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Hello once again Pokenerds!
I'm now forever calling fans of this story (if there are any :P) Pokenerds :3
Welcome to the 3rd chapter of Those Red Eyes!
The third chapter... seriously? I really hadn't expected to get past the first chapter, let alone the third chapter! Gosh!
Anyway, as usual...
ENJOY!
Recap!
My barely opened eyes looked straight ahead and I saw the silhouette of a person. Well, at least I thought I did. I was so drained of energy and my logical thinking was clouded because of the pain. My eyes could have been playing tricks on me. But I was pretty sure I saw it. I determinedly tried to focus my eyes, and the silhouette re-appeared. So I hadn't just imagined it? My head fell sideways to the ground in complete exhaustion, but I could still slightly see as the silhouette turned around.
The last thing I saw before completely blacking out was... a pair of blood red eyes.
End of Recap!
Red's POV (OMFG YES!)
The cold wind and snow whipped around me as I stood right on the peak of the monstrous Mount Silver. Pikachu was right beside me, gazing out over the view of Kanto and Johto as well. I stood in that exact spot at least once a day for those past three years. Three years... had it really been that long?
"Pika!" Pikachu called out to me and tugged on the bottom of my pants.
I gave Pikachu a questioning look and then he scampered off behind me. I turned around and watched where he was going. He stopped at a lump in the snow and then sniffed it. I then decided to go over to him and see what all of that was about. As I approached the lump in the snow, a bright red beam of light appeared. The red light took the form of a Pokémon, a Typhlosion to be more specific. I stopped moving closer when the Pokémon growled at me viciously. The Typhlosion stood guard over the mound in the snow. The heat that seemed to be emanating off of the Pokémon melted the snow that was covering the lump. I peered closer and saw that it was a person. From what I could see, it looked like the person had a bad case of frost-bite. I tried to move closer to help the person out, but the Typhlosion growled at me once again. Oh. The person must have been its trainer. Pikachu scampered back over to me and jumped up onto my shoulder. I gave him a scratch on the head as praise for finding the poor person.
I glanced at the Typhlosion standing over its trainer's body. There was only one way I could have helped this person. I moved closer towards the unconscious person, despite the horrible growls I was getting from Typhlosion. When I got close enough to the person and Typhlosion, I bobbed down and held my hand out in front of the Pokémon. Typhlosion growled at me first, but then slowly moved its head towards my hand. I kept a calm look on my face as the Pokémon cautiously sniffed my hand. Typhlosion then leaned back and then moved away from its trainer slightly. I smiled at the Pokémon and then turned my attention to the unconscious boy that was in front of me. Jeez... he was out cold. I slid my hands under his neck and knees and proceeded to lift him out of the snow. I made my way towards the cave that I lived in, Typhlosion and Pikachu hot on my heels.
The boy's skin was as cold as ice and it made me shiver. How did he even manage to get up here?
I placed him down on the sleeping-bag that I usually slept in and dragged it closer to the burning fire I had Charizard make earlier. I went deeper into the cave to find some more blankets. I found some and brought them back to where the boy was. I placed them over the sleeping/unconscious boy, but before I did, I took Typhlosion's pokeball off of the boy's belt and returned him to it. After I had done this, I sat down opposite him and poked the fire. It didn't look like the boy was going to be waking up any time soon, so I decided to use this time to take in his features. From what I could tell, the boy looked about fifteen or sixteen. The boy wore a black and gold hat backwards over his raven black hair with a little bit poking out at the front. He wore a red jacket with a black t-shirt underneath it. His pants were black three quarter length ones and he had on a pair of red and white sneakers. Pretty casual, but definitely not the kind of clothes you would wear while on a snowy mountain. After a while, I finally got bored of just sitting there waiting for him to wake up, so I went outside to train.
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Gold's POV (And back to normal :P)
"Urgh..." I barely muttered to myself. Why did my head hurt so much? Wait, no. Why did everything hurt so much? I tried to open my eyes, but they didn't seem to want to obey. I could feel something soft wrapped around me and hear the crackling of a fire. Where was I?
I tried one more time to open my eyes and this time they obeyed. I didn't know what I expected, but it certainly wasn't this. I was inside a cave. But it wasn't a normal cave. No, it was anything but that. This cave looked like it had been turned into a house. There was a roaring fire in the middle of the cave while off to the left was what looked sort of like a kitchen. To the right, there was a tunnel leading deeper into the cave. I looked down at myself and saw that I was wrapped in a pile of blankets and on top of a sleeping-bag. How did I get here?
The last thing I remembered before blacking out was... a pair of blood red eyes. Blood red eyes? Blood red... red... Red! I quickly scrambled out of the pile of blankets, but soon came to regret it as I got a massive head rush from moving so fast and the sudden weight on my sprained ankle caused me to collapse onto the floor, breathing heavily. It must have been Red who saved me! Why the Distortion World would anyone else have been up there? And nobody else but Red could have those kind of eyes...
I slowly pried myself off of the cold, hard cave floor and into a sitting position. I then crawled back over to the blankets and sleeping bag.
I glanced around the cave again. There was no one there. Where could he have been? If it was actually him who saved me... But I was pretty convinced it was. I turned my attention to the cave entrance. He couldn't possibly still be out there... could he?
I wasn't too fond of the idea of going back out into the freezing cold after the last incident, but how else could I have been sure it was Red who saved me?
I tightly wrapped a blanket around me and hobbled towards the cave entrance. I took a deep breath. Well, here we go. I took a few hops out into the open and got attacked by the snow straight away. But still, I continued to hop along until I came across a giant boulder. I decided to take a rest stop and leant up against it.
"Pika-pikachu!" I suddenly heard. What the heck was that? I peered around the other side of the boulder and saw a little yellow Pikachu standing in the middle of the snow. It suddenly let out a powerful burst of electricity, also known as Thunderbolt. It was only then did I notice a tall figure standing behind the little yellow rodent. He looked to be about 17 and wore a red and white hat on his head. He wore a red and white jacket over a black t-shirt and had black fingerless gloves on his hands. His pants were a dark blue colour and his sneakers were red, black and white.
Oh my Arceus! That was Red! Holy shit! I couldn't believe it! He was actually on Mount Silver that whole time!
All of a sudden, Pikachu started running towards the boulder I was hiding behind at an unbelievable speed. My eyes widened in shock as its tail turned silver and it jumped up high only to come crashing down onto the boulder.
"Aaaah!" I shouted as I dove out of the way just in time. "Oof!" I landed in the snow with the blanket over the top of my head. Little bits of boulder came cascading down on me as I feebly tried to protect myself. The bits of decimated boulder finally stopped and everything went silent. I could hear someone coming closer towards me, the snow crunching underfoot. I hid under the blanket in embarrassment.
The sound of crunching snow kept coming until it was basically right by my face, but all of a sudden, it stopped.
"Phew." I breathed a sigh of relief, but that relief soon turned into horror as the corner of the blanket was lifted up to show Red's blank face. I choked back a gasp as he suddenly lifted me up out of the snow and back into the cave. Red placed me back down onto the pile of blankets and then sat down opposite to me, in front of the burning fire. He did all of this with no expression on his face. But I knew better. His eyes showed slight annoyance even though his face was completely blank.
"Um..." I started, slightly embarrassed about the whole situation. "I'm sorry..."
Red didn't even give me a second glance. He just started to poke the fire.
"Uh... hey? Did you hear me? I said I'm sorry." I said, getting a bit annoyed at the fact that he just completely ignored me. At least this time he looked up slightly, before continuing to poke the fire.
Arceus. Red's mother wasn't kidding when she said that Red never talked.
"Anyway, I'm Gold. Thanks for saving me." I said, trying to change the topic. Once again, Red stayed silent. I tried to see if his eyes showed any kind of emotion, but even they seemed to be blank. "Okay, this is pointless. I'm gonna go." I said and stood up. I took a few steps towards the entrance before my ankle gave away. I fell onto the floor once again, but this time it was worse.
"Good Arceus that hurt..." I groaned in pain. I heard Red get up and he randomly appeared in front of me. He hooked his arms under my knees and neck just like before and placed me back on the blankets once again. He poked my right ankle and I cried out in pain. "What the Distortion World man?! Why the heck did you do that?!"
Red got up and walked down that tunnel that lead deeper into the cave. He was gone for about fifteen seconds before coming back with a roll of bandages. He bobbed down in front of me and pointed at my right foot.
"Wait... do you want me to take my shoe off?" I questioned him. He just nodded simply. "Okay, whatever." I said and proceeded to take my shoe and sock off.
Red then started to bandage my foot up. I don't think that was the first time he had to do something like that since he did it so quickly and perfectly. He put in the safety pin and then stood up. He nodded at it, almost like he was inspecting a piece of art, and then returned back to his original spot.
"Hey, uh... Red?" I said and he quickly glanced up at me. "Um... why do you stay up here?"
Red shrugged, but still kept his face impassive. Well, at least I was getting some form of reaction from him now. But I was pretty sure he did have a reason for being up there. He just didn't want to tell me. "I know there is a reason."
Red continued to ignore me.
"Arceus! You are so damn infuriating!" I yelled out, my voice echoing off of the cave walls. "I've only known you for about ten minutes and you've already pissed me off twice!"
Red looked straight at me, his face completely expressionless. I barely managed to catch the look of pure rage in his eyes that bore into my own before it quickly disappeared. What the heck was that? His blood red eyes had looked like they were on fire and it instantly made me feel the need to flinch.
Red then returned his attention back to the fire. Those nerve racking eyes seemed to glow in the fire-light and it made me feel antsy and small. I think I had made him way more pissed off than I was.
"Um... uh... I'm s-so sorry." I stuttered quietly. "I should be thankful for the fact that you basically saved my life. I have no right to get angry at you... I'm sorry."
Red just shrugged it off and got up and went over to the 'kitchen.' On a big rock there was a whole load of snacks and drinks. Red picked up what appeared to be a bottle of water and chucked it to me. I caught it and examined it. Yup. It was water.
"Thanks." I said while I opened it. Red grabbed one for himself and opened it as well. I took a sip and then re-capped the bottle. Red did the exact same. I noticed Red was staring intently at my face when he lifted a finger and tapped his chin. My hand flew up to my face and I felt water on my chin. I quickly wiped it away with the back of my hand. Well, that was awkward.
Red walked over to the entrance of the cave and for a moment, I thought he was going to leave me there again, but all he did was peer outside. I craned my neck and just managed to see outside. The sun had almost finished setting and it looked quite pretty. Red returned back to his spot in front of the fire that was almost out.
I saw him take a pokeball off of his belt and chuck it into the air. A red beam sprouted out from the pokeball and it took the form of a humungous Charizard. It let out a deafening roar and I flinched, instantly terrified of the giant beast.
Red signalled towards the fire and the dragon-looking Pokémon blasted a powerful Flamethrower into it. The heat that radiated from the Flamethrower was so intense. Once it had finished, Red got up and patted the Charizard's head with affection. He returned it to its pokeball not long after. That flamethrower was unbelievable. And I thought my Typhlosion's one was impressive... Wait. My Typhlosion!
I desperately searched for my trusty partner's pokeball on my waist, but it was nowhere to be found. I instantly started to panic and hyperventilate. I turned to Red, panic clear across my face. Red just reached for something on his belt again and chucked it at me. It was Typhlosion's pokeball.
"Phew." I breathed a sigh of relief and re-attached it to my belt next to the other ones.
I saw Red yawn quietly and stretch and walk back down that tunnel. I waited patiently for his return and when he did, he was no longer wearing his red hat and other clothes. Instead, he was wearing a black top and a pair of black shorts. In his hands he was carrying a spare sleeping-bag and another set of clothes. He chucked the clothes at me and spread the other sleeping-bag across the floor, opposite to mine. I examined the clothes and noticed that they were the same as what he was now wearing. The sun was now set and everything would have been pitch-black if not for the burning fire in the middle of the cave. I guessed these clothes were for me to sleep in.
"Hey, um..." I started nervously. "Where... can I uh, get changed into these?"
Red gave me a blank look from his spot on the floor and then pointed towards the tunnel he had just come from. "Okay, thanks."
I tried desperately to get up, but I was completely worn out and my ankle was throbbing painfully. I smiled sheepishly at Red who sighed and came over to me to pick me up. As usual, he hooked his arms under my knees and neck and hoisted me up off the ground. As Red walked down the tunnel with me in his arms, I didn't know where to look so I just rested my gaze on the clothes that were in my hands. We finally reached the end of the tunnel and I took a look around.
The second cave looked sort of like a storage room. There were spare clothes, first aid kits (which I guessed Red used to bandage my foot up), piles of blankets, more food and two pillows.
Red placed me in the middle of the floor which had a rug on it. Red looked at me, like he was waiting for me to say something.
"I'm fine, Red." I smiled slightly. Red nodded and grabbed the two pillows before making his way back down the tunnel. I looked at the clothes in my hands and then at my bandaged ankle. Damn. This was going to be hard.
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After about ten minutes of struggling, shifting and painful cries, I was finally done.
"Red! I'm done!" I called out to him, my voice once again echoing off the cave walls and he appeared about ten seconds later. He picked me up and took me back down the tunnel to the other cave. As we exited the tunnel, I noticed that the sleeping-bag and blankets I had been sitting on were now tidied up and made into a proper bed. Did Red really do that for me? I got put down onto the sleeping-bag and blankets. There was also now one of those pillows on it.
I slowly crawled into the nest of blankets and watched as Red got into his own. I was no longer cold as the blankets and raging fire kept me warm, but my ankle still hurt quite a bit and it was keeping me from going to sleep.
I gave up after a while and peered over at Red. I quietly watched as his face went from serious and rigid to relaxed and calm. He looked so much less tense when he was sleeping. I didn't blame him. He had to go through the death of his father at such a young age and it had left him shocked and distressed. That's probably why he never talked.
I probably looked like a creep staring at him sleeping, but I couldn't help it. He looked like a totally different person when he slept. It sort of intrigued me.
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Hola señors and señoritas^_^
And that was the third chapter! WOOHOO!
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