It turned out that there was one Silver & Soul one-shot in the works before the whole pairing stopped in SE. And seeing how it's set on December 25, I decided to fix and upload this as the very last Silver & Soul of SE. But if the chapter had consisted of only Silver & Soul, I would have deleted it. This chapter contains every single pairing within SE, and that's the main reason why I didn't delete it. But the primary focus is on Silver & Soul. If you don't like this pairing, then relax and if you do like this pairing, don't get excited, as there are no more chapters planned, completed, or in the works left with this pairing. This is this pairing's last shot at glory (from me).
For those who wanted to see Diamond & Platinum, relax. It's over 80% done. But it'll be finished and uploaded after I finish with SR #004.
Primary: Silver & Soul
Operation Mistletoe:
Veilstone City, Sinnoh, December 25, 3 pm…
It was snowing. A lot. The entire city was nearly buried in snow, and the street lamps had a thick layer of snow around them from the massive blizzard that had been going for over three days. The sky was completely dark from the thick clouds.
Two people were fighting their way through the blizzard, trying to find their destination. The two people were…
"Ruby, do you even know where we're going?"
"Uh… well, let's just say that a map is useless when you can't see it, Sapphire."
"Where are we supposed to go again?" the Hoenn girl asked.
"Platinum rented the entire Veilstone Ballroom for a combination of Silver's birthday and Christmas party. And I think we're almost there."
Sapphire groaned as a strong gust of wind blew a small pile of snow on the ground into her face. "Ah, it's so damn cold!"
Ruby chuckled as he watched Sapphire shiver. The climate difference between Hoenn and Sinnoh was huge, especially during winter. And seeing how Sapphire had lived in Hoenn all her life, she was quite weak to cold weather.
"It's not that cold, Sapphire. Winter in Johto is quite cold too. I guess you're not accustomed because you only lived in Hoenn."
Another strong gust struck the two Hoenn Dex Holders. Sapphire quickly hid behind Ruby, using him as a human windshield. The ex-Johto boy shivered in the harsh wind. Sapphire elbowed him in the back.
"Hey, you said that you were accustomed! But here you are, shivering like I am!"
"Sinnoh's much colder than Johto, you know…"
"Ruby, how much longer do we have to walk?"
"10 minutes, I think."
Sapphire clenched her hand into a fist. "Make that 5. Let's run."
"You do realize that there is 50 cm of snow on the ground?" Ruby asked.
"Yeah, but if we run, we won't feel as cold."
"Alright then… let's…" Ruby trailed off upon seeing someone standing in the snow underneath a street lamp. "Hey, who's that?"
Sapphire looked at where Ruby was looking. "Hey, that's Platinum!"
The two Hoenn Dex Holders ran towards the heiress as fast as they could. Upon seeing her seniors, Platinum bowed and ran towards them.
"Ah, seniors Ruby and Sapphire! I have been waiting for you!" she said happily. "I was afraid that you would be lost in the blizzard."
"Thanks, Platinum," Ruby said.
Sapphire looked at her junior from head to toe. "Aren't you cold?" she asked, pointing at the heiress's bare legs. Even though Platinum was wearing a thick coat, she was still wearing a skirt.
Platinum shook her head. "No, senior. I have experienced colder weathers before and I am accustomed to harsh winters of Sinnoh."
Meanwhile, at the ballroom, the other 10 Dex Holders were already busy decorating, and in some cases, eating. Blue looked at the other Dex Holders and decided to initiate what she called Operation Mistletoe. The plan was really simple, but she needed help. She quietly and carefully sent messages to the 3 Dex Holders who would help her: Silver, Emerald, and Pearl.
The 3 Dex Holders had enough motives to agree with the plan. Silver was threatened with the presence of Soul, Emerald wanted to see Gold embarrassed and how Gold, Crystal, Ruby, and Sapphire would deal with awkward moments, and Pearl wanted Diamond to finally tell Platinum how he felt.
The 4 Dex Holders had a short meeting away from everyone else where they discussed the basic plans. It wasn't a complicated plan (quite simple, actually), but Blue recruited the other 3 to avoid suspicion. After the short discussion, the 4 Dex Holders spread out to initiate Operation Mistletoe.
Gold & Crystal…
Silver looked at Crystal, who was busy decorating a giant tree (all alone). On the other side of the room, Gold was busy eating from the food table. Silver walked past the goggled boy and tapped him in the back of the head.
"What?"
"Stop stuffing your face and go help Crys," Silver said.
Gold looked over at the Johto girl and with a shrug, walked over. He stood directly beside her and looked up at her (Crystal was on a small ladder).
"Yo, Crys, need help?" he asked with a bored expression. It was blatantly obvious that he had absolutely no intention of actually helping.
Crystal sighed in exasperation. "No thanks, Gold. You won't be of any help."
"Oh well, I tried." The goggled boy was about to go back to the food tables when Emerald walked up to him. "What's up, Odd Boy?"
Emerald looked above Gold and grinned. "You should tell me."
Crystal looked up and then realized that she and Gold were under the mistletoe… She dropped the box of decorations in shock as Gold looked up. The box hit the floor with a loud thud, gaining the unwanted attention of everyone else.
"Now Crys, why would you put that there?" Gold asked silently. He suddenly grinned. "Did you want me so badly that you secretly planted that there?"
"I – I didn't…" Crystal stammered out.
The two Johto Dex Holders looked at the others and realized that they were all looking at them expectantly. Gold lowered his head and rubbed the back of his neck. Emerald grinned as his senior looked extremely embarrassed.
"Oh well, if I have to, then I guess I have no-" Gold simply pulled Crystal down from the ladder and kissed her. The Johto girl looked very shocked and her face turned completely red.
Just then, the door opened and Ruby, Sapphire, and Platinum entered. Upon seeing their seniors kiss, they simply stared at them in surprise.
"… What'd we miss?" Ruby asked.
Next victim…
Blue slowly walked towards Green, who remained sitting in the corner with the newspaper. She simply walked past him but just before she actually passed him, pretended to trip. With precision, she landed on top of the Gym Leader, crushing the newspaper beneath her. She quickly repositioned herself so she was basically lying on the Gym Leader's lap.
"Oops, sorry, Green," she said with a giggle.
Green simply stared at her. "Well then, would you care to get off of me?"
"Aw, don't be like that. This is a party! Don't just sit here reading the news!"
Green rolled his eyes and forcefully pulled his arms and the newspaper from under Blue. He spread the crushed newspaper, effectively blocking Blue from his vision. The Kanto girl bit her lip; it seemed it would take a lot more effort to get her plan to work… She simply looked up.
"Hey Green, we're under the mistletoe," she said rather quietly.
The Gym Leader looked up and he could see the mistletoe attached to the ceiling directly above him. But he calmly looked back down and resumed reading the news.
"All I saw was your Ditto," he said in monotone.
"No, no. That's real," Blue lied, rather surprised that Green found out so quickly. "Come on, Green. You know the tradition."
"The tradition only applies to real mistletoe, not a Ditto."
Blue suddenly got off of Green. "You jerk!" she said rather angrily. No other Dex Holder heard her as they were all currently busy laughing at the reactions of Red and Yellow who were caught under the mistletoe (placed by Pearl when everyone was looking at Gold and Crystal kiss). "You don't even appreciate me enough to kiss me? After all those dates…"
Green looked up from his newspaper and could see Blue crying. After a few seconds, he looked into the newspaper. "Fake tears won't work, Blue. You've used them too much."
Blue instantly appeared perfectly normal. "I guess that was a stupid idea… you'll never fall for that…" She crossed her arms and tried to think of something else.
Green sighed. Thanks to Blue, he had been reading the exactly the same sentence on the newspaper for the past minute. He put the newspaper away and rose to his feet. Much to Blue's surprise, he reached over and kissed her.
"For the record," he said once the kiss ended. "I only did that because of the mistletoe."
Blue smiled and gave the Gym Leader a short embrace. "Thanks Green…"
The Viridian Gym Leader sat back down and resumed reading the news. The Kanto girl sighed in content and walked away to continue with the operation. So far, the operation had been going very well. Red and Yellow couldn't look at each other without having their faces turned completely red, and Crystal simply couldn't look in Gold's direction.
And now, the next targets were… Ruby and Sapphire. The two Hoenn Dex Holders were currently sitting in front of the fireplace, warming themselves up.
Emerald quietly extended his Magic Hand Extensors to attach the mistletoe on the wall directly above Ruby and Sapphire (the two were sitting very close to the fireplace). If he made the slightest sound, Sapphire would surely turn around to see what he was doing. But luckily, the Hoenn girl was still shivering quite a bit and thus didn't notice anything.
After completing his task, Emerald quietly backed away to avoid suspicion. Now… how to get Ruby and Sapphire to notice the mistletoe…
"Diamond, why did seniors Gold and Crystal kiss?" Platinum asked as she helped Crystal finish decorating the tree.
The Sinnoh boy was standing behind her with a plate full of food. He was going to help, but the tree was almost finished, so…
"Well, when two people are caught standing under the mistletoe, they have to kiss. It's… tradition," Diamond replied.
"Oh…" the heiress turned to look at Diamond, but something caught her eye. "Diamond, I do believe that seniors Ruby and Sapphire are also under the mistletoe."
The Sinnoh boy turned to look and he could see his two seniors sitting unaware under the mistletoe. He sighed and wished that he would be standing under the mistletoe with Platinum… But he was afraid that the heiress would think strangely of him if he did try to kiss her under those conditions. He soon became lost in thought and thus forgot about his two seniors under the mistletoe.
"Hey! Fashion Boy and Wildchild Girl!" Gold suddenly yelled from behind. The two Hoenn Dex Holders turned around to see what the goggled boy wanted. "You're sitting under the mistletoe!" he yelled, glad that there would be another pair of Dex Holders to suffer the embarrassment and awkward moments like he did.
Ruby and Sapphire looked up and saw the mistletoe attached on the wall directly above them. Sapphire had a blank expression while Ruby groaned.
"Ruby, what's that thing?" Sapphire asked.
Ruby sighed. "That's… called the mistletoe. Any two people caught under it need to… kiss…"
Sapphire started to blush. "… Really? Are you making that up?"
"Now why would I make that up?"
The Hoenn girl looked embarrassed. "Um… should we?"
"I guess we have no choice…"
With another sigh, Ruby reached over and gave Sapphire a quick kiss. He wasn't blushing or anything, but the Hoenn girl's face turned completely red from embarrassment. After the kiss, the two Hoenn Dex Holders simply sat in awkward silence. Ruby cleared his throat and tried to say something, but no words came.
"Um…" Sapphire started nervously. "… Want to do it again?"
Next target…
The majority of the Dex Holders now carefully examined the ceiling above them, in case they were under the mistletoe that they were not aware of. Pearl kept an eye on both Platinum and Diamond. Currently, Platinum was standing near the Christmas tree and Diamond was standing with her. They were looking at Ruby and Sapphire, unaware that Pearl was sneaking up behind them. The hasty Dex Holder hid in the Christmas tree and carefully placed the mistletoe above his two friends. He then carefully backed away.
Blue approached the two Sinnoh Dex Holders and clapped her hands together. "Dia, Platinum, it's time for you two to kiss!"
Diamond froze and Platinum looked confused.
"I beg your pardon?" The heiress looked over at Diamond. "Why do Diamond and I have to kiss?"
Diamond looked up. "Uh… Lady? Look up."
Platinum did as told and blushed upon realizing that she was standing under the mistletoe with Diamond. The Sinnoh boy didn't know what to do. He wanted to kiss Platinum, but he didn't want to do anything that would make her uncomfortable. He'd wait until-
Platinum suddenly kissed him. Diamond quickly snapped out of his infatuation and kissed back. It was a good thing he had already swallowed all the food in his mouth…
Final target…
Blue gathered the 3 Dex Holders who had helped her. She congratulated them on a job well done.
"This is all over now, right sis?" Silver asked.
"Yep, it's over," Blue lied. 'Sorry Silver, but there is one left…'
On perfect timing, someone knocked on the door really loud. All the Dex Holders (except Blue) turned to look, wondering who it could be. The party was only for Dex Holders as far as they knew. Blue looked and Silver and smiled. The Johto Dex Holder looked back and realizing something, groaned.
"Sis… what did you…"
"Sorry, Silver. But there is one part left to my plan."
"SILVER!" came a familiar female voice from the outside.
The Johto Dex Holder ran towards the nearest window.
"Get him!" Blue yelled.
Ruby and Sapphire quickly ran and tackled their senior. Gold and Crystal also joined. The 4 Dex Holders each grabbed Silver's limb and held him in the air. They wanted him to suffer the same embarrassment and awkwardness they experienced a short while ago.
"Unhand me you fools, before I skin you all!" Silver yelled while trying to thrash around.
"Let's just say it's…" Ruby started. He looked at Sapphire.
"Payback," the Hoenn girl finished.
Blue walked over to the door and opened it while the 4 Dex Holders forcefully moved Silver towards it.
"Soul! I'm glad you could make it!" the Kanto girl said cheerfully.
Soul noticed Silver being held 'hostage' by 4 others and wondered what happened. "Um… hi, Silver. Why are they…"
"He tried to run away," Sapphire started.
"You can let go of him now," Blue said.
The 4 Dex Holders instantly let go of Silver, and he hit the ground with a thud. He glared at the 4 Dex Holders and mentally swore revenge; nothing too serious, but still… He jumped to his feet and quickly approached Soul.
"Silver, what's wrong?" she asked.
Silver didn't reply and quickly dragged her away from the ballroom. It was too dangerous in there… He dragged her away from the door and halfway around the building. After making sure there was nothing above him, he looked at Soul.
"Why did you come here?"
"To see you and wish you a happy birthday," she replied, trying to remain cheerful. "Although that was yesterday…"
"Who told you I would be here?" Silver asked.
"Who else? Blue did."
The Johto Dex Holder sighed, feeling betrayed by his sister. "Sis… I should've known…"
"Silver, why are we out here?" Soul asked. "It's cold. Can we go inside?"
"No," Silver replied. "It's too dangerous there. Don't ask what I'm talking about, but know that it's just dangerous."
"Okay… Well then, it's just the two of us. Where do you want to go?"
Silver sighed as he sat on the snow. "I don't know yet."
Much to his surprise, Soul walked over and sat on his lap. Apparently she didn't want to sit on the snow. Suddenly, something dropped on his head from above. Silver looked up and simply froze. Soul looked up too.
"Hey, is that a…" she started.
"… Mistletoe…" Silver muttered.
The damn thing was directly above him, attached to a long length of string. Silver looked higher and he could see a fishing rod sticking out of a window…
"You know what that means, right?" Soul asked nervously.
"A bit too much, unfortunately…" Silver replied.
Soul suddenly leaned over and gave him a quick kiss. "Happy birthday, Silver!" she said cheerfully afterwards.
"Yeah… thanks… That was because of the mistletoe, right?"
Soul shook her head. "Nope." She leaned over again and gave him a deeper kiss. "That was because of the mistletoe."
Blue watched from the window above and smiled. She was glad that Silver finally found a nice girlfriend… The Johto Dex Holder may be planning retaliation, but she was still very happy.
Not really a Silver & Soul, seeing how every pairing was involved, but I think that pairing was in slightly better focus than the others. Ending has been rushed so it could be uploaded in the 25th.
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Next up, Diamond & Platinum as it was supposed to be. The next planned updates for SE, SA, and SR are as follows: after this chapter (SE #029), SR #004, SE #030, SR #005, and quite possibly SA #014. The current SA update was for the intermission scene 1, not SA #014. That hasn't started yet.
And I have decided. I will not make a Black & White burst (yet). After SE #031, things will be random again.