For those who may not have realized, chapter 1 of Special Adventures, The Package, is up. If you have not yet checked, after reading this one-shot, leave a review, then check it out. Leave a review there too. Do it.
Note: the MISC recap in Special Adventures states that Diamond, Pearl, and Platinum are 4 years younger than Gold and Crystal, while they are 3 years younger in Special Events. This is because of a rumor that the Platinum arc is 2 weeks/months (one or the other) before HGSS. Special Adventures assumes that the rumor is true, and Special Events assumes that the rumor is false. If anyone can confirm or bust the rumor, I would appreciate it.
Primary: Ruby & Sapphire.
The Set Up:
Sapphire sat on a thick tree branch outside Ruby's house, wondering where the ex-Johto boy went. Normally, he would tell her where he was going, but not this time. Sapphire jumped off of the tree branch and upon landing on the ground, turned the corner to get to the front door.
But to her surprise, there was someone standing near the door, and recognized the person as Platinum. Sapphire scratched her head. The heiress should've been in Petalburg City, challenging the Gym there.
"Hey, Platinum, what are you doing here?"
The heiress turned and upon seeing her senior, gave a polite bow. "Hello, senior. It appeared that senior Ruby's father was absent from the Gym and I came here to see if he was home. But it appears that he is not home either. Also, senior Ruby had called me an hour ago. He wishes you to meet him in Slateport City."
"Slateport?" Sapphire tilted her head, wondering what Ruby was doing there. Ever since the Groudon and Kyogre incident, all Contests were to be held in Lilycove, so there was no reason for Ruby to be in Slateport. "Okay…" Sapphire put two fingers in her mouth and gave an ear-splittingly loud whistle. Within a few minutes, her Tropius appeared and landed in front of her. Sapphire hopped on and turned to Platinum. "You coming? You could ask Ruby where his dad is."
The heiress nodded and climbed onto her senior's Tropius. As they approached Slateport, Sapphire scanned the ground while listening to Platinum as she described her Hoenn Gym challenges so far. Nearby what used to be the Hyper Rank Contest Hall, Sapphire spotted Ruby. To her horror, it appeared that Ruby was being attacked by a group of eight people.
"Ruby!" Sapphire exclaimed.
Platinum spotted Ruby just as he dodged a Thunderbolt. The heiress squinted for a better view, and noticed that her senior looked pretty hurt. Sapphire gritted her teeth and jumped off of the Tropius.
"Ah, wait, senior!" the heiress yelled. She noticed something was odd, but it was too late. Sapphire was already plummeting to the ground, aimed at one of the attackers. The heiress could only get her senior's Tropius to land somewhere.
Sapphire landed on top of one of the attackers, knocking him down to the ground. She followed up with a quick punch to the back of the head, knocking him out. She quickly rushed towards Ruby.
"Ruby!"
Ruby turned, and seeing Sapphire approach, ran towards her. "Sapphire, what are you doing here?"
Sapphire tackled him to the ground as she checked his injuries. "Are you okay? What did they do to you?"
"… Damn it, Sapphire!" Ruby exclaimed.
"CUT!" someone's voice thundered from behind. Sapphire spun around and saw a man come out of hiding from the bushes, with what appeared to be a small book in his hand. The man looked at Ruby and sighed. "What. The. Hell. Was that?"
"Director, come on! This isn't my fault!" Ruby yelled back.
"I warned you that this was your last chance! You already failed this scene eighteen times because you didn't want to get dirt on your pants! And now finally we have a good looking scene and you screwed it up again!" The director turned to look at the unconscious actor. "Someone tend to him, please."
Sapphire had a blank look on her face, having no idea what was happening. Ruby glared at her for a few seconds before he began brushing the dirt off of his shirt.
The director sighed again. "I never should've come to this region… here I am, trying to make a movie without the chance of being interrupted by that ridiculously loud voiced punk, and all of a sudden this wild girl randomly drops from the sky and knocks out one of the actors…" He turned to the staff. "Pack it up people; we're getting out of here."
Ruby jumped to his feet. "Hey, what about the movie?"
"Forget it, kid. Deal's off."
"Director, we spent too much time and effort on this movie," one of the staff members said.
"I know that. Everyone, listen up!" the director yelled. "We're going to Johto! New Bark Town is supposed to be a calm and peaceful town, and we'll film there. Let's move!"
Sapphire watched as the actors and staff members moved out. She turned to look at Ruby, who was kneeling on the ground, pounding the grass with his fist.
"So… you're in a movie, huh?"
"Not anymore, thanks to you," Ruby replied with a sigh. "You know, when I said 'come meet me in Slateport', I meant watch me act, not drop from orbit and ruin my chance of being in a movie."
At that time, Platinum came running towards him. Ruby took a handkerchief and after wiping away the fake blood from his face, glared at her.
"Why did you not stop Sapphire from ruining my movie?" he asked rather angrily.
"By the time I noticed something was odd, it was already too late…" Platinum replied quietly.
Sapphire watched from behind as Ruby chastised the heiress. Platinum kept her head down as she listened to her senior yell at her.
"Alright… my dad went Fortree City a few hours ago. Assuming he didn't come right back home again, he should still be there. So go and challenge him," Ruby said after a minute of continuous scolding.
Platinum bowed to her senior and quickly ran off. She wished that her senior would've been a little gentler, but… like father like son, apparently.
Once the heiress disappeared from view, Sapphire sighed and rubbed the back of her neck. It was her fault that Platinum got scolded…
"Well… um… sorry, Ruby," she said after a moment of silence. "You should've just told me that you were going to be in a movie."
"I was going to make it a surprise. But you just had to ruin it. Why'd you jump off Tropius anyways? If you remained calm for a little longer, you would've seen that it was just an act."
"Ruby, you know exactly why I couldn't just sit around. It's the same reason why you forgot to hide your true strength during that Grumpig stampede years ago," Sapphire said after a sigh.
Ruby thought for a second. "Right…"
"Besides, the last time I just sat still…" Sapphire reached and removed Ruby's hat. Upon seeing the scar from the Dragon Claw, she fell silent.
"I can take care of myself, Sapphire," Ruby said. He took his hat back and put it on to cover the scar.
"Sorry. When I saw you being attacked, I… couldn't think of anything else."
"It's nothing. Thanks, though."
"You know I… still like you."
Ruby and Sapphire both stared at each other for a while, in awkward silence. Ruby cleared his throat and turned away.
"I know."
Sapphire snapped out of her thoughts. "What about you?"
"Huh?" Ruby turned back to face her.
"Do you l-"
"Hey, if you'd give me a ride, I want to go home and wash all this stuff off," Ruby said, pointing at the make-up he had to wear for the movie scene (fake blood, dirt, etc). Sapphire glared at him. "And afterwards, let's go to Johto."
"Why Johto?"
"Let's just say that I want revenge for my lost movie opportunity, the movie's going to be filmed in New Bark Town, and that we know someone who lives in New Bark who excels in ruining stuff. And I don't want to miss it when it happens."
Sapphire smiled. "I don't want to miss it either." 'Oh well… better luck next time. This is still better than nothing, though.'
She grabbed Ruby by his hand and after whistling her Tropius back, jumped on. On the flight back to Littleroot, Sapphire noticed how differently Ruby was holding onto her. Instead of holding onto her shoulders to avoid falling off, he was gently embracing her…
June 15edit: the second short one-shot is below.
Primary: Silver & Soul.
Training:
Silver waited patiently outside Soul's house in New Bark Town. Because her battling skills were subpar, he was going to train her. If things go right, then there would be no more worries of her being attacked by wild Pokémon or… others. Silver had seen Blue get attacked from behind by some twisted freaks. It was certainly possible that these kinds of freaks would attack Soul as well.
Silver glanced around Soul's house and spotted Gold's big f*cking house. He kept hidden from the view of the house; the last thing he wanted was Gold to come and ask what he was doing in New Bark Town. So far, no Gold.
Before too long, the door opened and Soul came out. She slung her bag over her shoulder and with a giggle, ran over towards Silver.
"I'm ready, Mr. Hero!" she squealed out. "I mean… Mr. Teacher!"
Silver glanced around to make sure no one heard her. "Alright then. Let's go."
"Where are we going?"
"Route 45. Where else?"
"Route 45? Can your Honchkrow carry both of us?" Soul asked, tilting her head.
"We're not flying there. We're walking there."
Soul gasped. "Walking? But…"
"Climbing high ledges and rocks would be good training, for you and your Pokémon."
Soul narrowed her eyes and crossed her arms. "What does that mean? Are you saying that I need more exercise?"
Silver avoided eye contact and began to walk. "I never said anything."
Soul pouted but followed Silver nonetheless. Silver made a note to himself to not say things that imply… anything about her. He would remain wordless.
Halfway in Route 29, before entering Route 46, Silver abruptly stopped. Soul accidentally bumped into him and wondered why he stopped.
Silver quietly signaled Soul to head towards Route 46 while looking in the direction of Cherrygrove City. Soul looked past him to see what was so interesting.
"Hey, is that…" she started.
"Yes. That's Gold… quietly now, before he no-"
"HEY GOLD!" Soul screamed at the top of her lungs.
Gold, who was busy picking Apricorns with Crystal, heard his name and turned around.
"Hey, that's Soul," he muttered. Crystal abruptly turned to look at him. "With Silver… Hey, Super Serious Gal, let's pay them a visit."
"Gold, I don't really want to…" Crystal tried to protest, but Gold grabbed her by the wrist and dragged her.
"Yo, Silver!" Gold yelled as he ran towards him.
Silver sighed and turned to face his fellow Johto Dex Holder. Soul waved at Gold and he nodded back. Crystal narrowed her eyes and scowled at the little exchange, but quickly changed her expression to normal. As a response, she waved at Silver, but as normal, he didn't really respond. Soul didn't seem to mind either.
"Silver, where are you going?" Crystal asked.
"Route 45," Silver replied shortly.
Gold grinned. "Oh, I see. I heard from Soul that you're training her… All by yourself. So it's going to be just the two of you." Silver groaned as Soul blushed. The goggled boy started to laugh. "Don't worry, we won't get in your way." He turned to face Crystal. "Come on, Super Serious Gal. We should get these Apricorns to that Kurt guy."
Silver abruptly walked towards Route 46.
"Well… bye, Gold, bye Crys!" Soul said. She waved at them before running to catch up with Silver.
10 hours later…
"Silver!" Soul yelled.
Silver climbed the high rock ledge and turned around. He could see Soul quite far away.
"Can we have a short break?" she yelled. "My feet hurt!"
"We just had a break!" Silver yelled back.
"That was two hours ago!"
Silver sighed as he made his way back to Soul. She was sitting on the ground, trying to catch her breath. She wiped the perspiration from her forehead and crossed her arms.
"You're going too fast! Can't you slow down a little?"
"I am going slow. If I was going fast, we'd be at Blackthorn by now."
Soul started to complain and Silver began to ask himself why he's bothering to train her personally. He sighed and sat down beside her.
"Fine. We'll take a five minute break. And then we'll have no more breaks until we get to Blackthorn City."
Soul gasped. "But we're only halfway there! Are you trying to kill me or something?"
Silver put a hand on his head. 'That's it…' "Fine then. I say we're done training. We'll camp here, and tomorrow, we'll go back home."
Soul fell silent. "I'm sorry, Silver… But this is just… too much for me."
"Don't worry about it."
"If you don't train me, then what's going to happen? You can't protect me all the time."
"I'll see if I can get someone more experienced to train you," Silver said. 'Maybe I can get sis and Green to help. They trained Yellow so it won't be that difficult…'
"So… you're not going to train me anymore?"
"Once you learn the basics, we'll train together," Silver said. "And if you need any help, call and I'll be there in an hour."
Soul smiled and moved so she could see Silver's face. "Don't make a girl a promise if you know you can't keep it."
"I promise."
Soul kissed him in the cheek and giggled as he turned red. Silver cleared his throat and rose to his feet. He gave his bag to her and turned away.
"You can get started on the dinner. I'll set up our camp for the night."
Soul jumped to her feet and gave him a hug from behind. "Thanks, Silver! I'll make you the best dinner ever!"
This is the last Silver & Soul. No more.
Next up: that's for me to know, and you to find out.
Chapter two of Special Adventures, Reveille, is coming soon.