Disclaimer: I do not own Pokemon.

Author's Notes: And the real ObliviaShipping begins! …Also some Red Eyes/Blue Eyes, whatever that pairing is called.


Chapter 2 - Reuniting


"Why are you in such a rush?" Blue Eyes huffed from behind Summer. When she didn't turn around to respond, Blue Eyes continued, "do you really want to see your little boyfriend that badly?"

"First off, he's not my boyfriend," Summer clarified. "And second off, I haven't seen him in weeks. I don't know what kind of condition he's in - bottom line is, I'm worried."

"Ah, young love," Blue Eyes looked dreamy for a second and clasped her hands together, before crossing her arms and scowling, as if she had a bad taste in her mouth. "Yeah, well, it only ends in heartbreak, kid. Don't let yourself fall for him, he'll just end up ignoring you."

"I told you it's nothing," Summer turned to give the blonde girl a serious look, but when she turned, she noticed that Blue Eyes was walking away from her. "Hey, where do you think you're going?" Ukulele Pichu's cheeks began to spark.

"Back to Tilt Village; I'm not going to Red Eyes," Blue Eyes huffed. Summer believed that maybe something had happened between the two that was causing Blue Eyes to act so coldly about Red Eyes.

"Look," Summer came up behind her and her partner Pokemon followed without hesitation. "I want Ben back… what do you say I help you with your little dilemma with Red Eyes, and you go back to him?" She gave the blue-eyed girl a playful wink, making her face go red.

"I-I don't know what you're talking about," Blue Eyes denied. Surely this ranger hadn't discovered how she felt about the other Pincher leader that easily!

"It kind of sounds like you liked him," Summer placed a hand on her shoulder.

"Not liked, like," Blue Eyes muttered quietly.

"Then why don't I give you a few pointers… I'm not a total reject when it comes to guys, you know," Summer gave her a smile.

Blue Eyes's eyes looked every which way before she sighed in defeat, "All right. I'll go."


Summer and Blue Eyes were standing on one side of the small expansion, while Red Eyes, a tied-up Ben, and a few Pincher goons were on the other.

"I see you followed through on our agreement," Red Eyes noted aloud, a hint of contempt in his voice.

"Unlike you, I'm respectful," Summer insulted him back.

"Now, now, no need to be mean," he taunted at her, shaking a finger.

"Just give me Ben, and you can have Blue Eyes," Summer turned to the blonde, who was looking everywhere but at Red Eyes. She winked at her, causing her to blush a deep red akin to her crush's eyes.

"Fine, fine," Red Eyes blew out coolly. He motioned for his goons to grab Ben and bring him forth, and they complied. They only brought him halfway though, and threw him to the ground.

"Ben!" Summer cried, rushing over to him and helping him to untie his ropes. He shrugged himself free and quickly embraced her, sticking his head into the crook of her neck. Blue Eyes raised an eyebrow at them, almost as though she were waiting for Summer to escort her to Red Eyes. When it became apparent that she wasn't going to, she sighed and awkwardly made her way over to the blond boy.

"Blue Eyes," Red Eyes nodded at her and stared her down, which made her blush deepen. "You seem a little red in the face, are you catching a fever or something? Did they do something to you while they had you locked up?" He placed his hand on her forehead, and her eyes widened before she shook it off.

"N-no, I'm fine," she reassured him, holding out her hands to keep him at a distance, despite what she wanted.

"Are you sure? You seem to be acting strangely," he gave her a look. Blue Eyes began to panic, and her eyes averted themselves frantically from his intense gaze at her. Her eyes quickly landed upon the bundle that was a hugging Ben and Summer, and mentally she beckoned Summer to stop her little reunion with Ben and help her. She couldn't remember anything that she and Summer had talked about on the way to make the trade. She knew she had gotten some useful advice from Summer, but her mind was drawing a complete blank.

When it became clear that Summer wasn't hearing Blue Eyes's mental pleads to her (although the blue-eyed girl knew she wouldn't), Blue Eyes relied on her scrambled instinct. "W-why? Would you care if something happened to me, Red Eyes?" She suddenly remembered something she had learned from Summer and regained her composure slightly before batting her eyelashes at him flirtatiously.

His regularly cool demeanour now became flustered and he was taken aback by her actions and question. "I… uh…" he stuttered, his face matching the color of his fiery eyes. "No," he said bluntly after a second. "It's just that the boss wouldn't one of his leaders down and out."

"Oh," Blue Eyes's lip trembled, but she refused to let herself cry over Red Eyes for a second time, let alone right in front of him. He began to walk back to his Z.Z. Flyer, and she panicked again. Summer was still too preoccupied in Ben to pay any attention to her, and so she resorted to the another thing they had discussed: jealousy. "So, I was thinking of asking Purple Eyes out. What do you think, Red Eyes?"

"What?" he spun around.

"Yeah, I mean, he's just so perfect. He's so nice and-" Red Eyes cut her off.

"Okay, stop right there. He's perfect? How so? The last time I checked, he's told you off damn near twenty two times, not to mention he is nearly ten years older than you and-" now Blue Eyes cut him off.

"What are you trying to say, Red Eyes?" she walked closer to him, shaking her hips for added effect with him.

He looked her up and down and gulped. Up until now, he'd never bothered to realize how attractive she really was. "I'm saying you're more suited for a guy like me." He crossed his arms uncomfortably. He'd never been good with emotions.

"Eh, I'll have to think about it," Blue Eyes shrugged as if it didn't mean anything in the world to her, but inside her heart was exploding like fireworks. She walked back to her prepared blue Z.Z. Flyer at that, leaving Red Eyes standing there, gaping at her. Another point she and Summer had discussed: play hard to get.

"What do you mean, 'I'll have to think about it'? It's either yes or no, Blue Eyes!" he shouted at her. She and the other two Pincher grunts just hopped on their Z.Z. Flyers and began to fly away, ignoring his shouting. He jumped on his own and followed pitifully, and Blue Eyes made a mental note to thank Summer the next time she saw her.

Back on the ground, Summer and Ben were holding each other closely, not having let go for even a brief second. Pichu was jumping up and down gleefully on the ground beside them. When Ben finally managed to pull away from her a bit, he noticed that she was crying, but she hadn't been before. She must've been waiting until the Pinchers left - it would be embarrassing if they saw her crying.

"H-hey," he wiped away a tear. "What's wrong?" He himself was trying not to cry - he thought that his best friend was dead no less than five minutes ago.

"What do you think is wrong?" she cried, gripping his shirt in her small fists tightly. "I was worried sick about you! I thought that they had killed you, Ben!"

He regretfully let a tear of his own fall - so much for being the stronger of the two. Suddenly, they wouldn't stop falling like Summer's. He bent his forehead down and rested it on hers. "I was really worried about you, too, Summer," he pulled a loose piece of hair behind her ear and nuzzled their noses, reassuring her that he was perfectly fine. She began to stop her crying, but a few stray tears still fell. "But the second I saw you walk out into the light from that cave exit… I can't even begin to tell you how relieved I was."

"I just… really, really care about you," she admitted, letting go of shirt and wrapping her arms around his neck, sniffling a bit in the process.

"I know." He bent down and kissed the tip of her nose gently. "I do, too." His arms laced their way around her waist again, and they sat there in peaceful silence for a long time, enjoying a closeness the two hadn't experienced since their fourth year in Ranger School in Almia.

Eventually, the two best friends left Daybreak Ruins for Tilt Village, hand in hand.


End of Chapter 2~!


Author's Notes: Fluffy! ;3

'Til next time!

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