AN: Hey guys! Whoah, another update in a week? Relax its not a sign of the apocalypse XD My consistent writing is explained in the previous AN so I won't repeat myself.
Anways, I'm really happy to see many of the old fans crawling out of the woodwork. Great to see you guys again! I think I'll answer just a few questions.
rissaye
Aha, you've ignited my love for the Pokemon series once more. Good job on the writing. -waits for Gold to come out-
Diamondgigas
Well that's slightly better than Pearl I guess. The gang should leave Henesys soon, and I think it'll just be two towns more before they reach Gold. It'll still be a while, so go get something to chew on XD
xxxDreamingflowerxxx
Aother chapter missed, at least I can catch up with it. Thanks for explaining that
You do know that Vee is actually a male?
I still enjoyed the chapter and I'm very curious about Yellow's dream, so... Yellow met Lance before? How? And how exactly did she end up in that place? For how long has she been there? Her parents were killed by an Electross? More and more questions.
Diamondgigas
*huddles in a corner and rocks back and forth* why did you have to tell me that...
Lol jk! I didn't actually know that, but thanks! I shall now establish that I portray Vee as a female, because she just looks like a motherly figure to me ^^
Also, the questions are intentional, but they should be answered soon. I hope...
StarShine65
Yay you updated! I love this story! Hope you update soon!
Diamondgigas
Heeey...you. Naw I keed, welcome aboard! Sorry I've just never seen you before. But thanks! Hope this was soon enough :)
xxxDreamingflowerxxx
Yaay Green appeared and Professor Oak and Misty are probably the other two persons.
What to do without an iPod I also write now most of my stories on my iPod. It feels... easier. I can write wherever I am and I can check the grammar and spelling later.
Why did Green and Misty attack them? And how did Oak now? He probably knows Red. Did something happen that made those two hostile?
I'll be waiting patiently for more.
Diamondgigas
Yup, more questions. Sorry for the suspense. At least the attack was explained here. A little weak though, in my opinion. Sorry bout that :P
TheAlmightyDerp
Hmm, interesting! So Green gets a bow and arrow, eh? I'm curious what weapons the others have. Keep up the good work!
Diamondgigas
Thanks! Green is an archer, and for those who are disappointed... I'm sorry. :P But there will be more swords(wo)men, I promise! Just... not for a little while.
Fenn
Ohhhhh...So Green's an archer. But yay! I'm happy to see an update! (I unfortunately, am very slow. XD) So...Green Oak, Professor Oak, and Misty (?) appear. Well, that's nice. Of course future allies fight before joining each other. Happens all the time. Well, most of the time. Keep up the great work!
Fenn the Fennekin signing out!
Diamondgigas
Sup Fenn! Sorry to disappoint but yeah... You'll see! Archers are cool too. Also he cooks, which is like swordfighting. Without the sword. Or the fighting. (I'm a little high, sorry. Its 12am here and I still have to do my homework after this and get ready for school :/)
I'd actually like to ask if you guys like spoilers. If you don't like them even with the spoiler warning, I'll just try to tape my mouth from leaking too much. Maybe I'll PM you? Just tell me in the review section I guess. I don't really read my PMs. :P
So yeah! Enjoy this. Chronicles 10 coming soon! Maybe not in a week, maybe a few more days than that? We'll see. See ya!
(side note: I made like, not-Pokeballs? Because this is kinda supposed to be like the past. Kinda. And I'm a little lazy to go flip through all the old chapters to see if I mentioned Pokeballs, so... just forget Pokeballs and replace them with Apricorn-balls mmkay?)
(side-side note: Kebia Berry is like cocoa, so Kebia Berry Drink is like hot chocolate. Mmmm... chocolate :P)
Disclaimer: I do not own Pokemon, Gamefreak, Nintendo, Maplestory, Dragon Nest, or anything you might possibly be able to find in this fanfic, except the fanfic. Wait...whut?
Chronicles 9
Normal POV
Red and Yellow sat awkwardly in the middle of the homely wooden house. With their sand-covered clothes and bed-heads, they seemed like oddities in this tranquil environment.
After the fight had been interrupted by the man, he led them to a wooden cottage on the outskirts of Henesys. The boy and girl seemed subdued by the man's presence, and so, Red decided that they no longer posed as threat. For the moment.
Upon reaching, the man told them to wait patiently, and went into the kitchen. Yellow took the time to heal everyone's injuries, especially her arm and Red's chest.
The boy and girl watched the blonde girl work. They were shocked, but did not say anything. The man had not come back even after Yellow healed everyone. And so, the occupants waited in the room with an awkward, tense silence hanging in the air.
Across them, the boy and girl who had attacked them half an hour ago sat harmlessly in another sofa. The girl had donned her jacket, and was practically sprawled across the sofa, not really caring who was watching. The boy, on the other hand, kept staring at Red. He remained silent, his gaze showing no hatred or curiosity.
The aged man who had stopped the battle earlier returned from the kitchen, handing everyone a mug of hot Kebia berry drink. Both Red and Yellow accepted the treat with much thanks, and gulped it down thirstily. It was milky brown and it tasted bitter, yet sweet. The other two teens took the drinks from the man but left them on the table in front of them.
"Alright so I'm sure an explanation is in order..." The man began. He had a head of white hair, and was actually rather fit for a man his age. He wore a white lab coat over a red shirt, with brown pants. His eyes were brown too, filled with life and curiosity.
"I'm very sorry, Red, Yellow," frowning in apology as he turned to them, without explaining how he knew their names. "Henesys has been facing quite a number of raids these days, and we had to double the security around the village. I suppose these two here must have deemed you two as 'suspicious characters'." He gestured at the boy and girl. They didn't seem very apologetic.
"So, may I see the letter?" the man then gestured towards Red. Everyone turned to look at the raven haired teen, who was still not very sure what was going on.
"Wait, so you're the head of Henesys?"
The man let out a hearty chuckle. "Yes, that's me. Professor Oak."
"I just realised we haven't properly introduced one another. I think I'm the only person who knows what's going on in this room!" The professor chuckled again. The boy grumbled something under his breath, which the man ignored.
"This is my grandson, Green. And this is his partner and one of my assistants, Misty." Professor Oak gestured towards the two teens. Misty waved at the two happily, when only a while ago she was trying to kill them. Green acknowledged them with a small nod.
Red pulled the crumpled letter from his rucksack, and sheepishly handed it to the Professor. Professor Oak seemed a little disgusted at the condition of the letter - covered in sand, dirt, grass and berry juice - but opened it nonetheless and began reading its contents.
When he finished his expression became one of worry. "Perion was attacked?" He asked.
"And is now in ruins." Red added sadly. Yellow put a hand on the boy's shoulder to comfort him, which earned her an odd look from the red-head in front of her.
"The town of swordsmen, power and defence attacked? How could this have happened..." the man's voice trailed off.
"Green, tell Erika to gather aid supplies for Perion. Misty, tell Surge to increase the village defenses, who knows when we'll be attacked..." the two left the room curtly to carry out their duties.
"And you two," Oak turned to look at the two who were still finishing off Green and Misty's cups. "Do get some rest, at least for today. If you want you can help out tomorrow, but for today, please do make yourselves at home.
Oak led the two to a room upstairs. "Use the guest room as you please." he said, and was about to leave before adding "By the way, I have surveillance in that room, so don't go doing anything... funny." And with a hearty laugh, he left the two alone in the room.
Red wasn't sure what that meant, but nonetheless began unpacking his rucksack, oblivious to Yellow planting her beetroot face into a pillow.
The next morning, Yellow woke up to the aroma of delicious food. She put on a set of clothes that had been laid out on the table by her bedside. A blue denim vest, a white shirt and caramel coloured, knee-length shorts with some chain accessories strapped to the side.
When she came down the stairs, she saw that Red had changed up his attire too. He wore a black v-neck tee instead if his normal white one, and he had dark violet pants. His hair was as messy as always.
It turned out that Green was not only an excellent archer, but also an amazing cook. He laid out a wide array of breakfast foods on the table: golden scrambled eggs, sizzling bacon, baked beans and pancakes drizzled in homemade maple syrup. Misty and Red were stuffing themselves with the food. Oak was reading the newspaper while sipping a cup of peppermint tea. Green, who had just turned off the grill and was taking his own seat, merely poured himself a cup of tea and ate a piece if plain white bread.
Yellow spread Pecha jam on a piece of bread, not really sure where else to start. The professor looked up from his papers, noticing that everyone was present, and began talking.
"Alright so for today's agenda." The white haired man announced, folding up his papers in a neat pile. "Green and Misty, you are dismissed of any official duties for today." Both seemed somewhat surprised. "I need you to show our guests around the village." Misty clapped her hands in glee, while Green massaged his temples.
"Red, Yellow, you two are free to do whatever you want after the tour. Take the day off. Don't worry, if I ever need help with anything, I'll be sure to ask you. Meanwhile, you can do whatever you want with these two." The professor dismissed his two assistants with a wave of his hand jokingly, earning himself a light smack from Misty on the arm and a glare from his own Grandson. Red and Yellow laughed a little at their antics, which earned them the same treatment.
Professor Oak got up from his table and went into his study, before coming out a few seconds later with a parcel. "I almost forgot! I want you two to have these." He handed the two teens the parcel. Inside were 6 spherical objects, the same ones that tipped Misty and Green's arrows the day before. They looked like palm sized acorns, although rounder and with a smooth surface. There was a little button by the side, and upon pressing, produced smoke that caused Red and Yellow to go into a coughing fit. There were three red ones and four yellow ones.
"These are some new inventions one of my colleagues made. I had a set of 20 of them, and I think you should have some. They're called Apricorn balls and they can store your Pokemon in them. Only Arceus knows how that works but..." Professor Oak fiddled with the fruit-like tools, and then sucked Vee, Poli, Pika, Chuchu, Kitty, Ratty and Gravvy into them, who were in a corner eating their own food. He then handed the balls to the flabbergasted duo.
"I'll leave you to it then!"
He promptly went into his study and locked the door, leaving the four together.
Misty was the first to break the silence. "So... ready for the tour?" She asked chirpily. Before anyone could reply, she had dragged Red by the arm out the door.
Yellow slowly got up, still processing what had just happened. Green stuffed his hands into his pockets and followed behind, muttering "Noisy lady..."
"So this is the Mart, I assume Perion has something like that too, or had at least..." Misty went on, dragging Red by his arm from building to building. Red didn't have the heart to tell the orange-haired girl that his arm was about to be torn off for she seemed so enthusiastic. A little too enthusiastic, perhaps.
Yellow's tour wasn't going so well either. "I'm sure you know what's what, so I'll just be quiet." Green muttered, reading a book while walking alongside Yellow. The blonde felt a little awkward, but she secretly did expect Green to do something like that.
"And this, is Green's gym!" Misty declared out loud as they arrived at one of the more prominent buildings of the village. Green groaned as people began staring at them oddly.
It was a large green building with white supports and two statues of Substitute figures by the front door. A majestic aura was felt just by standing in front of the structure.
"Misty, for the last time, this is the Henesys gym, not my gym, so if you would be so kind as t-" Green could not even finish his lecture when he was interrupted yet again.
"Green's has the highest scores here! Followed closely by me of course..." Misty put the back of her hand close to her mouth as if to stifle that last part, although everyone could clearly hear her boasting about herself.
"C'mon! You guys can try it out!" Misty called ecstatically at the group. They didn't have much of a choice but to follow closely behind.
The interior of the building was just as glorious as its exterior. The walls were lined with various training equipments, but the most prominent attraction were the two large battlefields in the centre. White lines were drawn on the cream coloured floor, forming the two large rectangles with the Henesys crest in the middle. The Henesys crest consisted of a bow loaded with an arrow that had the head of a fierce bird Pokemon, the bow forming the bird's wings.
Misty flipped a switch on the side of the wall before Green could tell her not to. The mechanisms of the gym began whirling into action. Spotlights shone down onto the two battlefields. The battlefields themselves were raised up slightly. A hole in the wall opened up, and odd, Pokemon-robots came streaming out. They lined up in an orderly fashion in front of the four teens.
"Whoa..." was all the blonde and the raven haired teens could mutter. Green and Misty, however, seemed used to it.
"Alright, who wants to go first?" Misty asked. Red was practically itching to try this new contraption out. His master had once told him that the Pokemon in the other villages were different from those in Perion, but this was something else!
Misty raised an eyebrow at the fidgeting boy. "Erm... I'll take it that you want to go first?"
Yellow put her hand on his Red's chest, and Red snapped back to reality as he felt the pain from his wound spread through his whole body. Red cringed, and Yellow immediately pulled back.
"Sorry! It's just that... you're not fully well yet, you probably shouldn't be doing this..." Yellow said, concerned for her friend's well being.
"C'mon! I'm sure he'll be fine. Besides, you can just smother your naked body on him and he'll be healthy again, wouldn't he?" Misty persuaded. Yellow's face turned a dark shade of pink, and Red, for once actually getting the joke, blushed.
"No, she's right. I shouldn't be doing this. Maybe when I'm better, okay Misty?" Red's voice was clearly laced with disappointment, but he knew that Yellow was right.
Misty frowned, but eventually gave in. "Alright then, how about you?" Misty turned to Yellow. Yellow was still stunned. "Pardon?"
She rolled her eyes. "Do you wanna try the gym challenge?"
"Oh, I don't know... maybe not today..." Yellow knew her arm was fully healed, but she wasn't particularly enthusiastic about meaningless fighting.
"Don't be such a spoilsport! I'll set the lowest difficulty possible." Misty urged. Green merely glanced at Yellow with that emotionless stare, wanting to see what she would do.
"I think some training for you would be good, Yellow." Red put a hand on Yellow's shoulder in support. "Besides, your Pokemon seem pretty pumped."
Sure enough, the Apricorn balls attached to Yellow's belt were rattling. Through the translucent yellow screen, Yellow could see the determination in her partners eyes.
"So it's settled then!" Misty pulled Yellow away from Red and pushed her onto the fighting field. "Just stand there and get ready." Yellow was still somewhat unsure, but as a shimmering force field enclosed the battlefield, she knew there was no going back.
Yellow pulled Dandelion from the holster at her waist, and got into a battle stance. A voice blared from an unseen speaker.
"Yellow, I'm playing the level 1 training simulation now. Good luck!" Misty's voice came resounding.
Yellow's POV
Two metallic beings dropped from the ceiling. One was round in shape, with a red shell and mask, and a beige belly and chin. It had wide glossy eyes that looked at me with curiosity. The other had the same colour scheme, but with a longer, more human-like body. It had dark blue eyes instead.
"Robot Ledyba, Robot Ledian, engage!" The two flew towards me in unison, and Tackled me to the ground before I could react. I quickly got up, but they had flown far out if my reach.
"Chuchu!" I plucked one of the yellow spheres from my waist, and threw a ball on the floor. A cloud of smoke was produced, and Chuchu emerged. The yellow mouse waved its tail and cheered happily, small bolts of electricity forming around its red cheek pouches.
Her happiness was short lived, however, as Chuchu was socked in the face by a Mach Punch from the Ledian. The punch sent the yellow rat flying, only to collide against the barrier as if it was a solid brick wall.
I would have gone to help, if I wasn't crippled by the screeching sound the Ledyba was emitting. The 5-Star Pokemon buzzed around my head, emitting strong pulses of Supersonic. I clutched my head in agony.
I dropped Dandelion. I curled myself into a ball, palms still plunged onto my ears. I couldn't take it. The screeches reminded me of the past. The pained cries of Pokemon I heard but never saw. The screams of my parents before they were downed by...
I didn't know how long I had stayed there like that. Perhaps a few hours, or maybe it was just seconds. I felt a sturdy hand on my back.
I turned around to see Red on all fours over me, his face shadowed by the spotlight above. He was mouthing something. I removed my hands from my ears.
"It's alright, Yellow. It's over." Red's strong voice that normally comforted me sent me into hysterics again. I wrapped my arms around him and hugged him for all I was worth. I let the tears stream down my cheeks and trickle onto the back of his shirt. I felt his rough hands against my back, returning my embrace.
"It's alright Yellow... It's over..."
