Kalos King- Pokemon Xyz X Male Reader “A Fashionably Fierce Battle.” – 23

Hey! Hope you enjoy the chapter! Also, there is kinda a lot of Fashion terminology, so you might need to look it up!

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Reader POV

Finally! Laverre City! It was a beautiful sight indeed. Ash was absolutely thrilled at the idea of his next battle. I was excited to take a look around the city’s staples! Its food, its architecture, and best of all, its Fashion!

“Ash! We need to get to the gym right now!” I shouted, pulling his arm.

“Woah! Y/n! You’re more eager than me today? Whats up?” Ash chuckled.

“I need to get to that gym to meet Valerie!” I shouted.

“Who’s she?” Ash asked. I couldn’t hang tight, I needed to be at the gym quickly.

“Only one of the best Fashion designers in the whole world!” I shouted, running towards the gym. “See you all there!”

Once I got to the gym, I knocked on the door. I was answered by a girl wearing a Kimono. She gasped at me and pulled me inside.

“Lady Valerie! He’s here!” The girl screamed. Suddenly, I felt a omniscient presence above me. Standing on the stairwell, was none other than the Laverre City Gym leader herself, Valerie. I felt faint as she walked down the stairs. She bowed in front of me.

“Well well, Pierre was right.” She bowed. “It is truly, such an honour to meet you Y/n.” 

“No, no my Lady! The honour is purely all mine.” I bowed back to her. 

“You’re such a humble young man, aren’t you.” She chuckled, she then signalled me to walk into a room with her. “You may be wondering why I have requested to see you.” 

“Yes, I was actually wondering that.” I laughed.

“Well, I watched your performance in the Pokemon Showcase. I was inspired by your creation of your Swablu’s look, it actually inspired me to create this whole collection. So, as the muse behind this runway, I wanted to ask. Would you be interested in Modeling a couple of my outfits for my collection runway today?”

I felt as if I was dreaming and I didn’t want to be pinched awake. Without hesitation I said. “Of course! It would be my pleasure.” 

“Good good.” She said. “I managed create a couple of outfits based on Pierre’s description of you. I may be a good fashion designer, but I’m not perfect, so I’ll have to make some adjustments. Follow me this way.” 

She brought me into a fitting room with three outfits. I tried the first one one, a Pampour inspired costume, it had the signature Attributes of a Pampour. It seemed to be some sort of waistcoat and Palazzo pant trouser fit.

“Opinions?” I couldn’t believe I was being asked for my opinions on a Valerie Creation. “Please, I won’t bite.”

“The trouser leg is everything, but I don’t think it would be the best runway choice as far as Practicality goes.” I remarked, tugging at the trouser leg.

“Interesting.” She pulled the next outfit out. “How about this one?”

I quickly changed into the next outfit, A blue flowered Florges outfit. It was more of a feminine look, but I didn’t mind it. It had a huge blue flowery collar and I held a petal shaped hand fan.

“This looks great on you!” Valerie cheered, her Spritzee wandered over to the flowering collar I had on and tried to sniff it.

“Haha, I like it, however I think you get lost with the collar quite easily.” I petted the spritzee. “And if I were to do a makeup look to it, then I think it would work better with something different.”

“Great idea!” Valerie jumped up and down, she next handed me an outfit inspired by a Mega Altaria.

I put the outfit on and I felt immediately in my element, I had a traditional Victorian gentleman’s style suit. A white, slim fit shirt, with a light blue bow tie. A waistcoat, and a light blue blazer, with slightly flared sleeves. The cuffs and the lapels of the garment were lined with a fluffy white fabric, inspired by the floof on an altaria. The blazer had a tailcoat, which was inspired by the tail of an Altaria. The trousers were similar to the sleeves, slightly flared, and lined with the fluffy material once more. As for shoes, they were just some classic white smart looking shoes.

“This is the one!” Valerie smiled.

“I agree.” I chuckled.

“Now for accessories.” The calming designer pulled out a pair of white gloves, a top hat and a hand fan. The fan had a significant amount of fluff to it, and had a huge opening span, It had a keychain strapped to it. The top hat was a classic victorian top hat, light blue and the ribbon was lined with the same amount of floof as the rest of the garment. I had done a quick 30 min subtle makeup look beforehand.

“You can detach the keystone from your panjas bracelet and put it in the keychain slot.” Valerie instructed. “You may need to use it later.”

“What do you me-!” I quickly slid the keystone into the slot and was ushered out of the room.

“No time to explain! Were starting.” She said. 

I stood behind the curtain, awaiting for my call, Valerie had walked out before me.

“Altaria, we need to make this the best we can, for Valerie’s sake.” I said, to my altaria, who stood next to me.

“And now! I must introduce you to the very person who inspired this whole collection!” Valerie began. “Ladies and gentlemen, and everyone in-between! Introducing Y/n!”

I strutted out onto the runway, the stage lit up, so did the audience. Everyone clapped for me for once. I looked at my Altaria and it flew up into the air. I spun around, threw my fan up into the air and did a front walkover. As I caught the fan, I clacked it open, which activated the keystone, it was also that the floof could be revealed, I fanned myself a couple of times as Mega Altaria was revealed to the audience. The audience lit up with clapping, camera flashing and videos being recorded. I then saw my friends and walked over to them.

“Hey guys, what did I miss.” They were all speechless.

“This is amazing Y/n!” Serena cried tears of joy.

“You look awesome.” Clemont chuckled.

I looked towards Valerie who nodded at me. I then blew a kiss to the audience and proceeded to walk towards the back of the runway stage. 

“And of course. All thanks to the amazing Y/n, for being the muse behind this collection. And just like the other collections, they still look fabulous whilst battling.” Valerie pointed towards me. “This is why I and Y/n will be engaging in a battle.”

I looked stunned for a second but I quickly recovered from it. I agreed to the battle, even though I was at a slight disadvantage.

“This is the battle between Y/n, our muse. And Valerie, the Laverre City Gym leader, and also our Designer. This will be a one pokemon battle only, the Muse may start.” One of the Kimono girls said.

“Alright! Altaria take the centre stage and use Steel wing!” I pointed my hand fan towards Valerie’s spritzee. It was a direct hit, but It didn’t take long for Spritzee to retaliate.

“Use Dazzling gleam!” Valerie chuckled.

“Dodge it and use Aerial ace!” I shouted. Unfortunately, altaria had been hit by spritzee’s attack. 

“Now use moonblast!” Valerie instructed.

“Counter that with our moonblast!” I smiled, widely. 

As the two moves collided, there was a strong pulse that was emitted from them both. 

“Keep it strong Altaria!” I said. I tried to think like ash, and Clemont, and those who actually knew how to battle gym leaders. I tried to find a loophole around the looming defeat, however there wasn’t a likely outcome. I was lost in thought for a moment, however there was a gasp from the crowd.

“Both pokemon have fainted! The battle results in a tie!” The referee announced. 

“That was a great show Altaria, now get some rest. Return!” I returned my pokemon to its pokeball. Valerie did the same. She then approached me and wrapped me into a hug.

“Thank you everyone for coming out here today! To watch our Latest Collection!.” Valerie then poked me in the shoulder to say something.

“Oh! Yeah! Please remember to watch me in the next Prince’s cup! It means a lot to me to entertain and perform for you all! And I promise, this time around, I have something different planned, so stay prepared!” I announced, before walking back into the changing rooms.

Today was single-handedly, one of the best day’s I have had in a long time. I mean, walking for Valerie, battling against her, getting validation from a whole crowd! Amazing!

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Hope you enjoyed the chapter! I’ve just finished writing this on the plane to my holiday haha. Thanks for reading!

-potato

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