The truth is, I hardly read any fan fictions where Ruby is being jealous. You can say that's my starting point on making this fan fiction. Haha. Anyway, I'll do my best on this little guy and I promise to add more emotional stuff in here as possible. I'm actually terrible at writing romance stories, but oh well.

Disclaimer: I don't own anything. *insert more legal stuff here*

Chapter 2 - Rampaging Emotions

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Despite everything didn't turn out as planned yesterday, Ruby still managed to get some answers about Sapphire's sudden training.

According to Sapphire, she didn't want her Pokémon to get out of shape. He understood her, nonetheless. After all, he and his Pokémon had to look decent, or fabulous, rather, at all times.

The main topic of their flight home was all about Zach and his peculiar personality, much to Ruby's dismay. He had to admit he was still annoyed that he called her adorable.

It all started when Sapphire said that guy was eccentric beyond reason and asked him how he survived hanging out with Zach in spite of his weird atmosphere. Ruby as well was still having a hard time believing that he did hang out with him for a few hours. If he weren't his Master's friend, then he would have left Zach in spite of the free food.

Since Sapphire had a highly developed sense of hearing, he also asked whether she heard what Zach said when they went outside of Sawsbucks or not. To his pleasure, she wasn't listening to every word Zach was saying. A few minutes of Zach's weirdness was already enough for Sapphire to handle.

She asked him why though, to which he responded with a sigh of relief and mumbling something about him just being curious about it. She wasn't satisfied with his answer thanks to her curiosity. Therefore, the remaining twenty minutes of their flight was their constant bickering. Thankfully, Troppy the Tropius was used at it, so it ignored the lovebirds for the rest of the flight.

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Ruby thought that he was finally free from the intense awkwardness from yesterday, but he was absolutely wrong.

Before the clock strikes noon, he received a call from his Master saying that he couldn't help Zach move his stuff to the hotel he found in Fortree City. How Zach managed to get to Lilycove from Fortree was a huge mystery, but Ruby was uninterested in the details. Since he didn't want to disappoint his Master, Ruby had no other option.

"Why can't ya just tell Rara to teleport ya there? It'll be quicker than flyin'." Sapphire protested while glaring at the charmer. Honestly, all she wanted to do was rest after her constant training yesterday. In spite of her strong team, they too deserve a long rest.

"Because I just groomed Rara this morning and I don't want to her to—"

"Get dirty, yes, I know." Sapphire interrupted with all the sarcasm she could muster. After years of knowing him, his fear of getting his Pokémon dirty hadn't left yet. He really needed to know that he couldn't keep them away from dirt for a long time.

Ruby gave her a sincere smile. "Good. I guess it's settled then."

"Yeah, sure but we're usin' Kirly to teleport you there." She took out Kirly's Poké Ball and sent out the Psychic-Fighting type in a flash.

"Hold on, just me? You're not coming?" Ruby asked as he observed Sapphire's Gallade. Just as he thought, Kirly was covered with dirt. He made sure he was going to groom him later.

"I'll lend him to ya, just take care of him."

"But Kirly is covered with dirt."

Hearing that word, Sapphire immediately went closer to Ruby. Her eyebrows furrowed as irk shrouded her eyes, staring at him for an intense glare. "Ya ain't goin' to get dirty when he teleports ya! I'm sure you know that!"

"I know," Ruby responded, rolling his eyes from her. It was his only way to avoid their proximity and the heat from his cheeks at once. "But how come you're not coming? It'll be quick, I swear, come on Kirly, teleport us to Fortree City."

"Don't teleport him with me, Kirly, 'til he tells me who he's meetin' up with."

"If I told you, then you wouldn't come."

"It wouldn't hurt to tell, ya know?!"

"You won't come if I tell you!"

"I told ya I'll come if ya tell me!"

Kirly let out a sigh, shaking his head on both sides, and watched the lovebirds bicker. Despite that he was quite used to it, he was still wondering why they liked each other in the first place.

Well, not really.

It was more like a deeper and a more serious emotion than infatuation, which was a fact.

After a few minutes, he let out another sigh, now getting tired at their argument, and teleported them to Fortree City. With them gone, peace finally returned to the secret base.

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Unaware of the fact that Kirly teleported both of them in Fortree City, thanks to their argument, Ruby and Sapphire reached their destination in a matter of minutes. They both landed on the ground with a thud and a bright light accompanying them.

Sapphire gained consciousness a few minutes after their landing. The familiar scent, however, caught her off guard. Unfortunately, she didn't land on the ground. She landed on Ruby's chest. The thought of Ruby made her flinch with a blush accompanying her cheeks. Kirly definitely did this on purpose. It looked like she needed to talk to him once she went back home.

"At least we came here quickly."

Sapphire went out of her trance as her blush grew in a deeper shade of red. How long was she on a trance? How long was Ruby awake? She hadn't left her spot for a while. Whatever happened was absolutely humiliating. "Yer awake?!"

"Only for a couple of minutes." Ruby responded, not making an eye contact with the girl on his lap. Honestly, he was the first one to gain consciousness after their arrival. He didn't wake her up on purpose. He didn't know why, but somehow his body became numb and it was also the fact that his emotions were in a riot when he realized that she was on his chest. Nonetheless, he just hoped Sapphire didn't know he was lying.

In reality, however, she knew that he was lying. Despite she badly wanted to tell it, she opted not to, for she doesn't want to start another argument. It was not that she was tired of it, but she thought it was best not to in their current situation.

Speakin' of... Sapphire awkwardly stood up from the charmer's lap and let out a sigh in relief. At least, their awkward situation was no longer at hand. "I'm goin' home."

Ruby stood up as well. He fixed his clothes and his hat making sure that there was no dirt and wrinkles on it. "Wait, since, you're here." He started, placing his hand on Sapphire's shoulder. "Let's finish that task first before we head home."

"What task?" Sapphire bluntly asked and gave him a curious look with her adorable fangs poking out of her top lip.

Ruby often found it adorable whenever she gave him that look, especially with her fangs sticking out. He was surprised when he first saw her fangs years ago, but as the time passed, he learned to appreciate it. It makes her look more adorable, or cute, rather. "It's—"

"HEY GUYS, I'M SURPRISE TO SEE YOU HERE!"

Ruby and Sapphire shuddered once they heard that voice. On a scale of one to ten, they would rate their anticipation to hang out with Zach to be a negative number. If negative infinity or an imaginary number were possible, then that would be their specific answer.

"Don't tell me yer gonna hang out with him again?" Sapphire muttered, loud enough for Ruby to hear.

"I don't have a choice." He quietly said while forcing himself to look happy in front of Zach.

"Now I understand why ya won't tell me."

"I told you so."

"What are you doing here? I swear if Wallace said that I needed help in picking my stuff, I said I was fine. I can take care of it. Luke, my Lucario, is helping me as well. It's not that much luggage. They're just a few, well three luggage. I know I have carried too much since my last trip, but hey, I know that now. It's hard traveling when you have too much stuff. Oh hey, Sapphire, you're here as well?" Zach put all his attention on the girl and gave her his most adorable smile. In their perspectives, however, it was nothing but a fifty percent peculiar smile.

Sapphire wanted to say something sarcastic but opted to nod instead. Ruby, on the other hand, was trying his best to control his fuming emotions from the peculiar man. Yesterday, Zach called her adorable and now he was smiling like a goofball at her?! He swore he was getting more annoyed whenever Zach looks at Sapphire.

"Let's just get this over with." Sapphire quietly said to Ruby. She nudged his left arm as gently as she could (if possible) to get his attention.

Ruby just nodded at her and proceeded to the task at hand. They told Zach that it was Wallace's request that they, more like Ruby as Sapphire thought in her head, should help him, but after a few minutes of protests on both sides, Zach finally said that he would let them help. However, their help should be going to a fancy restaurant and all expenses were on him.

Ruby and Sapphire thought that it was an odd request and both were still hesitating on it. It was true that no one could deny free food. However, going on a meal with Zach in a fancy restaurant means a possible weird apocalypse. They may be exaggerating, but sadly, it was the truth.

While hesitating, Zach reassured that they were going to have a great time hanging out. Another minute passed, both finally made a unanimous decision. It was only for a few minutes, right?

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Zach brought them in one of the world's famous restaurants, Victorious Victini. The name may not be that creative and a bit odd, but the place and its food were absolutely phenomenal where its designs were based from Liberty Island from the Unova Region.

According to Zach, the restaurant originated in Unova and the name was its 'good luck charm'. He also revealed that he was the owner of the original restaurant in Unova, which explained his sudden interest in treating the Pokédex holders. They both didn't expect that, though, but for some unknown reason, he gained their respects but they still thought he was weird.

Like what happened yesterday, Zach did most of the talking. Though he asked some questions to Ruby and Sapphire, some are unanswered thanks to his interruptions by telling them to try the food.

"Aww, we ran out of pinap berry juice. I'll go and tell them to give us more. Be right back. I also need to check on the crew as well. It's my job as the owner, you know? Anyway, I'll be in a jiff."

Ruby released a sighed in relief as soon as Zach left their table. He was starting to notice Zach's behavior towards Sapphire. Zach still had most of his weirdness, but he was becoming more like a gentleman to her. True, every man should respect Sapphire, but Zach's actions were a bit suspicious. One of the most obvious was where he often smiled captivatingly whenever he looks or glances at her.

It was a relief that Sapphire was oblivious to it. Either that or it didn't bother her. But those reasons weren't enough to stop Ruby's emotions from fuming. He swore he had never seen any guy smiling at her like that. Did Zach like her? If he did, then he was definitely in for a fight.

"Ya okay? You're awfully quiet."

Ruby snapped out of his thoughts and tried his best to look calm in spite of his fuming emotions. He forgot that Sapphire was right beside him. She didn't need to know that there was something bothering him. "Yeah, I'm fine. I just, you know... let Zach do all the talking."

"I feel ya." Sapphire said in a dull tone and tried to take a slice of the chocolate cake from the plate. Ruby, however, stopped her from doing so. "What gives?"

"Allow me." He said and led her hand to take a slice. She blushed at the contact of his warm hand on hers but let him guide it. "Besides, you don't want to ruin the cake. You often take a slice aggressively."

Instead of replying back with sarcasm, and possibly start another argument with him, she lifted her arm and used her elbow to nudge his chest with such force after he placed the cake slice on her plate.

"Ow, Sapph, that was just a joke."

"I know," She responded and rolled her eyes at him. Finally, she could breathe again now that his hand was not on hers. She may be used to their physical contacts, but her rampaging emotions and the blush from her cheeks whenever he touched her, intentionally or accidentally, seem to not have any plans on leaving. "By the way, he... uh... he doesn't seem bad." She said just so she could ignore her rampaging emotions from the early incident.

"Eh?" He heard it correctly, right? His ears must be playing a trick on him. Was this a part of their senior Blue's blackmail? He hoped not.

"Zach," Sapphire said directly, oblivious to Ruby's anxious reaction. "Though he's still weird, he ain't that bad."

Ruby just wanted to drown himself in an ocean of chocolate milk mix. It was true that Zach wasn't that bad in spite of his weirdness, but hearing it from Sapphire somehow made a great disturbance in his emotions. "Does... does that mean I'm not a sissy if I were rich?" He asked, trying not to sound insecure.

Sapphire let out a chuckle at his sudden question. "No. Yer still a sissy."

Ruby swore he wanted to lock himself in his room for weeks after hearing that.

Seeing his sulking reaction, she immediately said, "I'm kiddin', alright? Ya maybe a sissy, but at least yer not like Zach who's weird beyond all reason."

Ruby had somehow forgotten about locking himself in his room for a week. At least, she still thought Zach was weird. That was a bonus for him, right?

"Hey there, sorry for the delay. It turns out we ran out of pinap berries. So, why not try this mago berry juice. Maybe I should tell the chefs to do some combo berry juices. It'll make the meal more exciting. Of course, the combo has to taste good as well. Otherwise, I'm done for." Zach placed the pitcher full of mago berry juice on the table and seated across them. "Now, who wants more food?" He asked, grinning like an idiot, and continued talking despite that Ruby and Sapphire were partially listening.

And that is how Ruby's jealousy started.

Edited: September 25, 2018. AAAAAA *slaps my 2016 self* YOU IDIOT (me)