Chapter 5: Haruka's new rival and the first Gym Match!

Just wanna say thank you kio-chan for helping me a little bit with this chap! I needed it! And if were ever any anonymous readers then you can review if you want! (Sorry I'm still finding out new stuff even as I type this x3)

Disclaimer: I forgot last time, so no I don't own pokemon

-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Yuki looked bored while Celeste still hung on smiling a cheeky smile and Haruka was staring at them curiously and wide eyed thinking about how Yuki and Celeste were going out.

"No we are ump!" Yuki shouted but was interrupted by Celeste placing one of her hands over his mouth,

"So who are you exactly?" the girl asked plainly who now decided to stand on the ground still holding a good grip over Yuki's mouth.

"Uh Haruka Konno… What about you?" she replied a little cautiously, she could already tell that this girl could be trouble,

"Hehe the Gym Leader's kid eh? I happen to be Celeste Miozuki future wife of Yuki and is gonna be champ at beating the Elite Four and all Pokemon Contests!!" she said happily jumping about which released Yuki from her clutches,

"Phew I can finally breathe! Celeste how many times are you gonna keep up with that joke?" Yuki asked breathlessly,

"For as long as I want! Anyway, you two wouldn't happen to be..." Celeste's sky blue eyes were boring into both Haruka and Yuki suspiciously when they both answered,

"Uh… Noooo!'' the two glanced at each other when they said that, realising that might have unnecessarily sounded mean to each other while Celeste gave a nod and a "Good!" at their reaction and then walked over to Haruka,

"Could I maybe have a word?" she asked in a way that meant you didn't have a choice, as Celeste grabbed her arm and dragged her away from Yuki.

Celeste leaned into Haruka's ear and whispered in a menacing way

''You even dream of going near my Yuki and hee hee, who knows what could happen to you.''

Celeste then turned and ran to Yuki shouting "Oh Yuki darling!" while Haruka was left standing pale in the face and shocked.

"What… just… happened?"

Celeste… She's a type of girly girl who only dresses in pink and nothing but pink, and of course she's wearing a t-shirt and skirt with pink trainers and well… You get the idea. She's about the same age as Haruka and Yuki with sky blue eyes and dark red hair, but what makes this girl unique is the way she carries her pokeballs like they're her accessories (One pokeball is hanging from a necklace, one on her left bracelet and one on the right and finally the final three are around her waist but set up like it's a belt), now although she may not look like Robin, the girl who burned Haruka's shoulder, but her personality and the way she treats Haruka right now is spot on. It's like she's come back to haunt her again in someone else's body… That thought made Haruka rub her burnt gently…

For a while now the two have been on a forced tour around Rustboro City and things were not going that well… Already Celeste has tripped Haruka without Yuki noticing and has picked a few arguments with her, Haruka was really starting to get fed with this girl while Yuki on the other hand was used to Celeste's personality that he didn't even notice the tension between the two girls.

"Hey Yuki! Lets go to the first Gym! It's why you're here right?" Celeste suggested in a false sweet voice that made Haruka want to vomit so she decided to let them go ahead, not wanting to stay near Celeste any longer,

"She's right Yuki, I need to do some training anyway, so I'll catch up later!" Haruka insisted, although this was just an excuse to leave this was true,

"What? Are you sure? I mean I can always help you train if you like" Yuki turned around surprised, possibly a little disappointed by this,

"Oh you heard her Yuki! She'll be fine now lets leave her!" Celeste complained and decided to drag him towards the Gym in case they never leave while Yuki gave a "But!" in complaint but was ignored and continued to be dragged off while Haruka stared at them feeling a little sorry for him until she caught Celeste giving her one last glance at her full of contempt and mouthed out "Good Girl" then quickly turned around again to flirt with Yuki some more.

Hmph. You can have him Celeste, I'm not interested in going out with him, I just don't want to be around you love obsessed moron… Haruka thought wishing she just shouted that out at Celeste, however she restrained herself and headed back outside of the city again.

Good luck Yuki, I'm sure you'll win! Besides you have Celeste to back you up, you don't need me… Haruka thought to herself sighing, feeling a little sad. Is this how jealousy feels?

Haruka went back and challenged the trainers that both her and Yuki ran past before and trained her pokemon until she felt they were ready for the Gym, she felt happier because it was a way for her to release her anger, strange but true. She also visited the Flower Shop and decided to plant her berry with her new water can she got from there. So after all of that, she headed back towards Rustboro City where she noticed Celeste was charging down moodily with what appears to be… Tears?

"Huh? What are you staring at?" Celeste snarled, rubbing her eyes quickly,

"What's the matter? Are you hurt?" Haruka decided to ask, restraining from an argument,

"You could say that I guess… Listen don't tell Yuki you saw me like this and well… Look out for him or else I'll smash your face in!" she now looked up holding a threatening expression yet with a hint of a smile. "And remember this! The next time we meet I'm not gonna lose to you for Yuki's love or a pokemon battle! So expect some trouble in the near future… Bye" Celeste finished now continuing her quick march leaving a completely confused Haruka behind

I repeat…. What the heck just happened? Well, there's nothing to do about it now is there?

Haruka released Suke, gave him a potion and headed onwards towards the Gym looking forward to her first real challenge of her journey.

When Haruka stepped into the Gym there were two trainers she had to face with not much difficulty and won, then she went straight up to Roxanne to challenge her.

"Ah? Another challenger I see, so what is your name?" Roxanne noticed Haruka walk up to her,

"Haruka Kono! I am here to challenge the Gym Leader" Haruka answered her while Roxanne tightened her ribbons in her long pigtails and looked pleased,

"Oh really? I'll be happy to accept your challenge Haruka, especially since I'm curious to know just how much Norman's daughter has learnt about Pokemon! I'm sure it's no better then my teachings since I'm the Pokemon School's best graduate in a long time… Want to prove me wrong?" Roxanne accepted trying to irritate Haruka, which succeeded.

"Of course I do!" Haruka replied confidently now taking Suke off from her shoulder.

"Then lets begin" she smirked, sending out a Geodude and Haruka sent out Suke, now I'll get to the point in this battle, because obviously Suke defeated Roxanne's Geodudes very easily, however with her Nosepass it was a different story…

"Wow Haruka you are good! I'm very impressed" Roxanne commented giving Haruka a respectful look that got replied by a "Thank you" from Haruka,

"So now I wonder if you can beat my best pokemon of all… Go Nosepass!"

"You're doing great Suke! Just keep it up for one more battle!" Haruka tried to encourage her Marril who was starting to get tired now

"Mar, mar maril" Yeah, your right

"Suke use your water gun!" Haruka commanded, and Suke hit the Pokemon easily since it couldn't move very fast,

"Nosepass use your Rock Tome attack!" Roxanne ordered also hitting Suke, which surprisingly enough made him flinch!

"! – Suke? Are you ok??" Haruka asked worriedly,

He looks weakened… I better heal him!

And that's just what she did, although she regretted it a little because that gave Roxanne the chance to heal her Nosepass also!

The two stared at each other, knowing that one them has got to finish this battle so almost simultaneously you heard the orders of Water Gun and Rock Tome shouted out many a time… it seemed like it lasted for years and many a time it felt as though Suke was about to faint until Nosepass messed up.

"Nosepass finish it off with Tackle!!" Roxanne ordered with slight panic in her voice, however Suke managed to dodge and out of common sense shot out one more Water Gun which ended the battle with surprise written on both trainers faces, Haruka did it, she won her first Gym match!!

"Uwaaah! Suke!! You did it! I did it! We did it!!! I'm so happy and so proud!" Haruka cried out who ran out to her Marrill and was giving it a huge hug as Roxanne watched her, she felt disappointed that she lost twice in a row today (You'll see why), however it made a change from the usual wins and proved that there is always room for improvement, in this case more training!

"Well well, looks like you proved me wrong," she said smiling at her, "Here you should take this badge as proof of your victory… Well done Haruka!" Roxanne finished placing a small badge with a boulder design on,

"Um, thank you Roxanne it was great to battle with you! You were tough!" Haruka thanked her and looking at her badge admirably,

"You should carry on getting badges Haruka, I can tell you're going to succeed, and hey, when the Gym is running again come back for a rematch!" she suggested encouragingly,

"Huh? The Gym is gonna be closed? And I can come back?" Haruka asked her a little confused,

"That's right, so you better be all trained up for it because I will!" she said with fire in her eyes,

"Sure!" Haruka agreed smiling about to say her goodbyes until someone behind her tapped her shoulder.

"Hello?" she said, turning around and to her amazement, it was Yuki! Where did he come from??

"Wah! Yuki! Were you here? The whole… Time?" Haruka flushed embarrassed,

"Uh huh, I told Roxanne not to tell you because I just wanted to see what you would do naturally." Yuki explained grinning, while Haruka whipped back to look at Roxanne who gave her a sheepish look "Heh heh, he made me promised!" which made Haruka sweat drop, and then she remembered about Celeste,

"Hey what happened to Celeste?"

"Ah, well she decided to go home, so c'mon lets go to the Pokemon Centre!" he rushed now pushing Haruka towards the exit of the Gym,

"Huh? Uh okay then, bye Roxaaaane" Haruka called out as she was being pushed out the door,

"Good luck you two! … Hmm yes those two are a strange pair all right, and they both beat me on their first try… I have high hopes for them when it comes to getting badges, however will they be able to work together long enough to do that?" Roxanne mused to herself as she watched the two noisily leave the Gym.

As soon as Haruka and Yuki were outside they heard a scream that nearly made them both jump out of their skins and turn to their right.

"Nooo come back with the Devon Goods! Cant someone help me?!" a familiar voice came out of a man chasing another, why it was that same business man from before! He got stolen from again?

"Is he?" Haruka asked,

"Yep"

"Should we go help?"

"After you"

And so they followed the businessman and Aqua Grunt wanting to know what exactly is the cause for this poor man to keep getting stolen from, however, Haruka still hasn't forgotten about Celeste so while they fast walked Haruka persisted,

"Soo, you still haven't explained what happened between you and Celeste you know"

"I know" Yuki replied bluntly, "And I'll tell you another time okay?"

"Okay then" Haruka sighed getting the hint, and Yuki started to slow down to let Haruka get ahead of him so that he could think.

There's no way I'd ever tell you what happened, I just couldn't so it's best for you to forget, and for me to forget also… I still can't believe she did that though… Yuki sighed touching his lips lightly…

What happened before…

Celeste stopped dragging Yuki and stopped at door staring at Yuki.

"Um… Is there something on my face or what?" he asked embarrassedly,

"Nope, you're perfect!" she replied lovingly

"Huh what does - !!"

Yuki was stopped, at that moment in time all time stopped moving, he couldn't think, he couldn't move, all because of the sensation running through him, all because of Celeste. His felt his face blush and go very warm, why exactly? Because Celeste had leaned in quickly and is placing a long kiss on Yuki's lips, for Celeste this was the greatest thing happening to her right now, but as for Yuki he didn't know how to react, after all this was his first kiss…

Finally, she pulled back and looked at him expectantly feeling a little pink herself, while Yuki on the other hand is looking very confused and still very red in the face.

"C-Celeste… Why?" he managed to stutter out, surprising Celeste,

"You need to ask? Fine I'll spell it out for you Yuki, I'm not joking when I say this and I never was, I love you Yuki!!!" Celeste shouted eyes closed and hoping with high spirits that maybe, just maybe, he'll say yes he loved her too or even just a small kiss back will do just please… don't say no…

"… Ah… Are you serious?"

"Yes! Why would I lie about something like that?! I may as well ask you now then… Are you … willing to leave Haruka behind and just travel with me? I just couldn't cope if all three of us –"

"Hold it"

"What?"

"Celeste, I'm not too sure how I feel right now. But I know I'm not going to leave Haruka behind, I made a partnership with her"

"So you ARE going out with her!"

"No, you're wrong, I mean we're team when it comes to Pokemon and… well we're friends now so if you cant cope with being around then tough, go and travel on your own"

"…! Fine, if that's how it is then carry on like this never happened… Until we meet again, because don't think I'm giving up on you just yet! Good luck with your match"

Celeste then marched past Yuki without another word, leaving him very funny inside as he watched her leave, he had a bad feeling of what might happen in the future from now on between the two of them.

Nonetheless, Yuki managed to win his Gym match against Roxanne with a slightly steady head and decided that he wanted to see just how much Haruka has improved so he asked Roxanne if he could hide somewhere to watch, explaining he didn't want Haruka to know that he was still here, at first she was reluctant but he managed to win her over. From start to finish Yuki loved watching that match between Haruka and Roxanne, it was obvious that she has improved and wouldn't mind having a rematch with her now…

End of what happened…

"Hey Yuki? Is something wrong?" Haruka asked a little worried at how slow a pace he was going, he looked very distracted,

"Eh? No I'm fine…" He lied quietly

"You Sure?" she persisted

"Yes"

"That's good, I'm glad, friends have gotta look out for each other!" Haruka said happily,

"Oh? You definitely call me your friend?" Yuki asked a little surprised,

"Of course!" she replied once more racing ahead a little giving Yuki the time to reply in his head,

Thank you… Haruka, no matter what happens from here on I'll look out for you…

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

TO BE CONTINUED!!!!

If you comment please do so about the way I set out some of the speaking bits! Thank you and I hope you enjoyed this Chapter!