The Legend of Yellow
By: hydro-serpent58
Kari: Ugh...I'm disappointed. I only got one review on the last chapter. :( Guys, when I ask for reviews not only does it make me happy but it proves to me that somebody actually reads what I write. Also, I really appreciate the feedback you guys give me. You may not know this, but in the beginning about 5 or 6 of you advised me to put spaces between what was happening and the dialogue. Also your comments help me in determining whether I should add in more funny moments, plot, etc. So please, review! If you don't the next chapter will take even longer to post up considering I won't have anything to fuel my concentration and inspiration. I actually have the whole story line written down in plots, all I have to do is the the chapters and make it flow into a story. Do not worry, I will try to use as many OCs as I can. I haven't forgotten about them. If the chance happens they aren't used they will be in my next fanfic. :D So please review! Also, I'd like to thank everyone who has voted on my poll. Apparently, a lot of people love the original Kanto Trio the best! =D And of course they also love Yellow. ^_^ Funny, no one has voted on Wally, Emerald, Black, or White yet. xD
Black: WHY? DOES THE WHOLE WORLD HATE ME? *starts bawling*
White: *sweatdrop* I guess this is what we get for planting that image in his head.
Emerald: ... *grabs shooter* You better like me, or else...
Wally: *sigh* I was never a Pokédex holder in the first place.
Kari: Neither was Yellow, however she's counted as one now thanks to Red.
Pearl: *shoves everyone off stage*
Everyone: HEY!
Pearl: Oh shut it! This is our show time remember?
Platz: *walks in* Okay...Kari-chan, what would you like us to do?
Kari: Uh...unfortunately, in the last chapter I asked people to include a question to ask you guys. However, no one did so...I won't be able to do what I originally planned...
Diamond: *face palm* Oh come on!
Platz: *turns to readers* YOU! Make sure you review AND include a question to ask us!
Pearl: Or else Kari won't post another chapter!
Kari: *shocked* W-what? Hey, I never agreed to—
Emerald: Shut up. We'll make sure you don't.
~Everyone crowds around Kari with a death aura~
Kari: Uh... *laughs nervously* Okay...I'd like to thank Teddiursa-chan for reviewing and cheering me up. :D
Diamond: Kari-chan does not own TWEWY or Pokémon. She never has, and never will.
Kari: Jeez, you love to rub it in don't you. *grumbles*
Chapter 23: The Riddle
"Gastly?" Yellow exclaimed horrified.
She remembered her last encounter with one, it had possessed a man. It was during the time Red had gone missing. Crystal nodded grabbing a Pokéball from her belt.
"Xatee! Follow that Gastly!" Crystal told the Mystic Pokémon as it materialized in front of her.
"Vrooe." The Pokémon crowed and took off through the window.
Crystal turned back to the group. "Come on, we should go too."
Joshua nodded and left followed by Yellow and Neku. The dark jet blue haired girl sighed as she grabbed stood in there room alone. As soon as I get back, I promise I'll visit your grave The girl mentally vowed and followed the rest of the group.
Outside Yellow released Dodosuke and Crystal let out Arckee. The blonde climbed unto the Triple Bird Pokémon while Crystal climbed unto the hyper Shisa. Both Trainers turned to look at the two Players who were standing ther awkwardly.
"Come on, Arckee can handle 2 extra passengers. He's handled worse." The blue quartz eyed said smirking.
The Shisa roared at the challenge. Both blinked and awkwardly climbed unto the fire beast. Neku sat sandwiched in between Crys and Joshua who sat at the end.
"Alright, hold on tight!" The Trainer said and with that both Pokémon made a mad dash for it.
Arckee barked in challenge at the three headed bird. It was impressed such a creature could keep up with it, therefore it increased its pace. However not wanting to be showed up the bird kept up squawking in reply.
Neku and Joshua weren't really sure of what to think right now. A ghost which Crystal had called a 'Gastly' was currently being chased by this ancient looking condor, that had feather patterns that looked like a cross between a totem pole and kachina doll. On top of that, they were currently riding an animal that was a cross between a lion and dog that was racing with a three headed road runner...Life was strange indeed.
The scenery passed by in a blur. However, the 4 were instead focused on the sky. The sky was dark blue. No stars could be seen, even the moon seemed to be eery. However, Xatee was covered in a a golden mist cloak. He was like a beacon in the night sky. It was easy to track him down. Up ahead the Pokémon could see the dark translucent shadow of the gas vapor Pokémon it was tracking. The Gastly didn't seem to realize it was being followed, for it kept on flying north towards the village.
In a matter of minutes the village was in sight. What they saw made shivers run up their spines. The atmosphere had darkened considerably. The temperature had also plummeted severly causing Joshua to hug the canine tighter for warmth. Apparitions floated around restlessly, some were entering buildings while others simply chose to haunt the streets. Xatee flew down and landed next to Crystal.
"Thanks." She said returning him to his Pokéball.
Crystal narrowed her eyes. "It seems they're all Pokémon." The Trainer spoke.
Yellow nodded. "I haven't seen a lot of ghost types before, Crys, can you tell which is which?" The blonde questioned the younger girl.
The girl nodded. "Yeah..."
...
Stalking quietly through the hallways of a house was a purple ghost-like Pokémon with a roundish body. The body only held its face and was quite small, so it could easily be mistaken to have no body and only be a floating head. It had a trio of spike-like protrusions on either side of its face and triangular eyes with a mouth that held several sharp, purple teeth. Floating in front of its body were a pair of disembodied hands. It stopped in front of a door and turned invisible floating straight through it. The door had led it to a bedroom where a little boy slept. The Gas Pokémon smirked devilishly as it was about to claim its next victim.
Upstairs in another home was a dark bluish-green ghost-like Pokémon. Around its neck were cerise pink jewel-like beads, they resembled a necklace. It had flowing hair with the ends dyed violet and it seemed to have no body, just a floating head with a flowing neck. It also had yellow eyes with red irises. It had a feminine appearance to it. As it drifted up the stairs it spotted a room with the door left slightly open. Nudging the door widening the gap, the Screech Pokémon spotted a sleeping couple. It gave a chilling smile, knowing it would have even more fun playing with two people.
Inside an inn a Pokémon floated up to the top level. It didn't look like it had a solid form, instead a a gray cloth-covered ball with a point at the tip covered its frame giving the Pokémon shape. Its eyes were oval-shaped, with multiple sections of color, the outermost being a shade of light blue, the shade in the middle being a darker blue, and the one at the pointed, innermost end being yellow. It was pretty small, however as it entered the room of its first target a creepy smile appeared on its face. The Puppet Pokémon was gonna make sure this person had tons to scream about.
In the same inn a different Pokémon took the bottom level. It was a black, humanoid, doll-like Pokémon. It has three spikes on its head and a long zigzag-shaped ribbon hanging down from its head. Its mouth was shaped like a zipper and it had long, three-fingered hands with short, stubby legs, and a yellow, brush-like tail which resembled a needle stuck into its body. Its mouth and tail were yellow and it had deep cerise eyes. As it patrolled the hallways it came to a room where it sensed deep hatred. It glided into the room it saw a mother who had cried herself to sleep. She muttered something about how it was Neku's fault her husband got cursed. The Marionette Pokémon grinned and went over to the sleeping woman. It then unzipped its mouth, it was time to feed.
In a Bungalow a small Pokémon hung in the air going through the house. Its face resembled a small hooded masked form in a black robe with a crossbones drawing on its back. The mask looked like the front of a skull. It also has one eye that floats between the eye sockets in its mask. It didn't appear to have arms or legs, just a flowing robe and flapping flipper-like arms. Suddenly it caught the scent of deep sadness, and followed the smell until it reached an archway. In the living room was a man lying on the couch. He was rather pale and looked like he had starved himself. It was clear he was in depression, and the Pokémon could see why. Across the room through an open door was a lady lying fast asleep in a bed. It was clear she'd already been cursed. The Pokémon frowned, another had been in this house before it. The Requiem Pokémon turned back to the man. Oh well, at least it could still torture this guy.
In a boarding house a Pokémon walked through the building without making a sound. It had a mummy-like appearance, for its entire body was covered in bandages. Its body was roundish and had two stubby legs. It had three tooth-like appendages coming out from underneath the bandages where its mouth was supposed to be. The appendages resembled teeth. Its hands were gloved and it had two white bandages coming from its side along with a white tuff on its head. It also had a single red eye in the middle of its head. It stopped in front of a room and opened the door to find the room was shared by four girls. There was a bunk bed on either side of the wall, all four girls were fast asleep and hadn't heard the door open. The Beckon Pokémon paused and turned to the bottom bunk on its right. Looks like there'd be plenty of fear in the morning.
In a triple decker a Pokémon sailed smoothly through the air. It was a purple ghost-like Pokémon that had a witch-like appearance, for on its body there are extensions on the sides of its lower body, the foremost ones looking more ragged in appearance than the ones in the back. This gives the appearance of wearing some kind of cloak. At the same time its head is round and a large, elaborate, tufted feature is atop it. The extremities of the tufts being violet. This feature resembles a witch's hat in shape. There were also three cerise pink oval-shaped jewels on the Pokémon's chest that resembled a garland. The Pokémon had a slim figure and its neck was long and crooked. It had yellow eyes and cerise irises. Even though it had had head, neck, chest, and stomach. It had no arms, waist, legs, or feet. It also maintained a feminine appearance. It slipped into a room on the second level. In it was a crib with a baby sleeping in it. The Magical Pokémon smiled wickedly, looks like this kid wasn't gonna have nice dreams for long.
In the Townhouse a Pokémon with a oxford-gray and genie-like body hovered freely through the structure. It had two almond shaped eye-like markings and a yellow horizontal zigzag line on this its torso which can open like a mouth creating the illusion of a face. It had two fully developed arms that have two yellow bands are near its black wrists with gray hands. Its head is gray, cylinder-shaped head with another yellow band near the top and a single black glaring eye with a yellow iris and a red pupil. There were tattered fringes on the lapels of the Pokémon that converge into a shawl collar on its upper chest. It had a ghostly tail instead of legs and a yellow antenna on top of its head. The Pokémon opened the door to reveal the Mayor sitting at his desk. He'd fallen asleep in the chair and was leaning his arms unto his desk resting his head on them. He snored softly with a bubble forming out of his nose, it seems he was sleeping peacefully due to the fact the Royal Sprites and Pixie were here. The Gripper Pokémon gave him a emotionless gaze before floating over. This person's time was up.
Outside on the streets a Pokémon scurried through the passages. It was small and a hominid-like creature with dark purple body. It had a flexible body with tough skin and had gemstone-like eyes. It also had crystals growing on its back and stomach. Razor sharp teeth were held in its mouth and it had sharp claws on its hands. It also had three sharp pointy toes on its feet that could be used as talons. The Pokémon had already passed some people that were being preyed upon by a bunch of Gastly. It passed dumpsters and headed towards the alleyways where the beggars lived. Some of the homeless were leaning against brick walls in the streets fast asleep not aware they were sitting ducks out there. The Darkness Pokémon smirked deviously. This was gonna be entertaining.
...
A gasp was heard. "Look..." Joshua spoke. Yellow followed his gaze and stared in horror.
The Gastly that had led them here flew up over the village before disappearing into the dark sky. It had dissipated and become invisible to the naked rest of the ghosts now followed. They all exited the homes and flew up into the air like a black cloud. They took the form of a dark haze as they flew. You couldn't tell for sure if they had a solid form or not. It took a moment for the girl to realize why there were no stars. The shadows of the ghost were blocking them. The next thing that happened freaked the entire group out. Arckee growled wanting to get a kick in the action, how he'd love to tear those spirits apart right now. However Crystal's comforting hand held him back. Dodosuke reared back in fright. The first head looked terrified, the second was hiding its head in Yellow's lap, but the third was glaring with ferocity at the black cloud. Like Arckee it wanted to give the ghosts a peace of its mind as well.
Suddenly a huge shadow appeared on the surface of the moon. It looked like the silhouette of a Pokémon, however it had a different shape that the rest. Its form befuddled Crystal who had never seen anything like it before...the shadow had the shape of some kind of creature...yet, it also had the shape of a humanoid appearance as well. It was disturbing to say in the least. However, all of a sudden two large blood red eyes appeared on the shadow, and with it followed a sinister grin. Shocked looks passed upon the teenagers as the figure smirked upon them. A chilling breeze blew past them and with it mockingful laughter. For they knew, they were being watched.
...
The next day panicked cries went out through the village. Yet again people had fallen under the curse even with the Pixie's presence. At the moment Joshua had just come back from visiting the village. When he came in the girls were sitting on the couches.
He had a disgruntled look on his face. "That pixie is conducting an investigation. She ordered everyone to meet at Townhall and she's rounding up all those who fell under the spell."
The girls looked at each other. "I...don't think we should bring Tamashii, Kitt, or Mist. I don't trust her." Crystal spoke up.
They looked at her. "Are you sure? I mean...what've they find out?" Yellow questioned.
Joshua rolled his eyes. "You don't have to worry about that, you're just travelers after all. I doubt anyone will remember whether or not all of you attend the meeting."
The olive eyed girl nodded at this. He did have a point. The boy cast his sights on the orange haired girl. "Neku, you shouldn't go. You know what the townspeople think of you."
The girl nodded. "I understand Josh." She smiled.
"Alright...let's go before her holiness throws a fit." Crystal spat.
Yellow looked at her in surprise. "Crys...I think Tamashii's rubbing off on you."
"Come on, this way." The ash haired boy said leading the two girls following him.
Villagers walked around mourning as they did their business. A few whispered when they saw the two Trainers and some actually stopped to glare at Joshua. However he ignored them and lead the girls in front of the Townhall Building. It was far more impressive than the other homes that were scene, and looked like a Manor.
"Lets go." Inside was rather shocking. Lying on mats on the floor was 12 people. All were sleeping peacefully.
Something's not right Crystal frowned. When the Gastly had came to her she'd had an awful nightmare. How come they were all sleeping peacefully now? Could it be...the butterfly visited them as well? The girl wondered. Yellow was thinking something similar to that. I guess this is the work of the Luna Pathway huh... The blonde sighed. Just as the three moved into the middle to inspect the victims a voice was heard.
"Such a pitiful sight. We must attend to the purification immediately."
The trio turned to see Iris, the pixie floated towards them. "Thank you for coming. Do not worry, we shall find the bedeviled one without delay."
Yellow frowned at this. Why do they think it's a person's fault? I still don't believe that... Joshua stepped forward. "Excuse me, but last night we saw the true cause for the curse. Ghost Pokémon were flying everywhere and plaguing people with the curse. If you're gonna do anything, we have to deal with them first!"
The amethyst eyed pixie raised and eyebrow. "Ghost Pokémon you say? How curious...yet, the things you saw may have been the cause of why people are falling ill."
Crystal fisted her hands. "Well duh! That's why we must seek them out!" Her temper was flaring.
"However," the pixie cut in, "they are merely servants. I doubt a whole lot of them would go out and start randomly cursing the villagers." Iris replied back calmly.
Yellow stared in disbelief. "Haven't you heard a word we just said? Or are you too eager to go out and "purify" the town!" She cried.
"Chasing after such creatures won't solve anything." Iris replied back as if it was the most logical reason in the world.
"Please! Just save the villagers!" Yellow cried desperately.
At those words Iris smiled lightly, as if she had just won a chess game. "Oh we shall. You see, there is one with a corrupt soul who has brought disaster to this village. What you saw has only further proven that. These ghost pokémon, you say, wouldn't attack without a reason. If there are as many as you say, it would be rather messy and sloppy work if all of them were to act on their own accord. However, they have been plaguing the villagers in a very organized manner. That means one thing, they're following a leader."
The pixie turned around. "I expect full cooperation of the villagers. I shall discover the identity of the treacherous one."
With that she left through the doors. The trio looked at each other. Suddenly Yellow burst out, "We cannot let her proceed! You know how it'll end..."
Crystal nodded. "I know! But first we're gonna have to figure out who or what is controlling those ghosts." Crystal shuddered. "It's just awful...how they're making people relieve their worst memories."
"Where do you think they came from?" The blonde replied.
"I don't know...but one thing is for sure, whoever's the mastermind behind all of this knows we're unto him/her." Joshua said remembering the smirking shadow on the moon.
Crystal shook her head. "That does it. As soon as we get back we're making a plan."
...
"Neku, we're back!" Joshua called as they entered the cabin.
However he got no answer in response. That's strange...did she...leave?
"She's not up stairs." Crystal said as she walked back down the steps.
"She's not on this floor either." Yellow said as she walked back into the room.
Joshua blinked. "She's gone? That's weird..."
Yellow and Crystal exchanged worried glances. "We'll go outside and look for her. Why don't you stay incase she comes back?" The boy looked at her in surprise but nodded.
...
The two Trainers right now were investigating the forest. As the walked along Yellow noticed something. She ran ahead leaving Crystal behind.
"Hey! Wait!" Crystal yelled after her.
Yellow stopped running and bending her knees panting heavily. In a few seconds Crystal appeared next to her.
"Why'd you take off like that?" The dark jet blue haired girl asked.
Yellow opened one eye to look at the girl. Crystal hadn't even broken a sweat. I guess that's to be expected, considering she's the only one how can outrun Sapphire Yellow thought warily. Catching her breath Yellow straitened herself up again.
"Look." There, was the cliff where they had fallen days ago. There were no more ledges since they had crumbled away, at the bottom ruble littered the grass.
Yellow slowly began climbing down the ledge. Crystal looked at her for a moment before shaking her head. The girl retreated a few steps back, before running forward and leaping forward. She soared cleanly down the cliff and landed in a crouching position a safe distance from the ruble. She stood up dusting herself off and turned around. Yellow was staring at her with a, how-the-hell-did-you-do-that face. When the blonde finally made it down, she sighed and immediately then picked her way through the ruble and began searching. Crystal blinked walking over.
"What're you doing?" She asked curiously.
"I'm looking for something I found here the day we met Neku and Joshua." The blonde responded.
Crystal tilted her head. "And what would that be?"
"Its...a kind of shard. And..." Yellow cut off as she found what she was looking for. She gingerly pulled it out from underneath a rock. As she held it a weird feeling washed over her. What...is this feeling? It's just like...when I was—
Flash Back
"Yellow, if you really want to go there...I promise I'll take you." The denim-colored eyed girl whispered mysteriously into her ear.
A strange marking on one of the girl's hands started glowing. Suddenly the memory of the crystal with the bloody graffiti sign flashed into Yellow's mind.
Yellow spoke only one word."...Butterfly..." That broke the girl out of her trance as her eyes went back to normal.
End Flash Back
Yellow froze as she stared at the crystal. The same graffiti sign was still there. Staring up at her. Why is it, when Neku had made that promise I remembered this?
Crystal crouched crouched down to get a better look at it. "Can I see?"
Still deep in thought the girl handed it to Crys without a word. As the girl took it and looked at it her eyes widened.
"I—I've seen something like this before!" She exclaimed.
This immediately caught Yellow's attention. "You have?"
Crystal stared at the shard fingering it as she spoke. "When we were falling we passed out...I actually had a dream. In it, I saw a tomb stone. On it was a symbol, it was a butterfly not this sign. However, it was engraved in the stone in the exact same style and color as this symbol."
"A butterfly? You mean butterfly that looks like its made of blood?" The girl asked the wheels in her mind turning.
Crystal looked up at her surprised. "Yeah. Actually, when the Gastly visited me last night after my nightmare ended I saw the Luna Pathway."
Yellow stared at the girl in disbelief. "You actually saw it?"
Crystal nodded. "Yes...it was, rather enticing actually. The pathway offered a way out...a way out of misery, sorrow, anger, and hatred. A happy place really."
As Yellow mulled over this she suddenly remembered.
Flash Back
Tamashii and Crystal shared a look. Neku spoke up. "I...I promised that I would take him to the pathway..." Joshua turned sharply towards her.
"NEKU! Don't you dare say such things." He said sternly.
"But..." She trailed off looking away.
End Flash Back
That's right...Neku promised the same thing to me Yellow thought.
"Anyway, the Luna Pathway was really inviting. It was very beautiful too...these white flower petals created a pathway to the moon. And at the entrance was this butterfly...it looked like it was made from blood. It fluttered at the entrance, and seemed to be inviting me to continue forward."
Yellow looked at her. "Didn't you go?"
Crystal shook her head. "A voice told me not to."
Yellow looked at her curiously. "What kind of voice?"
"I don't know really...it was kinda deep and sounded like one of those all knowing voices..." The girl trialed off.
Crystal looked at Yellow. "How...did you know what it looked like?"
Yellow looked straight into her eyes. "I saw it too...not like you though, Neku made a promise to me...and I suddenly remembered the graffiti sign," the girl spoke glancing at the shard, "then an image of a bloody butterfly appeared in my mind."
Crystal's eyes widened. "The sign! Now I remember where I saw it! In my dream, on the archway over the butterfly was this exact same graffiti sign."
Crystal looked at Yellow seriously. "What did she promise you?"
"Remember last night about how I said I was scared I wouldn't wake up? When Neku hugged me she said to remember the promise..." Crystal nodded encouraging her to continue. "Well...she promised me that she would take me to the Luna Pathway if that was what I wanted."
Crystal stared. "When you went to bed, did you see it?"
The blonde shook her head. "I couldn't go to bed no matter what. Neku and Josh did, but they didn't say anything about that."
"Then that means I only saw it because the Gastly was there." Crystal looked at Yellow.
"Do you think...Neku is the one responsible for all of this?"
A startled look came across Yellow's face. "NO! That can't be! She was with us the entire time, she couldn't have—"
"She could've found time Yellow." Crystal responded.
But Yellow shook her head not believing it. "No...she said if I wanted to...that means, if the Gastly had targeted me and I wanted to get away from it all...I could've choose not to go, or to go down the Luna Pathway, and Neku would've taken me there..."
Crystal frowned. "How? That doesn't make sense. She wasn't in the dream."
Realization dawned on Yellow. "The mark! Remember what Mist said? There was a mark on her hand. I bet, that mark was a symbol. It could have either been that graffiti sign of the bloody butterfly. Both were in your dream, that means she could've been represented by either."
"Okay...but that just confuses stuff even further."
"What do you mean?" Yellow asked quizzically.
"Lets say this, if Neku was the one responsible, that means she could've sent the Gastly straight to you and not me after the promise."
"But...isn't it supposed to be a curse? Isn't it a bad thing?"
"That's the other thing. Neku really likes you, I doubt she would do anything to harm you."
"That means...if she was responsible, the curse isn't a bad thing?"
Crystal shook her head. "I don't think so. After all, it caused the nightmares."
"Then what—"
"The Luna Pathway!" Crystal suddenly said.
"Huh?"
"Just think about it! If Neku wouldn't do anything bad to you and still made the promise, and if she was represented by the butterfly/graffiti mark that means the Luna Pathway isn't a bad thing!"
"So what you're saying is..."
"Yellow, she's in charge of the Luna Pathway." The two stared at each other, it was quite a discovery.
"I suppose...Mist was right about her the entire time then. After all, she's the one who suspected from the beginning that Neku and the Luna Pathway were connected before."
"But," Crystal cut in, "she wasn't entirely correct. We both know that she suspected that Neku might also be the one cursing this village."
"But that's not true!" Yellow cried out. "If Neku is in charge of the Luna Pathway, there's no way it can be dangerous. It just doesn't add up—"
"I know, but we both agree that even though the Luna Pathway isn't a problem, but the curse is right?"
Yellow blinked, but nodded slowly. "Your point..."
"Neku must be trying to use the Luna Pathway as a solution to save people, if that's true then that means the curse is supposed to cause different effects...something, more dangerous than just falling asleep."
Yellow stared wide eyed. "Neku wouldn't do anything dangerous. But the curse is a harmful thing, so that means..."
Both Trainers spoke in unison. "Neku and the person cursing the village are two different people!"
Crystal nodded. "Neku's responsible for the Luna Pathway, but she's not responsible for the curse."
Sorry if it was confusing, but you're all smart. I'm sure you'll figure it out. *hugs* Make sure you read the intro. Bye-bye!
~hydro-serpent58