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Sabrina grinned. "Well... you could always go and call your boyfriend for help! He's got that Espeon-- maybe he'd have it part the water and they'd come to you!" She let out a laugh, and Nina turned a little red.

"He's not my boyfriend..." she muttered. "And you talk about him more than I do-- how do I know that you don't like him?" Sabrina chuckled. "Nina, please; he's only sixteen."

Nina's jaw fell a couple of inches, and she grinned. "And what's that supposed to mean?!"

The sisters joked for awhile longer, and the constant rainfall became the furthest thing from their minds.

"So you're from Goldenrod," Jaeshan repeated as he sipped his tea. Bill had made them all dinner, and they were now dry and warm again. The Pokemon were busy eating, none of them really passing any judgement onto Bellsprout, only happy that he was a now a member of their team.

"Yes," Bill replied, setting down his cup. "My parents still live there, but I can't stand the big city life. I've been here for a while now," he added.

Jaeshan looked around the room. There were pictures of all kinds of Pokemon on the walls, some of which he'd never seen before. His eye caught a group painting of Eevee and three of its evolutions - Vaporeon, Jolteon, and Flareon. I should give Kassie a call, he thought, looking closely at the Vaporeon. It looked strikingly like Ariel.

"My favourite Pokemon," Bill nodded towards the painting, catching Jaeshan staring at it. "That was done before it was discovered that Eevee could also evolve into Espeon and Umbreon."

"It's very nice," Jaeshan nodded, having another sip of tea, then looking out the window. The rain was finally starting to let up, although it was starting to get dark.

"And you said you're all the way from Hoenn?" Bill asked.

"Littleroot Town, to be exact," Jaeshan said. "I caught a Poochyena snooping around in my backyard one night, and I captured him. I soon decided I wanted to compete in a Kanto region gym badge challenge one day, so that's why I'm here."

"I see," Bill smiled. "It's always good to have ambitions. Do you someday hope to become the Champion?"

Jaeshan shrugged. "Maybe, I don't know. Can't say for sure, though." He thought of himself as the new Champion, with thousands of fans cheering him on. "Couldn't hurt to try," he laughed.

It was near a half an hour later that the girls happened to glance out a window. "Hey," Nina said, "the rain's letting up-- we should head back to Olivine before it picks up again!" Sabrina agreed, and they rushed outside, releasing Cupcake and Regal. The Pokemon got into the water, and the girls got on their backs, heading northward to Olivine.

The rain felt very comforting, as it was much lighter than before. Nina found herself closing her eyes, and felt completely at ease. It didn't take them long before they reached Olivine City. They immediately got out of the water and recalled their Pokemon, and Nina tried calling Kasiya back.

"How about we get going to Slateport guys?" Mitsu asked her Pokemon companions. She returned all of them into thier balls and began to head back for the boat only to be stopped second with a phone call. It was Mike. "Okay I'll see you in Slateport!" Mitsu replied as she was told that he was going to watch Kasiya's gym battle.

After minutes of walking she made her way to the boat and she headed off to Slateport.

Only a few moments on the boat and she was already feeling lonely. The boat roared threw the ocean and Mitsu watched the waves being created by the boat. Wingulls flew up ahead and Mr. Briney's Peeko was with them. It would be hours before they hit Slateport and what would she do when she got there? "I could go shopping, then take the cycling road to Mauville City and battle Wattson there."

Kilik stood in the rain, his clothes begining to stick to his body. The boy walked into the Cerulean Gym to dry off. Big mistake. The moment he entered the Gym, a large splash came down upon him. A girl came up from the water. "Oh my! Are you all right?" she laughed, getting out of the water.

"Yes, I am," Kilik smiled, wiping water out of his eyes. The girl dried off her orange hair and blinked at him.

"What brings you here?"

"To get out of the rain. Of course," he looked at himself, "It's not like it helped." The girl laughed.

"The name is Misty. I'm the Gym Leader," she extended her hand.

"Kilik," was all he said before walking along the pathways of the Gym. Loads of water Pokemon resided in tanks of water, swimming around happily.

Van gave Jenny one last look, and when she nodded he turned back to Hiroshima. "Alright Hiro, what do you think about coming home with me.

"Grow." Hiro barked, bounded forward placing his paws on Van's chest, and gave him a lick across his face.

Van grinned broadly, as fell back with Hiro's weight. "I'll take that as a yes." He held up the pokeball. "Welcome to Firelight team."

In a flash of light, Hiro was in his new pokeball. Van jumped up, and gave Officer Jenny a hug. "Thanks." Then before she could say a word, he bolted off back towards home, vaulting the fence as he went.

Awakening with a start, Sasha fell out of her train seat to a "Vermillion City, Last Call!"

"Oh god! I overslept! Kistune, why didn't yo-" Her quandrys were met as she saw her two other Pokemon snoozing on the floor. "No matter. Return all of you."

Sasha recalled her Pokemon and stepped out of the train. "Wonderful, I get back to the exact spot where I start. ...hey, is that a Helicopther?" She peered out to the ocean and sure enough, Lt. Surge's helicopter was on it's way back.