Well, the story is starting to move along. There will be some of all four shippings in this chappie! Read on!
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SAPPHIRE'S POV
I went back in my room and sat on my bed. The girls looked at me strangely.
"What?" I questioned.
"I thought you were going to help the boys get Ruby from the hallway." Yellow said.
"Well, uh, I did, and, yeah, he's okay now so yeah."
Blue raised an eyebrow. "Okay. What'd you really do?"
"That is what I did." I said, my voice slightly wavering.
Crystal caught it right away. "Are you positive nothing weird happened? Nothing involving a certain coordinator?"
A light blush appeared on the bridge of my nose. "I have no idea what you guys are talking about."
Yellow rolled her eyes. "Okay guys. The welcoming party starts at 5:00 p.m. tonight. We have to be there on time, and it's already 4:45 p.m." Yellow said while warily eyeballing the alarm clock on Crystal's nightstand. Blue looked all of us over and let us out the dorm room, locking the door behind her. We strode down the hallway towards the indoor battle arena. It was full of hundreds of students talking about their summer and their vacation trips. Crystal spotted four seats near the middle row and we all scrambled to get them before anybody else did. We had a great view of the arena for when the show would start. There was always one battle and one contest with the two highest ranking senior coordinators and trainers. My friends and I sat there with anticipation as to who the people would be.
"Well, if it isn't Super Serious Gal and her little friends." Crystal cringed at the voice that came directly from behind her. We all turned around simultaneously to see Red, Green, Gold, and Ruby sitting right behind us.
Blue smiled. "Hey Green. What's up?"
Green looked at her. "Hey Blue." Blue sighed and turned around with love in her eyes. I heard Green chuckle behind her.
"Hey Yellow! Aren't you excited?" Red exclaimed. Yellow nodded, her pale cheeks a faint pink.
"Who do you think will be chosen for the coordinators and trainers?"
"Well, I think Ruby would be one of the coordinators…" she said in her naturally quiet voice. "…and I don't know about the trainers."
Red looked at her anxiously. "Do you think I'll be one of the trainers?" he whispered to her, his cheeks burning red. She smiled sweetly and nodded. Red let out a sigh of relief and sat back in his chair.
"So, Super Serious Gal, I haven't seen you in awhile." Gold said.
Crystal looked back at him. "It's only been about an hour since you've seen me last. What are you talking about?"
He shrugged. "That's a really good question." Gold looked at Ruby. "What do you think I'm talking about?" Crystal, Ruby, and I all face palmed as the lights dimmed.
There was a single spotlight on the head of Pokémon Academy, Professor Juniper. "Hello and welcome back to Pokémon Academy! To all of the new freshmen, welcome to our family! You are among some of the greatest Pokémon trainers, coordinators, breeders, and scientists in the entire world. Some of you are choosing to master one of these amazing talents, while some of you will be mastering multiple future professions. To all of my beloved seniors, I hope your last year here is your most magical year yet! Now we'll start with our annual senior contest!" Professor Juniper walked over to the small table set off of the battlefield with two golden envelopes. She picked one up and carefully lifted the seal.
"This year's top coordinators are…" She read over the paper and let the suspense build up in all of the senior coordinators. "…Ruby & Sandra!" We all clapped and started cheering loudly as Ruby walked down towards the battlefield and stood in the middle of it next to a teenager with sandy brown hair. I glared at her. Sandra was one of the most popular seniors in the school, and she hated me. Oh, and did I mention she was in love with Ruby? That skank would do anything to date my friend. Luckily, nothing ever seemed to work. They shook hands, walked off of the battlefield, and stood next to the small table.
"Since Ruby had the highest coordinator grade at the end of his junior year, he will perform first. Ruby, please choose your Pokémon!"
"I choose Mimi!" Ruby pulled out a Pokeball and released Mimi, his Milotic.
"Mimi, use Whirlpool and surround yourself with it!" Ruby commanded. Mimi slowly created a giant mass of swirling water, filling the room with the sound of rushing water.
"Shoot a BubbleBeam towards the ceiling!" Ruby shouted over the noise. All of the sudden, a spout of bubbles came from the top of the whirlpool and smashed into the ceiling.
"Smash the whirlpool with Water Pulse!" An orb of water floated in the middle of the whirlpool, and water burst from all sides of the orb. The water fell onto and around Mimi, making her sparkle a rainbow of colors. The crowd applauded wildly as Ruby and Mimi took their bows. Ruby stroked Mimi and hugged her before sending her back into her Pokeball.
I cheered wildly with my friends until Professor Juniper walked back to the middle of the battlefield. "Sandra had the second highest coordinator grade at the end of her junior year, so she will perform next!"
Ruby walked off the battlefield, and Sandra walked onto it. "Swablu, spotlight!" A small blue bird with cotton wings appeared.
"Swablu, Bounce!" The little bird leapt up high into the air, flying above the stadium.
"Fly around the stadium perimeter and use Charm and Sweet Kiss!" The bird flew around, playing cute and blowing kisses to the crowd.
"Dive towards the middle of the arena with Brave Bird!" Sandra shouted. Swablu faintly glowed white and dove towards its master, glowing brighter every second. Everyone gasped as Swablu dove right past Sandra, blowing her hair behind her. Swablu flew back towards her and perched on her head. They both bowed as the audience erupted into applause.
"She was good." Green muttered.
"I hope Ruby pulls through." I added.
Gold nodded. "We'll never hear the end of it."
We all laughed but quickly quieted down as Professor Juniper walked back from the judges' table, the winning paper in her hand. "And the winner is…" The entire stadium held their breath. "…Ruby!" My friends and I all shot out of our seats and screamed with all our might for our victorious friend. Ruby came running up the bleachers and fell back into his seat, a huge smile on his face. The guys were patting him on the back and my friends and I were giving him high-fives and congratulating him.
"Wonderful job Ruby and Sandra! Now I'll announce our top trainers." She picked up the other golden envelope. Her eyes widened as she read over the trainers' names.
"Oh my." she said quietly into the microphone.
"Our highest grading trainer is Red!" The crowd cheered and Red shot Yellow a smile before running down the bleachers to stand next to Professor Juniper.
"Since Red is the highest scoring student, I will allow him to decide what to do about the second place winner." She handed Red the envelope and the microphone, and his eyes widened.
"Awww crap." he muttered.
"Really?" he asked, looking at Professor Juniper. She solemnly nodded and rushed over to the judges' table.
"Okay, so there was at tie. These students both got a 99.3 in training. The students are Blue and Green." The entire crowd gasped. Blue turned around and glared at Green. He glared right back.
"You better pray he picks me." Blue growled.
"You know he's gonna pick his best friend." Green retorted.
"Since we all know that the two of them are probably killing each other right now, I think they should battle for second place." Blue and Green's eyes widened in shock.
"Come on guys. I'm waiting!" They both walked down the bleachers and they each stood on one side of Red.
"Blue and Green are going to have a one on one battle. Whoever's pokémon faints first loses, and whoever's pokémon remains standing will get to battle me. Well, you two ready?"
They both nodded and shouted, "Yes!", before walking over to their own side of the battlefield. Red ran off the battlefield and stood off to the side.
"The judges have flipped a coin. Green, choose your pokémon!"
Green smiled. "Go Charizard!" The orange dragon pokémon appeared, roaring proudly.
Red looked at Blue. "Take it away Blue!"
She nodded. "Go Blasty!" Blue's Blastoise came out of his Pokeball and shot some water out of the two cannons on his back. The two Pokémon glared at each other, and Blue and Green did the same.
Ruby and Gold were chanting, "Burn it! Burn it! Burn it!"
Crystal, Yellow, and I were yelling, "You have advantage! Put out its fire!" Blue and Green completely ignored us as the battle began.
"Green, you have the first move!" Red shouted from the sidelines.
"Fly!" Charizard flew towards the ceiling out of Blasty's shooting range.
Blue smirked. "You heard him Blasty! Fly!" Blasty shot powerful water rockets out of his cannons and flew up towards Charizard.
"Fire Punch!"
"Dodge and use Hydro Pump!" Blasty hit Charizard in the back, making him start to fall to the ground.
"Water Gun him 'til he hits the ground!" Blasty descended down to the ground, drenching Charizard most of the way down. Charizard smashed against the ground, weakened tremendously by the water.
"Charizard, get up!" Charizard pushed himself off the ground.
"Use Fire Spin!" Charizard aimed it up at the unsuspecting Blasty, hitting him dead-on in the chest and throwing him into the wall.
"Blasty!" Blue yelled desperately. "Water Gun again!" Blasty hit Charizard, knocking Charizard into the wall.
"No! Charizard!" Green screamed. Blasty and Charizard both limped back to the battlefield, sweating and breathing heavily. Blue and Green looked at each other, sweat on their faces. They smiled.
"Blast Burn!"
"Hydro Cannon!"
The two attacks collided, and a flash of light erupted from the collision. When the smoke cleared, both Pokémon were wavering. Their legs were barely holding them up. Blasty collapsed with a loud thud.
"Blue is unable to battle! Green is the winner!" Red shouted through the microphone.
Blue ran over to Blasty and patted his head. "You did a good job. Get some rest." She sucked him back into his Pokeball. She walked over to Green, who was praising Charizard. He put Charizard back in his Pokeball too.
"Good job Green."
He smiled. "Thanks. You did great too." They shook hands and Blue walked back towards the bleachers.
She turned around and quickly screamed, "Knock 'em dead, Green!" He smiled at her and nodded.
Red walked onto the battlefield and shouted, "Thanks for the support, Blue!"
"Don't mention it!" she shouted back, running up the bleachers.
"You did a great job." Gold said.
"That was amazing!" Crystal exclaimed.
"That was one of the best battles I've ever seen!" I yelled. Yellow nodded in agreement.
"I don't really do battles." We all looked at Ruby, who was sitting there, looking bored out of his mind. Everyone shot him a glare.
"We watched your girly contest, so you need to watch our friends' battle!" I hissed at him.
"Fine. You don't need to murder me."
Blue shushed us. "It's starting!"
Red tossed a Pokeball in his hand up and down with ease. "Go Pika!"
"Go Machamp!" The two Pokémon stood across from each other, Machamp in a fighting stance and Pika with electricity crackling around him.
"Machamp, Seismic Toss!" Machamp tossed large boulders at Pika.
"Dodge!" The boulders kept falling, and just when Pika thought they were done, one landed on his tail.
"Pika, Iron Tail!" Pika's tail turned into a tail of steel and easily broke through the large rock.
"Machamp, Karate Chop!" Red shook his head as Machamp's hand made contact with Pika's back. Machamp fell backwards.
"What happened?" Green shouted.
"Pika's ability is Static! If a Pokémon comes directly in contact with him during a battle, they'll get a shot of electricity sent through their body!" Green groaned. Machamp remained laying on the ground.
"Did I mention it paralyzes the Pokémon too?"
"I know that, you idiot!"
Red chuckled. "Volt Tackle!" Pika's entire body was shrouded with electricity, and he sent it all towards Machamp. Machamp's body shook violently with the amount of electricity being forced into his body.
"Come on, Machamp! Get up!" Machamp struggled to fight the paralysis, but he just couldn't. He fainted.
Professor Juniper stood back up with the microphone. "And the winner of our annual battle is Red!"
Red smiled and Pika jumped back onto his shoulder. Red walked over to Green. "That was a great battle!" Red said.
Green stood up and put Machamp back into his Pokeball. "You've gotten much stronger over the summer. Your Volt Tackle was amazing."
Red rubbed the back of his neck sheepishly. "Thanks Green." They shook hands and the crowd cheered for them. They ran back up to the bleachers with the rest of us.
"That was awesome!" I shouted.
Blue looked at Green. "I told you to crush him! Were my directions that confusing?"
Red chuckled. "You jinxed him, Blue."
Green nodded. "It's all that noisy woman's fault." Blue glared at him and turned back around in her seat.
"Good job, Red." Yellow said.
"Thanks." he said, grinning. "I just kept remembering you telling me to do great." Yellow's face turned bright pink as she whipped her head forward, and so did Red's as he face palmed.
Professor Juniper said, "You may all go back to your dorms. The secretary should've administrated all of your schedules to your dorm rooms' mailboxes. Thank you all and I hope you have a great school year!"
Everyone clapped and started filing out of the battle arena, along with me and my friends. We all reached our two dorm rooms and said goodnight before heading into our own rooms. I had a top bunk, and Crystal was under me. Blue was on the other top bunk, with Yellow under her. We all pulled our pajamas out of our suitcases and started to pull them on. I untied my bandana and threw on an oversized T-shirt and a pair of old short shorts. I climbed up the ladder that led to my bed and climbed under the covers.
Crystal flicked off the lights after everyone was in their beds. "Good night everybody." she said.
"Good night."
How did I did on Yellow and Green's characters? I have trouble with the two of them 'cuz Yellow is so quiet and Green kinda keeps to himself. Anyways, I hope you liked the chappie!
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