Normal P.O.V
As the days passed by it was no surprise to anyone that Seren was the first to wake up. Keith had remained in the room where the Rangers all slept, refusing to leave.
Once he saw Seren move in her bed he was instantly at her side. As she opened her eyes she groaned as the light hit her, shielding her eyes from the light until fully adjusted.
She looked around, noticing Kellyn in the bed on her right and Rythmi in the bed on her left. She instantly shot up, remembering she was in a battle with Darkrai before she passed out.
"Woah, watch yourself Seren, you've only just woken up," Keith stated as he handed her a glass of water. As Seren tried to speak she realised her throat burned. Taking the water she gulped it all down in one before gasping for air.
"What happened?" Seren asked, her voice hoarse as she spoke. Keith took the cup from her before refilling it. He handed it to her, patiently waiting for her to drink it before he spoke.
"You passed out after you fought with Darkrai, we won though, everyone's safe, but they're still out cold," Keith explained as he looked at the other beds. Seren looked to her left to see Rythmi in the bed next to her, then Isaac and finally Kate, to her right there was Kellyn and Luana.
"What happened to Luana?" Seren asked as she looked at Keith, who frowned at her.
"From what I was told, she was blasted out the sky by Gengar, fell through the trees and landed pretty hard. It's a miracle she's still alive to be honest," Keith answered with frown as he shook his head.
"Be honest, how bad's mine and everyone else's body damage?" Seren asked as she looked at her chest, which was bandaged up.
"You're all healing fine, a few of you may have scars, like the one on your face and Kellyn's-,"
"Kellyn has a scar on his face? Boy is he gonna freak," Seren interrupted, Keith just chuckled as he nodded his head.
"Or, if you're like Isaac, a metal pole in your leg for the rest of your life-,"
"His leg was that bad?" Seren asked shocked, Keith nodded his head.
"Rythmi sustained scars to her upper arms, but I don't think she'll care about that. Her arm was dislocated and broken when she was hit by the Darkrai, so she may be in pain for a while. Kate, on the other hand, suffered a concussion from hitting her head over and over again in the Altru Tower. Her stomach will be scarred with an ugly cut she has on it, but again, I don't think she'll care," Keith explained as he walked towards the door.
Three doctors entered, taking Seren's blood pressure, heart rate and pulse rate. After she was deemed alright, only needing rest, the doctors left the room.
"Are you worried?" Seren asked as she looked at Keith, who was sat near the windowsill.
"About what?" Keith asked.
"The others not waking up," Seren answered with a frown as she furrowed her eyebrows together. Keith laughed at her.
"Worried? Seren, Rythmi will give anything to see Isaac healthy once more, just as he would her, Kellyn will do anything to see his own handsome face and you again, and Kate's determined as hell not to let this drag her down. Sure, I'm scared for their health, but I'm not worried about them," Keith answered as he walked over to Seren's bed. She shook her head at him before lying back down.
"What did happen to the Darkrai anyway?" Seren asked, Keith frowned as he looked up at the ceiling.
"If I knew that Seren, I would tell you. The only thing I can say is that Kate caught it and then it vanished," Keith answered as he rested his hands behind his head.
Seren nodded her head as she closed her eyes, sleep overcoming her easily. Keith soon copied her as he fell to sleep in his own little world.
The next day, Rythmi, Isaac and Luana were each awake, needing rest, but Luana was glad that she wasn't alone in the infirmary; she had everyone else with her.
"You know, I just realised I haven't seen my scar, hand me a mirror?" Seren asked as she looked at Keith, who handed her a mirror. Her eyes landed on the scar going form her nose across her lips to her chin, she frowned. "Of all the places to have a scar," she sighed as she set the mirror down on the table.
"At least we're all ok now, right?" Rythmi asked as she smiled at everyone.
"Why does my leg feel heavy?" Isaac asked as he tried to move his leg.
"Woah there Isaac, set that leg back down, it needs resting up," Keith ordered as he walked over to Isaac's bed. Isaac gave him a confused look as Keith lifted it back onto the bed.
"Why?" he asked, Keith just sighed.
"You've got a metal pole in it to help heal, if it doesn't heal properly it could be in there forever," Keith answered as he rested his hands on his hips. The others couldn't help but laugh at how fatherly Keith was being towards each of them.
Sure, Keith was in pain and still injured, but his friends had sustained it worse than he had, and for that he'd look after them.
A few days later, Kellyn ended up waking up. At first, he was confused as to where he was, but soon made it out to be the infirmary.
Keith went through the process of telling him what happened, what he missed and all that, while the doctors made sure he was ok.
"Yeah, but there's also something you're not going to like," Keith stated as Seren handed him a mirror.
"What's that?" Kellyn asked as Keith handed him the mirror. Kellyn looked in it at his own face before seeing the scar going along his cheek. He was silent for a large amount of time.
"MY FACE! MY BEAUTIFUL, BEAUTIFUL FACE IS RUINED! WHY DARKRAI?! WHY MY FACE?!" Kellyn asked as he cried into his pillow.
The others were thankful that he cried himself to sleep while Seren shook her head. To her, he was cute either way, scar or no scar.
As the days processed everyone began moving around, though each grew more and more weary of Kate as she remained asleep in her bed.
On one morning, when it was still dark, Kate's eyes shot open. She gasped as she held her hand over her heart, trying to calm her breathing rate.
She looked around the darkened room. She could make out it was infirmary, but…..how did she get there? Looking in the chair next to her, Kate saw Keith sleeping soundly.
Kate smiled to herself, of course. They beat Darkrai and she had fainted, Keith must have brought her there. Looking around she saw everyone sleeping soundly in their beds, while Keith remained in his chair.
Kate took the blanket from around herself and draped it over him. Moaning slightly as she moved her stomach. She reached her hand down, realising it was bandaged as stitched up. She sighed, it would scar for sure.
She smiled as she saw Keith snuggle into the blanket more. Kate sighed as she leaned back on her bed post, deciding not to go back to sleep, no matter how much she wanted to.
Later that same day, when the sun was raising Keith began stirring. He looked down at himself, noticing he was in a blanket. He looked at it in confusion.
"Morning sleepy head," Kate smiled as she looked at him. Keith's head shot straight up, his eyes landed on the brunette as he looked at her with shock. He quickly jumped off the chair and hugged Kate tightly.
"KATE!" Keith's yell woke the entire room up. Seren fell from her bed, grabbing her styler as she did so; Kellyn copied her motions, minus the falling out of bed. Rythmi and Isaac shot straight up from their sleep. Luana had gone home a few days ago.
Kate looked at the others as they all crowded around her, Isaac on crutches, Rythmi with the scars visible on her arms, Seren with a wide smile on her scarred mouth, while Kellyn was just smiling widely.
Kate couldn't help but smile at him, how he was putting up with that scar on his face, she had no idea.
Keith eventually pulled back from her as she smiled at him too. Rythmi and Seren went in next to hug her, followed by Kellyn and Isaac. Keith was then dragged back into it as they all laughed, they were together once more.
The doctors came in, doing the check on Kate as for what they did on the others. Glaceon and Buizel were both back to full heal, strong and well, they were both being kept at a newly opened pokemon centre.
Later that night, Kate was on the rooftop with the others, a bunch of reporters, Hastings, Erma, Sven, Wendy, Raisha and the Vientown Ranger Base.
"We are happy to announce that all of our Rangers made it through and are recovering back to full health," Erma smiled as she looked at the camera. The cameras turned from her, focusing on Hastings.
"Professor, if another situation such as this were to happen, would you handle things the same way?" a reporter asked, Hastings frowned.
"Leave it out guys, we saved Almia, we should be celebrating and worrying about the next big mission in the future," Kate stated as she looked at the reporters. The cameras faced her as she began getting bombarded with questions.
"You all have scars that will remind you of this event forever, how can you still smile?" a reporter asked.
"That's a pretty silly question to ask," Seren stated.
"We smile because we're all together," Rythmi laughed.
"We saved Almia," Kellyn added.
"And our families," Keith smiled.
"Everyone's safe and we're pulling through," Isaac pointed out.
"That's all that really matters to us," Kate smiled as she gave a peace sign to the camera.
"Ahem, due to having our Rangers almost back up to full health, there shall be a ball hosted, later tonight in Altru Square. Everyone's invited, we hope to see you all there," Erma smiled as she walked away with the others.
Later that night, Kate, Seren, Rythmi, Keith, Kellyn and Isaac were all dancing with random people from Almia. Each one of them laughed happy that they had succeeded in their mission.
Keith walked over to where Kate stood near the fountain before sitting down with her. They were both in their Ranger uniforms, along with the rest, causing them to stand out.
"It's peaceful now," Kate smiled as she looked at Keith, who nodded his head.
"It is," Keith smiled as he looked at Kate.
"You know, I'm glad I've got someone like you who was there for me throughout all this. You've been an awesome friend to me Keith," Kate stated, Keith looked at her a little shocked. Friends, right, what was he thinking? That's all they were, they could never be more.
"Yeah, I'll always be there for you, no matter what," Keith replied as he looked at Kate, who smiled softly at him.
Unconsciously, the two began leaning in, their lips were inches apart as they breaths hitched in their throats.
"Hey guys!" trust Kellyn to ruin the moment. The two jumped away quickly as they looked at their friends with red faces. Their friends gave them confused looks.
"We interrupting something?" Seren asked with a raised eyebrow.
"No, nothing," Keith answered as he stood up, holding his hand out for Kate, which she accepted.
They all stood together before Seren pulled her camera out, she gave it to a passing man before smiling widely at him and asking him politely to take a picture of them.
Seren rushed back to the ground as the man snapped the picture of them all. Seren thanked him before taking her camera back, each of the teens looked at each other before nodding their heads.
They snuck away from the party towards Altru Tower. Over the past week the tower had been restored, with the help of pokemon and people of Almia.
They turned the top of Altru Tower, where the clear crystal remained with the Tears of Prince into a memorial of the day when everything happened. A memorial where people could look over Almia at everything they had almost lost.
The six exited Altru Tower on the very top floor. Their hearts beating fast as memories of the night came rushing back to them, but none cared. They walked towards the edge of the tower, overlooking the party below them.
Spot lights were turned on as they were directed up towards Kate and the others. The six shielded their eyes from the bright lights as the crowd turned to look at them.
"FOR FRIENDS!" Kellyn shouted.
"FOR FAMILY!" Seren added.
"FOR POKEMON!" Isaac yelled.
"FOR THE FUTURE!" Rythmi called.
"FOR ALMIA!" Keith yelled as he threw his fists into the air.
"FOR THE WORLD!" Kate yelled as she copied Keith's actions.
"FOR THE WORLD!" everyone below, Kate and her friends yelled as they all pumped their fists into the air.
The music began again as they all started to celebrate once more. Kate and her friends danced on the memorial of that night in the brightness of the four crystals.
But no one, not even the Rangers could be prepared for what they were to face next. For in a different Region an evil was returning, an evil far greater than the Darkrai they had face.
Now, their ultimate missions began.
That's it, story complete. Now if you'll excuse me, I need to go cry in a corner. *Goes to corner*
Kellyn: MY FACE! WHAT DID YOU DO TO MY FACE?!
Seren: Screw your face. HTF, you have a sequel to make remember?
Me: Yeah, but right now I just want to cry.
Rythmi: Suck it up; we'll be back in the next few days with the sequel won't we.
Isaac: Well, considering it's being co-authed with Riley Sky-
Sky: Yo! *Gives peace sign*
Isaac: The updates may not be a frequent, but they will be done in due time, maybe once a week, twice a week?
Sky: We'll see.
Seren: *Drags HTF out of her corner* don't you have something to say?
Me: *Looks up with tears in eyes* I-I-I….. Thank you every who has reviewed this story and has kept with me through it all and supported us all. You're the true inspiration and for you all I'm grateful.
Kate: Next on the agenda….Oh, keep an eye out for the sequel, Distorted Mayhem.
Keith: Great, I'm scared to find out what this is gonna be like.
Sky: Oh you'll be surprised. *Laughs evilly*
Me: It has nothing bad in it for the first three or so chapters. There will be romance between the following shipping;
Vatonage Shipping.
Measure Shipping.
Who's On Top Tonight? Shipping (That is Sven and Wendy right?)
And then my own personal shipping Camera Face Shipping (Seren and Kellyn)
Kellyn: Of course we'll see what we can do with other shipping's and maybe bring others into it too. We're going to need Ben and Summer in it aren't we?
Me: *Blinks.* Are we?
Sky: *Shrugs.* We'll cross that bridge when we come to it.
Me: Which will be when you answer my PM and this chapter's posted.
Sky: Yep pretty much.
Rythmi: Alrighty, I think that's it from all of us, so click that button just below and review, otherwise there shall be no sequel.
Seren: Also, if you could rate this story and tell us what you thought about it we'd be very happy about that.
Keith: Do we get a vacation then?
Me: Yeah, for a day!
Keith: SWEET! POOL PARTY IN SUMMERLAND!
Kate: DON'T YOU DARE GO IN MY HOTTUB!
Sky: *Sweat drops.* Yeah, so just review and-
Kate: GIVE THAT BACK! *Chases after Keith, who has a rubber ring*
Me: Now you see what I put up with.
Sky: I don't know which is worse, my stories, or yours.
Me: HEY! KATE KEITH! GET OVER HERE AND SAY YOU'RE THANKFUL TO EVERYONE!
Cast: We're very thankful for all your support throughout this story. We've had much fun making it. Please review and rate this story and we shall see you in the sequel. REVIEW!
Me: We made it to the end without dying.
Rythmi, Isaac, Seren, Kellyn and Luana: SPEAK FOR YOURSELF!