A/N: Yay! The final chapter of this story has been published! My writing of this thing is over! I'm free!

Anyway...on to the story.

CHAPTER 10: CONCLUSION

Nate, Rosa, Hugh, and Marlon were on their way to Castelia City - they were traveling by bus. They had the plan of telling the National Gymquirer about their plans.

We look at everone on the bus. Nate and Rosa are sitting next to each other. They are wearing their usual cloths. Hugh is next to Marlon - they are located in the seat in front of Nate and Rosa. Marlon is wearing a blackT-shirt and a pair of beige shorts.

"Do you think it will work, Marlon?" asked Nate.

"You mean solving this peacefully?" said Marlon.

"Yes," said Rosa.

"I think it will work," said Marlon. "It has to. There's no other way to repress any lawsuits so this doesn't get carried away."

Hugh looked at Marlon.

"Did you sent e-mails to the other Gym Leaders?" he asked.

"I did," said Marlon. "I sent e-mails to all of them. I think it's unnecessary to have a lawsuit. I'm a laid-back kind of guy; my life is relatively simple. I don't need complicated problems that would lead me into all sorts of shit."

"I couldn't agree with you more," said Nate.

"What about Nina and Rachel?" asked Rosa. "Are they going to respond?"

"I don't know," said Marlon. "For all I know, they could have been..."

The bus came to a screeching stop. Nate nearly jumped out if his seat.

"What was that?" asked Nate, panicking a little.

"The bus almost ran a red light," said Marlon. "They should be more careful."

"Yeah, really," said Hugh. "I don't want to get into an accident."

"Let's just try to think of going to Castelia City," said Rosa.

Eventually, Nate, Rosa, Hugh, and Marlon reached Castelia City. They were dropped off at a bus stop. Nate, Rosa, and Hugh didn't know where the National Gymquirer building was, so they decided to ask Marlon for directions.

"Excuse me," said Nate, "but since you've been to the National Gymquirer building before, can you tell us where it is?"

"Sure thing," said Marlon. "I'm quite good with directions."

Rosa looked at the nearest street sign.

"We're on 15th Street," she said. "Which way do we go?"

"First you go east," said Marlon, "until you hit Pine Street."

Marlon showed the other people in the group the way. He led everyone through a series of streets, which included crossing several crosswalks. After about 20 minutes, Marlon had led everyone to the National Gymquirer, located on a street known as Leeway Street.

Nate, Rosa, and Hugh looked up at the building. It was a somewhat tall building with glass windows.

"Here it is," said Marlon. "The headquarters are right in this building. They're on the 20th floor."

"Okay," said Nate. "Let's go inside."

The group went inside. They walked in the lobby. They were about to reach the elevator, when Marlon saw Nina and Rachel sitting on a bench. They were with their Sneasel Igor. They looked down in the dumps.

"What gives?" Hugh asked the two women. "Why are you sitting here, moping around?"

"We got fired," said Nina.

"Ms. Vaughn was not impressed with us," said Rachel, "so she gave us the boot."

"I think I can understand why," said Rosa.

"Yeah," said Rachel. "Go ahead and laugh at us. See how we're going to die alone!"

"Oh, brother," said Hugh.

"The company issued an apology for the article," said Nina. "They're going to confiscate all the unsold copies."

"Thanks for the apology," said Marlon. "But I'm still not thrilled with what you did."

Rachel sighed. Igor scratched her playfully.

"I know," she said. "I guess we're not going to be rich after all."

"Just go ahead and file the lawsuit," said Nina.

Nate took a deep breath.

"You don't have to worry," he said.

"What?" asked Nina.

"There isn't going to be any lawsuit," said Marlon. "I thought that it would be best not to take revenge. The apology is enough."

A blue-haired woman came over to Marlon with a bag of money.

"Are you Marlon?" asked the woman.

"Yes," said Marlon.

"Hi, Marlon," said the woman. "My name is Sherry, and I'm with the National Gymquirer. This bag contains the compensation for the damages that the company may have done to your image. We're terribly sorry for what happened to you."

"Thank you very much," said Marlon, taking the bag.

"You're welcome!" said Sherry. She walked away.

Marlon looked back at Nina and Rachel.

"So," he said, "what are your plans for the future?"

"We're going to go look for something," said Rachel. "Maybe we'll be waitresses or something."

"Definitely not journalists, though," said Nina.

Nate looked at Marlon.

"You think it's time to go?" asked Nate.

"I think it is," said Marlon. He turned to Nina and Rachel. "See you whenever..."

Nate, Rosa, Hugh, and Marlon walked away and left the National Gymquirer.

After the four of them had gone, Thea Tomlinson was walking in, with her Purrloin in her arms.

"HA!" she said to Nina and Rachel. "Pathetic!"

"You don't have to rub it in," said Rachel.

Igor tried to grab the Purrloin, but it responded by scratching Igor.

"You tell them, Lucifer dear," said Thea.

Meanwhile, Marlon and the others were in the city square.

"I'm glad that's over," said Nate.

"I admire the fact that you resolved it peacefully," said Rosa.

"There was no other way," said Marlon. "If I had slapped them with a lawsuit, things would have been crazy. I would have never heard the end of it."

"And Nina and Rachel got fired," said Hugh. "Awesome!"

Marlon rolled his eyes.

"Hugh," he said, "don't laugh at people's misfortunes, even if they deserve it."

"Sorry," said Hugh.

"That's okay," said Marlon.

"And what about the mansion and the yacht and the white women?" asked Rosa.

"Marlon doesn't need them," said Hugh.

"I just want to go home," said Nate. "I really miss spending time in Aspertia City."

"I'm going back to Aspertia too," said Rosa.

"Okay," said Marlon. "And what about you, Hugh?"

"No way!" said Hugh. "I'm getting back to my travels."

"Sure thing," said Marlon.

Nate, Rosa, and Hugh all walked their separate ways.

"Peace out!" said Marlon.

As everyone walked away, Marlon smiled as he looked on. After looking for a few minutes, he decided to go back to Humilau. As Marlon rode on the bus, he was feeling elated. The madness was over, and now things were back to normal.

THE END

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