Chapter 13, happy anniversary!

Charlie (sweat-drops): Um, aren't anniversaries supposed to be celebrated like for at least when they reached 10 or 20 counts of chapters…

::sweat-drops:: Don't mock me, you little lizard Pokémon!

Linole (interrupting): Actually, Charlie is a Flame Pokémon, I think…

Ah, whatever… anyway, here's the re-edit of chapter 13, enjoy! ::stomps out of the room::

Random Fact of the Story: Well, here's another good and a spoiler random fact... May's brother, Max from the anime was supposed to be featured in the first few chapters but I can't find a way where to place him exactly....But you'll be seeing him the further chapters....That's a spoiler, be warned....

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Chapter 13 - An Unexpected Surprise...

Still in the Pokémon Center, Brendan healed his Pokémon first as May waited for Avegaille and Phil to come to the center with Terra. After Brendan took back his Pokémon from Nurse Joy, Avegaille and Phil arrived just in time with Terra.

"What took you guys so long?" May asked as she quickly rushed near Terra, in which she was standing in front of the two trainers.

"Avegaille just started one of those legendary Pokémon things," Phil murmured out. "Took us a long time before we could stop talking about Latias."

"Thank Regiice it wasn't Latios," Brendan remarked as he went near the three trainers.

"Regiice? Isn't that one of the legendary Regis Pokémon?" Avegaille asked as she looked at Brendan.

"Brendan, stop mentioning those legendary Pokémon!" Phil cried out. "You'll make Avegaille talk about them for hours."

"...Well, I've heard that those Regis were locked away in caves by people from the ancient times because they were too powerful...." Avegaille started. "... I think the Regis were the one who helped the ancient people live in the caves in the first place..."

May and Terra sweat-dropped as Avegaille continued to tell the history of the Regis. Brendan on the other hand, didn't know anything about the history of some legendary Pokémon and listened to whatever Avegaille said. He just wondered where she got all of these facts.

"Weell... I have to heal my Pokémon first..." May interrupted Avegaille as she took Terra's arm and ran off near the counter.

As May walked off, Avegaille continued telling the stories of the Regis. Brendan and Phil continued to listen until they got tired for quite some time.

"Oh, for Rayquaza's sake, would you please stop that!" Brendan exclaimed as he was getting tired of Avegaille talking about the Regis. But he just realized he just mentioned another legendary Pokémon and so he quickly covered his mouth.

"Hmm, you want me to talk about Rayquaza?" Avegaille asked as she paused for a while.

"NO!" Phil cried out. He was getting annoyed by Avegaille's chatting about the other legendaries.

"Well suit yourself, but I'm not going to tell the history of that legendary Pokémon once it appears in front of us..." Avegaille said to them as she walked off to the counter where May is.

"Well, there's no way that legendary Pokémon would ever appear in front of us," Brendan remarked. He looked at Phil, who wasn't so sure of himself. "Right, Phil?"

"Um, yeah, sure, whatever," Phil replied nervously. He turned to the direction where Avegaille and May were. Both of them had just healed their Pokémon and now it was his turn, since there's no one else around except for the four of them and Nurse Joy.

While Phil healed his Pokémon, Avegaille and May were talking about something else new, besides the legendaries. Avegaille took out all of her Pokémon out of their balls for a while as May did the same. While the two girls were chatting, their Pokémon are also having their own conversation.

" So, you guys heard about the series called Pokémon Advance? " Terra asked everyone. She looked at everyone but they all began murmuring to each other. She just frowned, seeing no one is replying to her topic.

All of the Pokémon continued to talk to each other until Charlie spoke up. All of the rest of the Pokémon were listening.

" No, never heard of it, what's it about? " Charlie finally asked as he looked at Terra.

" Oh, well, it doesn't matter, that topic is getting old anyway, " Terra said as she sighed. She looked at her trainer, who was making a conversation with Charlie's trainer. While she watched, a paper smacked right in her face. She took it off with her claws and held it. She looked at it, but couldn't understand a single word it said.

" Now what is that?" " Ziggy asked curiously as he went near Terra and jumped up and down just to see what Terra is holding.

" Can you read it? " Terra asked as she held the paper in Ziggy's view.

" Ooh, it says here, Battle Frontier in Slateport, Opening Soon, " Ziggy read out loud the flyer. Then, he began thinking to himself, knowing that some Pokémon can't understand human text.. " Now, I just don't know how I understood that... "

" Humph, what's Battle Frontier? " Charlie asked to himself as he began pacing around, back and forth.

While all of May and Avegaille's Pokémon continue to wonder about Battle Frontier, Phil had just finished healing his Pokémon and approached the other three trainers to find out what they were talking about. After continuos chatting about almost everything, it was time to finally leave the Pokémon Center, since there were a lot of other things to do, besides talking about almost everything. May and Avegaille send back all of their Pokémon to their balls.

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As the four trainers got outside the Pokémon Center, all of them stopped as a trainer, about three and a half feet, with jet-like black hair, with his glasses placed on the upper front of his hair, blocked their way. He was wearing a white long sleeved collared shirt with a green T-shirt on top of it and wearing black pants. The straps of his backpack hang loose on his shoulders. Finally, just him being in front of the four trainers made May a bit shivery.

"Hey, we've got a lot of things to do, so you better get out of our way!" Brendan demanded furiously. as he tried to walk out of the boy's way.

"Well, before you all go, let me introduce myself," the boy said to them as he stopped Brendan. "My name's Max Maple and-"

"Aaaaaaah!!!" May screamed as everyone looked at her, sweat-dropping. She began to tremble and quickly hid behind Avegaille.

"'Maple', that last name sounds familiar," Avegaille said to herself as she began thinking. "Let's see, I know some people with 'Maple' as their last name... Norman Maple, Caroline Maple and May Map-" She paused for a while, realizing May, who was standing, shivering behind her. "Ooh, oh, so, you're May's little brother!" she said excitedly. Then, her excitement fades. "Funny, she never mentioned you..."

"Well, now you know, anyway, I'm not challenging gym leaders here, since I still have to finish the ones in Johto," Max said to them. He saw his older sister, still trembling and he sweat-dropped. "May, you know I'm not here to challenge you. I just came by to find out how you're doing and to-"

"W-well, I-I'm d-doing f-fine," May replied, still trembling.

"Wait, how'd you get here in Hoenn, if you're still traveling at Johto?" Brendan asked Max, getting a bit curious.

"Well, there's always the ships to travel to another region, I get my money from the trainers I beat, and I can't sign up yet for the Hoenn League since the age requirement is 12, so I'll just finish the Johto League first," Max told them.

"Well, that's true, I guess," Phil agreed. He looked at May, who is still trembling, just seeing her little brother in front of her.

"Anyway, I'm also here to update your Pokénavs, if you all have one," Max said to them as he took out his Pokénav from his pocket and a new type of link cable that goes on top of every Pokénav, even the old versions. "I passed by Devon Corp in Rustboro and they gave me this new version. They also said to find four trainers that have the old version so that I can update them. They must have given you all the old version by mistake..."

"Pokénav update, first time I've ever heard of that," Avegaille said as she took out her Pokénav from the pocket of her jacket and gave it to Max. "What are you going to do? Update the map and the Trainer's Eyes?"

"Yes, that one exactly." Max plugged the link cable to his Pokénav and the other plug to Avegaille's Pokénav. He gave to Avegaille her Pokénav as he began pressing a few buttons to his Pokénav.

"What are we doing here? Some kind of Berry Update?" Brendan asked sarcastically. He was getting tired of waiting. "Well, if that one works for Pokénavs, it could probably work on my Ruby version."

"There, all done," Max exclaimed as he unplugged the link cable in Avegaille's Pokénav. "Now, with the Pokénav updated, you can call in your parents, Prof. Birch and the other trainers you met through the new feature called Entry Call. And the map has been updated so that you don't have to wonder about those contest halls." He looked at the other three trainers. "All right, who's next?"

As the rest of the trainers gave their Pokénavs to Max one by one, Max updated each one with a special program built into his Pokénav. When they were all done, all of the four trainers began checking on their newly updated Pokénav.

"Well, anyway, I should go back to Johto and continue my journey before Dad finds out I'm here in Hoenn, loafing around," Max said to everyone as he took out a foldable bike from his backpack. He set it up and held the handle bars. "Well, May, I'll see you once again when you're about to challenge Dad." He rode on his bike and pedaled his way until he got out of Mauville and to Route 110.

"That is just one of my worst days ever!" May exclaimed out after Max left. She walked in front of the three trainers.

"Gee, what do you mean? He only updated our Pokénavs," Brendan pointed out as he sweat-dropped. Then, he looked at May in a curious manner. "Is there something between you two that you're not telling us?"

"I don't want to talk about it!" May exclaimed. Everyone was glaring directly at her. "Fine, I'll tell you... Max isn't supposed to be in the Hoenn Region at all, not even while I'm fighting against my own father! His punishment was to be in the Johto region, fighting gym leaders and competing in the Pokémon Johto League at his age!"

"He's only ten...hey, wait, the requirement to be a trainer is 12, so why-" Brendan paused for a while as he tried to think up a new question.

"What did he do wrong that made him had a punishment such as that?" Avegaille asked concernedly.

"Actually, he thinks that fighting gym leaders and joining the Pokémon Johto League isn't a punishment," May added as she sweat-dropped. Then, she got back to her furious mode. "But I'm not telling you all why or what he did, because it's just between the two of us!"

"Okay, fine, we won't ask anymore," Brendan finally said. Then, he looked from the distance and saw a bike shop. "Hey, let's check out the Bike Shop over there! Maybe we could get Avegaille's bike fixed..."

"Um, yeah, that, forgot all about that..." Avegaille said as she blushed.

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After going inside the Bike Shop to get Avegaille's bike fixed, May and Brendan had also gotten bikes for free thanks to Rydel. The owner was very generous to give bikes to May and Brendan for free. Now, it was time to challenge the Gym Leader of Mauville City. It was a beautiful shady afternoon that day. But now, there was someone blocking their way before the could get inside the gym.

"Come on, uncle, please, I want to challenge this gym," a green-haired boy, also known as Wally before, pleaded. "With Ralts and me here, I'm sure we can beat the gym leader here!"

"Oh, come on, you're taking this too much, I mean, you just got your Pokémon," Mr. Wood, Wally's uncle from his father side of the family, wailed out. Then, he spotted the four trainers watching them.

"Um, hello," May greeted as she smiled.

"May! So good to see you!" Wally exclaimed as he went near her.

"Well, Wally wants to battle the gym here and could you do me a little favor and battle with him before he challenges the gym?" Mr. Wood requested to the other three trainers.

Wally looked at the other three trainers, in which one of them will battle with him. Finally, Brendan walked in front and decided he'll battle Wally.

"All right, let's get this battle started!" Brendan exclaimed as he looked at Wally.

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End of Chapter 13

Charlie: Uh, Avegaille's been a bit too pissy lately…

Linole (very confused): What in the world is that suppose to mean?

I have not been pissy, you crazy Pokémon… always trying to make up things… ::sweat-drops::

Anyway, that's chapter 13, I think… so, now what? That's right, chapter 14 is on!