TheSilver was struck. He looked back at his team. All the effort he had put into that team. His feralgatr, had ran out of HP, and had fainted. His anger rose inside him and prepared to insult his rival, Gold.

No. I'm not that kind of person. He withdrew his feralgatr and smiled. Good job buddy. He whispered. His heart still stung. He thought he changed. He had tried training his Pokemon with kindness, but he still failed. He thought back when he first battled Gold in Cherrygrove... He had stolen the totodile, and it practically hated him. It was only after the battle in Mahogany town that they really started to bond. He would never forget when his golbat evolved into a crobat. It was so nice to feel like the Pokemon loved him. He looked of at Gold. He was hugging his Suicune and saying good job. Silver walked forward timidly and shook his hand.

"Good game Silver!" He said cheerfully. That was what he always said when he won. Silver took a good look a Gold. When they had met in Cherrygrove, Gold was just a little scrawny kid. He had definitely changed. He was much taller now, a good deal taller than Silver, and his voice had become noticeably deeper. Both boys were almost 15, with them taking off when they were 11.

"Well Gold, I guess you are taking off for the Johto league."

"Aren't you?"

"If you could beat me that bad, then I don't stand a chance... I need to become stronger."

"When I finish the league, you can come over to my house in New Bark Town. My mom is over in Hoenn, but maybe you could stay for a while and train some before you face the league."

"Yeah." Silver said. "I'de like that."

Gold leaped as he finished off Lance's last dragonite with an attack from his Umbreon.

"Yes!" He shouted. "I did it! WE did it!" Gold ran over to his Umbreon and gave it a hyper potion.

Lance sigh as he accepted his loss. Lance lead him into the Pokemon hall of fame, and closed the door.

Silver ordered another surf from his feralgatr against a wild graveler. Yes! Level 60!

"Return!"

"Ferrrrra!"

"Silver!" Silver pocketed the Pokeball and turned back to see gold, carrying his Umbren, with Meganium and Typhlosion following close behind. He was riding Suicune with Sudowoodo on his back and Noctowl flying in the air.

"You won!?"

"Yeah! I can't believe it!"

"Woohoo!"

"Lemme call my mom!" Gold was sweating buckets. He had taken his jacket and shirt off in the heat of victory. Silver was surprised by how well toned Gold was. Silver averted his eyes from his torso.

"Bah! No connection! Whatever. I didn't expect it anyway. We are in victory road's cave, and my mom in over in Hoenn... But did you make sure your parents are okay with it?"

Silver new his father, Giovanni couldn't give two craps about him, and his mom was long gone as far as he new.

"Yeah. They are uh... Traveling too!" Gold smiled at him. Silver loved it when he smiled at him like that. His bright Golden eyes shone and his mouth smiled over his cute face. It made him feel 10x worse about lying to him, but he just blushed and smiled back.

Oh god. I can't be gay...

"Let's go Noctowl! Use fly!"

"Crobat! To New Bark!"

To be continued...