Hello! Welcome to my string of 50 one shots! Every single one of them was inspired by QuietDragon! Thanx so much your lines were amazing! Here is a link for that list: .net/s/4389390/1/By_Your_Side

It may take me awhile to do them all but stay tuned! ^^ Ikarishipping btw.

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#01 - Ring
After Shinji nonchalantly thrust a ring into her palm and walked away, Hikari blinked in confusion and opened her hand to look at a small plastic ring, most likely won from a vending machine.

I walked along the busy streets of Veilstone in boredom. The gym leader, Mayleen, was no-where to be found and I was stuck in the city until she was. I didn't want to go home and be pestered unmercifully by my brother, nor could I go to the pokemon center because that was where Pathetic and his idiot companions where. Kicking dust up from the ground as I walked, I suddenly noticed something gleaming from the corner of my eye. I looked up and saw a shining, new, red machine. It was one of those simple toy ones where you enter a pokecoin and something useless pops out. I rolled my eyes and kept walking. There was no way I was going for that again.

"Aniki! Don't be so stupid!" I muttered and crossed my arms.

"Aw come one Paul! Just try it!" Reiji said cheerfully. He bent down to my level and ruffled my hair into a mess. I rolled my eyes.

"No." I spat. For a five year old I had no interest in some stupid machine that chucked worthless junk at people dumb enough to waste a pokecoin in it.

"Come on. Just once!" he nagged.

I sighed. "Will you shut up if I do?" He nodded vigorously. "Fine." I took the pokecoin he promptly shoved in my face and walked to the small machine. I examined it slowly. The directions said you put a coin in the slot and turn the handle…I did as instructed and a small, round circle rolled out. It landed at my feet and I bent over to scoop it up. Suddenly Aniki burst into laughter behind me. "A rock?!" I snarled.

"Aww! Want to try it again?" Reiji asked, doubling over once more.

"NO!" I exclaimed and chucked the rock at him before stalking off in disgust.

I snarled at the memory and continued walking when suddenly an idea occurred to me. If I got another rock then I could chuck it at Aniki if he begins pestering. Or even better, at Pathetic. I smirked and turned to walk towards the machine. I rustled in my pocket for a lose pokecoin and placed it into the machine. I turned the dial and a small, round circle began rolling down the chute. It landed a few moments later at my feet where I scooped it up for further inspection.

"Oh Great. I win." I snarled. For there, in my palm, lay a small, gold rimmed plastic ring with a tiny faux sapphire in the middle. That reminded me of someone…sapphire eyes? Who? Whatever. I shoved the ring into my pocket and began walking again. So much for my plan! Well at least I could chuck the ring at a tree and make a dent-or not. It really was just worthless junk. I spotted a trashcan up ahead right near the pokemon center and began walking towards it.

"You are such a jerk!" a usually cheery voice cried in irritation. For a moment I thought they were referring to me and so I looked up to see who had spoken. A blue haired girl wearing an unusually short, but pleasing, pink skirt and black top emerged from the pokemon center. As she did so, the girl shoved a raven haired boy roughly in the back propelling him forward. Oh Arceus.

"You must never! Ever! EVER! Tell a girl she looks bad even if it's true!" she shrieked.

"I didn't!" the boy protested. "All I said was that it didn't look as good as the other one!" he whined.

"Really Ash Ketchum! Your poor mother will never get through that thick skull of yours but I will! I'll imprint manners into your head even if I have to die trying!" she continued in annoyance. Her eyes blazed in anger and I could see sparks flying behind the sapphires. Sapphires…? I glanced down and pulled the ring out of my pocket. I held it in my palm and then made a fist. Wasting a pokecoin was stupid so I might as well do the next best thing rather than trash it. I walked towards the two squabbling teens ahead of me.

"And if you ever say something like that again, I swear I will-" she was still screaming at the poor boy. Yes, I do sympathize to an extent. A very small one. Nobody deserved that type of tongue lashing even Pathetic.

I walked past the girl brushing so close that she paused to blink. I shoved the ring roughly into her palm and continued imperturbably on my way. I soon disappeared from her view in the pending crowd of tourists, trainers and coordinators gathered in front of a small stand beside the pokemon center. But just before I did so, I saw her blink in confusion and stare after me blankly. Then she opened her palm and gasped at the ring there. I smirked to myself and dismissed the whole escapade. Now just to find that annoying gym leader…