Pokemon x COTE: Advanced Nurturing Trainer School

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"No absence. Looks like everyone is here."

In the morning of the exam day, Chabashira-sensei walked in the classroom with a smile.

"This is the first obstacle to being able to stay in the school. Do anyone have a question?"

"We have been studying diligently for the past few weeks. I don't think there would be any drop out in this class."

"You have a lot of confidence, Hirata."

It wasn't only him but every students of our class also had a confident look. Lining up the exam sheets by tapping them against the table, she passed them out. The first period is social studies.

"As long as you don't fail in this exam or in the finals in July, you'll get a summer vacation."

"Vacation?"

"Yeah, that's right. You'll be on a dream like vacation on an island surrounded by the blue sea."

'Funny way to put it. But well, though I'm not sure about the rules, I'll try to make sure to get a good vacation

"Everyone, let's do it!!"

""Yeaaaahhhhh!!""

Yamauchi exclaimed and the guys shouted in agreement. Even Ayanokoji joined them and was called pervert by Horikita.

Before long, the sheets were handed out to everyone. And with the teacher's signal, everyone started out..

Scanning through the problems, the students were a little anxious since the questions weren't the same as the previous year's exam but didn't really panic since they were prepared except the idiot trio.

"Whyyy? Why isn't it the previous year's questions?"

"Yamauchi, the exam have already started so you can't talk without permission. Next time you do, you'll get some points deducted."

"But sensei, why did the questions got changed?"

"Five points deducted. If you have anything to say then talk privately to me or do it after the exam. Don't disturb your classmates."

"The fuck?"

"Another five points deducted. Also, if you continue, I'll have to punish you by not allowing you to take the exams."

Hearing that, he just shut up and grief his teeth on his seat while the other two were panicking while trying to answer the questions.

Also, I looked at my wives, friends and the maids who were participating in our study group but they don't seems to have any problem so I just smoothly went through each problem.

When the first period ended, Yamauchi immediately stood up and spoke to Chabashira-sensei who was still arranging the exam sheets.

"Sensei, why weren't the questions the same as the previous year's ones?"

"Yamauchi, when did I say the previous year's questions would be useful?"

"Huh? Isn't that the rules of the school? Didn't Kushida say that the senpais' exam were the same as the year before."

"While it's true it was the case for them, there's no rule saying that and the school is free on choosing the questions for the exams."

"Huh? T-then you should have told us earlier."

"I did though. If you listened to the lessons then you should have known which parts would be included in the exams since not only me but the other teachers should have talked about it."

Hearing that, he quieted down and went back to his seat while Chabashira-sensei went out with the sheets.

As the exams continued, our classmates other than the idiot trio seemed less anxious and had some confidence on not getting red marks.

…

"That's it, everyone, put your pens down. Anyone who continues to write would get points deducted."

With the bells signaling the end of the exams along with what Chabashira-sensei said, everyone put their pens down and passed their sheets to the front where the teacher gathered them.

"The results would be published on Friday. Until then, the classes would take place as usual. Also, the end of exam doesn't mean you can stop studying. The finals in July are under the same conditions as this one. That's all I have to say for now."

As she finished taking, she went out of the classroom and the idiot trio also did the same. Seeing that, Hirata went after them.

"Shiho, Nino, how was your exam?" I asked the two who were seated front of me and on my left.

"I should have got at least 60% of the questions right on each subjects." Answered Nino.

"60%? In my case I'm only sure for half points on each subject." Said Shiho.

"What about you, darling?"

"Just like usual, I should have full marks on each. They were just too easy."

"Too easy? *Sigh* Nino, you shouldn't have asked."

"Ehehe. Anyway, why don't we have some fun now that the exam ended."

"That's true, let's tell the girls. Why don't we also take the maid girls with us?"

"Good idea, I'll tell Karuizawa. I also think I'm make her the head maid. She's good at coordinating them."

…

Next day, after school, I went with Hoshi-chan to the music shop. She wanted to try using an acoustic guitar so I went with her to choose one for her.

"Yuu-kun, thank you for helping me."

"Well, I'm happy to help you so you can just ask me if you want anything in the future. You seemed to not know anything about acoustic guitars so why did you insist on going alone?"

"W-well, the girls didn't know anything about them. I though about asking you b-but I've never hung out alone with a guy s-so…"

"I see. Well, Hoshi-chan, you shouldn't worry about it in the future."

"Um. Anyway, Yuu-kun, I'm also thinking of buying more electric guitar in the future so I'd like to have your recommendations."

"Of course, I'll help you. Personally, I'd recommend you to buy a Glarry or a Donner first. Not only they're cheap since they cost less than 2000 Pokedollards but they're also really good. Glarry are really light and easy to use but they use cheap materials and would need the user to have some knowledge about modding while Donner have better quality and are easy to use for beginners."

"Less than 2000 Pokedollards? Are they really that good?"

"Yup, there are a lot of reviews that even a lot of professionals love them. There was a guy who though his daughter was wasting her money for buying a cheap guitar but when he tried it, he fell in love with it."

"I see. If that's the case then, I'll try to buy one of each to see which one I'll like."

"In that case, I'll also teach you about modding since it would come handy for you as a guitarist. You'll try on mines first since I already have a lot of them. I have 4 Glarry so I'll lend one to you so you could learn about it."

"Thank you very much. I'd love to learn more about guitars. Also about the amps…"

As we continued to talk about guitars while heading to a nearby cafe, I felt a girl who was about to collide with me when were in a crossroad. And as usual, I let the nature take its course.

"Ah, sorry. Are you alright."

"Don't worry about me. What about you?"

"Me? I'm alright. But my apple pie…"

There was actually a pie that feel on the ground.

"Ah, Honami!"

"Eh, Ichika-chan, and Himekawa-san."

The girl was actually Mochizuki Honami, a childhood friend of my band members and the last member of Leo/need.

"Ah, sorry for your pie Mochizuki-san. If you'd like, why don't you join us? We're heading to a cafe and I'll treat you if you do."

"Eh? You don't have to trouble yourself for me."

"It won't trouble us. I'm sure Hoshi-chan would love spending more time with you."

"But what about the money?"

"Money? It's not a problem for me. You should have some idea on how much points I have right?"

"Uuu… if you really insist then okay."

On the way, the two girls were talking about their past and their new life in this school.

When we were at the cafe, I ordered a cheesecake, Hoshi-chan a parfait and Mochizuki an apple pie.

"Honami, why were you waking alone when we met you? Don't you usually spend time with your friends?"

"Well, Karuizawa-chan and Matsushita-chan are working today. Satou-chan is with Ayanokoji-san and Shinohara-chan had something to do. I wanted to eat an apple pie so I went alone to buy it and then I met the two of you."

"I see. Anyway, I'm happy to be able to talk normally with you again. Hey, Honami, why don't you join our band? Or do you not want to be with us anymore?"

"…"

"Sorry, I'm late to ask. That time… when you were struggling alone. If I had been at your side more…"

"It's not your fault. You did nothing wrong. You see, when we were at middle school, I used to be someone who often listen to other people's trouble before comforting them. But one day, a friend from my class accused me saying that I was saying bad stuffs about her though I was just listening to a younger student's complaints.

"Then, she said I just wanted to be liked by everyone and called me a people-pleaser even though I just wanted to help them. Since that day, she led the girls in the class to ignore me and they even wrote some bad stuffs on my desk.

"Few days after that, you came to me and asked if everything was okay and offered to help me when I was struggling but when they heard that, their bullying became worse and they even started to say bad things about you. That was why I asked you to not talk to me anymore."

"So that's what was going on… On that day, You really were…"

"Ichika-chan, thank you for trying to help me back then… But… I'm scared… Being badmouthed in class… being laughed at… being bullied like that… I never want to go through that again! That's why, since I don't want my actual friends to think of me as a people-pleaser, I won't hang out with people other than them. This time is an exception."

"That's really stupid."

"Eh, Yuu-kun?"

"From what I think, that girl did those things because she was jealous of you, which is a really stupid thing. Also, Mochizuki-san, you're really stupid if you think that's a solution. I think it would be better if you hang out with Hoshi-chan and your childhood friend. They would definitely help you if anything like that would happen again. Also, I don't think your actual friends would do anything like that."

"Sorry, I'm really sorry but, I don't know what friends means anymore."

As she said that, the went out of the car without touching her apple pie.

"Honami…" whispered Hoshi-chan.

"It seems she was traumatized by the bullying from the past."

"Yuu-kun, what do you think we should do?"

"Well, I think Lina would be able to heal it but I won't recommend it since a slight sign of bullying, even if not done to her would cause her to relapse and the trauma would be way worse than before. Even though the power of miracle can do anything, it's not the case for the door its user since they're not God. I'm not familiar with traumas so I'm not sure how to handle this but I think you, Saki and Shiho are the key for that. You should be able to do it as long as you don't force the result."

'At time like this, I would've like if my previous self wasn't that lazy and would've played the proseka games instead of just listening to the song and reading the wikis. That way I would have an idea on what to do.'

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Don't forget the power stones.