I'm back! Actually, I could update this a couple of days ago, but...I forgot :P. 'Tis a fact that the next chapter shall be the last chapter for this obstacle course thing. Finally though, right? Anyways, on with the chapter!

BTW, I have know idea why I started to use 'shall' and ''Tis'.

With The Trio

Gold took another piece of paper, still grumbling about Sapphire's wake up call. "And Blue!" Gold said to his senior. "Stop laughing at me!"

"But! But!" Blue said in laughter. "Your cheeks look like a bunch of red takoyaki!" Blue continue to laugh about.

Author Note: To understand this more, he looks like a chipmunk with red cheeks, ok?

Gold twitched and focus on the paper again. "…What the heck is a Sailor Moon?"

"A sailor from tha moon?" Sapphire suggested. "You want me to wear an astronaut suit?" Gold asked Ann, shocked. "That thing weighs a ton!"

"You wore one before?" Blue said, finally calming down. "No, but I heard it was." Gold answered. Ann lifted up a page and Gold read it. It's a shoujo character. I'll show you a picture.

Ann flipped the page and a picture of a high schooler with odango twintails in a superhero suit thing is on it. Gold stared at it. Blue started to laugh again. "I need to be a girl again?! That's cheating!"

Ann's look on her face told Gold "What do you mean?"

"Why am I the only one cross dressing?!"

Ann shrugged, she wrote something on another page and showed it to Gold. You chose the paper

"Gold senpai! I found the clothes! Here!" Sapphire practically shoved the clothes in Gold's face. "If you really see me as a senpai, then don't be too enthusiastic about this!" he complained. That doesn't make any sense… Blue thought as she continue to laugh. "Stop laughing!" Gold snapped. "You can't talk back to your senior like that!" Blue said, finally stopping. Gold grred.

"Well anyways," Blue put a hand in a truck and took out a long blonde wig. "I'll fix the hair style and then you can use it! I wonder where's the red accessories…"

"I'm not crossdressing again!" Gold scrunched his nose in disgust. "Ya did it once," Sapphire shrugged. "Ya just have ta do it again."

"This skirt barely covers my butt!"

"I don't mind!" Sapphire said with pride(?) and Blue just replied, "It still makes a perfect photo to share with everyone~!"

"Don't you dare!"

With the racers

Crystal almost fell into a trap but quickly grabbed hold of the edge so she's dangling. She lifted herself up and continued running. Yellow, who somehow stuck gold with Lady Luck, didn't run into any pit holes yet, and 10 minutes passed already!

Crystal on the other hand, technically ran into 25 pit holes but avoided them all.

"I wonder how Emerald and Ruby is doing…" Yellow said out loud. "Emerald's probably complaining again while trying to get out." Crystal said in a dismissive tone. "Ruby though…hm…"

"Maybe he's sewing?" Yellow said. "Sewing?" Crystal said in confusion. She looked at Yellow, who's next to her. "How can he sew without any tools?"

"He has a portable sewing kit." Yellow provided. Crystal sweatdropped. "That's…wow…"

With Emerald and Ruby

Both boys sneezed at the same time. "Someone must be talking about me…" Emerald mumbled, still clutching to the side of the hole in attempt to climb out. Ruby, who truly was sewing, nodded in agreement. "That may be it."

"So," Emerald said. "Are you going to help me or what?"

"But it's filthy!" Ruby gasped at the thought of it. Emerald groaned. "You been through worst, getting muddy from Kyogre and Groundon, and covered in debris from the battle with Guile, and probably more, but you can't help a comrade out of a stupid pit hole?!"

"Technically," Ruby said in a deadpan tone. He ignored Emerald comment "Stop with all the techincallies!". "We're on opposing teams, so I shouldn't be helping you out either way."

In the Outer Dimension

*comedic laughter*

"Comedy again?" the staff member next to me said. "Yep." I answered.

(since there's nothing else interesting…) With the Cosplayers!

Blue grinned like a maniac as she shot pictures of Gold in the sailor suit costume in all sorts of angles. Gold, who was beet red, glared at Sapphire, daring her to laugh. Sapphire contained her laughter, but is still grinning widely and inwardly laughing at him.

"Now this is gold!" Blue squealed. "No pun intended, but still! Priceless!"

"Just hurry up and say I pass so I can take off this stupid thing!" Gold yelled at Ann, who was chuckling without sound. Ann stopped and shrugged. She held her sketchbook. Sorry…but you failed. You'll have to cosplay again.

"Are you kidding me!?" Gold said while the other girls finally burst in cheers and laughter. "Yes!" Blue said, raising her digital camera. "More photo shoots!"

"Hell no!"

In the Outer Dimension

The staff member next to me burst in laughter as she looked at the monitor screen. Specifically, the one where the trio is monitored. "I can't wait to buy some photos from Blue!" she said. I laughed a bit as well. Gold in a Sailor Moon costume is just…well…

"Where's the ordering form?! I want to be the first one so I have a sure win of getting one!"

"Why is Gold the one cross dressing?" the staff member owning the fan service device said. "He chose the paper." I pointed out. "Besides, that'll be perfect, since Pikaree1 wanted Silver to crossdress-"

"Who wanted me to crossdress?" a dark voice said behind me. I stiffened. I turned to Silver, who had a very evil atmosphere around him…

"Wha-What do you mean? I never said anything about you crossdressing…" I said meekly. "Yeah you did-umpf!" I elbowed the staff member who asked the question in the first place. He clutched his stomach. "I'm…okay…" he said before the others can see his soul flying away. "Wait! Mark! Come back!" the staff member next to me said.

Silver continued to glare at me. I gulped. "A-anyways…did you finish with your training?"

Silver nodded, then pause. "Well, actually I got a call from Blue…and I'm supposed to take pictures. Silver then smirked with an evil glint. "I can't wait…hehehe…"

I sweatdropped. I could tell he really enjoyed having Gold's embarrassing moments get sent to public.

"…hey wait," I blinked. "How did she call you?"

In the Cosplaying Room

"Here you go." Blue handed Ann's pokegear back. Gold went back to the dressing room muttering curses to the others. "Who'd ya call?" Sapphire asked. "Silver. Told him to get pictures of Gold from the Outer Dimension." Blue replied. "But ya already took pictures." Sapphire pointed to her camera. Blue tsked. "The earlier, the better." Was all she said, which made Sapphire confused.

In the Outer Dimension

"Posters?" I repeated. Silver took a laptop (claiming that he's 'borrowing' it from a staff member) and started up a software he somehow already installed. Silver nodded. "Blue's camera has a function where it automatically sends the picture to various places, such as her own laptop and mine. She wants me to make full blown pictures of it and start selling them online." Silver smirked in that evil way again. I shuddered. "I can tell you two have a thing for him…not romantic wise, I mean…"

With the Cosplayers (again)!

Gold, who's still a bit annoyed, took out another piece of paper. He looked at what written on it. "…Hibiki Shikyoin?"

Ann flipped to a page that reads It's a character from Pripara. Here's a picture. She flipped to another page while Gold muttered, "What's Pripara? Some kind of girly thing?"

The picture showed a boy with silver hair and a soldier like suit with green eyes. "Finally! A boy!" Gold said. Ann looked away, deciding not to react on that. "Wait," Gold noticed the reaction anyways. "This is a boy, right?"

Ann bit her lower lip before reluctantly flipping to another page. No, it's a girl who looks and sounds like a boy.

"This stupid thing is rigged!" Gold yelled. "Talk about genetics…" Blue sweatdropped. "What is Pripara anyways?" Sapphire said. Ann turned the page. Just a girly thing. Don't worry about it.

Sapphire didn't question anymore, all curiosity out of her but Blue continued to wonder. Is it an alter universe again? 'Cause that's what Ani always do when it's like that…

"So where's the soldier suit?" Gold grumbled, looking through the trunks. "I'll go find the oldie wig!" Sapphire volunteered.

"Don't call it that!" Gold said, annoyed that he's going to have to wear a wig like that.

With the racers (who's actually running) !

"Can't…take this…anymore…" Yellow said between pants. She's barely walking, let alone running. Crystal, who's also worn out but still able to run, stopped to take a breather. Even though they are suppose to beat each other, Crystal never seems to be competitive about the races, and instead carried on as if there were no opposing teams. It's kind of confusing. It's probably the whole game in itself. Crystal thought.

Yellow gave up lifting her feet and collapsed right then and there. The fabric of her clothes stuck to her due to the intense sweat, and it wasn't a comfortable thing. Yellow pinched her sleeve and lifted it in an attempt of the cloth to be unstuck. Yellow sighed. "I don't like this." She complained.

With the racers (who unofficially dropped out)

Almost there Emerald thought as he reached out to the next piece of protruding rock. He was mere inches away from the edge before the rock his foot was resting on broke and Emerald fell back to square one. "Darn it!" Emerald yelled, brushing some dust off. Emerald looked at the opening above him. "Ruby?" he called out. "Yeah?" was his reply. "What are you doing?"

"I just finished making a stuffed Ralts doll!"

That's his fifth one… Emerald sweatdropped. He needs a life…

Ruby placed the Ralts doll he finished making between the stuffed Poochyena and Pikachu dolls he also made, which is next to the Cherubi and Castform dolls. "There, I guess that's it for today." Ruby said. "Now, to start making that dress…"

With the Cosplayers

After Gold passed (and after Blue shot many, many photos (and after Silver printed many, many posters)), it was now Sapphire's turn. She took a paper and read it. "...a princess?!"

"Ta dah!" Blue immediately held up a nice, pink, extremely frilly and puffy dress. "That was quick!" Gold said. "I'm not wearing that!" Sapphire pointed at the dress like it was some sort of curse. "It even comes with matching shoes." Blue held up of pair of pink pumps with her other hand. "Blue!"

"I'll even do your hair for you!"

"BLUE!"

"Gold, get the makeup kit!"

"Aye aye, sir! I mean miss! I mean ma'am! I mean…'sir-ette'?"

"Just get on with it!"

"Don't you dare!"

In the Outer Dimension

I leaned back a little from the sudden loud noise from the monitor screen due to the Cosplayers (that name is really starting to stick) fighting and yelling. "Whoa…" I muttered.

Back to Crystal and Yellow

"I see the finish line!" Yellow said excitedly after taking a few minute break. "Yosh." Crystal said and started to sped up. Yellow realized that and tried to run faster too. Unfortunately, she didn't train her legs as much as Crystal and Crystal ended up winning.

"Congratulations!" Harold said next to Crystal. "Ack!" Crystal yelped in surprised. "Where did you came from?!"

"From over there!" Harold pointed to the other side (which neither girl could see) of the room. "That's quite obvious isn't it?! We met up over there!" Harold started to laugh for no reason. "Congratulations!" Ruby greeted the two girls as well. "Alright! We won!" Emerald said, clear of any sign he was in a pit hole the whole time. "How did you get here?!" Yellow said. "I mean, you were in a pit hole and you didn't want to step one foot anymore, let alone run for the next half hour or so." She pointed at each boy by the 'you' respectively.

"We went with Harold." Ruby replied. "On what? A manatine?" Crystal said. "On a flying elephant!" Emerald said. "A what?!" Yellow and Crystal said. "It was clean, don't worry." Ruby said. "We're not worried about that." Crystal deadpanned. "Ho ho! A flying elephant is merely a gliding elephant! Elephants can't fly!" Harold said. Yellow leaned towards Crystal. "What's an elephant?"

"It looks like a phanpy but way bigger." Emerald explained.

"And way uglier, if you ask me." Ruby said. "Now now!" Harold said. "No need to insult someone-er, some-elephant behind their tail!"

"Why don't you just say back?" Emerald asked Harold. "Because!" Harold said like it was the most obvious thing in the world. "If I say that, that means we'll be body slammed by it!" then he started to laugh again and the rest sweatdropped.

With the Cosplayers

Sapphire growled as Blue and Gold tried to suppress their laughter at what she's wearing. "You look…pretty…" Blue said, lip still wavering as she tried to contain her laughter. You pass. Ann held up the sign. "Good!" Sapphire yelled at Ann and was already halfway done with taking off the dress. Blue quickly smacked Gold at a pressure point and he collapsed, KOed for the moment.

Note: I'm not sure if there's a pressure point that does that exactly, but let's assume there is one (that is NOT between a guy's legs) for the sake of the story

Sapphire kicked the high heels off and yanked the crown and gloves off and stomped back to the dressing room where her original clothes are. "Now, who's next…" Blue said. You Ann held a page that said that. "Alrighty then…" Blue took a paper and read what's on it. "...No!" Blue gasped in distraught. "I don't want to look like Gold!"

"Say what?!" Sapphire, who overheard, poke her head out of the curtains, wide eyed. "Ya have ta look like Gold?!"

"Yes!" Blue wailed. Tough luck Ann held up the page in sympathy. "Like, that Gold?" Sapphire pointed at Gold who still unconscious. "There's only one Gold, yes!" Blue said. Sapphire stared at Gold, lost in thought. Then she grinned. "I have an idea!"

In the Outer Dimension

"Welcome back!" I called out to the two pairs who just finished racing while a few other staff members decided to listen in on the radio that now has a guessing game of sorts on. "And since Crystal won, Yellow and Ruby is out of the game!"

"Good riddance!" Ruby said and started to murmur to himself about an extra bath.

A staff member handed Emerald the die and he rolled the die again. "A six!" Emerald said. Yellow and Ruby walked off the board game as Crystal and Emerald teleported.

In the Meantime…We're back to the Cosplayers!

Blue adjusted Gold's hoodie, her breast sticking out and stretching the fabric way too much (in my opinion). His pants is also a tight fit for Blue as well. "Hmph. Well I'm sure glad there's no boys here." Blue said in disdain.

Note: This statement is false as there's Gold, but besides him, it was around this time that the male staff members were getting disciplined by the female staff members.

Gold, who is now wide awake, is being bind at a corner with a blindfold on and a big ball of fabric to mute him as possible. In short, he won't be moving around anytime soon (unless he decides to play rolly poly). "MMMHMMMHMMM!" Gold tried to protest, trying to make sense of this new situation.

P.S. For those who is slow and must be told straightforwardly, Gold is currently naked other than the fact that he still has his boxers on (even Sapphire knows not to take those off (although Blue had to remind her))

And yes, Blue is wearing Gold's clothes.

"How's it feel, huh?" Sapphire asked her senior. "Ngh…too tight." Blue said, curling her toes to fit in his shoes. "And too sweaty, eew. Ruby will probably faint if he had to go through this."

"But isn't this a great idea! Ya sure will pass now!" Sapphire grinned, proud of her idea. "Yeah right!" Blue said. "It's a horrible idea!"

"Ya want the hat now?" Sapphire held up Gold's cap. "That'll probably squish my head." Blue muttered. "And I want to keep my intellect, thank you."

Okay, let's go on with Emerald and Crystal!

Crystal blinked. "Whoa!" She gasped as she found herself in some sort of quiz show platform. "Where are we?" Emerald said. "I guess we're doing a quiz." Crystal said. She noticed they were standing on a chair like compartment with a red button that connected to one of the arm rest.

Author's Note: You know, since I'm too lazy and a terrible describer, just think of it like that place Levy and Eclipse Capricorn had a quiz showdown in Fairy Tail but with four participants instead of two

"It seems you're finally here." A voice next to Crystal said. Crystal turned and gasped. "Wh-what…a Wigglytuff?"

"What?!" Emerald leaned to get a better view. The Wigglytuff puffed its cheeks, much like how a Jigglypuff will do. "That's rude!"

"You talk?!" Crystal and Emerald said in surprise. "Yeah!" Wigglytuff took it like a challenge. "B-but…how?!" Emerald blurted out. "Let's see…" Wigglytuff looked up in thought. "I ate a poffin that had special powers and that's about it!" Wigglytuff looked at them all happy like. "H-hah…"

"And welcome to the quiz show!" Harold said as the emcee. "So, Crystal! Ernest! How's ya'll doing!?"

"The name's Emerald!" Emerald said at the same time Crystal said, "We saw you approximately two minutes ago."

Harold laughed. "Good to hear it!"

He's acting like we answered him…

"So! The rules are simple! The machine will ask you three a question, and whoever presses the button first will be the first one to answer! And if you get it correct, you earn a point! If you get it wrong, you'll have a penalty while the next person can steal!"

"Don't underestimate me just because I'm one person short." The Wigglytuff said, her hands(?) on her hips(?).

Author's Note: For easier storytelling purposes, let's assuming Wigglytuff's body parts are the same terms as those for a human's, okay?

"Question number one!" a female voice said. Emerald looked around, wondering where the voice came from.

"I hope we get this over with soon…"

With the Cosplayers

Blue sighed in relief (and started to tear up a little), glad that she's finally back in her clothes. Gold was tossed (by Sapphire) into the dressing stall with his clothes thrown onto his head. "Ow!" he said. "How can a bunch of clothes hurt ya?" Sapphire asked. "It was my shoe!"

"Anyways, who's next?" Blue asked Ann. Sapphire's next.

Sapphire took a piece of paper. "…" she instantly stiffened and froze. "Hm?" Blue cocked her head a bit. "What's wrong? What did it say?"

"I HAVE TA DRESS UP AS PRISSY BOY?!"

"SAY WHAT?!"

In the Outer Dimension

"SAY WHAT?!" A few staff member and I who overheard what Sapphire said on the monitor yelled. Blue, who said the same thing at the same time stared at Sapphire, eyes probably being popped out if this were those American style comics are something.

"What's wrong?" Ruby asked, having just come out from his shower. Yellow, who also took a shower in a separate place, also had a questioning look. We (as in me and the other staff members) stared at the two dexholders, some laughing awkwardly. "N-nothing…what makes you think that?" I said.

"The fact that you all are acting strangely." Ruby deadpanned.

"Well…how will you feel if someone has to dress up as you?" I asked. "What does that mean?" Ruby blinked. "Well, right now Sapph has to dress up as you." I answered, unsure of what is going to happen.

"You mean Sapphire-san has to dress up as Ruby?" Yellow said. "Why?"

"Uh…because that what the paper said!"

"Paper?"

"I refuse!" Ruby said. "Why?" I asked. "With that barbarian…I won't be able to look at myself in the mirror anymore!" he wailed and started to run out the door. "Wait! Ruby!" Yellow said, running after him. "That didn't answer my question!" I added. I then raised an eyebrow. "And since did Yellow start to chase after Ruby, anyways? Talk about de ja vu."

The Quiz Room

"Question number 3!" the voice said. At the moment, Crystal and Emerald have one point and the Wigglytuff has one as well. "Who was the creator of Pokemon?"

"Arceus?" Emerald said after hitting the buzzer. The sound that means 'wrong' rang throughout the room. "Wigglytuff?"

"Hiro Mashima."

Bing Bong!

"Who?" Crystal and Emerald said at the same time.

Needless to say, Crystal and Emerald probably have a disadvantage here.

The Cosplayers!

Sapphire tugged at the replica of Ruby's pants. She growled. "Ann!" she snapped at the mute girl. "Hurry up and pass me already!"

Ann nodded qucikly and held up the pass sign. "Good riddance to this dumb thing!" Sapphire said as she quickly slammed the replica hat on the ground before stomping on hit and…yeah, that stuff. "I must say," Blue said. "Ya don't have ta say anythin'!" Sapphire said. She whacked Gold's head for the third time. "And ya better stop laughin'!"

"Show respect to your senior…" Gold replied as he rubbed the back of his head. "It's your fault." Blue chastised. "You keep laughing at poor Sapph!"

"Says the person who took pictures while laughing like a maniac!"

"Says the person who's a hypocrite! You show respect to your senior! *Whack*"

"Ow!"

Blue then noticed that Sapphire's already half naked and decided to just KO Gold. "Sapph, I don't know whether or not to tell you to use the dressing room or thank you for giving me a chance for these wonderful pictures!"

"Neither!"

The Outer Dimension

"Pick a number." I told one of the staff members. "Why?" he asked. "A little help here…" mumbled another farther away from us. He seems to be struggling with a stack of boxes of props. "Any number." I told the first one. "Uh…46?" he said. "Okay, an even…so…which one is it again?" I asked. "I don't even know why you're asking me." He said.

And now we're back to Name That Pokemon!

"You still have that radio on?" another staff member said. "Yep." I answered. "Uh…anybody?" the staff member who is still struggling said. "Why are you asking me to pick a number?" the first staff member said. "Because," I said. "I just need one person here…" the troubled staff member said. "I need you to do that so I can figure out what my next story should be." I said. "I thought you were doing that Kirara story." He said. "Really? I thought it was the Fairy Tail one." The other said in surprise. "And I thought I was doing the detective one." I replied. "Come on, any day now…help?" the troubled staff member continued to whimpered as he walked wobbly and slowly. "If you thought you were doing the detective story, then wouldn't that mean you're supposed to do the detective story?" the first staff member pointed out. "Guys, I really need help here!"

It's Azumarill!

"Darn it!" yelled a staff member among others that were focusing on the radio show. "Help…"

"Yeah, but it's just that…I don't know how to start it, and there's too many things to research." I said. "Then continue on this show." The staff member said gently but firmly. "It's going to fall if you're not going to help!"

Name that Pokemon!

"Ooh! Ooh!" a staff member started to squeal. "I know this one! It's Cleffa!"

It's Staryu!

"How can you mistaken a Staryu for a Cleffa?!" one criticized. "They both look like stars!" the staff member argued back. "So? We're basing our guesses on their calls, not shadows!" another one said. "It's a radio!"

"A five year old can do this stupid game." One grumbled. "Only because there were shadows to go along with it." Reminded the first one who mistaken the Staryu for a Cleffa. "Can you please stop fooling around and help me now? Before these things fall?"

"Just choose one where you have a good idea on how to write it!" the staff member told me. "Yeah but I based my stories on what I thought of! Well, duh, of course, but I usually think of it in animation form! Like, actually watching it like an anime in my head! I don't know how to put it in words without using run on sentences!" I said. "You read books." The other staff member said. "So? Doesn't mean I'm great at writing them." I shot back. He just shrugged. "Besides," I continued. "I can't hold on for much longer…" the staff member still having trouble said. "I mostly think of things in the middle of the plot!"

It's Pikachu!

"How in the name of Arceus did you mistaken a Pikachu cry with a Marill's? Are you still in the "Pikablu" era or something?" a staff member said at the other one who mistaken the Staryu and Cleffa. "It just happens!" she said defensively. "The cry clearly said its own name! How can it just happen?"

"I don't know! It just does!"

"I really really really really need help here!"

"Then do whatever!" the staff member told me. "You're going to post them either way."

"Yeah, but I want to make sure I don't want to lose my motivation to it when I do! It just makes me feel like I'm forced to finish it or something!" I whined. "GUYS I REALLY NEED HEL-WHOA!" the staff member yelled as the boxes tumbled when he tripped over a wire. The props and stuff scattered everywhere. The people I was having a conversation with and the group who was busy with the radio turned to him. I tsked. "I told you to be careful. Now look! Jeez, you could just ask for help."

"OH VERY FUNNY! I BEEN ASKING FOR HELP ALL THIS FREAKING TIME WHILE YOU GUYS JUST DILLY DALLY! IF ANYONE NEEDS HELP, IT'S YOU GUYS FOR GETTING HEARING AIDS!"

All I did was stuck out my tongue silently saying "Oops, sorry. But I don't feel sorry much."

The Quiz Room

Right now, Wigglytuff is in the lead by five points. "What song is Meloetta's main song called?"

"What's a Meloetta?" Emerald whispered in Crystal ear. "I believe it's a Pokemon from the Unova region." She said. "Emerald?" the voice said. Emerald jerked a bit. "Uh…A song of…life…?"

Beep bee~p!

"Sorry! Wrong answer. Wigglytuff?"

"Relic song."

Ding Dong!

"This is rigged." Emerald mumbled.

The Cosplayers!

"Well, we're done!" Blue said. "Now what?" she turned to Ann, who held up a page. You're done…so…I guess you leave?

As soon as Blue finished reading the paper, they were teleported.

The Outside Dimension

"Welcome back!" I told the trio. "Took you long enough."

"Ani!" Sapphire said angrily. "Why tha heck is Prissy Boy's name in there!"

"It was a bunch of random things!" I said. "You could have picked Blue too! Or Gold! Oh wait, Blue had that, nevermind."

Blue looked around. "So...are we there yet? Where's Silver? And where can I put Gold?" she lifted Gold up a little. I shook my head. "We don't care much for him, do we? Silver's probably somewhere else, making those posters. As for the finish line…well, you're almost there."

Our theme is...the feeling you get for capturing your first pokemon! Helen, how'd did you feel when you caught your first pokemon?

Oh, I felt like,wonderful! It was so long ago I forgotten!

*insert laughter*

I handed Blue the die. She rolled a five. And then they were teleported, but not before Sapphire saw Ruby who finished doing whatever he was doing in the other room. "Ah!" Sapphire pointed to Ruby. "Ah!" Ruby mimicked Sapphire unintentionally. Sapphire had a look of anger while Ruby had a look of surprise and a bit of fear, but neither had a chance to speak because Sapphire was already teleported.

I sighed. Life.

Then a light appeared and Crystal and Emerald appeared. "You finished already?" I said, surprised. "Yeah," Emerald said, brushing real dust off his shirt. "…I don't remember there being any dust involved." I said. "Only if you had to go flying." He muttered. "What?" I said. "How did you finish so quickly?" a staff member asked. "We started to qo rapid fire." Emerald replied. "And how come you're not saying anything?" I asked Crystal. "She lost her voice." Emerald replied for her. "She what?!" I repeated. "Stuff happened." Emerald said. "And it was Harold's fault. He gave her some sort of cookie."

I turned to a staff member, turning my back towards Emerald and Crystal. "Tell me…was Harold somehow related to that shop way over there that sells those random knickknacks that has weird side effects?"

"I think he goes there regularly. How else do you think we got those random things for the obstacle course?" he replied. "We got those ninja stuff from that store?" I said surprised. "If we got those from a regular place, don't you think the police will question us by now?" he said, sweatdropping. "Besides, you're the one who told us where to buy the stuff in the first place!"

"I did?!"

"Yeah, you did!"

"Uh…Ani?" Emerald said. I quickly face him. "Yes?" I squeaked. "…we won." He answered. "Well then, roll the die." I pointed to a large die near him. Emerald and Crystal looked at each other in silent conversation before shrugging. Emerald took the die and rolled a four.

While they were teleported, I huffed. "Jeez, now I need to find a cookie to bring back Crystal's voice back."

"I thought that store was banned." A staff member whispered. "They got a legal contract." Another shrugged. "Besides, I've seen weirder stores."

With the participants!

"It's Crystal! And Emerald!" Blue said when Crystal and Emerald appeared. Emerald blinked. "What are you doing here?"

"I guess it's just like last time." Blue said. "You guys and us are going to compete again."

Crystal looked questioningly at the KOed Gold. Sapphire just shrugged. "What happened to your voice?" Blue raised an eyebrow. "A cookie." Emerald said. "A cookie?" Sapphire repeated. "Yeah, just a cookie with weird side effects."

"That Ani and her weird coworkers." Blue murmured with a disdained voice. Then her face brightened at a new idea. "Maybe I could get some stuff to plan for a little revenge, oh ho ho."

"Will you regret that decision if you can't undo the side effect?" Emerald said. "Hm…" Blue thought for a bit. "…Maybe."

"Hello." A voice said. The group turned around. A butler (that was the first thing that popped in everyone's head due to the attire) stood there bowing slightly with one arm across him in an orderly fashion. "My name is Fredrick, and I will be your guide, so to speak."

"Okay…" Blue nodded slowly. "Then…what are we supposed to do?"

"I was told that you'll be participating in a sort of race. One where you race to grab a medal and then race back." Fredrick said. "Another race, huh…" Blue murmured. "Yosh!" Sapphire pumped. "Let's do this!"

"By the way," Fredrick added. "I'm also told that this will be the last round before we choose the winner."

"What do you mean?" Emerald asked. "It seems that this race will decide the winner, ultimately."

"Wait, you mean all the other stuff was meaningless?" Blue said. Crystal also had a shocked look. "I had to risk my life for nothing?"

"What did you have to do?" Emerald asked Blue. "Oh, nothing much." Blue said sarcastically. "So…basically we gotta run to get a medal and then we gotta run back first ta win? Easy peasy!" Sapphire said. "Says you. You like to run." Emerald pointed out.

"Let's just start and get this over with." Blue huffed. "Better than saving the world several times."

"You don't like saving people?" Emerald said. "I don't like being in situations where I could die." Blue answered.

In the Outer Dimension

*Comedic Laughter*

"So…this is it? We're about to be done?" A staff member asked me as he watched the tv monitor. "Pretty much." I said while munching on pocky sticks. I clapped my hands. "Okay, people! We're almost done so everyone clean up and pack up all the extra stuff we don't need any more! Leave the radio and chair though."

*bzzt* Breaking news. There has been an incident in a Pokemon zoo where a group of Aipom is sent loose after a the cage breaking of a rampaging Snorlax. The said Aipom are seen running towards the south west area. People in the area, please call the following number if you have seen a runaway Aipom.

"…" I stared at the radio along with a few others. "So…where is this zoo anyway?" I asked. "Let's see…" a staff member took out a folded map and smooth it over the table. "Uh…Right here." She pointed at a location. I looked at the map. "And we're right here…" I pointed to our location south west of the zoo."

"…"

Suddenly, the ground shook a bit as we heard a huge sound of multiple footsteps. We turned to the door way. No need for the door to open, because the whole door got broken down when the whole horde of Aipom started to flood the warehouse.

Before I could do anything however, one of the Aipom touched a switch or something…that led to activating the portal to the inner dimension. Specifically speaking…the one where Blue and the others are in…

And before I could do anything, the horde of Aipom disappeared to the 'other side'. I just stood there, speechless with a dark atmosphere around me. The other staff members stared at the portal that just disappeared as soon as the last Aipom entered with jaws agape.

"G…gah…What the…WHY THE HECK DO WE HAVE A SWITCH TO A PORTAL THAT GOES TO THE OTHER DIMENSION!?"

"Backup?" a staff member suggested.

Oh, and I'm going to rely on you readers to check for any mistakes. Tee hee!

And uh...I dunno...I might edit this whole chapter...oh well.

Any writers who does a long story have a feeling like they just want to start a new one, just for the sake of a new plot? Anyone? Hello?