A/N: Hello everyone! Revisions, revisions, revisions…
Master of Ice and Wuji Grey: Yep! Diamond's a smart and usually underestimated cookie. It's sad that most people prefer others over him. :(
ZXCVBNMEM: Yep. Diamond is awesome. Simple as that.
Berry Doyle: Yeah, Diamond is so underappreciated! It makes me sad. I want to write more about him, but I'm still trying to nail his character so I usually stay in my comfort zones (Blue, Gold, Silver, Crystal, and Ruby). At first I wanted Green to figure it out, but I decided to let Dia have his turn in the spotlight. Yes, I love writing Ruby. You can twist his character in so many ways, but still make it so Ruby-like. Thanks! And why they switched is confidential. But when it's revealed people will be face palming.
StarlightStardust98: This story is far from done, I'll tell you that much. Thanks! And yes, I see your point. But you know, you've seen how dense these boys can be! Thanks for the favorite author and favorite story! :D
Disclaimer: I don't own Pokémon, if I did, I'd give it back with the condition that there needs to be more SHIPPING.
Ruby was pretty sure he spent a good forty minutes waiting for Crystal, twenty minutes before the deadline that everyone was supposed to meet up at the Poffin House again.
'Maybe she's expecting me to do something like this?' Ruby thought, staring at the dress in his hands.
He lost his patience after a grand total of five minutes, and did one of the things he was born to do.
Sew.
Now that he was finished with the dress, he kept Mimi out, with orders to use Light Screen to trap Crystal as soon as she came in.
Thump.
Speaking of the devil…
"Hey Crys."
"Ruby? What's going on?"
Ruby watched in amusement as she wildly whipped her head around, looking for the cause of her current situation. She practically snarled once she noticed Mimi.
"WHAT DID YOU DO TO ME?" She screamed, pounding on the walls of the Light Screen.
"Oh, you know. I just got Mimi here to do me a favor." He said, then grinned wildly.
Crystal sighed, then glared at him. "What do you want?"
"I'm pretty sure you know what I want, Senior." He replied, teasingly waving the dress in front of her.
"Never." She spat.
"Oh?" Ruby said, tapping his cheek absentmindedly. "Then I guess you'll just have to stay there."
"That's it! I won't stand for this. I'm calling Professor Oak." Crystal said, taking out her Poke Gear.
Ruby silently ordered Mimi to make a one way door in the Light Screen box. He grimaced, noticing that she already finished up her call.
'This'll surely be a comprising sight for Professor Oak.' He thought, quietly stepping in with the dress.
"H-hey! How'd you get in here?" Crystal demanded, slowly backing away. "Get that ugly thing away from me!"
Ruby's smirk faltered a bit. 'Is it really that hideous?'
"AAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH!"
Platinum stepped into the lab with confidence, Pearl slowly trailing her. "Professor Rowan? Are you here? It's Platinum Berlitz and Pearl…um…yeah. We've come to ask you something!"
"Platinum and Pearl, you say? Hello!" Professor Rowan greeted, stepping into view. "So, what is it that you need to ask?"
It was Pearl who spoke this time. "You know about the Super Contests that they host in Hearthome, right Professor?"
"Of course. How could one that lives in the Sinnoh region not know of them?"
"Point taken. You see, we were hoping that you would allow us to participate in this special contest that they're hosting at four o' clock today."
"I just got the feeling something terrible happened." Platinum mumbled, looking in the direction of Kanto.
"And what is this special contest?" Professor Rowan asked, not hearing her.
"It will feature the Dex Holders from Kanto through Sinnoh." Platinum took over.
"Why, of course you're allowed to join! Why wouldn't you be?"
"The people from the Super Contest Hall were worried about publicity issues and whatnot, since it only features the Dex Holders."
"Oh, okay then. Just promise me there'll be a seat left for me, alright?"
"Can do Professor Rowan!" Pearl shouted, already halfway out the door.
Platinum glared at Pearl, then bowed towards Professor Rowan. "Goodbye, professor. See you at the contest!"
"Good luck!"
"Wow! This place is so cool! Right Red?" Yellow asked, nudging him with her shoulder.
"Hm? Y-yeah."
"Chuchu! Let's go over there by that small island thing!" Yellow said to her trusty Pikachu, and they both scampered off.
'Hm. May as well start looking for Keira…'
Red then proceeded to wander around with Pika by his side. Every few minutes or so, Pika would nudge him and give him various things like leaves, rocks, or berries.
"Pika, it's great that you're finding things for the contest, but if we don't hurry up and find Keira there won't even-" Red was cut off by a Buneary that crashed into him. Red looked around cautiously before picking it up, keeping it at an arm's length.
"Err… Hello there." Red said awkwardly. "I'm Red. Do you need some help looking for your trainer, or-ow! Hey!"
The Buneary punched him.
"That's not very nice Mr. Bun-Wait! Get back here!"
And thus, a mad chase began.
"Whoops! Sorry ma'am. Get back here you Buneary! Come on- Oh, sorry! I didn't mean to sir, and-BUNEARY!"
After about ten minutes of chasing, the Buneary disappeared.
'Why do I get this feeling that something equally as terrible is happening in Kanto?'
Wandering around again, Red found Yellow holding the Buneary, much like how he was before.
"Aww… You're so cute! Lost your trainer, hm? Don't worry! I'll help you find-hm? Oh hi Red! I just found this Buneary. Isn't it adorable?"
Red's eye twitched.
"Err…Yeah. Completely adorable." Red said flatly. Yellow squealed and went back to fawning over the Buneary. Once he was sure Yellow wasn't looking, he glared at it.
'You're gonna get it sooner or later, Buneary. I'll-'
"Oh there you are!" A woman shouted. Upon closer inspection, Red realized the woman was Keira.
"Thank you so much for finding Buneary! Buneary like to run off a lot. How can I ever repay you?"
"Well for starters, how about you let us have a special Dex Holder contest in the Super Contest Hall?" Yellow said cheerfully.
"Oh, oh! You're the people that Dexter told me about! Don't worry, Dexter called me and told me everything. You have full permission from me. But I really feel I need to repay you in another way!" Keira said.
"That's okay, we're fine." Red said.
"Oh no, I insist! I know! Take these! Buneary found these earlier. I'm sure they'll be of use for your contest." Keira said, smiling brightly as she held out various accessories like leaves, rocks, scales, fluffs, and beards.
Red was surprised at the amount of accessories. "Whoa! This much? Are you sure?"
"Of course I'm sure! Go on, take them!"
"Thanks so much, Keira!" Yellow said, gladly taking the accessories off of Keira's hands.
"No, thank you for finding my Buneary."
"Bye!" The duo called out.
"See you at the contest!"
"Green? Where do you think Jordan will be?" Blue timidly asked, scanning the crowd.
"I'm actually not sure. Let's try asking the receptionist."
The two then did their best to push their way through the seemingly increasing crowd. After about fifteen minutes, including waiting in the line, they finally made it to the front of the receptionist's desk.
"Hello! Welcome to the Super Contest Hall! How may I help you?"
"Yeah. We were wondering where we could find Jordan." Green said, straight to the point.
"Jordan as in Jordan the judge?"
"Yes."
"You're in luck! A contest just recently finished. He's probably just looming around where the contests take place. He does that a lot after contests. Says it brings him nostalgia."
Green gave her a curt nod and walked away. Blue quickly thanked the receptionist and hastily followed Green. Suddenly, Green stopped in his tracks.
'I've got the strangest feeling that something wrong is happening over at Grandpa's lab…'
"Hey Green! W-why'd you stop?" Blue asked.
"Nothing, come on." He said grabbing her wrist and practically dragging her through the double doors leading to the huge stage. Upon entry, Blue giggled a bit.
On stage, Jordan was taking a bow to the pretend audience. "Thank you! Thank you, you're too kind!" Jordan slowly lifted his head. "Thank-"Jordan blanched and cleared his throat a bit, blushing.
"Umm… Hello. State your name and business!" He said with conviction, pointing an accusing finger in their direction.
"This is Blue-"Green motioned to the girl. "And I'm Green. We're Dex Holders from the Kanto region, and we were hoping if we would be able to have a special featuring the Dex Holders from Kanto to Sinnoh, with your permission."
"Dex Holders you say? ... Fine! This will be good for publicity…"
"Thanks." Green said, walking out with Blue trailing him.
"And maybe we could make it a fundraiser too…" Jordan mumbled to himself.
"Silver!~ Where'd you go, buddy?" Gold called out. He just came out of his house after giving his mom a quick visit. Silver mysteriously disappeared, however.
"Silver!~ Come out and play~" Gold called again. He looked around for a few more minutes. Giving up, he shrugged his shoulders and proceeded to go to Professor Elm's lab. Just as he was about to open the door, he tensed.
'Either something terribly wrong just happened, or my Crys senses are tingling…' Gold then proceeded to push open the door.
'Or it could be both…' Gold pondered, but then abruptly stopped.
'Never mind, it's the first one.' Gold thought, staring at the scene in front of him. Silver was tied up in a chair with tape over his mouth, and Professor Elm was next to him, holding his Pokedex and scolding him.
"What goes on, Professor Elm?" Gold said, completely ignoring Silver's muffled threats.
"Oh hi Gold. I was just teaching Silver a lesson here about stealing things, like rare Pokémon, you know?" Professor Elm said, a creepy smile plastered on his face.
"Uh… Yeah, right… So we came here to ask you something, professor."
"Ask away Gold!"
"You know about Pokémon contests, right?"
"Pokémon…contests?" Professor Elm said, a crazed smile on his face. "I…LOVE POKEMON CONTESTS!"
"Err…right. So anyway, the Dex Holders from Kanto to Sinnoh wanted to hold a special contest featuring the Dex Holders, but they told us that we need permission from the professors and the judges. So…you in?"
"Of course! One of my biggest dreams finally realized!" Professor Elm said, stars in his eyes. Then, he grasped Gold's hands madly. "Just promise me that I'll get front row seats."
"Sure! Now if you'll excuse us professor, me and Silver gotta run. Bye professor!" Gold said, quickly grabbing the still tied up Silver and running out the door.
"See you there!" Professor Elm said, waving cheerfully.
"Papa!" Sapphire called out. Sapphire and Emerald finally reached Sapphire's house and just wanted to get it over with and back to Hearthome.
"Sapphire! What are you doing here? I thought that today was a Dex Holder day." He said, ruffling her hair. "And Emerald! I trust you've been doing well." He patted his shoulder.
"Papa, today we shall be having a contest in Hearthome and-" Sapphire kept rambling on about the details as the professor slowly tuned her out.
"Emerald?" Professor Birch whispered. "Am I hearing things right? Is my daughter excited about a contest?"
"You heard right. It's really unnatural like…like…" Emerald suddenly shuddered. "Like the feeling that something horrible just happened in Kanto…"
"-and, papa, are you listening?" Sapphire abruptly stopped her speech.
"Of course I'm listening, Sapphire! So, contest, right? Of course you can!"
"Really?" Sapphire hugged her father. "Thank you papa! Thank you! You'll come watch, right?"
"Wouldn't miss it for the world."
"Bye papa!" Sapphire said, walking out with Emerald.
A few moments of silence passed.
"What the heck did I just agree to?"
Diamond couldn't believe it. Dexter still managed to recruit-coughcapturecough- him and have him do some volunteer work-coughforcedlaborcough-to help promote the contest. He cheerfully handed out flyers while wearing a clown costume, save for this one time when he tensed, feeling a disturbance. He silently contemplated possible causes of the girls' behavior. When the crowd finally cleared, he had a handful of causes. He was almost positive about the last one he came up with.
Girls are confusing, and this is all some sick prank.
Okay first I need to get some "thank you"s out of the way. So many people favorited and put story alerts! So I decided to put them at the bottom as a list instead as to not take up too much space where I reply to my reviewers. For those who want to read the author's note where I put witty remarks, explanations and foreshadowing, just skip this section.
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Time for witty remarks!~
Ruby and Crys, ever the amusing ones. Anyone notice that in every seen that one person feels a disturbance because of what they're doing? If you did, you're awesome. Looks like Red and Yellow have an advantage in the visual competition. Jordan's in it for the money. Professor Elm is secretly a Super Contest otaku and one of his greatest dreams is having a Dex Holder contest. Professor Birch has no idea about what the heck just happened. And apparently, Gold has 'Crys senses.
For those who like Dex Holder interaction stories like this, I suggest you read my stories "How the Years Go By", or "Of Friends and Best Friends". For those who like humor stories like this and/or Gold, check out my story "Gold's Book of Pickup Lines As Tested by Gold".
And today I have a question for you, YES YOU! The one with their face stuck in front of the screen reading this author's note. Not stuck? Flareon Girl used Mean Look! Ha.
Why do you think the girls all switched personalities?
I'm really interested in your opinion, so…REVIEW!
'Til next time, darlings! :)