Disclaimer: I own nothing. Except my red and white Ash hat.

And no, you can't have it.

Abstract Memories

Before he started his journey to become a Pokémon Master, Red remembers a time when things were far simpler. As a child he had been close with two people. One was Green, who had been his best friend until puberty and, afterwards, his fiercest rival. This would continue on until Red defeated Green in the Indigo League and won the title of Champion from him. They set aside their rivalry and regained their friendship soon after.

The other person was Usagi, bright, cheerful, bubbly Usagi who, until this day, remains a figure kept mostly in his memories. Red doesn't remember exactly when the two met. Perhaps it was a day like any other, special for only the fortunate chance of their meeting. He does, however, remember the mischief all three of them used to get into as kids. There wasn't a day that went by when they weren't out, frolicking around, causing trouble for their worried parents. Or at least, he assumed Usagi's parents had been worried. Looking back on it now Red cannot recall ever having met Usagi's parents. She often talked about her mom and about how "bossy" and "tyrant-like" she was (back then he hadn't known what the latter meant), but she had never really revealed where she came from. Red had just assumed she was from the next town over. It had remained the biggest mystery of his young life and, even now, he thinks it may still be.

There is a point in time where Red's memories of her become a little fuzzy. It was later on, still not quite at the point where he would begin his journey, but farther past the time where they had become good friends. It was at that point when Green had started to act funny, becoming loud and obnoxious and declaring himself out to be the best at whatever they did. It was during that period when things between the three of them started to rift. Green would start doing things with his other "better" friends and Usagi, well, Usagi started to look more somber. Initially he thought it was because of Green. That Green's constant distancing had caused her to become unhappy. He would soon learn that was not the case.

As months passed Usagi became more and more withdrawn, lost in a state of constant worry. He tried asking her about it, but she would always brush it off as unimportant. Being a child, and an 9 year old at that, he was more than willing to let it go and concentrate on more important matters, like which Pokémon he would choose as his starter once he turned ten.

It was on the eve of his tenth birthday, sometime during the night, when he dreamed of something rather bizarre. He was lying in a field of wildflowers, looking out across the horizon, when she came to him, decked in a white gossamer gown with gold trimmings and a crescent moon emblazoned on her forehead. She had sat next to him, and for a while there was nothing between them but silence. It was after a few moments of this when she spoke and what she said he cannot quite remember. Something of a goodbye and going back to the Silver Kingdom. When he had awoken the next morning he had not remembered his dream. It was only years later, on Mt. Shirogane, when a boy named Gold had come to battle him with his friend Silver by his side, that he remembered the strange and obscure dream he had, had as a child. A simple dream. But one with a complex story behind it.

Oddly enough, the day he had awoken from that dream, it was as if all traces of the figure known as Usagi had disappeared. He had asked around, but no one seemed to remember her. Not even Green, who had been, for a time, nearly as close to her as he was to Red. He remembers Green taunting him. Ridiculing Red for dreaming up a girl to ease his lonely nights because he was such a "loser".

Red can deal with the fact that she may have been just a figment of his imagination. What he can't deal with is how empty his heart feels. It's as though, when she left, a part of him left with her. He guesses it doesn't matter now. What little he remembers of her is just in his memories. Still….

…he secretly wishes for another chance to see her smile. He hopes, that wherever she is, she is happy.

Heya guys, been a long time gone and now I'm back. For limited time only! So be sure to review if you want the next update. For this story I have already finished it, but I would like to see some reviews of this chapter before I post the rest. It's going to be a three-shot with a Red/Usagi pairing. So read and review my lovely viewers and let me know what you think! Like? Hate? I want to hear it all!

- Failisse