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Chapter WHAT? 78- End of the journey

I vow, never to leave them alone again! I VOW!

Ruby and co. stood at a cross road, one road lead to a port that would take Alessandra and Francesco back to Sinnoh and the other to Pallet Town. They all stared up at the signpost, before separating onto each side of the cross road.

"I guess this is it." Ruby said. Alex smiled.

"I don't think it is, we'll see each other soon, I just know it!" she said. She grabbed her friend in a hug. "We always do!"

"True." Gemma said from behind the two. Alex pulled back and also hugged the ex-vampire.

"It is going to be so boring without you and Ruby acting like total idiots." She laughed. Gemma smiled.

"It'll be boring without you too, though I think I'd be relieved to be rid of Torchix if I were going." She chuckled. Torchix pouted.

"HEY!" the fire type yelled.

"I agree with her on that." Leaf said, arms folded. Pearl hit his arm lightly.

"Torchix is funny!" she said. Alessandra hugged her and Yellow whilst Francesco shook hands with everyone, even shaking Torchix's wing.

"I suppose we all better go." Walter said, wrapping an arm around Gemma's waist.

"Cya wherever you guys go next, cos chances are we'll end up in the same place." The blonde boy laughed, waving as he and Alex walked down the curvy path to the docks just off Pallet.

"BYE!" Everyone yelled as they waved. As soon as they were out of sight, Walter threw Gemma over his shoulder, making her squeal, and ran off toward the small town.

"Hey! Wait up!" Yellow yelled, running after them, Leaf not far behind her.

Ruby paused and stared after her Sinnoh native friends for a moment before Pearl put a hand on her shoulder. Ruby smiled back at her BFF. Both had had their share of hard times during the journey, and both knew that friends' leaving was a big hit to their already delicate hearts, but they also knew they'd see them again.

"We better follow them before they get lost, none know the way around town." Ruby said, smiling widely, she grabbed Pearl's wrist and dragged her off after their friends.

"Ruby! Slow down!"

Ruby groaned as she walked into her house, she threw her bag to the floor and called: "Mom! Dad! Saph'! I'm back!" she turned into the living room, only to find it empty. She looked confused. "That's strange. They knew I was coming home today."

She looked everywhere in the house, no one was there. Getting more nervous by the second she picked up her belt of Poké balls again and walking outside, where she promptly bumped head first into a yellow eyed teen. Both stumbled slightly, rubbing their injuries. Ruby looked up.

"Gemma? Walter? What are you doing here?" she asked with her eyes wide. Torchix popped out of her ball.

"Huh? Huh? Huh? Huh? HUH?" she said, getting louder each time. Ruby groaned and hit her on the top of the head.

"We have no idea where to go. Leaf and Yellow have headed off to Cerulean, as you know, so we don't actually know where to go." Walter explained. "Gee, Gemma must have grown a bit to be able to head-but you."

"No, she head butted my chin." Ruby groaned. "Well, I was just heading to Uncle Gary's Lab, wanna come?"

"I guess." Gemma said, still rubbing her head. "Your chin is sharp!"

"It's a chin, how can it be sharp?" Torchix said like it was obvious.

"Shut up would you." Ruby sighed. "Come on, follow me guys."

She stepped past her friends and started to walk down her garden path, when she was yet again head butted by someone. Both fell back onto the floor, Ruby on her ass and the person she collided with on her back.

"Ruby!" The girl exclaimed.

"Pearl, what're you doing here?" Gemma asked. The bluenette stood up, pulling up her raven headed friend as she did so.

"Mom, Dad and Diamond aren't at home." She replied. Ruby sighed.

"Neither are my family. We were heading to your dad's lab." Ruby said. "They may be up there I guess."

"Good idea! Come on!" Pearl ran off ahead, making the three remaining sweatdrop.

"She rushes more than Ruby and Torchix put together." Walter sighed.

"And dat is a statement n a half!" Torchix nodded, Ruby grabbed the Pokémon and covered her mouth.

"Now we can follow!" she laughed, running off still covering the fire type's mouth. Gemma and Walter followed, not wanting to get lost.

Pearl collapsed at the top of the many stairs that led up to the ranch, tired out from all the climbing. Ruby jogged up behind her, completely unfazed by the climb. Gemma and Walter took a bit longer as Gemma's clumsy nature made her trip a few times.

"Those. Stairs. Are. Pure. Evil." Pearl panted. Gemma sighed.

"Even I'm not that bad." She said with arms folded.

"You have some extra stamina passed on from being a vampire, lady!"

"Whatever." The brunette sighed, walking up to the door and knocking. No reply. Ruby walked up and kicked it lightly, it opened.

"He always leaves it open for new trainers." She said.

"I didn't know that!" Pearl exclaimed.

"You don't listen to him enough though, do you?" Walter said. Pearl looked at him.

"How would you know?"

"Your phone conversations." He replied simply, meanwhile Ruby had stepped inside, Torchix hopping around on her head.

The others followed her around the empty lab, until they came to a closed door. Gemma was the one to turn the handle, only to walk into pitch blackness, Ruby almost tripping over her as the trio behind her followed.

"Get the light, G!" Pearl exclaimed, Gemma fumbled for the light switch, finding it when Walter's hand guided hers.

Curse his great eyesight! The former thought. She switched the switch...

"Welcome home!" a large group yelled. Ruby and Pearl stood wide eyed, before the raven haired girl laughed, running forward and grabbing her mother and father in a hug.

"I shoulda known you'd carry on Grandma's tradition." She giggled, Ash grinned at his daughter, ruffling her hair.

"Yeah, you should've." He laughed. Ruby felt someone latch onto her, looking down she saw the now seven year old Sapphire. Ruby knelt and hugged her.

"Sissy you're back!" the brunette giggled. Ruby nodded.

"I sure am!" she stood up, looking around at the group of people. Pearl was talking to her family, Gemma and Walter chatting to her Mother, the girl holding her little sister Jade on her hip.

Jasper and Emerald sat playing with some of the food that had fallen off the table, Ruby giggled and scooped up Jasper who immediately started to clap when he saw her.

"Sissy!" he said.

"You learned to talk! Wow, Jazz, you learn fast!" Ruby laughed, tickling his stomach. He burst into a fit of baby giggles.

The food, a feast as per tradition, was then served.

Ruby groaned and collapsed onto her bed, she had eaten way too much and was currently having a bad attack of indigestion. She struggled into her night clothes and climbed into her bed, snuggling into her familiar covers. Torchix was hopping on the bed, looking at all the Torchic faces. Ruby sighed after a while and grabbed her drawing pad, she flipped through when her door opened. Looking over she saw her mother walk in.

"Hey Ruby."

"Heya mom." Ruby grinned, wincing after. May laughed.

"Too much food?" she asked. Ruby nodded, Torchix hopped off the bed as May sat on the edge. "Ooo, has my little girl got a crush?" May giggled, gesturing to the page Ruby had left it on.

The girl looked at it, blushing when she realised it was the drawing of her and Peter and the baby. "N-no!"

"I think you do, judging by the picture. Isn't that Paul and Zoey's son?" May giggled again. Ruby blushed deeper. "Sorry, it is a mother's job. I won't tell Saph'."

"Thanks."

"So, how was your first journey?" May asked, sitting back further on the bed.

"It was amazing! It had lots and lots of problems, as you know, but I did get to compete in the league!" Ruby said with a grin. "I loved when I met Gemma for the first time."

"Ah yes, the ex-vampire." May said, Ruby jumped.

"W-where did you get that from?" May patted her shoulder.

"From the two themselves. Ash and I both know."

"And they tell me off for blabbing? Sheesh..." Ruby sighed. May laughed.

"I guess I better be off so you can sleep... oh, but there's someone downstairs to see you." She walked out, Ruby following by sheer curiosity. When she did get down she blushed deeply, she was in her nightclothes and her half-boyfriend was standing in her living room, eyes wide and with a blush as red as her own.

"Uh, hi Ruby." He stuttered. Ruby gasped and covered her mouth.

"Oh my god! Moooom! Why didn't you say it was him?" Ruby called. She heard her mother and father laugh.

"Don't worry 'bout it, Ru'." Peter said. Ruby nodded, sitting on the sofa and patting the cushion next to her. He sat by her, smiling. "So, top eight on your first League?"

"Yeah, beaten by you of all people." She mumbled back. He laughed, wrapping an arm around her waist which made her blush due to her current attire.

"Well, I am stronger than you." He chuckled. "In more than one way."

"Wanna bet on it?" she challenged, he smirked, grabbing her waist with a strong arm and pulling her to his chest, so her face was forced to look up at his face. He then leant close. "You strong enough to stop me?"
"I'm not sure I want to." She said quietly. He smiled, leaning in so his lips touched hers gently. She closed her sapphire eyes, not bothering (or wanting) to pull away.

Ash choose that moment to walk in, he coughed. Peter pulled away and quicky jumped back. Ash crossed his arm and glared at him, Ruby sat back blushing.

"S-sorry Mr. Ketchum... I didn't realise you were there." Peter said, he didn't like the look on the Pokémon master's face.

"What were you doing kissing my daughter anyway, Peter?" Ash asked. He looked to Ruby. "Well?"
"Uh..." Ruby said. Suddenly the two heard laughter, looking up Ash was laughing.

"Don't worry about it, Peter. I saw this coming from when you two were young." He chuckled after a moment. "I'll leave you two alone, how about you stay in the spare room with the other two, Peter?"

"T-Thank you, Mr. Ketchum."

Ash walked out.

"That was so embarrassing!" Ruby said, hiding her face in her hands.

The next morning Ruby ran down the stairs, jumping down the last four. She ran into the kitchen and grabbed a plateful of Pancakes, sitting down by Gemma.

"So, Ruby, do you know where we're headed next?" Gemma asked as she chewed a sugar coated piece of pancake.

"I was thinking of Hoenn." Ruby replied with a mouth full to the brim with them. Everyone at the table, even the babies, found it difficult not to laugh.

"Sounds good." Walter chuckled. "I'm guessing Pearl will be coming?"

"Naturally. And, Peter, if you want..." Ruby started once she swallowed.

"Of course, Ru'." Peter smiled. Ruby giggled.

Later Ruby, Pearl, Gemma, Walter and Peter were running to the port at full speed. After a while of running Walter grabbed Gemma and threw her onto his back, Peter followed suit with Ruby leaving Pearl to use Empoleon.

They were at the port within a few more minutes, getting tickets and heading off to the deck. Ruby held onto the rails, smiling as she felt the sea breeze.

"It's amazing!" Gemma gasped, Walter held her waist as she stood on the bars.

"I forgot you hadn't been on a long boat trip in a while." Ruby giggled. "It is amazing."

"I love the sea breeze." Pearl added. "I miss Leaf..."

"We all know you do, knowing us we'll bump into him." Walter said.

"True."

So as our heroes start out on a new journey, leaving friends behind them, will Hoenn be as much of an adventure as Kanto had been?

"Wow mommy! That was rweally cool!" said a little raven haired child. Her bouncy curls hung around her shoulders, some falling into the path of her scarlet eyes.

"It was, Scarlet, it was. I enjoyed every minute of that journey, not counting all those sad times." Said a familiar, yet older, woman. She sat on her daughter's bed, a large bump out in front of her.

All those years ago she had drawn her life in what she saw to be the possible future, and now that future was reality. She was happily married (With a double barrelled name!), with a beautiful daughter and a set of twins yet to come.

"I never knew dat Aunt Gemma was a vwampire! It sound so cwool!" Scarlet giggled. Ruby ruffled her hair.

"I wasn't cool being bitten, now, off to..." Ruby was cut off when she felt another hard kick, as she had been all day. "Ow..."
"Mommy? You OK?" Scarlet asked. Ruby smiled at her daughter.

"I'm OK, Scarlet, don't w-... oh god, where is daddy?" Ruby said.

"He's in da garden."

"Go get him will you, sweetheart? Mommy is in a bit of trouble at the moment." Scarlet nodded and jumped out of her bed, running down the stairs to find her father in the garden.

Ruby struggled over to the chair she had been on only a minute before, sitting down and wincing. A few minutes later the door to the room opened and an older Peter and little Scarlet ran in.

"Ruby!" Peter exclaimed, running over. "Are you OK?"

"As OK as I can be when I am about to start giving birth." Ruby winced. Peter nodded and scooped her into his arms.

"Scarlet, go out to the car, K?" Peter said. Scarlet nodded.

About 12 hours later...

"And there is the last one! A beautiful baby boy." Said the doctor. Ruby lay back, panting. Peter took his son into his arms as the daughter was handed to Ruby.

"Good job, Ru', you alive after that?" Peter chuckled as he sat down again. Ruby smiled.

"Yeah, just about. They're beautiful..." she replied. The girl in her arms had a trace of straight, lilac hair on her head whilst her brother had Ruby's black hair.

"Yes, they are. What are we gonna name 'em?" Peter asked. Just then a certain four year old ran in, hopping around much like the familiar Torchic on her shoulder.

"HI YA!" both said at once. Ruby sighed.

"Have you been influencing her, Torchix?" she asked her Pokémon. Torchix shrugged.

"I dunno, she coulda copied meh I suppose." Torchix replied. Peter shook his head with a chuckle.

"Come over you two." He said. Torchix hopped over first, Scarlet copying again.

"What're deys called?" Scarlet asked.

"We don't actually know." Ruby admitted.

"I like da names Rori n Roi! Rori as da girl n Roi for da boy!" Ruby giggled.

"I like them too, Pete?" she asked. Peter nodded.

"Beautiful, Scarlet." Peter laughed. Scarlet grinned, looking at Rori. Just then she opened her eyes, showing that she had her mother's scarlet ones. Roi was next, showing that the one thing, other than the scars, they had in common was the blue irises.

"OMG IT'S A MALE RUBY!" Torchix yelled when she saw Roi. Everyone sweatdropped, except the newborns.

"Go back to Quilava." Peter said.

"M'kay." Torchix said as she hopped from the room.

"How about I go find Ash, May and Pearl and Leaf? They're all out there somewhere." Peter said.

"Find Saph', Gemma, Walter, Matthew, Yellow and my other siblings whilst ya at it, Peter." Ruby giggled. Peter handed her Roi and walked out. Scarlet peered at Roi now, giggling and tracing both her own and her baby brother's scars, much like her mother had done at that age.

A few minutes later and the room was cram packed with people.

Gemma and Walter stood with their twins. Gemma had aged well as she grew, along with Walter. Now in their late twenties they were living a good life with Nevee and Jaspa, their children, and were still hoping for more. Nevee is a playful little child with green eyes and brunette hair whilst her twin has yellow eyes and his century deceased grandfather's ginger hair.

Pearl and Leaf had also aged well and are currently in their early and late twenties respectively, living a good life in a large home. They have a daughter, Indigo with ginger hair and blue eyes, there is also Dax, but I will tell about him in the sequel.

Yellow and Matthew are also pretty much like the others, a good life and in their twenties. They have one son called Auberon, he has a birth defect called 'the elf defect' making him have light brown skin, elf ears and one blue and one green eye.

Sapphire is currently 18 and travelling around Pokoh, but she took a break to come and see her sister give birth to her new niece and nephew, she has fiancé called Fidelis and is almost ready to start her own family.

Emerald, Jasper and Jade are twelve and travelling around Johto. Emerald has lived up to her tomboyish behaviour as a baby and become a trainer, Jasper was still cute (I think I'm in love again, lol!) and has become a gifted co-ordinator and has also gained the artsy gene. Jade is also a co-ordinator, but she is more average.

Ash and May are now in their forties, and have aged well! They are still great at their professions and are still way too loved up, it's a miracle May hasn't ended up too very lately pregnant again, lol.

But there was one thing that Ruby does not know about her last day on the roads of Kanto.

As Ruby and her friends ran to the port, a dark shadow sat up in a tree, watching them as they laughed and joked on the path.

"You can't get away from me, Ruby, you can run but you can't hide from me. I will get you, one day!"

Me: How was it? YAY! It's over, NO! YAY! The sequel will be up any moment now! YAYA!