8th Sonic Rainboom (Audio/Action for Ponies)

[bestofthebest]

(Rainbow isn't in a talking mood at all, or even in a mood to train today. Not anymore at least. She's just looked all around for the past 10-20 minutes in hopes of finding Fluttershy to see if she would 'cheer' for her...only to find no one but her little 'ones.)

...She's gone...

(Rainbow won't cry, since that would've made Fluttershy feel really bad but the expression on her face, if she even allowed anyone to see it, would show she was deeply upset. Why would Johto take someone as kind and cool -even if she didn't like fighting!- as Fluttershy...?)

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[buckyouup]

[If you're looking for AJ, you'll find her sitting on the shoreline. Her eyes are dark, emotionless. She'll just continue to... stare. At the waves.]

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[bestofthebest]

(Rainbow slowly makes her way over to Applejack, not saying a word but just sits down next to her.

She wonders if this was how Fluttershy felt when nearly everypony but Twilight had left...or maybe worse.)

[buckyouup]

[She'll barely respond to Rainbow's presence. The water just looks so... dark today.]

[bestofthebest]

...Did anymore memories come back, or are they like mine -only come in dreams and go away when you wake up?

[buckyouup]

...I ain't sure what I remember. Maybe it's just me wantin' to remember.

[bestofthebest]

Maybe there's a reason why you can't remember.

[buckyouup]

...Not that it matters much now, anyway. I just wish I could've done more for her while she was here.

[Sigh.]

I was too busy beatin' around the bush about the whole "relationship" thing that I didn't get t'treat her right.

[bestofthebest]

Ha, she was just happy you were here with her again. That was more than enough for her.

[buckyouup]

...But it ain't enough for me, Rainbow. I could've done so much more for her, but I was scared.

[bestofthebest]

Come on Applejack, you should know just as well as me if Fluttershy heard you saying this she'd totally blame herself! Everypony gets scared when it comes to figuring out...relationships and stuff.

[buckyouup]

[She looks to her side, taking a nearby rock and chucking it into the ocean.]

...I wouldn't let her blame herself. It's my fault an' I'll deal with it.

[bestofthebest]

...You're not the only one who wishes they could've handled things differently. (She crosses her arms and sighs wistfully.)

[buckyouup]

...You were the one who decided t'go around kissin' everypony.

[She chuckles-- her first since she heard the news, and rests her head on Rainbow's shoulder.]

[bestofthebest]

(Hearing that caused Rainbow's eyes to widen in surprise, narrowing in disbelief as well. Was this during Hearts & Hooves Day?)

Seriously? You must've missed kissing somepony.

[buckyouup]

...It's a nice feelin'.

[Not that she's about to mention that she kissed both Twilight and Fluttershy that night.]

[bestofthebest]

Psh, glad to see you have some good memories even if it did involve kissing.

(Just as well, she's guessed what could've happened and dismisses it as good stuff mixed with sappy feeling.)

[buckyouup]

It didn't happen too often. She was too nervous to go through with it most of the time.

[Like you were any better, Applejack.]

[bestofthebest]

Ha, sounds like Fluttershy alright! Give her a baby Pokemon though, she was always happy no matter what kind or type it was.

(Which strangely included a Psyduck.)

[buckyouup]

[She picks up another stone, tossing it as far as she can into the crashing waves.]

But nopony could handle unruly pokey-mon than she could. That girl could stop a stampede with nothin' more than a smile.

[bestofthebest]

Haha, yeah! Her Ditto, on the other hand...really could use some obedience training.

(She recalled the 'meeting' between Fluttershy's Ditto and her then-Zorua very well, but found it much funnier now than she had back then.)

[buckyouup]

I'd never seen a better breedin' pokey-mon, though. [She chuckles.]

That little blob sure knew how t'make other pokey-mon swoon.

[bestofthebest]

Heh, yeah -Ditto sure has a way with other Pokemon no matter what type or gender.

[buckyouup]

...I sure hope they all find good homes.

[bestofthebest]

(Rainbow shifts a bit with AJ's head on her shoulder and, in lieu of sounding like a pony, inhaled air into her lungs and exhaled it while keeping her lips pressed together.)

Psh, we should just keep them all! Two Pokemon for each of us, and whatever's left...we give to the human friends we trust most.

[buckyouup]

That might not be a bad idea. I know they wouldn't trust anypony more than us.