"Smiling?"

Gold nodded enthusiastically, his baseball cap moving slightly as he did so. "Yup," Gold replied, "Ear-to-ear grinning, I saw it with my own eyes!"

Green and Crystal didn't seem to be on the same wavelength at this point. Green was ready to shoo away Gold's observation as unimportant, or just downright fibbing. Crystal on the other hand, grew somewhat nervous, and made this apparent by shifting her weight in her chair.

Green wasn't fazed by such a statement. "Gold, doesn't a guy have a right to smile?"

Gold pounded his hands on the table and countered. "But Silver NEVER cracks a smile! EVER." Gold raved on, "Why would he smile, now?"

"Gee, maybe he's thinking about how fun it would be to cut you up." He answered sarcastically.

ONE WEEK LATER

Such is how the rumor of Silver scheming murder came into the halls of Goldenrod High School.

It was evening as the bell had just excused the students, a Friday, to be exact, that the trio found themselves discussing such a travesty once again. Gold came out of the courtyard, ears filled with gossip. As much as he loved it, he knew that it wasn't true. That's never any fun for him.

Spotting Green on a wall, he approached him stiffly. Parking himself on the same wall, he started to muse.

"Well, Green," Began Gold in a matter-of-factly tone, "I hope you are happy."

Green wasn't pleased to have his thoughts interrupted, but he was even more irritated to be accused.

"Oh come on! How was I supposed to know that that Blabbermouth Jun was close enough to hear? Hell, if he wasn't smart enough to understand sarcasm, then that's his problem!"

Gold had nothing more to say, he had done his job. If he didn't annoy the piss out of green, then who would? At that moment, Crystal appeared. She wasn't far from Green on temperament, at the moment.

"Well, boys, you are looking at Silver's first victim, so they say." Crystal's tone was course and laden with resentment.

"Oh Crystal, not you…" Green said sympathetically. Crystal nodded grudgingly. "Yup. More fantastic rumors. Most of the school seems to think he has it out for me."

"Just remember, Crys," Said Gold, "The next time you see him, just stop, drop and roll!"

While Crystal proceeded to beat the tar out of Gold, Green contemplated the rumors. Even though it wasn't really anyone's fault, he couldn't help but feel a little guilty. He had no bad blood with Silver, and Green couldn't help but feel a little sorry for the guy. He was always alone, always morose.

It pained him to admit it, but there was something interesting about Silver suddenly expressing signs of happiness. As if summoned, Silver walked into the hallway from the courtyard. Even though he was a ways away, Green could see that there was a smile on his face.

Green moved from his spot on the wall and turned to face his two companions, who had finished scuffling. He motioned for them two follow him down the hall as Silver exited another doorway.

"What's up?" Gold asked as they made their way towards the door.

"We're following him."

"What the fuck, why?" Crystal asked, her voice filled with dread.

"I'm going to clear this mess up." Green said. Gold, who was now excited, readily asked; "How are we gonna do that?"

"The plan is simple. We figure out why he started smiling."

Green was determined to figure this guy out.

Silver found his way to his locker, smiling as he did so. He just felt so uplifted when he thought about Kotone. He mentally doted on her as he brainlessly removed his textbooks from his locker.

After spending time with her every day after school, he felt like a new person. Not that he would ever tell anyone. She was so bright and cheery, yet she was never overbearing. The sound of her voice had become like a lullaby for him, soft and gentle, yet energetic and whimsical. And she was so beautiful…

Silver seemed to snap back into reality again. These feelings for her were guilty pleasures to him, as well and unexplored and possibly treacherous.

Closing his locker, Silver ceased his daydream, (For now), and made his way out of the locker bay. He didn't even notice when his PokéGear slid out of his back pocket and clattered onto the tile floor.

The threesome made their way into the locker bay just in time to see Silver leaving.

"Damn. He's leaving." Green said in discouragement. Crystal still wasn't comfortable with this idea of following Silver around. "Can we go home now?"

"Eh, don't be such a baby." Gold teased. As he turned his head to face Silver's fleeting shape, he noticed something fall out of his pocket.

Gold leapt up as soon as Silver was out the door and grabbed the fallen item. "PokéGear, sweet!"

Green and Crystal followed suit as Gold began to scan through the cell. He went past Silver's settings and straight into the contacts.

"He only has two contacts…"

Green was itching to find out who they were. "Click on 'em Click on'em!"

"Fine! Fine!"

They examined the first one. This contact he not been very active in the past three months, and the three identified it as Silver's father.

"Who calls their dad, 'father' anymore?"

"Who cares? Just look at the next one!"

"Ok!" Gold shouted.

The last contact was new, and had been very active in the past week. "Who is it?" Crystal asked eagerly.

A small blush started forming on Gold's face. With a sly smirk, he said, "It's a girl."

Green was very interested at this point. "Do we know her?"

Gold shrugged. "I sure don't. Her name is Kotone. Ring any bells, Crystal?" Crystal thought for a moment trying to recall and name or a face. After a while she gave up. "I don't know her. Which is odd, because I should…"

"Maybe she's from out of the district?" Green suggested.

"Maybe"

Gold was going through Silver's photos now, and was confused to only find one. "Man, what is with this guy?" He selected the single photo and proceeded to gawk when he saw it. It was a picture of a young teen with soft brown eyes and long hair that was done up into small pigtails. She was smiling at the camera.

Crystal peered over Green's shoulder to get a better look at the screen. "Do you think that's her?"

"Probably," said Green, "It might be his sister or something, though."

Gold disagreed. "Nah, that's her. Silver's an only." Gold continued to drool over the photo. At an instant, the whole ordeal made him burst out laughing.

"Oh man, I knew Silver was big and bad, but I NEVER would have guessed that he was a lady-killer!"

"I'll be killing SOMETHING."

The threesome froze as a dangerous voice resonated from behind them. They turned around to find themselves face-to-face with Silver Mason. And he was NOT pleased.

I just randomly wrote this in the middle of the night, so I will say sorry in advance for any crack that might have slipped through. Thanks for reading! Please leave a review, if possible!