Granted Call
After blaming himself for the incident with Clifford, Lance finally set on a new goal for himself – to restore the Viridian Forest. He sets-off to find hunt for Celebi, who is said to be able to help. Meanwhile, Yellow keeps on pondering her true feelings for Lance, and Red is determined to win Yellow's heart again. Things didn't go as smoothly when, this time, something began to haunt Yellow's life...
Sequel to Granted Switch! And this time, it's Yellow-centric!
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"So... What are you planning to do, now that you've got your body back?" The blonde asked.
"... I'm going to find a way to restore the Viridian Forest..." He replied after a few moments, "At least its better than nothing..."
"Oh... So, you're leaving?"
The Dragon Master only replied with a simple nod, "... Do you think its better for us to pretend that none of these ever happened?"
The blond girl gave him a questioning look, "Why would you say that?"
He shrugged, "Because it might be better for you and... your guy..."
She quickly understands what he's trying to imply. It was probably the kiss they share few hours ago. She blushed, "Well... I don't mind about that... It was... great."
The Dragon Master smirked, "You like it, huh?" he teased lightly.
"N-NO!" She quickly denied as her face grew redder, "I-I-I mean... It's not that I like it! It's just that... it's my first kiss, so I think I should at least enjoy it, right? But that doesn't mean... I-I... I have some feelings for you!"
The Dragon Master looked surprised, before smirking again, "Well, whatever you say..." He decided to pull it off.
"S-So anyway..." She started, "A-Are you going to come back soon...?"
"Well, it depends on how long it'll take me to find Celebi..."
"Wait, you're looking for Celebi?"
"Yeah... I think its the only pokemon that could help the forest..." He said, "It'll be a wild-goose chase, but its still beats doing nothing..."
"Oh...Do you need help?" She asked.
He shook his head, "I prefer to work alone..." He said, somehow knowing what the girl is trying to say.
"Well, if you think you need my help, just call..." She said, "Let's exchange contact numbers, okay...?"
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A month later...
"Yellow! I think we ran out of strawberry jam!"
The blonde girl gave the free-loader in her house a look, "Oh for goodness sake Alicia, again?" she asked with a tone of disbelief and annoyance.
"Well, don't blame me if I like them..." Alicia said in her own defense.
"That's the 5th jar this month." Yellow pointed out.
"Well, back in Viridian Forest, I used to have plenty of strawberries for myself..." Alicia mused, "This is why living with human is always hard..." She sighed as she close the door of the refrigerator.
Yellow rolled her eyes, "Alicia, I think we should really put you on a strict no-strawberry diet. That way you'll get out of your addiction."
"You can't be serious!" Alicia said.
"I am, just watch me!" Yellow said.
She sighed as she continued to prepare for lunch. The house is now much more noisier with an additional member. The free-loader who demand a lot, Alicia, the Guardian of the Viridian Forest who lost her power ever since the forest is burnt down to ashes. She started staying in her place because she has nowhere else to go, and being the good person she is, she accepted the Guardian in her house. But lately, it seems that Yellow just understand the term 'too nice'.
Not only she demand a lot, she's also very picky about food and various beauty-care products. And worst of all, Yellow has to pay for everything she wanted. Which really put the burden on her...
But still, that Guardian is the only one who can really understand her at times when she needs comfort. The destruction of the Viridian Forest somehow had place a hard blow on her, mentally. And the person she thought could understand her the most is off on some wild-goose chase. While her friends could never understand the bond she shares with the forest. Only Alicia understands how it feels...
Now, taking a simple walk in the forest will never be the same again, even if she's not there, the image of what is there still haunts her mind, even in her sleep. Ashes, dead trees, corpses of those unfortunate pokemons who were unable to save themselves... And to think that it all happen because of-
She quickly shook the thought out of her mind, blaming herself is suppose to be the last thing she'll do. That's what everyone has been telling her anyway...
Suddenly, there was a knock on her door. "Uh, coming!" She shouted as she quickly dumped some of the dirty dishes on the sink and turn off the stove. She threw her apron and went for the door. She could only smile at who she saw when she opened the door, "Oh! Hi Red!" She said cheerfully.
"Yellow," He offered her a gentle smile, "Hey, are you busy right now?"
Yellow shook her head, "Not at all, I just finished cooking for lunch, wanna join us?" She offered.
"Sure!" Red enthusiastically replied as he stepped inside.
"Red!" Alicia quickly greeted him, "It's been a while, how have you been?" She asked him.
"I'm doing fine Alicia," Red said as he grinned at her cheerfulness, "How about you?"
"Red, Yellow's gonna put me through a strict no-strawberry diet!" Alicia quickly complained, "Please talk her out of it! She'll only listen to you!"
A faint red began to crept up Yellow's cheek, "That's not true! And anyway, she really need to get over her addiction! With her, it's either strawberry ice-cream with strawberry syrup, strawberry dipped chocolate, strawberry jam and bread, or strawberry cheesecakes! There's no end to it, seriously."
Red chuckled, "What can I say to that? She's the boss around here." He teased her lightly.
Yellow grinned at his reply, "So anyway, I hope you like Grilled Cheese Sandwich with roasted tomatoes. It's a new recipe I just tried, I hope it'll taste nice."
Red seated himself by the table, while waiting for her food, "Let's just see."
Alicia sat next to Red, "So anyway Red, how's it going with you and Yellow?" She whispered in his ears, "Have you made your moves?"
Red quickly flushed, "W-What are you talking about?" He hissed back at her.
"Oh C'mon!" Alicia said, "You've been coming here for lunch at least once a week, you took her to 2 dates in the last 1 month, and I know you like her..." She added the last line mischievously.
"What was it?" Yellow asked as she brought the food on the table.
Alicia smiled,"Nothing, just some... friendly talk!" She said as she winked at Red.
Red pretended not to see as he quickly cut off a piece of the sandwich and shoved it into his mouth, "Yellow, this taste just wonderful!" He complimented.
Yellow smiled, "Thank you!"
After they all finished their meals, Red finally decided to speak up, "Yellow, I was wondering if... you have some spare time." He started, "You see, Brock sent me 2 tickets to the Pewter Museum to the Exotic Exhibits which is having their grand-opening today, and I was wondering if you want to come along with me!"
Yellow look at him, "Of course I would!" She cheerfully said, "But... I'm not even ready yet..." She said as she looked down at the clothes she's wearing. It was a simple white t-shirt and a pair of super-short black pants.
"Well, you better get ready then, though you actually looks beautiful in that..." Red said a bit teasingly.
Yellow flushed, "Oh, just wait, I'll be ready on... 15 minutes!" She said before storming up the stairs.
Red could only smile as he watched her leaves, wondering what is it she'll be doing in that 15 minutes.
But that's when Alicia decided to speak, "You know Red, if you really like her, you should be telling her that soon, you know..."
Red blushed a bit, "Well..." He sighed, "I do like her but... it's just that... there's this weird feeling that she doesn't feel the same way..." Red blurted out.
"What do you mean?"
"... I don't know, just this feeling I have... Especially remembering what happened between her and Lance..." Red muttered.
Alicia sighed, "That will be the last time I'm playing the matchmaker..." She said, "Never thought it could lead to something like this!"
Red chuckled, before looking down on the wooden floor, "I'm... afraid that she has some feelings for him..." He confessed, "Do you think she likes him?"
Alicia was quite for a moment, "... Well, they do still keep with each other through their phones. Even though Lance RARELY replied to her text messages. His first message came this morning, and somehow, she seems to be happy about it... So yeah, I think she does has some feelings for him, especially after what happened between them..."
"Oh... I see..."
"But then... I wasn't going to say that she doesn't has any feeling for you either, I think she still has some..."
"How do you know?"
"... She's a lot happier every time she got back from a date with you, she sings in the shower every time she's going on a date with you, and she even put you on her speed dial. What makes you think that she doesn't?"
"Well... I don't know... probably I was being paranoid..."
Alicia giggled, "Well, you don't have to worry, you still have a lot of chances compared to Lance. I mean... you're here, by her side, while he escaped to a jungle in Johto. So yeah, I think you have better chances to win her heart." She said with a mischievous grin, which made Red somehow blushed.
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Ilex Forest, Johto...
"damn that little pixie..." A young man cursed as he wiped off the sweat from his forehead. He leaned against a tree as he took out his water bottle and gulped down the drink. His dragonite is waiting patiently by his side.
This person is none other than Lance the Dragon Master, who is now in Ilex Forest for one reason, to capture Celebi. But this task is made harder than it seems, especially when the Legendary pokemon keeps on hiding and playing tag with him for the past 2 days. He could never believe that such powerful Legendary pokemon can be so playful. It's been 2 days now since he started running around the forest, trying to capture that little thing, but every attempt he tried proved to be futile, since he still has to get his hand on the pokemon.
Desperately needing a rest, the red-headed trainer rested against one of the trees there, and closed his eyes to catch his breath. Somehow, his Dragonite could only watch him in concern. After a few moment, he took out his phone, and was not surprised to see a text message from Yellow...
He frowned, why would she want to know what he's doing anyway? Didn't she gets her body back and is now enjoying her normal life again? Why does she has to constantly bug him?
Running on this chase for Celebi is his own attempt to make him forget about her, or at least, that's a small part of the whole reason. His first reason is because he felt responsible as to what happened to Viridian Forest, the second reason is because he has nothing better to do, and his third is because he wanted to do something that'll make him forget everything about her and everything that has happened in Viridian. But it seems that no matter where he went, she and the memories in Viridian would still haunt his mind, somehow...
"... I shouldn't have given her my phone number..." He muttered before he finally stood up and motioned his Dragonite to continue on their hunt.
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