FOREVERMORE

~Part Three Of The Forever Trilogy~

Chapter 15

Double Trouble, Take Two

August 13, 5000.

(Topaz's POV)

The next day, Rubin and I decided to do some exploring around Cherrygrove City. It was risky, since we were on the wanted criminal list, but there was no way we all could stay in the mansion. Since I had grown up in Johto for most of my life that I could remember, I wanted to have some fun in my 'home' region. So with out Pokemon hidden in our bags, we proceeded to head to the city so we could walk around.

I had never been to Cherrygrove before, and I had to admit, it was a pretty place, filled with flowers of all kinds. It was beside the sea, and had a nice beach. Families were out having fun, enjoying the last few days of summer vacation. Luckily, no one really paid us any attention. It was a relief.

"This place reminds me of my days back in Littleroot," Rubin said with a sigh, looking around.

I frowned, and reached for his hand, squeezing it. "Try not to think about it, okay?"

"It's just hard not to."

I opened my mouth to reply, but just then, there were several loud screams. Suddenly, a Persian of all things came bolting down the sidewalk. It was obviously running away from something. But what?

"Whoa, come back, Persia!"

A girl, probably about seventeen, came racing after the fleeing Persian. She was really pretty, with curly strawberry blonde hair, a freckled face, and red eyes. Rubin stared after her once she was gone. I frowned again, and squeezed his hand, tugging on his arm slightly.

"Rubin, what's wrong?" I asked.

"That girl... I know her!" he exclaimed, his blue eyes brightening, suddenly excited. "She was, like, my best friend back in Littleroot! We have to go after her!"

The next thing I knew, I was being dragged along by my boyfriend to chase some girl I had never met before and knew nothing about. It was risky enough to go anywhere with a Pokemon out, which made me wonder why this girl had her Persian outside its Poke Ball.

"Cerise! Cerise, wait up! It's me, Rubin!"

The girl abruptly stopped, causing us to collide with her. The air rushed out of my lungs when I hit the ground. I groaned as I pushed myself back up.

"Oh my Arceus! Rubin!"

The girl had glomped Rubin in a hug, knocking him back down on the ground. Jealously flared through me, and I had to literally bite my tongue to keep silent. I would not make a bad first impression.

"Uh, hey Cerise," he said, lightly pushing her off of him. "It's been, like, forever!"

"Oh my Arceus, I know!" she exclaimed. "It's been, like, almost four years!"

Then they blurted out at the same time, "What are you doing here?" They both blushed and laughed, and then noticed me—in Rubin's case, re-noticed. He stood up, brushed off his clothes, wincing at the sight of his ruined attire, and then helped me up, and then helped the girl to her feet.

"Oh, hi!" exclaimed the girl.

"Cerise, this is my girlfriend, Topaz," said Rubin. "Topaz, this is my childhood best friend, Cerise."

"Hello," I said, my voice slightly cool.

"Oh my Arceus!" she shrieked. "You have a girlfriend, Rubin? Ohh, I'm so proud of you! That's awesome!"

"Uh, thanks," said Rubin, sweatdropping. "Anyways, why are you here and why were you just chasing a Persian?"

"Oh! Persia! She's my Persian, my first Pokemon ever! She got spooked, so I ran after her."

"Keep it down!" Rubin hissed. "You know the president officially made it illegal to be a Pokemon trainer, right?"

She nodded, her curls bouncing. "Of course I do! I was heading for Mount Silver, but then it got bombed..."

"We were there," I said quietly.

"Huh? What do mean?" Cerise asked, looking confused.

"We were there," said Rubin, his expression suddenly solemn. "When it was bombed. "We're part of the Resistance, or what remains of it, that is."

She gasped again, her eyes wide. "Oh my Arceus!" She turned to me. "You must be the Topaz King, then!"

It was so weird hearing my fake name. Not even the rebels called me that anymore. They knew me as Rosso, which was the last name of my 'ancestor'—aka, my father—Red, the Pokedex holder. I guess Synis didn't break the news to the real world then.

"Yes," I said. "But since when am I a 'the'?"

"You're on the top five on the Most Wanted list!" she exclaimed cheerily. "Because you're a commander, right?"

"Yeah, let's just go with that," said Rubin.

I was on the top five? Jeez, Synis really must hate my guts.

"Wow!" exclaimed Cerise. "But Mount Silver blew up, so what are you going to do now?"

"We're going to Unova," Rubin said in a low voice. "We're going to restart the Resistance there."

"Oh, that's so cool!" Cerise exclaimed once again. "Please, let me come with you!"

"Of course you can come!" said Rubin, smiling. "We trainers have to stick together!"

"Thanks so much!" she exclaimed (man, this girl shouts a lot). "This means a lot to me!"

"You don't have to thank us," he said, waving her off. "We're just doing our jobs as commanders."

"Oh my Arceus, you're a commander, too?" she gasped.

"Uh, yeah."

"That's so awesome!"

Then I saw something that meant we were in a lot of trouble.

"Rubin," I said, catching his attention.

"Hm? What is it, love?"

"We have a problem," I said, not removing my eyes from said problem.

"Like what?"

I pointed, and he gasped.

It was Verdant. The green-haired teenager was holding a squirming Persia by the tail, talking to some girl, reassuring her about something. Crap. I instinctively reached for my belt that held my Poke Balls, but I didn't have it on, though I had it with me.

"Oh my Arceus, that guy has my Persia!" exclaimed Cerise.

No duh.

"Calm down," I snapped, and then turned to face my boyfriend. "Rubin, take Cerise back to the mansion. Get everyone out of here."

"But what about you?" he demanded.

"I'll be fine," I said firmly. "I can handle myself. You know that. Now go."

He looked pained; I knew the last thing he wanted to do was leave me with one of the admins. But, finally, he nodded, gave me a quick kiss on the lips, grabbed Cerise's hand, and proceeded to drag the very confused girl away.

I sighed, and hurried to hide behind a building before Verdant could spot me. I opened my bag, took out my belt, and put it on. Then I put my Poke Balls on it. I pulled my hair back into a high ponytail, and then steeled myself. I could do this.

I walked to the other side of the building that was closer to the admin, and then stepped out from behind it. "Yo, Verdant!"

He stopped short of whatever he was saying to that girl, and turned to face me. He saw me, and a wide grin broke out across his face.

"Well, well, well, if it isn't Topaz," he said, smirking. "It's been a while, hasn't it?"

"It has," I said. "Now put down the Persian."

"Oh? This cute little guy?" He lifted up the feline Pokemon, and it yowled in frustration. "I don't think so. It's a hazard to Cherrygrove."

"You're the hazard," I retorted.

He laughed. "Well, dearest, if you want it back so badly, then make me."

"With pleasure," I growled, taking once of the devices off my belt. "Go, Eris!"

I hurled the Luxury Ball, and people screamed (seriously, what's with the screaming?), scattering away. The Eevee appeared in a flash of light, letting out a battle cry. Verdant laughed, and sent out his Venusaur. Craaaap.

"You think that little baby can beat Venusaur?" He snorted, amused.

"No, but Demeter sure can!"

I hurled my own Venusaur's Poke Ball into the air. She let out a angry roar as she appeared in front of me, next to Eris. I heard more people scream. She bared her fangs at the male of her species, who merely sneered at her.

"We'll see," said Verdant, taking out another Poke Ball of his own. "But let's make this fair. Let's go, Torterra!"

I had never seen a Torterra in person before. The Pokemon was taller than a Venusaur by almost a full foot. The thing had to know Earthquake, which made switching out Eris with Apollo a foolish decision. So I no choice but to go with the flow.

"Demeter, use Double Edge! Eris, Sand Attack!" I commanded my two Pokemon.

My Venusaur slammed into Verdant's before he could bark an order. He was sent flying into a building. The concrete collapsed on the enemy Venusaur, and dust spewed everywhere. Demeter winced in pain from the recoil damage she received. That was beautiful!

Verdant cursed loudly. "Torterra, Giga Drain on that Eevee now!"

I heard Eris cry out seconds later. I removed my attention from the two Venusaur to see the Torterra draining my precious Eevee's energy right when she had started to kick sand into its eyes. Darn it, she was so weak compared to that Torterra!

I looked around frantically, trying to think of a way to save Eris, and then I got an idea.

"Demeter! Bring that telephone pole with Vine Whip!" I shouted urgently, pointing to the specific pole I wanted downed.

Vines shot out of the flower on her back, and wrapped around the telephone pole. I scrambled out of the way as she pulled down on it hard, and it came crashing down. It hit the ground with a earthshaking BOOM! and I heard crackling electricity and a roar of pain from the Torterra.

"Venusaur! Grab that Eevee!"

Though Torterra was pinned down by the fallen telephone pole, Venusaur had clawed his way out of the building's rubble, and was standing by his trainer's side. The vines latched onto the fallen Eris, and yanked her into the air, bringing her over to them.

"No! Eris!" I exclaimed.

"Venu! Venusaur!" cried Demeter. No! Not the little one!

"Let her go!" I yelled, noticing that the Persian whom we were originally fighting for had disappeared. "She's not who you want!"

"What kind of villain would I be if I did that?" said Verdant. "Honestly, you 'heroes' can be so dense."

"Shut up!" I snapped. "Demeter, start preparing Solar Beam!"

She grunted, and proceeded to do so, drawing sunlight into the flower on her bag. I took out Apollo's Poke Ball, ready to end this. I knew that Storm Troopers were probably on their way, so I needed to end this fast. I only had so much time yet.

But something happened. Right as Verdant barked on order to his Venusaur, my poor Eeeve began to tremble. She began to shake rather violently. And then she began to glow, changing form.

"Veno, use Psychic!"

"Ren, same thing!"

Verdant's Venusaur got hit by two powerful waves of Psychic right as Eris finished evolving. The Venusaur was knocked out in one hit. I was stunned.

"Esp," purred my newly evolved Espeon as she sauntered up to me and leaped up into my arms. I barely was able to catch her without falling down. Arceus, she had gotten heavy.

And her name was contradictory.

Eris purred some more and licked my cheek.

Demeter's Solar Beam finished charging, and blasted across the makeshift battlefield to take out Verdant, too.

"Topaz!"

I whirled around to see Viola and Alizarin. Veno, Viola's Venomoth was out, along with a Umbreon that must belong to Alizarin. I was so relieved to see them safe and sound.

"Viola, Rin!" I exclaimed, walking up to me; Demeter followed. "We have to go! Like, now!"

"Topaz," said Viola. "What's going on?"

"No time to explain! C'mon, follow-"

"Peeerrrsssiiiaaann!" Oh, it's safe now?

I looked down to see Cerise's Persia slink up to me. Well, that problem was solved. Viola gave me a look.

"It's a long story. Let's just go, okay?"

"It can wait," said Alizarin. "Don't be such a impatient old hag!"

Huh?

"Ugh, stop calling me that!" she snapped, her purple eyes flashing. "I'll stop being impatient when you stop being such a annoying squirt!"

Alizarin's eye twitched. "I'll never stop!"

"Fine, then!" snapped Viola.

Oh dear Arceus. What had I gotten myself into?

Sorry guys. I lied. No fluff. xD

Ahem, meet Cerise, WHO IS NOT THE NEW SCARLET. You guys are going to like Cerise, she's a real sweetheart. But she causes... some.. problems...

Alrighty, Skyshipping is officially beginning! :D

Here's some action for those of you who wanted some more violence.

Heh, Eris evolving into a Espeon really surprised you, didn't it?

Anyways, that's all for today. Review! We're so close to breaking Furthermore's record in both words and reviews!