Getting Back to Where I Belong

Epilogue

By Finaille Nailo

"Rennie!" Jen cries happily as I see Brock tells the others they can catch up 
with Ash and me. She runs up to me and gives me a huge hug. "I didn't think you 
were coming back!"

"Neither did I." I say with a smile. Brock and Michael come up to me next. Brock 
hugs me.

"Girl, I missed you so much." He says, holding onto me tightly. Michael had a 
really excited look on his face.

"Oh wow, you came back! I have to tell this to father, he'll be amazed!" He says 
happily. I smile and go over to hug him.

"Nice to see you too, Michael." I say, rolling my eyes. Next, Misty comes up. Of 
course, she wasn't looking at me. She was looking at my hand; the one Ash was 
grasping on to. Great, I assume something must have happened since I was gone, 
oh well though. I can't blame her. I know exactly what happened, since I did the 
same thing. I let go of Ash's hand to hug Misty.

"I really missed you." I say, making my point a little sarcastic. Hey, we might 
be rivals in love, but I didn't want to make Misty angry with me once again. 
After we break the hug, I see her go up to Ash and whisper something in his ear. 
Then, he looks at me.

"Hey Ren, I hope you don't mind if I go and talk to Misty for a sec." He says. I 
smile, and they both go off into the woods.

"Why don't we set up camp?" Brock suggests. I grin.

"All my supplies are long gone." I remind him.

"We can share." Jen says happily. I hug her again.

"Thanks." I say. "I really missed you."

"I missed you too." She says. "You cut your hair, it's so adorable!" She says, 
playing with my hair.

"Yeah, I noticed that too. You also grew a little." Brock says while getting his 
tent set out. Jen starts doing the same. "Once we get into town, we should 
celebrate." Jen suggests while digging in her backpack. I blush.

"Oh come on, it's not that big of a deal."

"Yes it is! You've been gone for four months!" Brock says. I go over and sit 
next to Michael, who has just finished setting up his tent.

"Sorry, I know it's kind of awkward, I mean, we barely met when I left." I say 
with a smile. He nods.

"Yeah, maybe just a little awkward." He says.

"We'll have to get to know each other better!" I say excitedly. He blinks at me 
and I laugh.

"Scary lady." He says, sarcastically moving away from me. I roll my eyes as I 
feel a tap on my shoulder. Even though I should be used to it, I jump ten feet 
in the air. I turn to see Ash grinning at me.

"Hey Ren, can we talk?"

"Yeah, sure." I get up off of the log I was sitting on. He takes my hand and 
leads me far off into the woods. We get to a pretty secluded area, and we both 
sit down.

"What's up?" I ask.

"When you were gone, well, I don't know how to say this." He says shyly.

"You liked Misty." I interrupt him plainly. He nods.

"How did you know?" He asks me in confusion. I grin.

"Misty has this way of showing it in her expression." I say with a smile. "I 
wouldn't blame her. I went out with somebody while I was gone, but we broke up 
not that long ago. In fact, the break-up sent me here. I wanted to see you 
again." He pulls me in a loving embrace.

"I wasn't sure if I had feelings for you or Misty while you were gone, but when 
you came back, it's like, I don't know, you became my main focus again." He 
says, stroking my hair. I smile at him. "We're still together, right?" My smile 
grows wider.

"Always." I tell him as he kisses me.

"Good, I hope it stays that way." He smiles at me and we both get up. "Let's get 
back before they come searching for us. Anyways, to conclude the night, we had a 
fun time catching up on the last four months. But, since I still had to convince 
my parents that I was really in the Pokemon world, I had to go back. At least I 
had mom fooled I was at the store, that's good. Anyways, I all hugged them good-
bye and told them I'd be back. I walk to a secluded area and called out Celebi.

"I want to go home!" I call out. Celebi comes swiftly out of my body, and 
creates a portal. I smile at him.

"Let's go." He says. I walk into the portal, and immediately find myself in my 
room. I smile as I sit on my bed, the Celebi back in my body.

"You were at the store, eh?" I hear a voice ask. I turn around slowly, expecting 
to find my mom, but I find Emily, with a shocked look on her face.

"I can explain." I stammer. She raises an eyebrow.

"You really weren't lying, were you?"

A/N- Hehe, cliffhanger! Keep a lookout for the next part of the saga, "Following 
in Her Footsteps"!