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Someone's POV (earlier the same day)

-Any improvement professor?-I asked to the short man in a white lab coat- Anything I could find interesting?

-Yes- he answered- In fact I have very good news.

-Something I don't hear very often... What are the news?

-The machine is almost complete- he said- we only have to made it quicker.

-Quicker?-I asked.

-Yes quicker-he then added -right now the machine would take at least a day and a half before the process is finished.

-That's a very long time- I was not pleased to hear that.

-But if my theories are correct the time would be really reduced.

-How much time that would be?

-The process would take three hours to finish- he said.

-That's better- I said- a lot better. When do you think that the machine will be finished?

-We will need a moth or so, master- he said- we have been working very hard, we only need a bit more examination and work to finish it.

-I only wish that you keep up with that work- I said clenching my fist- I have waited for so long. Am I clear?

-Like clean glass Master- he said bowing.

-Okay, now get the 15 newest recruits over here I have to send them somewhere...

-Right away, master- and he dashed out of the office.

I started to look around my office, as I ha done a lot of times before. I saw the same things every single day of my life, but I don't mind. In fact I was anxious to make the whole thing real. The books, legends, paintings, sculptures... All would be true not very long ago... And I would rise above everyone as the ruler of the world, and no one would be able to compete with me.

-Master, I brought them as you oredred- the professor said- the 15 strongest recruits.

Then I turned to them... They were the recruits we had just trained for a week. They were quite strong, but... well, that had to be done.

-Okay, from now on you fifteen are not new recruits anymore. From now on you are officially grunts of our organization- I said to them- And now I will send you all to your first mission.

I grabbed a map and pointed at one place.

-You will go in this exact location... The professor will give you the exact coordenates- I started- Your mission is to go there and capture 9 people, name the Dexholders. Capture them all and come here with them. You almost double them in number so you should be fine. IF someone of you is captured just stay calm and do what we taught you to the fisrt day you entered.

-Yes master- they all said in unison.

-One more thing- I said- If you succeed, you will be in a very different rank, do you understand what I mean?

-Yes master- they answered.

-So... that's all- I said to them- you go and do your job.

And with that they exited the office to do their preparation before the work. Than the professor approached me.

-You know that they are no match for them...- he said- Even if they were 30 they would still loose.

-I know, I'm not expecting them to win or capture a single one of them- I answered- I'm only testing the "famous" DexHolders. It will be good to know how much they have improved. Go to work professor, I've waited for so long already.

-O-okay master- and with a bow he exited the office.

And with that I went to my chair again and smirked. Soon, very soon my already postponed dream would come true.

Gold's POV

We were all crying or sobbing. Sapphire was crying at the memories of his lost friend and crush. Rub was very respectful to let a us alone in this moment. Even though I like him to be my firend, this was a Dexholder's issue. After a few minutes I heard footsteps from behind and when I turned I could see Rub running towards us.

-I'm sorry to interrupt you guys, I know this is your moment- he said apologizing- But I think you should see what's happening in the academy!

-What's happening?- said Red worried.

-See it by yourself- he said to us pointing to the building.

And in one of the buildings in the academy was fire. There was fire in the battlefields we just used that afternoon. Everyone looked concerned, the academy had never been attacked before.

-We must go there!- said Sapphire while wiping her tears.

-Let's go!- said Red- Rub are you comming?

-Y-yeah but...- he said.

-Don't worry we will not force you to fight... we will be more than enough- I told him.

-O-okay, thanks Gold.

And with that we returned to the academy running as fast as we could. Sapphire was first, since she was the most athletic of us all. This wasn't the time for us to battle... we all had very different emotions flowing in our head. Sapphire was still crying and I assume that she will not be the same as always at battling today. She was strong at battling... she had beaten me and Silver and put a good fight with Red that same afternoon, but everything relating to him would destabilize her a lot more than us... He was the closest to her of us all since the very beginning so that was understandable.

But the fact was that she changed a lot when something related to him happened... Like the day she went on that rampage with Green and Blue, or some times before that she would change from the cheerful and strong-willed Sapphire we all liked to an angry and despressed one. When she went on such rampages, not very common I must say, nobody could stop her, not even Blue, the one that she has more respect from all of the female DexHolders, and she would take days to speak to us or even go out of her apartment. Well, that wasn't true since the new guy Rub was able to calm her on her last rampage in a matter of minutes, quite an achievement.

I still remember what happened after landing in our safe location this same day five years ago...

Me and Crystal landed in that town after two hours of flying. The flight was very calm and nothing happenned to us. We never saw anyone or anything strange in the darkness of the night. When we finally spotted the town we were going to we saw 2 little figures and his montures by his sides. When we saw who were they I could see Crystal's eyes spark in happiness. They were no less that Silver our redhead and serious companion and her "brother" from the orphanage, Emerald. When we landed she went straight to give a huge bear hug to the green eyed boy and I went to Silver. Being as serious as he was he just said nothing, he just raised his hand while waiting for a high five, which I accepted without thinking while smiling broadly.

After that we heard wing sounds and we looked up. The flapping thing was Aero and with him were Red and Yellow. When they landed Red cheered in joy while Yellow only saluted us smiling from ear to ear. We all greeted them and remained talking and laughing while waiting for the rest of our friends. After five minutes or so a roar warned us and we all looked up, only to see an orange dragon, Charizard. After that the pokemon landed and Blue came out with Green close to her. The same as Crystal, Blue ran to pull Silver in the strongest bear hug she had ever done. We were eight people there so the only ones who remained were Sapphire and Ruby who would come on her Tropius, Pilo.

We were all happy: Red was smiling like always while talking to Green who also had an smile on his face. Blue was joking towards Yellow and Crystal. I was speaking to Emerald and Silver was just smiling happily. After some more minutes Blue saw somthing in the other part of the street. I seemed to be a large pokemon with green leaves. Than would only fit one pokemon... Pilo. She started to run towards them, Ruby and Sapphire, smiling like she has never smiled before. Then somthing made she change her face and approach her slowlier while asking her:

-What's the matter Sapphire?- she asked concerned, making all of us to come towards her with the same worried face.
-Ru-Ru...- I she was crying and having spasms, so the words would not com easily from her mouth, even that Emerald seemed to understand.
-Ruby? Yeah, where is he?-said a very worried Emerald, making all of us even more worried noticing that this person was nowhere of sight.
-Sapphire calm down, what happened?-asked a very worried Crystal.
-Ru-Ruby! We were flying... A Salamence attacked us a-and Ruby fell of Pi-ilo. He fell off Pilo and now he-he's dead... H-he died to protect me...-she just managed to say crying just before passing out.

All became silent then... Sapphire was on the ground on her knees while still crying for her lost grabbed her and held her tight on her chest. Wait... LOST?

-What does she mean? Why does she say that Ruby is dead?- I asked them confused with tears in my eyes- He can't be dead, he is the strongest of us all!

-They were atteacked by a Salamence during the flight?-asked Emerald confused.

-He knew!-shouted Silver from behind kicking a can in the floor to a wall with rage- HE always warned us! "There is no way we can escape unnoticed, they'll come after us!", he said. I never really trusted those words hoping that he only wanted us to be cautious, but...

-But he was right all the time-snapped Green after that- And even though that we all are alive and he is not!

-This is just so unfair- cried Yellow from behind- He was there for more time than us and alone, he sure suffered more than us.

-He tried to proctect some of us, mostly Sapphire since she was the weakest from us all- Crystal said- And yet he is the only one who wasn't able to escape. This is so unfair!

I then grabbed my pokeball containing Mantaro and threw it out.

-C'mon guys we have to make sure he is dead... Let's search for him.

-Alright!- yelled evryone besides Red, Blue and Green grabbing his pokeballs. But before any of us could jump to their flying types something grabbed us.

-Saur Vine Whip!- and with that we were all stopped in tracks while the Venusaur's Whips were holding us.

-What are you doing Red? We must search for him- I yelled.

-You are not going anywhere!- roared Blue while holding Sapphire still unconcious- what are you trying to do? To get you captured again?

-I don't care!-said Emerald.

-And how would that help?-said Green shouting- He sacrified himself to bring Sapphire here unharmed. If any of us is captured again, he or she will not be able to escape alone. How that could help us or him? That would only make his sacrifice to be in vain...

-How can you be so coldhearted- I yelled to them- We have to do something about that, we can't leave him alone...

-C-cold, he-hearted?- asked a very angry Red- Cold-hearted, you say?- I then looked at his face and he was crying and shaking with rage- He fell of a flying type while flying very high, he had the highest route of all of us you know?

-Gold, please, just undesrtand- said Blue crying too- He is DEAD! And he would preffer us to be here safe than to be out there searching for his body. It's hard, I know, but we have to endure it. There is someone who will miss him more than anyone else, you know?

-WHO?- I asked in rage- he was kinda a mentor to us! He was OUR friend! He was OUR leader and he was younger than the most of US!

-That's true Gold- spoke Blue again- he was kinda a mentor to us and our friend, but... He was Sapphire's vessel of hope and confidence and something like her Guardian Angel... Sapphire will be the one who will miss him the most.

I became speechless... As I calmed down I could feel the Whips lower their grip on me. As I sat down I started crying again. All the words they have told me were true, but I couldn't accept them. Green then stood up and went to talk to someone on the phone... Most likely his grandfather PROF. OAK while we only remained quiet.

The next days were something I never want to experience again. Everyone was just to depressed that nothig could cheer them up. Not even I could form an smile. We were satying in a cheap hotel while waiting for our family or relatives to come and pick us up. Sapphire got up the next morning of the incident, but she was the most depressed of us all.

We were all looking at the TV aimlessly when the announcement of the Pokedex Holder was shown in the screen. Sapphire became to sob just after it started, and Red tried to change the channel. Before he could do it Sapphire said something that surprised us all.

-W-we should compete in it- she said.

-What?-asked Blue- Why?

-I was useless that day- she said- I was so terrified that I only could see him fall in front of my eyes- she said between sobs- But this won't happen again. I want to demonstrate him and myself that I will be able to protect the ones I care for... just like he did.

-Are you sure?-asked Red.

-Ye-yes, I'm sure- she said- I want him to feel proud of me... wherever he is- and with that she started crying again and went to the bathroom so that we couldn't see her.

-What are we going to do?- asked Yellow.

-I think we should compete in- said Green- This is what he would like us to do... To keep going without forgetting where we come from.

-Alright then!- I said- We should start training as a team don't you think? We arleady are one, but we will need to train.

-Yeah, but leave that for tomorrow- said Blue- besides what she has just said, Sapphire still need time to realise what she has gotten into.

We arrived at the academy after 10 minutes of running. What I saw there was not as bad as I expected, but it was still disturbing. The battlefield we used before was into flames and the others ones were burning too. Some water pokemon were tryinig to extinguish the fire, but they were very weak and coulnd't do much work. From our position we could see around ten people burning the place. Then Green spoke.

-Red, you will comand the fighting group, Blue you will lead the group who will extinguish the fire- he said.

- Okay, Silver, Gold, Yellow and me will fix this- said Blue- Red, Green, Emerald, Sapphire and Crystal you will capture them.

-Okay!- yelled Red- C'mon guys, let's go.

And they all dashed out. The only thing that surprised me is that Rub stepped aside, but followed them from behind. Then we all sent out our water-types. Blasty, Omny, Feraligatr, Kingdra, Poltaro and Mantaro were our main water forces.

-Okay, Gold go to the battlefield number 3 with your two pokemon, Yellow and Silver to the battlefield number 2 and I will stop the fire in the surroundings with those pokemon helping me- said her- We will be positioned in a way that we will always be able to see each other, is that clear?

-Yeah, let's go guys- I said to them while I satarted to run towards my spot- Poltaro Hidropump, Mantaro Water Gun!

Green's POV

-Okay!- yelled Red- C'mon guys, let's go.

And our group started to run towards the people causing the fire. When we arrived there we could see twelve people with fire types attacking the battlefield number 1. When we were to send our pokemon they all turned to face us and some of them appeared from behind. We were surrounded by 15 unknown enemies. They all were from the same team organisation. I knew that because they all used the same uniform: blue trousers and a red jacket with a purple sphere in the middle. The sphere seemed to be the same shape as our planet, the Earth.

-Stop this attack!- yelled an enraged Sapphire.

-What do you want?- said Red after that.

-We want you, of course, the famous Pokedex Holders- said one grunts taking stepping in front of them.

-Well, then come and try to get us- said a confident Emerald.

-You seem to be very confident while we overpower you in number and you are all surrounded by enemies- said another grunt- this willl be easy.

-Let's see it then- said Red- Go Aero, Gyara!

-Go Golduck, Scizor- I yelled.

-Rono, Dono battle stance!

-Go Dusclops, Mr. Mime.

-Arcapeon, Tupeon time to battle.

-You won't even dream to beat us- now a woman said- Let'ss show this kids what we have got.

And with that they all realeased their pokemon. In a second we were facing 30 pokemon which consisted in fire, water, phsychic and dark types. Crawdaunts, Camerupts, Slowbros and Murkrows were in front of us. They all atacked at the same time while we were catching another pokeball from our belt. Then we put our trained plan in action.

-Flamethrower/Hidropump/Shadow ball!- they yelled.

And there was an explosion in the area. A cloud of dust was in the place we were only a second ago. Some of them entered the cloud hoping to find us there unconcious or something while the more cautious ones stayed back sending out some other pokemon such as Fearows and Myghtienas, pokemon with good smell or visual senses. When the dust cleared only some grunts were there. They all seven were tied by Saur's Vine Whips and all looked around to find us.

We were above them, flying in top of Charizard, Pilo, Mantine, Tupeon and Aero. Sapphire was a bit more nervous than normally because just after that she comanded her pokemon that were hidden under the enemies to attack.

-Dono finish the Dig! Rono use then Earthquake!- she yelled sending some pokemon to the ground fainted- Pilo charge the Solarbeam.

-Aero use Wing attack to the flying types.

-Charizard Fire Blast to rear side! Scizor Extremespeed to the front line.

-Arcapeon use Flame Wheel to break their deffense line!

-Saur use Razor leaf to the tied grunt's pokemon!

-Mr. Mime use Psychic!

With that most of the pokemon were fainted. Even though they were more people than us they still lacked of team work and their pokemon weren't as powerful as our pokemon.

-Dusclops use Night Shade to the Slowbros remaining!-shouted Emerald.

-Rono Hyperbeam!-shouted Sapphire- Pilo Solarbeam now!

-Aero you too Hyperbeam!

-Charizard fly us higher and Flamethrower to the ones that are trying to attack us from behind.

- Arcapeon Fire Spin to encircle them.

With that done we won. Our strategy went perfectly, first we needed them to make an extremely powerful attack, which they did in the first place and with that distraction we fly up the sky and we attack them from there while Sapphire's pokemon attack from below the terrain. If some of them enter the cloud, Saur will capture them with Vine Whip. Then our flying types attack the front and rear line at the same time leaving no place to scape while a Fire Spin finally blocks all their movements. A good strategy, indeed.

After looking at them I could see that the only pokemoon that were not in their pokeballs were the Psychic types, Slowbro's and Spoinks. They were nearly fainted, but their trainers never recalled them in their poekballs. In fact everyone trapped in the Fire Spin had an odd look in their faces like if nobody knew what had happened. Some muttered something like "What am I doing here?" or "Where am I?". I then went to one still trapped in a Vine Whip with not a happy look in my face.

-Why where you looking for us?- I asked the grunt- How did you know where we are? Tell, ME, NOW!

Red's POV

We were all okay and they were all captured. The strage thing was that they didn't seem to remember what were they doing just a second ago. They all had blank looks in their faces and asked weird things. Then Green approached one grunt still trapped with the Vine Whip and asked him some things, he didn't look quite happy.

-Why where you looking for us?- I asked the grunt- How did you know where we are? Tell, ME, NOW!

-I'm not going to say anything to you!- said the grunt.

- I said... tell me now!- said a really pissed Green.

But then something rare happened. The grunt, seconds ago very threatening, shivered and the look on his face became blank. After this he started to look around frantically and began to say weird things:

-Where am I? Who are you?- he asked leaving all of us astonished.

-Tell me why you were going after us!- shouted Green- and right NOW!

-What are you t-talking about? Who are you?- he said while steping back with a frightened look on his face.

-What?- said Green, who was beggining to be very, very mad- Don't play numb with me now and tell what are you doing here.

Then the same happened and Green was not mad anymore, now he was very furious. Today was a tiring day and the fact being interrupted in our every-year "ritual" by a new criminal organisation made he be really mad with them. Now Green was shaking the grunt violently while the poor man was only frightened. This made no sense at all, but I had to stop Green or he would do something that she would regret later. When I started running I noticed that I was already late to stop him.

-The last chance I give you!- he said showing him a fist- What, are you, doing, HERE?

-Please, I don't know anything- the grunt said- I don't even know who I am!

Then Green clenched his right fist a little more before throwing a punch at him. I tried to reach and stop him, but I simply couldn't. The blow, but, never arrived at the grunt.

-What are you doing Green?- asked Rub while grabbing his right fist in the air, three or four inches away from the grunt's face.

-Why are you stopping me Rub?- he said with his face red of rage.

-Do you really want to hurt anyone?- he asked Green- Do you really want to do something you'll regret later?

After seeing the scene Emerald, Sapphire and Crystal approached the two and I was already there.

- What do you mean with that? I was only trying to make him talk- he said still angry.

-And hurting him was necessary?- Rub said to him- And even that would have been totally of no use.

-What do you mean?- Green said.

-Because they don't know anything about what have just happened- Rub answered simply.

-What?- Green asked- They did this, how can they don't know anything about it? Are you covering them?

-Green what are you saying with that?- asked Sapphire- Rub is not one of them.

-Then what do you mean by that?- Green asked Rub angrily.

-They really don't know anything about it because they forgot it- he explained, not even taken aback by Green's assumption- they forgot it after doing it.

-How could they?- I asked- One can't just forget something on his own will.

-With the help of a psychic pokemon you can do it- he explained.

-They never returned they psychic types- Crystak said-that's weird.

-But that still doesn't explain why they lost they memory- said Emerald.

-They used the attack Amnesia- I said after realising it- They made their psychic types to use the attack Amnesia on themselves unlike on the pokemon like always. Isn't that right, Rub?

-Y-yeah, this is what I believe too- he said- If I'm correct this is what they did after being captured, so that they couldn't tell anything to you.

After that we put all the grunts to sleep with Sleep Powder and called the Pokemon Assossiation. Just then Blue, Silver and the rest arrived after having extinguished the fire. When I noticed Yellow being carried in Blue's back I ran to them.

-What happened to Yellow?-I asked- Is she okay?

-Calm down Red, Yellow is okay- she said with a smile- she's just tired and sleeping. She recovered our pokemon and the ones that helped me extiguish the fire. After that she just fell asleep.

-Oh, okay- I said after overreacting like that- That's okay. Did you have any problems with the fire?

-Nope- said Gold- we left the place wet enough to prevent any fire to start again tonight. How about you?

-No problem at all- I said to them before turning to Blue- but me and Crystal need to talk to you after all this mess is cleared.

-O-okay- she said before smiling devishly at me- Can you hold Yellow for me, I'm kinda tired.

-Yeah, of course- and I picked Yellow in my back- now let's meet with the others, Green was calling the Pokemon Association before.

After a little while a helicopter arrived and some counselors came to us. Green and Silver went with them to explain what had happened because the Association wanted to know everything and they needed one person from each group. When they left we all went to one bench to sit and recover from all the commotion. After a little while we recieved a message from Green who told us to meet the 9 Dexholders an our later in Sapphire's apartment. 5 minutes after that Rub stood up.

-Well guys I believe its time for me to go home- he said- it's already 2 a.m.

-Okay, Rub- I said offering him a handshake, which he took- take care.

-I will- he said before turning towards Sapphire- Happy birthday again Sapphire I hope you had a good time in this day... Despite the latest events.

-Yes, thanks Rub- she said to him- it was good to have you in the party today, and I had a good time.

-I'm glad to hear that- he said and then he whispered something to her, who answered him the same way- Well thanks for leaving me stay with you today, good night!

-No problem Rub- said Blue- Bye.

We all waved him while he headed to his apartment. After that I called Crystal and Blue and we went to a place to be alone and talk about a certain person: Green. Meanwhile the others chatted ad rested as much as they could before we had to go to Sapphire's place.

Ruby's POV

That was a tiring day, not something I expected before going to the party. I was very tired so I stood up and I turned to face the remaining Dexholders.

-Well guys I believe its time for me to go home- he said- it's already 2 a.m.

-Okay, Rub- Red said offering me a handshake, which I took- take care.

-I will- I said before turning towards Sapphire- Happy birthday again Sapphire I hope you had a good time in this day... Despite the latest events.

-Yes, thanks Rub- she said to me- it was good to have you in the party today, and I had a good time.

-I'm glad to hear that- I said and then I whispered something to her- Don't worry, that story is safe with me... Not a word will leave this mouth.

-I know Rub- she said whispering too- thanks for coming and the presents.

- Well thanks for leaving me stay with you today, good night!- I said after that and I headed out.

-No problem Rub- said Blue- Bye.

And with that I headed to my apartment. That was a very strange day. First the friendly battles between the Dexholders, then the treating of the pokemon, the present to Sapphire, the dinner at Sapphire's place, the trip to my gravestone and finally the incident with the grunts. So much for only one afternoon.

The fact was that the events weren't the most tiring things, the problematic parts were the emotion consequences of those events. Hearing your story, seeing a monument made for your "fallen" self, seeing them all crying or sad when it's been five years since the incident... That was hard, very hard. But that was not everything, those tense moments when they wanted to fight me or when Silver offered that to me...

Thinking about that I arrived at my apartment. I entered and went directly to my room. I had the feeling that I wouldn't be able to sleep well that night. I was sure that my nightmare would happen sooner or later. When I was ready to sleep my PokeGear rang.

-Hello?- I asked confused, it's not very normal to call someone at 2.10 p.m.

-Ruby? How are you dear?- said the voice from my mom.

-Mom? Why are you calling now, do you know what time is it?- I asked her.

-We know the time- said the voice of my father.

-How are you dear? Are you alright?- asked my mom concerned.

-Yeah, I'm okay- this was starting to be more and more rare every second- Why do you ask? Couldn't you call tomorrow? It's quite late.

-We need to call you after what happened today- said my father.

- Today? You know about the attack?- I asked.

-Yes, I know- my father said- The pokemon Association informed everyone that something happened in the academy.

-Everyone? They posted in the news or something?- I asked.

-No, when your dad day everyone he means the Gym leaders and some other important people as the Professors- my mom explained.

-Oh, I understand. So yeah 15 people attacked the Dexholders and burned some indoor battlefields to make them go- I explained- But the Pokedex Holders were able to defeat them.

-How you know all that?- asked my father.

-I was with them when everything took place- I explained.

-You helped them?- asked my mom.

-Well that's something good- Norman said.

-Don't get the wrong idea dad, I dind't help them- I said clear- The ones who fought were the 9 Dexholders, no one more, no one less.

-But you were with them, weren't you?-asked my dad.

-Yes, but only because I was with them all the afternoon- I said.

-So you were with them and you did nothing?- my dad shouted.

-They never needed my or any help- I explained.

-You should have helped them, Ruby it was your duty.

-It wasn't, I'm not a Pokedex Holder- I answered- They are.

-You are strong, you could be one of them- he said in a stern voice.

-Sorry dad, but I believe there is something you don't understand- I began- but I hate battling. How anyone as weak as me, that hates battles as much as I do, can even imagine to be a Pokedex Holder?

-You are not weak, you are just scared, a little boy too scared to do something- he said.

-I'm sorry dad but I'm not in the mood to discuss about something you'll never understand- I said to him.

-You'll have to- he said.

-Not today- I answered- Goodnight dad, goodnight mom.

-Not today but on Sunday- my dad said in a strange calm voice, the same he used when he sent me to the academy.

-What do you mean?

-A taxi will take you home on Sunday morning and return you here the next morning so that we can spend a day together- explained my mom cheerfully.

-And don't even think of not comming to avoid me- warned my dad- Or I'll be the one to come and pick you up in front of everyone.

-Don't worry dad, I'll come- I said.

-Okay. See you on Sunday- said Norman then.

-Bye darling I can't wait to have you home again!- said mom.

-I know mom, I know- I said to her- Goodnight and see you all on Sunday.

After that I ended the call. After hearing that I would have to face my dad again the day after tomorrow I had one thing clear: that night I would have a nightmare. What I didn't know was if it would be my normal nightmare or some other in which my dad would do something terrible to me. Realising that, even though it was very late in the night, I still wouldn't be able to sleep I sent out my 6 pokemon and I started grooming them, as I did every single day.

Blue's POV

Green had just called us saying he was already heading to Sapphire's apartment with Silver and that they were waiting for us, the 7 Dexholders who were still at the benches resting and talking about other things. After talking with Red and Crystal I joined them and we talked about everything except the incident, we all knew that we were going to talk about that in some minutes so we all kept the details of the events for later. In the conversations I noticed that one name never appeared, but I understood why. The name never appeared was the name of the boy that was with us all the afternoon, Rub. I must say that I kinda like this guy, it seems one of the only people that can be with us without dsturbing us or simply without seeming a complete stranger. He helped me arrange a date between Gold and Crystal so that's another point in his favour. The fact that his name was never mentioned was because some of us noticed strange things about him, some things we would discuss the same night probably.

We headed to his apartment and we arrived there five minutes after his call. When we entered they were in the door waiting for us. We entered there and we all sat down in the chairs Green and Red had taken from their apartments in the party. Seeing that it was very late, it was 2.50 a.m., I called Yellow who was still being carried by Red to ask her to help me take somthing to eat from the leftovers of the birthday dinner. When she woke up and realised that she was in Red's back she nearly fainted. When Red left her on the floor she was as red as a Tamato berry, and she ran to the kitchen to avoid Red seeing her like that. After placing the food on the table, it was like another dinner because along with Rub and Yellow we nade a lot of food the evening before, and starting eating Gold spoke:

-So Green, Silver what happened with the Pokemon Association?

-We went there and explained everything that happened here- Green answered- from the moment we noticed the fire to the final. Silver told them the part of the fire while I related the battle and the method they used to avoid interrogations.

-How they reacted- asked Sapphire in a concerned voice- Did they suggest something?

-Nothing about what you are fearing Sapphire- he said- They didn't mention the fact that we need a new member. I don't think they have forgetten about it, but they never brought it.

Sapphire felt relieved, we could see that by the look on her face. In fact some of us feared the same, this was the perfect opportunity to bring the subject again.

-We believe that was because we managed to defeat them without much problems- said Silver- It only took 10 minutes to stop the fire and you needed even less to beat 15 people.

-Yeah, that's right- said Emerald proud of his work- we whiped them out!

-If I can say something, I believe it was too easy- said Crystal.

-What do you mean Crys?- asked Gold.

-I mean that they were three times more people than us, that's right, but they didn't last much- she said.

-And what's the problem with that?- asked Yellow.

-Do you remember Team Rocket?- she asked and we all nodded.

-We are stronger now than we were then, that's true- she said- but the grunts of Team Rocket were quite strong, not like the ones we fought today.

-Crys is right- added Red- They never worked as a team, they were only 15 people put in a group to fight someone. Or that's the way I saw it back then.

-I feel the same, we had an strategy- added Sapphire- but the only thing they did was attack at the same time with powerful attacks.

-Even when they talked, they lacked a leader- added Green- They didn't have a "team leader" to say it simply.

-So they were bad at training?- asked Gold- Team Rocket grunts were a real threat sometimes.

-That's not it Gold- said Crystal- It's like they never battled together as a group before. When the dust covered the zone some of them tried to get us on their own while some others waited outside the cloud of dust.

-If I can guess they were new to the organization- said Red.

-NEW?-asked Gold and Emerald at the same time.

-Are you saying that they sent to fight us the newest recruits they had?- asked Gold angrily- They underestimate us so much!

-I don't think that's the case- said Silver.

-What else can be? They underestimated us and we wiped the floor with them- Emerald said- End of the story.

- Maybe the organization sent the newest to us for a purpose- said Yellow.

-What kind of purpose?- asked Gold- this make no sense at all.

-Yes it does- I said- For what you are saying, they were new and couldn't work as a team, so it must be a purpouse for it's leader to send them instead of some more trained grunts.

-That's right, I feel it's like they were sent to fail their mission- said Crystal- to be captured or to...

-To test us- realised Gold- Are you saying that they lost 15 members of that organization only to test our abilities?

-That's my guess right now- said Green.

-Well that changes a lot of things- said Red- If they are testing us, it means that we are the targets or their major problem between them and their final goal.

-This also mean that they will be back- added Silver- In both cases they will attack again.

-That is if they really wanted to test us- Emerald added- What if they though that we weren't as strong as we are and they failed with their strongest ones?

-I wouldn't count on it Emerald- said Crystal.

-But it's an option- he deffended himself.

-Yeah it is- I said- but being a bit more cautious will not hurt anyone- "We all still remember the last time we thought that one of us was just warning us more than necessary, he is not here with us anymore".

-O-okay- he said.

-So for now everything is clear- said Gold- I think it's time to go to bed.

-I believe it's time to talk about someone else- said then Silver- who's name is Rub.

-What about him?-asked Sapphire confused.

-He is hiding something- said Green directly.

-Of course he is hiding something- said Sapphire- He is hiding the motive of his hate to battles.

-Are you sure he hates them?- asked Green.

-He seems to- said Emerald- he never wants to battle, even if we are his opponent.

-But Red, Blue and Silver could see his face during our battles- Green added- he seemed to enjoy them somehow.

-But he never wanted to battle, he even rejected doing it as a present for my birhtday- Sapphire added.

-That's true, he never wanted to battle, but I could notice that he has quite an eye for battles- Silver said- Maybe it was just luck, but he noticed that Poli was going to win against Scizor even though it seemed the opposite.

-How?- Green asked.

-I heard that Red had asked Poli to use Mind Reader so I knew- said Sapphire- but he said that he expected something because Red seemed very calm and confident.

-The same happened in the fight of Sapphire vs. Silver- I said- he said that Sapphire was planning something, but then he complained about not seeing anything because of the sun, and he couldn't explain more.

-But that could be just luck- said Emerald.

-It could be Emerald- said Crystal- but just after some seconds he could make an strategy to beat me in my chess game with Gold. He wasn't even playing and he said that someone just needed 3 turns to win and after that he added that this one wasn't me because I needed at least 4 turns.

-He was great then!- said Gold- He helped me win for my second match today. And Super Serious Gal... You know what that means right?

-Yeah I know, now shut up Gold- she added blushing- The fact is that he is very intelligent too.

-He likes to take care of pokemon too- said Yellow- He treated Sapphire's pokemon okay and even healed the Toro's wound.

-Yeah I can say that he knew what he was doing then- said Green- That's why I think he is hiding something.

-Like his hat- I said then- He never allowed us to see his hair, he has always his hat on it.

-That's true, I have never seen his hair in those weeks- Emerald said.

-He has rare hobbies too- said Gold- Kinitting, sewing, contests...

-You already know why he has them- said Sapphire- and please don't make fun of him about that. I believe you wouldn't be the first, nor the 20th to do that.

-Yeah last Monday the whole class made fun at him because he entered constests instead of battles, even mr. Mike did- explained Emerald- And for what he said it was the same in his previous school.

-So that's what he meant by being alone- said Silver- Not only because of his parents. He had very few friends there.

-He didn't have any friend there- said Sapphire- he told me and by the way the other class members react to him, I can feel the truth in his words.

After those things we stopped for some seconds. He was quite rare, that was true. He was shy and nervous with us, not like everyone, it's like he treated us like equals, not with fanatism. After knowing him a bit more he became more friendly and he was respectful, like when we were sitting in front of Ruby's gravestone. After those seconds Gold spoke:

-You know... I feel like I've met him somewhere before- said Gold "thinking"- don't ask me who or why, but that's my feeling.

-Yeah Gold, whatever- said Crystal.

-Hey! That's a feeling I got, okay?- deffended Gold- Why don't anyone takes me into account?

-Because we have a lot of reasons to not doing it- said Red and we all laughed while Gold only scratched his head embarrassed.

-Well I think it's quite late guys- I said- We should go home and sleep. Who will be here this weekend.

-I will train and be with gramps tomorrow- said Green- but on Sunday I will return by lunch time.

-I will be here all weekend- said Sapphire- my dad's exploring something far away and I will have to phone him to be able to talk with him.

-I will be helping in the Orphanage but I will be able to have lunch with the ones who are here.

-My uncle is going to visit me- said Yellow happy- We will go fishing in the lake or the sea, the one he prefers.

-I don't know... I will be here and train, even though I have a report for Monday- said Red.

-I will visit my fahter in prison- said Silver.

-I will visit a Daycare for pokemon next to my home- said Gold- but this will last only for tomorrow, my mom wants me to start studying for next month exams.

-You should if you want to continue in your course- said Crystal- If not you will fail.

-I am going to go to the beach with my parents tomorrow, to at least take advantatge of the good weather we are having- I added.

-So why don't we have dinner at someone's house on Sunday and the one who are here can have lunch or spend time together- said Crystal.

-It's a good idea, I believe this time we will go to my apartment- I said- It's been a while since the last time.

-Okay so, it's time to sleep- said Gold- Goodbye Sapphire and happy birthday.

We all said our goodbyes to Sapphire who waved and we headed to our apartments. The first to arrive where Emerald, only three apartments apart from Sapphire, Red and Yellow, who where neighbours a street before us. Gold, Silver and Crystal were on the other direction so me and Green, neighbours too, were the only ones left walking in the street. Being as late as it was the streets were empty and dark. When we arrived at my apartment kept waking towards Green's apartment. When we arrived ther he opened and we entered. He seemed a bit surprised by my behaviour but only said:

-You know I won't let you sleep in here- he said- Don't you "Pesky" girl?

-I am not being a "Pesky" girl now Green- I said seriously.

-Why are you here then?- he asked.

-Green, you have some explaining to do- I said to him.

-About what?- he asked confused.

-About you!


So that's it for the eight chapter. This one was hard in some way, but as I started writing it was very hard to finish it, I wanted to write more of it.

As said this chapter is shorter than the previous, but it has some important things too. Even though it's shorter it's quite long... I'm impressed of myself.

The only things remaning to be said are: REVIEW and STAY TUNNED