The Ranger Net Stories

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Mew

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Second-to-last…here's hoping this one will be longer than the Celebi chapter.

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I don't actually live in the Olive Jungle. I was just passing through at the time, after hearing that Fiore was lovely, especially the fair city of Summerland. Of course, being the rare Pokemon that I am, I was told by the other legendaries to stay out of Summerland, and Celebi suggested that I hang out in the jungle to the north instead.

Which was precisely what I was doing when that human found me.

At the time, I had been chatting to a Grovyle about life in general, when all of a sudden everyone scrambled. The Grovyle was quick to explain that a human was coming, and that everyone was being wary of humans after the Entei incident, as they had named it, before bounding away to his nest. However, I was not afraid of the humans, choosing to drift lazily towards the man who had appeared at the entrance to the forest.

He was staring at me, mouth agape, eyes as big as dinner-plates. After a few moments, he hesitantly called out my name, as though he couldn't believe I was there. I giggled and drifted even closer to him, tail twitching curiously. Finally, he caught his breath - he seemed to have stop breathing upon recognising me - before turning and running, calling out my name again. Chuckling at his oh-so-predictable response, I floated off into a deeper part of the forest.

A day or so later - time didn't seem to pass as quickly in Fiore as it did in Kanto - I heard a familiar voice. Recognising it as the human from before, I flew down to meet him. This time, another male accompanied him, a Minun chirping away happily on his shoulder. The man I had met before was stunned to see me again, it seemed, but then he shook his head, said something to his younger companion, and went off, Politoed in tow. The boy shrugged, and strolled towards me, raising his capture device (which Celebi had told me about previously - they do not exist in Kanto, and thank goodness for that. I would never get any peace.)

I won't be gotten that easy! I thought to myself, and, grinning at the human, I raced off towards the Relic.

On my way, I met a little boy, who gasped when he saw me. I went over and tapped him on the head, before spotting Minun Boy and moving out of sight.

However, I didn't count on the speed of the human, and soon I found myself battling to break free of several white circles. It wasn't too hard, though - I evaded the electricity his Minun was shooting at me and edged just out of his view. I could hear him cursing as I fled to another part of the forest, calling out my own name as I did so.

People who were scattered around the jungle pointed to me as I flew past - I came to rest next to one of them, a little girl this time, who stared at me in awe and gently patted me on the head. I graciously accepted the compliment (I took her gesture to mean "You're so cute!") and nudged her hand before hovering towards a strange plant. Smiling, I wrapped my long tail around one of the leaves and yanked it out of the ground, revealing an Oddish who was not impressed with me for waking him up from his deep sleep. Upon seeing who had disturbed him, though, the small Grass-Type merely muttered something and trudged off, deciding wisely not to mess with a legendary.

"Hey! I saw a Mew!"

The friendly girl who had patted me earlier was excitedly recounting her tale to the teenager who was pursuing me. Though I forgave the girl, I knew she had blown it for me, and so simply waited for the boy to come over and try another capture. Which, of course, he did. Once again, I evaded his electrical attacks, but I didn't realise that they were actually just a decoy for something else - an Ariados, who shot webs at me in quick succession. It wasn't long before I was pinned to the ground by the sticky substance, and furiously, the boy circled my struggling figure.

Gritting my teeth, I focused my mind and blasted the webbing away with a Psychic, breaking the lines and allowing me to escape. When he looked at his Minun - both human and Pokemon wore an expression of pure disbelief - I stuck my tongue out at him before flying off to an even deeper part of the jungle.

Here, I found a Bayleef, who was only too happy to tell me what was going on with the blue-haired boy and his Minun

"He's a Ranger, of course," she began, speaking in the Pokemon language. "They help Pokemon who are hurt or angry to calm down and heal, or set them free from evil forces. The kid that's chasing you is called Lunick. Along with his friend Solana, they're responsible for cleaning up that horrible mess with the Entei in the Jungle Relic," she chatted, looking out over the trees towards the ancient stone building - we were on a ledge that overlooked the forest. I recognised the name Solana, too, as both Celebi and Deoxys had mentioned - perhaps praised would be a better word - her earlier. "The Minun's a great kid too, only ever wants to help. Never thinks of himself. And the one with the Politoed is called Percy - another really lovely guy, though maybe not as confident as Lunick or Solana. Anyway, I hope that helps, and good luck with your game!" she said energetically, smiling brightly. I waved at her, before setting off again.

The kid, it seemed, had gotten lost - I couldn't find him anywhere, and I had looked everywhere in the jungle. Assuming he had gone home, I curled up in the shade of a palm tree, watching a group of Wurmple playing tag. Smiling gently, I looked up towards the sky, my sapphire eyes sparkling as I thought of how much fun I had had that day, playing chasies with a Fiore Ranger.

I wonder what happened to that kid. Did he go home?

I tried to relax, but gave up, hovered in the air for a moment, then made my way back to where the little girl who had patted me was. Or, rather, where she had been - she must have gone home as well. I turned to leave the area…

And was confronted by Lunick. He smirked at me, and initiated a battle, to which I responded by performing a loop-de-loop in mid-air. Once more, his Minun discharged high-powered jolts of electricity, which I evaded with ease. Then, he tried catching me in a bubble created by a Lotad, which I popped within a few seconds.

On and on this went, with several different types of Pokemon attacking me, and finally, just when I thought he had given up, he pulled out his trump card - a Shedinja.

Gulping, I edged away from the ghostly Pokemon, who just floated in one spot, showing no emotion whatsoever.

If there's one Pokemon I hate, it's Shedinja. They're Ghost-types for one, and just plain creepy for another. Gulping, I avoided eye contact with it (do Shedinja have eyes?), as shadows started to engulf me. Strange visions clouded my thoughts, causing me to panic. I couldn't see a thing, except for blackness, and horrible, glowing red eyes. What was happening? Was I going to die? Somewhere between the visions, I thought I saw a light…

Then, it was over, and I sat, subdued by the circles Lunick had drawn around me. Suddenly, I figured it out - the kid, upon realising my weakness, had hiked up to the Relic to capture one of the Shedinja, and then had come back down to find me. I found a new respect for the Ranger, as I accompanied him back to the entrance of the forest.

We arrived to find two people standing there - an old man, and, to my delight, Percy. I chirped cheerfully upon recognising him, somersaulting in the air. The old man said something, then had a good look at me, before checking Lunick's capture device - or Capture Styler, as the Bayleef had called it. I may not be fluent in human-speak, but I could make out some of the conversation:

"It's all here!" - the old man, upon having a look at the capture thing. I guess he had wanted my data for something - they all seem to. Why can't they pick on, I don't know, Rayquaza?

"Thank you…" - Percy (who sounded more confident than he had earlier, which isn't saying much.)

"No problem, Percy! Now, let's go and file a report." - Lunick, sounding very pleased with himself.

Laughing, I flew off, deciding to go back to Kanto - the birds would want to hear this story, as would Mewtwo, who was amused to no end by my antics.

But before I went, I winked one sapphire eye at Percy.

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Nearly done…

Oh, yes - this chapter is twice as long as the Celebi chapter. Mew has a longer mission.

By the way - I'd like to thank everyone for their reviews, and I'd also just like to say that I've started the Manaphy chapter, and I'll warn you now - it's really quite choppy, as since Manaphy can't actually see what's going on (though he can hear and feel them), I need to add other perspectives in there too.