Author's Notes: Sorryy oncee again but hopefully this chapter can make up for my LOOONG absence again grr... XP It's school that's keeping me from doing stuff and procrastination XP
Here we go again! Now, this chapter is mostly about... well, I'll let ya figure that out! ;P
**EDIT** Just changing minor things but not the ending lolol I'll stick w/ it XP
DISCLAIMER: I DON'T OWN PKMNSPE!!!
Chapter 10: Within The Rain
With one more strain of effort, Yellow did all she can to remove most of the collars. Running through her head was her gift that was tiring the petite girl, 'Let your spirit, will destroy the collars… don't allow it to take complete control over you!' More and more of the horrible device started to break under the influence of Yellow's gift. She wouldn't dare give in, not yet, not when these innocent bug Pokèmon are in horrendous pain.
Her vision started to get blurry as she started to push herself even through her own limits. Slowly, her limbs started to shake while her physical body told her to stop but her mind, her will was connected to the Pokèmon and vice versa. The Pokèmon didn't want Yellow to give up and neither did she. Soon, the blonde started to grow numb in her legs, 'No!' Yellow pleaded.
As soon as she started to fall, Red caught her from behind and held her up, "Don't give up Yellow!" His voice soon raised her from growing weak, "Pika! Ditty! Help out by using your Volt Tackle!" He commanded the two Pokèmon so as to help Yellow in her plan in removing the collars.
'Red… everyone…' Once she heard Red's voice and remembered everyone who has been hurt by the controlled Pokèmon, Yellow pulled through and her efforts doubled. Soon, with the help of Red commanding Pika and Ditty, all the collars have been eradicated.
"Good job Yellow!" Red couldn't believe that even pushed to her limits, Yellow managed to pull through and help the Pokèmon escape the bonds of the collars. After his praise he felt the tiny blonde collapse into his arms. He couldn't help but smile towards the younger girl before him. It reminded him of how exhausted she was when she read Deoxys's mind twice, 'You deserve it Yellow…' Warm thoughts flooded his mind before reality hit of Blue and Green. With that said, the "battler" carried Yellow in his arms as he ran over to Blue and Green.
Unbeknownst to him, an old enemy or maybe a friend was watching from behind the scenes.
-X-
"Get away from me!" Crystal was pushed away from Silver. Her azure eyes were in shock at the sudden shove from Silver. She thought she had him where she wanted him. Thinking back at her previous action where she almost… what got over her? Crystal felt her emotions swerve around and conflict with each other, 'What… what is this sudden feeling?' She clutched her chest and looked up at her friend.
There were silver eyes filled with fury and conflicting sides of Silver. He held his head as his mind was starting to lose itself. Looking up at eyes with the color of beautiful crystal, Silver, the real one, looked to that as something to grasp, something to keep holding onto, 'It can't be this way… I have to break out…' Two minds collided within each other, giving more stress to Silver's body.
"Don't give up!" Silver took the opportunity to use that voice as something to hold onto, "C'mon Silver! I know you're stronger than this!" With this, it was enough for him to even use his voice to speak to Crys.
His weary body managed to walk up to the Catcher and lean against her through the harsh struggle for his self-will, "Run… run and get away…" He panted through his words but Crystal got the message. She couldn't believe what he was even saying. This didn't sound like the Silver she knew, the one who would never give in, especially to something as simple as mind control.
Tears started to flow down her face, "No! I won't leave you alone! I want to help!" She exclaimed as she wrapped her arms once again around him. The petite girl watched as Silver started shaking. Her eyes led her from the weak teenager to the mask. Maybe there was something more to the mask than it appears to be. With that thought in mind, she eyed two Pokeballs on her belt.
Silver hated feeling like this and hopefully she will listen, "The only… way for… for you to help… is to…" Crystal leaned in to hear him more because he was barely in an audible whisper, "get… away from me!" With all his strength he broke from Crystal's warm embrace and called out his Sneasel since it was the only one of his Pokèmon that broke from the mask control, "Take her… away from here!" He ordered.
Sneasel, hesitant at first, obeyed as it efficiently took Crys by her waist, "No! Silver!!!" She stared down at the ice-Pokèmon with a pleading look, "This is wrong Sneasel… I need to help him, please! Look at him, he can't handle all this stress on his body for too long!" She reasoned out which Sneasel complied and glared at her because as much as her, it wants Crys to get Silver back to normal.
"Get away!" He slapped her arms away from him, "You're only putting yourself at risk in getting hurt!" Silver warned as he could feel himself slipping and the other one trying to get out.
Crys only stared at him sympathetically as she ignored his constant rejections towards her in helping him out. The blue-haired teen stepped forward and placed both her hands on his face, "Silver… no matter what, I'm not going to leave you alone…" She once more wrapped her arms around his body, tears falling down her face.
Drip…Drip…Drip…
-X-
Gold wore an emotionless face before touching her hand and turning to her, "I will…" He started to say as Bridgette smirked at his response, knowing that she had victory, "not join you and your evil scheme! How stupid do you think I am?" He angrily responded before a thought hit him, "On second thought, don't answer that." He laughed embarrassed.
Bridgette let out a frustrated grunt and grabbed Gold by his sweater, "You impudent little brat!" She released him harshly, "I will show you not to mess with me!" With that spoken, her last Pokèmon that popped out of its Pokèball was Umbreon, "Use your Psychic!" Gold and Aitaro barely dodged the attack as Bridgette aimed to get rid of the both of them, "What's wrong with you Umbreon?! Get them!" She ordered.
The golden-eyed teen couldn't help but glare at her commands, "Do you think Pokèmon are just tools to use for your own selfish desires?!" He questioned, ready to give the next orders to Aitaro.
"What do you think? Pokèmon are just tools for us humans to use!" Bridgette replied, "There's no such things as compassion and care! Humans are much more advanced and can wipe out any Pokèmon that come our way!" She exclaimed in utter rage as she managed a hit on Gold and his Aipom with a Psychic attack.
Gold managed to grasp his Aipom in his arms from the attack so he was the one that got hurt. He gritted his teeth, staring at Bridgette, "So… they're just tools to you… I won't let you get away with this!" He sent Aitaro back to the battlefield, "First you take control of me, then mess with Silver and all of my other friends, especially Crystal, and now you call Pokèmon tools?!" A flash of Pryce's face went off in Gold's mind, "Double Team!" He exclaimed.
"Heh…" She smirked, "This'll be fun then!" With that said, she had Umbreon go and attack Aitaro.
-X-
"This just might work." Red grinned in satisfaction as he got Charizard and Wigglytuff to help their trainers get to a Pokèmon Center. He couldn't help but stare at Yellow once again. After all, you'd feel admiration to one who did something at the risk of their health. The "battler" placed her down against a tree for the time being so as to help Green and Blue out.
"Hm…" Red turned to the sound of Blue's voice, "If I have to say something… I think you might like her…" She laughed conspicuously.
This confused the red-eyed teen, "What? I might like who?" He asked, wearing his confused look.
"Idiot…" Green mumbled under his breath, "Anyways, I suggest we… erg, should go now before something else might happen…" He panted, still worn out and very much in pain.
"I agree…" Red turned to the sound of a very suspicious voice, something that is very familiar.
"Who's there?" The shadow from the woods started to come into clear sights which surprised the trio Pallet trainers and if Yellow was conscious, she would probably be the most surprised.
"Lance?!" Blue squeaked out his name as he made himself appear before them.
It wasn't everyday you get to see one of your previous arch-nemesis come out to you in the blue. The dragon master had his arms crossed as he walked towards them with a serious but somewhat friendly expression, "Surprised to see me?" He sneered with a hint of arrogance. His emerald eyes shifted from the trio to the sleeping form of Yellow.
As he approached the young girl, the trio, especially Red, tensed up, wondering what he was going to do with her. After all, she did defeat him and managed to stop his messed up plans on destroying humanity, "Wait… what are you planning on doing to her?" Red had his hand on his Pokeballs just in case.
Lance merely rolled his eyes at him, "Don't fret." He scoffed then knelt next to the petite girl, "Hm… she still has much to learn from her powers…" The red-head shook his head as he got up after examining his old nemesis, "Anyways, I came because I felt a disturbance in the Viridian Forest." He made his point clear and concise and it was true. All the collars were disrupting the peace and tranquility of the forest.
The "battler" didn't seem convinced but since Lance didn't do any move to attack them, he had to believe him… for now, "So why come here and show yourself to us? You know it's a risk for you right?" He asked suspiciously.
The former champion released a sigh before answering, "I can sense that there were people trying to protect the forest and I wanted to see who it was. I knew it was a risk when I saw that it was you four but seeing that you are in no shape to fight, it was less of a risk for me." He shrugged, "I came to prevent any more disturbances in the forest." Lance answered as he took in his surroundings.
Red glared at Lance while the other two were in too much pain to even try anything, "Alright then…" He hesitantly spoke his answer as he watched the dragon master watch his past of how Yellow defeated him and gave him the right path to take, 'How much can we trust him?'
-X-
Drip…Drip…Drip…
Rain drops increase their velocity towards the ground as the wind picks up in the region. Still holding on, the tears keep on falling down her face. The blue-haired girl reaches for his mask and at that touch, Silver flinches, "W-What're you doing?" He asks both confused and nervous. Truthfully, he has never been this close to a girl before except with Blue but that was because they were close and have shared a past with each other.
Crys then examines the mask before shifting her gaze to Silver, "I want to see if I can remove this mask…" She proposed before a pair of hands started on pulling Crystal's pigtails.
"Don't you dare do such a thing you foolish girl!" Crys cried out in pain as the mask started to take control once again. Soon, her hair ties that were holding her pigtails in place snapped and her hair fell all over her back and parts of it on her shoulders, "It's useless so give it up!" With that said, he pushed her away once again.
As Silver turned to get Sneasel under his control again, he found a barrier surrounding him and Crys. His eyes widened when he turned around, "Now Cupeon!" Her Cubone quickly jumped in the air and struck at the mask, "False Swipe!" She ordered which it complied with the following. With a sharp eye, she figured out that it was no ordinary mask, "HYA!" Crys kicked the Pokèball towards the mask and a red flash took in the mask. As the ball rolled, it clicked, "Capture done." She smirked before running towards Silver.
He collapsed in her arms, "Ugh…" Silver placed his hand on his forehead, "W-What h-ha-happened?" Crys gave a sigh of relief knowing that he's fine now. All she can do is help him from his physical and mental injuries that were dealt to himself.
"Don't worry." The Catcher smiled, "I got rid of the mask for you." As she spoke, she remembered how she was able to distinguish that "mask" from an ordinary one. She also identified a specific capture spot on the "mask" that was significantly similar to one on a Ditto, "Will you be alright?" Crystal's eyes grew soft with worry in them.
The Trader struggled to get up but it was no use, "I will… I j-just need some rest…" He looked up at her and couldn't help but indulge himself in her soft eyes. Before she could notice anything else, he quickly turned away, "How did you know it was a Ditto?" He asked which he got his answer right away.
"Did you know that another Pokèmon was concentrating its thoughts to the Ditto?" Crys asked.
"…yes…"
"We'll have to rely on Gold for the rest…" With that said, she placed her hand on his. Silver couldn't help but flinch at her touch and quickly hid a faint blush that was spreading across his face with his long red hair.
Drip…Drip…Drip…
-X-
The rain poured harder and heavier as Gold and Bridgette's battle became more vicious and energy-consuming. As they battled, Bridgette was using Silver and Crystal as distractions so that she could come out as the victor then get rid of the blue-haired catcher. Gold, on the other hand, mentally slapped himself for falling for her attempts in distractions.
"Aitaro baton pass!" Gold quickly switched out his Aipom and released Politaro from its Pokèball, "Politaro use the rain water around you and attack that Umbreon!" He ordered which it complied.
Bridgette wore a confused expression before it became clear of what he was trying to accomplish. Her Umbreon got caught in a Whirlpool attack! She growled in frustration, "You stupid Pokèmon! Get out of there and use your Psychic attack!" Gold frowned upon her words.
"That's it!" The Hatcher couldn't take the disrespect that Bridgette was treating her Pokèmon, "Let's go Politaro!" The Politoed quickly dove into the Whirlpool and in a matter of minutes, the Whirlpool ended as the toad Pokèmon gave its final blow to the Umbreon, "Dynamic Punch!" Gold exclaimed which knocked the dark Pokèmon back to its master.
The raven-haired girl held her Pokèmon in her arms. She started to dig her nails in Umbreon's skin but Politaro quickly ran over and took the Pokèmon from Bridgette, "So what?" Her hazel eyes were swirling with viciousness before getting up and smirking, "So… you think you're going to steal my Pokèmon away? I thought it was against your morals…" She sneered.
Gold held Umbreon in his arms once Politaro got to Gold's side, "There's a thing called 'confiscation'." He retorted while keeping a steady glare at Bridgette, "If you're treating your Pokèmon like crap, then I have a right to take this Pokèmon away from you." He finished as he watched the hazel-eyed girl carefully.
While she was listening to Gold, she gradually placed her hands behind her back while staring at him as though she was victorious, "Fine then… take my shitty Pokèmon away from me…" This suddenly caused suspicions within the happy-go-lucky trainer, "Just as I'm about to take away your shitty of a friend Crystal!" Gold's eyes widened as Bridgette took out a button and…
CLICK!
-X-
Drip…Drip…Drip…
The rain just won't let up as Crys and Silver sit in silence as they wait for Gold's task to be done. The long wait was an uneasy suspense as they both started to worry for their womanizer friend, 'Will Gold be alright…?' She bit her bottom lip as she tried not to distress herself with horrible outcomes of Gold's little battle with Bridgette.
Silver noticed this and couldn't help but let out a small sigh, 'Can't be helped that she still feels something for Gold…' Then a flash of Blue's face crossed his mind. He can understand it would be hard to let someone you like go… especially if that someone had spent almost your entire life with you.
Suddenly, Crystal became weak and started to loose sight of everything around her. This was very similar to the time when she was extremely sick at the PokèCenter but this was worse. Instead of supporting and helping Silver, she collapsed in her arms with these last words, "Gold… Silv…" The Catcher fell ill once again.
"Crystal!" Silver exclaimed as his eyes widened in surprise. He weakly caught her and cursed silently to himself, 'If this is Bridgette…' He gritted his teeth as the rain kept pouring heavily down upon his shoulders.
Drip…Drip…Drip…
-X-
"What'd you do?!" Gold growled as he ran up to the raven-haired girl and held her by the collar of her shirt. All she did was snicker, "Don't play with me!" With that, he punched her in the face and released her, "I don't care if you're a girl… if you're willing to hurt one of my friends then I'm willing to hurt you back…" He growled.
Bridgette got up, still laughing with blood coming out of her mouth, "You don't know?" She smirked which made Gold uneasy, "Instead of you yelling and beating the crap out of me, I suggest you check your little girlfriend out." Gold looked over his shoulder to see Crystal in Silver's arm, growing paler and paler by the minute.
The Hatcher released Explotaro from its Pokèball, "You'd better tell me what's happening to her right now!" He threatened, ready for his Typhlosion to attack.
"She's dying with the poison I've infected her with…"
Author's Notes:
Ho hum... I guess I kinda rushed it towards the end grr... I hate rushing chapters don't you? XP Now, I have AP classes to study for & band ta practice for... Don't worry, hopefully I'll be able to come up with the next chapter soon and finish this! (Yes, sadly it will come to an end T.T)
Anyways, I'm looking forward to all yar reviews & hopefully you all will be lookin forward to myy new fanfic, Mask Undone, which I will post after I finish my other fanfic, Trapped W/ A Pesky Girl.
~ Laterz :3 3333333
- Miumigirl Out!