Ah, chapter 10… What am I supposed to do again? Oh, yeah, introduce the chapter… here it is! Have fun reading it! Um, oh, yeah, the 4-on-4 battle thing, I just made that up… Well, it's fan fiction for crying out loud! You can make up a lot of things as long as it goes on with the flowing thing…

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Chapter 10 - Off To Slateport

Last time we left off, we saw May and Avegaille meeting a guy inside Dewford Cave. The two trainers looked around, trying to find out what's so interesting about the cave that they were in right now. Also, the two trainers aren't sure if the guy inside with them really is the person they're looking for.

"Okay, since you won't talk, I'll introduce myself," the guy with gray hair said to them. He was wearing a T-shirt with a vest to cover it. His pants were a bit loose as he approached the two trainers. "I'm Steven Stone, and you two are?"

"Avegaille Amethyst," Avegaille replied, looking at Steven in a very confused way.

"May Maple," May replied, taking something out from her bag. "Oh, by the way, the president of the Devon Corp. wanted me to give you this." She gave to Steven the letter.

"You look so old," Avegaille said to Steven as she looked even closer to Steven's face.

"Avegaille! Stop that!" May exclaimed, pulling Avegaille away from Steven. "And he's not that old...."

'Oh, that's okay, I don't mind it at all. So anyway, my dad wants me to go to his office," Steven said to them. He took out something from his pocket. "Here, these are for you."

Steven gave each trainer a TM Move. The two trainers were very curious of what move was inside. Both of them examined the small box carefully.

"It's Steel Wing, and it's also one of my favorite moves," Steven said as he chuckled, seeing the trainer's curiosity. "Anyway, I'm going to look in this cave a little further."

"Well, okay then, hope we meet some other time," May said to him as she pulled Avegaille's arm, while Avegaille held Kathy in one arm, and went out of the cave.

Steven laughed softly to himself as he continued to look at the edges of the cave. While he did that, May and Avegaille saw a ledge that they could jump through so that they can get out of the cave faster. As they quickly got out, they saw Brendan and Phil, near the shore, fishing up for something.

"Ssshh, let's surprise them," May whispered to Avegaille. She quickly tiptoed to get near Brendan.

"Why would I want to do that?" Avegaille asked herself as she continued to hold Kathy in her arms. She looked from the distance as she saw May picking up a small rock to throw at Brendan's head.

May threw the small rock and aimed it at Brendan's head. When it did hit Brendan's head, Brendan turned around and saw May smiling at him. Phil turned around to find out what's going on. He saw May and Avegaille, both at different spots.

"Hey! You did that on purpose!" Brendan declared to May furiously. He went closer to her.

"So, what are you going to do about it?" May asked, grinning evilly. She folded her arms across her chest.

"Why you...You know, I don't usually pick on girls, but in your case, it's different!" Brendan warned May.

Avegaille went closer to May and gave Kathy back as Phil packed his things on the ground. May and Brendan were looking at each other furiously. Then, Avegaille noticed Mr. Briney's ship arriving at Dewford from the shore. Phil had just finished putting back all of his things in his backpack when Brendan is about to start another battle.

"I had enough, let's have-"

"Not a good idea," Avegaille interrupted Brendan. She went in front of him. "Besides, Mr. Briney's boat has just arrived."

"And just how did you know that?" Brendan asked Avegaille. He was still trying to control his temper.

"Um, uh, look, there he is," Avegaille exclaimed as she pointed out where Mr. Briney and his boat is. She quickly ran to Phil and took his arm. "Come on, Phil, let's go!"

"Okay, okay," Phil said as Avegaille dragged him to Dewford. He tried to keep up with Avegaille by running with her.

"Well, we'll continue our battle when we get to Slateport," Brendan said to May as he ran after Avegaille and Phil.

"Humph, fine with me!" May grumbled to herself as she looked at Kathy, who was in her arms. She also ran to follow the others who just got to Dewford.
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At the port of Dewford, Mr. Briney and his Peeko are waiting for the four trainers to arrive so that they can finally get to Slateport. Avegaille and Phil are already aboard the ship and they were only waiting for May and Brendan to arrive. Brendan had arrived first, followed by May. Both of them are very exhausted from all the running.

"So, you noticed that it's not even afternoon," Mr. Briney said to the two of them.

"Yeah, and I was asking Avegaille why," Brendan replied. He saw May returning Kathy back to her Pokéball.

"Well, she called me and I was going to Slateport also to get something for my Peeko, so I came here to pick you all up," Mr. Briney explained. "Well, let's go, we don't want to be late."

May and Brendan boarded the ship as Mr. Briney followed them and set the ship sailing. They left at eleven in the morning. While on the ship, Avegaille decided to hold her backpack in her arms and sit down on the floor while they waited to get to Slateport. May was on one side of the boat while Brendan was on the other side. Phil was wondering to himself why would May start a fight for no reason. Peeko was playing with Avegaille, flying around her and landing on her head. It took them so long before they could reach Slateport. When they all got there, it was already two in the afternoon.

"Well, good luck on your journey," Mr. Briney said to the four trainers as the got off the ship.

"Thanks!" Avegaille called off as she and her friends walked off.

As they walked on the beach, they saw a lot of people resting and playing around the beach. Then, they saw a beach hut that sells Soda Pops. They all decided to enter it.

"Well, welcome," the owner greeted them. The four trainers went near him. "I'll tell you all a little something. I loved hot battles, so I was wondering if you all could me some. If you all do, I'll give you each a half-dozen Soda Pops. So, what do you say?"

"Well, it's okay, I guess," May replied. She shrugged as she looked at Avegaille.

"Sure, we'll do it!" Avegaille replied excitedly.

"Well, if we do get a prize, then, we'll do it," Brendan said as he placed his hands on his hips.

"I just want to get into a battle, I guess," Phil said as he looked at Brendan.

"Great, there are four trainers here, so you can battle one each," the owner instructed them. He saw all four trainers facing the other trainers inside the hut.

"Well, get ready kid, cause I'm going to beat you first," the sailor declared to Brendan.

At the other side, May was battling a Beauty and Avegaille was taking on a Tuber. Phil, on the other hand, was challenging a Swimmer. Brendan sent out Ron, May send out Bell, Avegaille decided to let Ziggy do the job and Phil send out Hank, his Makuhita. It didn't take them long to beat their opponents. After the battle of the four trainers, May's Bell was starting to evolve. May was so happy that her Bell had finally evolved into a Beautifly.

"Great job!" the owner exclaimed happily as the four trainers went near him. "As a reward, you all get each a half-dozen Soda Pops." He handed out to each trainer six bottles of Soda Pop.

"Thanks," May said as she placed the Soda Pops in her bag.

"Now, you all come back if you want to buy Soda Pops here," the owner said to them as the four trainers looked at him happily and walked off to get to their next destination.
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Outside the hut, the four trainers decided to plan a place where they can meet so that they wouldn't be looking around the city for each other. May wanted to go with Avegaille, since she was still mad at Brendan while Brendan decided to go with Phil, since he didn't have anyone else to go with.

"We can all meet at the Pokémon Center, okay?" Avegaille suggested to everyone.

Everyone else agreed as they headed to Slateport, with May and Avegaille going to the market while Brendan and Phil decided to check out the other places. May looked around the market, looking for some dolls to buy to decorate her room. Avegaille tried to remember something that she was suppose to do in Slateport but nothing came out.

"Hey, let's not forget to deliver that package to the Shipyard," May reminded Avegaille as she went near her. "I just finished shopping and all of the dolls I bought are transferred into my PC."

"Package?" Avegaille asked herself. Then, she finally remembered. "Yes, that package. But, first, I want to do some Pokémon catching."

"Okay, I'll come with you," May said as she and Avegaille walked around Slateport.

While walking around Slateport, the two trainers noticed that there wasn't a contest hall around there, seeing that the Pokénav indicated that there is one in Slateport. They also noticed the long line in the museum, most of them are wearing red and blue outfits. May looked at Avegaille, who was also confused herself.

"Must be the old versions of the Pokénav," Avegaille said to May as she shrugged and continued to walk. May was right behind her until they reached the exit.

As they got out, they saw a bunch of grunts, in two different colors, lined up around the place, which blocked the route that goes on. But the good thing is that there is a patch of grass where some Pokémon lives right in front of the lined up grunts. Avegaille decided to look around while May waited for her out of the grassy patch. While looking for Pokémon at the grassy patch, a wild Electrike appeared right in front of Avegaille.

"Go! Ziggy!" Avegaille exclaimed as she tossed a ball and out came Ziggy.

" All right! " Ziggy exclaimed as he saw the Pokémon. Then, he became confused. " What is that Pokémon? "

"I think it's an Electrike," Avegaille replied as she held the Pokédex in her hand. "All right, use Rock Smash!"

" Okay! " Ziggy exclaimed as he saw a bunch of rocks and starts crushing it in front of the wild Pokémon. The wild Pokémon however was starting to wobble, almost fainting out.

"All right, let's catch it!" Avegaille exclaimed as she tossed an empty Pokéball to the wild Pokémon. The wild Pokémon shrunk as it entered the ball. Avegaille waited as the ball shook a little until the middle part of the ball turned red.

" Hey, look, I think you caught it, " Ziggy exclaimed as the middle part of the ball turned red.

Avegaille picked up the ball as she and Ziggy got off the grassy patch and decided to go back to Slateport with May. Both of them saw that there wasn't any long line outside the Oceanic Museum. The two girl trainers went to the Pokémon Center to heal their Pokémon. They also saw Brendan and Phil waiting for them as they got inside the center.

"Where have you two been?" Brendan asked May and Avegaille as the two girl trainers went near him. "We have to get the package delivered before it gets dark."

"Oh, lighten up, we've only been here for thirty minutes, you know," May said to Brendan. She walked to the counter where Nurse Joy and Avegaille is.

"Didn't those two noticed the grunts at the Oceanic Museum?" Phil asked as he went near Brendan.

"Well, let's go ahead of them, I'm surely they'll know where we are," Brendan told Phil. He walked out of the Pokémon center as Phil followed him.

As the two boys got out of the Pokémon Center, Avegaille and May have just completely healed their Pokémon. They saw that Brendan and Phil are no longer inside the center so both of them just got out of the center to deliver the package at the Shipyard.
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As May and Avegaille got inside the Shipyard, they tried to find the person to deliver the package to, but they just saw the assistant. While inside, they saw a lot of people drafting plans on their tables. The assistant approached the two trainers.

"If you're looking for Capt. Stern, I think he's at the Oceanic Museum," the assistant said to them. "Oh, and by the way, my name's Dock, if you haven't known yet."

"Okay, thanks," May said as she and Avegaille got out of the Shipyard.
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While the two girl trainers are walking to get to the museum, the boys are way ahead of them, but they didn't have the package. They went inside the museum and paid for the entrance fee. There, they saw a lot of grunts, some in blue and some in red, scattered around the place. Brendan saw one grunt that looked very familiar.

"Oh, it's you again, please, leave me alone," the grunt in blue pleaded as he handed out a TM to him and quickly ran out of the museum.

"Huh?" Brendan looked really confused as he just placed the TM in his bag.

"What did he gave you?" Phil asked Brendan as they continued to walked to find the stairs that lead them to the second floor.

"A TM, but I don't know what it is," Brendan replied as he finally found the stairs and walked to it to get to the second floor. Phil was right behind him.

As they got to the second floor, they saw a guy, looking at an old ship model. Both of them approached him as he turned around, thinking that they have the package, as the Devon Corp. called him earlier, saying that four trainers will be delivering the package to him.

"Oh, hello, I'm Capt. Stern and the two of you must have the package," he said to them. "But the corporation told me that there were four of you."

"Um, well, that's just-"

"Hold it right there!" a grunt in red interrupted Brendan. He was with another grunt who also had the same threads as he did.

But before the grunt in red could continue, two grunts in blue approached them, also trying to get the package from the trainers.

"We'll get that package first before you can!" the grunt in blue interrupted.

"Ha, not if we get it first!" the other grunt in red protested.

The four grunts looked at the two trainers, who were afraid since they didn't have the package at all. But their fear didn't last long as they held on to one of their Pokéballs, just in case they wanted to fight.

"Well, hand over the package, if you don't want to fight!" the other grunt in blue commanded the trainers.

"But we don't have it!" Phil exclaimed, getting annoyed.

"Fine, let's do this the hard way!" the grunt in red exclaimed. He took out a Pokéball and send out a Numel. His partner did the same thing.

"Okay, you little brats, if you won't tell where it is, then, get ready to taste the world of pain," the grunt in blue told them as he and his partner send out a Carvanha.

"What do we do?" Brendan asked Phil, getting worried. "We can't handle four of these grunts!"

"I'm surely Avegaille and May are on their way to deliver the package," Phil said to him, also getting worried.

"Hey, if you want the package, you'll all have to fight the four of us first!" a voice from behind them shouted out. The grunts turned around and saw the other two trainers, with their Pokémon already out with them.

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End of Chapter 10

Yeah, end of chapter 10, like what I said before… anyway…


Charlie (looking at the screen): Hey, what happens here?


Me (getting annoyed): Charlie, I thought you were asleep....


Charlie: Well, not anymore...


Like I was saying, anyway, I hope you'll read on…