Scarlet-Sorry it wasn't updated soon but hey, it's updated!
"Okay, one and two! Three and four!" Reena was helping Ash's Poke'mon pick up some energy. Ash was jogging laps with his Poke'mon but they have been getting a tad lazy.
"Okay! Come on guys!" Ash called, now jogging backwards.
Richie was on the side watching the two and the poke'mon. He took a bite out of his apple and was happy that Reena's special gift was once again helping out.
After some time, Ash and Reena were tired and took a break as they sat next to Richie. As the three talked about Poke'mon, figures watched them in the bush.
"Explain to me again why I can't just shoot and kill someone?" the young adult/older teenage boy asked with ocean aqua hair holding a rifle. An adult woman with curly blonde hair immediately pushes his weapon down.
"Are you insane? I told you! No killing! One death can set off an entire chain reaction to the future and we can't risk that!"
"Yeah but it's obvious that our plan of breaking the two up isn't working," said a girl around the boy's age with long, straight, dirty, blonde hair, playing with a stick out of boredom.
Reena looked over at nearby bushes,
"Is something the matter, Reena?" Richie asked,
"N-No, I just thought that I heard something," said Reena.
"Am I the only one that has this weird feeling that we're being watched?" Ash asked looking around while taking a few bites from his snack plate full of fruit and berries.
"Pika," Pikachu agreed and climbed onto Ash's shoulder.
"Vulpix, ember attack," Reena whispered looking at the bushes shewatched earlier. Vulpix quickly blew some fire and out popped three people from the bushes and on fire.
"Whoa! Who are they?" Ash asked and Richie noticed their outfits.
"It's Team Rocket!" he exclaimed.
"Damn! The kid knows us!" said the boy.
"Run," said the adult woman and the three took off while trying to get the fire to stop cooking them.
"Okay…" was all Reena and Ash could say.
"I could've sworn they were after you again," said Richie as he puts his arms around Reena's shoulders.
"Even if they were, we can take them on anyway! Right guys?" Reena asked Richie and Ash.
"Oh yeah! Of course!" Ash exclaimed, full of confidence. Then again, he has been sending three Team Rocket members blasting off since the beginning of his journey for a while. Plus, he's taken on even the tougher Team Rocket members more than once; he probably ran into Team Rocket just as much times as Richie and Reena, if not, more.
"Did you tell her yet?" Reena asked over the phone,
"Of course not!" Drew snapped,
"Just wondering," said Reena smiling.
"You seem to be in a better mood today," said Drew when he saw her expression,
"Well, it's a new day," said Reena keeping that grin.
"Well alright if you're feeling better then I guess I'll see you around?" Drew asked,
"Yeah! Bye!"
Reena had to make another to call to Lu though so she sighed and dialed him.
Meanwhile, outside the boys were sitting on a fallen tree. Richie's problem was bugging him now so he had to ask someone and fortunately, there was someone he trusted to get help from. But unfortunately, it was Ash's brain we're talking about here.
"Ash, I have a bit of a problem here and it's been bugging me for a while," Richie started saying.
"Why don't you talk to Reena about it then?" Ash suggested and took a bite out of some dumplings that Reena was able to cook up for him.
"I can't, because the problem is about Reena," Richie explained.
Ash stared at Richie for a few seconds with a toothpick in his mouth, and then swallowed the dumpling after a few quick chews.
"You got her pregnant didn't you?"
"…"
That earned Ash a good hit in the head,
"DID NOT! For crying out loud we're both still virgins!"
"You didn't have to hit me! I mean, the worst thing that can happen in a relationship that counts as a problem is usually when the guy gets the girl pregnant before they're 18," Ash explained while rubbing his head and puts the dumplings aside to face Richie.
"How do you know this kind of stuff?" Richie asked raising an eyebrow,
"Brock, after a while you learn things you don't want to learn until later in life from him. But anyway, I'll see what I can do. So what's this problem of yours?" Ash asked and got comfortable on the tree.
"Okay, um, I don't know how to start. Well, you see it's like this. I have feelings for Reena but it's not the same feelings I've had to for her before. Similar but I feel more uncomfortable and disturbed," Richie explained, trying to pick the right words. Ash nods but wasn't exactly understanding the problem yet.
"Okay…so are you feeling different about her? How long has this been going on? You have to tell me in more detail, Richie," said Ash and crossed his arms.
"Well, I don't remember when this all started anymore but lately I think I've gotten a bit more…possessive of her. And I keep finding myself staring at her a lot."
"Alright, um, dream of her?" Ash asked,
"Yes, a bit. But if you're in love that's normal right?" Richie asked.
"Yes I suppose…but when you dream of her, anything specifically different than the way you used to dream of her?"
"Uh…I think so but I'm not sure what that change is…"
"You're not making this easy, Richie. Tell me what seems to be the problem. What specifically is bugging you? Is the relationship getting rough or something?"
"Alright, and no, it's not getting rough. At least, I don't think so. Well you see, my body starts feeling all weird when I look at her, stare at her, like I want to do something. And I'm really scared that I'm liking her for her looks than personality now," said Richie with a worried expression.
"But this doesn't always happen right?" Ash asked,
"Most of the time. I mean, if I see her in danger, of course my body's only reaction is to get to side and protect her," said Richie.
"Good, it means you still love her for who she is," said Ash and lightly hits Richie at the shoulder.
"Okay, so do you know what's wrong with me?" Richie asked,
"Yes…and you're one of the most intelligent people I know and unfortunately I don't think anyone ever told you the real meaning of the term 'growing up.' Or the word puberty for that matter," said Ash, half joking and went back to his dumplings thinking it's all solved.
"…What?" Richie asked and Ash turned to him and pointed at him with his toothpick,
"Richie, it's perfectly normal. Don't worry about it. Just try and control your hormones so you won't jump her or something. And it's okay, I felt the same way you did too before Brock explained to me in…too much detail so be glad I made it simple for you. Puberty is the stage when a boy turns into a man, or a girl into a woman if you're female. But anyway, it most likely started a few years ago but you only noticed the change recently," Ash explained and wanted to finish eating.
"…Okay, so I don't have to worry about this?" Richie asked and Ash sighed,
"What did I just say?"
"Uh, a lot of stuff," shrugged Richie.
"Okay, I know what you're thinking. Now, the disturbing feeling you told me about earlier, it'll go away after you get a hold of your own emotions," said Ash like it was no big deal.
"…Wait a minute, so I'm going to feel a bit uncomfortable around Reena for a while?" Richie asked,
"Maybe, it didn't last so long with me and Misty. Well, I still feel it a bit, but it's not that uncomfortable for me anymore," said Ash.
"You make it sound so simple," said Richie and sighed.
"That's because it is simple!"
Richie sighed again,
"If you say so."
Reena was thinking, as she watches Ash and Richie talk, her mind drifts off to something else. Those Team Rocket members earlier, they looked familiar but she couldn't quite put her finger on it. Yet, she had this feeling that she should be worried.
"Who are they? Arg! I'll never figure this out!" Reena cried in frustration.
"If you keep talking to yourself, people will stop thinking that you're insane."
Reena looked up.
"Trust me Richie, if she's thinking about anyone, it's you," said Ash. The two then heard Reena cry out in frustration and turned around.
"Thinking about me huh?" Richie asked with an anime vein.
"Reena has a right to talk to any guy he wants because I said think not talk. Hey, he looks familiar," said Ash and ate his last dumpling before going over to Reena with Richie following behind him.
"Very interesting, you're going to live up to your grandfather's reputation for sure, Oak!" said Reena looking over some papers,
"Yeah, well those are only some of what I've found," said Gary proudly and took the papers she finished looking at back.
"Hey, Reena, who's this?" Ash asked sitting down on the opposite side of Gary.
"Ashy-Boy you are as dense as they come these days,"
"You actually recognize him? Because I didn't when I first saw him," Reena asked pointing at Ash.
"ASHY-BOY? How dare you-wait a minute, only one person calls me that…"
"Look at me, Ashy-Boy, do I really look that different from the same Gary Oak you saw at the end of the Johto League?" Gary asked,
"…No," Ash admitted.
"Good, that means you're not blind either, Ketchum," said Gary with a small smirk.
"Very funny, Gary. So, how's your career as a Poke'mon researcher coming?" Ash asked and moved to Gary's other side as Richie took Ash's place next to Reena.
"Great, look what I've discovered already," said Gary and took the remaining papers form Reena while she was reading them and handed them to Ash.
"Could you let me finish next time?" Reena asked and dropped her hands which were hanging in midair from holding the papers before Gary grabbed them.
"Sorry but I haven't seen Ash for a while," Gary apologized.
"Oh my, it's the legendary professor…only younger," said the blonde Team Rocket member looking through binoculars. The boy snatches the binoculars.
"We are about 20 years in the past, Kiara. Of all the sisters I got why did I end up with this one?" the boy mumbled to himself and looked through the binoculars.
"Whoa! That's the Poke'mon Master!" he exclaimed,
"What? Who? Where? Talk to me, Trent!" Kiara asked and grabs the binoculars back.
"There! That boy that was with Reena and Richie earlier! The guy with the cap and the Pikachu, and is not Richie!" Trent pointed.
"No way…that boy is going to be the Poke'mon Master himself in the future? Now that's just weird because he doesn't look that tough," said Kiara.
"The Professor doesn't look that smart now either," said Trent.
"Alright, before the Boss yells at us for not doing our job, let's throw these already," said Kiara and picked up a smoke bomb.
"Reena…do you feel as if we're being watched?" Richie asked,
"Oh you feel it too? I thought I was the only one tha-"
"Look out!"
"Reena looked up but she hit the ground instead.
"I said look out not look up," said Ash now on her back.
"Ow…Ash you're heavy," Reena groaned and coughed from the smoke.
"Excuse me? I am not heavy!" Ash argued back. Then the smoked cleared,
"That was fast," said Ash and sat up and pulled Reena up with him.
"Good job, Aerodactyl," said Gary and patted his Poke'mon.
"Whoa, since when did you have an Aerodactyl?" Reena and Ash asked at the same time pointing at the, what's supposed to be extinct, Poke'mon.
"Since me and a few scientists revived it from a fossil and when I became his friend," Gary answered proudly and Aerodactyl gave a cry as an agreement.
"That's cool," said Ash in awe.
"Um yeah that's great. But we have problems here. First off, where did the smoke bomb come from? Second, where is Richie?" Reena asked looking around desperately for him.
"Sparky? Any idea?" Reena asked,
"Pika, pikachu pika!"
"Okay, that's a start at least," said Reena and is at the edge of panic now.
"Pikachu, chu! Pika pika chu!"
"That's just wonderful, note the sarcasm Sparky! Can't you pick up his scent?" Reena asked and flung her arms around, still at the edge of panic.
"Pika! Pika Pi!"
"I am breathing! And I'm perfectly calm!"
Ash and Gary looked at each other and thinking the exact same thing: Reena's lost her marbles.
"Well?" Reena snapped and the boys looked back at her,
"Well what?" Gary asked,
"Aren't you going to help me find Richie?"
"Yes," the two answered,
"Then come on!"
"She's scary when she's mad," Ash whispered,
"You should've seen her when she threw me into a river once," said Gary and recalled Aerodactyl.
While traveling through the forest, the group was relying on Sparky's nose and that's what's worrying them.
Reena grabbed a hold of Ash, the closer of the two boys.
"Ow, what's wrong?" Ash asked,
"I saw a spider," she replied as she stomped through the forest.
"A Spinarak or an Ariados?" Gary asked,
"Neither. I'm not afraid of bug Poke'mon, but I'm afraid of actual bugs! And that spider was huge!"
"Okay, well can you not grip my arm so tight because I can't walk straight now and I think you're cutting off some circulation," said Ash, now walking a bit funny.
"And it makes you two look like a couple and that's scary enough," said Gary and would've started laughing a bit if Reena didn't pull out a fan and smacked him in the head with it.
"Pika!"
"What is it, Sparky?" Reena asked,
"Pika pi! Pikachu!"
"So…where is he?" Reena asked,
"Chu, chu, Pikachu," Sparky replied. Reena sighed and knelt down and took something from her pocket.
"Here, Sparky, Vulpix, Pikachu. If Richie ever asks where his hanker chief went, now you can tell him I have it. Please say there's Richie's scent on it," said Reena as the three Poke'mon crowded around her hand and sniffed.
"I will never doubt Reena. Not now, not ever," said Richie as he sits against a tree surrounded by some Poke'mon, not letting him escape just yet.
"But tell me, boy. Do you honestly think that your love for each other is true? Do you really think that Reena loves you only and forever? If only love were that simple. Have you seen the way she looks at other boys? Especially those that you know? She says they're just friends but I find it odd that she has more male friends than female ones. She keeps in touch with her guy friends more. How long do you think your relationship can last?"
Richie looked up at the adult woman, and his heart seemed to have sunk.
"Hey look, the Bridge!" said Trent doing some tricks with strings.
"The boss is good with her words," said Kiara looking over to Richie and their boss.
"That's the whole point of coming here, Kiara," said Trent and played around with the strings some more, heck he's bored stiff.
"But, he looks so sad," said Kiara, now pitying Richie.
"We're part of Team Rocket, so stop caring about him because we don't want those two love birds to stay as love birds anymore, remember?" Trent reminded.
"So that's why…" The two looked up,
"I despise you people even more now! Vulpix! Flamethrower!" Reena shouted.
The two ran towards their boss and Richie.
"I remember you guys now! And the only way for you to even be here is if you…if you…oh my gosh," Reena couldn't finish her sentence.
"What's wrong Reena?" Ash asked and shook her bit,
"I think we'll take our leave now. Let's go you two!"
She threw a smoke bomb on the ground and the next thing they knew, Team Rocket was gone. Ash and Gary went to see if Richie was okay while Reena stayed where she was. Then she walked off, out of the boys' view.
"There's only one way for them to be here," said Reena and fell back against a tree, still in a slight shock.
"That's right, and it seems that you're losing your touch as a Guardian of us, Legendaries," said Mewtwo with Mew appearing before her.
"But…I didn't sense any danger. But, wait. No! Celebi is a time traveling poke'mon. It could be in danger at one time and safe in another. How the heck am I supposed to know? Mewtwo! Mew! What's going on? What's happening?"
"It seems that in the near future, Team Rocket has got a hold of Celebi," said Mew sadly.
"Then those three came here to the past but to accomplish what? What will they gain by breaking me and Richie up?" Reena asked the two.
"Perhaps, you two being together has been a threat to them in the future? They obviously didn't want to risk death so they took the safest route by simply ending a relationship…forever. Reena, you've time traveled with Celebi once, am I correct? What time did you go it?" Mewtwo asked.
"The future, about 20 or 25 years into the future," Reena replied and was panting from frustration and shock now. She ran her hands through her bangs, trying to think things straight.
"Do you remember anything precious to you in the future? What did you and that boy have in the future that would be affected if you two were separated for good now? What are those humans trying to get rid of?" Mewtwo asked in a serious tone. Mewtwo was putting some stress on Reena but he was asking the correct questions. Reena places her head against a tree and thought a bit, the time she time traveled to the future. Who she met, what happened, she was trying to remember it all. Then, it hit her.
"No…" and with that Reena raced back to Richie, Ash, and Gary.
"Mewtwo, maybe we should've taken care of this problem ourselves," said Mew, worried about Reena now.
"No, destiny can be changed. Reena needs to know about this situation or not only might Celebi be lost forever at the hands of evil, Reena will lose two of the most precious things in her life," said Mewtwo and left with Mew.
"What do you believe are the two things?" Mew asked, flying by Mewtwo's side.
"One's definitely that boy she's in love with. The other, I'm unsure of. But Reena knows what it is…"
Please R and R!
I finally figured out a way how to get from where I was to where I want to be. Those that have not read my other story, try and guess what Reena will lose. Those that have read my other story, will probably know what it is.