Author's Note: Hey everyone! *Dodges objects* I know, I know, I haven't updated. Don't worry, this is gonna be interesting. This is my last update. Now don't freak out. This is my last update that I'm able to post with inspiration from a one-shot I wrote. I said that one-shots equal chapter updates. For any of you reading my other stories, here are the stories that will be updated next after a one-shot is written. 1. Protecting the Cold Dragon: Zane. 2. Rising Hunters. 3. They've Gone Too Far. 4. Leading Viridian, Rocket Style? 5. Redemption: the Betrayed One Strikes Back. Read the bottom A/N for announcements regarding some of the stories.

The ships for this story are: Bertha/Clay (don't know if it has a name), OC/Argenta, Evil (Giovanni/Professor Ivy) Roxanne/Brawly, Curtain, Luck, Against, Poké, Cavalier, Fleuredegrenade, Cole/Sakura, Roark/Gardenia, Forrest/Mei, Salvadore/Madeline, Yolanda/Daichi, Contest, Tommy/Abigail, Cindy/Barrett (note the spelling difference), Suzie/Oliver and Groundbreaking (Ritchie/Cora).

I'm sure you're surprised that I'm including Sakura in this. I don't know if she or 2 other OCs will appear or not at the end of the chapter. Timmy, Billy and Tilly will not be in relationships. They each have a crush on Kōme, Tia and Warren, respectively. I will warn you now: this chapter contains fluff. Lou, disclaimer please! (No, he won't sing it. Sorry to disappoint.)

Lou: QUEENSPELLER67 doesn't own Pokémon, YouTube or Ninjago.

Chapter 3: Roundup in Pewter City!

(On a boat. Cole's P.O.V.)

"How much longer until we get to Pewter City, Forrest?" Ash asks the trainer who just stepped out of the kitchen where Brock and a few of the others are.

"Not much longer, Ash," he says.

"I hope Suzie and the others are okay," one of his other brothers says. How Brock manages to keep up with all their names is beyond me. Guess he has to, though.

"Why did they leave?" Brad asks, taking the words from my mouth.

"We're being joined by my girlfriend, Ash's, Gary's and a few other people," Paul says, appearing from nowhere.

"That still doesn't answer the question," I say, folding my arms.

"Suzie, Timmy, Tilly and Billy left yesterday to check in on my mom and fiancée in Pewter City. Plus, they also wanted to make sure that the others were coming," Brock says, emerging from the kitchen.

"Lunch must be ready, I'm starving!" Ash says, pumping a fist in the air. I felt my stomach growl.

As Maylene and Brock served lunch, I did a head count. Of Brock's large family, only half of them are here. I thought four went.

"Hey Brock, what about Yolanda?" Gary says.

"She went to meet with one of the guards and she'll meet us in Pewter City," he answers. As we're served, Ash and I dig in.

(Brock's P.O.V.)

"Talk about appetites," I say to Reggie.

"I know. Maylene's has decreased. I'm worried," he says. I notice Brad going into his bag and that his plate is empty. 'What's he up to?' I think to myself.

My thought is soon answered with a video camera. Brad moves closer to where we are to record.

"This is so going on YouTube," he says, smiling.

I realize that Ash and Cole are having an eating contest and sigh.

(Pewter City. Third person P.O.V.)

A brunette and a boy with green hair are in the midst of a passionate kiss. Two redheads, a blonde, another boy with brown hair and a bluenette are looking on. The bluenette is pretty irked.

"Drew! Stop making out with May! We're supposed to be looking for Yolanda and the others," the bluenette says.

"You two are just as mushy as our parents sometimes," a voice says. The teens turn to the source of the voice.

"Sorry about my cousin's behavior. The name's Drew. Drew Hayden," he says, flicking his hair.

"Dawn Berlitz," Dawn says.

"Zoey Williams," one of the redheads says.

"Ritchie Jayne," the other boy chimes.

"May Maple," the brunette says.

"Cora Gibson," the blonde says.

"It's good to see you all again," the other redhead says, not introducing herself.

"Misty, you should introduce yourself," Zoey says.

"Why? We're coworkers," Billy says, folding his arms.

"We know who Misty is. We're waiting on Yolanda," Tilly says.

(? P.O.V. Underground Pewter City.)

I'm gonna have to write all this down. I only have a few of the Harrisons down.

Brock Harrison is the eldest and has last been seen wearing an orange long-sleeved shirt, green cargo pants, a black belt, brown shoes and has a blue Pokégear.

Forrest Harrison is next. Forrest's latest attire is a black tanktop, gray pants, a sleeveless white and green jacket with the Boulder Badge on the edge and a white wristband.

Then Salvadore Harrison. He has last been seen wearing a black T-shirt with an orange stripe, a green vest, brown pants, green shoes and black wristbands.

The only other Harrison I have is Yolanda. A white blouse, pink sweater and a black skirt plus flats.

"Dwight, do you copy?" a voice says from my laptop.

"Loud and clear, boss," I say.

"Get the information you need and report back to base once you find the coordinates we need," he says.

I'm perplexed.

"Then what did you assign Bruce to do?" I ask.

"Don't worry about it," he says, letting the screen go. I sigh and continue my work.

(Back above ground, Yolanda's P.O.V.)

"I think I see Yolanda's Pidgeot," Timmy says.

"I don't remember her catching one," Suzie says.

"I caught Pidgeot a while back. I see you decided to change into your new clothes," I say to my siblings.

(Back on the boat, Brock's P.O.V.)

I have to admit it was nice of my mom to make new clothes for us. Tommy is now sporting a green T-shirt with black shorts. Cindy wears her hair down with a yellow blouse, red jeans, black flip flops and if she's in the mood, she'll have a red bracelet on. Suzie wears a black skirt with a frilly orange blouse and has her hair in a ponytail; she also wears heels. Timmy wears a light blue T-shirt with white stripes, as opposed to the purple when he was younger with blue jeans, black shoes and a necklace with a blue pendant. The twins outgrew overalls, but they no longer dress alike. Billy wears a blue shirt with a black collar, black pants, a white sleeveless hoodie and blue fingerless gloves. Yes, over time, he grew fond of fingerless gloves and it all started with Ash. Last but not least, we have Tilly who is quite the tomboy. Tilly wears black shorts like Tommy, but with a white tanktop and a light green sleeveless jacket with her green choker. Don't let the color of the clothes fool you, Tilly and Billy still train Rock-types but they each primarily use a Rock/Water type. Tilly revived a Kabuto and Billy an Omanyte.

'Those were the days. When they were young,' I think.

"Hey Brock, is this Pewter City?" Cole asks, snapping me out of my train of thought.

"Yeah, it is," Forrest answers for me.

"Hey Forrest, why do you think Diana is here?" Salvadore asks. I look and see a girl with black hair and she is cautiously eyeing the ship with a Gallade by her side.

"Who is she?" Brad asks. I shrug.

As we all get off, the girl approaches us.

"Which one of you is Brock Harrison?" she asks.

"That would be me. Is there a problem?" I ask.

Her glare softens and she turns to my twin siblings.

"You three are to come with me to the Indigo League HQ," she says calmly.

"Diana, we didn't do anything!" Billy says.

"You must've done something to get an Elite 4 member after you," Misty says before running up to Ash.

"Wait, you're in the Elite 4?" I ask.

"No surprise that one of my students took a leadership role," Maylene says.

"Good to see you again Maylene. Yes, I'm in the Elite 4," she says.

"How? You're like what, 17?" I ask.

"Try 22," Maylene says after they embrace.

"I should've properly introduced myself. My name is Diana Rivers and I'm Bruno's daughter. He retired a few weeks ago and I took his place. However, Champion Red will not be happy with me if I don't have you 3 in his office," she says, crossing her arms.

"Wait. My uncle is a super busy person. Why would he be concerned about Pewter City all of a sudden?" Ash asks, before he kisses Misty.

Diana sighs and says, "I don't know, Ashton. However,"

"It's Ash," he corrects.

"However, it's imperative that I bring Brock, Tilly and Billy to his office," she says before letting out a slight chuckle. "It's interesting. You're sweet like your mother but you're just as stubborn as your uncle," she continues.

"Do you think we can have a battle when we get back?" That question wasn't from Ash, but from Paul.

Diana blinks and smiles. "Sure. We'll talk terms when we get back. Gallade, can you teleport us to the place I'm thinking of?" she asks.

"Gallade," he says as we begin to leave.

(Ash's P.O.V.)

I still can't imagine why my uncle would want them.

"Hey Forrest, any idea on what my uncle might want?" I ask.

"I've got a theory," Ritchie says.

"Well, what is it?" May says, breaking away from Drew's embrace and I notice Paul give Zoey a peck on the cheek.

"How old was Brock when he took over for your dad?" Cora asks.

"Fifteen," Yolanda answers.

"If an individual younger than 15 years of age is leading a gym without official league approval, it gets pretty bad pretty fast," Misty says.

"That's right, but how'd you know?" Salvadore asks.

"I was 12 when I resumed in Cerulean and let me tell you this: Lance was not happy when he saw me leading the gym. Arceus knows how he found the cruise ship's number, but he got a hold of my sisters. I remember him saying that they're more irresponsible than Edward and Sean were as kids," Misty says.

"Hey! It's Mr. Oak to you!" Gary says after kissing Dawn.

"Actually, he lets us call him 'Blue' and besides, Misty just quoted Lance," Timmy says calmly.

Cole clears his throat.

"Oh, yeah. Heh. Sorry about that. Guys, this is Cole and his younger brother Brad," I begin, having forgotten their last name. I turn to them. "What's your last name again?" I ask, remembering hearing 3 different ones.

"Buckets," Cole says.

"No, it's Hence or Hence-Brookestone. 'Buckets' is our mom's maiden name and well, we were going to go have our names changed to just 'Brookestone', but then our parents got kidnapped by your dad," Brad says.

"They weren't the only ones," a new voice says.

Brad turns to the source of the voice and I look and see 3 figures. I also see a smile form on his face.

"Guys! It's been so long!" Brad says to the 3 figures, running up to them.

A/N: Done! Yep. Cliffhanger! So what'd you think? Too much fluff? Not enough? Anyway, I said I had announcements regarding other stories, and I do, including this one. This story will be put back on hiatus after I write the AU event with Ash. I would like to thank Pika-Bones for letting me paraphrase one of his stories' titles. The story title I paraphrased should be obvious. Check his stories out.

Fiery Destiny: the name will stay. The story will go back on hiatus after I write the AU event with Ash.

Lightning's New Path (the new name for Jay's crossover) will go back on hiatus after the AU event with Ash.

Protecting the Cold Dragon: Zane will go back on hiatus after the AU event with Ash.

Rising Hunters will not go on hiatus after I post the latest chapter. It'll be the only crossover I work on until it is complete. Now onto my M fics.

They've Gone Too Far: the name will not change. Over the next few chapters, I will reveal what Team Hellfire wants, who the former villains/villainesses are, how the dexholders fall into place (with the one-shot prequel), more about Liana's past and how the regions were before things went haywire. Once that is all done (I don't know how many chapters that will be), it will go back on hiatus until I finish LVRS.

Leading Viridian, Rocket Style? That story will also keep its name. I will reveal why Neo Team Rocket Z is worse than Team Rocket, more about Trent and Ciara's past, why the dexholders (and supporting characters) are hiding, why some members (notably the trio and a duo or two;) are quitting/have quit Team Rocket and other things. Despite the immense amount of swearing in the first chapter, I might bring the rating down to T and if my plans change (no, there WILL NOT be lemons), the rating might go back up to M. That's if I plan on changing the rating, though and there's no guarantee.

Now, onto Redemption: the Betrayed One Strikes Back. I know I've only written the prologue, that's why it's not going on a further hiatus. I can't say what I'll be doing for the first five chapters, namely because I just figured out chapter 1 and I still have to figure out some Fakemon. For those of you who don't know (and quite frankly, it should be obvious), a Fakemon is a fake Pokémon (Fake + -mon) that doesn't exist and is usually made up by a writer. Such Fakemon can be Eeveelutions, starter types, branched evolutions, prehistoric Pokémon, evolutions of Pokémon from previous generations, etc. I will bring up chapter two as soon as I can and chapter 1 is up.

You've had enough of me yakkin', so I'll let Cole say the rest.

Cole: review, fave, follow and vote in the poll!

Final note: I changed the last name again because I remembered something. Louise (Cole's mother) had the last name of "Hence" when she met Lou (Cole's father). She married a man named Mortimer Hence 3 years before she met Lou. Mortimer passed away due to illness, making Louise a widow. She then met Lou, 3 years after Mortimer's death where she became Louise Hence-Brookestone. Lou knows that Louise was married prior, but he hasn't gotten an explanation as to why she kept "Hence" as part of her name. Anyway, the real full name of Cole's mother is Louise Claire Buckets Hence-Brookestone.

Now, you're probably wondering why I brought this up. I brought it up because at one point, Cole's surname was revealed to be "Hence". They changed it to "Buckets", but then remembered it was a nickname. Instead of changing it back to Hence, they decided to change it completely to "Brookestone". They changed it (again) to just "Bucket" for reasons unknown to me. They should've just stayed with Hence (or one of the other last names), but they didn't and frankly, that's annoying. Now, you'll notice that one of the pairs is Forrest/Mei. To be clear, "Mei" is Rosa's Japanese name. Forrest is not dating Rosa and I don't know if she will be in this or not. If I get any reviews saying that Forrest and Rosa shouldn't be dating or anything like that, they will be deleted. That's all I have to say.