This chapter is short because it's mainly for an announcement.

HGSS: Johto Saga

Season 3, Opening: Unbeatable

Part 14

National Bugs

Ethan opens his eyes weakly and stares out the hole in the tent. Sunlight was flushed inside. Crawling out, he stood up and rubbed his eyes. He grabbed his hat and plopped it onto his head. Glancing around, he saw Brandon, May and Lyra way up ahead the route in front of a path of trees.

"What the--?" He gathered up his tent quickly and started out after them.

Theme Music Plays...

When Ethan reached the path of trees, Brandon led him inside. Soon, they reached an area where a big stage was set up. May bustled towards the stage and wrote four names on a sheet of paper that read, "SIGN UP."

"What's that for?" Ethan asks.

"The Bug Catching Contest!" Lyra cheered.

"Okay!" A chubby man announced over a microphone on a pedestal. "Everyone here will compete in today's Bug Catching Contest!"

Everyone cheered. A bell rang over the microphone and people started bustling around the forest area. Ethan shrugged and went along with it.

Soon, he reached a tall oak tree standing in the middle of the area.

"Hm?" He peered around an edge and found a hole in the base of the tree. Poking around into it, he suddenly heard a screeching noise.

"Huh? AH!" He screamed. A dozen huge brown pokemon with gray pincers on their heads started charging him.

"Pinsir nest, Pinsir, nest, PINSIR NEST!" He past by Lyra and May as they were attempting to capture the same Venonat. They whirred around and started after Ethan. Lyra proceeded to capture the Venonat before they ran off, which May was ticked about.

"Lyra, come on!" She yanked her shirt and Lyra was tugged along with her. They soon passed where Brandon was, smiling at a pokeball.

"Huh? Ethan? AH! You're being stampeded by Pinsir I see!" He said as Ethan was bustled past.

"Really? Nice sense of observation Brandon!" Ethan replied eerily.

Brandon rolled his eyes. "Go, Grovyle! Use Bullet Seed!" Grovyle appears and spits the bullets. They pound at the Pinsir until they are thrown up against a tree.

Ethan stops and keels over, catching his breath. He grabbed one of the Sport balls the man gave him and threw it at one of the Pinsir. It hit and captured.

"Heh, might as well have made the best of it I suppose," he smirked.

The bell chimed again and everyone gathered at the stage area.

"Okay! AFter careful deliberation, we have decided our three winners! With third place, who caught a very interesting Venonat: LYRA! She has won the Everstone! In Second Place, one who caught a wriggling Scyther: Brandon! Brandon will receive a Metal Coat! And in first place...who caught a very surprising Pinsir...Ethan! He has won an Icy Stone!"

Lyra, Ethan and Brandon cheered. May sneered.

"Agh! I didn't have enough time to catch a pokemon, so whatever!" She chuckled.

"Ha!"

A little later at a dock in Goldenrod...

"Well, our boat is leaving. We need to get back to Johto because of some business Professor Birch called us to. We may be back, but for now...See you guys!" Brandon and May called out. They boarded a large ocean liner and it sailed away from port.

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Anyway, this chapter was mainly for an announcement and their departure. I planned on a double battle, like Lyra and Khoury had, but since they may appear later, I decided to end their arc here.

My announcement is that there will soon be a sister fanfiction to this. It will start soon and it will be called "WhiteEmerald" The title is in debt to the Fifth Generation to come: Pokemon Black and White. And, of course, when that comes out, I will have a fiction about that (when a learn lots about it) and it will probably be called BW: *enter region here* Saga, so whatever. Anyway, look out for WhiteEmerald: Hoenn Saga soon!