Me: Okay, so we are back, since I'm no longer being lazy about writing this.

Wes: I liked the one-shot you did.

Rui: Same.

Ash: What do you mean?

Me: Clarification: the one-shot was based a month after this group departs.

Drew: Yes! We leave those two!

Wes: Then the rest of our time together will be a living hell.

Drew: Crap.

Me: I don't own Pokemon. Now here is chapter 10!

Big Man on Colosseum

Drew's POV

Somehow, May has miraculously defeated me when she is absolutely desperate, such as the Grand Festival. She will not, I repeat NOT, beat me now. I will go through each round and defeat every foe, even May. Go ahead, think that she will win, but I will prove you wrong!

She taunted me all yesterday, and I just taunted right back. We got into huge fights because we each want to win something new. Of course, though, Wes told us that we were a young couple and very 'cute' by Rui's words.

Anyway, to the present, I am actually nervous. I'm not shaking or anything but... "Drew, your shaking," observed Misty. "Oh, are you scared?" taunted May. "No way!" I responded. "Like I'm going to be fazed by hotheads."

Did I say that out loud?

Wes' POV (of course!)

Drew nearly got beat up earlier, but I needed him to battle, so I stepped in and charmed the girls into sparing his life. He told me he owed me one. That was the point really, but it doesn't matter.

Back to the present. I sat down next to Rui, but on the end of the row. Apparently, everyone agreed that I, Wes, am too dangerously devious to sit next to them. I grunted at the battles. They were all really boring. Especially this one. May versus Drew. They are too girly.

It has eventually wound down to Beautifly and Muchlax for May and Flygon and Butterfree for Drew.

"Munchlax, tackle!" What a weak move. How do you even let Munchlax have tackle in the first place? It can easily be stopped, now matter what combination she has.

"Butterfree, psybeam!" Smart by Drew, but still could have done better.

"Beautifly, silver wind!" The silver wind absorbed the psybeam and circled around Munchlax as it sped at Flygon.

"Use flamethrower, then steel wing." Perfect. The flamethrower incinerated the psy-wind and the steel wing caught them off guard. Munchlax barely stood. But it stood.

"Solarbeam!" Munchlax started powering up. Munchlax has a terrible special attack, why have solarbeam? Drew just waited.

The solarbeam launched. "Now psychic, Beautifly!" The psychic powered up the solarbeam, and the attacks drained a lot of energy from them.

"Protect." Butterfree encased it and its partner in a green light, taking the hit. No damage done to Drew's Pokemon.

"Munchlax, metronome!" She must be desperate. Muchlax waved its fingers and pointed at the opposing Pokemon. Things, well, backfired.

May's POV

"Munchlax, metronome!" I called out, desperate to win this. It waved its fingers and pointed at Drew's Pokemon, but things, well, backfired.

Literally.

Munchlax stored up energy and... BOOM! I was thrown back to the wall, and so was Drew to his side's wall. The three flying Pokemon tried to fly above the blast, but were easily hit. They tried moves. Beautifly used psychic, but the attack was too great. Flygon tried draco meteor, but couldn't charge fast enough. Butterfree used gust to get high above it, then protect. It was the only one standing.

Drew and I stared at each other with shock. Usually I win in this kind of curcumstance, but not today.

I nodded defeat to him and he nodded back. The crowd went wild.

Normal POV

"That was epic! Nice explosion ending!" said Ash enthusiastically. "Ash, that was yesterday," noted Misty. "Yeah, but it was still cool."

They were entering Agate Village. "Rui!" exclaimed an old man at the entrance, "Eagun is worried sick about you. You haven't visited in a while, so he was going to find you, but we are keeping him here."

That alarmed Rui. "Sorry," she said, "I was just going to see him now." The man nodded.

The gang walked up the hills. "This place is so nice," commented Dawn. "A lot better than Pyrite." "Well, the village has many elderly residents, and only a few young adults. It's like a free retirement home," explained Rui.

"Where does Eagun live?" asked Ash, knowing Eagun was the champion of the region. Paul asked a better question. "How does he know you?" Rui giggled. "You'll see," she said, as they walked up to a tree with a door. "He lives here?" asked Ash. "Did you think he lived in a mansion?" asked Wes. "Sorta." Rui giggled. It'd became a habit of her's. She opened the door.

"Grandma! Grandpa! I'm here!" she shouted. An elderly women came from the kitchen and an old man rushed down the stairs. He embraced Rui tightly. "Rui! I never thought I would see you again!" he cried. "Grandpa," Rui breathed, "Your hug...is tight." He let go. "Sorry, I'm just really glad to see you. Hello Wes," he said, shaking Wes' hand. "You taking care of her, my boy?" he asked protectivly. "Of course Eagun. I would never let anything happen to her," Wes promised. "So you're Eagun?" asked Ash densly. "Yes, Ash," said Misty,"he is." "Beluh, what do you think of these new people?" asked Eagun to the elderly woman. "They look like a fine bunch of kids. If they found our granddaughter and Wes, then they must be troublemakers!" Beluh remarked. The family laughed. "Well," Wes said, "I found these guys by running over Ash here."

"Oh yeah!" said Ash. "We haven't introduced ourselves! I'm Ash Ketchum from Pallet Town, and this is my Pikachu." Eagun eyed Pikachu, who just tilted its head. "A mighty fine Pikachu, maybe you should battle mine sometime." Ash glimmered with hope. The others introduced themselves, too.

"Have you been to the Colosseums yet?" asked Eagun. "Yeah," Wes said. "Ash won Phenic and Drew won Pyrite." "Well, then you must have past by Realgam," Eagun said, as Wes tried to signal him to stop, "who won that?" "Wait," Paul said. "That dance place was actually a Colosseum?" "You were at a dance in the Colosseum?" asked Beluh. "No grandma," said Rui, "it was in the reception area. It was actually hosted by Miror B, who used to dictate Pyrite." The elders were shocked. "A criminal hosted an event?" asked Beluh. "Was there any disturbance?" asked Eagun furiously. "No, everything was fine," Wes told them.

"I think Ash wants to battle you, Eagun," Wes said, changing the subject. "Sure thing, follow me," Eagun encouraged, walking to the door.

Ash's POV

Yes! I finally get a battle with the strongest trainer of the region! I hope my victory won't dampen his spirits, he's old after all. Plus, if that happens, Rui gets sad and Wes gets bone-breaky.

We walked down hills and to a cave. "Where are we going?" I asked. "Nature," came the answer from Wes. He seemed very... peaceful. I see why. We walked out the other side of the cave. The sight was beautiful. A perfectly green forest, stone tiles, peaceful Pokemon and a stone in the middle. "This relic," Eagun began to explain, "is one dedicated to Celebi, as it looks over this forest. The relic shares a connection to Celebi, which enables Celebi's powers to be accessed when it isn't close by." "What do you mean?" asked May. "Well," Wes said, "it opens the door to a Pokemon's heart." We were still confused. "I used it to purify shadow Pokemon," he suggested. We murmured realization.

"So we are going to battle here?" I asked. "Yes," said Eagun, "Pikachu versus Pikachu, if you don't mind." "Not at all." I get to use my strongest Pokemon! What luck! "Go! My friend!" the elder called. An older Pikachu appeared. "Pikapi," my Pikachu said. "Piiii," said the other Pikachu.

"You make the first move youngen!" With pleasure. "Pikachu, thunderbolt!" "Use thunderbolt." The thunderbolts collided in the middle, but his overpowered mine and hit Pikachu hard.

"You alright buddy?" I asked. Pikachu gave me a thumbs up. "Good, then quick attack!" "Quick attack." Both Pikachu rammed each other, the older Pikachu winning.

"Now, use iron tail." My Pikachu jumped and used iron tail. "Dodge, then thunderbolt." The Pikachu was surprisingly fast and hit Pikachu while it was still in the air. That's weird, Pikachu would have taken damage from hitting the stone... he's preserving the setting too! I shouldn't take advantage of that.

"Pikachu, sit!" Pikachu obeyed, but was really confused. "Quick attack, friend!" called Eagun. Wait for it... "Now, countersheild!" Pikachu did the countersheild. It is easy to trick these Orre trainers.

"Thunderbolt." As Eagun's Pikachu ran at my Pikachu, it launched a thunderbolt. The thunderbolt split through Pikachu's countersheild and cleared a path, hitting Pikachu, then it got rammed.

"Pikachu!" I called to my buddy. "Can you get up?" It got up, but I needed to finish this. "Volt tackle!" I hoped that I could beat Eagun, he is better than his age showed. "Thunderbolt on the ground in front of Pikachu, pal!"

HUH? The older Pokemon blew up the ground in front of Pikachu. "No! Pikachu!" Surprisingly, it didn't actually hit the ground. It changed directions and tripped Pikachu. Pikachu hit a cave wall head-first. "I think this is over," observed Eagun, seeing Pikachu out cold.

"Buddy!" I yelled, running over to Pikachu and scooping him up in my arms. "Hold on, we'll be at a Pokemon Center soon."

Normal POV

Wes and Rui went into Eagun and Beluh's for the night. The gang slept around the tree, seeing the house was really small. Wes lied down on the couch, Rui next to him on the couch. "Do you think I'm too tall to sleep on the couch?" he joked, seeing his legs easily extend past the other side. Rui giggled, "It's fine." Rui fell asleep, then Wes an hour after.

Outside...

"How come there's no tent?" wondered May. "Wes is too cheap," answered Drew. That made sense. "And he only had three blankets," noted Paul. They all knew he planned this, but they had no choice.

The girls got there stuff and walked into the house. "Of course..." said Drew.

They came back, dressed for a proper sleep.

"Wes and Rui are too cute!" squealed Dawn. "Wes has his arms around Rui and they shared the couch!" May told them.

The guys tried to hold in laughter. They couldn't.

"That is so stupid!" said Ash. "Ooh! Lovey-dovey!" teased Drew. "Don't make fun of them," scolded the girls.

"Let's just go to sleep."

Drew slowly opened his eyes. Morning already? he thought. He looked to see he wrapped himself around May in his sleep.

Crap! he thought. I can't move, because she'll wake up! Someone needs to help me!

He looked and saw Paul was already awake. Drew looked at him pleadingly, and he nodded. Drew mouthed a thanks and Paul walked over behind Drew. He kicked Drew into May.

NO! Drew thought. May jolted awake.

"Huh? What happened?" she asked, then realized she was trapped by something. She turned her head.

There was Drew. He let go and she screamed.

Wes had a good laugh looking out the window. "Don't laugh at me," he muttered to himself.

Me: So that's the end of the chapter.

Wes: That was gold.

Me: Yes, that was like Gold from my oneshot.

May: Andrew Hayden, you are a pervert!

Drew: Didn't you just read the story?

May: Yes, you acted out...

Drew: Paul kicked me!

Paul: No evidence.

Drew: This story is the evidence!

Paul: Good luck.

Me: Drew, are you thinking what I'm thinking?

Drew: If it's revenge, then yes.

Paul: Shit.

Drew: Good idea.

Rui: That is gross Drew.

Me: Anyway, see you all later!