MISC: well, not necessarily a MISC, but… yeah. 'MISC': What Could Have Been. From this point on, both SA and SE will feature things called "What Could Have Been" which simply lists a moment in a chapter where the original plans were different. These moments are not related to each other, and exist solely for the purpose of showing the good scenes/moments that didn't make it into an actual chapter due to various reasons. The "What Could Have Been" will take place after a chapter, below the note/whatever crap I say in the bottom. The first example is below.
Primary: Ruby & Sapphire.
The Set Up II:
New Bark Town, Johto…
Gold examined the pool table while Ruby prepared to take a shot. Behind the ex-Johto boy was Sapphire, who watched with interest. Gold leaned against his indestructible billiard cue and wondered why exactly the bickering couple from Hoenn had decided to randomly invade his house.
Ruby took a shot, but didn't hit the cue ball in the center, and could only groan as he watched the ball went off the intended course and fell pointlessly into the hole.
"Ruby, you suck!" Sapphire yelled from behind.
"Hey, it's my first time!" Ruby yelled back.
Gold groaned as the two Hoenn Dex Holders started to bicker once more. 'What the hell did I do to deserve this?' he wondered as he contemplated on knocking out both Hoenn Dex Holders with his billiard cue.
The goggled boy sighed and after placing the cue ball, prepared to take his own shot. He noticed that one carefully placed shot would allow him to win the game without surrendering a single point to Ruby. Gold reasoned that the faster he beat Ruby in the game, the faster he'd leave.
"ALRIGHT, HERE WE ARE!" came a really loud voice from the outside.
Gold jumped in surprise and accidentally hit the cue ball in the process. He watched with horror as his shot completely missed and fell pointlessly in the hole in the corner.
"Ah, f- (outside voice: "SET UP!")!" Gold yelled. "Why the f- (outside voice: "NOW!") does all this f- (outside voice: "CAMERAS!") s- (outside voice: "OVER THERE!") happen to me?"
"Hey, Sapphire, it's that director!" Ruby said excitedly. "He's finally here!"
"It's about time!" Sapphire said as she ran towards the windows to see. The two Hoenn Dex Holders looked through the windows for a second before looking at each other. "Ruby, I think it's time you tell Gold why we came."
Ruby nodded and turned to look at Gold, who was contemplating on calling Crystal. Maybe the whole situation would be a little less miserable if Crystal was there to suffer with him… Noticing that the Hoenn Dex Holders were looking at him, the goggled boy snapped out of his thoughts and looked at Ruby.
"What?"
"Well, it's time I told you why Sapphire and I came here."
Gold listened as Ruby described his involvement with the movie that was being filmed outside.
"So… we came here, thinking that you could help us in ruining that movie set," Ruby said, finishing his story. "I'd like my revenge."
Gold grinned. "Well, you came to the right place, then." He pointed upstairs with his billiard cue. "Come with me, and we'll discuss on what to do."
Ruby and Sapphire followed their senior as he led them to his bedroom. Gold opened the windows and looked out. He could see the movie production crew roughly 100 meters away from his house.
"Well, the first thing I'm going to do is…" Gold said, as he began to look around his room. Eventually, he found what he was looking for: a black box (size of a briefcase) with big orange letters that said "Li'l Bastard General Mischief Kit".
Ruby and Sapphire exchanged looks. "They… actually make those?" they both muttered at the same time.
"I've had this box since I was 6," Gold said with a smile. "Lots of fond memories…" He opened the box and withdrew a slingshot and something that looked like a black paintball. "Now, observe," he said to his juniors.
The goggled boy approached the window and looked closely at the film crew with binoculars. Sapphire simply looked on and Ruby squinted, trying to get a good view. After examining the target, Gold passed the binoculars to Ruby, and with the slingshot and the black 'paintball', took aim.
The part of the movie that was being filmed at the moment happened to be a romance scene, with the lead actor and actress about to kiss. Naturally, Gold's target would be the lead actor. With a grin, he aimed… directly at the lead actor's ass. The black 'paintball', being a stink bomb, exploded upon impact, leaving a big patch of black stuff on the lead actor's pants and releasing a cloud of horribly fowl smelling gas. Since none of the movie crew had any idea what actually happened, it was pretty obvious what they were thinking.
"OH, THE STENCH!" the lead actress screamed before falling backwards like a tree.
"That is not a stench a human being is capable of producing!" the director yelled through the megaphone. "What is wrong with you?"
"It wasn't me!" the main actor yelled.
Back in Gold's house, the three Dex Holders were busy trying not to die from laughing too hard. Ruby barely managed to climb back to his feet and looked through the binoculars. Several cameramen and staff members were lying on the ground, with twisted faces from the fowl stench. The lead actor was busy trying to hide the massive black stain on his pants…
"You even sh*t your pants!" came the director's voice, causing the three Dex Holders to laugh even harder. "Get out of here!"
Sapphire wiped away a tear as she desperately tried to calm down. But she couldn't help it and ended up bursting into laughter once more.
"Oh, that is just classic," Ruby muttered as he tried to calm down.
Sapphire tried to calm down once more. She took the slingshot and another stink bomb from the "Li'l Bastard General Mischief Kit" and looked out through the window.
"Hey, is this thing toxic?" she asked Gold.
Gold looked at the back of the "Li'l Bastard General Mischief Kit" where all the warning signs were. The only thing the warning sign said about the stink bombs being toxic or not was:
"The stink bombs are non-toxic. However, eating or swallowing the stink bombs is highly not recommended."
"No," Gold replied. "You won't die from eating one of those, apparently."
"Oh, very good then." Sapphire looked at where the filming crew was and fired the stink bomb.
The stink bomb flew straight towards the film crew and… hit right beside the director's mouth. The three Dex Holders burst into laughter once more when the director announced his misery through the megaphone.
"That's it! Abandon movie!" the director roared through the megaphone. "Let's get out of here!"
Gold quickly scanned the area around the film crew and spotted the van in which the equipment was stored. Beside that van was a bus in which the film personnel rode. Gold took the slingshot from Sapphire and with 5 stink bombs (two left in the "Li'l Bastard General Mischief Kit") and bombarded the bus. 3 made it through the open windows of the bus. One hit the driver's seat and the remaining one hit the door.
"Enjoy the trip back!" Ruby yelled. He knew that the movie staff wasn't going to hear him, but felt like yelling out anyways. "Ah, sweet, sweet revenge…"
"So you got what you came for," Gold said. "Now what are you going to do?"
"Well… I guess we can travel around Johto a little," Sapphire said as she looked at Ruby. "Do a little sightseeing."
Ruby thought for a second. "Sure, why not. We came all this way from Hoenn after all. We can't leave just yet."
"Good, good. Then out you go," Gold said from behind.
Ruby and Sapphire looked at Gold, wondering why he was so eager in kicking them out. Just then, the door opened and Crystal appeared with her Xatu right behind.
"Gold, Tupeon and I just saw a movie staff hurriedly running away on our way here," the Johto girl said as she returned her Pokémon. "You wouldn't have anything to do with that, would you?"
"No… of course not," Gold said slowly. He carefully reached behind him for the "Li'l Bastard General Mischief Kit" and tried to hide it from view. But Crystal saw the box before Gold could hide it.
"Hey, what the…" she started. "Gold! So that mischief kit came from you! I was wondering where Emerald got such a thing! And it was you! You chased away the movie crew!" Crystal yelled angrily. "And you even dragged Ruby and Sapphire into this mess! What's wrong with you?"
"What? No! They're the ones who-" Gold tried to explain, but Ruby and Sapphire interrupted him.
"It was all him! We tried to stop him but he threatened us!" Sapphire said as she dropped to her knees in front of Crystal. "It was horrible! He shot a stink bomb at that poor man's face!"
"He shot stink bombs everywhere! I wouldn't be surprised if the movie staff fainted from all that stench!" Ruby added as he helped Sapphire back up to her feet.
A vein bulged from Gold's forehead. "Why you dirty, backstabbing, treacherous, betraying, untrustworthy-"
"I knew it! Gold, how many times did I tell you to set a good example for our juniors?" Crystal yelled.
"Let's get out of here," Ruby whispered to Sapphire. The Hoenn girl nodded and the two quickly ran away while Crystal scolded Gold.
From outside the house, Ruby and Sapphire looked up towards Gold's bedroom and spotted the goggled boy leaning out of the window, still spewing insults and synonyms of same words.
"-unfaithful, disloyal, deceitful, double-crossing, lying, perfidious, shifty, underhanded, dishonest, immoral, fraudulent ass-"
"Gold! Get back here!" came Crystal's voice, interrupting the goggled boy once more.
Ruby and Sapphire smiled at each other before they slowly walked away. The next encounter with the goggled boy wasn't going to be fun, but… oh well.
"So our seniors were right," Sapphire said with a satisfied sigh. "We are a perfect combination."
"Well, I must say," Ruby said. "Framing Gold for all that was brilliant." He put a hand on Sapphire's shoulder. "Though I think my acting was better than yours. After all, I did receive some acting lessons while I was involved with that movie."
Sapphire called for her Tropius and hopped on when the Fruit Pokémon appeared a minute later.
"Hop on," she said to Ruby. "Well, Ruby. You used to live in Johto. Where should we go?"
"Let's go to Goldenrod City. There are lots of stuff to do there, and it's my old home. We'll eat lunch there," Ruby replied as he climbed on. "Of course, I'm buying. And maybe I can get you a nice new set of clothes from the Goldenrod Department Store."
Sapphire smiled. "Well… okay, I guess. Let's go then!"
A short little Ruby & Sapphire one-shot.
What Gold says without censors: "Ah fudge! Why the fruit does all this funny stuff happen to me?" It's the result of Crystal constantly hitting him whenever he swore.
Below is the very first What Could Have Been… technically the first.
What Could Have Been:
Gold, Ruby and Sapphire stood in the open around 100 meters away from the filming stage. In order to disrupt the movie's production yet appear innocent, the three Dex Holders were going to have a battle.
Sapphire watched as Ruby and Gold battled. Gold, being the one who could see the movie staff, was on offense.
"Now, Explotaro, Flamethrower!" he yelled.
The Typhlosion did as ordered a whole second later, giving Ruby and his Swampert ample time to get out of the way. Naturally, the Flamethrower missed the target and barely missed the movie staff 100 meters away. During the battle, Ruby and Gold switched positions.
"Zuzu, Muddy Water!" Ruby yelled. The Swampert did the same as Typhlosion and waited until Gold and the Volcano Pokémon moved out of the way before using the attack. Gold and Ruby switched positions once more.
Sapphire grinned and joined in on the battle. She sent out her Blaziken and with Gold, ordered a Blast Burn. Ruby and Swampert moved out of the way and the two Fire type starters used their ultimate attacks…
"ABANDON MOVIE SET!" the director roared through the megaphone as he saw two massive streams of fire heading towards him and the movie set…
And so ends the first What Could Have Been (WCHB). Currently, several of the past SE chapters have been updated with WCHBs. So far, they are SE #004: Nightmare, SE #011: Playing the Game, SE #015: Revival, SE #018: Rampage, and SE #023: Capturing Dinner. I would highly appreciate it if you would review whether you like the actual chapters or the WCHBs.
Also, apart from SA #002: Reveille, all the chapters of SA have been updated with WCHBs. I'd highly appreciate it again if you'd leave a review for those WCHBs as well.