- Hidden Journey -
.:.3.:.
I will stand by you forever
I can't defend
One more time
Dammit, I changed again."
-- Dammit, I changed again -- by Offspring
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"You again!" A female voice sounded shocked. "We bump into each other at the most inoppertune times."Gary helped me up and I resisted an urge to reassure my now sore behind that I wouldn't fall again. I looked at the direction of the voice, unable to keep the pissed off tone from my own voice, as I replied to the haughty person, "Well if you would LOOK where you're running to, this might not have happened!" Then I realized who I was talking to.
The girl flicked a strand of long purple hair away from deep brown, almost black, eyes, and she smiled, a secret little smile. "I suppose you want me to apologize to you?"
Making it look like I was deciding upon a hard decision, I shook my head, "Nah, not worth my time. Let's go, Gary."
"Ah-ah," The girl snagged Gary's arm, holding us back. "Why don't you introduce us first."
Glaring daggers at her, I growled out a short, "Gary meet my rival, rival, meet Gary, my boyfriend."
She arched a thin purple brow, the perfect crescent shape I despised, "Oh really? How did someone like Cirrus snag someone like you?"
Gary seemed speechless, something that stressed me out in a stellar major way, and I grabbed his arm away from her iron grip, "We have a time limit, dearest."
"What? Oh, right," Gary smiled at my rival. "Sorry, I.." TUG!! "..We have to go now.."
I glared at the girl as we walked away, but it wasn't enough to escape her voice as she silkily called out, "Sakura! My name is Sakura Messenger!"
We finally made it to some peace and quiet, and that's when I attempted to get in contact with Mew. I called out to her four times before her disconnected voice called out, "Thanks for calling Mew's Hotline! Unfortunately, I'm either out cold with a cold, or I'm out chasing that silly human, Cirrus. Cirrus, if this is you, just leave a message and I might get back to you. Everyone else, just press Star 69..." There was a beeping noise and I froze for a second before Gary poked me in the back.
"Um, Mew, you're supposed to be here, meeting us in Saffron City!! I don't know where you are, but you'd better get your pink behind over here soon! Time is almost up, and if that happens I'll just tag along with Brock, no matter how much he doesn't like it."
There was a second beeping noise, followed by a, "YOU MAY START YOUR MESSAGE NOW..." and then there was a beep.
"Crap," I muttered, as I started over again.
We waited for another half-hour before with still no sign of Mew. I had been betting that Brock would be here early, though if he was with Ash and Misty, they might make him late. You know how good their sense of direction is. Or how bad...sheesh. "I guess we just sit here and wait," I said, breaking our stillness, while sitting under a broad leafy tree. "I mean, if Mew can't do it, who else could?"
"So I am the proverbial chopped liver?" The cool voice was one I hadn't heard in a while; one I never thought I'd hear again.
"Mewtwo?!" I lept to my feet, looking around, "Where are you?"
In a flash of blue light, the tall clone appeared, "Cirrus."
"Mewtwo!"
"Gary Oak." Mewtwo sniffed disdainfully. He never really liked Gary.
"Gee, what an entrance!" Gary said snidely, "Taking lessons from Mew?"
"No, vice versa actually," Mewtwo's cool appraising glance turned to me, "I believe we have a schedule to keep to."
I giggled to myself. Mewtwo sounded like that Hammond guy from Jurassic Park. The way he said "shhedule" instead of the usual "skedule." Heehee...um...they were both looking at me and frowning. "Hee! I digressed!"
They both rolled their eyes; Mewtwo was the first to recover, "Celebi will be here shortly."
"Celebi?" Gary looked confused, "What's that?"
"Yeah, why can't you do the transfer?" I was getting nervous, "I mean, I could just go as myself and..."
"NO!" Mewtwo Glared at me, "You need to be as inconspicuous as possible, thusly you MUST be Brock's Vulpix."
Gary stood close to me, one arm protectively around my waist. "You didn't need to be so rude."
"And you don't need to be so human. How about a nice..."
"Mewtwo!" I gasped, "He is no to be harmed in ANY way, do I make myself clear?!"
"Crystal," He muttered.
I shivered at a suddenly chill breeze and Gary pulled me closer.
Without warning, a small form appeared by Mewtwo's shoulder, hovering sideways. It sat up straight and yawned. Looking to be only about a foot or two tall (if standing on solid ground), it was various shades of green, and sort of faerie-like in appearance. Or maybe more Marvin Martian. It was freaking me out, and it spoke in a telepathic voice.
"Hullo, Mewtwo." The voice was smooth and melodious. "Is this the human?" Celebi's eyes were an odd Mew-blue shade.
I gulped nervously.
We walked to the train station, Gary, Mewtwo, and me; Celebi hovered between Gary and Mewtwo, and it looked like both Pokémon were having a silent conversation. Things were very strange feeling with both of the rare creatures totally invisible to other eyes, thanks to Celebi. As we stepped inside the train station, Celebi began to talk to me. She told me I would have to get Vulpix to let me pet her, to transfer the two of us. She would get Vulpix out of the Pokeball (and in a good mood), the rest was up to me.
Though the station was crowded, Gary spotted Brock at the second platform. The Pewter City Gym Leader was trying (and apparantly succeeding) in flirting with a pretty girl. Vulpix, on the other hand, looked bored to tears, and was sitting at his feet. Neither had seen us yet.
I grabbed Gary's hand, forcing him to stop, much to the consternation of those following too closely behind. I pulled Gary behind a wide decorative support column. "Listen, Gary, make sure Vulpix doesn't do anything crazy, y'know, while she's where she's at."
"Naturally!" Gary smiled, "You know I wouldn't let anything happen to you. Well, to your body...hmmm..."
"Gary! Please, be serious here!!" I grinned up at him, "Je veux vous aimer pour toujours."
"What?" He was confused again. "What did you say?"
"What did you think I said?"
"I don't know, but it sounded nice. I hope it was nice." He ducked his head down so that we were forehead to forehead. "I'm gonna miss you."
"I'll miss you more."
"Nuh-uh, I will."
"You wish," I went to put a luv-kiss on his nose, but he moved and I ended up kissing him full on the lips instead. I giggled, and kissed him tenderly, but went no further than that when Mewtwo separated us.
"Children! I am shocked!" Mewtwo didn't look shocked, or concerned. He looked very satisfied in separating us. "Cirrus, I believe Vulpix has seen you." Celebi giggled, hovering near Mewtwo. She reminded me a lot of Mew.
I peaked around the column and, sure enough, Vulpix was attempting to herd her Trainer away from the Pretty Girl, as well as us. Luckily, Brock ignored her.
"Let's go," I said, stepping out into the crowd, towards my final destination.
"Brock!" Gary yelled out from my side, "Hey, Brock!"
Reluctantly, Brock looked over and saw us. I saw Vulpix sigh and sink to the ground. I did feel bad for her, I really did, since I knew she must not want this to happen as much as me.
"It'll all be over soon," Mewtwo said gently, "You'll both be okay."
The girl was walking away, but after leaving her number and saying, "Call me!" as she left.
Brock was then distracted by Gary (something about Gym Troubles that couldn't wait for Brocks return), as I crouched down, and stared at Vulpix. Her red-brown eyes were full of anger and her tails were lashing like a cat's (for you non-cat lovers, that would be a NOT good sign).
Celebi appeared to the two of us, standing on the ground. She simply radiated power.
Vulpix was shocked by the strange Pokémon's appearance. "Vuu..." She breathed.
"Yes," Celebi said softly, "Now, Cirrus, do what I told you. Vulpix...kitsue...you must relax."
I reached out tentatively, both hands with a slight tremble in them, and rubbed gently behind both fuzzy ears. At first, the fire fox rumbled out a growl, but I felt her begin to relax. Her eyes closed, and Celebi said, "Now, close your eyes, Cirrus."
The last thing I saw was a sea-green glow surrounding the three of us. I closed my eyes and suddenly, I felt hands behind my ears. The scratching stopped and I heard a thump and a muffled, "Oomph!"
I opened my eyes to see...me! It worked! I looked around but didn't see Mewtwo or Celebi. Great, how would I know what to do when time was up? I guess that's it, for now anyway.
"No, Cirrus," Mewtwo said, his voice echoing in my mind. "You may not see me, but I'll be keeping an eye on you." Then I felt his presence fade and I felt alone...and three feet tall. This was so unshway.
A.N.: I've never heard the Offsprings' song Dammit, I changed again, but I like most of their other stuff. And the title? Well, if you guessed it's from Enrique Inglesias's Hero song, then you were correct...have a cookie. Wait, what's that? What did Cirrus say to Gary? She said, "I wanna love you forever" in French. No I don't know a lick of French (oooh lala!!) so I used one of those translation pages.
IN THE NEXT CHAPTER:
Cirrus finds out that Trading Spaces is more than a great TLC show, though Vulpix is going to be making a change her neighbour will not like. Confused yet? Great, stay tuned for more!