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Following the event of Viola's death.

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Running. It’s the only thing she could do, running from the problem she can’t deal with yet, running to escape danger that would slow her down, running to not break a promise. Viola could not do much other than run even if hurt, because if she can’t get out of the underground, how could she look HIM in the eyes, She couldn't betray HIM like everyone had done to them before.

Every soul have their story, This is the story of the Blue Soul.

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Emmet have one objective: Finding his brother. And if that mean possibly fighting God to get the help needed then be it. Dawn is more than happy to help her friend for this.

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Fun fact 1 : Moveset in general

Howdy!!

So, it's been a while since I didn't post anything, so I decide, why not start with more fun facts about the IoR world and the characters living in it! (It is name fun fact 1 but really it is more the 3th, but shhh....)

So yes, my next fun fact about this world is how moves work!

Pokemon can have as many moves as you can imagine, as long as they can learn it (there are pokemon who can learn moves they shouldn't be capable of, but it's rare), seeing wild pokemon using more than 4 moves if they try to defend themselves is pretty common.

But for Pokemon contest, official match or match between two trainers, the rule is to only use 4 moves by Pokemon, it is mostly to encourage trainers to get creative and strategic by choosing their moves carefully.

This rule is also called : 'The rule of Four'

There are, of course, some exceptions to this rule, For example:

If both trainers (when it's not in an official match) are okay with using more than 4 move, it is authorized.

If it is against a wild pokemon

If this is a competition, who states in the rules that it is authorized.

If this is an emergency against a criminal organization (criminal do not usually follow rules).

And, of course, there is punishment if you don't respect the rule.

Having a pokemon who uses more than 4 moves is disqualified (the punishment who is used most of the time)

The trainer is disqualified completely and lose by default the match.

or they are straight up Ban for a while from the competition (rare case but can happened)

But more often than not, trainers fight against wild pokemon even if they are more powerful than them with the rule of four, not only for the challenge, but also to prove how strong they are and for training (or sometimes they just forget they can use more than 4, it happens more often than any one can imagined, mostly with professional trainers who are too use to using the rule)

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when will you post the next part of your ZoroarkEmmet au?

Hey! Sorry to answer your question this late-- I didn't decide yet when I will post the next part precisely, but i will at least try to have it done for before the end of this year (◍•ᴗ•◍)

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The End of the years mean the start of the (obligatory) annual vacation of Emmet and Ingo. Things don't go as schedule when Jackie announce that something is wrong in one of the line. Ensue a last check up from the two Subway Bosses before going home.

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Small update about the Zoroark Emmet AU

Hey!

......okay i try to be short, but i finally decide for a name other than just Zoroark Emmet AU, because yeah i need an appellation to differentiate it from other AU, so i decide to named the AU : Illusion of Replacement

The name is pretty straight forward, Replacement being because Em technically replace/fulfill the role of Emmet (as i say before, but just to make it very clear, Emmet and Em are two different character even through Em is often referred as Emmet in my fic or other character, it is mostly because of narrative reason but also the fact that he literally take Emmet place)

Illusion come from who is really Em, a Zoroark who use his illusion to be someone else.

The entire name can have multiple implication too, if you read into it more and look my work about this AU, but yeah, i am very happy with my decision for the name.

For obvious reason, i will retag all my work link to this universe, the tag Zoroark Emmet AU will still be use as well as the Subway boss Emmet one (the reason being that it would be difficult for me to stop using it because of the role Em fill natively mostly in the pre-hisui stuff and some of the early hisui story line) but i hesitate to add a tag about Em being an oc or if it is fine if i don't put it, i still hesitate slightly so i will think about this.

Anyway that was all i wanted to say, BYEEE :D

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Emmet (Or Em precisely) sketch

i was very bored in class and decide to draw Em (From the Zoroark Emmet AU that ii really need to name--) just silly sketch of him, also the first time I draw Chandelure and Eelektross (even Ingo have an appearance!!) Iook at them !!

Why Emmet don't have is coat or a hat in most of them?? Oh for nothing it's not like I can't draw that correctly and I decide to skip it for now :D

Thee image description contain what i write so you can read it :]

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Day 30 - New Friends

Fic if you want to read every posted day : https://archiveofourown.org/works/51386731/chapters/129854215

While Ingo was in front babbling with Cynthia about Pokemon battle, Emmet in his case, preferred to stay slightly behind to let them the space they needed to talk in peace, Next to him was the champion Dawn, who, since the start of the day, seemed to avoid initiating any conversation, as she seemed lost in her head for some reason.

It was strange, but Emmet didn't pay any mind, she was probably occupied with more pressing matters about the league, and as much as it was an honor that she accepted his request – something he was still surprised about, as he was thinking he was going to be turned down - he cannot stop himself to feel bad for disturbing Dawn and Cynthia in their already busy schedule, that don’t mean he regret anything, he is satisfied that his plan for Ingo’s anniversary and their vacation worked better than he through it would, but he still feel bad.

It took a long time to put their perfect vacation in place – even if there was no train, so it wasn’t totally perfect – He knew his brother by heart, and how to make him happy, so his best bet was to find someone who would share their love for battle and would be okay to guide them around in the new region, and lucky for him there was the Champion of Sinnoh and the previous champion who were more than happy to help.

They even got the chance to have a battle against them!

And even if it was a shame to have lost with flying color against Dawn and Cynthia, he was happy that his brother got to have fun with it.

“hum….Excuse me?”

The tentative voice of Dawn startled the silence between them, It was slightly surprising to say the least, a good one, but still a surprise, he slowly tilted his head.

“Yes? Is there a problem?”

“Oh no, no, no no no, there is no problem!!” she started to shake her hand rapidly, before turning her head away with a thoughtful look as if she was trying to find how to explain what she wished to talk about. “It’s just that…. I have a question, if you don’t mind, it has been bugging me for a while now”

“Oh! I am Emmet, I will be happy to answer your question!!”

That seemed to be enough to encourage the Champion to talk more. “Well, I was wondering about why you asked us to surprise your brother?” Oh….that was that sort of question, Emmet nodded ready to answer, but he rapidly realized that she was not finished. “Don’t get me wrong!! I would have accepted either way to meet you two, It’s not everyday that a strong trainer from another region asks you to make you visit the region for an anniversary, This is the first time even, but I just don’t understand why, why here, in particular Em, you could have ask everywhere in the world but...you decide to come here so….”

Emmet stayed silent for a moment, trying to register the question and all the words she just spilled on him, before finally answering, “So you were curious about my reasoning?”

She nodded to confirm that it was what she was thinking about, That was a simple question that Emmet was more than happy to answer to “I thought it was a good idea, So I did it, there is no profound reason behind my reasoning, I just wanted to make Ingo happy”

“Oh...yeah I understand that make sense”

There was a silence between the two for a moment yet again, more awkward than before, as neither knew how to continue the discussion, They even tried to avoid looking at the other one as the silence was getting progressively worse...finally Emmet decided to talk again, hesitantly “So...You call me Em, Why?”

That seem to surprise Dawn who look more than embarrassed now as she realize her error “Oh... Oh shoot!! I didn’t mean to!!! I just said that by reflex, and …Arceus!! I am so sorry Emmet, I didn--”

The reaction of the champion just made Emmet chuckle loudly “Do not worry, I don’t mind, it is just that there is... not a lot of people who use this nickname, even Ingo does not use it, so I am surprise”

That seemed to reassure the young adult who sighed loudly before hiding her head in her hand to the further amusement of Emmet “Still, this is very embarrassing!!”

“Embarrassing? Yes, but it is very funny too”

“Of course this is funny to you, why am I not surprise?”

“Because I am Emmet!!”

And that seems to break the glass between them as they start to joke and talk more naturally, the tension that was building before seemingly evaporating slowly as the two learn about each other slowly but surely.

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Their vacation did end up on a very good note, as Ingo and Emmet had the chance to visit and try multiple interesting places that Dawn and Cynthia knew about, They even had the chance to fight against other battle facility heads who were more than happy to meet the twins!

But all good things come to an end, The two brothers needed to go back home at the end of their two weeks in Sinnoh, and that also meant that they needed to say goodbye.

“It was a pleasure to have meet you two, My brother and I will never be grateful enough to have take time out of your busy schedule to guide us around”

Cynthia simply laughed it off, smiling at the duo. “It’s nothing really, I am happy that you have been able to enjoy the region!”

“I am Emmet, and it was very fun, thank you!”

“Good to know that it was as fun for you as it was fun for us!” declare loudly Dawn, as she herself smile ear to ear, even if she was clearly sad to see them go so soon, Emmet can understand where it came from, he himself going to miss her.

The announcement in the airport made them know that their plane had arrived at the station, cutting their goodbye short as they had to go, but before Emmet was able to follow his brother, Dawn suddenly stopped him, putting something in his hand with a serious look.

“Em, before you go, I just want to make you know that if you ever need anything, don’t hesitate to make me know okay? I would be more than happy to help”

And before Emmet could ask any questions about this sudden change of tone, she was already back near Cynthia, waving at him, He was certainly confused but decided to think about it later on, turning around and catching up to his brother who was already ahead.

It was only when the two were on the plane at their designated seat that Emmet decided to take a curious glimpse at what Dawn had given to him.

“Well, Emmet, I must admit my defeat, your idea for our vacation and anniversary was excellent even with the lack of train”

“Hum?!...Yup, I know, I told you that you would like it”

“You did tell me it is true”

“I am Emmet and I am always right!!”

As his twin laughed loudly at Emmet shenanigan, the latter simply smiled as he put in his pocket the paper where was written the number of Dawn.

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Day 29 - Fear/Worries

Fic if you want to read every posted day : https://archiveofourown.org/works/51386731/chapters/129854215

Clearly, that was not one of Zoroark-- no, Emmet, that was not one of Emmet best ideas to go out in the middle of the night because of one Nightmare, That was irresponsible of him to do so, verrry dumb, especially after having screamed this loudly in his(?) Uncle House and accidentally wakes up his twin(?) when checking on him to be sure he was okay.

He was – nearly – an adult, he should not do things like that, the last time he ran off because of a nightmare was when he was still a small Zorua – or last month - ….. okay he must admit that he ran off outside more often that he would like when he have that kind of nightmare, but he just unable to stay put after them, he have to make sure that nothing is outside to get to Ingo to be able to sleep again.

And he feels guilty about having probably woken up everyone, He cannot face them right now when he feels so eaten up by worry.

This was dumb, He knew that, Ingo would never be angry at him for waking him up, but a part of him screamed that his twin should be, so it was easier to avoid confrontation like that for now, Well, he thought that it was going to be easier, because he rapidly found himself in front of Ingo who seemed to be out of breath when Emmet changed of direction - his twin knew a lot of shortcuts to be able to find him

“How...can you walk...so fast Emmet...this is aberrant!!”

That simple sentence was enough to make Emmet laugh, a nervous one, but still one that he honestly couldn't really stop with how absurd the situation was.

“You need more exercise Ingo, that’s why”

Not thinking about the nightmare, and talking with his brother like it had never happened was better than anything, but Emmet knew that it wasn’t going to last, it would never last after all, but it always made it easier to admit.

He simply walked and sat next to his brother on the ground, not really caring about when he would ultimately go back home to change his outfit because he got dirty.

“It’s the same nightmare if you want to know”

Ingo stays silent, staying near Emmet with the same worried look he has every time that something like that happened, He hated how much he worried his older twin when he should be able to deal with that alone, but that can’t be help it seem.

“I suspected it, It is always the same thing that makes you wake up in such a panic, Do you want to talk about it? Or we can just go back home and make ourselves some tea and talk about something else”.

He could have accepted the offer like every time he had this nightmare, but for once, he thought he wanted to tell Ingo about it, After all, this is nearly their birthday, that means that they would soon depart from home to start what they where preparing themselves to do since they finished their journey, And….Emmet just do not want his brother to be in the dark about his nightmare anymore.

“I want to talk, I cannot keep that to myself anymore”

That seemed to surprise Ingo, He was probably thinking that Emmet was going to avoid the discussion, His older twin was hiding very baldly the joy in his eyes to know that Emmet was finally open up.

“It starts with us, We are always together. Sometimes we just walk somewhere. Sometimes we argue or simply talk. Sometimes we are just at home relaxing. But it never lasts long, one moment everything is fine, the other something attacks you...it always ends the same, you are …. gone and I am alone, then I wake up”

He knew that Ingo was probably looking at him again, but Emmet didn’t find the force to look up, fixing the ground and fidgeting with his hand before talking again.

“I am scared to lose you…” If he had bitten his tongue to stop himself from saying ‘you too’ his twin didn’t need to know it.

The two don’t say anything for a few second.

“Emmet, can I hug you?” That was out of no where, and he wasn’t really sure about what to say before simply nodding, and before he could really understand, Ingo wrapped his arms around him, Not a word was shared between them...and it wasn’t really needed.

Emmet knew what Ingo wanted to say and so he simply put his head against his shoulder and let himself sob for once, because that was it, Emmet didn’t want to lose Ingo like he lost the real Emmet, and Ingo silently promised him that they would never be separated from the other.

And that was enough for him.

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Day 28 - Beach Day

Fic if you want to read every posted day : https://archiveofourown.org/works/51386731/chapters/129854215

“Isn’t it the perfect weather Emmet”

The only answer Ingo received to his amusement was the groan of suffering coming from his younger twin as he was following slowly behind the group.

The group was composed of Elesa and Skyla who got the idea to go to the beach of Undella town, as well as Iris, who got a day off her duty as a champion to relax and Ingo himself as he decided for once to listen to his brother advise and take a break – was it petty to do that because of a prank his twin did last week, maybe.

It was mostly a decision the whole group decided together with a vote, and unlucky for his brother, the law of majority won, forcing him to accept against his will – and because he promised Ingo to participate in whatever activities he decided to do on the break.

And as much as Ingo does not have any difficulty with the extreme heat, Emmet, on the other hand….

“It is way too hot, Ingo I cannot survive, I am going to be found dehydrated before the end of the day”

Skyla, who was next to Elesa holding her hand, simply rolled her eyes before turning around to look with the most unimpressed stare Emmet, stopping the whole group when they were not that far from their destination. “Come on Emmet, don’t tell me you cannot stay outside for more than ten minute, we are literally going to the beach!! You can refresh yourself in the water when we arrive!”

“And you can't fight against the majority rule Emmet, this is in’Eevee’table” Add Elesa with the biggest smile she could mutter, not minding stopping the sightless while Iris who was on the side simply crossed her arms a bit annoyed by it.

The hilarious pun – in his opinion – was enough to make Ingo laugh loudly when it finally clicked in his mind, while Skyla on the other hand, simply shrugged it off use to her girlfriend's incredible pun.

Iris didn’t appreciate the pun through, shaking her head but not commenting on it, leaving only Emmet to groan even more loudly than before.

“It was bad, even worse than the heat Elesa, please do not do that ever again”

Their friend simply giggling at the reaction of the already suffering, Emmet, her smile full of mischief like the ones his twin does when he was not going to stop whatever he was doing “No promise”

Still, the situation did not start to get better, Iris slowly grimacing as she realized that Emmet was not going to stop his complaint about the heat. “Don’t be a baby Emmet, You can still go in the water like Skyla suggests, if it is too ‘warm’ for you, You just make us all wait longer by doing that!! I don’t understand how you seem to have zero tolerance for the heat but walk in the horrible cold of winter like it is nothing, That doesn't make any sense!!!”

His brother simply muttered his answer with a serious look in his eyes, as he tried to use as a fan his hand to be less affected “For my defense...I do not have any defense, summer just suck, winter is the superior season”

“No, summer is the superior season, this is winter that suck!!”

Loudly, Iris started to gasped, as if she was personally offended by Emmet opinions on the matter, frowning even more than Ingo.

His Twin was also bothered by Iris preference, repeating again with more conviction his position about what he considered to be the right answer.

By snowball effect, their disagreement degenerated into an argument on what season could be seen as the best, Unfortunately, forcing the rest of the group to watch with amusement their fight and delaying their arrival at the beach even more, Ingo, even if amused by the whole deal, decided that he needed to end it, putting his foot down.

“I must stop you two on your track!! First and foremost, language….and no I must disagree with you two, it is obvious that among every season, Autumn should be placed on the top”

“What!?”

That was enough to make Iris and Emmet team up against Ingo, That was not what his intervention was supposed to do at all, followed an even bigger argument that Ingo easily started to participate in, After all, it is true that Autumn was better than Winter and Summer combine.

In all of this, Elesa and Skyla simply looked at the siblings for a moment, before leaving them behind, knowing they would join them later on when they finished tearing each other out.

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Day 27 - Movie Night

Fic if you want to read every posted day : https://archiveofourown.org/works/51386731/chapters/129854215

Emmet was already installed on the couch, lying on it and taking as much space as he could, a sly smile on his face as he was looking Ingo, waiting for him patiently, not showing anything on his face other than malice, not too far from his twin, Eelektross was simply tired, already half asleep on his side of the couch.

The other Pokemon of their team were also all around the living room, everyone having their favorite spot to be, even the concerning number of Joltik his brother have, all posted near Galvantula, who usually stayed on the wall...the all wall was covered in Joltik...Ingo tried to ignore that as much as he can, he really need to convince his brother to give away some of them...

But it wasn’t the main problem, as Ingo sighed slowly, as he waited for their popcorn to be ready for their obligatory movie night, glaring with no real heat behind his younger brother, who knew perfectly what he was doing, As an older brother, Ingo knew what was his mission the moment Emmet decide to steal his favorite place on the sofa, and Chandelure, who was until now next to the older twin, happened to be waiting for only one things, looking over Ingo, then Emmet as she was impatient to do her next move.

“Chandelure I give you the authorization, don’t wait for me”

She sung out happily, loudly enough to alert Emmet as he snapped his gaze on Chandelure with a fearful look in his eyes, and before he could say anything, she was already gone, pushing Emmet from the couch, His twin screeching loudly as he fell on the ground, waking up Eelektross for a moment who simply look over his trainer with a weak clamor noise before going back to his nap not helping in the sightless his brother.

The other members of their team were amused by the scene, Ingo knew they were laughing or encouraging Chandelure, as she decided to not leave his brother alone, refusing to let him get up at all as Emmet tried to get her out of him.

“Chandelure you are too heavy, let me go!! Ingo, Help!! Chandelure is attacking me!!!”

Ingo couldn't stop the snore who escaped him before he grabbed the bowl of popcorn and walked slowly to go sit in his place. “I don’t see what you are talking about, all I see is that Chandelure being playful with you, there is nothing bad about it”

As dramatically and serious Emmet could do, he slowly muttered “Betrayal, Why do you do that to me brother?"

Chandelure, seeing that Ingo took back his rightful place, moved away from Emmet to take her usual spot on the sofa, leaving his twin the chance to get back up immediately and fall back on the couch with no hesitation, trying to get a comfortable position.

“I supposed that you wanted to choose the movie for tonight Emmet?”

Without missing a bit, Emmet looked up at him, taking the television remote immediately before Ingo could try to get it. “Obviously, last time it was your turn”

“It is true, in all logic, it is your turn to choose the schedule for tonight!”

“Yup, tonight we are watching Murder on the Orient Express!”

“Did we not watch this movie multiple times before?”

“Did we not watch The Polar Express multiple times before”

“...fair enough”

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Day 26 - Hope

Fic if you want to read every posted day : https://archiveofourown.org/works/51386731/chapters/129854215

“I want to get even stronger”

That was out of nowhere, he must admit, as his older twin Friend Ingo looked Zorua Emmet with a thoughtful expression, trying to understand this sudden statement, Zorua Emmet knew that most people would see him as a decently strong trainer for someone who just start their journey – Even if he was probably not consider as such as a Pokemon – but still, It just didn’t feel enough in his opinions, Ingo after a moment of reflection finally say something.

“I do not want to press the brake of your engine, I myself want to get stronger like you but I must admit that it is a sudden declaration”

“I know, I just realized something after our last gym, it is bothering me”

“May I ask what is bothering you Emmet?”

Zorua Emmet was more than happy to tell his friend more about his reasoning, nodding with a serious expression on his face “I like winning, but it is not fun to win if the fight is not serious, last gym was not fun, the leader was not taking seriously the fight like our first badge”

Ingo silently nodded, he understood where Zorua Emmet was coming from, Their last big battle was not as fun as against Brycen, They don’t know why the gym leader, Ethan, didn’t take them as seriously as Brycen, Was it because Ingo and Zorua Emmet were still young trainer? Was it because he didn’t feel like they were worthy?? or was it for something else entirely?? That frustrated Zorua Emmet with no end for so many reason, the principal being...

“Winning didn’t feel rewarding, I don’t like it, he didn’t take us seriously” He sighs before crossing his arms, trying to find how to phrase his thought “If we could get stronger, other trainers would want to win, and that would improve the experience”

“I see, by getting stronger you think that we would be able to encourage our adverse to give his all to try to achieve victory”

“Yes, they would be more serious, the battle would be fun, winning would not longer feel like it was not deserve”

His brother friend smiled with a grin, he could nearly match his own, It was a rare sight but one appreciated anyway, The prospect of having a more serious battle was what Ingo probably wanted for a while too, as it was obvious that even he was bitter about their last victory.

“We need to get stronger...”

“...That is now one of our principal objective!!”

A new feeling blossoms in Zorua Emmet, not something he feels every day, but he recognizes it as hope, the hope to be able to push his opponent to new heights like Ingo would say, to participate in an exciting fight where they put everything into, Zorua Emmet hopes that they will achieved that soon.

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And they did, It took years, but Emmet would change that for nothing in the world, After all, it is from this envy to be stronger that he finally proposed to his brother this crazy idea that he honestly didn’t think would have worked at the time, This is the reason why, one afternoon, as they were at their apartment together after a long day at the station, Emmet ask this question who did change their track for the better.

“Ingo, I was thinking, wouldn't it be interesting if we could battle in the subway too?”

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Day 25 - Sick

Fic if you want to read every posted day : https://archiveofourown.org/works/51386731/chapters/129854215

The day really did start perfectly, Emmet was verrrry pleased to see that nothing was out of the ordinary for once.

No illusion accident.

No unruly passenger.

No lost kid in the Subway.

No technical problems with the train.

No argument between the depot agent.

That was maybe why some sort of force of the universe decided that it was too perfect and that something needed to be done, or maybe something had a grudge against him because of a past mistake that he don’t remember doing, In any case, Emmet felt it hitting him hard.

It started with an annoying feeling of being tired, something he could deal with, It wasn’t the first time he suddenly felt exhausted, That was the consequence of being behind an illusion for days without taking any rest, through it usually takes much longer, months even, before something like that happened, and it’s only been one week since the last time he let down of his illusion, this was the first sign something was wrong, but Emmet decide to stubbornly ignored it.

Then came a horrible headache nagging him in the back of his head, becoming worse and worse as the hours passed, He would have tried to rest before, but the pain started while he was on the multi-battle train with his brother, He didn’t want to worry his twin and, to his defense, he was overall fine if not for the pain and exhaustion, it was just a simple, bothersome inconvenient, that Emmet could deal with for now, even if Ingo seemed to be suspicious every time Emmet wanted to cover his ear at the loud noise around who made his headache worse.

What finally made Emmet realize that he couldn't continue the day like this as stubborn as he could get, was the sudden feeling of weakness he felt before his leg nearly gave up on him in the middle of the corridor. Lucky enough, he could stop himself by putting one of his hands on the wall before he totally stumbled on the ground, but he would have been an idiot if he had continued his day on this track when he knew he couldn't win, as much as he hated to admitted to himself that forcing like this would just cause more problem for him.

He knew his illusion was probably not in the best formed at the moment because of that, at best it was only his eyes who got affected by whatever he had, This part wasn’t a real problem, There was a lot of explanation he could use, In the worse scenario he probably looked like a fuzzy mess of white, something who look barely human, it would probably freak out a lot of people and he don’t think that any lie would get him out of this one, in all case, he knew that he needed to retreat himself in his and Ingo’s office immediately, so no one could be able to see him in this state.

Thankfully he wasn't that far from his destination, worrying himself inside the office, then flatly letting himself fall face first on the couch, not having the energy to do much, it was also the only way for him to hide his face.

What followed was mostly a blurred, Emmet could guess he had probably fallen asleep with how groggy his mind was when someone nudged him slightly from the couch, making him groan loudly as this rude awakening.

“Emmet, are you feeling alright?”

It took way too long for Emmet to realize that the person who woke him up and was actively talking to him was his twin, That was bad, He could recognize Ingo’s voice everywhere, but at that moment it just felt like the voice of his older twin was wrap in some sort of filter who make it terribly difficult to register, Emmet was in a worse state than what he was thinking.

Ingo seemed to wait for Emmet to answer, He didn’t realize that he was taking a long time to react because of his lack of energy, He finally started to mumble as loudly as he could without moving too much as his body felt strangely heavy.

“I feel like I am dying brother…”

His twin hummed in acknowledgment, Emmet didn’t have to look up to guess that his brother was moving to get one of his pokeball in his hand “Do you mind if I take your temperature or do you prefer Chandelure to do it?? Because I have the feeling that you must be sick”

Knowing that Ingo remembers how much he hates when someone tries to take his temperature never made him so happy than right now, Emmet had a really good reason for his refusal too, mostly because he was not sure that his illusion was solid enough. “Chandelure please...”

His older twin didn’t ask another question, seemingly accepting Emmet decision, as he slowly backed away before letting out of her pokeball Chandelure, although the habitual sound seemed to be louder than it was supposed to, or maybe it was just him?

“Chandelure could you take Emmet temperature, I am afraid that he might have caught a cold”

“Ingo, what do you mean Em caught a cold, He looks like usual to me” Emmet may be feeling weak, but he could recognize sarcasm anywhere, he would have complained about it if he wasn’t too tired for that...or if Ingo wasn’t here, with a weak sigh he forced himself to move slightly so Chandelure can take like as his temperature, she barely touch his forehead before backing away with a startling noise confirming Ingo's guess.

“Uh…. It seems that you really got yourself sick again Em? I didn’t see the difference at all!! suck to be you” She was laughing at his dismay loudly before continuing “Well, good news for you, your illusion is still solid, you just need to stay focused on not messing up”

He simply grumbled to answer her, knowing perfectly what she meant as she returned to Ingo’s side, Emmet could nearly see her smug look....

“Hmm...well I supposed that we have to go home early today, would you be able to get up Emmet”

“No”

“Understood, do you want my help to get to the apartment?”

“Yes”

Emmet must admit, he may have been more blunt to just avoid talking more than he needed too, As his older twin slowly got closer to help him up, Emmet tried his hardness to not break his Illusion for the time being, Chandelure staying close to the duo like she was supervising them…. To his amusement, Ingo stared at Emmet's face with a disbelieved look when he was able to see it.

“Did you really put your eyeliner before passing out on the couch?!”

“I did, and I do not regret it”

[pykanico]

Day 24 - Matching

Fic if you want to read every posted day : https://archiveofourown.org/works/51386731/chapters/129854215

Emmet has one of his bad days – again, he laments himself – the sort of bad day where he has a lot of difficulty using his illusions, to hide his zoroark features which are….sightly more difficult to hide than when he was a zorua.

“I feel like I got rip off, am I not supposed to be better at hiding them???” He could only let out a sigh, Here are the consequences of not living with another Zoroark when he should have, FUCK--

The problem was mostly all around his eyes, some red recognizable marks were visible, it could be passed as simple eyeliner, that he rarely – nearly every weekend – used….

but he hates not matching with his brother – specialty at this time of the year, ironically, even more after ‘the scene’ he made in front of Ingo…. – That made him remember that he was technically not his real twin… That made him remember that his friend was gone, that made him remember that it was, soon, the anniversary – he wouldn’t have forget it, he never did, even if he didn't think actively about it, but sometimes he wish he could - … He don’t like the situation…

Of course, he doesn't have anything to hide properly his red marking, It slipped out of his mind last time they were out shopping to buy the make – up he usually uses for this case, That was just his luck, He would have felt a bit less tense if he had it.

What a bad start of day, to an already bad week.

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It was a rare sight, but sometimes his young twin would apply reddish eyeliner all around his eyes, usually days like that, He knew that Emmet was not in a good mood, Ingo did see it time and time again, Still, that wasn’t a problem, some joke from Ingo calling him dramatic usual lift his spirit with a light chuckled from his part, and he was back to normal, every gear back to place.

But this particular view, happening around this particular week of the year, where his brother, loses his normal amount of ‘energy’ is a bad sign.

If look close enough, Emmet body language felt sluggish, he doesn't do his usual prank that lights up the mood in the gear station, if nobody was looking Ingo could take a glimpse at Emmet, who seemed at the limit to blow up in any moment – again, a small part of him whisper.

He tensed at that whisper….That was bad and Ingo knew better than ask what was the problem, He didn't want a repeat of last time, It didn’t end well, Emmet was overly apologetic for having a meltdown on him, and he still apologizes about it now, while it’s been years – when Emmet shouldn’t apologize at all to feel like that, Dragon, Ingo should have been the one apologize to have push it when He didn’t want to talk..even if it light up some of his suspicion, it didn’t felt good to have done this

That does not mean Ingo doesn't have a plan for this precise situation, Oh, far from it, he will never be thankful enough for his – embarrassing, and nonexistent – Goth phase he had, and Elesa knowledge of make – up.

With that and the help of one of their depot agent who is in the loop – Jackie did say he had an idea to distract his Twin, but Ingo is not sure he wanted to know what precisely – he was able to disappear into their share office without any suspicions.

hen he was back at his brother's side, he could not help his euphoria as Emmet turned to talk to him and froze, his expression passing from angry, to confusion, to a light amusement.

“verry pretty brother but why?” his brother was starring very intensely at Ingo’s newly applied eyeliner, tilting his head curiously like he was trying to read Ingo’s mind.

“Well, Emmet, to be in our best condition, I had made the observation that matching was needed, As such, the decision to follow this new safety procedure to prevent any possible accident to be made.... also I wanted to do it”

It seemed that the answer was enough, his younger twin's tense smile seemingly relaxing even if his lack of energy was still present.

“I see, well let’s get back to work Ingo”

As they start to walk in the direction of the multi-battle train, Emmet’s starts to talk a bit.

“I am Emmet, and you will not believe what the emergency that Jackie wanted me to check out was...”

[pykanico]

Day 23 - Familly

Fic if you want to read every posted day : https://archiveofourown.org/works/51386731/chapters/129854215

“Ingo this is verrrry ridiculous, I hate it”

“Emmy is right, why did you have to paint your hair black? it looks dumb”

“Yup, it looks dumb”

Ingo cannot believe that the first thing that his brother and Iris agree on is that they hate his new style, and it has only been 10 minutes since these two met each other.

Emmet and Ingo had just returned home after their visit to Nimbasa city to see how Elesa was doing and passed the day together, to discover than Drayden got himself a surprise visit from an old friend, who just happened to be the legal guardian of Iris.

And if his younger twin was already a menace to himself with his infuriating prank, then Iris, of her 4 years of existence, was by her guardian mouth ‘a hell of a Impidimp’ with her boundless energy, and they said all of that before promptly leaving their daughter here because of an emergency.

Now that the tracks of Emmet and Iris converge in one, Ingo is not sure if the world is prepared for it, He, is not prepared for it personally.

And it seems that they decided to direct their track in his direction full speed ahead, as Emmet was pretty vocal about his distaste with Ingo’s new interest in fashion and Iris seemed to hate it with as much fever as his brother.

“My outfit is in no point dumb, it is a perfectly adequate one that Elesa has approved as such, neither of your opinions have value for me”

The two troublemakers looked at Ingo with no emotion, betraying them before Emmet turned his attention to Iris with a mischievous smile, one that Ingo could recognize everywhere, his twin talking quietly as if he was sharing a secret but loud enough to be heard by every people who was in the room “Elesa did not approve his hair at all, yup, she only approve his outfit”

That seemed to be enough to make Iris grin like she found the last piece of candy, as she herself turn her head in Emmet direction and false-whisper to him “That explain a lot Emmy! Your friend did not want to say that he shouldn’t have painted his hair!!”

“I am Emmet, and I am sure that is the reason”

Ingo could only groan loudly at the shenanigan of the two, as they seemed to laugh loudly at his misery, With all of that, Drayden simply entered the living room with what seemed to be an amused expression as he put two cup of tea and one glass of orange juice on the small table.

“Emmet, Iris leave Ingo alone, I am sure you two have other things to talk about other than bugging him off?”

His younger twin rolled his eyes as he seemed to understand what their uncle was asking and reluctantly left Ingo alone, starting a discussion about Pokemon that seemed to perk up Iris attention.

“Thank you Uncle Drayden”

“...I must admit that your brother is right through, black hair does not look great on you”

“…”

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“This is utterly stupid, Ingo you cannot walk around this house in that!! Come on !"

“I am Emmet, And I am utterly disappointed in you, how can you do that to us?!”

It’s only been one minute, how can they be already at him when he had just changed into the ONLY available outfit, who was unfortunately this for some mysterious reason.

“Maybe if someone didn’t stolen the rest of them, then maybe I wouldn't be on this track”.

The two culprits seemed to laugh at his misery as Drayden entered the room with the breakfast, Even years later, things really never change.

“Ingo, I thought you hated this shade of Green?”

“…” For once in his life, he had a sudden urge to scream more loudly than his usual volume.

[pykanico]

Day 22 - Gym

Fic if you want to read every posted day : https://archiveofourown.org/works/51386731/chapters/129854215

If Zorua Emmet was on edge, the brother of his friend did not say anything about it, He just stayed out of the terrain like he, himself did when it was Ingo’s who was fighting against the Gym Leader.

And if Ingo won against Brycen with ease, it was unsaid by any of the two that they were before unsure of their capacity to be victorious, Zorua Emmet was even more unsure of it now that he was in front of the challenge, fighting young trainers who started their journey like them was one things, but being against a strong adult who was their real first obstacle of their journey was something else.

He could only take a deep breath, as he realized that it was way too real, not like when they discussed their destination at home, with Drayden looking over their shoulders amused by their decision of destination, He cannot back down now that he was there, he needed to win like his brother friend did – he wonder if Ingo thought the same things when he was in front of Brycen he wonder if Emmet would have think the same if he was still there.

“Emmet is everything alright?” The worried voice of Ingo made Zorua Emmet wince slightly, He did not want Ingo to worry him now of all time.

“Yes, Everything is fine!”

It was not the moment to think like that, Zorua Emmet needed to stay focused.

Looking with determination into Brycen’s eyes, He finally found his voice to talk with as much confidence he could push in front to go straight to the point.

“I am Emmet, I like winning more than anything else and I am ready to win this battle”

That seemed to be enough to sparkle in the gym leader some sort of interest, The declaration of Zorua Emmet definitively did something, but he didn’t know what, and if it was going to be a problem later. “I see, if you are ready to face a Gym Leader. Then... Bring it!”

Brycen did not wait for long to release one of his Pokemon, the annoying Vanillite he used against Ingo in the last battle, who now that he was healed seemed ready to put up a fight against Zorua Emmet, the small ice Pokemon already talking even before Tynamo was on the field.

“I may have lost against the first one but I know you do not have a type advantage, This time I will win!!”

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Is it bad if Zorua Emmet was very satisfied to have beaten the ice-cream Pokemon as fast as his brother friend while he doesn't have any type advantage? Maybe, but in all honestly, he did not care at all, especially with how taunting this Vanillite was with Ingo and him.

Everyone was lucky to not be able to hear what the Pokemon was saying.

As Zorua Emmet was complaining silently, the loud voice of Ingo took him out of his head.

“BRAVO!! It was a fantastic fight Emmet”

It is true that Zorua Emmet won, He got verrrrry lucky for sure, The fight was slightly more difficult than he was imagining, even more with his lack of type advantage, but it was fun to have a Pokemon battle against someone this strong.

“I am Emmet, I won, but I think I just got lucky”

That seemed to make Ingo frown slightly more, upset “Emmet, you should not minimize your effort at just luck, you conduct with your Pokemon a way to victory because you have been working to arrive at this destination for a while now, That is not just luck”.

Neither really saw Brycen get closer, but when they did, the man smile warmly to them “Your brother is right Emmet, The wonderful combination of you and your Pokemon put you on the spot of victory, you should be proud of yourself”

It was a lot, Zorua Emmet did feel embarrassed to be praised openly like that when he was not sure he really deserved it, but at the end of the day, Ingo and Emmet won their first badge, and that was enough.