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PokeProblems | Volume 2, Chapter 6

KHU.

''"Attention Dragonite's there are only two days left until the end of the school year. So, remember to be safe and responsible." – A man said over the announcements.''

The bell rang and Khu was already dreading the gym.

He hated getting sweaty and being sore afterward. He decided that he didn't go to the gym. Sure, he knew it was wrong, but he just didn't like physical activity. Khu was walking down the hallway and wanted to avoid going to gym class.

"Ugh, I don't want to go to gym class." Khu rolled his eyes.

He then remembered that he could always skip class. So, he decided to turn around, but the boy was tiptoeing, so he wouldn't get caught.

Before he could do anything, Crasher Wake stands in front of him, holding his gym bag. The gym teacher had a stern and strict look on his face. He felt like something wasn't right about Khu.

"Mr. Khuzaimah, where do you think you're going?"

"I'm on my way to gym class sir…" Khu started sweating buckets as the muscular man who standing had his arms folded.

Khu knew that he wasn't about to get away that, so decided to go too gym class. He sighed. He was dreading going to the class. "F my life," Khu said.

Gym class was rough. Khu was wearing a white tank top and light blue shorts, as his gym clothes. Khu didn't want to be there. He watched as the other Freshman were lined up against the bleachers. Khu walked over towards the other bleachers, as he had a green Gatorade water bottle in his hands. Crasher Wake was standing in the center of the gym, and he blows the whistle.

"Everyone listen up. Today we are going to be doing burpees, pushes up, and then playing dodgeball. So, let's get going!" Crasher Wake clapped his hands and the students started moving.

He blows the whistle and the students began running, except for one student, and that was Khu.

Khu looks at his water bottle. He wanted to get out of gym class, so he decided that he was going to get himself into trouble.

Khu swallows his spit and walks up to Crasher Wake.

He didn't know how much trouble he was going to get into. But he felt like it was worth the risk.

Khu squeezes the water bottle, and water starts squirting out of it and lands on the gym teacher, making him wet. It took a while before it was finally over but Khu realized it was time to stop once the students started laughing and the teacher was soaking wet.

The gym teacher got angry at the boy. "Khuzaimah to the Principal's office now!" He shouted.

Khu shrugged his shoulders, not caring.

His plan worked.

He walked out of the gym. But first, he needed to go to the locker room to change before he went to the Principal's office.

"The Final Countdown"

Part One

Written by Hello12 and Deutschland1871

Main Cast:

Deutschland1871 as Ross Huot

Golem2.76 as Josh Smith

Mara the Wolf as Misaki Akane

Mara the Wolf as Hitoshi Makoto

Nintendo as Professor Birch

R3dLuv3Singin as Khuzaimah "Khu" Minami

The Imprisoned of Hell as Takamaru Hagoromo

pokegabert as Chroma Aether-Ore

Deutschland1871 as Ross Huot

Golem2.76 as Josh Smith

Martyn as Cole Heartleaf

Guest Stars:

<p style="text-align: center;">R3dLuv3Singin as Khu's foster dad

<p style="text-align: center;">R3dLuv3Singin as Ryuu Minami

MISAKI.

Misaki was looking at the school notice board, which was now a flat-screen television. One of the new things about the remodeling of the school was the new focus on technology. She wanted to get a job for a while now. Nothing popped out when her brother snuck up behind her. "Hey Misaki, what are you doing?"

Misaki jumped a little. "Well I'm looking to see if there is some sort of job available, but nothing is standing out." Misaki sighed hoping her brother could help. "Do you know what I could do?"

Hitoshi thought for a moment. He was trying to think if he had heard anything about any job offerings in the area. But he suddenly did think about something. "I heard that the Pokemart is looking for a manager. It pays well. Maybe you could do that?"

Misaki thought for a moment. She was looking for a job, but she didn't know if working as a PokeMart manager, was something that would be the best thing for her.

"I suppose. What is their phone number, so I can schedule an interview?"

Hitoshi wrote the number in a slip paper and handed it to his sister.

"Good luck sis." The bell rang and they both went their separate ways.

JOSH.

Josh had gotten a call to come into the guidance counselor's office. He wasn't having the best year. First, he lost his friend, then he didn't get into the school of his dreams and then he ended up sleeping with a teacher who ended up getting fired. Things just weren't going well.

Josh knocks on the door.

"Come on!" Elm said looking up.

Josh sits down in his seat. "What is this about sir?"

"Wow, starting quite blunt. No how are you doing Elm? No how is your new girlfriend? Wow, kids these days."

"Sorry Professor Elm. It's just that things haven't been going well…"

"Oh boy." Elm had bad news he had to share and didn't want to upset Josh.

"Oh boy what?" Josh started to worry.

Elm sighed. "Looks...Josh. It's just that you're grades this semester...they haven't been the best."

"Well, I can make them up!"

"Josh...there's only like two days left of school."

Josh was getting upset. He got up out of his seat and his face turned red. "Professor Elm, I can't fail! Failing has never happened before in my whole life!"

But he started to calm down when he realized he was about to graduate. "At least I have graduation."

"Well…"

"Well...what?"

Elm felt bad. He kept on breaking this boy's heart the more he spoke and didn't want to upset him any longer. "You don't have enough credits to graduate Josh."

"WHAT?!" Josh slams his fist on the table.

"Now calm down Josh. You had a lot of things happen to you over the past year. It's only natural that your mind would wander off and something like this would happen."

"I'm leaving." Josh just couldn't handle it anymore. So he stormed off.

Elm quickly gets up, wanting to stop him. "Wait! Where are you going?!"

"I'm leaving! At least I still have my job interview later!" Josh slams the door and takes off.

KHU.

Khu's father rushed to the school, to see what his son got up too and why he got in trouble. Khu was slouched in his chair, while both Ryuu and Professor Birch had serious and stern looks on their faces.

Professor Birch facepalmed and looked at the student. "Are you going to explain yourself?"

Khu didn't say anything. He just stood there silently and looked at the man.

His father didn't like this and turned to look at him. "Khu, answer the man. He's trying to talk to you."

But Khu didn't say anything. Which caused Ryuu to want to try and defend his son for himself. "As you can see Professor Birch, my son is shy and quiet. Introverts like him tend to lash out in unconventional ways, to get attention."

Professor Birch rolled his eyes. He just wanted the day to be over with. Birch was stressed out, and had a lot on his plate, especially with the new rules that have been placed in the school.

"Fine, I'm going to let you off with a warning. You'll only be suspended for the rest of the day. But you have to come to summer school to make up for it." Birch laid down the law, but Khu didn't care. He was happy with the fact that he could go home.

MISAKI.

Misaki had quickly scheduled her interview and was on her way to the Pokemart. While she was walking down the street, where the PokeMart was at, she bumps into Josh.

The two teenagers were both standing in front of the building, that hot afternoon, and they were surprised to see each other. "Watch where you're going!" An angry Misaki said.

"I'm so sorry about that," Josh replied.

Misaki shoved Josh with her shoulders. She was ready to go into this interview looking like a boss and wasn't going to let anyone get in her way. She walked into the Pokemart, wearing her black woman suit and having her hair tied up in a bun. She sees Takamaru standing there, who was one of the managers.

Meanwhile, Josh was walking behind her, and he was wearing a black and white checkerboard button-up shirt, black dress pants and black dress shoes. Josh was holding papers in his hands.

"I'm here for the job interview." Josh and Misaki both said at the same time. They look at each other and glare. They had no idea, that they were both coming to the same job interview, despite their encounter earlier.

Misaki and Josh both put on a fake smile.

KHU.

After getting in trouble and suspended for the day, Khu and his father were driving in the car. Khu's father was angry with his son, but Khu was happy that he didn't have to go to the gym. Despite being happy on the inside, Khu wasn't showing his happiness on the outside. Khu's father Ryuu turned to his son. He wanted to know why his son would get in trouble.

"Khuzaimah, why did you spray water on the teacher?" He asked.

Khu sighed. He thought that it would be best if he told his father the truth, instead of trying to lie to him.

"Well you see dad, I hate doing physical activity, and I just didn't want to do it. So, I sprayed the water on Crasher Wake, just to get out of class."

"Khuzaimah! Why would you do something like that?" His father got angry. He was appalled that his son would do such delinquent behavior. He thought of Khu as a good kid, but maybe Ryuu was wrong about his son.

"If you didn't like gym, you should've just told me that."

Khu deeply regretted what he did and wanted to apologize to his father. "I know dad...I won't do it again." Khu looked down at his shoes.

Ryuu just couldn't say no to his son. He could tell by the look on his son's face, that he regretted everything that he did. So, he decided to forgive him.

"It's okay son. We all make mistakes. How would you like to come and spend time at the university with me?" He asked. Ryuu was the Dean of Mauville University and was quite the well-educated man.

Khu liked that idea. Spending time with his father, felt good because he hadn't done it in a while. "I'd like that," Khu said. For the first time, in a long time, Khu smiled.

MISAKI.

Most of the situations were simply get a customer this from behind the counter, check the ID, etc. however about an hour in Takamaru decided to turn up the heat. He whispered into his radio quietly so Misaki couldn't hear him. "Initiate scenario 73."

Suddenly, a white van pulled up to the front of the story. Misaki thought nothing of it, assuming it was just a work van or a family van. However, an armed man jumped out of the bag and rushed into the store! This spooked Misaki who panicked.

"Put all the money in the bag!" He shouted while aiming a shotgun at Misaki. Misaki was terrified and raised her hands.

"Alright, alright. I'll get you your money!" Misaki rushed to open the cash register and grabbed stacks of cash.

"Cut, Cut! I've seen enough." Takamaru shouted. The robber nodded and put the orange tip back on the shotgun.

"Wait that was fake?" Misaki shouted. She was very upset at her experience.

Takamaru nodded and shooed the would-be robber away.

"Yep, it's to test new employees in the event of a robbery. Everything up to it was fine and honestly, I think you responded reasonably. However, according to company rules during an armed robbery, you're supposed to activate the secret alarm. But I suppose I can give you a 7.75/10."

Misaki was still having a nervous breakdown over what just happened and was sweating profusely. "Oh. So, it was just another situation?"

Takamaru nodded. "Yeah, now it's time to test Josh. You can wait in the backroom like Josh. Only you can watch him on the camera because you've already completed the test.

Things only got worse for Misaki when Josh scored a perfect 10/10.

KHU.

Khu's father pulls up to the Mauville City University and parked in the parking lot. The parking lot didn't have a lot of cars. Ryuu grabbed his duffel bag as both he and Khu unbuckle their seatbelts.

"Are you ready to go?"

"I am. But dad, do you have a piece of gum?"

Khu was craving a piece of gum. But that was mostly because he didn't want to go into the university, with stinky breath.

"Yeah, I do. Just check in the glove department."

Ryuu's phone started to ring. He was a very busy man, and he always had to take very important phone calls. "I'll be waiting for you out in front." Ryuu grabbed his phone and answered it.

"Hello?" He said. Ryuu leaves out of the car.

Khu sighed once again and opened the glove department. He started looking for a piece of gum, but all he could see was papers. Khu sees a picture of him and his family, and just looking at the picture, reminded him of all the memories that they use to have together.

Khu was happy looking at the picture, and another rare moment where he smiled happened.

Khu thought back to the Winter Formal dance, where those people told him that he was their real son, and he knew that they weren't right.

I don't understand why those people would want to lie to me and tell me that I'm their son. Khu puts the picture in his pocket and exits the car. "But I might as well forget about it. I have other important things to do."

MISAKI.

Takamaru waved over the two to the counter. "So, do you two know how to work a register?"

They both nodded.

"Alright. I want you two to work the counter in a variety of situations. Of course, you will be doing the challenges separately. Whoever scores the most points will be interviewed first. I'm just going to warn you. These situations will be encountered every day on the job so be prepared for anything." Takamaru explained bored. He had recited this line for every new employee, and he was quite frankly bored with it.

The two nodded.

"Now Misaki you go first. Josh, you'll go to the back room. This is so that you are not able to prepare for any of the situations. Josh nodded and went to the back storage room. "Alright, Misaki are you ready?"

KHU.

Khu sees his father standing there, still on the phone. Khu looked up at the university and was quite surprised by how big it was.

"Damn, this university is huge."

Khu walks up to the University, and finally reached where his father was at.

Ryuu takes the phone off his ear and looks at his phone. Ryuu was wearing a very nice all-black tuxedo and dress shoes, while Khu was wearing his school uniform.

"Are you ready?" Ryuu asked, and Khu nodded his head. "

Well come on, let's go." Ryuu turns around and both him and Khu begin walking into the school.

MISAKI.

Misaki was getting fed up with Josh, and how perfect he was doing. The next day at school, as she stormed down the hallway because she wanted to have a conversation with Ross, his best friend. "Ross, you need to have a conversation with your best friend," Misaki shouted. She wanted that job, but Josh was getting in her way.

Ross turned around, and the dude looked a hot mess. He had bags under his eyes, and you could tell that he had been crying. "What is it you want Misaki?" Ross asked. He didn't look the best, even his uniform wasn't looking good either.

In a way, Misaki was feeling sorry for him. But she didn't want to let her emotions overloud the fact that she was angry at his best friend. "Listen, Ross, I know you've been through a lot...but we need to talk about your friend."

"Sorry, I haven't talked to Josh in a while." Ross looks down at the picture that he was holding in his hands, of Natalie and he begins crying.

Misaki was starting to feel sorry for Ross the more and more she talked to him. "I'm sorry, I'm just going to elsewhere." Misaki turns around and she begins walking away gracefully.

'''KHU. '''

Khu and Ryuu walked into Ryuu's office. The office was big and looked like your standard office. It was still the afternoon, so Khu was missing out on school. But he couldn't go back anyway, because he was suspended for the day. Khu was impressed by how his dad's office look.

"Wow, dad. Your office looks pretty rad."

"Thanks, son," Ryuu was holding a briefcase in his hand.

Ryuu went to his desk and sat down in his chair. He put the case on his desk, and he opened it up. What was inside the briefcase was Ryuu's laptop. He always stored his laptop in the briefcase, because he thought it was safer. "Do you mind getting me a coffee?"

"Sure dad," Khu turned around and opened the door. He was on his way, to get his father the coffee that he wanted, but his father didn't even say thanks. Which sort of disappointed the boy.

Khu went to the University's Cafeteria to go and make the coffee for his father. Khu walks up to the coffee maker. He was a bit taken aback by the device. Khu might've been good with computers, but he didn't know how to use things like coffee makers for example. "So how do I work this thing?" He asked.

Khu looked around and investigated the machine. While he was doing that the cafeteria was busy with college students of all ages, infestation the room.

Khu tried thinking for a second, and he puts two and two together on how the machine works. He grabbed a cup and put in the cup holder part of the machine. He presses a button and coffee begins pouring out, which makes the boy satisfied, as he finally figured out how to do it.

"I wonder how my dad takes his coffee?" He asked himself because he wasn't sure. He shrugged his shoulders because he didn't care about it. "I'm sure it's not important."

Khu was still holding the boiling hot cup of coffee in his hand. Khu was strolling down the hallway, and the cup of hot coffee was starting to burn his hands. "It burns."

But as soon as the teenage boy got to the door, he overheard a conversation that was going on in his dad's room, which piqued his interest.

"Khu can't find out the truth...it will hurt his feelings,"

Khu turns around and throws his back up against the wall. Khu wanted to start hyperventilating, as he wondered what his father was talking about.

He swallowed his spit, as his nerves began running wild. Khu didn't know what to think but still refused to believe that the people that he thought were his parents, weren't his actual parents. But the more he spent time with his father, the more he thought that maybe it wasn't true.

Khu turns around and runs to the bathroom. He wanted some alone time, to think some things out.

MISAKI.

Misaki was sitting with her boyfriend Chroma, and her brother Hitoshi, outside and sitting on a bench, waiting for the bus to come, since none of them had a car yet. Misaki was fed up, with how her interview with, and wanted to get Josh out of the running for the job opportunity.

"How did the job interview go?"

Chroma asked as he took a bite out of his tuna fish sandwich, while he was wearing his uniform. But he was being careful because he didn't want to get it dirty.

Misaki shook her head and ignored her boyfriend away. She did want to answer his question, but she wanted to answer it in a very different way.

"I'm going to get that job, no matter what." She said. She runs off, but not before kissing her boyfriend on the cheek.

'''KHU. '''

Khu rushed into the bathroom. His stomach was starting to feel queasy, and he throws up into the sink. Khu lifts his head and looks at himself in the mirror. The more he looked at himself in the mirror...the more he realized that he looked nothing like his mother or father.

"I don't look like my mother or father...I don't even have the same hair color...maybe...maybe…"

Khu shook his head because he didn't want to believe it.

Khu was told by his parents that he was adopted. He believed that, but he refused to believe that he had been kidnapped.

"I need to give my father his coffee. It's starting to get cold."

Khu turns around. He wanted to forget about the things that he was thinking and just wanted to go give his father his coffee.

Khu walks back into his father's office, holding the cup of coffee in his hand. He hoped that his father would be impressed, as he entered the room. Khu walked up to his father desk, but as usual, he didn't have a smile on his face.

"Here is your cup of coffee sir."

"Thank you, son." Khu's father grabs the coffee and he takes a sip of it. But in a hurry, he spits the coffee out, because he thought it was cold and too sweet. "This is disgusting!" Khu's father said.

Khu looked down, started feeling sorry for himself. "I'm sorry father. It's just-"

Khu's father was angry. He was under a lot of stress. He was still on the phone and he gets up out of his seat, points his finger at his son and shouts at him.

"Get out of here!"

Khu did what his father wanted him to do and he left the room. Khu wasn't having a good day, and he even felt that he should've just stayed in school because his day was a lot better.

Khu ran out of the room and threw his back up against the wall. Even though crying was something that Khu usually didn't do. It was something that he felt like doing at that exact moment.

Khu slides down and sat on the ground. His emotions were numb...he didn't feel anything. Unlike most people, who would probably be crying their eyes out...Khu didn't cry.

Khu decided to stay strong and lift his head, in the air. "I won't cry…"

But the more he thought about it, the more he was realizing how different he was from his parents, and that startled him. Most people he knew, had similarities to their parents, but in the case of Khu, he felt like he had nothing in common with them. "I don't know what type of coffee my father likes to drink...I look nothing like him…." The more Khu thought about...the more it hurt the boy.

"Maybe these people aren't my parents…."

But since Khu was a stubborn person, he jolted up and shook his head. He decided that he was going to go back into that room and apologize to his father.

"No, I'm just overthinking things...These people are my parents. People can have differences from their parents. It's no big deal." He shrugged it off and began down the hallway.

MISAKI.

Misaki had been thinking about what she could do to get the job. Josh had just been better than her at everything! She was stumped on what she could do. She thought about everything, but none of them could ever work. Then she had an idea. It was unethical in every way, but she did not want Josh to get that job! She pulled out her phone and began texting Takamaru.

Misaki: Hey Takamaru, I was wondering if I had got the job?

Takamaru: I'm not sure, you did well, but I think Josh might've just edged you out.

Misaki expected such a response which is why she had her plan in place.

Misaki: Listen Takamaru, I need that job. The therapy sessions I've been taking are expensive and I'm running out of savings. Can you please give me the job?

Takamaru: Alright, but I hope you know that I'm risking my neck for you. Make sure that money goes towards your therapy sessions.

Misaki: Thank you Takamaru, they will don't worry.

Misaki smirked. She had beat Josh and felt great. Despite the breach of ethics. Misaki would do whatever it takes to get what she wanted, and she finally got the thing that she wanted.

JOSH.

Josh walked and whistled. His day was getting a little better, as he hoped he was going to get the job. Josh's phone rings and he sees that he's getting a phone call from Takamaru.

"Hello?" He picks up the phone.

"Hey, Josh it's Takamaru."

"What's up?"

"Hi man. But I regret to inform you that we decided to give Misaki the job instead of you."

Josh didn't say anything. He felt numb. His phone falls on the ground as tears begin flowing from his eyes. His phone had broke but that didn't bother Takamaru at all.

Josh sat down on the curve. He was in tears, his life not going the way he had hoped it would. He had just found out that he didn't get the job. His life was turning upside down.

Ross was riding his bike nearby. But once he heard the sound of a crying Josh he stopped to see what he was up to. "Josh is everything okay?"

"No...no it's not. My life, it's...it's…"

Josh didn't say anything. Instead, Josh just cried and Ross hugged him. It was what Josh needed. He needed a sense of comfort from someone and luckily his friend was right there.

Even though the two had major issues with each, dating back to the start of the year. The two would always remain close friends and be there for each other whenever they needed it.

'''KHU. '''

Khu walks into his father's office, once again. He saw that his father was off the phone, and in a strange moment, Khu's father walked up to him. Ryuu had so much regretted that night, and one of them was yelling at his son.

"Listen, son. I'm sorry for yelling at you. It's just that I've been stressed lately and-" Ryuu wasn't able to finish his sentence, because Khu runs up towards his father and gives him a big hug.

Khu wanted to show his father how much he loved and cared for them. But the hug wasn't only symbolizing that, but it was also symbolizing how much Khu was sorry for getting his coffee intake wrong.

"It's okay father. No need to apologize."

Khu and his father break the hug. Khu could tell that his father was stressed out, but there was something that he wanted to remind his father.

"We have more important things to do, like going to the store and buying me my birthday cake,"

But like always, he had a blank emotion.

"Oh right, your birthday is tomorrow," He remembered. "My son is going to be fifteen years old." Ryuu looked at his son. Looking at him made him realize how much his father has grown, which made his heart flutter.

"Kids, they grow up so fast." Ryuu was getting emotional and he hugs his son.

The father and son duo walked out of the University building, Khu was ready to be going to go get his cake. It was raining outside which made it colder, but lucky, Khu and his father where both wearing thin jackets and gloves that protected them from the rain.

"Do you know what kind of cake you want?"

Khu started thinking. "I've thought about a-" But before he could say anything, the man that approached Khu at the Winter Formal, walked up to the boy, holding a present in his hand.

"I need to talk to you." The man said. Khu looked at the man and realized that he looked exactly like him, which freaked the teenage boy out.

Ryuu holds onto Khu's shoulders, wanting to protect his son from the stranger who was standing in front of him. Ryuu got into overprotective father mode and glared at the man who was trying to talk to his son.

"Get the hell away from me and my son!"

"But you don't understand...that is my son. You took him from me."

The man was getting emotional just talking about it. The more the man looked at Khu, the more his heart raced, and his feelings started to flow through his body.

"I don't know what you're talking about," Ryuu replied. Ryuu just wanted to get away from him, as he started to feel uncomfortable.

Khu and his father ignored the man and they turn around.

"YOU TOOK MY SON AWAY FROM ME!" The man shouted with so much emotion and heart.

Khu looks back at him. He found what the man said to be quite interesting. Khu for some reason was interested in what the man had to say, while Ryuu wanted nothing to do with it. Khu wanted answers and wasn't sure if he was going to get them.

"Dad, do you know that man?"

"I don't know who he is…"

But there was something unusual about the way that Ryuu responded to Khu's questions that raised some flags. The boy and his father continued walking. But this was only just the beginning of what was going to be unfolding.

TO BE CONTINUED…