Cherry Blossoms-A Team Galactic Fanfic-By Saturn Artist: Rated PG

[Saturn Artist]

Hi, everyone, thought I'd share the first chapter of my Team Galactic Fic called Cherry Blossoms.
Enjoy!

Chapter One: Space-time Rift



My name is Sakura. Sakura Hidenori. I live in japan, but speak fluid English, thus, I’ll tell you my story in English.
An Anime Convention is coming up. I am going as my favorite Pokémon charatcter, Commander Mars from Team Galactic. I’m a bit behind on making my costume, the skirt isn’t quite hoopy enough, and the stripes on the leggings and sleeves needs to be added.
And I am fixing those things as we speak. Better yet, I have ‘till tomorrow to get it done.
“Sakura, I’ve finally figured it out!” my older sister, Yoshino.
She’s seventeen, while I’m fourteen, and she is absolutely obsessed with the space-time continuum, which is why she is so interested in Palkia and Dialga. Thus, she loves Pokémon and enjoys studying it.
I didn’t have time for this. Unless she’d figured out that the Pokémon world was a parallel universe to ours, I’m going to continue my costume. “SAKURA! I’VE FIGURED OUT THAT THE POKéMON WORLD IS A PARALLEL UNIVERSE TO OURS!!!!”
Speak of the devil.
Sighing, I stood up from my work. It was almost done, and I had two hours of sleep left tonight.
I didn’t live with my parents. Yoshino looks after me. So, we never really have bed-times. Just when we feel like it.
I walked towards Yoshino’s room, across the hallway, and peeled open her door. Her laptop was out, and wires connected from the computer to a satellite dish that wavered around the room, beeping annoyingly.
Yoshino was a mess, her hair pulled up into a frazzled ponytail with a dark blue scrunchie with Commander Saturn’s face inked onto it. She wore a Dialga shirt that was a bit small for her, and her shorts had little Team Galactic emblems all over them. ‘Where she gets this stuff, I’ll never know,’ I thought. “Hey, Yoshi. What’s going on?”
“Look, Sakura, look!” She pointed her finger at the laptop screen. Brilliant images of Honey Trees and a thick forest filled the screen. At the bottom, the images were labeled: Eterna Forest. But weirder yet, the pictures looked real. The trees wavered in the winds, the grass blowing sweetly, and I even think I saw a realistic Murkrow fly across the screen.
“Are these actual satellite transmissions?” I asked her. Yoshino nodded vigorously.
“The people here are at least a hundred years more advanced than us, however they’ve managed to keep their world clean and near-pollution free, which is something we struggle with...... Oh- look, it’s a person! It looks like the green-haired girl..... What was her name again? The one with the Chansey?”
“Cheryl,” I replied. “I think that really is her.” Besides the fact this was amazing, it could be just some prank played by the twins that lived nextdoor. They knew my sister was a computer geek and a Pokémon freak, so they were constantly hacking into her equipment and sending her fake things that got her all excited over nothing. “Are you sure it’s not the neighbors? You know, Chico and Drio?”
“I’m..... not entirely sure,” Yoshino admitted. “But what if it is? I mean, this could literally be the Sinnoh Region! Oh, look! A Buneary!” I had to admit, it looked way too real to be an animation or graphics. The Buneary looked like a realistic bunny, if even possible. I still wasn’t sure, though.
“Yoshi, I’m not sure this is real. I’m going to work on my costume and try to get at least an hour of shut eye,” I said, trying not to sound too rude. Yoshino smiled awkwardly, lifting her scarlet eyes up to me.
“That’s alright, sis, I know these anime conventions mean everything to you. You go ahead.” I smiled.
“Thanks, Yoshi.”

~.~.~.~.~.

The costume was done. All I needed to do now was see how well it fit. I put it on. It was a little hard getting the hoop skirt over my head, and getting the leggings up, but it came out pretty good. Thank goodness my hair was already short and red, so all I needed to do was style it like Mars’s with my sister’s boyfriend’s hair mousse he left at our house. ‘So tired.....’ I layed down on my bed, turning out the lights, too tired to even remember to take the costume off. It was already five in the morning......... I fell asleep as soon as my red-head hit the pillow.

~.~.~.~.~.

“BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP!!!!!”
“Augh! I hate this alarm!” I slammed my hand down on what I thought was the alarm clock. But all I hit was sheets. “Huh?” My eyes fluttered open. I felt a little.... Odd this morning. Not like I was sick or anything...... I just felt weird. And all I saw before me was the outstretching size of a..... KING SIZED BED? WOAH! I thought I only had a twin-sized..... Maybe I was dreaming?
I jolted upright, and saw my room. The decor was definitely different. And guess what? The alarm turns off by itself. ‘So cool!’ But...... My room wasn’t the same. It was infinitely bigger, with ruby red carpet and purple and pink gossamer drapes over my bed. I had a desk adjacent to my bed that appeared to have grown overnight. It had a little red lamp with a twisty-handle, so I could adjust it. I had a window in my room with matching drapes to the ones over my bed, and I even had a makeup station....... with an endless supply of makeup displayed! I had two bed side tables, five dressers with fancy doilies on them, and posters all over my wall!
If this was a dream, I was liking it.
Oddly though, it felt so real. And eighty percent of the decor in my room was red!
I needed to look myself in the mirror. Maybe I was just groggy from only a single hour of sleep, or maybe it was my costume..... MY COSTUME? If I’d worn it overnight, it could be dirty, or smelly....
I went to my makeup station to look myself in the mirror. I was, not a short as I’m used to being. I was five foot eight or something! I was slender, with even redder hair than normal, and when I looked at my eyes, they were bright red too. “AAAAAAHHH!” I hoped this wasn’t like that one American movie where some girl went to bed as a thirteen year old teen and woke up the next morning as a THIRTY year old woman.
But I looked so much like.....
“Commander? You up yet?”
‘Commander?’
“Who is it?” I snapped.
“Y-your doorman, Commander. You must still be grumpy from last night, I’m sorry to bother you, but there’s a meeting every morning at six! You’re late! You’ve just ruined your always punctual record!”
“Commander? What’re you talking about? What meetings?”
“Uh.... Ma’am, do you not remember?”
‘Remember what?’
Wait a minute..... Commander.... Red hair, red eyes...... A fancy room...... A woman...... Dude, I must be Commander MARS! For real!
“O-oh..... those meetings...... I’ll, be right there!” My voice sounded different too. It was high pitched for a woman, I guessed, but it was...... My voice seemed to be dripping with the coolness of ice, and with the power of snake’s venom. This must be what Commander Mars sounds like. Still, all of this was really farfetched, surely I must be dreaming.

 

[Kamen_Fanatic]

Wow. Not only a refreshingly new fic, this puts the protagonist into Mars' shoes - quite literally!

 

[Saturn Artist]

c: Thankyou!
And yes, literally in Mars's shoes. Do you want Chapter Two?

 

[Kamen_Fanatic]

I would love to read Chapter 2!

 

[Saturn Artist]

Alright then! Here goes!

Chapter Two- Ol’ Blue Eyes



What was I supposed to be looking for?
I didn’t want to ask my ‘doorman’ where the meeting room was, just in case this was all real. I needed to seem as much like Commander Mars as possible, so I wouldn’t arise suspicion.
‘But still.... Hey wait! If I’m in Commander Mars’s body, maybe there’s still some of her conciousness in her brain somewhere!’
I searched my head, and eventually found something in my head that I didn’t recognize. Unfamiliar memories of unfamiliar people, images I’d never seen before, movie titles I’d never heard of, voices of people....... This must be Mars’s conciousness.
I paused, unsure if this was.... Right. Was it humane and okay to actually be delving into someone else’s memory? I thought about it for a very long time.
‘I’m going to need the information in order for this to go well. I’ll only use it when I need it.’ So I started searching her mind for where the meeting room was.
-DOWN THE HALL AND TO THE RIGHT. SECOND DOOR YOU SEE.- ‘Ow!’ the voice had been explosively loud, and in my head. It was creepy, but I guess those were the directions. I also saw an image in my head of what it looked like.
Okay.
I walked down the hall until I came to a cross section. I went right. Unlike most hallways where there were more than one strip of doors down the wall, there was only one on the left side. I paused by the second door.
Tentitavely, I turned the knob, and opened it.
Once it was fully opened, a couple dozen heads that seemed like a thousand turned to me. I noticed three in particular that looked achingly familar. Two men, and a woman. One man had an emotionless expresson, his arms behind his back, and light blue hair that almost seemed gray. ‘This must be Boss Cyrus. I can tell by his features, demeanor, and strikingly tall height.’
The other man was about half a foot shorter than Cyrus. His blue hair was slated back to look like cat ears, with lofty bangs covering his angry eyes. He had his arms crossed, his eyebrows furrowed, and his ears were hot and red with anger. ‘Saturn.’ Despite him looking infinitely mad, his eyes caught my attention. They were mad..... But they were.... So blue...... And deep. I snapped out of it.
The woman had deep violet hair, tied up into two overly neat har buns, with matching eyes and a cynical and furious glare on her face. She wore a very weird......... Uh, uniform, with her left leg almost completely exposed. I blinked. ‘Must be Jupiter. Different from the Ken Sugimori art though. She looks totally different but the same, strangely.’
“COMMANDER MARS!!!” That was Saturn. If I remembered correctly, he was lieutenant commander. He looked very.......... Mad. Very, very mad. “You’re late.” His voice reminded me of a young boy mixed with an angry lawyer. But it was colder than ice and more powerful than a lion’s roar.
“I-I know......” I replied, hanging my head. “I’m sorry, and I know I’ve never been late before.....”
His voice calmed to a soothing ocean wave. He smiled nonchalantly. “That’s fine, really you should be taking it up with our boss.”
‘Uh, oh, Cyrus.’
“I’m.... not in any trouble am I?” I looked up, sniffling a little.
“Trouble? Now why would you be in any trouble?” I can’t help it. His voice scared me. It chilled my bones and froze the blood in my veins. His words were dripping with anger, but other than that he was dead emotionless. I started crying.
“Mars, this isn’t like you,” Jupiter suddenly blurted, concerned for me. Her voice was about how I expected it to sound. She sounded a lot like some rich and popular movie actress does when she’s being cynical. And even when Jupiter wasn’t being cynical she sounded like she was.
‘Uh, oh, I have no idea how I’m supposed to act! Mars could be a very straightforward and strongly defiant kind of person. And I’m being such a wimp!’ Jupiter placed a hand on her hip and curled her mauve lipstick covered lips in a sneer.
“Hey, Saturn, bet it’s your fault she’s crying.”
“Why would it my MY fault? No offense to Cyrus, but he’s the one who scared her.”
“We all get scared the FIRST time we meet Cyrus, but then we gradually get used to it. It’s like this is Mars’s first time!”
‘If only you knew,’ I thought, wrapping my arms around my own waist to calm myself.
“Well, commander, you aren’t in a predicament with me, because this is your first inpunctuality. We should begin our conversing now, as not to waste time.” He used big words, too, I noticed. ‘Ugh, whether or not he’s scary to me, I’ve got to straighten up to seem more like Mars.’
The other nine people were all Grunts, with turquoise hair and eyes, and all of the boys seemed like clones and all the girls seemed like clones, just like in the games and Sugimori art. They sat at the foot end of the table simultaneously, while I sat next to Commander Saturn on the end, while Jupiter was across from me. Cyrus sat at the head, and began blabbering stuff I had no idea what to everyone. He used these huge words I’d never heard of before, and when I tried searching Mars’s mind for hints, she didn’t know much more than I did. Everyone else looked equally confused, with their eyebrows furrowed and cocked, heads titlted to the sides, hard, confused expressions on their face, and making ‘Gee, I dunno,’ gestures to one another. When he asked: “Interrogatives anyone?” OK, he’s asking for questions.
And then what happened was so funny it almost made me laugh. But it definently made me crack a smile. Everyone’s hand shot up, even my own. ‘Please don’t pick me, please don’t pick me....’ I didn’t want to seem like Mrs. Smartypants, so I’d just raised my hand. But I didn’t have a question, per say.....
“Ah, yes, Commander Mars. Interrogative?” All eyes turned on me as if on cue. My hand slowly lowered from the air, and I gave a shallow cough.
“Uh......” Saturn looked over at me, his sapphire eyes filled with concern and a little lightheartedness. I could see a childlike twinkle in his blue eyes. His mouth was curled into an awkward grin, his arm still in the air, and his leg started vibrating. ‘He must do that when he’s aprehensive.’
“Uhm.... Could you repeat that in SMALLER words?” I asked as politley as possible. Everyone’s hand shot down. I must’ve taken their question.
“Commander, I am not going to repeat myself with a more miniscule vocabuary. You’ll have to use a dictionary.”
“Okay.” I sank in my chair. Saturn nudged me in the ribs with his elbow and grinned. ‘His smile is so cute....’
“Hey,” he whispered. I leaned in and he whispered in my ear. “That was my question too.”

 

[Kamen_Fanatic]

I sense the romance between Mars and Saturn, albit slight. I bet Yoshi-san had some part of this. And the old Mars seems VERY vain. And I know which movie you're talking about - 13 Going On 30. Previews. Ah, if only she was dreaming....

 

[Saturn Artist]

You sense right.
It's ConjunctionShipping. Yoshi-san..... You mean her sister right? How'd you know?
NE way, yeah, that was the movie. I couldn't think of the name, so i just put the summary for it. And plus, the old Mars was quite vain, but childish and goofy at the same time. I'll post Chapter Three some other time. It's not typed up yet, but I'll get that done tomorrow.
Thankyou, your reviews are definitely appreciated!

 

[Blackjack Gabbiani]

I donno, the whole "person gets pulled into the Pokémon world from ours" scenario needs something jarringly new to make it work, and this just reads like so many others.

 

[Magma Krystal]

I really like this story so far! The descriptions are very good! Please write Chapter 3!:bounce: