RGBY - Vol. 2 - Mask of Ice Summary - A familiar foe is hunting them...
2.7 - How RGBY First Met
The sun was setting upon the grass plains of Route 2. Green was still angrily walking with crutches, hurrying upfront as Red, Blue and Yellow held tightly onto their backpacks, wondering if he needed help.
"Hey Green." Red said.
"I don't need your help Red." Green looked annoyed. "I'm fine."
"Hehe." Red couldn't help but smile.
"What?" Green glanced back at him.
"Nothing. You sort of remind me of me back than when when I was 11, before the entire Pokemon journey happened." Red smiled. "Personally. I think you do need help."
"I don't need..."
"Green. Know your limitations. Or you'll only beat yourself."
"Hmm?" Green paused, standing there silently, as Red happily passed him. His eyes focused onto him, thinking to himself. "You still remember that day?"
Green remembered that moment, the first time he met Red at Route 1 as Mew flew away, Red stupidly fighting Mew without thinking, no strategy or plan.
"Poliwhirl! C-come on! Snap out of it buddy!" The 11-year old Red held the spiral-eyed Poliwhirl.
Green looked at the Poliwhirl recently knocked out by Mew before he vanished.
"Are you blind?" The 11-year old Green spoke. "I could tell almost immediately that there was a vast difference in strength. That's why I stopped the fight. Know your limitations. Or you'll only beat yourself."
Green walked away, smirking, glancing back at the boy. "Remember that hehehe…"
"You mean…" Red looked puzzled. "I… I actually lost?"
"Hehe..." Green held onto his crutches as he couldn't help but smirk.
"Green?" Red stopped, hearing his chuckling.
Red looked to Green, seeing him giving out that old smirk.
Red smiled. "How long has it been since he did that?"
"Green?" Blue spoke, wondering why he was chuckling.
Yellow just stood there, surprised at Green's chuckling. Yellow couldn't remember the last time Green actually chuckled, if he ever chuckled.
"Yeah… I remember that day Red." Green smiled. "Your Poliwhirl got beaten pretty badly by that Mew. It was your first loss if I recall? The first time you had that realization."
Red smiled back. "Yeah. That lost made me realize I had a lot to learn, that there were opponents far stronger than me somewhere out there. I thought I could win all on my own but after that defeat, I clearly needed some help. So I went to Prof. Oak for assistance. The Gym Leaders themselves taught me something too. Even the Virdian Gym Leader."
Red could still remember those words.
"Make every second count." Giovanni smirked.
"The former Viridian Gym Leader." Yellow spoke, remembering that face.
"Giovanni." Blue spoke. "The original leader of Team Rocket."
"Yeah." Green said. "I learned a lot from what he left behind, from a book researching ground-type Pokemon. Thanks to him I discovered Rhydon had another evolution, Rhypherior. He really is one of a kind."
"Yeah..." Blue softly spoke. "One of a kind."
Light brightly passed through the many branches of Viridian Forest, forming claw-like shadows. Caterpie crawled alongside the trees, Rattatas and Pikachus quickly fled into the wild grass as Yellow lead the way alongside the lake shore.
"My house should be somewhere here by the lake." Yellow smiled.
Red spoke. "I just realized it's been a while since I've been to your house."
Yellow let out a light smile. "There's lots to do at my house. Fishing, Pokemon-watching, just drawing Pokemon and you met my Uncle! He's a great cook!"
"Sounds like a great place to live." Red smiled.
"Heehee…" Blue giggled from behind. "Maybe the two of you should start living together."
"What…" Red and Yellow looked startled, their faces blushing red.
They quickly turned their heads away, looking to the ground or the trees.
"Your like the best of pals! You'd make good roommates." Blue winked at them, giggling.
"Y-yeah." Red and Yellow both muttered.
Green sighed. "I have no clue what's going on here."
"Oh Green." Blue smiled. "You'll understand women someday."
"What does that have to do with anything right now?" Green looked confused.
"Hehehe… you'll learn."
"Annoying woman…" Green rolled his eyes.
"Hey!" Yellow slammed her fist into her hand. "I got an idea!"
"What?" Red said.
"We should let out our Pikachus." Yellow smiled. "Viridian Forest is home to all of Kanto's Pikachu's including Pika and ChuChu!"
"That's a great idea." Red pulled a Pokeball from his belt. "Come out Pika!"
"You too ChuChu!" Yellow threw her Pokeball.
The two Pokeballs flashed open.
Pika and ChuChu found themselves on the grassy plains surrounded by many trees. It was the Viridian Forest.
"Piiiika! Chuuuu!" Pika and ChuChu smiled wildly.
A fisherman stepped out of the small wooden house, spotting his fishing gear resting on a wooden table. As soon as he went to reach it, he noticed a familiar face among other familiar faces.
"Yellow!" The fisherman smiled.
"Uncle Wilton!" Yellow ran to him, leaping off the ground, hugging the fisherman. "It's been so long! I missed you!"
"Pika! Chu!" The two Pikachus smiled at the fisherman.
"Hahaha! I missed you too Yellow!" Wilton smiled. "How's the trip to Saffron? You have to tell me about your adventures soon!"
"I will but… were traveling again to Prof. Oak's place. Me and my friends need a place to stay."
"I'll be darn." Wilton spotted the three. "Red, Green and…"
Wilton eyed Blue with great suspicion.
"Wait a minute! Aren't you that scammer who sold all that fake merchandise!"
"Uh… " Blue hesitated.
"I definitely remember you!" Wilton pointed his finger at her. "You tried to trick me into trading my Butterfree for a Weedle!"
"Hehehe…" Blue nervously chuckled. "I see you have an excellent memory! However I don't do that anymore!"
"Yeah." Green added. "She doesn't do that crazy thief stuff now."
"Crazy thief stuff?" Yellow said. "Is… Is that something she does?"
"Uh… used to." Blue rubbed the back of her head nervously.
"Yes." Red agreed, glaring at Blue. "That was something she did."
"Pika." Pika glared at Blue as if she was guilty.
11 year old Red stood concerned over his Bulbasaur acting strangely. The little dinosaur eye's whited out, sweated nervously shaking repeatedly as his plant glowed green.
"Bulbasaur? Is something wrong?" Red gulped.
"B-bulbaa..." Bulbasaur's green seed grew red with leaves around it, his body grew slightly larger. "Iiiivysaur."
"What's this?" Red pulled out his Pokedex.
"Scanning..." The Pokedex scanned. "Congratulations! Your Bulbasaur has evolved into Ivysaur!"
"Wow!" Red smiled.
"Ivysaur the Seed Pokemon. A Grass/Poison Type. Ivysaur's bud on its back draws energy from its body. The bud is said to open into a large flower when fully grown." The Pokedex explained.
"All Right!" Red said.
"Ivy!" Ivysaur smiled.
Suddenly Red heard clapping sounds from behind.
"Hmm?" Red turned around. "Who..."
"Wow!" A brown-haired girl sporting a black dress smiled happily at Red, holding her hands tightly together. "That is so amazing! Congratulations to the both of you!"
"Uh. Yeah. Thanks." Red smiled.
"Ivy?" Ivysaur looked at the girl suspiciously.
"You must be such a great Pokemon trainer!" The girl smiled excitedly. "I got so excited watching you battle!"
"W-well?" Red smiled as his cheeks flushed. "I try."
"Too bad." She sighed, glancing elsewhere. "If only a great trainer such as yourself had Pokemon items."
"Pokemon items?" Red looked to her curious.
"You know!" The girl smiled eagerly, unwrapping a roll containing several odd-looking items. "To make your Pokemon stronger! This Power-Plus here will enhance your attack! And this here will..."
Red caught on to what she was doing. "Look. I um... I-I'm sure they're gr-great but um..."
The girl looked to Red, saddened by his words. "D-don't you want any my items?"
"Uh... Of-of course I do!" Red's face turned red at the girl's innocent look. "It's just..."
"Thank you so much!" She smiled, hugging Red by the arms.
"Um... okay?" Red smiled.
"Ivy..." Ivysaur rolled his eyes.
"That'll be 6000 Pokedollars please!" She smiled, shaking his jacket for the sound of coin.
"Wow!" Red smiled, holding onto a bunch of items as his Poliwrath, Pikachu and Ivysaur followed behind.
Ivysaur looked dumbfounded as to how Red could fall for that.
"She really liked me! I could definitely tell." Red smiled. "And she says she's my age too! Working for herself too! She must be really mature."
"Pinsir." A large two-horned bug emerged from the bushes, eyeing Pikachu.
"Alright!" Red grinned at the Pinsir. "Now's my chance to test out these items!"
"Pika!" Pikachu ran forth, awaiting orders.
"HP UP!" Red ordered.
"Pika!" Pikachu sized up his arms as he wore a redbelt... but nothing seemed to happen. Pikachu turned his annoyed face to Red, as if Red just got scammed. "Pika."
"Uh... wait!" Red noticed the Pinsir got closer and closer, sizing up it's horns as he rummaged through his bag. "Hold still! You just need more items!"
Seconds later, Pikachu found himself encased in red samurai armor standing taller than Red himself as the electric mouse held onto a sharp katana.
"Pika?" Pikachu sighed, annoyed, his face sticking out of the dragon-like helmet as he couldn't move one bit in the heavy armor.
The Pinsir came charging at the lone samurai, sending Pikachu flying as the armor collapsed.
"Ah! Pika!" Red panicked. He looked to the bent up cheap armor as Pinsir left. "Something tells me I got scammed!"
"Pika?" Pikachu sighed walking next to Poliwrath and Ivysaur.
Poliwrath crossed his arms as Ivysaur rolled his eyes again, Red finally realizing what just happened.
"So Red?" Prof. Oak spoke through the PC. "Dare I ask how are you doing?
"Oh just fine!" Red nervously smiled thinking, "I can't tell him I just got ripped off like a dope."
"Well I'd say your doing great!" Oak looked to his Pokemon next to him. "Looks like you've even evolved an Ivysaur. That Bulbasaur was a quiet shy little thing too before you came! Wonderful I say! Wonderful!"
"Yeah Professor." Red smiled with confidence at Oak's words.
"Speaking of evolution. Green's Charmander is now a Charmeleon. Now only Squirtle's left."
"Squirtle?"
"Of the three that I've been specially researching but enough about that..."
"Is someone else going on one of these quests too?" Red thought. He spoke. "Um... Professor? What's Squirtle's trainer like?"
"Um hehe..." Oak chuckled nervously. "Well I don't really know because... you see... Squirtle was stolen!"
"Stolen!?"
Red angrily walked onto the side of the street, reminiscing on what happened today.
"Stolen Pokemon? Phony items?" Red mumbled. "How come there has to be so many bad people in this world? I'm never getting ripped off ever ag..."
"Hurry! Hurry!" A familiar voice shouted. "Step right up!"
"Hmm?" Red turned around, his eyes widened at the girl who scammed him earlier.
"It's the biggest Pokemon item sale ever!" The girl smiled at the curious audience. "Everything must go!"
"I was hoping I'd see you again!" Red shouted, running up to her.
"Uh-oh!" The girl spotted the angry boy pointing his finger at her. "I hate repeat customers!"
The young girl quickly wrapped up all her items into a bag, dashing off the streets.
"Stop! Thief!" Red chased after her. "I want my money back!"
"Go! Wartortle!" The girl threw a Pokeball onto the river, flashing opened.
"Wartortle!" A dark-blue turtle sporting blue streaks on it's cheeks dived into the water with a grin.
"That girl actually has a Pokemon!?" Red looked surprised.
The girl hopped onto the turtle as it prepared to jet across the river way.
"Bye bye!" The thief stuck her tongue out, taking a seat on Wartortle's shell.
"That little!" Red clenched his hand into a fist. He looked to his belt full of Pokeballs. "I know!"
The brown-haired girl stretch her arms happily with a smile until she noticed a Pokeball flying past her.
"Hmm?" She looked at the Pokeball as it flashed opened. "Aah!"
Wartortle bounced into something huge and soft. The two were sent flying onto the hard brick road. The thief landed on her bottom while Wartortle landed on his stomach, confused at what just happened.
"Okay!" The girl angrily looked at the large white pudgy object. "Who left their mattress in the... Snorlax!?"
"Snoooor." Snorlax smiled widely as he blocked off the entire riverway with his massive body.
"Where's my 6000 Pokedollars!" Red ran up to her.
"Hehehe... " The girl nervously chuckled. "I'm so sorry. I know they didn't worked but I didn't do it for the money I... just... um well..."
"Well what?" Red said.
"I... I just really wanted to see you again!" She leaped happily to Red, hugging him.
Red sweated nervously, his cheeks flushing red. "I'm sorry what!?"
"Can you ever forgive me for playing such a mean trick?" She rummaged through his jacket pockets. "I wasn't thinking straight! I mean..."
She let go of Red, giving a warm smile as tears flowed from her eyes with joy. "I was just so happy to meet you!"
Red smiled blushing. "N-now. Now please don't cry."
"But I've been so bad..." The girl lowered her head. She then rose her head up with a grin. "... and I'm about to get worse!"
She pushed Red away, pointing her finger at him.
"Wartortle! Bubbleabeam!" The thief smirked.
"Wartortle!" Wartortle unleashed a furry of bubbles at rapid speed.
"Huh!?" She looked surprised.
Snorlax quickly grabbed Red as he smirked back, the large creature placing Red on his shoulders.
"You honestly didn't think I'd fall for the same trick twice did you?" Red smiled. "Gotta be more careful before you try to outsmart a trainer with two badges!"
"Hehe... this sucks!" The thief and Wartortle quickly ran off.
"I hope my 6000 pokedollars was worth a Mega Punch!" Red pointed at the duo.
"Snooor!" Snorlax clenched his hand into a fist, pulverizing the ground near them!
"Huh!?" The thief and Wartortle lost their balance as Snorlax lifted his fist.
They saw a hole before them, one created by Snorlax's Mega Punch!
"This double sucks!" She shouted as she and Wartortle slipped into the hole!
Red laid the unconscious girl and Wartortle on the grassy open area of a park in the daylight.
"She'll wake up soon." Red spoke, spotting a small purse around her neck. "I'll just take my money back."
He lifted it up, noticing a name tag.
"Huh?" Red looked at the name tag, 'Blue'. "Huh? So her name is Blue."
Red placed his money in his bag, noticing the unconscious Wartortle.
"Well since I defeated her Pokemon. Might as well scan it for data." Red pulled out his Pokedex.
"Scanning..." The Pokedex scanned. "Wartortle the Turtle Pokemon. A water-type. It is the evolved form of Squirtle. Wartortle often hides in water to stalk unwary prey, swimming fast, it moves its ears to maintain balance. The tail it has is covered in rich fur that stores air before taking extended dives.
"Wow. An evolved stage of Squ... Squirtle?" Red smiled nervously, thinking about what Oak said. "This couldn't be the same Squirtle could it?"
"Snooor?" Snorlax looked at the unconscious Wartortle.
"Well..." Red put the Pokedex back into his bag, smiling back at Blue. "Stay out of trouble."
As Red walked away, Blue and Wartortle grinned from the ground
"Hehehe..." Blue and Wartortle giggled.
Later at night at the Celadon Hotel...
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!" Red screamed in horror.
"Poli!" Poliwrath slapped Red in the face.
"Um... thank you." Red calmed down. "My badges are gone!"
Poliwrath, Ivysaur and Pikachu all looked at Red looking through his bag again, under the bed, in his jacket pockets, everywhere he could imagine where the badges would be!
"Where are they!?" Red shouted.
Meanwhile somewhere else in a high tower above, the thief let out a wide grin.
"Tee-hee." Blue smiled. "I could have escaped that Snorlax easily... but when he mentioned those badges..."
She looked at the Boulder and Cascade badges in-between her fingers.
"There are just some things money can't buy." Blue grinned.
"And that's how we met Yellow." Red crossed his arms, shaking his head.
"Pika." Pikachu also crossed his arms, shaking his head.
"Wait?" Blue looked confused. "How did you know what I said at the watch tower!? You weren't even there!"
"Stop changing the subject Blue." Red said.
"Pika." Pikachu nodded.
"What! I didn't had papa or mama's money like you guys at the time!" Blue shouted angrily. "Plus that was a long time ago! I gave you back your money and badges didn't I?!"
"I guess that doesn't matter." Wilton sighed. "Anyone who's a friend of Yellow is a friend of mines! You can all stay if you want!"
"Really!" Blue smiled at the fisherman. "Thank you! Thank you! I'm glad we could both put my past behind us!"
"Thief or no thief." Green muttered. "You'll still be the same obnoxious woman I know."
"Aw..." Blue glared at Green. "Do you have some kind of hate crush on me?"
"You heard me."
"Hey?" Yellow said. "How did you two meet?"
"Yeah?" Red spoke. "I don't actually know how you met either? Did you had trouble with her too Green?"
"I don't fall for petty tricks like you Red." Green sighed, Red looking annoyed at his words. "Besides, it's not really much of a story."
"Actually!" Blue smiled, laughing a bit.
"No unauthorized personnel!" The guard shouted at Green.
"Hmm..." Green sighed, walking out of the gate to Saffron City.
Green looked up to the city of Saffron, hands deep into his pockets. "I can't believe this... there are four roads leading into Saffron City and yet I can't get through any of them. What's going on?"
He pulled out a Pokeball. "This city is my last chance... Go! Charizard!"
He threw the Pokeball in the air. The ball flashing opened.
"CHAAAAAAARRR!" Charizard roared with flames bursting out of his jaws.
He smiled to Green as he jumped onboard.
"It's taken a lot of training but it was worth it! Charizard!" Green pointed to the skies. "Fly!"
"CHAAAAARR!" Charizard flapped it's wings into the air.
The great winged dragon flew towards the huge city of Saffron as Green scanned it.
"There doesn't seem to be anything wrong with the city and... huh?" Green looked to his left.
A girl in a black dress holding onto a pink balloon-like creature, expanded greatly as it floated across the wind.
"Hi there cutie!" Blue shouted. "What's your name?"
"Wh-what the!?" Green wasn't expecting anyone else to be up here in the skies. "Charizard go!"
Charizard flew past the girl to Saffron.
"Huh? Wait a minute!" Blue shouted. "You don't want to do that! There's a...
"ACK!?" Green shouted as the two of them crashed into a invisible shield.
"Pidgey?" A flock of pidgey's noticed the two as they too crashed into the invisible shield, piling up on the side of the wall.
Their faces pressed against the glass shield as Green angrily looked to the girl.
"Couldn't you have warned me about that thing a little EARLIER!?" Green shouted.
"CHAAARR!" Charizard nodded angrily.
"Are you even listening?" Green spoke.
Blue only stared through the barrier with her scope, ignoring Green's shouting.
"This barrier. It's produced by a Psychic Pokemon." Blue spoke.
"Hmm?" Green looked at the barrier.
"But to surround the whole city." Blue continued. "It must be one heck of a Pokemon."
"Charizard!" Green pointed to the barrier.
Charizard nodded, unleashing a furry of flames against the barrier but to no avail. It stood there strong.
"So fire doesn't work." Green thought.
"Hey you!" Blue shouted. "I don't know why you want to get into Saffron City but how about teaming up on this?"
Green just ignored her, flying off elsewhere.
"I bet Gramps knows something about this..." Green thought.
"Hmm..." Blue stared at Green flying to the great horizon.
"I'm sorry hehehe." Red couldn't help but laugh. "Green just ignored your warning and ended up with his face pressed against the wall like a goofball? That's not like the Green I know?"
Green looked elsewhere grunting.
"Anyways. I guess we should go inside now." Yellow spoke.
"Hold it." Wilton said. "There is something I need done in the meantime. I need all of your guys help."
"Sure! Anything!" Blue smiled.
"What is it Uncle?" Yellow smiled.
"A man sporting red spiky hair who wore a cape came here some time ago." Wilton said.
"A cape…" Red thought.
"Lance?" Yellow said.
"Yeah. He explained to me he has psychic abilities like you Yellow and proved it right here by communicating with his Dragonite. Told me you and Yellow were good friends, apparently you mean a lot to him. I wonder what that means." Wilton eyed Yellow with a grin, nudging her in the arms.
Yellow had no clue what he was implying but eventually it dawned on her.
"Oh… Oh! No! No! Nothing like that Uncle!" Yellow waved her hands.
"Your blushing red." Wilton chuckled.
Yellow's face turned redder, standing there silently.
"Um. Why was he here?" Red interrupted.
"Oh yeah." Yellow's face turned normal. "That's a good question."
"Oh yeah. Apparently he wanted to meet you guys here… around this time." Wilton said. "He said it was urgent and he couldn't tell me because… well… he held a pretty serious look on his face like something dangerous is going on. Is there something you want to tell me Yellow?"
"Well…" Yellow looked at the ground in worries.
Minutes passed. Wilton wore a shocked look on his face, almost unable to believe what Yellow said.
"Okay… that's… that's a lot to process." Wilton sweated. "Space dragons? Missing Gym Leaders!? A guy who can change his appearance! This sounds way more dangerous than Team Rocket, the Elite Four, the Mask of Ice or that Guile Hideout jerk!"
Wilton shrugged it off, sighing peacefully.
"Oh well… what can I do." Wilton said.
"Uh… what?!" Red, Green and Blue looked puzzled at Wilton's behavior.
"Yellow can take care of herself. She's proved multiple times, heck she rescued you Red and she's definitely not the little girl years ago. She's grown up." Wilton smiled.
"Oh… um… thank you Uncle." Yellow couldn't help but smile at the praise.
"Yeah. Well anyways, what I had in mind might help you in your little investigation. Lance was supposed to meet me an hour ago but he hasn't shown up. I want you guys to explore the Viridian Forest and look for some Tiny Mushrooms."
"I see…" Red smiled, rubbing his chin with his hand confidently. "That will definitely help."
"No you don't. You have no clue do you?" Green bluntly spoke.
"Hehehe... not really."
"What does Tiny Mushrooms have to do with any of this?"
"Oh nothing." Wilton smiled embarrassingly.
"Whut?" The Pokedex holders look stunned.
"Along with fishing and berry-hunting, there one of the ways I make money!" Wilton said. "It's something you can also do to kill time while staying here and… if Lance is still coming. He might be somewhere around the Viridian Forest. There are some baskets near the house."
"Well." Green spoke. "When you put it that way, I suppose it would be a great way to kill time even if we don't see Lance on the way."
"Okay! Let's help!" Blue smiled.
"Don't you steal any of the Tiny Mushrooms for yourself lass!" Wilton eyed her.
"What! Noooo… I wouldn't do that!" Blue smirked.
"Your making it really hard to trust you with that smile." Wilton sighed.
"You can trust me!" Blue pointed her thumb to her chest. "Plus I have a great eye for amazing merchandise!"
"You do?" Red said.
"Of course! I can tell which are the best Tiny Mushroom and how much they sell for!"
"Found one!" Red pulled out a Tiny Red Mushroom from a stump.
"Found one too!" Yellow smiled at a few Tiny Red Mushrooms sprouting from a tree.
"I found four good ones here!" Blue eagerly smiled, showing them her basket
"Four? That's it." Green smirked as he walked up to the group, holding a small pile of Tiny Mushrooms in his basket. "I found thirteen."
"Thirteen!?" They all looked shocked.
"You heard me." Green looked at the sun going down. "It's going to get dark."
"Oh hey!" Blue smiled at the nearby pond.
"Yeah Blue?" Yellow looked at the lake.
"That's the place where I first met you Yellow!" Blue said.
Yellow gasped. "Your right! That's where you gave me my first mission!"
The eleven year-old girl sat there fishing happily next to her Rattata, her blonde hair stuck out in a ponytail as wind breeze past her from the cliff. She yawned as she set down her fishing rod, looking to her sketchpad. Time passed by as Yellow drew something red onto her sketchpad.
"There." She smiled at her finished drawing.
"Excuse me." A voice called out to her.
"Hmm?" Yellow turned to the voice, she could see a brown-haired girl walking up to her in a black dress.
"Did you happen to see a Pikachu run by here? It's hurt and..."
"Nope." Yellow placed the book down on the grass. "I have not but... a moment please!"
Yellow turned to Rattata, reaching out her hand, closing her eyes.
"Nope. Ratty here hasn't seen it either." Yellow said.
"Huh? You! You can understand what Pokemon are thinking!?" Blue gasped. "Viridian Forest... possessing a special power... can it be?"
Blue remembered her friend in Johto informing her of the one sporting red hair leading an army of dragons who had a similar power. Suddenly she heard the wind breeze by, flipping the sketchbook pages nearby. Blue walked over to it, reaching her hand out.
"What's this?" Blue looked through the sketchbook. She gasped. "What!?"
She saw a sketch of Red smiling.
"C-can I see this for a second!?" Blue looked at the drawing further. "Do you know this person!? The one you drew here?"
"Yes." Yellow smiled. "This is the one who saved me when I was lost in the forest two years ago."
Yellow smiled to her Rattata, gently holding him.
"Only after, I learned that he defeated the bad people who were using the forest..."
"Huh." Blue fixated at Yellow's loving smile to her Pokemon. "Do you... look up to him?"
Yellow glanced to her. "Yes."
"Have you seen him since than?"
"No. No I have not."
Blue thought about it. Not many trainers had psychic powers like that dragon tamer, Red was missing and the Elite Four were on the rampage.
"Hey." Blue spoke. "I'm a friend of his. If it's all right with you... would you mind helping me a little bit? Red happens to be in trouble right now."
Yellow looked startled. "What!? T-the boy who saved me... is in trouble!?"
Blue nodded. "You may have the power to save him. So please... will you help?"
Yellow nodded a determined "Yes" without hesitation.
Time passed as Blue devised a plan to send this young girl on a journey to search for Red, scouting and adapting against the Elite Four's battle strengths, teaching Yellow a few basic Pokemon battle skills...
"Now just remember..." Blue pointed to the route that lead to Pallet Town. "First I want you to look for Red's injured Pika. Since it passed through here, it's most likely heading towards Pallet Town. After that, try to track down leads to Red."
"Mhmm." Yellow nodded.
"Rule Number 1 Yellow! Never tell anyone about me or who might have sent you on this mission."
Yellow nodded.
"Rule Number 2. Never give out your name. Our enemies are likely to use any information against us!"
"I understand." Yellow smiled. "Well... I'm off then!"
"Wait a minute!" Blue walked forward. "Here!"
"Huh?" Yellow felt something plopped onto her head.
It was a big straw hat. She reached her fingers around the hat, shaping it to her head as she felt two feathers latched on top.
"Your identity will be a little harder to discover if they think you're a boy." Blue smiled. "So until you can use your cute womanly charms as a weapon, we should probably hide that cute ponytail! I'm counting on you... Caballero Amarillo!"
"Mhm!" Yellow nodded, looking determined as ever to find Red.
The whole gang walked into the Viridian Forest, continuing to look for mushrooms as Yellow pondered over that moment.
Yellow spoke. "Hey Blue? What did you mean by womanly charms anyway? Blue?"
"Whoa!" Blue glanced at something big and red sticking out of a nearby tree. "A Big Mushroom! There worth a hefty 2500 Pokedollars!"
"Blue." Green spoke. "I don't think that's a…"
Blue eagerly ran to the big red mushroom. As she reached for it, she noticed it moved, cold dead eyes peeking out.
"Uh..." Blue stepped back.
"Parasect!" A giant mushroom insect popped out.
"Hehehe… hey there…" Blue took a step back.
"PARA!" The Parasect sprayed a green spore to Blue.
"Oh come on!" Blue grabbed her nose. "Gotta walk out… out of… here… I feel sleepy…"
Blue fell to the grass, sleeping as the Parasect crawled away into the grass.
"Damn it Blue." Green sighed.
"What happened?" Red quickly ran.
"Blue's usual antics." Green pointed to Blue sleeping on the grass.
"I don't know." Red smiled. "I think we can all use a little rest. I think we got enough Tiny Mushrooms."
Red showed him the basket, full of red mushrooms.
"Sure. I guess I'll carry her." Green sighed, carrying the sleeping Blue on his back and shoulders. "Oh god…"
"What?" Yellow said.
"It doesn't look like it…" Green's leg trembled. "But she is heavier than she looks…"
"Hehe… Green. I don't think that's something you say to girls." Red chuckled nervously.
"Your lucky she's sleeping." Yellow said.
"Why?" Green looked oblivious.
"Hey wait a minute!" Red looked startled.
"What?" Green said.
"Your not using your crutches anymore!" Red pointed.
"Your right!" Yellow gasped.
"Huh... neat." Green said. "Guess my back healed faster than expected."
"I guess that's the Viridian Gym Leader for you!" Yellow smiled, remembering the days Green became her teacher.
11-year old Yellow held the loving wild Caterpie in her arms as Green sporting his cape, notice the two together in the mountainous canyon.
"Try to capture that Pokemon with one of your own." Green brushed off his cape. "Then you can begin training it toward a higher level."
"Okay!" Yellow smiled.
Green sat there on a rock near a campfire under the stars, wondering how Yellow has progressed so far.
"If he'd been able to capture it this morning and spent the whole day increasing it's power level given how quickly a Caterpie evolves... we might already have a Metapod by now! Hmm?"
Green looked to Yellow standing there... next to the wild Caterpie happily wagging it's tail.
"I gotta call for help!" Yellow smiled nervously.
Green looked dumbfounded as to how Yellow can't capture a simple Caterpie.
"I don't think I'm cut out for capturing." Yellow spoke. "I mean you have to hurt it first right? I just can't bring myself to do it. I've even been practicing to see if there's any way to capture 'em without a battle! When I fought those Pokemon to save those people. I was just acting out of desperation!"
"A-after one whole day... he can't even catch a Caterpie!?" Green couldn't keep his mouth closed.
"What do I do?" Yellow continued smiling nervously.
Green turned around, hiding his annoyed face.
"Just demonstrate an attack. What does Rattata use?"
"Uh... well..." Yellow looked clueless.
"It's his Pokemon!?" Green looked even more annoyed. "How can he not know!?"
The brown-haired girl slept in a yellow bed. Her eyes slowly opened shining a deep sky blue. She glanced to her right to a nice little room full of furniture but most notably a lot of pictures barely visible.
"Aw man…" Blue got up from the bed, yawning and stretched her arms. "Stupid Parasect. Where am I?"
"Your finally awake!" Yellow came through the door. "You're in my room!"
"You're? Room?" Blue looked around seeing a lot of colorful sketches taped to the wall featuring Pokemon in the Viridian forest. "Wow Yellow. Your drawing skills have improved."
"Thanks." Yellow smiled.
"Is that one Pika, ChuChu and their son Pibu?" Blue pointed to a sketch featuring two happy Pikachus and a very jolly-looking Pichu, much smaller than the other two electric mouses.
"Mhmm!"
"Hey Yellow?"
"Yeah?"
"Where's that lovely sketch of Red you had as a child." Blue smiled.
"Uh..." Yellow twiddled her fingers, shifting her eyes back and forth at a nearby desk. "You wanna get something to eat?"
Blue got out of the bed, her feet landing on the wooden floor.
"Sure! I'm starving!"
Blue stepped outside the house with Yellow, seeing Wilton heating a stew of some sort over a campfire. Wilton smiled at the pair as Red and Green sat together, eating bowls of stew as they watched the lake's reflection.
"I wonder what they're talking about?" Blue thought.
She looked to the lake… it was beautiful, the lake capturing the resilient full white moon and the stars swimming across the night sky itself.
"It's been a long while since I've seen a lake as beautiful as this one."
Wilton smiled. "Me and Yellow come here and watch the stars in the lake and the sky a lot when she was younger. Not a lot of electricity so it's the perfect place to watch stars. Want some stew you two?"
"Do I!" Blue smiled.
Blue and Yellow took their wooden seats on the edge of the lake next to Red and Green with their bowls of stew, watching the stars from the Viridian Forest.
"What are you guys talking about?" Blue smiled at the two guys.
"Just life." Green said. "Wondering what else is up there in space other than our old friend Deoxys."
"Deoxys? Oh that's right." Blue looked up to the stars. "I wonder if he's alright."
"Probably is. Hey Yellow! I just remembered something." Red smiled.
"Yes Red?" Yellow looked to him.
"The Viridian Forest is where we first met remember?"
"First met?" Green responded. "I don't think I've heard that story."
"Come to think of it." Blue spoke. "I don't think I've heard that story either."
Yellow smiled. "It was when I was only nine back than and Red was eleven."
"Ooh… how did you two meet?" Blue looked curious.
"That's easy." Red spoke. "I found her lost exploring the Viridian forest."
"AWHOOOOOO!"
"CACACACA!"
"EEP! EEP! EOOOWW!"
The Viridian Forest, looked dark and restless at this time of the day, animals howling, bird's hooting, others creeping and crawling across the trees. A little nine-year blonde pony-tailed girl slowly crept through the forest, cautiously looking back and forth.
She gulped. "Oh no. I'm lost."
"Draaaaa..." A slithering noise snaked behind her.
"Eep." Yellow turned around.
"Tini!" A bluish-green dragon struck out from a bush, it's fierce eyes locked onto the little girl.
"Watch out!" A boy grabbed her out of harm's way
"Saaaur!" A giant stubby dinosaur pulled onto the Dratini's neck tightly.
The Venusaur sent the Dratini away, flying to the ground. The boy smiled at the girl, laying her on her two feet.
"Whew!" The boy smiled at her. "Are you okay? You're not hurt are you?"
"Um... I'm alright. Thanks." Yellow spoke.
"Well you gotta be careful!" The boy said. "Are you sure you're okay?"
"Yeah. I am. Uh..." Yellow looked to the four-legged dinosaur nearby. She was surprised of how big it was. "Is that yours!?"
"Huh?" The boy smiled at Venusaur. "Yeah. Don't let it scare you. Venusaur's are as gentle as they come!"
"Wow, you're so lucky!" Yellow smiled. "I wish I had a friend like that too!"
"You don't have any Pokemon of your own?"
"No."
"Hmm... Okay, then!" Red spotted a purple mouse frolicking by. "Take this Pokeball and throw it at that Rattata like I just did before with Dratini!"
Red gave the girl two Pokeballs, one empty and the other felt somewhat heavier than the other.
"Like... this!?" Yellow threw the heavier Pokeball, gasped as it flashed open.
"Pika!" Pikachu looked pumped and ready for action.
"Hmm? Rattata!" Rattata spotted the opponent, standing on all four's ready to battle.
"I'd like you to meet Pikachu" Red smiled. "It's an electric Pokemon and it's nickname is 'Pika'."
"Wow! A Pikachu." Yellow couldn't keep her mouth closed.
Red pulled out a Pokedex, showing her Pikachu's estimated stats, move sets, his level. "C'mon. Try giving Pika a command. This attack for instance."
Yellow read the first move on the list.
"Thunder shock?"
"Yeah! And hurry. Pika's waiting!" Red smiled.
"Um... o-okay." Yellow looked at the Pikachu, grooming it's arm. "Pikachu."
"Pika?" Pikachu got on fours, ready for a command.
"Thundershock!" Yellow ordered.
"Pika!" Pikachu launched a powerful thunder shock with a huge smile on his face.
"Rattata!" The little mouse was sent rolling across the grass.
"Man." Red thought, looking at the happy Pikachu. "You can tell Pika's happy to be back in the home forest."
"Um. What do I do now?" Yellow looked at the spiral-eyed Rattata.
"It's weaken so now! Now throw the empty Pokeball at it!"
"Okay!" Yellow held onto the empty Pokeball, swinging it to the Rattata.
The ball flashed opened as it bumped to the Rattata, capturing it!
"It's in the ball!" Yellow smiled. "You caught it mister!"
"Me?" He smiled. "No. You captured it! That means you're responsible for it! I can tell you two will be good friends!"
"Oh! Really!?" Yellow smiled. "Um. Come out Rattata!"
Yellow opened the Pokeball with a click, sending the Rattata out onto the grass.
"Rattata? Rattata!" Rattata smiled at Yellow. "Rattata?"
Yellow held the Rattata gently, smiling at her new friend.
"Nice to meet you Rattata!" Yellow smiled.
"Rattata!" Rattata smiled back.
"Wow! I didn't know a Pokeball can shrink a Pokemon that small." Yellow looked to Red.
"Doesn't matter how big a Pokemon is!" Red smiled. "The Pokeball will shrink it down and it'll fit right into your pocket! Pocket Monsters they are! Hmm?"
Red and Yellow gulped, standing heel to heel together, noticing many hate-filled eyes dawning upon them from the forest.
"Wh-what's happening!?" Yellow's body shaken.
"It's okay. Don't be afraid." Red took a deep breath, thinking about it. "But there is something strange. Wild Pokemon aren't so savage!"
"AAAH! EEEK!" Red and Yellow screamed as a boulder-size behemoth came jumping from the bushes.
"GOLEM!" The behemoth shouted.
"Run away!" Red said.
"Koffing!" A smoked toxic ball jumped from another bush.
"Here too?!" Red stopped Yellow from running any further. Red looked around, they were surrounded! "Shoot!"
Red threw the Pokeball to the ground, flashing open before the wave of Pokemon could get them! The angry wild Pokemon looked furious and confused at the same time.
"Whew!" Red smiled.
"Wow!" Yellow could see the vast trees, the many city buildings, the serene lakes and ponds, even the famous mountain that stretches to Johto as she felt the breeze against her. She could see all of Viridian City and Viridian forest up here... in the skies!
She looked up to the Pokemon holding them together in it's great big talons, a grey dinosaur smiling at the two.
"Hello there!" Yellow smiled at the Aerodactyl.
"Raaah!" Aerodactyl gave a pleasant roar.
"Cool!"
"Hehehe." Red said. "When things are coming at you from all directions. The only way to go is up! So where do you live kid?"
"Viridian City." Yellow said.
"Then Viridian City it is!" Red smiled as something concerned his mind. "The reckless wild Pokemon were one thing but that Dratini! It shouldn't even be in the forest! Why did they all attack at once? What's going on?"
Yellow's friends all looked angry at Yellow.
"We told you to stay out of the forest! Weird things have been happening there!" One boy yelled.
"Do you know how worried we were!?" A girl spoke.
"Excuse me." Red said. "What do you mean 'weird things'?"
The boy spoke. "Like dozens of Pokemon suddenly appearing, even kinds we've never seen before around Viridian!"
"So what's going on in the Viridian Forest?" Red looked at his Pokedex, showing a map featuring Viridian Forest.
"What's that?" Yellow looked over.
"Huh? Oh it's a Pokedex." Red answered to the curious little girl. "I'm on a quest to gather knowledge about Pokemon into this Pokedex. It's a gift from Professor Oak!"
A boy gasped. "You mean THE Professor Oak?"
The girl added. "The famous Pokemon Expert of Pallet Town!"
"Yeeup!" Red smiled.
"Wow!" The children spoke.
"My name's Red. I'm from Pallet Town too and I'm heading for the Indigo League!"
Yellow's eyes widened, looking up to the confident young man.
"Rattata?" Rattata looked up to the curiosity on Yellow's face.
Red continued. "I'm looking for other trainers to battle along the way so I can become the ultimate Pokemon Master!"
"Wow." Yellow said.
"Well." One boy walked forward. "I'm sorry but this town doesn't have anyone who could match up to you."
"Why not?" Red said.
A girl spoke. "The thing is the gym's been closed for a long time. And the Gym Leader's nowhere to be found. Actually no one even knows who he really was. They say he was invincible in battle but something must have happened."
"Invincible huh? Which way is this gym?" Red said.
"It's across the river but..."
"Across the river! Got it!" Red walked forth with a Pokeball in hand. "Go! Gyarados!"
A huge water serpent flashed opened into the water. The children backed away in shock and fear, everyone but the curious Yellow.
"It's huge!" One boy said.
"It looks scary!" Another girl spoke.
"It's okay!" Red smiled. "Don't be scared of Gyarados. He's very friendly. Also..."
Red walked up to the little girl holding Rattata in her arms. Red bent his knees to the ground. He could see Yellow's curious eyes looking into his.
"Listen to me please..." Red smiled. "Pokemon can be scary but they're basically kind, loving creatures."
Yellow stood there silently, listening to Red's words, watching that confident smile.
"If the owner is bad and trains his Pokemon to do bad things..." Red explained. "Then they'll grow up to be bad too. But if you care for them with a kind and gentle heart..."
"Rattata?" Rattata looked up to Red, holding the same curiosity Yellow has.
"Then they'll always be your friends. Do you understand?" Red smiled.
Yellow let out a warm smile. "I do."
"As long as you understand that, you're on the right side!" Red stood up, smiling back.
Yellow continued smiling, watching Red hopping onto his Gyarados, surfing to the other side of the river.
"I hope he'll be alright." Yellow smiled.
"Rattata!" Rattata smiled as well.
"Wow!" Blue said. "Did you really said all that?"
"I must admit. I can see why Yellow looks up to you a lot." Green said.
Red smiled. "I just told her how amazing Pokemon are but I felt like words didn't do justice. So I showed her a trick or two."
"I think it was more than that." Yellow happily looked at Raticate in his Pokeball. "He introduced me to Pika and helped me catch my first Pokemon! My Raticate."
"So Red wasn't the only person you met in your life on that day." Green smiled. "You also met your very first Pokemon. Meeting your first team member must've felt pretty amazing."
"Amazing?" Yellow smiled. "More like magical."
"Magical huh?" Blue giggled.
"It's nothing like that…" Yellow nervously smiled at her.
"What happened next Red?" Green interrupted.
"I left to beat Giovanni, the last gym leader and leader of Team Rocket." Red looked back on it, bearing no smile. "Honestly, up to that point he was easily the hardest opponent I ever faced, forcing me into a bet."
"A bet?" Yellow said. "What happened in there? At the Viridian Gym?"
"He would disband Team Rocket if he lost… but… if I lost. I would join Team Rocket."
"What!?" They all gasped.
"Yeah." Red looked back to it. "The battle was incredibly intense, pushing everything I learned to my limits. It wasn't just my own Pokemon battling. The trainers themselves were pushed into the dangerous battle. It was a game of time, making every second count, using random Pokemon from the scattered Pokeballs to battle. I wasn't kidding about how the trainers partook the battle as well. Giovanni literally had his Beedrill's drill up to my neck."
"Too late Red." Giovanni smirked.
Red calmly stood still, glaring at the Beedrill. The bug-type's drill was inches away from his throat, awaiting an command.
"One move and Beedrill drills you."
"He's not kidding." Red thought, he could see it in his eyes. The leader of Team Rocket was ready to make that move.
"The moment you picked Snorlax, I chose explosion for my final attack. But explosion can't be used indoors. Which is why I let the fight go outdoors. I told you you'd learn something. Make. Every. Second. Count."
"That sounds horrible." Yellow gulped at thought of Red being in such a dangerous situation.
Green and Blue paused, having a hard time imagining such a violent battle.
"Yeah… but I learned something from Giovanni on that day. To make every second count." Red said.
"Now Red." Giovanni walked forth. "Don't you think it's time to give up?"
Red glared at him as he slowly backed up, Beedrill slowly fluttering forward with that drill up to his neck.
"Well Red?" Giovanni smiled.
"You're right." Red said, a clicking sound emerged from Red's feet.
"What?" Giovanni looked a little surprised, grey wings grew from Red's back.
"Give it up Giovanni!" Red shouted.
"You had a Pokeball under your foot!" Giovanni spoke.
"Aerodactyl!" Red spoke as he was carried upwards. "Hyper Beam!"
"RAAAAAH!" Aerodactyl screeched as he unleashed a chaotic beam of orange energy.
"Bzzz!?" Beedrill froze as the beam's light got closer and closer.
"What happened next?" Blue looked worried.
"The Pokeball opened. It was Aero, my Aerodactyl. He used Hyper Beam against Beedrill but it wasn't over. That Hyper Beam wrecked the entire building down to nothing. A scrap of concrete struck me in the back. My back didn't break but it was hard to get up at times, I had cuts and bruises from my face to my arms. I nearly died from that battle."
"I'm impressed." Giovanni calmly walked forward, bearing no injuries or cuts, to the young boy lying there on the ground in pain. "So far I've been playing with Pokemon from outside my specialty. Cloyster. Beedrill. But... you actually forced me to use my best ground-types!"
Red gritted his teeth, surprised Giovanni still had more Pokemon. Giovanni stood there confidently smiling next to a Rhyhorn, Nidoking, Nidoqueen, Dugtrio and a Rhydon looming over him.
"Man. I had no idea Red." Green looked uneasy.
"He still had Nidoking, Dugtrio, Nidoqueen, Rhyhorn and Rhydon. However that wasn't enough. This was a battle of wits after all and Giovanni used his Dugtrio to shatter the opening mechanisms of the Pokeballs."
"H-how did you won then?" Blue looked astonished at the chances.
"I had one Pokemon up my sleeve. Pika." Red smiled.
Giovanni walked forward to the stumbling Red.
"My attack shattered the opening mechanisms of your Poke Balls. Your Pokemon can't be released. You fought well, Red. You traveled all around this land, and survived challenges that no one thought you could. But you never realized... that every place you visited and fought was already under my control!"
"I can't afford to lose!" Red gritted his teeth, glaring at the leader of Team Rocket. "I'm the only one who knows. The only one who can stop him! This isn't just a battle against a Gym Leader anymore!"
Red got up slowly, facing the Leader of Team Rocket.
"This is a battle to stop Team Rocket!" Red dashed to the left across the rubble with all his might. "And I'm gonna win!"
"Ha ha ha ha! You haven't changed a bit since the last time I saw you Red!" Giovanni grinned, dashing to the right. "Let me tell you something! It will take 1 second for the Pokeball to open and Pikachu to emerge. 2 seconds to charge enough energy for the thundershock. Then another 2 seconds for the attack to reach me. By the time those 5 seconds have elapsed. Nidoqueen will impale you with her Poison Sting!"
Nidoqueen rampaged across the concrete floor, her razor-sharp horn reflecting Red's head.
"You think got all the answers, don't you!?" Red threw the Pokeball as it glowed an electrifying yellow.
"What?" Giovanni's eyes looked puzzled at the electrifying Pokeball. He thought to himself. "Is he seriously having Pikachu charging up within the Pokeball!? That will shock him! How is able to hold onto that Pokeball?"
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"Pika!" Pikachu popped out the Pokeball bursting with electricity!
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"Pi!" Pikachu's surrounded electricity grew larger and larger.
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Nidoqueen's eye's froze in terror as Giovanni thought to himself. "No! That's impossible!"
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"DO IT NOW!" Red shouted.
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"KA!" Pika launched a terrifyingly large thunderbolt, one so massive and powerful that Nidoqueen, a ground-type, not only felt it coursing through it's body but Giovanni himself got struck by the attack!
"AAAAAH!" Giovanni shouted in pain, bracing himself with his two arms alone.
Red stood weakly as the victor as Pikachu jumped to his side. He saw the two fell to the ground, smoke brimming from them.
"If Pikachu doesn't have time to charge up after I open the Pokeball... then it'll just charge up inside the Pokeball!"
Red rose his hand to the conscious Giovanni lying there, pulling on his glove.
"T-that glove! Team Rocket's electric-proof gloves!" Giovanni looked astonished. He fell to the floor, his eyes slowly closing. "I-I c.. can't believe... that my downfall... was one of my own... weapons..."
Giovanni laid there, continuing muttering.
"N... no... No one... no one can hold a Pokeball laced with thousands of volts of electricity. No... one..."
"No." Red thought walking away from the rubble, limping one leg behind. "Your downfall..."
The young boy found himself at the edge of Viridian City, smiling weakingly by Pikachu at his side near the Viridian Forest.
"... was the pain I sensed... in the Pokemon you tried... to corrupt for your own... evil..." Red's eyes whited out.
"Pika?" Pikachu looked to Red.
His eyes were no longer there, his body collapsing.
"Pika!?" Pikachu gasped, running to Red's need.
Red sat there, looking at the lake with his friends by his side. "Giovanni ordered Nidoqueen to impale me with a poison sting but Pika landed the final blow leading to victory. It was a electric attack so powerful that not only it somehow passed through the ground-type immunity, Giovanni himself got caught in the blast."
"Y… you make it sound like... he was trying to kill you!" Yellow looked worried.
"I think he would rather have me dead if I didn't yield. It was a battle that put my own life on the line. Thanks to Surge's gloves I took, it shielded me from Pikachu's intense electricity in the Pokeball." Red smiled. "After that, both me and Giovanni passed out from the battle and…"
"That's when I found you unconscious on the edge of Viridian forest." Yellow said.
"Yeah. You basically saved my life." Red smiled at Yellow. "Cerise Island wasn't actually the first time Yellow saved me. It was at the Viridian Forest after that battle with Giovanni."
"Yeah… I'm really glad I made it in time." Yellow smiled, her cheeks blushing a slight red.
Red slowly opened his eyes, finding himself in a soft bed. He glanced towards two familiar smiles.
"Y-you're alive!" Yellow smiled.
"Pika!" Pikachu smiled in Yellow's arms.
"AH!" Red got up. He could see bandages wrapped all over his body and his forehead. "Giovanni!? And the Forest!? What about all the Pokemon!? The ones that were acting strange!?"
Yellow couldn't help but giggle. "Everything's alright. The people around here finally got up the nerve to do something. They're going into the forest now to calm the Pokemon that were acting up."
"Really?" Red felt relieved. "All Right! But somethin' tells me they'll need my help!"
"Um..." Yellow stood there looking concerned.
"Something wrong?" Red looked to her.
"Yeah..." Yellow looked worried. "Viridian's Gym... people say it was destroyed in some huge battle... and well... see... nobody around here is very good with Pokemon." The little girl's cheeks flushed slightly as she let out a light smile. "So we were thinking that it might be nice to have someone around to... you know... teach us?"
"Y'mean... me?" Red looked at her.
"Uh-huh." Yellow nodded.
Red let out a big smile. "I'd be honored!"
"R-really!" Yellow smiled.
Blue noticed Yellow's cheeks slightly blushing red as the blonde girl remembered that moment of joy. Blue sighed, letting it go, no teasing this time.
"Hey Yellow." Red smiled.
"Yeah Red?" Yellow looked to her.
"Do you remember that promise I made?"
"Yeah. You promised to be the next Viridian Gym Leader."
Green spoke. "So wait? You took that Gym Leader test because you made a promise to a nine year old girl?"
"Yeah. Pretty much." Red said.
"Red… sometimes I wonder where half of the life-changing choices you make come from." Green sighed. "But… why'd you passed it up to me?"
"You know why. My injuries were still pretty severe from the battle with the Elite Four. They were no joke." Red looked at his right hand. He could remember it used to twitch, unable to hold a Pokeball properly at one time. "Sorry about not being able to keep my promise Yellow."
"You kept your promise Red." Yellow smiled. "The gym leader position of Viridian city got a new Gym Leader like you said it would and quite a good one, nothing like the leader of Team Rocket who never shows up."
"Uh… thanks Yellow." Red smiled.
"Well this is all great and all… but it's getting late!" Blue said. "Were still not sure about Palkia, Misty, Brock and... um... guys?"
Red, Green and Yellow all looked to her, their smiles and conversations full of joy suddenly disappeared at the mention of that. They looked worried.
"Yeah. We should get to sleep." Red got up.
"Yeah. I could use some sleep." Green got up from his feet.
"Um... yeah." Blue sighed.
"Yeah." Yellow stood up from her chair. "Hey Uncle Wilton! Uncle WIlton?"
She noticed her Uncle sleeping his head against the table.
"It is getting late." Yellow smiled. "C'mon Uncle. Let's help you get to bed."
