Primary: Green & Blue.

Your Move:

Blue watched from behind Silver as he played a game against Gold. The goggled boy was apparently new to the game as he kept looking at the instruction manual while occasionally glancing at the board. He hesitantly moved his elephant away from his side of the board into Silver's, attempting an attack.

Silver instantly countered, moving his horse on an intercept move. Gold cursed as he withdrew, and Silver, taunting, withdrew as well. Deciding to bring out the big guns, Gold moved his vehicle to an attack position. He looked quite confident with his move, from the way he tossed the manual aside.

Blue noted that while the move was good, he didn't defend his king quite well, and she was sure that Silver would take advantage. He did. With a smirk, Silver moved his catapult in a crucial position: in between his pawn and his king, protecting his king from other catapult attacks. Gold didn't see the move Silver had planned, and instead continued with his own attack. He moved his vehicle across the board and took down Silver's horse. Blue estimated that within 3 moves, Gold would be able to take out Silver's king. Assuming he even lasted two more turns.

"Game over, man," Silver said with a smirk. He moved his vehicle, which he had been using to pin down Gold's horse and elephant, and took out a pawn right in front of the king, but also in range of his catapult.

"What the…" Gold stared at the board. Now he saw what Silver was up too, a bit too late though. He moved his king away from the 8-way intersection, to stall time and think of a new move.

"Bad move," Silver said. He moved his vehicle into the 8-way intersection, effectively trapping Gold's king. "Your move, and you have two choices," he said. "Either run away and be taken out by the vehicle in my next turn, or go down swinging. Take out my vehicle with your king and then be taken out by the catapult."

Gold's eyes twitched. He went down swinging. Silver laughed as he cleared the board after winning the game. He made a sign with his hand, signaling Gold to pay up. Grumbling, the goggled boy took his wallet from his pocket and gave Silver some cash.

"Another game?" Silver said, putting the money away in his pocket.

"Damn right."

An hour later…

Silver made the signal with his hand again. Grumbling even more, Gold took his wallet out again and gave him the last of his cash.

"Try again?" Silver suggested.

"I played 10 games with you," Gold replied. "And I lost every single one. I'd like to play again for the sake of revenge, but… I got no money left. You took 10000 PKD from me, but mark my words, Silver. One of these days, I'll beat you in this and take my money back…"

"Any time you're ready."

"Very good, Silver," Blue said. She gave him a pat on the back. "What are you going to do with his money?"

Silver shrugged. "With Gold's 10000 PKD and the money in my wallet, that's a total of 12500 PKD. Maybe I'll buy a new pair of gloves? Maybe I'll buy Soul a dinner. She's been nagging at me to do that for quite some time. The dinner would probably cost around 3000 PKD, but if she wants to go clothes shopping, then that would probably cost me 40000 PKD more… She'll nag at me forever if I don't comply. Seriously… sometimes, she acts like a mix of you and Gold."

Blue grinned. "Take good care of her, Silver."

"Yeah, yeah…"

Silver rose to his feet and then handed the board and all of its game pieces to Platinum, who had been waiting since the middle of the ninth game. Blue walked over to her now, and watched her play a game against Emerald. It was her first time, and Emerald explained on the basics of how to play. Diamond and Pearl watched from the side and cheered for the girl.

In the first game, Emerald won. Blue noted that he spent time fortifying his side of the board while letting Platinum attack. It was her first time, so he was taking it easy on her. But in the second game, Platinum won. She got the hang of the game a little too quickly and instantly managed to master a couple of good attack patterns. Emerald grumbled about having to teach her the basics in one game and then be beaten by her in the next. Platinum had been studying her senior's expression and predicting what he would do next. And with the prediction, she would plan her next move carefully. As a result, Emerald lost the next game too. After the game, he gave her a thumbs up and walked away to do something else in the Dex Holder picnic (Blue's idea) in Mt. Moon Square.

In the pond area, Yellow sat by the water and sketched something in her sketchbook while her fishing rod was in the water. Blue walked up to her and noticed that she was sketching a picture of Red, who was sleeping in the shade of a tree.

Green, sitting on a rock near the water, was busy writing something on a sheet of paper. A research topic, really. Mt. Moon Square was known to have Clefairies appearing on Monday nights. The research topic was why. Were there particularly large amounts of Moon Stones underground here? But then why just on Mondays, and at night? Green wrote the ideas down for future thought.

Blue glanced at the other Dex Holders. Gold and Emerald were planning a prank on Crystal, who was talking to Platinum while watching the comedy act of Diamond and Pearl. Ruby and Sapphire were busy playing a card game, but for some reason, the boy kept an ice pack over his eye. The explanation was that he said "hit me" during the card game, telling the dealer (Silver) to give him another card and Sapphire gave him a punch to the face ("You said 'hit me'!").

Blue noticed that every Dex Holder was occupied in doing something, leaving the game board all to herself. A thought arose, and she went over to Green.

"Hey Green, let's play a game," she said, carrying the folded board and all of its pieces.

"No, I'm busy," he replied after taking one glance at the board.

"Come on, Green. This is a picnic. It was designed to take you away from work."

"Then you should've left me back home."

"Hey, all the other research assistants are enjoying themselves. Look, Crystal, Emerald, Platinum, and even Sapphire, really. They're all playing and not working."

"I have to set a good example for the rest of them. A good researcher always does work."

Blue narrowed her eyes, thinking what to say to lure him. Suddenly, she heard a short shriek as Gold and Emerald managed to get Crystal to fall into the pond. A thought arose…

"Fine then. Looks like I'll just have to spend my time by thinking of how I'll annoy you more and more." As soon as she finished, she snatched the pen away from Green's hand.

He tried to take the pen back, but then she put it into her shirt. Green sighed as he returned his focus back to his research papers. He pulled out another pen from his pocket and resumed writing.

"A good researcher always comes prepared."

Blue sighed as she fished the pen out and put it on the top of his head. Green took the pen off of his head and put it in his pocket. Without warning, she snatched his research papers away.

"… Pesky girl…" he muttered.

"Oh come on. All I'm asking for is one game. If you win, I won't bother you for the rest of this picnic."

"And if I lose?" he asked suspiciously.

"You'll have to buy me lunch and dinner tomorrow."

Green stared at her for a few seconds before he fished out a notepad from his pocket and resumed his research notes.

"Oh, for crying out loud!" she stomped over to the pond, grabbed an empty pitcher (used during lunch), filled it with water and stomped back to him.

Green looked up from his notepad and saw Blue about to pour the pitcher's contents all over him.

"Your move, Green," she said. "If you don't want to play, then fine. I'll just drench you and whatever else is in that pocket of yours. Of course, I'll soak your research notes too. I just hope they're waterproof."

"Fine. You win. Let's get this damn game over with. But if I win, you have to return the things you stole from me, and you will not pour water all over me."

Smiling, Blue put the pitcher down on the ground, which then Gold promptly picked up and poured it on Crystal, who was chasing him.

A minute later, Blue and Green set up the game board while every other Dex Holder watched from beside.

For over an hour, they played, but still haven't managed to take out a single piece. Blue noted that she could not penetrate Green's side's iron-hard defenses. She made various lures and traps within her side, waiting for Green to attack, but he never did. She noticed that Platinum was looking at the arrangements carefully, studying them. Finally, Blue made a decision. During her turns, she moved all of her pieces to an attack pattern. A frontal assault wasn't her tactic, but Green left her no choice.

One at a time, she moved all 5 of her pawns, some forward, some sideways to form a wall. Right behind the wall were her vehicles, ready to punch through. While she did so, Green moved his elephants to either side of the board, ready to strike at Blue's attack pattern from the sides.

Everyone watched with interest as the two continued their game, watching as Blue used every trick and attack pattern she could think of, and as Green's formation shifted to adjust accordingly.

'A stalemate…' Blue thought to herself. 'If I choose an all-out attack, he'd win for sure… But if he were to attack, I'd win for sure… Damn, this is not going the way I planned…'

"If this continues," Green said. "Then no one will win. Since you're in the attacking position, why don't you make a move? I've got nothing to lose."

Blue slightly adjusted the position of one of her pawns, so that her vehicle was in the same line as Green's king, assuming that there wasn't a well-protected pawn right in front. "So, Green… It's your move. But what will you do? It's obvious that if I attack, you'll win, and if you attack, then I'll win. So what now? I make a move and you move away. Will you continue this stalemate forever?"

"Implying something, are we?" Green said. "Tell you what, return my stuff and then I'll make my move."

Blue smiled. "As you wish." She took the research notes (which she had been sitting on) and handed it back to him.

Green sighed as he brushed the dirt off of his sheets and folded them neatly before putting it in his pocket. In his turn, he moved the pawn positioned right in front of his king to the side, leaving a path for Blue's vehicle to attack his king directly. Blue laughed as she moved her vehicle to take out the king, winning the game in the process. The other Dex Holders simply watched in shock at the simple ending to a possibly intense game. Green rose to his feet.

"I'll pick you up at noon tomorrow," he said as he walked away.

"I'll be waiting."

It's short. Hopefully the others won't be.

Note: If you know what board game that's in this one shot, then good for you. If not, then, no problem. Although I may have changed the names of individual piece slightly, from the description, it's not entirely impossible to figure out what game I'm talking about.

Next up: Ruby & Sapphire. As always, reviews and suggestions are appreciated.