Disclaimer: I do not own Pokemon. I do own Andy, Aaron, Marie. There will for a fact be some other characters later on that I own.

( ): Pokemon Translation
Ages:
Ash/Aaron/Ashley/Bailey/Gabe: 13
Misty/Marie: 15/14
Brock/Andy: 17

Chapter 17: I Hate Time Travel

Today we find our heroes walking through a forest (A/N: What else is new?).

"I hate forests." Misty complained.

"Why? Because we are constantly getting lost in them or because of the bugs?" Andy asked.

"Both."

"Do you have that feeling Ash?" Aaron asked of his twin.

"Yeah. I swear if I didn't know any better, I'd think I have a legendary pokemon sense." Ash whispered to his brother.

"This way." He announced to the gang.

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"ASH KETCHEM! WE ARE SOO LOST!"

"I thought it was this way." He said half to himself.

"BIII" (Help!)

"What was THAT?" Aaron asked

Just then, a wounded Celebi came flying being chased by a Scizor and a Sneasel. Ash and Aaron caught it as everybody gathered around it. Sure enough, the Iron Masked Marauder was following close behind.

"Not you brats again!" He shouted.

"We could say the same thing about you." Brock stated back to him while tending Celebi.

"Still after Celebi I see." Misty spatted joining.

"None of your business Brat. Scizor! Sneasel! Get Celebi!"

"BIIIII" (TIME TRAVEL!)

Just as the two dark pokemon lunged to attack, Celebi teleported out taking our heroes with it.

"WHAT?"

0000

Meanwhile,

"Ok Mom. MOM! Ok. I will. Bye." A girl with jet black hair and blue-green eyes said to her mother as she hung up from Arborville.

"Well? What did she say?" a boy with brown hair and eyes asked.

"The usual." The girl answered her undeclared boyfriend.

"Even the under…"

"YES NOW SHUT UP!" she yelled.

"Calm down Ashley." A boy with dark red hair and chocolate brown eyes stated "You're starting to act like your mom."

"Better than her Dad." The first boy whispered before taking a mallet to the head.

"What part of SHUT UP don't you comprehend Gabe? And DO NOT INSULT MY DAD! HE'S A BETTER TRAINER THAN YOU'LL EVER BE!" she yelled

"I KNOW. AND I TOLD YOU! I WOULD RATHER BE LIKE MY FATHER AND GREAT-GRANDFATHER: THE PROFESSOR, THAN THE POKEMON MASTER! BESIDES, NOBODY CAN BEAT YOUR FATHER!"

"NOBODY UNTIL I GET TO HIM! HE EVEN SAID THAT HE CAN'T WAIT TILL I HAVE AN OFFICIAL MATCH!"

"Here we go again." The second boy, Bailey, said to nobody in particular. "Electrica!" he told the Pikachu next to him.

"Pika" (Right Bailey)

"PIIIIKKKKAAACHHHHHUUUUUUU!"

"AGGGGHHHH!"

"WHAT WAS THAT FOR?"

"Now that I have your attentions, I believe we should get going."

"Right Cuz. Let's go into the forest."

"And I have the compass."

WHACK

"Are you insulting my tracking skills?"

"No Ashley. Why would I ever do such a thing?" Gabe said sarcastically.

"Guys." Bailey groaned as they entered the forest. "Remember. If we hear the Voice of the Forest…"

"…Stand perfectly still." The two undeclared lovebirds said in unison.

"Right."

0000

"We are so lost." Gabe complained as they stood in front of a shrine

"No we're not." Bailey and Ashley defended themselves. "We just don't know where we are."

Gabe facefaulted.

"BIIII" (TIME TRAVEL!)

"What was THAT?" Bailey asked as the scenery changed into a Crystal Blue color.

Just then, a bright ball of light developed in front of them as they shield their eyes. As the light dimmed, they saw a very interesting sight.

There, in front of the quartet (if you include their Pikachu), laid two girls, four boys, two Pikachus, a Togepi, (all unconscious) and a Celebi. Before anyone could do anything, the Celebi flew away.

"What happened to them?" Gabe asked.

Just then, our time travelers (Ash, Aaron, etc.) started to stir.

"We'll soon find out." Gabe said.

"Where are we?" Aaron asked.

"I don't know." Andy said.

"Where's Celebi?" Ash asked panicking.

"Let's hope its ok." Misty said.

"Excuse me." Ashley spoke up.

Our heroes looked at the new group.

"Yes?" Brock said.

"Are you ok?" Bailey asked.

"I think so." Marie spoke

"Do you three mind telling me where we are?" Ash asked.

"You're just outside of Arborville." Gabe answered.

"Great!" Misty shouted "We're almost out of the forest!"

"I have a funny feeling." Aaron whispered to Ash.

"Me too." Ash agreed.

"I'm Bailey, son of one of the Elite Four. And this is my cousin Ashley, she likes to keep it quiet who her parents are, her Pikachu: Electrica, and her boyfriend Gabe, son of Professor…"

"I'M/SHE'S NOT HIS/MY GIRL/BOYFRIEND!"

"You'll have to excuse them. They're still in denial."

WHACK

"When will you learn to SHUT UP?" she told her cousin. Turning to our heroes, "I swear, if he wasn't my cousin, I'd kill him."

"I know that feeling." Misty said. "By the way, I'm Misty and these are my friends: Marie, her boyfriend Aaron, his brother and my boyfriend Ash, Andy, and Brock. And of course these are Pikachu, Static, and Togepi."

"I wonder." Ash said to himself as he walked away from the group and pulled out the Pokedex while everyone greeting each other.

"Celebi. The Time Travel Pokemon. This Pokemon wanders across time. Grass and trees flourish in forest in which it has appeared" Dexter told them.

"Oh my gosh." Ash said quietly, "Guys. We need to find Celebi and take it to the Lake of Life." Ash told everybody remembering his adventure before. "Think you guys can help us?" he added to the new trio

"Sure." Ashley said.

"Me too." Bailey added.

"Might as well." Gabe asked.

0000

A few hours later,

"Look!" Ash pointed up.

"EEEEKKKK!" Misty and Ashley freaked jumping into Ash's and Gabe's arms.

"Oh come on." Aaron groaned "It's a bunch of Pokemon crowded around something."

"Yeah. But notice all the bug pokemon?" Andy pointed out.

"Good point."

Ash set Misty down as Gabe dropped Ashley. Ash turned to Ashley "Think we should check it out?"

"Yeah!"

After some climbing,

"Ash still climbs like a Mankey." Misty pointed out on the ground.

"So does Ashley." Gabe observed. "OW."

Ashley had heard Gabe's comment and purposely dropped her shoe.

"So sorry Gabe." She called sarcastically.

"How did you meet him?" Ash asked of her.

"His dad and my dad are good friends." She said looking.

"And his dad is…" Ash bade her to continue as they climbed.

"Gary Oak."

"I should've known with his attitude."

"Huh?"

"Nothing. Here we are."

Sure enough, there was Celebi.

"Hi Celebi." Ash spoke in a gentle voice. "It's ok. We won't hurt you."

"Yeah." Ashley spoke up looking at Ash in confusion. She added in the same gentle voice. "We want to help you."

"Won't you please come with us?" Ash asked of the Grass/Psychic Pokemon.

Celebi looked at the duo and nodded. Ash gently picked up the Pokemon and started the climb down.

"I wonder" Ashley stated quietly.

The duo made it down to the others. Marie, Aaron, Bailey, Gabe, and Andy started cooing over it.

"You think its cute now; just wait until its well." Ash stated.

0000

After our group made it to the lake and placed Celebi in it, everyone realized what Ash was talking about. Celebi was a cutie. It was curious about everything and everyone. Of course, Ashley already knew. (The reason will come.)

As our group camped by the old berry tree, Ash, Brock, and Misty relayed the story of Sammy.

"I still wonder how Professor Oak knew Sammy's name." Misty stated.

"Huh?" ask Gabe.

Brock continued the story, "I was wondering that too."

"Isn't it obvious?" Ash asked

"HUH?"

0000

Ash couldn't sleep. Too much had happened in one day. When he woke up that morning, he was hoping he and his friends would make it to the next town. He never dreamed that he and his friends would be sent into the future. Ash turned in his sleeping bag.

"You can't sleep either?" Ashley spoke up.

"What are you doing up?"

"Couldn't sleep. Way too much had happened."

"Tell me about it. What?"

Ashley was staring at him. "I'm sorry. It's just…"

"Go on." Ash bade her to continue.

"You look like my dad. That's all. I guess I'm just missing him." She admitted.

"What do you mean?"

"I mean. Since I left for my journey," she said looking at Electrica who was curled next to Pikachu, "We seem to keep missing each other."

Ash just looked at her confused.

"Every time I call, he's off at a meeting." She admitted. "I love talking to Mom, but you know how Mom's are."

"Yeah." Ash said remembering his mother.

"Before I left, we used to hang out together. The only time when I would even LOOK at a bug was when he was around."

"I'm sure your father would love to hear from you. What DOES he do anyways?"

"Pokemon Master." She quietly admitted.

'Yes.' He thought to himself.

"You know. You remind me of him. The way you spoke to Celebi earlier was the same way he speaks to me. Especially when I was younger."

They spent a few minutes in silence. Then Ash got an idea.

"Come on." He bade her.

"What?" she asked as they left the camp and Ash grabbed his backpack.

When they were a good ways away from the campsite, Ash pulled out a vid-cell phone.

"I'm not sure if it would work here," he started "But…" he handed her the cell.

"It's got to be 5 am in Pallet!"

"Would your father be home?"

"Yeah. Mom said that he was supposed to come home around three."

"Well. Dial."

Ashley dialed her home phone number and let it ring.

'Mom is so going to kill me.' She thought before the phone quite ringing.

"Pika" (What?) a tired looking Pikachu came up on the screen in front of her.

"Hi Pikachu. Since when did Mom and Dad let you answer the phone?"

"Pikachapi! Pi Pika chu." (Ashley! What are you doing up?)

"Wanting to talk to Dad. Is it a bad time?" She asked looking at Ash.

"Pika. Pikachu. (Not really. Hold on)

The Pikachu on the screen disappeared and scampered to the couch. It jumped on the back of the couch and did a Thundershock on the occupant. Ashley and Ash could hear in the background,

"Pikachu. What was that for? It's 5 am." A man told the yellow electric rodent.

"Pika Pikapi. Pikaaa pikachapi pikachu." (Sorry Ash. But Ashley's on the phone right now.)

"What?"

The man on the couch jumped over the couch and picked up the phone.

"Ashley?"

"Hi Daddy."

"Oh my gosh. It's great to hear from you. Your mother told me that I keep on missing you. And when I try the centers, you have already left."

"You've been trying to reach me?"

"You bet." Her father told her. He then looked at the scenery around his daughter.

"Ashley? Where are you calling from?"

"The forest just outside of Arborville."

"That far huh? You'll be right up there with me."

"Thanks Dad. That means a lot coming from you."

"How are you calling?"

"One of my new friends lent me his cell phone."

"ASH KETCHEM? WHAT ARE YOU DOING ON THE PHONE AT 5 AM!"

"Uh oh. Your mother's awake."

"I guess Pikachu accidently woke her up."

"Yeah. I better go. It was great to hear from you."

"Same here. I'll try to get a hold of you more often."

"Likewise. I love you Ashley."

"I love you too Daddy."

They hung up.

"Thanks Ash." Ashley told him.

"No problem. I'm just glad it worked."

0000

Meanwhile in Pallet,

"Ash. It's five am. What were you doing on the phone?" Ashley's mother told her husband.

"Hold on. I need to make one quick phone call. To make things easier, you might want to stay."

Adult Ash Ketchem picked up the phone and dialed a few numbers.

"What?" groaned a sleepy voice on the line.

"Aaron. It's time."

0000

The next day,

"Great. Now it's Ash and Ashley who are the sleepyheads." Misty groaned not knowing she'll have to get used to it.

"Pika chu" (I'll wake them up) Electrica said.

"PIIIIKKKKAAACHHUUUU!"

"WHAAA"

"ELECTRICA!"

"Is this routine?"

"Sometimes."

"Not my fault you two where up." Misty said.

"How did you know?" Ashley asked.

"I have no idea." Misty realized not knowing it was mother's intuition.

"You are right. We were up. I talked with Daddy last night." Ashley admitted.

"You DID?" Gabe and Bailey asked.

"Yeah. Ash let me borrow his ce..ll.. ph.o.n.e." she said slowing down as she realized something.

"What Ashley?" Bailey asked

"Nothing." She answered but thought else wise.

'Ash and Misty have the same names as my parents. Even his Pikachu has the same name as Dad's. But lots of people call their pokemon by their species' names. Celebi is the Time Travel Pokemon. Could this Ash and my dad be one in the same?'

As an answer to her question, the bushes rustled. Everyone got up Pokeballs in hand when the bushes parted.

"DADDY!" Ashley ran into her father's arms.

"Hey Honey." Adult Ash said to his daughter. "HEY! THEY'RE OVER HERE!" he called over his shoulder.

"MOM!"

"MOM? DAD?" Bailey asked amazed as two red heads and another dark haired man stepped up.

"Hi Bailey." The other dark haired man told his son. "Did you grow or am I shrinking?" he asked earning him a whack from his wife.

"Honestly. You've been around Andy too much."

"Huh?" Andy asked.

"They haven't figured it out yet Marie." Adult Ash told her.

"Does ANYBODY know what's going on?" Misty (younger) asked everyone.

The adults and Ash raised their hands.

"Who wants to explain?"

Hands dropped.

"We need to talk to Ash and Aaron alone." Adult Ash said.

"Ok Dad." Ashley said letting her father go and ran to her mother.

"We'll explain to the others. Ok Dear?" Ash's wife said.

"Alright Mist." Adult Ash said as he and his brother led their younger selves away and Misty's eyes widened.

'No WAY!' Misty thought, 'she's ME!'

"As you probably guessed already," Adult Misty started. "You're in the Future."

"WHAT!"

0000

Ash had gone with Adult Ash and Aaron had gone with Adult Aaron.

"So. What brings you here?" Ash asked jokingly to his older self.

"Very funny. I came because I knew I would come." He said before pausing.

"I hate time travel." He admitted.

"You said it." Ash agreed.

"Anyways. From what I remember, I'm suppose to give you these." He said while handing him some weird looking golden pokeballs.

"Kurt's granddaughter developed them. Aaron is giving Aaron his own set." He continued. "These are called Legend Balls. They allow you to capture Legendary Pokemon without disrupting the balance of nature. How they work is this: after you capture the Pokemon, the ball glows. Before you can call them, you have to push this button and wait for it to glow. This is because the Pokemon does not stay in the ball. The button calls the Pokemon to the ball before you can call it. These balls also keep other trainers from catching the Pokemon. They can also be in your party even if you have six Pokemon with you."

"Wow."

"There are some warnings however." Older Ash continued. "One is to NEVER use the Pokemon you capture with them in battles for titles. They are only to be used when you battle evil like Team Rocket. Two is never to go looking for the Pokemon to gocatch them. They will come to you. For instance, if a legendary pokemon comes up to Aaron, then it wants to be his Pokemon. Let Aaron catch it. Aaron is telling Aaron the same thing. Celebi will inform the Legendaries. You know, half the time they don't want to have a trainer is because it could disrupt the balance of nature."

"I guess then you know what Aaron and I are up to." Ash stated

"Yes. Don't worry. You'll find what you are looking for at the Lake of Rage."

"The Lake of Rage." Ash repeated.

0000

"So what did your older selves want?" Andy asked as they came back.

"Just to give us some pointers." Ash said.

"So, are you six ready to go back home?" Adult Ash asked our heroes.

"Yeah. It was very nice to meet you guys." Misty said.

"Same here." Ashley, Gabe, and Bailey said.

"Celebi." Adult Ash stated to the Time Travel Pokemon.

"BI. Lebi lebi." (Right. Stand back those who aren't going.)

Adults Ash, Misty, Aaron, and Marie grabbed their children and Gabe, stepped back and waved.

"BIIII" (TIME TRAVEL)

With that a flash of light enveloped our heroes. When the light died down, they were just outside Arborville in their own time.

"That was exciting." Marie stated.

"Yeah. I can't believe I'm a world famous Water Pokemon Master." Misty added.

"I can't believe I'm the new Cinnibar Island Gym Leader" Andy mused.

"I can't believe I'm the Pokemon Master's Official Breeder." Brock said amazed.

"Why can't you believe?" Ash asked.

"Yeah Brock?" Aaron added "Didn't they tell you who he is?"

"No. We didn't ask."

"Aaron." Ash whispered. "Let's not tell them."

"Tell us what?"

"Nothing. Let's go."

0000

That night,

"Well. I'm bushed." Aaron said.

"Same here. Finding out that we're going to be parents sure takes a lot out of you." Marie said.

"Ditto." Misty added.

A few minutes later, everyone was asleep, everyone except Ash.

"Do I have insomnia or something?" he complained as he pulled out one of his new Legend Balls.

"Never to go looking for the Pokemon to catch them. They will come to you"

"I wonder what Pokemon I'll catch with this one." He asked himself.

Just then, he heard a rustle in the bush.

"Now what?" he asked himself as he got up to investigate. "First time was a twin brother; second time was myself, what else is there?"

The first thing he say when he pulled the bushes apart was a pair of big blue eyes.

"Celebi? What are you doing here?"

"BI lebi beli bi. Bi bi lebi lebi" (Hi. I just informed the legendaries of the balls. I'm the first and I'd like to go with you.)

"Really?"

"Bi" (Yep.)

"Alright he said as he let Celebi into the Lengend Ball in his hand. The golden ball glowed a bright green. Just as it stopped glowing, Celebi teleported in front of him.

"What the…" Ash started until he remember,

"This is because the Pokemon does not stay in the ball."

"Right. How can I forget?"

"Bi Bi. Lebi bi bile" (Thanks Ash. Remember, if you need me, just push that button.)

Then Celebi teleported away.

"Wow. I caught Celebi."

With that, Ash climbed into his sleeping bag and went to sleep.

TBC

A/N: Whew. That took a while. I couldn't decide who should travel and where to. I finally decided on my original where they meet the kids. If you haven't figured it out, the connections between the kids and our heroes are on my profile. Also, there is a connection between Pikachu and Electrica. Anyways, here's the Preview for the next chapter:

"Pikapi. Pikachu pika?"(Ash. You don't really believe Morty's here in this burnt up tower do you?)

"To tell you the truth Pikachu. No. Just, it's been glowing brighter lately."

"Pikachu."(Like playing Hot and Cold) "PIKA?" (IT HAS?)

"Yeah." Ash said as he pulled something out of his pocket.