A/N: Hey everyone, this is my first new story under the pen name Namine Rose25, hope you enjoy this little glimpse into Gold's mind. I have edited this to lengthen it a bit and make the ending not as abrupt.

Turmoil

The young boy sighed as he kicked a small stone on the forest path. Viridian forest, the location the boy, known as Gold, was currently at. The calm peaceful feeling of the forest that was a symbol of home to Yellow and apparently Silver was nothing like Gold's inner turmoil. He had just found out that his (reluctantly admitted) best friend, his mentor, and his other seniors had been petrified in Vermillion City, a place he was due to arrive at later. Professor Oak had called Serious Gal and Gold in to find a way to reverse the current predicament. Later this afternoon the two of them were to be shipped off to Two Island for training in order to obtain the ultimate move for their starter type, so that they could begin their plan. Meanwhile, Silver and their seniors would be sent to the Battle Frontier that was about to be opened in Hoenn until they could be freed from their stone prison.

Gold had come to the forest with the hope of clearing his head. The whole thing was odd, even by dexholder standards. Being turned to stone was impossible, time travel was an even more plausible phenomenon then petrification. Gold would know, since he himself had been stuck in time. It was just Silver's luck though that he was pulled into this mess while searching for his home and family. Gold couldn't help but feel bad for the guy, Straw Hat Girl as well. Neither of them had been involved with this to begin with. Seniors Red, Green, and Blue had run across Team Rocket on the Sevii Islands and had to once again foil their plans, but they had been forced to hold the final confrontation here in the Viridian forest. Gold wasn't particularly sure how Silver and Yellow had gotten involved, but they had been. Now they were stone just like the others.

Gold clenched his fists as he felt a surge of anger towards Team Rocket; they seemed to be involved with everything in some way or another. What bothered him most was that he truly didn't what to feel about the situation as a whole. He felt anger of course, but he was also worried. Whatever had turned his friends to stone was still out there somewhere. If his seniors couldn't beat it, then what were the chances that anyone else could? Whatever or whoever it was, they wouldn't go down without a fight and they probably wouldn't let the others go very easily either. It made Gold, the cocky immature brat that he often was, apprehensive. Between that, anger at Team Rocket, and worry for his friends he was an emotional wreck. It bothered him, which was something he would never tell Serious Gal or Silver about since he would never hear the end of it then, that those emotions were so mixed up and prominent. In all honesty, it scared him that they might fail to save their world and revive their friends. He was supposed to be strong; he had saved the world and survived being thrown into the time rift. Red was even stronger since he was the Battler and their leader, even if he was a little oblivious at times, and he had fallen to their mysterious enemy.

"Gold!" A voice broke him out of his internal struggle. Gold turned toward the voice that called him seeing Crystal running toward him with her Tupeon flying behind her.

"What's up, Serious Gal?" He replied hoping that she wouldn't notice how conflicted he was. She scowled at the nickname the golden eyed boy had bestowed upon her, but responded to his question nonetheless.

"We have to head to Vermillion City or we'll miss the ship to the Sevii Islands."

"Right, then let's go!" Gold declared in his usual loud manner before taking out a pokeball as Crys shook her head at his attitude. The boy sent out his Mantaro and the two teens headed out to Vermillion.

"What's on your mind? You seemed distracted earlier." Gold looked at her in surprise at the question. He had thought his emotions hadn't shown through. Guess Silver was right when he said the Gold's poker face sucked, he would have to work on that one.

"I'm fine Serious Gal! Just psyched to save our seniors and Silv, I'm gonna hold this one over him forever." The boy smiled at the blue haired girl, a faked smile but a smile nonetheless. Said girl sighed at her friend's comment believing that he would do just that.

"Why don't we just focus on getting the ultimate moves first? You can plan how you want to gloat to Silver after that." Both then turned forward and lapsed into silence, determination coming to the forefront of their minds.

'Don't worry guys we're going to save you!' Gold thought as they continued the first leg of their journey. His feelings may have been mixed up, but their goal was cemented in his mind and he knew that the two of them would do whatever they could to achieve it.

A/N: Hope you guys enjoyed this story. Reviews are welcome and so are tips.