Here's the promised story about how my new team was formed... and yes their name IS Team Pre-K, read the story to find out why.
First off I'd like to thank Reiko_Sazanami for making the Team Pre-K Logo, and secondly I'd like to thank Xehta13 for helping me with the RP this story was made from! ^w^
Poor Andrew... little guys too short to even get to be in the picture... oh well! ^__^ Enjoy the story!
Julian belongs to Xehta13
All other characters belong to me
It was back to class at the PCA. School was back in session and like it or not so were all the students, as well as some unfamiliar faces. Sure enough for a school as famous and highly regarded as the PCA there was an influx of new freshmen, ready and eager to begin learning the fine art of combat… and having NO idea what they were getting themselves into.
This is exactly the reason why a Jolteon girl by the name of Julian Sparks found herself waiting outside the school. She’d signed herself up as an “Upperclassmen Guide” to help show the freshmen, or as she called them “Fresh Meat” around the school and to help them fit in better. Actually she was supposed to be showing around two of the new students right now, but so far nobody had shown up.
She sighed and leaned against the building, idly wondering if the kids had gotten lost or something, just when a rather unusual sight rounded the corner. It was a pichu, a pudgy one at that, with a nervous and confused look on his face… almost as if he was gonna cry. The little guy looked like a toddler who’d been enlarged… it was kind of cute actually. She guessed he was around five or six… definitely not older then seven at least. Following along behind him was a taller munchlax girl who had a bored expression on her face … she looked about twelve, maybe a little younger. Julian raised an eyebrow at this, were they lost kids or something? And what the heck were they doing here?
Walking over to them she called a greeting “Hello.” The pichu’s ears perked at this and he looked up at her, nervousness showing through clear as day. When she got close he gulped and timidly said in a quiet “H-hello, could you help us? W-we’re trying to find s-someone.” Julian just smiled at this, noticing that the little guy was even tinier looking close up, and nodded “Sure, looking for your mom?” For some reason this brought an adorable blush to the pichu’s face as he quickly shook his head “N-no! W-we're suppose to m-meet someone here. T-they said someone w-would show us around c-campus.”
“Huh?” Julian tilted her head to the side, confused “How come?” Looking down the little guy stuttered out “W-well we just en-enrolled here...” timidly, as if scared Julian would laugh. The munchlax on the other hand couldn’t have been more relaxed, she was acting as if she was the only one around as she pulled a “Sweet Honey Bar” from her pocket, unwrapped it in one smooth move, and began eating on it.
For a minute or two Julian just stared at them, mentally piecing together what this must mean “...wait a second...you're...freshman?” she asked, getting a timid nod from the pichu and a rather blunt “Yep” from the munchlax… in between bites of her candy bar of course. The older mon wasn’t buying it as she looked them over “… is this some kind of trick?” This got an immediate reaction from the pichu as he let out an angry whine not unlike that of an unhappy kindergartner “NO!!!” before he immediately bowed his head in shame at having raised his voice at her and whimpered out “I-I mean... w-why does e-everybody think that?”
Blinking, caught off guard, Julian couldn’t help but pet the little guys head “Oh, I’m sorry.” This brought an adorable pink blush to the pichu’s face as he looked down, embarrassed, and timidly said “I-I'm Andrew b-by the way...” which prompted the munchlax to stop eating, what was probably her second candy bar, long enough to say “Jane.” Smiling the Jolteon said “I'm Julian, and I think I'm your tour guide.” Andrew timidly offered her his tiny, trembling paw in a handshake “N-nice to meet you…” Julian smiled and shook the little guys hand “Likewise.”
Straightening back up Julian smiled again “On with the tour.” This got a nod from Andrew as Jane finished up her candy bar, tossed the wrapper in a nearby trashcan, pulled out ANOTHER one, and started eating, only pausing long enough to say “Sure.” Julian blinked a little, not sure what to make of that, before smiling “Lets go.” Getting next to the two much shorter mon and starting to show them around.
As he followed Julian around campus Andrew nervously looked at all the strong looking, not to mention much larger, mon walking around. Seeing this the Jolteon girl gave the little guy a grin, chuckled, and flexed her bicep “None tougher then me!” Andrew blinked, before trying to flex his chubby arm as well and getting nothing out of it. He looked down sadly, prompting Jane to use the hand not holding her seemingly omnipresent candy bar to pet him on the head… Julian isn’t quite sure if it was a reassuring gesture, or a dismissing one.
Julian gave the pichu’s head a pat as well “Don’t worry, you’ll get tough soon.” Andrew just blushed furiously, more embarrassed by the head pats then anything else as he whimpered out “M-maybe... but everyone h-here looks so t-tough... how am I s-suppose to compete?” Surprisingly Jane was the one who answered that question, in her still apathetic sounding voice, as she said “… a team?” before taking another bite of the candy. Julian nodded “That could work.” Looking up a little Andrew nervously thought it over, his huge ears perking up a little as he asked “Y-you really think so?”
“Of course so!” Julian cheered, trying to lift the little guy’s spirits. He looked up, unknowingly giving her an adorable pleading face that was almost too cute for words and timidly asked “T-then could y-you help us find s-some people to join it?” Chuckling and giving him another head pat Julian nodded “I can do that.” Which brought the blush back to Andrew’s face as he squeaked out a timid “T-thank you...”
*several recruitment attempts later*
The trio had stopped for a moment, resting on a bench, not exactly in the best of spirits. Andrew sat there, head hung in shame and near tears. After their last prospective recruit had laughed his butt off at their offer he had lost most of his confidence in this idea. Julian on the other hand just looked annoyed as she rubbed her knuckles, muttering about how the last guy had a harder head then she expected, before glancing to Andrew “… not looking well.” If it was possible the pichu’s head and ears hung even lower at that as he sniffled a little “W-we've asked nearly a-all the freshmen around... none of them e-even took it s-seriously.”
Julian gently patted his back, giving him a quiet “Sorry.” but not sure what more to do. She then noticed what could only be described as a pair of small, rounded teddy bear ears moving along just along the top of the other side of some bushes near their bench. “Hmm? Wait here.” She said to her two charges, who just looked to her in slight confusion… well Jane didn’t even bother to look up but Andrew at least did, as Julian got up and walked over to see what it was.
Arriving at the bushes, which weren’t that tall to begin with, she was greeted by an odd but adorable sight. On the other side was a teddiursa boy, wearing what looked like an Umbreon themed shirt. The little guy looked about eight years old, maybe a little younger, and seemed to be lost. To top it off he hadn’t noticed the much larger mon yet. Julian stared at the little guy for a moment before speaking up “’scuse me.” Obviously caught off guard the little bear gave a yipe of surprise and spun round, oddly enough smiling up at Julian with what she could have sworn was a look that was cuter then necessary and saying in a young voice “Yes?”
“Are you lost?” Julian asked, getting an odd feeling of déjà vu about this. The bear cub gave her an even more adorable smile and nodded “Uh-huh, can ya help me please?” he said, with an adorable pleading look that would probably be enough to get nearly any mon to even hand over money to the little guy. Julian couldn’t help but smile “Looking for your mom?” The kid just giggled adorably “Nu-uh, I'm tryin to find the office!” he gave her another cute smile “New students are suppose'ta go there first right?”
Once again Julian found herself standing there and blinking as if she’d been smacked in the face with a fish “New… student?” The teddiursa just giggled and nodded, striking a slight pose and giving a grin that was probably an attempt to look cool… but only came off as cuter then before “Petie Liratten! Freshmen!” he suddenly hugged her “Nice to meet ya!” Chuckling she hugged the soft, warm, and teddy bear like little mon back “I'm Julian. Likewise.”
“So... can ya help me find the office? Please?” he finished with the puppy dog eyes again, really working the cute angle. Julian smiled a little more, thinking she might have just solved some of Andrew’s problems with lack of team members “Of course. I was about to go there with the other freshmen.” Petie, still playing the “Cute and Innocent” part perfectly threw his arms up and let out an excited “Yaaaay!!” Chuckling and lifting the little Teddi up Julian smiled “Lets go!” at which Petie just smiled and giggled.
Heading back to Andrew and Jane she smiled at them “Ready?” She got no response as Andrew and Petie stared at each other in confusion “…he's the same age as you. Andrew this is Petie. Petie, Andrew.” The same age comment got Petie raising an eyebrow in skeptical disbelief, but he smiled anyway “Hi!” Andrew gulped a little, the little guy had NEVER been good at talking with anyone, much less kids his own age “H-hi... um... P-Petie, right?”
Petie nodded, tilting his head to the side, confused by how timid the pichu was. Andrew gulped, he’d actually hadn’t asked any of the people they’d talked to before to join his team. He’d shied out of it every time and Julian had asked in his stead… but he had to ask this time, how could he run a team if he couldn’t even do this simple little thing? Taking a breath he started “I w-was... um... w-wondering... uh... umm…” he tried to go on but was hung up on his own embarrassment. Chuckling Julian gave Andrew a nudge in the right direction “Come on Andrew. Ask him.” Taking a deep breath he finally managed to squeak out the question “I-I'm making a... a t-team... y-you wanna join?”
The look on Petie’s face said “This is a bad joke… right? You can’t be serious.” and he looked up to Julian, who was still cuddling him, to try and confirm this. She just smiled sincerely to him “Go for it.” Looking back down his face screw up in deep thought, looking cute in the process too, as he considered the idea. After a few minutes he gave an “Eh, why the heck not?” shrug and grinned “Sure! Sounds like fun!” which caused Andrew’s jaw to drop as he blinked “R-really? Y-you... you wanna join?” Cuddling the little mon proudly Julian smiled “Sounds like it!” and Petie happily snuggled her back.
Actually managing to smile a little Andrew watched them, actually finding someone willing to join his team had done wonders for the little guys confidence “O-okay... now we just n-need one more” but Andrew didn’t get to finish his sentence as an ear piercing shriek of “SOOOOOOO CUUUUUUUUTE!!!!” was heard, causing all of them to flinch. Before they could react further Andrew was scooped off his feet by a Togetic girl who just seemed to ooze cheerful, bubbly energy.
“D'aaaaaaaw! You're just so cute!! Such a wute wittle pichu!!!” she cooed in baby talk to her helpless captive as she snuggled him like he was a plushie or an infant. Andrew blushed and struggled helplessly in the girls iron grip as he let out a pathetic “Chuuuuuuu!!!!!” Still trying to process what the heck had just happened Julian stared at the odd scene “Umm...hello?” The odd girl giggled and happily chirped “Hi!” as she cuddled Andrew tightly who was struggling pitifully and letting out a rather adorable sounding whine of “Chuuuuuuuuuu!!”
“I’m Kimberly!” the weird girl declared, oblivious to her captive’s discomfort. Nodding the Jolteon responded “I’m Julian… can you put him down please?” This got a three year old style pout from the togetic “Awwwwwww! But he's so cuuuuuuuuute!” she cuddled Andrew tighter “Is he your little brother?”” she asked, getting an even brighter blush from the pichu. Julian shook her head “No...he's a student here” This caused Kimberly to blink for a moment as she processed these words “Really? This little guy?”
Seeing Julian nod she just looked even more surprised and playfully nuzzled Andrew’s head, making him blush more “But he can't be older then seven at the least!” she said with a giggle, still hugging him like he was a toddler. “That's what I thought at first.” Julian said with a slight chuckle. Looking curiously at the Pichu in her arms Kimberly giggled and lightly kissed his head “So, just how old are you cutie?” Blushing so red that Andrew felt he might just faint he managed to stutter out “F-fourt-teen…”
Kimberly blinked, then giggled “Really? Neat! Same as me!” Her ears perking up Julian looked at her “You are?” To which Kimberly giggled “Yep! Just started here!” she chirped out happily. “Wow...so I am giving 4 freshman a tour than” Julian said, looking over her unusual entourage. “Four?” Kimberly asked, looking confused “Don't tell me the dawling wittle teddy in your arms is 14 too!” she cooed. softly tickling Petie’s chin with her free hand making him giggle adorably. Chuckling at this Julian nodded “Yeah he is.”
“Awwwwwwww! They're so cuuuuute! I could just hug and cuddle them all day!” Kimberly announced, cuddling Andrew more as the pichu looked pleadingly to Julian for help. Thinking for a minute Julian grinned “...you know, Andrew is looking to make a team...” Kimberly’s eyes lit up at that “Really? Is your little teddy there gonna be in it too?” Knowing she’s already got the bubbly girl sold on this Julian chuckles and nodded “Yup!”
“Oooooooooooh!!” Kimberly squealed, twirling a little before holding Andrew so they were nose to nose, not that Kimberly had one, and practically Eskimo kissing “Can I be on your team? Pretty, pretty please? Can I?” she begged him, making puppy dog eyes. A little dizzy from the twirl and beyond embarrassed at this point all Andrew could manage was a nervous squeak. Julian sighed and looked to him “Say it Andrew.” Gulping a little Andrew finally manages to squeak out “O-okay! Just p-please put me down! Chuuuuuuuuuuuuu!!!”
Giggling a little before finally setting Andrew down Kimberly gave him a little kiss on the head, which only made him blush more, before she flew into the air and twirled happily “Yaaaaaaaaaay!!!” Watching this for a moment Julian smiled and looked at Andrew “And that makes a team.” Jill, who’d been watching this whole spectacle and frankly still looked completely bored, finished off what was probably her fifth candy bar as she dully stated “We still have to register.”
“U-uhm… w-we do that in t-the office… r-right?” Andrew asked, looking to Julian. She just smiled and nodded “Yep, but relax. You shouldn’t have any problems.” This just served to make the pichu more nervous though. Gulping and summoning up as much courage as he could Andrew tried to sound like a leader “O-okay then! L-let's g-go!” before looking around, and losing said confidence “Um... w-which way's the o-offices?” he asked timidly, looking a bit embarrassed.
This just got a giggle out of Julian as she gently took the pichu’s hand “I’ll lead.” She said gently as she headed in the direction of the office. Andrew blushed brightly at being led as Jane followed apathetically and Kimberly floated after them giggling. With her carrying the little teddiursa and leading the pichu by the hand it honestly looked like Julian had taken on some babysitting jobs and was simply showing her charges around campus.
Finally arriving at the office Julian grinned “Here we are!” she declared as Andrew blushed and nodded, too timid to pull his hand free from her “T-thank you…” he managed to say, getting a smile from Julian. “S-so we just ask for the t-team form and f-fill it out...?” he asked, getting a nod from the older girl “Yep, I’ll help if you need it.”
Hearing this Petie grinned and finally hopped down from his perch in Julian’s arms “What are we waiting on then? Lets gooOOPH!!!” he let out a strangled cry as he suddenly found himself on the receiving end of one of Kimberly’s cuddles, she’d been waiting patiently for her turn to hug the little teddy bear and was enjoying it as she giggled happily.
Watching this scene Julian chuckled “Alright, alright.” A few girls passed by the office and noticed Andrew and Julian, the older girl still holding the pichu’s hand. They giggled and whispered among themselves and Julian and Andrew’s large ears could pick up every word of what they were saying “Oh my! Look at that! Think that’s her baby brother?” “Oh they’re just sooooo cute together!” “I wish I had a brother as cute as that!” hearing this Andrew blushed bright pink and shyly looked to Julian “U-uhm... J-Julian? Could you l-let go of m-my hand now? P-please?” he squeaked out.
“Oh… sorry.” She said, letting go of his little paw. Andrew blushed and looked down, wondering if he might have hurt her feelings… and after she had been so nice to him. As if sensing his train of though Julian smiled and petted his head affectionately, getting a small smile and a blush from the pichu.
They suddenly hear a soft whimper coming from Petie, who was currently suffering the full brunt of Kimberly’s affection. “Uhh...Kimberly I think we need him to register for the team.” Julian said, trying to help the little teddy. Kimberly made an adorable puppy-dog eyes and pout combinations as she whines “Awwwwwwww! Can't I cuddle him more please?” Staring at her for a moment Julian sighed “… fine.”
“Yaaaaaaaay!!” Kimberly cheered happily, cuddling Petie even tighter as he gave Julian a cute, but dirty, look. Blinking a little at this Julian commented “Uh be careful…” which Kimberly ignored completely as she nuzzled Petie and gushed baby talk and cooed over him... much to his displeasure. Chuckling and shaking her head Julian went to get the team application forms, smiling when she noticed Andrew padding along after her.
After asking the lady behind the office desk she easily got the forms and handed them to Andrew, who looked them over for a minute before starting to fill one out, getting help from Julian every now and them. Julian blinked a little in surprise when she finally noticed Jane, who had finally stop eating candy, somehow standing next to her without the Jolteon noticing the younger girl sneaking up on her. Deciding not to think about it Julian simply handed Jane a copy of the form “Fill this out.” which the munchlax did quickly without question or comment.
By now Kimberly had flown up behind the small group, Petie still trapped in a vice like grip. “Kimberly, you and Petie need to fill this out.” Julian said, holding the forms out to them. The togetic giggled “Just call me Kimmie, okay? It's easier to say.” She said, finally setting Petie down as the teddiursa collapsed on his butt panting for breath after having the air forcibly squished out of him. Julian nodded at this “Alright.” as she handed her a form and then gave one to Petie.
A few minutes later they gave them back to her. Smiling Julian handed them back to the lady behind the deck “There we go.” Shuffling through the files for a moment the Lady shook her head pointed out a blank on Andrew’s form “You forgot to fill out Team Name” Seeing this Julian blinked and looked embarrassed “Oh right! I forgot!” Blinking and looking up to Julian Andrew nervously asked “T-team name?”
The older girl nodded “It’s required, just come up with something you’d like to be called.” The little pichu looked down and considered this before looking to his teammates for help “W-what should we c-call ourselves?” Kimmie jumped into the air and twirled, letting out at near shrieking pitch “Team MAGICAL CELEBI!!!” causing Andrew to flinch and Jane to look at the togetic and say bluntly “No.”
Also wincing from Kimmie’s shriek Julian tried to help them along “Something that fits you all.” Petie thought for a moment and piped up “Team Devious?” unfortunately his suggestion was drowned out by Kimmie loudly whining like an upset toddler “I wanna be called TEAM MAGICAL CELEBI!!!” getting another blunt “NO.” from Jane. “Kimmie, behave.” Julian said, getting annoyed at her whining. Of course Kimmie ignored her completely.
Things just got worse as Kimberly’s whines of wanting “Magical Celebi” as their name and Jane refusing it each time drowned out any attempts from Petie to suggest alternates, Andrew desperately tried to calm down his taller teammates to no effect. Clutching her head a little Julian gritted her teeth at the huge ruckus the four were causing and the headache it was giving her. Finally having enough she was about to shout at them to be quiet when someone from across the hall with a pissed off look on their face stuck their head in, saw Andrew, Jane, Petie, and the whining Kimberly and shouted at the top of their lungs “SHUT UP YOU PRE-K BRATS!!!!”
By now the lady behind the desk had just about had enough of this and wanted the noise to stop and to be rid of these kids and jumped at the opportunity the stunned silence following the shout gave her ‘Team Pre-K! That’ll work!” she quickly scribbled the name on the form and placed it in the proper box “Now stop causing a scene!” she said angrily as she glared at them.
This little turn of events got rather mixed responses from the students in question. Julian just blinked, a little stunned “Huh!?” Andrew looked near tears at this as he tried to plead with “B-but!” folding her arms and staying silent Jane just frowned slightly, Petie looked disgusted at this and dryly commented “… you’re joking… right?” as Kimmie hovered in mid-air showing about the same maturity as a little girl who had just been told she couldn’t have a pony “Waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!!” she wailed unhappily.
“You’re disrupting everyone! Leave” the lady said angrily as she pointed at the door. After the small group unhappily shuffled out of the office Julian sighed “Great…” then she noticed Andrew, the little pichu’s head hung low and a look of shame and humiliation was all but etched into his features. “Sorry.” she said, causing Andrew to hang his head lower “I-it's not your f-fault...it's m-mine...” he whimpered. Julian just shook her head “It’s not.” she said reassuringly, and when Andrew didn’t lift his head she knelt down and hugged him, which got a blush out of the little mon.
His blush got worse as Kimmie joined in the hug, giggling happily, her upset over the team name all but forgotten. Smiling at this Julian petted Andrew’s head, making the little guy blush pink and whine lightly “Chuuuuuuu…” She couldn’t help but chuckle and give him a cuddle at that “Well at least now you have a team, you might even make some new friends.” Still blushing Andrew nodded a little before shyly returning the hug and squeaking out “T-thank you…”
Smiling wider Julian hugged him for a moment more before petting his head again “You’re welcome.” Managing a little smile it looked like Andrew might say something, but Kimmie scooping him up for another round of cooing and baby talk cut him off as Jane watched, bored expression back on her face, and Petie just looked grateful it wasn’t him this time. Julian sighed and shook her head, smiling a little at this “Well… you’ll be an interesting team at least…”
First off I'd like to thank Reiko_Sazanami for making the Team Pre-K Logo, and secondly I'd like to thank Xehta13 for helping me with the RP this story was made from! ^w^
Poor Andrew... little guys too short to even get to be in the picture... oh well! ^__^ Enjoy the story!
Julian belongs to Xehta13
All other characters belong to me
PCA – Baby Face
Team Pre-K is FormedIt was back to class at the PCA. School was back in session and like it or not so were all the students, as well as some unfamiliar faces. Sure enough for a school as famous and highly regarded as the PCA there was an influx of new freshmen, ready and eager to begin learning the fine art of combat… and having NO idea what they were getting themselves into.
This is exactly the reason why a Jolteon girl by the name of Julian Sparks found herself waiting outside the school. She’d signed herself up as an “Upperclassmen Guide” to help show the freshmen, or as she called them “Fresh Meat” around the school and to help them fit in better. Actually she was supposed to be showing around two of the new students right now, but so far nobody had shown up.
She sighed and leaned against the building, idly wondering if the kids had gotten lost or something, just when a rather unusual sight rounded the corner. It was a pichu, a pudgy one at that, with a nervous and confused look on his face… almost as if he was gonna cry. The little guy looked like a toddler who’d been enlarged… it was kind of cute actually. She guessed he was around five or six… definitely not older then seven at least. Following along behind him was a taller munchlax girl who had a bored expression on her face … she looked about twelve, maybe a little younger. Julian raised an eyebrow at this, were they lost kids or something? And what the heck were they doing here?
Walking over to them she called a greeting “Hello.” The pichu’s ears perked at this and he looked up at her, nervousness showing through clear as day. When she got close he gulped and timidly said in a quiet “H-hello, could you help us? W-we’re trying to find s-someone.” Julian just smiled at this, noticing that the little guy was even tinier looking close up, and nodded “Sure, looking for your mom?” For some reason this brought an adorable blush to the pichu’s face as he quickly shook his head “N-no! W-we're suppose to m-meet someone here. T-they said someone w-would show us around c-campus.”
“Huh?” Julian tilted her head to the side, confused “How come?” Looking down the little guy stuttered out “W-well we just en-enrolled here...” timidly, as if scared Julian would laugh. The munchlax on the other hand couldn’t have been more relaxed, she was acting as if she was the only one around as she pulled a “Sweet Honey Bar” from her pocket, unwrapped it in one smooth move, and began eating on it.
For a minute or two Julian just stared at them, mentally piecing together what this must mean “...wait a second...you're...freshman?” she asked, getting a timid nod from the pichu and a rather blunt “Yep” from the munchlax… in between bites of her candy bar of course. The older mon wasn’t buying it as she looked them over “… is this some kind of trick?” This got an immediate reaction from the pichu as he let out an angry whine not unlike that of an unhappy kindergartner “NO!!!” before he immediately bowed his head in shame at having raised his voice at her and whimpered out “I-I mean... w-why does e-everybody think that?”
Blinking, caught off guard, Julian couldn’t help but pet the little guys head “Oh, I’m sorry.” This brought an adorable pink blush to the pichu’s face as he looked down, embarrassed, and timidly said “I-I'm Andrew b-by the way...” which prompted the munchlax to stop eating, what was probably her second candy bar, long enough to say “Jane.” Smiling the Jolteon said “I'm Julian, and I think I'm your tour guide.” Andrew timidly offered her his tiny, trembling paw in a handshake “N-nice to meet you…” Julian smiled and shook the little guys hand “Likewise.”
Straightening back up Julian smiled again “On with the tour.” This got a nod from Andrew as Jane finished up her candy bar, tossed the wrapper in a nearby trashcan, pulled out ANOTHER one, and started eating, only pausing long enough to say “Sure.” Julian blinked a little, not sure what to make of that, before smiling “Lets go.” Getting next to the two much shorter mon and starting to show them around.
As he followed Julian around campus Andrew nervously looked at all the strong looking, not to mention much larger, mon walking around. Seeing this the Jolteon girl gave the little guy a grin, chuckled, and flexed her bicep “None tougher then me!” Andrew blinked, before trying to flex his chubby arm as well and getting nothing out of it. He looked down sadly, prompting Jane to use the hand not holding her seemingly omnipresent candy bar to pet him on the head… Julian isn’t quite sure if it was a reassuring gesture, or a dismissing one.
Julian gave the pichu’s head a pat as well “Don’t worry, you’ll get tough soon.” Andrew just blushed furiously, more embarrassed by the head pats then anything else as he whimpered out “M-maybe... but everyone h-here looks so t-tough... how am I s-suppose to compete?” Surprisingly Jane was the one who answered that question, in her still apathetic sounding voice, as she said “… a team?” before taking another bite of the candy. Julian nodded “That could work.” Looking up a little Andrew nervously thought it over, his huge ears perking up a little as he asked “Y-you really think so?”
“Of course so!” Julian cheered, trying to lift the little guy’s spirits. He looked up, unknowingly giving her an adorable pleading face that was almost too cute for words and timidly asked “T-then could y-you help us find s-some people to join it?” Chuckling and giving him another head pat Julian nodded “I can do that.” Which brought the blush back to Andrew’s face as he squeaked out a timid “T-thank you...”
*several recruitment attempts later*
The trio had stopped for a moment, resting on a bench, not exactly in the best of spirits. Andrew sat there, head hung in shame and near tears. After their last prospective recruit had laughed his butt off at their offer he had lost most of his confidence in this idea. Julian on the other hand just looked annoyed as she rubbed her knuckles, muttering about how the last guy had a harder head then she expected, before glancing to Andrew “… not looking well.” If it was possible the pichu’s head and ears hung even lower at that as he sniffled a little “W-we've asked nearly a-all the freshmen around... none of them e-even took it s-seriously.”
Julian gently patted his back, giving him a quiet “Sorry.” but not sure what more to do. She then noticed what could only be described as a pair of small, rounded teddy bear ears moving along just along the top of the other side of some bushes near their bench. “Hmm? Wait here.” She said to her two charges, who just looked to her in slight confusion… well Jane didn’t even bother to look up but Andrew at least did, as Julian got up and walked over to see what it was.
Arriving at the bushes, which weren’t that tall to begin with, she was greeted by an odd but adorable sight. On the other side was a teddiursa boy, wearing what looked like an Umbreon themed shirt. The little guy looked about eight years old, maybe a little younger, and seemed to be lost. To top it off he hadn’t noticed the much larger mon yet. Julian stared at the little guy for a moment before speaking up “’scuse me.” Obviously caught off guard the little bear gave a yipe of surprise and spun round, oddly enough smiling up at Julian with what she could have sworn was a look that was cuter then necessary and saying in a young voice “Yes?”
“Are you lost?” Julian asked, getting an odd feeling of déjà vu about this. The bear cub gave her an even more adorable smile and nodded “Uh-huh, can ya help me please?” he said, with an adorable pleading look that would probably be enough to get nearly any mon to even hand over money to the little guy. Julian couldn’t help but smile “Looking for your mom?” The kid just giggled adorably “Nu-uh, I'm tryin to find the office!” he gave her another cute smile “New students are suppose'ta go there first right?”
Once again Julian found herself standing there and blinking as if she’d been smacked in the face with a fish “New… student?” The teddiursa just giggled and nodded, striking a slight pose and giving a grin that was probably an attempt to look cool… but only came off as cuter then before “Petie Liratten! Freshmen!” he suddenly hugged her “Nice to meet ya!” Chuckling she hugged the soft, warm, and teddy bear like little mon back “I'm Julian. Likewise.”
“So... can ya help me find the office? Please?” he finished with the puppy dog eyes again, really working the cute angle. Julian smiled a little more, thinking she might have just solved some of Andrew’s problems with lack of team members “Of course. I was about to go there with the other freshmen.” Petie, still playing the “Cute and Innocent” part perfectly threw his arms up and let out an excited “Yaaaay!!” Chuckling and lifting the little Teddi up Julian smiled “Lets go!” at which Petie just smiled and giggled.
Heading back to Andrew and Jane she smiled at them “Ready?” She got no response as Andrew and Petie stared at each other in confusion “…he's the same age as you. Andrew this is Petie. Petie, Andrew.” The same age comment got Petie raising an eyebrow in skeptical disbelief, but he smiled anyway “Hi!” Andrew gulped a little, the little guy had NEVER been good at talking with anyone, much less kids his own age “H-hi... um... P-Petie, right?”
Petie nodded, tilting his head to the side, confused by how timid the pichu was. Andrew gulped, he’d actually hadn’t asked any of the people they’d talked to before to join his team. He’d shied out of it every time and Julian had asked in his stead… but he had to ask this time, how could he run a team if he couldn’t even do this simple little thing? Taking a breath he started “I w-was... um... w-wondering... uh... umm…” he tried to go on but was hung up on his own embarrassment. Chuckling Julian gave Andrew a nudge in the right direction “Come on Andrew. Ask him.” Taking a deep breath he finally managed to squeak out the question “I-I'm making a... a t-team... y-you wanna join?”
The look on Petie’s face said “This is a bad joke… right? You can’t be serious.” and he looked up to Julian, who was still cuddling him, to try and confirm this. She just smiled sincerely to him “Go for it.” Looking back down his face screw up in deep thought, looking cute in the process too, as he considered the idea. After a few minutes he gave an “Eh, why the heck not?” shrug and grinned “Sure! Sounds like fun!” which caused Andrew’s jaw to drop as he blinked “R-really? Y-you... you wanna join?” Cuddling the little mon proudly Julian smiled “Sounds like it!” and Petie happily snuggled her back.
Actually managing to smile a little Andrew watched them, actually finding someone willing to join his team had done wonders for the little guys confidence “O-okay... now we just n-need one more” but Andrew didn’t get to finish his sentence as an ear piercing shriek of “SOOOOOOO CUUUUUUUUTE!!!!” was heard, causing all of them to flinch. Before they could react further Andrew was scooped off his feet by a Togetic girl who just seemed to ooze cheerful, bubbly energy.
“D'aaaaaaaw! You're just so cute!! Such a wute wittle pichu!!!” she cooed in baby talk to her helpless captive as she snuggled him like he was a plushie or an infant. Andrew blushed and struggled helplessly in the girls iron grip as he let out a pathetic “Chuuuuuuu!!!!!” Still trying to process what the heck had just happened Julian stared at the odd scene “Umm...hello?” The odd girl giggled and happily chirped “Hi!” as she cuddled Andrew tightly who was struggling pitifully and letting out a rather adorable sounding whine of “Chuuuuuuuuuu!!”
“I’m Kimberly!” the weird girl declared, oblivious to her captive’s discomfort. Nodding the Jolteon responded “I’m Julian… can you put him down please?” This got a three year old style pout from the togetic “Awwwwwww! But he's so cuuuuuuuuute!” she cuddled Andrew tighter “Is he your little brother?”” she asked, getting an even brighter blush from the pichu. Julian shook her head “No...he's a student here” This caused Kimberly to blink for a moment as she processed these words “Really? This little guy?”
Seeing Julian nod she just looked even more surprised and playfully nuzzled Andrew’s head, making him blush more “But he can't be older then seven at the least!” she said with a giggle, still hugging him like he was a toddler. “That's what I thought at first.” Julian said with a slight chuckle. Looking curiously at the Pichu in her arms Kimberly giggled and lightly kissed his head “So, just how old are you cutie?” Blushing so red that Andrew felt he might just faint he managed to stutter out “F-fourt-teen…”
Kimberly blinked, then giggled “Really? Neat! Same as me!” Her ears perking up Julian looked at her “You are?” To which Kimberly giggled “Yep! Just started here!” she chirped out happily. “Wow...so I am giving 4 freshman a tour than” Julian said, looking over her unusual entourage. “Four?” Kimberly asked, looking confused “Don't tell me the dawling wittle teddy in your arms is 14 too!” she cooed. softly tickling Petie’s chin with her free hand making him giggle adorably. Chuckling at this Julian nodded “Yeah he is.”
“Awwwwwwww! They're so cuuuuute! I could just hug and cuddle them all day!” Kimberly announced, cuddling Andrew more as the pichu looked pleadingly to Julian for help. Thinking for a minute Julian grinned “...you know, Andrew is looking to make a team...” Kimberly’s eyes lit up at that “Really? Is your little teddy there gonna be in it too?” Knowing she’s already got the bubbly girl sold on this Julian chuckles and nodded “Yup!”
“Oooooooooooh!!” Kimberly squealed, twirling a little before holding Andrew so they were nose to nose, not that Kimberly had one, and practically Eskimo kissing “Can I be on your team? Pretty, pretty please? Can I?” she begged him, making puppy dog eyes. A little dizzy from the twirl and beyond embarrassed at this point all Andrew could manage was a nervous squeak. Julian sighed and looked to him “Say it Andrew.” Gulping a little Andrew finally manages to squeak out “O-okay! Just p-please put me down! Chuuuuuuuuuuuuu!!!”
Giggling a little before finally setting Andrew down Kimberly gave him a little kiss on the head, which only made him blush more, before she flew into the air and twirled happily “Yaaaaaaaaaay!!!” Watching this for a moment Julian smiled and looked at Andrew “And that makes a team.” Jill, who’d been watching this whole spectacle and frankly still looked completely bored, finished off what was probably her fifth candy bar as she dully stated “We still have to register.”
“U-uhm… w-we do that in t-the office… r-right?” Andrew asked, looking to Julian. She just smiled and nodded “Yep, but relax. You shouldn’t have any problems.” This just served to make the pichu more nervous though. Gulping and summoning up as much courage as he could Andrew tried to sound like a leader “O-okay then! L-let's g-go!” before looking around, and losing said confidence “Um... w-which way's the o-offices?” he asked timidly, looking a bit embarrassed.
This just got a giggle out of Julian as she gently took the pichu’s hand “I’ll lead.” She said gently as she headed in the direction of the office. Andrew blushed brightly at being led as Jane followed apathetically and Kimberly floated after them giggling. With her carrying the little teddiursa and leading the pichu by the hand it honestly looked like Julian had taken on some babysitting jobs and was simply showing her charges around campus.
Finally arriving at the office Julian grinned “Here we are!” she declared as Andrew blushed and nodded, too timid to pull his hand free from her “T-thank you…” he managed to say, getting a smile from Julian. “S-so we just ask for the t-team form and f-fill it out...?” he asked, getting a nod from the older girl “Yep, I’ll help if you need it.”
Hearing this Petie grinned and finally hopped down from his perch in Julian’s arms “What are we waiting on then? Lets gooOOPH!!!” he let out a strangled cry as he suddenly found himself on the receiving end of one of Kimberly’s cuddles, she’d been waiting patiently for her turn to hug the little teddy bear and was enjoying it as she giggled happily.
Watching this scene Julian chuckled “Alright, alright.” A few girls passed by the office and noticed Andrew and Julian, the older girl still holding the pichu’s hand. They giggled and whispered among themselves and Julian and Andrew’s large ears could pick up every word of what they were saying “Oh my! Look at that! Think that’s her baby brother?” “Oh they’re just sooooo cute together!” “I wish I had a brother as cute as that!” hearing this Andrew blushed bright pink and shyly looked to Julian “U-uhm... J-Julian? Could you l-let go of m-my hand now? P-please?” he squeaked out.
“Oh… sorry.” She said, letting go of his little paw. Andrew blushed and looked down, wondering if he might have hurt her feelings… and after she had been so nice to him. As if sensing his train of though Julian smiled and petted his head affectionately, getting a small smile and a blush from the pichu.
They suddenly hear a soft whimper coming from Petie, who was currently suffering the full brunt of Kimberly’s affection. “Uhh...Kimberly I think we need him to register for the team.” Julian said, trying to help the little teddy. Kimberly made an adorable puppy-dog eyes and pout combinations as she whines “Awwwwwwww! Can't I cuddle him more please?” Staring at her for a moment Julian sighed “… fine.”
“Yaaaaaaaay!!” Kimberly cheered happily, cuddling Petie even tighter as he gave Julian a cute, but dirty, look. Blinking a little at this Julian commented “Uh be careful…” which Kimberly ignored completely as she nuzzled Petie and gushed baby talk and cooed over him... much to his displeasure. Chuckling and shaking her head Julian went to get the team application forms, smiling when she noticed Andrew padding along after her.
After asking the lady behind the office desk she easily got the forms and handed them to Andrew, who looked them over for a minute before starting to fill one out, getting help from Julian every now and them. Julian blinked a little in surprise when she finally noticed Jane, who had finally stop eating candy, somehow standing next to her without the Jolteon noticing the younger girl sneaking up on her. Deciding not to think about it Julian simply handed Jane a copy of the form “Fill this out.” which the munchlax did quickly without question or comment.
By now Kimberly had flown up behind the small group, Petie still trapped in a vice like grip. “Kimberly, you and Petie need to fill this out.” Julian said, holding the forms out to them. The togetic giggled “Just call me Kimmie, okay? It's easier to say.” She said, finally setting Petie down as the teddiursa collapsed on his butt panting for breath after having the air forcibly squished out of him. Julian nodded at this “Alright.” as she handed her a form and then gave one to Petie.
A few minutes later they gave them back to her. Smiling Julian handed them back to the lady behind the deck “There we go.” Shuffling through the files for a moment the Lady shook her head pointed out a blank on Andrew’s form “You forgot to fill out Team Name” Seeing this Julian blinked and looked embarrassed “Oh right! I forgot!” Blinking and looking up to Julian Andrew nervously asked “T-team name?”
The older girl nodded “It’s required, just come up with something you’d like to be called.” The little pichu looked down and considered this before looking to his teammates for help “W-what should we c-call ourselves?” Kimmie jumped into the air and twirled, letting out at near shrieking pitch “Team MAGICAL CELEBI!!!” causing Andrew to flinch and Jane to look at the togetic and say bluntly “No.”
Also wincing from Kimmie’s shriek Julian tried to help them along “Something that fits you all.” Petie thought for a moment and piped up “Team Devious?” unfortunately his suggestion was drowned out by Kimmie loudly whining like an upset toddler “I wanna be called TEAM MAGICAL CELEBI!!!” getting another blunt “NO.” from Jane. “Kimmie, behave.” Julian said, getting annoyed at her whining. Of course Kimmie ignored her completely.
Things just got worse as Kimberly’s whines of wanting “Magical Celebi” as their name and Jane refusing it each time drowned out any attempts from Petie to suggest alternates, Andrew desperately tried to calm down his taller teammates to no effect. Clutching her head a little Julian gritted her teeth at the huge ruckus the four were causing and the headache it was giving her. Finally having enough she was about to shout at them to be quiet when someone from across the hall with a pissed off look on their face stuck their head in, saw Andrew, Jane, Petie, and the whining Kimberly and shouted at the top of their lungs “SHUT UP YOU PRE-K BRATS!!!!”
By now the lady behind the desk had just about had enough of this and wanted the noise to stop and to be rid of these kids and jumped at the opportunity the stunned silence following the shout gave her ‘Team Pre-K! That’ll work!” she quickly scribbled the name on the form and placed it in the proper box “Now stop causing a scene!” she said angrily as she glared at them.
This little turn of events got rather mixed responses from the students in question. Julian just blinked, a little stunned “Huh!?” Andrew looked near tears at this as he tried to plead with “B-but!” folding her arms and staying silent Jane just frowned slightly, Petie looked disgusted at this and dryly commented “… you’re joking… right?” as Kimmie hovered in mid-air showing about the same maturity as a little girl who had just been told she couldn’t have a pony “Waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!!” she wailed unhappily.
“You’re disrupting everyone! Leave” the lady said angrily as she pointed at the door. After the small group unhappily shuffled out of the office Julian sighed “Great…” then she noticed Andrew, the little pichu’s head hung low and a look of shame and humiliation was all but etched into his features. “Sorry.” she said, causing Andrew to hang his head lower “I-it's not your f-fault...it's m-mine...” he whimpered. Julian just shook her head “It’s not.” she said reassuringly, and when Andrew didn’t lift his head she knelt down and hugged him, which got a blush out of the little mon.
His blush got worse as Kimmie joined in the hug, giggling happily, her upset over the team name all but forgotten. Smiling at this Julian petted Andrew’s head, making the little guy blush pink and whine lightly “Chuuuuuuu…” She couldn’t help but chuckle and give him a cuddle at that “Well at least now you have a team, you might even make some new friends.” Still blushing Andrew nodded a little before shyly returning the hug and squeaking out “T-thank you…”
Smiling wider Julian hugged him for a moment more before petting his head again “You’re welcome.” Managing a little smile it looked like Andrew might say something, but Kimmie scooping him up for another round of cooing and baby talk cut him off as Jane watched, bored expression back on her face, and Petie just looked grateful it wasn’t him this time. Julian sighed and shook her head, smiling a little at this “Well… you’ll be an interesting team at least…”
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