Well, here's chapter 5. I would have uploaded it yesterday but I was doing stuff with my mom. Just saying now this chapter is a little shorter then the others, not by much, but it is. That's because of all the dialogue I put in here, pretty much the whole thing is just dialogue. Of course there is normal descriptive paragraphs, just not as many as usual. Anywho, onto answering the reviews!

Akoza Heiwa: Ya, I didn't want her to have an overly happy life, I didn't want to give her a overly tragic life where all her family is dead and she lived on the streets (because that wouldn't make sense, how would she have earned the money to become a ranger and blah, blah, blah. it would just leave to many plot holes that I'm to lazy to fill right now), but I also didn't want to give her a normal life, so that's what I came up with. *reads rest of review* Well, that's a good enough reason as any.

RangerTakara: When I went back and read the part I felt a little bad for Summer as well. As you read on you'll actually see that she still remembers them sometimes, so the story will bring them up sometimes. Maybe not as much as last chapter, but in snippets you'll learn more about her past. She is technically over it, and it doesn't bother her as much as it did when it all happened, but she, as you saw, still does remember them and it makes her a little sad, but not to the point of crying. Wounds heal over time, since that all happened years ago it doesn't hurt her as much, if at all (which hardly ever happens).

Disclaimer: I don't own pokemon or nintendo because if I did the characters would actually have a back story (kinda like Kate does, except in more detail).

Word Count: 1,916 words (just saying now, if you haven't noticed most chapters will be over 2,000 words)

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Chapter 5

A little information

I had checked every cave, every room, no one was there, and by the time I got to the top I had figured that there was no one here, no World's End grunts tearing the place apart looking for, whatever it is that they're looking. Part of me was curious about it, the only thing that can't be found in any other region but Kanto and Johto that I know of is well, I don't know, maybe the guardian signs, but I can't see why they'd be interested in those, that and I don't think there are any in Kanto or Johto. And besides the Sky Fortress is gone, and I doubt it would be useful to them.

The entrance to the top of the volcano was only a few feet in front of me, I could see the rock that Moltres had been perched on at one point. But I could also see, and hear, other people, about four of them. They were dressed in blacks and grays, they had to have been sweating bullets in those things (I defiantly didn't envy them), on the back of their shirt was a navy blue slightly violet colored symbol that was shaped like the world, only there were flames overlapping it. "Well," I whispered to Pichu as I went to the wall just next to the exit so I could hear them without having to worry too much (I mean, come on, what kind of enemy would look behind them as they walk out? That would be suggesting that they were actually smart). "Looks like we found something." Then in an inaudible tone I pondered "Wonder if Ben found anything on Tilikule? I doubt it, but anything is possible, right? For all I know he could just be waiting for me above Sophian Island wondering what is taking me so long."

"You see anything yet?" I heard one of them ask, it sounded like a girl, her voice was strong and level.

They all replied, at the exact same time, "No." Each of them looked at someone and they started laughing until someone else, this time it was a boy, had said

"That was weird!" He sounded like he couldn't have been older then fifth teen, only two years older than me. And, he actually sounded kind of familiar, he sounded like my brother happy, excited, yet his voice was level, but I was probably just imagining it. Huh, my imagination has been really active lately I guess.

"Alright" The girl who spoke first began, her voice a little and cheery this time as though she was trying to stop laughing "Let's get back to work. The boss'll have our heads if we don't find what he needs soon." My ears perked up slightly. "Come on, what is it you're looking for." I thought.

Someone else spoke, it was another boy, but his voice was deeper than the other ones. "But how do we know it's even here?"

"Yeah," Another girl said, her voice sounded a bit like a seven year old boy, trying to add reason to what the deeper voiced boy had said "How do we know that it's here and not on another island? For all we know it might be on one of the more populated ones."

I could hear the other girl, and the other boy as well, sigh. The higher voiced boy answered saying "Well if it were on the populated islands it would be in a museum or underground in someone's house, and there is no museum on any of the islands, and there are no basements in any of the houses. Not to mention that the boss said it would be around where the legends had stayed because it would have been protected by them. So if they were on the more populated islands the likely hood of them being found by them would increase and they would have found them by now. But remember when we asked a few people if they saw them or ever heard of them?" Most of them nodded, but one shook her head, earning a look from her colleges.

"I have a bad memory," the girl with the seven year old voice said, attempting to defend herself with her logic. "I thought you guys knew that about me."

"They all said that they never heard of it. Or that it was just a legend so they never bothered looking for it." The higher voiced boy informed the others.

"So why aren't we checking Layuda Island, the ruins outside of that one village on Renbow, the Undersea Cavern, and the Rainbow Dais? Aren't they homes for legendaries to?" The girl with the seven year old voice asked. Wait, what about all the places in Johto and Kanto? Did they have separate teams for them as well?

"We're getting there, slowly, but surely." Explained the other girl. "The boss wants to get to the Undersea Cavern soon, but he needs to get the gear required. As for why we haven't gone to the Rainbow Dias," she paused for a moment "well, let's be frank here, there is no way anything could be hidden there, so it's the last place the boss wants us to check."

The lack of information I wanted to hear was a little annoying, but, then again, I was at least getting something. I knew I could just call Ben or the Professor over here and have that be that, but for some reason I felt like this information was familiar. But it can't be, I've never heard it before, so I just suppressed the feeling and continued to listen. Though, they had gone silent, the only sound was of the lava bubbling and metal hitting the rocky ground. After thinking for a minute I chose that I could risk a peek outside from my hiding spot, just to see what they're doing.

The one thing I was expecting was the one thing I didn't see coming.

They were digging for whatever it is that they were looking for. There were holes in the ground, they didn't go down very deep though, but I had a feeling that they probably all connected somewhere. "Hope none of them hit lava." I thought I never really did like the idea of people dying; I mean, I know it's the way of life and that can't be changed, but still ever since dad died… I shook my head blocking out all the memories. No, this was not the time to be thinking about him.

"I found something!" yelled the deeper voiced boy, as he climbed out of his hole, holding up something that seemed to shine like a diamond in the sunlight. Slowly the other three clambered out of their holes and one of the two girls grabbed it out of his hand, and examined it. That's when I felt something in the back of my mind, it was like, I don't know how to describe it, it was like my mind was a quilt and someone just started to unravel the strands of wool that were used to make it. It was like something was slowly being unraveled in my head.

The girl who sounded like a seven year old questioned the girl who had the shining object in her hand "So is it one of the 'crystal shards' that the boss sent us to find" "Crystal shards…" I thought "What the heck are those?" A small smile crept onto my face, "Well at least now I know what they're looking for, I guess."

"Yup." Came the quick reply from the other girl followed by a short cheer from the others. "Whether it's one of the real ones or not, well, that doesn't matter right now. Right now, let's get this to the boss." I could hear the sound of footsteps on the rocks coming to the exit of the peak. Pressing myself against the wall I felt like I was willing myself not to be seen, my eyes were clamped shut and my arms kept the tiny mouse Pokémon against my stomach. The footsteps were getting farther and farther away, and I allowed myself to open my eyes. All that could be seen of the four team members was their outlines fading into the red magma/stone background.

With a sigh I moved away from the rocky wall and released Pichu from my grasp. The yellow Pokémon stretched and whispered "Pichu pi pichu pichu pi." He was probably saying that he was glad all that was over so he could finally move around a bit.

"Come on buddy," I said, opening my arms signaling that he had to cling to me again, my eyes meeting his. He looked disappointed, his eyes were aimed at the rocky red floor. "I know that you don't like it but we have to meet up with Ben now so we can tell him what we found out." Pichu looked up and nodded, though I knew he still completely disagreed with it, and jumped into my arms, quickly climbing onto my shoulders.

Stepping into the light of the top area of the volcano, all I could say is, you could hardly take five steps without falling into a hole they dug. The only place they didn't dig any holes was around the edge, about one foot away from the edge to be precise, which was understandable because then there was the possibility that they could dig too far to the side and die horribly. Then again, if they dug down far enough that wouldn't have matter because they would have hit magma eventually. The holes didn't go down that deep though, maybe two or three feet down and two feet wide, that may not sound like much, but when there are like ten in one area it becomes a lot.

I carefully made my way to the right side, trying not to trip and fall. Releasing my styler I quickly drew Latias' guardian sign and called her to me, and within seconds the red and white legend was right in front of me. Slowly I walked up to her and patted her on the head, she let out a happy "La" and then I climbed onto her back, wrapping my arms around her neck. Pichu decided he wanted to sit in front of me and so he was wrapped in my arms as well, probably hoping that he won't fall off.

"Latias," The word seemed to come out as a whisper "Let's get to Sophian Island." In the back of my mind I whisper the rest "And tell Ben about this." I hadn't even noticed that we were in the sky flying away from the cloud of ash and soot, Latias must have noticed I had zoned out because she didn't do any tricks this time around, she just flew fast and straight (I think Pichu was extremely grateful for that). A smile came on my face as I was slowly brought out of my thoughtless world and realized that we were only a mile or so away, and I could see the outline that was Ben in the distance.

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And that's that. We now know what they're after, we just don't know why they're after it. Well, I know (not really), but I'm not saying (because I don't know). Brain, shut up... thank you. Yes I'm wierd, you don't have to tell me that. Anyway I'll see you guys and gals soon, hopefully. I've been writing a long one-shot and my focus has been on that more then this, but I've been trying to type more of this story every time I'm on the computer, at least once a day. So, we'll see what happens.

Later,

Ember

Btw, since no one answered this last time, do I write Proffesor Hastings out of character in the last chapter? I feel like I did, but I don't know for sure.

Important: I can't believe I almost forgot about this. There will be no updates next week, because I have a leardership camp thing that I have to go to starting on munday and I have no idea if I'll have chapter 6 written by then. Sorry :(