scribing something. Then putting it on someone or something. So you started putting paper mustaches on Koridon and Clodsire. If she ever caught you you'd put on a disguise saying it was the "doodle bandit". She's surprised by how much tape you have-.

You had to pull Rika out of a bar once. While trying to get her to sober up and sleep she would be like "STOP I HAVE A S/O" you at this point were tired and kinda pissed off. So you smiled menacingly "what's your s/o like" "they're chaotic yet fun to hang out with, they're so soft too" she went into detail about how much she loved you while also telling YOU to stop touching her. Fortunately, you came up with the fastest way to sober her up or at least wake her up completely. "Hey, Rika you mentioned your s/o plays rock right?" "Howed you know" with your guitar plugged in you started playing loudly. Fortunately not screaming directly in her ear, but enough to let her verify you. "You sound like my s/o..." "I am your s/o" "nah they're way prettier than you" "...." You did not give Rika a good night after that. You made sure she slept on the couch till she came back to her senses.

She likes her cuddles so, if you do not deliver that night she'll be salty. "Are you too good to give your gf cuddles" "Rika I told you I roll over a lot when I sleep" "well then I'll roll ON you so you have no choice" "pardon?" She took that literally. You weren't able to move last night because she decided to sleep on your chest. She is expecting you to pat her head as she drifted off to sleep. "Good night dear" you don't tell her this but the reason, besides you being a messy sleeper, why you don't give her cuddles is that her heartbeat quickens rapidly and you didn't want to cause any medical problems

She likes wearing your band's merch to fluster you. "Ah seriously" you cover your face peaking a bit then closing the peak. "It's so cringy~" "I think it looks great" "ahhh save me-" You mumble. You wear a shirt with your band's name on it too, so why not match to share the cringe you know. If anyone notices you blame her. "Yea I'm a fan...but Rika here's a HUGE fan I just like the shirt" "you look like the vocalist...sound like em too..." a fan looks at you like your being interrogated."That's only a coincidence!" You smile nerviously "oh look at the time ill be seing you!" you nearly run away from the conversation running with Rika. She thinks that your reaction will never get old.

#pokemon scarlet and violet #pokemon #pokemon violet #pokémon #pokemon scarlett #pokemon scarlet and pokemon purple #grusha #rika pokemon #rika #rika pkmn #grusha pkmn #grusha pokemon #pkmn #pkmn posts #pokemon x reader #grusha x reader #rika x reader

[silkflovvers]

hey miku is 16 jsyk!!

Anon, I'll be honest I'm not fully sure what your intentions are with this message… I've been in the Vocaloid, UTAU and Vsynth trenches since 2010. That may not be 16 years worth of time here, but it's still a long time to be a fan of one thing considering it's about half the time I've been alive. So that means I'm going to impart some knowledge here that newer Vocaloid and Miku fans may not understand (Especially anyone coming to my account after being introduced to Miku through Project Sekai).

Miku is, by all definition, an instrument. A voicebank is an instrument. It is a tool used to create music. The only thing that truly sets her apart from other electronic instruments or music making software is that she has a 2D mascot assigned to her to make her more marketable. That mascot was meant to be 16, yes. I will not deny that fact. Her voice bank even turned 16 years old this year since she was released way back in 2007! Happy 16 years of physical existence to your original disc-based software, Miku! So her Mascot associated as the face of the voicebank is 16 in both her physical age since launch and what's included in her original bio in that software and on the Yamaha website. If you wanted to say she was 16 years old at birth, then she'd actually be 32 years old this year if she actually aged. But her mascot doesn't age, just like all mascots of goods and brands do not age (Except for the Planter's Peanut guy I guess???). If this was a character from an anime that was always portrayed as a 16 year old and never anything else ever, it would be different. But only the 2D mascot tied to the voicebank and used as a marketable image is 16.

Now here's the part where saying she's always 16 years old all the time no matter what makes you look a little silly.

As an instrument and voicebank, Miku has been used to tell stories and fill roles much different from the bio of her software mascot. She's a medium to tell stories through, just like human voices are! She is whatever the person using her to tell a story wants her to be. This could be the VocaloP, the illustrator, or even the person creating the music videos deciding her age. Sometimes she's used as the stand-in voice for the person using her to tell the story, perhaps because they themselves aren't confident in their singing ability or wish to remain anonymous like in PowaPowaP's songs. Sometimes she is just her default voicebank self like in KIRA's Digital Girl. More often than not, she's portrayed as an original character the person using her made up in their head like she is used in mothy_悪ノP's The Evillious Chronicles. She can be anything.

She's literally the target demographic for those unpaid internship listings on job app websites that ask for 30 years experience in the field before you should even consider applying for the internship. Those aren't targeted at you, those employers want Hatsune Miku. Obviously.

That said, I don't think it's fair to apply the default voicebank mascot info to her if the person using her voice or image says otherwise.

If we really want to be picky here, the Kagamine voicebanks are even younger than Miku according to their software mascot info (15 years old), but VocaloPs wasted absolutely no time using Len to sing songs like SPICE! and Gigantic O.T.N. and Rin to sing songs like Alluring Secret ~ Black Vow ~. They were both used to sing songs like Corrupted Flower and if you also want to count violence as a mature theme here, Karakuri Burst. Does that mean they're 15 years old in any of those songs? I don't know. The person who wrote the song or the person who made the art for the music video might know, but I definitely don't. I also don't have the right to decide that specific bit of info for them since I am just the viewer.

The case is the same for the special Pokemon collab "What if Miku was a _type trainer?" series. I'm not the illustrator of each of the Trainer Mikus, so I don't know anything other than what they look like, just like the rest of the general public. The only people who have the right to decide the canon age of the Pokemon trainer Mikus are the people who illustrated her (and maybe whoever was directing the collab in the first place). Not me, not you dear anon, and not even KEI, the original illustrator and character designer for the mascot of the voicebank known as Hatsune Miku have the right to decide the age of the Trainer Mikus. The people actively telling a story with Miku are the ones who decide who she is, where she is, and what she is. Until we are told the Trainer Mikus illustrators' exact intentions, ages are up for interpretation and no one's interpretation is a cold hard fact.

The only times the person using the software or image of the mascot can't choose what age the character is are when there are specific rules listed in the software manual or on the official website. As an example, I'm about 98% sure the voicebank for Kaai Yuki has restrictions for what types of songs she can be used in since the voice providers for the voicebank were actual children. That's the only exception I am personally aware of within the official Vocaloid brand voicebanks by Yamaha. There may be non-Yamaha voicebanks, UTAUs and VSynths with similar restrictions that I am unaware of.

Now that you've been given a small history lesson on voicebanks and the fact they're used to tell stories as all instruments are, I'll give a more personal reply.

If your ask was sent in response to me tagging the Dark type Trainer Miku art with "I'm gay" in my reblog, you may be taking Tumblr and social media as a whole a little too seriously. Dark type Miku is pretty and I love dark type Pokemon and trainers, always have. I've been a Mawile fan since the Pokemon was still considered a Dark-Steel type and it took me a very long time to stop being upset when they switched Mawile to a Fairy-Steel type. Anyway, if we're being honest, I wish I looked like Dark Type Miku. This is the response of a nonbinary lesbian desperately wishing they could look as good as Dark Type Miku. I'm not lusting after her, I'm not lewding her. I just wish I was as hot as she is in this artwork.

If you don't agree with anything I've said in my reply to this ask, then please do not continue to make yourself uncomfortable by interacting with me or my social media accounts. Please block me if you must! I highly recommend blocking accounts and muting tags that make you uncomfy! I do it all the time! It's the only way to stay sane on social media, aside form simply not using social media.

#txt #silkflovversask #I'm not really sorry for the whole essay but I nor you have any right to decide what age Dark Type Trainer Miku is #That's up to the people in charge of her design and the collab to decide not the fans #Miku will always be an instrument and storytelling medium at her core #I've literally seen Miku be Russian Ronald McDonald #She can be anything and any age #anyway I miss project diva when she was still a voicebank and not an idol

[ultraericthered]

Pokemon English Voice Compare/Rank, Rivals

In which I rank the English dub voice actors of Pokemon characters from strongest to weakest, and sometimes throw in my 2 cents of who I think would be solid casting choices. This one is for rivals.

BLUE: 1. James Carter Cathcart - Voice of Gary Oak in the main anime. Look, I just have to put this one first, it’s GARY MOTHERFUCKING OAK. Plus it just fits the original Gen 1 character way too well. Smug and insufferably snotty when he’s a jerk, but more amiable when he mellows out without ever quite losing the defining cockiness. 2. Lucien Dodge - Voice of Blue in Pokemon Origins. Lucien just totally nails Blue. The natural tone of his voice and his every vocal inflection carries across a better-than-thou jackass characterization, and his turn towards humility in the final act is convincingly played. 3. Billy Kametz & Henry Mason - Voice(s) of Blue in Pokemon Masters. If we could take the voice that Lucien Dodge gives Blue and combine it with the more rough delivery of Erik Kimerer, it would pretty much be the late Billy Kametz’s take on Blue, which is emulated by Henry Mason following Billy’s unfortunate passing. Not one of their strongest roles, but definitely suitable for Blue. 4. Erik Scott Kimerer - Voice of Blue in Pokemon Generations. He gets the arrogance down pat, but his voice just doesn’t really fit Blue the way the others do. It’s just Ryuji Takasu if he was an asshole. FANCAST OPTION: Billy Bob Thompson. Not only has he provven he can flawlessly imitate James Carter Cathcart, but even his awful Pokemon Trainer voice sounds more Gary/Blue than it does Red!

GREEN: 1. Kate Bristol - Voice of Leaf in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate. With only a handful of lines, Kate fits Green/Leaf’s character like a glove.

2. Michelle Marie - Voice of Leaf in Pokemon Masters EX. How she played the role initially left something to be desired, sounding pretty generic and overly child-like, but her return as Sygna Suit Leaf delivered so much improvement that she’s as great as Kate Bristol! 3. Cristina Vee - Voice of Green in Pokemon Evolutions. Cristina never really does a bad job in a Pokemon role and this is no exception, but the casting of her in this role just feels off. It’s just the typical Cristina Vee girl voice acting with no real substance to it.  FANCAST OPTION(S) - Kira Buckland probably should’ve been cast as Green in the latter instead of Cristina Vee. But ideally, I’d go for Lisa Kay Jennings. Her work in Miraculous has shown she can play the untrustworthy, sneaky, sly-as-a-fox type of girl really well.

SILVER: 1. Joe Zieja - Voice of Silver in Pokemon Masters EX. What really can be said other than he plays the part perfectly? 2. Lucien Dodge - Voice of Silver in Pokemon Generations. Lucien’s acting in this role was excellent, but the voice itself isn’t that much different from his Blue, and it fit Blue much better. 

FANCAST OPTION(S) - Had Silver got to be in the main anime in a speaking role, Anthony Salerno would be the guy to voice him. And like with Blue, Billy Bob Thompson could voice a great Silver as well - his voice as Shamus in Black & White is what shows that.

BRENDAN: 1. Aleks Le - Voice of Brendan in Pokemon Masters. The vocal pitch and delivery he does for Brendan make him an ideal fit for the role. 2. Unknown VA - Voice of Brendan in the animated trailer for Omega Ruby/Alpha Sapphire. Generic, forgettable, not much a performance.

MAY: 1. Veronica Taylor - Voice of May in the main anime prior to the Battle Frontier season. Casting the same VA as Ash in the role of May was a big risk but boy did it ever pay off since Veronica’s May is insanely charming and adorable, nailing every aspect of May’s character. 2. Deneen Melody - Voice of May in Pokemon Masters EX. Like how Aleks Le nailed the OR/AS version of Brendan, Deneen totally nails the OR/AS version of May, sounding closer to Veronica Taylor in spirit without having to do a straight up impression of her May. 3. Michelle Knotz - Voice of May in the main anime for the Battle Frontier and Diamond & Pearl: Battle Dimension seasons. She’s good at imitating Rachael Lillis, but not so much Veronica Taylor. Her delivery was fine, but Veronica’s voice is just one of a kind and she couldn’t replicate it, plus she just sounds naturally more mature. 4. Unknown VA - Voice of May in the animated trailer for Omega Ruby/Alpha Sapphire. Generic, forgettable, not much a performance.

BARRY: 1. Jamie McGonnigal - Voice of Barry in the main anime. While he sounded too flat and low-voiced at first, by the time of the Twinleaf Festival he was just going all out with nailing Barry’s personality and giving the perfect manic delivery for his “I’LL FINE YOU!” outbursts. 2. Erik Scott Kimerer - Voice of Barry in Pokemon Masters. Going outside his usual range, he gives a surprisingly spot on, properly energized vocal performance, at times nearly measuring up to Jamie. 3. Connor Ludovice - Voice of Barry in Pokemon Evolutions. Very weak casting and weak performance, which really hurts the character since the short he appears in is literally centered around him. FANCAST OPTION - Zach Aguilar could’ve also been cast as Barry and nailed it. His more screechy, frantic and bombastic moments as Nikkaidou from March Comes In Like A Lion could carry this role.

CHEREN: 1. Landon McDonald - Voice of Cheren in Pokemon Masters. While some of his line delivery would fit better with BW Cheren than the B2W2 Cheren that he’s playing, his voice and tone are dead on for how Cheren ought to sound. Smart alecky but not overly arrogant. 2. Todd Haberkorn - Voice of Cheren in the main anime. This was as ideal casting as you could get for Cheren. His voice and Landon’s voice sound quite alike. He really only gets second place here due to his material; I did not care for the Cheren he was playing at all. 3. Jason Griffith - Voice of Cheren in the animated trailer for Black 2/White 2. Oh dear, what were they thinking with this one? This voice doesn’t suit Cheren whatsoever. It’s like you’re expecting Ienzo but get Zexion, as in Vince Corazza’s horribly awkward sounding Zexion! FANCAST OPTION - Darren Dunstan. His Kaz Kalinkaz in Chaotic was basically a dead ringer for Landon and Todd as Cheren anyway.

BIANCA: 1. Erica Schroeder - Voice of Bianca in the main anime. She doesn’t exactly sound like how a girl Bianca’s age should, but the flighty, peppy delivery and energy in her performance really sells her as the character despite this. It’s the closest to an ideal Bianca that we got. 2. Erika Harlacher - Voice of Bianca in Pokemon Masters EX. I think she needed less Eileen Stevens and more Erica Schroeder in her delivery. Otherwise she does very well, but something’s just a bit off. 3. Eileen Stevens - Voice of Bianca in the animated trailer for Black2/White 2. A few lines, but similar to Erika Harlacher’s late take. FANCAST OPTION(S) - Jennifer Cody would be the perfect Bianca if they were able to nab her to do the role, but if not, then I’d cast Kate Higgins, with a voice like Mimi Tachikawa in Digimon Adventure: Last Evolution Kizuna or Serra in Fire Emblem Heroes.

HUGH: 1. Stephen Fu - Voice of Hugh in Pokemon Masters EX. Ideal casting. He’s got the voice, the strength, and above all, the RAGE! 2. Sean Schemmel - Voice of Hugh in the animated trailer for Black2/White 2. It’s just Goku, and it really doesn’t match with Hugh.

SERENA: 1. Havan Paschall - Voice of Serena in the main anime. I don’t really care for the anime’s Serena and she is a vastly different character from Serena of the games, but Havan Paschall never did a poor job in voice acting her, giving her the right sounding voice and some stellar emotional delivery. She’d no doubt kill it with better material. 2. Jackie Lastra - Voice of Serena in Pokemon Masters. Her voice is just as good a fit for the role as Havan’s, but I think her delivery is off for the most part, as I’d prefer Gameverse Serena to sound more refined and matured as opposed to “generic perky young heroine.”

HAU: 1. Neo Chihi - Voice of Hau in the main anime. A young nonbinary VA born in Japan, they’ve not done much notable work yet they hit the bullseye with Hau’s voice - young but not too young, and easygoing. 2. Laura Stahl - Voice of Hau in Pokemon Masters. Oof. The one indisputable miscast in the entire game. There had to have been a more male-sounding VA who could’ve fit Hau - a voice actress had no business being cast and making Hau sound younger than he is. FANCAST OPTION(S) - Jack Dylan Grazer. He lives in LA and does voice acting there, would it not be awesome if he got cast as Hau?

GLADION: 1. Alan Lee - Voice of Gladion in Pokemon Masters EX. He nailed it. 2. Eddy Lee - Voice of Gladion in the main anime. Same last name as the above, and almost just as good were it not for the fact that his voice is notably deeper and grungier than Alan’s more natural take.

HOP: 1. Vargus Mason - Voice of Hop in Pokemon Masters EX. It’s a stand-up comedian (with voice acting experience, though) putting on a high voice with an obviously fake British accent. How is it that this ends up sounding EXACTLY how I always pictured Hop to sound?

2. AJ Beckles - Voice of Hop in Pokemon Journeys. I’d had him as a fancast option and said “this is the sort of role that up-and-coming AJ Beckles would just thrive at.” Then they went and cast him, and guess what? He thrived at it! Really made the most of Hop’s time. 3. Adriel Varlack - Voice of Hop in Pokemon Evolutions. Barely said much of anything in the first short, which is a shame since he sounds alright and probably could’ve delivered with some more material. 4. Griffin Puatu - Voice of Hop in Pokemon: Twilight Wings. Uh, no. This voice for Hop doesn’t work. Way too forced and actually a bit deeper than Leon’s voice. They got the casting ass-backwards here! FANCAST OPTION(S) - Ogie Banks could do a similarly perfect job as Vargus Mason if Bang Zoom had gotten him again. 

BEDE: 1. Beau Bridgland - Voice of Bede in Pokemon Masters EX. Not only can he pull off young characters, but he actually is British, meaning his accent is authentic! There could’ve been no casting more perfect. 2. Brandon James Winckler - Voice of Bede in Pokemon: Twilight Wings. His brief material did him no favors. Bland, generic, ill-fitting.

MARNIE: 1. Cristina Vee - Voice of Marnie in Pokemon Masters EX. Marnie is a Girly Girl with a Tomboy streak trying to come across as more of a competitive hardass punk than she really is at heart, and the voice acting from Cristina Vee really gets that across. Plus, that accent! 2. Hayden Daviau - Voice of Marnie in the main anime. Hayden voiced a reserved, antisocial but nice girl unable to smile in Love Live! Nijigasaki School Idol Club, and she does just as great here. 3. Dawn M. Bennett - Voice of Marnie in Pokemon: Twilight Wings. Her brief material did her no favors. Bland, generic, ill-fitting.

NEMONA:

1. Yolis Arroyo - Voice of Nemona in Pokemon Horizons.

2.Olivia Vidas - Voice of Nemona in Pokemon: Paldean Winds. 

3. Cristina Milizia - Voice of Nemona in Pokemon Masters EX.

FANCAST OPTION - Michelle Rojas

#opinion #Pokemon #rivals #voice acting #comparison

[galarianace]

[ BIOGRAPHY ]

Pokémon Team || Battle Style || Reference Sheet || Verses

Name: Kira Kouyou  Age: verse-dependent, but set for 16 at the start of the journey, 17,5 at the championship, and 19 at the very end of both the DLCs. Default age: 18, set after post game / isle of armor. ( Details of all options ) Sexuality: Straight Game: sword/shield ( protag ) Family: Father ( Taichi ), Mother ( Lillian ), Cousin ( Suri ), Uncle, Aunt, Grandmother

Personality: Over all Kira has a pretty good natured personality. She’s helpful to those in need, and tries to show kindness when she can. However, don’t think this makes her a push over - in the face of cruelty, she’ll punch first and ask questions never. Despite having various insecurities, she tries not to focus on these things, and instead tries to focus on things she likes - such as the people she admires or the Pokémon she loves. She’s responsible about her responsibilities, even when she might not like them, and honest about the things she does like. Asking her about Leon is a mistake people generally only make once, because what follows will be two hours worth of ‘our leon is the BEST-ya!’

Likes: Studying about Pokemon and working to complete the DEX. She loves reading up on legendary Pokemon and their legends. She enjoys cooking, and has gotten used to helping her mother in the garden. Dislikes: People who harm her friends - she gets rather petty about things like that, facing herself - physically. Fears: Large dog-Pokemon ( especially the energetic ones ), failing to live up to expectations others have of her.

Appearance: Waist length white hair she sometimes puts up in a sideways bun for fancy events, or a ponytail when she’s getting sporty, and red eyes with golden specks. She stands at roughly 5′3″ in her default verse. On her right thigh she has extreme scarring from when a Poochyena bit her back when she was a child. It’s something always covered by leggings or the likes because, quite frankly, it looks MAULED.

AGE : 0 - 8

Born to one of the founding families in Ecruteak city, Johto, Kira's early life was rather traditional and sheltered. Other than the people she met at school, the only other person she really knew while growing up was Morty, another person from a founding family, whose family had spiritual origins just like hers : only they manifested in him, while nothing happened for her. Her family encouraged the friendship, hoping that their bloodline's spirituality would return with him as a catalyst, but no such thing.

At age 6, an event that'd stay with Kira forever happened : she was attacked by a Poochyena while out on a class trip. If not for the experienced trainers overseeing the trip, there's little doubt that things would've gone horribly wrong. As it is, she left the trip with her life, but also with rather extreme scarring on her leg, where the Poochyena had bitten down and used to drag her off.

While her father was the next head of the Kouyou family, he never wanted Kira to be raised in the same manner he was, tied to the family for life. So, when the opportunity arose, he accepted a job transfer to Galar and gave the position to his younger brother. While this created a rather big argument with his mother, Taichi remained steadfast, and the family of three moved to Galar, where they'd be able to live life however they, themselves, wanted.

AGE : 8 - 16

It was hard for Kira to adapt at first. She had to learn the language, and even then her accent was still so thick that it was hard for people to understand her at the beginning. It took a good year for her to properly catch up with both the language and lessons at school. From there on, life became a lot easier.

Her mother had a far easier time adapting. Lillian had befriended a neighbour who had two sons of her own. When Kira and Hop met, they clicked faster than their parents actually expected. Despite the language barrier, they got along over Pokémon, and next over the battles of his brother which could be seen on TV. Hop helped her out quite a bit with pronounciation of various words.

As the years went by, the two remained close friends, and she actually met his older brother a few times as well and found him easy to get along with. But with how busy Leon was as the Champion, and how little he was able to spend time with his family, Kira often stayed away from the house when she knew he was home, not wanting to intrude on their precious family time. Regardless, the times they met she got along with him well, and with Hop as his number one fan, she settled for number two.

Leon started including Kira on his souvenir list, and she amassed quite the o d d collection of souvenirs from his trips, and was always happy to hear the stories behind them. Whenever Kira went to Johto she also kept an eye out for things he'd find interesting, since it was harder to find things to interest a Champion who's already seen so much, than it was to find things Hop would like. Mostly she got him books with information on Johtonian Pokémon. She's always considered knowledge to be the best souvenir of all.

Though, a few months after she turned 16, Leon proved her wrong. There was a better souvenir.

AGE : 16 - 19

After Leon gets permission of her parents ahead of time, Kira recieved Shannan, her Scorbunny. And all Leon wanted was for her to be a proper rival to Hop, to help him grow. She could do that! Honestly, she'd help him grow as a trainer even without a 'bribe' as she jokingly calls it, but she loves Shannan all the same and connects with him better than anyone thought possible. They even take care of both of Hop's Pokémon in their very first battle : Hop is right when he calls them too much. Even Leon compliments them, and arranges for them to get the Pokedex.

But before they can go and get themselves their pokedex, Hop and Kira are faced with a problem : the gates to the Slumbering Weald is open, and the Wooloo that had been there before is gone. It likely went inside. Aware of how dangerous the place is, Hop and Kira enter themselves, to try to find it before anything can happen. Though it's them who encounter the problem : a large dog that makes Kira's mind go blank and has her throw Shannan at it in a panicked response. Shannan lets out a small squeak while looking up at the giant canine. Later, when Leon finds them, Kira is glad nothing happened. They're found, the Wooloo is found - finally they can go collect their pokedex.

Hop isn't as satisfied with Kira with just the Pokémon and the dex. He wants to take it a step further. He wants to enter the league challenge! And so Kira helps him gain Leon's approval for it, and their battle ends with Leon giving his endorsement for the first time since becoming the Champion. Kira's interest in the challenge is mediocre at best, but Hop is enthousiastic, and seems to think he can grow faster with her opposite him, so she joins alongside him.

She meets many people as she gathers her badges, and catches a large amount of Pokémon, learning more and more as she travels. Not just about her Pokémon, but also about herself. She spends a lot of time wandering and camping out, spending time with her Pokémon, but she tries to return home at least once a week. As she travels she also learns about the legend, the truth behind Galar's Darkest Day and how it was REALLY stopped. Everything is going great.

She turns out to be better at battling than anyone actually expected, burning through her oponents left and right. No one is as surprised as she is when she finally gainst all eight badges, and earns the right to fight in the prelims.

Hop is excited to face off against her, but Kira has doubts. She still doesn't have all that much interest in the champion title, and she wants to see Hop square off against Leon at the end of it all. But this is simply not meant to be. Despite giving it his all, Hop can't surpass her. His dream is crushed by Kira's very own hands when she wins their battle.

The finals are off to a rocky start with Bede's surprise intervention, but Kira battles through them even with this extra challenger. One by one the gym leaders she faces taste defeat at her hands once again. They might be stronger than when she battled them first, but so is she. In the end she wins the right to battle Leon. Hop comes to tell her to beat his brother. He's cheering HER on this time, so she'd better give it her all! Kira heads out to face Leon. He's different from all the other times they met. Right now he's not Leon, the friendly neighbour and Hop's older brother. He's Leon, the unbeatable Champion. And he'll crush her to keep his title going.

Their match gets interrupted by Rose, red pillars of light shooting out from the ground, shaking everything up. Eternatus is rampaging, and Leon has to go. Hop and Kira head over to the Slumbering Weald to try to find the heroes from the past. They come up short, but leave with a rusted shield and a broken sword. It's better than nothing. Hopefully. In Hammerlocke they find the entire town covered in darkness and head on in to the source of it all. They go through Rose to get to Leon, and find him with Eternatus. The way he gets hurt protecting them is something Kira will see in her nightmares for years to come, and while Hop pulls Leon's unconscious body to safety, Kira deals with Eternatus - or so they think. It changes, it becomes stronger. Whatever hope they had seems lost and all Hop and Kira have are a rusted shield and sword. But help arrives, and together with Zacian and Zamazenta, Eternatus is defeated and Kira catches it in a ball. Galar is saved.

The tournament proceeds a few days later. The news has of who dealt with Eternatus has spread and countless people are clinging to their seats, watching the match with baited breath. Everyone is surprised when the unbeatable Champion winds up beaten. No one is more surprised than Kira. She doesn't even remember the victory ceremony, simply blanks out for the entire thing. Next thing she knows is that she's waking up in her own bed the next morning.

After a trip to Johto, Kira returns home to Galar to find two brothers running amock and causing problems everywhere. She's the Champion now ; it's HER job to fix the problems Galar is facing. So it seems like it's time to save Galar from the idiocy of conceited adults yet again. Fortunately they're not nearly as hard to deal with as Eternatus had been, so while the entire ordeal is annoying, it's over fast. Zacian chooses to stay by her side, while Zamazenta chooses Hop.

Hop finds what he wants to do in life, and Sonia takes him in as her assistant. Kira couldn't be happier for him, though it also leaves her feeling a little lonely. That means she's the only one who still doesn't know what she wants to do, isn't it?

She hears about Mustard from Leon, and decides to head over to the Isle of Armor at his suggestion. It's there that she encounters more Pokémon, and faces more trials. It's comforting and familiar to simply be able to run around and catch whatever she wants, while at the same time being able to battle people without a care in the world. It's also here that she starts to make a proper steps to getting over her intense fear of canines. Zacian, patient as it is, tries to help her every step of the way, even if it's a slow road.

After completing Master Mustard's training, Kira heads back home to mainland Galar, feeling refreshed. It was nice to be able to travel without the weight of the region on her shoulders again. It's something she'd dearly missed and she's not sure how Leon managed that pressure for years. But she'll do her best to keep Galar's safe in his stead. That's her duty as the Champion, after all.

A train takes her to Crown Tundra once she hears of rare Pokémon being spotted, and it's here that she meets Peony and Peonia. She tracks down legendary Pokémon in Nia's stead while uncovering more and more of the Tundra's very own myth. She is able to help Calyrex and its trusty stead Spectrier. And despite earning the right to catch them, she refrains. Without Calyrex, the Tundra will wither. It needs Calyrex more than she does. So instead, she'll make sure to visit plenty. She may not have gained Calyrex as a Pokémon, but she gained it as a friend.

AGE : 20 - 21

Galar has been peaceful, but that's about to change. A chain-reaction from the unbeatable Leon losing his throne and Rose outing the potential of dynamax energy to the world - an organisation by the name of Hades has set sights on Galar. They prepare for months without anyone the wiser, bringing their people in bit by bit. And then, when everything is set, they launch their attack.

Large parts of Galar are destroyed and many people and Pokémon lose their lives. Kira loses Heracles - sees him get torn apart by a Mega Houndoom at the hands of Hades' leader, Charon. It doesn't even feel like victory when they finally DO win, with all that has been lost. Raihan is in a coma, his life uncertain. Sonia nearly gets crushed by the guilt - she'd been the one to accidentally tell Charon what happened to Eternatus, after he'd spend a long time earning her trust and friendship. Large parts of Galar is in ruins and people are looking for someone to blame.

They blame Kira. She's the Champion. She was supposed to keep them all safe. That was her JOB. And she failed. She failed Galar. She failed them.

It's the gymleaders who battled Hades alongside her, who step up for her. No one could’ve foreseen what had happened. Even they’d been caught unaware and most of them have been at it longer than Kira has. They understand the pain of loss and the need to blame someone for that : but they should blame the right people. The ones who caused it. Not the person who fought hard to solve it.

Things quiet down a bit after that, and Galar instead focuses on rebuilding.

AGE : 28

She's been undefeated all this time, but Kira is tired. She's been living for others all these years as Galar's Champion, rather than spending time on what SHE wanted. It's been long enough. She retires as the Champion.

#Biography

[aliasprick]

Everytime my brother said Ash x Goh not gunna happen I be like pft, What do you mean, they already married.

But on a more serious note, they are already married.

Like I realized every japanese opening always sings about the point of view of a character in the story.

Like "Your adventure"... It was Kukui's point of view

And Kira Kira was Clemont's POV.

And many more. (That's why Gotta catch em all is a strong theme because that's what Pokemon is and they needed someone like Goh to do the job since Ash had been kinda giving up on this part of his mission).

Going back to the point. Basically, there are songs that tells about the character POV of Ash. Now.... We are seeing for the first time an actual duet of Goh and Ash POV.

And they were totally talking to each other in the OP song. And it was the first time I heard that Ash is actually feeling alone?!!!! He has so many friends and yet he is alone?!!! Like Goh finally completes him like aahhhh

(I got a little sad for Ash cause that's a first time in an opening he actually said he was alone after so many opening in previous seasons with him doing his very best with Pikachu by his side)

And he literally made a statement in the song that Goh completes his life. And Goh be like hey if it's with me it can be anywhere (Only couples say these things like come on. I have best friends too and I don't always follow them everywhere and would be counting my money if I can afford to go or not)

So I'm like... So in this last season, the producer be like okay eff it, let's just marry him to someone and why not this one.

I mean, I can feel it Goh is a character made to fit Ash's taste lol.

Reasons because (I'm not bashing, I am just pointing out Goh's quality that might have blurred the line of love and friendship) :

Like Ash disagrees with Misty's hate of bug pokemon. Goh loves bug pokemons. His Cascoons everybody. He let them sleep in his room.

Ash doesn't like to be looked down upon. Like Iris keeps saying how Ash is such a kid and Goh, he compliments the heck of Ash and why is he not blushing yet after all that.

Also the fact that Goh has a fix goal and drive to achieve it. Like he knows exactly what he wanted. Opposite to Serena who was soul searching for quite sometimes. And Ash found Goh's fixation intriguing (cause catching em all is his dream too and that's why he was a supportive boyfriend).

Goh also have qualities that he likes. For example (a nerd). I'm onto you Ash. I know you love them nerds.

Like should I give an example. Clemont for example. A nerd who creates innovations no matter how useless it is or a failure or it's working fine. Let's face it, Ash pays more attention to Clemont's creation.

Or... Gladion. Gladion is a goth nerd who for some reason have all the data from his mum's research facility and he basically is Ash's duo in sun and moon. And Ash kinda look up to his family in general on their research thingy.

And Ash thought Max, the smart boy, like his little brother and they kick it off cause Max Loves Pokemon and a nerd. Goh also have extreme curiosity and love for Pokemon. And a nerd. I can't emphasize this more on how important this is.

Some people may argue why Goh doesn't befriend a pokemon first before capturing them (which I dunno, surprisingly is the main argument why they hate Goh although I suspect it was because there is a lack of waifu material accompanying Ash closely this time) but Goh is a direct representation of what a generic trainer (which is us) will do when we capture a pokemon. He just exercises the buddy system afterwards. I mean that's just how it is. I never play a pokemon game where I have the ability to ask a pokemon to be my friend before capturing them but I have the option to love them afterwards.

And Ash IS TOTALLY OK with this approach. Let's face it, he also helps to maintain the little home zoo they have since he also need it because of his desperate need to touch every pokemon in the world and Goh is ACTUALLY doing him a favour.

And if he gunna be loving them pokemon for a long time, I am convinced Goh and Ash are married to sustain their symbiotic lifestyle.

So my conclusion.

LUGIA MARRIED THEM.

That second episode is their wedding. Oak lied. It was never about the grand opening of the institute .

Thanks for reading my thesis why I totally think they should adopt more kids pokemons.

#firstfriendshipping #satogou #gouacheshipping #journeyshipping

[endlesshighway-pkmn]

Kira Saab

Full Name: Kira Regina Saab

Nicknames: Kiki

Gender: Female

Sexual Orientation: Lesbian

Birthdate: March 14, 2020

Occupation: Gym Leader

Hometown: Postwick

Starter Pokemon: Yamper & Mimikyu

Favorite Color: Yellow

MBTI: ISFP

Blood Type: B

Family: Leon Saab (Father), Sonia Saab (Mother), Hop Saab (Uncle)

Personality: Kira always wears a smile on her face. She wants to bring sparkling, shining light to everyone she meets, just as her parents have inspired and enlightened others. She was recognized as a prodigy at a young age when it came to her knowledge of Pokemon; when she started her journey at 10 years old, she could topple more experienced trainers with ease and only Yamper at her side. However, the brightest stars are the ones that have the biggest explosions…. Her mental health is less than stellar. Kira is extremely depressed and tries to hide it by making others happy. Surely if she makes other people smile, maybe she’ll learn what a real smile should look like, too? Basically, she’s a burnt out gifted kid.

Other: Kira adores idols. If not for her passion for battling, she would have moved to Kalos to be a Performer. She’s very dynamic when battling, and she recruits the strongest, cutest girls to join her idol group! When she isn’t working at the gym, she’s a part-time pop idol! She’s extremely talented with makeup too, both regular and stage makeup.

#kira #profile #fanchildren #text

[anotherdayinchuckletown]

New Random Questions

I was tagged by the lovely @downtoclown-around 🥰 thank you dear!

Ok, here we go!

Name/Nickname?

Katherine/Katie/Kate

If you could bring any two fictional characters into the same world, who would they be, which world would you put them in, and what would their relationship to each other be?

I would like to see Heath Ledger's Joker with L from Death Note (yes, I'm still Death Note trash in 2020 lmao). And I would put J in the DN universe because although I doubt he would ever use a death note (too impersonal of a way to kill), I REALLY wanna see him interact with the shinigami lol.

Their relationship could go one of two ways: either L is hunting J down, with J skillfully avoiding arrest and giving L a run for his money.

OR, in some extremely convoluted circumstance, they end up working together to catch Kira. L is known to hire talented criminals when the need arises, and I feel like J could bring a very unique skillset to the task force. And I'd love to see the looks on their faces when they come to work one day and there's this feral clown man parading through the HQ like he owns the place 😂

If you could drop yourself into any fictional world, which would it be?

I would drop myself into the Joker 2019 universe and land right on Arthur's dick where I belong 😂😂😂

Either that one or Animal Crossing, lmao

What's your spirit animal?

My spirit animal is the pangolin. Because it's smol. And it always walks around like it's timidly looking for the only person it knows at a house party because they abandoned it to go to the bathroom and haven't come back yet

What is the most unpopular opinion you have?

UMMMM🅱️ I guess it's that I really don't want a Joker sequel??? I feel like the story is complete and adding on to it is a big risk, yknow? Idk, I just think one of the movie's biggest strengths is its ability to stand alone, separate from the rest of the DCEU

How do you like to style your hair?

I usually just curl it and wear it down, especially when it's long. I put it up in a ponytail when it's hot or when I'm too lazy to wash it lol. It's naturally very dark brown, but I dyed it blonde a few months ago. Probably gonna go back to natural though

What three books would you want on a deserted island?

Lord of the Flies by William Golding (ironic lol), The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald, and ummmm House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski

Something new you've learned in quarantine?

Well, I've been using the extra time to sharpen my piano skills, so I guess that counts?

Favorite alcoholic drink?

Long Island iced tea, especially the way they make it at The Cheesecake Factory 🥰 I'm very tiny though, so one is always enough to knock me on my ass lmao

Music you can't stand? Music you love?

LORD HERE WE GO!! ok so I have a degree in music so I've studied a lot of SHIT music in my life lol. Here are a couple examples:

• There was this composer named Conlon Nancarrow who wrote pieces for player piano using ridiculous patterns and time signatures. Take a listen if you ever want a headache, I'm serious.

• Anything by Bela Bartok ffs

• All country music, but I'll make an exception for Before He Cheats by Carrie Underwood lol

As for music I LOVE:

• My favorite piece of all time is Claude Debussy's "The Girl with the Flaxen Hair" (it's originally for piano, but listen to the Sakura Cello Quintet version, it's FUCKING BEAUTIFUL)

• Second favorite piece is Mozart's Lacrymosa, the final piece of his requiem

• A really cool avant garde piece by R. Murray Schafer called Epitaph for Moonlight (here's a link to a video where you can listen to it and follow along at the same time. The notation blows my fuckin mind https://youtu.be/dzUXzu7JYFc)

• The Mountain Goats is my current favorite band, John Darnielle is a master lyricist HOOO

• I'm also partial to both Lana del Rey and Post Malone 🥰

Have a favorite herb?

Oregano, cause I'm always a slut for pizza

What kind of cups/glasses/bottles do you prefer to drink out of?

My bf and I collect fandom mugs for Animal Crossing, Legend of Zelda, Pokemon, etc lol

Preferred mode of communication: text, calls, emails, letters?

Text or email. Phone calls give me anxiety lol. And I've only written like five letters in my life lmao

What's your favorite weather?

Cold, drizzly, misty. And I live in the south USA so I almost never get it 🙃🙃🙃

What kind of lighting do you like?

Oooh fairy lights are so pretty 🥰 but I also love the moonlight

What is the best thing you cook?

I make a killer fried rice, and great spaghetti and meatballs. But typically, I'm WAY better at baking, I used to wanna be on shows like Cake Boss when I was little lmao

Do you have a favorite font?

Times New Roman because I'm boring lol

What is something you've always wanted to write in a fic, but you've been too afraid to? Or what's something you were afraid to write, but you did and it turned out awesome?

There's not really anything I'm AFRAID to write. It's more a matter of wanting to do certain topics justice (various mental illnesses, addictions, suicidal ideation, etc.) and needing to do proper research first. The fear doesn't come until it's time to post lol.

Likewise, I was extremely afraid to start posting "They're Funny That Way", but the reception I've gotten so far has made me so happy, and I'm so excited to keep going with it 🥰

If you were in your favorite fantasy world, what would be your weapon of choice?

I'd wanna be a pokemon trainer, and I'd have either a Froslass or a Zoroark

Is there a commonly used expression/saying that you can't stand?

Straight women calling platonic female friends "girlfriends" 🙄

What's something you'd like people to know about you?

• I'm a professional opera singer, but I'm also heavily trained in musical theatre

• I have a cat named Aria

• I'm fluent in both English and French, and I also know a little Spanish, German, Italian, and Japanese 😁

So there you have it! Thanks again to @downtoclown-around for tagging me, this was so much fun! If you've already done it, ignore this, but I'd like to tag @mr--clown @impulsiveclown @starksclown @art-hurfleck @lilredelf and anyone else who would like to do it!!

Love,

Kate ❤

#katherine rambles #personal #ask meme

[secretshinigami]

Masterlist of B’s Bitchin Prompts

A compiled list of everyone’s prompts from this round of our exchange – thank you for letting us post them, and we hope you guys enjoy them! If you use a prompt, please let us know and we’ll reblog your piece!

Prompts are organized by their submitter, so feel free to ctrl+f to find character-specific prompts.

fandom-fae

Misa surrounded by lots of flowers, with Rem floating in the background.

Light, happy, wearing goth/emo clothes & he’s holding an apple.

Female!L and female!Light  on a date in an ice café

Misa  in pastel goth fashion, reading a book.

Shien from Light Up The New World meeting Mello (from his time at the mafia) and Misa (from before L died)

Near and Misa eating ice cream together

Misa painting Mello’s nails

Linda painting Misa

Mello in pastel clothes, being in a café with Misa

Beyond crying with A’s dead body in the background

Misa standing on the edge of the building she jusmped off, viewed through the shinigami eyes.

Light waking up in his teenage bedroom after he died, as a seventeen-year-old a day before he would’ve found the death note, and what he’d do

Mello finds the death note instead of Light, and if he’d tell Matt about it

Beyond and Misa spending a day together (going shopping, playing pranks on ppl, committing murder, a date, etc. it’s your choice!)

(pre-canon) Misa going on vacation with her family to Winchester, and befriending the Wammy’s kids, Maki and her father are also there

(pre-canon) Mello adopting a stray cat and naming her L, he absolutely adores her. one day she dies, how he would react

Naomi meets L, she thinks he’s Beyond Birthday. how does he convince her otherwise?

Light being suicidal, and either Misa or L stop him from killing himself, and the conversation that ensues

 Linda lives in LA, and gets contacted by Near, years after the Kira case

Misa performing a ritual to talk to ghosts after Light died. She actually manages to contact a ghost, L’s ghost

Beyond contacting Misa because someone told him she had a god of death at her command, and he wants to bring someone back (A, or L, your decision), Rem (compassionately) explaining that it doesn’t work that way, and Misa comforting Beyond (it’s optional whether or not they end up friends)

gevnni

Light and Mikami having a lightsaber fight

Rester is Takada's bodyguard

Gevanni putting together a ship in a bottle

the FBI asks B for help in a case + Naomi and Raye look on slightly horrified at his antics

Rester is Takada's bodyguard

Gevanni putting together a ship in a bottle while on a case

nocturneproductions

Fem!Light

MatsuLight kissing

Beyond birthday being creepy

Mob!au, ideally focused on Light

Light and Matsuda on a first date

Ryuk stays with Light during the Yotsuba arc

hazblogs

A in a crop top with the queer flag(s) of your choice

Mello and sun imagery

Pokémon (Go or not) AU with the Wammy gang (including possible OCs of yours)

band AU with Light, Misa, Ryuk and L

Light with Hanahaki disease (you can pick the ship you want, make it AU or not)

Naomi and BB interacting (during the LABB case or in an AU)

L/Light being soulmates (canon or AU)

how Matt started smoking (I am comfortable with heavy drug themes)

ikathemadhatter

Light and L as goth idols

Naomi & B as Pokemon trainers

L taking care of a cat

Lucifer!Light

Light, L and Misa dressed up for Halloween

LawLight Little Mermaid AU where Light is a mermaid

LawLight Mad Max AU

What chain of events brought Wammy to adopt L?

During Yotsuba Arc, Misa forces Light on a night date at the karaoke and L has to follow them because he and Light are still chained together. What happens after few drinks and some songs?

jam-knife

Naomi and B rocking some tuxedos!

Mello and Matt just laying around at Wammy's. Just a nice art is more than enough, but if you feel like making it into a funny one-panel comic then that would be awesome :D

Misa and B (and any other character you feel like including) killing it at Met Gala -literally or figuratively or both is up to you xD

An LxLight slowburn with Yotsuba!Light obsessing over whether he is in fact Kira or not.

The Tales of That One Time Mello Allegedly Beat Matt's Ass at Mario Kart.

A first-person narration of Misa after finding out Light died, and how she planned her suicide (but if it's a triggering subject for you I totally get it! No probs at all)

misas-biggest-fan

misa at one of her concerts! super hardcore and goth and metal

 Light and L being soft and loving to each other!!

misa and beyond but LIFE SWAP AU where b is the tormented rockstar second kira and misa is the bitter, murderous wammy's kid!

beyond meets naomi before starting his LABB plan and his love for her convinces him not to go through w it <3333 you can make it romantic if you want by im more a platonic ship sort of dude!

kira!L goes up against detective!Light

light being tailed by L’s ghost

niatsuki

Near and Light kissing

Mikami and Light in the rain sharing an umbrella

Mello travelling

Domestic Mikalight

Matsuda confronting Near on the theory he brings up at the end of the manga

Nate and Light having an obtuse argument, but with romantic undertones

ichigosouma

L wearing Gucci

Watari on his day off

Anyone as a pokemon trainer

Misa and Beyond going shopping

Mikami and Kiyomi hanging out on their day off

Ryuk and Rem playing the wii together

translightyagami

L in a sweater that says "My Gender is Shut the Fuck Up"

Light with a bloody nose and starry eyes

L with his hair in a loose ponytail, reading a Nancy Drew book

The books L read as a child, bonus points if you do Nancy Drew and not Sherlock

3 drinks Light has had with men he's in love with (your choice on who the men are)

L putting Light into a coat and leaving an object in his pocket that Light finds later, with Light speculating what the object means.

izaori

Backup in a magical girl outfit (whether it's from akazukin chacha or somewhere else, it doesn't matter)

Mello playing a sport like soccer or baseball, in a cool sports uniform perhaps

Sayu and Light studying together!!

Backup back in his Wammy days before doing the LABB, interacting with other students or working on case files

Light and Yuri's date at the amusement park since she still wanted to go so badly after the bus-jacking incident.

 L and Rem have a chat shortly before L's death, by themselves. L likely knows he'll be dying soon, and Rem has the same feeling.

pensulliwen

Misa making Valentine’s Day chocolate, perhaps while daydreaming about a fantastically unlikely result of giving them to Light.

Meme redraws featuring Misa, Light, and L. Just go crazy. Any ridiculous meme image, shove these dorks in there instead.

A family portrait of Misa when she was younger, imagining her parents and sister or with their faces obscured.

Misa and Mogi on a shopping “date” in which the unlikely pair manage to work together surprisingly well. 

Light considers eliminating Misa from the equation many times, but there’s always something that stops him. Explore how he views her and the dissonance between how he views her versus how he views himself, as well as the reasoning for keeping her around longer than intended. 

An older Sayu reflecting on how her relationship with her brother has changed, and maybe trying to rekindle the closeness she felt when they were younger. 

stanmisa

Misa in fashionable clothes or Misa in Scene/emo fashion

L x Light hate-relationship

Misa, Light, and L (and any other characters you prefer) as fantasy classes/races, like d&d

L/Light hate pining/complicated emotions between these emotionally stunted men

Misa getting together with Rem instead of Light

Sayu and Misa being friends

yagami-raito-kun

Light and Near interacting in any form

College professor AU (any characters)

Art inspired by any of my fics or drabbles is always welcome!

Light in prison always gets a hell yeah

Light and Sayu at the beach being siblings and having fun

Canon divergence: Mello kidnaps Light instead of Sayu

sculs-cf-scnder 

 Misa Amane giving Beyond Birthday a very Misa makeover

Demegawa at a spa, getting pampered after a hard day at work 

Team Kira (Mikami, Light, Misa, Takada, Higuchi is optional) as a visual kei band.

Death Note is actually a TV drama; Misa and Light are actors and Misa is starting to think that Light hates her just like his character even though they are dating

An insight on the aftermath of Aizawa quitting, how did his family react, doubts about his marriage and his future

Sachiko and Sayu take the day off to have a girls' night.

eyeshiny

Beyond chilling with some tigers in the jungle (if you enjoy drawing animals)

70s fashion Mello+Matt (romantic or no)

stone faced 1920s family-style portrait of L + the Wammy boys (A+B included or removed, however youd like)

Beyond and A start a ghosthunting business, B is essentially a fake psychic but A can actually see ghosts

Pre-orphanage backstory for any of the Wammy boys (not necessarily tragic! think series of unfortunate events moreso than a true crime documentary)

What if death note was written like a seinfeld episode?

Anonymous

Sidoh drinking hot chocolate & being happy

B in a bathrobe with a strawberry pattern

Naomi and Halle on a date

Awkward post-Kira case dinner at Gevanni's house that includes all four living members of the SPK

Mello interviews B, but B mostly just trolls him and doesn't give clear answers to anything he asks

L uses astrology to try and prove that Light is Kira

Your interpretation of A with B sharing a nice moment at Wammy’s house 

A few characters of your choice aged-up (what do you think they’d have looked like in the show if they had grown older?)

Matt and Mello (either at wammy’s house or after— doesn’t have to be super shippy if you don’t want)

Near with a big fluffy dog— maybe a therapy/comfort dog

Either L or Naomi visiting Beyond in prison

Gevanni, Rester, or other SPK members reflecting on Near. Maybe including an attempt at trying and failing to treat him like a child

A and Beyond are alive for the Kira case au

Past light meeting future light

90s fashion Beyond

Creepy contortionist L

the Death Note cast recreating a famous painting1. Mello and Beyond bonding (but not as a ship)

Light in any of the circles of Hell

the main Death Note cast set in a 'Lord of the Flies' situation

Naomi, B and L shenanigans

Halle, Wedy and Naomi as Charlie's angels1. Naomi visiting B in jail

Raye meeting B

D&D AU

Misa and Rem painting each other's nails black.

Matt and Mello cuddling and watching the rain.

L dressed as Sherlock Holmes.

oleswap AU between L and Light.

Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde AU with Light as Jekyll (Kira being his hidden personality aka Hyde) and L as Gabriel Utterson.

A story of how Ryuuk summarizes his adventure with the human world in a poem, really dark poem, which he later declaims to the Shinigami King and the unnamed Shinigami.

#Death Note #prompt list #B's Bitchin Borthday 2k19

[thebibliomancer]

Dark Crystal Age of Resistance ep 3 liveblog

“What was sundered and undone”

Just a stream of thoughts.

The Order of Lesser Service.

Everyone is dunking on Brea.

“The order of Lesser Service is not a punishment. Its an opportunity to lift yourself up by performing the lowliest of deeds.”

Its not a punishment but Brea can’t leave and a possible task is to chew up roots and spit it into baby Nebrie’s mouths. It SOUNDS like a punishment.

“I’ve never met a princess before. I imagined they’d have shinier hair.” EVERYONE is dunking on Brea.

So the Order of Lesser Service is TOTALLY not a punishment but you have to wear a jester hat and also this other Vapran gelfling girl Juni was sent to the Order for hanging out with a boy of a different clan. 

It really sounds like a punishment.

“I always thought I’d make a fantastic princess, I have the hair for it. Its very shiny.” I kind of like Juni.

So the service for the day is to swan into a Podling village and force cleaning on them.

They seem awfully happy throwing mud at each other. And bellyflopping into the mud. And eating the mud. And rolling in mud.

“There is no filthier creature in all of Thra than a Podling” cool cool cool cool racism, Gelflings.

Yeah it seems gross but its what they like? So don’t be dicks about it, geez, Gelflings.

They seriously seem upset by all this forced bathing. Leave them alone!

Theres a lot of paternalism here is what I’m getting at.

Seladon just spent five minutes complaining about Brea while Cool Sister Tavra is just trying to hone her sword and mind her business.

Tavra really is the Cool Sister. The Cool Very Patient Sister.

“I can’t be washing Podlings, I had a vision that the world was ending or beginning!”

“Sounds like heatstroke”

“FUCK YOU ITS NOT HEATSTROKE”

Brea cuts a deal with a Podling to not wash them and the Podling immediately dives into the dirt to make dirt angels.

Live your truth, Podling. Live your beautiful truth, you actual potato.

Deet: “What if we fail?”

The First Podling Paladin: “Pssh”

Hup has to explain to underground elf Deet that actually Gelflings are pretty racist against each other and may not listen to her just because she’s an underground elf.

“It may be hard at first but like anything else in life, it just takes time to adjust” -dramatically removes blindfold to make a point-

Rian knows that just because you’re on a quest to save the world and are carrying a plot critical item, doesn’t mean you can’t stop to do a random act of kindness sidequest.

“Thank the harvest we have the Skeksis to keep us safe” Dramatic ironyyyyyyy

Rian immediately gives up the game by protesting that the Skeksis killed Mira.

“We protect the lords. The lords protect the crystal of truth. All lies!”

And he ditches all his castle guard gear so he’s not so easily identified in the future.

Brea trying to hide. While wearing a jingly hat.

Tavra: “You ran away? Good.” Such the Cool Sister.

So news of Mira’s death has filtered to the Vapra by this point. And since Rian is of the Stonewood clan, ooo its time for factional tension I guess.

Cool Sister Tavra has to try to keep the peace between her sister.

Tavra: “I think you and Seladon are more alike than you realize.”

Brea: “That’s a mean thing to say!”

Tavra: “Well, you’re both very stubborn!”

Also both Brea and Seladon can tell from Tavra’s silence when she wants to say something.

“The bonds of sisterhood can be tested… but never broken” Awww, Tavra!

Deet, you’re the most sunny person possible considering you’re an underground elf.

There’s a cool ominous pillar full of swords and Hup wouldn’t let Deet ask someone about it.

“Look at that filthy green Gelfling” well fuck you too, background character.

The Stonewood Gelfling at the bar try to rearrange so there’s no room for Deet but she’s oblivious to bullying and just squeezes in anyway.

Apparently a Fizzgig are just fizzgigs. So Kira was like a pokemon trainer who names her dog Dog.

“Go crawl back into the nest you came from you dirty Grottan” and then they shove her. I think she’s less oblivious to bullying now. But also Hup doesn’t approve of that behavior and launched himself across the bar and beat up EVERYONE.

That’s what a paladin is, Avatar.

“Rascal hole” wut.

I was just thinking that there’s been a dearth of Skeksis so far and BAM scene: castle, in saunters SkekSil.

“Not talk. Just listen.” ‘Hey wanna know about this cool beetle that eats eyes?’

“Noooo never use on gelfling. Only on Skeksis who misbehave. Did you hear screams last night? Friend Scientist was naughty, so saw peeper beetle.”

Chamberlain is one of those people who uses friend ironically, I think. And the nicer the term of endearment the more worried you should be, Gurjin.

“Think Gelfing. If Skeksis do that to Skeksis, imagine what Skeksis do to Gelfling that will not talk.” 

“Tell Chamberlain where Rian is.”

“Never!”

-actual affronted gasp-

Librarian: “Weren’t you sent to the Order of Lesser Service?”

Brea: “I ran away. I gotta go steal from my mom”

Librarian: “You wut”

OH HEY FLYING SCENE! Wonder how they did that.

Seladon: “So the person Brea mindwiped is here. There’s been a murder at the castle. Creatures going mad. And there’s a bunch of Gelfling worried about the Blight.”

All-Maudra: “I had to send Tavra on a dangerous mission. And Brea to the Order of Lesser Service. My daughters… gone.”

Her other daughter Seladon: “.... wtf mom”

Seladon gives her mom a pep talk to break her out of her funk.

All-Maudra: “You’ll be a great All-Maudra some day. … Straighten your wings. You look like a lopsided unamoth.” 

It was almost positive reinforcement for a second but you just had to undermine it, huh?

And then Brea breaks into the room to do a Theft like right after they leave.

So the Brightest Jewel is part of the chandelier? Of what significance?

Scientist: “Treacherous, perfidious Skeksis! Oh, soon… soon they will all see!”

The guy was a Mad Scientist by default of being a lizard nightmare man but he’s going Mad Scientist “they laughed LAUGHED but I’ll show them all” from his default level of Already Mad Scientist.

He’s also saying all this out loud while Chamberlain is just standing behind him.

Chamberlain: “How is friend skekTek? Good? Mm?” You’re a card, SkekSil.

Oh, cool. Scientist replaced his eye with a cybernetic prosthetic. 

Chamberlain found some lab assistants for the Scientist called Gruenaks. I guess this is why the other Skeksis managed to put up with him for so long. He backstabs them all but then gives a shoulder rub and goes ‘lol sorry’ 

First he’s sour, then he’s sweet. Sour Patch SkekSil.

Chamberlain: “So, we are friends? All is forgiven?”

Scientist: -grudgingly- “It's a start”

Deet is off to see the Maudra Fara and is very tired of the myths that the Grottan Gelflings are all dead. Or bats.

And then Rian shows up. Holy crap, two of the protagonists in the same square mile!

Deet: “He’s much dirtier than me, why does he get to go in?”

Guard: “Because Rian is one of us! Unlike you!” Rude.

So the Rascal Hole is just an oubliette type prison dealie. And its right in the Maudra’s court, like she’s a Jabba.

Maudra Fara: “Your return puts the Stonewood clan in a dangerous position. The Skesis have declared you a traitor to Thra.”

I have to wonder how news travels so fast. Do they have female gelfling couriers sent out to all the clans to spread the word? Is there a fantasy telegraph? I guess even a courier on a landstrider would run fastere than Rian’s tiny little legs.

Rian: “The Skeksis are the traitors! They lied to us about everything!”

Fara: “I will not tolerate heresy from a murderer”

Will you tolerate heresy from a counterfeiter? Whats the crime threshold here that will allow you to tolerate heresy?

Heresy is “belief or opinion contrary to orthodox religious doctrine” so are the Skeksis literally the religion of the Gelfling? I guess the Crystal holds a massive spiritual significance to everyone of Thra and the Skeksis as the Lords of the Crystal would have a level of respect but heresy?

Rian: “I have soul goo that proves I didn’t kill Mira!”

Rian: “Dreamfast with me” which should solve everything but Rian’s dad arrived first and told Fara what the Skeksis told him that dreamfasting spreads the Madness.

Good job derailing this guaranteed plot resolution, Chamberlain.

“You are my father, why don’t you ever believe me?” I can’t wait for Rian and Brea to meet so they can commiserate over bad parents.

-Rian sees chandelier, sees rope, thinks Flynn-y thoughts-

Oh wow thats an awful lot of chandelier. And they’re full of fireflies instead of fire. Because you don’t want puppets anywhere near fire.

And Rian did do the thing where he cuts a rope and lets it carry him to escape.

Aughra: -sees the castle, reflexively- “Bah!”

Skeksis spa day???

Emperor: -applying cream and looking into a mirror- “Ah, beautiful!”

Aughra: “Skeksis?”

Emperor: “Oh shit mom’s home!”

Scroll-Keeper: “AHHH I’M NOT DECENT!”

Aughra: “PAH” -rinses her eye in his bath just because-

Aughra: “I’m unwell because Thra is unwell. I’ve come to see the Crystal, see what ails it.”

Skeksis: “NOPE CRYSTAL IS FINE EVERYTHING IS FINE”

Aughra: “Everything is well? You speak and know nothing! Or is it you know and speak nothing?” Well wordplayed, Aughra.

-starts poking the Scroll-Keeper’s belly with her staff so he has to splash her to get her to back off-

It turns out her interrupting their banquet by being kidnapped in the movie wasn’t her being upset. She’s just that rude at a constant level.

Show her the Crystal before she traumatizes the Scroll-Keeper more.

Wow, the Emperor tries a very daring guilt trip on Aughra. Having gotten her addicted to space, he criticizes her for neglecting Thra and leaving the Skeksis to take care of it. 

Emperor: “Then go back to your travels and we can go back to caring for the many you left behind.”

Emperor: “Guards. Throw this useless old crone out of our castle forever!”

The Gelfling guards of course do the “i thought she’d be taller” routine.

A Guard: “My grandfather said she cursed his village with ear mites because they forgot her birthday.”

B Guard: “Well I heard she sneezed and a mountain crumbled.”

Aughra: “Its all true so stay where you are or you’ll suffer the wrath of all eight and a half fingers! BAH!” -they flinch- “BAH!” -flinch again- “Ninny wheelers. Ingrates.”

And then the guards just let her wander off on her own.

-wanders past crystal. Stops. Wanders backwards-

She is not happy with how they redecorated the Crystal with EVIL.

Apparently Past Aughra recorded a message into the Crystal for Future/Present Aughra?

And Aughra tells Aughra “The moment Skeksis possessed the Crystal they abused it.” Aughra is a bad judge of character, apparently. 

So the corruption of the Crystal creates the Darkening. And the Crystal or Past Aughra also replays the footage of Mira getting turned into soul goo.

“Gelflings return to Thra when they die. That is the natural order. But when Skeksis consume essence cannot return home. Thra is out of balance, thus the Darkening spreads faster.”

Eating souls is bad for the environment. Gotcha.

“You have lost the Song of Thra.” So now Aughra is off on a quest too. Like Earthbound except singing to the Skeksis isn’t going to make them feel so bad they leave.

Deet is still trying to figure out a way to rescue Hup. By wandering around aimlessly.

What a cute random tree snake rabbit.  I keep expecting it to be actually huge and try to eat her.

Dammit Rian, you startled the random tree snake rabbit!

But hey, now two of the protagonists are in the same vicinity and ACTUALLY interacting. 

Of course, Rian is massively paranoid now.

Rian: “Who sent you? Maudra Fara?”

Deet: “Maudra Argot! Well, actually it was the Sanctuary Tree.”

Rian: “??? oh.”

Deet has decided that since Rian cut in line in front of her, he has to help her rescue Hup. But he can’t what with being on the run from everyone and having broken all of the chandelier at Maudra Fara’s throne room.

Rian: “It won’t light, the ground is too wet”

Deet: “We’ll see about that.” -instantly succeeds-

Castle living has made you a bad camper, Rian.

Rian: ‘Holy shit the one person who hasn’t heard the lie about me being a murderer!’ -Deet has an epiphany and runs off- “Aww =( .”

It was nice to have two whole protagonists in the same conversation for two whole minutes. =P

Brea returns with the Brightest Jewel. And finds that Onica is now Elder Onica.

Elder Onica: “I served as Cadia’s apprentice for many trine. His memory loss allowed me to give myself a long overdue promotion.” 

Hey, whatever works.

Brea was assuming, as I was, that the Brightest Jewel was payment. Which offends Onica because Stereotypes about Sifa. (Sifa Sea Faring? Boo) But the Brightest Jewel is actually a chrysalis and the answer. 

Brea: “Oh. …….. I don’t understand.”

Onica: “A great many things.”

EVERYONE dunking on Brea today.

“This is the chrysalis of an Imperial unamoth, the totem animal of your clan.”

Onica: “Ask your question”

Brea: “Ask the moth??????”

Oh thats a pretty moth. Annnnnd it just flew off.

Onica was pretty cool.

Sooooo, wait. Wait. Brea is trying to learn what a vision means and is following a moth.

Annnnnd the moth turned into the symbol on the All-Maudra’s throne and opened a secret passage. Thats some good good fantasy nonsense.

Although I thought the throne room was not on the ground floor so where could a secret throne passage lead?

Questions, questions. Too many questions...

#dark crystal #dark crystal age of resistance #liveblog #episode 3

[universal-kitty]

“When you’re happy, I’m happy.” for you and N! 💖🧡 [Robotarmjokes]

Send me a number and a paring, and I’ll write a ficlet!@robotarmjokes

   “V! Guess what!? You’re a....veeby! A baby! But with a V!” The trainer burst into laughter at the expression Victini made in reaction to the statement, chirping and trilling their opinions in a very excitable manner. It even made their companion laugh, perfectly hearing the words of the pokemon.

   “A baby?! I’m not a baby!!! I’m a very powerful, legendary pokemon! I’m soooo powerful and lucky! Luck-power! You gotta respect meeeeee!!!” Honestly...what a delight to bare witness to.

   It’d been a few years since N had returned from his explorations of the world. Understanding people better and the bond that formed between trainers and Pokemon. What did that mean to such a delicate system? That journey was to highlight his shortcomings and better figure out how to move forward. What he hadn’t expected from either of them was the persistent ache of missing someone important...

   Kira, the one with the Victini. A cherished friend they obtained somewhere along their journey and bonded with deeply. Back then, they’d been such a small-time trainer. Sometimes, he could still remember the Snivy in their arms, determined to stick by this trainer he- at the time- barely knew. All he knew was that his trainer loved him unconditionally, healed him when he was hurt, and brought new experiences into his life...and he already never wanted to part from them.

   The beginning of his interest in them. The beginning of their never-ending chase for him, from the dismantling of Team Plasma to even trying to find him from region to region around the world. Such determination, passion, emotion... It overwhelmed him back then. It was important to him then, and even now.

   It’s even why they began dating in the first place, Kira being endlessly patient with him, all their pokemon, and even their new understudy, the current Unova champion. (A young woman named Kisa. They’d gotten a good laugh at the similarity in name and got along well. Too high-energy for N to be around for long, personally, but she apparently was dating some up-and-coming star, so... Good for her.)

   N found himself snapping free of his daydreams as green moved beside him. It was Pride, once that little Snivy, now a proud Serperior...and it was watching him. For a long moment, nothing was said, just staring between the two; Pride’s stare intense, while N was simply curious.

   “...May I rest on your lap? My daughter has tired us both out.” N’s smile brightened, nodding eagerly. “Yes, of course! Feel free to.” His smile widened when he saw the younger Snivy- Ivy, funnily enough- slide off her father’s back, quickly crawling into N’s lap. Pride curled his body close, then contented himself with placing his head on N’s left thigh, sighing softly as he got comfortable. Pride’s body rippled a moment in quiet surprise when N’s hand gently landed on his head, but relaxed once pets were given.

   This was...nice. Lovely, even. He looked up just in time to meet Kira’s eyes, V now in their arms and watching the scene under the tree with an affectionate, warm smile. (Heat rolled from the top of his head into the tips of his toes at such a loving look. Hopefully his heart was faring better...) It took them a moment, settling the small legendary in their arms and giving them a treat, before they could walk over and sit next to him.

   “Ivy being a mischief maker again?”

   “So Pride said,” N agreed with a small nod. “She seems very energetic for such a small pokemon.”

   “Only around us, maybe,” Kira said with a soft laugh, leaning a little into N’s side. (His heart soared, head light with joy. Emotions are so...odd, yet delightful.) “She’s so shy everywhere else... It makes it hard to go into the city sometimes. She either wants to hide in my hood or crawl into my jacket. It’s just easier and a bit more comfortable for the both of us when she stays in the pokeball.”

   “...Not too much?” He can’t help but ask for the clarifaction. It still makes him uncomfortable and nervous, the idea of not giving pokemon more freedom. Of limiting them so much. He knows Kira wouldn’t- they’re so kind and love pokemon just as much as he does- but--

   “Of course not,” they assure, nose brushing his cheek. His face burns red within seconds, flustered all over again at such simple things. Suppose that’s what it’s like to love someone? If he kissed them now, it wouldn’t have been the first time they’ve done so, but it still makes him so unbelievably happy...

   A yip draws his attention away from Ivy in his lap and to Zorua, who’s finally given up on digging holes and causing mischief to wild pokemon. Kisa originally received him from a Plasma grunt (one that still followed and believed in N), but- on N’s request- returned him to his original trainer. Now the little pest was much akin to a son to them both...along with the other Zoroark and Zorua Kira caught during their shenanigans after N had left Unova. (A short few months before they left Unova to find him.)

   V is dozing off in Kira’s lap, Ivy’s taken up N’s, and with Pride nearby... Zorua abandons begging his trainer for affection, crawling into Kira’s lap and flopping over V, instead. The two have become friends since they’ve met, practically, so when V peers down and black and red fur, they do nothing but wiggle into a more comfortable spot, and get back to falling asleep.

   “...He’s so cute,” Kira crooned softly, scratching the fur of Zorua’s cheek. The pokemon made a soft noise, but did nothing else. Was he falling asleep already? Ah, N could be envious of that...

   “I don’t think he’s quite as cute as you, though.”

   “.........oh.” N glanced at their face, a smile brightening up his own at the pink on their cheeks and the shy look in their eyes. Every once and awhile, he’d give lines like that a shot- a try at confidence- and every time it worked, he felt bolder. More proud of himself and how far he’s come... How far they’ve come, to be together like this.

   “It’s true,” he murmurs, voice low as his hand moves from resting on Ivy’s back and to Kira’s hand, tangling their fingers together. “You’re so cute, darling. So lovely. My heart races when I look at you. You mean the world to me, you do. When you’re happy, I’m happy. When you’re sad or upset, I would like you to keep telling me, so I can be there for you...just as you have always been there for me.” A kiss to their cheek first, then nuzzling down until they tilted their head up just enough for him to kiss them. “...I love you, Kira.”

   They gave a shaky sigh, flustered tears in their eyes and face burning red. He knew they were a bit of the “crybaby” type; too many strong emotions make them weepy, but he still needed to ask... “You okay?”

   “Y-Yeah...” A sniffle, a nod, and then they continued, “You’re just...so sweet. I worried so much about so many things and now... Now you’re here. We’re together now and... Ah. I love you too, N. So, so much. It makes my heart hurt.”

   “In a good way, I’d hope.”

   “A good way,” they murmured, then laughed softly. “Always a good way... Everything is better when I’m with you, Natural.” Now it was his turn to laugh, eyes brightening at the rare use of his full name. Not all too proud of it- thus why he was still called “N” over it- but it...was nice to hear from Kira, every now and then.

   ....Maybe longer...

   “Hey, Kira? Have you thought...on traveling together?”

   “Hmm?” They looked up at him and it took him all his focus to make his eyes meet theirs, swallowing hard. Oh boy...

   “You mentioned visiting Johto...and how you’re incredibly fond of Ecruteak City. I thought we could visit it together sometime.” They stared at him- expressionless- a moment longer before those dark green eyes widened, straightening up a little.

   “...Really?”

   “Yes.” A pause, then them eagerly nodding their head, eyes bright. “Ah, I’m glad! I’ve been making plans, but it would’ve been a shame if you didn’t want to go...”

   “Plans?!”

   “Shhh!” They both glanced down at their napping pokemon and, seeing that nobody had woken up, N continued. “Yes, but they’re secret plans. You can’t know until we go...and I won’t tell you there either, okay? You’ll only know as we go from place to place.” He smiled, proud of himself and his notebook of plans, hidden back at his apartment. A whole week for them...and something else, too. How scary! How exciting; thrilling, even!! Something new for both their lives...

   “Ugh, fine...but I’m definitely all in. Let’s figure out when we should, yeah?”

   “Most definitely.”

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[zageekyunicorn]

Banette X Fem Reader  Pokehumans x reader

My shrieks of fear echoed through the dark forest as I ran away from a scary pokemon. "Please, Banette! I'm sorry I disturbed you! I tripped on a root!" I tried reasoning with the angry pokemon and no change occurred. I was focused on escaping or hiding from the ghost type but the darkness made it difficult. I was focused on not being hit by Banette's shadow ball that I didn't notice the steep cliff and the last thing I remember before blacking out was immense pain. "Ugh...where am I? I'm not dead?" I groaned as I sat up and saw that I was in a huge room with vintage decor and furniture. I sat up and looked around the room some more; everything seemed to be very old and covered in a thick layer of dust. "How did I end up here? Who brought me here?" I asked myself as I stood up and made my way towards the door and opened it. "Hello? Anybody here?" My voice echoed through the dark hallway as I mentally shuddered from how creepy everything looked. I built up enough courage and walked through the hallway until i reached a stairway. "Man...can these paintings be any creepier or what?" I shivered as goosebumps appeared on my body while looking at the portraits of people with almost sadistic smiles; they seemed to stare into my soul. "C...could I be in the haunted mansion near the forest's edge?" My stomach dropped as I noticed the old furniture around the mansion and the thick layer of dust and Spinarak webs that covered everything in sight. A low laugh echoed through the room sending shivers down my spine as I quickly ran down the stairs and towards the large door which i presumed was the exit. I was about to taste sweet freedom when a certain pokemon appeared in front of the door, blocking my path. "B...Banette?!" I stuttered as I paled and backed away slowly from the scary ghost type. He eyed me menacingly before his creepy slits moved to the chair and back to me. I obeyed and sat down on the dusty chair, trying my best not to cough or sneeze from the cloud of dust particles entered my nose. Banette disappeared for a split second before he appeared in front of me causing me to squeak with shock and fear. I noticed he was holding something out for me; I removed my gaze from Banette's face and towards his claws. He was giving me an Oran berry. I took the berry with shaky hands as the puppet pokemon waited for me to eat it. It suddenly clicked in my head; Banette gave me the Oran berry as a sorry for getting hurt and scaring me. "Thank you, Banette; I'm sorry for falling on you. I'd be scared and angry too if something like that happened to me." I smiled as i finished the berry. Banette turned out to be a very sweet and caring pokemon, despite his past. Turns out Banette was just very lonely due to his friends leaving him behind after they found trainers who captured them. Soon enough, the pokemon accepted my offer to join me on my journey in finding the perfect place to live in and call my home. It was turning out to be a very difficult task due to Banette being over protective of me and scared anyone who came close to me. After weeks of searching with no result, the two of us decided to stay in the mansion that Banette lived in before until I figured something out. "Please, Banette! I will never find a place if you keep scaring anyone who talks with me." I said to the ghost type who was floating above my head. The pokemon shrugged his shoulders and floated down towards my lap as I sat on the couch. "At least allow me to go alone and then I'll come back for you when I find something."  My words seemed to make Banette angry as he growled and shook his head. I sighed in defeat as I stood up and made my way towards the balcony in my room. It's not that I hate the mansion; it's just...the mansion is very old, rusty, dusty, the stairs are a death trap waiting to happen, the appliances don't work, and everything around us is dark. I felt Banette grab me from behind before hugging my waist. "I know, I know...I am not going to leave you and I care about you too." I smiled at my puppet pokemon not noticing the the slight frown on his face as I made my way towards my bed and slept. The nest morning, I woke up to the sun's rays shining down on my eyes. I rubbed my eyes and stretched before I sat up, but something warm and strong was stopping me from moving. "What the..." My eyes went to my waist and my heart dropped when I saw an arm, a very muscular arm. I trailed up the arm until I saw a man sleeping next to me on my bed. I screamed slightly before jumping out of bed and called out for Banette. The man's eyes shot open and I gasped at the familiarity of the red eyes that I have gotten used to throughout the weeks. The man jumped out of bed and stood in front of me while scanning my room. "What is it, (Y/N)? I don't sense or see anything...Was it another nightmare?" The man spoke in a deep and smooth voice which caught me by surprise. The man's eyes widened after that and he gasped. "What the...How am I talking?!" The man asked with a shocked expression as I stared at him with a 'are you mental' expression on my face. "Who the hell are you? What did you do with my Banette? Why are you dressed like that? Are those contacts? Whe..." The man silenced me by placing his hand over my mouth. "I can't believe this!" The man breathed as he ran towards the mirror in my room and stared at his reflection as if he never saw himself in the mirror before. I was really freaked out now and ran out the room to find Banette and leave. I was about to exit the mansion through the large doors when I was grabbed and held in place by two strong arms. "Where do you think you're going, (Y/N)?" A deep voice sounded near my ear. I hate to admit it but i got goosebumps from how good his voice felt; curse woman hormones. "Getting away from you and searching for Banette!" I said angrily which earned a slight chuckle from the weird man. "(Y/N); I am your Banette." The man said with a smirk. "Are you mentally ill? Did you escape from an asylum or something?" I asked as I glared at the black haired man when he turned me around to face him. "Look at me, (Y/N); look into my eyes and tell me what do you see..." The determined tone that laced his words had fixed as I stared into his eyes which do seem very familiar. I felt like I knew those eyes, but i refused to let my guard down. "If you really are my Banette then tell me something that only my Banette would know." I said as i stared hard at the man who held me captive in his warm and comfortable arms. The pale man sighed before he answered. "There was this one time when I possessed a guy and used him to follow you and purposely ruin your date with Mathias. Another one is when you always cry at movies such as The Pyroar King. Another is when you hate wearing your swimsuit out in public because you are very self conscious about your body. Another is when you said that Banette, who is me, has a crush on you. There was this other time when you failed to notice me and you started undressing in front of me..." I stopped Banette before he could continue with the embarrassing memories. "How...?" I breathed as I stared at my now poke-human. Banette just shrugged his shoulders and smirked his famous smirk as he wrapped his arms around my waist and pulled me closer to him. "I heard something on the news about an outbreak of Pokemon turning into humans. Apparently pokemon turning into humans is considered a common occurrance and I am one of those luck pokemon." Banette explained as his face inched closer to mine. My cheeks reddened and heated from how close our faces were. "L...lucky?" I paused for a second when something Banette said clicked in my head. "Wait a second...I never told you that I thought you had a crush on me." I gasped before playfully glaring and smacking the human Banette. "You've been reading my diary again! How many times am I supposed to..." I was interrupted by a pair of soft and warm lips against my own. My eyes widened before they fluttered closed and i wrapped my arms around my former pokemon's neck. Since I was caught off guard, my lips were slightly parted which gave Banette the opportunity to explore my mouth with his very talented tongue. Our tongues danced to a beat that only the both of us knew as we lost ourselves in the kiss. I reluctantly pulled away to breathe but I kept my forehead touching Banette's. "So can I assume that you feel the same way?" Banette asked as I smiled. "I have a crush on you too, Banette." I sighed happily as we remained in each other's arms for the remainder of the day. Fast forward a few months; Banette and I decided to live in the mansion but bruce it up a bit...make it more modern; plant a few flowers and trees, repaint the walls, buy new wallpaper, carpets, appliances, and voila! Now, the mansion looks more lively and elegant with a modern twist. Sometimes tired trainers would ask if they could stay the night, but as usual Banette remained protective of me and would still scare off some guys he deemed suspicious. Why did Banette have to keep his powers? I would just sigh and lightly scold the former pokemon before we would continue enjoying the other's company. "And then you wived happwy eva afta! Wight mommy?" I smiled at my two yeard old son as he clapped his cute little hands. He loved that story of how I met his father. "Yes, Kiba. We lived happily ever after...that is until we had you and Kiara; we became even happier after you two came into our lives." I kissed the little boy's chubby cheek as he giggled. Kiba looked exactly like his father with his red eyes and pale skin but he had my hair. Kiara had my looks except for her eyes which she took from Banette. The door to the living room opened and in came Banette with Kiara in his arms. "What are my two lovelies doing here?" My husband smiled as he sat beside me and wrapped an arm around my waist to pull me closer to his body. "Mommy was tewing me the stowy of how you two met." Kiba and Kira giggled as Banette kissed my cheek. "And did mommy tell you how much daddy loves her?" Banette said as he pulled me even closer to him; i was almost sitting on his lap as Kiba and Kiara stood in front of us. "We're going to bed, now. Good night~" Our two children ran out the room and to their bedroom for they knew the look that Banette had as he looked at me. "I love you." Banette kissed me and I happily kissed back with the same amount of passion. "I love you too." I said before I was engulfed in the kiss again. I was suddenly carried by Banette and lead out of the room. "Where are we going?" I asked my love as he smirked at me and looked at me with those soft red eyes that I have come to love. "To continue in the bedroom, where else?" Banette smirked as he kissed me again before he closed the bedroom door behind us. Let's just say that the rest of the night was a blast! ;)

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[magmagruntalayne]

Heart of the Sea

The Sharpedo's Den was like most bars on this side of the mountain; so dimly lit, full of alcoholics whose disease was born out of tragedy, and hazy with cigarette smoke. Very few of the patrons were talking, most of them too focused on their drinks or their thoughts to bother trying to make friends. Hell, nobody was interested in making friends anymore since it was just as likely that the bastard that was making you laugh tonight would be dead by Thursday. Maybe he'd drown, or his debts would finally catch up with him; of course, that's if he was lucky. Most just starved to death or became the victim of someone, or something, that was hungry enough to see if they liked the taste of human flesh. It was like the Arceus-damned Donner Party out here nowadays.

Team Aqua had certainly made sure of that.

When Alayne had first joined Team Magma she had thought that the team rivaling her own was fairly harmless. Just a bunch of trainer dropouts pretending to be pirates while using the thin excuse of trying to clean up the oceans and making it a safer place for all sea-dwelling pokemon. Harmless, disorganized, and annoying. The complete opposite of Team Magma, the cause she had sold her soul to, which was a well-oiled machine: ruthless, tactical, and organized to the point it was almost maddening at times. A team dedicated to cleaning up the environment so that people and pokemon could live in harmony without the clash over land that was happening more and more often as people began to spread into wild areas. On paper, it was actually rather surprising to learn that Aqua and Magma were not actually two branches of the same team but competitors. From what she gathered they were one team, at some point long before she took up her red cowl, but the rift came from infighting over resources. Money, after all, was just as much of a necessary resource to a cause as clean water is to a living creature. Either way, the teams split and when she was approached with the offer of bettering not only her own future but the future of pokemon, Alayne sided with Maxie and the rest of Team Magma.

That's why she was so good at her job. She had been clashing with the members of Team Aqua even before both leaders had gone off the deep end. It was hard remembering just where both teams had gone wrong because the changes had been very subtle at first. Hell, she couldn't even remember which team had started this suicidal plunge that would ruin the world forever. Her head always said it was Archie since he's the one who had ruined the world after all so he was obviously the most logical choice, but her gut always said it was Maxie. Not that it mattered much, somewhere along the line both men began the hunt for the legendary pokemon: Groudon and Kyorge. Creators of the land and sea respectively.

At the time she never actually believed that either team would find the legendaries. Yes, she had believed they existed but at the same time, part of her believed that they were either dead, or gone, or because they were literal gods that they would never be found, let alone be bent to the wills of mere men.

Arceus must have been laughing its ass off when she first laid eyes on Kyorge.

Somehow, despite the ragtag nature of Archie's group of merry-men they actually did it. They found and summoned Kyorge to the surface in an attempt to have the god of the ocean cleanse the water of all the toxins that man had dumped into it. They had won. It was a fucking shame that it would come at the cost of the whole world.

Now instead of the world being made up of about 70% water, the currently estimated percentage was closer to 80% water, because who could have foreseen that a drawback to summoning the god that created the fucking oceans would lead to the water level rising by way fucking more than the world could take.

The waves and wind had torn Pacifidlog to pieces, ripping the wooden structures off of the Corsola colony it was founded on and dashed everything against the other rocks and islands nearby. Dewport and Slateport were just swallowed by the tide, although Slateport's famous lighthouse can still be seen when the tide is low, apparently, Dewport wasn't as lucky. Nothing was left of the little seaside town, not any kind of infrastructure either above or below water. If it wasn't for the fact that it was still in the memories of any who had ever visited it could almost be said that the town never existed. Not that Alayne could speak from first-hand experience. Exploring ruins for the lost hadn't been part of her job when she was still apart of Magma. Instead, her job had been trying to protect those places that Kyorge hadn't finished sinking, places like Rustboro, Lilycove, and her hometown of Mauville. The last of which had basically lost its whole east side due to the water rising out of Route 118. It was in the wreckage of her old home that she had been approached for a second time by a man with a job opportunity- only this time it wasn't some misguided attempt to try to save the world.

The same job had led her to leave Magma and its attempts to save the world it just as easily could have destroyed, to sipping cheap whiskey in the Sharpedo's Den as she watched the blond at the bar order another round for him and the brunette at his side.

"Ya know, you don't have to do this, right?"

The only sign that Trey's voice had startled her was the slight ripple in her cup from the tiny jerk she had given and the way her eyes cut sharply away from the couple at the bar to her companion. They both knew that she'd gotten so wrapped up in her work and brooding that she'd forgotten he was there, but he wasn't the type to complain, at least not anymore. Before the end of the world, he would have given her so much shit for it. Teasing her relentlessly until she was forced to silence him either with a look, a drink, or a kiss. The last being his all-time favorite. Not that she blamed him since it had been her favorite way of shutting him up too. Not that she had kissed him since Kyorge had resurfaced. That had broken them like it had broken all things. It didn't help that Trey had been considered Aqua's golden boy before Archie destroyed the world.

"I know," She replies, speaking mostly into her glass to avoid meeting his too green eyes.  It had been a long time since she had been able to meet his gaze, even though he was trying desperately to meet hers now.

"Then don't. Nothing's stoppin' you from walkin' out right now. It'd be easier." He leans back in his chair, tucking his hands behind his head. He was trying so hard to sound nonchalant about the whole thing but Alayne wasn't stupid. She knew he was trying to talk her out of it. It was a neat trick that she always seemed to be able to do with Trey, most people had always told her that he had been hard to read. Always putting up a happy front that few people, if any besides her, could see past. He was deeply troubled under all the smiles and the party vibe he used to give off.

Right now, he was scared, which meant that her contact had been right, the couple at the bar were Team Aqua members- and Trey knew them.

"Easier would have been killing myself a long time ago." She shot back, a surprising amount of venom in her voice.

"Hey," He drops the nonchalant act and reaches across the table to grab her free hand, which had been resting on the tabletop, "Don't talk like that, Laney. Please."

Alayne wanted to fucking cry. She wanted to crawl across the tabletop, into his arms, and cry until there was nothing left to cry about. This is why they couldn't keep doing this. One little touch and she was back in the world before- before the world forgot what the sun looked like because the rainclouds had blocked it out. Back when she was happy for the first time in her life. Magma had given her a job, friends, Pokemon, and in its own way, it had given her Trey. Aqua had stolen all of that.  Faces flashed through her mind of all the people and pokemon that she had lost. Misaki and Kira to the first failed attempt to retake Sootopolis. Adrian, Anders, and Oz to the mudslides. Kanno, Abrus, and Blue to the plagues. Leo in the riots. Ever starved and Ethan killed himself soon after. Milo to the bandits. Maxie to an assassination. Courtney, Tabitha, Cole, Mary, Lori, Felix, Bryan, Sandy-

She physically recoils from Trey's touch, spilling some of her drink, but successfully ripping herself from the flood of memories that threaten to overtake her. She couldn't do this. This is why they had to stop. He reminded her too much of all the things she lost, and they both knew that he was in part to blame for the reason they were all gone. Yet, as much as she couldn't stand him touching her because it grounded her too much in her shitty reality, Trey was the one thing that kept her from actually killing herself. And she was pretty sure that keeping her alive was the only thing that kept Trey from being completely consumed by the guilt of being a part of the reason the world had gone to shit. It was as if keeping her alive was the one thing that could redeem him in the end. Two desperate souls that couldn't be together but couldn't be apart either. It was fucking pathetic but it got her through. So she'd take it.

"Laney? Are yo-"

"Don't touch me." Alayne couldn't look at him, instead focusing on a spot on the floor, ignoring the way her vision swam with unshed tears.

She could almost feel him withdrawal his hand from her personal space even though he never touched her. She could hear the squeak of his chair on the floor as he settles back into it. Alayne closes her eyes. She couldn't afford to do this. Not now. She still had a job to do. If she was going to fall apart she could do it later.

"…Laney, please don't do this," His voice was a strained whisper, like a ghost trying to communicate through the void. It made something twist in her chest painfully, "Not them. They don't… Kegan didn't have a damn thin' to do with anythin' that happened. Let ‘em go."

She sets her drink down on the table, it was the first time she set the glass down all night, asides from the two times she had made the bartender refill it. Alayne drops her head into a waiting hand, covering her eyes so she could discreetly wipe the tears away. She was glad that she had decided to forgo wearing any kind of eye make-up tonight; it was always a good idea on nights like this. Not that seeing a woman with smudge make-up was anything anyone paid attention too anymore; likely she was either a prostitute at the end of her shift or mourning another soul that was lost to the endless rain. Arceus, she was so fucking weak for him. "You know if someone else catches up to them, they won't be as kind. You may be condemning them to the same fate as Shelly."

"Yeah, but they at least get a chance if you let ‘em go."

Alayne was quiet for a long time. She hated this part of her job, especially on nights when Trey was with her. She already had to go through this moral dilemma every-fucking-time she caught up to an ex-Aqua member but Trey always added an extra ton of guilt whenever he decided to tag along. One would think that with her kill count these debates would fucking stop, but it felt like they were only getting worse. She could barely even justify to herself anymore that she was merciful compared to most other bounty hunters. Well, she was now. She was a lot more violent when she first started taking revenge on old Aqua members. Now the poisons she used were always fast acting and were so painless that sometimes her targets even smiled at her when their hearts finally stopped. Hell, the fact that she was going so soft was probably part of the reason Trey had decided to show up tonight. He saw who her targets were, and knew he could probably talk her out of this. Bastard.

"I fucking hate you,"

"It’d be easier if you actually did." He uses her own words against her. It was so sudden and out of character that it made Alayne lift her head out of her hand, and actually look at him for the first time that night. Trey was watching her with such sad eyes and a matching smile. Even though she knew she looked as rough as the rest of the patrons in this hole in the wall, he somehow managed to look exactly like he did before the end of days. Complete with that green t-shirt with the kecleon silhouette she bought for him on his last birthday. Looking as if he was unfazed by all the tauroshit around them- unless you were looking at his eyes. They were just as haunted as everyone else’s, only his seemed to corrupt every expression that crossed his face, even his smile. Arceus, what she wouldn't do to make him smile like they used to.

Alayne sighs wistfully and glances over her shoulder. The brunette was sitting alone at the bar. Looks like she had missed her chance. She had been planning on ambushing him in the bathroom, then catching the girl when she came looking for her friend. She stands, noting the way that Trey seemed to jerk like he was going to try to stop her until he noticed that she was already waving him off. She missed her chance, and she was pretty sure that if she killed these two Trey would make himself scarce for a while. She wasn't sure what either one of them would do with the silence. It had gotten so bad last time that they had stopped talking- she really had been close to killing herself before Trey appeared to literally talk her off the edge. She wasn't ready to chase him away again.

Grabbing her glass and her purse, the ex-Magma made her way over to the bar and leans the gap between the seat the blond had been sitting in and the brunette's spot as she waits for the bartender to notice her. She didn't miss the way that the girl angled herself away just slightly or that she was only drinking a soda instead of something a little more… alcoholic. The bartender appears in front of her, and instead of exchanging words, she fishes her wallet out of her bag and passes him her credit card. He nods, shuffling farther down the bar to close out her tab. She takes a sip of the last of her drink as she watches him head to the register. "You two need to get out of here."

The girl next to her startles, turning to actually face Alayne. She was adorable. All freckles, big brown eyes, and a pretty round face that probably lit up a room when she smiled. There was no doubt about it now that she could actually see the girl up close. It was, in fact, Kegan Roth, ex-Aqua grunt, and close friend to Trey. She hadn't been a hundred percent sure that this girl had been Kegan but she had just assumed the moment she laid eyes on Blake, that his companion had been the farm girl. It seemed that once again her instincts had been right on point.

"W-what?"

"You're being hunted. Or at least were, but people will figure out sooner or later that I missed my mark."

The blood drained from the girl's face and Alayne eyes her as Kegan reached for her jacket. She either had a weapon in there or was just going to bolt. Judging by the look of pure terror in her eyes, she was betting on the latter rather than the former. Funny, she had always thought Trey's old friends had more moral than this. Then again, she did have the poor girl cornered, and the gentleman who had probably kept her safe all this time wasn't around to protect her. Although he'd be back soon enough, and she'd rather be gone by that time. She glances up to the mirror behind the bar her subconscious telling her that she was being watched. Trey was still sitting at the table, staring at her, and when he sees her looking waves at her with that same tragic smile.

"Trey says hi, by the way."

This stops Kegan in her tracks. The country girl sits up straighter and twists to look around the bar. She had this look of excitement on her face that made everything in Alayne's chest twist painfully such a way that made her want to drop to her knees and sob. It had been so long since she had seen such pure hope like that. No wonder Trey wanted to protect her. She was so innocent and open. "Trey's here? But I thought he'd-"

"He did." Alayne cuts her off quickly, breaking her gaze from Trey's in the mirror. She closes her eyes and slams back the last of her drink. It burned as it when down, but it chased the taste of acid out of her mouth. The glass hits the counter with more force than she intended, and when she opens her eyes the bartender is standing in front of her with his hand outstretched. Waiting for her to take her card and receipt. Kegan had gone quiet and was bowing her head.

Alayne takes the paper and plastic, shoving it into her pocket. She nods at the bartender and turns her back on the two. "Good luck."

Out of the corner of her eye, she could see Blake coming back down the hallway from where the restrooms were. She could feel his eyes on her and even though he moved out of her line of sight, she had no doubt he was already back at Kegan's side- being filled in about the current situation and how their lives were spared mostly on a whim. This would most likely be the last time she would ever see the two. Even if she was instructed to keep them as a bounty Alayne doubted that she would ever chase after them again. Somehow it felt right. Maybe because in a previous life, she had been expecting to be on the run like they were. Although she always expected it to be because Maxie had figured out that she had fallen in love with Trey, and by some twist of fate he had fallen for her too-not because she was at fault for ending the world.

She passes by their table which was empty, minus Trey's untouched beer. Without thinking she reaches out and snags the bottle, bringing it to her lips. It was warm and the taste made her crinkle her nose in disgust but she still drank it. Part of her was expecting the bartender to try to stop her as she pushed open the door to head out into the rain, bottle still in hand, but he didn't. Just another example of how much of a shit people gave now that they realized that the world was on borrowed time. Pausing under the tin awning, Alayne carefully swings her purse around and with her free hand began the dig for her umbrella. Like all necessary things it somehow seemed to have ended up at the very bottom of her bag, regardless of the fact that she had just used it a few hours ago.

‘Thanks.'

The voice was so quiet that there should have been no way that she heard it over the sound of the rain beating on the metal overhead. Then again she guessed that was the upside of having voices in one's head. No matter how softly he spoke, Alayne could always hear him.

For a long time, she's silent, just rummaging through her bag. Finally, she unearths her prize, still damp from her walk to the bar. With the press of a button, the travel umbrella unfolds, snapping into shape with a click that was drowned out by the rain. Alayne shoulders the umbrella, before bringing the bottle back to her lips to finish it off. One day, she probably would be able to enjoy drinking beer but for now, it was just another reminder of the fact that Trey… wasn't actually here anymore. Once the bottle was empty, she set it gently on the edge of the steps before stepping out into the downpour.

"You're welcome."

#I have no idea if I'll actually come back to this blog #this is just the first thing I've written since I've stopped writing here #And some select people wanted to read it #enjoy the sads

[ariannadi]

Finally, Just You and Me

Wow I actually managed a Pokemon fic :O In actuality I started this premise back when USUM came out but didn’t have the motive to finish it then xD

Gladion x Kira (Moon), Hau x Lillie - characters have been aged up a bit.

Can also be read on Ao3

Kira’s eyes wandered to the beachfront of Hau’oli City, a sigh leaving her mouth as she meandered about the strip. Nazo, her Mimikyu, followed aimlessly at her heels, pausing to look directly at its trainer when it noticed her disposition turn sour.

“Sorry, Nazo,” the girl said to the Pokemon with a sad smile. “Suppose my mind is just elsewhere today.”

“Kyu?” the Mimikyu responded, then nudged its head against her calf affectionately. Kira laughed and bent down to scoop the little creature into her arms, returning the gesture by nuzzling her forehead against the crooked grin that donned the Pokemon’s disguise.

Nazo had been one of the last Pokemon to join her team, but it had grown to love her far quicker than any of the others. It got to the point where the little being simply refused to be encased in its pokeball, preferring to follow Kira on foot instead.

She remembered the moment she caught him vividly, it had been at the abandoned supermarket just after Acerola’s trial. She’d had to rescue a stolen Yungoos from Po Town after that, but when Kira returned to the Aether house where she had left Lillie, that was when everything had gone south.

That was when Gladion had joined their brigade officially.

A shaky sigh left Kira as she thought of the standoffish boy. It had been just over a year now since he had departed for Kanto and Johto to become a stronger trainer, and although he had made an effort to keep in contact with her, Lillie, and Hau through video chat, it just wasn’t the same. More often than not, their late-night conversations left her heart aching, knowing it could be another year, maybe more, before he returned to Alola. He had insisted they weren’t friends when they parted ways after traveling together, but the bond that had developed between them had proven otherwise.

She missed him. Very much so.

The sudden beeping of her Rotom Dex snapped Kira out of her depressing thoughts; the conjoined Pokemon flying out of her purse and switching to the video chat screen. “A call from Lillie! BZZZrrrzzzZZZ!” it announced, before the aforementioned blonde popped up on the screen.

“Hey Kira! What’s up?” the girl asked, Hau peeking over her shoulder and waving excitedly.

“Um, not much? What are you two up to?” Kira asked in return.

“Lillie and I were wondering if you wanted to come grab malasadas with us!” Hau butted in, nearly knocking Lillie over. “We’re helping Professor Kukui at his laboratory but malasadas always have priority!”

“AND Kira,” Lillie berated him gently, causing Hau’s face to turn sheepish as he rubbed at the back of his head.

“Heh, of course!” the boy agreed.

Kira smiled to herself at their humorous banter. Ever since her best friends had begun “dating” or whatever the equivalent was for two fifteen-year-olds, they had been nearly inseparable – which more often than not rendered Kira the third wheel when they all hung out. If she were honest, though, she really didn’t mind it. Seeing them so happy together made her happy, in turn.

“You’re in Hau’oli City, right?” Lillie asked suddenly. “We’ll meet you at the malasada shop in a few, alright?”

“Sounds good,” Kira replied. “See you in a bit.”

The girl made her way to the restaurant, grabbing a booth off to the corner that would be big enough for her and her accomplices. Nazo took it upon itself to crawl into her lap, chirping excitedly when she pulled out a pouch of pokebeans and handed it one.

It only took a good ten minutes before Hau and Lillie arrived, both hurrying to her when she waved them over. Hau offered to order their food at the counter, as was expected, leaving Kira and Lillie to talk one-on-one for a bit.

“Feels like forever since we hung out last!” Lillie said, reaching over to pat Nazo on the top of its disguise.

“It’s been a week, Lillie,” Kira laughed, which Lillie just rolled her eyes at.

“You know what I mean,” the girl retorted. “With me helping out at Aether and you having to defend your title almost every day, it doesn’t leave much time for us to do stuff together anymore. Even Hau and I don’t get to do much together since he’s training to become a Kahuna now.”

“Makes you wish we all hadn’t grown up so fast, huh?” Kira said sadly, and Lillie sighed.

“Now I know how Gladion felt when he took off on his own,” she muttered. “I suppose it all worked out for the best.”

At the mention of Gladion, Kira felt her cheeks heat.

“Hey, Lillie?” she asked shyly, her tone causing her friend to stare at her curiously. “Do you… have any idea when your brother is going to come back here?”

“None at all,” Lillie answered. “I mean, he says he’s almost done with his training but you never know with that boy. Why do you ask?”

Kira wiggled in her seat a bit as she stared toward the table, her fingers idly playing with the ears on Nazo’s disguise.

“I was just… I-I was actually thinking about him earlier, and well, the thought crossed my mind. It feels like it's been a lifetime since he was here. And with you and Hau always together I just…”

Lillie studied her silently for a while, before a beaming smile broke out on her face – one that left Kira quite terrified.

“Oh, Kira…” she nearly cooed, “You have a crush on Gladion! I knew this was going to happen eventually, you two just had too much chemistry for it not to!”

Kira, having been found out, knew her face was as red as a tomato at this point. Waving her hands furiously, she hissed, “Will you keep it down? I don’t want Hau to hear, he’ll never let me live it down.”

“But it’s so adorable!” Lillie sang, ignoring the request completely. “I mean, the fact that you talk to him more often than I do rang a few bells – but for you to actually confirm it?” the girl clapped her hands together, “My entire week has been made!”

“And why’s that?” Hau asked as he approached the table, a tray of malasadas and drinks in his hands.

“Oh! Er… because… because the malasadas were ready so quickly!” Kira yelped, flashing Hau a convincing smile.

“And here I thought I was the malasada enthusiast,” Hau teased, taking a seat next to Lillie and setting the tray on the table.

“Oh, I’d say some of us are just as excited,” Lillie replied, sending a knowing look Kira’s way and earning a deadly glare in response.

When the three of them were finished eating and catching up, they made their way out onto the strip of Hau’oli City – Hau wandering ahead to let his Pokemon run around on the beach. This gave Lillie the opportunity to yank Kira aside, the aura about her entirely serious.

“Okay, you can’t just drop a bomb about liking my brother on me and expect me to let it blow over,” the girl said with a harrumph. “Are you gonna do something about it?”

“There isn’t much I can do, Lillie,” Kira argued in her defense. “Gladion is off in another region and I have duties here as Champion. Even if I did say something, it’s not like he’d reciprocate it. I don’t think he would drop everything just to come back for my sake.” Admitting such a truth made Kira’s chest tighten, but attempting to deceive herself into believing things would work in her favor would only set the stage for heartbreak.

“You may be surprised,” Lillie offered, resting a hand on her shoulder reassuringly. “Gladion cares about you a lot; both as a friend, and as a rival. The only way you’re going to find out if those feelings go one step further is if you talk to him about it. So, please consider it?” It didn’t help that her friend was regarding her with a puppy-eyed look, but Kira found herself sighing in surrender.

“I’ll… consider it,” she mumbled.

“Good!” Lillie cheered, her face becoming its usual perkiness once again, “Let me know how it goes when you do talk to him!”

“I said I would consider it, Lillie!” Kira shouted to the blonde as she bounced away to the beachfront. The girl’s shoulders sagged in defeat as she glanced downwards toward Nazo, who just chirped curiously up at its trainer.

“What am I gonna do, boy?” she nearly whispered, her chest feeling fit to burst. Her little Mimikyu was receptive, thankfully, shuffling over to her leg and nuzzling it in comfort. Kira knew the answer to her own question quite well – but, just as Lillie had stated, it would mean having to sit herself down and confront the object of her concerns directly.

It was definitely going to be her biggest challenge to date.

That night, after she had eaten dinner and her mother had settled in the living room, Kira forcibly parked herself at her desk – proceeding to open the video chat program on her computer. The cursor on the screen hovered over Gladion’s name, but Kira found that she couldn’t convince herself to click it.

“C’mon, Kira…” she muttered as she chewed at her lip, “It’s the same as calling him any other night. You can do this.” She took a deep breath, and, taking the leap, double clicked on the single word.

The video chat rang for a good twenty seconds, and with every one that ticked by, Kira felt her stomach sink lower and lower. A series of explanations plagued her all at once, each one sounding more convincing than the last.

Was he busy?

Was he already asleep?

Did he not want to talk to her anymore?

Had he… had he met someone else?

Finally, just as she was about to hang up, Gladion answered, his slightly disheveled appearance causing Kira’s heart to thunder frantically.

“Kira,” he acknowledged, his smile barely visible, “It’s been a few days. What’s up?”

It took a moment for the girl to respond, but once she did, she immediately apologized. “You were sleeping, weren’t you? Arceus, I’m so sorry. I-I can call back at a better time…”

“Nah,” Gladion interjected, waving his hand in dismissal. “I wasn’t sleeping. I just barely settled into bed, is all. I was actually kinda anticipating you calling me, so…”

“You couldn’t have done it?” Kira teased, her nerves starting to ease with their lighthearted conversation. “You do have fingers, right? Or did they fall off with all that training?”

“Ha-ha,” the boy scoffed, but the smirk on his lips remained. “I have an image to keep, y’know? What kind of reputation would I have if people found out I was calling the Champion of Alola every night?”

“I don’t know…” Kira said slyly, “Most people are crazy about the edgy types with a secret golden heart.”

“And do you consider yourself ‘most people’?” Gladion retorted, his eyes narrowing in curiosity. Kira swallowed thickly, her attention wandering away from the screen to stare toward her feet.

“I… I, er…” the girl stuttered, and Gladion chuckled.

“Stunned into silence. You know, you may have a point,” he admitted, his voice rough. It was then that Kira’s eyes returned to the screen, her gaze locking on Gladion’s and staying there.

“Glad?” she nearly whispered, and swallowed again. “When are you coming home?”

The boy didn’t respond right away, but his eyes never left Kira’s face. “The reason I left to begin with was so I could battle you properly someday. I don’t know if I’m ready to face the Champion of Alola just yet.”

“I know, it's just... you've been gone for so long, and Hau and Lillie are always together, and...” Kira trailed off, her gaze moving toward the floor once again. She heard Gladion sigh, but made no attempt to move.

“Kira, I’ll come back soon, okay? Promise.” Gladion said softly. Kira nodded, slowly raising her head to meet his eyes. “Hey uh…” the boy then added, all of a sudden looking hesitant, “I really like that clip in your hair, by the way. It looks nice on you.”

Kira absentmindedly touched the flower barrette that sat in her pink-brown hair, a tender smile rising on her cheeks. “T-thank you,” she uttered bashfully. Gladion’s responding smirk only made her smile widen.

“I um… I should probably go to bed. I’m heading to Cinnabar Island in the morning, so…” the boy explained, scratching at the back of his head.

“Oh! Yes, you should definitely get some rest,” Kira agreed. Neither made an attempt to close the video chat, however.

“Kira? I need your help, dear. I think Meowth is stuck in the trash can again,” Kira’s mother’s voice suddenly spoke from the hallway, causing the girl to jump in her seat.

“Again?” Gladion laughed. “That’s the fourth time this month. Maybe you should invest in glue or something.”

“Hush, you,” Kira hissed, then called over her shoulder, “Be right there, mom!”

Gladion was still laughing, albeit softly, when she turned to face him again.

“Suppose I’d better let you go, now,” he sighed, but his smile remained. “I’ll talk to you soon, Kira. Have a good night.”

“Yeah,” Kira replied, void of breath, “You too.”

And with that, they simultaneously ended the call.

Kira was startled from slumber early the next morning when a series of poundings sounded on her bedroom door.

“Kiraaaa! Lillie and I are here to see yoooou!” came Hau’s voice from beyond the barrier, followed by Lillie, who was tutting at him in disapproval.

The rudely awoken girl grumbled as she slumped out of bed, then threw open her door and mustered the most annoyed look possible.

“Alola, cousin!” Hau greeted, and Kira just huffed.

“I told you we should’ve waited a couple more hours,” Lillie sighed, shaking her head. “Sorry, Kira. We wanted to hang out with you today but Hau decided that meant 9 AM sharp.”

“I have title defense today, guys,” Kira yawned, stretching her arms. “I mean, I’d love to shuck my responsibilities, but…”

“Oh! No need to worry,” Lillie explained. “We told Professor Kukui we’d be stealing you away today; you don’t need to be at the league until late afternoon.”

That had Kira raising a brow. Kukui had always been insistent on her being available for challenges. Before she could interrogate her friends, however, Hau barked, “Alright, up and at ‘em, cousin! We’ll wait in the living room while you get ready!”

Groaning in defeat, Kira retreated into her room to throw on clothes and comb out her disheveled hair, clipping in the barrette Gladion had complimented the night before with a smile. She met Hau and Lillie in the living room afterward, the latter showering her appearance with praise despite it only taking a good fifteen minutes.

“As cute as that outfit is, I think we can find an even cuter one at the mall in Hau’oli City,” Lillie said, clapping her hands together. “It’s been forever since we shopped together!”

Kira cocked a brow. “And… Hau is okay with this? He’s not exactly the shopping type.”

“I can shop!” Hau protested with a pout. “But I was thinking I would hang out at the beach until you guys get finished. Then we can all grab lunch!”

“Fine by me. Just, no malasadas today. Okay, Hau?” Kira insisted, which only earned her a wide smile.

“Everyday is a day for malasadas, cousin! You should know that by now!” the boy laughed outright. "But alright. We can grab sandwiches or something."

After saying goodbye to Kira’s mother, the trio set off to Hau’oli City. Kira and Lillie headed to the shopping mall, while Hau made a hard left toward the beachfront. The girls set to work on browsing through the numerous racks of clothing, Lillie taking it upon herself to grab a selection of items for the sole purpose of Kira trying them on. Nazo turned out to be quite interested in the matter, as well, as the little creature had its own pile of various materials accumulating on the top of its head.

“Aren’t you going to look for something, Lillie?” Kira eventually asked.

“Don’t worry about me!” the blonde replied, balancing an armload of outfits. “I shop all the time now with Wicke. We’re here for you this time around!”

Kira twisted her lip, but let the matter be, knowing she wouldn’t be able to convince her friend otherwise. After trying on everything she and Lillie had gathered, she settled on three outfits – one in particular being her favorite of the bunch.

“Oh that looks so adorable on you, Kira!” the blonde said as both she and Kira observed it in the changing room mirror. The outfit consisted of a white tank top with frills around the neckline, pink capris, and pink sandals with white flowers on the buckles. Such a combination was inspired by the look and color of her barrette, and Kira ultimately decided to wear the outfit for the remainder of the day (with some heavy persuasion from Lillie, of course).

They met Hau at the sandwich shop afterward, where the boy already had their food waiting for them by the time they sat down.

“Nice clothes, Kira!” Hau said with a bright smile, offering a thumbs-up. “You and Lillie have such a good taste in fashion. Well… from what I know about fashion, anyway.”

“Thank you, Hau,” Kira laughed, ripping off a piece of her sandwich and handing it to Nazo, who sat in her lap. “Really it was Lillie who picked everything out, I just kinda gave the final word.”

“Oh, nonsense,” Lillie dismissed. “You have a much better eye for style than me. I knew you were set on something matching your barrette when you started rejecting everything that was dark in color.”

“Surprised you wouldn’t go for something dark, honestly,” Hau muttered, which earned him a not-so-subtle kick under the table from Lillie. Kira’s brows furrowed at the action, but the timely beeping of her Rotom Dex prevented her from questioning the situation further.

“Call from Professor Kukui! BZZzzzZZRrrr!” the hybrid device announced as it flew in front of Kira’s face, and a few seconds later the man in question popped up on the screen.

“Alola, cousin!” Kukui greeted. “We already have some challengers lining up at the league – are you all done catching up with Hau and Lillie?”

“Hi, Kukui!” Hau shouted, waving like mad even though the professor couldn’t see him.

“Erm, hello voice who I assume is Hau,” Kukui replied with a chuckle. “Anyway, head to Ula’ula as soon as you can, alright, Kira?”

“You got it, Professor,” Kira replied, and Kukui ended the call.

“You gonna go to Ula’ula, then?” Lillie asked with the tilt of her head.

“I’d better,” Kira responded, then started packing up her things. “If I don’t head there soon and start battling, I’ll end up being there all night.” She stood from the table, Nazo perching itself on her shoulder. “Thanks for inviting me to shop and dine with you guys,” she told both Lillie and Hau gratefully. It really was nice to be able to hang out with them like this for once.

“It was no problem! Now, go defend your title! And good luck!” Lillie cheered, and was quickly joined by a muffled Hau, who had been busy stuffing his face.

Defending her position as Champion of Alola had become like second nature to Kira at this point. She’d held the title for nearly two years and not one of her challengers had even come close to taking it away. Some didn’t even make it past the Elite Four – but Kira couldn’t blame them when the league had only just been established in the region.

Entering the domain that sat on top of Mount Lanakila, Kira headed to the platform that would take her to the very top of the league. Upon climbing the steps, she took her seat – Nazo scrambling into her lap with an excited chirp.

“Ready for this, boy?” she asked the Pokemon, who made a whirring sound in response.

“CHALLENGER APPROACHING,” the intercom announced, and Kira rose from her throne.

As was expected, all of the trainers that came her way left in disgruntlement and without the Champion title. Between Kira's Primarina, Persian, Mismagius, Lycanroc, Ninetales, and Mimikyu, it was almost impossible for the opposite to happen.

Night had fallen, and Kira was just about to head out for the evening when the intercom sounded again.

“CHALLENGER APPROACHING!” it blared, and Kira let out a long, annoyed groan.

“For real? Shouldn’t the league be closed by now?” she complained to no one in particular, then threw herself back into her seat with a huff.

But then, a shock of platinum blonde hair came into view, slightly longer than she remembered but unmistakable in appearance. When a pair of piercing green eyes followed, Kira absentmindedly stood to her feet, her heart pounding like mad as the final challenger of the night came face-to-face with her.

“Gl-Gladion…?” she breathed in disbelief, taking a wobbly step forward. The boy in question just smirked, before reaching for a pokeball on his belt.

“Champion, I’ve looked forward to our battle – trained for over a year in another region just so I could prove my worth,” he said, his voice confident. “I hope you’re ready for this.”

Kira wiped at the tears that suddenly blurred her vision, sniffling once before taking a steady breath. “You bet I am,” she answered just as boldly, and threw the pokeball containing her Primarina into the air. “Flounder, go!”

“Silvally, you’re up!” Gladion shouted in return, calling out his signature Pokemon. Silvally had been prepped with the grass-type memory disc beforehand, its trainer obviously anticipating Flounder being part of the match.

“Flounder, hit ‘em with a Moonblast!” Kira called out, praising her Primarina when it landed a direct hit.

“Silvally, use Crunch!” Gladion commanded, his Pokemon following the order and doing considerable damage to its opponent.

The battle continued for a good half-hour; Gladion having the upper hand a majority of the time but Kira managing to barely break even. He had gotten considerably stronger as a trainer since he’d been away, and it was exciting. Never had Kira faced someone so powerful and determined. It was a refreshing feat, to say the least.

Finally, the battle came down to Nazo and Gladion’s Blastoise, which was a rather surprising addition. The Mimikyu’s disguise had been busted previously, leaving it vulnerable to any physical attacks. Despite where she stood, despite the fact that she was on the verge of losing her title, Kira was completely fired up.

She managed to win the match with a timely Wood Hammer.

“You did it Nazo! You did it!” Kira cheered, running over to the Mimikyu and scooping it into her arms. She watched as Gladion soothingly patted the head of his collapsed Blastoise, thanking it for its hard work before returning it to its pokeball.

Kira turned to face her opponent, not knowing what to expect next. He had returned to Alola, had faced her and nearly won. What did it all mean for the both of them?

“Here I thought you’d be throwing yourself at me considering our conversation last night,” Gladion teased, and Kira breathed a shaky laugh. Without even realizing it, she inched her way to him, the tears from earlier making an unwelcome return. When she was but a hairsbreadth away, she fell into him, her head coming to rest on his chest and a wobbly smile forcing its way onto her cheeks. She couldn’t contain the wet giggle that slipped past her lips when she felt Gladion’s arms snugly circle her waist.

“I’m finally home, Kira.” he murmured, and she could hear the smile in his voice. Could picture it in her mind.

“You’re finally home,” she echoed, her heart feeling lighter than it had in months.

After they descended from Mount Lanakila, Kira and Gladion decided to take the bus to Malie City. They arrived just as the lights in the village flickered to life, encasing the area in a soft, green glow.

Walking side by side along the streets, Kira was tempted more than once to take Gladion’s hand, but continued second-guessing herself. They hadn’t said much to one another since their embrace inside the league, but the silence between them was a comfortable one, thankfully.

“Wanna grab some cocoa? My treat.” the boy offered at one point, and she nodded, letting him lead the way to the Pokemon Center. Kira waited at a table inside while Gladion went and ordered their drinks from the café, thanking him when he eventually made his way over and handed her a steaming mug.

“I’m sorry I’ve been so quiet,” Kira murmured, staring into the brown, sugary liquid in her palms. “It’s just… hard to believe you’re really here.”

Gladion quirked a brow at the confession. “Is it?” he inquired, taking a sip of his cocoa. “I promise I’m here, Kira.”

Kira nodded, but sighed dejectedly. “But for how long?” she questioned, not really wanting to know the answer.

“Indefinitely.” Gladion responded bluntly, and Kira’s eyes flew upward.

“R-really?” she breathed.

The boy shrugged. “Yeah. I can’t rely on my possibly-insane mother to make sure Aether is running smoothly. I told myself and Lillie that I was going to be there the next time something went wrong. I can’t spend my life just training and running away, after all.”

Kira smirked at that. “You’re giving up on defeating me, then?”

“Psh, you wish,” Gladion scoffed. “I’m not gonna be traveling to other regions for the time being, but that doesn’t mean I won’t be improving my team when I have downtime.” He leaned back in his seat smugly, then said, “Better prepare yourself, Champion. That title is gonna be mine when you least expect it.”

Kira found herself giggling despite the obvious challenge Gladion presented. “I look forward to it,” she replied firmly, mimicking his stature.

Malie Garden had become one of Kira’s most favorite places in all of Alola during her island challenge, and that was where the pair wound up after they finished their drinks. Kira’s eyes flickered to Gladion every so often, whose sole focus was set on the scenery before them.

“Is there a reason you keep looking at me?” he asked, catching the girl off-guard.

Okay, so his attention wasn’t entirely focused on the scenery, after all.

“N-no,” Kira stammered, twiddling her fingers. “Well…”

“Kira?” her companion pressed, stopping in his tracks to look directly at her. His intent gaze was enough to cause the thoughts flooding her mind to spill forth.

“Why did you really come back, Gladion?” she questioned breathlessly, but the boy just narrowed his eyes.

“I told you, I need to-“

“Return to Aether so your mother doesn’t accidentally screw everything up again, I know. But why is it that you decided to return the day after I asked you when you would come home? Why did you decide to come back the moment I basically confessed how much I missed you?”

Gladion looked to be at a loss for words, his mouth slightly agape as his eyes searched hers.

“K-Kira…” he finally managed.

“Glad… did you come back just for me?” she implored, gathering enough courage to reach for his hand. His calloused skin was rough, but warm and comforting all the same. Kira’s breath hitched when she felt Gladion’s fingers intertwine with hers, before offering her hand a gentle squeeze.

“You sounded so sad when we talked,” he quietly said, closing his eyes. “To know someone like you wanted me home so badly? I had already contemplated returning soon, but…”

“Gladion…” Kira whispered. She squeaked slightly when the boy suddenly tugged her to him, his arms enveloping her in a hug and his head coming to rest on her shoulder. Things couldn't possibly be more perfect in that moment, Kira mused in disbelief - between where they were and what was currently happening.

“Guess you caught me, then. I'm actually a complete sap,” Gladion chuckled lightly, and Kira couldn’t help but laugh as well.

“Oh, Glad,” she sighed, bringing her arms around his neck. “You really are the sweetest, you know that?”

It would seem neither really registered the position they wound up in, for when they slowly began to pull away from one another they only ended up being inches apart. Gladion’s eyes lowered slightly as he studied Kira’s face, and the girl was completely mesmerized by the striking emerald color. She couldn’t possibly move away now, even if she wanted to.

It was when Gladion impulsively leaned forward and left a single, sweet kiss to her lips that Kira knew she was completely lost.

“S-sorry,” he breathed nervously when he quickly pulled away; but was seemingly shocked that instead of being offended, the girl in his arms began giggling like mad.

“Don’t be,” she reassured him with a beaming smile, “I-I don’t know if I would’ve ever had the courage to do that, honestly.”

Gladion’s shocked expression morphed into one of confusion. “You… wanted to kiss me?”

“Yeah,” Kira admitted, her smile shy. “Well, more like I wanted to confess that I have a crush the size of Kanto on you, but, whatever works.”

Gladion smirked at that, his hand moving upward and brushing at the flower barrette in her hair. It was obvious that he didn’t need to voice his reciprocation.

“Lillie insisted that I would be flabbergasted when I saw the outfit she and you picked out today. Should’ve known that this would be your inspiration.”

“How could it not?” Kira inquired. “You said it looked nice on me.” That’s when his previous statement really clicked in her mind. Blinking, Kira blurted, “Wait a second! Lillie knew about all of this?!”

“And Hau. Oh, and Professor Kukui,” Gladion added nonchalantly. “They agreed to keep you busy for the day while I made my way back here.”

Kira managed her most frustrated pout possible. “Oh, those little…” she grumbled, but Gladion just laughed as he looped an arm around her shoulders.

“Don’t be too hard on them, Champion,” he softly chided her. “We might not be here right now if they hadn’t intervened.”

She knew he was right, despite her aggravation. Even so, she would definitely be having a few choice words with her friends much later on.

“Yeah,” Kira sighed in surrender, leaning into him with a smile. “I guess you’re right.”

She was going to savor this moment. Right now, it was just she and Gladion - just as she had wanted all along.

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Their Biggest Journey yet - Dark Cave

Sometimes, showing some compassion gets the job done just as well. HonoKotoUmi, TsubaHono

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Tsubasa watched the fire crackle in front of her as she let her mind sink in her thoughts. Unclipping her Pokeball from her waist, her fingers played with it as her thoughts lingered on her day, her training session with Honedge and on her chance encounter with Honoka. Her battle against her and her Cyndaquil. During that fight, Tsubasa was able to see that glint of pure hope and innocence, one that she once used to have a long time ago. She smiled, memories of four years ago coming back to her. A nostalgic sigh came out, bittersweet moments of her first partner.

Tsubasa looked up at the midnight sky, a meteor shower taking hold of her attention. She never really was one to fall for superstitions, but thinking about Honoka and her friends made her reconsider her stance. Was it really a chance encounter that brought their meeting, or something else? She couldn’t help but to wonder as she stared at the falling stars. Closing her eyes, she wished upon them.

“So, are you all from New Bark?”

“Yup!” Honoka grinned, putting her arms around Umi and Kotori’s shoulders and pulling them close. “We’re childhood friends!”

“We’ve always dreamt of going out on an adventure together,” Kotori added, giggling as Honoka embraced her and Umi.

“And also collecting Gym Badges to be able to participate in the Pokemon League.” Umi blushed slightly at Honoka’s skinship but talking about their collective goal motivated her greatly.

Tsubasa hummed curiously in response. “You know that there can only be one League Champion though, right?”

The trio stopped on their tracks and grew silent. Tsubasa knew that she probably shouldn’t be prodding them, especially because she only knew them for a day, but her curiosity got the better of her.

“We’ll cross that bridge when we have to!” Honoka announced and gave her two childhood friends a quick squeeze before letting go of them. “First, we have to get all the Gym Badges, otherwise we can’t even qualify.”

“Where are you from, Kira-san?” Umi asked. She was familiar to most residents of both New Bark Town and Cherrygrove City, both being among the smaller communities of Johto.

“I’m from Mahogany Town. Not too interesting.” Tsubasa shrugged, but to her surprise Honoka had gotten to her side in a blink of an eye and leaned towards her. Tsubasa had to lean back for some personal space.

“Not too interesting?! I’ve always wanted to go to Mahogany Town! Since I was like five!” Tsubasa was glad she took a step back, otherwise Honoka would have been yelling in her ear.

“R-Really?” Tsubasa was not so sure as to why would want to visit her hometown. The rumours of a red Gyarados sure attracted curious tourists, but that was the Lake of Rage, not Mahogany Town itself.

“Kotori also wants to visit Mahogany Town ever since I was little.” Kotori shared Honoka’s sentiment.

“I-I must admit that I am also very curious about it.” Umi looked away, her arms tucked behind her.

“Mhmm! Everyone at New Bark Town wants to try some Rage Candy Bars! Johto’s delicious signature souvenir!”

“Oh… of course. Rage Candy Bars.” Despite her best efforts, Tsubasa could not hide her lack of enthusiasm. She thought that perhaps these three saw something about Mahogany Town that she couldn’t see about it. But she had completely forgotten about the one thing that was known about Mahogany town that wasn’t that it was the smallest town in Johto.

“Say… you don’t happen to have some on you, do you?” Honoka’s voice was as sweet as a Rage Candy Bar, but her hands moved like the ones of a thief. Kotori got to Honoka’s side, excited about the prospect of the snack, and Umi glanced from the sidelines.

“Sorry to burst your bubble, but no, I don’t.” Tsubasa chuckled, seeing Honoka and Kotori immediately deflate in disappointment. “I’m far away from home, and they go bad quickly if not refrigerated.”

Tsubasa stared at the three friends, their joint disappointment tugged at her heartstrings. “Well… if we meet at Mahogany Town, I’ll treat you a box of Rage Candy Bars. How about that?”

Tsubasa’s offer had an immediate effect, Honoka and Kotori smiling widely and nodding excitedly, while Umi’s smile was more tame but her eyes showed as much excitement as the other two.

“Umi-chan! Kotori-chan! Let’s go in there!” Honoka pointed at the cave entrance at the foot of a mountain, right by the start of Route 31.

“A cave?” Kotori hummed with curiosity.

“No. It’s too dangerous.” Umi was quick to shoot down Honoka’s idea.

“Aw, come on, Umi-chan! Who knows what Pokemon we could find in there!” Honoka then turned to Tsubasa, looking for backup.

“Dark Cave? It’d definitely be dangerous…” Tsubasa’s opinion flipped Honoka’s expectant smile to a disappointing frown. “If we didn’t have any Pokemon.”

“Yeah, Umi-chan! You gotta start thinking like a Pokemon trainer now!” Honoka put her hands on Umi’s shoulders and started to rub them. “There’s nothing to fear!”

“And if one of us gets in trouble we can help each other out. Like always.” Kotori smiled and gently took hold of Umi’s hand.

Between the shoulder rubs from Honoka and the Kotori’s thumb gently rubbing the palm of her hand, Umi sighed in defeat. “Fine. But! Only if we have an Escape Rope.”

“Eeeh?!” Kotori and Honoka choired, quickly backing up and each rummaging through their respective bags.

Umi smiled, knowing that even their coaxing that she was particularly weak for, she had won this round.

“I have a spare one,” Tsubasa commented as she showed a ring of tied rope from her own bag.

“Where’s Honoka?” Umi asked as she finished tying one end of the rope around her waist.

“I’m here!” Honoka came out running from a forested area just next to the cave entrance, holding several thick tree branches.

“What are those for?” Kotori asked.

“It’s part of the plan,” Honoka answered with a smile.

“Are you ready?” Tsubasa had finished tightly tying the other end of the rope to the entrance’s sign. “After you then.”

One by one they all entered the cave. Almost unnaturally, the light coming from the cave entrance was swallowed by darkness only a few meters into the cave. A few steps forward and they could barely see their own hands if they put it in front of their faces and let alone anything else deeper in the cave.

“This is not going to work,” Umi spoke her mind.

“Alright, it’s plan time!” Honoka announced, her loud voice echoing across the cave. “Go, Cyndaquil!” She took out her sole Pokeball and let out her Pokemon.

“Cyndaquil is going to get tired very quickly if you make it keep its flame up,” Kotori commented.

“Now, Cyndaquil,” Honoka crouched down and got close enough to her Pokemon so it could see her smile, “can you light this stick for me? Just the tip.” Honoka took out one of the thick branches from her bag and pointed at its end. Cyndaquil nodded in response and let out a small jet of fire, lighting Honoka’s stick and illuminating the area around them. “See?”

“Yes, we can see now.” Tsubasa began to look around the cave. The makeshift torch Honoka had just engineered made it visible enough so they should not have to worry about any hazards.

“Not that kind of see! Honoka had a plan!” Honoka complaint made Tsubasa laugh.

“That’s not how you make a torch-”

“Hey, Umi-chan.” Kotori interrupted Umi by tugging her by the rope around her waist. “Wouldn’t it be better if you complimented Honoka-chan? Or at least acknowledge her ‘plan’,” Kotori whispered and smiled.

“Eh? Ah, um… y-yes, great job, Honoka.” Umi tripped on her words but managed to mutter out a compliment. Was it even that much of a compliment? Umi frowned as she began to think about it. Kotori thought that she might have been too harsh on Honoka, but Umi only wanted was best for her. Umi looked up at Honoka and the flood of thoughts that plagued her mind were washed away by Honoka’s smile. It almost seemed like what illuminated the cave was her and not the torch.

“Thank you, Honoka.”

Honoka’s grin grew a tiny bit bigger, and she began to walk forward, leading the group with torch in hand and fire Pokemon on her shoulder.

“You know, this cave looked way smaller from the outside,” Honoka commented as they pressed on. The air was somewhat damp but not stale, most likely due to the unperceivable size of the cave. While on the move, all four girls were on the lookout for any wild Pokemon, but the ones they could make out in the darkness were quick to scatter away.

“We’re most likely scaring them off with the torch.” Tsubasa pointed out.

“They’re not used to bright lights, probabl-”

“Shh shh!” Honoka interrupted Umi and had also pressed her finger on Umi’s lips. Before she could retort, Honoka handed Kotori the torch. “I hear something.”

Everyone remained silent and sure enough, the sounds of a Pokemon echoed through the cave.

“This way! Let’s go, Cyndaquil!” Honoka pumped her fist in the air and ran towards the direction of the sounds.

“W-Wait, Honoka-chan! It’s too dangerous to go alone!” Kotori protested and quickly went after her charging friend, the other two following suit.

Honoka’s excitement gradually turned to concern the closer she got to the Pokemon she was hearing; the clearer its sounds became, the more obvious it became that they were weak cries of pain. Her visibility also began to become clearer, but not because of her eyes getting used to the darkness but because the cave itself began to become less dark despite dwelling deeper into it.

“Look.” Umi pointed up at the cave ceiling. Or rather, lack thereof. It looked as if something had punched a hole in it, letting some sunlight into the cave.

“And over there!” Honoka pointed at where most of the sunlight had been hitting: the rubble of the collapsed cave ceiling on the ground. When she realized that the pained Pokemon cries were coming from underneath all the rubble, Honoka rushed towards it and started to push the pile of rocks.

“Oh no!” Kotori gasped in disbelief and handed the torch to Tsubasa to help Honoka push off the larger rubble off of the Pokemon underneath them, Umi not waiting a second to join them.

“I think I see it!” Honoka swore she saw something move under all the rocks, but she was not quite sure what she saw.

After counting down to three, Umi, Kotori and Honoka together pushed off the heaviest piece of rubble, finally having pushed away all of the larger rocks off of the pile. Honoka brushed off remaining dust and smaller stones, when she realized that one of the rocks she rolled let out a weak sound.

“Nior....”

“This rock is the Pokemon!” Honoka said as she rolled it back, trying to see its face, but only saw more rock. With a heavy grunt, Honoka lifted the Pokemon and pressed it against her chest.

“What are you doing?” Tsubasa asked, approaching the group so they could all take a better look at the Pokemon Honoka was holding. It still looked like just a rock, though.

“What do you mean? We gotta help it!” Honoka frowned.

“You should catch it. It’s already hurt,” Tsubasa suggested.

“That wouldn’t be fair!” Honoka protested.

“Wouldn’t you just hurt it again if you try to catch it later? It’s easier to catch hurt Pokemon, you know,” she explained.

“It must be already confused and scared, I don’t think it’d appreciate being put in a Pokeball right now.” Kotori commented, listening to Pokemon’s weak cries.

“We can discuss this later, we should leave this cave.” Umi’s stern suggestion sounded more like an order, something the other three could agree on, and with the help of the rope that Umi tied around her waist, started to make their way out.

“There, all better now.” Honoka smiled as she finished spraying the curative medicine on the hurt Pokemon and stroked its rocky body. She was not even sure if the Pokemon would understand what she was doing with a body like that, but she liked to think that everyone enjoyed a good patting.

“I still think you should’ve caught it immediately,” Tsubasa commented as she undid the rope on Umi. She had to admit that seeing the Pokemon finally letting out sounds that were not in pain felt somewhat rewarding.

The Pokemon let out a cheery cry once Honoka patted it. Honoka grinned in response, let it go and took a step back to give it some space. The rock Pokemon quickly floated up and spun a few times before flying into Honoka’s chest, almost knocking her down. Luckily, Tsubasa happened to be right behind her and caught her just in time.

“W-Whoah! H-Hey, that kinda hurt,” Honoka had to take a moment to regain her balance and catch her breath.

“You okay?” Tsubasa asked, putting more concern in her voice that she had meant to. Honoka did not seem to notice though, too preoccupied with what she had in her arms.

“Y-Yeah, I’m okay. What’s your name, little guy?” Honoka asked once she had regained her footing.

Umi inspected the small cracks on the Pokemon’s rocky body and began to think back on the books she had read. “On closer inspection, I am confident that it’s a Minior.”

“Minior, huh… Aren’t you a happy one?” Honoka rubbed Minior’s rocky shell some more, something the Pokemon took well.

“I think it likes you, Honoka-chan.” Kotori giggled, seeing how fond it had grown of her already. “Why not take it with you?”

“What do you think? Wanna tag along?” Honoka asked, taking Minior’s happy cry as a yes. It had not been what she had thought her first Pokemon capture would have been like, but Honoka did not mind.

Originally this was planned to be two separate chapters, but the first half wasn't long enough to justify a single chapter. Sorry about this late update, but uni has kept me busy. Final assignments week! Thanks to @saberin for betaing this chapter

#honokotoumi #kotohonoumi #tsubahono #kousaka honoka #sonoda umi #Minami Kotori #Kira Tsubasa #love live! #love live school idol project #fanfic #Pokemon AU #their biggest journey yet #honoka kousaka #umi sonoda #kotori minami #tsubasa kira

[galarianace]

Introducing Pokémon Pt. 1

This will be done in several parts due to the sheer amount of mon Kira switches between for various purposes.

SHANNAN || CINDERACE || M

Her very first Pokémon : the two were off to a strong start - he even forgave her for throwing him at a giant legendary looking dog in her panic! True friendship, right there. Shannan stayed by Kira's side through her entire journey, and will no doubt continue to do so. He's rather sturdy, and often willing to spar with the other Pokémon on Kira's team. He’s prone to pop out of his ball if he needs to defend Kira.

CUCERITOR || GARCHOMP || M

Having found the Gibble on a route she knew he wasn't supposed to be, Kira had taken the crying dragon child along and, over the course of three months, took him back to where he belonged. By then he had already evolved into a Gabite, and decided he wished to stay by her side, rather than leave. What once was a crybaby, grew up to become her fierce protector, who has jumped out of his ball at multiple occasions to protect her. Regardless, he likes to relax by her side whenever they're camping at.

RUNAKO || HATTERENE || F

When Kira had been close to a very unsightly end in the Glimwood Tangle, she'd used the last of her energy to catch herself a Hattrem. As opposed to the unhelpful Morgrem and Impidimps she'd tried to gain help from before, the Hattrem happily guided Kira to the end of the forest, saving her from her untimely demise. Runako's temperament is a kind and cheery one, and she is often curious about unfamiliar faces. She can be a bit persistant when she wants something done, and has floated in Kira's face until forced back into her ball or given what she wants, repeatedly. Regardless, she is one of the Pokémon that Kira counts on the most if an incident is going on in Galar, and is well used to using her psychic power to help large groups of people.

GUILLOTINE || AEGISLASH || M

Just outside of Hammerlocke, trouble found Kira in the form of a Doublade who was lashing out to everyone - her included. Nearly winding up a head shorter ( literally, since it tried to behead her ), Kira had to fight the Doublade to be able to help the hurt Pokémon and take it to a center. It took a little while for her to get used to it being around, but once she did, it quickly became one of her main Pokemon. Guillotine remains a powerhouse who has taken care of many opponents all by itself, cutting through teams left and right.

DOLENCIA || MISDREAVUS || F

A gift from Morty when she'd completed all eight gyms and was preparing for the league. Kira was originally supposed to receive her first (ghost) Pokémon from Morty back as a child, but moving to Galar put an end to that. However late, the Misdreavus found her way into Kira's hands at the end. At first the Misdreavus was misshievous, her pranks endless. But overtime she started to lose interest in seeing Kira's fear, and instead grew restless from it. As a result, Dolencia has started to keep an eye out for other ghost Pokémon trying to startle her trainer, and will dole out strong attacks to those who try. She hasn’t shown any interest in evolving yet, and Kira hasn’t forced her.

DANDELION || CHARIZARD || M

Yet another gift from Leon - even though she'd defeated him, he still kept her in mind. It was touching and comforting, especially since she'd rushed over the morning after defeating him to check how he was doing. Dandelion took to Shannan well : something Kira attributes to them both being fire types, and the two can often be found having small spars here and there. Whenever there's nothing going on, it takes about 0.5 seconds for him to flop down and nap, often covering his head with his wing. 

#⟡♛ from the start til the end ; together forever 「 shannan 」 #⟡♛ fiercely protective 「 cuceritor 」 #⟡♛ energy doesn’t lie 「 runako 」 #⟡♛ measure twice to cut once 「 guillotine 」 #⟡♛ it’s okay to remain the way you are 「 dolencia 」 #⟡♛ let’s light the fire and chase the match 「 dandelion 」