Well...I nearly had a heart attack yesterday

My dad was tweaking with the wi-fi system after we barely managed to fix it, and the whole day, the wi-fi wasn't working...

So I nearly pulled my hair out because the internet wasn't working...

But turns out that it was just out for yesterday~ It was working today!

yourtypicalluckyfan-Er...uhmm...sequel will come after all 82 fic of this is finished, so might take a year...maybe less .

Hanon Diethel-Ho, Hum. Thank you! Green is awesome~ If Green were real life...I'd marry him :D and yeah! I always thought that Crystal and Cheren would get along well because they were both smart, but as I was playing through Black and White I kept seeing Cheren talk about winning, winning strength and blah, blah, BLAH. So I decided to make them friends who were enemies :D Bianca x Touya coming up next ;)

*This one is totally Manga verse. Lyra doesn't exist, which means that Crystal wears Lyra's clothes now.*

Crystal x Ruby – Transparency

They've never talked. To each other, they were transparent. But still there, of course.

Crystal and Ruby never talked to each other before. Maybe they have once or twice on occasion, but it was never really a conversation. It was a muttered 'hello', or a 'goodbye' or things like that, and maybe if the dex holders were out for lunch or dinner it was 'please pass me the ketchup'. Crystal was always occupied with Gold and Silver, or trying to teach Red how to find the best spot to throw a pokeball. Ruby was always either arguing with Sapphire over whether battling was better or contests were better, or discussing with White the importance of well-groomed pokemon.

They never talked to each other. Not really. But that didn't mean that they didn't acknowledge each other's presence. To Crystal, Ruby was the younger boy who liked seeing beautiful pokemon, but could easily win any battle. He was the boy who liked to play dress-up with his female friends (the girls were the ones changing clothes). He was the one who Blue occasionally asked for fashion advice, and yet the one who Sapphire always trained battling with. He was quite the enigma.

To Ruby, Crystal was the older girl who was ever-so-serious about her work, and yet knew how to have fun. She was the person who he admired secretly not for her battle prowess, but her ability to catch any pokemon with ease. She wasn't wild like Sapphire was, but she could battle. She wasn't charismatic like Blue was, but she could debate. She wasn't gentle like Yellow was, but she was caring. Crystal was a puzzle.

Yes, they didn't talk. But then again, there was that incident. When the two were forced into a heated argument about what she was wearing. The two were alone, so after the argument was solved, they decided that nobody else needed to know that they talked.

It was one day when they crossed paths in Goldenrod City. Ruby was just strolling along, looking with delight at the various shops which sold Pokemon accessories, when he came across somebody who looked like Crystal, but wasn't wearing the same clothes that she usually wore. Upon closer inspection, he realized that the person was, indeed, Crystal.

But she was wearing a hat with a big red ribbon, slacks, and for goodness' sake were those knee-high socks? Ruby's mouth dropped. Then Crystal noticed him. She blushed.

"C-c-c-crystal, exactly WHAT are you wearing?"

She closed her eyes in shame and embarrassment.

"My mother…"

Ruby could faint. This was impossible. His elder Crystal was wearing something that wasn't like sportswear. She was wearing something…cute…and appealing. Ruby nearly fainted. But Crystal was still embarrassed, and if there was one thing Ruby didn't know about Crystal, it was that when Crystal was embarrassed, she became defensive r-e-a-l-l-y easily. And that was how she was right now.

"It's totally disgusting and it doesn't suit me at all, I know! So close your gaping mouth!"

She huffed. Then she felt a bit bad. It was just an opinion, after all…maybe she didn't have to shout. But Ruby was the one who was feeling bad. He didn't mean to make her feel that way.

'So that's how she sees herself.'

Ruby smiled at her. Then he grabbed her hand and began pulling her around the street. Crystal was surprised.

"Wha-hey! Ruby!"

He dragged her around the whole city, and Crystal felt self-conscious. There were countless of men who were looking at her, then either blushing or looking way just to look back. Then when they returned to where they were, Crystal almost slapped Ruby.

"What was that for?"

She was indeed, very angry.

"Crystal, you're really pretty! And this outfit makes you look cute! You saw how many guys looked you over, right? So I want you to take these clothes off immediately. You'll be kidnapped by someone for being so cute."

Crystal looked at Ruby. Then she realized what he said and blushed.

"Th-thanks…"

They smiled at each other for a while. They forgot that they were still holding hands.

So it was that fateful day that they finally acknowledged each other's presence. Maybe they knew it all along that there was a faint attraction between the girl who wanted to be pretty and the boy who wanted to be strong. The girl who was precise and the boy who like the overall picture.

Ruby and Crystal established a relationship that day. Not as friends, and not as lovers. It was a relationship dubbed, "Best friends who don't ever talk to each other."

Because whenever they tried to talk to each other, they both stumbled over their words and wondered what to say.

They weren't transparent to each other like before. Instead….maybe translucent?

A bit of failed humour at the end...

You know, you can usually see which stories I'm working on and which ones I have already written~ I always update the 'intro' chapter, you see :D

R&R~