J-Awesome_One

So I debated if I should vote on my own thing here and I decided that I would and count it. Now I know a lot of you's that read it and see the ones that I picked out are gonna be like "Well if those are the ones you originally wanted to use, why do this voting thing then?" Because I like interacting with you guys. I like doing things you all would want me to do in a Pokémon game. It's fun to interact with you all. I don't mind doing a typing I wasn't planning on using. So far, I think the most votes are Fairy. I've barely used Fairy Types in the past so this will be fun to me. I look forward to more votes and to those that already did vote, thank you very much.

This is probably my favorite Episode yet. You're doing a fantastic job on this. Can't wait for the next update.

Never heard of this til today (just checked out the site for the game) and wow. I can't wait to play it. I like how they added an LP option to that. That's gonna be fun as hell to record and fun as hell to play. Can't wait! And I'm prob gonna choose Staryu as a starter. And the Relic Pokémon are awesome as hell.

Yay! More Pokémon stuff for me to read! Can't wait for more of this to come out! Nice job!

Honesty was not expecting Fairy to be in the lead. Haha. xD What did you do @Wolfox?

Wow. There's a lot of hate for this game. o.o I mean everyone has their opinions. I for 1 enjoyed it. It's not perfect but it was entertaining. I've only ever gone up to the end of the last demo (when you face the the lady with the Legendary Pokémon from the Black and White games). Hell, I won't even let myself watch through the rest of Nappy's playthrough on that cus Idw to be spoiled. xD But anyways... I have no idea why I just went on a rant there. Sorry for that. But I appreciate all the votes I've gotten! You all are... AAAAWWWWEEEESSSSOOOOMMMMEEEE!!! Btw, when I finally decide to do this and there's a tie for 1st or 2nd, I'm just gonna use a random name generator to pick the winner.

I will be fucked up by the 3rd shot. I'm a heavyset guy but a lightweight when it comes to drinking alcoholic beverages. xD

So I'm doing my run of Reborn and I randomly think of Insurgence and how I never finished it. So, I plan on starting a new playthrough with that sometime in the near future. (Probably when my 2 runs get done battling Serra) But, I'm gonna do this a little differently. Just like how the Gym Leaders of this region basically use dual typings, I too am going to be doing a Dual Typing run. So, I want you all to get on here and vote for your favorite type or whatever and in a couple of days when I decide to do this, the 2 most voted types will be the ones I use in this playthrough. So say for instance that Bug and Ghost get the most voted and 2nd most voted votes, then I'd only be able to use Bug and Ghost Types. So have fun voting!

So I am a little bit stuck with the next part of this. Don't worry. I didn't lose the game file or anything like that. But I can't decide on this 1 thing. It's not big or anything but Idk. So I'm letting you all decide. I finally played up to the part where everyone makes it to the mansion that belongs to Charlotte's, Laura's and Saphira's parents. I'm about to go into the woods (that fucking place!) and I can't decide if I should have Laura come with me or not. On 1 hand, it'd be cool because "Hey. What could Laura do in this version of the story where El, Bennett and Serra are introduced." Plus, she's my (in-game) gf and it'd be cool to see us exploring the woods and town together. But on the other hand, she hasn't seen her sister for a long time. Now in my head, I kind of made her just a bit clingy to me. So before I'd leave, I'd say something to her to make her catch up with her sister and then go alone and do the events without her there. In a way, I've already did that with her in the last chapter, although it was basically to fend off grunts but it's still the same thing. Just a different situation. So what do you guys think I should do. Let Laura come with me or have her stay with her sister and catch up?

Ahh. Sorry about that. Idk why I thought it was Amaria despite literally just reading it before asking that. xD

Just curious. Is Amaria silent or is she gonna talk?

We pushed open the doors and walked inside. The place looked like hell. The lights were going on and off. Things were all over the floor. Cracks all over the floor. Then I realized something. Matthew: Hey. What is this building for? It looks like it went through hell. Cain: This is the old Yureyu building. Laura: It was destroyed when the earthquakes started. It’s… kinda creepy. Matthew: It’s ok hun. -holds Laura’s hand- I’m here with you. Laura: -smiles at me- Thanks hun. Cain: So what’s the plan here? Matthew: Well, me and you have a full team so I honestly think it’d be a good idea for us to be up front to take on the upcoming grunts. Laura: Well what do I do? Matthew: You back us up on the rear. In case a couple grunts try to get the sneak on us. I know you only have 1 Pokemon but I think you’ll be able to handle it babe. Cain: Alright. Well I’ll follow your lead here Matthew. I never really did the whole “team up” thing before so… Be gentle Senpai! It’s my 1st time! Matthew: Uhh… Sure? Let’s go! I led the group with Cain behind me and Laura in the back. We walked upstairs and were berated with battles from Team Meteor Grunts. Me and Cain were able to hold off the many of them that were in front of us as Laura was able to beat the few that tried to attack from behind. We went up to the next room. As we came to an opening, me and Cain both were shocked but also happy to see Shelly. Matthew & Cain: Shelly?! Team Meteor Grunt #1: Stop right there! Take another step closer and we’ll slit her throat. Matthew: What?! Shelly: Matthew… C-Cain… I’m s-scared… Cain: You wouldn’t dare. Team Meteor Grunt #2: Just keep on moving and we’ll pretend we didn’t see anything… Got it? Laura: Shelly! Oh my Arceus… Shelly: I-Is that L-Laura…? Laura: It is. We’ll save you somehow Shelly. They wouldn’t hurt you like that. Team Meteor Grunt #1: Orders come from the boss. If anyone tries to interfere, we kill her. It’s as simple as that. Cain: Hey, now. Matthew: Grrrr. Why you- Shelly: I-It’s ok… J-Just keep going… Forget about me… Whatever happens t-to me… It doesn’t matter o-ok? Matthew: Shelly… Cain: I’m sorry Shelly… Laura: We’ll come back for you! I promise! It really pained me and Cain, even Laura, but we had no other choice but to leave Shelly there with her captors til we came up with a way to save her. The only thing we could do was continue going up. As we did, we could see another opening in the room. Me and Cain lit up when we saw who it was. Matthew & Cain: Charlotte! Charlotte: It’s about damn time you showed up, Princess and Matthew. Cain: We… ran into some other issues. Charlotte: Whoa. I can tell. What happened to you cheek Matt? Matthew: I had an incident with a Garchomp. I was saving someone from it. Charlotte: Ohh yea? Who? Laura passed Cain and into Charlotte’s view. Her expression changed from chill to happiness. Laura: Me. Charlotte: L-Laura…? Is that you? Laura: Mhm. Charlotte: Well wha… what are you doing here? Laura: I saw on the news that you all escaped and then I ran into Matthew and ever since then, we’ve been trying to rescue you guys. And also… Well… Matthew: Let’s save that for later Laura. Right now seems like a bad time for story time. Plus, your sister is being held by Team Meteor Grunts. Team Meteor Grunt #3: Back away or we’ll kill her! Laura: Don’t you- Charlotte: Really guys? You’re still on that? Team Meteor Grunt #4: Well you know… That’s what the boss said to say so- Charlotte: Sirius… That’s your boss right? Well whatever. Just set it aside from now. Meet my friends and sister. This is Matthew, Laura and Cain. Or as I like to call him, Princess. Guys, this is Simon and Tara. Simon: We’ve met… Tara: Matt best us before. I’m still mad about that! Matthew: Ohh boo hoo. Cry me a river. Cain: Didn’t you kinda start it though? Laura: Wait. Charlotte? You made friends with them? Why? They kidnapped you and everyone else… Charlotte: They’re people too sis. They just happen to be on a different side from us. Matthew: Yea. A side that has tried to kill your sister and I. Charlotte: Yea. Well… Ugh. It beats being tied up. Simon: Hey! It’s not like we can just let you go because of some casual conversation! Charlotte: Hmm? Ohh. Right. Matt. Princess. Do you 2 wanna do the honors here? Matthew: No problem. Tara: Can’t you tell your friends to stop being good Charlotte? Charlotte: I have a better idea. Why don’t you just stop being bad? Cain: Yea! Haha. Quit Team Meteor and join the good guys! Simon: I cannot. Matthew: Tch. Of course you can’t. Charlotte: Why’s that? Simon: When our work is done, I will have a new life… A better 1. Laura: What do you mean…? Everything you’re doing to the city, it’s not doing any good. Tara: Team Meteor is going to rebuild the world! By throwing in with them now, we earn a place at the top later! Matthew: What does that even mean? Cain: What about this world? Simon: Easy. It’ll be erased. Vanished. Gone. Matthew: Are we really listening to this? That sounds so idiotic. Charlotte: Wait Matt. I wanna hear them out. Simon: We know what we do is harmful- Matthew: Yea. Look at my cheek. Laura: -places her hand on my shoulder- Hun… Matthew: Whatever. Continue. Simon: As I was saying, once we succeed, all of this pain? It’ll never have existed. Charlotte: Hmph. The end justifies the means. Tara: Exactly! Charlotte: I suppose that’s cool. Anyways, I’m leaving now. Bye. Charlotte walked away from Simon and Tara and joined with us. She and Laura gave each other a hug. I could see Laura trying to hold back tears. I, along with everyone else, looked back at Tara and Simon who had a shocked expression on their face. Matthew: Uhh… What? Simon: What are you- Charlotte: What are those looks for? It’s not like you can stop me. -Charlotte focuses on the group as does everyone else- Hey. Where’s Shelly? She’s on the floor below. Why didn’t you rescue her? Laura: We tried to rescue her but we were threatened by 2 Grunts. Cain: They said if we came any closer to her, they’d slit her throat. Charlotte: … Uh huh. Charlotte walked past us and continued her way down the stairs. Laura had a worried look on her face. Matthew: What’s wrong hun? Laura: Charlotte… Cain: I’m sure she’ll be fine.~ Laura: It’s not that… She doesn’t make the best choices and if she’s down there- Matthew: Shit. Let’s go down there! The 3 of us ran downstairs in time to catch Charlotte before she could make a move. Laura: Charlotte, wait! Team Meteor Grunt #1: Don’t come any closer or we’ll cut her throat! Shelly: I-I’m scared… Charlotte: Do it then. Matthew: Wait. What? Cain: What?! Laura: You’re not serious Charlotte… Charlotte: Kill her. See if I care. Shelly: Ch-Charlotte?! Charlotte: Hey. She’s not my sister. Why should I care. I’m just gonna flip this switch here so we can get upstairs. Matthew: -whispering so only Cain and Laura can hear- Laura, your sister is fucking nuts! Laura: I know! Team Meteor Grunt #2: We really will! Charlotte: Like I’ve said, do it. Killing her doesn’t affect me at all. So kill her as you like. Cain: Charlotte… Why…? In a very fast motion, Charlotte flipped the switch and then too Shelly out of harms way. Charlotte: Matthew! Princess! Now! Matthew: You got it! Cain and I threw out our PokeBalls and started the battle. It didn’t take long as we came out victorious. We went back to the gang. Laura: What was that Charlotte?! Shelly: Ch-Charlotte, I th-thought you really d-did want me d-dead… Matthew: I gotta agree with her. I thought you completely lost it when you did that. Charlotte: Of course not. You helped me escape from the orphanage. -looks back at me and Cain- All of you did. -looks back at Shelly- I respect you all for that. But you can make someone lose control making them believe they already don’t have any. Cain: Well why didn’t you warn us 1st before just pulling off that crazy stunt? Matthew: -grabs onto Cain’s shoulder- Think about it. If we knew about it, our reactions wouldn’t have been so real. They would have known something was up. While in a way I am pissed that she did it, I’m glad she did. It worked. Charlotte: Exactly. I don’t want you hurt Shelly. Now let’s go. Heather and the twins are up further. The 5 of us walked up the next couple of floors and came face to face with a couple of Team Meteor Knights, as they called themselves. Noel was held up in a cell. Charlotte: So you’re just keeping them locked up as if they were in a zoo? What kind of corporate building has cells like these anyways? Laura: Yea. This is really weird. Team Meteor Knight #1: This hasn’t been a corporate building for a long time. Surely you’ve heard how years ago, Yureyu was the centerpiece of Reborn’s economy. Shelly: Y-Yea… Then the earthquakes happened and the place was destroyed… Cain: And the company broke down. Team Meteor Knight #2: Wrong! Matthew: What do you mean? What do you know about this? Team Meteor Knight #1: Earthquakes weren’t the cause of Yureyu’s closing. It was us! Team Meteor! Charlotte: No way. Laura: That can’t be. Cain: Wait wait. What? Team Meteor Knight #2: We infiltrated the company over time, then shut them down from the inside out. Noel: And that’s when the closure of Yureyu’s Power Plant that led to the city’s downfall… So Team Meteor was successful in destroying Reborn City the 1st time. Matthew: Yea? Well it’s gonna be the last time! Team Meteor Knight #1: Pipe it Matthew! We were set to do it again by destroying Julia’s Neo-Circuit Power Plant. But then YOU got in the way Matthew! Matthew: Are you expecting me to feel bad or something? Look at what 1 of your Admins did to my cheek! Team Meteor Knight #2: Nice scar. Too bad he couldn’t do more. Team Meteor Knight #1: Yea. Maybe we can do even more to you. Sounds like a good way to get revenge on you right? Matthew: I’ve had enough of this. You ready Cain? Cain: Ready whenever you are buddy!~ Team Meteor Knight #1: -steps aside- Do as you wish. It won’t make a difference in the end. Matthew: We’ll see about that. Noel: They took Anna, as well as Heather, upstairs. The Doctor and a weird guy are up there. Be careful. Charlotte: Don’t worry. I’m sure it’ll be nothing to Matthew and Princess here. Cain: You’re really sticking with that name aren’t you? Haha… Charlotte: Well you definitely earned it. Noel: They also took something from Anna. Matthew: What’d they take? Noel: It’s an Amethyst Pendant. It’s very important to her. Our real father gave it to us. At the orphanage, all we had was Nomos, Nostra and that pendant. Charlotte: Why the hell would Meteor want something like that? Matthew: Shit. Cain: What is it Matt? Matthew: I’m not too sure on why they need it but they need 4 items to open a door or something. I didn’t catch everything… Solaris… said to me way back on my adventure here. But Heather has a Ruby Ring. I’m almost sure they’re gonna try to take that as well. Charlotte: Well whatever. I’ll get to work on getting this cage open. You guys go on ahead. Laura: Alright. Let’s go Matt. Matthew: Wait hun. I think right now you should stay here and try to help your sister opening the cell door. Or help Shelly to make sure no more Team Meteor Grunts try to come after us. Laura: But… Why? Matthew: If it’s only the Doctor and another dude, then there shouldn’t be anymore Grunts up there. But there could be more trying to come up here. It’d be much more helpful if you stayed here and fended them off and also help your sister free Noel. Laura: But Matt… Matthew: Laura, I’ll be back. I promise. Laura: … Alright. Fine. You better come back unharmed though. Matthew: I intend to. Come on Cain. We got this. Me and Cain continued our way upstairs. When we reached the top, we hugged the wall to see if we could see anything but all we could see was an Electivire and Heather. Cain: -whispering- Do you think she’s ok? Matthew: -whispers back- I’m not sure. Dr. Sigmund: So you’ve returned. Matthew: What? But… how did you- Dr. Sigmund: I must confess that it was fortunate that Sirius of this “Team Meteor” came me with the proposal that he did. Matthew: Hey. Give her back to us and I might not knock you on your ass. Dr. Sigmund: Haha. Simpleton threats won’t work on me. Now where was I? Ahh yes. He had the means to capture my fugitives and for payment he needed only to extract from this girl a single object. Matthew: No… Not that… Dr. Sigmund: -holds up the jewelry- This Ruby Ring. Cain: Give back Heather and the ring Dr. Geezer. Dr. Sigmund: You continue to disrespect me! Cain: What are you even doing with her? Dr. Sigmund: Well at his behest, I hold her captive for questioning later. Though… I doubt that will be fruitful. Matthew: What did you do to her?! Dr. Sigmund: Nothing. She has become withdrawn to the point of silence. Cain: And who’s fault do you think that is? After what you did to her, she may never speak again! Dr. Sigmund: Loss of speech is not among effects of electroconvulsive therapy. Matthew: I have no idea what you just said but that just sounds painful. Dr. Sigmund: Well despite how the word sounds boy, she hasn’t lost her ability to speak. Only her will. Cain: Well I still believe you caused it. Dr. Sigmund: Matthew was it? I heard you had a scuffle with a certain admin on Pyrous Mountain. And by the mark on your face, I’d say he didn’t leave without showing his dominance to you. Matthew: … Don’t push me dude. Dr. Sigmund: You present with such animosity. Do you intend to fight me to reclaim the girl? Or perhaps you’ll accept… a different solution. Cain: What do you mean a different solution? Dr. Sigmund: Are you going to fight me? Cain: Of course we- Matthew: Wait… Cain. Listen to me. We will save Heather but for now, I wanna get back at Team Meteor for what they did to me and tried to do to Laura. Cain: Huh? But Matt. He is a part of Team- Matthew: Barely. He just joined because he wants the kids back. And I get it. He deserves to get thrashed too. But if the man upstairs is who I think it is, I wanna take out my vengeance out on him rather than the Doctor. Please. Cain: Urm… Fine. You’ll get yours someday Doctor. But it won’t be today. Dr. Sigmund: I am so grateful. But just as well. I won’t stop you from proceeding onwards. Cain: Why? Dr. Sigmund: I may have invested myself with this “Team meteor” but I have no regard for their malevolent actions. Although, I do find myself bound to their service for a different reason entirely. Matthew: Yea? What’s that? Dr. Sigmund: Strictly a matter of my own curiosity. There’s a name I hear thrown about among the officers. It’s a name… I used to know, but it cannot possibly be… Ahem. Pardon me. I was speaking too much. Matthew: Hey. Something we both can finally agree on. Dr. Sigmund: … This time, only, I will turn away. Dr. Sigmund turned around towards Heather and just stood there. I could have tried anything but I didn’t. I just wanted to face the man from upstairs. Plus, I was afraid if I did try anything the Electivire would attack Heather. Even though I felt bad, I went upstairs with Cain. In that room, we saw Sirius talking to Anna. I could see he was holding a piece of jewelry. It was the Amethyst Pendant. Sirius: Strange, isn’t it? We needed only to ensnare the Ruby but we also caught the Amethyst. Anna: Hey! That’s my pendant! Give it back please! It’s… it’s the only thing I have left of my father… Sirius: You say your father gave this to you? Him… He was ALWAYS a fool! Anna: Wait. You knew my dad?! Sirius: Hmhmhm. Cain: Alright buddy. I think you should just give the girl her stuff back.~ Matthew: I agree. Then, I can totally mess you up. Anna: Matthew! Cain! Sirius: Why are you up here? Did the Doctor fail to detain you 2? Old fool… Well, I suppose that task now is left to me alone then. Cain: Good luck with that. Sirius: This Amethyst Pendant and… the other girl’s Ruby Ring… Do you have ANY inkling of their power…? Matthew: Somewhat? Solaris… likes to talk a lot. Sirius: Silence! I will not relinquish such items for mere sentimentalities. You want them? See if you can claim them. Matthew: You’re just gonna make this more difficult for yourself. Sirius: Ahh yes. Before we begin. Matthew, you said you were going to mess me up before correct? Matthew: Yes. And I intend to do that after this battle. Sirius: Well it’s not as messed up as your cheek now is it? Cain: Whoa. Not cool man. Matthew: You’re gonna regret that. Matthew: Now that that’s settled, you ready for your face to be messed up? Sirius: Hmph. I’m through with these silly games. I have what I wanted. I’ll be leaving now. As Sirius attempts to leave, I grab him by the collar and pull him close up to me. Matthew: I told you I was gonna mess you up. I was fucking around with you. I curled my fingers up into a fist and went to throw some punches to his fist but as I went to hit him for the 1st time, Cain grabbed my hand and stopped me. Matthew: -turns head to look at Cain- What are you doing?! Let me get at him! Cain: Listen to me. You have every right to beat him to hell and back right now- Matthew: Then let me do it! Cain: But you can’t do it in front of her. -points to Anna- She’s been through so much right now and this is just gonna make it worse. I know you wanna get your hands on him but this isn’t the time. Please… Cain let go of my hand. I kept it held up there for a couple of seconds thinking what I should do. At last, I put my hand down and let go of Sirius. Sirius backed away from me and continued to walk out the door. Matthew: -loud enough for him to hear me- Next time I see you, we’re gonna have a real fight! Cain: Anna, are you alright? Anna: Y-Yeah but he… he has my pendant… D-Daddy’s pendant… I don’t even remember my father… and that guy does? How is that fair?! I’m going after him! Cain: -steps in the way and stops Anna- Whoa there! Calm down, it’s ok! It’ll be ok.~ With as much as Team Meteor likes to get in the way, you know we’ll be seeing him again. Matthew: He’s right Anna… Plus, we don’t even know where they went to. Cain: Let’s just get you guys to safety 1st alright?~ Anna: B-But he took something… that’s part of my soul… Matthew: Hey. -turns Anna to face him- We’ll get it back for you. I promise. -bends down and hugs her- Anna: Alright… Thanks Matthew. Matthew: Cain, take her to the others and get out of here. Cain: What are you gonna do? Matthew: I’m gonna search this room for a bit. See if there’s anything to collect. Cain: Alright. Don’t take too long. See you in a few. Cain took Anna back down to the others. I stayed up in the room checking the tables and floor for anything that was useful. I eventually found a key. I didn’t know what it was used for but I decided to keep it with me just in case it was needed. After searching the building a bit more, I decided to leave the room and the building altogether. I exited the building and started walking towards the Underground Railnet. As I did, I looked back at the building and then back to where I was walking. I entered the Underground Railnet and joined everyone. Laura came running up to me and tackle hugged me. Laura: Ohh Matt! I was so worried about you! I’m so glad you’re ok! Matthew: I’m alright babe. I’m alright. Heh. Charlotte: Wait. Babe? Are you 2… Laura: That’s what I was gonna tell you when we were in the building. Charlotte: What the… Ok. I did NOT see that coming. How? Why? Matthew: See how my cheek is all messed up looking? Charlotte: Yea? Matthew: Well, that was from a Garchomp trying to kill your sister and me pushing her out of the way and having it slice right through my cheek. Charlotte: … Holy fuck dude. Laura: And then afterwards, I decided to be his girl. How can I not? He risked his life for me! Charlotte: I mean I get it but… it’s just not expected. Matthew: I’m so glad she is with me though. I’m also glad everyone here is safe. Laura: Me too hun. Charlotte: Ohh yea. I tried to open the door to continue through but it wouldn’t open. I think it’s locked. What do we do now? Matthew: Well… -holds up a key- this might be the answer. Laura: You’re so great babe. Matthew: I know. Pokemon Team REBORN CHARACTER RATES

Thanks dude!

The 3 of us walked out of the building and noticed it wasn’t raining anymore. Matthew: Thank the lord. I hate the rain. Laura: Why? It helps make the flowers bloom. Matthew: It gets me wet and I just hate it. Cain: Well let’s go. By the time we get to our destination, it’s gonna be dark. Laura: Yea. Cain’s right. Let’s go. We started to walk to the Underground Railnet. Me and Laura were a little bit curious with Cain’s family though. While it did seem like his mom didn’t seem she wanted to talk about him, his sister seemed like she missed him a lot. Cain: So… they probably told you how I ran away right? Laura: Well uhh… Matthew: Your sister did. Cain: How she doing? Matthew: She’s not liking the whole having to be the Gym Leader responsibility thing. Laura: Is it true you were supposed to be the 1 to take over the role as Gym Leader whenever… Well you know. Cain: Mhm. Matthew: Wow… You must have been pretty good to be a reserved Poison Type Gym Leader. Cain: Ohh I definitely AM good.~ Laura: But I’m curious. Why did you run away? Like Matt said, your sister kind of seemed upset about it. Matthew: Although, I’m not sure if she just misses you or she just doesn’t want the Gym Leader duties. Cain: Well to answer your question, I ran away because I needed to get away from my mom. Laura: What did she do? Cain: She was upset by some of my choices. Laura: Of what? Cain: Well… Who I have fun with.~ Matthew: No way… She’s 1 of THOSE people? Laura: What do you mean? Matthew: She’s basically against boys who like boys, girls who like girls etc. Laura: Ohh… I’m so sorry Cain. Cain: It’s alright.~ There’s nothing wrong with what I do. She’s just living in the past.~ But yea. That’s why I left. Matthew: I wish there was a way for you 2 to work out the problems. I hate to see a family broken up over that. Laura: So wait. You have a problem with your mom but what about your sister? Cain: Like I’ve told Matthew before, she’s grrrr a lot of the time… Buuuut I suppose she’s not all that bad. I do feel A LITTLE bad for getting her into this mess. Matthew: Ohh admit it. You care for your sister. Cain: Shush Matthew! Anyways… This is the reason I know what it’s like to be on your own. Matthew: Then… That’s why you were trying to help Heather, isn’t it? Cain: You’re a sharp cookie Matt. It is. Laura: Wait. Who’s Heather? Matthew: She’s the daughter of the previous Poison Type Gym Leader. And she’s 1 of the people that was captured by Team Meteor. Laura: Ohh wow. I can’t believe Team meteor would do that. Cain: Yea. They’re mean people. Anyways, that’s why I was trying to help her. Freedom’s a scary thing. ESPECIALLY when you’re young. Matthew: You know, I respect you a bunch more now Cain. Cain: Thanks buddy.~ Laura: Well now that that’s out of the way, I think another explanation is in order. Cain: Yea Matt. What’s the deal with this… “Mattam” or “Wehttam” or whatever it is. Matthew: Fine. I suppose now is the best time to talk about it. I basically have another soul inside my body. Laura & Cain: What?! Matthew: Yea. His name is Wehttam. Laura: Wait. It’s just your name backwards? Matthew: Mhm. So if he was in your body, he’d be called Arual or Niac for Cain. Cain: That’s… Wow. How long have you had this other soul inside of you? Matthew: Since I was in my teens but I’m sure it’s been in me since I was born. Laura: Is it bad or something? Matthew: No. Not at all. In fact, he’s helped me throughout this whole mess. From what I know with my talks with him- Cain: Wait wait. You talk to it? How? Matthew: I can only talk to him through my dreams. So basically whenever I’m sleeping. Laura: That’s… Unbelievable. Matthew: You know, I’m kind of surprised you 2 are just accepting this so easily. Cain: Have you seen what we’ve been through? Laura: Haha. Yea babe. At this point, this sounds somewhat normal. Matthew: True. Anyways, his soul was put in me until I fulfilled some kind of destiny. Cain: That sounds juicy. What is it? Matthew: I’m not sure. But I think it has to do with everything that’s happening here. Laura: That’s incredible! Matthew: He is a thousand years old as well. Cain: A bit too old for me.~ Matthew: I… Anyways, he will only take over my body when I feel like my life is threatened. Laura: So that was Wehttam we saw on Pyrous? Matthew: Not exactly. Cain: But you just said- Matthew: I know. Let me explain what really happens and then I’ll tell you what happened up there. Now what normally happens, is that when I let him take control of my body, my voice changes a bit and I start to act more… crazier. I’d be saying things more weirder or whatever. He’s unafraid. Sometimes, he finds out stuff about the opponent and it throws them off their game. He will then go back in when I no longer feel like my life is threatened. Now what you 2 saw up on Pyrous Mountain was… Basically, we both had control of my body. That’s why it looked like I was talking to myself sometimes up there. Cain: Whoa… Laura: So… Just wow. Matthew: And it’s the 1st time it’s ever happened. The theory we came up with is that I was so mad at the Garchomp trying to kill my girl that even though I was afraid for my life, I still wanted to take him down as me. So, when Wehttam went to take control, I somehow stayed and that was what we call Mattam. It’s pretty crazy. Cain: I’ll say it is. Laura: Anything else we should know about? Matthew: Not really. That’s about as much I know about this whole thing. Laura: So what happens when you fulfill this destiny? Matthew: The soul will just go away and I will have complete control of my body. It’ll just be me, myself and I. Laura: This is all so… so- Cain: Fascinating. Matthew: You can say that. Laura: Wow. We’ve been talking so much that I forgot we were just standing here in front of the rubble. Cain: Wait. We’re in the Underground Railnet already? Matthew: That was fast. Alright. Let’s get this stuff out of the way. I was able to move the rubble out of the way thanks to my Pokemon and the HM Strength. In a couple of minutes, a path was cleared. Laura and Cain joined me on the other side and we all ran up to the door. We went through. There were 2 paths to go. Straight ahead or go up. Cain rain over to the door which semed to continue the Underground Railnet. Cain: -tries to open the door- Urgh! It’s locked. Matthew: -waits for Cain to join us in front of the stairs- Then this is the way. Laura: Are any of your nervous about this? Cain: A little but- Matthew: You kind of get used to it after a while. We all walked up the steps and out of the building to the outside. There were so many huge cracks in the streets. It was an unbelievable sight. We all walked carefully around them to make sure we didn’t fall into any of them. At least, we all stood in front of the door to a tall building. Matthew: Alright. Cain? Babe? You ready for this? Cain: Let’s go save our friends! Laura: -takes a deep breath and exhales- I think so. I just wanna save my sister and the others and get out of here. Matthew: We all do hun. Let’s go in. Pokemon Team REBORN CHARACTER RATES

After the kiss, Laura took her place on the stand near the battle field. She sat as far away from Fern as far as possible. I took my place on the other side of the field as Hardy stood at the edge of the battle field. Fern: Hmm. I wonder which 1 I want to lose more. Freak show or Noob over there? Aya: Ok. Do you just hate EVERYONE by default or what? Like it’s really aggravating. Matthew: He does. Trust me Aya. It’s best to just try to ignore him. Fern: Shut up Matt! And to answer your question, no. Just you. Hardy: Hey. Lay off her mate. Aya: No no! It’s fine. PREFECTLY fine. He’s right. I am not a good person. I shouldn’t even be doing this. I’m not a good person. I-I shouldn’t even be doing this. Hardy: Hey, how’s no the time to doubt yourself. Matthew: Yea. We’ll have a great battle. Hardy: Yea. What Matt said. Just keep your chin up. You’re gonna rock this fight. Fern: Or she’ll crash and burn. Laura: Would you just shut up? Please? Aya: I’d be better off if everyone just left me alone… Hardy: The challenger is challenging the leader Aya in a 6 on 6 doubles battle! Aya: I really don’t even wanna do this… Hardy: Either competitor can make substitutions! The battle is over when all 6 of either trainer’s Pokemon can no longer fight! And roll! Laura: You won hun! Aya: So, I lost huh? Laura: Ohh. I’m sorry. I was just really- Aya: No no. It’s fine. At least that means I don’t have to deal with you again, I suppose. Matthew: Come on Aya. Don’t be- Fern: Tch. What a ripoff. I think I’d rather have seen Matt bomb this battle after all. Well I’m out of her. Later losers. Fern got up and exited the gym and building. Laura got up and ran down towards Matthew and gave him a big hug and kiss for his victory. The 2 then looked back at Aya. Hardy: Heyo Aya, don’t take a couple of losses too hard, yeah? It happens sometimes and you put up a solid fight. Matthew: He’s right Aya. You’re a pretty tough trainer and- Aya: I don’t care… Hardy: -walks over to Aya- Come on. No need to be so distant about it. Aya: No. You don’t get it Hardy. I seriously don’t care. This whole Gym responsibility thing. I never wanted this. It was never my job. But my stupid baby brother, emphasis on the baby, dumped it onto me! Matt… You know him right? Matthew: -walks up towards Aya with Laura behind me- Yea… I do. Aya: What’d he say about us? Does he hate us? Matthew: I mean… I wouldn’t say that. Hardy: Why would your little bro hate you? Aya: I’m not sure. I guess I was just a bad sister. But he hasn’t talked to me or my mother since he just went up and ran away. Didn’t say a damn thing. Not good bye. Didn’t even take his own Pokemon with him… Laura: Aya… Aya: HE was the 1 who was supposed to take over the Poison Gym. NOT me! But here I am, stuck doing it! Mom won’t even talk about him anymore. And me? I’m just not cut out for this. Hardy: Hey. You have to calm down alright? You’re fine. I have an idea. Why don’t I stick around a bit and help you guys out with some stuff? Matthew: Yea. That sounds like a good idea. Aya: Why?… I should just be alone… Hardy: No. What you need to do is give Matthew his badge that he earned. And then we’ll start working on stuff alright? Aya: -looks towards Hardy and sighs- Sure. -walks over to me with her Gym Badge in her hand- Here Matthew. This is the Blight Badge. You earned it. Matthew: -takes the Gym Badge- Wow… Thanks Aya. It was a great battle. Aya: Yea… Thanks I guess. But now that you have that badge, you’ll now be able to use the move Strength outside of battle. Laura: That’s great. Aya: -walks back over to Hardy- You can go now. You know… You 2 aren’t THAT bad. Matthew: Thanks, I think. Hardy: Matthew, I look forward to seeing you in my Gym up in Agate City someday. Don’t let me down, yeah? Matthew: I look forward to that day too Hardy. Hardy: And it was a pleasure to have met you Laura. Have fun travels with your man. Laura: Thanks Hardy. I wish the both of you luck. Hardy: Peace! With that, Laura and myself made our way out of the arena and the house altogether. It was still raining when we made it outside but it was getting darker too. We stopped in front of the house for a few seconds and looked at the badge that I just won. Laura: Aww hun. I’m so proud of you. Matthew: Thanks. Now we can save the gang. Laura: I hope my sister is alright… Matthew: Don’t worry babe. I’m sure she is. Laura: You’re right. Come on. Cain should be waiting in the building near here. We started to walk back to the building but in my head I was thinking about what Cain said happened to this place. How all this gunk just came here so fast. We made it to the area where there were 2 buildings. As I was about to go in between them, I noticed the door was opened on the other building that was previously closed. I stopped and looked at it. Laura noticed I stopped and walked back towards me. Laura: Is something wrong Matt? Matthew: That door over there… It wasn’t open before. Laura: Well who cares? We gotta get going. Matthew: Wait babe… Don’t you possibly want this whole place to get better? Laura: What do you mean? Matthew: Like all of Reborn. Don’t you want it to get all better? Laura: I would love for that to happen. But how is anything that’s in that building or anywhere here for that matter gonna help that? Matthew: Listen to me. What Cain said before has been lingering in my mind for some time. I wanna see if I can maybe fix the problem of this place? Laura: But what about the gang? We need to save them! Matthew: Babe, I promise. We will. But I think I should check this out quickly 1st. And then we’ll go. Laura: Wait. You? Matthew: Yes. I know you’re an Elite 4 Member but you only have 1 Pokemon right now and there might be really strong Poison Type Pokemon in there and if I have to look after you AND everything else? I’ll be putting us both in jeopardy. Laura: Well where am I supposed to go? Matthew: Hmmm. Stay in that building. That should be safe enough until I get back. Laura: Hmph… Fine. Matthew: Babe, I know this feels time consuming but I promise you. This will be helpful in the long run. Laura: -sighs- You’re right. Just don’t be too long. I’m gonna worry about you you know. Matthew: I know Laura. -kisses her cheek- Now get in there. Laura: Alright. Be careful! I watched as Laura went into the building. I took a deep breath and walked into the building. There wasn’t really anything in there but a set of stairs going down. So, I went down and entered a really dark cave. I could barely see anything. I grabbed my Pokegear and selected the flashlight app on it. It wasn’t much but I could see what was coming up in front of me. I walked through the long cave and ended up outside. I looked around and found another cave and just like the other 1, explored that 1 as well. And again, I came outside and explored that area and found another cave. I went inside it. As I was going up, I heard a Pokemon noise. Sounded like it was a big Pokemon too. Matthew: Wh-Who is it?! Mr. Bigglesworth: AH AM MR. BIGGLESWORTH! Matthew: Umm… Wha-What? I could feel the ground move as the beast came walking towards me. I started to see its form but I was still confused when I saw it. Matthew: A Garbodor?! Mr. Bigglesworth: LAHV ME!!! Matthew: Wait. You can talk? Whoa! After the battle, the Garbodor ran away. I was puzzled as to how this Pokemon could talk even remotely. I explored the cave and was shocked to find a PULSE Machine down here. Matthew: My Arceus… Team Meteor must have put this down here and put that Garbodor into it to corrupt this part of the place. But it was in it for so long that… It somehow gained the ability to speak? That part doesn’t make sense but the 1st part of it does. Hopefully, with it gone now, this stuff will go or at least won’t return if they decide to clean this place up. I should head back to Laura. She’s probably worried about me. I know I’m worried about her. I exited the cave and went to the building I told her to stay in til I came back. I went in and at 1st didn’t see her there. I was about to freak out when I remembered there was an upstairs part to this place. I went upstairs and there was Laura. We both hugged each other. Laura: Ahh babe! I’m so happy you’re ok! So did you find anything? Matthew: Yea. A PULSE Machine and a Garbodor… That could talk. Laura: I’m sorry. A what that could what now? Matthew: Yea. My only theory on this is that the Garbodor was hooked up to the machine for so long that it somehow gained the ability to speak. It doesn’t make much sense but it’s the best idea I have. Laura: Well, did you beat it? Matthew: Yea. Hopefully, the gunk that’s corrupted this place will go away and never return again. Laura: I hope so… Let’s go. It’s finally time to go save my sister and the others. Matthew: Yea. We wasted enough time here. We once again started to walk to the exit. Thankfully, it didn’t take us long to get to the door. As we went inside, we could see Cain standing there in the middle of the room waiting for us. Cain: You’re back. So were you able to defeat my sister? Matthew: -holds the badge up- You tell me. Cain: Cool.~ Alright. Let’s get going. Pokemon Team REBORN CHARACTER RATES