In Hoenn...

Silver, Amelia, May, and Serena stayed another night in the Pokemon Center. Amelia had let Espeon sleep next to Umbreon, who was sleeping deeply after what had happened the previous day. However, Umbreon managed to rise from its deep slumber and looked around the room at the trainers. He then attempted to escape to go for a walk and succeeded. As he walked out, finally having recovered from the morning's events, he realized that he liked Espeon more than he thought, but he wanted to express it in a different way.

"Out for a midnight stroll?"

Umbreon turned around and saw Silver walk towards him.

"I just needed to think."

"I understand. Do you have any idea about what happened this morning?"

"Yeah. I lost it, didn't I?"

"A little. Thanks for the flowers."

"It was Espeon's idea, so she should take the credit."

"Well, I still have yet to talk to Amelia, though. Preferably without going crazy."

Just then, Amelia and Espeon left the Pokemon Center and caught up to Silver and Umbreon. The funny thing is that the two didn't notice that they were right behind them.

"Anyway, I hope Espeon doesn't think I'm a freak for going crazy yesterday."

"I don't think so. She seemed pretty concerned about you."

"Tomorrow, you should make a move on Amelia. Why don't you ask what her interests are?"

"I like performing, psychic and dragon Pokemon, and battling."

Amelia gave away her and Espeon's position, causing Silver and Umbreon to turn around in sheer surprise and embarrassment.

"Silver, why don't you walk with me? I need to talk to you. Plus, we can give Espeon and Umbreon some space."

"..."

As Silver looked into Amelia's purple eyes, she took advantage of him being in his trance and took his hand. They walked off and Umbreon watched. He turned, and saw Espeon silently staring at him. This time, no one blushed.

"Umbreon...let me tell you a story."

Umbreon stayed silent and started to walk with Espeon.

"It started when I was a little Eevee. I was carefree and happy, just like any wild Pokemon. I lived peacefully and I had some good friends. But the friend that I liked the most was an Eevee that I called Red. He called me Blue because of my blue eyes. He was a strong and sweet Eevee, yet he was always afraid of embarrassing himself in front of me. One day, something...scary happened. We were living as happy as can be until Team Rocket showed up. They burned our homes down and captured us. My friends and I were terrified, not knowing what life awaited us. However, just when things seemed at its bleakest, Red showed up. He used his strength and speed to free us all. When we thought we were successful, something even scarier happened. As we were celebrating at Team Rocket's departure, he was taken by a boy. He was taken due to the interest of the boy in his fur color. I never saw him again."

Umbreon's eyes widened as he listened to the story. That Eevee was him; he remembered a cute female Eevee that he called Blue that called him Red. It all added up: just after the incident with Team Rocket, he was taken by Silver, much to the disappointment of Umbreon. However, he was unsure if Espeon figured that out.

"Shortly after, I was caught by Amelia and eventually evolved into this."

"I'm really sorry, Espeon."

"Don't be. I think I can find love elsewhere..."

Espeon smiled slyly and looked at Umbreon, who returned the smile. Meanwhile, Silver and Amelia stopped and sat down at the side of a lake. They both witnessed the water Pokemon playing and exploring the lake and smiled.

"Can I tell you a secret?"

"Sure."

"The reason I'm here is not for performing."

Silver feigned a surprised face.

"I'm actually here to sabotage Serena..."

She looked at Silver, who was wearing a stern face. She looked away, feeling that this was something that she had to do, but inside, she felt a little guilty in tricking Serena.

"Why?"

"Just for personal purposes."

"Must be very personal if you told me this much."

"How about this: I'll tell you why if you tell me why you're here."

Silver blushed knowing that if he took that chance, his feelings for Amelia would be revealed. Amelia smiled, knowing that she had backed him into a corner, baiting him with curiosity. He ran his hand through his red hair, feeling nervous.

"Why so nervous?"

"I'm here because-because-"

She got closer to his face.

"Because of what?" she asked softly.

"I came to see-a girl...a stunning one, at that..."

Her lips were inches away from his.

"Mind telling me who?"

"Not at all...if you explain to me why you're trying to sabotage Serena."

Just like that, the tables were turned on Amelia as he successfully used the bait to trap her in a corner. Amelia knew it too; she had a disappointed look on her face and backed away from Silver, who was finally able to breathe, as well as slow down his heart rate. She looked at him cutely and Silver blushed again.

"That's unfair...why won't you tell me?"

"I-I-"

"Can I guess?"

She put her arms around his neck and charmingly smiled, knowing that she baited him again. Silver stayed silent, leaving her to start guessing.

"Is...it..."

As she said those words, she started to play with his red hair, as well as getting close to him again. Silver was trying to resist, but was attracted to her more than ever. Finally, he couldn't fight it anymore. He closed the last remaining centimeters between them, and shared a kiss with Amelia. At that point, neither of them cared about what was going on around them. They didn't even notice that Espeon and Umbreon watching them with a smirk on their faces.

"Umbreon...let's give them some space."

Umbreon agreed and walked off with Espeon.

In the Unova region...

After an entire day of Pokemon collecting, and catching his old friends Keldeo and Victini, Ash had six Pokemon left to collect: the Unova legends. You could imagine his frustration when he realized he had to go back to Hoenn to catch them.

TO BE CONTINUED...