Yeah, It's been awhile. I'm sorry. This chapter isn't much but it's something.
Silver had been glaring at Lloyd since they sat down. He was radiating hatred and rage, but he sat there quietly, staring him down. Luna hid a smile. Even if it was just a little bit, somewhere in Silver's heart, he cared about her.
"So Luna, what brings you this far from home? Is your mom or Hannah with you?" Lloyd asked.
"That's none of your business." She answered quickly.
"Is he your boyfriend?" He asked, pointing to Silver. She felt her face turn red.
"So what if I am? Why would you care?" Silver questioned. She blushed harder.
"No, he's not." She answered.
Lloyd let out a sigh and muttered, "Thank goodness." Silver looked ready to break.
"Silver, why don't you go play a game with Whitney?" He took the hint and reluctantly, walked over to where Whitney was playing.
"Luna, I'm really…"
"Save it." She interrupted. "I forgave you a long time ago. It's mom and Hannah you need to apologize to. They're still right where you left 'um."
"What constellation can you only see on June 2nd?"
"Lunatone, right? The pokemon you named me after."
He smiled and handed a Pokeball. "Happy late birthday. I got him in Celadon. He's had a rough time so he might cause trouble. Say hi to Hannah and your mom for me, will ya?"
"Tell them yourself." She smiled. He stood up and walked towards the door.
"Bye Luna."
"Bye Dad." A smirk crept onto his face before he walked out the door. The same way he had that night.
Silver walked over with Whitney, "Ready to go?" He asked.
Luna nodded, clenching the Pokeball in her hands. How long had he been in Kanto? It had been two months since he'd left, but it felt like forever ago.
"What's in the new Pokeball?" Silver asked.
"I don't know, but dad said that it might cause trouble so we should release it here."
He nodded before looking around. "Um, where did Whitney go?"
She looked around for her. "Home, maybe." Stopped and stared in disbelief. "Is that the gym right there?"
"How the heck did we miss that?" Silver asked.
"I think we were so focused on Whitney and trying not to make her cry that we weren't paying attention to our surroundings."
"She was toying with us the entire time. Whitney just wanted someone to play with her." Silver replied, upset. He muttered thinks to himself that made Luna giggle as they head to the gym.
When they walked inside, they found Whitney bawling her eyes out while as a girl yelled at her. "You're a gym leader for Pete's sake! You can't just wander around the city. Trainers need you here so they can get badges. Not that you give them the badges anyway because you're too busy crying to do anything!"
"You… don't… need… to… yell… at… me… Lara…" Whitney cried.
"Apparently, I do. If you don't get your act together, someone else will have to take over Goldenrod Gym." Lara shouted.
"You're so mean!" Whitney whined.
"Is this a bad time?" Silver asked. Whitney rushed over to them and hid behind Silver after she stuck her tongue out a Lara.
"YOU'RE SUCH A PAIN!" Lara screamed. "Stop acting like a child, Whitney!"
"Stop being a butt first!" Whitney yelled from behind Silver.
Lara tried to calm down and sighed. "I am truly sorry about that. You're here to battle Whitney, correct?"
"Yes, I'm Luna and this is Silver." Luna introduced.
"I'm Lara and it seems you've already met Whitney, our gym leader." Lara replied.
"Yeah, she dragged us around the city all day." Silver spoke.
"I am so sorry." Lara apologizes again.
"It's fine. If she hadn't, we would have came here and wouldn't have been able to do anything. Besides we were able to have a little fun with her." Luna assured.
"I guess that true. I bet you two are in a hurry so let's get this started. Whitney, these two want to battle."
"Alrighty! I'm sure I can win! Milky and Fairy are all healed up and ready! Who's going first?" Whitney asked.
"I'll go first." Silver offered. "I will give Luna a fighting chance." He laughed and Luna hit him.
"Shut up." Luna muttered.
"Silver is up, Luna is next," Lara spoke. "Trainers first. Release your first pokemon."