Author's Notes: Hello! First off, majority rules + the reviews I got so... here's the sequel! Now, I shall put the rest of the notes at the bottom so that all of you great readers and reviewers can enjoy yourself to this story! :)

Special thanks to my faithful (meaning loooong time) reviewers from WP: MrMissMrs Random, greenteamoose, Invisible-chan (thank you for your criticisms as well), Shizuka Suzuhara, Tamie123, Khrystie

Disclaimer: I don't own PKMNSpe ;P


Chapter 1:
Retrace

"C'mon! Faster reflexes!" Lance commanded with his arms crossed and his face stern. His amber eyes were fixed on his blonde pupil. Yellow, his student, was training with her two commonly trained Pokèmon, Chuchu and Dragon, her Dragonair that Lance gave her. The two blessed trainers of Viridian had trained their hardest in hiding on one of the Whirl Islands.

Only a week has passed since Yellow's accomplishment of finishing her pre-training that Lance had planned out for her. It was a pretty brutal pre-training considering she didn't like surviving out there by herself and using her Pokèmon to battle so that they would be able to be alright. No matter the hardship, she kept pushing herself because of one person: Red.

Red, it was always him that she had the reason to fight. She did not know the reason but it was probably because she had always admired him especially when she met him at the age of nine. That same boy, now that same older, modest, and somewhat mature teenager became her first crush she has ever had. From those years she has known him, he would always risk himself to protect her… and now, it was her turn to step up.

Lance, her new teacher, trainer, master… all those things link to the one thing she desires: to become stronger and better, especially to be of great assistance to Red when he goes into serious battles. After the day of her accomplishing the pre-training the dragon master prepared for her, it became non-stop battling and scolding from him. Through all of it though, he had a reason to be pushing her this hard, even if it's been only a week.

After the last blow, Yellow fell to the ground completely exhausted from training her two main Pokèmon, Chuchu and Dragon. She tried to get up but in the end, she couldn't. Even a fourteen-year old would feel complete exhaust, "L-Lance…" The blonde teenager struggled in getting up, "I-I think I'm finished for today…" With that said, Yellow collapsed to the ground with her straw-hat slipping off, revealing her long pony tail lying across the damp floor.

Even if her leg healed, it still put a strain to her physical body. After all, she was still a growing girl. Lance sighed and walked up to the blonde girl and yanked her by the ponytail, "I didn't offer to train you if you were going to exhaust so easily!" He gritted his teeth while Yellow started to struggle in pain to his hold on her ponytail. After a while, he dropped her on the ground, "I'm giving you an hour to rest and I expect you to get back on training." With that, Lance walked off to another part of the secret chamber.

In the secret chamber, there were four rooms that connected to each other deep below the Fourth Whirl Islands. Lance occupied the fourth chamber because it led him to his old hiding chamber place up above while he gave Yellow the third chamber so she would be under his watchful eye. The other two chambers were used for training because of its capacity and that it could withstand the attacks by the Pokèmon.

Yellow rubbed her head and grabbed her straw-hat while Chuchu and Dragon quickly came towards their trainer, "Jeez… Lance can be so hard to train under…" She complained nearly about to cry because of how much he pushed her and exhausted her. The Healer has never been pushed this hard to where beyond her limits, she felt like she could give in. Not even the time where she released the Pokèmon from their collars could compare to this.

"It's just Lance…" Dragon rolled her eyes, "You'll get used to him… He is just not friendly with humans, especially you, considering you foiled the plans for us Pokèmon to receive the perfect Utopia." She sarcastically added as well.

"Oh why don't you put a sock in it?" Chuchu's fur flared up, "He pushed you and I hard so don't complain to Yellow! I can also recall that you were brainwashed by him too!" She fumed, trying her hardest to defend her trainer.

Yellow went between the two Pokèmon, "Quit it you two. Now's not the time to argue. We need to rest up otherwise we'll be even more exhausted for whatever Lance has planned for us." The two Pokèmon glared at each other then came to agree with her, "Now…" She placed her hands on Chuchu and Dragon to heal them.

Out of the darker corners, Lance watched her from afar as she healed her Pokèmon and in less than five minutes, Yellow was knocked out after calling in her Pokèmon.


A month of frantic searching and no sign of the Healer to be seen from, heard from or even any trace of her. It was like after her disappearance, she was wiped off the face of the planet! This deeply concerned everyone that was close to her, especially her Uncle Wilton and the Pallet dex holder, Red, known also as the Battler.

Many would've thought that after a while she would show up to tell everyone she was alright. Nothing came from her at all. Everyone was worried that she had disappeared and something bad happened… like death. It was a possibility considering the fact that they couldn't track down Yellow's Pokedex. It also showed frequent signs of the device being nonexistent.

Even gym leaders such as Erika, Brock, Misty, and Blaine joined in on their search. It made Misty feel that there was no competition over Red because Yellow was missing but at the same time, the Cerulean gymleader felt worried and hopeful that they would find her again. Erika and Brock felt the same along with Blaine, who actually battled alongside her against Lance.

The weirdest thing was that after Lance disappeared from the danger that loomed over the Viridian Forest, Yellow's disappearance occurred at that same instance. However, according to Silver, he couldn't find Lance's hideout so to speak. Everyone did question him on how he knew Lance and what extremes he did for the dragon master.

On a nice sunny day like now, any person with common sense would be enjoying this. However, the young Battler is out, stressed, in search for his young friend. He couldn't believe that after a month and one week there would still be no traces of the girl anywhere! Recently after hearing from Silver about Lance, Red has been searching Olivine's seas and especially the Whirl Islands.

It's suspicious enough hearing that Lance created a secret chamber within the fourth Whirl Islands for hiding. Finishing his rounds, he let out a heavy sigh before leaving the skies of Johto, 'Someone… anyone… anything… I need to find her… where could Yellow be?' Red flew away on his Aerodactyl.


BOOM CRASH

"Good job Dragonite." Lance called back his powerful dragon Pokèmon back to its Pokèball. An hour has passed according to the outside world. He released a sigh however; he couldn't help but notice a familiar trainer flying on an Aerodactyl, 'How interesting… he's searching for Yellow…' With that thought in mind, he quickly walked down through the lower parts of the chambers, 'I wonder if she's-' Before he finished the thought, he tripped, "What the-?" His amber eyes went wide with shock and anger.

On the floor, the one that tripped him, Yellow was still asleep until Lance had tripped over her. She sleepily opened her eyes to find his legs on her petite body. She could feel her face flush with embarrassment, "L-Lance!" Yellow nervously spoke, "I-I'm sorry, I mean… if I would've woken up earlier…" She started to panic in fear of another harsh punishment to be imposed on her.

Lance, on the other hand, growled before he got up from her and dusted himself off. He glared towards his young pupil. With one swift movement, he administered a loud slap that even Zubats came flying out of their dark and dank den. After the harsh slap, Yellow shakily brought her hands up to her cheek and refused herself to even let out one tear, one sign of weakness or sadness, "Start training in the first chamber. I will check up on you." With that, he walked away into the fourth chamber.

Once she was sure he left, Yellow let the tears flow down her face, 'Even though I'm under Lance's training…' She sniffled and tried her hardest not to let anymore come down, 'He doesn't have to treat me this way…' A flashback of when she harshly beat him back at Cerise Island appeared in her mind, 'Maybe… maybe it's because I ruined his plans he's treating me like this… I'm not sure but…' Yellow shook her head fiercely before she got up and released her entire team out, "We've got a lot of training to do guys."

Before she went, Yellow grabbed her straw hat and adjusted it on her head and ran to the first chamber. As she did, Lance emerged from the darkness of the third chamber. He didn't leave quite yet as Yellow thought she did. He watched her with his cold amber eyes before he heard his Pokèmon calling out to him through their Pokeballs, "That was harsh what you did to her…" Altaria muttered.

Lance released a sigh, "It was harsh what she did to me from those years back…" He retorted, recalling that powerful Megavolt that she unleashed unto him and the humiliation of being defeated for once in his lifetime. The powerful dragon master, ex-elite four member of Kanto, was beaten by a young kid, no, teenager now, who was especially a girl, defeated him.

"Don't you think you're being unreasonable? I mean, it was three years ago…" His Dragonite added while wearing a stern face.

"Try to be nicer to her!" Altaria started to fume towards his master.

With that suggestion, Lance raised an eyebrow, "Nice?" He sneered before he shut his Pokèmon off from his mind and quietly stalked after Yellow into the first chamber. Even after his Pokèmon's suggestions, he couldn't help but feel… bothered by what they said. He usually took what his Pokèmon said to heart being that they are the only living creatures that he can trust fully.


"Hey Crys! I got the results back from the testing area!" Crystal, the assistant to Professor Oak, sat in a very bored manner before Emerald called out her name, "Here, is this what you wanted?" The short dex holder asked his sister-figure.

Crystal simply took it and forced a small grin, "Yes. Thanks for the help Rald." She nodded, "I'd like to view these files to myself now if you don't mind." The Catcher added and with that, Emerald left. However, as he left, he couldn't help but feel that something was bothering her. Once he left, Crystal closed her eyes, feeling tears falling down her face, 'Why… am I crying?' She thought to herself.

After the events in the Viridian Forest, she has never felt like herself in a long time. Before the events, she used to be so bummed out because Gold would not come on time for their dates, as she loved to call them before. They were really training but she saw them as such and Gold did too but she would not really admit it out loud. Now, Crystal could not explain why she rejected him when he finally confessed he liked her… a lot.

A picture of Silver's face flashed in her mined, 'Why… what reason do you have that…' Crystal felt her mind and throat choke on her own words, 'You can't… love me…' She wiped her tears away, '…back…?' Tears started to threaten to come out but she fought them off well before hearing a knock on the door, "Huh?" She quickly wiped her tears away, "Who is it?" Her voice sounded shaky but hopefully they'll get over it.

"It's me." The door opened and Crystal could swear that she felt her stomach drop at the voice and the person that stood at the doorway. After that time back at the PokèCenter a month ago, she wasn't all that thrilled to see him. In fact, she had used that time to avoid being in the same room as him if they were the only two people. Silver on the other hand became annoyed quickly, "I'm here to look at those results you got from Emerald." He sneered before walking towards the desk.

Crystal quickly slid the reports to her side, "I was taking a look at them first." She retorted.

Silver couldn't take this any longer. For a month, when they even had a chance to stay in a place where it was just the two of them, Crystal would give him the cold shoulder, "They're not even open." He responded.

"It was because you came here when I just received them."

The Trader could not take it anymore then slammed his fists on the table which made Crystal jump, "Tell me what your damn reason is for treating me like crap! Why the hell are you acting this way?" He exclaimed as his silver eyes pierced straight into her eyes.

From his words, Crystal felt almost hurt just listening to him. His eyes immediately softened when he noticed it. Crystal glared at him, "Get out." She spoke, "Get out otherwise I'll make sure that you're not welcomed here even if you're one of the PokeDex holders." She threatened in an icy voice.

Silver hid his shocked emotions from her cold attitude and the threat, "…" He did not say anything and left. What he did not notice however was the tear that fell from her eyes.


"Chuchu! Now use Volt Tackle against those rocks!" Chuchu did as what her trainer ordered and accomplished the attack with great accuracy. It took them many hours to perfect their attacks on their accuracy but something was missing, "Good job all of you!" Yellow's Pokèmon came scampering towards her, "I think you guys deserve a nice healing session!" She giggled and just as she was going to place her hands on them…

"Not so fast!" Yellow turned her head to the voice that called her attention.

Lance approached his pupil, never letting his eyes wander aimlessly just to keep it focused on her amber eyes, "It's been a week since I have started training you." He started out, keeping his gaze on her, "Answer me honestly." Yellow stared at him with suspicion as her master adverted her gaze to the rocks on the seafloor cavern, "Erm…" He shut his eyes before walking away, "Never mind, just keep with your training but don't heal your Pokemon until training ends for today."

"What? Aren't your own Pokemon your priority to watch over and to care for?" Yellow questioned him as she got up, trying to call him back.

The dragon master came to a halt, "Of course. I don't want to see you fall asleep again after you use your powers on your Pokemon." He started off before turning his head over his shoulders, enough to see his pupil, "I've noticed that after some training, once you use your healing powers or any of your Viridian powers, you get knocked out." Yellow blushed in embarrassment after his statement, "Refrain from using your powers for a bit, build on your Pokemons' stamina, and…" Lance paused for a moment, "Don't heal your Pokemon until I come back."

With that said, Lance walked away, leaving Yellow to ponder upon what he ordered her to do, "Alright team…" Her amber eyes studied her exhausted Pokemon, from Chuchu to the water Pokemon that Misty gave her, Omask, "We have to work on our stamina if we want to get stronger!" Yellow spoke with determination before she and her team went back to training.


"Red… I think we should stop for today…" Misty's ocean-colored eyes were focused down on the sand of Olivine's beach while her arms were entwined in the back.

The Battler released a weary sigh as he turned to the Cerulean gym leader, "You can stop if you want." He almost sounded harsh towards Misty, "I have to keep looking for her. I can't stop knowing that somewhere in my gut… I'm somehow linked to her disappearance." Red's eyes were filled with regret, even though he did not know what caused Yellow's disappearance.

The last time he did see her, Yellow looked very… uneasy, especially when he came inside and checked up on her. What was wrong with her? Was she sick or ill? Did he do something wrong or anything that could have triggered her disappearance? All of these questions swirled in the trainer's head for the past month since she mysteriously vanished.

Misty flinched at is coldness before she shifted her gaze to him, "Red… all I'm suggesting is that you get some rest. I hate seeing you and everyone who's with me on this, like this! Please…" She turned to him and placed her hands on his hands, "For the sake of everyone, especially me, please, get some rest. None of us like seeing you beat on yourself." The Cerulean gym leader pleaded him.

Red looked down on the beach shores then took removed his hands from her grasp, "Fine…" He answered, though he wasn't pleased with his own answer, "But, I'm resting here tonight. Who knows, some evidence of her might linger around here and I might not even know it." He grinned, "Don't worry about me, you can go back to watching your gym." The Battler looked at her sincerely.

"Alright…" The red-head wore of look of doubt, "Though, you'd better sleep!" With that, she took out her bike and rode off to Goldenrod City to take the next train back to Saffron.

Once she left, Red released a tired yawn before sitting himself on the soft sands of Olivine's beach. He watched as the sun was setting very peacefully, especially with the colors of yellow and red mixing together to create a radiating but soft tone of orange. The several shades of yellow bothered Red as it only reminded him of the girl he was searching for… desperately.

'Where could you have gone Yellow…?' Red closed his eyes as he felt the cool ocean breeze hit his face. He could only wish for a sign, anything at all, for the girl's existence. Many have given up and believed that she was dead already but… he did not want to believe it, not in the slightest bit.


For a few several hours, there was nothing but harsh training to improve Yellow's Pokemon's stamina. There were times where her Pokemon, especially Dragon, would disobey her because they were too tired to continue, but Yellow would push them, especially because she had the fear of Lance coming in and proceed to do his usual beatings on her if she did not follow his orders. The Healer was on the brink of breaking but she knew that if that happened, Lance would only taunt her of being weak and especially, would not think of herself worthy to fight by Red's side.

"Only a couple more laps and then we're done!" Yellow coached as she ran besides her Pokemon. Right now, they had been running seven laps around the first chamber and she told them that if they ran at least ten, they would be done for the day, "We can do this team!" The blonde exclaimed though weakly as her petite body could give in at any moment.

"Enough!" Yellow and her entire Pokemon team finally collapsed on the ground at that sound. The blonde teen was surprised that Lance had stopped them when they were at already nine laps, almost finishing the ten, "Yellow, heal your Pokemon." The Viridian trainer commanded though his voice was not as stern as it had been before.

Yellow looked at him like he was crazy, "Lance… I thought you said that I couldn't heal them because-"

"I didn't tell you to give me excuses. Just heal your Pokemon." Lance retorted with a roll of his eyes.

Once she started the healing process, Yellow could almost feel her energy being sucked out of her at an extremely faster pace than before, 'C'mon, I have to heal them…' She thought as she got through her third Pokemon. Her entire body started to shake out of control after she barely healed her fifth Pokemon, 'Ungh… I can't faint… not yet!' With determination, she was at her last Pokemon.

After the last, Yellow smiled and then felt the room swirl but before the darkness could engulf her vision, "Yellow, don't you dare fall asleep!" Her eyes snapped back though she still felt her body swaying back and forth, between the lines of sleeping and staying awake. Yellow kept her sleepy eyes on Lance's burning amber eyes, the only thing that was keeping her awake.

"L-Lance…?" She asked in a tired tone that made her Pokemon worry for her, though not so much for Dragon.

Lance grabbed her shoulders and kept his eyes on hers, "Don't fall asleep. This is the next part of your training. You must endure the temptation of falling asleep after the use of your powers." He spoke sternly, "Now, just keep your eyes on mine for at least ten minutes then your training for today is over."

The last part was going to be challenging. Yellow knew that if she exhausted herself and used her powers on seven Pokemon, she couldn't stay awake for more than thirty seconds flat! All she could do was hope she can sustain her energy and stay awake long enough to satisfy Lance.

All her eyes could do was stare into Lance's amber eyes. As she stared into his brightly colored eyes, she felt herself back at home in the Viridian Forest – the freshness of everything in the forest that she called home. Yellow couldn't help but feel heat rising up to her cheeks at upon realizing the closeness of her master's face. She didn't know what to feel at the moment but her body was shaking out of control through the humongous strain the young Viridian trainer put on herself.

"I-I don't know if I can… stay…" Her eyes were drooping to a dangerous level though Lance shook her out of it.

"I told you…" Lance slowly spoke, making sure her eyes were re-opening again, "Stay awake. You need this for endurance training on yourself." He brought his face closer because he noticed the way she felt so awake and jumpy when his face was close to hers, "Only a few more minutes then you can sleep." He told her.

Yellow couldn't handle it anymore and her body was on the verge of disconnecting from her mind, "O-Ok… Lance…" She sleepily spoke but now, even the closeness of his face, could not keep the young trainer awake any longer, "I can't…" Yellow started to collapse within his arms.

Lance grunted before he uttered a few words that were bound to keep her awake, "I love you." With those three words, Yellow jolted back awake with her face shaded in the darkest red possible. After her humorous reaction, Lance smirked, "Time's up. You're done for the day." With that, he walked away and towards his chamber.

The young Viridian trainer was left on the ground, pondering on his words, 'W-What did he mean by that?' She started to freak out before Dragon came by next to her, 'Oh, alright… in an attempt… to…' With those last thoughts, Yellow fell towards the ground only to be caught by Golusk and to be carried by the rock Pokemon to her chamber.

As Yellow's Pokemon brought her to her chamber, Lance, with his arms crossed, stared after her with a small smirk from the darkness of the second chamber.


It was nearly midnight once Crystal finished reviewing all of the files that Emerald brought to her hours ago. The files contained results from the "poison" that Bridgette used on Crystal and the other fellow dex holders. It turned out that there were nanochips floating around in the blood stream. They got in when the dex holders received the open wounds and injuries from all of those controlled Pokemon.

After organizing the results into a neat pile, Crystal leaned back in her chair as her eyes shifted from the files to the ceiling. Myriads of thoughts started to float in her mind which was mostly of recent past events that had just happened. The Catcher could not help but ponder on those words that broke her last month ago. It still hurt her just thinking about it. Every so often she would wonder about the meaning behind the words he chose to use for a response.

"Hey Crystal…" Crystal turned around to find Green standing at the door way, "Have you heard of anything from Red yet?" He asked with his tone full of concern.

"I'm sorry Green." She responded with weary eyes, "He's probably resting somewhere so that he can resume his search for Yellow." This was also another surprising event that happened. After the day Silver rejected her, everyone in the PokeCenter went frantic over the fact that Yellow was missing and everything that belonged to her mysteriously vanished.

Green released a sigh, "I'm not so sure if he should continue his search." This surprised Crystal, "I mean… right now, we've searched all the three regions: Kanto, Johto, and Hoenn. We should have found a clue or anything that could tell us she's alright or even alive." He grumbled in frustration.

The Catcher frowned on his answer, though she knew that he was right, "Green…" She started, "We can't give up yet. It… somehow, it feels like she's still alive… wherever she may be." Crystal said, "For now, we have to keep searching." Green shook his head at this, "You know that even though Red may not realize it yet… Yellow is someone who is truly special to him." At this sentence, his face popped up in her mind though she shook it out of her mind.

The Raiser caught on to her words then released a small sigh, "I know that you may sympathize with Red on this but…" Crystal felt a slight flush of embarrassment turn her cheeks pink, "You have to realize that this is real life. Not everyone can get that happy ending everyone wants." He stated sternly, even if it may have sounded slightly cold.

"Like with you and Blue?"

Silence filled the room after the question was asked. Green adverted his emerald eyes away from her crystal-blue ones, "…" The Raiser felt speechless for once in his life. He could almost feel hurt rising in his chest at the mention of her name. Even though Green and Blue seemed fine on the outside, on the inside, it was a whole different story to be told later on.

Crystal knew that it hit him somewhere though she wasn't sure of the specifics of what happened between them. Once their eyes meet with each other again, they didn't speak another word. Green released a sigh then turned and left the room, leaving the Catcher with her thoughts.

"Not everyone can get that happy ending everyone wants…"

His words kept ringing in her mind. It still hurt Crystal even if one month had passed. She gazed up at the ceiling, pondering on all the broken relationships that still need mending.

Then, it came to her attention that there was always someone who always knew how to cheer her up… how to fix a broken heart… how to restore her former self. At once, Crystal reached out for the communicator…

Gold


Author's Notes:

Hopefully it's off to a great start and it will be just as good or better than Whispering Pain :3

Now, all of you will be looking at the relationships that will soon grow throughout the story. Hopefully, I'm not rushing things between the characters, especially between Lance and Yellow. Their relationship will be complicated along with Yellow's affection towards Red. For Silver and Crystal, well, they just have a dramatic thing going on along with Gold who's going to be in it for the ride.

Well, I don't know if I can say anymore about this.

Laterz :3 33333

MiumiGirl Out!