"Actually, Ash, I was going to be heading out to the Johto area, anyway," Professor Oak said, coming to a decision. "Just tell me where you are, and I'll be on my way..."
For better or worse, he needed to examine what happened. And, just in case, he'd be able to herd them along to where and when they needed to be, if he had too.
_-=^=-_
Meanwhile, on another world...
"Biii!!" a green, fairy-like pokemon cried.
"And how is that my problem?"
Bii! Bi, Bi, Biiiii!!"
"As I recall, I told you this was coming. I told you months ago. I warned you, if you needed to make sure they arrived before or after a certain point, tell me right away! And you never said anything!"
"BII!!"
"Yes, I can appreciate that now you're going to have to play fast and loose with a paradox. What do you expect me to do about it?!"
"Bi! Bii, biii, bi!"
"That's a joke, right? To do something like that, I'd need to gather all the Stones, again. Which would not only be signaling to everyone where they are and who is getting them... but it would also serve to remind a particular power mad would-be tyrant that the Stones exists! I would much rather he continue to live under the assumption that the Stones are forever beyond his reach."
"BIII!!"
"No. That is far too much trouble for your screw up! I have my own problems, here. And you expect me to start cleaning up after your messes?"
"Bii. Bi. Bi."
"Well, I'm sorry. But you spend most of your life existing outside of time so you can replicate yourself a few dozen times. It's not my fault if the one I talked to didn't inform you. I am not going to go back in time and adjust things for you. You're just going to have to deal with this yourself, Celebi."
"Bii!"
Celebi's companion sighed. "Look... if you need help patching things up on your side, two entities also went along with the ones being tested. They're more powerful than you'd think... recruit one, or both of them if you need to."
"Bi. Biii!!" Celebi finished with a long and loud raspberry, and then vanished back into the time stream.
The person the pokemon had been talking to sighed again, as she walked out of the secluded corner she had used to speak with the time-traveling Pokemon...
"Amy! There you are!"
Amy Rose nearly jumped as Sonic rushed up to her. "Gah! Don't do that, Sonic!"
The blue hedgehog quickly regained his composure. "Ah, well, when you disappeared I thought..."
"That I'd gotten kidnapped... again?"
"Er... something like that..."
Amy smiled. "Thanks for caring, Sonic... but this was something I just needed to take care of..." Then she took the opportunity to grab Sonic's arm. "Now come on! I want to go on Twinkle Circuit... and you won't beat me this time!"
And so saying, the unknown Guardian of the Jikan, or Time Stones, dragged her reluctant date off toward another ride...
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