Sweet love and bitter defeat Chapter I

The second normal story of WilliamStockholmandCo and based in the Pokemon gaming universe. Disclaimer: WilliamStockholmandCo does not possess the Pokemon franchise.

Once, in the forest filled with creatures called Pokemon, there lived a community filled with them. They lived very peacefully and nothing came out of the ordinary. Its settlers were a kind folk, offering food and shelter to their neighbours and visiting Pokemon, trading items such as Razor Claw and Amulet. Even though the community may look harmless, its strength is unparallel; mostly fighting-types were a common sight.

One day, a Rabbit Pokemon, a buneary, named Bunny and an Emotion Pokemon, a kirlia, named Red played at the meadows not far from their community. Bunny is a rather fun-loving friend who enjoys gossip, telling what's hip and happening in the community and she loves to tease her friend Red in a funny way. Red, on the other hand, is a quiet figure that is often shy with everyone but also very kind to others.

They were mostly pretending to fight in a battle. Bunny uses Quick Attack to dodge Red's telepathic Confusion attack. She counter- attacks with a Jump Kick but the psychic Teleports to safety.

"That's not fair" Bunny whined, "The rules in battle says no escaping from a battle field."

"I'm sorry" Red said apologetically.

After an hour of fun and excitement, the two rested, sitting on rocks in a nearby meadow while chatting about the community. But, they were surprised by a suddenly fast wind. Quick as a flash, Bunny and Red spotted two figures in the distance fighting. One is the Emanation Pokemon, a riolu, named Rio and the other one was another kirlia named Gale. Both of them shared their passion of fighting but the difference of the two friends is that Rio is calculative and serious while Gale is calm, a bit of a loner and caring to those who are closest to him.

Both of them were fighting, probably training even. Rio attempts to throw a Reversal at Gale but misses the attack by creating multiple versions of himself. Rio again tries to palm Gale but dodges instead.

"Stay put, you coward" he insisted while pulling a Force Palm again.

Gale snickered. "Not a chance" he said.

While he keeps dodging Rio's attack, Gale accidentally trips on Red, landing face to face on the ground (Gale being on top of Red). Staring quietly, they moved away from each other, blushing. While having an advantage over the distracted Gale, Rio manages to pull off a Quick Attack, bashing him towards a tree.

"What was that for?" Gale complained.

"You were distracted by that kirlia over there" Rio said, pointing at Red.

Bunny stared at the two pokémon with interest. "Oooh!" she giggled, "It looks like we have cute boys here Red."

"Y-yeah..." Red said timidly.

The four pokémon became fast friends. While Rio and Gale would spar together, Bunny and Red could only watch them fight with enthusiasm. They became so close that they started to develop feeling for each other. Rio and Bunny often dated at the community while Red and Gale could only stare at each other before they turned away from each other, blushing shyly at each other. Both Rio and Bunny suspected that Red and Gale are in love.

But one day, Rio and Gale are to train in the mountains so they can join the community's defence group called the Royal Guard.

Rio waved good bye to Bunny before leaving the wooden gates of the community. Before Gale left, Red stopped him by gently holding his arms.

"What is it?" Gale asked.

"I want to give this to you" Red replied shyly. She handed him a black pendant in a shape of a number 6.

Gale looked at the pendant for awhile. "What is this?"

"This is a Yang pendant. It is used for remembering someone when a pokemon he misses an important person far away. Its partner, the Ying pendant, is used for remembering someone when a pokemon she loves is far away from him. If combined, it will protect the couple from danger."

Gale blushed, knowing what Red means. "You mean..."

Red became surprised at what she said. "I-I didn't mean that we are a couple..." she said, blushing madly, "I mean I just want to remember you... that's all."

They stared at each other in silence. The wind blows gently and the sun goes down.

"Thank you..." Gale said, wearing the pendant around his neck, "I wish I could give you something but..."

"No, no it's okay" Red insisted. But Gale did a surprising act in front of Red: he kissed her in the cheek and left with Rio, disappearing into the forest.

Red touched her check softly. "Gale..." she muttered, turning a little red.

"Hey Red!" Bunny called, interrupting her train of thought, "What did you say to Gale?"

Red calmly closed her eyes and smiled peacefully. "Nothing" she responded.

Bunny eyed her for awhile before giving Red a playful smile. "Well if you are done" she said, "We have other things to do."

That popped her thought. "Oh yeah" Red remembered, "We forgot to enter a special examination today!"

She dash inside the community, leaving Bunny behind. "I knew that she's in love" she said to herself, smiling.

*This story was written 2 years ago when I was in my freshman year and it is one of my original and the best works because Gale (originally called Crimson) and Red are cute with each other. Although Rio and Bunny are dating, they're just friends who knew that their friends are in love. Comments are welcome.*