WARNING The following chapter is a very weak chapter which describes Ruby entering his first contest in poor detail in some spots. If you can tolerate this I applaud you but this WILL be one of the weakest and worst chapters. You have been warned.

Also the town they are in has been dubbed Astilon City now.

Also it should be noted that the author expects you to know how Pokemon contest in the anime work in order for you to understand this.

Okay lets go.

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Chapter 10

After a lunch Ash, Gold, Ruby, and Sapphire made their way to the police station.

While Gold reported the theft Ash, Sapphire and Ruby were waiting in the lobby.

When Gold finally came out he unveiled the wanted poster they made.

"Is this REALLY what they looked like?"asked Ash.

The poster had the boy thief have beady eyes and big lips and the girl thief had blue hair both of these features contradicted what Gold had told them about the thieves earlier(Offscreen)

"Of COURSE NOT! I just want to be sure I catch the thief myself!"said Gold.

"Um Gold...how exactly do you INTEND to track them down?"asked Ruby.

"...Haven't gotten that far but I WILL find them!"declared Gold.

All of a sudden Ash noticed something. "It's a poster."he said.

"For what?"asked Sapphire.

"A Pokemon contest...Hey Ruby-"Ash looked back and noticed that Ruby was gone.

"That fast?"Gold asked.

Pokemon Pokemon Pokemon.

Let's do it.

I wanna be the very best! Like no one ever was!

To catch them is my real test! To train them is MY CAUSE!

My whole life has led to THIS! Time to test my skills!

I KNOW I just can't miss! Gonna show the WORLD!

Born to be a WINNER!

Xeno!

Born to be a CHAMPION!

Born to be a WINNER! Born to VERY BEST!

Pokemon XENO!

Born to be a Winner!

POKEMON!

Chapter 10 You're a star Ruby!

"Alright my first contest!"said Ruby after he signed up.

"Don't get cocky Ruby. May and Dawn made that mistake in THEIR first contest."said Ash.

"Ah relax. My dear Ash I have it all planned out. Soon the Astilon ribbon WILL BE MINE!"said Ruby.

When the contest started up Ash, Pikachu and Gold got front row seats.

"Where's Sapphire?"asked Gold.

"Something about 'This is a waste of time I'm gonna be training Toro'"said Ash.(For those who haven't read the manga Sapphire nicknamed her Torchic Toro).

"Alright folks! It's time for this years Astilon City contest to BEGIN!"said the announcer(Who unlike in Hoenn, Kanto and Sinnoh was male).

"And here are our contestants!" the board then lit up showing the contestants including Ruby and strange girl.

Gold started to look at the board funny.

"Hmmmmm."he said.

"Something wrong Gold?"asked Ash.

"it's just I feel like I've seen that girl before."said Gold.

Soon it was Ruby's turn in the spotlight.

"Regardless of the effects of time, the cuteness that this body encompasses never changes. Oozing Cute Charm from her body, this is the Pokémon Skitty—Coco!"declared Ruby and he sent out his Skitty who looked absolutely cute.

"Use Attract!"commanded Ruby and Coco did so and looked even more cute.

"Strike that pose!"said Ruby and Coco put herself in a pose making herself even more cute.

"Wow what an adorable Skitty and what do the judges say?"asked the Announcer.

It was a perfect score.

"YES! We did it Coco!"said Ruby. Coco meowed and jumped into Ruby's arms.

"Wow Ruby is pretty good."said Ash. "Might even be better than May or Dawn" he thought in his head.

Next it was the mysterious girls turn.(Who was going by the name Olive)

"Alright come on out Blasty!"said the Girl and she sent out her Squirtle.

Using her Squirtle the girl put on a magnificent water show.

"I still feel like I've seen her somewhere before."muttered Gold.

The results were in and Ruby and the Mystery Girl were in the lead and soon they were the ones facing each other in the final round.

"All right let the coordinator battle BEGIN!"said the announcer.

"All right! Regardless of the effects of time, the toughness that this body encompasses never changes. Boiling with raging Torrent this is the Pokémon Mudkip—Zuzu!"declared Ruby and he sent out his Mudkip.

"He named his Mudkip Zuzu?"asked Gold.

"I think it's a nice name."said Ash and Pikachu agreed with him.

"Go Jiggly!"said the girl and she sent out her Jigglypuff.

"Use Water Gun!"said Ruby, Zuzu did...on Ruby. "...NOT ON ME!"said Ruby and he lost some points.

"Oh no."he said.

"Use Double Slap!"said the girl and Jiggly used it on Zuzu.

"Use Mud Slap but do it gently!"said Ruby and Zuzu did but because he was gentle with it it caused Jigglypuff to get all Muddy ruining its cute appearance. This caused mystery girl to lose some points more than Ruby when Zuzu splashed him.

"Quick use Gyro Ball!"said Mystery Girl and Jigglypuff did so and Zuzu was knocked back.

"Now use Tackle!"said Ruby.

(Insert rest of battle here because the author can't think of anything else)

The timer went off and the one with the most points was Ruby.

"And we have a WINNER!"said the announcer and the crowd cheered.

The Mystery Girl recalled her Jigglypuff and left leaving an excited Ruby celebrating on stage.

"Oh why'd I ever want to get rid of this Mudkip?"said Ruby who was hugging Zuzu.

After getting his ribbon Ruby along with Ash, Gold and Pikachu met up with Sapphire

"You actually WON?"asked Sapphire.

"Yep and I got my Astilion ribbon."said Ruby.

Gold heard someone nearby.

"I lost."said the girl.

"That's what you get for doing this pointless contest."said a familiar voice.

"Well excuse me for wanting to have some fun on this trip!"said the girl.

"Look if we're gonna grow stronger to take down Erik then we need to.."the familiar voice continued talking as Gold got a closer look.

"...HEY! YOU'RE THE TWO THIEVES FROM BEFORE!"said Gold.

The girl and the person she was talking with looked at Gold and sure enough it was the boy and girl who had robbed Professor Palm two days ago.(Silver and Green if you remember correctly)

"I warned you this might happen."said Silver and he and Green took off.

"Get back here!"said Gold and he chased after them along with Ash.

"Bet you wish you had given an accurate description to the police?"said Ash.

"Not now!"said Gold.

Ash and Gold managed to corner the two in an alley.

"Got you now!"said Ash.

"Oh no you don't!"said Silver and he sent out his Totodile.

"Use water gun!"he said and Totodile did so knocking back Gold and Ash.

"Totodile don't you want to come back with us? Back to your original trainer?"asked Gold Totodile shook his head.

"Wait...you WANT to be with Silver?"asked Gold Totodile seemed to say yes.

"You got her?"asked Silver.

"Got her!"said Green and she released her Jigglypuff and the two used Jigglypuff balloon abilities to escape.

"They got away...AGAIN!"said Gold after he an Ash got up.

"Don't worry next time they won't get away."said Ash.

So thats that. Ruby has won his very first ribbon and our heroes adventure will continue!

Tune in next time when Ash faces his first battle in the Xeno region!