Hello! End of Yellow Arc! Awfully short arc I know, but since it's written in Rayne's POV, there's not much to write since the Yellow Arc was that short anyways and not much was happening with Yellow beside meandering around most of the time.

Personally, it's both my favourite and least favouite part of the Adventures series. The Yellow Arc was how I got first introduced to the series but despite the meaningful message, again, Yellow just meandered around.

Thanks!

October 16, 2015- Finished.
December 18, 2017- Edited.

-Line Break-

"I can't believe Jigglypuff is strong enough to carry four people now." I held onto the Balloon Pokémon. "You've really trained your pokémon well Blue."

"Of course! Jiggly Airlines may not be the fastest, but it's definitely the safest." She was staring at me blankly when she said the last bit.

I put my hands up. "Traveling by Pidgeot is not meant to be safe Blue."

"You hanged off him by your cane when he was on fire." She jabbed me in the chest with her index finger.

"Fire burns and eats the oxygen around us thus creating less wind resistance to fly against. I wanted to see how fast he would go while I flew with him and I can't exactly do it on his back." I refuted crossing my arms.

"Who knew you were a daredevil at heart? It's dangerous"

I scoffed. "My sense of danger is skewed if you're scaling it with human terms." Because living with pokémon who're battle ready and always training will do that.

"You're right, we should get you a leash. Red would like that." Bill choked at Blues comment. "After all, out of all of us, Red's the only one who actively fret over you."

I frowned. "Does he?"

"Well not fret but stick close, after that Tauros incident, he seems a little attached."

"You guys need to let go of that, I had it under control."

"Hanging off it as it ran around? Yes you did."

We were in a cave after Blue transported us all here over a field full of Slowbro. Yellow managed to read Clafable's thoughts after it listened through the cave systems and that the people nearby were not enemies.

It was then we had this little friendly spat of ours to kill the time while walking. Bill and Yellow gave pretty interesting expressions though, I can see why she does what she does but I wish she doesn't do it to me.

We arrived to where the voices were coming from and I had to stop and school myself before relaxing. I could feel my hand start shaking.

"Why are you here?!" Blue pointed in shock.

Sabrina, Lt. Surge, and Koga were here but the presence of Blue and Blaine helped me keep calm. They both would be battling them if they were with the Elite Four.

Still, I did not appreciate some of the things they made me go through.

"Hi." I just smiled and waved, better do what I usually do best.

"Holy shit, girly is a boy." Surge said in disbelief but it went away just as quick and replaced it with a smirk. "But you're still girly."

I could feel myself twitch at that comment. Yup, I'll be alright if this is how they'll act.

"Ah, I see that you both made it safely, but who are these two?" Blaine asked.

"This is Blue and Bill!" Yellow said. "They came to help us! And who are they?" She asked in return.

Blaine seemed hesitant to answer but Green interjected swiftly. "They're Sabrina, Koga, and Surge. Ex-members of Team Rocket. Blaine and I just met up with them a few minutes ago."

The Triad all chuckled lightly and shocked all of us with their answer. "We're here to defeat the Elite Four." They said simply.

"After the Siph Co. building was destroyed, we were able to escape right before it collapsed We were merely waiting and rebuilding ourselves until the Elite Four decided to step in." Sabrina said.

"Kanto is our land to control." Koga said forcefully. "But the Elite Four just came in and slaughtered many people here and did whatever they pleased."

"We're being nice letting you know that Team Rocket hasn't fallen completely yet! But we'll be willing to work with you if you want, but don't get in our way if you won't!" Lt. Surge pointed at us.

Green just scoff at that. "We should be saying that to you. Agatha of the Elite Four has a grudge on my grandfather so it's my job to battle and destroy her." Green said narrowing his eyes. "So unless you don't interfere with my task, then I don't think we can work together."

"Why are we here?" I muttered to myself sarcastically.

"Interesting. Very well then, Alakazam!"

The Alakazam materialized spoons from his psychic energy and shot them into our hands. These were the Spoons of Destiny that Old Zam would use on occasion when some decisions are only up to fate. I guess it's appropriate considering the situation.

"Focus your strength and will to the spoons and they will pair you up with the person or persons that will work together the best." Sabrina said.

The spoons bent and I watched as Green and Koga, Blue and Sabrina, and Yellow and Blaine were paired up.

"Funny how we're paired with the ones we fought at Silph Co." Sabrina mentioned smoothly. "Though some of us aren't connected enough or not trying at all." She looked at me.

I looked down at my spoon that wasn't bent yet. I guess I wasn't concentrating enough for it to bend.

"Mine's not bent!" I heard Bill shriek and Surge laughed.

"So isn't mine! But I'm supposed to be pair up with Red if this is the trend." He pointed towards the two pairs that fought each other before. "But I guess your with me then!" The lieutenant wrapped his arms around Bill.

"Yours isn't bent either." Yellow looked up to me.

I frowned at the pairing between Yellow and Blaine. They both aren't really at their best condition and with Yellow's short time in training and Blaine's condition with his body, I don't think they can fight at their fullest against trainers that were stronger than all the top trainers in Kanto. I mean, Yellow's come a long way, but against the Elite Four?

"Ah! It's bending!" Yellow exclaimed.

My worry distracted me from the spoon in my hand and when it bent all the way, both Yellow's and Blaine's spoon pointed towards mine.

"Hmm, this is also interesting." Sabrina started looking at me. "Raynard, or Rayne as you go by, both mean strong counselor. A counselor's job is to give guidance to people, but are also the support structure to those that truly need it." She smirked. "It's fitting, and if the spoons deemed that the pair of you needs help the most, then so be it." She stole a glance to Yellow and Blaine.

"What?! But what about me?!" Bill cried out. "I'm a student, not a battler!"

Surge tighten his hold. "I don't need girly to help us out! It just shows how awesome I am and that I'll win my match! So let's go already." And dragged Bill away.

I laughed at them, but watched curiously as the large man stopped and backtracked quickly. "Is something wrong?" I asked.

"Yeah." He shoved the Thunder Badge into my face. "Out of the three brats I had to fight, only you don't have my badge. You're Nidoking and Pidgeot were impressive taking on my electric types two years back, I can only imagine what they're like now not to mention getting blown up in the face."

I stared at the badge in my hands and suddenly the Marsh and Soul Badges dropped into it.

"It's true, people usually are a stuttering mess after take a Curse, and depending on the person, takes weeks to years of therapy." Koga said still standing next to a surprised Green. "Mind my surprise to see your Pidgeot flying around dodging around gracefully against our creation."

"And the fact that boss deemed you worthy to carry his badge is enough for me." Sabrina started to walk away. "Enough of this small talk. We're heading out now."

I looked down at the badges and sighed. Those guys, for all their cruelty, are pretty honourable and not really bad. Though, it seems a little late to be giving me this even though I appreciate the gesture.

On another note, Blue and green seems to be giving me the stink eye. Blue more so than Green seeing Red and our teams were the ones that knew about the curse incident. Hopefully they forget about that.

-Line Break-

"So you got inflicted with Curse before?" Blaine asked and I winced.

"What's Curse?" Yellow asked curiously.

"It's a move where it's dependent on the pokémon." He explained. "For any pokémon that's not a ghost type, it sacrifices their speed in order to raise their attack and defenses. But if a ghost type uses it, it sacrifices their life force to inflict pain into the receiver." He looked at me. "The pain varies from pokémon to pokémon, but the fact that Rayne is a human, it must've been torturous for him."

I didn't look up to see their faces, but I know the looks of worry on both of their faces would be present. "It definitely wasn't pleasant." I said softly. "It happened about a day or two before we've arrived at Cinnabar."

"Only a day?!" Blaine hissed at me. "You should've been hospitalized, not fighting Team Rocket!"

I shrank into myself. "Sorry, but it was because of Team Rocket that I sort of forgot the pain from the Curse." I gripped my cane. "With all the things going on, I just had to push back the pain and walk it off. It's actually how I always dealt with pain, plus I don't remember much of what happened and it's been two years now." I smiled at them. "I'm fine."

"And you didn't even tell anyone about it?" Blaine just sighed. "Don't forget that you have people worrying for you too, Rayne."

"That's right. Red was exhausted worrying and crying over you back then, you mean a lot to him." Pika perched on my shoulder. "And us too of course!"

"Thank you." We bumped our foreheads and nuzzled our noses to each other. The kiss was short, but it did it's job on letting me know that I'm not the only one worrying about others. It's easy to forget yourself when everyone around you is running towards danger.

It was a few more moments of walking through the cave systems that I could feel Pika shift uneasily. The little mouse hopped off from my shoulders before looking around with a distressed expression.

"What's wrong Pika?" Yellow walked up to Pika petting him.

"I remember being in a cave like this when Red battled them. These caves are just like the ones there."

"His emotions are so jumbled and seemed stressed." Yellow said. "I can't make out what's bothering him."

I came up by them and crouched down to their level. "When Pika came to the lab, he said he couldn't remember where he and Red battled at. Told me that he was too injured and too focus on coming to find me to let everyone know what happened."

Blaine nodded. "And I can only assume that this place reminds Pika where they fought in Mt. Moon giving him an uneasy feeling. The battle must've been traumatizing to where it blocked out most of his memories of it." He then relaxed. "But Pika will be fine, after all, we're all here and as long as we find Red and defeat the Elite Four, the only thing we'll need to worry about is going home and rest. Right?"

"Right! And a nice meal too!"

I chuckled softly and we all continued on with a happier step until we came across Lt. Surge and Bill battling Bruno.

"Surge? Bill?!" Yellow shouted after running head first into a barrier. "They don't seem to hear us!"

"They probably can't see us either, whatever's separating us is like a magic mirror!" Blaine said.

We watched as our allies slowly get cornered into a wall from Bruno's fighting types and both Yellow and Blaine couldn't watch anymore.

"We have to help them!" Yellow shouted out. "Pika, Thundershock!"

Blaine threw out his own Rapidash. "Fire Spin!" But disappointment replaced their expressions when both attacks didn't work.

"Nidoking!" I threw out his ball. "Metal Claw! Pika, Iron Tail!" If those special attacks were ineffective, then maybe physical attacks can do something.

When both attacks hit, the barrier itself was still standing, but the walls connecting to it shuddered and bits of rock fell from the ceiling. The attack also alerted both Bill and Surge and they looked behind them towards us.

"Tch, Pidgeot could probably power through it if he gets enough momentum but with this cave system, it'll be difficult. Earthquake is too risky too..." I muttered a bit frustrated.

"Then we'll continue to hit it until it falls!" And Nidoking ran rearing his clawed appendage before slamming it into the barrier again. The ceiling shuddered once more, creaking with raining rocks.

"And there's also the fact that we may cause a cave in over our heads." I added while frowning remembering the cave in from Mt. Moon two years back.

'People on the other side of this barrier!' We all snapped our heads looking for the voice. 'Go away from this place or face punishment!'

Blaine seemed to scoff. "We aren't leaving if they're still in danger! Rapidash, Flame Wheel!"

"That's right! It'd be disgraceful to leave a comrade in arms!" Another Metal Claw clashed into the barrier along with Pika's Iron Tail and the voice came back.

'Punishment it is!' And an Onix came out of the walls and attacked us swiftly using Bind.

This is worse than getting hugged by Tangela. The Onix's rocky body made it even more painful as the edges of the surface dug into my flesh.

"This overgrown snake won't stop me." Nidoking growled out. "I'll-" And an uncharacteristic yelp came out of him when gravity took over along with the sound of an explosion coming from the fight on the other side of the barrier.

We could hear the Onix groan in pain as we all get up and catch our breaths. I rubbed my arms and could feel the bruises form again on them and my ribs as it's a little sore to breathe.

"How anti-climatic." Nidoking grumbled.

"Red!"

"It's Red!"

I snapped up and looked towards the barrier and sure enough, Red was riding out on the Onix with his bike with Saur following him.

It really was easy to forget yourself when you're constantly distracting yourself. And those distractions are easy to come by with selective ignorance when you know the facts. Red can take care of himself, but that still doesn't alleviate all the worry, tension, and heartache that's built up. The hints that Red was okay did help a little seeing I was right, but to see himself in the flesh is a much better reassurance than they'll ever be.

"Everyone! Grabbed a hold of something!" Blaine shouted. "That explosion must've weakened the walls of an underground water system! I can hear rushing water!"

But the sudden rush of water along with the fact that the warning came a little too late for me washed us all away.

It's like Vulpix has a water disaster radar in her head. I can't believe she was right again.

-Line Break-

I groaned as I woke up and pushed myself off the wet ground. I have no problem with water like Vulpix does, but if I can avoid getting wet, I'll avoid it completely. The water made it unpleasant as my hair and clothes stuck too my face and body uncomfortably along with weighing me down unnecessarily.

I took off my lab coat and wring out the excess water from it as the others awoken from their own unconsciousness. Nidoking will be fine seeing he's already using Flamethrower to dry himself and Pika was near shaking off his fur.

"Yellow, you're a girl?" I could hear Blaine's shock in his voice as I turned to see Yellow's embarrassment

She quickly put her hat on blushing. "This isn't really the time."

"You didn't know?" I tilted my head.

"You knew?!" Yellow shouted back.

"Since the beginning." I frowned. "I though that you were just hiding you're name, I didn't know you were hiding your gender too."

"It's really not surprising that your able to distinguish Yellow's gender seeing you kind of have the same problem." Pika said. "Only you don't do it deliberately."

Nidoking snorted. "Very similar but different at the same."

We all drifted from the subject and began to walk again. I kept Nidoking out as a precaution since it was getting dark and his light use of Flamethrower also light a torch for us to light the way.

"We must hurry now, the cities will be destroyed at this rate." Blaine lead on but a sudden laughter responded at him.

"The cities we're attacking should be long done for by now! It's amusing you'd think otherwise."

"Pika, Flash!" Yellow quickly commanded and the whole room illuminated revealing Lance above us with his Aerodactyl by his side.

He smirked looking down on us. "The pokémon attacking the cities should be powerful and overwhelming enough to raze them to the ground, and even with the gym leaders opposing them, they'll still come out on top!"

"You're alive?!" Yellow shouted and I frowned at that.

I know Lance disappeared the last time we fought, but she can't really think that he just sit still and take our attacks without some sort of plan. He is part of the Elite Four.

"Of course I am! You're friend and that Pikachu may be strong, but I would be just wasting my time fighting the both of you." Lance said. "I had plans and places to be, but I definitely will destroy you this time!"

"Rayne! Yellow! Save your strength. I'll take him on!" Blaine ran forward with Mewtwo's ball in hand.

"Hpmh! Hyper Beam!"

Dust kicked up and the light from the Hyper Beam blinded us until it dimmed. I lowered my arms to see Mewtwo holding a ball of light from the Hyper Beam before sending it back at Lance.

"Barrier!" Mewtwo raised his shield at the same time Nidoking put up a Protect. The ceiling collapsed and the sky was now open to us.

"I'm impressed! Mewtwo, the pokémon that was created through human experimentation for human selfishness, but even it won't be enough to stop us!" Lance stood tall riding the Aerodactyl as it flew high. "Supersonic!"

"Barrier!" Blaine commanded again. "Rayne!"

I had Pidgeot's ball in my hands and threw it upwards and in a puff of smoke the Bird Pokémon rammed the dinosaur. Mewtwo manipulated the ball of psychic energy and we floated safely.

"Your Pidgeot is impressive but it can't match up to Aerodactyl's sword-like wings!"

"I sparred with an Aerodactyl before. You may be bigger than him but you're certainly not different! Let's see how you like something that's harder than you!" Pidgeot screeched as he met the Aerodactyl with a Steel Wing.

I could tell that without Steel Wing, that bird would have a much more difficult time against the rock-flying type.

"Tch! Dragonair!" Lance summoned two Dragonair catching us off guard. "Bring on the power of Lightning and Wind!"

A thunderstorm started and the wind was pushing against Mewtwo's barrier harshly. I could see that both Blaine and Mewtwo were straining to keep us afloat.

"Blaine, send Nidoking and I to the ground!" Nidoking's weight is especially a burden to Mewtwo's concentration.

"What?! In this storm?!"

I held up Dragonair's ball. "I fared worse than a little wind and my Dragonair can bring up his own storm. Try to take advantage of it."

A brief moment and Blaine consented. "Very well, but you better be safe."

"What?! You're letting him go?" Yellow held onto Blaine's coat sleeve.

"Rayne's capable Yellow." Blaine told her. "And I also want you to observe our fight. When it comes down to it, you may be the only one left fighting at full strength." He sighed. "Lower Rayne and Nidoking down Mewtwo."

I held onto Nidoking as the winds created by Lance's Dragonair were harsh but this was nothing compare to the storm that my own can bring.

"Dragonair! Bring forth your own power!"

Dragonair was slightly smaller than the others, but with his young age, it can be excused. A familiar cold washed over us and a Blizzard started to form and rage as it mixed into the harsh winds.

"A rematch with our full power? Accepted." The serpentine dragon flew off to help out Mewtwo in their own attacks.

An all out weather battle ensued moments later when Mewtwo conjured his Psywave tornado to disrupt Lance's two Dragonair from their combined attack. The cold snowy winds also made them flinch as ice formed within the tornado hitting them continuously.

But this just seemed to amuse Lance. "To battle a weather phenomenon with another, it's amazing! But are you sure you can risk your other pokémon like this?" He looks at me knowing he's talking about Pidgeot and Nidoking.

"Worry about your own pokémon!" I shouted irratated and Pidgeot emphasized my point when Aerodactyl was slammed into the ground next to him in all his flaming glory.

Lance stared wide-eyed in shock. "W-what? How?!" He look towards the flaming bird, who glided slowly through the air in exhaustion but proud.

"My pokémon are trained to with stand cold temperatures like this when Dragonair decided he wanted to be the next coming of the Ice Age." I said to him. "And it's natural that your own pokémon would fall victim to his snowstorm eventually!"

He looked toward his two Dragonair that has a layer of thin ice over their forms even though they were still fighting. His distraction was his mistake as Mewtwo attacked him directly with a fork, hitting him and breaking his pokéballs.

The storm died down within moments when Lance's form fell to the ground and I could hearing cheering from both Pika and Yellow.

It was then I realized just how cold I was. My clothes were still wet from the flooding in the caves and they were slightly frozen and crunched when I tried moved. My hair was only frosted over since the wind kept it in motion but I shivered at the contact it made with my neck and face. I was trembling and I couldn't feel my hands and feet, I could only feel the cold that I endured caused by my own Dragonair. Even my cane was so cold enough that it felt like it was burning me.

Then that annoying laughter rose again and I turn my head and glared at the downed man.

"Amazing!" He pushed himself up with one arm. "Amazing!" He got up fully. "This was truly a battle to remember! I can't believe that my pokémon were pushed back so much and even one fell because of me underestimating you!" He threw away his cloak and damaged pokéballs onto the ground. "If this battle continued liked this, I would've surely lost! But too bad the rest of my pokémon were already out."

"What?"

A rumble and a Gyarados and a Dragonite dug their way out of the ground revealing themselves fully making Lance smirk even harder.

"Can you continue to fight like this?" Lance asked and Mewtwo charged forward but Gyarados intercepted. "And can you really afford to lose your partner?"

I looked over to Blaine who was downed in pain and exhaustion himself. I looked over to Mewtwo who returned himself to his pokéball and I gave a shuddering breath.

"Smart." Lance said nonchalantly and turned to look at me. "You and your pokémon all have the same look. A fire in your eyes but slow exhaustion that'll keep you from doing anything." He said to me. "You're pokémon are impressive, but not enough to match another two of mine in their full power."

He was right. Dragonair was still considered the weakest in terms of power in my team and he was sagging his form. Pidgeot looks like he'll drop from the skies and Nidoking already endured through a water wash and a snowstorm. As proud as Nidoking is, he's at his limit too.

And then there's Vulpix. She's strong, but she can't stand against a Gyarados and a Dragonite at the same time. She'll need back up to take on the Gyarados, favourably, but even then she still need to fly up to Dragonite somehow.

"Hmm? You want to try?" I saw Yellow sent out her team making Lance snort. "You want to face me with that team? You insult me, but I won't go easy on you like I did in Vermillion! Follow me if you really want to go through with our battle!" And flew off on his Dragonite.

Yellow was about to take off but I stopped her. "Yellow, wait!"

"You can't stop me Rayne! I have to go!" Yellow shouted.

I took out Vulpix's pokéball. "I know, that's why I'm giving you Vulpix for your battle. She's the only one with full health on my team and you don't have to worry about her when she starts battling. She's battles independent from me but she'll listen to any plans you got okay?"

Yellow blinked at me surprised and took the ball. Her eyes widened when her hands brushed against mine. "You're freezing!"

"Wet clothes. Dragonair using Blizzard. I'll be fine."

Blaine groaned pointing towards Mewtwo's pokéball. "Take Mewtwo also. He may not be able to fight, but you still can listen to his advice." Yellow nodded vigorously and ran off quickly with her team following.

I felt Pidgeot land next to me and Nidoking using Flamethrower to clear up the snow and ice around us and warm me up too. I sighed contently as I gained feeling back into my extremities, though my clothes are going back to an uncomfortable damp state.

"You're going to follow after aren't you?"

"Of course." I said digging into my satchel. "Between you and me, I'm more well off and my team just needs a short rest. They won't be at their best, but we're not aiming to defeat Lance, just stop whatever he's planning." I found the potion bottles.

Blaine grunted. "That's right. We can defeat him after we've stopped with whatever he's doing. It's an option that seems to slipped have my mind."

"By the way, why haven't you trained anymore pokémon?" I asked him. "You did tell me that you're planning on taking up the gym leader title again."

Blaine chuckled. "Because I need to make sure I was ready to take up that mantle again. My current pokémon are aging along with me so they'll understand but it would be burdensome to the new ones when they find out that their trainer is incapable to train them."

I grimaced but I blinked taking in what he just said. "Wait, so does that mean you found a cure?"

Blaine shook his head. "No, but I think I found a chance."

I smiled widely, a chance was better than nothing. It gave massive hope that my friend wouldn't be going away anytime soon.

We relaxed into ourselves as I healed my pokémon and gave some treatment to Blaine. First aid kits were something Professor Oak required me to carry around after my third encounter with a raging pokémon and I am currently grateful to him that he did even if our injuries were just minor.

And our reprieve was suddenly cut short by the volcano Yellow headed towards when it erupted with burning boulders and ash.

"Damn it."

"Looks like our break is cut short." Blaine said. "Hurry and go."

"But what about you!"

"I'll be fine. I have other pokémon with me too you know, but unlike yours, mine weren't quite up to par with the Elite Four's." He sent out Rapidash. "I'll get to safety, you go and keep Yellow safe too."

I nodded and returned everyone but Pidgeot. "It'll be like with Moltres, only it's lava instead of fire."

It's good to know that Pidgeot's sense of self preservation hasn't changed.

-Line Break-

Pidgeot flew closer to the active volcano and I saw Yellow constantly be barraged by Bubblebeam while Lance was safely in a giant bubble himself. String Shot was casted everywhere as I strained my eyes and watched Dody launched himself using Drill Peck to pop Lance's giant bubble, but to my surprise it didn't.

I watched in horror as Yellow was quickly pushed back by a burst of another Bubblebeam as well as being rammed with Lance's giant bubble itself, but not before someone saving Yellow. My surprise went up even more to see Giovanni here. Surge, Sabrina, and Koga are here, so I guess why not?

"Not even you can stop me!" I can finally hear them. "Attack!"

The Bubblebeam was destroy successfully with Giovanni's Nidoqueen and it rushed the bubble again only for the same result as Dody.

That laughter was now getting more and more irritating but signaled Pidgeot.

"Hyper Beam!"

"Protect!"

It was absolutely terrifying to be still be hanging off of Pidgeot while getting in front of three Hyper Beams. I could hear Pidgeot grunt from the pressure while still being airborne but kept strong being pushed back by a few feet shielding everyone from being hurt, I knew right there that this will be Pidgeot's last move for the whole battle. He didn't care much for slow defensive moves like Protect, I hope this will change his mind.

"Rayne!"

I landed stumbling a bit and Pidgeot collapsed in pure exhaustion. I returned him quickly as the battle between Lance and Giovanni was still going.

"Twineedle!"

The bubble finally popped and everything collapsed onto Yellow's String Shot trap.

"I should've known better to underestimate you too. You're the Viridian gym leader after all." Lance smirked.

Giovanni ambled on top of the String Shot with ease. "What are you smiling about? Has fate tickled you too that all the Viridian trainers involved managed to find their way into this battle?"

"All the- he's a Viridian trainer too?" Lance looked at me as well as Yellow.

"Why yes, I'm surprised you didn't know, but then again he doesn't really announce it to the world." Giovanni said talking about me. "But that's not what we're here for." He gestured to his Beedrill. "You spouted a lot of talk about your power, but even then you fell to a pokémon who is from and evolved in the Viridian Forest. The special exception on why I'm not using my usual typings.

"My organization was thought, even to you, to be on the brink of oblivion to what it was before, but you seemed to forget that remnants of it are the ones that are strong! It's only a matter of time before we rise again!"

So Giovanni is still looking to bring Team Rocket back. It wasn't as surprising since he still has followers loyal to the organization and as the boss of it, he would want to seeing he did put many years into it.

A soft gasp emitted from Yellow. "Is he really the leader of Team Rocket?"

I didn't answer her since Pika's reaction was all she needed. I forget that the rest of the world outside of our circle of friends that they don't know about Giovanni's status.

Then a large glowing bird pokémon appeared above us as Giovanni's chest glowed with his badge bursting out of his breast pocket.

"Wha-!" I clutched my head in pain.

"Rayne!"

My head started to hurt from that bird pokémon's song. It was so distorting and I tried to cover my ears but it seems to resonate within my head. A broken melody that seems to be playing as if many of the notes were misplaced or just missing.

I looked over to Yellow who seemed to say something to me and to the others who seemed fine. Did they not hear this pokémon's voice? Was it just me?

I watched as Giovanni escaped and Lance gloated about him fleeing.

"Don't do it!" I could hear her shout but Lance was already flying towards the giant pokémon in the sky on his Aerodactyl.

I slowly got used to the headache and watched Yellow run towards Lance's Dragonite. It was weak from staying in the lava but I could hear snippets of his devotion to Lance but it just made Yellow even more distressed.

"Please, humans and pokémon can live together!" Yellow shouted to Dragonite as she and Pika rode it. "Everyone! Please, help me!"

I would've snorted slightly on how she would just run on top of that pokémon's back to fight because it was really out of place and not fitting to said pokémon, but its song seemed to get so much louder all of a sudden.

Is this what Lance is going to use to separate humans and pokémon? If so, then why does it seem to sync with Yellow's own wish?

I watched the battle from below while using my cane to support myself as I kneeled from the pain that that pokémon is causing me, but there is still something I can do.

"Nidoking! The power of the badges are being used again, try and send your own energy to Yellow!"

"Hpmh. A last stand to support his people? I can go out like that in this battle! Like a true king!"

The flashes of light were too much for me and I clenched my eyes as I heard the poison type fell to the ground in a thud. Pidgeot and Nidoking definitely were pushed this time, so I'm sure that they'll work even harder from now on.

That song finally settled into a soothing melody. No longer broken or off-key, but a calming and ever flowing with a voice finally being heard.

"A wish is finally granted, peace over destruction." The voice sang out. "Harmony will come for the moment, so cherish it with your heart." I looked up to see Yellow gently float down as that pokémon flew higher and I went over to her quickly stumbling a bit before catching her. "And if you can hear my voice, please come and find me."

It shot towards west and I put Yellow down with her head on my lap.

I wasn't even the one fighting and I could feel the fatigue hitting me hard. Almost two months of just running around to stop these people and the only thing I did in the final battle was just watch it.

A smile cracked across my face thinking back on the short adventure and just realized how much went on in such little time. It seemed so much longer than that but I guess when someone you care about is on the line, you just go.

I looked down towards Yellow and couldn't help but recall just how fast she grew in such a little time. She definitely grew on me fast seeing her dedication and willingness to save Red.

"Rayne!"

I looked behind me and saw Red himself running up to us in good health. He seemed a little ruffled but he's always like that.

I smiled at him when he frowned at me. "Hey." I replied weakly.

"You don't look so good, or your Nidoking." Red examined.

"Lance of the Elite Four happened." I explained in one. "He has the ability to heal his pokémon and I only had a few potions on me. But Yellow managed to defeat him in the end with the energies that was sent." I waved to the sleeping blonde. "The rest of my team is like this too but I don't know about Vulpix since I lent her to Yellow."

He went over to Yellow and took her in his arms. "Can you walk?"

I nodded. "Yeah, I'll be fine." I stood up slowly. "Just tired."

"You look like you'll pass out soon Rayne." Pika said. "I don't have to worry about you just after finding Red here, right?"

I patted Pika lightly. "No, I just need to hang on long enough to sleep in a bed so don't worry. We also need to focus on Yellow too since she's exhausted everything she had." I glanced at Red. "And you better thank her Red, she came a long way in the couple of months to help you."

Red laughed sheepishly. "Yeah, this has been an insane couple of months hasn't it?"

"You bet your butt it has, now let's hurry up and leave this place." I picked up the pace.

"A-ah, Rayne! I'm carrying a person here!"

"This is what you get for making me worry!"

"So you're not going to hit him then?"

I smiled widely to myself feeling the familiar air and conversation, I definitely would missed this if this whole situation didn't turn out the way it did.

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We were all heading back now. Red had Gyara carrying Yellow beside him and Blaine, Blue, and Bill at the back, Green was on Golduck and Dragonair was apparently fine enough to carry me with a few potions and the rest. Even if he didn't, I think that he would've still took the chance to swim in the ocean seeing how happy he was.

"That bird pokémon said to come and find it if anyone heard its voice." I explained the final battle to the end. "It was weird how it went from a scratchy distorted song to a calming one." I said, my eyes were blurring slightly.

"Weird, we didn't hear a thing." Blue said. "Does that mean we'll see it again?"

Green hummed. "Or Rayne will. He did say anyone that heard it to come and find it and only Rayne heard it."

I groaned. "Please don't talk like that until I'm fully rested." I rested on top of Dragonair's head feeling my body become heavier. "I don't need to worry about stuff like that when I want to sleep." I muttered glaring at him.

"Ah! You're awake!" I heard Red, but I was too tired to care at this point.

I could hear laughter and that seemed to reassured me of their safety as I drifted off quickly. All my adrenaline was finally leaving me and darkness replaced it just as fast but that pokémon's last request still lingered in my mind.

Was it in danger? Because the way it said it sounded like a plea of help. I wonder what it's doing now.

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-Omake-
-Home-

Ugh. Why do I feel so horrible?

My whole body feels like it has one giant ache, my head feels heavy with an irritating headache, and my nose is stuffed. What did I do?

I remember falling asleep on Dragonair, Surfing away from Cerise Island after defeating the Elite Four but what in the world-

Oh wait. I did get washed away and was nearly frozen over by Dragonair's Blizzard. Well, I guess standing next to a blazing volcano doesn't stop your immune system from being shot down.

I groaned and shifted as the headache pulsed painfully. Coherent thinking on how I gotten sick doesn't sit well on my brain. At least I don't feel as stiff as I did before now that blood is flowing more.

"Rayne? Are you awake?"

"...Yellow?" I breath out. "Where am I?" Because this doesn't feel like my bed. The sheets were soft though.

"Red's house. We didn't realized you were sick until after we arrived in Pallet Town and since his was the closest, we brought you in here." Yellow explained. "I volunteered to watch you and Red's mom ushered everyone out for groceries and other things. I'm sure everyone's done by now."

I chuckled and then shivered from a cold that wash over me. "Sorry that I couldn't do more with your battle with Lance. Ugh, and I am never battling with Dragonair when I'm drenched again." Was my voice stuffy?

"It's fine! You saved me from getting hit by that Hyper Beam and your Vulpix is amazing! She was able to protect me and the others from a lot of big attacks." She said vehemently.

"I'm glad then." I smiled. "What are Vulpix and the others doing?"

Yellow giggled. "They're lounging where ever they can though Pidgeot and Charizard are having a race over Pallet and showing off." She was chatting on before she remembered something. "Oh! I need to let Red's mom know that you're awake. I'll be back quickly!"

The door open and shut lightly. I turned to my side observing the room with blurry vision. I was in the guest room of Red's house the way how bland this room was. There wasn't any character to it like Red's posters of various pokémon or his memma's nicely taken photos of Red and recently everyone else.

My eyes hooded sleepily as I snuggled into the covers resting on my side. Gosh, I wonder how everyone felt finding me sick unable to wake me up at the time?

Urk, I need to stop thinking. My head protests for me to stop thinking. Maybe I'll make it up to them with cookies later. Everyone likes those, even the ever stoic Green would swipe one or few.

"Rayne?" I heard a clatter of dishes and silverware.

"Hmm?" It took me a moment for me to catch up to know that was Red.

"Mom made you porridge and I brought you some water." I heard him set the tray onto the night stand beside the bed. "You should have told one of us that you didn't feel well."

"I didn't know." I grumbled out. "I all knew was that I wanted to sleep after the adrenaline left me."

The cool air was like a slap to the face when I pull off the covers. I breathed in the cold air, or was that just me being a little too warm?

I sat up letting Red spill out his worries and chidings. It's days like this I can fully see his memma's personality spill over into him as he fusses over me. I glanced over to the steaming porridge and licked my dry lips in discomfort. I really don't want to eat something hot right now, I'll wait for it to cool.

I heard Red sigh. "You're not even listening to me aren't you?" I looked at him with an amused smile and my vision was clearing as I saw the frustrated look on his face. "I should be the one sick you know." He collapsed into the chair by the bedside Yellow was probably sitting in. "I was the one frozen in ice."

I laughed, wincing at my headache, but laughed nonetheless. "Come here Red." He blinked and leaned forward uncertainly before I quickly grabbed his hat and hit him on the head making him yelp. "That's for making me worry. I promised myself that I'd hit you once I found you and Pika gave me the okay to do it." I reached for the tray full of food after discarding his hat into his lap.

Ah, it's cooled now. Red's memma always goes above and beyond with her foods. Better eat it while it's nice and warm.

"Rayne?" I looked at him from my meal. "Out of everything, even if things didn't really went as I expected, I was really counting on you to find and save me at the time." He looked away to the carpet. "I was left to slowly freeze alone but Pika was able to get somewhere safe and the first thing I thought was that he could go to you and tell you about what happen.

"When I got freed and took a moment to think about it after a while, it just hit me on what would've happened if I wasn't so lucky and if I didn't meet you." He swallowed tightly. "I trust Pika but you were like a solid assurance, I knew Pika's message would get through and I knew you would come and save me. It wasn't as hopeless as it could've been."

I felt oddly shy at Red's admittance despite my fuzzy senses, I always relied on Red to give me that push to swallow any lingering despair so I guess it was nice to hear that he relied on me to get him out of something rather keep him out.

"So thanks for being there."

I was content with this. To know that everyone was safe again, back at home resting everything off while eating a nice meal, and a light scolding to show Red that I care too.

I could hear the laughter below me and the light, quiet chattering lulling me. It's nice to be home.

"I'm glad that you're safe, but I'm not the only one here that was following your trail." My vision blurred again but I still smiled. "But I'm happy you feel that way."

I heard him huff. "You need to learn how to take a compliment."

"Just saying, we have great friends."

"Yeah, we do."

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