The Legend of Yellow

By: hydro-serpent58

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Chapter 8: Separation

The sun had just set and the Pokédex holders were making good use of the darkness in creeping up on the Doom Fortress. Along the way the groups were having small conversations. Yellow, Crystal and Mist were chatting quietly in the air, Red, Green, and Ruby were talking, and Blue and Silver were chatting and were leading the group.

"I'm impressed you didn't freak out." Mist commented. Yellow and Crystal looked at her. "What do you mean?" "Remember that cat? I thought you'd freak out for sure." Yellow blinked confused. "But wasn't that a Pokémon?" Mist slapped her forehead. "Of course not! That was a animal not a pokémon! There's a difference between the two." Crystal gazed at the pixie intrigued. "Not a Pokémon? What type of creature was that?" Mist sighed shaking her head. "Humans, such beings who know nothing but the creatures they live with."

"Anyway Green, how did you get your rupees?" Asked Ruby. Green turned pale. "I'd rather not talk about it." He coughed. Red caught a faint line of blush across his cheek and smirked. "So, did it have anything to do with them?" He taunted. Green's face turned slightly redder. "H-how did you?..." Red grinned and patted his back. "As your best friend I know a lot about you." Ruby blinked not understanding one bit. "What do you mean?" Red smirked. "While Green was in town, a few somebodies ended up following him and practically drowning him in XOXOXO's while dropping him some rupees. Isn't that right Green?" Green looked away. "It wasn't like that..." It took a moment for it to register in Ruby's mind. "WHAT? Someone was hugging and kissing you?" "There was no kissing I assure you." Green cut in sternly. Red rolled his eyes. "He managed to shove their heads away but they still ended up clinging to him until he managed to call out Scizor to confuse them and whiz him away. Though, Gold would be impressed. 19 girls were swooning over him. After they conked out from Golduck's confusion, they ended up throwing rupees on top of him unconscionably. It was like they were paying him to let them toy with him." Ruby gave an "oh" and looked at the now embarrassed Green who was trying to hide his blush with a stone look. It utterly failed.

"Blue, what are we going to do? We can hardly help Yellow. Don't you think we'll just be a burden to her?"Asked Silver concerned. "We might—don't be ridiculous!" Blue scolded catching herself. "But—" "Silver, we agreed we were coming with her. Even if we can't help in saving Gold, we can at least be there to support and comfort her. Besides, I think she's a little more comfortable having us around." Silver slowly smiled. No wonder those two are like sisters He thought.

"Okay! I think this is close enough." Blue whispered. She tossed out a Pokéball and out came Clefy. He landed gracefully on Blasty's shell next to Blue. She murmured something in the Pokémon's ear and then Clefy started to wave it's hands in a sweeping motion. As this contiunes it's arms glow white as a blue aura surrounds the Pokémon, a few moments later Mist, the Pokédex holders, and their Pokémon glowed blue before disappearing.

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"Ooofff!" Said Crystal as she landed square on her bottom. She groaned getting up and looking around. She was inside what looked like a storage area. That's funny, where are the others? She thought. All of a sudden she heard a thud behind her. She whipped around only to see Silver dropping unto the ground. He cursed under his breath and got up dusting himself off. A few minutes later Xatee and Kingdra appeared. The two returned their Pokémon and looked around. "So...do you know where the others are?" Crystal asked. The boy gave her a puzzled look. "They haven't shown up yet." At that Silver slapped his forehead groaning. "Damn that Blue..." Silver muttered realizing what the pesky girl was up to.

There was a light and Blue appeared floating in the air. She landed safely on the floor and she stopped glowing blue. A moment later Blasty and Clefy appeared. Clefy was still glowing though. Looks like he hasn't finished teleporting the others She thought. She saw a glow and turned around to see Green appear and land on the ground all cool-like in a crouching potion. He got up and glanced around, a moment later his Golduck followed up. Looks like it's all going to plan Blue thought smugly. Green, who was a bit suspicious asked, "Where are the others?" She looked at him innocently. "Oh, I don't know. I'm sure they'll be appearing soon." But Green wasn't falling for that. "Blue, you did this on purpose didn't you." He said flatly. "Whatever do you mean Green-kun?" His eyes narrowed. "You made sure Clefy teleported us in separately. You wanted me to be alone with you." Blue stared at him for a moment. She then laughed causing Green's vein to pop. "Oh, you're so smart Green." She giggled. He sighed. "Anyway seriously, where are the others?" She looked at him blankly. "I told you, I don't know." *Silence* "Oh, woops." Said Blue realizing her mistake. Three veins popped on Green's head. "BLUE!" His yell could be heard throughout the fortress. It's amazing none of the monsters were alerted.

A glowing light appeared, and as a faded Red was in it's place. he landed smoothly on his own two feet and looked around. A moment later Gyra landed behind Red with a loud slam on the concrete floor causing the entire structure to shake. Red turned and smiled broadly at his companion. He was used to the ground shaking so he could stand still just fine. As the shaking stopped Red petted the Pokémon. "You did great Gyara." He said to the Gyarados before returning it. A moment later Ruby appeared and landed flat on his back. "Owww." He moaned. Cringing as he sat up. He looked up and noticed Red. "Hey Red! Where's the others?" Before Red could answer he noticed a faint glowing above Ruby. His eyes widened. "Quick, Ruby! Get out of the way!" The younger boy blinked confused. "Eh? What do you mean sempai?" Little did he know, he was about to get the answer to that question. As figure grew in the glowing light. Ruby noticed a shadow casted over him and looked up. He gaped. "Oh snap." The glowing light faded and the figure started to fall towards the ground...straight for Ruby. "AHHHH!" He cried as 357.1 lbs crashed on top of him. During all of this Red was sweatdropping. There layed 6.2 meter Milotic gazing around smiling modestly. She wasn't even aware she had smashed her trainer. "Uhhh Mimi, you might want to look down." Red suggested to the Pokémon. She looked down and realized something was wriggling under her. She rolled out of her landing spot to reveal a flat-as-a-pancake-Ruby. (LMAO! Sorry Ruby, I just couldn't resist! xD) The Pokémon gazed down at her trainer concerned. "Urgh, return." Ruby mumbled returning the Milotic. Red carefully walked over. "You okay Ruby?" "I think...I have no broken bones." Red sighed shaking his head. "This is why I told you to move. Next time do as I say without question got it?" "Yes sir." Replied Ruby with swirls in his eyes.

In the air Yellow appeared landing on her stomach. "Ouch!" She mumbled rubbing her arm. She carefully got up and picked up her hat which had fallen off and adjusted it to her head. A few minutes later Mist appeared next to her. "You okay Yellow?" She asked as she noticed the girl was rubbing her elbow. Yellow smiled weakly. "Yeah, I'm fine." The two looked around. Mist wrinkled her nose in disgust. "Yuck! The place smells of dark magic." Yellow was about to ask how can you smell magic when she noticed something. "Hey Mist, where are the others?" Mist blinked. A moment later Kitty appeared next to Yellow. She petted her head. "Hey girl, have you seen the others?" Yellow asked. She shook her head indicating a no. Yellow sighed. "Great. Blue separated us and now I have no idea where everyone else is." "Hold on, I might be able to track down their aura." Replied Mist as she placed her hands on her temples and began concentrating closing her eyes. The place went black as she zoned out using a different vision...her senses. She could see outlines of rooms and walls and soon found what she was looking for. She opened her eyes. "Did you find them?" "Yes, but their pretty far stretched out." Mist sighed. "And their vulnerable, it's best we find them first before rescuing the brat." (Note: Incase you haven't realized already, Mist will only refer to Gold as "brat". She will never use his real name.) Yellow nodded. Though she could see the disappointment and irritation in the pixie's eyes. With that they turned to find the others.

"This place is weird." Crystal commented. She and Silver had been walking through the storage area now and surprisingly it was pretty long. Everything was dark blending in with the night making it hard to see. On top of that there were rats everywhere. Imagine that, rats! If Crystal hadn't known they were animals, she mightive mistaken them for mutated Ratatta. Silver on the other hand was alert. There was something he didn't like about this place. All of a sudden he froze. "What's wrong?" Instead of answering Silver snatched Crystal's arm and pulled her behind a pillar shushing her. Crystal blushed as she was pressed against his body, her face was very close to his, but kept silent as she heard footsteps approach. The two kept still, afraid of being caught. After a while the footsteps ceased and the two let out the breaths they had been holding. They slowly peered around the pillar to see a hideous troll-like creature with a staff that had it's end on fire. Crystal twitched. Silver noticed this and realized what was coming. He tried to clamp his hand over her mouth but it was too late. Unable to resist Crystal whispered, "That thing's UGLY!" The too stiffened as they realized the creature may have heard them. The creature stopped, and whipped around startling the two. Trying to go back into the pillar Crystal tripped and landed on the ground with thud in the open exposing her. She groaned and looked up terrified as the being immediately launched itself towards her. Silver came out of his hiding spot and grabbed the girl pulling her out of the way just in time as the fire nearly touched her sneaker. The two backed up. This was gonna be a while.

"BLUE YOU BAKAYARO! HOW CAN YOU SEND US HERE WITHOUT KNOWING WHERE THE OTHERS WILL END UP?" Green roared. Golduck and Blasty coward'd from the boy's anger and hid behind Clefy who was cheerful as ever not knowing a thing of what was happening. "Now Green, that's a bit over the top—" "Over the top? Are you insane? We have no idea what happened to the others! What'll happen if they ended up being teleported right in front of an evil magical creature or something?" "Green, GREEN! CALM DOWN!" Blue yelled. Jeez, do I have to use Healing Bell on him? She thought. After a while the boy finally calmed down. But he was still grumpy. He cursed under his breath. "Blue, I swear one of these days you're gonna kill us..." Blue frowned. "Now don't go making up some things like that Green-kun! I might kill the others but I'll never kill you!" Green's eyes widened. What? She'd actually kill them? He shuddered at the thought. "Crazy lady." He muttered. "Anyway, let's go." Blue said returning her Pokémon. Green did the same but raised an eyebrow. "Go where?" "Find the others of course! Along the way we might even find Gold!" "Are you an idiot? Your the one who separated us in the first place. We wouldn't need to find them if you'd only teleported us together!" Blue sweatdropped. "Ah heh. I just realized that now. Gomen." Green sighed shaking her head. "Come on, let's go find them."

Ruby and Red walked along the hallways. there were many places and doors everywhere. Neither wanted to try them in fear a creature might be on the other side. And considering they had nothing to defend themselves with, they weren't taking any chances. By now Ruby had gotten better but had a few bandages here and there. As the two walked along Ruby took in everything. He was careful to examine everything and was thoroughly preoccupied. Red on the other hand had an uneasy feeling. Why do I feel like I've been here before? He thought nervously looking around. Soon they come to a four-way intersection. Ruby sighed. "Well...let's go left." He suggested. As he started going there Red walked slower looking around. Then he saw something that caught his eye. On the wall was a carving of a stature. Around it were letters in a language he couldn't read. But it was the stature that drew him in. As he looked at it closer he realized it was a stature of some kind of animal. Strange, this figure looks so familiar... All of a sudden Red stopped short. He started trembling uncontrollably and the shine in his eyes faded. He stood there sweating entranced. Ruby noticed he wasn't following and turned around. "Red? What's wrong?" But he didn't hear him. A wave of memories suddenly entered Red's mind.

They needed him. And that was all. Running...panting, there was no time to rest, they tried to capture him. But had no avail...until they took away the most precious thing he had away from him. That was what had led to his down fall...

"Arrgh!" Red cried out in pain clutching his head as he sank to his knees. "RED!" Cried Ruby dashing over. "Red! What's wrong? What's happening to you?" Red's eyes were tightly closed shut. He could hear nothing from reality. Ruby stared at his friend desperately. Shoot. It looks like he's in a lot of pain. What do I do? What do I do?

Yellow P.O.V.

"Yellow! I sense two of your friends are close!" Mist alerted. I was currently running. At this, I picked up the pace. "Where are they?" "Over here!" She said leading me. After some twists and turns ans stopped to catch my breath. "Okay...(pant)...where...(pant)...now?" Before Mist could answer there was a- "AHHH!" Without hesitation Yellow dashed forward. Her eyes widened as she saw a beast cornering Silver and Crystal. In a flash she came forward drawing her sword...

End P.O.V.

Silver P.O.V.

I watched helplessly as Crystal fell forward. It was so sudden, I couldn't stop her. She landed on the floor hard...in the open. I looked up terrified as the beast spotted her. It immediately came towards her swinging it's fire-lit cane. Crystal who was paralyzed at the moment with fear was unable to move. Seeing this I launched myself forward and grab her hand pulling her out of the way just in time as the cane nearly struck her foot. She clung to me in fear locking her eyes on the beast. Yet, I could see a faint dash of red across her cheeks. It was then I realized the position we were in. She was leaning into my chest in a hugging motion clinging to me as I had my arms wrapped protectively around her. Even though no blush came across my face, I felt it in my mind. Damn it! I swear if Gold saw us right now he'd kill me! I thought. We slowly backed away as the creature re-aligned itself in our direction.

It let out a battle cry and and was about to leap forward when-swoosh. It stiffened as bended forward as if getting knocked out. It's eyes rolled in it's sockets and a tongue slipped out swinging coated itself in saliva as it fell forward. It seemed to have been hit repeatedly from behind because they could see multiple slashes on it's back. Some blood trickled out. In a moment it puffed into smoke.

We stared wide-eyed as the smoke cleared there stood Yellow. Her hat concealed her face as she still held her sword in a fighting position. She slowly dropped the potion and brought her head up revealing a relieved little smile on her face. "Are you guys okay?" Crystal seemed to have snapped out of her state of fear as she released her grip on me and fell forward right into Yellow. "YELLOW!" She wailed embracing the girl tightly. Tears flowed out of her tightly closed eyes. "I was so scared! What happened? Where were you?" She bawled crying like a 4 year old. Yellow seemed shocked for a moment, before slowly smiling and hugging the girl back. "I'm sorry Crystal. But I'm here now." Yellow said comfortingly patting the girls' back. Crystal swallowed hard and sniffed wiping away her tears. "T-hank you Yellow. For saving my life." The girl choked out. "Your welcome." I stood by the sidelines watching the entire reunion. A tiny smile escaped my lips. They two finally let go and turned to me and Mist. "Thanks, I owe you one." I said simply directing my thanks to Yellow. She shrugged. "No biggie." She turned to Mist. "Okay Mist, what about the others?"

End P.O.V.

So far, Blue and Green were doing pretty well. They hadn't run into any trouble yet...that is for Blue's so-called "annoying" presence. Green sighed. This girl's giving me a headache Blue on the other was just fine. She looked up. "Looks like an exit just ahead. You better hurry up." With that she sprinted ahead leaving Green to groan by himself.

Yellow P.O.V.

"Over here!" Called Mist leading us down the hallway. So we came to a 4-way intersection. We stopped short. As we emerged from the East, Blue and Green emerged from the West, and smack dab in the middle were Ruby and Red...

"You guys!" Called Crystal as we ran towards each other. Ruby looked up surprised. "You guys! Something's wrong with Red!" We crowded around the now shivering Red. His eyes were open now but they were a faded dull color of red and the sparkle in his eyes were gone. It was like he was in a trance or something. He was trembling and his body seemed to wince. Even his eyes...seemed like they were dead. Green stared shock. "Just like when we were on the ship!" He said to himself remembering the painful look Red had while sleeping. "Red! RED! Wake up!" I cried anxiously trying to wake the boy from his daze. But it didn't work at all.

End P.O.V.

Red P.O.V.

The boy let out a cry of pain cringing as the memories kept flowing.

Trust. That was what they lost in him. After they had seen his terrible past and horrific destiny, he was cast down...then pursued. They wanted to kill him. Burning…they were going to burn him…he could see the pyre they made for him… They were sealing their own doom.

End P.O.V.

Green P.O.V.

All of a sudden we heard roar. We looked up horrified at the ceiling evaporated exposing the dark sky. Then out of the blue a fox came...the same one that had taken Gold. I snarled at us before charging at us and grabbing us all in one single swipe.

Crystal and Ruby were screaming. Silver was trying to fight the fox, Yellow was busy putting Mist in a bottle, I was kicking hard at the fox. But it only twitched and that was all. It then lept into the air and was off. The ceiling came back as it left. Red was still in a trance and just layed there not doing a thing at all.

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The fox cut through the air running on the winds. Soon, it stopped hovering in mid air in front of a tower. There we saw a shady figure. By the looks of things, it looked like he was the master of this cursed fox. Slowly, for some reason the color returned to Red's eyes and the sparkle came back. He looked extremely exhausted. He blinked and looked around, shocked in the position he was in. He glanced at us and waved his hand. The fox, taking the as a signal whipped around and threw us all in separate directions. We each sailed through the air, all going in different paths. "AHHH!" We cried. I tried to reach for my Pokéball, but had no avail. I stared at the others desperately. This was not gonna turn out well.

End P.O.V.

Sapphire P.O.V.

I gasped gazing at the sky. Is that what I think that is? "YELLOW! RUBY! CRYSTAL! MINNA-SAN!" I screamed. I watched helplessly as the were each thrown in different directions across the Great Sea. Each of them were bound to be swept away in different directions once they plunged into the water. I ran to the side of the ship. I may not be able to save them all, but I can at least catch two! I thought swinging my leg over the side, but then something held me back. It was a pirate. "Let me go!" I yelled flailing my arms around to get him off me. "Are you crazy? It's too late! They're gone! There's no point in going after them!" I finally shoved him off me and glared at him. "Says you!" I retorted. I looked back anxiously at the sky, but then my heart sank. No...they've gone too far...I won't be able to find th—eh? What am I thinking? Of course I'll be able to find them! I thought turning back to the side of the ship reaching for a Pokéball when- "It's too late. I stopped short knowing who that voice belonged to." "No! No it's not! It's-" "Let it go." The wind blew blowing my hair slightly. "W-what?" "I said let it go. It's too late, they're gone." "Demo..." I heard a sigh behind me. "It's better to let it go now. You're alone now." I let the words sink in. There was no denying it now. All the pirates left giving me some alone time as I stayed on the deck gazing out unto the water. A shadow covered my face. "Let...them go?" A silent tear flowed down my face. It slowly fell and splattered on the deck's floor. All time seemed to have stopped right then and there.

End P.O.V.

Yellow P.O.V.

"YOU GUYS!" I screamed trying to reach out to them. They tried the same but failed miserably. We watched helplessly as we drifted away from each other. Soon, the lack of oxygen in the air got to me. The last thing I knew was falling before blacking out.

End P.O.V.

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~hydro-serpent58