"RAY!" Amy won't stop shaking Ray until finally he woke up after Isaac dumped water on him.
"What the? I'm not dead? I could've sworn…" Ray started feeling his body to check to see if he really was dead or his body really is still there.
"Not important how!" Amy exclaimed and jumped-hugged him with one arm considering she still has to hold Celebi. And the first time ever, Ray felt a bit of heat rise up in his body and slowly pushed Amy off a bit so she can lighten her grip and because he never felt so strange before but doesn't really want to find out.
"Are you okay, Ray?" Amy asked worriedly,
"Um…" Ray couldn't get words to come to his mouth. Mainly because he really didn't know the answer and he was distracted by Amy's eyes…
Then the moment was ruined when Ray had a hell of a hard hit in the head.
"DON'T SCARE ME LIKE THAT YOU FOOL! DAMN YOU! WHY DID YOU HAVE TO HAVE BOTH OF YOUR PARENTS' TRAITS?" Lu shouted and Ray could only hear his head pounding.
Reena clutched her side spilling with blood and slowly stood up using a tree to support herself.
"…You're definitely related to that troublesome boy. You both just won't die!"
Reena breathed heavily and turned to look at her with eyes burning with hate,
"If I die…then what's the point in everything…that I have strived for? Well?! You tell me! No, you can't tell me…because you have no life!!!"
The Team Rocket leader throws down the gun, being her last bullet was used, and faces Reena.
"My life is to be the most evil villain. I have surpassed even Giovanni! I was the greatest leader Team Rocket ever had! I had beauty, skill, and brains. I was capturing many powerful Pokemon and I finally captured the ancient Pokemon, Mew. But before we could bring Mew back to base, our ship was attacked by none other than Mewtwo. Not only that, while we lost to Mewtwo in battle, we lost Mew when we were distracted! One member claimed to have seen a boy and a Pikachu carrying Mew off when he jumped off toward the ground with no fear and was saved another Legendary Pokemon, Suicune! Then time and time again, that boy has foiled my plans and has made Team Rocket the laughing stock in the history or villains!"
"Would I really let Ray run around, jumping off places, and meddling with people as dangerous as Team Rocket? Especially with her being in charge of everything!" Reena thought.
"I didn't want to kill you. But unfortunately, I don't have much of a choice now that Celebi has been taken from me and once again, by that god damn son of yours! You won't live more than past a few hours without medical help. You're lucky you can't die in an instant since I've run out of weapons, but I will make sure you get no help…" she said and started walking away and ignoring everything Reena says and does after that.
"…You're right. You're as evil as they come…but, I don't believe that Giovanni is worse than you…Domino!"
"If she had brains, and she does, she can just knock me out and throw me into a river to drown. There are faster ways I can think of to get killed and she's just letting me to die here? No, she's not like Giovanni, but I wish I could understand why she leads Team Rocket."
Reena slip down against the tree, knowing there's no more threats left except for time...which she can do nothing about.
"YOU!" Isaac and Rose exclaimed when they came face to face with Domino; of course, they are still unaware of her name. Isaac held Togepi tighter, to insure the safety of the baby Pokemon.
"You kids don't go any farther than here!" and with that, she called out a Steelix, a Gligar, and a Scizor.
"If it's a battle you want then you're getting it! Jolteon go!" Isaac called out,
"Go Onix!" cried Rose,
"Take them down, Sneasle!" Terri called and released his Pokemon.
The Pokemon were ready to go head on with one of the toughest opponent they've had.
"Can't this thing go any faster, Lu?!" Ray asked but it was more a demand.
"You want me to go fast? Fine!" Lu replied and really stepped on it and Amy almost went flying backwards if she didn't have her seatbelt on the whole time. Ray pulled out a Poke'Gear and called some one.
"We're running out of time and I can literally feel it in my guts…Come on! Pick up!"
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"Hey! Wait! Don't leave me here!" a spiky red-headed boy around his teenage years shouted towards his friend who was getting the ride back home ready. His friend didn't even reply when she picked up a call,
"Hello? Oh, it's you Ray………I see. Okay, Ryu and I will go get things ready for you."
Ryu heard her talk to Ray,
"What did Ray want, Leona?" Ryu asked. The young boy pushed his blue bandana up a bit to make sure it doesn't fall in front of his eyes when he doesn't want it too. He wore a red shirt with a dragon on it (name is Ryu which means dragon) with a blue vest and baggy jeans. Leona looked straight into the bright green eyes of Ryu,
"Remember those storms we've been having even though they weren't really storms? Ray is bringing a friend along with Celebi to try and fix this," she replied and continued to get the ride ready. She brushed her silverish-grey hair back and puts her trench coat and goggles back on. Ryu jumped into the side seat,
"Celebi?! Whoa! What did Ray do this time?" Ryu asked as Leona got in as well.
"Don't know, but if it means saving the world…again, then let's get to Agate Village pronto!" said Leona and started the engine,
"Hey…how come you always get to drive and I always sit on the side?" Ryu asked,
"Because I'm older than you and I drive better than you since you almost ran into a cactus the last time you drove!"
"Not fair…" Ryu mumbled.
"Wake up! Come on!"
"Reena! Reena!"
"Reena! Wake up!"
"…I must be dreaming…" Reena kept hearing voices but doesn't want to wake up to see who it was. She was too tired and didn't have the will to open her eyes.
"Can I slap her? It usually works to snap Reena out of something,"
"NO!"
"Huh? Only one person would say something like that…"
Reena groaned,
"If that's you, Oak, I will backslap you all the way back to your little island!" said Reena and her eyes fluttered open.
"What did you know? I didn't have to!" said young/past Gary and Reena only glared at him then looked around. She wasn't back home in her time. Then…how did these three get here? With her own Charizard for that matter! It took Reena this long just to realize she was in Richie's arms when she was caught in Richie's eyes.
"…Are you okay?" he asked in a shaky voice,
"I…" she wanted to say no, but that will only make things worse,
"…am fine."
"I hope so, you didn't look too good when we found you," said Ash,
"Of course you're not okay! I had to give up my lab coat to stop that bleeding!" Gary pointed out and it took this long just for Reena to realize she's not bleeding and that Gary is not wearing his lab coat. Reena looked at him,
"We can't do anything about it," said Reena,
"Don't say that!" Ash and Gary exclaimed,
"We can't…my fate relies on someone else," said Reena and hoped that Ray was okay and that he thought of a plan to get things back to normal.
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"There's Reena!" Rose exclaimed and was about to run over to her but Isaac grabbed her and pulled her back hard so that they're still concealed in the trees,
"No! We can't interfere with people from the past!" Isaac reminded,
"Whoa, is that Amy's dad?" Terri asked when he saw Ash but really young.
"What do you mean we can't interfere?" Rose asked,
"If they know about the future, it could change it! We can't get involved!" said Isaac as he continues to hold onto Rose so she won't dart out of hiding.
"But if we don't do anything, then Reena will…then Ray will…"
"But Isaac's right, we can't get involved," said Terri and tried to calm Rose down but he too, was afraid of the outcome.
"Togi…"
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Richie looked at Ash and Gary and his look told them to leave. So the two slipped off to the side.
"…Where are you guys going?" Reena asked,
"No where!" said Ash quickly but Gary just grabbed him and pulled him along.
Reena relaxed and closed her eyes, enjoying the comfort she was in now. If she was going to die, she was going to die comfortable at least.
"Reena? Are you mad at me?" Richie asked just above a whisper. Reena opened her eyes to look at him,
"No, I'm not. There's no reason to. Especially now," Reena replied, really feeling sorry for Richie now.
"…I'm sorry…for everything, I-"
"You did nothing wrong, Richie!" Reena cut in and her hand reached for her side, afraid for the wound to open up again.
"Nothing wrong at all, Richie. I should've told you everything because I trust you more than anyone. Despite what everyone says, especially Lu, but I will always love you no matter what," said Reena and tried her best to hold those tears in.
"I don't want to die!"
"I don't want to die! I don't want Mom to die either!" Ray screamed in his head as he feels like his insides are tearing apart. It was like holding your breath and unable to let go. Ray stopped walking and hit against the nearest wall,
"Go on without me," he said,
"No!" Amy immediately protests,
"We're almost there, come on, Ray! Don't give up!" said Ryu as he helps Ray stand up and puts Ray's arm around his shoulder so he can help him walk too,
"Almost there Ray, even if Celebi only trusts this girl, Celebi will only listen to you once it's purified," said Leona and helps support Ray's other side.
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"Reena! Please hang on! I don't know what to do because everything is so messed up. But I'll be even more confused if you're gone!" Richie exclaimed,
"Richie, I've lost too much blood already. It's too late, Richie. Ray…we've run out of time. No Pokemon can save me from this," said Reena who's breathing got a bit heavier.
"How could you of all people talk like that?!" Richie exclaimed,
"Some people just have to learn how to quit and give up. I've learned…I guess you have too as well," said Reena,
"No! You think I would actually give up on you?! Not in your lifetime!"
"…Yeah but, my life is going to end anyway…" said Reena who lightly smiled at the thought. The only thing coming out of this is that she isn't slowing Richie down anymore. Reena would follow him around, participate in Contests, getting into trouble, saving Pokemon, helping townsfolk's and their Pokemon problems; but everything she does slows Richie down from his dream of becoming a Pokemon Master. That's one big thing Reena's been guilty of. Reena snapped out of her thoughts when she felt water on her face and she knew where they coming from.
"The day I told you that I loved you, is the day I confirmed my destiny and the day I gave you my word that I will be with you forever. I'm not breaking my promise and I never will. Please don't break yours…don't leave me! Not like this! Just hang on! Everything will be okay! You always tell me that. You always tell me that everything will be alright; everything will turn out okay in the end. Then…why aren't you telling me this now?! You were always right when you say that, then how does this make a difference?!"
"Richie…" Reena looked somewhere else. True, she did always say that and things always did turn out alright in the end. But this time is still different! She's on the brink of death! Besides, Reena only caught half of what Richie said. She was getting so tired.
"I'm sorry Richie…I love you and always will!" And with her last strength and lifted herself up to kiss him with all the love and passion she had left, hoping to dry those tears that Richie had while she was at it…but of course, it only brought more pain to Richie's heavy heart.
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"Poor guy…" said Rose, who was starting to cry,
"It's like watching an actual soup opera…" said Isaac and was trying to hold those tears back and act calm.
"…You don't think…" Terri didn't want to finish his sentence.
"Togi? Togi…Togi! Togi! Togi!" Togepi could feel all this sadness going around and wanted to do something about is as those tiny hands started moving side to side.
Standing at a special healing place that Amy never knew existed, she walked up to the stone and reached Celebi out to it. Then Celebi began to glow bright green and then in an instant flash of green light, Celebi is one with nature again. Ray walked on his own towards Celebi and reached his arm high towards the sky.
"Celebi! Return time to their rightful places! Return us back in time before this ever happened! Save my mother from death and return back in time to prevent this even from ever happening!!! Please Celebi!"
"Bi!" Celebi nodded and started glowing again along with the whole area.
Amy watched as everything around her was speeding up whether it was going back in time or forward. Amy shuts her eyes in fear of what's happening but when she felt like nothing was moving around like that anymore, she slowly opened her eyes.
"What the?" Amy saw Pallet Town right in front of her.
"Did what just happen…happen?" Isaac asked next to her,
"I think so…" said Rose who wasn't even sure herself. Amy looked at Rose on her right and Isaac her left, then Togepi on Isaac's shoulder and Pikachu on hers but there's still someone missing…
"Ah! Ray! Where's Ray?" Amy asked desperately but calmed down when she felt a gentle hand on her shoulder,
"I'm right here. Don't worry," said Ray and walked up to them with Volta on his shoulder.
"Whoa…so what happened?" Isaac asked,
"Celebi brought us back in time so we just arrived in Pallet Town I guess. And hopefully this time, it will turn out for the greater good," said Ray and sighed.
"So, you're okay?" Amy asked and Ray smiled,
"Yeah, I'm great! Feeling much better than before!"
"Well that's good, BECAUSE WHO WILL I MARRY IF YOU DIED?" Rose exclaimed and everyone anime falls.
"Hey! I just remembered! If you're okay, then that means Reena is okay. She was dieing when we found her!" Isaac reminded,
"Oh! It was such a sad sight! We couldn't do anything to help!" said Rose almost dramatically.
"But I could've sworn…" Isaac didn't finish his sentence as he looks at Togepi.
"Did you help out, Little One?" Isaac asked in his mind.
The three ran towards the lab to see if everyone was still in one piece. Professor Oak, Tracey, Terri, and Ivan were all fine. The Pokemon seem to all be here too Amy sighed in relief,
"I guess everything turned out alright? Oh Ivan! I was so worried about you!" said Amy and Ivan was taken back by that comment and blushed a bit,
"Yeah, well I knew everything was going to turn out okay!" said Ivan with pride,
"…Hey Amy?" Ray asked to get her attention,
"Yeah?"
"I just wanted to thank you for your help in all of this. And thanks for that hug too; it really made me think that I'm needed here more than I probably realize…"
Ivan grew a huge anime vein and grabbed Ray roughly before Amy could say anything and dragged him away,
"I'm borrowing him!" he said angrily. Volta perked up and was getting ready to attack but Ray calmed her down and told her to stay with Amy's Pikachu.
"Could you lighten up the grip, Ivan? I think you're hurting him!" Amy called after the two. Ivan moved pretty fast when he's angry.
"Yes, really Ivan, it hurts!"
When the two were alone away from the others Ivan released Ray,
"What did I say about getting a tad too close to AMY?" he asked angrily,
"…Was I supposed to remember?" Ray asked a bit nervously as he started backing away. You probably would too if you saw that death look in Ivan's eyes…
Reena didn't want to wake up; it was such a nice dream…
"Reena! Wake up! Come on! Get up!"
Reena groaned and reached for something around her but there was nothing,
"Reena!"
"Ash…let me sleep…" she mumbled,
"Wake up! We're worried about you!"
Reena opened her eyes to see Ash trying to wake her up,
"What happened?" Reena asked,
"I think we returned back in time, right after you ran into the forest. We split up to look for you," Ash explained and Reena sat up and felt her side. Nothing was there but she kept feeling her side just in case.
"Where's my Vulpix?" Reena asked,
"With Richie. You know, he's really worried about you," said Ash and Reena nodded.
"Still… I remember…" Reena held her head; she could've sworn everything was over. Still she couldn't figure out what happened. Did she only pass out? Did someone heal her wound? Was her body stronger than she thought?
"Come on, everyone's worried," said Ash and helped her up and the two, with Pikachu, walked back to the Pokemon Center.
When they got back and Richie and Gary got back as well, Richie literally didn't want to let go of Reena as he constantly begs for forgiveness even though Reena repeatedly said he's forgiven and she loves him!
A couple of years later:
Reena stared out the window and sighed…again. Lu walked by with a pizza in hand.
"Don't tell me you're still waiting for Archie," said Lu shaking his head,
"For the last time! It's RICHIE!" Reena corrected again and continued to stare out the window.
"Yeah whatever. Still, he's not going to come back," said Lu and continued on his way to sit in a comfy sofa to eat his lunch.
"Of course he'll be back," said Reena and kept her eyes looking outside.
"Is it because you're 18 now? That you're both legally able to have sex that you strongly believe he'll be back?" Lu asked and Reena's face just turned bright red as she grabs the nearest thing and threw it at Lu who only tilted his head to dodge the rock (Lu had a rock collection by the window).
"I'm not picking that up so you better put that rock back," said Lu and took another bite.
"I still think you're just jealous of me because I'm actually in a relationship!" said Reena and crossed her arms and puts her attention back outside.
"…I really believe he's not coming back. He's doubted you before and now he's left you for good. I'm not trying to make you feel bad but he's never came back since he left. Sure he wrote letters and sent E-Mails but what's stopping him from getting another girl?" Lu pointed out and Reena growled and sighed in frustration.
"Even so…I still trust him and I'll continue to wait for him like I promised," said Reena and continued to stare.
Lu watched her as her lonely figure continued to sit in that same spot like she always had days, weeks, and years (couple, almost few) before.
Lu sighed and tossed the few last pieces to his grass Pokemon. Then he stood up and walked over to Reena and sat down next to her,
"Reena, look, the reason why I'm not in a relationship is because my very first, which is also my very last, relationship didn't turn out so well for my heart. I'm from your mother's side of the family so I don't rightfully own this gym. You're parents really wants this gym to run in the family. I want to protect you, from the world, but even I can't stop you from traveling around to become a great trainer and…falling in love. Even so, I don't want you to hang onto…… (big sigh) Richie for so long that you're missing out on the big picture in life," said Lu making a picture in thin air like a mime.
"It's because of Richie that I didn't miss out on everything…I know he hasn't come back yet, but I know he will," said Reena and sighed as she buries her face in her arms.
"…Look at the bright side if he doesn't come back: You can still choose from other guys! Like that last person that visited you, I can actually trust him!" said Lu and Reena slapped herself on the forehead,
"That was Harley, Lu. And the only reason why you trust him only is because he doesn't really give off the vibe of liking…my 'kind' sort of speak," explained Reena. Lu just shrugged,
"He's pretty nice for someone his age," said Lu and Reena sighed again,
"That's because, in a turn of events, we became friends," said Reena.
Reena continued to stare and just wanted to get Lu off her back at that moment. Lu took that hint from that beyond annoyed face and went to start cooking lunch for their Pokemon.
"Richie…please come back soon…" Reena thought.
"Sparky! Come on!" Richie called as Sparky climbed onto Richie's shoulder as Richie ran until colliding with someone.
"Ouch…Watch where you're going!" the man snapped,
"Ow…Sorry," Richie apologized while standing up.
"Hn…hey I know you. You're Reena's little boyfriend right?"
"What the? Harley?!"
"It is you!" Harley snapped and then he reached out his arm to the side and then towards Richie's face and slapped him.
Richie sort of just stood there with a confused look on. It was a very awkward feeling to get slapped by a man, an older man for that matter.
"Um…did I do something to upset you besides running into you?" Richie asked as politely as he could so he wouldn't get slapped again.
"Of course you did! How dare you leave poor Reena alone, sad, and of course unhappy! Oh poor Reena, having to be stuck with that stuck up cousin of hers that calls my cookies: 'Oh, they're not bad!' when clearly mine are the best!"
Richie sweat drop as Harley gets a bit dramatic and went off topic.
"So…I'll just go now," said Richie as he starts walking away,
"Hey! I'm not done talking yet! I still can't believe Reena is putting up with you! She's actually still waiting for you back at the gym!" Harley shouted after him,
"Which is why I'm going back!" said Richie and continues walking,
"Well you better have a good excuse for being gone for so long!" said Harley when he caught up with Richie, though Richie had no idea why he was even following him at all.
"Well, I wouldn't call it an excuse but more like a reason," said Richie,
"Oh? And what would you be doing that's so important that you had to leave poor Reena all alone at home?" Harley asked, still rudely.
"Well…if you promise not to tell…" Richie's sentence trailed off and looked at Sparky for an answer of whether he should tell Harley at all.
"Oh of course I won't tell anyone!" said Harley with sparkly eyes, who seemed all innocent all of a sudden, and leaned close to Richie who backed away slowly.
"Well…"
"Oh come on! You can trust me not to tell anyone!"
"…Well, I just came out of the jewelry store so I give her…um, this," said Richie as he reached into his pocket for the ring box…
15 years later:
Lu was doing some house chores around the gym, mainly dusting the place,
"You know, Reena, you should be the one doing this stuff and not me since you're the housewife!" said Lu,
"I'm the one that cooks and cleans after you! And I'm a housewife as well as the gym leader here! Why are you still living here anyway?" Reena asked mopping the floor.
"Because I have no where else to go and who else would be looking after you?" Lu asked,
"My husband would be that person," said Reena continuing to wash the floors.
"Ricardo is always away, remember?" Lu reminded and Reena growled,
"For the last time…its Richie…" Reena growled and puts the mob away,
"MMMOOOOOOOOOOMMMMM!!!"
"Looks like you're little boy is calling for you," said Lu and smirked.
"What's wrong?" Reena asked her young son,
"Volta ran away!"
"Volta still has to get used to living in the house. Volta will come back, I promise," said Reena and smiled,
"Really? That's good! Now I don't have to chase after Volta and miss Daddy's battle on T.V!" said Ray excitedly and sat in front of the T.V. Reena shook her head,
"It's hard to believe how fast kids grow these days. Especially mine. Going on a journey at age 10 and then start saving the world from evil organizations right after that. Though I do wish Richie would come home more often…and then wish that Lu will just find his own place to live. He's certainly not letting me and Richie have any privacy around here. I'm surprised we actually got ourselves a child. Oh yeah, Lu was gone that night. It's still hard to believe that life passes by so fast. Soon, Ray will start his Pokemon journey and then get into a heap of trouble," Reena thought and smiled as she watches Ray get all excited just by watching his father battle on screen and also smiled that she can still see Richie even when he's not home.
"Hey Mom?" Ray asked,
"Yes?"
"Are you mad that Daddy isn't the Pokemon Master?" Ray asked,
"Of course not! I'm happy for who he is. But we all know he can defeat the Pokemon Master if he wanted to," said Reena who wasn't really lying.
"Yeah! Daddy is awesome! He's the strongest of the Elite Four! He should challenge the Pokemon Master himself!" said Ray, still with excitement.
"That would be a cool battle. Richie and Ash always gave everyone a great battle to see," Reena thought and a scratch was heard at the door so Reena went over to open it. Volta peeked in, and then slowly walked over to Ray who was happy to have his friend back.
"When I get older, I'm going to be the best trainer in the world! You and I will be friends forever! We'll defeat gym leaders! Mom! And even my dad! We'll win against everybody and then even defeat the Pokemon Master! We'll do it together Volta!" said Ray and smiled and hugged his special friend.
Well here's the end, folks! About time too. Oh, those that keep wondering about this little friendship between Reena and Harley then check out "Pokemon: Generation Chronicles" to find out in one of the chapters/chronicles. Of course you have to wait until the story actually comes out but it won't come out until I get farther in my Johto story. And those that have questions or stories that want to see in a Chronicle, I might be able to do it!
Note that this story will be a flip story to the end of my Johto story. Basically, you won't read the same thing twice but the characters will refer to this incident.
Please R and R!