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Chapter 4: Never Forget

October 31, Berlitz Mansion…

Diamond and Pearl were seated at the chairs in the heiress' bedroom and waited patiently for her, who was retrieving something in another room. They weren't sure what it was but they were certain it had to do with the task Mrs. Berlitz gave them… Maybe it was tickets to a ferry?

The two talked about what they were looking forward to seeing in Unova until Platinum entered the room with a big envelope. Platinum closed the door behind her and walked towards them.

"Mother showed these to me. Since we are doing this together, I thought that I should also show it to you. And of course, I had asked her beforehand if I could do so," Platinum said as she opened the envelope and took out a few pieces of paper. She placed one of them on the table so the two boys could see it.

Diamond and Pearl took a glance at what was on the paper then two boys began to read it silently. It seemed to be a report on a certain Pokemon from Unova. There were stories given by individuals who have seen Kyurem before. There wasn't much information, but from the data that was given by the researcher, the Pokemon appeared to be quite powerful and… terrifying. A part of the text read:

Kyurem has a unique type combination since no other Pokemon seems to have the same one as it. If Kyurem found Pokemon and humans outside at night, it supposedly at them. It was said that Kyurem had descended from an icy comet, which also lead to the creation of the Giant Chasm.

"It ate people and Pokemon…?!" Diamond gasped. "That's just… that's…"

"… Just so wrong," Pearl said. Diamond nodded in agreement.

"Mother is currently working on a research project involving Kyurem, but she doesn't have all of the information needed. Luckily, Bianca has some information mother would find useful to her research," Platinum stated.

"So all we have to do is get the documents from her. We don't have to do any field research on Kyurem ourselves, right?" Pearl asked, looking a little worried. The part where it spoke about how Kyurem came from an icy comet and created the Giant Chasm (whatever that was) sounded cool to him, but when it mentioned how it ate people… it just made him make a mental note to not go messing around with that Pokemon since it could potentially eat him.

"Yes. The fact that it eats humans and Pokemon hasn't been proven, so you do not have to worry about it," Platinum assured them.

The two boys were relieved to hear that it could possibly be false information, but they couldn't help but to get a little scared about getting eaten. They surely didn't want that to happen to them.

…

Pallet Town, Oak's Laboratory, 2:30pm…

…

Green glanced at the blueprints of the RLS system and made marks on the paper to show where the changes need to be made in order to strengthen it with a pencil.. He studied the RLS system momentarily.

'Blue's death occurred because of this,' he thought, remembering her cold fingertips and her limp body slumped on a large rock.

He released a long sigh and took it into his hands, proceeded to exam parts of the RLS system.

'I'm sorry, Blue.'

He gritted his teeth and tried to not think about her lifeless figure. Instead, he tried to imagine her in her black dress and boots, riding on top of Moltres. He knew about her phobia, and he was glad to see that she was able to overcome it. She was strong willed. She was beautiful.

But thinking about those moments only made his chest hurt more. If only he could apologize to her and let her know how he felt about her. If only he could make her feel the way she wanted to.

Sadly, it was too late for that. His death is a few weeks away and he couldn't risk Blue remembering him because she could also possibly remember her tragic past.

He wanted to hold her in his arms and tell her that everything would be alright now and he would protect her, but he didn't.

Because of him, their relationship became a wreck. Both of them got hurt. And it was his fault. He just wished he told her sooner…

'I love you.'

…

S.S. Tidal, 3:34pm…

…

It was a normal afternoon at the S.S. Tidal. The passengers and the crew were doing their daily routines. Suddenly, the ship ferociously rocked to the side. The people on the ship staggered back due to the unexpected swaying of the ship. Passengers were clinging onto something attached to the wall and the crew members attempted to quickly face the problem in a calm, orderly manner, but the ship's sudden movement proved it to be difficult for people on board to walk around.

Sapphire and Ruby were in their rooms at that time. Once the rocking occurred, Ruby yelled for her to grab onto something, but she refused to listen. Sapphire ran out of the room, searching for what caused the ship to move back and forth so abruptly.

Ruby cursed to himself and ran after her. He stumbled a few times because the ship would sway even more at times. He wondered what happened that caused the ship to do that.

Eventually, Ruby managed to catch up to Sapphire at the deck of the ship. She was standing there, staring at something.

And then the ship swayed violently again. Afterwards, a Gyarados came out of the water before it swiftly dived back underwater.

"Sapphire! What are you doing there?!" Ruby called out to her loudly.

Sapphire glanced at the water for a moment before she turned to face Ruby. "Ruby, send out your Pokemon!"

"Just tell me what's going on-"

"DO IT!" She exclaimed as she took out a Pokeball from her bag.

Ruby sent out Ruru and Sapphire sent out Rono. Sapphire concentrated and waited to hear the Gyarados come up from the water.

"Attack when I tell you to," she instructed him.

Ruby nodded. He kept his guard up and waited for the moment to attack.

When the Gyarados ascended from the water, Ruby prepared himself to give a command to Ruru. He waited momentarily for Sapphire's cue, but it never came until another Gyarados came up from the water.

"NOW! Rono, Take Down!"

"Ruru, use Confusion!"

Rono charged at a Gyarados and slammed recklessly at it, while Ruru attacked the other one with a weak telekinetic force that left the Gyarados confused.

The two Gyarados staggered back after getting hit. When they managed to regain their composure, they roared at Sapphire's and Ruby's Pokemon. One of them launched at Rono and proceeded to damange it with a Crunch attack.

Sapphire quickly reacted, "Iron Defense!"

Rono obeyed and hardened it's body, raising up his defence against the Crunch attack. When the Gyarados' fangs came in contact with Rono's body, Rono hardly felt any pain.

"Quick, use Iron Tail! Then Metal Claw!" Sapphire shouted.

Rono's tail hardened and he spun around, effectively hitting the Gyarados in the face with it's Iron Tail. It gave the Gyarados no time to counter and then Rono proceeded to thrust the Gyarados back into the water using a Metal Claw.

The Gyarados fell into the water with a big splash. Once that Gyarados was defeated, the other one began its attack. It began to charge it's powers and Ruby's eyes widened when he realized what move it was about to use. Sapphire caught on as well.

Ruby immediately sent out Swampert and said, "Counter it's Hyper Beam with a Hydro Cannon!"

Sapphire followed his lead and sent out Toro as well. "Help them out and use Blast Burn against it too!"

The wild Gyarados aimed a powerful Hyper Beam at them. To counter its attack, Mumu directed a Hydro Cannon towards the Hyper Beam. Toro shot a Blast Burn in the same direction, causing for the two Ultimate Attacks to merge and create an even more powerful beam.

The Hydro Cannon and Blast Burn fused attack proved to be much more stronger than the Hyper Beam the Gyarados attacked them with, as it had pushed through the Hyper Beam and effectively struck the Gyarados. An explosion occurred once the attack came in contact with the Gyarados.

When the smoke that covered the deck faded away, there wasn't a Gyarados in sight anymore. Sapphire checked to see if the waters appeared calm and thankfully it did. The two Hoenn Dex Holders waited for a bit more to see if the Gyarados would possibly attack again (even if they doubted it since it couldn't have been able to endure a two Ultimate Attacks at once).

Once they deemed it safe, Sapphire and Ruby returned their Pokemon back to their Pokeballs.

"You shouldn't just go running out like that when we're in the middle of an attack, Sapphire!" Ruby exclaimed.

"It wasn't an attack," Sapphire told him.

"Then what was it? An accident? Those Pokemon attacked the ship and they attacked us. How was it not an attack?" Ruby retorted.

"The ship was interfering with their battle and they got mad. Depending on their nature, Gyarados won't attack anyone unless they were provoked. When the ship was swaying, I guess we got in the way of their fight. Then they attacked because it pissed them off. Something like that," Sapphire pointed out. "Papa always told me to never get in the middle of two wild Pokemon battling because the results won't always be good."

"… Oh. But still, you shouldn't do something reckless as that in a real attack. Seriously, Sapphire. You're basically trying to get yourself killed," Ruby folded his arms.

"Are you worried about me?" Sapphire mused.

"Yes, because I don't want you dying on me again! What makes you think I want to lose you once more?!" Ruby responded.

Sapphire blushed slightly because she hadn't expected him to say that. "… You're an idiot," she murmured, fiddling with her fingers and looking away from him. "You shouldn't think that I'll want to leave you either. Besides, that was nothing compared to the other things we've gone through," she added.

"Still, you need to stop charging into battle like that. You'll get yourself killed."

"I know how to take care of myself."

"Right, because running straight to your death means that you take great care of yourself," Ruby said sarcastically. He remembered something and then checked to see if Sapphire was injured. "Wait, are you hurt?"

"No," Sapphire answered. "I'm fine, Ruby. And I mean it."

He looked at her suspiciously.

A male crew member came running towards them. "Is everyone alright?"

"Yeah," Ruby replied. "I wasn't injured at all. Maybe she was, though." He looked at Sapphire who just glared at him.

"Ruby…" she said in an annoyed tone. "I'm okay. I wasn't hurt at all. Neither of the Gyarados even attacked me."

"Gyarados? Is that what it was?" he questioned them.

The two Pokedex Holders nodded.

"Hm… maybe one of the passengers were messing around and got them angry," he added.

Sapphire shook her head. "No, there were two Gyarados having a battle. We got in the way and they didn't like that. They were battling nearby, so the ship was swaying because of that. Trust me, I've seen this happen before."

"Eh, alright then. … Wait… you two seem familiar. Are you two Pokedex Holders by any chance?"

"Yeah, we are," Sapphire smiled and showed her Pokedex. Ruby showed his as well.

"We're from Hoenn," Ruby mentioned. "My name's Ruby and that's Sapphire."

"I knew it! It's good that you two were here. Anyways, I'll go tell te captain about what happened. Thanks, you two. We appreciate your help greatly, the crew member waved and left, leaving Ruby and Sapphire on their own.

The two were silent until Sapphire walked past Ruby and said, "I'm going to check on the passengers. I'll see if anyone needs help."

"I'll go with you," Ruby offered.

Both of them went back inside the ship, walking around to see if anyone needed their assistance. There was a little girl in one of the hallways who seemed to have fallen on the floor and Sapphire ran up to the little girl to help her up.

"Are you okay?" Sapphire asked, looking a little worried.

"Y — Yes, I'm o — okay… Thank you, m — miss," the little girl replied softly.

"What are you doing out here on your own? Where are your parents?" Ruby said to the little girl as he walked up to them.

"I — I don't know where our… room is…" she said, looking down.

"We'll help you find them," Sapphire smiled. "C'mon. I'm sure they're worried about you too."

Sapphire and Ruby along with the little girl looked around the ship for her parents. Eventually, they found them running around the halls, searching for their daughter with the help of two others crew members. When the parents' and the daughter's eyes met, their expressions brightened.

"Mommy! Daddy!"

"There you are!" the mother cried with joy before enveloping her daughter in a hug. "We were so worried about you!"

"Young lady, you shouldn't do that ever again! Your mother and I were scared to death for you," the father said as he joined their hug.

"I'm sorry daddy and mommy…"

"It's okay, darling. We're together. We're all okay now," the mother smiled. Then she looked at Sapphire and Ruby. "Thank you so much for finding our daughter."

Ruby smiled. "You're welcome."

"Do you two know what happened?" the father asked. "Were we attacked?"

"Could it be that ShadowNet's back?" the mother frowned. "Oh dear. I hope they're not…"

"No, no, there's no ShadowNet or attack. We're all safe," Sapphire assured them. "And ShadowNet was defeated. They won't be coming back any time soon."

The parents glanced at each other, wondering if they should trust Sapphire or not.

"No harm will be done to you guys. We promise," Ruby added when he saw the doubt in their look.

"Well… alright then," the mother hesitantly said. She and the father thanked Sapphire and Ruby once for finding their daughter once more before they took their leave.

Ruby glanced at Sapphire and saw how she was distracted by something. "You okay?"

Sapphire snapped back to reality and then gave him a slight nod.

"You look troubled," he commented.

Sapphire let out a sigh. "It's just… that damned ShadowNet probably scarred a lot of people. Look at those people, Ruby. They're still left afraid after what happened."

"Yeah…" Ruby agreed.

Silence ensued once more. Then Sapphire asked Ruby, "Do you think something like that will happen again?"

"I don't know," he admitted. He thought for a moment and decided to try to change the mood to something more positive. "But when it does, we'll be there to stop it. Whatever it is," Ruby smiled at her.

"That's right," she grinned back.

…

Somewhere in a forest area located in Johto…

…

"Why do you think she's in Johto anyway?" Sabrina asked Silver with crossed arms.

"I don't know," he said. "She's out there. Somewhere. I'll find her, though." He clenched his fist. "I won't just leave her. She practically raised me and I would never abandon her after everything we've been through. I will find her. Even if it kills me, I'll find her and I will make sure she is alright. She matters more than anything to me."

Sabrina sighed. His compassion towards his 'sister' was quite admirable, but at the time… it was quite pitiful. "Silver, you're talking as if it's your life's purpose to find her."

"It could just possibly be that."

"It can't. Don't you know when you should give up? There are things known as limits. Boundaries. Are you aware of that or no?"

"I am. I'll stop when I die. I don't care if I have to sell my soul to a demon or if I have to search every single damn part of this planet — I will find sis."

"I expect you to be smart enough to at least know when to give up, though," Sabrina advised him. "Blue's memories are gone. Finding her would be pointless now."

Silver glared at her. "Are you saying that I should just give up?"

"I'm saying that you need to learn to let go of the ones you love. You can't just keep on holding onto them like that. I understand how you feel about her, but Blue wouldn't want you like this and you know that," she said in monotone.

Silver blinked in confusion. Was it really Sabrina telling him those things? It didn't seem like it. The way she said it was no doubt her, but her words… were meaningful.

"When you can't find her, then just stop there. Give up. Forget about her."

Silver looked at his gloved hands. Blue made that pair of gloves for him… She took care of him and raised him when his neither of his parents were there to do that themselves. Even when they were being tortured by the Masked Man, she tried her best to keep him happy. She took all of the hits for him.

If it wasn't for Blue, he was sure that he would've been long dead by now. She kept him alive and gave him a reason to keep on trying to survive in this world.

"I… I can't. I can't forget someone who gave me so much to remember," he frowned.

Sabrina saw the pained look in his eyes and decided that if he wanted to search the ends of the world for her, then fine. "… Alright, then. Whatever you say. Let's continue the search. We're wasting our time here."

Silver nodded and went back to searching for Blue.

…

Viridian Forest, 5:23pm...

...

Yellow and Red were laying down on the grass beside the spot where Yellow would fish. Their things were scattered on the ground, but at the moment, they didn't care. All that mattered was that they were there together. They were staring up at skies, talking about various things.

Occasionally, both of them would briefly at the other when they weren't looking. When Red caught Yellow staring, she blushed. And when Yellow caught Red staring, she would also blush. He would just chuckle at her and thought to himself that she was being kind of cute.

"Hey, Yellow... did you hear that Platinum's dad wants Platinum to give back her Pokedex?" Red said after a moment of thought. "He doesn't want her to be one anymore after what happened with ShadowNet."

Yellow felt a sad. She didn't want Platinum to give up her Pokedex because of that... "And then what? Is she really going to do it?"

"She doesn't want to."

"How'd you find out about that?" she asked.

"She called and told me yesterday."

Yellow smiled. "So, what's up between you two?"

"What do you mean?"

"She calls you everyday. Does she still look up to you as if you're her older brother?"

Red laughed and nodded. "Yes," he replied.

"That's great. I'm glad to see you two aren't drifting apart like some friendships do," Yellow added.

"So am I."

"There's a lot of other great things that comes with being a Pokedex Holder, though... Too bad her dad can't see that," Yellow muttered.

"I know. We've had a lot of fun times together. Our battle tournaments are always entertaining," Red said, grinning at her.

"Right. And we have nice parties. It's always great to get together with the others after being apart for a while... It's like a big, happy family."

"... Yeah." Red trailed off. Then he remembered something. "... Blue would always force us to attend them, though. She plans it all out and she'll order us around like we're a bunch of slaves."

Yellow chuckled. "And she would get mad at us if we don't say yes. Sometimes, she wouldn't bother me about it that much. She would let me sleep it off at times."

"Seriously?"

"Yep."

"Lucky you. She would give me a look where I would either feel bad about not helping her or I would feel a little scared about what the punishment would be for not helping out. It just depended on her mood."

Yellow smiled, feeling a sense of nostalgia sweeping through. Red felt the same way.

"... I miss her," Yellow said with a hint of sadness.

"I do too. I'm sure we all do," Red added.

"Do you think Green is going to be okay? It's going to be his birthday soon and... I don't want him to feel terrible on his birthday," Yellow asked him.

Red continued to stare up at the sky, deep in thought. "I don't know. He loved her a lot, Yellow. He loved her so much that he even had the strength to let go so she can forget her past and her worries and just be happy."

"Yeah..." Yellow murmured in response.

"He always seemed annoyed about her, but I knew Green felt different about Blue all these years. It sucks that the two never confessed to each other."

"They would've been so happy together. Blue would've been so much happier. She clearly loved him too," Yellow said. "I wonder how she's doing right now, though... I just really hope she's okay."

"I do too."

...

Unknown location…

…

A man was overlooking a system that he had created. It was almost time. There was only three more days left until his plan would go into action. Three more days until his lifetime dream would be fulfilled. They had doubted him greatly, but now they will regret it more than ever.

Everything was setting perfectly into place. The machinery was working well, the squads' preparation was almost completed; everything was going well according to the plan.

He wondered how they would react after seeing him return after all of these years… They thought he had given up years ago. But that was only a cover up. They wouldn't suspect anything like this from him now.

They were supposedly incredibly knowledgable, but they were foolish enough to believe that he had given up on his dreams when he clearly expressed to them that he will not stop until he achieves it. But they… they just brushed it off and thought it was nothing.

He put on a sinister grin on his face.

They were going to regret this deeply.

Because they were wrong about him.

They all were.

I had something planned for chapter four, but then I switched things up and yeah. I do this thing where I write like a short summary of the events in each chapter because that helps me with writing these chapters, but I'm kind of stuck on like chapter six/seven/eight (it depends on what chapter it is since I keep on changing up the order of the events and all).

This was a fast update compared to the other updates I've made in this story haha. But that's because I had everything perfectly planned out and stuff. And I'm on my Christmas break right now! Although, I also went on a vacation to someplace else so I don't really have a lot of time to write since I'll be spending time with my family. But things usually get awkward so I'll just sneak off into our room and start writing. :D

Happy holidays, everyone! I wish you all an early Happy New Year too! ^o^

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Next chapter will be next year/month (hopefully).

I hope you enjoyed this chapter! Bye-bye! :D