I. Am. SORRRRRRRRRYYYYYYYYYYYYYY

I got so caught up in school and whatnot that I actually forgot to write this. FORGOT!

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So...I'm sorry...and I have a feeling it's going to be a busy week, but I will TRY MY FREAKING BEST TO UPDATE LOTS!

So...

this is game verse...because Lyra doesn't appear in the manga.

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That guy 2099!-yessss! Gold is pure awesome next to Green and Red! but of course, Silver ties ;) and Red...he's such a ladies' man :D

My lovely random reader!-sequelsequelsequel! That is...after all of my 81 Girl-version stories are done :3 But after they ARE done, there will be another 81 stories for the guys :D...I hope :P

My anonymous reader who has not even left a name for me to call! - you have requested a Sapphire fic, and it shall be done! BWAHAHAHAHAHA

This was exactly the twenty-seventh battle between these two. And once again, for the twenty-seventh time, Lyra had won. She silently recalled her Ampharos into his pokeball, and thanked it for a good battle. She then walked towards Silver, who had his hands clenched tightly in fists, and was looking down.

"Silver?"

"WHY?"

Lyra flinched. It wasn't the first time that Silver had gotten mad at her, but even so. It frightened her.

"Why is it that every time, no matter what I do, you beat me?"

Lyra looked at Silver worriedly. She took a step forward, but Silver took a step back. Lyra stood still.

"I've done everything. Changed myself, changed my method of training, trained harder, but no! Even when I feel that I've achieved something, just one battle with you makes me feel worthless again!"

"Silver..."

Silver fell to the ground, hands on his head, shouting. Lyra didn't know what Silver was feeling right now. With her team's teamwork, trust and love with each other, she had never lost a single battle, and the only three people who had ever come close to beating her was Lance, Green and Red. She walked closer to Silver slowly, waiting for any kind of response from him. When she received none, she took it as an OK to get closer to him. She laid one hand on his back, and held his own hands with her other.

"I don't understand...why do you always beat me?"

Lyra's eyes welled up with tears, and she could hear herself answering his question.

"So I can keep you on the right path..."

When Lyra and Silver first met, Silver had stolen a pokemon from Professor Elm's lab. Lyra found his trainer ID, and soon after, they had their first battle. Lyra won. The next time was in Sprout tower. He had beaten the monk already, and instead of challenging her to a battle, made a snide remark then left. In Azelea town, on her way to Ilex forest, he vowed that he would defeat all weak trainers and Team Rocket. He lost once again.

In the Burned Tower, he told her that he wanted to catch a legendary in order to defeat the weak trainers. He then challenged her to a battle, and lost. The next time they met was in Olivine city, when Lyra was walking past the gym in order to get to the Pokemon center. Silver came out from the gym, and Lyra's heart started beating faster, afraid that he was going to battle her when all of her pokemon were nearly fainted. Thankfully, he didn't, and just told her that the leader Jasmine wasn't in the gym, but away at the Lighthouse to help a sick pokemon. Lyra couldn't forget the words he said before leaving.

"Just let sick pokemon go! A pokemon that can't battle is worthless."

As Lyra calmed her heart, she didn't know whether to feel relieved or anxious. She vowed to change him.

At the Mahogany Rocket hideout, when she met him, he looked dejected. She walked toward him only to be stopped by a hand.

"Silver?"

"Lance...he told me something about the way I train. He made me realize something. But I'll still defeat Team Rocket. I'll get stronger and defeat them by myself. You...you're not strong enough to defeat Team Rocket. Go home."

He left, and before he could, she grabbed his arm.

"Silver."

He took one look at her, and when she met his eyes, she could only let go of him. He was on the verge of giving up.

In the Radio Tower, Lyra had barely managed to acquire a Team Rocket uniform and was all ready to go inside, when Silver arrived and blew her cover.

"Get that damned uniform off!"

He said. Lyra was left to deal with Team Rocket by herself when Silver left. But she was still happy, because Silver had that fire in his eyes again. She beat Team Rocket with a smile. Underground, though, she met him again. He challenged her for being weak, and was determined to show that she couldn't do anything by herself. But when he lost again, he muttered to himself.

"Maybe Lance was right."

Lyra was confused, but before Silver left, she grabbed him again. This time, she didn't say anything. All her words were sent to him by her eyes, and he found himself burning under her fiery eyes. Falling into those deep orbs which spoke a million words.

Before Lyra could challenge the Elite Four, she was stopped yet again by Silver. She was amused. Silver was always ahead of her. They had a deciding battle on Victory Road. Silver wanted to show her that he was training well, and that he was the better trainer. Of course, he lost. He left, and Lyra stood still, wondering why every time she met him, she was left with a certain melancholy. She figured that she was just sad that she beat him all the time.

In Kanto's Mt. Moon, she met him again. He was training, and Lyra could see that he was working hard in order to get closer to his pokemon through battle. He noticed that she was watching, and smiled. Her heart beat faster again.

"I've been training. Battle with me?"

They battled, and Lyra won again. Silver had a frown on his face, the space between his eyebrows creased. Then he chuckled and waved a hand. He left, and Lyra realized that she felt sad when she saw his disappointment in himself. She didn't want to do it anymore.

They met again in the Dragon's Den. He was training his starter pokemon, the one which was stolen, when Clair and Lance arrived. They saw each other, and Lance, smiling, challenged them to a double battle. Lyra and Silver smiled at each other, before getting ready for battle.

"I'll show you how much I've grown!" He exclaimed to Lance. Lyra had a smile on her face the whole time. They won, and Lyra was glad that she didn't have to fight against Silver. She realized that Silver had grown a lot, and that he was able to care for his pokemon now. His team seemed happier than ever, and when they said goodbye, Lyra felt a pang of sadness in her chest.

"Silly girl. You're in love." Clair remarked.

Lyra laughed.

She didn't quite see Silver around a lot after that. But after a while of looking for him, she finally found him in the Dragon's Den. He said that he went there every Tuesdays and Thursdays when he had time to train. He told her that he realized he was wrong from the beginning, and that you shouldn't use pokemon as tools. He didn't battle her.

Lyra knew that Silver lost because even though his team loved him and cared for him, they didn't have real motivation to win. They didn't try as hard as they would be able to, and were already disadvantageous, looking on with jealousy at the closeness of Lyra and her team. But she could see how much they tried harder when Silver began to care for them too. She always won by just a little bit, and Silver could tell as well.

"Looks like I've caught up." She saw that brilliant smile of his again.

She noticed that on Mondays and Wednesdays he always took the long trek through Victory Road to train. It was a Monday when she met him, and won once again. It was this day that he got mad at her. This day that she couldn't tell him how she felt once again. She always beat him so that he would try harder. She beat him so he wouldn't start thinking that being strong was everything. She beat him so that he'd keep coming back to her, asking for a battle. So she could see him again.

Silver left her in that cave, standing still, leaving her pokemon to ward off wild pokemon while she stood, thinking about what she was doing. What she had done. By beating him all the time, was she making him feel worthless? Silver had already left, and knowing him, he flew away, so she couldn't follow him. She sat down at the cave entrance, and decided to wait for him. She brought out all her pokemon, healed them, then sat down, all huddled together to keep each other warm. She slept through the rest of Monday, crying. Hating herself for what Silver said to her. She couldn't hate him, though.

Through Tuesday, she just spent the whole day sitting there, reminiscing all the times that she met him, and all the times they met. When did she fall for him? She stroked her Togekiss, its soft cooing filling the cave.

"Silly girl, you're in love."

When Clair said that to her, everything made sense. The throbbing in her heart which she felt every time she saw him. The wanting to be closer to him, wanting to know him better. The times she felt sad when he was sad. The loneliness she felt when she didn't see him for a long time.

"Ah...what have I done to myself?"

Lyra laughed, and left the Dragon's Den. The world seemed to be more beautiful.

When Lyra woke up on Wednesday, it was because someone was poking her. When she opened her eyes, she saw Silver's face ridiculously close to her, peering at her. She jumped back, effectively banging her head on the cave wall.

"Ouch..."

"Are you okay? Be careful."

"Ugh..."

"Have you been here since Monday?"

Silver walked up to her and rubbed her head on the place where she hit herself. She felt her face flushing. She nodded. He then stepped back, and rubbed his neck, looking away. In the dim light of the cave entrance, she thought she could see his face tinted red. She suppressed a giggle.

"Listen. I...I'm sorry for what I said, okay? I didn't mean to be so harsh."

Lyra smiled.

"Silver, I challenge you to a pokemon battle."

Both grinned their battle grin.

"You're on."

And for the first time they met, Silver won. Lyra was surprised, and Silver was even more surprised. His eyes were wide, and his mouth dropped.

"I...I...I won?"

He smiled, and began to laugh.

"I finally won!"

Lyra couldn't smile. There was something she wanted to tell him. Something she just had to make sure he understood. Something she wanted him to know. So instead of opening her mouth to tell him, she stalked up to him, and catching him by surprise, kissed him. Silver seemed more surprised about that. But he eventually relaxed. When they separated, both of them were blushing, and Lyra had a ridiculous grin on her face. Silver couldn't look directly at her. So Lyra, wanting to see his face, grabbed it with her hands, and turned it to face her.

"Hey. Congratulations."

They smiled.

Of course, the next day, when they had a rematch, Lyra won again, and Silver huffed.

"I banged my head right before battling you, remember?"

"Of course I don't remember. You kissed me after our match."

"Oh, so you don't remember that I hurt myself but you remember that I kissed you?"

Silver frowned, and Lyra laughed.

"Don't give me that look, Silver. I know you liked it."

"Hmph." (But Silver was blushing)

Of course, as they walked through the Safari Zone together, they were holding hands.

And because someone requested a Sapphire fic, I will do that next!

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