Chapter XXXV- Homeward bound

By the time I woke up again, morning had just broken, no one was up yet, and
Hinokoai was still sleeping in my lap. I looked out the window, and saw suddenly a
rainbow shoot across the sky. I shook Hinokoai by the shoulders and she began to wake
up.
"Uh.....morning mom....I'm gonna sleep in...." She mummbled.
"Oh no you're not! You're going to go see Ho-oh!" I said and she instantly rolled off me
onto the floor.
"Uh! Ho-oh, where!?" She ran to the window and searched desperatly. "There!!" She
yelled and ran to the door, running out.
"Hinokoai, wait!" I yelled and ran out after her. She stood there, starring, concentrating
for a moment, and then; her wings folded out. Beautiful red orange yellow blended
feathers. She spread them out, and I opened mine too as she leaped, glidding, and
flapping into the air. I quickly followed her, flying closer and closer to the rainbow.
"Ho-oh!!!" She yelled out, and suddenly, the rainbow stopped expanding. It changed
direction, heading for us. "Ho-oh!!! I've missed you!!" She yelled, and met it in mid
flight. It stood still, flapping it's wings that changed color everytime. She pet it's beak and
whispered stuff to it that I couldn't hear. She pet it once more and said, "I'll see you
later!" and we flew back down to the ground.
The morning after that was pretty boaring besides the fact that I had to make up a
story for why our shoes were covered with mud. Tword the afternoon though, Dave called
and said that it was time to go home. Jarod, Hinokoai, My other self, Erika, and me all
drove over to Daves house, which was off to the right of the pier.
"Welcome ladies and gentlemen! I will now perform my greatest technological
advancement! Joking! Joking! Seriously now. Welcome girls." Dave said as we were all
invited into his labratory.
"So this is it Dave?" Jarod asked and starred at the huge machine.
"This is it!" He said proudly, stoking it's silver steel keypad. "With a few time
adjustments, we'll be up and running! I can even now track them, so I can see where they
are in either time line." He said and pulled up a diagram, beggining to explain it to Jarod.
I turned away and looked at Hinokoai saying,
"I'm really going to miss you Noki."
"Me too. I wish there was some way...."
"What....that I could stay?" I shook my head no, "This isn't even my timeline. I would if I
could, but....I can't."
"All set girls?" Dave said as he turned the huge computer on.
"Are you sure it's going to work?" Erika questioned.
"I'm absolutly sure of it! It's been tested and retested, calibrated and re-calibrated, but I
won't lie to you.....there is a 1% chance that you will land behind time instead of exactly
where you were taken from; but it's so minuscule....Even if you do, the second you see
them, you'll merge with them and...."
"Right then. Fire this puppy up!" I yelled and stepped inside the chamber with Erika. He
flipped some switches and a forcefield was created around us, then vanished, and was
replaced by a closing portal.
"Mom, remember you once told me, to go where ever my journey took me?.... I think my
journey is with them." Hinokoai said as her eyes filled with tears.
"Noki, if you go, there's a slim possibility that you'll be able to get back." My other self
said as the portal slugily began to close.
"I have a way back remember? I can come back anytime. I just have to train it." She said
as tears ran down her face. She took a pokeball off her belt and gave it to my other self.
"He has to stay here. He doesn't belong in the past; He already exsist. I don't yet. I'll leave
and come back before I'm born. I promise." And with that, my other self said,
"I love you Noki! Have a safe journey, and send a message back when the technology
comes around! Take care of Erika!" Jarod came over to her and hugged her tight as she
began to cry.
"Don't cry mom. I'll be back. I promise. I just want to have some fun first." Hinokoai said
and walked into the portal with us. "I love you dad! I'll be careful don't worry!"
"Baby....I love you! And don't be past your curfew otherwise you're grounded!" Jarod said
as a singular tear ran down his cheek.
"Don't worry dad, I won't!" She said as the portal closed and we were hurtled through
time, back to our own dimesion, with my daughter....
When I woke up, me and Erika were lying flat in the dirt road that we had been
walking on before. Erika, half ontop of me groaned as she rubbed her head.
"Noki!?" I yelled when I realized that she wasn't any where in sight. "NOKI!?" Me and
Erika both got up and I ran behind the bushes.
"owwwwww......" Noki said as she tried to get up.
"Uhhhhhh....Noki....I'm so glad you're all right.....(sigh) I found her Erika!" I yelled and
Erika came running back. "Do you hurt anywhere?"
"You mean besides my butt? No." She said, and I helped her up. "So what are we going to
tell dad?" She said as she wipped dirt off her jean shorts.
"I don't think we're going to tell him anything right now." I said as I wiped my shirt off.
"But mom!" She continued, "We will tell him eventually?"
"Yes. Maybe after the pokemon Leauge. For now, you're one of Erika friends and try not
to forget; don't call me mom around Jarod^_^ K?" I said and my wings burst out. Erika
and Noki put their wings out too and we flew back to Proffesor Oaks place. We stopped
before the door, and I went in first. Jarod was still asleep on the couch and I went over,
then kissed him.
"Hm....morning Angel....(big yawn)" He streached his arms out and stood up asking,
"Who's that?"
"Ah....this is one of Erika's friends; Noki, this is Jarod...." I said and Noki stepped
forward.
"It's nice to meet you^_^" She said and blushed a little as she shook his hand. I elbowed
her and she let go. Jarod, bewildered, walked up stairs and got dressed. Once he came
back down, Erika, Noki, and me were ready to leave for the pokemon Leauge.
"So, where are you from Noki?" He asked as he walked into the kitchen and put his back
pack on.
"Um....I was Erika's neighboor for a while. We moved when I was ten...." She said and
thought....Gosh, I hope he buys that! I don't know where Erika's from!?
"Oh! So you must have known Marcy too!" He said grabbing an apple. I answered that
question,
"I met her just before she moved....we didn't really get to know each other." I said and got
my back pack off from behind my chair.
"We'll see you later Proffesor Oak! Thanks for everything!" Erika said as she grabbed an
apple too.
"Bye!" I said as we went out the door.
"Good luck friends!" He said as he walked to the door, "Have a safe journey! I'll watch
for you on T.V.!"
We walked down the road for a while, until I got tired of walking, and decided
flying would be easier. I spread out my wings, and so did Erika; Noki held back.
"Jarod, you don't mind if we fly right?" I asked for Noki.
"No^_^ Go right ahead! I'll use Pegesedon." He said and called her out, jumping ontop of
her.
"Noki; it's ok." I said and she spread her wings out too.
"Whoa! You have wings too?! Howdja get yours?" Jarod asked as we all took off. As
Noki explained to Jarod how she got them, she altered names and ages, to mask the truth,
which would have to remain a secret for now. We flew over Viridian city and took a left
about half-way through it. We kept going until we noticed a huge building not to far in
the distance, and we stopped by some huge doors. Indigo Platue was beautiful. It had
gardens all around it, and plenty of spots to eat lunch and talk with other trainers. Only
the best of the best were here today. We landed before we got to the walkway, so that we
didn't raise any suspsion about our wings. Once they had vanished, we walked down the
path, and tword the open dome that was the registration building. There were at least a
good 100 or so other people training outside there, ages 15 and up. We walked inside the
dome that looked a lot like a pokemon center, and I went up up to the desk. There was a
huge moniter above the lady divided into four sections; Fire, Ice, Grass, and Rock. There
was a little symbol on each for that.
"How may I help you?" The lady politly asked.
"We'd like to register for the next Leauge challange." I said and she pulled out four papers
from under the desk. "Oh, it's just for two of us." I remarked and she put two of the papers
away saying,
"All right then. You need to fill out these forms and bring them back here when you're
done." I turned for a second to find a place to sit, and then turned back,
"Thanks very much^_^"
"You're welcome miss." She said and sat down in her chair. We walked over to the table
and chairs, and sat down. Noki looked over my shoulder as I filled out the paper. When
my birthday is, my age, gender, the pokemon I'll use for the first round, -Species then any
nicknames-, phone number---basic stuff. I thought and wrote everything down. When me
and Erika had both finished, we went to the desk and gave the lady back the two papers.
"Very good then ladies! I'll send these through and you can pick your starting fields." She
said then finished, "So, who would like to go first?" Me and Erika both looked at each
other, and I said,
"I'll go...." And she directed me to a large red button on the side of her desk.
"Just hit this button when you want to stop the randomizer. It'll shuffle the fields around,
and which ever one lands in the top left corner is the one you'll start on." She directed my
attantion to the moniter above her. The symbols spinned around and around, the longer it
went, the faster it became. I set my eye on the grass field and hit the button.
"All right!" I said as the grass field stopped sure enough in the top right hand corner.