Last Time
"Hey Kellyn, Kate." Keith continued.
"Yeah?" The two responded still in shock to hear their best friend say this much info. Just a week ago, they had thought that if he would have held this much info in his head, ether it was the end of the world, or that Keith's head would ether implode or explode.
"Close your mouths. You'll catch flies." Keith said blankly, closing his eyes with his arms crossed in front of his chest.
Ch. 4~ Secrets Reveled
A Rip in Time
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It was an hour later, and the group was heading toward a huge castle that was quickly coming into view.
'Are they still…' Keith thought as he looked back over his shoulder at his two best friends, Kellyn and Kate, only to see the open-mouthed stares coming from the two. 'Great… There still staring… Kate's starting to smile… God, please don't tell me I'm blushing… She'll never let me live that down…'
"C-Can you please stop staring at me?" Keith asked, both nervous and annoyed by the looks the other two rangers were giving him.
"How did you know so much about these rangers Keith?" Kate asked. "Are you like, some stalker?"
"No." Keith said plainly, his face rivaling a tomato. "I-I've just l-lived with them for my whole l-life." He stuttered, not really sure if he was ready to admit his secret he hide from even his closest friends for years.
"Sal-ker." Kate said in a sing-song voice.
"I-I'm n-not a s-stalker!" Keith stuttered, his face now a deep red-violet shade.
"What do you mean, that you've 'lived with them' then?" Kate asked, her hands on her hips, as she leaned toward Keith.
"W-Well… It's something I hadn't told anyone since, like, I-I don't know, around 5th grade or so…" Keith slowly got out.
Keith had his left hand on his hip, and his right hand was scratching the back of his head, and he had suddenly became so fascinated in the ground by his feet. A nervous action he had had since he was young.
"What? That you're a stalker? That's a LONG time to be a stalker…" Kate said.
"N-No." Keith said in almost a whisper. "I mean, w-who my f-" pause "who my family is." He said the last part almost inaudible.
"What do you mean?" Kellyn asked. "And how do you know so much about those rangers?"
"W-Well, my parents are both rangers-" Keith paused, but as he was about to continue, he was cut off by his two partners.
"YOUR PARENTS WERE RANGERS?" Both Kellyn and Kate cried out in shock in union.
Keith sighed.
"Yes and no. They're still rangers." Keith said calmly. "They're more than that though. They're Ranger Leader Spenser and Ranger Leader Elita."
Keith sighed at the shocked looks Kellyn and Kate gave him, which was followed by an awkward silence.
Keith looked at the two knights, almost completely forgetting about them, and decided to explain a few things to them, as they were giving them very confused looks.
"A ranger, or Pokémon Ranger, is a person who defends the balance between a triangle between people, Pokémon, and nature." Keith explained, but going on. (A/N: I just don't want to explain what a Pokémon Ranger is/does... Too lazy…)
After a while, Kellyn and Kate finally unfroze, and slowly asked Keith why he hadn't told them this before.
"W-Well, I had used the whole, 'my parents are Leaders' card when I was younger to try and be one of the cool kids, but then found out, those kids I thought were 'oh so cool', were actually arses." Keith explained.
"Arses?" Repeated Kellyn.
"Yes. Arses." Keith said. "You got a problem with that word?"
"No, I just don't hear many people say that." Kellyn chuckled.
"Well, it's the product of me spending to much time with D." Keith said, his arms crossed in front of his chest and his face in a pout, pointed to his right with his eyes shut.
"Who's D?" Kate asked. "I don't remember anyone from Ringtown named D."
"Solana." Keith said like he couldn't believe Kate didn't know who he was talking about.
"Why do you call her D?" Kellyn asked.
"'Cause her name means the sun, so I used to cal her Sunny-D, but over the years, it shortened to D. Lunick calls her that to, but she doesn't like anyone else to call her that." Keith replied, looking back over at the group.
"Kate looked up at the sky, which was now a beautiful shade of baby blue. "Oh yeah!" She called out. "I remember Nicky calling her D last time I visited!"
"Nicky?" Kellyn asked.
"Yeah, that's what D calls Lunick every now and again." Keith explained.
"Ok." Kellyn agreed, then turned to the two knights, who were between amusement at the conversation, to brain-shattering confusement from the same thing. "Hey, we were going to a castle weren't we? How much farther is it?" He asked the knights.
"Well, if thou are to keep stopping to talk, much longer." Knight Kellyn said. "But ifeth thou art to keep walking, not too much longer. It iseth only at the base of the next hill." Knight Kellyn explained, pointing to the castle that loomed nearby, a smile tugging at the corners of his mouth from the exchange of conversation from the three rangers.
And with that, they continued on their journey to the castle.
Me: O.M.F.G. I'm alive!
Kellyn: Why wouldn't you be?
Me: … Let's see, I've got a job now-
Keith: *spit-taking fruit juice he was drinking* WS-Wait! Y-You've got a j-job?
Me: Yes. Yes I do.
Kate: Oh, what are you?
Me: I'm a lifeguard now! So, no drowning! I don't wanna have to come save you. And if I don't save you, I'll have to deal with paperwork and stuff… *looks at Keith*
Keith: Why are you looking at me?
Me: 'Cause I don't like you…
Keith: W-Why not?
Rythmi: Yeah, why not? He's cute and cuddly!
Me, Kellyn & Kate: …
Rythmi: … Or not?
Me: lol… I need to go to sleep… It's already 11:51, and I'm gonna be home alone tomorrow, but I gotta sub for someone tomorrow at work at 2:45, so I'll post this, then try to go to sleep.
Kate: Don't forget the disclaimer!
Me: Oh yeah. That thing…
Rythmi: Can I do it?
Me: Sure… *Blush* I-I just lost the game… I hope you keep that to yourself, and yes, you can do the disclaimer. *blushes deeper*
Rythmi: DeepDarkYetDangerous does not own Pokémon Rangers, Nintendo does. Otherwise she would have made more about the Pokémon Rangers! She does, however own the bed she is in, typing in, when she should be sleeping in it. *glares at DDYD*
Me: Yeah, yeah. Let me post this, then I'll go to sleep… But I have to say, I haven't even thought of this story since a year ago or so, and this chapter was typed straight from my head within like maybe two days… I just realized I had named this chapter before, when I had like two sentences of this chapter typed out, and I named it "Unexpected Quests"… I have NO idea what I was planning, but oh well… Now to think of a new name for the chapter… *puts on thinking face*…Bye.
Kellyn, Kate, Keith, & Rythmi: Bye! Please review! It makes DDYD happy!