Another project came up and ate my time, so I'm doing this last minute. I'm starting to wonder if I do this to myself on purpose subconsciously… In any event, I feel this chapter might be much in the same vain as the last one. Hopefully it will turn out well.

It wasn't hard to find the dock the S.S. Anne was moored at. Signs, banners, and, flags beckoned Pokémon Trainers to the glorious cruise ship. The S.S. Anne boasted to be the size of a small town and from the outside it appeared to live up to that. Red and Green made their way up the gangplank, flashing their tickets courtesy of Bill as they boarded.

The ship had hundreds of rooms, as well as a massive five-star kitchen. There were over thirty decks and many accommodations including multiple pools and even a movie theater. Red and Green took their time looking around the massive ship. Most of the amenities weren't open yet, but it was still amazing to see what the ship's guests had to look forward to.

Eventually, the two found themselves heading toward the captain's quarters. Just before they were about to round the corner, Blue stormed out into the hallway. He noticed them and walked over, "You going to see the captain? Don't bother. I heard he was a master of the Pokémon move Cut, but he's just a seasick old man!"

"Blue!" Green scolded, "That's rude! You shouldn't say things like that behind someone's back!"

Blue shrugged her indignation off, "Whatever. We have somewhere to be!"

"What do you mean?"

"There's going to be a little tournament held for all the Pokémon Trainers that got invited here," Blue explained. "We're all going to enter!"

Red would normally not be happy about being volunteered for something by his bossy friend, but this sounded fun. The aft top deck of the ship was an open air Pokémon battlefield, able to accommodate all different types of Pokémon. By the time the three friends made their way to the top deck, the registry for the battle and the first matched were underway. Red signed up first and was assigned to an early match. He was to take the battlefield after the current match ended. If the three won all their battles, Red and Blue would battle in the semi-finals and the winner would face Green. The format was a best of three battle. Both trainers would send out one Pokémon at the same time and they would battle until one was unable to continue. Whoever won two battles would move on to the next round.

The current battle between two young trainers came to a close and Red took to the stage for his first match. A sailor, who looked like he was supposed to be a crew member of the ship as opposed to a guest, stepped into the arena across from Red. On the signal to start, Red and the sailor threw their Pokéballs out onto the dirt floor. When the light faded, Pikachu squared off with a strange, gray, human-like creature that appeared to have gills on its sides and three sails on its head.

Red checked his Pokédex for the strange creature. It was called Machop, but since Red had yet to catch one himself, he had little information on it other than the fact that it was made of pure muscle! "Machop! Use Karate Chop attack, now!" the sailor ordered. The strong Pokémon dashed forward.

"Pikachu, Quick Attack!" Machop made it across the good-sized arena in the blink of an eye, but Pikachu was already gone, circling around to hit Machop in the side. Pikachu's attack connected with the Superpower Pokémon, but it seemed to have little effect.

"Try a Low Kick now!"

"Double Team."

Machop preformed a well-executed low sweep, but the attack just passed through Pikachu's afterimage like a mirage. Neither Machop, nor his Trainer saw Pikachu a few feet away at the edge of the arena. "Pikachu, Slam!" Pikachu rocketed forward and bashed into the unaware Machop. Even the powerful body of Machop had to yield to that attack. Machop fell and Pikachu was declared the winner. Red proudly called Pikachu to his side and readied his next Pokéball.

Next it was Charmeleon's turn to face a new foe. The large "Tentacruel" was a blue jellyfish-like Pokémon with many brown tentacles and three glowing red sections on its head as well as a long, menacing beak under its body. "Tentacurel, use Wrap!" the sailor ordered. The creature's tentacles shot forward. Charmeleon easily ducked them and backed away.

"Slash, Charmeleon." Charmeleon used the distance he made with his foe to lunge forward with his claws. Without time to dodge the attack, the Tentacurel was felled in one stroke. And with that, Red had won the match. Still, with so many contestants, he'd have to wait a while for the next round.

Much of the tournament continued that way. Red, Blue, and Green met with little challenge from the various other trainers. The battles continued for over two hours before Red and Blue finally met on the tournament roster.

"I'm going to pay you back for the last time!" Blue promised.

"We'll see…"

On their cue, both trainers threw their Pokéballs. The light cleared to reveal both of their Pidgeottos. Both were ready for another crack at each other after their last two meetings. "Twister, Pidgeotto." Red ordered first.

Red's Pidgeotto whipped up a powerful gale in his wings and launched it at his foe. Blue's Pidgeotto was too quick for the attack, however, and was able to sidestep (or rather sideflap) the swirling gust. "Use Tackle, Pidgeotto!" Blue ordered confidently.

"You too!" Red ordered. The two bird Pokémon met, slamming into each other hard and locking talons. The two pushed on each other with all they had, but eventually, Blue's gained ground forcing Red's to back off.

"Use Whirlwind, Pidgeotto!" Blue ordered. With Red's Pidgeotto far enough away, Blue's could whip up its own gust. This one was not dodged and sent Pidgeotto tumbling to the ground. "Finish it with Wing Attack!" Blue's Pidgeotto complied, and with Red's still dazed from the Whirlwind, it didn't have the time to dodge the attack. Blue was declared the winner of the first round. It was the first round Red had lost in the tournament. "Told you I was gonna pay you back!"

"You haven't won yet…!" Red retuned strongly. The two threw their next Pokéballs and called on Pokémon the other had yet to see. Blue's Pokémon resembled Abra, but was bigger, standing on two legs and fully awake. It also carried a spoon, for some reason… To Blue, Red's Diglett looked like a…

"Hahahahaha! What is that thing?! The Dust Bunny Pokémon!?"

Red smiled back confidently, "You're about to find out!"

Like the last one, not perfect, but good. I planned on having all of Red and Blue's battle in this chapter, but between the time and my not wanting the next chapter to have too much filler, I decided to cut it off here.

I decided to go my own route with the S.S. Anne thing. I didn't want it to be like the anime adaptation of the little plot point, and it would be kind of hard to justify Red walking into people's cabins like you do in the game. Honestly, I think this works as a party on a cruise ship about Pokémon that Bill would have been willing to miss. I also had to change Blue's dialogue a bit, but I digress…