Thanks for liking my Christmas chapter! Now its new year's then school again! (For them) The Competitions will be happening soon... hopefully my idea machine A.K.A my brain will agree...

Disclaimer: I do not own Pokémon...

Sapphire's P.O.V.

When will this winter end? I'm freezing my butt off! I rubbed my half-frozen arms and shivered. I am currently walking through the forest. The incidents on Darkrai had subsided slightly and people had started ignoring the warnings. By people I mean me. By warnings I mean the constant nagging from Crystal every time anyone of us would leave the house.

I called out for Toro. The poor darling needed to stretch. I tickled him under his chin. He loves it when I do that! I giggled as Toro ran ahead, trying to fight with a butterfree.

'Hey. You're Sapphire right?'

I turned around and saw the figure of Caroline Usui! I felt my mouth go dry, and not from the cold.

'Y-yes! I love your music!' I stammered, blushing. Ruby's mom giggled and joined me on my stroll along the forest. I couldn't help but steal glances at her and feel proud. The Caroline Usui had chosen to walk with me! I aint being girly ok!

'Ruby has told me so much about you! How's your father? I haven't seen him in so long?' Caroline asked. I scratched my head.

'Well, Papa is always busy with his work so I rarely see him. Wait, Ruby talks about me?'

'Aw! That's too bad! He constantly rambles on about you to me. If Norman finds out that you two are dat-'

'WE ARE NOT DATING!' I yelled at the top of my voice. I realised what I had said and blushed. Caroline blinked then gave me a warm smile.

'Sweetie... I just thought...'

'It's ok... it's not like I wanna date him anyways... girly boy...' I let myself smile. An image of Ruby combing his Mightyena came into my mind. My averted to the icy floor. I stopped short and looked back. Toro was still trying to get the butterfree. I thought all butterfree were hibernating?

'Toro! Come here!' I demanded. I couldn't shake this feeling I got in the pit of my stomach. When he ignored me I knew something was wrong. I jogged towards him. He was so engrossed with the butterfree that he didn't notice my snapping my fingers. I looked into his eyes and saw swirls in them.

'He's hypnotized!' I gasped. I reached for my pokeballs.

'Drop them.' A sinister voice called from the shadows. I looked around and saw no one. 'Stealth'

I carefully placed my pokeballs on the ground and a flame of fire shot out and burned the capsules. I grunted a quiet 'Shit' and turned to Caroline. The singer looked scared. I rushed to her side and looked at my Pokémon sadly. They were peering at me through the balls with sad expressions on their faces. I whispered a quiet sorry and turned my attention to Caroline.

'Now! if you want to live you wi-'

'Hey! Azu! I'm hungry!'

'Amb's! Ugh! C'mon!' a whiny voice came from the shadows. I recognized it.

'Azurite? Amber?' I asked. I heard their squealy voices shut up. I raised an eyebrow and took a step forward. I heard a small 'eep'. That confirmed my suspicions. I was just about to pounce into the forest when an elegant Mightyena pounced over Caroline's and my head. The mightyena used a hyper beam into the forest. I covered my ears to block out the noise. When the Mightyena finished her move, she sat down and barked at Caroline happily.

'Nana?'

'Nana! Where are you?' a voice called out. I turned to the source of the voice and gawped. Ruby was running straight towards Caroline and I. When he reached us, he avoided eye contact with me and rushed to his mother.

'Mom! Are you ok?'

'Yes Ruby. Sapphire here has been a darling but her Pokémon are stuck in their balls. Whoever attacked us burned the capsules!' explained Caroline. Ruby looked at the ground behind me and gasped. He walked over and picked up the burned balls and pocketed them into his bag. He motioned me to follow him. I turned to where Nana had shot the hyper beam.

Whoever attacked us (Azurite and Amber), had escaped now. I followed him but kept an eye out for anything else suspicious.

Green's P.O.V.

'Yellow! Come on! You lost a bet with Red!' I whined as I begged for Yellow to come sign-up for the drawing contest. Yellow hugged a staircase armrest and refused to let go. I huffed and placed my hands on my hips. Her grip didn't slack though. I placed a finger to my bottom lip and thought.

'You. Lost. A. Bet. Yellow.' I emphasised each word carefully. I could tell she was already thinking about letting go in her mind. I smirked and leaned close to her ear. 'To. Reeeed~' I chirped. I instantly saw a faint blanket of pink layered on her cheeks. I jabbed her in the sides in one swift motion. Yellow squealed and dropped to the floor.

'Green! That hurt!' complained Yellow, rubbing her sore bum. I giggled and helped the blonde off the ground. Went to the coat closet and grabbed an orange and pink one. I handed Yellow the orange one and put my pink one on. We walked through the snow in silence.

'Hey! So what are you going to draw? Huh? Shizuka-san! Answer me!' I shouted. Yellow jumped at my volume. I shrugged and continued to stare at her. she pressed her lips together and looked like she was deep in thought. I wrapped a scarf around my neck and shivered. The cold is so... cold!

We reached the sign-ups in the school's main building. About a billion more people were there too! It was amazing that every year so many people join! And now we are competing with U.S.P.T! It's been a while since we battled with those rich brats! I can't wait to show them who the better school is! I noticed Yellow looking straight pass me. She was stiff all over and had a blush on her cheeks. I raised an eyebrow and turned around. I saw a familiar red cap and raven hair and smiled.

'Red!' I yelled and cupped my mouth for extra volume. The people around us grunted annoyingly and shot me some death glares. I simply stuck out my tongue at them and waved to Red. He caught my eye and his face broke into a grin. He walked over with difficulty from all the fangirls surrounding him. I giggled as he stepped on one of the girls shoelaces. He apologized, the girl not caring.

'Hey Yellow! Green.' I pouted playfully but I was smirking on the inside. Yellow was nearly as red as a Tamato berry! She waved and said and inaudible 'hello'.

'So, you guys signing up?' asked Red, straining his voice to keep it higher than the crowd. I nodded.

'Hmm. I'm doing some battling and maybe a contest. Yellow is going to go for the drawing department!'

Red's face lit up. He gave Yellow a lopsided grin and saluted a goodbye. I waved until he disappeared in the crowd. Yellow let out a shaky breath of relief and slapped my arm.

'Ow! That hurt!'

'Why do you sound so surprised?' mocked Yellow in a playful voice. I grinned at her, earning a another slap on my arm.

'Now he really will expect me to sign-up!' exclaimed Yellow. I grinned.

'Then you have to prove you belong in the Art department, Yellow! I've been friends with you for how long?'

'...five years...'

'Five years! I know you! You are an incredible artist and you can kick anyone's ass at drawing!' I think my pep talk got through, cuz her face had renewed determination and she made her way to the sign-ups. I smiled and pushed my way through a bunch of very stubborn people before signing up myself.

Blue's P.O.V.

'Hey, I saw Green and Yellow sign up yesterday...' Red said as he came into my room. He quickly brought his hands up to his eyes and turned around. I was dressed in a towel that was covering my... lower area. I sighed and grunted. Red got the hint and ran out of the room as fast as he could.

I shook my head, spraying water droplets everywhere. Outside I could hear the chatter from Green and Yellow as they entered Green's room. I ignored them and walked to my closet.

'Blue! Have you seen m- oh wow...'

I turned my head around and saw Green standing in the doorway of my bathroom, the conjoining door wide open. I fully turned and faced her. he face had gotten so pink it was like a Jigglypuff's. my hand was still holding the towel in place so I just stared at her, my hair dripping water in the floor. But Green just continued to stare at me. Her eyes were directly on my toned chest.

'Green! What's going on? Why are yo- Omigosh! Gomen Blue! Green! C'mon!' Yellow exclaimed as she used one hand to cover her eyes and another to drag Green back to her room. When the conjoining door was shut, I could hear the blonde scolding the brunette and the brunette stuttering. I smirked and got back to dressing.

-Downstairs-

'So... anyone wanna explain why Red and Yellow look so traumatized?' Sapphire asked as we ate breakfast. She and Gold had been observing those two for some time. I gazed at those two.

'Well...' started Yellow, but Red cut her off.

'I thought I saw Darkrai in the woods and I told Yellow.' Red said, biting his bottom lip and looking at me. Crystal did a spit-take and stared at Red, wide-eyed.

'What!'

'It's nothing! Just turned out to be a duskull...' Red explained between chews of toast with combee honey. This seemed to calm Crystal down slightly. I got up and walked out of the dining room. I grabbed my green coat and walked out.

'Give it back meanie!' a small girl that looked to be in the elementary division, wearing a coat that was too big for her, shouted at a boy towering over her. The boy held a plush toy of an eevee and jingled it on top of her, above the girls reach.

'No way, Jade! You ate the last of my pocky! This is payback!' The boy said as he jingled it. He dropped it but caught it again, creating false hope for the ten year old girl.

I walked up to them and snatched the doll from the boy's hands. He turned around and started to make a rude remark but instead he started to shrink. I stared at him with steely eyes. His face quivered and he ran away.

'Arigatou gozaimasu!' the little girl called Jade said to me as she watched the figure of the boy running away. I crouched down and handed the doll to her and my lips twitched slightly. The girl hugged the eevee plush toy with a death grip. She grinned at me and kissed my cheek before bowing and running off to the houses. I stood back up and put my hands in my black jeans and continued walking down the pathway.

Hey! Sorry I haven't updated in a while! I had tests... in two months I will have some major exams... heck next week I have orals! HELP! TT_TT so yeah... this chapter is already past News years... so next chapter with be back to school for them! woopee! Please Rate and Review! :D

BYE!~