Well, I have recently finished the game Pokemon Ranger, Guardian Signs, and I loved it! Well, I love all the ranger games, but that's beside the point. Anyways, the relationship between Ben and Summer was just too cute to ignore! So, what's a girl to do? Write a fanfiction of course! Anyways, this is hopefully going to be a pretty long-running story, cuz I'm basing it mostly on the game, but with more romance and humor. So please stick around, cuz it's gonna get better, I promise!

Disclaimer: ... Nope. Don't own Pokemon. Sigh...

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"Ahhhh... are we there yet?" the brunette sighed, stretching. "We've been flying for hours!"

"Summer, you asked me the same thing 5 minutes ago!" her partner said, rolling his eyes. "And stop moving around, you're going to fall!"

Summer sighed again. "I'm just so BORED!" she cried. "What does Hastings expect us to do in Oblivia anyways? Those pinchers sound like such a joke!"

Ben smiled. "But you know, once we get rid of these guys we can have a pretty sweet vacation! Oblivia is supposed to have some sort of resort you know."

"Yeah, like Hastings would ever let us slack off," Summer groaned, drawing a chuckle from Ben. "Seriously, I wish that something would hap-"

WHOOSHHHHH!

A huge red shape appeared out of nowhere, brushing past Summer with frightening speed and nearly knocking her from her Starapador. "Dude! Look at that huge bird!" Ben cried, craning his neck to get a better look.

"You idiot! That's Latias! It's a legendary Pokemon!" Summer yelled, amazed. "But... what is it doing here?" As she spoke, she noticed two small figures trailing the Latias, gaining on it. "Uh... Ben?"

He had already noticed, and was racing ahead on his Starapador. "Hurry up Summer!" he cried. "Those guys look like bad news!" The two sped up, getting closer and closer to the figures, who seemed to be flying on some sort of hovercraft. Green balls of light seemed to be coming from these devices, aiming towards the Latias.

"Hey!" Summer shouted, angry. "What are you shooting at that pokemon for?" The two figures turned, surprised.

"Rangers!" one of them shouted, surprised. "B-but... they're flying!" He turned to his partner, panicking. "What should we do? The boss told us to get rid of this thing!"

"You idiot! Use your pokemon!" she replied, clearly frustrated with her dull partner. She pressed a button on her craft, summoning some Pidgey. "Attack!"

Summer glanced over at her friend, and he nodded back at her. "Capture on!" they shouted, and captured the Pidgey within a few seconds. Smiling, Ben clicked off his styler, and turned back to face the two (which he figured to be pinchers) who were clearly nervous now. "That Latias is gone, and we captured your pokemon. Now, what are you up to?" he asked, a harshness in his tone that Summer rarely heard. "Uh..." the male goon stuttered, speechless. Again, his partner sighed. "Pidgey are one thing, but let's see if you can take a blast from our Plasma Cannons!" she cried, and the balls of light that they had seen earlier shot out at them. They dodged them easily though, and smiled at each other yet again, excited with the thrill of the chase.

"Uh... well... it looks like you guys win..." the female pincher said, finally beginning to panic. "We... um... we'll be going now..."

"NOT SO FAST!" a voice cried out, and all four faces turned to see yet another figure emerge from the clouds. He had blonde hair with a red streak that matched his eyes, clothes and the hovercraft that he was riding. "But boss, these are Rangers!" one of the goons cried. "We... we can't beat them!"

"You idiots! You think that I can't handle a couple of flying brats?" the man shouted, anger in his eyes. "You fools don't know what you've gotten yourselves into," he said, now addressing Summer and Ben.

"Ha! You're the one whose team can't handle a couple of brats like us!" Ben shouted, his temper rising. "Don't make me laugh! You're all pathetic!"

The red-eyed man just smiled, however. "You really shouldn't mouth off like that. Didn't your mother ever teach you some manners? Oh well, I guess I'll just have to... the hard way!" He sneered. "Have fun skydiving... without a parachute!" With that, he pressed a button, and an enormous jet of light burst from his craft, aimed directly at Ben.

"BEN!" Summer cried, only one thought going through her mind: "I have to save him." He was her best friend, her partner, and without thinking she flew directly into the path of the beam.

"AUGHHH!"

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"What... what happened?" Ben asked, stunned. "Summer... Summer!"

"Heh. You rangers really are noble. Imagine, sacrificing yourself for a worthless piece of trash like you. What a way to thank her too, letting her fall into the ocean like that." the man smirked.

"Wha... what?" Ben cried, panicking. "Summer? SUMMER?"

"Well... it looks like you're pretty lucky, huh? Maybe we should just take you back with us as our lucky charm... you're pretty useless without your little ranger girlfriend, aren't you?" He chuckled, and turned away. "You," he said, addressing the pinchers, "Take him away. And lock him up tight. I don't want to hear him sniveling all the time."

As Ben was led away, all he could think of was Summer. Was she okay? Was she dead? She had sacrificed herself for him! He couldn't help but let a quiet moan escape his lips, thinking of her, beating himself for being so careless.

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Falling. Falling. Summer wasn't aware of anything except that she was falling fast into the sea. Flashbacks filled her mind: her and Ben at Ranger School, working together in Almia, and finally flying to Oblivia together. However, she did not feel remorse. "Ben..." she thought, "Please, please be okay..."

She hit the water with a splash, and everything went black.

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Well! There it is! Not awful, but it was kinda long, I thought. I promise that they will get better! It was hard to incorporate the humor and romance in this chapter, and it probably will be for a few more to come until I really get into the juicy parts of the story. :D

Anyways, please stick with me! Reviews are really really appreciated, cuz I wanna know what you all think of my writing! Ciao!