Granted Switch

After making sure Lance is sleeping soundly, Yellow decided to go to the Pokemon Center to see how the others are doing. Sometimes, she would spare the Viridian Forest a glance that says it all, but there's nothing she can do about it now, so all she feel like doing is to just move on and forget everything.

She was quite devastated by the number of causalities when she entered the not-so-big pokemon center. The injured pokemon, trainers and some of the citizens are all there to get their wounds treated. Nurse Joy seems to be busier than ever, and some of the citizens with a knowledge of first aid is helping as much as they could.

Yellow froze there for a moment, feeling somehow... guilty about what happened. But before she can think of anything else, she felt a hand on her shoulder. She turned, only to see Blue standing there not far from her. She shook her head gently, "There's nothing we can do, so don't blame yourself for something that you didn't do, okay?"

Yellow smiled gently at her, "... If only..."

"Don't get started!" Blue exclaimed, "Now, C'mon! The girl Red has been talking about has woke up." She said as she dragged Yellow to the corridor on the left, through a numerous set of rooms, "Her name is Alicia, she seems to be a local citizen, but she refuses to tell us where she came from. I hope you can recognize her." She then stopped before one particular door which has the number 8 on it. She opened the door, with Yellow in tow.

In that room, Yellow quickly recognized Red and Green there, and one unfamiliar girl on the bed.

Red smiled when he saw her, "Oh hey there... Yellow. How are you feeling?" He asked her.

Yellow shrugged as she closed the door behind, "I think I'm fine... A good rest will do the trick..." she said, offering him a gentle smile. She then turned her attention to the girl, who was, no doubt, the Alicia Blue had been telling her about.

Before Yellow can say anything else, Alicia quickly said, "Yellow! Oh dear Archeus! I'm so glad to see you!"

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Clair, after making sure all her wounds and injuries are not fatal, lay down on the couch while twirling the purple pokeball in her hand. It's a good thing she managed to somehow stumbled into the ball, and withdraw the Rayquaza before it did anything else – like rampaging again for instance. Of course, with everyone focused on Yellow's story, they didn't notice that she had been holding the ball.

And now here is the Legendary dragon pokemon, in very own hand. She feels like she should give it to Lance later, he'll know what to do with it...

What really bugs her is how Clifford managed to get his hand on such powerful pokeball? She had heard a lot about the Master ball, but never seen one in her life before. It was supposedly catch ANY pokemon without fail, even legendaries, but... There's something about this thing that keeps on bugging her.

She sighed as she put the ball away in her pocket, before pulling her cape over her body. All she need now is a good night rest...

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"A guardian of the Viridan Forest?" Yellow asked, unable to believe what she just heard.

Alicia sighed, "Lance is better in accepting this fact..." She muttered, "Yes I am. I'm the Guardian of Viridan Forest whose jobs is to watch over you guys, the blessed children of the forest, and to give you power whenever you seems to need one." She said.

Yellow blinked, "Oh..." She said, not knowing what else to do. "So... What happened to you anyway?"

"Good question!" Alicia said, "The forest and I is deeply connected. If something is to happen to the forest, it will affect me, one way or another. I was attack by nausea and dizzy spells,before I finally got knocked out."

"... Unbelievable..." Blue muttered.

"And so anyway, where's Lance?" Alicia asked, "Is he okay?"

Yellow nodded, "Yeah, he's resting back at my place..."

Alicia sighed, "Thank God... I was worried something might happened to him. With him being so reckless and all that stuffs again..."

"Wait a minute..." Red said, "If you are really the Guardian of Viridian Forest, and that you know Lance and Yellow is switching bodies... Do you happen to know how to switched them back? Red asked.

Alicia smiled playfully, "Ah... about that... Actually... I was the one who switched their bodies..."

"... What?"

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"I was hoping that you two would make up or something..." Alicia said, "You both meet, then fight again. So, I have to do this. You two are Blessed Children, I just want you to stop fighting, okay? My intentions were harmless!"

"Well, logically speaking, if you didn't switch their bodies in the first place, Lance wouldn't come here, and all of these things wouldn't happen!" Blue pointed out. "That crazy guy came here for Lance, right?"

Alicia looked down, "I'm sorry, okay...? I didn't mean for this to happen..."

Yellow somehow felt guilty for cornering her like this, and from the looks of it, Blue feel the same way too, "It's okay... Everything's fine now..." Yellow assured.

"Maybe it would be a lot better if you can switch their bodies back again," Red said.

Alicia suddenly looked up to Yellow with an apologetic look, "I'm sorry... I can't switch you back..."

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The next morning, Yellow's house...

Sunlight shines through the curtain of that room, making a certaind Dragon Master winced in his sleep. It was another sleepless night for him, and it didn't get better when he knew that there's so much more he needs to get the answer from. Not to mention, all of his body somehow ache like Hell...

He stirred slightly as he felt someone is sitting right next to him. Suddenly, he opened his eyes and was surprised to see Yellow sitting there on the edge of the bed. He gave her a surprised and confused look, before replacing it with annoyed.

Yellow offered him a smile, "Good Morning, how are you feeling...?" She asked.

Lance shifted uncomfortably, "... Tired..." He replied. There was a moment of awkward silence, before Lance decided to ask, "... What are you doing here anyway?" He asked.

Yellow smiled, "Well..." She kicked her foot playfully, "... I wanted to tell you something important, actually..."

Lance supported himself with his arms, "What is it?" He asked.

Yellow suddenly looked dead serious, "... We can switch our bodies back..."

"How?"

Yellow bit her lower lips, "It's kind of awkward actually..." She hesitated, "I met Alicia, who said that she's the Guardian of Viridian Forest, and... She happens to be the girl Red saved in the Forest... And the one who switched our bodies. She said you know it already..."

"And the point is?" Lance asked, wondering what's making this girl so hesitant.

"Even though she said she can't switch us back..." Yellow said as she looked down, "There is a way..."

Lance grumbled as he sits up and throw the blanket to her side, "How?"

Yellow look at him, wondering if she should tell him or not. She blushed at the thought of it, "She said we should... kiss." She mumbled out the words, barely audible to anyone.

But Lance somehow managed caught on the words. He stared at Yellow for a moment, "Well, that's easy..." He said, and it's true. It IS simple. They just have to kiss, right? Never thought the answer to their problem could be something so simple.

There was another awkward silence as Lance and Yellow waited for the other to make a move.

"Well?" Lance asked.

"Well what?" Yellow dumbly asked back.

"Aren't you going to kiss me?" Lance sounded annoy.

"M-Me?"

"Yeah, aren't you going to do something?"

Yellow blushed, "Listen Lance, I-I-I... I never kissed anyone in my life before!"

Lance suddenly smirked, "So... You're still a virgin huh?" He said mischievously.

Yellow blushed even redder, but nodded anyway.

Lance smirked again, "Well, what do you know. This little girl is still an innocent virgin..." He said as he scooted closer to her and whispered softly in her ears. He cupped her face in his hand and look at her directly in the eyes, "... Well, I'll be doing it then..." He said.

"Y-You...?" Yellow breathed on softly as Lance shortened the distance between their faces.

"Why not...?" He whispered, "If this is the only way there is..." Even though he might not show it, somehow, teasing this one particular girl is... amusing. It's funny how she could blush like that and stuttered with her words. "Close your eyes..." he ordered smoothly.

Yellow obeyed his order, not knowing what else to do. This is going to be the first time she'll ever kiss. And to think that Lance is going to be the one, out of all there is. She was hoping it might be someone special, like Red. She wanted to give it up to him, but now with Lance being so pushy about this and all the craps again. She just have to kiss the thought of Red being the first goodbye...

Lance bring his own lips closer to her, he stopped when he was just centimeter away from her lips, "... Don't hold your breath..." He whispered one last time, before gently brushing his lips on hers...

~End~