♛ 𝔽𝕒𝕥𝕖𝕕 𝔹𝕪 𝔻𝕖𝕤𝕥𝕚𝕟𝕪 (𝔸𝕞𝕠𝕦𝕣𝕤𝕙𝕚𝕡𝕡𝕚𝕟𝕘) ♛

Chapter 39: BLUE'S BATTLE

Froakie who had found his way to Serena's lap after the cheering croaked out in disagreement as well.

The honey blonde's immediate answer shook her friends.

The blue frog's behaviour surprised Sycamore.

Froakie was angered by Gary's words.

Serena's eyes of blue were set ablaze with rage.

And she began ranting at Gary's monologue… By monologuing herself.

"If that's true then why did Red win?!"

"My Red won by believing in his Pokémon!"

"Completely the opposite of what he spouted out!"

"Is Green dumb?!"

"And Red calls him a genius?!"

"Self-proclaimed is more like it!"

With a huff, she calmed down after venting her frustrations, causing everyone to sweatdrop at her outburst.

"So don't worry Shauna," she said to her best friend.

"My Pokémon Master is going to knock some sense into him," the honey blonde chuckled, completely confident in the raven-haired boy.

A smile crept onto her face. Her bright blue eyes resembling the skies.

"Be it a Gym Leader or Elite Four, Red will never give up until it's over."

…

...

After we left Saffron City, the three of us all went our separate ways.

Along the way, I caught and trained my Pokémon. All to catch up to Red and Green and beat them in the Indigo Grand League.

The next time I saw Green was on Victory Road.

I saw a familiar sight.

The blindingly fast attack. Arcanine's victory pose against the opposing Persian.

It reminded me of… him.

"Hey Green, that move..."

I called out to him from behind. Arcanine noticed me and gave a small nod as acknowledgement of my presence.

"I call it [ExtremeSpeed]."

He turned towards me with a smile.

"It's a refined version of Raticate's old [Quick Attack]."

His gaze warmed my heart.

I was so relieved.

That arrogant attitude. That smug smile.

It was like time had rewound itself.

Green was back to his old self. And this time, we weren't in any dream world.

I couldn't be happier. The boy I admired was back.

The only time he seemed a little off...

Was when I showed him Espeon.

But I shrugged it off as thinking he still needed time to heal.

I thought maybe time and the excitement of making it to the Grand League had eased his wounds a little.

Maybe I wouldn't have to worry about him anymore.

But…

I was very wrong.