A/N — This story is like one month late, and I totally apologize, but it was because I was on vacation in a place without wifi. I actually finished updating My Online Life and Behind The Scenes before I left, so at least that's some positive stuff. I dunno, but finally an update yay!

But first, as always, here's to the reviews!
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Just Another Kid — yeah, I didn't really add White for reasons (that being I think it's cause I introduced like fifty characters). Black in the whole psychic clan is because I find him interesting actually. I dunno, but he has an ability sort of like Yellow (well definitely different, but I mean he's special in a way). Anyways, thanks for always understanding lol. But yeah since they're finally reunited after a lot of junk happening to them, they have to go save the world (like what happens in the manga). Also, those three are super precious so I enjoyed somewhat writing their reunion :) By the way, don't mind it! I love your long reviews as always! I'm hyped up for any pokespe manga tbh. After seeing the characteristics of X, I'm very interested at what kind of personalities he'll give the new dex-holders! LOL, well wrapping this up, as always, I love your reviews and their funny (LMAO at the conscience XD)! Thanks, I will try to update more frequently once I get back from vacation!
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Thanks to those who reviewed! Now, moving onto the story!

Chapter Twenty — The Last Night

This night was the last one before they started the battle plan and go into positions. Everyone finally reunited and somewhat agreed to helping out. But that didn't mean the issues and problems three years ago were fixed. Everything was quite tense actually. Diamond and Pearl were talking to Platina about how the three years were, Yellow was making small conversation with Red, Soul was talking to Blue until Silver came, Crystal tried her best to avoid Gold though it was hard because of the kids asking them questions, Green was staring at the ocean quietly, and Ruby, Sapphire, and Emerald were talking excitedly.

Though they were actually conversing with each other, it didn't seem the same, nor did it have a happy feeling to it. Even Diamond and Pearl didn't have one and it seemed kind of awkward.

"I wonder what three guns I should bring..." Emerald muttered, polishing his gun next to Sapphire.

"I can't believe you didn't untie me until after we went out to the sea. I wasn't going to run away even though I was forced against my will," Ruby said.

"As if," Sapphire said, completely not believing him. She turned to Emerald to answer his question. "By the way Rald, I think ya should bring yer 3495 Scyther Sniper! Yer mostly used as backup and ya're good at long range shots."

"No way! Rald is best at medium range," Ruby argued. "I recommend that you bring your 360 Dolphan Killer Gun. It's lighter and it doesn't run out of bullets easily."

Sapphire narrowed her eyes at him when he picked a fight with her. "Seriously? How would ya know?! The Dolphan Killer Gun isn't really that accurate ya idiot!"

"Well the Scyther Sniper is only used for really far distances! We're going to confront them, so it's reasonable not to have too much of a distance from them!" Ruby retorted.

"Scyther Sniper is better!"

"Dolphan Killer!"

"Scyther Sniper!"

"DOLPHAN KILLER!"

"SCYTHER SNIPER!"

"ARGH! YOU GUYS ARE GIVING ME A HEADACHE!" Emerald shouted, interrupting their screaming competition. He stood up with the gun he was polishing. "I should've known that I shouldn't ask you guys. I'm going to figure it out under the deck. Forget about it."

"Wait, Rald! Green was going to come out later with the plan!" Sapphire said, remembering how Green announced he was still thinking of the positions.

Emerald continued to walk away. "Call me out when he does then." And with that, he jumped through the small hole leading to the lower deck then slammed it closed.

"See what ya did?! Ya made Rald leave!" Sapphire snapped at Ruby.

"Huh? It was totally your fault!" he accused. He adverted his eyes slowly to her body after getting it in his view. "Also, you need to change that cape! It's not helping you!"

"Shut up! How the heck did that come into the conversation?!" she responded.

As they continued to bicker, Blue watched them on the sidelines and let out a small giggle behind her hand. Next to her, Silver gave her a questioned look, furrowing his eyebrows.

"What's so funny?" he inquired.

"It's how they never change," Blue replied with a smile as she laid against the edge. "I felt like the death hit them the most since they were closer to Wally, and I thought they were going to go in an awkward yelling routine, but it didn't happen and they're acting normal."

"Oh," Silver mouthed.

"Speaking of awkward tension from the death three years ago, don't you think you and Soul and should make up?" Blue suggested, noticing her behavior.

"What do you mean?" Silver asked.

"My memory of three years ago isn't as clear as now, but I'm pretty sure you guys had an argument," Blue reminded. "I mean, I know all of us had arguments that day and blames, but you guys had the biggest one in my opinion. While everyone was blaming themselves and arguing how it was their fault, you and Soul called each other names for taking the blame and whatnot. You guys seem the most separated in my opinion now, and if you guys are actually going to work together, I think you should at least be on okay terms. The girl literally left when you approached me earlier."

"I guess," Silver responded, indifferent.

Blue sighed, seeing his poor reaction. "Just make sure you wrap it up all tonight. The night is still young and you have a lot of time."

"Hey," Ethan called out to Gold in the kitchen.

Gold stopped midway from eating his sandwich and put the food down when he heard the boy's voice. "Yo!" he greeted, giving a small wave.

Ethan awkwardly took a seat next to him and stared at him in an interrogate manner.

"Is there something on my face?" Gold inquired, secretly thinking how alike he was to Kris when she would test him.

"Are you really my dad?" he asked, his eyes blinking innocently.

"According to your mother, yes," Gold answered.

"..." Ethan continued to stare at him.

"Stop staring at me. You're creeping me out, kid," Gold finally said.

"No offense Mister, but I have no trust in you," Ethan bluntly stated.

"Thanks," Gold said sarcastically, hurt inside. "But the truth is, you don't even know me yet. Isn't it hard to trust a stranger?"

"I'm not trusting because you're a stranger, but because you left Mommy alone," Ethan responded, causing Gold to flinch. "Ever since I was little, I've always wanted a dad, but I hated him for leaving Mommy. Even though he's back, I still feel the same way."

"Stop talking like you're a teenager," Gold snapped. "You're still little. And anyways, if you're so upset about it, you should know something. I didn't leave her, she left me."

The door opened, stopping their conversation. Green walked in with his blank face but stopped when he saw the father and son next to each other. Both stopped and stared at him.

"Am I interrupting something?" he asked, seeing their looks.

"Wassup, Green?" Gold greeted.

"I just came for a snack," Green replied.

"Oh yeah, I have to tell you something while you're still working out the game plan," Gold stated as he watched the brunet walk over to the fridge.

"What is it?" Green asked.

Gold turned around to Ethan. "Hey Kid, can you leave? The grown ups are talking and it's too big for you."

Ethan stared at him for another ten seconds before hopping off of his seat and walking out.

"That kid makes me get the chills," Gold commented, sighing. "He seems so carefree with Crys but so serious with me."

"What did you want to talk about?" Green said, ignoring the last statement and jumping into the conversation.

"Oh yeah." Gold remembered, leaning forward onto the table. "I wanted to talk about some pirate group. Do you know something called Team Galactic?"

"Team Galactic..." Green put his hand on his chin, recalling the name. "I heard someone mention their name when I confronted them earlier today."

Gold widened his eyes slightly. "You met them too?"

"Why? Did you confront a person from them or something?" Green asked, dodging his question.

"Yeah. That's what I want to talk to you about," Gold began. "What happened was—"

"Soul," Yellow called, entering the small room under the top deck.

She sat on the stool next to the hammock Soul was currently laying in. The brunette turned her head to Yellow and looked at her.

"Yes?" she answered in a nice tone. "What are you doing here? I thought you were talking with Captain."

"Well I was, but I wanted to talk to you about something," Yellow said. "I'm not really sure about the whole situation, and I really hate butting into people's businesses, but are you and Silver okay? I noticed some tension between you guys earlier today when Blue paired you two up to watch the ship."

Soul let out a long sigh and laid her arms on her head as she stared at the ceiling. "Honestly, I don't even know anymore. He said some things, I said some things. I really thought I could forgive him and he could forgive me, but it's not as easy as it looks. He's still a jackass."

Yellow sweatdropped. "Are you guys going to make up soon? You should do it soon before something happens and you regret it," she advised.

"Yeah... I know it's for the good of the team if I do," Soul said. She let out another long sigh then a groan. "Nothing can be the same as before. I seriously miss those days."

Yellow nodded, exactly knowing what she meant.

"We all do," she said. "But for now, we can't do anything about it except get along whether we want to or not."

"You're right," Soul agreed. "Being a team is important. I'll just apologize to him after everything is over though. I'm not really in the mood to do it now, and there's a less chance of me being paired up with him in Green's plan."

Yellow smiled. "That's good, Soul," she said.

"Oh, hey Rald," Red greeted when he met the blond boy in the bottom deck. "Whacha working on?"

"Just adjusting another gun," Emerald replied, completely focused. "I also need to work on the others weapons and make them... what's the word... better? I guess. It's been three years and you guys have been having the worst conditions for them."

"Oh," Red said. "Yeah... I haven't been active lately and I literally stayed in Pallet Town for the meantime."

"Yeah, I know," Emerald responded, relating to him. He stayed in the ship when they separated. "Anyways, leave your swords here. Oh, also let Yellow go heal your Pokemon and get checked up. We are going to need our best shape for a fight."

"Yeah," Red agreed. "Thanks." He placed his sword on the table next to Emerald's gadgets.

"No problem. It's what I do anyways," he replied, not looking up to the boy.

Just when Red was about to leave, Emerald called out to him and spun around in his chair. "U-Um, Red!"

Red turned around also and answered, "Yes?"

"I have a question. Umm... I know I shouldn't get ahead of myself, but after this fight are we separating again?" Emerald asked, feeling nervous of his answer.

"Honestly, I don't know," Red replied, scratching his cheek. "I guess it depends on the outcome."

Emerald lowered his head. "Yeah," he agreed. He faked a smile and raised his head again. "Sorry, that was a stupid question. Go on."

"Ruby! We need you in here!" Green called, opening the kitchen door to the deck.

The black haired boy stopped arguing with his brunette rival and spun around to him. "Huh?"

"We need you to double check the places for everyone. I divided everyone into places, but since you're best at battle planning, I want you to agree to it."

"Okay, I'm coming," Ruby said, giving Sapphire a playful glare before walking over to him.

Sapphire stuck out her tongue then hopped over to Yellow who just came out.

Ruby entered the kitchen and saw Gold. "Why is he here?" he asked, accidentally sounding rude.

"Thanks. I love you too," Gold replied.

"I'm just kidding," the boy dismissed, sitting next to him.

Though Gold was a jokester who couldn't take a lot of things seriously, he was somewhat of a genius; not that anyone would admit it, of course. He already had a big head enough as it is. He also seemed to spot things easily and is skilled at using a sword. But there are sometimes where he's a scatterbrain.

"What's up?" he said.

"This is what we planned," Green responded, handing him a piece of paper of the teams he grouped up. "We already got Red's consent, but we want yours."

Ruby looked over them carefully.

"Everyone, get on the main deck now!" Green announced, slamming the kitchen door open.

The people who were already on the deck turned their attention to him and the two other boys who followed behind him. Yellow, Soul, and Emerald came out to the deck as well, and in seconds, everyone was assembled in front of him.

"Okay, so our goal is the Elite Four. There are eight in both Kanto and Johto, and counting Unova and Hoenn, sixteen. We decided to rule out Sinnoh because they're not apart of their plan. And not only do we have the Elite Four, but we also have that guy we met earlier in Viridian Forest, Lance, which is included in the Kanto Elite Four. The plan is to separate in the best combinations and go after them. We divided the groups already."

Green raised the paper in front of him and began calling the names. "First, Red will go one-on-one with Lance since he wanted a revenge battle and because he's the best matchup. While he does that, Gold and Crystal will be going after the rest of the Elite Four in Kanto, and Soul and Silver deal with the ones in Johto. Then we have Ruby and Sapphire to find out about Hoenn, and Diamond, Pearl, and Platinum will be investigating Unova to see if they're actually playing it safe. Lastly, we have Emerald, Yellow, Blue, and I. Emerald will be coming with me somewhere, and Blue and Yellow are decided to watch the ship."

"What the heck?!" Blue shouted, interrupting him. "I get why you put Yellow on the ship since she's not into fighting, but I want some action! I don't want to stay on the ship!"

"No way. You're going to cause too much trouble for others even if you are skilled," Green denied.

"Who was the one who saved your sorry ass earlier today?!" Blue retorted.

"I also have complaints about this plan!" Crystal said, raising her hand so that he would see her. "Gold and I aren't exactly the best combination."

"You're the only one who can control him so I decided to put you on the team with him," Green replied.

"Wait, Green! I thought Sapphire was going against the Kanto Elite Four! I don't want to be paired with her!" Ruby said, noticing something.

"I don't want to be with ya either!" Sapphire shouted, sticking her tongue out at him.

"Um, I also have an objection to this!" Soul said, doing the same thing as Crystal.

"Okay, I lied. Your opinions don't matter," Green announced, seeing all the complaints. "We already had Gold, Ruby, the captain himself, and I to agree to this. Usually the previous practice is us picking the plans, and it'll stay like that whether we're a crew or not. We didn't pick it because of your personalities but because of how good you guys fight with each other. If you want to go into battle with feelings, then don't go into battle at all. I shouldn't have to remind you guys this."

After he said, there was a long silence; everyone reflecting on themselves.

"It'll be okay guys," Red said, breaking it. "I'm pretty sure you all are wiped out completely and out of breath. For now, just use this last night to chill out and relax. We'll leave early in the morning."

They all nodded, obeying their captain.

Red smiled slightly to ease the atmosphere. "Great. If you need me, I'll be in the kitchen doing something." And with that, he retreated from the situation.

Soul let out a long sigh, moping.

Blue spotted it then quickly went into a large smile. "Hey! Hey! Since it's the last night, I declare that all the girls have a girls night under the ship!"

"But Blue, there's only one bedroom down there," Crystal pointed out.

"Yeah, the guys can just sleep in Rald's office! I saw a hammock or something in there once~!" Blue declared. "C'mon! I want some beauty bonding time! It's been three years!"

"We're still talking to Missy though!" Pearl argued, hearing her announcement.

Blue hooked her arm with Platina's. "Well you can do that later! You guys are together tomorrow anyways! But for me, this is my last night with Platina!"

"You should go," Diamond insisted.

"Hey, Dia! What are you saying?!" Pearl whisper-shouted.

The boy munched on the bread he was eating. "Blue's right. Though we only had three hours to catch up earlier, she hasn't had any with Missy. We even get to see her tomorrow. I think it's best that she has some bonding time now."

"Diamond, you are so understanding," Blue said happily, patting on his shoulder. She turned around to the other girls. "Well, ladies, you heard him! Go to bedroom or I'll do something to you in your sleep tonight!"

Yellow, Sapphire, and Soul sweatdropped while Crystal looked irritated at the command. Platina seemed kind of neutral, but was in between of choosing Diamond and Pearl over Blue or the other way around.

"Yeah, yeah," Crystal mumbled. She was about to go there until Kris stood in her way. "Do you need something?" she asked, bending down to the little girl.

"Take me with you," Kris insisted.

"Uh, uh," Blue interjected, waving her finger back in forth disapprovingly. "I know you don't want to be together with the sloppy boys all night, but I can't have you spilling something to Gold. You might Crystal's blood daughter, but you were raised by your father. Sorry Sweetie, but I can't let you hear out girl talk. It's very inappropriate. You can come in after an hour or so though because there's no way I'm going to let you sleep in Rald's office."

Kris gave her an identical irritated look that Crystal gives her all the time, but moved out of the way for the girls.

"Sorry," Crystal apologized, following Blue afterwards.

She would've talked back and let Kris come, but once she heard about how the talk was somewhat inappropriate, she decided to withdraw back.

"Hey Green! This isn't what we discussed about earlier! I didn't see Sapphire with me!" Ruby argued, following him in the kitchen.

"Because I knew you would be against it," Green said, sipping on his coffee like there was no problem in the world.

"Green..." Red muttered, sweatdropping at how relaxed he was.

"We argued like every five seconds! Please change it!" Ruby insisted.

"Look. I know you guys have difficult and annoying personalities to deal with, but that isn't the problem. Besides, did you not hear what I said before? I said this formation isn't based on your emotions but combinations of power. The only one who is an exception is Yellow who is staying on the ship because she's a doctor," Green clarified.

"I know! But... But we aren't even the best combination!" Ruby reasoned.

"You are the strategist. You have a good mind and nice reflexes but you lack strength in things. Then there's Sapphire. She has a simple way of attacking but her reflexes and strength is even better and she tends to act on instinct. You have the brain, she has the power. Combine together," Green told him. "Rald would be a perfect set to your team as back up but I need him with me."

"..." Ruby stayed quiet, deciding to stop before he angered the irascible man. "Fine..." he muttered, turning away and walking off.

Green took another sip of his coffee.

"That was harsh," Red commented.

"But you know it's the truth," he replied.

"So spill it," Blue immediately said when they all entered the room.

Soul realized she was looking in her direction. She looked left and right, wondering who she was talking to, but when she looked in the direction of the others, they attention were on her. Afterwards, she turned to Blue with a puzzled look and pointed at herself.

"Wait, you mean me?"

"Yes, you!" Blue yelled, laying back in one of the beds and making herself comfortable.

"What'd I do? I'm so confused," Soul replied, furrowing her eyebrows.

"I meant about the situation with you and Silver," Blue clarified.

Soul let out an exasperated sigh while the others watch her. "Why is everyone asking me about that today?!"

"I didn't notice any tension..." Sapphire muttered, feeling dense.

"I did not either," Platina admitted.

"I did, but I chose not to say it," Crystal said.

"So just tell!" Blue ushered. "I know you guys are in a big fight, but don't you think you should make up sooner or later? You guys are going to be working together, and as his big sister and your friend, I want to help."

"Even after three years, she hasn't stopped being a meddler..." Crystal murmured; Yellow nodded in agreement beside her.

"Look, it's not really much of a big deal. We just had an argument from three years ago, and the tension is slightly high. I don't think it's going to effect the mission though because Green said we shouldn't get emotions in the way, and that's probably not what I'll do," Soul assured her.

"Green's a brat," Blue quickly said. "He might say that but it's because of the previous arguments. He knows that emotion effect the mission greatly. We all know."

"Mm... I don't really want to talk about it," Soul admitted. "I'll deal with Silver on my own and apologize on my own, so it's okay. I know Crys is going crazy with Gold around, and Sapph with Ruby. Go talk to them."

"I cannot believe you put me out like that," Crystal stated, looking betrayed of her sister. "Gold and I could work out issues like that and get along, but on the other hand, you and Silver are a different story."

"Look, I don't want to talk about it! I'll work it out on my own time," Soul declared.

"Are you certain?" Platina asked, though she was still puzzled about the situation. She wasn't there when her and Silver got into an argument three years ago.

"Very," Soul answered, standing her ground.

Blue stared at her a few seconds. "Hmm..." she hummed. "Okay. I guess I could trust you."

"Wow, I'm surprised you let it go," Crystal said. "You've changed into a better person, Blue."

"No, that isn't it," Blue dismissed, waving it off. "I'm only doing it because I have my own thoughts to worry about."

"What is it about?" Yellow asked, worriedly.

"My plan to escape this ship and join the battle," Blue replied seriously, making everyone sweatdrop.

"Blue! You're going to abandon the plan?!" Crystal inquired, looking at the girl like she was ridiculous, which she was.

"Green is pissing me off!" Blue admitted, stomping on the wooden floor.

"Do not break it. It's been three years since everyone has taken care of the ship, so it is probably not sturdy and if it breaks, water will come in," Platina warned her, though she didn't know that Emerald was actually living on the ship the whole time.

"I'm just upset! Today, Red and Green had their hands tied with this pirate hunter and was in the dumbest situation you could find them in! They were able to have somewhat of a chance of escaping because of my beautiful, smart brain, and yet, I'm not out on the field!" Blue complained. "I mean, I'm prefer background situations where I'm away from danger, but I still want to help out behind the scenes or something! Staying on the ship isn't what I want to do. I already stayed on a ship for days with Yellow!"

"Feeling the love, Blue," Yellow said jokingly.

"You know I love you," Blue replied to her. "It's not because you're the problem or anything. It's just I don't want to do nothing in middle of a crisis. As if anyone would attack our ship! Who cares about it when you're off fighting the bad guys!"

"Blue does have a point," Platina agreed.

"Shh... don't make her be more confident about it!" Crystal hushed her. "I know it's not really reasonable, but Green chose the plan. And if he chose it, it must be the best action to take. Not to mention, even Ruby agreed to it."

"Oh my Kyogre, speaking of prissy boy, I can't work with him!" Sapphire interjected. "He's going to insult my cape again and distract me!"

"Please. Didn't you want him to fight badly?" Blue asked, not believing that she's against it.

"Well yeah! But not beside me!" Sapphire replied. "Well, I mean, I want him to be beside him, but not alone! We literally just had a fight before we came here, and I don't know if I can handle it!"

"How did this girl meeting turn into a trashing circle," Soul pointed out, seeing how negative they were getting. She might've been against Silver, but she didn't really trash him or talk really bad of him, yet.

"What Green doesn't know won't hurt him," Blue simply replied, not caring. "Anyways, I wanted most of this talk to be about Soul, but since she's hesitant about revealing everything and Silv needs to learn on his own, let's move on to the main topic."

"Which is?" Yellow motioned her to continue.

"Changing the plan and getting me off of this ship," Blue answered, making everyone sweatdrop.

"Didn't we established and talked about it already?" Crystal pointed out. "I can't believe you're still going to try."

"Well it's better than doing nothing," Blue reasoned.

"I do have a simple solution in mind," Platina said, raising her hand half way. "It will solve some trouble between you all."

"Platina, you're a genius!" Blue immediately shouted even though she hasn't heard it yet.

"Uncle Gold!" Kris called out to him, hoisting herself to get on the bench next to him in the kitchen.

"Oh, hey Kris!" Gold greeted her, ruffling her hair. "You want some alfredo? Dia's a great cook!" He pushed the plate of food near her.

"It's okay. I'm not hungry," Kris replied, pushing it back to him. "I was just wondering about something."

"Again?" Gold asked. "I already told you everything, right?"

"Just one more question," Kris responded. She stared at him with innocent eyes this time. "How long will you be leaving, and what will happen when you comeback? Are you getting back with umm... mommy?"

Gold ruffled her hair again with his non-dirtied hand, and let out a chuckle. "Don't worry about it, Kris! We'll just live somewhere else out of Goldenrod or something," he answered. "As for your mother... that's up to her. We're divorced so I can't really call the shots."

"Divorced?" Kris inquired, not knowing what it meant.

"It means we were once married but not anymore," Gold answered.

"Oh," Kris mouthed.

"Don't worry about it!" Gold repeated, reassuring her. "For now, you get to be hanging out with your second cousin... or whatever my cousin is related to you!"

"Cousin?"

"Yeah. It's that blonde chick who was wearing a hat," Gold replied.

"That was a girl?" Kris exclaimed, thinking back to it. "Well... I guess she was one of the people who went under the deck with the other girls..."

"Apparently, yeah," Gold responded. "She's an amazing doctor and can fight pretty well, so you'll get along with her! That kid, Ethan, will too."

"Oh, okay," Kris replied.

"How do you feel?" Diamond asked, sliding a plate down the counter to Pearl.

"Thanks," Pearl mumbled, grabbing a fork out of the nearby cabinet. "Also, how do I feel about what?"

"About the reuniting thing," Diamond replied. "You seemed like you were against it."

"I was, and I still am," Pearl responded, stabbing the eggs Diamond made with his fork. He shoved in his mouth, and focused his attention on the food. "But I know I can't really complain about it. I'm the one who trusted yours and Missy's judgments, so it's only natural that I continue to keep my word and go along with it."

"Yeah," Diamond agreed. "I guess this is pretty positive. I get to fight alongside the two of you again."

"We got the easy part though," Pearl commented. "Well, somewhat. I'm not sure if we need to fight considering we're just investigating, but who knows?"

"Uh huh," Diamond agreed again. He let out a small laugh. "But don't you think it'd be awkward since we don't know how to speak Unovian?"

"Oh yeah," Pearl said, remembering about the language barrier. He perked up a second later, and stopped eating to look at his watch. "I think there's a new language app on my pokétch. It was on T.V., so I'm assuming."

"Really? Cool!" Diamond said, looking at his too.

He tapped on his, accidently pressing another app.

"Speaking of Pokémon!" A loud shout came from his pokétch, surprising the two. It was a something he recorded years ago on the device and kept it. He always have the tendency to record their rehearsals to memorize them.

Diamond immediately stopped the recording and tapped out of the app. "Oops, sorry," he apologized, trying to let the moments pass by.

Pearl gave him a faint smile. "It's okay."

"Hey," Red greeted, walking over to the brunette with a cup of water in his hand.

Green didn't turn around and continued to lean over the edge to get a better look at the water and sky. "Hey," he greeted back when Red stood next to him.

"Whacha doing?" Red asked, leaning his back to the rim.

"Thinking," he answered, glancing at the boy. "Something's up? You have that look."

Red let out a small chuckle. "I'm not really going to worry about stuff," he replied. "But I have a question I was wondering about."

"What is it?" Green asked.

"Are you sure that's the best combinations?" he inquired. "I mean, I know I agreed to it, but I felt like their emotions will get in the way because they can't help it. They might've gotten along back then, but now that I'm looking at them again, the people who you paired up together as a team are broken and distant. That sounds rude, but it's just the awkward atmosphere I've been getting."

"Of course I know that," Green replied. "That's the reason why I put them together."

"Huh? What do you mean?"

"I put the most currently 'distant and broken' people together because back then, their teamwork was really good. Despite their current emotions, they still know how to fight together," Green answered.

"Well yeah, I thought about that, but what happens if it doesn't happen?"

"It'll happen," Green said firmly. "You're the captain, aren't you? You should predict it."

"I am," Red replied. "But I'm estimating whether the past will effect the future outcomes."

"They will," Green replied. "But it doesn't matter. We'll still win."

Red nodded. "Yeah, you're right." He let out a sigh. "I wonder if I'll find Lance's whereabouts."

"You better beat him," Green said. "According to Yellow and Blue, he has the same powers as her, so there's a huge risk where he could just constantly heal Pokémon. There's the bright side of how he can't heal himself, so that's probably the best chance of beating him. If you know Yellow's weaknesses, then you should know his."

"Yellow and him are definitely not the same person," Red replied.

"But they're powers are," Green retorted. "I'm not certain whether he has the same sleeping effect as her, but there's a high chance of it, so don't overlook it."

"I know," Red said. "I'll get him back."

"I already know you will," Green said.

"Hey, Green, I have another question," Red spoke up.

"What is it now?" the brunet asked.

"In my opinion, you're kind of overprotective of Blue, but you know she's a good fighter. Why did you leave her on the ship? If anything, you should've left Soul or Crystal since they're not into fighting much," Red reasoned.

When Crystal and Soul first joined the ship, they had reasons for staying. One was because they had no where else to go because they were wanted, but the second was because Crystal wanted to explore the world and catch all kinds of Pokémon for her benefit, and Soul just didn't want to be kept in one place for the rest of her life. They knew they had to fight if they were to join the crew, and agreed to it so that they could fulfill their own pleasure.

Red accepted them because of their knowledge about ships and phenomenon that were unrecognizable, and because of their will to help the poor and defenseless people out.

"She'll be in the way," Green replied.

"The actual reason," Red said, recognizing his reasoning for almost everything.

Green let out a sigh. "Out of everything, I just don't want to see her face right now. And if she goes into battle without me there, I'll know she'll make it back, but there's a chance that something else could happen. The last time I let her battle, the worst thing happened and we separated," he replied honestly. "I don't want to deal with that right now."

"I see," Red accepted it.

"It's a good thing you came to me right now though. I was about to talk to you about something," Green said.

Red blinked. "What is it?"

"When I said I was going somewhere earlier, where do you think I was going to?" Green asked.

Red stayed silent, shrugging. "I'm not really sure, but I know you wouldn't just run away from a battle like that."

"I'm not, of course. I want to keep something a secret from the crew, but since you're the leader, I guess I should tell you," Green began, "The truth is, earlier in the kitchen, Gold came to me and told me about some group in Sinnoh is hanging around. It's something called Team Galactic. When I went to go get my key back then, I actually ran into one of them, and the leader of the ship shot me in the arm. That is the reason why I have to go investigate it. I feel like there's something wrong going on."

"What do you mean?"

"It's just a weird feeling," Green answered. "I know the Elite Four is the main reason why we reunited, but I feel the need that the group is sneaking behind corners or something. Gold told me that earlier when he got attacked by the member, they had these weird machines that had information on us. It's best to eliminate something before it becomes a threat, so I'm going to do that."

"Okay," Red said, giving him since he understood Green's intentions. "Tell me when you find something out."

"Got it," Green replied, the mood instantly getting lighter afterward.

Red let out another sigh. "It took about three days, but we finally did it. Now we only have a night together," he mumbled.

"It doesn't matter," Green said, shrugging it off.

"Hey when we come back, let's party for the last time," Red suggested.

Green rolled his eyes. "As if. You're the worst person when you're drunk," he commented.

"Huh? You're even worse! Didn't you make Blue give you a piggyback ride last time?" Red retorted, laughing at the memory.

Green had a slight blush, but he quickly dismissed it and returned something. "Says the guy who kept sniffing Yellow's hair last time."

"S-Shut up! As the captain, I command you to never bring up that memory ever again!" Red demanded.

"Oh? Don't you think you're abusing your power?" Green joked, a smirk tugging on his face.

"Green, you're such a mean person!"

The Next Morning

"Okay, we have the mini boats prepared and items..." Green muttered to himself. He looked at the others, who were all on the deck. "Prepare what you need to get and leave when you feel best." Then he turned to Emerald. "Did you get everything?"

The blond haired boy nodded and put his gun in a bag carefully. "Let's go," he said.

"Wait!" Red shouted as everyone was about to leave.

"What is it?" Crystal asked, seeing his frantic expression.

Red cleared his throat before speaking in front of them. "I know I shouldn't have to say this, but using the keys that Rald prepared for us, contact each other about your statuses so we can know whether one group needs backup and one doesn't. Also, be sure to know your enemies and their motives," Red advised.

"Is that all?" Soul inquired, already knowing she was supposed to do that.

"Well, one more thing," Red added. "You must follow this number one rule. Don't die. If the Elite Four really is a strong opponent, do the best you see fit for the situation whether it means running away or something else."

"Got it," Silver said, nodding his head in reply for everyone.

"Head out, guys!" Green shouted, jumping off the ship easily.

While everyone else was jumping off of the ship, Yellow and Blue were talking near the doorway of the kitchen quietly.

"You're not seriously doing what she suggested, are you?" Yellow asked worriedly.

"Nah, Crys is right. I'm not going to interfere with the plan," Blue replied nonchalant. "I'm doing something else."

"Where are we going then?" Yellow inquired, seeing her walk up to the edge of the ship.

"We're going to check some place out once all those boats are out of sight. But first, we're going to Hoenn," Blue said.

"Why?"

"To visit someone."

As Yellow raised an eyebrow and gave Blue a questioned look, Gold's daughter, Kris, tugged on her pants. She looked down at the girl, finding her really awkward, but adorable.

"Hey, Aunt Yellow," Kris called.

"Aunt Yellow?" she replied, confused. Though she knew it was polite custom for a child or younger person to address an older person as 'aunt' or 'uncle', she felt super awkward about it, considering she wasn't that old yet. Or, at least she doesn't think so.

"And Aunt Blue," Kris added, looking at Blue as well.

The brunette twirled around to the girl, and one of her veins popped out. She smiled at the little girl, so sweet that Yellow could tell it was one of her fake ones.

"I'm not an aunt, Sweetie. Call me Big Sis," Blue told her, pointing at herself.

Yellow sweatdropped. Really Blue?

"Um, yeah, that," Kris skipped. "Can I ask you a real question?"

"Go ahead," Blue replied.

"Will Uncle Gold be okay? Or, err... my dad?" Kris asked.

"I mean, if he doesn't die, then I'll kill him for you," Blue responded.

"Blue!" Yellow said, sweatdropping at how horrible that joke was.

"What? Don't take me seriously, Yellow!" Blue told her, waving it off. "I'm just trying to lighten the mood for the two extra guests on board! Of course they'll be okay! They're famous for their combat skills!"

Ethan stared at her weirdly. "Will we really be okay here?"

"We're here." The older Yellow, Blue, Crystal came walking through a cemetery. Yellow held a briefcase in her hand and finally put it down when she stood in front of the grave. She bent down onto the ground and placed the bright flowers she brought for the grave then started to pray.

"You guys are late," a spiky haired man spat; a large crew standing behind him.

"Yeah, we ran into some trouble," Crystal replied. "All because of Blue."

"Hey, don't blame this on me only! It was your fault!" Blue said, jamming her finger against the man's chest. She tried to muster the scariest and most serious glare she had ever had, but it failed completely because his stone cold green eyes seemed neutral.

He gently grabbed her wrist and put her arm down, away from him. "What is it now?"

"Your past self kept snooping around us crazily!" Blue accused.

"And how did he find your ship? My past self only goes after things that get in the way, and as long as you're not involved in the situation, he wouldn't even met you. So how did he go after you?"

"Oh, because Blue just stole his keys, y'know, the usual," Crystal replied, making everyone else besides herself and Yellow give her a look.

"Thanks for selling me out. I thought we were friends, Crys," Blue said dryly, looking betrayed.

"Blue, just take blame for it!" she replied.

"Okay guys, don't fight! It's disrespectful for Wally," another man said, walking towards them.

"Red," Yellow breathed, finally noticing him.

"Now, that everyone is here, we'll start doing the portal experiment," Red announced, looking at the other people as well. "We need to start quickly before we run out of time, and make it precise so we don't fail. Start preparations quickly."

"Where do you think they'll be at in Johto?" Soul casually asked, trying to not make the atmosphere more awkward than it was already.

Sure, she was insanely upset at Silver, and sure, he pissed her off like crazy and took controls of things by himself, but it was better than staying in some awkward state. She was going to keep her promise to Blue though, and actually apologize and try to forgive him (if he actually apologizes), but that was not one of those times. It would've been good timing since they were going to work together, but she decided to do it after the battle because of how nervous she felt.

"It's not in the first few towns because I was just there," Silver told her. "I think the better solution is to wait for them to find us." Will's face popped up in his mind last time they were in Johto.

Soul gave him an incredulous look. "What?"

Okay so honestly, this chapter did not go the way I expected it to, but it progressed somewhat smoothly (I guess). But now we're finished with PART I and is heading to PART II (finally!). I thought I'd never reunite them tbh. Well anyways, I felt like I shouldn't say much, so I'll just go straight to what I was going to say next! The next chapter should be the beginnings of their adventure, but later as it progresses, it'll go one-on-one like how the arcs of each character in this story happened (like how there was Crystal for a moment, then Red).

P.S. Dang, this story ain't gonna finish till like 50 chapters (hopefully not)! I wonder if i'll ever finish it because it took literally two years just to get to the semi-climax. Tbh, I already planned out the rest of the story literally, but I hope I can actually go by my schedule... Oh, and also thank you to those who reviewed, followed, and favorite like usual :)