"Oh gosh…this is the most miserable day of my life!" Reena sobbed and reached for another tissue from the tissue box that Gary held for her.
"Reena, it's not the end of the world!" said Gary, thinking Reena is making a too big of a deal out of this and Reena sniffed and reached for another tissue.
"You should talk…you don't even have a girlfriend," Reena pointed out and Gary flinched knowing she got him good.
"Still, it's not the end of the world!"
"It will be…"
Gary sighed; obviously he isn't getting anyway with her. Let's hope Ash is having better luck with Richie outside…
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"Richie, you know that this might be the biggest mistake you will make," said Ash pacing around with Richie sitting and watching him as well as half ignoring him. Both their Pikachu were sitting together watching their trainers talk.
"Not necessarily true," said Richie,
"But still! Who in the right mind believes anything Team Rocket members say?" Ash exclaimed.
"When they prove a point!" Richie snapped back.
Obviously things weren't going well with Richie either.
"Pika…" Sparky grabbed Richie's leg. Richie looked down at his friend, what if it is a mistake? Richie knelt down,
"I'm sorry Sparky, but maybe the whole time I wasn't even ready to be in a relationship. You're probably thinking how upset Reena is aren't you?" Richie asked Sparky and Sparky nodded.
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The two siblings from Team Rocket were panting,
"That was way too close," said Kiara,
"I know! The boss is crazy! Now I really want to go back to our time!" exclaimed Trent and then their boss came.
"We will! Now that I'm sure those two won't get marries in the future, our threat is gone!"
A black Poke'ball was thrown and out came Celebi, their transportation home.
Reena felt it,
"Celebi…"
Reena stood up and headed outside the Center to talk to Richie. Anything is worth a shot if it means saving the future.
"Richie! Richie, I know this is going to sound crazy but…you can't leave me! It's going to mess up our entire future!" Reena cried, eyes red from before.
"Well she's right, it does sound crazy and too dramatic," said Ash and Gary nudges him, telling him that his comment wasn't helping.
"…Reena, I think I need a break from our relationship. I-"
"Richie! You aren't listening! I know I sound all dramatic but I'm serious! Richie if you leave me for good, someone will die! And I'm not speaking about myself!"
"Okay you were right," said Gary to Ash. Richie wasn't sure what to say or think for that matter.
"Uh…Reena, maybe you're taking this a little too seriously," said Richie as gently as possible.
"No! Richie! Arg! Richie…I promised someone, I promised this person that I wouldn't tell you. But I have to now I guess…Richie, if we never love each other again…then, then……then our son will never be born!"
"THEIR WHAT?" Ash and Gary exclaimed,
"…Our what?" Richie wasn't sure if she should believe her or think she's crazy for once.
In the near future:
"Here it is! Pallet Town!" Amy Ketchum exclaimed pointing to the town ahead to one of her friends.
"It looks…peaceful."
"Any place is more peaceful than the Cerulean Gym. My cousins are as annoying as heck and I'm including you, Amy," said Isaac and pushed back his messy blue hair with on hand while holding his Togepi in the other.
"WHAT?" Amy exclaimed and her Pikachu almost fell off her shoulder.
"Now, now, calm down you two. Come on, lets go over to visit Mrs. Ketchum and then we can go the Professor Oak's lab, okay?" Rose suggested and everyone nodded.
"Good! So Ray, do you want to take a romantic walk afterwards?" Rose asked with hearts in her eyes. Amy and Isaac anime falls.
"Um, no thanks, Rose. I might be spending time discussing things with the Professor," the black haired boy replied.
"That's okay! I can always ask Terri!" Rose exclaimed,
"Oh brother…Hey Ray, come on! Pallet Town's great! I'm so glad you could come here; next time, I'll make it up to you by going to Emerald Village!" said Amy and started pulling Ray towards Pallet Town.
"I still think that girl is scary," said Ray's Pikachu, Volta.
"You know I can't reply to you," Ray whispered,
"Who are you talking to?" Isaac asked,
"No one!" Ray quickly answered.
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"Hi Mrs. Ketchum, I'm sorry to say this but I can't remember you…" said Ray, a bit ashamed.
"Oh it's alright; you were too young so I didn't expect you too. You look like both your parents, but you definitely have your father's face," said Misty and pats Ray,
"Mom! He's as old as I am!" Amy pointed out.
"Come on! I want to see Terri!" Rose nagged,
"Alright, alright! Mom, Grandma! Mimie! I'm going to the Professor's place!" Amy announced and left, followed by Isaac, Rose, and Ray.
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"Professor Oak! Ivan! Tracey! Terri! Guess whose back!" Amy shouted and was immediately attacked by a Muk.
"Muk! Please get off!"
"Muuuuukkkk!"
Tracey and Gary ran to her scream.
"Muk! Get off of Amy!" said Tracey and he and Gary helped get Muk off Amy.
"…Why does he always do that?" Amy asked out loud as Rose and Isaac helped her up.
"Is that your Muk?" Ray asked,
"No, that's my father's," Amy answered,
"Very interesting. Muk just misses you," said Ray and smiled.
Tracey took Muk away and Terri came in,
"Amy! Isaac! Rose! You guys are back!" he exclaimed,
"Yup! Johto was great!" said Amy as the two did a quick high-five.
"Hi Terri!" Rose greeted with hearts in her eyes,
"Uh, hi?"
"Alright, now you're scaring him," said Isaac and pulled Rose away from Terri by her side pony-tail.
"Hey, I remember you from the Kanto League," said Terri pointing at Ray,
"Yeah, I'm Ray."
"Glad you guys are all back," said Gary,
"Glad to be back!" said Amy,
"So how have you guys been doing? Pikachu and Togepi?" Gary asked and knelt down to Pikachu. Amy anime falls. Isaac lets Togepi down and went to Gary as well.
"Who did Muk attack this time?" came a voice and everyone turns their heads towards the stairs.
"Hey Ivan, I'm back too," said Amy,
"Hn, I can see that," said Ivan with a small smile and he looks at everyone else, then he spotted Ray.
"YOU!" he pointed at Ray angrily,
"Good to see you again too…" said Ray and backed up a bit.
"Amy, what is he doing here?" Ivan asked getting in between Ray and Amy,
"She invited him to Pallet Town," Isaac answered,
"Yeah, since he never has been here before," Rose added.
"Yeah…because if he did I'm pretty sure I'd remember my hatred," Ivan mumbled and crossed his arms.
"Now Ivan, behave," Gary warned,
"Yes, Father," said Ivan.
"Come on, Ray! Let's go see the Pokemon!" said Amy and started pulling Ray again,
"Um, alright," said Ray and followed her.
"I'll go check on my gym, just to make sure they didn't mess it up again the second I left," said Isaac and picks up Togepi and went to use a phone.
"I want to see some of Terri's work!" said Rose and went to find Terri who snuck away when Ivan came.
"I'll be right out with you guys. Ivan, can you help me real fast?" Gary asked,
"Do I have to? I really don't think it's a good idea to leave Amy alone with him…" said Ivan and said it like it was poison in his mouth. Gary sweat drops,
"Um, it'll be real fast," said Gary and Ivan sighed,
"Fine, let's do it fast!"
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"Wow, Amy! These are a lot of Pokemon! This must be a tough job for the Professor and Tracey," said Ray looking at all the Pokemon.
"Yeah! Professor Oak is very organized too. Over there are mine and my dad's Pokemon," Amy pointed,
"For some reason, they like being together. Oh yeah, come on out everybody!" Amy threw her Poke'balls and out popped her Pokemon.
"Go have fun, everyone," said Amy and they began to scatter,
"You too, Pikachu," said Amy,
"Pika pi, Pikachu!"
"What?" Amy asked,
"He really wants to stay with you," said Ray and his own Pikachu smacked him. Amy had a small smirk on,
"I knew it, quit pretending, Ray," said Amy and walked towards him.
"Pretending what?" Ray asked,
"I know you can speak to Pokemon! I've seen you talk to Pokemon!"
"N-No I don't!"
"Face it Ray, she caught you. You are too obvious," said Volta,
"Now's not the time to bug me," Ray whispered to his Pikachu,
"See! You just spoke with Volta!"
"Aw come on, Amy! You don't expect me to actually understand them, do you?" Ray asked,
"Actually yes! Come on! Admit it! Admit it to me at least!"
"Uh…alright! If I can trust you with the New Island incident then I guess I can trust you with this too. Just swear to me that you won't tell anyone! If you do, you could be in danger too because you know something about me! Team Rocket or any other evil organization could use you to get to me and my powers," said Ray and puts his hands on her shoulders.
"Okay, I promise! I swear! You won't tell either, right Pikachu?" Amy asked,
"Pika! Pi!"
"Thanks you two. So yeah, I can understand Pokemon and speak with them," Ray admitted.
"I knew it! You sure I can't even tell Isaac or Rose?" Amy asked,
"No! Please, Amy! You can't! I'm not even supposed to tell you! No one! If my mother finds out, she's going to kill me…"
"Okay, I won't say a word to anyone," said Amy and gives him a reassuring smile.
"Thanks," said Ray and smiles back.
"Good to see you two having a good time…"
Amy turned around and Ray backs up against a tree. Ray could've sworn that there was fire burning from Ivan who was giving him a very angry look.
"Of course we're having a good time! We're friends!" said Amy happily.
"It better stay at friends if you don't mind," said Ivan and kept his eyes on Ray who could feel those daggers from his eyes.
"S-Sure..." said Ray with a nervous smile.
Afterwards, Gary had some time to talk to Ray about how his family's been going. Everybody helped out at the lab. Having 3 people running the lab by themselves take up a lot of work and they all get stressed out after a while.
"Hey Ray, thanks. We really appreciate your help," said Gary,
"No problem!" said Ray and smiled as he helps the professor move some boxes of Pokemon food.
"Can you take those over there? I'll be back in a sec," said Gary and walked off with a stack of boxes. Ray nodded and puts down the food where Gary wanted them. He sighed and wiped a bit of sweat off.
"Hey Volta, it would be nice if you helped out too," said Ray to his Pikachu who was just sitting around watching her trainer and friend working.
"I don't want to. Besides, I can't do much anyway," said Volta,
"Uh huh…Well, I'm going take a quick bre-" Ray wasn't able to finish his sentence since he collapsed and fell forward.
"Ray!" Volta ran to her trainer.
"Ow…Volta, I don't feel so good," said Ray and turned onto his back and felt his forehead and so did Volta.
"You're not hot," said Volta,
"I know…wha!" Ray noticed his arm while feeling his forehead.
"V-Volta! Please say I'm solid!" said Ray and stared at his near transparent arm.
"Ah! Ray! What's going on?" Volta asked, worried.
"I don't know!"
"Come on, Ray! Stand up!" Volta started pushing against Ray,
"…I can't though, too tired and weak," said Ray and closed his eyelids.
"No! Stay awake!" Volta started shaking Ray but with no avail.
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"Hm? Togepi! Where are you going?" Isaac followed hid Togepi and picked it up,
"Togi!"
"What is it? What's wrong?" Isaac asked and then kept hearing Volta crying out. Isaac went over and saw Ray and Volta,
"Amy! Professor Oak! Rose! Tracey! Everyone!" Isaac shouted and then went to see Ray's condition.
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"What's going on?" Amy asked worriedly when they took Ray inside.
"Not sure but he's turning ghost…look," said Isaac and lifted an arm up.
"What the? Is he turning transparent?" Rose asked and was also worried.
"Gary! I'll go call-"
"No! I'll handle this! Everybody out!" said Gary and told everybody to go out.
"F-Father…Something's wrong with me…" said Ivan and he looked like he just saw a ghost and was holding his chest like it hurts. Ivan fell forward and Gary caught him,
"I'll handle this!" Gary repeated.
Gary laid down Ivan and looked at him, then Ray.
"I was afraid of this day…" he said and tried to wake Ray up. Finally, Ray stirred,
"Ray!"
"Hey Professor…I think something has happened between my parents…in the past. Someone's messing with time…" said Ray weakly. Ray's lightly turning transparent through his whole body now.
"Then why is Ivan being affected?" Gary asked,
"Don't know…"
Back to Present:
"…If you won't believe me Richie…then I have to save our son on my own!" and with that, Reena ran past Richie and into the forest.
"Show me where you are…Celebi!"
"Come on! Let's go home!" said Trent. The three got ready for Celebi to take them back to their time.
"Oh no you don't! Celebi!" Reena grabbed a hold of Celebi. Dark energy was let out and Celebi was going out of control.
"Celebi! Please! Let me help you!" Reena cried and pulled Celebi in. Then Team Rocket started a Tug-of-War game with Celebi.
"BIII!" Celebi lets out a wave of dark energy and time.
"Richie! An explosion!" Ash pointed where smoke was coming from.
"Let's go!" said Gary but Ash stopped them,
"Wait! The forest! Look at it! This feeling and light! I've been through this! It's Celebi! Celebi's being ready to travel through time!" Ash explained.
"Celebi? You've encountered Celebi too?" Richie asked,
"Of course, you did too?" Ash asked,
"Yeah, the first time I was sent back to the past to save a life," said Richie,
"I encountered Celebi with Richie and Reena and at one time, Reena disappeared for a short time and then came back," said Gary.
"But, we can't stand here and not do anything!" Richie pointed out.
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"Celebi…I will break you free of their control!"
"Bii...Celebi…."
"Celebi….help me save the future! Ray! Please hang on! Hang on my son…"