Disclaimer: Pokemon Adventures is clearly not mine. If it was, I would be releasing volume 43 in English already.

This first one-shot will be mainly Red x Yellow, with hints of other ships.

For this one, the Unova and Sinnoh Dex Holders will not be included, as they haven't met the other Dex Holders yet when this one-shot takes place. Everyone's ages in this story are about what they are in Emerald.

[ update 01/03/2015 - just a note to you readers: all but the last two fics are old. Seriously. I don't like most of these anymore because, even in the short time since I've written these, I've gotten loads better. That was my warning to you. Now to return to your regularly scheduled program. ]


Thunder. Lightning. The sound of rain deafening to her ears as her dirtied purple boots pounded against the cracked asphalt. The cries of her friends desperately calling out to their Pokemon as they did the same beside her.

"Hydro Cannon!"

"Blast Burn!"

"Frenzy Plant!"

Yellow ran, ran for her life, ran for the helicopter with the wide open door waiting for her and the rest of them only a kilometer or two away. Their chance at survival, at getting out of this terrible, terrible mess. She quickly glanced back at the chaos ensuing behind her and immediately wished she hadn't.

A horde of both people and Pokemon were pursuing her and her comrades, their dull, unseeing eyes burning with an insatiable hunger. Zombies. All desiring to devour Yellow and her fellow Pokedex Holders whole. The ultimate moves, powerful as they were, served to only dent the undead mob, knocking off a few of the creatures permanently but were quickly replaced with double of what had just been there.

She could hear her panting breaths, hard and exhausted. They had been running... How long? Days? Weeks? Surely not months? Memories of their losses flashed through the young girl's mind. Most of their Pokemon had been the first to go. In fact, Yellow was pretty sure that all that remained of their original teams now were their partners, the Pokemon they were quite possibly the closest to. For most of the Dex Holders, it was the 'starters' their respective professors had given them.

She clutched Chuchu to her chest even tighter than she already was, ignoring the Pikachu's weak squeaks of protest. She remembered losing Kitty, then Omny... shuddered when the image of zombified Dody, one head hanging limp, came to the forefront of her mind.

Green had been devastated when one day, early on, they had spotted Professor Oak among the hordes of the undead while they had been temporarily taking shelter on a rooftop. Red, Blue, and Silver together had to physically restrain him from jumping down there after his grandfather.

Crystal had been devastated when Emerald had been overrun by a pack of zombified Pokemon. Yellow felt guilty that she couldn't remember where, and yet she was so tired, her thoughts so sluggish. She knew that Gold and Silver had been her pillars of strength, shoulders to lean on during those hard times right after Rald's death. Especially Gold, who was supporting her right now as the group ran for the helicopter. Crys had sprained her ankle a few days ago, and it was still sore as it hadn't gotten a good chance to heal, with all of this running.

Silver had been devastated when Blue had fallen about two weeks after the incident with Green. She went down fighting, and made sure she had died completely when she realized it was hopeless, made sure that she didn't become one of them, one of the zombies. Made sure when she had her Wigglytuff use Explosion, a move none of us knew her Pokemon could even use. This knowledge had been of little comfort to Silver, who now stuck by Green when he wasn't with Crys, for some reason. But Yellow couldn't try to figure it out now. She didn't have the time, or the energy, really.

Sapphire had been devastated when Ruby threw himself off of a cliff, unable to take it anymore, this life that was barely a life on the run. And thinking that Sapphire had died when she had been separated from the group as they had tried to evade yet another zombie horde. Needless to say, she had found them again much too late.

Now that Yellow thought about it, she was actually surprised that more Dex Holders hadn't been lost, or at least rendered completely defenseless by losing all of their Pokemon. She shook her head vigorously as she ran, trying to bring herself back to her senses. Now isn't the time to reminisce, she thought bitterly. The helicopter was only several yards away now.

She hurried to her left to help Gold and Crys out, taking the limping girl's other side as she tried to smile reassuringly at the pair, to no avail. All Yellow could manage was a grimace.

She could see, just ahead of her, Sapphire climbing desperately into the helicopter as she called Toro, her Blaziken, back into its pokeball. It was hard to tell, with the rainwater already streaming down her face, but the wild girl's red eyes and nose proved it. She was wishing Ruby was here with her, being rescued, too. Green and Silver were right behind her.

Yellow, with Gold and Crystal, had almost made it when several zombie Pidgeys and Rattata, along with a person, burst out of a previously unnoticed alley close by the three. The blonde ponytailed girl (she had lost her straw hat a long time ago) shoved her comrades ahead towards the helicopter, yelling, "Go!" before releasing Chuchu from her arms as she prepared to face the zombies. Alone.

Gold hesitated for a split second before nodding quickly at the brave young girl and ran for their only escape route, half-dragging, half-carrying a much more reluctant Crys. They soon got onto the air vehicle safely.

"Chuchu, Thundershock!" Yellow commanded, watching her Pikachu shoot a small bolt of crackling electricity at the undead creatures stumbling towards them. It had virtually no effect, bright sparks dancing along the pale bloodless skin, fur, and feathers as the zombies continued relentlessly.

As she took this in with wide golden eyes, Yellow suddenly came to terms with the fact that she was going to die. Right here, right now, with escape so close and yet so far. "Chuchu, go! You can still save yourself."

The small mouse Pokemon would be able to outrun the zombies easily and reach the helicopter. She saw the Pikachu almost immediately shake her head in disagreement, ragged and torn flower accessory about to fall loose. Chuchu then leapt into her trainer's arms, determined to die with her. Loyal to the end.

Yellow felt the long-due tears well up, shaking her head in disbelief even as she held her Pokemon in her arms. She then closed her eyes, unable to hold back the tears as they fell and trailed down her cheeks, mixing with the rainwater. The blonde-haired girl was preparing to die, to feel claws and nails digging into her flesh and eating her alive.

Then she felt someone shove her away from the undead creatures, knocking her into the ground several feet away. She heard someone yell, "Thunder!" and heard the bolt strike the animated bodies. The horrible smell of burning flesh filled the air before quickly being washed away by the heavy rain.

Yellow opened her eyes, already scrambling up to her feet while clutching tightly onto Chuchu, to see Red facing several lumps of charred zombie with Pika crouched right beside him. He glanced back at her, smiling weakly. "Go. I'll hold them off."

Yellow looked past one of the first Dex Holders to see the original horde that had been chasing them. The huge pack of undead were alarmingly close. "Hold them off? But..." Yellow croaked, voice breaking. She knew what Red was intending to do and shook her head vigorously in defiance. "No... no! You can't!" she cried.

Red's smile became sad for an moment before he gritted his teeth and said forcefully, "You need to go, Yellow. Now. Or else." He didn't bother waiting for her to reply and instead ran straight for the zombies, Pika leaping onto his trainer's shoulder as his red cheek pouches glowed. Lightning flashed from the storm clouds above and struck the horde in the very center, obviously yet another one of Pika's Thunders.

Chuchu cried out when she saw her mate head into battle, starting to struggle in Yellow's arms so she could scurry after Pika. But her trainer held on tight and fled for the helicopter waiting nearby. She was determined that Red's sacrifice not be in vain. Scrambling up into the air transport vehicle, Yellow turned to look out and at the horde of undead.

Thunder. Lightning. The whir of the chopper blades deafening to her ears as it began to take off and fly to safety. And that was when she realized something.

She had never gotten to tell Red her feelings for him.

"Wait! Stop the helicopter!" Yellow screamed desperately, her words in vain as the takeoff was too loud for her to be heard. She attempted to jump out of the vehicle even as she wondered at the stupidity of the action, being pulled back from the exit by Green and Silver. Tears spilled and ran down her face.

"What are you doing?" the now ex-Gym Leader shouted in her ear, though he understood the urge perfectly. Since he was feeling it himself.

But none of that mattered to Yellow. Not now that Red would die, not knowing that she had been in love with him ever since she had been eleven. That now he never would.

She watched with wide eyes, struggling in vain against her comrades' grip, a blurry Red in the distance fighting against the zombies. Lightning crackled and large bolts struck the undead creatures surrounding him repeatedly, Pika in the air above him as his cheek pouches and tail glowed. A few moments later, the duo disappeared from sight as crumbling buildings obstructed the view.

"Red! -"


"- Red!"

Yellow's golden eyes, filled with terror, shot open to the sight of dimness and a white ceiling. Her breath came in fast and heavy, and she could hear her heart thumping quickly in her ears from fright. She exhaled shakily, trying to calm herself down. It worked a little, and Yellow was able to gather her wits and blinked several times, looking around as she attempted to remember where she was and escape from the grip of her nightmare.

Yes. That's right. She was lying in a sleeping bag at Gold's house, inside one of the many spare rooms the Johto Dex Holder had in his home. Everyone had gathered at his place for the fun 'meeting' Blue hosted every two months.

This time, she had planned a scary movie/sleepover night... for some reason. Yellow had no idea what went on in her friend's seemingly deranged mind that made her think this was a good idea. At least, the scary movie part.

The Sevii Islands girl had 'conveniently' gotten tickets to a zombie apocalypse movie (Zombie Mew Strikes Again, in case you were wondering) that had certain people sitting next to each other and separated from the others. As in Sapphire and Ruby, Gold and Crystal, Green and herself, and then Yellow and Red. Red, of all people.

Needless to say, it had been an awkward night, even if you didn't take into account the fact that Yellow had been cowering fearfully in her seat almost the whole time and that the Dex Holders had gotten kicked out of the theater an hour into the movie after an insane food fight consisting of thrown popcorn and drinks emerged between Ruby, Sapphire, and Gold. (Don't ask.)

Once that fiasco had been taken care of, everyone had headed back to Gold's house and hung out for a few hours while eating ordered pizza for dinner. And by 'hung out', Yellow mostly meant battling, arguing, and taunting. Then, Gold's mom made them go to bed by the time it was about one in the morning in an effort to be a good parent for once and Blue, yet again, paired everyone up as she assigned rooms to sleep in. Silver and Emerald ended up in the same room since they had no one to be 'paired with'.

All of this went through the blonde-haired girl's mind in the space of a few seconds. Absorbed as she was in her own thoughts, Yellow was startled when she heard someone groan and roll over right by her.

Quickly glancing over at the source of the noise, she relaxed visibly and then blushed in embarrassment when she realized it had been Red stirring on top of his blanket. He had almost woken up because of Yellow's crying out while she had still been half-asleep. She let out a sigh of relief and rolled onto her side to be face-to-face with the slumbering boy.

Red's features were calm and peaceful, evidence that, unlike Yellow, he was actually having a good night's sleep despite the scary movie they had watched several hours ago. The red-and-white cap he usually wore had been taken off beforehand and his coal black bangs, hard to spot in the dark room, hung over his face in that cute hairstyle Yellow had always -

She blinked, her blush deepening in color as she quickly glanced away. Just what had she been thinking? Yellow was glad that the room's lighting was too dim for the bright red of her cheeks to be visible, even if someone had been awake to possibly see it in the first place.

She exhaled slowly for a few moments before looking back at Red, thinking now about her nightmare and its contents. The young girl shuddered from a growing dread, still seeing the images of dream Red's sacrifice clearly in her mind. If the Kanto Dex Holder gave himself up like that in real life, she didn't know if she would be able to bear it -

"Yellow?" came a soft whisper.

She froze in shock and embarrassment, her eyes suddenly meeting sleepy scarlet ones. While she had been deep in thought, Red had woken up, possibly from the sensation of being stared at. By Yellow, of course.


Red, even as drowsy as he was from just waking up, snapped to attention when he saw the lingering fear on the blonde girl's face. "What's wrong?" he whispered in concern, louder this time as he glanced around for whatever might be causing his friend's distress.

It couldn't be a thief or anything like that, because Red would have woken up earlier if it was. Also, you would probably be able to tell if someone was trying to rob Gold's place. It would be much louder for one, since the house was filled with tried-and-true Pokemon trainers, Dex Holders at that. No simple lowly criminal was going to get past this intimidating group, that was for sure.

"N-nothing," Yellow finally stammered, her eyes wide. In fact, Red thought her cheeks seemed a little... darker for some reason. Must be a trick of the light. "Just, um, thinking."

He focused on her face at hearing these words and frowned. Something was up. Well, at least he knew it wasn't because they were in immediate danger. Red propped his head up, chin resting on his hand as he gazed at his friend. His scarlet eyes were filled with skepticism. "Tell me what's wrong, Yellow," he said softly. "You know you can trust me."

Yellow hesitated for a moment before replying in a whisper, "It was just a nightmare, Red. Nothing to worry about."

"A nightmare?" Red immediately scowled, remembering the movie they had watched and Yellow whimpering in fear at every zombie while he had tried (and failed) to comfort her and assure her that humans and Pokemon being killed and eaten alive was not, in fact, that scary. "I swear, sometimes Blue just acts so -"

"It's fine, Red. Really," Yellow insisted quietly, giving him a weak smile. It almost turned into a grimace for some reason, and Red knew that no, it was not 'fine', at least when it came to his standards.

He sat up and patted the space on his blanket next to him. "Get over here," Red demanded almost playfully, flashing a small smile at the girl lying down and wrapped in a sleeping bag in front of him. "You're not alright, Yellow. You're obviously really shaken up," he pointed out in a low voice, impressed with himself that he managed to not be an 'oblivious blockhead' for once. Since everyone kept telling him that yes, he acted like one. A lot.

Yellow reluctantly crawled over to where Red indicated she should sit, though she was smiling a little. "Thanks, Red," she whispered quietly, glancing up at him. She hugged her knees tightly against her chest. After a few moments, she started speaking again. "It's just that - my nightmare..." Yellow sniffed, and Red had the sense that she was close to the verge of crying.

He wrapped an arm around her and pulled her closer in an attempt to comfort her. He could feel Yellow resist for a moment in surprise before relaxing. "You don't have to tell me if you don't want to," Red said softly, squeezing her shoulders slightly. He had no intention of forcing the information out of her, but if Yellow was willing, Red had no objections.

"T-thanks," she whispered again, hesitating briefly before slowly resting her head onto Red's shoulder.

Red stiffened for a second in surprise, then forced himself to relax. After all, it helped make Yellow feel better. And, you know... it wasn't really that bad, having her lean on him like that. He squeezed the young girl's shoulders again, smiling in the dim moonlight that filtered into the room.

They sat like that in the silence for some time.


It was the crack of dawn, about six in the morning, when the door to Red and Yellow's room slowly creaked open. Dainty fingers (with the nails painted lime green) were visible clutching the edge of the door until it finally opened wide enough for Blue to poke her head inside.

She glanced around the faintly lit room fervently until her bright blue eyes fell upon Red and Yellow. The two were leaning into each other as they sat on a blanket, both fast asleep. Yellow's head was still resting on Red's shoulder.

Blue soon had a wide smile on her face as she took in the cute little scene. Disappearing from the cracked-open door, she returned a minute later and slipped inside, clutching another blanket. The devious girl gently placed it around the two's shoulders, thinking, Let them wonder who came here and stumbled onto this little sight. She giggled silently and then was barely able to hold the sound back when she saw Yellow snuggle sleepily against Red.

Sneaking back out of the room, Blue slowly closed the door behind her before pumping her fist, fiercely whispering, "Yes!" in triumph. She skipped off down the hall.


If any of the characters are OOC, I apologize. This is the first time I have written about the Pokedex Holders, so I would greatly appreciate it if you could point out any mistakes I have made.

I will also be taking requests; majority rules. Unless I find a suggestion that is just too amazing to ignore. ;D Unfortunately, I do not do yaoi or yuri. I apologize for those who like pairings of that nature, but they just don't sit too well with me. You will have go elsewhere for shippings like that.

Thanks for reading!

~ Melody