Ruby's Secret

By:Aubrie1234

Dear Readers, I've had this idea on my mind for a while, so I decided to finally post it. Franticshipping fanfic. And the story shall start now!

Ruby and Sapphire had stopped their rivalry for a while, to just travel together, but then came across Team Magma and Team Aqua. They had teamed up to steal something, but weren't revealing what they were stealing. As soon as she saw them, Sapphire wanted to fight them and make them stop. Ruby, on the other hand, suggested that they spy on them and find out what they were up to. Sapphire reluctantly agreed, knowing that it would be best to find out what was happening. That then led up to where they were now, in the trees spying on them. Sapphire was used to being in the trees, but Ruby wasn't. She managed to keep both of them balanced while they spied, which wasn't easy. Every so often, she might lose her balance, but Ruby would help her. It was amazing to Sapphire at how Ruby could keep his balance. It was also a bit of a miracle that they hadn't gotten caught yet, since they had already stayed up there for twenty minutes already. A few members of Team Aqua were right underneath them, while Team Magma was nowhere in sight.

"Who are we going after again, sir?" one of the grunts asked the Team Aqua Admin that was with them right then, which was Shelly.

"Archie said that we're going after those two kids that keep ruining our plans. Either he wants them out of our way, or something else. He really didn't say what he and Team Magma's boss are going to do to them once they're caught, but I'm only guessing." she answered, then told them to spread out and find them. Sapphire and Ruby then exchanged worried glances, knowing that they were going to be in big trouble if they were caught. After Team Aqua left, they decided to get out of there. Soon, they were nearly out of range from the two team's search area. But, unfortunately, someone attacked them from behind and knocked Sapphire out. Ruby had dodged the attack, but couldn't see the attacker because of the darkness.

Whoever attacked us chose the right place to do so, since the nearest lights are the streetlamps, which are still too far away. Ruby thought as he glanced around, looking for their attacker. He was angry a little bit since he couldn't see who was attacking them, and that Sapphire was knocked out. He needed to protect her and himself from whoever knocked her out and was still attacking them. Whoever was attacking them was also using a very fast pokemon as well. If it was fast that he hadn't noticed until it knocked out Sapphire then it had to be extremely fast. Suddenly, he saw a flash of green and white with a tint of red off to his right, then close to his left. He knew he didn't have time to bring out his pokedex or pokemon before it attacked, so he braced himself. Then, Ruby felt a sharp stab in his left shoulder, making his grab it and shout in pain. He looked at the wound and recognized it as a Drain Punch. Only a fighting-type pokemon with lots of speed or a pokemon that could learn Drain Punch also with lots of speed could have made that wound.

But, he thought, covering the wound back up with his hand, gritting his teeth in pain, and looking around sharply, both Team Magma and Team Aqua usually don't have a fighting-type pokemon or a pokemon that could learn fighting-type moves. Who could be attacking me, then? Just as he thought that, he felt a sharp pain right behind him, beneath his neck, before blacking out.


Soon, Ruby felt himself come to. He felt a dull throb coming from the injury on his shoulder and right below his neck, where, he thought, another Drain Punch had hit him. As he slowly opened his eyes, he saw soft moonlight came through a blind-covered window to his right, the moonlight landing right in front of him. He slowly looked around, making sure to not hurt his injuries more than they were already. The room he was in was small, only big enough to house five or six people at most. It had metal walls that looked brand new, along with a thick-looking metal door. The door looked like it was strong and thick enough to keep in anything, even an angry Slaking. As he looked around, he saw Sapphire (who was still knocked out) beside him, lying on her right side. She looked like she hadn't gotten hurt since last time, and that was a great relief to Ruby. But, as he looked her over (checking for any scratches he might have missed), he saw that she had her arms tied behind her back, along with her feet being tied together as well. Now that he thought about it, he was probably tied up the same way as well. He tried to move, but, just as he thought, he couldn't move.

"Just great." he sighed, starting to talk to himself, "First, we run into the teamed-up Team Aqua and Magma, get attack by a mysterious person or pokemon, and now we're locked up, probably by the same person, pokemon, or by Team Aqua and Magma. How do I get dragged into all of these things, anyway?" Ruby then looked up at the door and saw that it had a small window on it, located about four-fifths of the way up. He tried to look through it the best he could (since he was still tied up and couldn't move), but couldn't see anything. He then looked towards the unconscious form of his friend and rival. He got a sad expression on his face, tears welling up in his eyes as he quickly turned away.

"I know you aren't awake, Saph, but I wanted to tell you that I never wanted you to get caught in the first place. You mean the world to me, even though I would never openly admit it. I'll get you out, I promise. And when I make a promise in a situation like this one, I mean it. I will get you out, no matter what." Ruby confessed, tears trailing down his cheeks. Besides what he confessed, he was also pained to see her tied up and unconscious. She never deserved to be put in a situation like this. She was meant to be out, fighting battles and Gym Leaders with her pokemon while he made cute accessories and participated in pokemon contests.

I need to get her out, but how? he thought, looking up. As he looked up, he caught sight of the blind-covered window and the moonlight shining through.

I know I'm taking a big risk if I do it, but I don't have any other choice. he then thought, getting a determined look on his face.


Meanwhile, with Team Magma and Aqua's bosses:

"Maxie, I know those kids are very annoying by disrupting our plans, but give the explanation of why it was so important we captured them, will you?" Archie, Team Aqua's boss, asked the man sitting opposite of him, across the table.

"The reason why is because one of those kids looks very familiar, don't you think, Archie? Remember back when we were young and were still scientists apart of Team Steam?" Maxie, the head of Team Magma, asked him.

"Of course I do! How could I ever forget those days? And are you saying that one of those kids-" he said, but was interrupted by Maxie.

"-was the one who had escaped and cost Team Steam everything it had? Yes. I think that the kid with the white hat is the one, Archie. Even if he or the girl aren't the one, we can still have our revenge on them after what they have done to our plans." he continued.

"I plan on getting revenge on them either way. They nearly blew our cover as the supposed 'good guys,' trying to give good changes to the region. They both need to be taught a lesson in trying to stop us."

"Agreed. And, if either of them is the one, we can also teach him/her to not run away from us again. This time, he/she isn't going to escape." Maxie explained.


Uh oh. That doesn't sound good. And what is Ruby going to do? Find out in the next chapter, guys!