EDIT (11-13-16): Split Chapter Three (Route C) into two chapters, this being the latter half.

Previously...

Tamaki and Haruhi arrived in the sweet-scented town of the Haninozuka Gym. Tamaki challenged the easily-irritated gym leader, Yasuchika, and ended up losing.

Following his defeat, Tamaki left his Pokemon at the Pokemon Center and went to eat with Haruhi and Satoshi, the little brother of Gym Leader Morinozuka and Gym Leader Yasuchika's best friend.

At the restaurant they ran into none other than the previous Haninozuka gym leader and Yasuchika's older brother- Mitsukuni!

Since he and Yasuchika don't get along, of course Tamaki had to come up with some hare-brained plan to reunite them or whatever...

Route CC: The Delectably Bewildering Haninozuka Dilemma and Brawl

~At the Pokémon Center~

After finishing their meals, the four trainers headed back over to the Pokémon Center to retrieve Haruhi and Tamaki's Pokémon. After that, Tamaki walked over to one of the PCs to retrieve an unspecified Pokemon. The four then returned to the Haninozuka Gym, where, upon arrival, Satoshi and Honey immediately disappeared.

"What Pokémon do you have, Senpai?" Haruhi asked as she and Tamaki made their way back to the gym court.

Tamaki put a finger to his lips.

"It's a secret." He said grinning.

The two looked around as they reached the empty battle field.

"Oh, Gym Leader Haninozuka..! Where are you..?"Tamaki called.

Through the sliding door he had exited after their first match, Yasuchika entered and walked over to his side of the field.

"This again?" He asked. "Shouldn't you have learnt from your first match? I'm not an easy opponent."

"I know." Tamaki agreed. "But with some positive thinking, good things will come!" He seriously exclaimed.

Haruhi shook her head.

He was dead.

Haruhi looked over to her left as she noticed someone enter. Satoshi along with...a Pikachu entered?

Haruhi blinked.

Huh?

Satoshi put a finger to his lips as he saw Haruhi and then turned to face the field.

"Everybody ready? Let's go!"

"Right. Machop! I choose you!" Yasuchika quickly started, throwing his pokeball out onto the field.

"Psyduck, let's show 'em one more time!" Tamaki yelled as he released Psyduck into battle.

"Machop, use karate chop!"

"Psyduck, quick! Use confusion!"

Both Pokémon quickly scurried into action. Psyduck's confusion was faster, however, and once again Machop was levitating in the air.

"Alright! Throw him!" Tamaki ordered.

Machop was thrown against a wall and then fell down. It tried to get up, but quickly fell down again.

"Machop is unable to battle! Psyduck wins!" Satoshi announced.

"No! Poor Machop! He's grown up so much!"

Haruhi, Yasuchika, and Tamaki turned to face the Pikachu sitting at Satoshi's side.

Haruhi blinked as she stared at the Pikachu.

"Did it just...talk?" She asked.

Satoshi began to laugh forcibly and over-the-top.

"What? Haruhi? Pokémon talking! Ha! That's just-" Satoshi laughed harder and held his stomach. "Good one, Haruhi!" He said waving at her.

Haruhi stared at the Pikachu and moved about to look at it. Each time however, the Pokémon averted its head. Haruhi frowned and pulled it by the ears to look at her, upon noticing what looked like blond hair.

Staring back at her was Honey-senpai.

She blinked again and glanced up, noticing the three other boys (well, Satoshi was acting like nothing happened and looking at the field, so two really) were staring her way.

She looked back at Honey and then the guys.

She patted the 'Pokémon' on the head.

"Good, Pikachu..." She mumbled, straightening up.

"Okay, well anyways..." Satoshi began, "Round Two! Begin!"

"Hmph. Okay then..."Yasuchika said, ignoring the 'talking Pokémon' episode. "Sneasel! Come on out!"

"Politoed! I choose you!"

"Politoed?" Haruhi asked, studying the green and yellow Pokémon that had appeared on Tamaki's side of the field.

Once again, she dug out her pokedex.

"Politoed, the Frog Pokémon. Politoed likes to expand its throat and sing out, drawing in Poliwag and Poliwhirl from all around."

"Cool." Satoshi said grinning.

"Hmph. A Politoed, hm? No problem." Yasuchika dismissed. "Sneasel! Agility!"

"Don't let him, Politoed! Use water pulse!"

"Water pulse?" Yasuchika asked as both Pokémon began to attack. "Hm..."

Instantly, a barrage of water shot across the field, so no matter where Sneasel was, it was doomed.

"No!" Yasuchika yelled, searching for Sneasel. "Sneasel! Try to use ice beam to freeze that water!"

Slowly, the Tamaki's left side of the field turned to ice.

"There he is!" Tamaki said. "No matter! Politoed, use swift!"

"Swift?" Yasuchika asked with a bewildered look on his face. "Since when could Politoeds use swift?" He yelled as his iced wave was broken through and Sneasel was hit with stars. "Sneasel!"He yelled.

Sneasel fell to the ground.

"Sneasel is unable to battle!" Satoshi announced. "Tamaki Suoh wins!"

Tamaki cheered.

"Way to go, Politoed!" He congratulated his Pokémon, who danced about clapping.

"No! Chika!" The Pikachu, or Honey, cried running over (on all fours) to the serious gym leader.

Yasuchika stared at the fake Pokémon, wondering what the hell was going on.

"Hmph. Stay away from me." He said, turning away from his sibling.

"Chika, it's me!" Honey cried, looking up at his brother.

"You think I don't know that?" He asked annoyed. "Now, en garde!" He yelled, rushing at Honey with a kunai suddenly in hand.

Honey-senpai (still on all fours), ran about as he dodged Yasuchika's blows.

He did a back flip to dodge one of Yasuchika's kicks then quickly grabbed his brother's leg and tossed him.

Yasuchika did a flip to land and came running at his brother once more. Performing complicated and agile martial arts moves, Honey-senpai and his brother jabbed and kicked at each other. Honey-senpai ended the quick succession of moves as he lightly though quickly swiped Yasuchika's foot from behind as he continued dodging and moving back from his older brother's attacks.

Chika fell to the ground with a thud and then realized that Honey had pinned him down with kunai. He growled angrily as he looked up at his smiling, shorter older brother.

"You did well, Yasuchika." Honey praised as he turned around from his brother.

Chika managed to get one kunai on his sleeves free, so he undid the other ones pinning him down and stood up.

"Hmph. No matter." Yasuchika shortly said as he wiped himself off.

He walked over to Tamaki, obviously trying to ignore his older brother and hold back rage.

"Here." Chika said, pulling a ninja star shaped badge out from his belt and placing it in Tamaki's open palm.

Tamaki looked down on it, gazing at its gleam.

Chika looked away and adjusted his glasses.

"You did better this time." He said, attempting to give a compliment, but still not looking at the older trainer.

Tamaki smiled, realizing his intentions.

"Thank you." He said gratefully.

He turned to Haruhi.

"Look, Haruhi! I got an Ambush badge!" He said, holding it up and radiating bright rainbow waves.

Haruhi deadpanned.

"That's great, Senpai." She said at last.

She had to admit, for an idiot, Tamaki was a surprisingly good trainer.

"Well, now that everything's through, get out." Chika ordered with a straight face.

"But Chika-" Honey began.

"Especially you." Chika emphasized, glaring at his brother.

"Chika..." Satoshi began in a warning tone.

Chika looked away again.

"No. I refuse to be around this embarrassment. He left our family's proud name and tradition of battling in pursuit of frivolous quests for rodents and pastries! He's inhuman if I may add- have you seen how much he can eat? Look at how small he is!" Yasuchika began, obviously turning irritated, paranoid, and very confused.

"And also, he's dragged our name through the mud! By being the heir and turning down the honored position of Gym Leader, who would do such a thing? Takashi-san would NEVER think about doing such a thing to your family!" Chika defended at Satoshi.

"But, Chika... I just wanted to do what I enjoy, what I felt called to do. Being a Gym Leader is great and all, but I felt like I was missing something. Now I can learn even more by travelling around and meeting tons of different people, bunnies, Pokémon, foods, and more!" Honey explained.

"I don't think adding the last examples strengthened your case..." Haruhi whispered to him.

"Hmph. I don't care." Yasuchika quickly said. "I refuse to associate myself with you, with such a...a...a familial reject!" The Gym Leader quickly announced, pointing at Honey.

"Aww... Why look at this."

The five trainers glanced around the gym field.

Nothing.

"Lady Benibara, wouldn't this make just the most entertaining performance? A sibling, rejected by another, turning to Team Zuka for solace and strength!"

"Oh, I would turn to Lady Benibara for anything!"

"The rejected sibling, along with some help from Team Zuka, sneaks into her ex-residence and seeks out her sibling, disguised."

"However, the sibling was a horrid boy who refused the sister's beautiful, poetic, desperate attempt at renewing and saving their graceful sibling relationship!" A less graceful, more...matured...voice rang out.

"Hey! Who's there?" Satoshi demanded.

Giggles were his only answer as the lights in the gym mysteriously turned off.

"What's going on? What is this?" Yasuchika demanded, looking about to no avail in the dark.

Haruhi groaned.

"Don't tell me it's them again..."

"Oh, you are right, my dear, sweet maiden!" Lady Benibara's voice called.

"Prepare to be humbled! "Hinako's voice chirped.

"On the double!" Chizuru's voice added.

Suddenly, some of the middle lights came on in the gym, appearing to be a giant spotlight.

Three wires came down from the ceiling with the three girls hanging onto them.

"To protect the world from exploitation!" Lady Benibara announced with a straight face as she looked down at the boys and Haruhi.

"To unite all maidens within our nation." The light haired brunette said with a sweet smile.

"To pronounce the purity of truth and love!" Lady Benibara dramatically said as she waved her free arm out and clenched her hand into a fist for emphasis.

"To extend our talent to the stars above!" The short haired girl winking.

"Benio." Lady Benibara said motioning at herself.

"Chizuru." The slender brunette spoke as she waved at the trainers.

"Hinako!" The short girl said flashing them the peace sign.

"Team Zuka blossoms with the color of light! Surrender now or prepare to fight!" The three girls ended.

The trainers on the ground stared at them as they hung from the ceiling.

"How are they planning on getting down?" Haruhi asked as she sweatdropped with the other trainers.

"Huh? Lady Benibara, didn't we plan for some glitter to fall down elegantly as we finished?" Chizuru asked confused as she looked up to the ceiling and put her free hand to her lip in thought.

"Right, where is that?" Hinako asked from the other side of Lady Benibara.

Benio shrugged.

"Let's focus on the matter at hand! Saving that girl!" She announced, pointing at Haruhi.

"For the last time, I don't need saving!" Haruhi demanded.

"Pure maiden, we shall save you from these fools' grasp!" Benio announced. "Team Zuka!" She yelled.

"Right!" Chizuru and Hinako replied as they pulled out their pokeballs.

"Roselia, go!" Chizuru yelled.

"Seedot, I choose you!" Hinako said.

Roselia and Seedot shot out of their pokeballs and landed on the gym court below.

"Hmph, you've got to be kidding me." Yasuchika said straightening his glasses. "Stupid fools."

He grabbed a pokeball from his waist.

"Go! Machop!" He yelled, releasing his Machop, who had rested for a while.

"I'll help you, Chika!" Honey cried as he ran forward to join his little brother. "Go! Bun-bun-chan!"

A Buneary jumped out of Honey's pokeball and joined Machop.

Honey looked over to his little brother to see him on all fours in a depression and growling, trying not to tear his older brother apart or die from humiliation that his brother, heir to the fighting Haninozuka clan, was using a rabbit Pokémon.

"Hn. Whatever..." Yasuchika said, composing himself to fight. "Machop! Use karate chop!"

"Roselia, stun spore!"

"Seedot, use bullet seed!"

"Bun-bun-chan! Use double slap!"

Quickly commencing all at once, Machop's karate chop was caught by stun spore and Seedot's bullet seed was deflected by Bun Bun's double slap.

Chika growled.

"Alright, Machop! No breaks!" He yelled as his Machop was fighting the effects of stun spore.

"Use seismic toss on that overgrown weed!" He yelled.

Quickly, Machop ran toward Roselia, picked it up, and began to use seismic toss by leaping into the air, flying in a circle, and then throwing the Pokémon to the ground.

"Uh! How rude!" Chizuru said. "Roselia, darling, are you okay?"

Spin signs showed in the Pokémon's eyes.

"That's okay, rest now." Chizuru said, returning her Pokémon.

"Machop can use seismic toss?" Haruhi asked Satoshi, who nodded in response.

"Yup. He's pretty strong."

'I wonder why he hasn't evolved yet...' Haruhi thought.

"Let's go! Bun-Bun! Use mach punch on Seedot!"

Before Seedot could move, Bun Bun quickly ran toward it and appeared in front of it, punching it with its powerful ears.

Spins showed up in Seedot's eyes as well, and Hinako returned her Pokémon.

"Alright, let's get these idiots out of my gym." Yasuchika said annoyed. "Machop, use rock slide!"

"Bun-Bun, use jump kick!"

Team Zuka screamed as they were kicked away and rocks were thrown at them, somehow causing them to blast through the farther end of the gym ceiling.

"Oh nooo!" Chizuru wailed.

"Such is life in show business." Benio lamented.

"Great! After what they did to our Pokémon, now us?" Hinako yelled.

"Looks like Team Zuka's flying away again!" Cried the trio as they disappeared into the sky.

"Hmph. Look what they did to my ceiling..."Yasuchika said, moving into the middle of the gym to inspect the damage done.

"Hooray! We beat 'em!" Honey cheered as he returned Buneary.

"Honey-senpai's really strong." Haruhi commented.

Tamaki nodded.

"That was impressive." Satoshi grinned.

"Those two are qualified gym leaders after all." He said.

"Honey-senpai, your Buneary's jump kick attack was impressive. Can Buneary generally use it so quickly and powerfully?" Haruhi asked as she approached the ex-Gym Leader.

"Well Haru-chan,"

The conversation was cut short by Yasuchika's strangled scream.

The four looked over to the other side of the gym where they saw Yasuchika covered in a Vegas-load of silver glitter.

He growled as it lay piled on him like sand.

"Um, Haruhi, I think it's best we leave now..." Tamaki said, Haruhi for once agreeing.

The two travelers rushed out of the gym, where Satoshi, Honey, and even Yasuchika came out onto the gym porch to wave them off.

"Bye! Good luck on your journey!" Honey yelled as he waved. "Maybe we'll meet somewhere!" He added.

"Hey! Stop by sometime! Though I'm sure we're gonna meet again!" Satoshi called. "Don't forget to challenge my big brother to a battle too so you can get a badge!"

"Mori might be the next gym leader you'll battle, and he's a lot tougher than me." Yasuchika said as he leaned against a doorway, glitter still cascading off him. "So be on your guard and don't forget to train." He mumbled.

Tamaki smiled again.

"Thanks! We'll see you all again sometime!" He called as he and Haruhi waved back at them as they left.

The day was approaching the peak of the afternoon and they still needed to figure out where they were heading next.

So with one badge down and seven more to go, Tamaki and Haruhi set off on the rest of their journey.

Once again our heroes have made it through! With one badge down and seven more to go, will Tamaki make it to the Pokémon League?

Parting from the Haninozuka Gym, the duo thinks about what gym they should head toward next. The Morinozuka Gym may be the closest, but is it the easiest to beat?

Pokémon Entries:

Roselia: Roselia, the Thorn Pokémon. Roselia's aroma can bring serenity, but the thorns on its head contain a vicious poison.

Seedot: Seedot, the Acorn Pokémon. Seedot resembles an acorn when hanging by its head from branches. It jumps down suddenly to the surprise of passersby.

Buneary: Buneary, the Rabbit Pokémon. By quickly extending its rolled-up ears, it can launch a powerful attack against its enemies.

Well, there's another one! Next time, what gym will Tamaki head for? Will Team Zuka ever let up? You know the last one! See you next time!

By the way, I might get some Pokémon moves wrong and other such things, so sorry! I try checking on bulbapedia, but you know, some things could be wrong or I might miss something, so just actually doing a disclaimer here!

Also, I just drew this map of the Ouran Region (might as well call it that!) on my computer, it's not fantastic, but if you're interested in what terrain Tamaki and Haruhi are trekking, or how bad my computer drawing skills are (quite bad I may say), check out my unused deviantart account (mtndewaddict)! If you check it out, you might see a sneak peak of what gyms and adventures are up next!