And here's the ending to that fight. I- well let's just get on with it.

Enjoy.


The three Pokémon huffed tiredly on their respective sides of the field.

All three sported various injuries on their bodies.

Absol's fur was charred in some places, wet or frozen in others.

Typhlosion had gashes littering its coat and some part had drops of water on it. Feraligatr was sporting several scratches and some serious burn marks. Absol was skilled in redirecting their attacks onto each other.

"Flamethrower!" Typhlosion's attack became supercharged thanks to its Blaze ability.

"Hydro Pump!" The same occurred with Feraligatr with its respective Torrent ability.

"Psycho Cut!" For Absol, its Super Luck ability decided to kick in, sending three times the amount of blades with twice the power.

"Dodge!" All three trainers called out at once.

For the fire and water duo, there were too many blades to dodge. Each was pelted with blasts of psychic power and they landed tiredly on the ground. They got back up, extremely exhausted.

Absol tried to weave in between the blasts, but with the intensity of both attacks, it was still launched back and had both sides of it hit with the strong attacks.

Absol was struggling to rise.

"This is our chance! Use Lave Plume!"

"Hydro Pump! Once more!"

"Absol!" Leaf cried out.

Leaf ran towards her Pokémon. She didn't know what she was going to do, but she wasn't exactly thinking when she started to run towards her Absol-just that she had to do something other than stand there.

Luckily-and startling- enough, a beam of blue energy was blasted in front of Leaf canceling all of the attacks.

"What-?"

The trio of trainers looked up to see a person falling into the arena.

"Red?!"

Leaf placed a hand on her hip. "Never thought you'd be here."

Red simply glanced back at her before turning to the two boys. His Charizard landed in front of him and fired a flamethrower in front of the boys' Pokémon.

The trio wore matching surprised expressions.

"Hey! What do you think you're doing? We're the good guys!" Ethan yelled.

"Get out of the way!" Silver growled.

"Red, what are you-?" Lea started.

"Enough."

"What do you mean 'enough'?! We have to take her down! Now move out of the way!" Ethan screamed.

"..."

"We'll go through you too if we have to! Typhlosion! Use Flamethrower!"

"Feraligator! Use Crunch!"

"Dragon Pulse."

The blue beam shot horizontally towards the two Pokémon. The two Pokémon easily fell to the blast making them both faint.

"Ah-!"

The trio once again wore shocked.

Leaf quickly composed her surprise into an unimpressed expression.

"Listen, if this is some macho pride thing with you having to take me down, I never back down from a challenge, so bring it on."

"...not that."

"Then what is it?" Leaf asked, irritated.

"…evil." Red spoke.

"Huh?"

"You are not evil." Red spoke with an unexpected firmness. "I see that now."

Leaf's eyes widened at his declaration.

"What do you mean she's not evil?" Silver asked.

"She's the leader of Team Rocket!" Ethan clarified.

Red ignored them. "I took what you said into consideration. I left to acquire…proof."

"Proof? From who?" Leaf questioned.

Red tossed a tape recorder into Ethan's hands. He then handed a letter to Leaf.

"Play it."

There was silence.

"See there's nothing on here. There isn't any proo-"

"Red? What are you doing down here from-?"

That was Green's voice that echoed in the room.

More silence, "How'd you-?" a long sigh dragged out. "Guess you found out, huh? I wasn't hoping I would have to tell you, but I guess I've got no choice. Yeah, it's all true. Gramps didn't think what he was doing was wrong. He just wanted things to stay normal and your dad; well…if he said anything, everything was going to get all messed up. So, my gramps told. He didn't mean for that to happen. I can't tell you how guilty he felt over the whole thing, I mean they were comrades! Still-! Your dad was a professor too! So he should have known what would have happened if-"

A thud was heard, followed by a pained groan. Then the tape cut off.

"Did you punch him?" Leaf looked startled at the black haired boy. He stiffened before he nodded slowly.

Leaf looked down at the letter in her hand. "Then this a letter…from Oak."

Red nodded again.

Leaf tore through the envelope before pulling out the paper inside.

"To Red," Leaf started.

"I hope that you never have to read this letter. I never meant for what happened to happen. I thought what I was doing was right. I did not foresee the degree to which these actions were accountable for. I could not allow for the chaos to be released. I only thought that they would have berated him; find a way for him to stay quiet. I never imagined for them to kill him-"

A sharp gasp fell from Ethan's lips. Silver looked shocked.

"But it happened. Team Rocket was placed with the blame for what they -I- have done and has now been declared a crime syndicate. I bear the guilt for the life I had taken and the thousands I have endangered. I lived with the guilt and I live with it now. I have tried to make up for it, but the guilt does not secede. You may think of me a coward by writing this in a letter, but I am truly sorry for all the suffering I have caused to you and your mother. If I could, I would-"

Leaf then proceeded to tear up the letter and threw the pieces, which fluttered to the ground. Red was unconcerned, he would have probably torn it himself.

"I can't even finish reading this. All of these words are worthless." Leaf said. Her glare was sharp and cold as ice.

She glanced back at the envelope and noticed another piece of paper inside.

It was folded and yellowing. Leaf delicately began to unfold the old page and turned it forwards.

Red,

It's been a while hasn't it? Sorry I haven't been home recently.

Leaf looked at Red. His face had not changed from its neutral expression, but Leaf was far too familiar with the red-eyed boy. Instead of his neutral expression, she saw him holding back tears; the devastation was clear in his eyes.

I'm still out on my journey to find more Pokémon. I just got back from Johto, actually. You wouldn't believe the different amounts of Pokémon Johto holds. I caught a Pichu over here and I'm sending it to your mother so that she can give it to you! Consider it an early birthday present!

I just spoke to my buddy (don't tell him I called him that-he'd hit me!), Giovanni. He and I have been coming up with new ideas for bettering this region of ours, maybe even the world! That's something to hope for, isn't it? We just had a friendly battle just yesterday. The man is an amazing trainer, but not as good as your me~. That's what made your mom fall for me! Anyway, Giovanni's got this cutest little thing. A daughter …

Leaf became all the more engrossed in the letter.

He told me that he had his cute little daughter with his most beloved person in the world! Sadly, his beloved person is not his wife. It's something you'll understand when you get older. But she's got the cutest little face with long brown hair and glimmering green eyes. I would never have believed it she was Giovanni's if it wasn't for the hair and her personality! I can't believe a kid could be so cold! They're almost like twins…Still-it would be nice if you two met. In fact, I was mulling this over with Giovanni and he said that he would allow her to be there for your 6th birthday party! Isn't that great?

I'll see you soon and take care of your mother for us!

Dad

"Red…" Leaf trailed off.

Red said nothing.

"So everything's a lie then? Everything we were fighting for, fighting against, was all lies?" Ethan asked desperately.

Red turned towards him and nodded slowly after a long pause.

The weight of that nod was heavy.

"I didn't plan for things to get this out of hand. If anything, I would rather have kept things as they were; kept everyone from knowing the truth." Leaf said.

Red gripped her arm as she walked past him. "And let yourself continue to be seen as evil." Red finished. The question had come out as a statement.

Leaf was furious. How dare he speak so nonchalant at the situation? Did he think that she wanted people to see her like this? That she wanted people to think she was evil?

She wrenched her arm from his grip. "It's better than seeing everyone turn into them!" Leaf yelled as she pointed towards the two boys.

Ethan's eyes were flickering as if he could not process what was in front of him. His expression looked more upset than what Leaf could bear with so she turned to look at her little brother. He was faring no better, however. Silver was shocked beyond his mind. He was gazing beyond Leaf and Red and staring intently at the wall as if it could explain everything that was going on.

Still, both boys snapped themselves out of their trances and looked at the two older teens with a defeated gaze in their eyes.

"I honestly wished you never found out." Leaf said, addressing both boys.

Leaf turned to Ethan. "I never did tell you what caused me to cry that day, Ethan…It was the death of my father."

"What does it matter?" the boy asked, bitterly.

"The identity of my father. His name was a pretty well-known name in the past years." Leaf paused to look at Silver. "Does Giovanni ring a bell?"

The red haired boy's eyes widened considerably.

"You're lying." This time it was Silver that spoke. Ethan looked at him confused.

"I was his heiress and as such I took charge of Team Rocket after he was sent to jail." Leaf paused. "I am also your big sister, Silver."

"No way." Both boys could not hide their surprise.

"Well, your half-sister. Different moms you see. My mother was a ranger. Your mother was-."

"Tch. Don't care about that woman who abandoned me." Silver spat.

"She is not someone I think you would have liked to meet anyway..." Leaf sighed. "Well, now that you know the truth, what are you going to do? Do you still want to take me down?"

"Why didn't you ever mention this?" Ethan whispered. "I wouldn't have cared if you said you were-"

"Then why were you so prepared to finish me off right now?"

Ethan flinched. "I-"

"As much as you'd like to believe in the goodness of your own heart- and I know you are one the biggest hearted people out there, Ethan- but even you could not help the prejudice that came from the title that I held and group that I associate with."

Ethan looked at her, crushed. He gasped inwardly when he saw her expression. She wore a slight frown, but her eyes were what got to him. Her eyes screamed out all of the sadness, all of the struggle, she held within herself.

"You are considered a villain. Everyone screams for your defeat, imprisonment- execution- and still, you would not have told anyone the truth?" Silver asked.

"I was prepared to take the secret of the truth to my grave. If everyone hated me-tried to kill me-for what I tried to do, for all I was willing to sacrifice, then so be it."

"I never would have thought my sister to be a self-righteous martyr." Silver snorted.

"Call me what you may. That will not change my beliefs."

Silver crushed his teeth together. His head whipped up, suddenly. "If it is so easy for you to sacrifice yourself for people you don't know, how come it was so hard for you to do the same for me?! Why did I have to live on without knowing my sister?!"

Leaf's eyes widened considerably.

"I spent my days in an orphanage. There were days that passed by and wondered why my family had abandoned me." Silver spoke softly. "I wanted to find someone who cared about me like all the families I would see when I was outside. Go to trainer school and get my first Pokémon surrounded by all the people I cared about."

"I grew bitter. I wanted out. If no one cared about me then fine! I didn't need anyone. I was going to become a trainer so I could leave that forsaken place and make my way to the top. That's why I snuck out of the orphanage to go to Prof. Elm's laboratory. To get myself a Pokémon and take to the roads."

"Silver, I-"

Leaf slowly stepped towards him. She reached out to him, but he slapped her hand away.

"If I had known that I had an older sister, I wouldn't have cared who she was! I would have followed her anywhere. I…I just wanted someone to be there…to care…"

That was the last straw. Leaf didn't care for the consequences; she would take all of them head on.

Leaf surged forward to embrace her brother fully. Silver struggled furiously in her grasp.

"L…le-let me g-go!" Silver strained out as he tugged on her arms.

"I'm sorry. I'm so sorry, Silver." Leaf said as she hugged him tighter against her person.

Silver ceased his struggling and let himself get smothered against her. The place was silent.

"I didn't want you to join us." Leaf finally said.

Silver turned to glare at her.

Leaf ignored this and continued.

"To be honest, I didn't know you existed until I was ten. You were just turning 5 years old by that time. Just a child…Team Rocket was already considered a crime syndicate by the time you were born. You were so young, I didn't want you to be known as a criminal. Forgive me. I had not known that Arianna had given you away to an orphanage. If I had known, I would have had you taken care of by a close friend of mother's.

I've always wanted to meet you. To play with you and be there when you got your first Pokémon and help you on your journey; to go on a journey together. But fate was never so kind. I saw you head out on your journey alone and I wanted to help, but I couldn't find the means to. Never forget this Silver: I have always loved you. I've kept watch over you this whole time. I've seen you grow into such a strong person and I'm so proud of you."

Leaf turned to look at Red. She nodded towards Ethan. He gave a slight nod back.

Red stepped behind Ethan and knocked him out.

"I'm sorry, little brother."

A single tear fell onto the floor before she knocked him out too.


Ah, so sad. I hope you all enjoyed the interference of our surprise guest!

The3vilFighter: I like your username by the way. You my wonderful reviewer have awesome guessing skills cause you were right~! Red does come to save the day :D! (Or did he make things worse? o_0) Red will most likely continue to appear every now and then. He's too cool not to be mentioned! As for him being in a relationship with Leaf, it's mostly up in the air (AKA possible) so to speak, but right now the two appear to hold each other in a special regard. They are held together by a similar tragedy and are pretty close as of now. As to whether that relationship will develop, well it's up to my muse. This story is pretty much writing itself!

As for whether or not I will update, I respond to reviews in each chapter now, so I will most likely not update unless I get at least 1 review. So thanks for reviewing and you spared people the agony of waiting longer~!