Constant Box Part 2

"Stop moving... you little brat..."

Dark clump of ash followed by dark clump of ash went down the sink, all thanks to the water. Ricka, who now wore some dirty old jeans and a muscle shirt, cleaned the naked ten-year-old before her. To her surprise, this child wasn't all that scared of being seen naked. Go figure; at least it helps with cleaning her off.

Behind the two trainers, their Pokémon sat on the toilet seat. Yuri, Ricka's Mawile, was still shaking from jolts that continued to ride under her steel body and fur. Meanwhile, Rei's Pichu owned some slight burned marks of her own. But hey, they were both eating food, that's good right?

"Do you mind telling me why you snuck into my room like that?" Ricka asked as she rubbed Rei's head with a towel, "Seriously? Haven't you ever heard of knocking?"

"Rei was sure old lady would get mad at her if she knocked on door asking for food."

"Old... lady...?" Ricka replied with a twitchy face, "Did you just call me an old lady!?" she suddenly grabbed the ten-year-old before her and began shaking, "Listen! I am only twenty! I am no old lady! My grandmother is an old lady! I am NOT an old lady!"

"OK! OK!" Rei replied as she was violently shaken back and forth, "You not an old lady! You not!" finally Ricka released her, only to cross her arms, "But old lady sure is funny..."

Ricka gave Rei a glare, one befitting any Arbok. The little girl sank into the bathtub, as if this action would help her escape the adult's stare. But Ricka gave up moments later as she walked toward the towel that hung on the rack. Taking it off, she began drying her arms off, while Rei began dressing again.

"Hey, what's your name, by the way?" Ricka asked, while she patted Rei's Pichu on the head.

"Rei..." the girl answered as she stepped out of the bathtub.

"I mean, I know your name is Rei," the adult replied as she turned around, "You keep saying 'Rei this' and 'Rei that'..." she shook her head, "What else? I mean, your name is Rei... what? Rei...?"

"Rei's name is Rei..." she answered, her azure blue eyes shining.

"I know that! What's your last name!?" Ricka said, threatening to pull her hair out of her head, "Rei what!? Like..." she crouched down to the ten-year-old's level, "My name is Ricka. Ricka Constant. You're name is Rei... what?"

"Rei's name is Rei..." the child answered again, this time with a big smile, "Rei goes by no other name!"

"Okay... I'm getting nowhere here..." Ricka sighed, "Fine, your name is Rei, my name is Ricka. Ricka Constant," her hand reached out, "Nice to meet you, Miss Rei."

"No, not Miss Rei!" the child replied, "Rei's name is Rei!"

"Fine! Forget I said that..." Ricka murmured as she looked out the bathroom door, "Wait, you said you were hungry, right? Here, I've got something in my bag let me go get them..."

The woman exited from the bathroom moments later, her Mawile following close behind. Rei remained inside as she got dressed in her usual clothing. Yeah, the silver shirt, the black skort, her boots, and of course her silver headband, which now sat around Pichu's head. She took the band from her Pokémon, giggling as she did so. But her blue eyes caught something. It sat right above the towel rack. One of the tile panels were slightly off angle. Raising a brow, the young girl walked over to the panel and tapped it. It wasn't a relatively light tap, though it wasn't extremely powerful either. Yet it fell off, for it was only being held together by glue it seemed.

When the tile panel fell, Rei began to fret, like she did something wrong. But she realized something was looking at her from within. It wasn't a human or a Pokémon for that matter, it was a machine, one with lenses. Rei stretched her finger out and tapped it. This machine was a camera.

"Hey Rei," Ricka called as she opened the bathroom door again, a bar of chocolate in her hand, "I hope you like Rage Candy bars. I swear, they're all the rage over... in..." she noticed the hole in the wall, "Joh... to...?"

She looked at Rei, then the hole, back to Rei, and then back to the hole. Walking over to it, she nudged the child out-of-the-way, making her fret.

"Rei didn't do anything wrong!" she stated, "Rei just watched it fall!"

"What... the fucking hell!?" Ricka barked as her hand tore the camera from the wall, "I should have known! I seriously should have known! I mean, jeeze Ricka! He was practically undressing you with his fucking eyes! Ugh!"

She double face palmed herself, groaning into her hands as she thought about her situation. She really felt naïve and childish. How did she not notice the camera? It was aimed directly at the shower! She was stupid not noticing it! Then that means the owner was watching her. Watching her take a shower!

"Oh... hell... fucking... NO!" Ricka roared out to the heavens.

She ran out the room like a drooling monster, her eyes snapping left and right. She grabbed her coveted Poké Belt then ran for the door, before skidding to a sudden halt. Turning around, she gazed down to the clothing on her body. Before running off to deal with a certain Peeping-Tom, she procured her beloved headphones. Yeah, she could never leave without it. Then she ran out of the room.

"Old lady!" Rei yelled from behind as she ran out of the room. "Old lady! Slow down!"

She ran up to Ricka, accidentally slamming into the woman's legs as she did so. Rei gazed up, seeing Ricka's rage filled face gaze back. Seriously, she did not like being called an old lady. Granted, Ricka was also enraged by the man who spied on her with this camera. She was really going to pound his face in.

"Rei, keep the candy bar," she growled whilst turning back around to face the main office, "I'm going to put this man in his place! I swear it!" she looked down, "Isn't that right, Yuri!?"

"Wile, wile!" the Mawile growled, she too, feeling Ricka's rage.

"I am going to pound his face in..." Ricka mumbled to herself as she walked forward, "You best believe that..."

She began marching off again, her face spitting fumes. Rei reached out for the adult, stopping shortly after. She instead stood in the center of this upscale hotel, her hands tugging at the candy bar Ricka gave her. She unwrapped it, and quickly tore into the food with her mouth. It tasted so heavenly, and sure did fill her up. Granted, she would want so much more.

"Hey! Old... wait..." she thought on her next words, "Ricka! Slow down! Rei wanna come! Rei wanna come!"

She chased off after the adult, her spiky-eared Pichu following close behind. With caution thrown to the wind, Ricka kicked down the door to the main office. Her blue eyes darted left and right, as if she were searching for blood. Yuri sat upon her shoulder, she too taking in the view of everything around. The office was empty, as if the man behind the desk had vanished. Sure, the various card keys were there, but that's pretty much it. Well, that and the TV he was watching when Ricka first came in. She glared at the screen, expecting to see various camera images. Instead, she saw a Pokémon battle that was currently going on at Unova. How quaint.

Ricka wasn't in the mood for quaint things. She was spitting fumes, and was threatening to explode.

"Where are you, you sniveling little Sneasel!?" Ricka growled, "Show your face so I can beat it into a little pit!"

"Hey Ricka!" a certain ten-year-old suddenly shouted, "Rei wanna know what you're doin!"

"Rei!? What are you doing here!?" Ricka snarled, "Didn't I tell you to split? I said you can keep the candy bar!" she grabbed her hair, "This is not a place for a little girl!"

"Rei can protect herself!" Rei claimed, "Why is this not a place for Rei anyway?"

"Just listen! There's a very bad man behind..." she stopped, as her eyes moved over the desk, "That... door...?"

Ricka stopped her mad yells when her eyes fell upon a door behind the desk. Stepping behind the desk, the woman placed her fingers on the knob. Unsure about what she was plunging herself in to, Ricka turned the knob slowly. The door swung open into darkness, making Ricka and Yuri step in wearily. She knew how things had the tendency to leap out of the shadows randomly for no reason, why would it be any different here?

"Pichu! Use Flash!" Rei commanded.

The Tiny Mouse Pokémon suddenly ran between Ricka's legs and into the center of the room. Using her electrical body, she brought light to the dark room. What was illuminated by the light was a step into creepy land. Like real creepy land. The area no sane human being, man, woman or otherwise, should never go into.

Team Rocket paraphernalia was everywhere. The old uniforms distributed in Kanto, the new uniforms distributed in Johto, even the uniforms for Team Rocket Administers. And no, this is not the creepy part. It was everything else. There were these photos of the many woman who had the unfortunate luck to come to this place. So far, there didn't seem to be one for Ricka herself.

Speaking of which, the adult was dragging her hands down an old Team Rocket uniform. The man here was creepier than she originally believed. But where had he gone?

"Old lady," Rei called, before correcting herself, "I mean... Ricka! Rei sees a door back there!"

The woman snapped her eyes back. Nudging Rei out-of-the-way, she ran up to the door. It merely lead to the outside, and showed nothing more than an endless green field. The same field this rustic hotel sat within. On the other end of this field was the man who she rented a room from. That bastard!

"Hey! You!" Ricka barked as she ran from the back door, "Get your ass back here!"

The woman dashed out onto the grassy field, her barks entering into the night sky. She was so angry, she was threatening to attack the man; screw actually using Pokémon! Fortunately, Ricka's roars stopped the man, who dropped the various video cassette tapes in his hands. The cassette tapes were probably the video recordings of he gained from the cameras.

"M-M-Miss Ricka!" the man said, as he put on an innocent face, "What is wrong? Is your room not to your liking?"

"I can't believe you had the audacity to sneak cameras in the bathroom!" Ricka snarled, "What!? Do you have them in every room!?" he nodded weakly, which only made Ricka angrier, "I am going to enjoy what I do to you!"

Ricka withdrew a Poké Ball. It was old, with many dents and scars upon it. Ricka caused the capsule to device to enlarge within her hand, switching out from its standby mode. Pulling the Poké Ball back, she tossed the it forward.

"I choose you!" she cried, "Go! Ace!"

The Poké Ball flashed in the center of the field. From the brilliant shine, a lizard creature was released. With a green body, this two-legged being stood tall against the wind. Despite its long and powerful tail, it wasn't bulky, instead being so extremely streamlined. It was a Pokémon that oozed speed from sight alone.

"Scept..." the Forest Pokémon whispered as he crossed his arms.

Ricka's Sceptile was not a Pokémon that should be trifled with. Even the way he stood was so extremely powerful. He was simply a Pokémon that exuded power by sight alone. Surely, he had seen many battles in his days.

"P-P-Please, Miss Ricka!" the man said as he walked backwards, his hand holding his own Poké Ball, "Please! Calm down! It's not what you think, I promise!"

In the next instance, his face grew extremely hard. He looked demented, like some psychopath. It disturbed Ricka, but not enough to retreat. He pulled back his Poké Ball and roared out,

"Go! Hydreigon!"

The Poké Ball's shine brought light to the night-lit field. But there was a dark void that spewed from the Poké Ball as well, a void that gave rise to a beast that flew on shredded wings. It owned heads instead of hands, not to mention the single head that sat in between. The being was a purple and black, two colors that seemed to add to the dragons aura of evil.

"HYYYYYYYYYY!" the Brutal Pokémon roared to the heavens.

Ricka placed her fingers on her chin, as if sizing up her foe, while Ace finally separated his hands from their crossed fashion. An impressive Pokémon, he nor his were going to deny this. But it wasn't grand enough to stop him.

"Stand back, Ricka!" the hotel owner growled as he pointed at his Pokémon, "Or else!"

"Or else what?" she growled back, before looking over to her Sceptile, "Ace! Dragon Claw!"

The Forest Pokémon rose his claws, his face hard and without emotion. With a subtle twitch of his arms, he caused his hands to be surrounded in a blazing red glory. The next second, his eyes peered sharp knives into the Hydreigon's chest. Throwing caution to the wind, Ace bravely plunged himself into battle against the three-headed beast.

"Hydreigon! Counter with Flamethrower!" the hotel owner commanded.

All three heads began charging powerful flames, while 'their' eyes aimed upon Ace. When he was just a few feet away, the Brutal Pokémon unleashed its triple flames. They burned the grass below, scaring the land with a black marking. Yet Ace was not among those hit. Hydreigon stared up, seeing the Forest Pokémon descend with claws raised.

Ricka's Sceptile struck with a brutal slash to the Hydreigon's chest, sending it crashing into the earth. Ace landed moments later, awaiting the next command from his trainer. Meanwhile, the Hydreigon returned to the air on its six shattered wings, though it now wobbled within the air. In a mocking gesture, Ace dragged his thumb across his nose then smirked devilishly. This angered the Hydreigon (which isn't hard to do), making the three-headed beast roar out to the heavens.

"Hydreigon!" the hotel owner yelled, "Use Dragon Rush!"

The Brutal Pokémon flew back, dropping extremely low to the ground. Its eyes, all six of them, suddenly gleamed a violent and bloody red. The next second, its six wings began flapping violently, giving it an impressive dash. It tore through the fields, catching Ace and Ricka off guard. With one violent swoop, the Hydreigon dashed for its opponent.

"Ace!" Ricka yelled, "Defend yourself! Leaf Blade!"

With quick and amazing skill, Ricka's Sceptile caused leaves to swirl around his position. The Hydreigon still coming for him, Ace worked deftly to craft the leaves into a makeshift sword, one just as powerful as a blade made of steel. He placed the Leaf Blade out in front of him, laying it flat against his attacker.

The Hydreigon struck Ace with its powerful charge, but was denied any actually damage. Instead, Ace defended himself with his Leaf Blade, using it as a shield to stop the Brutal Pokémon's heads from biting at him. Yet the Hydreigon continued to press on. It dragged Ace through the fields, stopping only when they came in contact with another building. Crashing through, what was on the other end was not an upscale dormitory, such as the one Ricka rested in. It was old, worn out, and in major disrepair.

Ace didn't care. He was still pinned by the Hydreigon, unable to move, his Leaf Blade slowly failing. The Brutal Pokémon proved to be more powerful than he gave it credit for. He shouldn't have been holding back; maybe then he wouldn't be in this position.

"Sceeeeeepppptttt!" the Forest Pokémon growled as he slowly pushed the Hydreigon back.

"Chikorita!" a young girl's voice shouted, "Vine Whip!"

"Chiiikkoooo!"

The ground around them began shaking. Ace stared left and right, and so did the confused Hydreigon. The wooden panels of the ruined floor suddenly exploded, sending shrapnel into the skies. From these spots, long thick vinyl lines of grass tore out. They whipped at the Hydreigon that held Ace down, before wrapping tightly around it. The Brutal Pokémon was trapped by powerful vines it attempted to tear through.

Blaze got up on his feet, eyes glaring toward the three-headed beast. He didn't know where these vines came from, but he wasn't about to look a gifted Rapidash in the mouth. Leaf Blade in hand, he swung toward the hydra with all his might. His blade slammed into the Hydreigon's chest, where the force of his swing actually tore the dragon free from the vines that held it in place. Unfortunately for the Brutal Pokémon, the swing also sent it flying high through the skies, before it crashed into the body of its own Pokémon Trainer.

The hotel owner and his Hydreigon were dazed by the strike, rendering both unable to battle. By the time the owner was able to move, it was too late. His eyes stared up, seeing Ricka who glared back down. The redhead was angered beyond all words, and this was only increased when he saw the tall Sceptile standing at her side.

"You little Sneasel!" Ricka growled as she grabbed the owner by the neck, "Where do you get off spying on women, and probably men, like you did!?" she started strangling him, "I'll kill you!"

"R-Ricka?" Rei's voice echoed from behind, while she tugged on the woman's pants leg.

"Not now, Rei," replied, "I'm putting this pervert in his place!"

"Old lady?" Rei said with a stronger force, her voice slowly growing urgent, "Old lady!"

"What is it Rei!?" Ricka barked as she turned to face the child, "I'm... kinda..." her eyes grew wide as she stared up to the creature behind them, "Busy... here...?"

Ricka ignored Rei entirely, as well as the Leaf Pokémon that sat in the child's arms. It was what stood behind Rei and her Pokémon that got shocked the adult.

"Hey, Officer Jenny," Ricka said, a face of innocence on her face, "Where'd you come from?"

…

"HE SAID WHAT!?" Ricka roared.

Ricka had been accused of many things in her life. Some true, some untrue, but this one surely took the cake. She couldn't believe she was hearing the words that came out of the police officer's mouth. 'Underground fighting ring', where the hell did that man get off accusing Ricka of such a thing? There was nothing underground about it! Unless one means 'Underground pervert ring'.

"Didn't you find all that crap he had in his basement!?" Ricka yelled, "That proves there's no fighting ring!"

The officer before her was such an interesting woman. In many of Ricka's travels, she's seen her over and over and over and over and over and over again. There seemed to be an officer just like her in every major city or town. A woman who had blue-green hair and red eyes, one that wore a miniskirt that's incredibly small. Her name, Jenny. Officer Jenny. Her first name is anyone's guess. Anyone's guess indeed.

"It, unfortunately for you Miss Constant, doesn't prove anything," Officer Jenny answered, "That man claims he came by your Pokémon Fighting ring as a mere combatant, nothing more, nothing less. He also claims you own the land, and that's your Team Rocket items within the basement and your photos..."

"That doesn't make any sense!" Ricka growled, "This is the first time I've ever even been in that place!"

"We thought he was lying," Officer Jenny said as she reached away, "Buuuuuutttt... then we found," she pulled out a uniform. Black, with a great red 'R' on the center of it. Ricka's eyes widened, "Then we found a Team Rocket uniform on your person..." Officer Jenny stared up, "Care to tell us how this got here?"

"Okay... uh..." Ricka said as she grew scared, "I can explain this..." she touched the uniform, "This belonged to me a long time ago..."

"Yeah... that really doesn't help your case," Officer Jenny stated, making Ricka face plant herself into the interrogation table. She could tell Ricka was stuck between a rock and a hard place, but the evidence was really mounting against the trainer, "Whose the child, anyway?"

Ricka's eyes gleamed. That child, Rei! Rei was her saving grace in all of this! All Ricka needed was a real good lie! Like, a really good lie! A part of Ricka felt terrible for using a child as her scape-goat, but it was either that or jail life. And Ricka's not going through that again.

"Rei?" Ricka claimed, "She's my sister!" yeah! That's a good enough lie, "Her name's Rei Constant! She's planning on becoming a Pokémon Trainer soon!"

"Rei Constant?" Officer Jenny claimed, "She told us her name was Rei, and we did locate her in the Pokémon Trainer Database, but she never said her last name was Constant."

"Oh really?" Ricka claimed, "Sigh, I told that girl to put her full name in the database, not just Rei... she's really ditzy sometimes, I swear it..."

"Uh-huh," Officer Jenny said as she wrote down Ricka's words, "And... what about the building?"

"We own it," Ricka lied perfectly, "It's our home."

"And why do you have so many buildings?" Officer Jenny asked.

"Isn't it obvious?" Ricka claimed, "We run a Pokémon Daycare up there. Yeah, Trainers come and leave us their Pokémon all the time," boy, wasn't she just digging herself a deeper and deeper pit? "That pervert was spying on us, and when I confronted him about it, he ran off like a little bastard!"

"If you run a daycare, then where are your daycare papers?"

Daycare papers? Seriously?

"Its uh... being sent in for evaluation," Ricka stated, "Our parents passed away not too long ago, and they owned the daycare before us. When they died, I had to resend my daycare papers and get them re-evaluated so I can take up my parent's daycare..."

"And what is the name of your daycare?" Officer Jenny asked.

"Constant Box," Ricka claimed, "Constant Box."

…

"Old Lady!"

Rei's shout fell on deaf ears. Ricka was walking toward the city limits as she usually did, a visage of annoyance on her face. She only wanted rest, and ended getting yet another mark on her record. Fantastic. But now, it would seem, she had gained a little follower on her quest. Unfortunate; Ricka didn't want a little follower. But hey, at least she got off free? And who says liars are doomed to fail?

"Hey Rei," Ricka answered as she glanced over her shoulder, "What's up with you?"

"Where's Ricka going?" Rei asked, as she put her hands behind her back, this young and brilliant smile on her face.

"Uh... I don't know really," Ricka answered, "I heard there's a Gym in the next city over, so I guess I'll be heading there."

"Oh..." she looked down to her feet, "Well... Rei just wanted to say thank you for giving Rei something to eat..."

"Chuuu!" her Pichu cried as she appeared upon Rei's shoulder.

"Oh! And Pichu says thank you too!"

"I should be thanking you," Ricka said, "Because of you, my Sceptile was able to defeat that Hydreigon and you got me off scott free!"

"It wasn't me who helped you fight," Rei claimed as she withdrew one of her Poké Balls, "That was my Chikorita who did that. She really really wanted to fight."

"A Chikorita who wants to fight," Ricka laughed, "That sounds slightly far off for my tastes..." she crouched down to Rei's level, placing her hand on the child's head as she did so, "But thanks nonetheless. If you hadn't been here... well... I don't think I'd be here either."

She ruffled Rei's indigo hair with her hand, laughing as she did so. Though Ricka was laughing, Rei wasn't. She felt something tugging at her as this woman started back off for her own Pokémon Journey. Maybe it was the food Ricka gave her, or possibly, something else.

"See you around, Rei," Ricka said as she turned around, "Thanks for the help tonight!"

"And where do you think you're going!" someone yelled over the two.

Ricka and Rei gazed toward the police department, watching as a certain super cop stepped out. Ricka groaned at the sight of Officer Jenny, while Rei's eyes gleamed. Officer Jenny looked was so cool; she just exuded some high-level of authority over others. And that was nowhere more blatant than with Ricka.

"Hello, Constant sisters!" Officer Jenny called, making Rei cock her head in confusion, while Ricka groaned, "Where do you think you're going this fine night, Ricka?"

"Isn't it obvious?" Ricka asked as she grabbed Rei's shoulders, catching her off guard, "Me and my sister here were just heading back to the daycare!"

"Sister?" Rei said out of confusion.

"So we'll be heading off soon!" Ricka claimed as she grabbed Rei's hand, "Come on Rei, we've got a lot of work to do!"

"What?" Rei murmured, "Uh... Rei is confused!"

"Just keep waiving to the nice officer lady!" Ricka said as her hand waved left and right, while she took Rei away with her, "Hope to not see you again!"

"I can't really do that, Miss Ricka!" Officer Jenny said, making Ricka stop, "You see, due to the high-caliber nature of your crime, Miss Constant we cannot just let you leave," she began waving back as well, while Ricka continued to stare at her with a confused eye, "So, just to make sure your daycare is a legitimate business, I'll be visiting you over the coming weeks!" the super cop finally began leaving, "So, have a wonderful night Miss Constant! You and your sister!"

The two 'sisters' watched as Officer Jenny headed for unknown parts. Once the super cop was finally out of eyesight, the ten-year-old said,

"Rei is confused," she turned around to face Ricka, "When did Rei become Old Lady's sister?"

Ricka growled. Partly from the situation she was caught in, partly because this ten-year-old called her an old lady again. Right now, it didn't matter. It was getting late, Ricka felt a headache coming on, and she needed to pry her tail out of another problem. So she began walking toward the rustic hotel, her mind thinking up a multitude of ways she could get out of this issue.

What did she say earlier? Liars aren't doomed to fail? Well guess what; they are. Simply put.

…

Rei's eyes shot open like blue lights. She launched up from her resting spot, accidentally disturbing the Pichu who rested upon chest shoulder. She leaned up her entire body, throwing her limbs out to the sky. Yawning deeply, the child gained a smile. It was a great morning; the sun was out high, Pidgeys and Spearows could be heard chirping outside, the air was blowing gently. Yeah, even though the child was inside a warm house, she could still feel all these things.

The room she stood within was bathed in a golden aura thanks to the sunlight that stared through the closed window. Rei scratched the back of her indigo hair, while her blue eyes darted left and right, other than her Pichu, her Pokémon were resting silently. Her beloved Chikorita, her Swinub, and of course her Snorlax. Except he slept outside, purely for being too big to fit inside this small building.

But there was someone missing within all of this. Ricka's eyes moved over to the bed. When she went to rest last night, that adult went to bed right there. She made sure to keep Rei on the floor, of course. But this morning, it looked as if her 'sister' had vanished this morning. Head cocking to one side, Rei stood up and walked toward the dormitory's exit.

It opened with a creek that echoed out to the land around. Sticking her head out from the dorm, Rei was showered in the light of the morning sun. One way was the forest she roamed in, another way endless roads, opposite that, the city that sat below this grand hill. Rei gained a smile that matched the sun in its shine, before noticing someone, or better yet, someone.

Ricka was standing at the edge of the ranch, hand on her belt the other on a Poké Ball. Ricka's blue eyes stared to the skies while the wind ruffled her long red hair. She dragged some red locks out from her vision, before sighing as well. She was finally ready to wash her hands clean of this. After all, she's a Pokémon Trainer, it was her job to keep going, right?

"Hey? Ricka!" crap, "Ricka! Where are you going?" she turned around to see the child who was running up to her, "Why you leave Rei?"

"Uh... because I'm heading toward somewhere else?" Ricka answered easily, "I've gotten Officer Jenny off my back; I'm ready to head on."

"But... aren't Rick and Rei supposed to do something together?" she asked, her eyes gleaming, "Ricka told Rei we were running a daycare, and that we were sisters."

"Uh... Rei, all of that is a lie, you do know that, right?" Ricka replied, "I was just saying that to get Officer Jenny off of my back."

"A... lie?" Rei asked, honestly not know what that is.

"Yeah... a lie. You know, when you don't tell the truth?"

"Rei doesn't know what that means," the ten-year-old answered with flustered cheeks, "And Rei doesn't want to know! Rei does know we have something to do, so Rei is going to do it!"

"Rei you don't have to stick around," Ricka claimed, "I mean... you don't have any ties to this place, you do know that, right?"

"Old lady talks too much!" Rei suddenly yelled, before she grew slightly wilted, "So just go and leave Rei alone..."

The ten-year-old started walking back toward the ranch, making Ricka lean to one side. Why did Rei act like that? She really is an interesting girl, willing to risk her time for a stupid lie. Shaking her head, Ricka placed her headphones upon her head. She was about to play music through her devices, but stopped from actually doing so. She glared back to Rei, who was now nearing the body of her Snorlax. Deep down inside, the woman wanted to leave, but something wouldn't let her. Like she had made a problem and it was up to her to fix it.

Damn those lies.

"Hey Rei!" Ricka called, making the ten-year-old glance back at her, "Come on, we've gotta fix this place up okay?" she watched Rei's eyes brighten, "So let's head down to the city to buy somethings before the days up, okay?"

Welcome to Constant Box, where we not only take care of your Pokémon and their needs, but also you and your needs. And we'll do the best we can. Promise.

…

V(Volt)

(Spiky-eared Pichu and Yuri play with each other before Pichu jumps onto Rei's shoulder and Yuri runs alongside Ricka)
Dragon, Ghost, Ground, Flying, (Several Pokémon are seen playing)
Poison, Bug, Water, Electric, Rock, Grass, Dark, (Rei and Ricka are seen eating with Pokémon)
Ice, Normal, Fire, Fighting, (Yuri and Pichu are fighting over a Grepa berry)
with Steel, Psychic, and Fairy. (Trainers run by)

Right now, my adventure begins, and the only path is to the horizon. (Ricka counts the stock of Pokémon food while Yuri carries cans of Pokémon food.)
A rain of tears will appear soon, but we'll push our way through it in the end. (Rei is seen brushing a Luxray's coat, but too many Pokémon also wanting attention surround her and she ends up getting shocked, Pichu sighs)
Now, lets go on to tomorrow, to surpass who I was yesterday. (Shun smiles as he hands a Pokémon egg to Ricka, who blushes and Rei giggles.)
Every encounter is precious. (Two grunts watch from a hilltop)
My heart is pounding, Challenger! (A Misdreavus scares them away)

I have my dreams in this world, that without fail, will come true one day. (Ricka looks at the sky as images of Trainers and their Pokémon pass by)
Indeed that's what you taught me, (Shun comes up to her and smiled gently)
and why I travel, (Yuri hops up onto Ricka's shoulders)
Is to seek the answer to that one question! (Rei and Spiky-eared Pichu run pass them and she sticks her tongue out playfully before Ricka smirks and she chases after her with Shun.)

Red bonds connect in a circle and spread out far and wide! (Ricka commands Yuri to use Sucker Punch)
The energy will go to everyone and bring happiness to them all! (Yuri attacks the Claydol she is fighting before she turns and uses Fire Fang on a Trainer's Frosslass)
Blue is the earth that we live on and all of its hope shines brightly. (Rei smiles as Pichu let's out a Thundershock at the multiple Grunt's Yanma.)
While yellow flowers bloom life. (Shun turns away with a sad smile as his Tyranitar's Sand Stream Ability causes him to vanish in the sandstorm.)

Dragon, Ghost, Ground, Flying, (Rei, Shun, and Ricka are seen watching the sunset with their Pokémon)
Poison, Bug, Water, Electric, Rock, Grass, Dark, (Rei eats several dozen berries along with the Pokémon as Ricka sighs at her actions and Shun just smiles.)
Ice, Normal, Fire, Fighting, (Shun leans in towards a blushing Ricka, their faces only inches apart.)
with Steel, Psychic, and Fairy. (It turns to the Day-care center with Rei, Shun, Ricka, and their Pokémon smiling)

Maverick Talks!

There you go; part 2! This must be new for me, honestly. Posting two chapters to begin a story instead of the usual one, awesome right?

Anyway, this is the part 2 of chapter 1 I spoke of last time. That's why they are both titled Constant Box. Also, at one point and time, chapter 1 and 2 were the same chapter. I needed to split them apart to keep the first chapter from being to big. Honestly, I don't want my first chapters to be 5K pages long. So, yeah. There's that.

Anyways, I want to talk about that last bit. Yeah, the one you just got done reading. I didn't write it, that part up there. It's actually an intro created by Animegirl426. Even though its an intro, I posted it at the end because I felt like it was so fitting. I'll start putting it at the beginning after this chapter, promise. And, yeah, don't ask who Shun is in the intro. You see, he's Animegirl426's character, and she's keeping him a secret, even to me. So I don't even know who Shun really is. Heck, I gotta wait.

So as I said earlier, I wrote all that good stuff about you sending in your characters and Pokemons and what not. This story has a 'Character of the Day' kinda vibe to it, just so ya'know. Well, maybe. I kinda want it to be a series, episodic series, not my linear stories as usual. More nonlinear and different. Well, different from my other stories. So there ya go! Send me your characters now!

And Animegirl426. I really hope you enjoy my treatment of Rei. I tried to keep her just as in character as I possibly could.

So with all these formalities out of the way, I simply must say you enjoy this story, for those who are concerned. I honestly can't wait to see what characters you all send in, you guys. After all, the story kinda revolves around it.

Constant Box. Did you get the reference? Just wondering.

Maverick Kay Prime