Author’s Notes: I’m doing this due to a request that I received. I’m not exactly sure where I’ll be going with this, but I will be working on it. Also, please note that I’m creating personalities for several of the characters from what I can get from the manga summaries. The events will take place after the three titans have returned to where they sleep. Also, I’ll have a few other characters in here from the other parts of the Manga; however Red, Blue, Green, and Silver won’t be in here. I might bring in Yellow, Gold, and Crystal, but that’s yet to be seen and is unlikely. Anyway, if you don’t like, feel free to flame. But if you like it, please review.

Disclaimer: I own nothing about pokemon. I have a few of the games and other stuff, but not the rights. (It’d be nice to though. )

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Prologue

Ruby sighed. He was tired from walking all day, but there was more to his present mood than that. Now that everything was taken care of, he really was able to let the events sink in. Although he’d confessed to Sapphire that he was the boy that she’d known those years ago, Ruby wasn’t sure if he really was the same, since he’d changed a lot more than he’d really care to admit, even to himself. After all, he had gotten so involved with appearances that he’d chased away one of the most loyal pokemon that he’s had. Ruby looked at the cloudless sky and wondered why it should be such a nice day when he felt so miserable. Ruby shook his head. There just wasn’t anything he could do to fix things. He’d left a note for Sapphire letting him know that he was gong to be around, but probably would see her because he has to take care of some things before he could really spend some time with her.

Ruby wasn’t even sure that he wanted to be where others would be. It just wasn’t something that he could handle. Ruby figured that he’d first go to where he first found Mimi and hopes that he’d be able to make up with her. After all, even if Mimi didn’t want him as her trainer anymore. Ruby knew that he at least needed to talk with her and hope that she’d understand that he truly is sorry about being so mean to her during that contest, when he knew that Mimi was trying her best, especially under the conditions that they were in. Ruby shook his head as he remembered that he never was interested in a Feebas, but rather a Milotic and was just taking his accumulated frustration out on Mimi while, there wasn’t anything wrong with what Mimi had done. And yet, Ruby was sure that he’d hurt Mimi more than she deserved, while he was the one who should have been discarded like regular trash, after all he wasn’t much better. Ruby wouldn’t let his other pokemon know what he was thinking, because of the simple fact that they would try to make him look at things differently. While he knew that there wasn’t any changing the fact that he had chased away something that was dearer to him than he really had realized.

Wallace should have gone after Mimi and not after me. Ruby told himself as he noticed that the sun was beginning to set. After all, Mimi is the one that had a better personality. If I had been lost, Sapphire would have been able to save Hoenn even if I wasn’t there. All these thoughts ran through Ruby’s mind, but the one that struck him the deepest was the one that even though Sapphire hurt him back when they had first met, he’d become even worse when he hurt Mimi. Because at the time when Sapphire cause Ruby to get hurt at least the conditions were understandable, after all, how often do little kids get attacked by a Salamence and remain perfectly calm for the entire time? While he just let all his frustrations build to the point where he was not just mean, but very cruel to his pokemon that didn’t even deserve to be treated like that ever, especially since she had tried her best for someone who wasn’t even worth it. Ruby sighed. I really should find a place to get some sleep, Ruby thought. He shook his head. There wasn’t anything he could do about what’s happened. It was just something that he had to accept if he was going to make amends with Mimi.

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Sapphire looked out the window. She hadn’t seen Ruby for a few days. She hoped that he was fine, but she couldn’t help but wonder if she had helped push him to this point. She knew that he had been hurting over something for a while and she couldn’t help but feel a little responsible about it. Logically she knew that she was being irrational, but she knew that after she had chased Ruby away from Fortree City when all the pandemonium was beginning he was upset. Then when she had met up with him again later, she thought that she saw some sort of shadow in his eyes, like he was keeping part of him hidden so that they could get the job done; that and the fact that he no longer had one of his pokemon with him. Sapphire knew that she had nothing to do with Ruby having one less pokemon, but she couldn’t help but feeling responsible for causing such pain to him. Especially when she was able to see that he had enough problems when she was yelling at him for being reluctant to help battle at all when chaos was starting to break out around all of Hoenn. And then there was the time when she found out that he was the boy that she’d forced away when they were younger, while at the same time hurting emotionally, while he had felt that she had done the same to him.

Sapphire wondered if that first encounter was necessary for the recent events with the three titans. Sapphire shook her head. Whatever it was or wasn’t, was something that was irrelevant right now. What mattered was the fact that she had once again forced away her love. After a while of reflection, Sapphire made up her mind to find Ruby and let him know that she was at fault for what happened at Fortree. Sapphire wondered if Ruby would actually listen to her, or would he be trapped in his inner demons? Sapphire shook her head, walking over to her bed. Regardless of whether or not that situation occurred, she knew that she’d need to let him know. Only then could she allow herself to try to figure out how best she could help him. Sapphire nodded. That was what she needed to do.

As Sapphire lay on her bed, she decided what she’d need to do tomorrow to prepare to find Ruby. First she’d need to find Wallace and talk to him about Ruby. She had a pretty good idea of how to get a hold of him. Sapphire sighed. She would have left that moment, but she knew that her mother would have a hard time letting her leave at this time. Night had fallen over an hour ago, and Sapphire knew that she would at least need time to pack. Sapphire smiled for the first time since she came to her room to think things over; her first genuine smile for a few days as well. Things were going to start looking good. Sapphire just knew.

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Author’s Notes: So? What do you think of this? I’ll be progressing more in this. I have a general idea of where I’ll be taking this. And its likely that more of the summaries will come out while I’m still working on this, and probably a bit of this will then be completely away from the summaries, but if that happens, I’ll just let this continue as it is. Anyway, please review if you want me to continue. I don’t get much inspiration to continue if I don’t get reviews. Even flames are nice. Since I’ll at least know that it’s been read.