Sorry it took quite a while. When I finished what I had originally intended to be chapter 2, it just seemed too short. Either way, here is the second chapter (longer than I had wanted it to be, but oh well). Enjoy!
DISCLAIMER: I DO NOT OWN POKéMON OR ANY OF ITS RELATED MATERIALS!
-= Red's POV =-
I could not believe my eyes when I saw her. I did not expect to see a familiar face other than Green, and perhaps Professor Oak, today, so seeing her standing in the door opening was shocking. The blond girl had waist length hair, with some bangs covering her face, which seemed to absorb the light around her. This, of course, meant that it felt like she was radiating light by herself, which I found myself drawn into. After all these years, she has not changed at all. I got woken from my trance by Ms Erika.
"This seems to be a very interesting day indeed," Ms Erika began. I could see that she was unsure as to how to continue. I was still mesmerized by the blond girl and found myself staring at her again, "It seems that we have yet another new student in our class. Unlike Red and Green, however, our third new student has been studying here before. She moved up from tenth grade to our eleventh grade due to receiving perfect grades all around for an extended period of time last semester and, after consultation with her guardian, she was allowed to jump to our class. Now, why don't you introduce yourself?"
Ms Erika turned to the girl standing behind her and gave her an encouraging smile, but she did not move. When Ms Erika was talking, I noticed the girl twitched a little when she heard Green and I being mentioned, but I could have imagined it. Also, after hearing that she practically skipped the tenth grade, a lot of students had begun talking amongst their friends. I could see the blond girl twirling a lock of hair with her fingers, obviously incredibly nervous. After a while, she took a step forward and began her introduction.
"I… I'm… Amarillo D-Del Bosque V-Verde. F-F-Fifteen y-years old, M-March 3rd," she stuttered. I could see her trembling and was wondering whether she really was the girl of my past. The name did ring a bell, and their birthdays were the same. Then again, it could just be a huge coincidence. There was a moment of silence, where she was still trembling. All of a sudden, she bowed in front of the class, with several people gasping loudly, "P-Please call me Y-Yellow, I'm really honored to be here!"
Everybody in the room was still in shock and just stared at Yellow, who still had her head down. Even Green! This was surprising, as he was always calm and rarely showed any form of emotion. Realizing what was going on, I smiled, before I raised my hand. Professor Oak noticed this, tapped Ms Erika on her shoulder and then pointed at me. I stood up, and suddenly, all eyes were on me.
-= Yellow's POV =-
I heard the sound of a chair being pushed back, as if a student had just stood up. Curious, I looked up and a pair of crimson red eyes looked straight back at me. I jumped slightly, as I did not expect that. Those eyes were not scary, but warm, gentle and surprisingly, they felt familiar to me. I shook myself away from the red eyes and saw they belonged to a boy who was about a head taller than me (okay, I was short, but still). He had jet black hair that kind of stood on all ends, with several bangs in front of his face but not long enough to cover his face. Others might have called it messy but I found myself entranced by his looks.
"Hi Yellow, I'm Red!" the owner of those red eyes spoke, and I could feel myself almost floating away. His voice was even warmer than his eyes! At the same time, I was really sure I had heard that voice before… a long time ago… and that name… "Lighten up! You won't always be with people your age, but age isn't all that matters. Trust me, if anyone knows that, I do! You worked really hard to jump grades to get here right? What I'm trying to say is… You've made it this far, and I'm sure you'll be able to go all the way! So relax, smile and be yourself! Everything will work out somehow. I know it will." (A/N: is this OOC or would Red really say this? I dunno, not 100% sure myself)
A long silence followed after that. I had no idea how, but just a minute ago I was so nervous. Now? I am feeling perfectly fine. All my nerves had turned into confidence just by a few words! I found myself staring at him and noticed that everybody but the brown haired boy in front of him was staring at him also. I looked at the brown haired boy and noticed he was smiling. He turned around to look at Red.
"Nice speech Red, I have to admit I'm impressed!" I could see Red laugh nervously hearing this. The two boys then went to high five, "I can see why you're the captain of the Inferno Wyverns!"
"I wouldn't have been able to say it better myself Red, well done!" Ms Erika said, clapping. I heard Red mutter something that sounded like "thank you" before sitting down. Ms Erika then looked at me, "Well Yellow, I'm sure you know who Red is by now, so why don't you sit with him? That's the only seat left after all…"
"Um… ok…" I responded weakly. I started walking to my seat and suddenly started to feel nervous again. It was different this time, as Red's words still echoed in my ear, giving me courage. I put my books on my desk and sat down. The girl sitting in front of me turned around to look at me.
"Hey there! My name is Blue and Mr Grumpy here is Green, nice to meet you!" the girl offered me her hand, and I shook it. She seemed like a nice girl, and I was starting to feel more comfortable than I had ever felt before, "So~ I want to know all about you! But before that, tell me Yellow~ which class were you in originally?"
"Um… 10-B why?" I asked, hesitantly. I could see Blue's face light up while Mr Grumpy let out a sigh. I looked at Red and could see he was just watching our conversation as if it were his favorite TV program.
"That means you were in one class with him!" Blue hurriedly rummaged through her bag, looking for something. I saw Green looking the other way, bored. I then looked at Red sitting beside me, who gave me an apologetic smile.
"Sorry, I've only known Blue for three minutes so all I can say is that she loves to talk… but you probably realized that already." Red added, smiling. I could not help myself but giggle a bit, nod and think 'he sure is nice, even though he barely knows me', "As for Green… We've been friends for years so I can tell more about him. He doesn't say much, but he isn't mean or anything. He is just a guy of few words."
"The exact opposite of Blue right?" I joked, and could not help laughing softly. I heard a grunt and looked in the direction of the sound, in time to see Green's mouth return from a smile. Red was suppressing a smile and Blue was too busy looking through her bag to notice our conversation, "So, Red, h-how would you describe yourself? I mean, you described Blue and Green, so how about you?"
"Umm, well…" Red said, scratching the back of his head, obviously unsure on how to reply.
"Come on Red, you could describe me and Blue so easily but you can't even describe yourself?" Green had turned to face us, smirking. Red was chuckling nervously and I was looking from Red to Green and back, confused on what to say. Green turned to me and his face became serious again, "Red's a nice guy, always putting other people in front of himself. As you should have noticed, Red can give one hell of a speech. This is all 'cause he's the captain of the soccer team that won the nationals last summer!"
"That pretty much sums it all," Red chuckled nervously. He then turned to me and our eyes locked for a moment, making me gaze into those warm eyes of his. There was a silence of a few seconds, only interrupted with the sound of Blue looking through her bag and cursing under her breath, "So, um… how would you describe yourself Yellow? From what I can see, you're really nice but a bit on the shy and nervous side. Is there anything else?"
"Well…" I began hesitantly, not knowing where to begin to describe myself as Red had painted a pretty accurate picture. Luckily, I was interrupted before I could describe myself.
"FINALLY!" we all looked to Blue, who turned to me and slammed a picture on my desk. Red, Green and I all looked at the picture and saw a younger Blue with an even younger boy. The boy had shoulder blade length red hair with bangs covering his forehead but not his eyes. The two were laughing and the memory of the red head was slowly dawning on me, "His name is Silver Hayasamu, and he should have been in your class. So how about it Yellow, you know him right? If so, what do you think about him?"
"Oh right, Silver, I remember now! Yeah, he was really distant, always sitting in the corner of the class and rarely participating in class discussions. I once had to work with him for a group project in physics class and he turned out to be really nice," I said, recalling the red head who was in the same class with me before I jumped to this one. I then realized what I had just said and, unable to decipher Blue's expression, I quickly tried to apologize, "I'm sorry Blue, I didn't know you were dating, honest! I like him as a classmate but he is still on the quiet side, totally not my type!"
"Whoa, calm down there blondie," Blue laughed, holding onto both my shoulders. I looked into her eyes and could tell she was amused to say the least, "I just asked you what you thought about him right? That's 'cause he's my 'lil brother! I wouldn't want to be dating my own brother now would I? I asked you 'cause he hasn't said anything about school for a few months now! If you think he's quiet in class, you gotta check him out when he's home! But yeah, you're right, the two of you won't really match though… too bad, he really needs to get a girlfriend."
"WHAT?!" Red finally broke the silence of a few moments, nearly shouting. I was shocked myself and Green seemed… either relieved or tired, "No offense Blue, but you and Silver don't really look like brother and sister. You can tell us you're dating you know. I promise I won't laugh at you for more than three days."
"Thanks for the offer Red," Blue said sarcastically to him, with a tone of annoyance. I got a bit angry hearing her talk like that to Red but then I realized what I was thinking, blushed and quickly looked away from Red. Luckily, the others did not notice me yet, "But Silver and I are really brother and sister. The thing is… Silver is actually adopted, so of course we wouldn't look like brother and sister! I'd be surprised if we did actually. Don't tell him I said that! We did not have this conversation!"
Red and I looked at each other, speechless, and could only nod, not knowing what to say. Just then we heard the school bell ring and all four of us got up from our seats to go to our classes.
"By the way guys," Blue said, as she stood up. Red, Green and I were about to leave to our next class when Blue stopped us, "Since school ends earlier today, how about we go to that café I was talking about earlier? It's really nice and I'd like to spend more time with you guys! Let's meet up in front the school gate as soon as school's out!"
Red agreed in excitement, and I nodded frantically as well. Green barely nodded before leaving the class. The three of us then followed his example to find our next class.
{noon later that day}
-= Blue's POV =-
As soon as the bell rang, I had hastily shoved all my stuff in my bag and rocketed out of the class. Almost running, I had arrived in front of the school's front gate in almost no time at all. As expected, I was the first to arrive. I suddenly felt my phone vibrate and took it out of my pocket. Silver had sent me a text message and I hurriedly checked what he had sent: "k". I sighed, blaming myself mentally for hoping for a longer response, after all, it was Silver I told I'd be coming home late.
"Hey Blue!" a familiar voice came from the direction of the school. I looked up at Yellow running towards me who, albeit still a bit shy, seemed happier and more confident than she was that morning, "You sure came here early. Red and Green aren't here yet?"
"Nope, those boys are either very brave or very dumb to make two pretty girls like us wait like this, huh Yellow?" I said, looking at the school angrily. There still was no sign of Green or Red, and it was getting late. I then looked at her and she was fidgeting with her shirt in a very cute manner. 'This could be fun' I smirked, and leaned closer to her, "So tell me, does our cute 'lil Yellow have a crush on Red?"
"Eh-I-I-Wha-BLUE!" Yellow was screaming on top her lungs. I laughed evilly, at the same time wondering how such a cute girl could scream so loudly, "I barely know him! How could you think I have a crush on him?"
"Relax Yellow, I was just kidding" I laughed, as the blond girl was breathing heavily to try and calm down, "Still, you sure get mad easily when someone thinks you like him ya know! You sure you not in denial girl?"
"BLUE!"
"Pesky girl"
Yellow and I both looked up to see Green walking towards us, eyes closed and hands in his pockets. He went to lean against the school gate without saying another word. Yellow and I looked at each other and decided we would settle this another time. Just then Red came running out of the school building, panting heavily.
"Hey guys, so sorry I'm so late," Red managed, as he skidded to a stop in front of us. Doubling over to try and catch his breath, I was glaring daggers at him, Green did not pay him any of his attention and Yellow was trying not to look at him but failed miserably, as I caught her taking nervous glances at him multiple times. After a few seconds, however, Red was already breathing normally and was wiping off the sweat on his forehead with the back of his hand, "I kind of got lost and it took me a lot longer than I wanted to find the exit."
"You sure have a way Red, that much I admit" I glared at him. Red was shocked at my anger. 'Sheesh, how dense can he be?' I thought, controlling my anger, "We've been waiting for you for ages ya know!"
"I said I'm sorry" Red yelled, trying to run from me as I was chasing him. Green did not pay us a glance and Yellow was just staring, not knowing what to do or say, "Besides, it's only ten past twelve, so I'm only late ten minutes!"
"Oh well, let's just go to the café already!" I said, dragging Yellow along, who was trying to resist but I made sure my grip was strong enough. I looked over my shoulder to see that Green had begun following us, although a bit hesitantly, and Red first looked at us in shock before running after us, "You just have to pay for all of us since you made us all wait, Red!"
"What?"
{ten minutes later}
-= Green's POV =-
Although I originally thought this was a waste of time, I had to admit that it was quite… relaxing… to spend some time away from home and with Red and my new friends, Blue and Yellow. Although… I glanced around the café, noticing all the lovey dovey scenes… When Blue said there was a really good café near school, she very conveniently forgot to mention that this café was a café popular for couples. I sighed and looked at the awkward setting of our table.
Red and Yellow were sitting across from me and I would bet anyone that if you put a tomato in between their faces you would not be able to see the difference between the three! I managed not to laugh as I looked to my left, or rather, the thing that was clinging onto my left arm. Apparently, we would get huge discounts if we came as a couple, so Blue was clinging onto me. I wanted to push her off but I did not want to pass off that 80% discount. Red and Yellow both seemed to be very… uncomfortable…
Just then, the waitress bringing us our orders came. She gave Yellow her strawberry smoothie, Red his chocolate milkshake, Blue her lemon squash and I got my cappuccino. We all drank our drinks simultaneously before I looked out of the window beside me, bored. When I focused back into the conversation, I had noticed the talk had shifted to their families.
"So, don't tell Silver I told you guys 'kay? He doesn't like talking about it or other people talking about it. He'd kill me if he found out," Blue said with a wink, Red and Yellow only nodding in anticipation and I could only sigh, "You see, our mums were very close friends. Silver's parents were in a plane crash and when my mum rushed over, she was horrified. There was no one who would take care of Silver so my mum volunteered to adopt him and here we are now. I was five when Silver joined our family."
"Wow…" Red and Yellow said in unison, looked at each other and then hurriedly looked away from each other, slightly red in the face. I had to work hard not to smirk and saw Blue turn to Red, "So, Red, how about you? Tell us something about your family!"
A deafening silence followed almost immediately. I could see the color in Red's face disappearing almost completely, and I had to admit, I could not blame the guy. I knew what happened. Yellow, at least, snapped from her blushing to look frantically between Blue, Red, me and back. Blue was equally confused, "If you… don't want to… it's okay Red…"
"No, it's okay Blue, I'll tell you" Red said, still looking the other way. I could see the pain in his eyes as I quickly pulled myself loose from Blue's hold, grabbed both of Red's shoulders and started to shake him, apparently a bit too roughly, "Snap out of it Red! You don't have to talk about it! Didn't you hear the pesky girl?!"
"I said it's okay!" Red shouted, and turned to face me. I was slightly taken aback by Red shouting. He did a lot of things in the years that I have known him but he had never shouted, at least not in my face. He glared at me and I returned the glare. After what felt like years of glaring, I closed my eyes, dropped back on my couch and muttered a "fine" as I took my cup. Red seemed to have recovered though, as he looked calmer now.
"I'm sorry for that guys, it's just that it's a bit of a touchy subject for me," Red laughed, but I could see the pain I saw in his eyes previously still there. Yellow, at least, still looked at Red with genuine concern but the pesky girl beside me just sat there looking at Red with anticipation spelled all over her face, "You see, neither of my parents are here anymore… One night, there were a group of burglars who broke into our house. Dad went to stop them and to allow me and mum to escape. We didn't know the burglars were armed, and neither did dad. We never saw him again after that day. Mum died a few days later, of a broken heart, many said. After both mum and dad were gone, I spend most of my time sulking but then I met Green here, and I instantly made a new friend. I then found myself at his place many times and for extended periods of time. I was almost seven when… dad and mum… One of the reasons why I joined the Inferno Wyverns… was to… was to keep my mind off them…"
There was another deathly silence as everybody was staring at Red, who had trouble keeping himself from crying. Then, two female voices yelled out "Red" and the boy in question suddenly found himself in the arms of both Yellow and Blue. I only smirked and decided to give the three some time to bawl their eyes out. After about thirty seconds, I cleared my throat and the two girls almost immediately let go of him, "We're out in public ya know!"
"SO?" Blue glared at me, still wiping her eyes from the tear marks. I could hear Yellow still sobbing silently and Red trying to comfort her, "It was a sad story and if I hear a sad story like that I naturally cry! That is a normal human reaction! Every normal human does that!"
"What?! You saying I'm not normal?!" I glared back at her
"Either that, or you're not human," Blue smirked as I was starting to lose my patience, "You could very well be both though!"
"Is that a challenge I hea-" I began, but was quickly stopped by Blue pointing her finger right in my face. I flinched, something I'd have to beat myself up for later on, and looked in her glaring eyes, "Why don't you tell us about your family!"
"FINE!" I snapped, and Blue sat down, smirking. I put my almost empty cup down, looked out the window and began, "You know who my grandfather is already, he's the principal of our school. My parents started to travel a lot when I was about six, and even now I rarely see them. My sister, Daisy, helps to take care of our house in the absence of our parents. Now you happy, pesky girl?"
"Yup, very!" Blue laughed, as we all turned to Yellow. She had already calmed down after hearing Red's story but was still cowering in the corner slightly, visibly uneasy at the situation, "So Yellow, we saved the person we knew the least of for last. It's your turn blondie!"
"B-But… I…" Yellow began, looking at all of us. I nodded, trying to encourage her, I saw Blue winking at the blond girl and Red giving her his trademark smile. The latter seemed to give Yellow her confidence back, as she continued, "I'm sorry but… I can't remember much of my parents… just like Red, I lost them at a young age, but I can't remember them as I was only three back then. I have stayed with my uncle for as long as I can remember. He's really nice, so I don't really mind at all. But… I'm sorry guys, I always tense up in social situations. Please don't get the wrong idea, I'm really happy to have met you guys! I don't usually spend a lot of time with other people, so I don't really know how to act…"
"Yellow…" Blue, again, tried to hold back her tears. I gave Red a warning look and he understood. We both managed to grab the two drinks on our sides in time before Blue literally jumped over the table to hug Yellow, "You don't have to worry about a thing blondie! We're all friends so lighten up a bit!"
Yellow could barely manage a "ok" in Blue's tight embrace. I saw Red looking at the two girls nervously, before looking out the window. I realized it too and decided to be the one saying it, "Hey! It's getting late, we should be heading back home… at least, I do as I promised to help my sister with dinner tonight…"
{outside the café, five minutes later}
-= Red's POV =-
I looked at the money in my wallet, or what was left of it at least. I sighed, and looked up, seeing that Green, Yellow and Blue were getting ready to go. I ran up to them and we said our goodbye. Green left first and Blue walked away in a similar direction. I started walking home too when I realized that Yellow was walking behind me.
"Hey Yellow!" I called out to her. She seemed to have been deep in thoughts, and my voice had shocked her out of it. She quickly ran up to me, her face slightly red, 'probably from the heat and running' I thought, and apologized for spacing out. I could only laugh at her remark as we walked together, "You don't have to apologize at everything you know Yellow, we're friends so don't worry about it!"
"Ah… ok…" she mumbled. There was some time where the two of us did not say anything, until Yellow broke the silence, "So your house is in this direction too, Red?"
"Eh, what?" I shocked out of my trance. The two of us stared at each other for a while and then burst out laughing, "I guess it was my turn to space out! Sorry, but yeah, my house is in the outskirts of the busy center. I don't know if you know the place, it's called Masara Bourg and it's a really quiet and nice place." (A/N: name taken: Masara Town and Bourg Pallete, the Japanese and French names of Pallet Town respectively. So basically, it is still "Pallet Town" if translated directly. I have a habit of combining translation names for names, so don't be surprised if another one comes up in the future)
"You too?!" Yellow exclaimed surprised. I nodded my head and she smiled, "I live there too now! My uncle and I moved there a few months back as it is closer to school and uncle's work! This is great! I live near one of my friends!"
"Hahaha yeah, looks like it" I laughed at how happy Yellow seemed to be, "Let's go Yellow!"
-= 3rd Person POV =-
Nightfall came before the four teenagers had realized it. All four of them, unbeknown to the others, stepped in bed at the exact same time having different thoughts of that day.
'For my first day at school, a lot of things sure happened,' Red thought, as he got in bed, looking back at the day, 'Blue and Yellow seem really nice, and even though I know he won't admit it, I know Green is glad the four of us are friends and in the same class. Still, I wonder… is Yellow really the same girl? Nah, probably not… she would have remembered me from the start if she was…'
'Boy, today was great!' Blue almost could not contain her excitement, as she turned off her nightlight, 'Three new classmates in one day, and I became friends with all three! Yellow is really nice but too shy. I think she got something for Red though' Blue thought, grinning greatly, 'That Green guy, however, should loosen up a bit! He's way too emotionless...'
'I was scared I would be alone again this year,' Yellow thought, as she pulled her blanket up to her chin, smiling contently, 'But I was wrong… Blue, Red and Green are so nice to me, and I'm even living close to Red! I can't help but wonder… he looks so familiar but I can't remember meeting him before today… maybe I should ask him tomorrow?'
'Glad this day's over,' Green thought, as he let himself drop on his pillow, closing his eyes but a smile still very visible, 'I already know Red, Yellow seems nice but I'm glad I'm away from that pesky girl… who would think a girl could talk that much, sheesh…'
Despite the different thoughts going through each of their individual heads, the four teenagers slept soundly, knowing that they had made three great friends that day.
A/N
As I said in the beginning, this chapter turned out much longer than I originally planned. Oh well, more for you to enjoy right? So why should I worry? Anyway, a few things to keep in mind:
1) It is highly unlikely that I will put Pokémon in this series, as I want to focus on the development of the humans. I might change my mind in the future though, or introduce it in a different way
2) I remember originally putting AgencyShipping as one of my possible shipping, but now I'm considering leaving it only up to the Sinnoh trio. The cast will be quite large if I include the Unova quartet also, even though I want to. Right now, AgencyShipping (and perhaps DualRivalShipping) are on the "possible things to include in the future" list
3) This is my first fanfic where I have changing perspectives, so if it is confusing or you found a mistake, please feel free to tell me. As a matter of fact, I would appreciate it greatly if you did tell me; that way I can improve my writing and make future chapters and stories even better!
Name Explanation
Silver Hayasamu – from "haya" meaning "falcon" and "samu" (derived from "isamu") meaning "courage/bravery". Reason: the falcon part coming from how Silver learned to soar through the skies even after his past and the courage part should go without saying right?