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And now…….. Chapter 3!
Chapter 3- A Parallel Past
After a while Karai had become tired of running. She had no luck finding the exit to the forest, or her friend Rocket either. She sat down by a tree to think the situation over. I thought Rocket would be around here someplace. I wonder where he is. She then looked down at the stone that was around her neck. I could use this to get us back. But first I should find him.
"Crystal!" She heard Akaro yell. This time she made no effort to evade him though. She was too tired. He came up beside her and she looked up into his bright green eyes. Well, that hasn't changed either.
"What is it?" She asked him. "I told you that I'm not who you think I am."
"You are," He said. "I know that you are."
"The Akaro I know was never apprehended by the Pokemon Rangers. And he was never sent here either."
"How can you say that when you helped them? You helped them send me to this place. You really don't remember it?"
"No," Karai answered. "It never happened that way."
"Yes it did," Akaro said, putting his right hand on Karai's head. "I can help you regain the memories of it."
"How can I regain memories that I never had?" Akaro didn't answer her. A blue aura glowed around his hand, and Karai's eyes closed.
Her mind was suddenly filled with sounds and images that were never there before, but were somehow surfacing now. She saw herself in the uniform of a Pokemon Ranger from the Almia region. She stood before the Chairsperson, who was giving some of the top rangers a mission. "This is a very dangerous mission. All of you will have to be on your guard. We have fitted your stylers with a special barrier that can protect you against mystical power."
"Why can't the normal authorities handle this?" A ranger beside her asked.
"Because they've failed," The Chairsperson answered. "We're all that's left, and Akaro must be stopped. All of you are the best rangers we have. I'm counting on you." The new memory went on, and Karai saw the entire mission play out in her mind. When the rangers had finally cornered the mage known as Akaro, he had managed to turn all of the rangers to stone except for two of them. Karai couldn't see the other ranger's face, but she knew that he was standing right beside her as they faced the wizard.
"Why couldn't I break through your barriers?" He asked curiously. "It was easy to get to those others. But you two. There's something different about the force protecting you from my magic."
"Magic can't penetrate a psychic barrier," Karai said. She looked to the ranger beside her. "What's protecting you?"
"A spell," He answered.
"Okay," Karai said, not expecting an answer like that. "Akaro, you have to come with us now. The Pokemon League Counsel wants to talk to you."
"No!" Akaro said. "I'll never go with you!" He tried using a spell against the two rangers, but it didn't work.
"You can't use your magic on us," The Ranger beside Karai said. "Give up."
"Never!" Akaro yelled like an insane person.
"Fine, you leave us no choice." Karai's eyes turned a bright purple color, and Akaro was lifted extremely high into the air and thrown hard against the ground. He was instantly knocked out. The ranger beside her got a rope and tied him up. Then the ranger snapped his fingers and Akaro was gone.
"Cool," Karai said. "So, where'd you send him?"
"To the Pokemon League."
"What are we going to do about the other rangers now?"
"You originally come from Saffron City in Kanto, right?"
"Yes."
"Then I'm sure you know someone who can help."
"All right. Let's report back for now."
That new memory ended, but more filled Karai's mind. After a while she had left the ranger union to become a Pokemon trainer. She had many different memories come to her about being a trainer, and about the Pokemon she had caught.
Karai soon opened her eyes, and looked up at Akaro who had removed his hand from her head. The memories he had brought back to her. They all felt so real. They felt as though they had actually happened. "N-no," Karai said, knowing that none of it could have happened. "It's not possible. None of it's true. It can't be true."
"It is," Akaro said. "All of it. Every one of your memories that I have restored to you happened.
"No. It couldn't have." But, it was all so real. It had to have happened. But no. That's not possible. Karai stood and looked up into Akaro's eyes. "Akaro. What would you do if you became human again? If you had all of your powers, what would you do?"
Akaro stared at her. He wasn't expecting her to ask something like that. "I would get revenge on the Pokemon League for doing this to me."
"The Akaro I know wouldn't do that. And if I really did help the Pokemon Rangers arrest you, then why don't you attack me?"
"Because of your barrier. I can channel small amounts of magic through my normal Pokemon attacks. It isn't much, but it is effective. Although, it still wouldn't be enough to crush your psychic barrier."
"Akaro, I don't have any psychic barrier put up. I don't even have those powers."
"I'm a psychic Pokemon now," Akaro said. "I can sense your barrier."
"I'm a Pokemon now. Why not just use a normal attack against me?"
"Because of the power your barrier is putting out, I couldn't be effective with that either. It's as if you were also using a protect attack at the same time. Although, I didn't know the Pokemon Vulpix could learn that move."
Karai sighed and started to walk away from Akaro. "Like I said, I need to find someone. Goodbye."
"Wait," Akaro said. "Maybe I could help you."
Karai stopped and turned to him. "If you consider me an enemy why would you want to help me?"
"Because, if this had happened under different circumstances, I wouldn't be your enemy."
"What do you mean?"
"I'm a psychic Pokemon. You may be the same Crystal, but from reading your thoughts, I can tell that you're from somewhere different. A place where this happened differently and I trained with you."
"Did you just read my thoughts now?"
"No," Akaro answered. "I did when I was giving you those memories."
"I won't accept your help though," Karai said, turning away. "Your intentions are still dark. Even if you became human again, you would go back to being the same person you were. Knowing that, I can't trust you." With that, she continued on through the forest.
"She knows." Akaro said to himself as Karai walked away. "She knows the incantation that could make me human again. I couldn't see it when I read her mind. It's there though. Maybe if I had the chance to look deeper I could figure it out." After Karai had gotten a good distance ahead, Akaro began to follow her.
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