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"Oh crap! George! I forgot to go say goodby to Steve. Ooooooh He's going to kill me." Sere fretted, she turned and ran back into town and towards the pokecentre where Steve now worked as a medic to both pokemon and trainer alike. "George why didn't you remind me?" Serenity asked the bewildered mudkip that was running along side her.

"Kip?" he asked. He really had no idea what his trainer was talking about. She mumbled so much!

Serenity went barrelling into the pokecenter, startling most of the people that were there. Once she realized that there was so many people, she walked a little slower and was more cautious. She approached the counter and the nurse behind it. "Hi Mary, is Steve in?" Sere asked. Her voice was quiet and the nurse behind the counter had to lean in and get her to repeat it. "Steve?" She mumbled the second time.

"Oh! Sorry Serenity, but he had to make a few house calls. Did you want me to leave him a message dear?"

Sere's hopes fell. "Oh. Okay. Thanks Mary." She leaned against the counter and thought about what to do next. George was bouncing around at her feet in an attempt to make her smile.

Serenity found her self sinking to the floor, back against the front desk, trying to figure out if she should wait for Steve to return before heading out or if she should just send him a message later. George bounced around her and on her knees doing everything he could to get her to laugh.

"Thank George." She smiled at the little blue pokemon and patted his head. "Do you have an idea on what we should do?"

George looked up at his trainer, then bounced back onto her knees so he could look right in her eyes. "Kip kip!" He said to her. She needed to get out of this city and get exploring on her own. He bounced up and down on her knee.

"You're right." Sere nodded. "He knew I was leaving today. I'll send him a message later." She got up from the floor.

Serenity was lost in her own thoughts and didn't even notice that someone was there until the heat from the little red pokemon caught her attention. When she saw the tall boy beisde her she blushed. She got up to her feet, while the Mudkip investigated the small red pokemon that had come up to see what was going on.

"I'm, o-okay." She stuttered. Then lectured her self for being unable to talk to someone new. You can do this. She thought.

"I came to say good bye to my brother, but he's not in." All the words came out at once. She had gone from stuttering to stumbling. She still wouldn't look him in the eye, but it was quite obvious that he was not by any means unattractive and was almost a foot taller than she was.

"Sorry if we were in your way." She said looking back down at the too pokemon. The one that belonged to the boy started to back away towards it's trainer. "What kind of pokemon is that? I'm not sure if I've seen it before. Fire type right?" A discussion about pokemon was one that she could get involved in an feel fairly confident about not messing it up.

"I don't think you're babbling." Mike said in response to the girl's defensive attitude. "Trust me, I know people a lot worse." Smiling again, the boy went to return the shake, but quickly retracted, taking off his right glove first. He didn't want an accidental heat spike to burn the poor girl's hand. "Serenity," He repeated. "That's a lovely name." The boy returned the shake warmly, glad to have met someone new. Her hands were very soft. This was clearly a girl who barely left the house. "My name is Mike Kyoka from the town of Lavaridge and my dream is to become the most powerful Fire Pokemon trainer in the world." He donned his glove once more, casually inspecting the girl. "I don't see any more than one Pokeball on you so I assume a battle is out of the question?" He asked somewhat jokingly, but admittedly a friendly duel between friends would be a nice change of pace from his recent batch of battles. Fighting evil teams and wild Pokemon just didn't have the same feeling as between two experienced trainers.

Mike leaned back on the counter, talking about Fire Pokemon made him anxious to get back to training Napalm, and he still hadn't gone shopping yet. "So what do you have planned? I was going to go train Napalm but first I was going to stop by the department store here." The boy looked expectantly, wondering if his new friend would want to join him. He would understand if she didn't, if she was a new trainer like Mike assumed, she would no doubt want to run out and get a start on her adventure.

The field that Lairon had created looked a lot less round from above than it did on the ground. In fact, it was more like a oblong oval. Kilik rested against his Flygon and closed his eyes. The fact the Lilycove Pokemon Center was so close was practically a dream come true. A sigh escaped him. Flying didn't bother him as much anymore, now that he was used to it. That, and he trusted Bahamut completely. The boy shivered as they flew over Mt. Pyre. It could've been either the idea of all the dead Pokemon or that Mt. Pyre always seemed so cold. He wasn't really sure.

In any case, the short flight was over within a span of ten or so minutes. Bahamut flared her wings and brought Kilik to a safe landing in front of the Center. She stretched a bit as her trainer and was recalled into her ball shortly afterward. The trainer walked inside, headed straight for Nurse Joy. He noticed Mike and an unfamiliar girl in front of the desk. Does he ever stay with just ONE chick? he thought. "What'll it be, Kilik?" she smiled. Seemed she remembered him from the night before. Of course, it was difficult to forget such outlandish hair and such bright clothing.

"Just heal up these," he said, handing over Lairon, Flygon, Scizor and Weezing's Pokeballs. With a cheerful nod, Nurse Joy took the tray and walked towards the back of the Center to heal them up. "Shopping?" he laughed, "One of the whole reasons we came to Lilycove and you're finally getting it done?" Kilik leaned against the counter next to Mike, crossing his arms over his chest.

Kilik bowed at both Serenity and Portabello. When Napalm tugged at his pant leg, he looked down and smiled. "A rematch, huh?" he tapped his chin and thought about it. It had been a while since the two baby Pokemon had a chance to battle against each other. To him, it seemed like they wanted to fight more than work together back on the Aqua Base assault. With a nod, Kilik took up Elekid's Pokeball. "Alright, that sounds good to me. Outside the Pokemon center?" he tossed the ball up and down a few times before releasing his Elekid.

The plug burst out of the ball excitedly, running about to stretch his legs. He'd been cooped up in there since the morning and, being the pent up ball of energy he was, getting out was pure bliss. Then he caught eyes with Napalm. A surge of electricity shivered through his body. Between the two prongs of his plug went three short zaps of lightning. "Calm down, Elekid. Save it for outside." Putting his hands into his pockets, Kilik began walking towards the door. "You're welcome to watch, Serenity."

Elekid followed, very slowly. He even walked backwards to keep his eyes on Napalm. When he accidentally bumped into Kilik's leg, though, he turned around quickly and dashed outside. He was ready to put that uppity Magby in his place.