Chapter four! Woohoo! And I got a guest review, which made me super happy! The guest reviewer, Guriburu fan, also submitted an OC who will make an appearance at some point in the story! This chapter is a little shorter than the last two, and I apologize for that. Also, the Sinnoh and Unova dex-holders will not be making an appearance, because, as Guriburu pointed out, they have never met the other dex-holders, and from what we know of the timeline, their adventures haven't even begun yet!

Disclaimer: I don't own Pokémon or the Pokémon Adventures/Special manga.

"Welcome everybody, to the Kanto region! We are right on the border with Johto, so any passengers headed that way should be able to take the magnet train or the S.S Aqua. We hope you enjoyed your flight!" A cheery voice blared over the plane's speakers as the large machine touched down in Kanto. Three young travellers breathed an audible sigh of relief. Nothing out of the ordinary had occurred in the air.

"Urgh… Finally." Sapphire groaned, sliding down the back of her chair. It had not been a fun flight for her.

"I can't believe it. Out of the three of us, I would never have guessed that you would be the one to get motion-sick, Sapph." Ruby looked up from his knitting.

"Sh-shuddup." Sapphire moaned, "I'm always travellin' on pokémon, so 'course I don' get motion-sick."

"Well, I wish you had gone into the bathroom when you realized you didn't feel so good, that was not a beautiful sight to behold." Ruby continued, shooting her a glance over the top of his glasses.

"For once, I agree with him." Emerald added, jabbing a thumb at Ruby and looking decidedly queasy, "That was gross."

The three of them trooped off the plane, and located the baggage claim, which wasn't difficult, as the airport was quite small.

"Where in Kanto are we exactly?" Emerald questioned Ruby.

"Close to Viridian City. If we want to go to Johto, we just have to walk."

"What?! I don't wanna walk!" The small boy interrupted.

"I don't want a repeat of what happened on the plane." Ruby said darkly, in answer to Emerald's complaints, "Besides, we might not have to walk. We might hide in Kanto. We should just contact Prof. Oak to ask where the safest place would be. By the way, where's Sapphire?"

"Oh, she's over there playing on the luggage carousel." Emerald answered, looking unconcerned.

"Ugh. I guess we'll have to pick her up from security when we finish grabbing our suitcases."

"Your suitcases." Emerald corrected. Ruby had insisted on bringing all of his outfit designs, his sewing and knitting kits, and of course, an ample supply of fresh changes of clothes. For all three of them.

"Well excuse me, but it'll be a major setback if one of us gets our clothes dirty. I mean, we'd have to either clean them, or make an entirely new set!"

"Or ignore it." Emerald interrupted, his pinkie finger in his nose. Ruby turned slowly, staring at the smaller boy with rage visibly building in his eyes. He brought his face about an inch apart from the other pokédex holder's.

"NEVER."

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Professor Oak was huddled in his Pallet Town lab, under a table, with all of the doors and windows locked, and the curtains drawn.

Brrring! Brrring! He jumped in shock, whacking his head against the underside of the table in the process. He crawled out from under it, rubbing the top of his head gingerly, and muttering something along the lines of;

"I'm too old for a shock like that… Nearly gave me a heart-attack." He furtively glanced around the empty lab, assuring himself that there was, in fact, nobody there. Oak slowly inched his way across the polished tile floor of the lab, his back against the neatly organized bookshelf. Scanning the room a second time, he leapt at the phone, snatched it, and scurried back to his table.

"Hello?" He spoke in a loud whisper, "Is this the police? Finally-"

"Professor Oak? This is Ruby, you know, one of the Hoenn pokédex holders?"

"Oh. Oh, well hello there Ruby! What do you need?"

"Is there something wrong Professor?"

"Oh no, nothing at all! I'm fine! Fine! Yes, just fine! Nothing wrong here! Ahahaha…"

"Were you swarmed by fans?"

"No." The Professor slumped, all pretense gone from his voice, "Worse. Agatha is looking for me."

"Okay." Said Ruby, slightly confused. He had no idea who Agatha was.

"Anyway Professor, we were swarmed by fans, and were forced to leave Hoenn for the time being. We being the the other Hoenn dex-holders and I. Would you recommend us hiding out in Kanto, or Johto?"

"Johto. All I know is that Kanto is a dangerous place right now. I'm being attacked, there are hundreds of people swarming Pallet Town, and to top it off, Red, Green, Blue and Yellow have gone missing! Actually, looking back on it, maybe the same thing happened to them. That would explain the large amount of tourists in Pallet Town."

"Thank you so much Professor!"

"Anytime Ruby. Just pay Professor Elm a visit in New Bark town, he will be able to help you some more."

"Alright, goodbye, and good luck with Agatha! Thanks again!" And with that, Ruby hung up. Professor Oak sighed deeply. There was no such thing as 'good luck' when it came to Agatha.

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Ruby hung up and stowed his pokénav in his bag. The three of them were standing in the airport security office.

"Johto it is." He replied in answer to Sapphire and Emerald's questioning faces. Sapphire groaned. Emerald weighed seeing Crystal against the long walk to get there, and then he groaned as well.

"Cheer up you two! Johto is pretty cool, and the contests are spectacular!" He clasped his hands together, his eyes sparkling. The other two groaned a second time.

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A loooooooong while later:

"Okay, are you sure that that's New Bark?" Ruby shouted over to Sapphire, who was mounted atop Relo, her Relicanth (Walo was just too large for the water they were surfing in).

"I really don't want to find out that you're reading the map upside-down again!" He yelled over from Zuzu.

"Yes I'm positive!" She replied testily, "But if you wanna make sure then why don't you look at th' map?"

"No! Ew! You expect me to so much as touch that thing after you dropped it into a pile of-"

"No, that's just what I'd expect of ya, sissy boy! Anyway, you were the one insistin' we stop an' take pictures of the League!"

"Will you two stop flirting?" Asked Emerald, from behind Ruby.

"WE'RE NOT FLIRTING!" They yelled in unison.

"Yeah right. But to answer your question Ruby, yes, that's New Bark town."

"An' how would you know?" Sapphire queried, still slightly angry at Emerald's earlier comment.

"Duh, I lived in Johto? Ruby should know too. Also…" He wordlessly pointed at a large sign that proclaimed; 'Welcome to New Bark Town!'

"Oh. Well ya can't blame me! I can't read too well!" Sapphire said defensively. The pokémon began to slow as they reached shallower water, and New Bark Town hove into sight.

"Hey! That must be Professor Elm's lab!" Ruby exclaimed, standing up and pointing. Zuzu stopped suddenly, and Ruby toppled backwards with a girly scream. He waded out of the water slowly, and stood miserably on shore, a look of shock plastered across his face as he observed his perfectly pressed clothes that were now coated in mud, water, and some ducklettweed.

"Aw man. Zuzu, why'd you do that? This's gonna be a pain to deal with." Emerald aimed at the large swampert, which shrugged and grinned, snot dripping out of one of its nostrils.

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The last thing that Prof. Elm and his young helper Joey were expecting to happen that day was for a boy of around twelve to come barging into the lab dripping mud, water and ducklett weed and demanding to use a washing machine.

"Please point me in the direction of your washing machine! I am in dire need of it!" Needless to say, the Professor was shocked speechless, and silently pointed towards a back room. Ruby madly ran to it.

"Sorry 'bout dat. He's a total sissy when it comes to his clothes." Sapphire explained, as she nonchalantly sat on top of the largest machine in the room, completely oblivious to Joey and the Professor gaping at her.

"Aaaah, that felt good." Emerald pronounced to the room as he zipped his pants back up and closed the window he had opened. If it was possible for a person's jaw to fall off in shock, then it definitely would have happened to Joey and Professor Elm.

"W-wha.. Wh-who?" Elm finally managed.

"Oh, sorry." Emerald gallantly stepped in, "I'm Emerald, that's Sapphire," He jabbed a thumb at the girl sitting on top of the machine, and she waved cheerily at the two, "And the guy who just ran off to clean his clothes is Ruby, our resident weenie."

"W-wait, Emerald, Ruby, and.. Sapphire…?"

"Yep! We're the Hoenn dex-holders!"

The poor Prof. fainted on the spot.

"Soooo.." Emerald said to Joey, "Sorry about that! But since the Prof.'s out cold, maybe you can tell us what we need to know!"

"A-and w-what would that be?"

"Nah Rald, don' ask the dweeb. Here." Sapphire splashed a bucket of ice water into Elm's face. He sat up with a start and a gasp at the cold water.

"Sorry Prof. but we need ya!" He stared into Sapphire's face, water running down his.

"Sapphire… Birch?" She nodded.

"Well, you three gave me a fright, but I'm sure that I can help three pokédex holders, especially when one is the daughter of my colleague!"

At that moment, Ruby reentered the room, wearing a newly laundered and ironed pair of clothes. Catching sight of Elm, he rushed towards him.

"Thank you kindly for the use of your appliances in the face of such a catastrophe! You have saved me!" Ruby clasped the Professor's hand in his own, and gave it a hearty shake.

"But where were we? Ah yes, we need your help. D'you mind telling us a safe place where we could hide for a while?"

"Hide? From what?" The Professor asked, uncomprehending.

"From.." All three of them shuddered, "A terrible danger." Ruby managed.

"Fangirls." Emerald finished. Joey and Prof. Elm gasped.

"Of course! Of course, I will aid you in any way to escape from such terrible danger!" Elm immediately said.

"Professor," Joey cut in, "D'you think the danger is threatening the dex-holders from this region? I haven't seen Gold at all today, and he lives in this town!"

"Oh dear," Elm contemplated the theory, "Crystal didn't show up to work today either. I thought she might've taken a second day off, since she works so hard all the time, but now that you mention it…"

"Ms. Crystal may be in danger?" Whispered Emerald, his face a mask of fear.

"We'll try an' find our seniors, they might've already found a safe place to stay if they're in da same situation as us. Then we c'n hide with 'em!"

"That's a good idea." Ruby mused, "Do you have a clue as to where they might have chosen to hide Professor?"

"Hmmm…" Elm said, rubbing his chin, "Ah! I've got it! Oak's lab! That's a good place to start! Not only is it currently empty, but Crystal is in charge of taking care of it as well! You should look there!"

"Thank you Professor! We'll call you if we find them!" Ruby shouted over his shoulder as the three Hoenn dex-holders sprinted out of the lab.

"Well Joey," Elm said to his young assistant, "They sure are a strange lot." The boy sighed. Then replied;

"I think you have to be to own a pokédex."

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"A psyduck!" Red guessed.

"You got it!" Answered Gold.

The seven people hiding out in the Cherrygrove lab (Not counting Blue's fanboys) were on to their tenth round of charades when they were interrupted.

"HEY!" One of the fanboys on watch hollered, frantically waving a hand at the all, "I think I see someone coming!"

"Oh thank you dear~!" Blue flashed him a smile and shoved him out of the way. She peeked through the window.

"Can you make anything out? Is someone actually coming?" Gold asked, bouncing up and down. Crystal punched him in the shoulder.

"Ow! What was that for Super Serious-"

"Hey shut up! Someone is coming!" Immediate silence fell following this statement.

"I-is it someone we know..?" Yellow asked in a tiny voice. Blue turned towards her and smiled.

"It is indeed."

"Who?!" They all asked in unison.

"Well, three people actually~!" She teased. Green shoved her out of the way and looked through himself. He turned back to the group and stated,

"Our juniors, the kids from Hoenn."

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Raquelle smiled grimly to herself. That boy, Jeremy wasn't it? He had finally caved. He had insisted on staying true to that Blue girl, but he couldn't keep it up forever. Raquelle licked her lips hungrily.

I know where you are Green~! And I'm coming to get you!

Yay! All the dex-holders have met up! Okay, so that was a lot of Hoenn. I know. But chapter five will probably be out tomorrow, and poo is going down. Reviews are appreciated! And again, if you want an OC of yours to be in this, just shoot me a message with a short description! See y'all tomorrow!