#Pocket monsters ghetsis

[thecrazykitten]

[ultraericthered]

Plasma bosses secret love/hate child?

[ingo-ingoing-ingone]

Ingo could not have known it, but the Unova he was returning to was not the home he had been stolen from all that time ago. Not that he remembered this, or the deranged man who had ravaged his homeland. A familiar face, found deep in the tunnels, alone, is only the beginning of what will surely be a long, hard journey. But for now, Ingo can do nothing but have a moment with his brother, the first victim of Ghetsis.

Man this has been living in my drafts for a year now! Part of Sulfur's Ghetsis Wins AU, which has been being posted about in little bits! comics by Fray and Nell are linked in the author's notes of the fic.

Enjoy! >:D

[deoxysacid]

I wrote a little fic about Paulo in the main series timeline, if anyone wants to read it!

Preview:

Interpol was being as useless as usual. The “joke” (if you can even call it that) around Unova was that they would have to wait for another young, up and coming trainer to take down Ghetsis themselves. Unova’s hero was gone, after all. Soon, the conspiracy that Ghetsis had killed him too arose.. Paulo wasn’t sure what to make of it.

He hadn’t really left his house since then. He barely even left his room. He’d sit in there, all day, every day, playing games he found no fun in and tinkering with electronic scraps. He’d given up on training entirely, at this point. He had no Pokemon to train with. Professor Juniper had personally offered him a starter Pokemon, but he had no interest in it. None at all. Nothing could replace Rockruff.

[lovenpeace-pkmn]

✈ - an eye-opening memory

(cw for abuse and violence)

[Concordia convinces a grunt to ask more questions about the things Ghetsis teaches. To test the boundaries of their invisible cage, and just to see what happens.

What happens is: she asks those questions in a meeting in front of Ghetsis and everyone, like an idiot.

What happens is: she gets punished.

Concordia doesn’t sleep so well that night. Even when she manages to drown out the memory of the whimpers of pain, Ghetsis’ voice runs through her mind like water seeping into cracked stone: “Pocket Monster” is a misnomer, child. Pokémon are innocent. The true monsters are humans, who only get those around them hurt.]

[pastxlscorp]

Pokemon Drabbles

Drabble I: Penchant

✿ Word Count: 859

✿ Pairing: N x Hilda (Pokemon)

✿ Topics covered: (Perceived) Enemies to lovers trope, Alternated POVS, Fluff

Scenario #1: “Hilda shines the brightest when she’s battling” – N

He can’t remember the first time he noticed that. Now, of course, it’s nothing new. He’s used to noticing the way her eyes gleam, her hair swishes from her eager mannerisms, the way her fists grip to the point where her nails leave an imprint on her skin, the way her arms cut through the air as she guides her pokemon to follow her lead. The first time he ever formally met her was in Accumula Town, challenging her. He justified the battle because she was an outspoken activist against Team Plasma, but he’d be lying if he said he hadn’t seen her before. Being isolated from humanity for so long, it was only natural for him to find piqued interest in the two trainers brave enough to stand against the team he pledged allegiance too. Hilbert, he was strong, his charisma unmatched , but Hilda… what attracted him to her could not be put in words. Her smile– It was so gleefully wide, even after battling him she smiled at him, as if she was able to sense how he was a victim of his environment. Reading through all of his traumas through his cloudy turquoise eyes seemed to be a special talent of hers. He had watched the two of them on their journey prior to Accumula town. He knows it was after word had spread of them throughout his team, two trainers threatening the ultimate goal of Team Plasma– of him. Yet, even angry as he was for the confinement of Pokemon in what he used to consider prisons, he found himself holding back. He didn’t want to harm her or her Pokemon truly, but scare them away. 

A face as beautiful as hers would have been put to waste if it was only seen as she destroyed his truths and ideals.

He remembers one instance in particular, Hilda running in after chasing Team Plasma grunts. He stops her, leaning in, allowing his cologne to waft over her. A part of him was doing it to distract her so his grunts would be able to escape, another part hoping he’d successfully seduced her. Instead, she looks up at him, big eyes largening even further, waiting for him to say something. He holds in a sigh as he says, “You’re looking for Team Plasma, right? They went into the amusement park. Come with me.” He escorts her to the location he saw his grunts, or claimed to, and turned back to her, saying they were no longer there. He used it as an excuse to get in the Ferris Wheel with her, claiming the high ground would help them find the members who ran. She agrees, softly smiling as he rambled about how he loved the mechanics of Ferris Wheels, painting the innocent picture that was enough to convince her to get on. They get on the ride, both eagerly gazing out of the window. He had never noticed before, but her eyes, a beautiful shade of dark blue, were not cloudy like his were. She had light in her eyes, it reflected so elegantly that he was certain she had to be an angel from above, sent to help him achieve his plans. He chuckled to himself, wishing that really was the case so he could justify his infatuation with the outlander who challenged his authority. She looks over, giggling, assuming he was laughing because of the look on her face, or perhaps because of how happy he was to be on the Ferris Wheel. Oh, he told her he loved it so much, he was a nerd– she could tell. His intricate analysis of the ph–

┃ “I am the King of Team Plasma.”

She whips her head to him, beginning to back to the edge of the cart, hesitantly hovering her hand over her bag. His heart can’t help but twitch when he sees this unfold, but he persists. He tells her about how he was recruited by Ghetsis and his own philosophies and beliefs about the world filled of pocket monsters they live in. He gets closer, never uttering a word about her readiness to defend herself, but instead softly grips her hand as she flinches. A silent promise he would not harm her, and would never dare do so, even as she stood in his way. Her hand relaxes, her fingers lacing around his larger ones, taking a deep breath in and a deep one out. They exit off the ride once the cycle is done, only to be confronted by the grunts who were searching for their “sire.” He whispers to her, uttering about how she was under his protection for a reason that just doesn’t click within her just yet, but she knows she trusts him when he asks

┃ “Do you follow my logic?”

She nods. The battle begins and this time, she notices a slight smile on his face, despite his obvious strain in doing so to protect his true intentions from his grunts.

He remembers eagerly awaiting the next time she would put her faith in him against all odds.

✿ a.n. // any non-related Tokyo Revengers posts do very poorly on here, so I’m hoping if I post more non-related content I’ll attract a more complex following. I hope someone is enjoying my work on here :)

[ezzoh]

fractography (911 words) by Lisky

Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: Pocket Monsters: Black & White | Pokemon Black and White Versions, Pocket Monsters: Gold & Silver & Crystal | Pokemon Gold Silver Crystal Versions, Pocket Monsters | Pokemon (Main Video Game Series) Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: Graphic Depictions Of Violence Relationships: Wataru | Lance & G-Cis Harmonia no Sazandora | Ghetsis Harmonia's Hydreigon Characters: Wataru | Lance, G-Cis Harmonia no Sazandora | Ghetsis Harmonia's Hydreigon, Ibuki | Clair, Adeku | Alder, Karin | Karen (Pokemon) Additional Tags: Grief/Mourning, Post-Break Up, Implied Past Adeku/Ghetsis, Projecting, Self-Harm, Ghetsis Aftermath, Memes i'm so sorry, Neurodivergent Wataru, Past Abuse, Implied Past Completemonstershipping, English Names In Hover Text Summary: Dragon types are notoriously difficult to train. It's a source of pride among the dragon clans, preciously guarded techniques and secrets passed down from generation to generation, most of which boil do to 'hang in there', 'learn patience' and 'get good'. Wataru is something of an expert (through sheer force of will according to his grandfather, through his incapacity to think or care about anything else according to Ibuki). He's never seen a dragon trained like that, though.

[iliketrainmen]

Title is surprisingly accurate.

After a very unfortunate kidnapping, Roark finds himself at the mercy of Ghetsis Harmonia, a man you really don't want to be the hostage of in any situation. This one-shot shows why you really don't want to be his hostage. In excruciating detail.

Whumptober Prompt 2023 : Recording

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Words : 8,343

Characters: Roark, Ghetsis

Tags:

Please read the tags on this fic I am serious serious lemon serious

Blud thinks he's Jason Todd

Second DD fic and were only 6 prompts in. This is going to be a fun whumptober ain't it

[ao3feed-brucewayne]

Traped in the Unknown

by The81910

Rosa Whitley destiny was to finish off the job that Hilda couldn't, But she failed...now stuck in a universe where pokemon cease to exist, where none of her loved ones are around, how well she manage to cope with It? and most importantly how well she get home?

Words: 977, Chapters: 1/?, Language: English

Fandoms: Pocket Monsters: Black 2 & White 2 | Pokemon Black 2 & White 2 Versions, Young Justice (Cartoon)

Rating: General Audiences

Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply, Major Character Death

Categories: F/M

Characters: Mei | Rosa, Wally West, Dick Grayson, Kon-El | Conner Kent, Roy Harper, M'gann M'orzz, Kaldur'ahm | Jackson Hyde, Artemis Crock, Zatanna Zatara, Bruce Wayne, Clark Kent, Diana (Wonder Woman), Hal Jordan (Green Lantern), Oliver Queen, Black Canary (DCU), G-Cis Harmonia | Ghetsis Harmonia, Plasma-dan | Team Plasma, Hyuu | Hugh, Tetsu "Tenma" | Curtis "Christoph", Bel | Bianca, Cheren (Pokemon), Achroma | Colress, Adeku | Alder, Touko | Hilda, Mom (Pokemon Black 2 & White 2), Araragi-hakase | Professor Aurea Juniper, Araragi-hakase | Professor Cedric Juniper, Original Male Character(s), Barry Allen

Relationships: Wally West/Mei | Rosa, Kon-El | Conner Kent/Mei | Rosa, Roy Harper/Mei | Rosa, Mei | Rosa/Original Male Character(s)

source https://archiveofourown.org/works/41924415

[016169]

I was looking at ghetisis' wikia profile and apparently he is a musical artist.

I would love to know how this happend it caught me completely off guard.

[son-flower]

i hate this guy. all my homies hate this guy

[epicren]

Warning! Spoilers ahead for Pokémon Evolutions episode 4!

The newest episode from Pokémon Evolutions is here. It is called "The plan" and for me is the best episode yet. It shows Ghetsis as he ascends to power. He meets N and decides to manipulate him as he has an extremely powerful bond with Pokémon and can talk to them. The protagonist Hilda also appears in this episode. We also get to the champion Alder and Cheren gets a cameo as well. Zekrom was imposing and fierce as always. Now, let's talk about him. The king was amazing! Every shot of N was amazing. N is rising to become the king and the champion. How do you feel about this amazing episode? Do tell.

Hope you all have a well day.

[ultraericthered]

Pocket Monsters Best Wishes Season 2 Missing Chapter: Reshiram VS Zekrom!

With so much buzz going around about the lost chapter(s) of the Best Wishes! series having been uncovered, I felt in the mood to do a post about the missing chapter(s) of the Unova Saga, and I call these  “missing” because unlike Team Rocket VS Team Plasma!, they never existed. They were never planned, never written, never animated, voiced, or scored, straight up never concieved as episodes even when they would’ve been a natural fit for the originally intended longer runtime for Unova’s Post-League arc, and could’ve served as an extended grand finale for not just that arc but for the entire Unova Saga. I already wrote about it a bit here, but I felt like this warranted further elaboration on how such an event would play out, in the style of an authentic PokeAni two-parter penned by Atsuhiro Tomioka!

Oh, and this is just fast-going cliff notes, so you’re probably going to want to read this in Johnny Bravo’s voice.

PREVIOUSLY ON POKEMON BEST WISHES SEASON 2:

So in the previous episode, Charizard was fighting Reshiram at the White Ruins when Reshiram was under the effect of the Pokemon Control Device, making it a mindless slave to the evil Team Plasma.

Colress put Pikachu under the device’s control for the third time, but this time Pikachu’s heart didn’t waver even while under mind control, and its heart and Reshiram’s had an exchange via Pikachu’s shocks.

So Pikachu used Electro Ball at the same time Reshiram launched a Fusion Flare, both attacks directed at the Pokemon Control Device.

The device went KABLOOIE and got all busted up!

Colress was mortified, like how could this have happened?

But when Reshiram shook off the mind control, it was furious!

And Colress realized it was surpassing what he’d believed was its maximum strength potential that had been raised by the device.

Reshiram then fired a bunch of blue fire blasts down upon the ruins!

And then it took off into the sky, headed towards Dragonspiral Tower!

That episode ended with Reshiram perching at the top of the tower, with N believing that it was readying to raze the whole dang region!

TRUTH & IDEALS MEET! RESHIRAM VS ZEKROM! PART 1:

So that Ghetsis guy starts laughing madly at the turn of events, and he says he’d already prepared for this possible eventuality. He raises up his staff-cane thingy and it glows, sending some kind of signal.

From the east comes a flying sail barge, the result of Team Plasma’s  “Project F” - the Flying Freeze Frigate! A cannon at the bow of the ship is loaded with Never-Melt Ice from East Unova’s Frozen Ruins.

Team Plasma boards the Frigate, declaring they’ll get Reshiram yet!

Colress and his grunt squad are in charge of manning the cannon, while above deck Ghetsis is steering the thing with his cane-wheel.

Those two surrogate sisters of N’s are worried about Reshiram, while Looker and Team Rocket are more concerned with the Plasma guys.

Our heroes split up, with Ash, Cilan, Iris, N, and Papa Juniper taking higher ground in order to reach that tower as fast as they can!

Reshiram is powering up on top of the tower, but hasn’t attacked yet.

As Hero of Truth, N tries to talk Reshiram down. Seems to be wor…

OOF! Reshiram is zapped from behind by Team Plasma’s flying ship!

That evil Lord Ghetsis guy smugly proclaims that the last remnant of Colress’ Pokemon mind control technology is embedded in his cane!

Unfortunately it’s the prototype tech that just sends Reshiram into a wild frenzy as it takes off from the tower at full speed and strength!

This don’t seem to bother Colress, who says he’ll enjoy the hunt.

So Team Plasma pursues Reshiram, hoping to freeze it in place!

But back on the tower, Papa Juniper remembers oh yeah, he got the Golden Dark Stone and just so happened to be carrying it with him!

After collapses and uproars, the Golden Dark Stone’s given to Ash.

The stone recognizes Ash and Pikachu as Heroes with ideals worthy of Zekrom’s presence, so it summons Zekrom to their location!

[Cut to commercials]

We see this dark dragon with glowing blue eye gradually emerging from the storm clouds as lightning flashes like in BW01.

And there it is! It’s the one and only bona-fide Zekrom!

With a mighty roar, Zekrom charges up and takes off after Reshiram!

Ghetsis can tell from the lightning storm that Zekrom has appeared.

Oh! Zekrom caught up with Reshiram and is now trying to steer it right again. They’re over the Moor of Icirrus right now, by the way.

Uh oh! Team Plasma’s flying ship comes in and is firing its freeze ray!

Ash, Pikachu, and N are on Charizard while Iris, Cilan, and Papa Juniper are on Dragonite, and they fly over to the Frigate to stop it!

But it looks like those Plasma grunts on deck were ready for them!

And once again, the Plasma Liepards go on the offensive!

They even bring out the big guns, like this Metagross!

Team Rocket shows up on their jet packs, looking to settle the score!

Colress notes that Reshiram and Zekrom seem unable to come to any sort of compromise, and so they’ve started duking it out!

An uncreasingly unhinged Ghetsis vows that both Legendary Dragon Pokemon will be his, and with them, so shall the Unova region!

And here’s where we end Part 1, with the big fight in full swing!

TRUTH & IDEALS MEET! RESHIRAM VS ZEKROM! PART 2:

So Team Plasma’s Pokemon are engaged in all-out warfare!

And there are lots of EXPLOSIONS! BA-KOOM!

Back with the Dragon battle, Zekrom raises its power to the max!

Distressingly, Reshiram’s fire power and Zekrom’s lightning go together like flames to gasoline, creating randomized destruction!

Over in the Village of Dragons, the Elder and Drayden can feel it.

And so can Champion Alder and his new protege in the nearby city.

Back at the flying Frigate, Ghetsis opens up a hatch door to release his trump card - a Hydreigon with enhanced strength and brutality!

Iris’ Dragonite recognizes this particular Hydreigon and is enraged!

Dragonite and Charizard tag team against the enhanced Hydreigon.

Team Rocket has Woobat and Yamask come in to help them out!

But of course, it’s Dragonite who ends up landing the finishing blow!

[Cut to commercials]

At this point, Reshiram and Zekrom’s fight has moved further down from Iccirus, somewhere close to Entralink.

Colress is tired and frustrated now, wanting to put out all the stops!

The moment of Truth and Ideals arrives - Pikachu can feel Zekrom’s power resonating with it once again, so it sends some of its own super-charged electrical energy back to Zekrom!

Embued with extra strength, Zekrom lets out a large burst of power!

Which not only strikes down Reshiram but hurtles right towards Team Plasma’s Frigate just as all our heroes have gotten out of dodge!

Team Plasma ain’t so lucky, as they get hit by it at full force!

Ghetsis furiously raves about how all his plans are shot, literally!

So Team Plasma goes down with their ship.

And considering its work done, Zekrom departs above the clouds.

But Reshiram is still around, and from the look of it, still angry!

But what’s this? N steps forward to give Reshiram a good talking to!

And Reshiram actually seems willing to hear him out.

Team Plasma emerges from the wreckage of their Frigate. Ghetsis tries to use his cane, but the tech inside it has gone totally defective.

Ghetsis is breaking down as his loyal grunts say they need to retreat!

But Ash, Iris, and Cilan don’t allow them the chance to do so!

With Team Plasma out of the way, N continues his heart to heart.

He passionately says big words to convey the truth he’s found.

And Reshiram responds with approval. He is the Hero of Truth!

With that, Reshiram too departs back above the clouds.

N tells his sisters he wants to continue travelling Unova with them.

Later that afternoon, the police come take Team Plasma into custody.

Looker gives Ash and Pikachu his thanks for another job well done.

Papa Juniper is distraught over the loss of the Light Stone.

Until his team find him and tell him of new discoveries elsewhere.

Team Rocket flees the scene, glad to have once again witnessed what makes Ash’s Pikachu such a special Pikachu for them to nab.

Before he leaves with his sisters, N says his goodbye to Ash, Iris, and Cilan, precious and important friends who’ve changed his life.

Through a meeting of Truth and Ideals, Unova has been protected.

As the journey continues and stuff! Oh wow, that was something!

[blast-period]

Well good morning to you too Ghetsis

[if-bad-why-hot]

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[photochoco]

Two Sides of the Same Coin

Chapter 4 Revision Touko edits a paper, jinxes herself, and meets two old guys.

--- -- ---

It had been a week since the rally, and Touko hadn’t seen N since then. To say it was frustrating was an understatement. She wanted nothing more than to go looking for him herself, but she had no idea where he could be, and it probably wasn’t the best idea for a low-ranking Grunt like her to be asking where the King was. As much as she didn’t want it to be the case, she’d just have to be patient for now. Her music was blasting through her headphones was more in an attempt to drown out any nagging thoughts. God, being patient in this was nothing like being patient during Pokemon training…

A noise from outside her music made her take her headphones off. Andrea was sitting on the adjacent bed, a guitar in her lap. She was strumming through the chords, her tongue between her teeth in concentration.

“Whatcha doin?”

Andrea looked up. “Eh, not much. Just tryin’ out this song I wrote, seein’ how it sounds aloud. I’m kinda new to playing the guitar and stuff.”

“I can play the electric guitar. I use to play the violin, but it wasn’t really for me. I can help you tweak the song if you’d like,” Touko offered.

Andrea gave an approving nod as she continued to strung out the chords. Touko watched her for a while, then decided to try her luck.

“Hey Andrea...I was a bit curious. I don’t see N around her often, what does he usually do?” she asked in a tone she hoped sounded casual.

“Oh, he doesn’t hang around the castle that often. He spends a lot more time around the region. Most of the time, he’s seeing the sights and looking for the Light Stone so he can bond with Reshiram.”

“You mentioned that earlier. I remember reading the legend where it says both Zekrom and Reshiram were sealed within stones until a hero sought them out.”

“Mmhm. N needs to find the Light Stone to make that happen.”

Touko rolled over onto her stomach, a thought came to her. “Why Reshiram? Why not Zekrom?”

Andrea stopped playing. Touko seemed to have asked her a difficult question.

“You know, I’m not really sure. Lord N is pursuing the truth, but why the truth instead of ideals isn’t something we really know about. In that same vein, we haven’t concerned ourselves with the possibility of a Hero of Ideals appearing to oppose him. In fact, it’s uncertain if there even is one. Our biggest concern is finding that Light Stone, and that itself has proven to be like finding a needle in a haystack.” She flopped onto her back, guitar forgotten for the moment.

Our goal right now is to assist Lord N in securing the stone as soon as possible, so that he may begin to prepare to awaken Reshiram.”

Touko opened her mouth to reply when Brandon swept in, papers in his hand. Andrea sat up to greet him when he gasped, affronted.

“Andrea! Good god, what on Earth do you think you’re doing, wearing that! What if Lord N comes in here?!”

Andrea looked down at her oppai shirt then back up at Brandon and rolled her eyes.

“Oh please, it’s our day off, we can wear whatever we want. Besides, you know Lord N hardly ever comes down here.” A sly grin takes over. “What, are you feelin’ sad cuz you can’t see my real oppai?”

Brandon flushed red. “Oh, as if!!”

Andrea hopped off her bed, snatched the papers out of the man’s hands, and spun him around to shove him playfully out the door. “Get outta here, ya massive dork.”

As Brandon left, Andrea called out to him. “Did you remember to take your T today?”

“Yeeeaaahhhhh.”

“So dorky, yet so easy to rile up, that goof. Do you have someone, Lysandra?”

“Eh, not currently. I had a crush on this girl, then a boy, but neither of them worked out,” Touko said.

“Awww. That’s a bummer. But hey, maybe you’ll meet someone here!”

“Maybe!” As if I would date anyone from TEAM PLASMA.

Andrea continued, her expression again turning mischievous.

“There’s bound to be someone who likes you here, if you’re already such a catch with Lord N--”

As if summoned by a bell, N himself poked his head into the room.

“Hello? Is Lysandra here?”

“N!” “Lord N!”

The entire room jumped to attention and bowed, with the exception of Touko. N waved them all down awkwardly as he walked up to her.

“I finished the next speech. I was wondering if perhaps you could… ...if you’d be willing to look it over for me?” he spoke very quickly, as usual.

Touko blinked in surprise. “Er...sure! I mean! I-If you’d like me to, I’d be honored.” She heard whispers of disbelief behind her.

N must have noticed, because he began to fidget, suddenly gripping the papers too tightly.

“Um...When you’re done looking it over...you can... Yes. Come find me. Uh, thanks.”

Now that he was here, Touko couldn’t let him get away without asking her questions.

“Hey, about your search for Resh--”

She was cut off as N hastily shoved the papers into her hands and exited the room swiftly, leaving Touko standing there. She is only shaken out of her daze by Andrea poking her head over Touko’s shoulder.

“What strings did you have to pull to get Lord N to ask you to review his speech??”

Touko turned around and almost immediately wished she hadn’t. The eyes of every Grunt in the room was affixed on her. Expression varied from surprise to awe to jealousy.

“I...uh...I didn’t...I didn’t really...do anything?” she stuttered. Some eyebrows were raised at that. I swear! All I did was compliment the speech from the last rally, that’s it.”

A Grunt scoffed. “Even so! It was very rude of you to not refer to Lord N with any formalities. You may be new here, but you ought to show some more respect for your King!”

Touko’s short temper flared at that. “N himself told me not to refer to him with any formalities, he was quite insistent.” She turned back towards the door sharply.

As she walked out the threshold towards to the study room, she heard someone else mutter under their breath.

“Lord N never said anything like that to any of us.”

---

The essay needed little critique, but still Touko sat in front of it, pen tapping furiously. She knew what would better sway skeptics, but did she want to suggest that and inadvertently help Plasma? Should she leave it as is? She didn’t want N to think she wasn’t impressed with it, especially not when she seemed to have gotten so much closer to gaining his trust. And on top of that, it was pretty clear some Grunts were growing envious of her already. And her short answer was out of character for the facade she’d created for herself. She couldn’t afford to get careless, or complacent. Not yet. Especially when her biggest test yet still lay ahead. After several more rereads and scribbles here and there, Touko stacked the papers and stood up. She couldn’t let herself slip.

After all, she had yet to run into--

“Ack--!”

Touko nearly ran into two older men dressed in traditional looking robes. One of them towered above the other, the two wide eyes on his clothes making him all the more intimidating. He stared down at Touko with his one visible red eye.

Her stomach dropped.

Ghetsis.

Thinking fast, she snapped to attention and jumped out of their way to bow low.

“Oh my god! I-I’m so sorr-- Please forgive me for not seeing you come in. I apologize,” she squeaked.

“Ohoho, it’s quite alright young lady. Please, relax,” the gentlemen next to Ghetsis chuckled.

Ghetsis did not join in the chuckling, but rather looked Touko up and down, lingering on her face. Her eyes. Touko, feigning nervousness, fidgeted and looked away. Once again, the feelings came easy, with her flushing face and pounding heart.

“Are you a new member?” he asked.

“I-I am.”

His eye flickered down to the speech in Touko’s hands. He squinted.

“Is that one of our king’s speeches? Why do you have that?”

Touko gripped the speech tighter. “I-I...He um...he asked me to look it over,” she mumbled.

It’s a wonderful speech!” she added quickly. “I was at the rally in Striaton, your delivery of it was especially spurring, Lord Ghetsis. Your ways of speaking can grip people’s hearts.”

A bitter tastes rose in the back of her throat. God, she was sucking up to motherfucking Ghetsis. Disgusting. Luckily for her, he seemed to like the compliment, because he smiled.

“I have always prided myself on my ability to speak in public. Very well. If our Lord N has put his trust in your revision abilities, then I see no reason for you to not take on this duty. I hope you are up to this task.”

“T-Thank you,” Touko squeaked. Goooood she wanted this to be over before the old fucks looked too hard.

“What is your name and rank, young lady?” the other man asked.

“Lysandra, and...I’m afraid I’m still the lowest rank, sirs. I’ve only been here a few weeks.

Now both men’s eyebrows jumped up in surprise.

“And yet our Lord N sees something in you, how intriguing! Well, Lysandra, I will be expecting great things from you within Team Plasma. Our king has yet to be wrong.”

Ghetsis nodded thoughtfully. “Indeed, Zinzolin. You may be a mere grunt, Miss Lysandra, but I will be hoping you do your utmost for our cause.”

“Of course, sirs. I will do my best! If you’ll please excuse me…” Touko bowed herself out, sliding out the door to take a deep breath. Holy fuck. Holy shit. Holy fuckshit. She’d fucking done it. She’d fooled N, and Ghetsis. The two sages were still talking.

“Lovely young lady, that one. Rather shy though. Nothing like that Trainer. Oh, what was her name?” Zinzolin mused.

Ghetsis sniffed disdainfully. “Touko. Believe me, I only know her name because N will not stop talking about her. He mentioned he hasn’t seen her as of late.” He sighed. “I do not know where she could have disappeared to, but if you ask me, I hope she stays gone. I was getting a little bit tired of N talking about her.”

Touko’s face burned. N really talked about her that much? Ew. She hurried away.

It was only after she had walked for several minutes that she realized N had not told her where to find him once she was finished critiquing the speech.

Oh goddammit. She better just head back to the barracks. He could find her there. Touko walked down a hall, rounded a corner. Another corner, turn there…

She heard voices. They were right around the corner. She curiously peeked around the wall. Two Grunts were with N, talking to him quietly. Touko couldn’t see their faces, but she could see N’s. He looked uncomfortable, and they were backing him against the wall.

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