Chapter 2

"Wake up, Sakura! We have to get to the Union and now!" yelled a boy, shaking Sakura's shoulder.

She sat up and rubbed her eyes. The boy shook her some more and she punched him in the stomach. "I'm awake, Conner!" growled Sakura, looking at him holding his stomach, on the ground.

"You didn't have to punch me, you know!" said Conner, in intense pain.

Sakura got up and changed, in the bathroom. She came back out ten minutes later. Her auburn hair tied up in a ponytail. Curls popped out of her ponytail and flowed down over her shoulder. Conner stared at her. "What are you staring at? I make this hair style every time we go to the Union Headquarters, in Almia! You should be used to it now, with the amount of times we get called there!" said Sakura, making Conner turn his head and blush.

"S-sorry!" whispered Conner, looking down at the floor.

Sakura rolled her eyes and dragged him out of the room. They passed Lunick, who was waiting for Solona to get ready. Lunick waved at them and only Conner waved back. They entered the main room of the Ringtown Ranger Base. "Hey, you two! Ready for your Staraptor rid to Almia! It makes almost one whole year that neither of you was called there, for any reason!" exclaimed Spenser, sitting at the front desk.

"Making a private call to Wintown with the public Operator phone, even if you have a private phone in your bureau! Really, Spenser?" snapped Sakura, dropping Conner on the ground.

"Feisty this morning! Did you wake her up again, Conner? I told you to not because she is moody all day!" sighed Spenser, hanging up the phone, after saying a quick bye Elita.

She glared at Spenser. "As a respect for you, I call you Leader, but if you tick me off enough, I'll start calling you Spensy, get it?" said Sakura, in a deep low voice.

Both guys looked at her and cowed behind the desk. 'Calm down, Sakura! You'll transform if you don't get yourself under control!'thought Sakura, clenching her fist. She took in three deep breathes and sighed. "Let's go, Mooner, before Prof. Hastings sends Kate and Keith to get us!" added Sakura, much calmer.

She left the Base, followed quickly by Conner, who took the time to say good bye to Spenser. "You should take those Yoga classes in Fall City! I'm sure you'll get better at calming your anger out bursts!" said Conner, suggestively.

'Only if he knew!'thought Sakura. "I'll think about it! But, I'm not going to pay for something I don't need! I can perfectly calm myself when needed!" replied Sakura, getting a disaproving look from Conner, "I only lost control, once. And that was Aria's fault! She shouldn't have told me I was a stupi, asshole, useless ORPHAN!"

She yelled the last word. Conner looked at her, with a soft, loving glance. "You should have listen to Solona! She did say that Aria ticks everyone off and everything she says is bullshit!" explained Conner, grabbing her hand.

He blushed at his own action. Sakura looked at their hands and started to blush, even more than Conner. 'I wonder if she'll ever realize that she scares everyone when she's mad! Even mad!'thought Conner. Sakura walked on and took her hand out of Conner's grasp. "Only if he knew I could read almost all his thoughts!" whispered Sakura, low enough so Conner couldn't hear.

"Say something?" he asked, catching up with her.

"I was just saying how much I like having you as a partner!" answered Sakura, smiling innocently at him.

'She's hiding something from me!'thought Conner. Sakura flinched at his comment, making him look at her suspiciously. "How about we catch ourselves some Staraptors, before Prof. Hastings sends the whole Ranger Union after us!" laughed Sakura, aiming her capture disc at two Staraptors, that we resting nearby.

"First to complete the capture!" yelled Conner, as the two Staraptors looked at us.

'Oh great! He's making it harder, with all his yeling!"growled Sakura, getting a questioning look from Conner. "Clueless pun!" mumbled Sakura, entering a capture, with Conner.

Once the capture was done, they both climbed their respective Staraptors and were going to fly away, when a really small Umbreon and an Axew came running towards them. "Hey, we almost forgot them!" exclaimed Conner, making Sakura rolling her eyes.

"Dimwit!" yelled Sakura, at him, "If you weren't in such a hurry!"

The tiny Umbreon jumped on the Staraptor, beside Sakura and the Axew, with Conner. "Now, let's see! Two Rangers and two Pokemon! Everyone is here, we can go!" yelled Conner, making his Staraptor fly up into the air.

Sakura followed close behind. She looked back at the Ranger Base. She saw Solona yelling at Lunick. 'It is a reunion for all Top Rangers around the world!'thought Sakura, sighing, 'And Keith will be there! Urg, can't that dude die in a hole!'"Come on, Sakura!" yelled Conner, in front of her, "Race ya to the Union! The last one there has to deal with Keith!"

"GO!" screamed Sakura, taking a head start.

"Hey, no fair!" cried Conner, "Your taking head start!"

Sakura turned around and stuck her tongue out, at him. 'At least she back into a good mood!'thought Conner. Sakura laughed, as she read his thought. Even if she hated reunions at the Union Headquarters, she loved the fact she had to fly there. The wind blew her hair back, as the Staraptor sped up. She letted out a cry of joy as the Staraptor descended quickly towards the ocean. The Staraptor flew right above the ocean. "Watch out!" yelled Conner, from above.

Sakura looked to her left and saw a net flying towards her. The Staraptor turned quickly, avoiding the net. Another net came from right behind her. This time, when the Staraptor dodged, it sent Sakura hurling towards the ocean, "SAKURA!" yelled Conner, watching his friend hit the water and disappearing below the waves.