Granted Switch
Yellow landed on the Island shore with a soft 'thud'. She looked around as her butterfree still clung on her shoulder. She wasn't sure on how she should feel when she stepped on the island. Sad? Scared? traumatized? She shook the head out of the bad memories and thoughts and began to focus on why she's there on the first place.
Cerise island was supposed to be a deserted island now, with nothing on it but trees, and an active volcano at the middle of the island. She gulped at some other bad thoughts, but she knew she has to get what she came here for before leaving. She heaved out, "Let's go, Kitty." She commanded her butterfree, before the purple butterfly-like pokemon flap its wings and took off.
"According the reference..." She muttered as she circled the volcano, "There!" She said out loud in joy as she motioned Kitty to land just next to the crater. She looked around, hoping to spot something, but still was unable to find whatever it is she's looking for. She sighed quietly as her gaze fell upon the crater.
She could see lava bubbling up deep down, and steam coming off. She gulped at the thought of falling into it. She did has a battle there once. A battle that gambles on the fate if the world. Luckily, with the help of everyone and her friends, she's able to win. However, the horrific image of the battle still haunts her mind and nightmares. She didn't know how or why, it just happened; and HE was always there in her dreams. Lance, the Leader of the Elite Fours, the Scoundrel behind all those mess...
It's been 7 years since she last saw him. On some particular lonely days, she would let her mind wander to what he might be doing. Has he change? Did the police managed to get their hands on him? Is he plotting some other evil scenes again? Sometimes, she would make up scenarios in her mind on how they would ever meet again. Of course it will be awkward, or probably dangerous.
At some point, she promised to herself that she would never ever let herself think about him again. She knew it was stupid, and dangerous, and some people are not as nice as she imagined. However, she found herself breaking the promise over and over again. One little fantasy never hurts, she reasoned out to herself.
She hits her own head lightly for several times to get the thought out of her head, "No, no, no..." She muttered to herself, "Don't ever think about HIM again."
"Whose this... 'him'?" A voice said out of nowhere.
Yellow froze. There was a long silence as she tried to convince herself that she must be imagining things. A minute pass, then two... She decided to look, just to be sure. Then, she saw someone she had somehow expected. Her stomach clenched, a weird chill ran down her spine and her mouth gaped slightly. It was none other than HIM... Lance.
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Yellow closed her gaping mouth a bit forcefully, she turned around to face him. She frowned slightly, "L-Lance?" The name didn't came as strongly as she expected. On the other hand, it sounded a little bit shaky. Yellow noticed... things about the ex-leader of the Elite Four.
He was staring at her, rigid golden eyes boring into her soft amber ones. He didn't not change much, except for the fact that he has gotten a bit taller since the last time she saw him. He still has that same hairstyle, same clothing and same cocky look on his face. His oh-so-mighty Dragonite is standing right behind him, giving her a somewhat threatening glare.
The Dragon Master smirked when he heard her say out his name. Oh how she hates that smirk. So full of confident and mockery that it looks so irritating even to her. She took a step back, but noticed that she was standing by the very mouth of the crater. She swallowed again as the worst-scenario scenes began to play in her mind and scared her out of her own guts. Where does all her courage goes when she needs them so badly now?
"Yellow of the Viridan Forest..." Lance said out her name as he keeps his gaze fix on her, "It's nice to see you again."
She could reply to that with something witty, but she somehow lost her tongue and could do nothing but to stare back. Lance check on her small figure, "I knew it... you're a girl." She said, sounding really amused.
"Y-you knew...?" That came out more as a whisper than a question. Lump of fears caught up in her throat, and she could not even swallow now. She puts her hand to one of the pokeballs on her belt, just to be safe. This is the only insurance she has a chance of surviving against him in the worst-scenario possible.
Lance noticed her reaction and smirked again, "Are you scared that I might hurt you?"
Yellow said nothing, but her looks said it all. Lance got up from the rocks he had been leaning o and walked closer to her. But after a few steps, Yellow finds her courage at last, "Don't come closer." She said.
Lance stopped and cocked an eyebrow, "... Where are your friends? Aren't they here to keep an eye on you?" He sneered.
Yellow knew she could take it if he insults her, but her friends? She just hoped that he wouldn't push the wrong button. She gritted her teeth, and shook her head side to side, still having her eyes on him.
Lance somehow looks happy, "That's just plain wonderful!" He said, "I think we still have some unfinished battle, and I don't think I can finish it if they're around. So what do you say?" He asked.
Yellow's eyes darted nervously from Lance, his dragonite, and the surrounding rugged terrain. Truth to be told, she was terrified! This is not going as planned, and she hasn't thought up of anything to say to him yet. Suddenly, something random just came out of her mouth, "What are you doing here?" She asked nervously.
Lance smirked, "... If you haven't noticed, I was defeated here, on this very place, date and month. I was thinking back to those times," He said as he give his back to her, "Until I saw you."
Yellow swallowed as she relaxed a bit. Uh-oh, wrong move...
"Dragonite, Hyper beam!" Lance suddenly commanded out of nowhere.
The Dragonite standing not far from Lance began to charged up and release the powerful massive attack in just matters of seconds. Yellow, unprepared for such sudden attack, has no time to send her pokemon out to protect her. The only pokemon she has now is Kitty. Without even thinking, Yellow jumped in the crater, just in time to miss the destructive beam by a few centimeters.
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Lance smirked as he saw the girl fell into the crater, "That's what you get for messing with me..." He said to no one in particular. However he was surprised when he saw the girl flew out of the crater. He frowned slightly, and sends out his other dragonite and aerodactyl, "Hyper Beam!"
The destructive beam was aimed at Yellow, but with years of training, she has got even better. Kitty skillfully dodge all those hyper beams. Yellow knew what he wants. He wants her dead! Just like what she imagined. She finally found her courage and spirit to battle. Now, it battle or die, she couldn't possibly run. Yellow send out her Pikachu, "Chuchu, thunderbolt!" She commanded.
"I'm not falling for the same trick!"
The 2 stepped in the battlefield, and the fight between the 2 Blessed Viridian Trainer began...
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Somewhere far away...
A girl sits lazily on the couch as she watched what was going on between the 2 blessed Viridian Trainer through a crystal ball. She clicked her tongue, "When will they ever make up..." She sighed.
She continues to watch the battle that rages on. The small pink Pikachu purred out lightly as she began to stroke its head. She smiled, "Lance is just too stubborn to accept the fact that what he was doing might not be right... And Yellow is just too innocent to crush him..."
"Pika, pika!" The pink pikachu said.
The girl's eyes suddenly lit up, and she snapped her fingers, "That's it!" She exclaimed as she clapped her hands, "You're a genius, even for a pikachu!"
"Pika, pika!" The pink pikachu complained.
However, teh girl just waved it off, "I know you're special," She said in a tone that indicates that the pink pikachu and her often had this kind of argument. She turned back to the crytal ball, "If they can't make up then..."
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"I am not going to lose this time!" Lance said out loud as he commanded his dragonite to use aerial ace.
The attack cuts Yellow's arm slightly, she groaned in pain. Her chuchu cried out in concerned, "Chuchu, let's end this!" She said heavily, she wasn't sure how much time has passed since their battle began, but it must be long enough. Since she's feeling tired already, "Charge up for a Megavolt Chuchu." Chuchu look at her as if she has grown another head, But Yellow gave her a reassuring look, "I know you can do it!"
"Not on my watch!" Lance shouted as he signaled all his dragons to use their strongest attack, "All of you, Hyper Beam!"
"NOW! CHUCHU, MEGAVOLT!"
The 2 attacks was fired at the same time, and they collided. However suddenly, just before anything else could happen, there was a blindingly bright light coming from above. The light was so strong that Yellow and Lance both has to covered their eyes. The light just grew brighter.
Yellow somehow felt strange, it was as if the light was burning her to her core. It was warm, yet odd. What happened? What's that light?
Before she manged to get the answer, she blacked out...
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The first thing she felt after she blacked out is the silent nudge of something by her sides. Somehow, she felt as if everything was so... comfortable that she didn't' feel like waking up. She ignore the nudge. However, a few minutes later, the nudge became even stronger. She groaned inwardly. 'This must be Chuchu' she thought bitterly. Oh, she was used to have Chuchu waking her up every morning, it was always effective. The only thing she didn't like is when the electrical mouse zapped her when she wouldn't wake up.
This time, Yellow didn't feel like getting zapped, "okay, I'm getting up..." She muttered as she cracked her eyelids. But then she suddenly remember where she was and what she was doing. She quickly sits up and looked around. The first thing she noticed is the whole terrain. It was ruined, as expected, with rocks and dust fluttering about. She gulped. Where's Lance? Is he gone for good? She felt another nudge. She turned her gaze around, expecting her very own party of pokemon. However, she was surprised to be greeted by the large snout of a Dragonite.
Yellow was dumbfounded, as the other dragonite and aerodactyl approached her to check on her conditions. She was confused, but that's when she noticed something strange, it was her clothing. She noticed that she's not wearing her usual yellow suit. Horror began to crept up her mind. She groggily brought her hands up, but its not her hand. When did her hands turn so... muscular. And why the heck did she has a red jacket on?
She reached up to her face and hair, and felt them over. No, this can't be... she never have red hair!
And that's when she heard a loud, shrill scream...
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Lance would never thought that he would scream in such a girly voice. He closed his mouth as soon as he opened them. He groggily stood up and stare at his own 2, slender arms as if it was something new to him. The pikachu, butterfree, omastar, dodrio and graveler stared at him in confusion.
He shook his head, and he could feel the ponytail swinging from side to side on his back, "No, no, no!" He cried out in horror. He then looks furiously around, and that's when he spotted HIM. His very own body. Lance could feel the rage burning up in him again, "YOU!" He screamed as he stormed his way to his body.
Yellow in Lance body looks up as her own body approached her. A look of confusion and horror was written all over her face. However, one of the things that scared her out of her guts even more is how mad her own face look. She never thought her face could look that... scary.
"What the heck did you do?" Lance in Yellow's body practically screamed in the girly voice. Oh, he didn't care anymore on what he sounded like, he just want to skin this girl alive!
"I don't know!" Yellow said, but closed her mouth quickly with her hands when she heard her masculine, rough voice.
Lance reached down to Yellow and pulled her up roughly, "If I didn't get my body back, I swore to Archeus I'll bury you alive!" He shouted.
"I-I-I don't know what happened!" Yellow said. This must be a dream right? There's just now way... no way that something like this could happen! Just no way! The horror slowly crept up to her chest. She wanted to scream as well, and to know that this is just a dream, "This must be a dream..." She said to Lance in a shaky voice.
Lance raised his right hand and slapped her face, "Does that feels like a dream to you?" He screamed.
Yellow was taken aback, but shook her head to respond, "No..." She whispered out.
Lance wanted to kill her right there and then. He wants to make her suffer for messing everything up in his life. But he wouldn't dare, she's in HIS very own body now! He growled as he let her go, he turned around and cried out in frustration as he hit the nearest rocks with her fist.
Yellow twitched, "Hey, stop that!" She wasn't saying this because she was concerned for him, she was concerned for her own body! Yellow could see the blood began to trickle down his fist.
"Why would I care?" He screamed at her and grabbed her by the collar, "This is all YOUR FAULT! YOUR FREAKIN FAULT!"
"I swore I didn't know anything about this!" Yellow cried out in a vain attempt to calm him down.
"Shut up, shut up, SHUT UP!" He screamed again as he pushed her off and began to paced around frustratedly.
The 10 pokemons they had stood by the sideline, trying to understand what just happened. They all exchanged confused glance, wondering if any of them had the slightest idea. But none of them seems to be capable to understand who their master is now. The whole thing really confused them...
"Okay, think Lance, think!" Lance said to himself as he tired to clear his head. There was an awkward silence as Lance began thinking silently. Yellow stared to the ground and began to wonder as well. The last thing she remembered is...
"This has something to do with the light we saw!" Lance concluded, "That light is not normal, there's something, or someone, behind this!"
"But who?" Yellow asked meekly, hoping she didn't ticked him off again. She didn't want to see her face be filled with anger again, no...
"... Something or someone that has the power to do this! Its either a powerful physic pokemon, or someone who can use magic!" He said as he frowned and began to pace around more erratically.
"... Calm down Lance, we can work this out," Yellow said as she gave her a reassuring smile. Of course, even at times like this, nothing can beats down her happy-go-lucky attitude and naivety.
Lance stared at her with a pair of amber eyes that used to belong to her, "Calm down? Calm down? How can I calm down when you, out of all the people, should have my body now?"
"Well, we can think of a way out," She said, "Right?"
"We HAVE to, idiot!"
Yellow frowned at his words, "You can't just call me that!" She complained.
"I can and I will!" He said as he glared at her.
Yellow swallowed, no matter in what body he is, Lance always has the capability of making the scariest glare. She chose not to talk anymore, considering the mental state Lance is in right now.
She looked down, 'What the Heck just happened?' She asked herself.