Okay, guys. I am back and my mouth is still broken. Thank god the camera guy did chapter 7, even if it was short. Now then review check: someone didn't want Serena and Calem to be forgiven. I want to make a vote. Please put in the reviews if Serena and Calem should be forgiven.

Red and the others are currently in their room.

"May, how was it seeing Max after all these years?"

"To be honest, I was sorta surprised to see him here as a participant." May said.

"Well…" Sapphire said.

"You know what I meant." May rolled her eyes.

"So anyways, who are you fighting next?" Professor Juniper asked.

"I'm fighting John Sidd (if you know/are this person… cool) in the morning." Red said. "After that, I'm free for the rest of the day."

"Well, if that's the case, I wanted to go shopping tomorrow." May said

"Ooh I like that idea." Sapphire agreed.

"I am going to train my Pokemon." Red said.

"We need to have a talk with Professor Sycamore about mega evolution." Zoey said.

"And I'm going to go with mommy and auntie Sapphire." Ruby said.

"Well then, it seems that we have our plans planned tomorrow." Professor Juniper said. "I'm going to make some dinner."

The next day

"Blastoise is unable to battle. The winner of this round is Red Juniper!"

Red walked up to the other trainer he fought. This trainer fought pretty well, even managed to land a few hits on his Pidgeot, and that means something. Red walked up to the boy who was currently shedding a tear as he returned his unconscious Kanto water starter.

"Hey."

"What do you want?!" The boy snapped.

Red reached his hand out, which surprised the boy.

In the stands

"Your son is quite strong and honorable." Professor Sycamore said.

"Thank you, he's been training for this kind of event." Professor Juniper replied.

"All of your children have different hobbies. Red with being a Pokemon champion, Zoey with being a researcher, and Sapphire with being a top coordinator. How do you put up with it?"

"*sigh* Let me tell you, it was so stressful to deal with all of it at once, especially when they ask which one is the best."

"Hey." Zoey pouted.

"It's true." Professor Juniper shrugged.

"Well then, I hope that our meeting wasn't a waste of your time." Professor Sycamore said.

"Oh never, Sycamore. I think that within the next few years, we will figure out that mystery." Professor Juniper said.

"I hope so, Aurea. Now then, I must be off. I'm going to cheer for Serena's next match." Professor Sycamore said.

"Good bye professor!" Zoey waved.

"We should go congratulate Red." Professor Juniper said.

Back to Red

"You fought well, I never would have thought that anyone would be able to land a hit on my Pokemon."

"Saying that you fought well would be an understatement. How do you train Pokemon?" The boy asked.

"That is a secret." Red said.

"Well I guess it's back to Kanto, friend." The boy said as he looked at his Pokemon in sadness.

Red leaned down to look at him, cloak to face. "Hey, you seem upset. What's wrong?"

"It's just, this was the perfect chance I had to keep my house. My parents recently lost their jobs and we were barely able to afford it as is." The boy shed a small tear.

"Well, buddy. I have a question… what is your town?"

"Pallet Town. I live next to this nice lady who has a Mr. Mine."

"… okay, what's your name?"

"My names George."

"Well, George. I have an idea."

"What?"

"You'll find out sooner or later. But you have to promise me something."

"What?!"

"Never give up." At once Red left.

Elsewhere

"You're going to do great, Serena." Calem said.

"Do you think?" Serena asked.

"I don't think it, I know." Calem smiled.

Serena nodded and headed to her lift.

She was lifted to where she could see her opponent along with the entire stadium.

"This will be a one on one battle between Stephen from Cerulean city and Serena from Vaniville town. No time limit and no substitutions. Release your Pokemon."

"Delphox go!"

"Blastoise go!"

"Begin!" The ref shouted.

"Blastoise use water gun!"

"Dodge and use psychic. You're fire attacks won't affect him."

Delphox was able to dodge and hit Blastoise with the attack, making Blastoise go back a few feet.

"Stay strong, Blastoise. Use skull bash."

"Use double team followed by Psyshock."

Blastoise was about to land the attack when he was surrounded by multiple Delphox.

"Oh cr-" Stephen said.

"NOW!" Serena shouted.

After the attack, Blastoise twirled like a ballerina and then collapses onto the ground.

"Blastoise is unable to battle. The winner of this battle goes to Serena from Vaniville town."

'It's a win for me, I only wish that Ash was here to congratulate me.' Serena thought to herself as she placed a hand on her heart.

Serena walked to the center, followed by Stephen.

"You did a good job using attacks other than fire attacks."

"A… friend taught me that." Serena said.

"Where is he? I would like to talk with him."

"I was told that he died recently." Serena said sadly.

"Well, I'm sorry for your loss. He's with Arceus I'm sure." Stephen said.

"Thank you for that and the battle." Serena smiled through her teary eyes.

Stephen nodded and left at the same time Serena left.

Later

"Hey, you did great out there." Calem said.

"Yeah, good job." Misty smiled.

"You did an okay job, I guess." Paul glared.

"Serena you did a great job out there." Professor Sycamore said.

"Thank you, guys. Who are you guys fighting next?"

"I think I'm fighting Paul next." Gary said.

"I'm fighting that Red…" Misty said.

"You can do it Misty." Max said.

"I'm going to go back to my room. That fight made me tired." Serena lied. She was just wanting some alone time after that small talk she had with Stephen.

"Oh… okay, we'll be at mall if you need anything." Misty said.

Serena nodded and walked off.

With the traitors (possible 1 non-traitor)

"I'm worried about her. After Red told us what happened, she's been quiet."

"Hey, time heals everything. We're all sad that he's gone, but we just need to learn to accept it." Gary said.

"How could you just say that, you are his oldest friend and when you're told that he has died you just say that?!" Calem asked.

"Nothing will bring him back, so we have to stop thinking about him." Gary said.

"Guys come on, let's go." Misty said to change the subject.

With Serena

Serena was walking inside of the hotel that the trainers were staying at when she bumped into none other than Red. When she looked up as she bumped into him, she saw a glimpse under the cloak that covered his face, but it was all she needed to see. She saw the Lightning shaped scars and a little bit of his eyes, brown like his were.

"S-Sorry about that." Serena said.

Red said nothing to her, just nodded and began to walk away. Serena quickly walked around the corner and brought out Fletching. Serena reached into her pocket and took out a small camera that had the name: Clemmont, on it.

"Fletching, please follow Red without him seeing you. As soon as he takes his cloak off, take a photo of his face."

"Fletch?"

"Please, it's very important to me."

Fletching nodded, grabbed the small camera and flew after Red and stalked him. Red walked back to his room where he unlocked the door walked in, Fletching barely able to slide through and hide in a dark corner of the ceiling. Fletching watched him carefully as he took off his cloak. When Fletching saw Red's face…

*snap*

The photo was taken. Fletching quickly closed its mouth to hide the camera.

With Red

Red heard a snap, looked up and saw a Fletching.

"Oh I'm sorry, I guess I left the door open too long." Red said.

He opened the door and the "wild" Fletching flew out.

With Serena

Serena waited and waited until she heard a tap on her door. She ran over to the door and opened it. Her Fletching flew in and dropped the small camera on her bed. Serena grabbed the camera and plugged it into her computer. When she saw the photo she shed a tear.

"Ash?"

She became confused.

'Why did he say that he died?'

"I need to ask him in person." Serena said.

Later with Red

Red, May, Sapphire, and Ruby were having lunch while Zoey and his "mom" were doing some research. Suddenly a knock was at the door. Red grabbed his cloak, put it on, and opened the door.

"Ash? Please, is that you?"

"Sneaky sneaky Serena. She now knows. What will happen?"

"You already know what's going to happen."

"Shut up before I dock your pay, Camera Guy."

"You don't pay me anyways, you just let me play your games."

"Then I'll take a game rating away from you." Spartan said. "Okay, now then. I will update as soon as I can. Until then cheers."

Remaining main character trainers:

Paul

Gary

Misty

Serena

Red