Can I ask you to do me a big favor? Have a moment of silence for one of my closest friends who can't read this… not anymore at least… (no, I'm not asking for pity but I do hope you understand if the quality of my stories drop starting today… and if there are big gaps between chapters…)

Also, a few words of sincerest gratitude to the three people who helped me pull through! I wanted to give a shout out to all three of you but, seeing as one of you doesn't read fanfiction and the other doesn't even know that I have fanfiction, I can only give it to one person… if the other two are reading this in the distant future, I hope you can forgive me for not giving you said shout out, and that I'm truly thankful for your support. Now, about that shout out… the name should sound familiar (seeing as I have given her one before), but even so… check out DaPokemonMadster! Not only is she an amazing person and an excellent writer, but if it weren't for her, I might actually have stopped writing altogether! So give her and her works some love, also for me alright?

First of all, I'm sorry for the delay. Had writers block with this story (happened after the last chapter) and the mentioned situation from above… I will also be starting to introduce OCs in this story (just not today) and, more importantly, will be making references to other series as well! Most of those series will be Digimon, Sonic or Inazuma Eleven, but I might slip in another series from time to time! Why? For one, it is something that worked really well with Night of the Black Sun and for two, something like that is like a hidden treasure for you to be looking forward to right?

Oh yeah, before I forget: despite the traffic stat problem at the end of last month, this chapter has broken past the 2k barrier and is now at a comfortable 2.3k views! I would like to take this moment to thank all of you for making this possible! Last thing: if you have noticed my writing style changing between the first few chapters and the more recent chapters, that is because 1) I had a beta reader who helped check my works and 2) Night of the Black Sun is rubbing off on me (wait, I write that one…). Also, this chapter just seems… nowhere near the quality of my stories… nor is it anywhere near last chapter's length… I tried to do short bursts of changing scenes but it didn't really work out apparently… sorry in advance for a crappy chapter!

Wow, so many people made a review last time around… most of you did, however, have the same reaction, so that makes the review responses a bit easier this time around! So without further ado, let's dive into those responses directly shall we?

DaPokemonMadster: I've said it before and I'll say it again: I'm impressed by the fact you managed to review so many times! Now for your actual review response… I actually responded to you personally a long time ago, so yeah… not much I can say other than that Yellow's condition will play a big role (though that should have been obvious from the start right?). And you welcome! You so totally deserve it!

ElectroPhoenix: I hope so too, and here's that update!

Trainer Azurite: Really? As I said, I based it off two episodes of Inazuma Eleven (which, truthfully, weren't even related to one another!), so if it matches with any other series that will probably be a coincidence. Scratch that thought, it was a coincidence! I wonder too… let's find out shall we?

Namitaa776: (I know you won't be able to respond, but…) Well obviously! I've known you for like what? Ten years right? Of course I would recognize that little writing style of yours! I KNEW you would spoil it… yeah, Fubuki Shirou and Ono Fuyuppe, that's who Yellow's past is based off on! Oh well, some credit goes to you also, seeing as you've been proofreading my chapters for a while now (for those who are curious, she first started in chapter 5!)

TheBoyWithNoName: I don't get it, wasn't it sad enough for you xD? Even Namitaa776 said she was impressed with the emotions conveyed xD anyway, thank you for your review and compliment!

Disclaimer: Do I really have to say it every single time? *sigh* fine! I do not own anything but the plot! There! I've said it!

-= Silver's POV =-

"Come on Silver…"

"No!"

"Just this once?"

"I said no!"

"Please?"

"Big sis, I already told you that I don't want to do this!"

I sighed, wondering how I ever got into this mess. After big sis got home yesterday she had been going on and on about Yellow being in a coma like state. Although I admit I felt sorry for the blonde, that does not mean that big sis can dress me up in such a hideous outfit! I looked at it again, wondering how she even got the idea of the costume and turned to her, "Where did you even find something like this?"

"I'm glad you asked Silvy," oh yeah, there was that also… ever since that Lyra girl called me 'Silvy' big sis has mimicked her and called me by that as well. I sighed, thinking that it would not hurt that much anyway. But now? Now big sis comes up to me with this? "You see, Green's sister showed me the pictures she got of Green when he cosplayed as a Sailor Moon character. There is that big festival coming up right? So would you —"

"I'm going to my room and finish off my homework," I sighed, slipping away while making sure to side step big sis' attempt to catch me. I had no intention of finishing my homework, but if it were to escape my sister's wrath… I shuddered at the thought, but was broken from my thoughts by my phone.

I scrambled to pick it up, but before I could answer the call it had ended already. I frowned. Who would call me and then hang up almost instantly? At that moment my phone vibrated and I saw that I received a text. My eyes darted across the screen before widening in surprise. I pocketed my phone, threw on my jacket that lay on the chair in the corner and ran down the stairs.

"Big sis! I'm going out! I don't know what time I'll be back though!" I shouted before I slammed the door close behind me. Finally! Freedom! I stretched my arms, before remembering the text and, frowning, looked around, "Now… where was it again…?"

-= Red's POV =-

"Even after all these years, you didn't change much have you?"

I know it is crazy, but I can't help myself. Ever since I found out that the girl of my past and Yellow were one and the same the whole entire time, I can't keep her out of my head. I even got to the hospital over an hour before visiting hours started! The nurses told me to wait at the café, and I did. Problem was that I was running out of cash by the time I could go up to Yellow's room.

The only things I brought with me today were myself and Yellow's sketchbook. Her uncle obviously took great care of it, as the sketchbook itself was in almost the same condition as when I gave it to her all those years ago. I looked through the sketchbook again but the only page that was used was the first page.

"Red? I wasn't expecting to see you here!" a familiar voice came from the door opening. I jerked my head to the direction of the door and saw my juniors, Gold and Crystal… holding hands? I shook my head hard, thinking that I must be seeing things, but when I opened my eyes again they were still holding hands… okay… what did I miss? "So you heard about Yellow?"

"Heard about Yellow? I was there when it happened…" I muttered in defeat, earning shocked gasps from the other two. Crystal tried to comfort me but truthfully, she wasn't the best when it comes to comforting someone. I smiled grimly, before deciding to tease my juniors, "So… you two were holding hands… did I miss something?"

To my amusement, Crystal not only flinched at my question but she blushed heavily as well. Gold, on the other hand, looked like he was in heaven. He beamed at me as he replied proudly, "As a matter of fact, you have! Crystal and I have been dating ever since we found out that we knew each other in the past. But enough about us, what happened to Yellow?"

"Know each other in the past huh…?" I repeated, not really paying attention to what I was saying. I then fully registered what I was saying and looked at Yellow's pale face. I clenched my fists. I should have been there to protect her! Both of my juniors placed a comforting hand on either one of my shoulders, and I took a deep breath to calm myself down, "Yellow and I have known each other as well… since a very long time ago even…"

"WHAT? Please tell us!" Gold exclaimed loudly, receiving a slap from his girlfriend, albeit a rather soft one, for yelling in the hospital. The two took two chairs and sat down beside me as I started to retell the story.

-= 3rd Person POV =-

Somewhere not that far from the hospital, a red haired teenager walked down the road, hands in his pockets and very deep in thoughts. It was almost robot like how he was walking, as he didn't pay attention where he was walking but somehow managed to avoid crashing into anyone else all the same.

"Silvy~!"

Of course, that didn't mean that nobody could crash into him. With a grunt, he looked up to see the person who had tackled and pinned him to the ground. He sighed, scolding himself for not being prepared to be ambushed by her.

"Lyra, get off of me!" the boy grunted uncomfortably. His discomfort grew once he realized that people were watching them and, worst of all, a mother covered the eyes of her son while dragging him away. Lyra giggled, stood up and dusted herself off before offering a hand to the boy who was still on the ground. Ignoring her gesture, Silver stood up by himself, "What are you doing here anyway?"

"I'm allowed to walk around in the city right? Besides, I could ask you the same thing!" Lyra playfully scowled at the taller boy, receiving a huff in response. She smiled before giving him a real answer, "I'm actually on my way to the hospital to see Yellow with my sister. She already left with Gold saying that she'd meet me there. I lost track of time, saw you walking and now here I am!"

"Great… I must be the luckiest guy in the world to have you run into me," Silver sighed sarcastically while rolling his eyes, resulting in the girl in front of him to pout. He smirked, but then tensed up once he felt something coming their way at a high speed, "Look out!"

Silver jerked Lyra's arm, forcefully pulling her in his direction. It was either that she was very light or he put in too much strength, but the force of Silver's pull caused Lyra to fly straight at him. Their lips locked and it felt like the entire world froze at that very moment. They stayed in that position for what felt like an eternity for the both of them, but was hardly more than a few seconds in reality, before pulling away, face flustered and completely red.

"ALRIGHT! Way to go senior Silver!" an excited voice broke the silence. When Silver and Lyra turned to the direction of the voice they saw a blonde boy, about two years younger than them, doing a victory dance, "See Diamond? I told you it was a good idea! Senior Silver just got a kiss from a girl thanks to us!"

"I'm not so sure…" a black haired boy wearing a dark red hat said unsurely. He was followed by a slightly younger girl with long, straight black hair, "Pearl, what if they don't like each other?"

"What do you mean?" the blonde boy, Pearl, shouted in shock. He then pointed at the two newcomers, "I've seen enough couple action from you and Platina to know how two people who are in love act and look at each other! These two are an item!"

Diamond flinched at that remark. He was, indeed, holding the hand of the girl at that moment. Platina, however, seemed unfazed and cleared her throat before she replied, "Although I usually trust your judgment, I have to agree with Dia in that we do not know for sure if these two are indeed harboring romantic feelings for one another."

"What do you mean?" Pearl shouted, before he felt being picked up by something. That something being Silver, "What do you think you're doing Silver?"

"I was about to ask you the exact same thing," Silver hissed menacingly. The air around him cooled down considerably, everybody in the area took a few steps away from the two teenagers and Pearl gulped nervously, "Now answer! What did you do that for?!"

"Um… as I told Dia just now, I… I thought you and her look really good together, so…" Pearl trailed off, but didn't finish. Silver was full on glaring at him while Lyra was fidgeting with her shirt nervously. Pearl gulped before turning to his best friend, "Help me out here will ya?"

"Sorry Pearl, but I'm already fully booked!" Diamond smiled apologetically. He then turned to the girl beside him and smiled warmly, "So, shall we go?"

"We shall!" Platina smiled widely, allowing herself to be guided by her boyfriend to a place only couples know where.

"What?! Dia, no, Diamond! Nooooooooooooo! Don't leave meeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!" Pearl wailed as he watched his two dating friends walk off without him. It was only then that he realized the situation he was in and gulped heavily. Sweating bullets, he turned to his seething red haired senior, "I… I have to… see you later senior!"

A blinding flash of light followed, forcing Silver to cover his eyes. The moment he opened his eyes again, however, there was no sign of the blonde boy. The red head huffed, putting his hands in his pockets before walking off.

"Silver, wait!" Lyra called out, realizing she had been left behind, while running after him. Miraculously enough, said boy actually stopped walking to allow the girl to catch up to him. Silver didn't turn around, but Lyra knew he was listening, "I… I'm sorry about…"

"There's no need to be apologizing," Silver interrupted her, not looking at the younger girl. This startled the poor brunette, but before she could ask or say anything the boy in front of her took the word once again, "I'm the one who… who should be apologizing… s-sorry…"

"What? Why?" Lyra exclaimed, running around the red head to try and face him. She was shocked and confused to see him looking away from her, "Silver, why? Why should you be apologizing? If you didn't pull me away I would've been seriously hu—"

"Don't… don't remind me… of what could've happened…" Silver interrupted with a tone Lyra had never heard him use before. She bit her lower lip, wondering why Silver sounded so hurt, "I… I had thought… it wouldn't happen like that…"

"Silver…" Lyra said breathlessly. The real meaning of what he had just said to her suddenly struck her, realization dawning upon her soon after, and she gasped silently, "D-Does that mean…"

"Fine, I'll say it!" Silver said irritably. He turned to the pigtailed girl in front of him, who was still speechless, "I…"

Poor red head never managed to finish his sentence as the girl in front of him tackled and pinned him to the ground once again, hugging him tightly. Silver was stunned for a while, but returned the hug nonetheless.

"Why didn't you say anything earlier silly? Me too!" Lyra chirped cheerfully as she pulled the older boy from the ground, grabbed his hand and started dragging him with her, "Now let's find my sister and tell her the good news!"

Despite the situation he had been in only moments ago, and being publicly humiliated multiple times already, Silver found himself smiling as he let himself be guided by the girl in front of him.

"And that's where we are today," Red finished, as he took a sip from his glass of water. He then looked at the faces of his two juniors and wasn't surprised to see the expressions on their faces. As a matter of fact, if he wasn't in the situation he was in at that moment, Red could've sworn he would've burst out laughing. Gold's face was a cross between horror and disbelief while Crystal's had worry written all over it. He then turned to the blonde girl laying in the hospital bed beside him, and the joyful mood the boy was in just seconds ago disappeared instantly, "I'm still waiting for her to wake up, but… the doctors don't know how long that could take… Yellow's uncle said it took several days for her to show any signs of life the last time around, so it might still take a while…"

"But she's not… she isn't…" Gold stuttered, not being able to finish his sentence. Crystal sighed, putting a comforting hand on his shoulder, nonverbally telling him to sit down. Her touch calmed him down considerably as he could finally formulate a full sentence afterwards, "She's going to be fine right? Isn't there anything we can do to help her?"

"I hope so…" Red's reply was lifeless as his gaze was fixed on Yellow. He gulped before he continued, "From what I found out about her condition, it's not really good… there isn't really anything we can do to help her but hope for the best and wait… No matter how painful that may be, there's just nothing we can do right now…"

The silence that followed was so heavy that it almost felt like a physical weight was thrown upon their shoulders. Nobody broke the silence, not knowing how they could. When the silence was eventually broken, it was by somebody from outside the room.

"Here it is!"

"Yeah, shout a little louder why won't you? Why do you think this is called a hospital? People are recovering and need the peace and quiet!"

"Whoops…"

The door opened, revealing Silver and Lyra in the door opening. Red was about to say something, but groaned once he realized something, "Oh come on! How many of my friends have started dating without me knowing?"

"Um, well…" Silver began uneasily, quickly retracting his hand that was holding Lyra's only moments ago. Crystal looked shocked, but Gold was snickering behind his hand, "As far as I know, just us… why?"

"Wow, way to go Silver!" Gold laughed, while slinging an arm around said boy's shoulder, much to Silver's disgust. Grinning like a madman, Gold continued taunting the red head, "Who knew you could do it, huh Ginger Emo?"

"Don't call him that!" an angry yell suddenly rang through the room. The next thing everybody knew Gold was laying on the ground holding his stomach in pain. Lyra was holding onto Silver tightly and protectively, all the while scowling at Gold, "Silvy's mine! Mine you hear me! MINE! You already got my sister! If you try to take Silvy away from me I promise you'll end up in a worse state than Yellow is right now! Come on! I dare you!"

Everybody was shocked speechless at how the normally cheerful Lyra turned so aggressive. Gold whimpered, before turning to Lyra's sister, "Why didn't you tell me your sister could be like this?"

"What can I say…?" Crystal wondered out loud, visibly thinking hard for an answer to her own question but a smile forming on her face nonetheless, "Never mess with the boy a girl is hopelessly in love with I guess…"

"Visiting hours are almost over," Red suddenly came in the bickering teens. He took the glasses they had used and washed them, before placing them back on Yellow's nightstand. He then turned to his juniors, "If you don't want to be ushered out by the nurses, you'd better get going soon!"

"What about you?" Lyra asked, confused, being the first to ask the question. Even so, Red could tell the other three wanted to ask the exact same thing, "Wouldn't you be forced out as well? Let's go together!"

"Well, the thing is…" Red began, grinning, as he took out a card from his pocket. Crystal and Silver recognized it immediately, but Lyra and Gold were as confused as ever, "Yellow's uncle pulled some strings, so now I'm considered part of the family! And as honorary family member, I'm allowed to stay longer, just not come earlier…"

"Alright… promise us you'll contact us once she is awake?" Crystal asked as calmly as possible. Red nodded, and the navy haired girl then turned to her classmates, "Let's go…"

"But Crysss…" Lyra whined as she got pulled away by her sister, "I just got here! I don't wanna go yet…"

"Come on Lyra, you heard Red," Silver sighed while trying to guide his new girlfriend out of the room, not very successful seeing how hard she was struggling, "Next time we'll just have to come here earlier, that's all…"

"Fine…" Lyra pouted, as she allowed Silver and Crystal to guide her out of the hospital room. Red smiled sadly, on the one hand upset that he, in a way, forced them to leave, but on the other hand glad that Yellow had so many people who cared so much for her.

-= Red's POV =-

I yawned while stretching my arms as I realized that it was getting late. Two hours had already passed since my juniors had left the hospital, and if anyone would ask me why I would stay in the hospital for so long… I honestly wouldn't be able to answer them…

I turned to Yellow and tucked a stray strand of her blonde hair behind her ear. I smiled seeing her pure face, but the burning pain in my heart still remained. Why her? I clenched my fists until I felt a stinging pain from both of my palms. When I opened them to see why they hurt so much, I saw four streams of blood flowing across my palms. I chuckled sheepishly at my recklessness and was about to take my leave until something made my blood freeze.

"R…Re…d…"

That voice, it couldn't be! I spun around and saw to my intense shock that it was! Yellow's eyes were open and she was looking at me, smiling painfully and forcing herself to stay conscious. I was stunned for a moment but rushed over to her side nonetheless.

"Yellow!" I called out, half of me not believing that it was real. She was awake! SHE WAS AWAKE! "How are you feeling?"

"I… 've… been bett… er…" Yellow coughed out, and I had to force back the tears that were threatening to form in my eyes. I hurriedly filled up a glass with water and helped her to drink the cool liquid. She did so gratefully, "Thank you… h-how long…?"

"Just two days…" I muttered in response before she could formulate her question. I smiled, glad that the girl in front of me was alright after all, "Everybody was so worried about you Yell. I… I was scared I'd lost you again…"

"A…Again…?" Yellow repeated, obviously not understanding what I meant. I slapped myself mentally for forgetting that she wouldn't remember, "What do you… what do you mean Red?"

"I lost the girl who meant the world to me about twelve years ago," I smiled sadly at the memory, but deep inside I knew I was about to burst out laughing at her expression. I made a mental note to scold myself for that later. I took Yellow's sketchbook from her nightstand and gave it to the still speechless girl, "I gave her this the day she left my life forever… At least, until I met her again a few weeks ago…"

"This sketchbook… it's… it's mine…" Yellow began hesitantly. Her eyes suddenly opened wide in realization as I knew she figured it out by now. She turned to look at me, her face being a cross between uncertainty, hope and disbelief, "D-Don't tell me…"

"This time, Yellow…" I said gently, as I hugged her, making sure not to put in too much force. She didn't return it, probably still too in shock by the developments of today. I closed my eyes and inhaled the smell I had missed for so long, "This time, I'll be with you every step of the way!"

Ah, I love happy endings xD truthfully, the ending is the only part of this chapter that I thought went well… Yeah, I told you this chapter wasn't that good right? At the very least, it's not of my usual quality… But at least I managed to introduce the Sinnoh trio and confirm two pairings already, in addition to heavily hinting another! I sure hope that counts for something…

Not much of an announcement left, other than that I will probably be writing the next chapter of Night of the Black Sun now. Or I'll wrap up Crimson Sunlight seeing as there are only two more chapters left… we'll see, won't we? Also, the poll regarding the former story will remain up until the fourth chapter comes out!

On a side note: anyone seen Zygarde's new forms yet? For me personally, Perfect Form somehow reminds me of either Daemon or (Marine)Devimon… or a fusion of said Digimon… *shudders* I dunno, still need some time to get used to those forms, but I probably will… eventually that is…

That's all for now, please forgive me for both the long wait and the horrible quality of this chapter… even though it's not much of an excuse, real life has become rather, lacking a better word, extreme… as usual, please feel free to review, follow and favorite! It means a lot to me!