A Second Chance

Chapter 12

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Later that day, the others still hadn't returned, so Yellow started sorting through Clair's mail absentmindedly. She put another add for poke balls in the trash pile, but the next flier caught her attention. 

"Hey, Lance", she called, "you should see this."

Lance walked over and looked at the flier over Yellow's shoulder. 

"You think I should be the champion?" He asked. Yellow nodded at him over her shoulder. 

"You're perfect for the job", she told  him. 

"I don't know if I have the time. . . "

"You'd only have to come to the League a few times a year. Red's the Kanto champion, and he still has lots of time to do everything else he wants to."

"You really want me to do this."

"Well. . . yes", Yellow said, flushing. "I think you could have a lot of fun as champion."

"Fun. . . " said Lance, considering. "Alright. I guess I'll do it."

"Great!" said Yellow, smiling. "There's a tournament in a little over a week. The winner is the new champion. Since you'll be entering, and Agatha and Lorelei are in prison now, the next three runner ups will fill in as the new members for the Elite Four."

Clair, with her impeccable timing, chose that moment to return. 

"Who's doing what now?" she asked, poking her head in through the door. 

"Lance is going to be the champion", Yellow announced happily. 

"I've been roped into entering a tournament to determine who the new Johto champion will be", Lance clarified for her. 

"That's awesome!" said Clair. "I bet you'll have a lot of fun as champion."

"Told you so", Yellow snorted. 

Green and Blue walked in just then, and Lance spoke up before Yellow and Clair could tell them about him trying out for champion. 

"I think Yellow and I should get going now", he said. "It's a long flight back to Viridian City." Yellow agreed, and after some short farewells, the two of them were off. 

Dragonite landed next to Yellow's house, and Lance instantly knew something was wrong. First off, the lights were on. He glanced back at Yellow, only to see that she was asleep. Typical. 

He gently shook her awake, and she rubbed her eyes. 

"There's someone in your house", Lance informed her. Suddenly, a man holding a fishing rod menacingly burst out of the house. 

"Uncle Wilton!" Yellow called. 

"Yellow! Get away from him! That's Lance!" Uncle Wilton cried, trying unsuccessfully to hit Lance with his fishing rod. 

"No, Uncle Wilton, stop!" Yellow said, grabbing her uncle's arm to make him stop attacking Lance. Once her uncle had calmed down enough, Yellow made everyone go inside and sit down. 

"Uncle Wilton", she said, "This is Lance. He's saved my life two- no, three times recently. He is completely reformed, and there's no reason to hit him with your fishing rod. Also, his house got hit by a tree, so he's staying with us until it's fixed. Lance, this is my uncle, Wilton. He's usually really nice. . . " 

"I can take a hint", Uncle Wilton said. "Sorry about that, Lance." He didn't look very sorry, though. Yellow thought it might take some time for him to get used to Lance. 

"That's okay", said Lance, even though it wasn't. He just didn't want to fight with Yellow's uncle. "Glad to meet you."

Uncle Wilton spent dinner glowering distrustfully across the table at Lance. Yellow tried to start a conversation, but eventually she gave up. Lance ate quickly, then slipped out to 'train his pokemon', although he really just wanted to get away from the tense atmosphere. After Uncle Wilton went upstairs, Yellow stepped outside to check on Lance. 

Lance was preparing to take off on Dragonite. 

"Where are you going?" Yellow asked him.

"Training", was all he responded. "I'll be back later."

"Okay. I'll see you then, I guess. . . " she responded.

"Bye." Lance said. He felt uncomfortable with Yellow's uncle in the house, and wanted to make sure he was asleep when Lance came back so they wouldn't have another staring match like over dinner. 

Lance spent the next few days training non-stop, and when Uncle Wilton finally left, Yellow joined him. 

Lance was practicing hard, but he couldn't seem to get much better with his current training regime, so he and Yellow left for a secret cave he had discovered long ago. 

"Where are we going?" asked Yellow as they flew over what appeared to be Johto together. 

"The Whirl Islands", Lance replied.

"Lance. . . " began Yellow.

"Hm?"

"You've just been kind of closed off recently. Are you alright?"

"Sorry. I'm really focused on this tournament. I guess you and Clair were right. This is good for me."

Yellow smiled. Lance had seemed pretty stressed out lately, but that would explain it. They would get through this together. Lance would become champion, and everything would be all right. 

Yellow started to drift off to sleep, happily clinging to Lance's waist so she wouldn't fall. 

"Oh no, you don't", Lance teased. "No falling asleep on my watch."

Yellow felt Dragonite dive, but she knew Lance wouldn't let them crash. He would catch them. 

Any minute now. . . 

A second more. . . 

Why wasn't he pulling up?

Yellow's eyes flew open- just as they swooped up, mere feet from colliding with the ground. She let out her breath, relieved. Adrenaline pounded in her ears, and she could hear her heart beat loudly. 

"I knew you would pull up", she stated with more certainty than she felt. 

Lance smirked as they gained altitude. . . and dove again. 

"I'm not worried", Yellow assured him. A few seconds passed. "Still not worried."

"Hold your breath", Lance said.

"Wait. . . what?" Yellow had just enough time to ask, before they broke through the surface of the ocean. 

They plunged down, and then flew up again almost immediately. Lance twisted around to see Yellow glowering at him. Water dripped from her soaked hair and clothes. He smirked at her, and kissed her unexpectedly. She hesitated briefly before returning the kiss. God, she loved him. 

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