The sun shone brightly in its golden glory on this wonderful day. Not a cloud littered the deep azure sky above the group of friends that were out and about, enjoying the perfect day. Pidgeys and Tailows filled the crisp air with beautiful morning songs to begin their day. Rattata and Sandshrew emerged from their nests in search of the morning light to begin a new day in their lives. All was peaceful. All was right. For now, at least.
"Your move." A familiar voice called from a pallet of grass that billowed with the flow of the wind. The voice belonged to none other than the Viridian Gym leader; not to mention the great Professor Samuel Oak's grandson. His name was Green. His brown hair shifted slightly with the change in direction of the wind. He repeated his earlier statement; this time with a little more impatience.. "Your move."
"I heard ya! Chill out!" Yet another familiar voice called out from the other end of the grassy pallet. The owner of this voice was the famous Red, who had one the Pokemon League Championship not too long ago. The little hair that was peeking out from the bottom of hid cap billowed in the same direction as Green's. His jacket collar moved slightly as well. He stared ponderingly at his Pokemon before him as he thought over his next move.
"GO GREEN!" "GO RED!" Two more voices called out simultaneously. The attention was now drawn to Blue and Yellow, a well known trickster and a girl with the mystical powers of the Viridian Forest respectively. Blue shot a quick glare to Yellow; who was too busy eyeing Red, whom she had a schoolgirl's crush on. "You know…" Blue said in a suspicious tone, "Green is so much more of a man than Red is. I mean, just look at him!" She shot a quick finger to Green and gave a content sigh. Yellow hadn't been paying any attention to Blue's temptations. She gave her own sigh as she kept her longing eyes on Red. Blue simply scoffed it off and continued to ogle her own man candy.
Elsewhere, yet another sigh could be heard. But this wasn't a sigh of contempt. I was a sigh of dejection. The long haired boy who let out the sigh grabbed a stick and drew a crude picture in the soft dirt of the maiden he had set his eyes on, who just happened to be Blue. He dropped the stick back to the ground and sighed yet again as he stared at the makeshift Blue that stared back at him from the ground. Suddenly, out of nowhere, the drawing was trampled by a pair of sprinting feet; followed by another pair.
"SORRY SILVER!" A girl draped in varying shades of blue called back as she was chased by a boy shrouded in a multitude of red. "CAN'T CATCH ME, RUBY!!" She called to the boy chasing her. Ruby fumed as his naked head was exposed to the outside world. "GIVE ME MY HAT, SAPPHIRE!" He bellowed to the girl as he swiftly evaded the crushed Silver sitting on the ground. Sapphire turned back and pulled her eyelid down and stuck out her tongue. This act of ridicule, however, caused her to topple over a tree stump; landing face down in the dirt, and sending Ruby's precious hat airborne. Ruby watched, motionless, as his hat soared through the air; then fell into a pit of mud. He slowly walked over to his hat, which was now stained for good. A small tear fell out of his eye, but seemed to boil with rage as Ruby turned his attention back to Sapphire. "YOU SIMPLETON! YOU WILL PAY FOR THIS!!" He threatened as the chase began again and Sapphire let out a hearty laugh. "WATCH OUT FOR EMERALD!" Sapphire called back, almost running into someone.
The duo zoomed past another friendly face that was tinkering around with an odd device. The boy was rather small, with strikingly blonde hair. He stared at his old friends for a few moments and gave a small chuckle as he went back to his device. It seemed like some sort of mechanical stilts; obviously for those that are vertically challenged. "This should add at least two feet to my height!" He said with every ounce of glee he could muster filling his voice. He strapped them to his feet and stood up, activating them in the process. The stilts worked for a moment or two, but were incredibly awkward to walk on. Emerald stumbled around the area, ending up in the area in which Green and Red were having their battle. Ruby and Sapphire seemed to have paused their bout to watch the battle as well. It also seems that Silver ambled his way over there too. Perhaps to watch the battle; perhaps to get close to Blue. Who knows?
A couple more faces were in the crowd. One of them was feverishly scribbling down anything she witnessed in the battle. "This is actually helping my research!" She said to no one in particular, "How are you liking the battle, Gold?" She said, this time to a boy that was standing next to her. "As long as Red wins, it will be a great battle; am I right, Crystal?" He said in a confident voice. "GO RED!" He cheered along in unison with Yellow.
"Well, I've made my decision; Green old pal." Red said with confidence filling his tone. "This is a technique I've been recently thinking about testing." He said as he looked at the sky. His focus returned to his Pokemon. "Poli, Rain Dance! Pika, Thunder!" He called out to the two creatures that were on the field. The Pokemon obeyed and preformed their moves. The Poliwrath danced in a peculiar manner, somehow causing a rainstorm to brew up. Immediately afterwards, the Pikachu summoned a tremendous bolt of lightning that headed straight for the opposing Pokemon.
"Nice technique, Red." Green said as he recalled his Pokemon. "But I know when I'm beat. That Thunder could have done more than KO my Pokemon." He said with a chuckle. Red recalled his Pokemon as well, and headed to the center of the field to give Green a handshake. But the two noticed something was wrong. The storm conjured by Red's Pokemon was not dispersing. In fact, it was growing more violent. Red shot a worried glance to Green, who gave a solemn nod.
"Guys! We have to head for the lodge! This storm isn't getting any better." Red called out to the group of PokeDex holders that surrounded him. Chatter arose as they all turned to each other and exchanged terrified glances and worried words. "Alright! Enough talk! We need to head to the lodge, or else this storm could cause some serious harm to us!" Green called out as he took a sudden lead. The chatter died immediately as all the trainers nodded and followed Red and Green up a small hill to a safe wood lodge. It was a quaint little place; one bedroom, one bath, a nice cozy living room, the works.
Everyone settled down in the living room as Red tried to operate the television. He reached for the knob to turn it on, but a fierce strike of lightning snuffed out all power; along with giving the group a good scare. Red drew his hand back quickly and huddled into a corner in the dark. Yellow sat down cozily beside him as she drew small breaths. "You're not scared, are you Yellow?" Red said with a chuckle. Another bolt of lightning sent Yellow into more hysteric breathing, as she clutched onto Red. He let out a small laugh as he held her to his chest.
Green was slightly agitated now. He stared at Red over there in the corner with anger filling him. "It's HIS fault we're here. HE was the one that had that stupid technique! HE is the reason we're here now! I could be outside taking on more challengers if it wasn't for him and his ignorance! I'll show him a technique…" Green thought as he clenched his fists. His thoughts were interrupted as he jumped slightly from a clash of thunder that followed the lightning.
Ruby ambled around in the darkness until he found his friend, Sapphire. "Listen Sapphire, I wanted to apologize. I know you didn't mean to-…" He paused as he heard her trembling for breath. A confused look managed to find its way onto Ruby's face. "Sapphire is afraid of a little storm? Sapphire, of all people?!" He couldn't help but let out a snort of laughter. "Ruby, shut up! It's not the storm!" Sapphire said as she delivered a quick blow to Ruby's stomach. "It's…the dark." She confessed softly. "I've always been afraid of the dark.." There was no laughter now. Ruby couldn't help but feel a little sorry for Sapphire. He sat down to her level and put his arm around her shoulder; and when the lightning illuminated the room again, he found Sapphire staring into his eyes with a sense of protection. She let her head fall to Ruby's shoulder as the two sat there, motionless.
"Oh come ON!" Blue said as she stood in the middle of the room. "You wimps are going to let a little lightning scare you? Hah! I've seen scarier things in the Rocket Headquarters!" She let out a bellowing laugh as the thunder that proceeded the lightning echoed along with her laugh. "Man, you guys need to grow some spines!" She said again as she took a seat next to Green. "And what are you so fumed about, Mr. Man?" She said in a baby voice. Green gave her a menacing glare that shut her up pretty quickly.
"Man..That Blue is some girl, huh Silver?" Gold said as he nudged Silver's shoulder. Gold had not particular interest in Blue, besides her behind of course. He just enjoyed ridiculing his friend, who didn't take to kindly to it. "Shut. Up. Gold." Silver said as his nostrils flared, "It's bad enough that she's into Green. I don't need to hear this from you." Gold let out a heavy laugh as he patted Silver's back. "Oh come on, it's all in good fun!" He chuckled. Yet another clap of thunder jolted the group in the lodge, which led to a rather feminine scream. It would seem that one of the girls became a little too scared; but in reality, it was Gold. He had hopped into Silver's lap and was clutching him for dear life. "Get…OFF OF ME!" Silver commanded as he threw the shameless Gold to the ground.
Emerald, despite the panic in the others, was still tinkering around with his stilts. Crystal was sitting about a foot away, head titled, watching Emerald work away at his device. "That's quite a piece of machinery you have there" She said in a rather flirtatious tone. Emerald flushed to a color that could match Ruby's clothing. "T-..T-Thanks.." He managed to stutter out. He was so flustered now that he accidentally dropped his screwdriver in blushing embarrassment. He fumbled around for the tool, but instead grabbed the foot of Green by mistake. He wondered what Green was doing in the middle of the room.
A few heavy breaths were exhaled by Green as another bolt flashed outside, illuminating the anger in his face. "RED!" He called as the thunder added to the emotion in his voice. Red looked up curiously, causing Yellow to stir from her spot in Red's chest. "Y-..Yes?" Red said with a confused tone as he rose to his feet. "This..All this.. Is your fault!" Green fumed. Red stepped forward and placed a hand on Green's shoulder.
"I'm afraid I have no clue what you're talking about." Red said as he watched Green. His hand was shoved off Green's shoulders by none other than Green himself.
"You know very well. The storm is your fault Red! Look at everyone here! Reduced to mere cowards because their hero caused a storm that is here to stay!" Green retaliated with stinging words as he headed for the door. "I'm leaving. I can't bear to stay in the same room as you cowards." Green headed out into the vicious storm, slamming the door behind him. Red charged to the door and called out for Green to come back. No answer. He turned back to the group that was left. "Ruby! Gold! You two hold things down here." He said solemnly. "I'm going after Green." The two boys nodded to Red as he began to exit the lodge. However, he was stopped by a rather frail hand grabbing his own.
"Please…Don't go Red. Please!" Yellow sobbed as she held onto Red's hand. "You heard Green earlier! This storm is deadly!" She let out a few more sobs as the thought of Red's death plagued her mind. Red embraced her in a hug for a few moments and whispered "I'm sorry.." as he headed out the door.
The rain was like cold bullets pelting down onto Red's hot skin. He searched around for Green, but it was futile; the rain was too thick to see a thing. A bolt of lightning came down in front of Red, but was drawn westward halfway through its journey. The following bolts were also drawn westward. Red followed the path of the lightning, hoping it could possibly lead to Green. He soon heard the sound of a familiar Pokemon; Rhydon. "It has to be Green's!" Red thought as he sprinted toward the Pokemon. Sure enough, Green was there with his Rhydon and Charizard out of their Pokeballs. Rhydon was attracting all the lightning strikes that fell from the sky, while Charizard seemed to be attempting to blow the storm away. Green was behind the two, staring at Red. "What are you doing?!" Red shouted.
"What's it look like?! I'm fixing your mistake!" Green called back. "Get out that Aerodactyl of yours! Let it assist Charizard!" Red nodded and tossed a Pokeball, releasing an ancient Pokemon. The fossil bird flew over to the others and flapped along with Charizard. Nothing seemed to be happening, but the storm was moving away; inch by inch. Rhydon continued to deter the lightning from the lodge, but inevitably ducked it's head from exhaustion. One of the bolts went astray, missing Rhydon completely, and heading straight for Green. Red noticed what was about to happen and broke into a full out sprint towards Green. "LOOK OUT!!" He called as Green slowly turned to face the bolt of electricity. Red managed to tackle Green out of the way for the most part, but Green's leg was scathed by the scolding electricity. He let out a yelp of pain as Red propped him on his shoulder and commanded the Pokemon to continue working. Green looked up a Red and whispered "Thank..you.."
After a few hours of flapping and attracting the lighting, the storm finally gave in and withered away. Red was exhausted from the effort, and Green was dead asleep. Red made his slow journey back to the cabin with Green resting on his shoulders. He arrived at the lodge and opened the door. Everyone looked in that direction and rushed over to Red and Green. The jumble of voices was easily ignored. Red merely uttered one sentence before he collapsed from exhaustion, "I'm not doing that technique anymore..Hehe."
