Brothers Forever
By: Aubrie1234
Brendan & Ruby: Not again...
Me: Yep! By the way, Bren, I thought I sent you out to get the other DexHolders?
Brendan: They were busy. Plus, Ru over here didn't want Sapphire in here. He claimed it would mess up everything.
Ruby: She's a wild girl!
Sapphire: *steps out from behind the couch* What was that, Prissy Boy?!
Ruby: How did you get here?!
Me: She's been here for a few hours now, while you were unconscious and while Brendan was out.
Brendan: I was about to mention that I couldn't find her anyway...
Sapphire: And why is your nose in a splint, Ruby?
Ruby: *points at Brendan and Me* I tried to make a break for it, but my big brother here slammed the door in my face. I think you two have it it for me!
Me: We don't. I honestly had no idea you were coming in at that moment, Bren.
Brendan: I would ask for you to stop calling me that, but I know it won't do any good. Anyway, how was I supposed to know you were there, Ruby?
Ruby: *grumbles under his breath angrily*
Me: Anyway, we'll start the story now. If the other DexHolders aren't in here by that time, they're going to get it.
Brendan ran out to where he last saw Ruby and followed the trail, eventually finding his brother, who had fallen asleep against a tree. Unknown to either of them, the DexHolders sent to spy on them were watching from the bushes.
"Hey, Ru." Brendan said quietly, shaking his little brother by the shoulder and using his pet name for him, "Wake up." Ruby stirred before sleepily blinking open his eyes, which focused immediately once he saw his brother. He glared slightly and Brendan sighed.
"What are you doing here?" he asked sharply.
"I wanted to bring you back home. It's starting to get late."
"It's barely five."
"I've got something planned for tomorrow." Ruby's eyes narrowed further.
"Whatever it is, I'm not going."
"Would you rather stay out here with all the dirt?" Brendan said this deliberately; when he had met the PokeDex Holders earlier, he had overheard Ruby's change over the past five years and how the boy now hated the outdoors. What Ruby said next really cut him.
"Yes. If it means staying away from you, after all that's happened." Ruby then turned away and Brendan sighed, taking out a pokeball; he didn't really want to have to do this, but now he had no choice. He brought out Alla, who nodded in understanding of what Brendan was doing, and picked Ruby up; the boy yelped in surprise and struggled, but Alla didn't let go.
"Whether you like it or not, you're going home, Ruby. I'll lock you in your room if I have to." Brendan told him before he started off, Alla following behind while still holding the struggling Ruby. Green, Silver, Emerald, and Crystal followed behind, surprised at this turn of events as well.
Everyone was surprised when the front door burst open and, thinking it was an enemy, instantly went for their pokeballs; they didn't have to. It was Brendan, Alla bring Ruby in behind him. Ruby was still struggling, however, as they went up the stairs.
"I'M NOT A CHILD ANYMORE! PUT ME DOWN!" he roared.
"This is for your own good!" Brendan replied, having to yell over his brother's shouts. As soon as they were upstairs, the others heard a door being slammed. They flinched as the missing DexHolders came in.
"Man, do those two have issues." Emerald said, rubbing his hurting ears; Ruby had protested the entire way home.
"No kidding." Pearl said. Just then, Brendan came down the stairs, Alla no where in sight.
"If you go upstairs, DO NOT let Ruby out of his room." he warned, then went outside, where he released a Swellow and climbed on its back. It then took off, but they didn't know where it was going.
"I feel sorry for them now. They shouldn't fight like this; it's so wrong in so many ways." Green sighed. Sapphire brought out her PokeGear and checked the contacts, looking for a certain one.
"I think I know someone who could help," she said, "I just hope she comes." She found who she was looking for, then called the contact.
"Sis?" They were surprised Sapphire had a sister, like Ruby had a brother, "I'm in Littleroot with Ruby and the rest of the PokeDex Holders. Remember Brendan? He's here, but he and Ruby aren't doin' so well. Could you come and help?" There was a pause, "Okay, thanks. I love you too. Bye." Saph then hung up.
"That was my big sister, May. She's a friend of Brendan's, since they went on their journeys at the same time. She also knows about Ruby, too, so maybe she could help patch things up."
"That's a great idea!" Crystal exclaimed, "Saph, you could talk to Ruby while May talked to Brendan and then we could figure out how to get them back together." Saph sighed.
"It won't be that easy. May's told me how stubborn Brendan can be, even more so than what we've seen and more than Ruby. It'll take a lot of time ta convince him unless you're a good friend."
"Is it just me, or does stubbornness run in their family?" Red said, "Ruby, Brendan, and their father are all stubborn. What will it take to patch them up?"
"Ruby's already made amends with his father and Brendan didn't really have any fights with him, so now it's just between the two brothers." Saph said.
"By the way, when will May get here?" Blue asked.
"Tomorrow morning. She's coming here on her own Swellow." Everyone nodded, and Silver looked out the still open doorway.
"I just wonder..." he said, "What is Brendan planning?"
"Dunno, but I don't think we should interfere." Dia said. Brendan then came back and returned his Swellow.
"I swear, what Ruby will do to get out of the house..." he muttered, coming back inside and closing the door behind him.
Ruby was in his room, sulking and pacing. Brendan had locked his door and stationed his Gallade outside it, so Ruby couldn't get out that way. He had also just flown up to the roof and stationed his own Mightyena and Dustox up there as lookouts, in case Ruby fled using the window. In fact, Ruby was in the middle of trying just that when Brendan had flown up.
"What do you think you're doing?" Ruby paused.
Darn it. he thought as he turned to look at Brendan and his Swellow; Ruby had climbed out the window and was planning to release Feefee so she could help him get down, since he was now hanging from the windowsill, when Brendan caught him.
"Ruby..." Brendan sighed, "When I said I would lock you in your room, I meant it. Now, please get back in there or else." Ruby didn't move. Brendan patted his Swellow.
"You know what to do, Lolo." The Swellow cawed before grabbing Ruby's right pants leg in her beak and pulling it upwards.
"Wha-? Hey, hey! Let go, let go!" Lolo let out a muffled caw as she continued to pull Ruby upward until he was at an angle where, if she let go, he would slide into his room; which is exactly what she did. As Ruby tumbled to the floor, Brendan closed the window tightly. Lolo shook her head, wishing that the two would learn to get along quite soon.
After they had left, he had tried opening the window again, but was immediately stopped by the appearance of Brendan's Dustox, who then closed his window again; which led up to now, unfortunately.
Ruby was tempted to just jump out the window and make a run for it, if it hadn't been for the fact that he had also heard Mightyena growls on the roof when he had encountered the Dustox. He now really didn't like his brother, as if it hadn't been bordering on hate before.
"I wonder what you've got planned, Brendan..." he muttered to himself as he laid on his bed, giving up on pacing to help him think of a way out of there.
Soon enough, Brendan's and Ruby's mother, Mrs. Maple, had come home, and she was pleased to see Brendan (she nearly choked him in one of her hugs, as he might add). She also helped Brendan set up living quarters for the DexHolders in their house, since they didn't really have anywhere to go and because Sapphire had said that they could stay at Ruby's house without asking the boy first. They had also explained to her and Brendan what they had found out about the letters and their plan.
"I'll do it, just as long as no one is in danger." Brendan nodded.
"And I'm at least happy to know that you've been sending us letters. We've been worried about you, especially Ruby." his mother said.
"I've also got something planned for tomorrow, if you want to come and watch."
"Of course I would!" she hugged him tightly and he scrambled for air. She soon let him go and he took in a big breath as the others laughed.
"By the way, what pokemon are on your main team?"
"Well, my first pokemon was my Mudkip, given to me by Prof. Birch, and he evolved into a Swampert; I then caught Nana, a Poochyena, who soon evolved into a Mightyena-" That reminded Gold of something.
"Earlier, you said Nana knew Rock Smash. I thought Mightyenas couldn't learn Rock Smash?"
"He's special, but anyway, I then caught Wuwu, who was a Wurmple at the time, and she soon evolved into a Dustox; I then caught Kiiki, a Skitty, and she was the last of my pokemon to evolve, which was into a Delcatty; I then caught Lolo, a Taillow at the time, and she evolved into a Swellow; finally, I caught Alla, who was a Ralts at the time, and he evolved into a Gallade right before we took on the Elite Four and the Champion."
"Wait, you took on the Elite Four of Hoenn and Steven?!" Red said, impressed, "Did you win?" Brendan nodded.
"I've won twice." Everyone was surprised.
"Wow. That means you're the Champion of Hoenn." Emerald said.
"Yep, but I don't want anyone else knowing about it. It's hard enough avoiding fangirls who don't know your name; the stalkers are the one who DO know your name." he sighed.
"Well, you're safe here, Brendan." Mrs. Maple said, giving him a gentle hug this time. He blushed.
"Thanks, mom." She let go.
"By the way, where's Ruby?" Brendan visibly paled.
"He's in his room." he said. He didn't want his mom to get mad at him for what he had to do.
"Maybe I should go up and see him..."
"Well, Mrs. Maple," Green said, stepping in, "He was tired earlier and he might be asleep, so maybe we should let him sleep." Mrs. Maple thought about it.
"Alright. I hope he sleeps peacefully." Brendan silently sighed in relief, only to see Green give him a wink, as in 'We'll talk about this later.' Mrs. Maple then went to fix dinner, which the DexHolders and Brendan joined in. It ended in everyone getting covered in flour and Kiiki having to get some water from a nearby creek using a plastic bucket.
"Well, that was...interesting." Pearl said after Kiiki came back. Everyone had dusted the flour off by the time she had come back, and she gave the water to Mrs. Maple for cooking the food.
"You guys, I'm sorry to say, are never going to be allowed to cook food in my house ever again. EVER." Brendan said, "Except for Dia. You're a pretty good cook!"
"Thank you." he said, his mouth somehow filled with another pastry of some sort.
"Well, while I finish up, Brendan, will you go and see if Ruby might be awake? He'll want supper soon, I think." Brendan nodded, though warily. It wasn't going to end well, he was sure. Kiiki followed him as he climbed up the stairs. The PokeDex Holders glanced at one another, afraid of what would ensue.
"Mrs. Maple, I think there's something we need to tell you..." Blue said.
Me: Another chapter for Brothers Forever! And the DexHolders still aren't here!
Ruby: They're smart; they know that they have to avoid you!
Me: Prissy Boy!
Ruby: Sassy Author!
Me: Prissy Boy!
Ruby: Sassy Author!
Me & Ruby: *continue bickering*
Brendan and Sapphire: *sweatdrop*
Sapphire: I'll get the others. *walks out*
Brendan: Read and review, readers. *sighs*