A/N So I was looking back at some of my early chapters and I was like are they really that short? So I will make every chapter at least 1500 word from now on and will try to surpass 1500 words as often as I can. Sorry if you were expecting manga quest after last chapter but today its frantic. I had a huge brainstorming session and I have some pretty good ideas. Some are borrowed and there's are original. All of it is different so don't think that it's just a repeat of someone else.

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Shrine: thank you

Starshine: Manga Quest is the easiest to write except for maybe special. I'm not very good at frantic or old rival.

Aploski: thank you so much for your OC. I will start using them very soon and need all the ones I can get.

Story note: During this period White is still training with Blue. It's also around the end of November.

OC note: if you have any OCs please PM me. It helps me keep track of them better. There's also a semi-main support role open. The OC needs to be a girl list her powers preferably something like breeding or battleing and not like super strength. Right now the only OC for this category is from Shrine so please PM me.

Ruby's POV

"Battle me!" Saph whined for about the millionth time.

"I'm not gunna battle you!" I said. It was like a chant or a ritual. Her asking me denying.

"Is there anyway I can get you to battle me?"

"Why are you so hung up on battleing me?"

"You wouldn't be in battle school if you weren't good."

Suddenly something caught my eye. I ran up and looked at what appeared to be a flyer.

Annual Christmas Festivel December 17-24.

Activities

Battles

Boothes

Prizes

And more!

"So it looks like they are already advertising the Christmas festival," I said thoughtfully.

"What's that?" Saph asked.

"It's a huge week long day festival ending on Christmas Eve where it starts Dec. 17 as a regular festive. Ferris wheels and Boothes. That kind of thing then, starting on the second day each student of the same region gets together and plans an event that the whole school takes part in. Each region plans the whole day. 6 days 6 regions plus the opening day."

"So I would go with the Hoenn group?"

"If you're from Hoenn. I'm originally from Johto, but I grew up in Hoenn so I'm with Hoenn, too."

I could almost see the gears in her head turning trying to see if she could use this as an opprotunity to battle me.

"Why does the flyer say battleing?" Saph asked.

"There's a huge battleing turnament at the opening ceremony," I paused, not wanting to finish. "It's mandatory," I whispered reluctantly.

Saph's eyes lit up. It looked almost like…

"So you're going to have to battle!" Saph broke my train of thought.

"Not if I just forfeit."

Her face darkened noticeably.

"So that's the whole Festivel?" she wondered more to herself.

"Ya. But there's also a New Year's ball on New Year's Eve. It's a masquerade."

"Ew!" Saph almost recoiled, "like with dresses?"

"Ya. And don't even think you're getting out of it!"

A smirk crossed Saph's face. I'm not sure I liked that smile.

"I'll make you a deal," Saph said, "I wear a dress to this ball and you try in this competition at least until after we battle or one of us is eleminated. Then you can withdraw all you want."

Thoughts sped through Ruby's head. It was a flurry of bad memories and decisions. Besides he would never admit it, but he really wanted to see Saph in a dress on her own free will.

"Fine. I'll agree. But you better keep your side of the bargain. Otherwise I'll send Blue on you."

Saph shuddered involuntarily. I knew there was no way she was backing out now.

"One last thing," she said, "you can' pick the activity for Hoenn. I don't want it to ba a fashion show or something."

I actually laughed at that "neither can you then I'm not gunna battle any more then I have to."

We shook on it. Then Saph left. Leaving only me and my thoughts. For the first time since she arrived I saw her not as an annoying little brat obssesed with battleing an d wanting to battle me but as something more. I couldn't put my finger on the word I was looking for. Then it came to me. I was viewing Saph as a friend. Not as a buddy, not as a stranger as I usually do with battlers, and definatly not a fangirl. And I liked the idea of Saph being my friend.

Then I remember her face lighting up and the flashback played in my mind.

"Wow! Your pokemon are so strong!" a girl said.

I turned around and saw her smiling at me. She wore a yellow sun dress and even though I was young butterflies started flying in my stomach. I thought about telling her they weren't mine but my dad's.

Then it happened.

A wild Salamance jumped out from behind her. It was fast but I was faster. I pushed her down and out of the way just as the Salamance used its dragon claw.

Blinding pain and blood. Tons of blood. It was streaking uncontrollably down my face.

He was rounding on her again charging a hyper beam. I wanted to yell at her to move, but I knew it would be pointless. She was in shock. Instead I yelled.

"Poochyenna use take down!"

My dad's little pokemon slammed into the dragons face causing the hyper beam to hit the ground immediatly to the left of the girl.

I was loosing blood fast and I was getting dizzy. I had to end this fast.

"Now use hyper beam!"

it was a gamble. We were still working on his hyper beam but it was our ace in the hole if it worked. The wolf cub pokemon stood still for what seemed forever. Then a white light started forming in its mouth. Slowly it got bigger. I could see the Salamnce becoming enraged and was about to use outrage.

"It's now or never!" I screamed.

A blinding white light hit the Salamance making it squeal in pain. It looked back at my loaned pokemon then took to the sky.

My conciseness was slowly fading. I looked at the girl. Her face was masked in fear and shock.

"Get help," I managed to croak.

Then everything went black.

Instead of leaving me thinking of the girls face right before I was about to black out (which was the cause of hating to battle) I was thinking of the girl's smile. It almost looked like… no that was impossible. That was years ago. There's no way. Is there? It was time to do something I might regret. I needed someone's help. I needed Blue's help.

Blue knew everyone. And the Institute knew everything about their students. All I need is a go between. Someone to get the information from the Institute. I needed a thief. And Blue knows everyone.

I went back to the battle arena where I knew Green would be. He's always training. Everyday after school before school even during school sometimes. He was a training maniac. I expected to see Green alone. I didn't expect to see him with Black.

"Hi," I greeted.

They quickly stopped talking and looked at me as if I caught them doing something they shouldn't.

"Hey," Green finally said.

I decided to ignore the fact that they were acting weird and cut to the chase.

"Do you know where Blue is?"

Green gave me a suspicious and something else I couldn't read look.

"Why?"

"I need her to get me some connections."

Green relaxed a little.

"That's what we were just talking about," Black said, "both her and Prez show up for class but we don't see them at all before or after school."

Now that they mentioned it, they were right. There havn't been any schemes or Blue apperences since before Thanksgiving.

"If you see her tell her I need to talk with her," I said as I left the arena.

Well this just got a lot harder. I lost this girl once. If there's even the slightest possibility I found her again then I'm taking it.

A/N so how was my attempt at frantic shipping? Good? Bad? Leave a review to tell me. Also send those OCs. I'm using them in the battle tournament and in the region events. Even though this is primarily an Oldrival ship fanfic it definatly has a lot of others that will be big throughout the story. This is the first frantic ship chapter that I've been happy with (writing wise.) I have a pretty detailed idea about introducing the rest of the dex holders and some awesome ideas about the Christmas festival. The rest of the dex holders pokemon will be revealed very soon, probably 3 chapters from now. I will post it as soon as they are revealed so you can look over it.

I found that I like writing in 1st person so the rest of the story will (probably) be in 1st person.

In case you haven't caught on reviews help me update faster so please leave one!

Until next time

zBomb signing out!

Peace!

P.S. Sorry for the long wait. Busy week and weekend.