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The wind on my face would have felt good if I could feel at all. It was early morning and Jenna, Rio and Infinite were mounted onto Flygin, soaring through the winds for Snowpoint city. Jenna had insisted on leaving early, despite Rio and Infinite's futile efforts to convince her otherwise. Sometimes, I think she wants to get rid of me as soon as possible.
Don't even get me started on infinite. He had to be introduced to all the new technology that was invented during his time of imprisonment. It was fun when he turned into a washing machine and a fan and it took a while to explain to Rio who kept thinking it was a special power like her special aura. She had to be explained that this ability was common for a Rotom.
Well, now everyone was travelling easily. Everyone except me who still had to fly along instead of being a offered a ride! Zeesh!
The sun cast a warm glow on the Jenna who stretched out leisurely on the back of her Flygon. I floated beside her, and for some reason I had a dumb fascination with staring at her hair. It was black as the night sky when void with stars. I could lose myself in it, the swirling mass of oblivion and darkness. I probably could and she won't even feel it because I could go through it. Even though her eyes were closed to avoid the blinding light of the sun, I knew the color by heart, mysterious silver that said she had much more to say then she ever would.
"What are you staring at?" Her voice startled me out of my thoughts.
I winced. I shouldn't have been thinking about these things. It was impossible not to fantasize her. Besides, I was used to. I did it all the time in school. I fumbled for an excuse.
"Um… I was looking at how messy your hair is." I managed then nearly face palmed. Nice move Achu.
Idiot, I thought. Why would you tell her that? That's the single, most neatest bunch of hair you've ever seen, especially how they don't get messed up even though they are not tied up. Jenna sat up lightning quick and made an attempt to grab me. Only that her hand slipped through my corporeal form and she nearly fell off Flygon. She stuck out an arm to stabilize herself before turning to glare at me. I shrugged and smiled disarmingly. I bet she would've strangled me if she could. Girl's don't like it when you give them a bad remark. I learnt that in school. Females!
"Ghost, remember?"
"Oh I remember alright." She spoke grudgingly. "Sometimes I question my sanity for choosing to travel with you. Besides my hair isn't that bad."
"Uh-huh."
"Shut up!"
She picked up the black locks and immediately began to thread out the knots with her fingers. I regretted insulting her looks. She was beautiful but I couldn't even compliment her in case she thought I was hitting on her. Then it hit me, she wouldn't conclude that because to her, I'm just a pokemon.
"I was just kidding." I said and shot a doubtful look.
"I've been meaning to comb it anyway. But still…"
She fiddled with the tangles ignoring me and finally my temper snapped.
"Look its fine! Geez I wouldn't have said anything if I knew it bothered you that much!"
Jenna turned towards me, her own anger rising to meet mine.
"Sheesh you're annoying. One moment my hairs messy and the next it's fine? Make up your mind, Achu!"
I took a deep breath trying to calm myself down. She could be bossy and yet so sensitive. I wonder how much I had hurt her when I didn't date her back in Pokemon School and then disappeared. If I had known she liked me, I would've ditched all of them just to be with her. If only she wasn't so sensitive and shy back then and gave me a sign.
"Sorry, it's just I was thinking."
Jenna stopped combing her hair and stared at me curiously. Her silver eyes were down to slits, boring into my head.
"Thinking? About what?"
"About Lake Acuity." I was hesitant. I couldn't divulge my actual thoughts or she'd get suspicious for sure. "Do you think Uxie will actually be there?"
That's right. According to the book Uxie was rumored to be seen at Lake Acuity. I had clearly remembered when I read it from Jenna's book. Jenna paused for a moment.
"I do." She said, and the look in her eyes held no room for argument.
At the same time I felt myself doubting her. You don't think there is a hybrid pokemon just because they exist in video games now do you?
"How can you be so sure?" I pressed her for more information.
"Because, elders in Twinleaf town also spoke of Uxie as part of a trio actually. There's Mesprit that brings emotion, Azelf: willpower, and finally Uxie the bringer of knowledge. Tales say that these Pokémon guard the three lakes within Sinnoh."
"How do you know about Twinleaf?" I asked her. She and I belonged to Jubilife city.
"I went there for a polo match," She answered politely. "You know, it's a game…"
"Yeah, the one on Rapidash," I finished for her. I bet she looked the epitome of gracefulness when she went there to play.
"But I went there for information," She added to it.
Wow, I had no idea Jenna knew so much. She sure had changed a lot. I felt a little guilty hiding my identity from her but it had to be done. If Jenna knew who I really was… I couldn't even think about the results.
At that moment my thoughts were interrupted by a beam. A huge angry red beam to be exact, one that struck Flygon with brutal force. I had seen that move before. Hyper beam! Flygon began to tilt to one side as Jenna clung on for dear life. It began to descend at a rapid pace. My heart raced furiously. Oh why did stuff like that always happen to us? Who had done that?
"What the hell was that?" Jenna shouted from the back, looking ahead in hopes of finding what had swift past us.
I shook my head.
"I don't know."
Then it came. A fully grown 463 pound Dragonite carrying a red haired girl smashed into them. The impact sent both trainers and Pokémon spiraling towards the ground. I flew alongside Jenna as she struggled to keep her hold on Flygon. I eyed the ground that seemed to be rapidly rising to meet us. They would be pancakes if they didn't slow down. What to do… An idea jumped at me.
"Tell Flygon to spread his wings!" I shouted over the rushing air.
"What?"
"Tell Flygon, to spread his wings!" I repeated a little louder this time.
"What?" She said again. Man, I'd need to get an Exploud to get her to hear me.
"TELL FLYGON TO SPREAD HIS WINGS!" I shouted one last time.
She nodded.
"Flygon, spread your wings out, try catch the breeze." She called out to the green dragon.
Flygon nodded. With great effort he spread his large green wings out and their fall began to slow. My heart sank in relief. That was close one! They were only 2 feet from the ground when he finally caught his balance. They landed shortly, freaked out from the incident as I floated up to them. Jenna pulled out a hyper potion and spraying it on the dragons wounds. Then she recalled him and summoned both Infinite and Lucario in a flash of red light. Jenna and I felt guilty for keeping them in their pokeballs. It wasn't that we hated their company; it's just that extra passengers would have slowed us down. It took them a moment of stretching and yawning before they realized they weren't in the air anymore.
"Did something happen?" Infinite asked with a worrisome expression on his face. Apparently, he tended to worry for just about everything. He wasn't what you'd call, 'optimistic.'
"I sense the aura of a huge attack. Are you alright?" Rio added concernedly. Rio was definitely my best friend around here.
"Yes, yes, and yes." Jenna replied. Despite the near death situation she was surprisingly calm. It had shown how much she had changed. She was in control of herself.
"Jenna, there were only two questions," I pointed out to tease her. She had answered 'yes' thrice. There was a hint of irritation but was subsided quickly.
"Flygon was hit by a direct hyper beam. He might not be able to fly for awhile. Then we ran into a Dragonite." I translated wisely. "Jenna's okay."
Rio blinked before red eyes widened.
"Wait, what?"
"Flygon was hit by a hyper-" I began but Jenna cut me off.
"Tell Rio everything will be fine."
"Everything will be fine." Which was probably not true, I could feel it.
"Look there," Jenna pointed out. I turned around to face the direction she was looking at and my eyes widened; only, I had to control the shock.
A few feet from us stood a girl with the red haired girl we had crashed into earlier. I recognized the pointed red hair and crimson eyes and her slender waist. She hadn't changed much, except for her status I'd say. She wore a black lined spandex suit with a thick puffy white dress over it. White boots covered her feet and she looked the same, with an arrogant cruel smile on her face.
She was Aria, a senior girl from my pokemon school. She was arrogant back then too, but knowing that she worked for Galactic didn't make it sound funny anymore. She was extremely rich and her father bought her all the cool, evolved pokemon. And I mean it, she bought them for her. She had money to burn. Girl's wanted to be her; guy's wanted to be with her. That was the singlest most easiest way to define her. She had always been popular, one of the most elite senior trainers in our school. Natural talent, good looks, and a sharp mind, but they were completely wasted on her vanity.
"Aria," Jenna murmured in astonishment which wasn't reciprocated my Mars. She stood calmly, patting her Dragonite's nose. More like posing for a facebook Porfile picture.
Jenna had remembered her just like me. Being popular and all, I came across her quite often but she had her own group of seniors following her.
"It's Mars now," She said in an expressionless tone which she used for anyone she considered inferior to her, i.e. everybody.
"The rich Bitch joined Galactic!" I exclaimed. I hadn't seen her in the HQ when I busted in, also called, the biggest mistake of my life.
"How do you know Aria?" Jenna whispered, raising one eyebrow suspiciously which Mars thought Jenna was doing to her.
"Uh…..I heard somewhere about her," I answered quickly, hoping she won't get too suspicious. Jenna bought it. Aria, or should I say Mars, probably got her dad to feature her on TV and Jenna thought I saw her somewhere. Whew! Perfect excuse.
'Aria, Mars, whatever. What is wrong with you?" Jenna called out to Mars. "You were so rich. Why would you ever waste your precious money on something as pathetic as Galactic?" Wow, Jenna sure made it sound intimidating.
"It's none of your business," Mars said, running a finger through her spiky red hair. "I will be taking that Rotom of yours however. In the hands of child like you, it will only go to waste. But with Team Galactic we will be able to dominate the world."
"Over my dead body!" growled Jenna. She was in no mood to reason with a rich brat and neither was I. I smelled a cat fight.
Mars smirked. She was amused my Jenna's enthusiasm and love for pokemon, something that never existed in Mars or she won't be selling and buying pokemon.
"That can be arranged, Jenna!" Mars casted a sharp look in our direction but she probably couldn't see me. I screamed internally at the fact that Mars remembered Jenna. She had a sharp memory after all. This was turning into a creepy school reunion with the background characters missing. Jenna wasn't distracted by this little fact that Mars, a popular girl, knew and remembered her. Maybe they already had a cat fight before in school. Man, how could've I missed that?
"Dragonite!"
The yellow dragon Pokémon roared sending shock waves ripped apart the ground. Jenna stood her ground eyes set firmly on her opponent.
"What's going on?" Infinite asked me.
I translated, "That girl over there is part of a bad group of people. She wants to be your owner."
As mild as the explanation sounded, Infinite bristled furiously.
"I refuse to be used by someone like her. I'll fight!" He declared, and then added. "Besides, Jenna can probably find out information from that arrogant prick."
I laughed. Rotom, who just introduced to Mars, could see her for who she really was.
"Well said. Jenna, Infinite said he'll fight for you." I passed on the message.
Jenna smiled happily.
"Okay then! Infinite let's do this."
Mars stared at us bored. This little thing seemed petty to her. No wonder none of her friends were around anymore. I wondered where the rest of her gang were? I meant the one from school, not galactic.
*I suggest the music, "Pokemon battle revolution: crystal colosseum" for this battle. Use it as a background music if you like. It kept playing through my head anyway.*
"Are you finished yet? Then Dragonite use Earthquake!"
With a wild cry Dragonite released a shock wave of tremendous power. The ground between Mars and Jenna crumbled. Both Pokémon disappeared in a cloud of dust. Then a spark flickered and Infinite shot out the debris. He was unharmed besides looking a little pissed off. Jenna sighed in relief.
"I forgot, levitate. With that ability earth moves are useless!" She called to Mars. It was an attempt to tease the rich brat. If she had been the same old Aira, she probably would've snapped. But the reaction here was a complete opposite of that and it snapped me. I was pulling my ears.
Mars didn't respond. Instead she crossed her arms, waiting for Jenna's move.
"Infinte use shadow ball."
A dark shadowy blob formed in front of the red Pokémon. Infinite hurled it towards the dragon which struck it with resounding force. Dragonite flew back crashing through several trees and knocking them down. I was awestruck. Despite his small size Infinite had quite the power. Jenna smiled. Mar's expression didn't change.
"Is that all you got?" the red haired Galactic puppet asked raising her hand.
Jenna glared at her. "What do you mean?"
"Dragonite, get up." Mars spoke so coldly that I felt a little shiver run down my back.
In a flash Dragonite appeared at its owner's side. Mars studied her companion emotionlessly. The dragon appeared to be beat up due to the cuts and scratches on its wings and body but it stared fearlessly at us. It's going to continue fighting, I realized. No it will fight on until it dies. The pokemon itself looked too scared to speak up for itself.
"Dragonite, do I have to remind you what happens when you fail?"
Dragonite roared and shook its head. I tensed up. How cruel.
"Jenna, be careful." I warned.
Jenna nodded. Then she turned to Mars.
"Why are you so heartless?" She asked in desperation. Mars didn't answer that. Heck, she pretended like she didn't hear it.
"Dragonite use fire punch!" Mars commanded tonelessly.
The yellow dragon flew at Infinite, fist clenched in a ball of flames.
"Infinite Thunderbolt!" Jenna called out, forgetting that she even asked a question.
With a cry Infinite released volts of electricity at the incoming missile. Dragonite winced but kept charging. It landed a fiery punch that sent Rotom into a tree. Rotom slumped to the ground defeated.
"Infinite!" Jenna cried concernedly. I rushed to his side, concerned for my friend. I couldn't even protect Infinite if I wanted to because everything would just go through me.
"So your futile attempts come to an end." Mars stared at the fallen red Pokémon.
Jenna turned towards Rio who was already readying herself towards battle. Without warning a red beam shot out completely blasting a startled Dragonite. A dark blue shark dragon Pokémon stepped out from the trees. It shot a glare at the beat up Dragonite. I recognized it as Gabite.
"That's for that nasty dragon claw earlier."
With a nasty howl Dragonite rushed at Gabite, paw embedded with volts of electricity. Gabite stared at it bored. Electric doesn't affect ground types, I realized. The shark dragon easily sidestepped the attack bringing glowing red claws down onto the rampaging dragon. Dragonite collapsed, completely spent. I gaped at the Gabite. Even though it wasn't fully evolved it had just defeated Dragonite with one attack. Well I supposed Infinite had weakened it but still. The way it had effortlessly dodged Dragonite was awesome. T wasn't something any pokemon could pull off. Not without being taught by a human trainer. That took skill. Mars took out a pokeball recalling her Dragonite, while saying nothing the whole time. Just like that, no concern, no worry, no love no othing. I pitied the pokemon.
"You may have defeated me this time, but if you continue to stand in the way of Team Galactic you will be eliminated," she crossed her arms, closed her eyes, and turned her head to the right, tilting it down a bit. "Just like Noel." She added to it.
Jenna looked alarmed. Then the light in her eyes dimmed and she spoke uncertainly. At the sound of my name, she had suddenly grown weak and her previous strengths were drained out. The colour in her cheeks was gone and I swear mine would have too if I wasn't ghost. I didn't know she was there at HQ at my misfortunate event.
"What do you mean by that? What do you know about Noel?"
Mars simply stared at her. She furrowed her eyebrows and an evil smile curled up on her lips. In a flash of light she summoned an Alakazam and they teleported away. Jenna studied the ground. She looked sad, like the world had just been pulled out from under her.
"Wait!" She said, rushing to wear Mars was standing but Mars was already gone.
"Jenna…" I began but was interrupted by a boisterous voice.
"Thank you for saving me earlier." It was the Gabite who was clearly looking at me. "Hey, I didn't know Pikachus could fly!"
"They can't." I responded hesitantly. "Can you see me?"
Gabite squinted at me. There was an indent in his fin, so that meant he was male.
"Yeah, you're about as clear as day. Is that wrong?"
"I'm dead." I said flatly. "Most people and Pokémon aren't even aware of my presence. What do you mean we saved you?"
Gabite's eyes widened. "Whoa whoa whoa. Sorry about that man," Came the routinely apology. "But yeah, that evil bitch lady was chasing me earlier. She wanted something or other called DNA. Then she said she would kill me."
"You can understand her?" Now I was interested. Most wild Pokémon did not understand Human dialect. It was gibberish, complete nonsense.
"Yeah, I sneak to the city every so often and listen to human speak. They have complicated concepts that I can't ever hope to grasp but I understand the basics."
"That's smart." Rio came up from behind me. "What do they call you? I'm Rio by the way." She held out a paw.
Gabite stared at it and I saw a small blush rise to his cheeks. I nearly laughed. Rio had no idea how complicated her life was going to get. There was no one who understood the complicacy of a love-interest and crushes. I snickered. I was going to get back at Rio for teasing me about Jenna.
"Well my friends call me Lunchtime, because I rarely ever miss that." He spoke embarrassedly. He scratched his head sheepishly then took her paw.
"Hey can someone fill me in?" Jenna had come up looking really confused. She had recovered from her little shock, I noticed.
"Well basically…"
After I had filled Jenna in on most of the details Jenna burst out laughing.
"Lunchtime? That's the most hilarious nickname I've ever heard of!"
Lunchtime pretended to be offended but he grinned. I floated over towards Jenna.
"He can understand you y'know." I whispered in her ear.
"Oops, I forgot!" she giggled. Rio and Rotom snickered too. Rotom, who barely ever understood a joke, got that one.
"Is it okay if I travel with you guys?" Lunchtime asked looking solemn.
"Why?" I wound have loved to have this guy travel along but each of us had a reason to seek Uxie, I wonder if he had one too.
"You are nearing the mountain where I live. I can help you guys find the way there."
"Touché," I said, tipping with my ear. "Jenna, mind if Lunchtime travels with us?"
"Of course not." Jenna suppressed another giggle.
Besides if Lunchtime could see me, that meant he needed my help. In some way or another.
'Just one thing guys," he said, holding his hands up. "OI don't want a pokeball. I don't mean to offend you and all, it just doesn't cut it on me."
Of course Jenna wasn't offended when I told her. She respected Lunchtime's request and she probably realized too that Gabite needed my help or he wouldn't have been able to see me. She looked over to Lunchtime and nodded, smiling. He smiled back.
After our little run in with a former school kid, it was quite decided that we'd camp for the night. Finally, when the camp was set up, everyone went off into their own corners for sleep. Rio climbed the tree and with her head against the trunk, fell asleep. Lunchtime curled up below at the edge of the tree, snoring gently. Infinite was a little distance from the fire. Everyone was asleep, everyone except Jenna and me.
She was sitting in a far end of a corner, looking at the stars, deep in thought. I felt obligated to say something. I floated up to her and after thinking for a few seconds to avoid the earlier mistake I made in the morning, I finally spoke.
"Do you think about him a lot?"
Jenna looked at me, startled a bit. "I meant Noel," I said. "Do you think about him a lot?"
She laughed a bit. "Is everyday a lot?"
Wow, she really did love me. She had been thinking about me every day since I disappeared. Oh Jenna. What would I not do to be with you the way you want?
"Anyways," she broke the awkward silence between us. "Now I just have one more reason to travel to Uxie; to get answers about Mars involvement with Noel."
Jenna. I thought and sighed.
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