Y is for Yell like the Wind

Hikari has made it a habit to yell what she thinks thinks. So, what happens when she yells something about Jun when he's standing right behind her?

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It was a habit she had acquired due to rage. The lake was a spot not many people came to, and it was one of the many places she could relax and let all the stress she had accumulated go...by the means of yelling, that is.

Yes, yelling. It happened one day when Jun had made her mad. She ran off, and without thinking about it, had come all the way to the lake. When she realized where she was, it was too late. She didn't want to to go back, and there was nowhere else to hide.

The scene kept replaying in her mind, over and over. She would mumbled the words he had said to her unconsciously, accumulating her anger in one ball of hate. And when it broke, the words locked in the small ball flew out of her mouth at lighting speed.

"STUPID JUN!"

It felt refreshing to yell at the top of your lungs what was on your mind and not have anyone hear you. You could rant forever if you wanted to and it wouldn't matter because no one would hear you.

Yelling at Lake Verity became habit.

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The blue Pokémon ran across the open field at the large bird Pokémon. It jumped, it's large mouth filled with dancing sparks of electricity, and landed a direct blow to the Pokémon. The bird pokemon—Staraptor—fell from its great height in the air to the cold, hard ground with a large crash.

Staraptor's trainer, a blond boy by the name of Jun ran over to the injured Pokémon, the other trainer, a girl named Hikari, called her Luxray back into the Pokéball. The boy's hands trembled as he looked down on one of his precious partners. Tears rolled down his face. "Hikari, you're being annoying!" he shouted. "No matter how hard I try, I can't beat you! Why don't you just disappear somewhere! I don't want to see you! In fact, it would be better if you weren't here in the first place!"

Her eyes widened. The words struck deep into her heart, but tears wouldn't come out. Not yet at least.

She was the champion of Sinnoh, and as champion, she couldn't show such a disgraceful face to an opponent. The only thing she could do was to calmly tell them they had lost. But, the action was easier said than done. "I'm sorry for your lost," she said in a hushed voice, repeating the same speech she would give every challenger that lost to her. "It was a good fight, and I wish you the best of luck next time around."

Jun looked up, his eyes filled with anger. "Good fight? What 'good fight?' That was a one-sided battle! Just go away, Hikari!" His breaths, once loud and rough, became soft and in time. He didn't look at her.

"Alright." She turned and walked. Her heart felt tight. Tears trickling down her face. It was so much harder to deal with when it was him who was saying these things.

The Pokéball opened with a white flash of light. A large bird flew high in the sky—Staraptor—she had one too. It glided down to the ground and perched itself down to let its trainer jump on. Then, once she was secured and gave the word, took of into the sky. Without saying, it knew just where to go.

The blond looked up and ran a hand through his hair. "What am I doing?" He glanced back at the Pokémon Center behind him, and back down at his Staraptor. Then he ran toward the red-roofed building as fast as he could.

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Compared to the air of flying, the air at the lake was so much better. It was damp air, but it felt refreshing and smelled like home. It was her home, in a sense.

The familiar feeling of nostalgia rolled across her as she watched the calmness of the lake's water as it moved with the wind.

She walked to the edge of the shore line and took a deep breath, closing her eyes. Like magic, the words that were in her ball formed what she wanted to say in her mind as she took that breath. Then she opened her mouth, content at letting out everything she had jumbled up inside of her. "STUPID!" she yelled, her eyes flicking open, sending tears racing down her face. "I didn't want to be champion! I was content supporting you from the very beginning! Why did you have to say it? Why'd you have to say it was better if I wasn't here?" Her shaking legs gave way, and she fell onto her legs. "Can't you see I love you?"

"Sorry, I didn't notice."

Hikari spun her head around. The figure standing there was none other than the blond she had just fought previously.

His eyes didn't look at her, and his hand held his opposing arm. "I was only thinking about myself. I went too far. My mind was filled with only being the champion and I lost myself with battling. My feelings didn't matter to me anymore. I'm sorry about that, and I don't feel like I deserve to say this now, but I love you. I've always had since we were little."

She rose to her feet, her legs still shaking. Slowly she walked over to the boy. Hikari rose her hand high up in the air and brought it down with as much force as possible to the boy's cheek.

Once hit, he didn't say anything or move his head. He only listened to the heavy breathing and faint whimpers of the girl standing in front of him.

"Always, always, always. You're right, you don't deserve to. Maybe you had, but you never noticed, I would know. You're mind was, even then, filled with nothing but battling and Pokémon, which I don't expect to change. I just wanted you to notice me."

"I have! I do! I am! What more do you want?" he yelled, not moving.

She flinched and turned her head away.

Jun, finally calmed down, looked back at the girl, who was hugging herself with her eyes closed. He tilted his head with teary eyes. His hand reached up and gently stroked her cheek, and ended up in her hair. "Hi-ka-ri"—she opened her eyes and he smiled the biggest smile he could—"it's our secret, okay?"

He held out his pinky and she crossed her's with his with a smile. "...Alright, it's ours."

-The End-