Sightings of the Pokemon Pinchers lead Ben, Takumi, and Ami to Tweakwood Forest where they found a cave leading to a mysterious monument. Despite defeating the Pokemon Pinchers within alongside Takumi and Ami's friend Fei, and a rampaging Digimon thanks to Terriermon's temporary Digivolution to Gargomon, the villains escape with a piece of the monument. During the battle Pichu's Ukulele was broken. The Pokemon left Rasp Cavern to seek out the man who could fix it.


"Pichu! Pichu! Pichu!" Pichu bounced up and down as Booker looked at the damaged ukulele he brought back with him.

"All right. All right already. I've got it so just claim down a little bit."

Ben and the others came inside the house. "Booker? Did Pichu come back?"

"Oh, Ben! I was so worried about you."

Ralph ran up to him. "Booker! They broke Pichu's ukulele!"

"Pichu!" the Pokemon cried.

"I see that." Booker replied looking at the damaged instrument. "Pichu's been askin' me to fix it."

"Can it be done?" Fei asked.

"Hmm? Who are you?"

"This is Fei. She's a friend of ours." Ami said. "But anyway, the ukulele?"

"I'd love to fix it right away. But you need material with good straight grain to fix that ukulele. It's hard to find and it's only available on Dolce Island. I hid it in a tricky place…"

"I can go get it for you." Nick said. "Since everyone seems to be occupied…"

"You should really be occupied helpin' me build boats…But I'll leave it to you, Nick. The material that can fix the ukulele is hid in a hollow tree trunk."

"I got it! If I see that bad bunch in Dolce Island, and I get caught because of my bad luck and get bound with ropes a smidgeon on the tight side…"

Everyone in the room sighed. "Another one of your daydreams, or should I say "day-nightmares," huh?" Booker asked. "Ben, will you help him? I'd be too worried to send Nick alone."

"Sure."

"Ami and I can come with you." Takumi said.

"I'm sure I'll be just fine…" Nick said.

"Then what was with the day-nightmare just now?" Terriermon asked.

"Well…It's not a bad idea to go with a Pokemon Ranger. Will you come with me?"

"Sure. I'll make it a Quest." Ben said pressing buttons on his Styler.

"Quest?" Ami asked.

"Shorter, missions. Means of helping people with their troubles."

"No offense, but your job is starting to sound like a video game." Takumi shrugged.

"Outside the house is a pier. There's a fisherman there who owns one of my boats. Ask him and he'll take you to Dolce Island." Booker said.

"Ralph, Fei, you guys wait here." Takumi said. "We'll be back soon."

"Good luck." Ralph waved.


"We're here at Dolce Island. Take care."

"Thanks." Ben replied to the fisherman as he got out of the boat. "Okay, let's get to work gang."

"So, Nick. Do you know where this tree trunk is?" Ami asked.

"Er…I've only been here a few times…mostly getting chased by the Pokemon here."

"Why am I not surprised?" Terriermon asked.

"I think I saw a tree trunk back where we first met Pichu." Takumi said.

"Then what are we waiting for?" Ben asked walking towards the stairs, leading up the cliffside. "Let's go."


Together they walked over to the tree. "There it is." Ben said.

"That must be the tree trunk the boss was talking about!" Nick said running over to it. "I'll go get it. Just wait and watch my back. If there's a horrible trap inside the trunk, and the trap turns out to be some sticky odd fluid, and I touch it out of curiosity with my toe despite my gut instinct-

"Will you just go already?!" Terriermon growled.

"R-right." Nick took a few steps away from the trunk. "What's required here is not imagination, but…the ability to jump! Here I go!" With a running start he leapt into the trunk. "How did you like my jump? Wasn't it something?"

"Stay focused down there, Nick." Takumi replied.

"Right. Let's see…where is the material to fix the ukulele…? Here it is! Guys, I found it…Huh?"

"What's wrong?" Palmon asked.

"What am I feeling around my feet? Rather rough…"

"It's your imagination again." Ben sighed. "Just climb back up here and let's-

"ARRRRRGH!" Nick jumped out of the tree. Six Sunkern popped out, with angry faces.

"SUN!"

"Holy-Nick, what the heck did you do?!" Takumi asked as he and his friends were surrounded.

"I'm so sorry! I didn't mean to do that!"

"Capture on!" Ben shot his Styler at the Pokemon. "You guys try to distract them, so I can focus on catching one at a time!"

"Got it!" Takumi nodded. "Terriermon!"

"Palmon!"

"Terrier Tornado!" Terriemon shot a Tornado into two of them, flinging them into the air.

"Crescent Leaf!" Palmon scratched them with her thorns and knocked two more into a tree. Ben's Styler looped around the remaining two with incredible speed. Then he lopped it around the two Palmon attacked. Finally, he lopped the two Terriermon attacked as they came down. As they slowly got up, their faces looked calm.

"There!"

"Phew…I'm glad they finally calmed down. It seems I stepped on them while they were taking a nap in the tree trunk." Nick sighed.

"That does look like a good place for a nap." Palmon admitted.

"Sunkern…Sorry to disturb your nap." Nick said.

The Pokemon slowly floated away. "Whew! Glad that's taken care of." Ami said. "Still got the material?"

"Yeah." Nick nodded. "Now we- Right when he spoke a vine zoomed in and slapped him in face. Nick was flung into the tree trunk and immediately knocked out.

"Nick!"

Everyone saw a green plant with a pointy noise and two long tentacles jump from the trees. "A Vegimon!" Palmon said. "It must have heard the Sunkern and came running!"

"It's a Champion Level!" Ami said. "Takumi, we need Gargomon!"

"Right!" The boy slid his goggles over his eyes and extended his hand towards his partner. "Terriermon, Digivolve!"

"Terriermon Digivolve to…huh?"

Takumi looked at his hand. Neither it nor his goggles glowed yellow like they did before. "What? It isn't working!"

Vegimon, swatted Terriermon who flew into Takumi. Then Palmon, and then Ben. All three were knocked to the ground. It then stormed over towards Palmon only for Ami to run in between them. "Leave her alone!"

"A-Ami! Get away!"

Palmon's warnings were in vain. Vegimon, flung its long, slim arms at Ami. The girl yelped as they wrapped around her, ensnaring her arms, pinning them against her sides. She screamed as it squeezed the air out of her while trying to break free.

"Let her go!" Palmon jumped towards the Vegimon, who spotted her and opened its mouth.

"Gia Element!" It shot a green sphere at Palmon, hitting it in mid-air, before it dropped to the ground with a thud.

"Palmon!" Suddenly Ami's goggles started to glow green. Vegimon shrieked as it let her go in order to shield its eyes with its arms. Ami then looked at her hand. It was glowing green as well. "Huh?"

"That's exactly what happened to Takumi…" Ben said sitting up.

"Maybe…I can…" Ami put her goggles over her eyes and held her hand out to Palmon. Text appeared on a screen in front of her.

DIGIVOLUTION

As soon as Ami touched the screen it turned green. A green light flashed from it to Palmon. A blue shell formed around her. "Palmon Digivolve to…" The shell exploded showing a tall cactus with red boxing gloves. "Togamon!"

Ami stared in awe at her Digimon. "You did it…you Digivolved into your Champion level!"

Vegimon launched its arm at Togamon, but she caught it in her hand and pulled Vegimon to it, then punched it in the face. Then when it was sent flying Togamon pulled it back, then punched it again. It continued the assault ten more cycles.

"Whoa…" Ben said. "That's a heck of an evolution."

Togaman then threw Vegimon into the air. "Needle Spray!" Pins shot out of her body and slashed through the Digimon. Once the storm of needles ended in dropped to the ground and turned into shards.

"They did It! ...now what?" Terriermon asked.

"Well…let's see if it'll happen again." Ami said holding out her hand. The shards flew into it. Then in a flash of light Togamon turned back into Palmon.

"Aww…well, it was fun while it lasted." The Digimon sighed.

"Hey, are you guys alright?" Ami asked.

"Yeah. My Styler's energy can take the damage when I get hit." Ben said getting up.

"I couldn't get Terriermon to Digivolve…but this time Ami Digivolved Palmon…" Takumi said. "What is going on here?"

Ben walked over to Nick and started to shake his shoulder. "Yo, Nick, up and at em!"

The shipbuilder shot up into a sitting position. "AAAH! THE UFO'S ARE ATTACKING WITH THEIR GIANT JIGGLYPUFFS!"

"Go figure. The only things scarier than your daydreams are your real dreams."

"Huh? What happened?" Nick asked looking around.

"Nothing." Ben said helping him up. "You still got the material?"

"Yup. That sure seemed like a life or death adventure for me! I'm glad we've got the material to fix the ukulele. If I carry it, though, it might take up all my attention, and I may not talk much, which could cause tension between you and me…I'd certainty want to avoid that. Ranger, will you carry it for me?"

Ben smiled and rolled his eyes. "Alright, alright. Give me the materials."

"Thanks. Let's go to the boss's house. I'm sure we'll see Pichu's happy face."


"Hey, did you guys see that?" Ami asked.

Takumi turned to her as they walked. "See what?"

Nick looked at Renbow Island in the distance. "I saw it too! The Wireless Tower on Renbow Island over there just flashed a couple of times!"

"Wireless Tower?"

Nick pointed over to the Island. A tower could be seen in the distance. "You see that over there? The building near the submit, do you see it? That's the Wireless Tower on . I just saw something flash around its antenna…"

"I saw it too." Ami said. "There!"

A light started to blink on the tower. "Yeah, I see it." Ben said. "What's it about?"

Nick's eyes widened. "Oh, no! Could it be…" everyone groaned before Nick continued. "that my boss is angry because I'm still here, and he climbed up the Wireless Tower antenna to give me a scolding with signals using a mirror or something…"

"If it meant he was gonna be quiet you should have made him carry the materials." Takumi said turning to Ben.

"Oh, what am I doing? I started thinking negative again. It's a bad habit of mine. I can go on endlessly, so please do not hesitate to stop me when it happens."

"Stop." Everyone said in sync.

"Come on. Let's just hurry and get this material delivered." Ben said.


Ralph smiled instantly when Ben and the others returned. "You're back!

"Pichu!" the Pokmeon jumped. It immediately hurried to Ben. "Pichu! Picchu!"

"Hello to you to, Pichu!" Ben smiled. "Here you are Booker." He said handing him the material. He then performed his Ranger pose. "Quest Clear!"

"Do you have to do that every time?" Fei asked in annoyance. "What do you gain from doin' all this posin' anyway?"

"What? All Rangers do that! Anyway, I can normally upgrade my Styler as I complete more quests and missions, but it looks like that part of it is still broken from when I fell into the sea."

"Hey, Booker. Can't you fix the Styler just like the ukulele?" Ralph asked.

"I'm no good with computers and fancy electronic thingamabobs. Thanks for your hard work, y'all." Booker said. "Well then, let's fix this here ukulele. Nick. Would you like to give it a try?"

"Is that okay?! I'd love to do it!"

"This will take a little while to repair."

"In that case, I think I'll go patrol in the village." Ben said. "There might be others who need my help. Especially after what happened earlier with the Pinchers."

"I'll go with you." Takumi said. "Helping people in need is kinda my thing."

"Same here." Ami smiled.

"I can guide you around Cocona Village!" Ralph said.

"Thanks." Ben smiled. "Let's go."

Ben, Takumi, Ami and Ralph only stepped outside the house before they were called. "Oh! A Ranger! Perfect timing!"

"Hm?" Ben turned to see a young man around his age. "Hey there. Need something?"

"There is something I would like you to see. Could you come to the plaza at the west of the village?" The man asked, before hurrying on ahead.

"I wonder what that could be?" Ralph said.

"Let's take a look." Takumi said walking towards the Village.


A young man dressed in blue looked in the direction of the Wireless Tower. "Well, that's unusual."

A purple creature with a round head, big eyes and a creepy smile walked next to him. "Looks like we might find something up there."

"My thoughts exactly pal. Heh. It's good to have you back."


In the plaza one of the two pillars in front of a gate that was covered in greenery started to glow. A good number of villagers were gathered around it.

"Now I've seen everything..." A man sighed. "The stone of time is glowing."

Ben and the others approached it. "What is that?!" Ralph asked. "I've never seen anything like it!"

The young man that called them over was the first to notice. "Oh good. The Ranger's here! This suddenly started glowing a little while ago. What could be causing it?"

"How should we know?" Ami asked. "We all just got to this region."

"Huh…" Ben walked up to it. He slowly reached a hand towards the light.

"Uh, Ben? I wouldn't advise touching it." Takumi said.

Suddenly the light flew out of the pillar and made a sound. "EEEEEEEK!" Ralph and all the woman in the crowd ran toward the village. Then it flew to the left of Ben.

"AAAAAAHGH!" All the men ran to the forest. Only Ben, Takumi, Ami and their Digimon remained.

"I told you!"

Suddenly the light turned into a Pokemon. "Biii!"

Ben stared in awe. "Is that…the legendary Celebi?!"

"Biiii!"

Ami stepped forward. "Ben, look out!"

The Ranger jumped back as pillars of thorns rose up. "Ben!" Just when Takumi and Ami ran towards them, Celebi rose a series of pillars around Ben, trapping him in a makeshift arena.

It shot leaves at Ben who rolled out of the way. "Capture on!" he shot his Styler at it and began swinging his arm around, making int loop Celebi repeatedly. It shot leaves at the Styler, but he pulled it away, maneuvering it around the attacks, while dodging the pillars it rose at it. After a few minutes Celebi stopped attacking. "There. Did I catch it? No…it seemed more like it was testing me…"

Celebi stared intently at Ben. "Biiiiiii!" A bright light engulfed Celebi.

"Huh? AH!" Ben shielded his eyes as he was swallowed by it.

Takumi and Ami could only wait outside. "What do you think is going on over there?" Ami asked. Just then the thorns sank back into the ground. But Celebi and Ben were nowhere to be seen.

"What the-what happened to Ben?!" Terriermon asked.

"Oh crud…" Takumi groaned.


"WHOA!" Ben dropped to the ground from the sphere of light with Celebi close behind. As soon as he got up, he took a look around him. It looked like the plaza he was just in. Only it looked more…in place. The stones looked like they were just carved. Moss and plants weren't covering anything. Celebi circled around him in delight. "What the…where am I?"

"Hey, Celebi! Are you making mischief again? Who is this person?" Ben turned to his left to see a young boy with white shorts and a blue shirt. Celebi flew over to him. "Bi!" It then led the boy over to Ben. "You look…Very interesting. I've never seen cloths like that before."

"I was about to tell you the same thing." Ben muttered.

The boy's eyes widened. "Wait! Did you…come here by Celebi's Time Travel?"

"Wait, what?"

"Did you…come from another time?"

Ben's eyes widened. "Wait…don't tell me…is this…the past?"

"Bi!"

"I've heard that Celebi could travel through time but…I wasn't sure it could be true."

"Me neither." The boy said before turning to the Pokemon. "Celebi, why did you do that? You need to take this person back to the right time!"

"Yeah, as much as I'd love to stay and chat, I kind of have a problem I need to get back to where I'm from! Or is it when I'm from? Whatever, the point is, I need to go back!"

"Hold on. Can you wait for a while?"

"Huh?"

The boy turned to Ben. "My name is Ravio. This sometimes mischievous one is called Celebi. It's my friend."

"So, it brought me to the past for a laugh?" Ben asked. "Most people pop balloons in front of someone trying to sleep for their pranks."

"By the way, what's you name?" Ravio asked. "Where did you come from? What do you do? Do I ask too many questions?"

"Uh…my name is Ben, I came from Almia, and I'm a Pokemon Ranger on a Mission in Oblivia. I was in Cocona Village before your friend sent me here."

"So, your name is Ben? You take care of Missions as a Pokemon Ranger…? I don't have a clue what you're saying. But I think I can say this…Did you say you came from Cocona Village? Well this place is called Cocona Plaza. You may come from a different time, but I think we are standing at the same place as this village."

"I was thinking the same thing…"

"Ben…It scares me to think of knowing the future…But could you tell me more about Pokemon Rangers?"

"I…guess." Ben replied sitting down, cross legged. Ravio did the same. "A Pokemon Ranger, protects the people, Pokemon, and nature of the world we live in. We use these Capture Stylers to perform captures on Pokemon to borrow their abilities in our Missions."

"…Capture? Really? Can you get help from Pokemon, just like the temple oracles…?"

"I…guess?"

"Are you sure? Did you become friends with Celebi, Ben? Then can you tell Celebi to stop its mischief? It even brought you here for no reason, it seems. It should know better…We are right in front of our temples…"

"Temples?" Ben looked where Ravio was facing. There was a wooden gate with some kind of face.

"When you go through Teakwood Forest, there are several temples. These temples were built to honor a Pokemon called Arceus."

"The legendary Pokemon Arceus? It exists?"

"Yup. At least from what I'm told. All those temples are protected by the friendship between Pokemon and the temple oracles."

"I see…"

"Ben, can you forgive Celebi for being mischievous?"

"Sure."

As they stood up, Ravio turned to his Pokemon friend. "Celebi…You need to take Ben back to the right time!"

"Bi…" the Pokemon said looking down sadly.

"See you, Ben." Ravio said before thinking about the situation. "I guess we won't see each other again…Take care."

"Same to you."

The Pokemon's eyes glowed. Ben was engulfed in another bright light and disappeared.


"What do you mean he's gone?!" Ralph asked. Shortly after Celebi took Ben away, the villagers had returned. Takumi and Ami were explaining what happened.

"I have no idea where he went." Ami said.

"Calm down, let's just look around." Takumi said. "Maybe we'll find something around here that'll-

Suddenly a bright light flashed in front of them. Ben dropped down in front of Takumi and Ami. "Ben!" Ralph smiled as he ran up to the Ranger.

"Oh, thank goodness." Ami sighed.

"I was so surprised when that light suddenly started moving." A man said.

"I have no idea what just happened." another young man shrugged.

"I'm just so glad you're safe…" Ralph said. Ben was looking around him, confirming that he made it back.

"What happened to you?" Takumi asked. "When those thorns dropped, you and that Pokemon were gone."

Ben looked away. "Nothing."

"Nothing?! That's all you can say?"

"Don't leave us hanging, man!" Terriermon groaned.

"Don't worry about it. Come on, let's go check on Pichu."

"Oh! That's right! I'll bet Pichu's ukulele is almost finished." Ralph said. "Let's go back to Booker's house."

Ben and Ralph walked back towards the village. Takumi and Ami exchanged confused glances before following. Unknown to everyone a figure with a hooded cloak stepped out from behind the stone of time.


Ho boy...the multiplayer missions...I plan on covering those in due time for this story, just not for a while. As for Quests, I'll say it again, those are getting their own separate story with the exception of this one since it's mandatory for the plot and a few others.