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Hi, my wonderful fellow members or anons who have decided to very kindly click on this story and maybe possibly even read it.

This is my first fanfiction, and I'm really nervous. (What if they don't like it?) and questions like that

Anyways, this is sort of a sister-fic-ish thingie to ohlookrandom's story, Walls. You should read it, it's great

XD

This is not a yaoi or BL, it's a friendship story thingie

Disclaimer: If the pokemon games, manga or anime were mine, I'd be rich. Sadly, I'm not. So yeah, I don't own it~ XD

Oh, and one more thing. I used the Japanese versions of Pokemon, which would make Blue=Female Green=Male. Please don't be offended or anything if you've always thought of Blue as the male and Green as the female~

It was much too quiet. For Red, this silence was only around when he was with Green, and even then Red's chattering would fill the room. On good days Green would insert a "mmhm" or "yeah" and Red would continue talking. On bad days, Red would listen to Green complaining about whatever bad thing happened that day, and Red wouldn't interrupt. Then, when Green was done complaining, the lack of noise would terrify Red, making him so nervous he'd want to leave immediately if Green weren't his best friend. Because these days, he only talked to fill the silence that threatened to envelop them.

Occasionally, Red would come down from the mountain he had recently been training on. He'd do this only because Green had to bother himself to take supplies to Red every day. Red insisted that he could take care of himself, that Green need not climb the mountain every single day and battle numerous trainers on the way. So the visits turned to once every two days. Then three. Then four. Then six. Then Green stopped coming at all, because Red would get his supplies himself, and when he did so, the other dex holders would be expecting him, and they'd be there to greet him.

But these past few months, the trainers were more insistent on battling; even if they did not earn a single badge they'd come to challenge him. And Red couldn't afford to miss them; it was his duty as a champion that he battle all those who challenge him. So when he didn't come down to get supplies, Green started to show up again.

"You're going to starve yourself someday, Red." He'd say, and Red would deny it. But he knew that it couldn't go on like this forever, because Green had his own battles to fight as a gym leader. And he couldn't ask anyone else to do it, because Blue was with her family, (Mew knows she deserves some time with them) Silver was with his father, Yellow with her uncle, Gold with his pokémon at home, Crystal at the lab, Emerald at the Johto frontier, Ruby at the Sinnoh contest hall and Sapphire at the Battle Zone, also in Sinnoh. He guessed that if he asked Yellow or Gold to help him they would, but Yellow wouldn't like the violent battles Red fought every day, and Gold would insist on his senior teaching him new battle techniques when Red simply didn't have time. He'd feel guilty about Green scaling the mountain, but then, Green had that hologram of his.

That was why Red was expecting Green to turn up soon, throwing him a red scarf and equally red earmuffs and telling him off.

"Please at least wear earmuffs, I'm dying of the cold and looking at you in short sleeves makes me feel even colder." he'd say.

And Red would retort back, "You're just sensitive to the cold, Green."

And it would be a good day, the one where Green actually input his thoughts on whatever Red was saying. Of course, the red earmuffs and scarf that Green bought with Red's money would mysteriously disappear by the time Green came again. He purposely chucked them into the deepest parts of the cave where he rested, because the scarf would blow in his face at the wrong time, distracting him from his battles. Which was why Red was confused when Green was not there. He checked his pokegear more than once, making sure that indeed, today was the day Green would climb the mountain to see him. But he was late. And Green was never late.

'Maybe there was a challenger at the gym today?' Red thought, and he continued waiting for his friend, his Pikachu jumping all around, excitedly waiting for Green's Eevee. Sure enough, Eevee came, but its trainer was nowhere to be seen. Red was even more confused when Eevee bit Red's trousers, dragging him outside. At the same time, Red's pokegear rang, and while following Eevee, he answered it. The caller ID definitely said Blue, but he could hear Silver's voice, trying to calm her down, and in the distance he could hear her crying.

As he continued following Eevee, he tried to grab Silver's attention who was busy comforting Blue about something. Eventually he had to shout "SILVER!" for the boy to finally pick up the pokegear.

"Silver, why did Blue call me?" Red asked, but instead of answering, Silver asked Red a question.

"Red, where are you?"

Red sighed, but he decided to answer. Partly because Blue was crying, and partly because he had a bad feeling at the pit of his stomach, growing every step he took.

"At Mt. Silver. Why?"

"Have you seen any of Green's pokémon?"

"Yeah, I'm with his Eevee right now. Is something wrong? I'm following it somewhere."

Silver took in a breath to answer Red, but he hesitated. And Red saw why. At the foot of the mountain stood Yellow, crying and clutching at something. Her pokegear was at her side. A few steps closer, and Red realized what exactly Yellow was holding. It was Green, but his head, arms and hands were limp, and his brilliant green eyes were empty, staring into nothingness. Red would have thought Green was sleeping, or unconscious, but Green's head was gushing out blood every second. Red dropped his pokegear; he heard Silver calling his name on the other end. But he didn't answer because he fell onto his knees in shock.

Red crawled closer to his best friend, holding his shoulders and shaking him, his hot tears running down his face and freezing as the air around him blew.

"Green...Green! Wake up! Don't play such a ridiculous joke on me! Wake up!"

As he shouted words of despair while shaking his friend, Yellow cried harder while telling Red to stop. And Red did, laying his friend down on the snow. He shouted Green's name, as if he could call back his best friend's soul. Red held his friend's cold, limp hand and continued to cry. He didn't let go even after people arrived with a stretcher, lifting Green's body onto it. He didn't let go as they descended the mountain, numerous trainers shocked at their idol's crying face. He didn't let go as they placed the body on a hospital bed, now covered in a white sheet. And even as he was forced to let go, Green' empty eyes haunted him during the night as he cried along with a few of the other dex holders.

Red could hear conversations all around him, including one which frequently mentioned his name.

"Red...mountain...Green..."

"Doing?...dangerous...accident."

"Champion...Eevee...Yellow..."

But he had heard enough. Everyone had been avoiding him lately, and he could understand why. Even as he tried to smile, every time someone mentioned his best friend's name he would cringe, occasionally something warm and salty running down his cheek. Sometimes he would even throw something. The only people who dared to approach him were the other dex holders.

The news of Green's death was spread all around the region, including Johto, Hoenn and even Sinnoh. It was on the news, the reporter telling everyone the details of his death, and the great things he'd done when he was alive. And every time it was on TV, someone would hastily turn it off. The family had planned a private funeral for relatives, dex holders, gym leaders, champions, elite four, and anyone Green had considered a colleague.

Yellow's and Green's Golduck's minds had been looked into by Sabrina, giving accurate details of what exactly had happened. Apparently, Green was on his way up the mountain with Yellow, going to see Red, when Yellow had slipped. Green, trying to save her, had pulled her back up, only to fall himself. His pokémon were left back at the gym, only Golduck and Eevee coming along. Yellow had frantically gone back down, only to find that Green had cracked his head on a rock.

She called Blue, who was with Silver at the time. Silver called Gold, who called Crystal, who called Ruby, who was with Sapphire and they called Emerald. Yellow sent Eevee to get Red, as she knew he'd be waiting for Green. Then Silver called the hospital and Red, who had seen Yellow crying over Green. If he'd fallen just a little bit to the right, he'd have missed the rock and could have walked away with a few broken ribs, a concussion and maybe a broken arm. But he had to fall at that place.

Red had been in shock for at least two days, refusing to eat anything, and someone had to give him a glass of water for him to drink and shove the straw into his mouth for him to suck. When he came out of his shock, the others could find him in Green's gym, fighting the pokémon again and again just to see the hologram of his best friend. Then Gold would drag him away, and Red would refuse to leave until Gold told Red that Green wouldn't want him to be like this. That Green would've wanted him to move on.

On the day of the funeral, Red found himself dragged out of his sofa by Professor Oak. On his sofa, he sat to the right side, and when anyone tried to sit next to him to his left, he'd snap at them, saying that it was Green's seat. So only that seat was covered with a thin layer of dust. They had flown to Sinnoh, where Green would be buried in the garden behind the league building. Where people who were loved by the world were buried.

They'd arrived, and everyone had gathered there. Dex holders, Gym leaders, professors, and family. They were all there, ready to pay their last respects. Professor Oak was giving a speech, about how Green was a bright child, always willing to learn, driven by the need to be rid of the family fame and become famous with his own name. He'd assisted in saving Kanto thrice, Johto once and Hoenn once. He'd given so much data on pokémon that if he continued to live, they'd know everything about every one of them. He'd become a gym leader at such a young age, and he was respected by everyone he'd met. A few more people began crying again, and even Professor Oak, no, and even Green's grandfather's voice sounded strained.

When he couldn't talk anymore, Green's mentor Chuck continued the speech. He'd been a great student, a little cocky at first, but still nonetheless, strong. He'd been an excellent gym leader, and every one of the leaders were proud to have such an amazing colleague. The speech ended there, and Green's grandfather told everyone to meet at seven for a Remembrance gathering. Everyone began to pay their last respects. The Gym leaders placed their gym badges all around Green's head, bowed and left. The professors upgraded Green's pokedex with the latest information and software, and placed it beside Green's head. They bowed, and left.

Red could see the grandfather trying not to cry, but he could also see his hand occasionally going up to his eyes to wipe something off. Daisy, Green's sister was sobbing in Bill's arms, and as she walked closer to her brother's body, she cried even more.

"I could never have asked for a better brother than you, Green." She managed to sob out, and walked away. Professor Oak left with her, Bill patted Red on the shoulder and left. The Elite Four had paid their respects and surprisingly, Lance had blessed Green's Charizard.

Only the dex holders were left, with the family watching from far. Emerald, Ruby and Sapphire were first. Emerald placed his frontier badges in the casket, Ruby had placed his master rank contest ribbon on top of Emerald's frontier badge case and Sapphire took a beautiful flower out of her bag. It was in a container designed to preserve such plants and placed it in. Even if she admired Red as a battler, she still respected Green a lot as a trainer.

"The flower's meaning is 'eternal life'...kinda overrated but still..."

And the three stepped back. Then a crying Crystal stepped forward. She told him that in his name, she would capture all the pokémon in the world if it was the last thing she did. Red could imagine Green's smirk as Crystal stepped back and poked Gold's back. He stepped forward, gulped and walked towards Green's casket. He stood there, for a while, not knowing what to say, and decided on saying that the next pokémon he hatched would be named Green. Red could definitely see Green raising an eyebrow at this. Gold placed a white rose into Green's casket and stepped back.

Silver walked forward, placed a rose of his own and wondered what to say.

"I will definitely find a way to evolve your Rhydon. Even if I have to torture my father to find out how."

Silver stayed for a while, remembering the day that Green had comforted him, showing him his father's love. Green had accepted him as a dex holder, and requested Silver help his Rhydon to evolve. They had been turned to stone immediately after, and Silver hadn't had a chance to think about it. But he did now. Silver stepped back, and helped a trembling Blue to move forward. She had been crying the whole time along with Yellow.

"You always called me a pesky woman... And I always wanted to know what you meant by it...but I guess I'll never find out now..."

She gave a nervous, tear-filled laugh, and began crying hysterically again. Blue took out a rose from her bag, but it was blue in color. She placed it in Green's casket and stepped back. Blue began crying again and Silver comforted her, rubbing her back. Then Yellow stepped forward. It seemed she was the most shaken about this, as she was there in his last moments, and she blamed herself for his death. She fell to her knees in front of his body, crying.

"If only I'd been a little stronger...this never would have happened!"

Green was like her brother. He'd taught her how to battle, and he'd been there for her when she panicked about the little things. When she was troubled she'd go to his gym to talk about it, he'd listen, and that was all she needed. She only needed someone to listen and Green did just that. It was clear that she thought it was her fault. But Red disagreed. If he hadn't insisted on going up and staying on that mountain, Green wouldn't have had to come up in the first place. It was his fault and he knew it.

As he walked up to where Green lay, a sudden hush came over everyone there. It was...quiet. Then Red began crying again. He shouted and screamed words of regret. If only he'd taken the time to talk to his friend more...if only he had stayed in Pallet town...if only he'd insisted that he spend more time with Green...to Red, Green wasn't just a best friend or a rival, he was like family. He looked over Green's face. It was smiling. Red smiled weakly too, as he remembered something from long ago.

"Why do you smile so much, Red?" Green had asked him.

"Because I'm smiling for you too, Green. Why don't YOU smile more?" He'd said back

"Smiling's overrated. You can smile for me all you want."

"I've seen you smile."

"You've seen me do a lot of things no one knew I could do."

That's right...Red had seen Green's smile more than anyone else. He'd seen many sides to Green. And now that Green wouldn't be able to smile ever again, he'd have to do more than that. He'd have to smile for Green. Red then took off his hat and took something out of the pocket Ruby had sewn. He placed it in between Green's hands. Then he stepped back. He turned around and left the garden. The dex holders followed him out, and Green's family took one last look at him before leaving as well. Behind them, Green's casket was closed, sealed then lowered into the ground. At the professor's request, a tree was planted at Green's grave. The gravestone read: Here lies Green, a rival, a partner, a leader, and a best friend. May no one forget his time with us.