#maybe I went a bit too wild with this one x'D

[mitamicah]

Joker Out in Helsinki sketches; SyS tour 03.02-03.03 2024

[katchihe]

Previously on this Pokémon GO multiverse thing that I'm having way too much fun writing

Honest question tho, if I were to title these, what would even be the title? x'D

Candela wiped her sweaty brow. She couldn't have possibly gotten the ground back to its normal state but the Valor Leader managed to break all the pillars evening the dirt as much as possible.

"You can go ahead and rest now, thank you." the woman said to her Infernape who looked just as tired as her. Recalling the Pokémon back into its Pokéball, Candela turned to Blanche.

There was steam floating around from the extinguished flames that Blanche's Mamoswine had managed to put out. With a sigh Blanche recalled their own Pokémon and turned to Candela.

"That should be enough." they said eyeing the battlefield. "In time the wild Pokémon should come back once the forest starts to heal."

Candela rubbed the back of her neck feeling the slight guilt, in part this had been her doing.

"You're going to keep your head in check now?" Blanche asked glancing to the Valor Leader. Candela pouted at this.

"Why are you always scolding me?"

"Why are you always losing your head?"

Candela frowned towards Blanche as they kept up that serene face.

"I'm older, I should be the one scolding you." Candela said trying to change the mood. The two leaders now began to make their way towards the Professor's trailer as the sun began to set.

"Does the fact that you're older make you wiser?" Blanche glanced at Candela, the corner of their lips rose ever so slightly. The Mystic Leader could definitely say they had been startled upon seeing their comrade going all out against those kids, but they understood what had triggered such a reaction when they saw the boy's face. Not to mention, the Professor had been all by himself, and with Hoopa currently residing with the man, it didn't make matters any better.

"You're okay now right?" Blanche turned once again to Candela who huffed at the silver-haired leader.

"Blanche."

Blanche didn't say anything else and opened the door to the trailer.

"And we come from a place known as Pallet Town, it's in Kanto." Yellow said as the two leaders walked up into the trailer.

The girl sat at the small dining table right next to Red who was quietly eating a bowl of soup. Professor Willow stood near the two leaning against a counter.

"Huh. Never heard of such a place before." Professor Willow replied scratching his chin in thought. "Or maybe I have but I can't really remember."

"It's quite far from here!" Yellow said with a quick laugh. She felt her heart start to accelerate the moment Blanche walked in, she almost felt anxious. Once the silver-haired leader glanced over to Yellow she quickly went back to her bowl of soup.

"We did what we could." Blanche informed the Professor turning to look at the man.

"I couldn't appreciate you two more if I tried." The Professor smiled at the two in thanks.

Blanche gave a simple nod and turned their attention back to the trainers at the table.

"You said you're from Pallet Town?" they asked towards the blonde.

"Yeah." Yellow said without looking up at Blanche. At this the Mystic Leader furrowed their brows at the sudden change in attitude.

There was a tap on Blanche's shoulder that caused them to turn their attention to the Professor. "They've had a long day." Blanche read the Professor's lips. The man placed a finger to his lips shushing any further questions.

At the table Red placed the empty bowl of soup back down and wiped his lips. He kept his gaze down the entire time feeling a bit awkward being in the presence of the two leaders, right after losing his temper and destroying a portion of the forest nonetheless.

Behind Blanche, Candela gave a low sigh. Gently breaking through Blanche and the Professor she walked up to the boy.

"I hope you can accept my apology for the way I acted back there." she said stretching her hand towards the boy.

Red slowly turned his scarlet gaze up to look at Candela.

"I didn't mean to frighten either of you, it was highly unprofessional from my part." Candela said maintaining Red's eyes in her golden stare. She was sincere from what Red could tell, Yellow could feel the repentance from the woman.

Looking down to her hand Red took it in his own and gave it a gentle squeeze. He accepted her apology.

"Red wants to let you know that he's sorry too." Yellow said with a glance to Candela. The woman raised her brows, she now had started to realize she hadn't really heard him say a word whatsoever.

"He doesn't like talking." Yellow added seeing Candela's expression.

"You seem to know him quite well to speak for him?" Candela let go of Red's hand and straightened her back.

"Known him since I was born." Yellow shrugged putting her spoon in the empty bowl. Red looked down once more as his cheeks started to blush, he truly hated getting so much attention.

Picking up the empty bowls, Yellow got up from the table.

"Professor, thank you so much for your hospitality." Yellow began looking up at the man. "We'll clean up and continue on our way."

"Night is about to fall, you don't want me to contact your parents?" Professor Willow asked standing back up on his two feet.

"No?" Yellow raised a brow staring at the three pairs of eyes who looked at her oddly, her hazel eyes lingered a bit longer on Blanche. "Why would you contact them?"

"Because you're eight and lost?" Candela furrowed her brows. Yellow huffed.

"Correction. I'm eleven, and I'm a Pokémon trainer." Yellow stared at Candela knowingly.

Candela hummed and bent down slightly to get to Yellow's eyelevel. "Yellow was it?" The girl nodded in reply.

"Why did your parents name you after a color?" Candela couldn't help but ask, she quickly received a hit with an elbow from Blanche.

"What? I'm genuinely curious!" The Valor Leader stood up straight and raised her hands in defense. Professor Willow couldn't help but cover his eyes trying to hide his chuckle.

The blonde girl shook her head rolling her eyes to the ceiling with a smile. "Papa loves the color yellow, and that's why he named me yellow. He says it's a color that brings happiness, like the sun, the sunflowers, or a Pikachu."

"Sounds an awful lot like Spark." Blanche commented eyeing the girl.

"Could be his long lost brother!" Candela laughed resting her hand over Blanche's shoulder.

Yellow couldn't help but bite the inside of her cheek, she tried giving Blanche a confused face as she looked up at them.

"Who's Spark?" She asked feeling her heart drum once more.

"A. Character." Candela replied with a shake of her head.

Blanche cleared their throat. "Going back to the topic at hand," they said resting their eyes on the blonde girl once more. "How are you a Pokémon trainer when you're barely eleven?"

Yellow furrowed her brows placing the empty bowls in the sink. "You start at ten?" she tilted her head towards the three adults.

"In what planet?!" Candela and Professor Willow said utterly appalled. Blanche turned towards the two a bit startled at their reaction, but they were right. In what place would a mere child get to handle such high-level Pokémon?

"Hold up!" Professor Willow raised a hand, still in shock. "Ten? That's illegal!"

"Illegal?!" Yellow questioned in bewilderment.

"You can't start handling Pokémon until you're 16, that's when you get a Team Medallion and choose what team you want to join." Candela explained letting her hand drop from Blanche's shoulder.

"Technically you could train under someone with experience. A parent or guardian can also gift you a Pokémon." Blanche added. "But you can't legally battle until you turn 16 and join a team."

Yellow stood frozen in place staring at the three adults as if they all had grown an extra set of heads. What kind of hell would let you wait until turning 16?

"I think I know what's going on now." Candela raised a brow leaning down to get to eye-level with the blonde. "You're running away from home."

"What? No!" Yellow gasped with a raise of her hands.

Candela turned to Red who still sat at the table. The boy stared back at her quietly.

"So then why can't we contact your parents?" Candela asked turning once more towards the blonde giving her a stern look.

Yellow stood in silence raking her brain for something to say. Hazel eyes looked up at Blanche for a quick second before they dropped back down to the Valor Leader.

With a sigh Yellow looked down to the floor. "Because we have no parents." she said somberly.

At the table Red almost fell off his seat. What had she said?

Professor Willow, Candela, and Blanche quietly gasped.

"Oh sweetie, I didn't mean-" Candela began but Yellow shook her head vigorously.

"No, no! It's okay!" the blonde smiled up at the woman. "I promise we're not running away from anything, it's just that its always been like this. Red and I against the world you could say." the girl shrugged with a crooked smile. "And our Pokémon of course!"

Red stared at Yellow wide-eyed from the table. He was still in shock from the buffoonery but he couldn't really blame her. What was she suppose to say? Now the boy began to wonder...

Looking out the window next to him Red looked up to the cresent moon in the night sky. He could only imagine what Yellow was currently going through in all this mess. She was keeping up that normality quite well.

"They can stay with me in the meantime."

Red turned his attention back to the group seeing Professor Willow turn to look at him for a second.

"I know my trailer isn't much but my home is a little far from here." the man said turning to Blanche and Candela. "And with the research I have going on I can't really leave this place yet."

Candela shook her head at the Professor. "Oh no, they can stay with me." she said smiling down at Yellow. "My home is nearby, next town over actually!"

"You have a conference tomorrow, Candela." Blanche replied glancing at the Valor Leader. "And you have the trainees all of the following week."

Candela scoffed. "Well don't you know my schedule quite well."

Yellow giggled at the two highly amused.

"Professor, you can continue your research as much as you'd like." Blanche turned to the Professor. "I'll personally take care of Red and Yellow."

"Why you?" Candela frowned at her comrade.

"You want Spark to look over them?" Blanche asked. Candela snorted. A grown kid taking care of kids? A wonder.

"He's not in town yet is he?" Candela scratched the side of her head. "Is he still on that trip with his oh-so-sweet Zoe?" the woman couldn't help but clasp her hands together and pout her lips.

"Who the hell is Zoe?!" Yellow exclaimed eyes wide in shock and disgust.

Professor Willow, Candela, and Blanche stood frozen in place staring at Yellow, they were all confused at her sudden outburst.

Regaining her senses once more Yellow laughed and scratched the back of her head. "Oh Zoe is someone I used to know who owes me some potions!" the girl lied seeing the odd stares from the three adults. "I thought it would be them."

Blanche shook their head. "Can't be. Zoe grew up with Spark, they've never been to a place called Kanto."

Yellow couldn't help but scowl feeling her anger and jealousy boil in the pit of her stomach. "Glorious." She growled. Now she needed to see who this goodie-two-shoes Zoe was.

"We should start heading out now." Blanche said glancing over to Red who had trouble keeping his eyes open now. "You also need some rest, Professor."

Professor Willow waved a hand at Blanche. "I'll be up late into the night, don't worry about me."

Yellow walked over to Red just as he began to stand up. Getting a hold of his arm the two walked back to the trio, primarily to Blanche.

"We just want to say we're immensely thankful for offering us a place to stay. We promise we won't trouble you, and we'll make ourselves useful in whatever we can!" Yellow smiled up at the silver-haired leader.

"Happy to help." Blanche looked down at the girl not returning her smile.

Yellow didn't think afterwards.

Blanche gasped suddenly as the blonde tightly squeezed their torso in a hug. Leaning their head against the silver-haired leader, Yellow breathed in that familiar peppermint scent.

Looking down Blanche blinked at the girl, heart fluttered in reaction to something they couldn't understand. It was something deep in their chest, like a long lost whisper.

Candela cooed at the sight, breaking the long silence. "This definitely fits you, Blanche!"