Pokemorph Academy

The Test/Morning Shenanigans

David's eyes flashed open wide. He groaned softly and shifted positions on his bed. This process is repeated until he finally got up and sat on the bedside. He glanced at the digital clock hung on the wall.

'6: 45 a.m. Typical.' He growled in frustrations.

David would often find himself up in the early morning, whether he liked it or not. His attempts to return to his blissful rest will end with futile results. Simply put: Once he's up, he's up.

Not to mention that Louis' snoring is getting on his nerves.

David recalled the dinner he had yesterday. For a guy who lived of instant ramen and potato chips as his main diet, the sight of freshly prepared food made him feel like he is in heaven. He briefly considered trying everything but that would be too much for him so he settled for some western Fish and Chips with sushi and a Sprite drink.

What made the dinner a little surprising for him was that Louis bought in a bunch of bananas. We're not talking about three or four bananas here but the whole pile of bananas, picked off from the tree itself.

"For nutritional purposes, obviously. Even I, Louis the Great, could need a restoration of nutrients to make myself all the more powerful so I decided to boost my potassium levels today." He said. David rolled his eyes. Why risk the headache arguing with him when he should be enjoying his nice meal?

Back to reality, David stood up to head to the washroom. He wiped his face, turned on the restroom light and opened the door then...

*slip* *Crash!*

David stepped onto something slippery and it felt like the floor shifted. His body leaned back and fell on his back. He let off a groan in pain.

He slowly brought up his sore body up and looked at the floor, which had a few banana peels littered around and we all know who the culprit is.

"Nutritional purposes my ass." David facepalmed. He slowly picked himself up when...

"David?" David looked behind him and saw a slightly sleepy Hikari behind him, rubbing one of her eyes. She wore a light blue nightgown which, while slight loose for comfort, did reveal a bit of her feminine figure. David blushed slightly at the thought. "What are you doing on the floor?"

"Uh...," David struggled for a reply, "I-It's nothing. Took a fall but I'll be back on my feet."

"Here. Let me help you." Hikari took a step forward...on another banana peel.

Hikari felt a sudden movement on the floor and shrieked as she fell to the ground. David brought up his hand to catch but he felt a sudden, paralysing feeling that restricted his movement and Hikari fell onto of David, in the most awkward of positions.

David groaned again in pain. He felt as if all the air in his lungs was forced out. He took a deep breath and heard a small, muffled squeak. Curious, he opened his he found a piece of clothing above him and when he raised his head a bit and blushed heavily at the sight as well as a small trickle of blood flowing down his nose.

In front of him the Hikari's panties covering her er…bottom.

'Is that baby powder I smell?'

A flash of light that is partially dimmed by the cloth occurred and Hikari shot up and moved quickly to another side of the bathroom (which doesn't have banana peels thankfully), with her face that is so red that she may pass out on the spot. Then again, David also held a crimson face as well.

Louis shot a mischievous smile at the duo while holding a digital camera on one hand.

"Well well. I didn't think that I have two naughty teammates that are so eager to get some."

"T-T-Teme..." David stuttered in anger. "You started this whole thing."

"Of course. So don't you forget about it." Louis shot back.

Hikari was in a state of shock. No boy has ever been this close to be able to physically touch her before. The closest one would be that one time with a perverted kid, who wanted to feel her chest and was sent flying with Hikaru's punch when he could reach ten metres away from her.

'N-No guy has ever been this close to me.' She thought, her mind was in a state of confusion.

"S-S-Sorry David. A-Are you alright?" Hikari bit her lower lip to calm herself down.

"I-I'm fine. I just need to get...up." David turned his body around and picked himself up slowly when...

"You know...it'd be a shame if this photo were to land into Hikaru's possession."

David felt a sudden lost in strength and fell flat on his face.

Mitchell leaned against a large rock, taking on a relaxed position. He looked at his Pokegear.

"9:42," He muttered, "Any time now."

After that little episode with the hot water, Mitchell made it a point to be early for every session with his team. He forced himself to wake up at 7:35 a.m. and arrived at the training area at 8:21a.m. He didn't think that his student could make him feel so...afraid.

With nothing to do, Mitchell thoughts went back to yesterday where he had an interesting conversation with the one possibly responsible for his current position.

(Flashback)

"Hey there Mitchy-kun," A cheerful voice occurred, "How are you?"

"Senior Amelia! Why did you do it?" Mitchell raised his voice at the girl.

"What? Oh, you mean assigning you to a team?"

"Yes! Why? You know that I'm not the sociable type. Why makes you think that I can be a team leader?"

"Because," The girl shot back, "the fact that you don't have a team when you started out in the Academy doesn't sit well with me besides; you need the social skills anyway. Do you honestly want to be lonely for the rest of your life? Also, I've seen what you can do on the battlefield. You'll be a great leader...that is if you get over your social barriers."

She giggled.

"But still..." Mitchell was cut off. The girl made a pouting face with always seem to have a magical effect on men, himself included.

"Pwease Mitchy-kun. I know you'll do well."

Mitchell sighed. "Fine." The girl jumped for joy.

"Thank you. Mitchy-kun. You won't regret it." The girl skipped off.

"Where are you going?" Amelia looked at her junior.

"To Sector V. The council insists that I take the Veteran Trials again."

"What is this, your fifth time? How long does it take for you to become a veteran?"

Amelia didn't answer. She simply took off.

Mitchell sighed again. This girl was hiding some from him. Before he became a veteran, she insisted that he should not take the trials and did many attempts to persuade him. She must really detest the rank of veteran as she took the trials herself and failed five times, as far as he knows.

Which really doesn't make any sense to him. He seen her in combat before and she is perfectly capable of passing the trials in no time at all. Yet, he noticed that her strategies she used during the trails were nothing compared to what she used on the battlefield.

Mitchell sighed once again. 'I don't think I can understand women. Especially her.'

"Stay away from me you bloody bastard."

"I know that my power is just too awesome for you to handle but you're getting a little out of hand. Don't cha think?"

"I don't care. I want a 10-step distance between us and it stays like this."

"P-Please. L-Let's not a-argue right now."

Mitchell turned to his right to find this students bickering among themselves. From the looks of it, David had a pretty rough morning, judging from that ice pack he's holding against his left eye and his cheeks gave off a shade of red. Louis looked the same, no surprise there. Hikari was no different from yesterday either, aside from the fact that her face is slightly red as well and, for some reason, is unable to look at David without turning away.

'I have a feeling that something uhh…'special' has happened between the three, especially for David and Hikari." He thought.

Mitchell stood up and stretched his body. He shouldn't really prod about what happened between these three and it should be put aside for their first test.

"Good Morning team" He called out.

"Good Morning Mitchell-sensei. David bowed to his teacher.

"Howdy Scald-boy." Louis shot a smirk.

"G-Good M-Morning Mitchell-sensei." Hikari was fiddling with her fingers.

'Eh. Close enough.' The senior thought. "Alright team, today, we'll be having our first test right here.

"Awesome!" Louis leaped into the air, "Finally, I can show off my elite skills."

"Baka..." David muttered, the ice pack remained in his hand.

Mitchell glanced at David with a worried expression. "Do you need the ice pack for this test? If you want, I can put the test on hold."

"AWW HELL NO!" Louis called out.

"It's fine sensei." David took the ice pack off, his left eyebrow was twitching. "My headache is gone."

Mitchell raised an eyebrow at him but went back to the rest of the team. He requested that all of them, himself included, to release their pokemon and that, they did.

Four pokeballs were tossed into the air, cracking open to release the creatures inside them. Each of them let off a cry upon release.

"Celgor…"

"Bae…"

"Espi…"

"Skaar…"

"That's your pokemon, sensei?" David asked and received a nod in response.

"Yep. He's my first."

"That's what she said. Hee Hee" Louis chuckles.

Mitchell ignored the comment and brought out a silver bell.

"A soothe bell?" Hikari said. The sensei nodded.

"The objective of the test is to take this bell from me. You can use whatever techniques that you have on. Don't worry about me though. Under the rules of the test, I'm not supposed to use my gijinkan form, nor will I attack you, unless it's for self-defence. Make sure that, when you do come for the bell, it's as if you're trying to kill me."

David pondered on the rules. "There's a catch, isn't there."

Again, Mitchell nodded. "Bring out your Xtransceiver."

The trio did so while Mitchell took out his own and started pressing numbers on the device. The words 'Timer On' flashed on the screens.

"There," Mitchell started, "The timer has been set to noon. Those who failed to get the bell by that time will be forced to skip lunch completely."

David opened his mouth in disbelief. Hikari brought up a hand to cover her mouth and muffle her gasp. Louis, on the other hand…

"Fine. Why don't you make us forget about dinner too?"

"Teme…" David hissed at his teammate.

Mitchell brought up his hand into a thinking posture before nodding. "Deal."

"Sensei…"

"That's enough David. The test…starts…NOW!"

The trio and their pokemon made a run for the bushes.

Time: 10:26 a.m.

Mitchell looked around the area. No one in sight so far. At least his Skarmory is up in the skies to watch out for any danger.

'Wonder if I should apply my Foresight technique to check up on them? No doubt that my Skarmory had caught sight of them by now at least.'

Mitchell walked into an open patch in the forested area of the training facility. He looked around the area again. Once again, no one to be found.

'They've certainly hidden themselves well at least. Stealth is a key factor when battling, especially in this kind of environment after all.

"HEY! Boss-man!" A loud voice broke through the rather quiet atmosphere.

'Huh?'

Mitchell turned around and received a ball made of mud splattered on his face. He cringed as substance dripped of his face as he wiped it off.

"Ha Ha Ha Ha! Gottcha."

'Well…no surprise here.' Sure enough. Once the mud had been cleared from his eyes, he saw Louis grinning at his sensei.

"Alright Boss-man. I challenge you to a One-on-One battle. Since you decided to forgo your pokemon, I will do the same. Let's fight mano-o-mano." Louis took on a fighting stance.

"Wha…?" Mitchell looked rather dumbfounded by his student's approach. Is he some sort of idiot or something?

Louis dashed forward, delivering a swift punch that was pushed aside by Mitchell. Louis swung his body to deliver an elbow strike instead, but that, too, was driven off course by Mitchell's own elbow.

Louis did something a little unexpected. He grabbed onto Mitchell's arm and lunged for the bell, tied around the waist. Mitchell quickly turned around and used his free arm to push Louis away from.

'That was a close shave.'

'Drat! I almost had it!'

Mitchell closed his eyes, placing two of his fingers on his eyelids. Louis could've sworn he heard something.

'Ah what the heck,' Louis thought, grinning, 'If he wants to let me steal the bell now, this is my chance and show my two teammates just how awesome I am.'

"Skkaaaaaaaarrrrrrrrrr!" A loud shriek echoed through the sky. The metal bird appeared form the forested area and swoop down towards Louis.

"What the shit? That's not supposed to happen!"

Before Louis could do anything, the Steel-type Pokemon grabbed onto the teen by his talons and lifted him off into the skies. Louis flailed about recklessly which never seemed to bother the Skarmory…too much.

"Let me down you bucket of bolts. I was supposed to fight Boss-man. Not you!"

The Skarmory complied…on top of the river. Louis noticed the talons releasing their grip on him and gravity pulled him downwards into the river.

Needless to say, the term 'sudden drop in temperature', as Boss-man would put it, was not enough for Louis to describe the temperature of the water. It was more like: 'HOLY SHIT! I'M GONNA FREEZE MY BALLS OFF IF I DON'T GTFO NOOOOOW!'

Louis made a mad dash towards the shore and felt a chilling breeze upon exiting the river. The poor fella look like he's travelled to the South Pole and back and…are those real icicles forming on his face?

Mitchell chuckled at the sight. 'Well, it's not hot water but you what they say about revenge: It's a dish that is best served cold. Ice cold in this case.'

Louis is now hugging his shivering form to secure any last bit of warmth within him. He was his sensei and bought an accusing, shaky, finger at him.

"C-C-C-Cheat-ter! I s-s-said one-on-one and-d y-y-you c-c-cheated like t-the loser y-you are…" Louis was cut off by his sensei, he looked dead serious.

"I've seen a lot of people like you. Think you're so good at everything and anything that comes up to you. Don't get me wrong though. It's good to have confidence in your own abilities but if that egotistical head of yours gets any bigger, you'll lose your stand and you'll see how much the others have surpassed you, in more ways than one."

Mitchell's expression lightened up a bit and walked away. Although, he still kept his Skarmory up, in case he tries anything funny.

Louis looked down, his body still shivering. He fell to his knees and punched the ground.

"Dammit!"

"That idiot." David muttered.

Well concealed under the bushes, David peeked out of the small hole and saw everything. He sighed at his teammate's rashness.

'I can't attack him head on unless I know what I am dealing with here. Better wait a bit longer and gather more info on his capabilities.'

'Hope Louis is alright.' Hikari peeked underneath the forest greenery. She saw her sensei walking back to the open plain with his back against her. A perfect opportunity.

"Espi…?" Hikari picked up her feline pokemon and brought up to face Mitchell's back.

"Espeon. I want you to use your psychic abilities to retrieve the bell but do so quietly please."

The Psychic-type nodded at the order and closed its eyes. The red gem on its forehead glowed of a bright blue colour.

The bell was outlined in blue energy, lifting up slightly, but the colour changed to black and the bell shook, causing it to ring. Hikari looked confused and alarmed at the prospect of retaliation from her sensei.

"Skaaaaa…" The familiar screech entered Hikari's ears as she left off her own screech as well.

"AAHHHHHHH!"

'Is that Hikari? Shit! Hikari!'

"Come on Actaro. We gotta move it." David said to his companion. The Bug-type hopped onto his trainer's back and the duo dashed to help their teammate.

At this point, Hikari attempts to command her Espeon were few and far between. She is much more focused on how to escape the bird that is threatening to do every single bad thing she can know of.

"Please go away! Go away! Go away! Espeon. Use Psychic."

The feline Pokemon complied as the red gem on its forehead glowed bright blue. A blue beam was shot from the gem and was aimed at the Steel-type Pokémon.

The Skarmory brought one of its wings forward. The blue beam struck onto the wing but broke off as the steel wing deflected some of the psychic energy.

The Skarmory retaliated. It stopped mid-air and flapping its wings, creating huge gusts of wind. The Espeon lowered its body in an attempt to stay grounded but the gusts of wind proved to be too much for the feline Pokemon and was carried off into the dense vegetation, far from everyone's view.

"No! Espeon!" Hikari made a mad dash for her Pokemon. Once she reached a specific point, time seemed to slow down for her. She noticed the ground underneath her wasn't a firm as it usually would be. The ground broke of and sunk to the bottom. Hikari lets off another shriek.

"HIKARI!"

"Hmm…wonder if I should tell the group that this area held pit traps…hmm…"

'Shit! No No No!'

David cursed under his breath. He probably should've gone into his Gijinkan mode and use his speed to reach there in time.

'Better late than never.' "Gijinka!"

The Accelgor transformed into pure white energy and entered into David's also glowing form. The glow faded, revealing his transformed state.

"Alright. It's just you and me." David took on and fighting posture.

The Skarmory glanced at its new opponent and responded by creating huge gusts of wind. In response, David crouched down, with his palms and soles stuck to the ground. His 'Sticky Hold' ability proved to be more useful that one might think.

'Gotta stop those gust of wind from forming.'

"Grass-type Move: Giga Drain"

David's body glowed green as the two straps that hung around his neck rose up and shot towards the Steel-type. The straps wrapped around the opponent's wings, preventing it from advancing forward.

The Skarmory flailed about for a bit. The sharp edges from the wings sliced through the glowing strips with the shredded parts falling to the ground as they lose their glow.

'This human is stubborn.' The Steel-type thought. He summoned more of his strength and carried the Gijinkan from the ground.

'Okay…not what I had in mind…' David thought. He had to come up with a plan while clinging as his life depended on it.

David reeled himself closer, several small orbs of unidentified energy forming in his hand, forming a larger energy orb in one of his hands. The Skarmory didn't think that its opponent would attack in this situation, right?

Sadly, no. The Skarmory's body tilted up, about to perform a vertical loop over the forest greenery and preparing to strike with its piercing beak.

'Shit.' "Rock-type move: Hidden Power."

The energy orb was flung but the Skarmory spun its body rapidly. Instinct took over and David did a quick spin to avoid the piercing beak. However, he failed to miss the sharp wings. Pain shot through his body as he left off a cry of pain. He looked at three deep wounds through the side of his body. You could see the raw flesh and a bit of bone and blood seeping out of it. Ugh…

David felt weak. The sudden loss of blood through his wounds took their toll rather quickly. His body felt numb, unresponsive to his commands. His vision grew blurry but he persisted to maintain it. Gravity laid claim to his body and dragged him down to the earth.

At least,…until the Skamory picked him up. The Steel-type berated himself for not being gentle. He was born to fight in an all-out fashion. This kind of battling with gentleness, caution and the need to supress a majority of his strength doesn't, and will never, suit his style.

'Wonder how Mitchell going to take this?'

Mitchell pressed his face against the palm of his hand. This day just keeps getting worse…

The moment he realises one of his students was deeply injured by his Skarmory, he was forced to call off the test and admit David to the Medical Wing of the academy. As the public rooms are full, David was placed in one of the private hospital rooms.

That's good for him as he needs to discuss to his students about their performance. He was disappointed with what he has seen so far and he needs to confront them about it.

It was now 12:13 a.m. and the whole group was back together.

David, being the only injured one here, was currently resting on the hospital. He had released his Gijinkan form long ago and much of his clothing (save for his jeans) had been removed. He had already received his treatment and had several blood-stained bandages wrapped around his waist.

As for Hikari, when she entered the room, she was covered in twigs and leaves. The moment Mitchell's Skarmory lifted her up from the pit trap that she was caught under, she dashed straight forward to the forest to find her Espeon. It wasn't long but Arceus knows what was hiding in the greenery. She looked worse for wear with her rather flustered appearance. She nearly screamed at the sight of her injured teammate and was clearly worried about him.

Louis…was just being Louis. His body was still shivering from the cold water but he was slightly better. As expected, he laughed at his teammate and started jabbing him about his poor skills and stupidity.

David didn't want to get into another argument with him so he gave Louis the middle finger in response. That seemed to shut him up.

"Well…this is unfortunate." Mitchell stated. David and Hikari felt slightly ashamed for their failure. Louis, on the other hand…

"That's because you cheated and bring out your Pokemon to cause trouble for us."

"It wouldn't be much of a test if it's not challenging." Mitchell countered, "Second, correct me if I'm wrong, I did say that I will not attack you unless it's for self-defence. I didn't mention my Skarmory, did I?"

Louis hmpfed and muttered: "Troll…"

"Needless to say, your performance was disappointing. To be honest, I expected better from you guys." Mitchell stated. Again, David and Hikari lowered their heads in shame. Louis remained unchanged.

"Hikari!" The said girl flinched at the stern tone. "There are some of your faults that I can't really blame on you such as when you tried to intercept the bell with your psychic abilities. Let me show you something about this bell."

Mitchell took out the bell and shook it slightly. A thin dark fog emerged temporarily from the bell from the sudden movements.

The trio looked confused at the sight. Mitchell took this moment to explain.

"This soothe bell is coated with, what you may call as, 'Sub-negative Energy'. It is essentially the same energy that gave Dark-type Pokemon their abilities such as their immunity to psychic attacks. Thus, attempts to pry it off my person with your mental abilities could only reveal your presence to the enemy."

Hikari felt a sense of stupidity. Mitchell placed the bell back in his pocket.

"There's also something else that you should've done during the test: Checking your environment. The environment, itself, is essentially a whole different weapon for either side, depending on how you use it. You should, at least, make note to analyse your surroundings else you would end up in a much worse situation than before.'

Hikari looked away from her sensei, silently berating herself for her actions.

"David!" The teen winced at the voice. "What you did was completely reckless and completely unnecessary. You deliberately charged directly towards the enemy with little knowledge on how to engage your opponents. I honestly thought that you would be better than that. There are situations when you have to confront the enemy, even at unequal terms, but this is no time to 'play the hero'. Speaking of which, you could have easily had your Accelgor distract my Skarmory while you could've help your teammate out of the pit trap. Instead, you've gotten yourself bedridden." David continue to look down, unable to face his sensei.

"And I've save the best for last." Mitchell turned to Louis. "While what David did was reckless on his part, what you did was downright idiotic to say the least. You had intentionally revealed your position to the enemy and with no good reason to do it. At least, David did so to, supposedly, rescue his teammate. This isn't your typical Pokemon battle, kid. This is practically war that we're speaking of. If you want to boast about your skills, at least prove to me that you have what it takes."

At this point, something within Louis' conscious snapped. He formed that triangle symbol with his fingers and absorbed his Banette into his body. He, then, lunged after his sensei with pure rage.

"YOU SON OF A BITCH! I'LL KILL YOU!"

"LOUIS!" Hikari screamed.

"BAKA!" David yelled.

Mitchell didn't say anything. He had prepared for something like this. He brought up three fingers from his right hand: his ring, middle and pointer fingers, each positioned to form a point of a triangle and glowing at the fingerprint area. With his left hand, he made a grab for Louis' neck, pressing his thumb at the said neck to stun him. He pressed the glowing finger tips at the edges of the glowing triangle on Louis' chest.

'Release'

Louis's body glowed brightly as Mitchell pulled out a, what appears to be a, blob of white energy from the triangle. Once the blob was released, the glow faded revealing Louis' regular form.

However, Mitchel was not done yet. As their bodies were circling each other, Mitchell threw the glowing blob aside. The said blob reformed back into a Banette, who rolled on the floor before crashing into the wall. Mitchell pressed Louis against the wall, with his hands pressing against the Ghost-type user's head and hands to prevent escape.

"Another tip when in combat: Never let your emotions get the better of you. This will have a big dent in your record."

Louis tried to counter but only muffles can be heard.

"Now. Let's imagine that I'm the enemy. I could've easily killed Louis right here and now. Or…I could say…Hikari! Kill David now or Louis dies."

"W-what?" Hikari stuttered in fear.

"What?" David yelled.

"Will you do it? Sacrifice your teammate for another?"

"I-I-I…"

"Will you do it?" Mitchell spoke louder.

Poor Hikari looked like she's gonna faint.

Mitchell sighed. That may a bit too far. He slowly released his grip on Louis.

"It's important for a team to have synergy. If that synergy broke off, something's sure to go wrong and, in the worst case scenario, someone's gonna end up dead."

The silence settled in but only temporarily.

"Louis and Hikari. You two should go to your room and think about your actions. The same goes to you David. Take care of yourself."

'They may have failed to reach my expectations as my students, but I don't think that I'm acting like a good sensei at all. Damn you Senior Amelia. I should never become a sensei.'

The three members left the room, leaving David by himself. He did hear a few complaints from the nurse about the loud ruckus caused by his team.

David looked back at the test. He felt a pang of guilt on him. He felt guilty of not being able to help Hikari. Louis can go choke on a stick for all he cares. That asshole was beyond irritating.

The pain settled in and David let of a soft groan. The painkillers are starting to lose their effects. Maybe he should just rest for a bit.

A while later, the door opened slightly, alerting David of someone's presence. It was Hikari.

"What are you doing here?"

"Umm…I w-wanted to a-ask you about l-lunch."

David raised an eyebrow. "Thought Mitchell-sensei says that those who failed to get the bell will have to skip lunch."

"Y-Yes. Well, y-you're the exception. Y-You need your nutrition."

David chuckled slightly. Hikari's shy expression was rather cute in his opinion…

…and he really shouldn't think about his teammate like that.

"I guess I can have a few rice balls with some miso soup. That is all. I'm not really that hungry anyways."

"R-R-Right."

A moment of silence took over as David saw that Hikari hasn't left yet. She appears to be staring at him, at his bandages.

"You like what you see?"

"W-What?"

David chuckled slightly, his cheeks reddened slightly. "Just kidding."

Hikari's cheeks gave of a scarlet red colour. She quickly exited the room.

Author's Notes: That felt like forever

A bit of battling, a bit of seriousness and a bit of interaction.

My next chapter may focus on the other rookies but there may be side stories as well.

Possible chapters:

Prank Time with Louis

Why are we here. (You could call it a history)

Outtakes:

David felt a sharp pain pierced through his back. His body became paralysed as he lost his hold on the Steel-type bird and fell to the ground…at least, until the Skamory picked him up.

'This human has a lot to work on…'

That wraps it up for now.

Until the next update,

Farewell

-A.I. G-man