AN= Hey there! It's been quite a while! Sorry for not updating as frequent as I normally do now! I have been rather busy. Well I will be busy for the rest of the holidays but I'll try to squeeze in an update before Christmas or maybe after that. Another reason why I didn't post this last week was because I was in a little conflict on whether I should post it now but hey, the story has to go on right?
Disclaimer: I do not own anything Pokemon, just this story and Cyan.
P.S. I am so so so so so so so so looking forward for Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire Pokemon Adventure Manga to come out. Sigh...That will probably be like in 5 years time and I'll be old.
P.S.S I really hope you like the moments I've written here! Sorry for the long AN and enjoy this chapter.
[Narrator's P.O.V]
Blue entered Yellow's room after dinner was over. "Hey Yellow." Blue smiled. "Hey there! It's been quite a while since we last talked!" Yellow said. Blue looked up and thought "Not really though it was just last night." Yellow laughed and invited her to sit down.
Dinner had just ended not too long ago and the sky was a lighter shade of electric blue and pidgeys and spearows flew back to their nests.
"Anything juicy to tell me?" Yellow said. "Yeah! This morning when Green and I were walking to class, the five annoying girls tried to embarrass me but they failed." Blue said as she sat on the edge of Yellow's bed.
"How did they do it? By the way, they call themselves Fire 5Ever. In honor of Green's Charizard and Red's name." Yellow said. A loud slap could be heard as Blue face-palmed. "Anyway, they wanted me to fall down, which I did painfully, but no one was there to see me and Green helped me up." Blue continued.
"That's nice of Green, but I thought he preferred 'catching' instead of 'picking' up...oh! Sorry for disrupting the conversation, carry on." Yellow mused. Blue paused. "Is there like a special meaning behind that?" Yellow was shocked.
"He told me before, when he was training me, that picking up makes you vulnerable as you have to bend down, which makes it easier for opponent to strike, unlike catching where you are more stable and alert. Something like that...I forgot the actual thing he said." Yellow explained. 'Vulnerable...' Blue thought as she heard Yellow.
"Woah...that's deep..." Blue said and Yellow nodded. "Back to the story, when Green and I walked another route and walked near them, they fell down because the floor was wet and they were eager to see Green close-up and pushed each other. And no one helped them up."
"Not even Green?" Yellow asked and Blue nodded. "I don't like to be mean but.. they deserve it. They've done worse stuff.." Yellow said. "There was once they spilled fruit punch with thick red colouring on my seat and I was about to sit on it when Red pulled me away from my table."
Blue's mind registered this quickly. 'And why did she mention the incident that Red was in? Does she have feelings for Red? ' Blue was about to say something like 'Do you have feelings for Red' when she saw the connecting door.
"Hold on, Yellsie." Blue said ran out of the room. "Red and I are going battle now." Blue remembered Green telling her that just 15 minutes ago after dinner had ended. Initially, they were supposed to train Eevee but Green remembered that he had agreed to have a battle with Red two days ago.
Blue went to the rooftop battle arena and saw Red and Green having a pokemon battle, just like Green said. Just as she was about to leave, Green caught sight of her silhouette.
Blue ran back to Yellow's room. "Do you like Red?" Blue said. Yellow was caught off guard. "Wha-what, Blue?" Yellow said. "Do you have stuff for Red?"
Yellow looked at Blue before looking away. "Blue, don't tell this to anyone..." It wasn't loud; Blue strained to hear Yellow. "I don't know when it happened, but I'm starting to fall for him..." Yellow said. Blue's eyes widened.
"I don't like it when Misty jumps and gets touchy with Red. It makes me uncomfortable." Yellow carried on. "Blue, it happened so fast that I didn't know that I was starting to like him.." Yellow closed her eyes.
Blue sat beside her and placed her hand on Yellow's shoulder. "It's alright to fall in love! Don't make it sound like it's a sin!" Yellow smiled. "Thanks Blue."
"What are you going to do now?" Blue said. "I don't know honestly...I'm trying best to not get red when I talk to Red now. I don't know how long I can keep this up though."
'Hang in there, Yellow. I'm sure that you and Red are meant to be together.' Blue thought. "Let fate handle this. I'll be back after getting a glass of water." Blue said. "Sure!" Yellow chirped and smiled.
Blue smiled and was about to open the door when she realized she had left it ajar. Blue paled and peeked at Yellow, who decided to read a few pages of her book. She opened the door, looked left and right and her imagination became real.
Blue quickly stepped out and closed the door behind her. Instead of walking to the kitchen, she went the opposite way. Blue climbed up the stairs and walk the path that leads to her room.
Without any warning, she entered his room through the connecting door. "Green, tell me honestly, how much did you hear?" Blue said and forced herself to stop her fast walking pace. She had almost rammed into him but Green managed to stop her with his hands on the sides of her arms.
"It wasn't for you to hear. Tell me how much did you hear." Blue said. Green just looked at her and blinked, letting his grip on her arms fall. "Blue, listen to me-"
"I said, how much did you hear?" Blue's voice was laced with annoyance, her patience running thin. "Her confession. I never meant to-" Blue raised her hand and cut his sentence. "Green, I thought you were better than this. She is your friend and you mentored her once. Shouldn't you respect her privacy?"
Green didn't bother saying anything; he knew he would be cut off by the chick in front of him. "And me. I think you full well know that I didn't have a very good impression of you. I was hoping that you'll prove me wrong-"
"Will you just stop with the bitch and listen to me?" Green interjected, really pissed off when Blue started to talk about his character. Blue was shocked at his sudden interruption. She remained silent.
"You came up to the rooftop arena and left seconds later and I saw you." Green explained. "I thought there was something fishy and decided to follow you and went I passed by Yellow's room, I heard her confession. Turns out you didn't close the door properly."
Blue stood there, her eyes filled with guilt for not hearing him out, blind accusation and for jumping to conclusions. She looked up and saw Green looking at her. She looked away, muttering "Sorry."
"What was that?" Green raised one of his eyebrow. Blue gulped and looked up at him. "I'm sorry, Green. For jumping to conclusions,making blind accusations and not listening out to your reason...I didn't want to betray Yellow-"
"I understand you. Apology accepted. Besides, we can't have a bad relationship now we have a partner assignment that's 50% of our overall grade of Pokemon studies." Green said. "Yeah." Blue said.
"You better keep you lips sealed. You get me?" Blue tip-toed, trying to be on his eye level. Green lifted up both of his hands "Sure Madam Anseka Blackthorn." Green chuckled.
It only took them a few moments to realize that their lips were inches away. Blue and Green looked at each other again and Blue quickly went back her usual height and cleared her throat.
"I'll get going and I guess, you have to finish your battle with Red?" Blue said as she took a step behind unknowingly. Green nodded and they left Green's room to join their best friends respectively.
The both walked away with a small smile, both secretly happy that their friendship wasn't affected but they didn't know this brought them one step closer. They didn't know that their relationship was improving.
"What took you so long?" Red said as Green finally emerged from the stairs. "Oh, just sorted out something. Let's get back to the battle." Green said as was about to walk when Red stopped him. "By any chance...were you talking to Blue?" Red smirked.
Red hit the nail on the head. "Y-yeah.." Green answered. "It seems like your relationship with Blue is blossoming." Red said. Green could tell that Red was having fun teasing him. "You normally never let a girl affect you."
"She doesn't affect me. Besides, she just my friend." Green continued,"Why don't you mind your love for Yellow?" Red paused. "And you will mind you relationship with Blue?" Red continued.
"Red, we have a partner project that's worth 50% of our entire grade. She and I have to work together." Green said as he crossed his arms. "What do you have to do?" Red said.
"Raise and train an Eevee and then evolve and train it some more." Green said. "Sounds like a parenting job." Red said. 'Why didn't I think of that?' Green thought. "Ahh. Enough." Green said and walked to his position.
They put on the head piece so that they can communicate without shouting at one another on the arena. "I'll give you another 2 months and believe me, you'll fall for Blue of Pallet Town."
"Red, what is wrong with you today? Golduck! Ice beam." Green said. "Has loving Yellow gotten burdensome that you want me to feel the pain of love?" Red paused. "Liking Yellow was never a burden and it will never be, even if she never feels it or likes it back." Red said seriously.
Green immediately know he had said something not so pleasant and apologised. "Sorry for saying that. I didn't think about it." Red shook his head and smiled, accepting his apology.
'Shit, I shouldn't have said that! Red is so darn serious...is Yellow as serious as him?' Green thought after Red's sentence. "Hey where did Pika run off to?" Red looked around wildly for his electric mouse. Green shrugged.
"He's been out these few days. He only comes back when the sun sets." Red said. 'Something's fishy about Pika.' Green thought. "Did you see who a Pika hangs out with?" Green said and Red shook his head.
A similar scene was taking place in Yellow's room.
"Honestly, you and Green match well, in terms of looks and intelligence. Actually there are many more reasons too." Yellow said as she shifted the topic over. "Our personalities don't exactly fit, if you realized." Blue pointed out.
"Well, they say 'Opposites attract' right?" Yellow laughed. "Oh! I think Gold is starting to have stuff for Crystal!" Blue said and Yellow's eyes widened. "I thought Crystal has a little crush on Gold!"
"Ruby and Sapphire seems to be getting along with each other better now, as compared to the last 2 years. At least the are friends now" Yellow said, "Sapphire has accepted the fact that battling isn't the general favourite." Blue laughed. "Opposites attract! Ruby is a coordinator while Sapphire is a trainer!"
Yellow eyed Blue and Blue purposely not looked into Yellow's eyes. "What did you say?" Blue looked at her, "huh? What did I say?" Yellow stared at her "You know full well what I'm saying." Blue merely diverted the topic, "What happened to the past 2 years?"
"Back to Ruby and Sapphire, for the past 2 years they would purposely agitate each other and with their conflicting interests, only made it worse." Yellow said. "Look at how it turned out!" Blue said. Yellow looked at Blue again. "They are just friends!"
"but honestly, I think there's some attraction going on between them." Yellow said. "I can't be that sure though...but I think they will make quite a good couple." Yellow continued.
"This apartment seems to be having the maximum amount couples available" Blue said as she heard Yellow's sentence.
"So you admit that you and Green look good as a couple?" Yellow smirked. "Woah, miss! I did not say that." Blue defended. "You meant that. 8 divided by 2 means 4, which is the maximum number of couples available." Yellow winked. "Green is just my classmate- okay, friend. Nothing more. Serious."
"Fine, I shall not do this now." Yellow said and gave in. "But I know one day, I'll have a chance to poke at you." Blue snorted jokingly. "In your dreams!"
"Say, did you see Chu Chu?" Yellow asked suddenly, pausing their conversation. "Nope." Blue shook her head. "Gee, I just realized I've hardly seen her these days."
"She can defend herself. I'm sure of it." Blue said. Yellow nodded in agreement. "Her shocks are real nasty." Blue laughed.
"Wanna go talk to Crystal and Sapphire?" Blue said. "Sure!" Yellow replied and they left the room.
{A few days later}
Sapphire had decided to take a stroll after dinner. The evening breeze blew her loose hair as she walked into the forest.
The forest wasn't off limits but students never liked venturing into the forest unless necessary. That's one reason why Sapphire likes going there; there will be no one to disturb her.
After a few steps in the forest, she let all 4 of her land pokemon out. "Here ya go my friends, don't venture far! Make sure I can see you!" Her pokemon smiled and nodded.
Sapphire walked on and looked up. She decided to climb a tree and took a vine and swung across the forest. She smiled, happy to be in the forest.
The scent of flowers filled the air as she decided to walk by foot, just in case anyone saw her. She inhaled the forest's scent as she felt calmness wash over her.
The forest was as close as her secret spot, no one knew about Sapphire's habit of coming to this forest. This place made her happy.
Just then, Sapphire's sharp ears heard leaves rustling. 'There's something or someone out there.' She thought as she looked around her. She stepped quietly, trying not to make any sound.
She followed the sound of rustling and breaking of twigs. As she got closer, she accidentally kick a few twigs. 'Shoots.' She thought. She quickly climbed a tree to get a better view.
Sapphire almost fell off the branch. It was the person she had least expected (not that she expected anyone to be here). Sapphire gulped. She had no idea why she couldn't just jumped down in front of him.
It was as if, seeing him made her heart stop.
The boy was none other than Ruby.
He was standing up with a pokedex in hand with his Mightyena and Swampert.
She took a deep breath before hopping off the branch and landed in a safe stance a meter away.
"Why are you here?" Both Sapphire and Ruby said.
"Why can't I be here?" The both countered.
"You don't own the forest." The both of them said a speech in unison for the third time, in a row. This shocked both of them.
"Okay, whoa! We need to stop talking at the same time and the same things. It's creeping me out." Sapphire said as she put a hand out like a 'Stop' sign, not knowing that her Blaziken and Donphan were behind her.
"You got that right. Why are you here? I mean no one really comes here." Ruby reasoned. "I'm not a 'no one' I guess. I come here quite frequent. I like this place." Sapphire said.
Sapphire partially covered her mouth. 'Did I just idiotically tell him that I like to come to the forest?!' Sapphire thought. "I guess my reasons are similar. I come quite often here to do certain stuff." Ruby said.
"Like train your pokemon?" Sapphire said in an attempt to not make an awkward situation. Ruby's eyes widened slightly. "You k-know I'm I'm not a Poke-pokemon trainer r-right?" Ruby said, trying not to stutter.
"Well, as you can tell, I'm using my pokedex on Mightyena and Swampert. I was trying to figure the Pokedex out." Ruby continued. "Turns out this box is a useful thing."
"Sounds cool." Sapphire said. She had an inkling of what a pokedex was (she is, after all, the daughter of famous Pokemon researcher, Professor Birch) and she decided to give Ruby credit for doing some observations.
"This device tells everything about the pokemon. From location, abilities, nature to the power and accuracy of attacks, this is extremely useful when it comes to battling." Ruby said.
Sapphire only knew that the Pokedex could find out the level of the pokemon, nature and ability. She listened intently, wondering why her dear father didn't tell her anything more about the pokedex.
"Then, it wouldn't be useful to you?" Sapphire said. "Not necessarily." Ruby said with a smirk. Sapphire was darn curious about what he was going to say next.
"It also shows which attacks are classified under the 5 categories of pokemon contest, the amount of appeal the attack can get and the amount of jam the attack is."
"Useful. Real cool." Sapphire said. Ruby managed to turn a device that's used most frequently for battle and research, and managed to find something useful to his advantage.
"Why do you come here frequently?" Ruby said as he shifted the topic back to her. "Huh-what?! Oh! This place is beautiful! My pokemon and I enjoy it."
"Maybe you should try pokemon contest for a change." Ruby suggested. "You must be outta of y-your mind-d!" Sapphire said, almost stuttering, just like Ruby did.
"Nope. I guess I'll see you back at the apartment." Ruby said and in a flash he disappeared, leaving Sapphire there. "The clean freak prince actually loves coming to this forest. My mind is blown." Sapphire said as she continued with her walk.
Ruby sweat dropped after he was out of sight. What Sapphire didn't know was that Ruby had been battling to find out the use of the pokedex. "If she didn't step on the twigs, my cover would have been blown." Swampert and Mightyena nodded.
"Nobody should find this out. Especially.. her..." Ruby said in a low voices he trudged out of the forest. Just then, Swampert paused. "What's wrong, Zuzu?"
Just then, Nana came in front of Ruby. She started pulling on the hem of his pants. "Hey, Nana! Watch out for the pants! What's wrong?" The Mightyena kept pointing to a certain direction, as if saying that they weren't alone. "There's Sapphire." Mightyena nodded, knowing about her presence.
Ruby put on his glasses and looked around. No one was visible, at least. Maybe hiding behind the trees or up the tree. "Something's fishy but no, we won't go and investigate. We'll find Green first."
"But, do you think that presence is a major threat at the moment?" Ruby said as he asked Mightyena and Swampert. They shook their head slowly, being honest. Ruby understood them. "So that person's isn't that dangerous right?" Ruby tried to confirm.
Both pokemon nodded. "That's good. We should head back now." Just then, Swampert tapped Ruby and pointed from the direction they came from. "Sapphire!" Ruby said as the walked back.
She hadn't gone far. Ruby tapped her shoulder and Sapphire did a little jump and turned behind. "Ruby! What the heck are you doing?" Sapphire said as she tried to calm down.
"Listen, Nana, my Mightyena picked up an unknown presence but it isn't a threat, still I think we should head out now." Ruby said. "I can take care of myself, Ruby! Thanks for the-"
"Sapphire, let's just get out of here now." Ruby said, "We don't know what is out there. Your father doesn't even know you come here so please." Sapphire nodded and placed two fingers in her mouth and whistled.
Her pokemon came less than 10 second later and Ruby took out his Kirlia and teleported them in front of the apartment. As they entered, they saw the pokedex holders coming out.
"We have been looking all over for you two." Gold said as they were all in front of the apartment. "We need to go see the elites now for training at this secret address. I've sent it to you already. Let's go." Red said.
Sapphire and Ruby nodded as all of them headed out of the apartment sector and use their respective mode of transport to get there.
"We should go separate ways. We'll pair by roommate." Red said and they all nodded, leaving in pairs. "Why?" Sapphire and Ruby asked.
"That's what the elites told us to do." Green said and they nodded their heads and all did as they were told.
Green grabbed Blue and they went by the South, flying on Charizard through the forest to get there.
Gold and Crystal left through the main gate, north and flew on their flying pokemon.
Red and Yellow left went West, above the shopping area, up in the sky through Aerodactyl and Butterfree.
Sapphire and Ruby left by the East, flying high above in the sky, via Sapphire's Tropius.
When they all reached the location, they took a lift down to get to the room.
When the lift door opened, all their jaws dropped as they looked all around. "I never knew they had this kind of facilities." Red said as they walked out of the lift.
They stopped walking until they saw Lance, Lorelei, Cyan, Steven, Glacier and Drake. The pokedex bend forward to give a respectful bow to the elites present. "Good evening, pokedex holders. Cyan will be in charge of training you guys. Any questions?" Lance asked.
Blue shot her hand up. Lance nodded at her, signaling her to ask away. "Why do we need training? Is this some sort of preparation for war or something?"
The elites looked at each other. "We can't exactly tell you now but yes, you can consider it as a preparation. We...forsee a problem that might endanger Kanto and possibly the world." Cyan answered.
Lance breathed in and said, "Alright, I will be real honest about this. You guys are like a secret group. You ain't pokedex holders for nothing, you should know that. You'll find out more soon, as time passes. So no questions for now." They nodded.
"Now we've got the questions sorted, we'll begin!" Cyan continued. The other elites besides Cyan walked to the observatory room. "I want all of you to call out all the pokemon that can do special attacks." The pokedex holders nodded.
Red called out his Pikachu, Venusaur, Poliwrath and Gyarados.
Yellow called out her Pikachu, Butterfree, Omastar and Golem.
Blue called out her Alakazam, Kingdra, Blastoise and Nidoqueen.
Green called out his Scizor, Charizard, Alakazam and Golduck.
Gold called out his Typhlosion, Sunflora, Politoed and Sudowoodo.
Crystal called out her Meganium, Acarnine, Cubone and Xatu.
Sapphire called out her Blaziken, Tropius, Relicanth and Donphan.
Ruby called out his Swampert, Kirlia, Milotic and Castform.
"Very good. Now, I want you to think of a combo attack with all of your own pokemon." Cyan instructed. They nodded and began to work.
-In the Observatory Room-
"They are working hard and they get the job done." Glacia commented as they were trying to find a suitable combination attack. "I guess, they are Professor's Oak Pokedex holders for a reason." Drake said.
"The old man has an eye for talented, fine people." Lance said, his cape hovering a few inches above the ground. "I'm kinda curious about a few of them." Steven said and all other 4 heads look at him.
"Blue and Yellow," Steven answered and continued, "they seem to hold certain abnormal powers. Blue is particularly good with her Kingdra and Blastoise, who are both water types and can do ice attacks."
"Blue's ice attacks are always blasting cold and always on point." Lorelei, the Kanto ice queen commented. "What's more, Kingdra is half dragon and it is unusual for people to have such good control over dragon, even hybrids, as if she was bestowed with the dragon powers of Blackthorn." Lance froze slightly but kept a cool composure.
"As for Yellow, she is very connected with her pokemon. They co-ordinate well and Yellow doesn't need to speak much when working with them," Steven said, "just like Cyan and Lance."
"That may be because Cyan, Yellow and I are blessed with the gift of Viridian Forest." Lance said. "Yellow too?" The other 4 beside him said. Lance nodded. "She also has the power to heal pokemon. Something not as common."
"Hello, Viridian powers aren't common?" Lorelei said and he laughed. "Well, for this instance, it is quite common." Lance chuckled.
"Ruby is surprisingly good. Equally on par or, maybe even better than some of them there." Drake said. "Maybe it's in the genes. He is, after all, son of Norman." Steven said.
"True but, no matter what, battling needs practice. It is impossible for a co-ordinator like Ruby to be at this level of fighting, unless he does his own training." Lorelei said and Lance agreed. "Ruby shows extreme reluctance in battling but I know he will not hesitate when the need to battle arises. It can only mean that he trains in secret." Lance continued.
Cyan looked at them from her location and they all gave her a thumbs up. 'They sure are progressing fast.' Cyan thought as all of them were able to think of their specialty attack.
"Good job, you guys are getting there. Now for the next step, target practice. As you all should know, accuracy is the key when it comes to battles." Cyan said and 8 target stands emerged from the floor.
"This whole hall, is coated with a layer of protect, so it will diffuse the attack without damaging this hall. So go ahead and fire away." The pokedex holders did as they told and practiced.
They are the Pokedex holders but that did not mean they are perfect. It took skill to master the accuracy and power of combination attacks.
Blue bit her lip as she saw her pokemon combination being launched unsteadily and it soon diffused when it hit the wall instead of the target. Kindgra's Dragonbreath and Blastoise's ice beam were side by side, Alakazam's psychic went zig zag and Nidoqueen's sludge bomb encircled the beams of attack.
Time and time, one attack will get out of control when she tries to focus on one. "Not working well." Blue muttered under her breath as she tried again. She took a breather and looked at the other Pokedex holders.
Almost everyone had the same problem, with the exception of Ruby. Ruby had his glasses on and had been calculating the speed and timing of each pokemon attack.
"No..Ruru's attack needs to be faster...and Feefee's ice beam needs to go slower. Heard that, guys? Let's try again." Ruby's pokemon nodded and Ruby used his fingers to countdown.
It worked. It hit the target spot on, shatrering the target to pieces. "Good job, Ruby." Cyan said and smiled.
"I guess his co-ordination skills came in handy." Lance said and the rest nodded.
As if Green understood how Ruby managed to do it, Green commanded his pokemon to do their combination and, like Ruby, shattered the target as well. "Good job to you too, Green." Cyan said. 'It was expected, boy. Coming from you'
Yellow turned to her pokemon and felt their determination to master the attack rise, just like hers, and Yellow smirked and said, "Wanna give it a go?" Her pokemon nodded eagerly.
"1..2..3!" Yellow said and they launched the attack at such force that even Yellow was shocked at her pokemon. The attack penetrated through the target, creating a hole instead of shattering it and headed straight for the wall.
Yellow thought the attack who have diffused instead it shot around the room, like a pinball. Blue, instinctively called her pokemon and launched her attack at the moving attack.
With the force of both attack almost equal, it both diffused after colliding with the other. Everyone, including those in the Observatory room gaped. "That was..impressive." Red said.
"I agree." Crystal said. "Good job, Yellow and Blue. That was great indeed. Yellow's determination must have triggered her pokemon and thus shot the powerful blast. Blue's quick thinking and that killer accuracy, coupled with her pokemon's frustration to ace the combination attack managed to stop Yellow's combination attack."
In the next moment, the other 4 blasted their combination attacks and manages to destroy and target, as if what Cyan said was the key to mastering the combination attack.
"It's practically half the battle won with these Pokedex holders." Steven said. "Pinch me." Drake said in complete awe. Glacia gladly agreed and pinch almost all of the lights out of the Hoenn dragon master, proving the skill and gifts the pokedex holders naturally have.
So if you realized, this chapter is slightly longer, to erm sort of make up for the lack of action in the previous chapter. So, as usual, Please Review! See ya next time!
Merry Christmas in advance!