Merry Christmas and happy holidays everyone! Funny thing about this and chapter 11 of Kanto is that they have been done for months and I just didn't upload them. I don't know why I just didn't. So y'all get a double feature again as a Christmas gift. Please enjoy.
Disclaimer: I do not nor will I ever own Pokemon. I just really like it.
The three of them entered Rustboro City. Unlike Petalburg Rustboro looked a lot more like your typical city.
"Wow. Isn't the city amazing Brendan?" May asked having only been to a city a few times as a kid.
"I'm from Johto's Capital Goldenrod City. Compared to that this is nothing. I'm more impressed with rural places." Brendan answered.
"Well you'll find that Hoenn has cities to rival Goldenrod and rural towns so full of culture Alola would be impressed." The Devon worker praised.
"Someone's got some homeland pride. I respect that." Brendan said with a smile.
The man stopped in front of the fanciest looking building in the whole city.
"Here we are. The Devon Corporation! Named after the late founder Devon Stone." The worker introduced.
"Wow. Fancy. What is the Devon Corporation anyway?" Brendan asked.
The worker looked at him like he had three heads.
"He just moved to Hoenn." May said in his defense.
"What? Did I say something funny?" Brendan asked.
"You only asked what the biggest company in Hoenn did." May explained.
"Yes Devon Corps is the leading company in technology, research and innovation in Hoenn. So much so we work with our competitors instead of compete with them." The worker explained.
"Oh. Kinda like Silph Co." Brendan said.
"Not really. Silph Co is ruthless in crushing it competition and deals in shady practices. Devon Corps is all about the people and never breaks moral codes for a profit." A handsome looking old man said.
The three of them turned and May and the worker were shocked.
"Who are you?" Brendan asked.
"My name is Joseph Stone. I'm the current CEO of Devon Corps." He introduced.
"Oh so you own this place. Neat." Brendan said nonchalantly.
"You are talking to one of the most influential people in Hoenn and all you have to say is neat?!" The worker said astonished.
"I'm not really into all that business stuff. I'm more of a Pokemon battle guy." He explained.
"Hahaha! Then you'll love my son. He got quite the knack for batting. Anyway I must thank you for…" Mr Stone was cut off by a small explosion and a smoke bomb going off at their feet.
As they were all coughing they heard the worker scream and what sounded like running. It didn't take long for the smoke to clear. Once it cleared they saw the worker on the floor and a man in a red hoodie running down the street.
"He's got the Devon parts." The worker said in pain from being tossed to the ground.
"You stay here May. Make sure nobody else makes a move on this place. I'll go after the thief." Brendan ordered as he ran after the hooded man.
May nodded and helped the worker up while Mr. Stone stood looking impressed.
"What a kid. It's not even his business and he jumps in to help without hesitation. Not to mention he speaks with such charisma he almost had me following orders." Mr. Stone laughed.
Brendan's chase lead him to Route 116. He had lost sight of him. While looking around he found an old man on the ground out of breath.
"Hey old timer! You ok?" Brendan asked.
"Don't worry. These old bones aren't as fragile as you think. I'm just worn out from a little tussle I had with a hooded goon." He explained.
"I'm chasing him right now. He stole something from a friend. Where did he go?" Brendan questioned.
"He ran into the Rusturf Tunnel but not before making off with my precious Wingull. Please bring him back to me." The old man explained.
"Just sit tight. I'll bring him back." He said heading towards the cave.
Once in the cave all he could hear was an echo. He followed it to find the man at a dead end.
"Shit! Shit! Shit! The fucking cave caved in because of the stupid Whismur!" The thug panicked.
"Well first I'm beating up a forest pirate and now I've cornered a cave thug. Think this day can get any weirder?" Brendan taunted.
The thug turned around and cracked a devious smile. There was a weird looking M on the front of the hoodie and the hood had fox ears.
"Who the hell you calling a thug kid?" He asked in the thugest way possible.
"Oh I'm sorry I meant furry." Brendan said pointing to where the ears were and snickering.
Veins popped out of the grunts forehead in anger.
"Listen kid we ain't nothing like those dumbass Team Aqua fucks. We're Team Magma, a militant research group bent on bettering the environment." He explained.
"So why did you steal the Devon parts and the Wingull? If you're a research group then you can just apply for grants can't you?" Brendan asked.
"Oh wait there was one other title we had. What is it that the authorities called us again? Oh yeah eco-terrorists!" The grunt said with pride.
"That's what I thought. Look either you give back the Devon parts and the Wingull or I'm going to have to beat your ass." Brendan threatened as he sent out Ralts.
The grunt sent out a Poochyena which made Brendan facepalm.
"Ralts finally gets a damaging move and I can't fucking use it because you send out a dark type." Brendan complained.
Ralts began to whimper and get all teary eyed again.
"No no no please don't cry. It's only dark types you can't fight right now. You're still very useful on other types." Brendan said trying to cheer her up.
He swapped out for Poochyena who took a tackle. Poochyena took it out in one ice fang as usual leaving the grunt terrified of Brendan's power. He then grabbed the Wingull.
"Make one move and I'll snap it's fucking neck!" The grunt said in desperation.
"Wow! Ok let's just relax here." Brendan said backing off and putting his hands up.
As soon as he did this a rock shot passed Brendan and hit the grunt in the face knocking him out instantly. He turned around to see a Rypirior next to a beautiful petite girl. She was in a nice gray dress with a dark pink tie and pink leggings underneath to match. She had dark brown hair done up in twin buns with twin tails as well.
"I'll take it from here. You did well but next time leave stuff like this to the professionals." She said.
"Nice to meet you too I'm Brendan...also sorry babe but if I see someone in need, I'm gonna help." Brendan said immediately not liking her personality.
"Do not call me babe! I have a name thank you!" She yelled.
"Really? You never introduced yourself so how was I supposed to know?" Brendan asked not putting up with her bullshit.
"W-well...whatever! Doesn't mean you can call me degrading names! My name is Roxanne Granite and I'm the Rustboro City Gym Leader." She finally introduced.
"You're a Gym Leader? Well I guess looks aren't everything." Brendan said checking her out again.
"Typical men. Get your eyes off my legs you pig!" She scolded.
Any arousal Brendan had gotten from her good looks was immediately killed by her garbage personality.
"Anyway like I said leave it to the professionals next time." She said.
"But I'm a Pokemon Trainer." He argued.
"That doesn't give you any authority. Only Gym Leader Class Trainers and above have authority. Do something like this again and I'll have you arrested for vigilantism." She scolded again.
Brendan began laughing.
"You are such a bitch you know that? I stop an eco-terrorist for the second time today from getting away with stolen goods and you threaten to arrest me for it?! What the hell is wrong with you?!" Brendan yelled completely done with her bullshit now.
"Excuse me?! We have rules for a reason! If I let you break them then I have to let everyone break them!" She defended herself.
Before the arguing got even more intense a loud stomp echoed shutting both of them up.
"Miss Granite!" The voice called.
They both turned to find Mr. Stone.
"You do not threaten do gooders with detainment! Mr Ruby here was well within his rights to stop a crime in progress." Mr Stone explained.
"Wait...Ruby?!" Roxanne said with shock.
"Yes this is Norman's son. As for you Mr Ruby it's very ungentlemanly to call a lady A bitch even if she is acting like one. Be the better person and stay respectful." He scolded.
"Sorry. I'm the kind of person that says what's on my mind." He apologized.
"I'm...sorry too. There I said it." Roxanne said clearly hurting her pride.
They handed the grunt over to the authorities and headed back to Devon Corps. The other Magma member watched it all from the shadows.
"This is Zinnia reporting in. Mission to retrieve Devon parts is a failure because my senior got himself arrested. However Team Aqua also fail to retrieve them." She reported.
Back at Devon Corps Brendan was relieved to see the worker was well. The old man was also reunited with his Wingull and went back home.
"Brendan I must thank you again. To show my thanks give me your Dexnav." Mr Stone asked.
Brendan handed it over and Mr Stone pulled out a screwdriver. Faster than the eye could see he tinkered with it and gave it back.
"There. Now it has Devon Corps most recent cell phone services on it." He explained.
"Sweet. Hey May give me your number." Brendan said.
May put herself in his phone and Prof Birch too.
"Oh also I don't take to kindly to being treated like a kid with no respect." Brendan said glaring at Roxanne.
"I was just enforcing the rules. Maybe if you had gone to a Trainer school instead of riding on your dad's name you would know that." She said coldly.
A vein popped out of Brendan's forehead which is a sign May knew all too well now.
"Alright listen here you uptight bitch! Being a Gym Leader yourself you should know that only people a Gym Leader deems worthy are made Trainers in that way. My old man might be extremely forgetful but he doesn't give away freebies." Brendan yelled rather defensively.
"You are really starting to piss me off with all this bitch shit." Roxanne said back.
"The second you stop being a bitch I'll stop calling you one." He told her.
Roxanne's face was now red with anger.
"Alright let's settle this! My Gym in one hour! Be there!" She screamed stomping off.
Brendan walked off to Route 116.
"He got a heart of gold but a tongue of silver." Mr Stone said.
"He's an honest person who calls it like it is. He says stuff like that to bring it to the person's attention so that maybe they change bad habits." May defended.
The hour passed and Brendan walked into the Gym to find Roxanne basically ready to rip his throat out.
"Don't worry if you can't beat me. I'll let you study at my school until you can." She said smugly.
"You run a school?! Just how old are you?" Brendan asked in shock.
"16. Youngest certified teacher in all of Hoenn." She bragged.
"Oh so you give me shit but you were made a Trainer by a Gym Leader too. I think it's time I taught you a lesson." Brendan said even more pissed than he had been.
"Try me." She taunted.
Brendan sent out Ralts and Roxanne sent out a Geodude.
"Alright Ralts it's your time to shine. Let's show this bitch not to mess with us!" He yelled to get Ralts pumped.
Brendan's Aura flared up which caught Roxanne by surprise.
"Holy shit you're an Aura User?!" She said in shock.
"Is that what this blue stuff is? It just shows up when I get fired up." He explained.
"Well then this might actually be enjoyable." Roxanne said activating her Aura.
"Ok Ralts let her have it." He ordered with a smile.
Ralts' bangs slowly lifted up to reveal her eyes which were glowing with psychic energy. Geodude stood motionless for a second then was sent a few feet from the psychic attack.
"Impressive. Show them what we can do Geodude." Roxanne ordered.
Geodude picked up a sizable rock and whipped it at Ralts smashing her square in the face.
"Oh no…" Brendan said nervously.
"What's wrong? Feeling down because I one-shotted your Pokemon?" Roxanne taunted.
Brendan shook his head and pointed to Ralts. She was standing now with blood running down her head. Her mouth began to quiver and she began crying shortly after.
"You sent a crybaby out for an official match? Man you are stupid." Roxanne laughed.
Brendan was slowly backing up which caused Roxanne to raise an eyebrow. Her question was answered before she asked as Ralts exploded in anger and sent Geodude flying around the room like a pinball. Roxanne ducked down to avoid her partner who was now a deadly ballistic. After a few seconds Geodude was smacked down right in front of Roxanne completely unconscious.
"What did you think of that? I learned training her that she tends to throw a temper tantrum when hit badly." Brendan said proud of Ralts' power.
"You are so reckless! I could have died!" She yelled with her heart still racing.
"Not if you're using the blue stuff. Might break a few bones but you'll survive." Brendan said in his defense.
Roxanne was done with Brendan's shit.
"You are the second most infuriating man I have ever met!" She screamed.
Brendan went to retort but noticed Ralts had passed out. Probably due to the combination of blood loss and explosive power use.
"You did good. Rest up well." Brendan said returning her.
"Not only do you put others in danger but you put your own Pokemon in danger. What was Norman thinking making you a Trainer?" Roxanne said in disgust.
"You know I'm sick of your attitude. How about a little bet to settle this? If I can't beat you then you can revoke my Trainer license." He suggested.
"What about if you win?" She asked.
"An apology for how you're treating me and to sit on my Gym Leader Class board." He added.
"Tck. You know the requirements to be Gym Leader Class? Looks like you're not completely uneducated. Deal." She said sending out her Nosepass.
"Ok Treecko I know you don't like me but we need to put this bitch in her place. So please just cooperate with me for 5 minutes." Brendan pleaded as he sent out Treecko.
Treecko looked back at Brendan and then over to Roxanne who he immediately took a disliking to. He sighed then looked back to Brendan and nodded. Both Pokemon were bursting with their Trainer's Aura. Treecko went to attack but was quickly buried in rocks.
"Oops. Looks like someone didn't notice the quick claw I put on Nosepass." She teased.
Brendan wasn't going to let her get to him. Treecko popped out of the top of the mountain of rocks with only a bruise or two.
"Alright Treecko use leer!" Brendan ordered.
Treecko looked back at him as if to say are you serious.
"Hey you said you'll cooperate. Just trust me ok?" Brendan said.
Treecko shrugged and used leer and felt lame for not attacking.
"Use it again." Brendan added.
He used it again and got covered in rocks again.
"Alright now let's switch to offense. Heal yourself with absorb." He ordered.
Treecko healed up and did a good amount of damage. Roxanne wasted her next turn with a potion.
"You know how to finish it Treecko." Brendan said with a smile.
Treecko cracked a grin too and bombarded Nosepass with bullet seed. Doing maximum damage he took Nosepass down. Roxanne fell to her knees.
"You think I'm uneducated but you're wrong. I figured you would heal up to full HP after and I know sturdy doesn't let it fall in one hit but bullet seed is multiple hits. I just needed to lower Nosepass' defense first." Brendan explained.
"That's...an extremely sound strategy. I hate to admit it but you outsmarted me…" she said in defeat and almost in tears.
"Are you crying? Why? I know my dad feels a sense of pride when a Trainer beats him."
"Because I lost to a stupid, reckless, disgusting man!" She shouted.
"Ok seriously what is your problem with me? Yeah I'm reckless but I got a good heart. I've never done anything simply for myself." Brendan said with Roxanne's bias finally getting to him.
"Don't give me that shit! All you men are the same. Dirty selfish pigs that don't care about feelings! You need to be the winner of everything and there is no length you won't go to prove yourself right! Not to mention that women are just objects to you. All you care about is how well they can pleasure you!" Roxanne broke down.
"I'm sorry." Is all Brendan said.
"What?" She asked confused.
"You've had a horrible past with men and I'm sorry I've treated you like a bitch who was out to get me. I don't believe that it excuses your behavior to me but I feel like I should apologize for mine." He explained as he started to leave.
"Wait!" She yelled before he got to the door.
He stopped and turned to look at her.
"I'm...I'm sorry too. I still think you're a danger to the people around you but I shouldn't have treated you so harshly. You're right my past is not an excuse. I'll request a review board to see if you can become Gym Leader Class." She apologised.
"My reckless nature is a part of my charm." Brendan said with a wink.
"Don't push your luck. The last guy who hit on me is no longer capable of having children." She threatened.
Brendan began to sweat nervously.
"Anyway take this. It's the Stone Badge and you earned it. I'll also give you my number only to inform you when I get the board approved and nothing else." She praised handing him the badge and glaring at him.
Brendan left the Gym to find May waiting for him.
"Though you would be on your way to the next area by now." Brendan said.
"Well I can't leave without A match with my rival." She said ready to kick his ass.
"As long as you don't cry when I cream ya!" He said fired up.
Man I keep ending these chapters on rival battle cliff hangers. For anyone looking for Kanto it should be up around 20ish minutes after this goes up. see you next time.