Pokemon Emerald, Ruby, and Sapphire


Chapter 12: Surprise, An Old Face!

New chapter here! And an old funny face! XD Anyway, enjoy~


"I can't believe we aren't able to go through Rusturf Cave because of a rockslide!" I complain as we head back into Rustburo city.

"Well, we need to find a boat and sail to Slateport then," Ruby suggests.

I blink. "That's true..." I say. "Hold it! I know a sailor!"

He looks at me. "You do?"

"Yeah! This one guy I helped smelled like saltwater, so I guess he's a boat man or something, let's go to Petalburg and get him to take us to Slateport! He owes me a favor."

Ruby stares at me. "You just keep getting weirder and weirder...'smelled like saltwater!?'"

I give him a pointed look and he shuts up.

"Is there a contest is Petalburg?" he asks me after a while.

I blink. "Maybe, I dunno...why?"

"Well, I'm a coordinator, and since I didn't do the Rustboro one cause I was on break, I need to know if there's another one."

I shrug. "Probably."

Ruby clasps his hands together. "Then I can see May again!"

I roll my eyes. "Good luck with that," I mumble. Ruby and I continue through the forest.

"Say...can I have May's number?" Ruby asks me.

I freeze. "I don't have it, so I wouldn't know."

"C'mon, you're sisters, you should know," he prods.

I cross my arms. "She and I do not get along. Why on earth would we want each others' numbers?"

"Uhh...to argue?"

I facepalm. "Good point..."

He smiles. "Then can I have her number-?"

"No."

I keep walking and Ruby follows me, begging all the way.

"Petalburg ahead!" Ruby exclaims, and runs towards the small town. "I'm going to check for a contest!"

I sigh. "I'm not waiting around for you, I'm going to find the Mr. Briney and have him take me to Slateport!"

Ruby turns around. "Seriously? You can't wait just a LITTLE?"

I stick my tongue out at her. "No way Gem," I say.

"Gem?" he says in puzzlement.

"Ya, you're named after a gemstone," I say.

"HA! So are you!" he shoots back. "Saphy!"

"SAPHY?" I exclaim, clenching my fists. "You're DEAD."

He laughs as I chase him down the streets and towards the pokemon center.

"OH NO I'M GONNA GET BEAT UP!" Ruby jokes. I smirk.

That joke is gonna become reality buster!

WHACK! I flip him over my shoulder and into a small town pond.

"HEY!" he yelps. "This water is COLD!"

"Serves you right for calling my Saphy!"

"SAAAAAPHY!" he drawls out, and I jump in the water after him.

"Oh crud," Ruby states, then runs like mad away from me. I chase him all the way to-...there's a contest facility. I stop. If there's a contest, Drew is most likely to be here.

But the one who is even MORE likely to be here is-"MAAAAAAAY!" someone trills.

"SHI-!" I start, then jump into a bush before changing into May.

Climbing out, I look around warily.

I just need to make sure he doesn't find me- "THERE YOU AREEEE!"

I'm suddenly hugged from behind and basically put in a headlock.

"GAH!" I yelp, but since I'm May now, I can't throw him over my shoulder.

"HAR-..LEY..." I gasp.

"AWWW you remembered my name!" he drawls. I slip out from his grasp and stumble to the side.

"That hurt!" I whine, putting a hand to my throat. "And why are you here?" I ask.

"For the contest of course!" he replies. "Are you entering? You're entering, right?"

I groan, and bend over at the waist.

He slaps my back. "Of COURSE you are!" he says cheerily. "Let's go get you signed up!"

"Wai-!" He drags me into the contest hall and I see-Ruby. I almost facepalm.

"May!" he calls. "I've been wanting to talk to you!"

I slip out of Harley's headlock and walk fast towards the restroom.

"Hey!" Ruby calls, but I slip inside the restroom and hide in a stall.

"Whew..." I breathe. That's when I feel a small breeze.

Sniffing the air, I look over to see a window next to the sinks. Smirking, I climb out of the stall and clamber up to the window before slipping out and landing in the grass outside.

I could almost clap my hands in glee, but I should probably run before- "MAAAAAY!"

CRAP!

I turn around and come face to face with Harley. "Sweetie, where you going?" he asks. I open my mouth to answer, but he holds up a number. "Here's you number for the contest! I got it all made up specially for you!"

I take it wordlessly and only because if I open my mouth, I would probably cuss him into next year.

He puts his arm around my shoulder and leads me inside. "Let's go and wait for the contest to begin! I think we have about thirty minutes," he says.

I lean a bit away from him. "You know," I say. "You look a bit sketchy."

"Whaaaat!?" he yelps, standing straight and putting an exaggerated hand to his heart. "Moi? No way!"

I roll my eyes. "Same as ever Harley," I grumble.

He smiles. "That's what I like to hear," he replies. I glower at him, and we head into the contest hall.

My mouth is set in a firm line, as if I'd eaten a sour berry or something...

"Next up, is May!" I get up, and walk out towards the crowd.

Can't believe I got dragged into this; I spent the whole thirty minutes agonizing over Harley's oddities and keeping as far away from Ruby, so I had absolutely NO time to prepare for this so...looks like I'm going to-"IMPROVISE~!" I sing, and throw out one of my pokemon. "Sweallow, take, the stage!"

"Swe low low!" I feel my heart beating loudly in my chest.

"Well, here goes nothing..." I mutter. "Use Aerial Ace; make a star!"

Sweallow zigzags around the stage so fast that it leaves behind a white streak that forms a star. "Double Team!"

The flying type stops, and divebombs the star as ten different birds.

"Growl!" Sweallow pulls up, and caws loudly, causing the star to explode from shock waves. I clench my fists together. Hopefully that is enough to get past the first round. It would be an embarrassment if I didn't.

"Well judges," the MC says. "What is the score?" I watch the number tally up, and let out a sigh of relief: a solid 88.

Should be enough to get me to the battle round.

"Next up is Harley!"

"Hello pumpkin," he tells me as we pass. "I'm going to win."

I give him a glare. "Not if I can help it," I say. "Well, your performance was shabby and only got an 88. It's almost as if you made it up as you got on stage." I head into the backstage area.

Oh, you don't know how right you are... Looking up at the small screens, I watch as Harley's Cacturn makes art on the ground out of Pin Missle. I cross my arms; that could possibly be his strategy to defeat me: pin missle...

"A solid score of 90!" the MC calls. I watch as he comes back with a smug look on his face. I give him a beady-eyed glare.

"See you when I win, sweety," he says, and sashays off. I roll my eyes as the next contestant is called up.

"Ruby!"

I look up at the screen.

"Castform, go!" he calls. "Powder Snow!" Icy winds fly through the room and everyone in the crowd shivers.

"Now use a quick Ember!"

"Cass!" it cheers, and spins in a circle, causing the ice to evaporate.

"Sunny Day!"

"Caaaaaasst!" it trills, and sunlight shines down and blinds everyone. Ruby bows alongside his pokemon.

"What a wonderful display of Castform's abilities!" a judge says as the scores are added up.

"A 94!" the MC calls. "And that's all for the first round. Direct your attention to the screen as we show the passing contestants!" I look up, feeling a bit queasy. I didn't do very well this time...but...

"And that's all!" I hear, glancing at the screen, I see that I am dead last.

DEAD LAST BUT STILL GOING ON TO THE SECOND ROUND!

I jump up and down. "I did it!"

Ruby walks backstage and sees me jumping up and down. "We both made it!" he says.

"You got first place.." I say, crossing my arms. "You did better."

"Well...from what I saw, it looked like you made your performance up on the spot," he tells me.

I blink. "How would you know?"

"Well, I'm a big contest freak, plus, I am pretty sharp with assessing skills," he says, and leans down towards my face. "Also, you're cute, so why wouldn't I pay attention?"

I feel my face redden up. "SHUT UP!" I yelp, and shove him before running back to the waiting room. I put a hand to my face.

That was close! I almost gave away my Sapphire side!

Harley stalks past me seething. "Tell your new boy toy that he has not seen the last of me!" the angry purple haired teen snaps. "I can't believe I lost to a Kirlia.."

I giggle, but frown. I have to battle Ruby next...who knows what'll happen.

If Harley lost, I don't know what to think, since he usually causes havoc and cheats to win. I walk onstage as Ruby is waving to the crowd.

"Now for the last battle of the day, Ruby versus May!" I hold a hand to my heart as I try to slow its beating.

"Hey, don't worry May," Ruby calls. "You'll do fine."

I shake my head; I need to concentrate.

"Castform, come on!" my opponent calls.

"Torchic, take the stage!"

"Begin!" the MC calls.

"Castform, Rain Dance!" Ruby exclaims, faster than a bullet.

"Torchic, make the rain evaporate with a spinning Ember!" I counter.

The rain turns to steam, but Castform changes into a different form.

I blink.

"Good!" Ruby says. "Use Hydro Pump!"

I jump in surprise. "Torchic, dodge!"

My pokemon barely scoots out of the way before the jet of water crashes through. I duck as well and the water hits the wall.

"Torchic, use Peck!"

"Castform, Weather Ball!"

"Torchic, use the attack to propel yourself at Castform!" I command.

"Don't let that happen and use Hydro Pump when it gets close!" Ruby calls.

I bite my lip as Torchic is knocked into the air by the powerful blast and lands on the ground in a wet heap. I put a hand to my face.

"Oh dear..." I mutter.

"Castform, one more attack, use Water Gun!"

"Casssst!" it cheers and blasts out water from its mouth.

"Torchic!" I shout. "Please! Get up!" I cover my eyes as the attack hits.

"What the-!?" I hear Ruby say, and look up to see Torchic leaping into the air as it begins to glow.

My eyes widen. "YES!" I cheer.

"COMBUSKIN!" my newly evolved pokemon cries.

"Awesome!" I clasp my hands together. "Use Upper Cut!"

"Castform, dodge!" Combuskin misses by a fraction of an inch, and I clench my teeth.

"Almost, try it once more!" I call, but notice Ruby is smirking, and frown. "Oh crap."

"Hydro Pump!" Ruby exclaims as Combuskin is directly in front of Castform.

"CAAAAAAAS!" There's an explosion, and I watch as my pokemon goes flying.

"Commm..." it moans, knocked out.

"Return," I say quietly.

"Hold on," Ruby says. "Not yet." I look up and watch as Combuskin pushes itself to its feet.

"Your pokemon has spirit!" Ruby says. "Let's finish the battle within the next twenty seconds."

My eyes bug out. "Oh crud, twenty seconds...COMBUSKIN use flamethrower!"

"Cooooombuskin!"

"Castform, look out!" Ruby calls, but its too late; the attack hits dead on.

"Casssst!" his pokemon wails, and hits the ground.

"Times up!" the MC says. "Let's look at the who has the most points left."

I glance over at the wall, and see that I have one more point than Ruby.

My eyes light up. "I WON!" I cheer, running over to my exhausted pokemon and hugging it.

"Thank you, thank you, thank you!"

"Here you are," says the main judge. "I award you the Petalburg ribbon!"


I'M SORRY IF HARLEY WAS OOC! I HAVEN'T WATCHED AN EPISODE WITH HIM IN AGES! T^T

Tell me what you thought!

~Misty