Chapter 2: Change of Time. (Former Title: Time Traveling.)
Hikari suddenly woke up the next morning because she felt something heavy and hard hit her. She opened her eyes to see Satoshi on top of her, with his knee driven into her ribs. He had fallen off the bed and since Hikari's sleeping bag was near the bed, he landed on her. She groaned in pain while suppressing her urge to yell at the top of her lungs, because she didn't want to disturb the silence, and also because of the fact that she couldn't breathe. She squeezed her way out of her sleeping bag after managing to push Satoshi's knee off of her.
Satoshi was still asleep, so Hikari just crept to the bathroom, changed her clothes, washed her hair and face, and fixed her hairdo. Once she was done, she walked out of the bathroom and crept towards Satoshi's room. Her left side was still aching from Satoshi's knee drop, but she ignored it and reminded herself that there were only 3 days left until her birthday.
After about a minute or two, Takeshi woke up and him and Hikari exchanged greetings. Seeing how everyone was up, except Satoshi, Hikari started to take revenge on him for nearly breaking her ribs with his knee. She walked over to him and started to shake him by the shoulders very aggressively (by then Satoshi had flipped over facing the ceiling while still snoring). Hikari instantly regretted performing such an action as it caused Satoshi to sit up and accidentally slam his head into hers at an extremely fast speed. Although Satoshi didn't feel anything, Hikari felt as if her head has been rammed against a brick wall.
"Wha... hey Hikari, what's wrong? What happened?" Satoshi questioned once he noticed that Hikari groaning and rolling on the floor, with her hands on her forehead. But before she could explode on him, Satoshi's mother called for breakfast, and Satoshi ran downstairs to eat. Takeshi went after him, walking downstairs.
Hikari was dizzy from the head butt and was trying to regain balance while she cursed the 2 boys who ditched her. She slowly and carefully walked downstairs, trying not to fall down. By the time she was downstairs, Satoshi had already finished eating and ran past her to brush his teeth and get ready for the day. Hikari sighed and went into the kitchen to eat.
After a few minutes, Satoshi finished getting ready for the day and ran downstairs, and he noticed that Hikari had an ice pack on her forehead. She glared at him, but apparently, Satoshi didn't see the murderous look and went on telling her how ridiculous she looked.
'Damn you... because of you, this has been one Hell of a bad day for me already...' Hikari thought to herself, while still glaring at Satoshi.
After a while, Hikari decided that she was alright, so the group left for Prof. Oak's lab to see their Pokemon. The morning air of Pallet Town was very cold and the wind was quite strong. Hikari shivered; after all, she was wearing a short skirt, a thin tanktop, and a thin vest. Her lips were beginning to turn blue and she had goose bumps all over her body. But no one noticed... Once again. she silently cursed the 2 boys.
After a short while, the group arrived at Prof. Oak's back yard and noticed that all of their Pokemon were already having fun. The air was no longer cold; in fact, the air had started to become fairly warm. Hikari still felt depressed from how the day went so far. Unfortunately, the misfortune didn't end. Satoshi, after running around with his Pokemon, apparently had an urge to pull a prank on Hikari. He gathered his Pokemon and planned out his prank. He walked over to Hikari and started to talk to her about his shiny Noctowl. He told it to come over and to let Hikari hold it.
"Noctowl, Hypnosis..." he whispered silently to his shiny bird Pokemon. It's eyes started to turn red and so did Hikari's sapphire blue eyes as well. She quickly fell asleep and fell forwards. While she was asleep, Satoshi told Pikachu to use Thunderwave on Hikari's hair, completely messing it up. Satoshi then told his Totodile to use Water Gun to wake her up.
"Are you OK? You fell asleep all of a sudden." he told her as he silently ordered his Glalie to use Icy Wind to freeze her wet and messed up hair.
Hikari stood up and rubbed the back of her head to realize that her hair has been completely messed up. Assuming it was Satoshi's doing, she gritted her teeth and tried to straighten her hair, only to realize that she couldn't because it was frozen. Before she had time to explode on him, Satoshi ordered his Cyndaquil to use Flamethrower in an 'attempt' to thaw out her hair. Hikari quickly dodged the blast, but the tip of her hat got burned and her hair was defrosted from the heat. She was completely outraged at the fact that the day had been terrible for her, that her hat has been burned, and that Satoshi had the nerves to perform such a prank. Her rage peaked and started to chase Satoshi, while cursing him, but Satoshi laughed, further angering her. Takeshi looked on, thinking that he might have to intervene, but afraid that Hikari's flaming rage might affect him. He thought that Satoshi will deserve what Hikari might do to him, but was also afraid that things might get seriously out of control.
While running, Satoshi began to think that maybe he has gone too far. Only if Hikari stopped chasing him, he could start to make her feel better. His thoughts sort of came true, because as Satoshi turned around to see how far Hikari was from him, she suddenly tripped over something. Satoshi's Bayleef, seeing how her master was in trouble, used Vine Whip to trip the person seemingly trying to kill him. Takeshi was afraid that Bayleef's interference was not the proper way to calm Hikari down, but surprisingly, Hikari didn't get up and start chasing again. She just sat on the ground, sighing heavily. The fire in her eyes seemed to have died. She slowly stood up and started to slowly walk towards the lab. She went to the bathroom and started to fix her messed up long blue hair. She looked sadly at her reflection, then she smiled. She just realized that by silently and slowly walking away, she made Satoshi feel extremely guilty.
'Hmmm... I guess that sort of counts as payback...' She thought to herself as she combed through her hair. 'But, I don't think that's enough. Time to make him feel as if he ruined my life. Maybe that'll teach him to pull a prank on my expense...'
Hikari walked out of the lab after finishing fixing her hair. She saw Satoshi standing where he was when Hikari went back in the lab, looking guilty as ever. As soon as he saw her come out of the lab, he ran towards her and started to beg for forgiveness.
"Hey Hikari, I'm sorry about the prank that I pulled on you. I don't know what I was thinking...can you forgive me, please?" he begged. He looked so guilty and depressed that Hikari started to feel bad about making him this guilty. She instantly changed her mind of making him feel worse, because she thought that he suffered enough.
"Oh, it's okay. I'm sorry about me making you feel bad though. I just had a terrible day so far..." she started to say when Satoshi interrupted. "A bad day? It was just one prank! I know that you didn't like it, but you can't say that you're having a bad day from that!" he said, obviously confused.
"Well, I woke up this morning because you fell off the bed, and rammed your knee in my ribs. Then, when I tried to wake you up, you slammed your head against mine very hard! I had to get an ice pack on my head because it hurt so bad and I started to have a headache. On top of that, you said that I looked ridiculous for having that ice pack on my head. To top it all off, you pulled a prank on me and ended up totally messing up my hair, and burning my expensive hat!" she replied with rising intensity.
Satoshi's last response fired Hikari up again. Her sapphire blue eyes once again had the fiery look, but the fire died down again after Hikari saw Satoshi's reaction to her outbreak. He looked even guiltier than before; so much that he seemed afraid to talk or even look at her. He looked at the ground, not saying anything.
"Well, it's okay. I'm sure that you didn't know that you made my day to crappy. After all, you were asleep and didn't know what you were doing!" Hikari explained, trying desperately to comfort Satoshi once she realized her mistake. Satoshi still looked very depressed. He slowly and silently walked back to where Takeshi was sitting and sat down near him. Hikari felt horrible for making Satoshi react like that. She quickly ran over to him and sat down in front of him. However, Satoshi still avoided all eye contact with her and continued to look at the ground.
"Do you want to have a practice battle with me? You can use any Pokemon you want..." asked Hikari, desperate to cheer him up. "Satoshi, please cheer up! You didn't ruin my day! It was an accident!" she exclaimed, after receiving no response from him. She started to become angry because she still didn't receive any.
"Hey, why don't we eat lunch? It has been several hours since breakfast..." Takeshi asked, seeing how Hikari couldn't cheer Satoshi up. Although he didn't say anything, Satoshi's stomach growled out loud, easing the tension.
After the group ate lunch, Hikari and Satoshi had the battle that Hikari 'promised' and the result was Satoshi's victory. Single battles, but Satoshi couldn't use any of his Sinnoh Pokemon (Hikari wanted to see what his other Pokemon could do). Against Piplup, Satoshi used Kingler, against Pachirisu, he used Cyndaquil, against Buneary, he used Bulbasaur, and against Buizel, he used Snorlax. Piplup fell quickly against Kingler's massive Crabhammer, Pachirisu fell against Cyndaquil's Flamethrower, Buneary was able to stall Bulbasaur using Ice Beam, but fell against its Solarbeam, and Buizel fell against Snorlax's massive Body Slam. Meanwhile, on top of a tall tree, some Pokemon floated, watching the battle...
"Well, that was a good battle. Your Pokemon did pretty good, Hikari." said Satoshi after all of Hikari's Pokemon have been healed at the lab. It was evident that Satoshi was now feeling much better, but Hikari felt worse inside. Her Pokemon didn't stand a chance against Satoshi's. She put on a fake smile and congratulated him for the victory. Satoshi didn't notice the fake smile so he continued bragging about of his past experiences with all of his other Pokemon that he didn't use and what they're capable of doing.
It was getting pretty dark now, so the group prepared to leave for Satoshi's house when they heard a rustling of leaves nearby. The group just thought that it was one of Satoshi's Pokemon so they ignored it. Takeshi left for Satoshi's house first, so that he can help prepare dinner with Satoshi's mother. When he left, Takeshi accidentally forgot his backpack, so Hikari was holding it. Hikari and Satoshi were both about to leave when they heard another rustle. Satoshi was on alert and was about to pounce on whatever that was making the noise, when a Pokemon flew out of the bushes and right into him. It was a wild Celebi! Hikari quickly tried to check her Pokedex for information about the small green fairy, when it started to glow. All of a sudden, the green aura that it was enveloped in grew bigger, consuming both Hikari and Satoshi. When the aura faded, all that was left was Hikari's pink Pokedex...