Hey lookie here, a surprise update! Had some time, so I did this! It's the longest chapter yet! I got some more reviews that made me smile! You guys rock! That was a lot of exclamation points! So I dunno about you, but I didn't think that chapter six was the strongest chapter I've ever written. But I tried to get the quality back up in this chapter, and the storyline moving in exciting ways! Hope you enjoy it!

Disclaimer: I do not own Pokémon, the Pokémon Adventures/Special manga, Cyan or Cobalt.

The methodical dripping of water echoed off the walls. A constant that never wavered. Hairline cracks webbed the stone ceiling, and every now and again a small shower of damp earth would trickle from one of them. Red shook his head irritably as one such trickle landed on his neck.

"Ugh, it went down my shirt." He grunted, reaching his arms back awkwardly and attempting to shake the dirt out of his white tee. He and two others were sitting on rock, moisture slowly creeping into their clothing as they remained in the dank, gloomy pit of the Azalea Town slowpoke well.

"D'you think we lost him for good? This isn't good for my skin, man." Jaden asked, checking his face in the mirror and tentatively searching for any acne that may have made an appearance in the last minute. Jose was running his hand along the impressive length of his pompadour, making sure it wasn't being weighed down with the extra moisture. The three of them had managed to rid themselves of the horde of spinarak and ariados by running them into a sleeping ursaring… which then proceeded to attack them. They had escaped the ursaring by diving into the slowpoke well, where they were stuck now.

"RAAAAAWWR!"

"No, I don't think it's gone yet." Red replied, not looking up from what he was doing. He was attempting to unravel the string that was sealing his pokéballs shut. He wasn't making much headway.

"Must be the sticky guard thread." He muttered, wishing he had a knife or a tool more versatile than a rock.

"Gah! I can't do this!" Red shouted, tossing the rock angrily into the depths of the well and returning his pokéballs to his belt.

"I don't want to die here man!" Jaden cried, dramatically throwing an arm across his face.

"Me neither!" Jose shouted.

"I don't want to die like this!" Yelled Red, "I've come too far!" Jose and Jaden stared at him in awe of his conviction.

"So how are you going to get out of this?" Jose questioned.

"I…" Red stood and took a pause. For effect.

"Have no idea." He finished anticlimactically, slumping back against the stone wall. Jaden and Jose went quiet, their brief ray of hope gone.

"I know!" Jaden suddenly exclaimed.

"What?" The other two looked at him quizzically, wondering if it was possible that he had actually come up with something intelligent.

"Let's all tell each other something we've never told anyone else in the moments before our death!" Red and Jose groaned.

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Cobalt was worried. On one hand, she couldn't give away her position before she got any useful information out to Silver, but on the other hand, it would be a close call between who would get information first, her or the fangirls. Cobalt knew that Blue and Green were in dire need of a rescue. They were under the weighty pressure of the worst torture ever designed in the pokémon world. Not only were they being forced to sign an autograph to every single fan in the country (which was probably over one thousand), but they also had to kiss anyone that asked for such. And they would only be allowed a respite if they gave away their friends' locations. Cobalt shot them a glance, and noticed that they were in a dangerous position already. The blush on their faces had gotten deeper with every kiss, and was now at a violent purple. They wouldn't last much longer.

"Okay!" Gasped Green, "Stop! That's enough! I can't take it anymore!" He fell to his knees in the grass, and Blue did the same, whimpering slightly.

"So!" Raquelle hissed, "Decided to squeal on your little friends now, have we?" She gripped their chins and stared into their faces, tears welling in their eyes.

"We… have no other choice." Blue said bitterly, averting her eyes from her tormentor. Green sullenly looked at the ground out of shame.

"Crud, I'm too late." Whispered Cobalt. She had to get Blue and Green out of there, now.

"Now tell me, where have all your little friends scampered off too?" Raquelle asked in a sweet voice that exuded danger from every syllable. Blue opened her mouth, a sparkle of mischief entering her eyes.

"...Goldenrod." She said slowly, acting as if every letter pained her.

"Thank you dearie!" Raquelle patted her on the cheek. Green stared at her angrily, and Blue looked slightly disconcerted. Cobalt took a glance at the surrounding fans and knew she needed some backup if she was going to get them out of there safely.

"Cyan!" She yelled, running up to the girl in question who was sitting on a rock with her chin resting on her fist.

"Oh! Hey Cobalt! What's up?"

"I need your help." She said, reluctantly.

"With what? Tryin' to get two people together?" Cyan sniggered a little.

"What? No! I need to rescue those two."

"And why would I help you? I'll be kicked out of this group in no time, and it's very beneficial for me here!" Cyan questioned. In answer Cobalt reached into her bag and brought out a camera to show her. She flipped through a few pictures, and then faced the camera screen towards Cyan. It was a picture of Blue and Green sitting at a violently pink café together. She flipped to another one, which depicted Gold dragging Yellow by the hand through a woodsy setting.

"I have more, and they're all yours if you help me out with this." Cobalt offered.

"Well partner, let's go save some celebrities!" Cyan clapped her on the back, and began marching towards Blue and Green.

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"Wait up you guys!" Yellow shouted through the fog of people blocking her view. The lights of the city had blinded her as she, Gold and Jay had come up over the hill from route 32. Jay had shouted to Gold excitedly, the light making his white-blond hair glow;

"Look! Game Corner right over there!"

"Score!" Gold had yelled, and they had both run off towards the building without a second thought, leaving Yellow far behind. Luckily she knew which Game Corner they had entered, but still, she had never been in a city this large and being alone here was scaring her. I miss Red. She thought to herself as she navigated the tightly-packed streets, weaving her small frame through people. I hope he's okay... Suddenly a sign in a shop window caught her eye. Turning to look at it she froze in amazement and fear. A full minute later, she blinked, and walked towards the store to investigate what exactly was happening and if the sign she saw was telling the truth.

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"Hold on a minute, that's my pokégear." Silver said, "I'll leave this guy to you."

"No fair! I had to do the last one!" Emerald whined.

"I'll do it for you Em." Crystal sighed.

"Oh no, that's alright Crystal! Watch me as I beat this guy up with ease!" Emerald recovered, completely changing his tune.

They had been taking it in turns to defeat whatever wild pokémon crossed their path. This time it was a kangaskhan. Silver retreated back to where Jack was sitting, and brought the pokégear up to his ear.

"What's happening Cobalt?"

"Well, Blue and Green got themselves captured by these loons-"

"Seriously?"

"Yeah. I got it covered. I'm in the process of rescuing them."

"Process?"

"Well, we kinda just jumped into battle with the fans, and Blue gave away where you guys are going, so now it's going to turn into a high speed race to Goldenrod. You need to get to there first, and get everyone outta there."

"Okay, thanks Cobalt. Are you going to be okay?"

"Yeah, but I won't be able to be your spy anymore. Pity it only lasted this long. I'll escape them easy, Cherrygrove's my hometown remember?"

"Yep. Just get them out of there safely. Thanks again Cobalt." He hung up.

"Crys, get out your flying pokémon."

"Huh? But isn't that unsafe?"

"Things have changed. We need to get to Goldenrod asap." Reaching for his pokéballs, he released murkrow.

"Emerald! Leave the kangaskhan!" Crystal yelled, "We're going!"

Xatee grabbed Crystal and Emerald, and Silver reluctantly snatched Jack off the ground, and they took off, praying that everyone would get there fast enough.

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A melee of fists, girls, and pokémon obscured Blue's vision as she lay on the grass, covering her head. It was all too much. This was, hands down, the worst day of her life. It even topped the day when she had been attacked by deoxys and thought her parents were gone. And it might even surpass the day that Ho-Oh stole her from her home.

"Hey! Get on up! We're rescuing you here!" She glanced upwards, and her gaze met a cheery girl with shoulder length light brown hair and cyan blue eyes.

"Hi! I'm Cyan!" What a surprise. Blue thought drily. Then again, she knew a lot of people named after their eye color.

"And you might need these!" Cyan handed Blue her pokéballs. Blue gaped at her for a moment.

"Well don't just stand there." Cyan said, frowning, "This is all so you can escape you know." Blue stood, and took in the scene. Another girl was over by Green, who had already gotten to his feet and was helping fend off the encroaching crowd with charizard, machamp, scizor, porygon2 and pidgeot. He wasn't using rhydon because of its earlier traumatic experience with the fangirls. Besides Green's pokémon, there was a quilava, furret, vaporeon, ampharos, skarmory and misdreavus holding their ground. Beside her, Cyan released a feraligatr.

"Well? Get over to Greenie boy and get outta here! Cobalt has all the details!" Slightly disoriented by her situation, Blue released Blasty to fend off any stray fans that came near, and stumbled over to Green and the girl Cyan had called Cobalt.

"You good? Cyan give you your pokémon?" Cobalt asked, and Blue nodded numbly.

"Okay good. So, here's the scheme of things. Unfortunately, you gave away the position of your frie-"

"Ahahaha! No I didn't! I got them there! I just randomly said a city and that stupid girl fell for it!" Blue trilled.

"...Seriously?" Cobalt stared at her. Green face-palmed.

"Blue, I thought you were sharp." Green said.

"What?" Blue questioned defensively.

"Well… The one city you said is where your friends are actually going." Cobalt replied.

"Oh you've got to be kidding me." Blue muttered.

"It was pretty obvious if you thought about it." Green said offhandedly.

"Oh shut up Green!" Blue pouted.

"Anyhow... Since those guys know," Cobalt gestured at the surrounding crowd, "You two need to get to Goldenrod as fast as you can to meet up with the others. Then… Well you can figure that out when you get there. Cyan and I will hold them off as long as we can while you two fly off."

"Wait wait wait, sure you saved us, but how in Mt. Moon do you expect us to trust you right off the bat?" Blue asked. Green looked over at Cobalt as well. Cobalt sighed.

"I'm Silver's adopted sister. Other adopted sister." Blue stared at her, uncomprehending.

"Look, I've got Silver's number here in my pokégear, see?" Cobalt waved the device in Blue's face, "I even have pictures if you want, but you two need to get going regardless. Ask Silver about it where you get there!" She shoved them both onto Green's charizard.

They soared into the air, catching their returning pokéballs as they went. Cobalt waved one last time, and then plunged back into the brawl.

"...So… What're you thinking about?" Green asked apprehensively, glancing at Blue's shadowed face.

"...I'm thinking that Silver has a lot to explain." She said, with an evil grin.

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"I-I'm not really sp-spanish!" Jose sobbed, throwing his arms around Red, who patted him comfortingly, "I-I just do it so I get more girls!"

"Th-that's okay man," Jaden gasped, trying to stem the flow of tears, "I-I've never actually had a girlfriend!"

"W-well I really like one girl.." Red began, tears streaming down his face as well, "But I dunno if she likes me.. and I've never told her! And now we're gonna die! Waaaaaaaahh!"

"I-it's okay man," Jaden smiled through his tears, "At least we'll die together as bros!"

"BROS FOREVER!" Red and Jose agreed, hugging each other fiercely.

"Hey down there!" A new voice sounded, "Anyone down there trapped by an ursaring? I fought it off- What is going on here?" A young man with choppy purple hair had climbed down from above and caught sight of the three, locked in a bro hug and bawling their eyes out.

"Oh! Ehem, nothing! Nothing at all! Thanks for saving us!" Red hastily pulled himself away from the others and wiped his face.

"I'm Bugsy, the Azalea Town gym leader- hey… Aren't you the champio-"

"Uh, no! Nope! Nu-uh, wrong guy! I'm just your average helpless civilian! Ahahaha… Okay let's go." Red grabbed Jose and Jaden by their collars and lugged them up the well's ladder.

"Sooo…." Jose began as soon as they were out of the dank pit, "You were saying something about a girl…?"

"...I hate you guys."

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"GOLDENROD! Oh how I have missed you!" Sapphire shook her head at Ruby's outburst.

"He seems right excited, he does." Julian commented, munching on a chicken leg. Sapphire stared at it suspiciously.

"Where'd ya get that?"

"There's an old guy selling them over there, there is."

"C'mon Sapph! No time for food! I want to show you the city!" Ruby grabbed her hand and began dragging her towards the shining metropolis.

"There's always time fer food." Sapphire grumbled, but allowed herself to be forced into the streets of the enormous city.

"There's my favorite boutique! Oh! And that over there is really wonderful pokémon grooming!"

"Hey, a comic book shop! Now that's more my style." Said Sapphire, pointing out a shop across the street, "Wait… What in th' heck?" She muttered to herself, and ran across to where the store was located.

"Hey Sapph! Hold up!" Ruby yelled, rushing after her. Julian waddled along behind them. Ruby got to where Sapphire was standing, frozen.

"What was that all abou-" He began, before his jaw fell slack with shock, "What in the heck?" He mimicked Sapphire. They were staring at a large poster that filled most of the shop window. And on the poster was a large picture of… Them. All of them. All ten pokédex holders.

"This store is now the proud carrier of the Pokémon Special manga! Ever wanted to know the details of what happened during the tournament with no champion? Or what occurred in Hoenn when the terrible storms raged? Or at the newly built Battle Frontier? Read it all now in 29 highly entertaining, dramatic, and touching volumes in manga form! All true stories written from eyewitness accounts!"

Ruby read the poster in silence. According to the date on it, the entire series of twenty nine volumes had been released nine days ago, which was the day before the Kanto and Johto dex-holders were attacked.

"I serpose this solves the mystery. This is how they knew all 'bout us." Sapphire said, slapping her hand on the poster. Ruby nodded. They both stood for a minute, before curiosity got the better of them and they entered the store. Either that or they noticed that Julian was catching up to them. The interior of the store was spattered with the faces of the dex-holders. Posters, pictures and drawings of them lined the walls. It was a pretty creepy experience. The other comic books had all been shunted aside to make way for the 'Pokémon Special manga,' and there were quite a few people thumbing their way through the volumes, and standing at the check-out counter clutching the books.

"Hey! Ruby, Sapphire!" A familiar voice yelled to them, and the two turned to see Crystal walking towards them.

"You saw that too, huh?" She asked, jabbing her thumb at the poster. They nodded.

"It's pretty creepy if you ask me. And technically it's illegal since they didn't ask our permission before plastering our faces all over the city." She sighed, "And there's the added inconvenience that we are now being tracked by thousands of bloodthirsty fangirls. But anyway, I'm glad you made it! Now we just have to find the others and get out of here!" She said cheerily. Sapphire picked up a book with her face on it and flipped it open.

"Wow, whoever drew this is really good. Aw heck yeah, Imma beast!" She chuckled, looking over one of her many fights with Team Aqua.

"Ruby, ya made a ton of creepy faces when I wasn't with ya." She continued, flipping through some pages featuring him.

"Huh," Said Crystal, "Y'know, your fight to save the world was the only one I wasn't actually present for. Not counting our seniors', of course. I'm a little curious…" She picked up volume twenty two and began to flip through it.

"DON'T LOOK AT THAT!" Both Hoenn dex-holders screeched, slapping the book out of her hand and blushing furiously.

"Crys? Ruby? Sapphire too? Oh! I'm so glad to see you!" Yellow ran up to them, a huge smile across her face, "I was stuck with Gold the whole time-" All three of them looked at her sympathetically, and Crystal shook her head.

"He's at the Game Corner by the way."

"Of course." Ruby, Sapphire and Crystal said in unison. Then Silver, Emerald, Jack and Julian strolled up to the group.

"Oh thank Arceus." Silver began.

"What, for those weenies? Psh. I'm sure not." Emerald interrupted. He received a glare to rival Kyogre's.

"No, we're just running out of time and need to get everyone out of here. Look." Silver pointed out the window, to where a large dust cloud was moving at a breakneck pace towards the city.

"You guys know what makes large dust clouds?" Silver asked, and they shook their heads.

"Lots of people traveling in a group." Was the grim answer.

Y'know, while I write these chapters I always wear my baseball cap and turn it backwards, like Red and Gold. Then I crank up some classic rock and read over your awesome reviews to get me in the mood :) Woo! So I finally threw in the twist! The answer to the mystery! Yay! Hope this is remaining exciting and engaging! Send me reviews if it's not, and tell me to get my game back on!

I always knew Red would warm up to those guys. There's nothing like a near gored-to-death-by an ursaring experience to make people bros. Anyway, I will be busy tomorrow and traveling over the weekend, and then going back to school! :( So I have no idea when the next chapter will be out, most likely sometime next week. So look out for it and i will try to get it out soon! Reviews are appreciated as always!

Guriburu fan; I have no idea what pokemon Cyan has, so I made it up. And let me know if I'm describing her wrong in any way!