Well, here it is. Happy Birthday Yellow! And it's on time this time!(Oh come on, considering I had to go to school today, AND I started this fic yesterday, 6:25 is a good finish time right?)
Summary: Yellow never seems to need or want anything. Material wise anyway. So what do you get her for her birthday? What do you get for someone who needs nothing to be happy? Well, of all people, BLue thought of that and has an idea. Let's see what she can do for her.
No intended pairings but, I guess JadeShipping and Yellow x Ruby if you wanted to look at that way but I don't. I know most fanboy/girls don't understand the concept of platonicism but the relationship is platonic.
For the Girl who Needs Nothing
March Second
To all the Dex Holders, it seemed as though Yellow needed absolutely nothing she doesn't already have. She could draw, she could fish, she had her Pokémon and she had her friends, how could she ask for anything more? That's great right? Normally yes. But it was her birthday, and she would always say she didn't want anything.
On, one hand, it was easy for her to tell them not to spend a whole lot or anything on her at all. She thought she was making it convenient for them, and not that it wasn't but what she didn't realize was that her friends wanted to do something nice for her. So the first three Dex Holders before her and the next three after her, each with their own special reason for liking Yellow, at the conundrum of, "what should I get Yellow for her birthday?" Red impiticular was so strapped for what to do he went over to Blue's house, who was having the same problem. In between the flirting and the stammering in response to the flirting, they spent the whole day trying to think of a gift or an event that would make for a good birthday and came up with nothing.
Yellow had sat by the river bank most of the day, relaxing. She was walking home with her Pikachu "Chuchu" in her arms when she came across someone familiar.
"Gold?" She said at the site of him.
"Hey Yellow. Look, I'm going to skip the greetings and the small talk and get right down to business," Of all the Dex Holders, wondering what they should do for Yellow's birthday, Gold was the only one who got tired of waiting and wondering and asked up front; "What do you want for your birthday?"
"Oh that? It's okay Gold; I don't need you to get me anything." She said.
"Yeah okay, but what do you want?" Gold egged on.
Yellow smiled, she put a hand on his shoulder and gently said, "Nothing."
Just looking at her, Gold had no choice to believe her, how could anyone lie with that expression?
"I appreciate your asking, I really do, but I don't need you to get me anything."
Gold sighed silently, "Well okay, if you're sure. But don't expect me to get you anything then." He said, hoping to get her to at least drop a hint.
To no avail, "That's okay." She had the most happy, go-lucky expression.
"Well okay then, see ya." Gold said.
"Bye." Yellow said back happily and full of energy.
Yellow wasn't letting up, and Gold was back to square one like everybody else.
Red laid on his bed sleepily. He'd spent the whole day doing the same old thing. Now, at the point of throwing his hands up in the air and saying "screw it I don't care", he just wanted to lay back in his white T-shirt and black plaid pajama pants and relax the rest of the day away. That's when his Pokégear phone rang. He reached over lazily for it and pushed the call button.
"Hello?" He said groggily.
"Hi Red." Came an energetic voice from the other end.
"Hi Blue." He replied.
Their voices and attitudes seemed to be perfect opposites.
"So anyways, Red, you know how we didn't come up with anything for Yellow's birthday?"
"Yeah, how could I forget? And you couldn't have picked a better time to call me? It's almost midnight." He said limply turning his head to the digital clock on his nightstand.
"Sorry. But just tell me real quick." She caught Red's attention, "What do you think of this?"
March Third
Yellow slept relaxantly and gingerly from ten pm to eight thirty am or somewhere around there. She went to bed at ten but didn't fall asleep until later. But somewhere around there in the morning, Yellow was awakened, almost rudely, by the sound of a car horn. When it stopped, Yellow forced herself to get up and to look out the window. Sure enough, she saw Blue's car. Without changing out of her light blue pajamas, she went outside and up to the car to see what the fuss was about.
"Blue?" She said whipping her eyes, "What are you doing here?"
"Well it is your birthday isn't it?" She replied
"Oh that?"
"You were expecting a party clown? Go on get dressed." She said.
"What for?" Yellow asked.
"Well because, I'm gonna take you for a day out for your birthday." Blue informed.
"Blue, I'm flattered, really, but you don't have to do that." Yellow replied.
"Oh yeah? Too bad." Blue suddenly had a tone that told Yellow exactly what Blue said next; "Get dressed, have breakfast, brush your teeth, do whatever, because I've got this whole day planned out and you're gonna play along whether you like it or not, because I know you will."
"…O-kay." Yellow said in a mildly stunned tone of voice while Blue smiled triumphantly.
Yellow emerged some time later in her normal black shirt, grayish jean pants, purple boots and yellow tunic. She had decided to leave her hat at home for today, figuring it'd be out of the way for whatever Blue had planned. She yawned while hurrying up to the car. Inside Blue was playing a Nintendo DS.
"What took ya so long?" Blue said jokingly as Yellow shut her car door.
"So, where are you taking me?" Yellow asked.
"Well first, shopping." She replied.
"What?"
"You heard me."
"Blue thank you but I don't really need anything."
"Well, how about we get there and we'll see what little trinkets you want then." Blue insisted.
Yellow knew there was no stopping her now.
They'd made it to a clothing store in Viridian Blue had pre-visited to make sure it was good. Blue was looking at one of the shelves, constantly having to remind herself that she was here for Yellow's sake and that she was looking for things Yellow would want.
"Really Blue, you don't have to do this. I'm happy with what I have." Yellow insisted.
"Oh come on," Blue urged, "there has to be something you see here that you would at least enjoy having."
Yellow meekly nodded her head "no".
Much to her surprise, Blue smiled devilishly, "Okay, fine then, I'll pick out stuff for you and you can just try it on and we'll go from there."
"What? Blue, this is really nice of you and all, but you shouldn't waste your money on me." Yellow insisted.
"We don't have to buy."
"I know Blue but, I don't wanna be a burden, I-" She was stopped by Blue putting her finger over Yellow's lips.
"Just please me for a minute. M'kay?"
Yellow blushed, "O-kay." She said in the same mildly stunned way as before.
She felt a little nervous, she wasn't sure what Blue was going to get or what she'd have to wear before the day was over. Even so, what choice did she have other than to go along with what Blue was doing at the risk of embarrassing herself?
Blue had asked Yellow to wait in the changing room while she picked out some things for her to try on. All in all, Blue made Yellow try on a total of five outfits, which was a lot less than she'd expected. Then again, she did more or less practically beg Blue not to make her wear any swimwear. Blue could at least understand that much, after all, Yellow could be a little shy under the right circumstances. One of the outfits was a white dress that Blue admitted was modeled after a wedding dress, Yellow felt very embarrassed about that but agreed to try it on anyway. It started just barely above the chest with white forearm length gloves a hair bow that went on the starting point of her ponytail that had a fabric that went down her back to the very top of her legs.
Another one was an orange over body skirt that reached halfway to her knees with a grayish brown, leather jacket. Another was black short-shorts, a long red shirt that was so long it mostly eclipsed and covered the shorts, and long, thigh-high socks that started white and then were striped black and white from the ankles up. And yet another one was a pair of pajamas, not unlike the ones she wore this morning, but they were a bit darker. The next one was very different.
In the stall Yellow, couldn't believe her eyes when she saw it, "Seriously?"
"Yeah come on, you'll look good in it."
Yellow couldn't help but giggle at the irony. A few seconds later, she slipped it on and came out. It was an exact replica of Blue's outfit. The same skirt, the same tank top, socks, shoes, hat, and even the same wristbands.
"Ooh, sexy." Blue teased making Yellow blush while holding her hand up behind her head, "Gee, where have I seen that before?" A few seconds passed before Blue asked; "How do you feel?"
Yellow, still smiling, grabbed the door handle and shut it bashfully.
"Oh come on Yellow." She'd asked her how she felt after she'd come out with every outfit she'd worn, "Come on, if you don't like 'em just say so."
"It's not that, it's just, I don't know." She said from behind the stall door.
"It's not a hard question Yellow, I'm asking how you feel about the outfits not one of the boys or something." Blue urged.
"I don't know, different."
"Different how?"
"I don't know just different. Like, not better but not worse, just different."
"Fair enough." Blue gave in and just let Yellow be, "You sure that last one doesn't make you feel sexy?"
Yellow giggled, "Is this the place where you got yours?" She asked.
"No, mine was a gift remember?"
"Oh yeah."
"Okay, hurry up in there, there's still a couple places I need to take you today." Blue said hurrying her.
"Like where?" Yellow asked.
"You'll see." Finished Blue.
"So you asked who for a favor?" Yellow said quizzically.
"Just wait, he's got all of his equipment set up at Red's place." Blue said in response.
"Equipment for what?"
"Just wait and see."
"Okay… So is Red home?"
"I don't know honey I'll have to check." Blue said just before parking outside of where Red's house, "Okay, come on."
"But what-"
"Just role with me here." Blue interrupted.
They hurried into the house. Inside, Yellow saw there was a curtain set up along with a mirror, some measuring tape, and multiple threads next to sewing equipment.
"Hello!" Blue hollered.
"I'm coming I'm coming." Someone said hurriedly.
"Is that who I think it is?" Yellow asked.
The person emerged from beyond a nearby wall, "If who you think it is is me, then yes."
"Ruby was it?" Yellow asked, "Sorry, I can be pretty bad with names sometimes."
"No it's alright, besides, you guessed my name exactly right so it works."
"Oh, okay good." Yellow said, relieved.
"So d'ya tell her or do you want me to?" Ruby asked Blue.
"No I can tell her." Blue replied.
"What?" Yellow said curiously.
"Well, you know how I just took you to try on all those clothes?"
"Mmhm." Yellow nodded almost cautiously.
"Well we're going to do something like that." Blue continued, walking up behind Yellow and putting her hands on Yellow's shoulders, gently guiding her towards Ruby, "We're going to make you an outfit."
"Oh." Yellow said, "So do I have to tell him my size and stuff?"
Blue stopped her just by the curtain, "Not exactly."
"Then how's he?" Yellow stopped herself short and took another glance at the measuring tape next to Ruby who'd taken a seat and was filing his nails of all things to do; on a bench he had set up, "No." She said and then turned around, "Blue I don't know if I can do that."
"Oh relax." Blue encouraged her, sounding relaxed herself, "You'll be fine."
"But-"
"Oh just get in there." Blue said shoving Yellow past the curtain then closing it fast behind her.
"But Blue!"
"Chillax, it's not that bad. It's like changing in a locker room; it's only bad the first time." Blue said, Yellow remained silent for a few seconds, "Of course if he starts asking you to take your clothes off just holler." She teased.
"Blue!" Yellow whined, her face furiously glowing red.
She nervously turned her head to Ruby, who held his hands up surrenderingly in a way that said "don't blame me", "Hey look, we don't have to do this if you don't want to."
"Yes we do." Blue interrupted, "Yellow I know you're upset now but I'm only doing this because I love you. You'll thank me when it's over."
Yellow didn't say anything. There was no point in arguing with her. Ruby looked at Yellow, waiting for some sort of response. She sighed and lifted her head acknowledgingly.
"Okay, then I'm just gonna have you stand in the middle of the rug there." He said, standing up and putting down the nail file.
Yellow obeyed. Ruby picked up the measuring tape and pulled it out a little ways. Yellow silently whined to herself.
"Okay." Ruby whispered silently to himself, measuring Yellow's height, having removed her boots for her by habit and having her stand on the end of the tape to measure her from head to toe, "Okay, hold your arms out for me." He requested.
She did and Ruby measured the length from one wrist to the other. Ruby then moved his arms out in front of Yellow and wrapped the tape around her chest area, measuring her all around. Yellow groaned in discomfort.
"Hey listen, I can still stop if you want me to." He offered again, retracting the tape.
"No, it's okay, besides, Blue's never gonna let me walk away from this so let's just get it over with." Yellow responded.
"You're a braver member of the species than I." Ruby complimented, pulling the measuring tape back out.
After a few hours of sewing, Ruby had finished the outfit and held Yellow by her shoulders in front of the mirror after she put it on, "So, how do you like it?" He asked.
"Um… Well it sure is comfy." She said.
"Oh come on; just admit you look nice in it." Ruby urged.
"Oh come on, stop." Yellow said bashfully.
"No I mean it. It's just delicious on you." He continued.
"Ohhh." Yellow mumbled, smiling wide and holding her hands to her face in bashfulness.
It appeared to be a pink kimono with "flowery", puffy edges around it; the sash that kept it in place was around the stomach just below the chest with a yellow, flower shaped piece sewn onto it. But it was actually a shirt, everything was sewn on, and the kimono-shirt wasn't actually designed to open. To remove it the wearer was to pull it off over their head. In her hair were a couple of ribbons sewn together with pre-sewn, pink flower pieces. It stretched to about knee length and beneath it were normal blue jean pants that she wore over her purple boots. The pants seemed a little tight on the outside but actually sat comfortably on her following her size perfectly. And just for good measure, Ruby went ahead and did her hair while he was at it, making sit neatly on her head.
"Go on, go show Blue." He urged.
"Okay." She agreed, but before she took off, she reached up and hugged him, "Thanks."
"Ah, I didn't really do anything." He said.
Yellow looked at him happily and walked past the curtain, "Hey Blue." She said meekly.
"Oh hey, see what'd I tell ya?" Blue said, Yellow lifted her hand behind her head and rubbed it bashfully, "Oh come on, don't tell me you don't love that one." She urged.
Yellow gave up, "You're right I do."
"Good." Blue finished the conversation, "Now come on, there're people who want to see you."
Yellow looked at Blue curiously, "Who?"
"You'll see. Just hurry, we're running out of time." She rushed.
"Hang on, what about the outfit I wore in here?"
"Grab it real quick and put it in the car."
"Uh, okay." Yellow agreed, rushing off to grab her shirt, pants and tunic.
"Can I open my eyes now?" Yellow asked Blue who had her hands over said eyes for good measure.
"Not yet hang on. Keep them closed until I say so." She replied.
"Okay Blue." She agreed.
Blue carefully removed her hands from Yellow's eyes and looked at her friend's face to make sure she kept them closed. Then with a devilish smile, she moved her mouth right next to Yellow's ear and inhaled lightly like she was about to whisper, and then; "Boo!" She yelled as loud as she could.
Yellow yelped, Blue had scared her into opening her eyes.
And then she saw, Red, Green, Gold, Silver and Crystal all chant "Surprise!"
"Oh." Yellow said silently, "Oh wow." She saw, among a few relatively small presents, a large, chocolate cake and a few party favors that been used to keep everybody entertained, so they must've been here for at least a little while. She recognized the building's inside, she was in the Viridian Gym, "Well. You guys." She started bashfully, "You really didn't have to do this."
"Yeah but we wanted to." Said Gold.
Yellow smiled. She couldn't remember the last time she'd been in this situation.
"Oh just come on and blow out the candles already." Crystal said invitingly, grabbing Yellow's hand and pulling her toward them.
Yellow from that point to where everyone, even the usually quiet Green, urged her to hurry and blow out the candles, and after they'd clapped for her after blowing them out, she couldn't do anything but smile. If nothing else, she felt grateful that she knew such people. People who not only would do something like this, but people who understood her enough to know just what she needed to enjoy it.
After the party and after everyone gave their goodbyes, Blue took Yellow home, helping her bring in the presents, what was left of the cake and her other outfit.
"Well." Blue started, "I should be getting home. My parents are probably worried."
"You haven't been gone that long have you?" Yellow asked.
"Well no, but, what with the kidnapping and all." Blue replied, "So I'll be seein' ya." She said sweetly before turning to the door.
"Wait." Yellow called before she could leave walking to where she was.
"What?" Blue asked.
Yellow, with a wide smile gave Blue a sisterly hug, "Thanks for today." She said.
"Aw, no problem kiddo." Blue replied hugging her back, after the four second hug Blue reached for the door again, "See ya."
"Bye." Was the last thing Yellow said to Blue that day.
On her way upstairs, Yellow passed a mirror hanging on her wall. Yellow had to stop herself to look at her reflection. She smiled. She thought she looked nice with the hair ribbons in. She looked down at the little outfit Ruby had sewn together for her. She really did look good. She felt… feminine… Not that she didn't before, but still. Wow. Inside her room, Yellow saw five, nicely decorated boxes that she hadn't seen at the party. There was a note on the orange box with a silver lid and a champagne ribbon.
It read:
"Hey Yellow. It's Blue. Remember back at the clothes store, I reminded you that my outfit was a gift from Silver…So was yours."
"Wait, wha?" She said silently to herself before reading on.
"Yeah okay, I have a confession to make. They're all gifts. The wedding-style dress is from Red, the skirt and jacket are from Green, the long shirt and socks with the short-shorts are from Gold, big surprise there, and the outfit that copies my outfit, like I said, is from Silver, I thought it would be ironic. And the PJ's are from Crystal. I had a bit of a helping hand with 'em all but essentially, that's who they're from. Just thought I'd tease you with what embarrassing things I might have gotten at the store and might have made you wear. So anyway there they are, and I got them here while you were having your measurements done. Haha, you didn't have to do them after all, but aren't you glad you did? You know who it is but love anyways-Blue."
Yellow had to read it twice before she smiled. Blue was a very tricky person like that.
Yellow had finished the task of putting away all the new gifts she'd received. She was sitting on her bed with the TV on petting Ratty and Chuchu. She loved all of her Pokémon equally like they were her children but Ratty and Chuchu impiticular were her "babies". They were both especially affectionate today. They probably thought her new kimono-shirt was soft, because, well, it was.
"Yeah." Yellow said to herself, "Yeah, it's been a really happy birthday."
March Fourth
"Yellow!" Blue called right outside her friend's bedroom door, "Come on Yellow we're gonna be late." She said knocking on the door again.
"Just a second!" Yellow replied, soon she emerged from the door wearing none other than the copycat of Blue's outfit, "Oh crud." She said, "Well one of us is going to have to change."
Blue looked at Yellow for a minute. Then she started to laugh. Well, it was kind of a funny joke. Soon both of them were laughing.
"Come on," Blue said, "let's get outta here." She finished with and arm around Yellow.
Yellow thought to herself; "Well hey; I had a terrific time yesterday, who says I can't have another one today?"
Little did she know, that was basically the principle Blue lived by.
So, that's that. Again, happy birthday Yellow! Hope you had a wonderful time, lol. I remember having an idea for this and jotting it down in four paragraphs on paper as fast as I could and putting it all alone in it's own folder to keep it from getting ruined. It was a V.I.P Very Important Paper *crickets* Okay, I deserve that but that's what it was.
And on a parting note. Yeah, I based the title on that of a Superman comic/Justice League episode "For the Man who has Everything". Okay, bu-bye, have a beautiful time. And don't worry, to make up for the late All That's Visible chapter, March is going to be Super-Special-Awesome for us.
