Kalos King- Pokemon Xyz X Male Reader “And as the Final Curtain Draws! Pt.2”- 44

Hey all! Sorry for my absence, my mental state has been in the gutter for the last two weeks and I have been extremely stressed, I also wanted to add that I am deeply sorry for not telling you all this, but I digress. Hope you enjoy the chapter!

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Reader POV

My eyes welled with tears as I ran back to my hotel room, I felt like my world had been shattered, the pressure had gotten to me and started to break away at me. As I walked down the corridor, Clemont had seen my state, he ran towards me and swept me up in his arms.

“What happened!? Please Y/n! Breathe slowly; In and out!” My boyfriend held me tightly and slid down the corridor wall with me, hugging me tightly all the way.

“I don’t think I can do this! I can’t make up lyrics! I won’t be able to win!” I cried in my hysteria, Clemont held my head and looked in my eyes sternly.

“Look Y/n, you don’t need to be the jack of all trades, you just need to be the master of one; Which you are.” He said to me, I started to come to my senses and stopped crying. “Because you, you are a damned good performer. Never listen to the haters, be a pro, which you already are.”

“You’re right, I’m just worried about these lyrics, I don’t know where to start.” I chuckled.

In the morning.

I was so incredibly tired, the other top four members and I had spent most of the night recording and writing our lyrics with the producers. In addition to also spending the night choreographing and organising our routines for our verses, however we managed to do it before our brains went to mush. 

Now, as it was the morning, we all had to make our way down to breakfast, I saw that the camera crew had started setting up for the performance. I remember Bonnie asking if they could shoot her, I think the camera crew got the wrong message as they had extremely concerned facial expressions hanging on their visage.

“You’ll do extremely well today Y/n.” Serena and Ash said. 

“You’ll shine brighter than the sun! Or the lightbulb above Clemonts head after he has an idea.” Bonnie chuckled.

“Hey! Stop that Bonnie!” Clemont laughed. He turned to me and held my hand. “You’ll do fabulously Y/n.” 

“Oh! Make sure your performance is worth a million dollars my child.” My mother stood in front of me, with her butler in tow. She turned to him and sighed loudly. “You forgot the Caviar!”

“Because its not a true breakfast without caviar.” I giggled. 

“Y/n,  you need to get dressed and ready for the Kitty girl performance.” My producer grabbed me and ushered me away, I waved to my friends and family as I departed from them.

In the dressing room, I saw that the camera had been set up in there too. 

As I began to get ready, I felt extremely excited, elated if you will. This was also when I got my dry cleaned outfit that I was going to be dancing in. I had my face and hair done to best suit the outfit, it had to be extremely mobile as I was going to be doing a lot of kicks, dips, ducks and splits.

The outfit was a fully white, sequined and stoned number, with a matching pair of boots which I had made.

(I saw this on Pinterest and I died, I love it!)

“Y/n! We need you in position for the performance now! You remember your lines? Choreography?” The producer asked me as I shook off my anxiety and sweat off of my palms.

“You sure bet!” I chuckled, as I looked at the monitors, the main monitor had visuals on the theatre stage and the other monitor was focussed on Joaquin, who was performing the first verse.

“Alright, the mainstage show is starting now.” He said.

“Ladies and Gentlemen! Welcome to the Semi Finals of this years Showcase! Tonight, our top 4 showcasers will perform to my song Kitty Girl, with lyrics and Choreography which they made. Now ladies and Gentlemen, please gather your hands together for the top 4 of the Gloirre City Champion’s Showcase!” Monsieur Pierre said as he walked down the large stairs and took his place on his huge throne, at the head of the judges panel, next to Aria.

I heard the music kick in and immediately got thrills from it. I watched Joaquin perform his verse outside of the huge theatre, he danced on the bridge, lip syncing his lyrics to an absolute T. He was dancing with his pokemon, it was phenomenal to see, the coordination between them.

(Yes! You’ve got Shangela’s verse. The lyrics are: ( I did change one word)

Step aside, I’m back again
So hype, so lit, adrenaline
I’m the best bitch, said what?!
Started as a baby, now I’m all grown up
Gonna take this verse just to let you know (uh-huh)
Never listen to the haters, be a pro
‘Cause I work my way, paid my dues
Now I got the whole world screaming halleloo!)

“Alright Y/n! Your up in 3…2….1! NOW!” The producer said and I began lip syncing the second verse and dancing with my pokemon, Florges and Simipour where a brilliant choice. I did a high kick and a cartwheel, all in the dressing room. “And done!”

I was so happy with my verse! I now needed to run towards the stage. I had a camera following me after all of the verses were done. I signalled for the camera to come with me as I ran through the parts behind the stage.  On my way, I came across Leo, who had finished his verse, I waved to him and we ran together. 

As we approached the mainstage, the cameras turned off; Joaquin and Tierno had joined us. Just then as the final chorus started we ran out off the huge doors and danced down the huge stairs, of which the Kalos King walked down. I kicked and did many tricks, and just as the song came to the end, I jumped off of Tierno’s shoulders into a split.

 The crowd went wild, the Kalos king and the other judges clapped so much, it was an incredible feeling. 

“Wow! My princes, you’ve truly outdone yourselves!” Aria chuckled. Now, away with all of you to prepare for the Runway! “Category is, Final Four Fabulousness!”

After getting ready, we were all called to mainstage, I was to go second, and that I did. I had Altaria and Florges with me, both of them dripping in jewels and diamonds like me.

“Ladies and Gentlemen! Welcome to the stage Y/n!” Aria called for my name, I proceeded to walk out, I took a huge risk with this outfit. As soon as they saw me, I heard a crowd of gasps. The Kalos King’s jaw was wide open. 

Tonight I was wearing a floor length ballgown, it was light blue with a rhinestoned design on it, it had a sheer top half, once again rhinestoned. I had a pair of white heels and rhinestoned gloves in the same colour and design. My hair was a bedazzled platinum blonde updo; The makeup was flawless, a soft blue lid with a striking liner and lip. In addition I also had matching jewellery and a white feather Boa to tie the look together.

(both of these are on Pinterest! The person in the bottom photograph is Scarlett Harlett, a drag queen from London!)

The crowd cheered for me, Pierre stood up, a tear falling from his eye. My look was fabulous, and so were my pokemons outfits. We looked coherent and stunning, throughout. As I got to the end of the runway, I spun around swiftly and with a lot of acceleration, which spread out the huge train of my dress in what felt like slow motion. Once again the crowd went wild. And as I approached my finishing point, I once again spun around and took a bow, just as the lights dimmed and I left the stage.

After the other three had walked the runway for a final time, we were gathered to get our final critiques. In addition to getting critiques, we also had an extra bit which was personalised for each of us.

“Now, Y/n, we need to talk about this outfit.” The Kalos King started. “Out of the top 4 tonight, your look was by far the most memorable and my favourite.”

“Y/n, I have one word to describe you in this outfit.” The cruel judge chuckled. “Beautiful! You look absolutely amazing in this outfit, it fits so well and it tells us a story.”

“Oh yeah! Do you care to explain the story behind this outfit?” Aria asked.

“Sure.” I chuckled, I took a breath and bit my lip. “This outfit is what I dreamt about wearing when I was younger, all the time. Its a representation of me, growing and flowering into the polished performer I am today.”

“Y/n, why should you be Kalos’ Next Kalos King?” Pierre asked me, looking dead into my eyes.

“Well, I remember when I was young trying to get the pokemon that lived on my families’ estate to find materials and fabrics so that I could make something like this. But I always remembered that I was supposed to be a boy by my father. And when I was 14, I ran away from my home, my parents wanted nothing to do with me. They wanted nothing to do with me being who I was. However, running away was the best decision I ever made, because I have made new friends, had new experiences, caught new pokemon and best of all, gotten to compete in this competition.” I started. “For so long I have hid away from who I truly am, and I am not afraid to say that I like the dresses and the gowns and the wigs and the makeup! I love all of it! And here’s the most important thing, the money, the fame and the ability to travel everywhere isn’t the objective for me, the real objective is to use my status as Kalos King to spread love and make the showcase a platform to speak out about inequalities within the LGBTQ+ community in Kalos. I want to also inspire children who where like me and say that they can be anything they want to.”

“Thats incredible, and I can successfully say that even without winning the title of Kalos King, you have already made a platform to showcase your effort to toe LGBTQ+ Community.” Pierre said. “Tell my Y/n, your mother is here correct? But where is your father?”

“You see, my father isn’t the biggest supporter of my lifestyle and who I am.” I chuckled. 

“Well, that’s quite sad isn’t it. If only we had a pre recorded video of sorts? Oh wait, we do.” Pierre clicked a button and the screen lit up behind me, I turned to it and saw my father on the screen, he smiled and waved at me, he started speaking and I burst into tears.

“Hello Y/n, I’m sorry I couldn’t be there to see you, I hope your well. Look, I just wanted to apologise for being such a bad father to you for all of those years, I feel so bad that I drove you away, I know the importance for a father to accept their child no matter what they want to be when their older. I’m sorry for causing so much trauma in your life, and now I’ve learned my lesson. And I am very, extremely proud to call you my son.” My father spoke and teared up.

“You have no idea how long I’ve dreamed about hearing those words.” Tears fell from my face and I was surrounded by the other three in a huge hug. The crowd cheered for me, as I stopped crying the other two got their critiques and we had moved on to the next round, the performance battle. I had gone back to the dressing room and changed, redid my makeup and changed my wig, ready for the performance.

“Ladies and Gentlemen, we are about to go underway with our performance battle! Now, with our 4 showcasers standing here, You must choose on the first two contestants who will need to compete. The song will be randomized.” Aria said. “Also, choose wisely showcasers, the two pokemon you use now cannot be used in the second performers. Now audience members and those watching at home! Cast your votes on the two showcasers to go head to head first! 

I saw a lot of votes fly towards us. I closed my eyes hoping that I was picked to go first; It worked. 

“Joaquin and Y/n are our first performers!” Aria cheered, she pointed to a dice on the screen and it rolled for the song. “We have the song! The song you two will be performing to is, Don’t feel like dancing by the legendary Scissor Sisters!”

Couldn’t’ve asked for a better song myself, it was groovy and also very easy to dance to, I new Joaquin had also been practicing his dance skills so I was headed for a fun challenge. I already had two pokemon in mind for this performance.

“Gentlemen, please take your spaces for the performance.” Aria said. 

We got into position and I was immediately elated, Joaquin had both of his pokemon out of their pokeballs already, his fully evolved Reuniclus and Simisage. 

I kept my two pokemon in their pokeballs for the time being.

Just as the beat kicked in I threw my two pokeballs up in the air and they exploded, revealing Meowstic and Simipour, they were in action from the beginning, creating sparks of light and beautiful explosion which I jumped through dancing and lip syncing the words to the song, I noticed Joaquin was also lip syncing, trying to throw me off my game. But I digress, I kept kicking high into the sky, strutting my stuff left and right, spinning and doing many dips. 

Simipour also created an icy road for me to skate across the stage, which I did with Meowstic, we gracefully moved across the stage, Meowstic used many energy balls which Simipour used brick break on to create a finishing explosion. And as the sparks showered the stage, it illuminated my joyful expression.

“Now! Everyone! Cast your votes at the showcaser who will move forward to the next round!” Aria shouted.

As the votes were taken in, I felt slightly worried. But I heard those sweet words of victory.

“Y/n, Shantay you stay, you will move onto the next round.” Pierre spoke.

“Thank you, thank you!” I smiled. I turned to Joaquin, who had a pained expression on his face, he turned towards me and smiled I said to him. “You did great baby.” 

“You go out there and work it for me, okay?” Joaquin gave me a hug and I walked away blowing kisses to the audience as they clapped for me.

Behind the stage I heard Pierre say.

“Joaquin, although your showcase journey ends here, you will still forever be in our hearts.” Pierre smiled. “Now, Sashay away.”

“Thank you all for this amazing opportunity, and I hope I did you all proud! Thank you all!” Joaquin said before exiting the stage.

Sending a friend home always feels so bad, but I knew that I was so close to getting to the crown. I just needed to send one bitch packing, however, I watched the next performance of Leo vs Tierno, that was really fierce, but unfortunately Leo was sent home. I heard what Pierre said and I felt incredibly sad to hear it.

“Leo, we’ve seen you grown into the amazing performer you are today, we all love you! And don’t forget it! Now my child. Sashay away.” Pierre said.

“Well, Kalos! This is not the end! Just until we meet again! Thank you and good night!” Leo marched proudly off of the stage, a round of applause ensued.

With that said, it was now time for Tierno and I to perform against each other, we had both changed outfits, both still looked cool as ever. 

“Now, both of you, this performance matters, this performance will determine who will move onto the finale to face the Kalos King himself.” Aria stated. “And the song you will be performing to is… Rolling in the deep by Adele!”

I felt so prepared for this performance, I had the look, the pokemon and the energy to keep up. I looked to the side of me and saw that Tierno was sweating in a form of fatigue, I knew that I had the upper hand but still I couldn’t underestimate him. 

“Now, showcasers, this is your last chance to perform and to battle it out to get into the finals. Good luck and don’t muck it up!” Pierre said, just before the music kicked in.

As the beat dropped, I was in motion, stamping my foot to the beat and lip syncing the words. I looked to the side and saw that Tierno seemed to be doing more than me. I jumped into the chorus and released my pokemon, Chandelure and Altaria started the chorus by creating a beautiful array with an inferno and a hurricane, the swirls of fiery wind exploded and showered the stage in light. I spun around and landed into a split before being surrounded by altaria’s dragon rush. The rush exploded and created a spectacle. When the song came to its end, I ended the performance by jumping off of Altaria into a split.

The crowd cheered loudly for us, Tierno and I had performed together and finished together both doing the splits and the same time. He helped me up and we did a side hug, waiting for the results.

“Now ladies and gentlemen! Make this vote count and send a ray of light to the one who you want to progress to go up against the Kalos King.” Aria pointed to us two.

The lights flooded in and I clung to Tierno, hoping that if we could, that we could both move on. 

“The votes are in ladies and Gentlemen.” Aria smiled. “The performer, progress and to challenge the Kalos King is… Y/N!” 

I held my head in my hands as the crowd cheered for me. Tierno held my hand and hugged me tightly. 

“Congratulations! You did it Y/n!” Tierno looked at me, a tear fell from his eye. “I’m crying tears of happiness.”

Tierno and I parted and stood next to each other, Pierre spoke up and proclaimed.

“Tierno, you won the first Showcase back in Coumarine City, and you’ve just had a real incline from there on. You may not have won the crown this time, but you’ve one our hearts.” Pierre smiled. “Now, Sashay away.”

“My name is Tierno and I have one thing to say!” Tierno shouted. “As long as there is music! I’ll keep dancing! Thank you everyone!”

I clapped loudly for him before the spotlight was on me. Pierre advanced towards me and Aria said.

“Well that’s it ladies and Gentlemen! We have the prince who will challenge the Current reigning Kalos King.” Aria chuckled. “Tomorrow will be a day to remember. With that said everybody! Thank you and good night.”

And as I walked out of the theatre, everyone was there, cheering for me, giving me presents, I saw Clemont and hugged him tightly. 

“I knew you could do it!” He cheered.

“Now, just one more hurdle and the race is won.” I smiled, accepting a teddy bear off of a young boy.

Until the Journey Continued…

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Well well well! Hope you enjoyed this super long chapter! It took me a hot minute to write this so this conclusion will be short, stay safe and see you in the next one.

-potato

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