Haven't updated in a month… for shame DX
Anyway, sorry for the late update guys, hectic days are hectic, but at least I went ahead and got this chapter all squared and ready for posting, I hope you enjoy :D
Disclaimer: I do not own pokemon. I'm just as much a slave to it as every other hard-core trainer who's spent 5 hours in their day breeding pokemon with specific natures.
Illex Forest
Silver was starting to feel like traveling with Ethan was a bad idea.
The redhead sighed as he sat down behind a large tree, trying to calm himself. He realized long ago that he was attracted to the other boy, but thought it would pass. After the mishap at Karen's house, the few days that he was without Ethan had given him time to adjust to not being around the boy, and the redhead actually began to think he could have focused his mind on other things.
"Absence makes the heart grow fonder I guess…" Silver mused to himself quietly, peering over his shoulder to stare at the sight behind the trees. Ethan and Silver had come across a small lake while running around the forest, and the raven haired trainer said he'd like to have a quick rinse from all the walking. So here Silver was, staring at Ethan like a peeping tom as he splashed about in the water.
Ethan's clothes were in a pile on the edge of the lake, just far enough so they wouldn't get wet. The raven haired boy wasn't naked, wearing a pair of swim trunks as he splashed about with his Marill, but he was still not wearing just enough for Silver to start feeling that painful want stir within his abdomen. The wet unruly hair, the bare slick skin, and those bright innocent eyes were driving Silver mad. The redhead wondered just how much more he could take before he jumped on the other boy.
'you lookin' to bang this little brat Silver? Didn't think young and innocent was your type'
Silver seethed at the words Proton said to him, feeling disgusted at himself knowing that deep down those words were true. Those words made him feel that now he had a point to prove, and swore that he wouldn't ruin the friendship between him and Ethan because of such carnal desires.
Ethan paused in his fun when he felt eyes on him. He turned to look in Silver's general direction and saw the Redhead staring at him with a gravely serious look. Ethan shuddered and sunk into the water, feeling self conscious all of a sudden. Ethan squirmed a bit, feeling the redheads eyes boring into his back and causing him discomfort even if he wasn't looking. Marill noticed this, and turned to glare at the red-haired trainer. With a "rill!" the blue mouse sent a water gun attack straight into Silver's face.
When the slightly pressurized torrent of water hit him in the face Silver tumbled to the ground, his clothes completely drenched. He bristled when he heard the small blue mouse Pokemon laugh, and got up off the ground, dripping from head to toe.
Ethan saw this, and got out of the water and rushed over to the redhead, "S-Silver I'm so sorry…" Ethan said quietly, pursing his lips as he saw the drenched redhead attempt to wring all of the water out of his purple over-shirt. Silver huffed, "I thought it liked me, but now it's back to blasting me with water whenever it feels like it." The redhead fumed. Ethan flushed in embarrassment "I'm sorry… She's just really playful. I promise she doesn't mean any harm…" Ethan said as he glared down weakly at his Marill in disapproval.
Marill just chirped affectionately, hopping into Silver's arms with an affectionate "Rill~" Silver cradled the Pokemon, giving it a weak glare before giving up on being annoyed. Staring down at his drenched clothes, the redhead pouted. "Well… Now what?" Silver mused as he thought on his slippery situation. Ethan smiled, "Well, you could always take a bath in the lake while they dry." Ethan mused. The redhead flushed at the idea of bathing around the raven haired trainer, "D-don't you need to get to your grandparents though? We really should hurry…" Silver reasoned quietly.
Ethan looked down the path, "Well, it's not far from here. How about I go on ahead, visit my grandparents, and come back and find you? That should give you enough time to bathe and all, and then I'll be done!" Ethan chirped, smiling brightly at the elder trainer. Silver stared at his friend skeptically "I dunno about that…" Silver said, not wanting to let the other out of his sight. The raven haired boy smiled warmly, "I'll be fine. If you need me all you need to do is walk a little ways up the road. No biggie." Ethan beamed at the other boy.
Silver stared at the other for a bit, before sighing in defeat. "Alright, you win. But if anything goes wrong call me on your poke 'gear alright?" Silver said in a slightly worried tone. Ethan smiled, "Don't worry I will. I'll be back in a bit Silver so you just sit tight."Ethan said with a smile as he went to put his clothes back on.
Silver watched the boy get dressed, wondering if this was a good idea.
Route 34, 2 hours later
"How far ahead did Ethan go?" Silver mused as he wandered up the road. He had stayed in the water for a bit, and now that his clothes were dry and he was clean he felt loads better, but Ethan hadn't returned, and his Poke'gear was off. It was also getting late and the sun was already setting on the horizon, nightfall coming in a little while. Silver was beginning to get worried, so here he was searching for Ethan, his Zubat out of its Poke' ball and joining the search. They had been looking for a good ten minutes and he still saw no sign of the other boy. The redhead looked around the route curiously, "At least I haven't been challenged to a battle. It seems like someone came through here and just creamed all the trainers on this route…" Silver mused quietly to himself.
"It's so good to see you!"
Silver froze, hearing Ethan's voice ringing loud and clear. Feeling relief flood his senses, the redhead began running ahead to find the boy, his Zubat following close behind. Seeing a house in the distance, the redhead reasoned that it must have been Ethan's grandparent's house. Silver sighed when he saw Ethan happily talking, but quickly noticed he wasn't alone. Next to him was an old man, and standing in front of him was Lyra, Silver's rival. Stopping short, Silver glared at her. 'What the heck is she doing there?' Silver thought to himself before grabbing his Zubat from the air and hiding in the tall grass, crouching down and crawling until he was close enough to see and hear the group, his Zubat chirping quietly under him.
Ethan smiled warmly, "I haven't seen you since our run in over at New Bark Town!" Ethan chirped at the female trainer, smiling as he looked over at the old man "Grandpa, Let me introduce you. This is Lyra, the trainer I've been telling you about." Ethan smiled, walking toward her and wrapping a friendly arm around her shoulder. "She seems to be getting better at raising Pokemon." Ethan said happily. The old man raised a brow, "Oh has she? You seem to be confident in her abilities. This old man not raising your Pokemon well enough?" The elder teased. Ethan let her go, raising his hands up in defense, "N-Not that she's better than you of course!" Ethan corrected quickly.
Lyra giggled quietly, causing Ethan to blush in embarrassment, smiling slightly as he scratched the back of his head. Seeing the two like this, Silver felt a pang of jealousy. It didn't take a rocket scientist to see that these two were close, and the way they interacted showed that their relationship was far from being acquaintances. "Looks like we're rivals in more than one respect now, Aren't we Lyra." Silver mused to himself, not wanting Ethan to end up with her of all people.
Ethan's grandfather sighed, "Well, I have to go in the tall grass over here to look for a Pokemon, so you two have fun." The elderly man said quietly before leaving the two trainers alone. Ethan waved goodbye to his grandfather, before turning to smile at the younger female trainer, "Lyra, come with me!" Ethan chirped as he grabbed her hand and pulled her toward the house. The female trainer raised a brow in surprise before laughing quietly at Ethan's forwardness, allowing him to lead her into the house.
Seeing that the coast was clear, Silver rushed quickly toward the house, his Zubat perching itself on his shoulder. Seeing that the door was wide open, the redhead hid on the right side of the house, peering in quietly to see what was going on. Ethan was talking to an elder woman behind the counter enthusiastically about Lyra, who was standing in the corner with her Bayleef, which had evolved from her Chikorita a while back. Silver glared at her, wanting to go in and drag her away from the object of his affections.
After a few more minutes of talking, Ethan turned to Lyra, "So as you can see, she's a good friend of mine." Ethan said affectionately, grabbing Lyra's hand and leading her to the front desk. The grandmother stared between the two, "Ah ha… this is your girl…friend, hm? I see." The grandmother said with a hint of playfulness. Ethan's eyes turned to shock, and his cheeks flushed pink as he let go of the girl's hand, "Wh-What? Grandma, what are you talking about?" Ethan said as he brought his hands up in defense, "She just happens to live nearby…" Ethan said quietly, unable to meet the eyes of either of the girls in the room. Lyra flushed in slight embarrassment, bringing a hand to her chest and scooting away from the other trainer awkwardly. The grandmother laughed, "Ha ha. I know, I know." The elderly woman said with playfulness in her voice.
Silver seethed as he watched the scene unfold. He could barely take it, and felt like pulling out Quilava and having him set the female trainer on fire for making him so frustrated. He almost bashed his head into the wall when Ethan gave Lyra his Poke 'Gear number, seething when he turned and told his grandma not to tease, as they were trainers and should exchange numbers. He watched Ethan and Lyra for a few more moments, before sighing loudly from the doorway; feeling slightly defeated watching the two of them interact.
Marill's ears twitched and the blue mouse turned to look at the doorway. With a loud "rill!" the little water Pokemon ran out the door, and hopped into Silver's arms, cooing affectionately. Silver looked down to the blue Pokemon in his arms with a bit of panic, before hearing Ethan call after the blue mouse. Hearing a weak, "I have to go." Come from the male trainer in the house. Silver ran around to the side of the house still carrying the cooing Pokemon, his Zubat flying close behind.
Ethan looked around when he got out of the house, "Marill! Where are you?" The raven haired trainer yelled. Not seeing anything, Ethan sighed. "Well, time to play hide and seek I guess…" Ethan said with a pout, pulling out a poke ball, and releasing his Beedrill. Beedrill buzzed about, staring at its trainer curiously. Ethan smiled, "Find Marill for me okay? She ran off." Ethan said lightly, turning to look around the house.
He wanted to get back to Silver, but he figured the boy would be fine without him for a few more minutes.
Day Care-Backyard
Silver weakly glared down at the wiggly Pokemon in his arms, "I don't even know if it's legal for me to be back here. You're gonna get me in trouble you little blue menace." Silver snipped quietly. Marill ignored the boy, and opted instead to coo and fawn as it snuggled into the redhead's chest. The blue Pokemon looked down, seeing the Poke' balls attached to Silvers belt, and with a light smack from her tail released Quilava.
Quilava yawned and stretched out before looking up at his trainer, his tail wagging when he saw Marill. Marill let out a pleased "rill!" and coed at the fire Pokemon. Silver sighed, looking up at the sky. It was getting extremely late, and the sun was almost completely gone from the horizon. "I hope Ethan isn't worried…" Silver whispered to himself.
"eh eh ei-pah?"
Silver jumped up, squeezing the blue Pokemon in its arms as he turned and looked around for what made the noise. Seeing nothing, the redhead treaded warily toward the back of the backyard, taking note that his Zubat and Quilava were following close behind him, the fire pokemon growling lowly. "eiiii-paaaah?" Hearing the noise again, Silver began to get agitated, "O-okay. I know you're here, stop messing around!" Silver said nervously, backing up into a tree as he looked around for what was making the noise.
He didn't expect to see a purple monkey Pokemon fall to hang from the tree branch, staring unblinkingly at him a few inches from his face. Silver shrieked, dropping the blue mouse and jumping back, hitting the tree roughly. The purple Pokemon dropped down from the tree, and hopped about in amusement. Silver raised a brow "What the heck is that?" Silver yelled as he pointed at the little purple monkey.
"Totodile!"
Silver jumped back and stared over at the blue alligator looking Pokemon that appeared to the side of him, which he recognized as a Totodile. This one looked a bit upset to see him, and looked like it was on the attack. The purple Pokemon interacted with Totodile, and after their chat they both took a battle stance. Seeing this, Silver glared at the two before pulling two Poke'balls from his belt. "So, you wanna battle huh?" Silver mused, "Well then let's go." The redhead said as he threw the two spheres up in the air.
The two spheres opened, and out popped Magnemite and Gastly, who nodded at each-other before taking a battle stance, the four Pokemon ready to duke it out.
"Stop it, all of you!"
Silver felt a cold sweat run down his brow, as he turned and saw a peeved Ethan staring at the battle that was about to take place with a look of disproval, his Beedrill buzzing above his head, and his Rattata sitting at his side. Silver stood straight and scratched the back of his head, "U-Umm… Sorry Ethan, I got lost…" Silver said lamely, trying to think of an excuse. Ethan raised a brow skeptically, "So you walked into my grandparent's backyard?" Ethan asked curiously. Silver sighed, glaring down at the little blue mouse that was currently clinging affectionately to his pant legs.
When Ethan saw his Marill, he smiled brightly, "Oh, you found Marill!" Ethan said with a bout of happiness as he ran forward and picked the mouse up, twirling it around and giving it a hug. Marill cooed, the blue Pokemon happy to be back with her other trainer. Ethan beamed brightly before turning to smile at the redhead, "Well, it's alright. I was going to bring you back here whenever I came and got you anyway." Ethan said as he set his little Marill down.
The purple Pokemon let out a pleased "Ei-pah!" and walked toward Ethan, hopping on the boys head and hugging him affectionately. Ethan giggled, picking up the purple pocket monster and holding him out to Silver, "This is my Aipom. I left her here for my grandpa to take care of while I was away." Ethan chirped as he let his Aipom hang from his arm via her tail.
Silver stared at the Pokemon curiously, raising a hand to touch it only to have it hop up onto his arm. After a sniff, the purple monkey let out a pleased noise and hopped onto his shoulder, nuzzling the others face with an affectionate, "Eiiii."
Ethan giggled, "I'm glad that my Pokemon always seem to take a shine to you." The raven haired trainer said brightly. Afterward, he turned to look at Totodile, who was currently staring warily at the red-haired boy. Ethan walked up to the blue alligator, and knelt down, patting it on the head, "Don't worry Totodile, he's my friend." Ethan said in a reassuring manner.
Totodile stared at Silver for a few moments before it smiled and ran up to the red haired trainer, jumping around cutely as he let out pleased noises. Silver was at a loss for words, unsure of how to handle the two affectionate Pokemon as they vied for his attention. "H-hey you two cut it out!" Silver said weakly as Aipom moved to hang off the front of his shirt while Totodile tugged at his pant leg, wanting to be held.
Ethan giggled a bit at the sight before walking forward to gently tug Aipom off the other's shirt, and kneeling down so Totodile could hop into his other arm. Silver almost found it comical how the other trainer was carrying himself; Marill in one hand, Totodile in the other and Aipom sitting on his head. Silver thought the whole scene was very…cute. After a bit of thought the redhead looked away lamely, "Everything he does is cute…" Silver said to himself. Ethan looked up curiously, "Did you say something Silver?" The raven haired boy asked, the younger trainer swearing he heard something from the other.
Silver flushed and looked away, "N-No…" Silver lied, opting to sit down while Ethan kept the three attention hungry Pokemon sated. The redhead watched him for a few more minutes, before closing his eyes, a question bothering him. "Umm… Ethan?" Silver asked weakly. The other trainer stopped playing with Aipom's wagging tail and looked up with wide eyes, "Yes? What's up Silver?" Ethan asked with a bright smile. Silver pursed his lips, "On my way up here I saw a girl who looked like she knew you very well… Her name's Lyra." Silver stated. The redhead heard a pleased noise from the other trainer, "So you met Lyra huh?" Ethan chirped, smiling with a toothy grin at the other. Silver nodded slowly before looking down, his long bangs covering his eyes, "I want to know… What's your relationship with her?" Silver asked simply.
Ethan crossed his legs as he sat on the floor, a thoughtful expression on his face. "Well, I met her when I was little… Her mother is a good friend to my grandmother, so we would play together a lot as kids." Ethan chirped. Silver clenched his fingers in the grass, an act which didn't go unnoticed by Ethan, who looked at the other with a curious gaze. "Umm… why do you ask?" Ethan asked with genuine curiosity.
Silver chewed on his lower lip thoughtfully as he tried to formulate words. After a bit of thinking, Silver looked up, "I meant your relationship with each other. You two seemed close, so I wanted to ask if the two of you were…" Silver looked away, "you know… Intimate?" Silver said quietly. Ethan flushed bright pink, "M-me and Lyra? Oh no!" Ethan said with a nervous laugh, "She's my friend, and don't get me wrong she's cute but…" Ethan looked away, the blush deepening, "Lyra just isn't my type I guess…" The raven haired trainer admitted shyly. Silver sighed in relief, "That's good." Silver said in a reassured voice, a small smile playing on his lips.
Ethan saw the boy's body language, and felt his hands clench. The relief in Silver's eyes led Ethan to the conclusion that Silver was happy that he wasn't pursuing a relationship with Lyra. 'He probably likes her… She is very pretty, and if they've met her personality is a shoe in…' Ethan thought sadly as he looked down at his Marill, who was cooing for him to pet her.
Silver saw Ethan's lackluster posture, and crawled over to the other boy. "Ethan are you alright? You seem to be a bit down…" Silver noted, reaching out and putting a hand on the boy. Ethan looked up with wide eyes, a hot flush on his cheeks, "Y-yeah, I'm fine!" Ethan said quickly as a nervous laugh passed his lips. The redhead didn't buy it, but figured it would be best if he let the subject go. "If you say so…" Silver breathed out.
An awkward silence befell the two trainers, both boys not knowing what to say and feeling a bit out of place with their jealousy. Ethan was fiddling his thumbs, pursing his lips and looking away, while Silver sat glaring at the ground like he wanted to burn a hole in it. The Pokemon on the ground watched the two trainers curiously, wondering why they were suddenly acting so strange as well as missing the attention they were getting earlier. Marill was about to start vying for attention, until she heard noises behind her. Turning, the blue mouse saw that there was something moving inside Ethan's bag. Magnemite, Beedrill, Quilava, Zubat and Gastly all noticed as well, and the group of Pokemon moved toward the bag. Curious, Marill, poked the bag a bit before gingerly unzipping it. When the contents poured out, she found Ethan's egg bouncing about like it was ready to hatch.
Ethan and Silver both turned when they heard Marill start cooing loudly at them. Ethan's blue eyes widened when he saw the egg bouncing about his Marill's paws and he promptly rushed forward and knelt down, taking the egg and cradling it gingerly. Silver followed warily, unsure of what was going on. "Umm… Is the egg supposed to be doing that?" Silver asked curiously as he pointed to the egg in Ethan's arms. The raven haired trainer turned and smiled brightly at the older trainer, "It's hatching… Silver it's hatching!" Ethan said with excitement, bouncing a bit as he beamed up at the other trainer brightly. Silver, Ethan, and all the other Pokemon watched in anticipation as the egg hopped about a bit more before a crack formed, then another crack until the egg chipped and finally broke.
Laying in Ethan's hands was a blue ball. Silver raised a brow, "Umm… I think you got jipped. That looks like a rubber ball…" Silver said as he stared at the sphere in his friends hands. Ethan smiled brightly, excitement in his eyes as he stared down at the blue ball in his hands, "No… Oh my no… Silver do you know what this is?" Ethan said brightly as he raised the ball up above his head. Silver shook his head, "No… It looks like a giant bouncy ball to me…" Silver mused.
Silver ate his words when the ball made a cooing noise and large blue ears with red stripes on the tips uncurled and set atop the ball. Then he saw legs unfold and a trunk uncurl to show a blue elephant-looking Pokemon. The blue elephant opened its eyes, blinking down at its trainer before wiggling excitedly and letting out a cute "Phyyyy!" Ethan's eyes brightened, "It's a Phanphy!" Ethan chirped before hugging the baby Pokemon close to his chest. Silver stared at it in mild shock for a bit, before smiling at the sight before him, opting to lean his back against a tree trunk as he watched Ethan play with the newborn Pokemon.
Phanphy bounced about in Ethan's arms excitedly, nuzzling his new trainer. Ethan beamed down at his new Pokemon, and threw him up in the air, catching him and repeating the action a few times. Phanphy let out a happy noise, before landing on the ground. With an excited "Phyyy" it lowered its trunk under his new trainer and lifted him off the ground, throwing him up in the air in a similar fashion. Ethan giggled as he was tossed up in the air by the young Pokemon, enjoying the play until he took note that he was going a bit high.
Silver stared at Phanphy in shock, amazed that the baby Pokemon had such immense strength. When Ethan started letting out nervous noises the redhead moved forward to see if he could help his friend out of the situation he was in. Phanphy took note of the redhead and, thinking that he wanted to play, flung Ethan in the redhead's direction. Silver's eyes widened and he raised his arms, feeling the wind get knocked out of him as Ethan's back collided with his front, the two boys flying into the tree Silver was leaning on earlier. The two boys sat dazed, Silver sitting against the tree holding onto Ethan's waist, and Ethan sitting in between Silver's legs as he leaned back into Silver's torso, his hat a few feet away from him.
Silver and Ethan's Pokemon crowded around the two trainers, cooing and chirping in concern. Ethan winced a bit, before turning to look at his Phanphy, who was hopping in the crowd with a worried expression. Ethan smiled warmly down at the blue elephant, and outstretched his hands, "It's alright Phanphy… You just don't know your own strength yet." Ethan said with a knowing smile. Phanphy wagged its little tail and with a cute "Phyyy" hopped up into his trainers arms.
Silver got his bearings together just in time to see Phanphy hop up into Ethan's arms, the younger trainer leaning back into him a bit more. Silver flushed and opened his mouth to tell him to get up, but his words died in his throat when something caught his eye in the distance.
Fireworks began to shoot up into the now dark sky, flying high until they burst in brilliant displays of color. Ethan looked up and laughed brightly, "Oh, look! Goldenrod City's doing a fireworks display!" the raven haired trainer exclaimed as he watched the colors burst and fill the sky. The crowd of Pokemon turned and began making pleased noises, and a wave of awe and contentment settled in the atmosphere as everyone stared at the display on the horizon. Ethan smiled warmly, "Gorgeous…" He breathed out; the display moving him as he unconsciously leaned back into the older trainer.
Silver heard Ethan's words and felt the younger boy lean into him. The redhead looked down at the other trainer, seeing the look of warm happiness on his face, the lights illuminating Ethan's face and lighting up his eyes so they shined with the familiar golden gleam that left him breathless. Silver wrapped his arms tighter around the other boy's waist and smiled as he lay his chin on the boys head, "Yeah… Gorgeous." He said warmly as he relaxed against the tree, enjoying the sights.
As the fireworks danced about in the sky for everyone in and around Goldenrod City to see, The two young trainers both subconsciously came to the same conclusion. That it didn't matter if the other person liked someone else. They both could stomach a little jealousy if it meant that they could have more moments like this.
Because in the end, It truly was little moments like this that brought them both the most happiness.
And we're done with another chapter guys! Sorry it's so late, but I ended up shoved into finals week, and then getting into my new classes, and then I almost died in a fire, so it couldn't be helped that this one took a while :(
But yes, Cookies to Starlight-Ninja, who correctly guessed Phanphy, I seriously thought no one was going to guess it right, but Star managed to, so I decided to hatch Phanphy a chapter early. The reason I chose Phanphy is because I was watching the latest Pokemon movie with my younger sister and an Ethan clone was using a Donphan, so I was like "Eh, why not?"
Ethan also has an Aipom because his counterpart from the Manga has one :P
I've also started working backward from the halfway point, so eventually there's just gonna be like 10 chapters done and I'll be updating a TON more, but until then I'm working both forward and backward, so the chapters may come up a bit slow, but not as slow as recently. Maybe a chapter every week or two.
Anyway, Long authors note, read and review guys, I love you all!