Yay! We made it to the second Chapter! Whoo..

Lunick is finally in the story (makes me happy).

(Cue Ranger Adventure Music! …. C.R.A.M. … lol)

Well enjoy!

Lelani stepped in. "Lunick was really excited to see you again. He said he'd do his best to finish the mission before you came."

Hearing this, Solana asked. "Where is he?"

Cameron answered, "…He hasn't returned since I sent him there." He saw Solana's face fill with worry, and then he sighed sadly. "I know these words would come from a heartless task leader, but … I hereby declare that your vacation is cancelled."

Solana and the others were surprised at his sudden change.

He continued on as a Leader, "I know how heartless this is, but I'm assigning you a mission, Solana. You will go to the ruins and look for Lunick. Once you find him, team up and figure out the mystery behind the tremors and earthquakes. This is your mission. Now, go."

Solana took a while, not responding. She heard Percy whisper, "I've never seen the Leader this scary…" She nodded and answered, "I accept this mission."

With that, she called for Plusle and quickly made her way to the Ruins.

Solana walked down the stone staircase, down to the ruins. The lower she went down, the hotter it became. Plusle's ears were up and alert, fidgeting at every sound.

Her steps echoed like a ticking clock, counting down time to save Lunick. She picked up her pace and reached the last step, revealing hot lava that replaced cool waters and scarce land.

Solana remembered the first time she went here with Lunick, but the place seemed to appear much larger than before.

More trembling, with much more force than before. She lost her balance, but quickly regained it.

'I better hurry and find Lunick…I'm already sweating!' She thought as she passed a few pokemon. She looked around in areas Lunick and Minun could possibly be.

Going up another stone staircase and entering a cave, a slight aroma filled her senses. It was surprisingly grassy in that cave with a Sceptile and Tangela hopping about, ignoring her intrusion.

Leaving the cave, she walked toward the center of the main cave. Abruptly, a lava bubble gushed before her, spreading lava all around a crossing. She had to find a water pokemon to douse it down, but here?

Solana shook her head and went another direction, passing the pillars that flamed for the accomplishment of a challenge and the platform where the statue of Entei supposedly stood.

Continuing on, Plusle's ears began twitching. Solana asked, "What is it, Plusle?"

"Plah! Plah!" Plusle pointed directly ahead, pointing in the direction of a jumping Minun beside a large pile of rocks on the upper section of the main cave.

Solana gasped and ran up to Minun. Once she neared it, she noticed that Minun must have been really worried because small tears formed near its round eyes.

"Where's Lunick, Minun?" She asked him gently.

Minun jumped atop a large rock, waving its ears and arms franticly. "Mai! Mai! Mai!"

So… Lunick is in there, huh?

Plusle jumped toward Minun and one of his hands.

"Good idea, Plusle. Stay with Minun here. I'll need to have a pokemon's help to clear these rocks."

Solana looked around and spotted a strong Rhydon below. She jumped down and activated her capture styler. The spinning capture disc whirred and released, swiftly forming a bright circle around Rhydon.

Luckily, she caught the pokemon off guard and easily made her capture. Rhydon glowed as the circle banded it and disappeared.

She returned to Minun and Plusle with a large Rhydon stomping behind. The cheering pair jumped on to Solana who asked Rhydon to clear away the boulders. The pile was destroyed in no time and she released Rhydon with appreciation.

The three of them heard steps from the cave that was hidden behind the rocks. Out came Lunick, his face full of relief.

Minun leapt toward Lunick, happily cheering. He laughed and looked up to see Solana looking at him.

"Solana?!" He looked really surprised.

"Hey…"

"What are you doing here? … Were you sent to save me?"

She nodded.

"I was beginning to lose hope that no one would come for me and I'd be stuck here. Turns out you'd be the one saving me…" He looked a little dissatisfied. "Thank you, Solana."

Two Poliwraths marched out of the cave Lunick exited and stood behind him like bodyguards.

She nodded and began to descend the stairs. Out of the blue, she felt a grasp on her arm.

Solana turned to look at Lunick who said, "I want to say sorry. Our vacation -"

She cut him off. "Meh… Don't worry about it."

He let go, disappointed and followed after Solana Plusle and Minun trotted side-by-side, watching the two uneasily.

They headed over to the lava blocking the crossing Solana saw earlier.

Solana suggested to Lunick, not looking at him. "Maybe a Poliwrath could saturate the lava….?"

Lunick agreed and asked for one of the Poliwrath's help.

It got as close as possible to the lava and blasted out a powerful jet stream of water from its mouth. The lava cleared away quickly and Lunick thanked Poliwrath as it was released.

"Let's go…" Solana ran ahead.

Lunick sighed, thinking. 'She must be really angry about having her vacation cancelled… And it's entirely my fault…' He saw that she stopped in her tracks and hid behind a large rock.

He walked over next to her and was pulled down by her behind the rock.

Lunick and Solana were squatted down next to each other and he asked, "Why are we hiding?"

Solana peeked over the top of the large rock and pointed. It looked as if she was going to laugh, but she was trying to keep it in.

He looked over the rock and saw that not too far off stood a Go-Rock-Grunt. He laughed a little to himself. "What is a Go-Rock-Grunt doing here?"

She shrugged and called for Plusle who eagerly replied and jumped on to her shoulder.

Solana stood up and strolled up to the Go-Rock-Grunt.

He said with his "mean" voice, "Oh, it's you! That Ranger who totally destroyed the Go-Rock-Squad. And it looks like you brought that boyfriend of yours, too who also helped you out."

Solana was confused. "Boyfriend? Where?"

Lunick stepped in next to Solana, not hearing the comment from the grunt. "What are you doing here?"

"I'm planning to resurrect the Go-Rock-Squad! Right now, I am the Solo-Go-Rock-Squad!! Muhahahahahahaha!" The grunt did his pitiful cackle. He then noticed that Solana and Lunick were trying to keep from laughing (so hard).

Solana repeated, "Solo-Go-Rock-Squad?" She giggled.

"Laugh all you want! You'll surely get beaten up for it!" He pointed at them.

Two Metangs appeared out of nowhere and surrounded the two rangers.

Lunick said to Solana, "Let me handle this. We need to keep your styler fully charged for anything big coming ahead." She nodded and jumped. He used his hands as a spring for her and she jumped off his hands, out from between the Metangs.

The two large metal pokemon circled around him. One of them screeched and began to ram him over.

Lunick jumped and released his styler's disc. The antenna of his styler shot out and he began to wave his styler in a circular motion. The disc created a large circle around one Metang, but the other saw the capture disc and began rampaging toward the circle around the other.

Lunick let go of the capture and waited for a chance. Waiting too long, one of the Metangs began to near Solana, who wasn't paying attention.

Lunick quickly ran over and skidded to a stop between Solana and the Metang.

In focus, he at once created a circle without the pokemon noticing it and yanked the styler banding the pokemon. The next one he did even quicker, though he was close to being run-over.

The Go-Rock-Pokemon were released and escaped. The grunt disappeared along with them.

Lunick ran over to Solana who smiled at him saying, "Good catch, Lunick."

He shook his head and muttered, "You'd probably do better." He began inspecting her. "Are you hurt anywhere?"

She answered, "No, you saved me from that Metang, remember? I guess that makes us even."

He nodded and they both continued their way deeper into the cave.

Meanwhile, at the Summerland Ranger Base…

Cameron paced back and forth worried. "It's been a while since I sent Solana there..."

Lelani tried to comfort him saying, "It's Solana and Lunick, Leader. Those two are really skilled and already accomplished big missions."

Percy agreed. "Lunick started a month before Solana which would mean they were both Rookie Rangers before. But now, those two are like Rank Ten Rangers now. I'm still a seven…"

Lelani nodded. "They'll be fine. Anyway, they went through harder situations in the past. This couldn't be any different."

Cameron sat down. "That's all true. I guess I should stop worrying too much. I know that Lunick and Solana love to go through new experiences and they've pulled through before any circumstance."

Lelani and Percy grinned. "Now, speaking about them loving new experiences and while we have the chance …This is Solana and Lunick we're talking about."

Cameron didn't get it. "What about them?"

The two sighed. "He doesn't get it…"

Percy urged. "Come on, Leader. It's obvious! Or at least, those who actually try to notice it see that it is quite obvious in so many ways."

Lelani thought, 'Percy and I know about it… We know that Aria knows about it. She's the one that told us…'

(Aria was the first one to notice and told Percy and Lelani to convince Cameron to plan and let Solana and Lunick have their vacation together)

Percy tilted his head. "Well then, I guess this is what we can do then…"

Back at the Ruins…

"AAARRRRGGGHHH!!" Solana roared. "This is the FIFTH time we passed this area! What could possibly be causing these tremors?!"

Lunick chuckled to himself. 'Now, this is the Solana I remember…Flipping out when she gets frustrated…'

She ran around with Plusle trailing behind.

"Solana!" Lunick called. "Just calm down. I'm sure we can find it soon."

"But the tremors are strongest here! There's no other -" Her voice trailed away.

Lunick looked around and didn't see Solana anywhere. "Solana?"

No reply.

"Solana!" He started to worry. "Solana, Can you hear me?!"

A faint, "Yes," was heard from below.

He saw a large hole in the ground and called out her name through there.

Her voice was barely heard. "Lunick, Minun, Plusle, come down here! There's this freaky door that's opening up!"

Lunick hesitantly jumped down the hole with Plusle and Minun and landed well on his feet.

It was much hotter and the ground was warm, but not hot. Solana stood before the door she spoke of and motioned them to come closer.

He was about to question her again, but she silenced him.

They entered through the door together and were shocked at the sight they saw.

"No way…It's Groudon!" Lunick said with amazement. He began to tingle with excitement. "Wow, I never thought I'd meet a legendary pokemon like Groudon!"

Solana whimpered in her thoughts, 'What am I? A legendary pokemon magnet?' (Yes)

Lunick said to Solana, "Maybe Groudon is the one making all the tremors and earthquake? … You have to capture it."

Solana pumped her fists. "Right!" She wasn't really up to getting close to it though.

The Groudon roared making the ground tremble, vibrating everything. Solana stood up before it and started her duel with the Groudon.

It roared again and blasted hot fire all around it. Solana shot out her capture disc, but the Groudon aimed a hyper beam right at it, damaging her styler and its energy.

Lunick watched from a safer distance. He really wanted to help Solana, but how -

She knew she was stuck… she couldn't catch Groudon with it always moving and blasting away. The cave might collapse and they could all… no… there had to be something.

'I need a Poke Assist…but all I have is Plusle and hers is electric…"

She completely forgot about the other Poliwrath Lunick captured, but were rangers allowed to swap friend pokemon?

She remembered that day she stayed over a night at the lab to chat with Professor Hastings who asked about his new upgrade to the Styler and if it was useful .It was before the mission where she had to catch Kyogre.

The Professor told her something quite odd as they chatted.

"Huh? What do you mean, Professor?" Solana asked. She really didn't understand.

Hastings set his head on his hands and said, "There's something unusual and I believe you, Solana, have a gift."

"A gift? … Like an ability or power?"

"Yes.. Somewhat. Unlike most rangers, you have been able to connect on a perfect emotional level with even rare legendary pokemon."

"But anyone could do that. Even the Leaders -"

"No, I'm meaning something different…Somehow I think your gift can break the usual limits of a ranger. I don't truly understand fully myself, but it's something I noticed with you over the year. I also believe Lunick possesses the same sort of talent as you, but hasn't recognized it."

"I don't think I've recognized it…" Solana puffed.

He shook his head. "No… When I say recognized, I mean use it. You've used it little by little, but I believe you and possibly Lunick (once he recognizes it) can use that gift for greater things. Another reason why you and Lunick were led to want to be rangers."

Her mind of the flashback was interrupted by Lunick yelling out her name. The Groudon was squarely facing her and was close to beaming his hyper beam. She ran evading the hit and started up her styler again. Groudon began his flame and she let go.

Gift.. Gift… What could possibly be that Gift??

Poliwrath began to glow.

Lunick noticed this and was shocked to find it glowing. "What's going on?"

'Might as well give it a shot!' Solana thought, ready to do something out of nonsense.

The Poliwrath jogged up next to her and pumped its fists.

'HUH?' She gasped and quickly pushed the heavy Poliwrath out of harms way. The Groudon blasted another Hyper Beam.

Lunick was perplexed. 'How did Solana control my friend pokemon?'

Solana looked at Poliwrath. "I didn't even do anything and you…? Did I swap Pokemon with -" She looked at Lunick who shrugged in confusion.

The Groudon faced the other way and she asked for Poliwrath's help. The styler began counting down and she created a circular bubble barrier around Groudon with the capture disc, trapping it in. Waving her styler she twirled and yanked which banded the Groudon.

The Poliwrath was released and she awkwardly thanked it for its help.

Lunick jumped out from behind the rock and walked up next to Solana. "How did you- Well, never mind that right now…? First things first." He slowly neared the somewhat calm Groudon and looked at it closely. "Look…"

Solana walked up a little closer and saw that claw marks were raked across it. "Must have been from its fight with Kyogre…Kyogre had scar marks also."

"The big guy must have come here to recover and rest. It's pretty calm now. We should let it go."

Solana released it and it escaped away. She sighed and dropped her head.

Once they reached the outside of the Ruins…

"Tired?" He asked.

She nodded. Plusle jumped down next to Minun and they played with each other.

"You're angry with me, aren't you?" Lunick asked.

She looked at him and smiled. "I was… thinking you were a complete idiot for making me lose my chance to relax."

His face showed disappointment again. "Yeah, I'm sorry…"

"Hey, I said I WAS, but I'm not you know, once I saw you, I just wanted to know if you were safe. I would care less for the vacation if you were hurt at all. I'm not angry with you…"

His brows furrowed. "So what's up with you being so… I don't know… serious?"

She stared at him like she did the first time. "Because…It's been quite a few months since then. You've changed from the laid back normal boy to the well built I'm mature sort."

He laughed at her use of words. "So that's the reason why you were so silent and said choppy sentences?"

"Basically… I wasn't used to this sort of Lunick. I want my cute normal boy Lunick back!" She whined.

"Well, too bad! You're stuck with me!"

They laughed. Plusle and Minun cheered happily together in rhythm

He sighed, "So much for a vacation… I was really looking forward to taking a rest."

Solana eyed at him. "Lelani said that you were also really excited to see me. Why was that?"

He hesitated, thinking of something. "Why wouldn't I be? I -I mean… It's been a while like you said… and were spending a vacation together so…"

Dense…"Ah, I see… I was excited to see you too. But now you are like Mister Macho Man… I hear that you've been doing well"

"Heard the same thing about you." He kicked a rock which landed into a puddle.

Plusle and Minun pranced about jumping in each other's steps than stopped in front of each other and sparked up their cheeks.

"You know, it's also been a while since we accompanied each other during missions." She smiled. "I enjoyed the company. It let me know I wasn't alone and made me feel less scared."

He felt a small tingle inside. "Well, I'm glad I let you feel that way. There was the Go-Rock-Squad and when we went to their base up in the Sekra Range…"

Words spoke in the back of his mind. They sent me here to team up with you, but I would have come even if they didn't tell me to, Solana.

He looked the other way and blushed. 'Where did that come from?'

"Yo, Lunick, you okay?"

"Uh… Err… Yeah, why?" He began turning his head to look at her, but stopped.

Out of the corner of his eye, he saw the side of Solana's face and her blue hair. Soft lips lightly pressed against his cheek and he couldn't move. His eyes grew wide with surprise and he stood there.

Solana stepped back and stared at him. "Uh…you okay (again)? You're all red… Are you sick?!"

Lunick snapped out of his daze and jumped. "Ah! No, I'm fine." He felt as if he was going to tip over and faint. 'did Solana just kiss me?! Uh…' He couldn't think straight and knew he was blushing. He stared right back at her, trying to keep his voice from stuttering. "Why…did you d-do that…?"

Solana, her face seeming as if nothing happened, bluntly answered, "Because… Aria said that would make you feel a lot better."

He fell over. That's why?!

She stared and sat down next to him. "I think it didn't work though. You looked so uncomfortable so I decided to do as she said, but…"

A cold shiver with frustration and anger rose upon his spine. He clenched his fist and said gently, "What else did she say to you?"

Solana placed a finger on her chin and tilted her head. 'She told me to tell you… 'BUST A MOVE!' along with that…I think that's it."

He wanted to yell at her and say all sorts of things, not knowing what would come out of his mouth, but was interrupted by two hiding behind the bushes and yelling, "HEY!!"

Solana stood up and said, "Lelani! Percy! … What are you doing here??"

Lelani swung her arm around Solana and quickly tried to separate her from Lunick. "I didn't want you to stay alone with Lunick, having you all to himself.." She tried saying loud enough for Lunick and Percy to hear as she led a clueless Solana ahead, away from the boys.

Percy laughed and looked at Lunick, who was still sitting on the ground blushing about the comment.

"Aria told Lelani to say something like that to you. They're good…" Percy snickered.

Lunick shot up and glared at him. "Shut-up…" He began to walk as Percy continued laughing silently, following after him.

Lunick then asked as the trotted toward the exit, "Were you two watching us?"

Percy answered back, no longer laughing, "Not the whole time… Just once you got out of the Ruins."

Lunick stopped in his tracks. His eye and shoulder were twitching. "That means…you…and Lelani…saw-"

Percy leaned toward Lunick and whispered, "Bow-chika-bow-wow…"

Lunick looked at him confused. "What?"

Percy jumped ahead of him and sang.

Bow-Chika-bow-wow

That's what my momma says!

Kissy-kissy-chu-wow

There goes my girlfriend now!

Because…

Kuchi-Kuchi-Kuu Means I-Love-You! Yeah!

Lunick's arm twitched and he shot a -you are going to be dead- glare at him. He wasn't kidding and began walking towards Percy.

Percy slowly began retreating. "Oh, Crap!"

At the Summerland Ranger Base…

Lunick and Solana stood before Cameron with Plusle and Minun on their shoulders.

Cameron smiled. "Good Job, both of you, for a mission well done!"

Lunick smiled at Solana who smiled back.

A beaten and bruised Percy and Lelani gave a signal to Cameron.

Cameron (who wanted to know if what Lelani and Percy said was true) said, "That's strange…?"

Solana asked, "What is it?"

Cameron pulled his collar. "It's unusually hot in here, but Groudon is already gone…"

Lunick had a bad feeling curling up in his stomach.

"Ah! I know why it's so hot! It's radiating from the heating love couple before me! Seems like we have sweet couple of lovebirds flying around! ohlalaa"

Solana didn't catch on to what he was saying, but simply smiled.

Lunick lost his balance thinking, 'Not Cameron, too… Oh, gosh. What's going on here?'

Cameron whispered into Solana's ear, "Looks like Lunick's got the hots today!"

Solana eagerly said, "Really?!" She looked at Lunick. "Seems like Lunick's got the hots today! Lunick's got the hots. … No wonder it's still hot…"

Lunick roared, blushing, "Solana!!"

-

After all that jazz, Lunick stepped out of the ranger base and felt the cool summer breeze.

'If this continues… I don't think I'll stop blushing. Seems like everyone here knows, but this is Solana I'm thinking about. The boisterous, energetic, brave, clueless Solana…that continues to surprise me with the unexpected…"

He sat down at the edge, letting his legs dangle above the shifting water.

'I didn't notice I liked her until that day, up in the Sekra Range, before we went up against the Go-Rock-Quads in their hideout.'

(Lunick's POV) Flashback…

"A message?" I looked at my styler and read the message from Spenser.

Spenser:

Lunick, the reason I sent you up in the Hide-out was to help Solana cause a distraction. She should be up there by now, but I don't know where she is. Please find her soon and team up.

Solana?! She was already up here?

I looked around. I was standing outside on a cliff on the side of the mountain. I was told to wait here from earlier instructions, but I didn't know that Solana was here, too!

Minun jumped around beside me, sparking.

She should be up here, but I don't know where she is.

Could that mean something might have happened? Is she okay?

"Lunick? Is that you?" A familiar voice said.

I instantly recognized the voice and turned to find Solana and Plusle standing behind.

She was raggedy and looked very worn-out. Her clothes were dirty and slightly torn.

I was surprised by her face, it wasn't the same. Her eyes lost its fire of determination that it always had, and her expression revealed fear, which was something she'd never show.

"Solana?" I extended out my hand toward her. There's something wrong.

She quickly closed her eyes and ran toward me, wrapping her arms around me. I was surprised by this reaction, standing there with my hand out. She was crying.

"I'm afraid…" I was shocked to hear those words coming from her mouth. She finally confessed she was scared. "I'm nervous…scared…Lunick."

Lunick looked at his hands. 'After hearing her say that…I hugged her and told her she'll be alright. I continued telling her comforting word, and at that moment, I knew I wanted to protect her. She may be strong-hearted and brave, but that still doesn't change the fact she couldn't get scared. Then I told her a hint of my affection for her (without knowing it).'

They sent me here to team up with you, but I would have come even if they didn't tell me to, Solana.

He ran his hand through his warm dark blue hair. "Gosh… This is so frustrating…"

WHY DO YOU HAVE TO BE SO DENSE, SOLANA?!

At least Lunick isn't as stupid and thick. If he was, I'd be annoyed.

Please review!

BOW-CHICKA-BOW-WOW (Phineas and Ferb)

Spoiler:

In the next one, a past ranger comes in and starts to mess things up for Lunick….