Hello, I would like to announce that I will now be running five stories at a time, I think I can handle it, I mean, I'm doing pretty good with four, right? Okay, the Pokémon translations will be in italics, got it? Sorry for the starting category, I had to use a glitch to post this new story.

Departure

Mom, I'm leaving, see ya later!" young Brendan Pine called out as he started to leave his home.

"Oh, no you don't, not just yet", his mother called after him. He stopped just over the threshold of the front door.

His mother came from out of the kitchen, her cream colored dress swaying with her hurried movements. When she had finally made it to him, she brushed the brown hair out of her face.

"You didn't think you were going to leave without saying goodbye to your dear old mother, did you? Or, are you that quick to try and get away from me and my many rules", she said sarcastically. Brendan smiled, he had always liked that about his mother, she was so childish sometimes. He knew that his own sarcastic, and somewhat teasing side, came from her. She hugged him tightly, he gladly returned the hug, after all, this would be the last time they would see each other for some time. After she let him free of her motherly clutches, she pulled from a pocket on her apron, a small brown paper bag.

"Here you go, Champ, a little something for the road", she said. Ignoring the nickname that annoyed him so much, he curiously took the bag. It had a good weight to it, adding to the fact that it was somewhat bulky.

He peered inside to see a red and white sphere inside. He pulled it out of its container.

"Sorry it had to be a paper bag, I haven't had time to get it gift wrapped", Katherine apologized.

Brendan examined it curiously. Why would his mother get something that he already had fifty of, he always replenished his stock of Pokéballs whenever he went to a PokéMart, even if he didn't need to. He tried to look as grateful as he could before he stated what was on his mind. However, his mother spoke for him.

"Well, are you going to open it or what", she asked. The statement hit him like a hammer, sometimes his own denseness surprised even him.

"Oh, y-yeah, sure", he stammered. His mother giggled, as if she had expected his behavior.

"Go", he commanded, as he threw the ball to the ground. It opened and with a flash of white light, the Pokémon inside of it materialized in front of him.

"Eevee", the Fox Pokémon said, looking at his new friend.

"An Eevee!" exclaimed Brendan, as he ran over to pet his mother's gift. The Eevee accepted this treatment with an appetite for affection.

"After you told me about how Michael became an Eevee Trainer, I did some digging and found some Eevee pups that belonged to a Pokémon Breeder who was giving them away, so I decided this would be the best going away present I could ever give", his mother explained, ever so glad that her son absolutely adored the Eevee.

"Thank you mom", Brendan said, embracing his mother once again. He let her go and took off next door, carrying his new friend in his arms. "I'll be sure to call as soon as we get to Unova!"

He made it next door, where he was to pick up his partner that would be joining him on his quest. Stroking the Eevee in his hands he called out to the second story window.

"May! May, are you ready", he yelled. The window opened up and an auburn haired girl poked her head out.

"Just about, I'm almost done; it can't take more than five more minutes", May called down. She retreated back into her room.

"Five minutes should be plenty of time to think of a name for you", he said to the Eevee in his hands, he set him down, put one of his duffle bags down, and pulled his khaki backpack from around his shoulders. Sitting down on a stump in the yard, he started to rummage around in it until he found the box he was looking for. The small Oran wood box was now sitting on his lap. Before speaking, he looked down at the Eevee at his heels.

"Hmm, how about Ruby", he asked. The Eevee looked at him for a second before shaking his head.

"No, then, what about Sandra?" he suggested. Once again, the Eevee shook his head.

"Okay, how do you like Rebecca?" Another shake of the Eevee's head.

"Veronica? No? Larissa. No, not that either, huh? What do you think of Rose?"

The Pokémon denied each of the nicknames suggested to it. Brendan gave an annoyed sigh. He thought that naming an Eevee would be fun and easy. Then a thought hit him in the gut. He had only been using girl names. He pulled out his Universal Pokédex, which he only used when he encountered Trainers that had Pokémon that didn't belong to the regions he didn't have a Pokédex for. He really didn't like using it even then, because it made the two that he had seem pointless. He scrolled through the Pokémon he had encountered until he found the correct species. He read the data until he found what he was looking for, the gender ratio. This time, fact hit him over the head, as he felt the weight of embarrassment flush into his face, when he read that the gender percentile for male Eevees was nearly eighty-eight percent. He looked down at his friend, embarrassed.

"Well, no wonder you didn't like any of the names I've tried to give you so far, you must be a boy, right", he said.

"Eevee", he cheered, jumping up into the boy's lap on top of the box.

"Now that that problem has been taken care of, how about we try some boy names for you", he told the Evolution Pokémon sitting in his lap. The Eevee just looked back at him and waited.

"Hmm, I bet you would like the name Jamie", Brendan said. The Eevee looked down for a moment, pondering over his decision. When he reached it, he looked up, smiled, and cheered.

"It's official, you will for now on, be known as Jamie the Eevee", Brendan announced. He placed Jamie on the ground at his feet and opened the box his Eevee had just been sitting on. He plunged into the box pulling out several scarves and other pieces of Pokémon-sized clothing.

"Aha, perfected", Brendan pronounced as he pulled out blue, green, red, yellow, and orange capes.

"Here you go, pick a color", Brendan said, holding out each of the miniature accessories for Jamie to pick from. The Eevee cocked his head to the side, looking from his Trainer to the capes. Deciding he like the blue best, he pulled it from Brendan's outstretched hand.

"Wise choice, my friend", the Trainer said. He took back the cape and tied it around Jamie's neck, so that it held snuggly. He also tied the back part of the cape around Jamie's waist, so that the cape would not whip around and touch the ground.

Jamie looked at his back to examine how it looked on him. He smiled, and then, with a proud expression on his face, posed dramatically, as if he were a super hero posing for a picture. He completed this pose by lifting his front left paw off of the ground. His act pushed Brendan into a laughing fit.

"Haha, you wear it well", he chuckled after calming down as much as he could, "Hold still for a second."

Brendan pulled from his backpack, a camera, and took a picture of the Eevee, in his dramatic pose.

"There, that's one for the album", he stated, putting the camera and box back. Jamie looked at him and sat down. He smiled as broadly as he could. Brendan checked his watch. His eyes bulged as he looked at the time. Quickly, he shot up, startling Jamie.

"MAY! What's taking you so long, if you don't get down her right now, we're going to miss the ferry!" He shouted. Jamie, terrified of this sudden behavior, nervously hid behind the stump Brendan was previously sitting on. May poked her head out once more.

"Oh, be quiet silly, we have time", she said before disappearing back inside.

"What! We most certainly do NOT have time, look at a clock or something!" he yelled. She poked her head out again.

"You know, you are VERY testy, did you know that, Champ", she replied and disappeared again. Brendan gritted his teeth. Jamie was starting to get a little worried for his friend. He peeked from behind the stump and watched from there.

"MAAAAAYYYY! Get down here, right now!" he ordered.

Inside her room, May sighed, very annoyed. Didn't he realize that it took her a while to get her makeup and hair ready? After he continued his outburst, May sighed a final time, and grabbed a Pokéball from her belt.

Brendan watched as she held it out of her window. It opened, and the Pokémon within it formed behind him. He gulped as the giant Pokémon bellowed.

"Swampert!"

The muscular Mud Fish Pokémon wrapped his arms around the boy and held him tight. Brendan started kicking furiously as he tried desperately to free himself.

"Ah! May, you are so going to get it when you get down here, I'm-", he started. Before he could finish, the Swampert clamped a giant webbed paw around his face, keeping his outbursts muffled. Jamie watched with curiosity, thinking this was some kind of amusing game.

May, now satisfied with herself, was now just putting the finishing touches on her mascara.

Outside, Brendan fought to free his face from May's Swampert's grip. When finally managed, he pushed one of his Pokéballs off of his belt

"Go, Nichole!" he called as the Pokéball bounced and opened.

"Blaziken!" she cried, after being freed.

"Help me out, Cole", he said.

"Blaziken, Blaze", Nichole said to the Swampert.

"Swampert, Swampert", he replied. After pondering for a moment, Nichole got an idea.

"Blaziken?" she asked.

"Swampert", replied the Water Type gladly. He handed over Brendan to Nichole, who held him just as tightly as her rival had.

"Nichole, you traitor, mutiny, mutiny I tell ya!" Brendan yelled.

"Blaze", Nichole said to Swampert.

"Swamp", he replied. To Jamie, it seemed as Nichole had taken the boy as a favor. He found the courage to come from his hiding place.

"Eevee", he asked the giant Pokémon.

"Swamp, Swampert", he replied.

"Oh, I get it, this is just like a game for you, then", Jamie said.

"Your very right", Nichole stated, struggling to keep Brendan in her arms.

"Okay, you guys, release the prisoner", May called behind them. They all turned to see her in her standing in the doorway.

Nichole dropped Brendan and he stormed up to May.

"What did you think you were doing, now we ARE going to be late", he roared into her face. She looked at him with an unamused expression and yawned.

"You know, the longer you stand here scolding me, the later we're going to be", she pointed out. Immediately, Brendan's face went from anger to anxiety. As fast as he could, he gathered his things, returned Nichole, seized Jamie from the ground, grabbed May's hand, and took off down the trail that led to Slateport City. Just as he started to run May returned her Pokémon before Brendan drug her out of the reach of her Pokémon.

Soon after, he stopped. He knew of a way to get back on schedule.

"Forget something", May queried when he finally let go of her hand. He pulled off his backpack, and pulled from it his folded up Acro Bike. May got the idea and pulled out her trusty folded up Macro Bike. When Brendan had finished unfolding the basket of his bike, he put Jamie in it and started pedaling. Since he only had an Acro Bike, he was quickly left behind by May and her speedy Macro Bike. He felt the annoyance rush into him, but it was soon left behind as relief entered. When he finally saw the edge of Petalburg, he relaxed, they were now back on schedule, even though they were only off by about four minutes.

In Petalburg City, may was just exiting a PokéMart, with a sandwich and a bag in her hand. She looked toward the exit to see Brendan huffing and puffing as he pedaled in. She sighed, even though he was lazy beyond belief, his punctuality was almost always perfect, only if he was out of bed, that is.

"Well, took you long enough", teased his female rival. He gave an annoyed growl, Jamie was now disappointed that the wind had stopped. All the while Brendan was riding toward the city, he had stood up in the basket and pretended that the wind that was whooshing past him was the wind in the sky as he flew through it. He also rather liked the sensation and the sound as his cape whipped around while the wind rushed passed.

"Oh, be…quiet…you…you", Brendan panted. He held his chest as his heart beat against it.

"Princess, Beauty, Wonder, Miss Hoenn, any of those will do fine", she said, finishing his statement with the exact opposite of what was on his mind.

"Yeah, all of the above", Brendan said sarcastically as he finally caught his breath.

"Well, thanks for the compliment, Champ", she replied. May ruffled the white fluff on his hat as she walked over. Brendan ignored her actions.

"Well, let's get going, Slateport's at least an hour Surf", he stated. Together, he, Jamie and May, walked to Petalburg's beach. They waded through the tide until it got deep enough for them to use their Water Pokémon.

"I choose you! Jacob!" May shouted, as she tossed her Pokéball into the air. Within three seconds, her Swampert was ready to go.

"Go! Patty!" Brendan shouted, and in an instant, the massive Gyarados was ready.

"Show off", May said, handing over her things, so that they wouldn't get wet, "Jacob, return, well, I guess, you could just swim alongside Patty."

"Swampert?" Jacob inquired.

"Well, if I would have known that Brendan had brought Patty, then you would be carrying me", May replied, only guessing that her Swampert had asked, "Why did you even bother bringing me out in the first place?"

"Swamp?" Jacob said, understanding what was said. May, and the other two climbed aboard Patty.

"Alright, Patty, to, Slateport City, express delivery!" Brendan commanded in a friendly, sarcastic tone. May giggled at his corniness, and grabbed him around the waist. Patty roared and Jamie shuddered at the force of the cry. With a force, Patty started to swim as fast as she could, roughly at first until she fought herself out into open waters, where the coastal currents wouldn't drag her back. After she was able to calm herself against the rushing waves, the trio relaxed. Jacob was swimming in the ocean to their left jumping with every stroke, like a Magikarp as it swam through Hoenn's warm oceans.

"What a successful launch, maybe if you try harder you might someday fly", Brendan tormented, noting Patty's rough, sudden take off from the shallower waters of Petalburg's beach. Annoyed, Patty used her finned tail to smack Brendan in the back of the head when it came up from beneath the crystal blue surface of the water. May had finally let him go, and lay down as best as she could on Patty's rough and plated back to sunbath.

"I honestly don't see why we can't fly to Slateport", she yawned lazily. Brendan, who now had his back resting against Patty's head, looked up from his chore of petting a very shaken Eevee.

"I've told you, May, the only Pokémon I have that can use Fly, is Ace, and we both know that a Swellow can't hold me, and all of my excessive stuff up. Besides, I-", he started.

"Want to see as much of Hoenn as you can before we leave it", May finished, with her eyes closed.

"Yeah, that's right", Brendan whispered. He wasn't really sure he was ready to leave the region he had called home for so long. Only May knew of his nervousness, she was his best friend, and they told each other everything. That's why she never asked the reason behind him not taking the quick route just north of Oldale Town. He had planned the trip to Slateport City along Route 105 to Route 109 so that he could see some of the places that held so many memories to them on the way. By now, the land had finally disappeared, and they were surrounded by water on all sides.

About thirty-five minutes later, they came upon the island that held Dewford Town, where, to the west, held Granite Cave. May watched as Brendan gazed in silence. She knew that the boy was remembering the time he got lost in there and had sent Ace to go and get her to help him out. She liked that about him, he wouldn't hesitate to ask for help, or give it. She wanted to tell him something, but forgot over how he looked as he gazed at the cave's mouth. He sighed, that was one memory down.

She looked up to see that some Wingull above them. They sailed on the wind gracefully, barely having to flap their wings.

She sighed, as if trying to start a conversation. When Brendan didn't speak up, she started to twiddle her fingers, having nothing else to do. Jacob was still bounding in and out of the surf as he swam. May closed her eyes again, since she didn't have sunglasses. The summer sun had been beating down on them all day.

When the almost complete silence started to get to her, she felt something wet slide along her right cheek. Without opening her eyes, she tried to guess what it was. At first she thought it was Brendan pulling a prank on her, but then, she remembered that he was busy sewing something to a blue fabric. Curiosity had gotten the best of her and she opened her eyes. She looked over to see the brown and white Pokémon back up a little.

"Eevee", he greeted. May looked at him, amazed that she hadn't been introduced to this foreign Pokémon.

"Hey, there, I can't believe Brendan hadn't introduced us", May replied. Jamie cocked his head to the side. May giggled and turned to look at Brendan for an explanation. She giggled again as she saw what he was doing.

Brendan hadn't moved from his spot. Instead, his head had drooped a good degree and his cerulean eyes had closed. May should have known; you couldn't let that boy out of your sight for three minutes without him falling to sleep on you. His pin cushion was still strapped to his right wrist. The fabric he was holding was in his left hand. He had apparently completed whatever it was he was doing with it.

May crawled over to him and took the blue cloth from his hand. She saw it was one of his capes he made for his smaller Pokémon. On the bottom right corner in black, was sewn "Jamie". The Eevee beside her moved in front of her and tried to wriggle himself into the cape.

"Oh, are you Jamie", she asked. Jamie gave her a look that could have translated into a hundred different positive answers.

"Hello Jamie, I'm May", she said, fastening the piece of sky blue velvet to Jamie. After her task was complete, Jamie walked over to Patty's head and lay down next to his Trainer.

"The perfect team…a lazy one, though", she said to herself. Getting the feeling if she didn't wake him up, he would miss one of the things he wanted to see. She stood up and walked the short distance to her friend. She reached out a hand to shake him awake. Before she could get close, his hand reached out and patted her on the head.

"Nice Wigglytuff", he said drowsily. At first she thought he did it in his sleep, like he did so many other times. That is, until he started to chuckle and opened his eyes.

"You fell for it", he laughed. Her face turned three shades of pink. May hated that nickname.

"Oh, you're such a kid", she grumbled. He gave her a satisfied look.

"Told ya, I'd get you back for last time", he replied.

"Fair enough", she alleged. The last time he had fallen asleep, May thought she would make a joke of waking him up. To her it would be funny to try and wake him up like Sleeping Beauty. She was able to plant the kiss, and surprisingly, it worked, with a price. He woke up as her lips touched his. She was hoping to at least move her face from his before he woke up, but he did as she was still kissing him. The shock kept either of them from moving, so they stayed in that awkward position for a while. The worst part of it, though, was that his mom had walked in on them before either could move.

"I still can't believe you kissed me", Brendan said.

"I told you, it was meant to be a prank", she replied.

"And I still think your deeply in love with me", he countered. She turned so he couldn't see her face deepen to red.

"Yeah, you got me, I'm so deep in love with you my dream boy", she said sarcastically. She didn't really know if that was true or not. Ever since he saved her from that stampede of migrating Stantler, she had always felt different around him.

"I knew it", he plainly stated.

They were silent for a few minutes, until Patty roared.

"Hey Patty what's up", Brendan asked the Gyarados. He stood to look over her giant finned head. Ahead of them, was a big wrecked ship.

"It's alright, that ship has always been there. Hey, May, remember when I got stung by that Ariados after we made it down into the engine room", he said.

May sat quiet, she remembered it too well. After his Absol, Star, had blasted the engine room's door apart with a Hyper Beam, they traveled further into the ship. He led, because May was afraid of the dark. He was walking in too fast and didn't notice the Ariados above him on the ceiling. Star had sensed it, but couldn't tell where it was in the grimy, dark room. When they had passed, the Ariados took its chance and pounced downward. It landed on him, sinking its poisonous fangs down into Brendan's back. He toppled over and Star had blasted it against the back wall with a Solar Beam. Brendan didn't move, the venom doing its work. May was too shocked to do anything right away. The scene of her best friend unconscious on the floor of a dark ship was hard for her to grip. When she came to her senses, she had managed to heal him with an Antidote. May got him home and stayed with him until he woke up.

"…May, Earth to May, come in May", Brendan said, waving a hand in front of her face.

"Yeah, I remember", May said sadly. Brendan stopped his hand. He remembered it wasn't a very good subject to bring up.

"May, I'm sorry", he apologized. He was now sitting beside her, ignoring the rough point poking at his lower back. Without warning, she embraced him.

"May! What-", he started.

"Don't ever leave me", she pleaded quietly into his chest. Brendan was stunned, May had never acted like this before. He relaxed and wrapped his arms around her too.

"I won't, I'll be here, I promise", he lulled. May eased her tension in her arms and listened to Brendan's heart. Its strong beating gave her warmth inside. She let him go after she calmed down.

"Thanks, I don't know what I would do without my best friend", she sniffed. Brendan looked at her, surprised she would ever do anything. For once he didn't have anything to say.

She lay back down and sighed.

"May, are you alright", Brendan asked.

"Yeah, I'm fine", she replied as if nothing at all had happened. Confused, Brendan looked back at the Abandoned Ship, which was now fading in the distance, the many other Swimmers and Trainers roaming around on it. He waited for it to completely sink in the horizon before turning back to look at the girl that had behaved so strangely, she now had her eyes closed. He shrugged and looked back at Jamie. The Eevee was peacefully asleep. He unclipped the right Pokéball from his belt and returned the snoozing Pokémon.

"Alright Patty, step on it, that was the last landmark on our way, let's get to Slateport as fast as we can", Brendan told the Gyarados. With a delighted roar, Patty lifted her tail, and slammed it back down in the water.

"Aaahh!" May exclaimed. The splash had completely drenched her.

"Maybe next time you'll pick first class instead of coach", Brendan teased. She growled. To their left, Jacob was rushing ahead, making a big race out of the sudden speed. Patty didn't mind much, just so long as she wasn't moving a slow as she was. May and Brendan were now sitting as they had before they left. Brendan was sitting down with his legs draped over both sides of his Gyarados as was May, except that she had once again had her arms around his waist, keeping herself on.

They arrived at Slateport's Beach area within the next twenty minutes. They gathered there things and hopped off of Patty. Brendan returned her and released Sylvia, his Vulpix. She sported a pink bow behind her left ear. May returned Jacob and called out Susie, her Bellossom.

"Alright, let's get going, we've got twenty minutes", Brendan announced.

"And five minutes of walking distance", May finished blankly, while using one of Brendan's towels to dry off. They started off, walking to the big town of Slateport, where the ferry taking them to the Unova Region was waiting for them. They watched as the people on the beach made sand castles with their Pokémon and swim in the surf.

Soon, the sand got less dense, and Sylvia and Susie were having a hard time walking through it.

"There you go", Brendan said as he placed Sylvia on top of his head. He always did this with his four legged Pokémon, because they would place their back legs on his shoulders and their forepaws on his head, so that they could see where they were going. May always held her Pokémon.

"I wonder if Wally's waiting on us", Brendan mused.

"I hope so, it would be nice to see him before we leave", May said.

"Vulpix", Sylvia added.

"So, our adventurers continue to Slateport city, where they will meet up with family and friends before departing on their big adventure", someone behind them commented.

"Wally!" both Brendan and May exclaimed, turning around to greet their friend. Wally was ready for them both and held his arms out to catch them as the duo gave him a friendly hug.

"It's nice to see you, too", he said. They let him go and sized him up.

"Did you get taller over the last three weeks", May asked, looking up at him. He laughed.

"No, you two are just standing in a hole", he replied. They looked down, he was right, they had somehow managed to step into a small hole without noticing.

"What are you doing here? Aren't you supposed to be waiting for us on the ferry", Brendan questioned.

"I thought I'd give you guys a heads up. Your entire fan club is waiting up ahead. It looked like even more people had joined, I managed to get your families away from the crowd, but, that's inside the lobby", Wally explained.

"Wow, how are we going to get past that", May asked. Brendan thought for a second. He snapped his fingers as he got an idea.

"You think of something", Wally probed.

"Yep", answered Brendan. He pulled his hat off, revealing his short, coal black hair. He placed it on Wally's head, and turned to May.

"Alright, May, take the bandana off, and come here", he said. May took it off and he pulled a hair brush out of his backpack.

"You don't mean", May said. She backed away somewhat.

"Yes, that", he replied. Wally was enjoying the scene, half hoping to see them fight. He always thought it was funny when they fought.

"Fine", May grumbled. She turned around and Brendan brushed her hair down. She didn't enjoy the torture; it took her forever to get her hair like that. When he finished his deed he placed her bandana on top of his head, and sighed.

"You can still tell it's me, huh?" he said. They nodded. "Great."

He reached into his pocket and pulled his contact container out. Carefully, he pulled each of his contacts from his eyes. He reluctantly put on his back up pair of glasses.

"Alright, let's go", he said. They proceeded up the stairs that led off of the sandy clutches of the beach. Wally had been right, Brendan's fan club had gained a few members. Brendan knew their disguises would work, each of them looked like one of his wannabes. They casually made it to the ferry's boarding lobby. Once the door had closed behind them, they sighed. Each of the Trainers quickly returned to their former attire.

"And my head was just getting warm", Wally complained playfully. Brendan and May rolled their eyes at him in a friendly matter. He started to cough. They each looked at him concerned.

"S'all right, it was just dust", he said. They sighed in relief, even though it had been a few years, Wally's condition had never subsided, except for the fact that he stopped stuttering.

"Where is everyone", Brendan asked, after putting in his last contact.

"Three…two…one", Wally counted under his breathe. Then, out from behind corners, under sofas, and out of adjacent rooms, people filled the maroon room.

"Surprise!" They all cheered. May and Brendan jumped, puzzled. They looked around at the people staring back at them. There were Brendan's parents, Katherine Pine, and Norman Pine, May's parents, Professor Birch, and April Birch. Steven Stone was there. Lanette Rowell was there. The news team Gabby and Ty were there. Captain Stern was there. Malinda Michaels was there. Every Gym Leader was there. Even Hoenn's Elite Four were there.

"I didn't know my birthday came early this year, May why didn't you tell me", Brendan asked sarcastically, receiving a punch in the arm.

"Got it", Ty announced holding up his camera. There was some snickering in the crowd.

"Well, I guess this is our official going away party", May said.

"Yep, every one of us here would like to see you off", Steven replied.

"You both taught at least one of us in here a lesson, except for Gabby and Ty, they need some recent footage of you", Professor Birch stated.

"Each of you know what that lesson was", Lanette added.

"Did you guys rehearse this or something", Brendan said. May hit him again.

"I'm afraid this will have to be short, we are on a schedule", Captain Stern announced, "Get your handshakes in and high tail your rear ends to the ferry."

They did so, making sure that everyone in their got handshakes (except for their families, they hugs). The three made it outside to the ferry. Wally stopped.

"Hey, aren't you coming", May asked. Wally shook his head.

"When Brendan gave his title back to Steven, he gave it to me. You're now looking at Hoenn's current Champion. I have to stay and wait for challengers, you know the usual", he explained, "But, I have someone waiting for you on board to take my place, I think you'll like her."

"Oh, okay, we'll call you as soon as we get there, we promise", May replied. May hugged Wally again.

They climbed the ramp and walked to the stern of the ship, waving their goodbyes as the ship launched from the port. It didn't take long for the last of Slateport to drift out of sight.

"Let's get to our room", Brendan suggested, trying to ignore the homesickness in the pit of his stomach.

"Okay", May agreed. It was Brendan's usual room, it was small, but big enough for two.

"Dibs on the floor", he called when they entered. It only had one bed, and Brendan was going to be a good host, like he always had been. Each of them their things down and sat down. Sylvia and Susie hopped down off their Trainers and started to explore the cabin.

"I can't believe we're going to Unova", May said, sitting on the bed with Brendan at her side.

"Homesick already, huh?" he asked. She nodded.

"I feel your pain." He stood up and stretched. "I'm headed for the deck, wanna come?"

"Sure", she replied. They both knew they weren't going to get home off their minds any time soon. Their Pokémon followed suit. They walked to the starboard side, and leaned against the railing. They looked out toward the vast ocean, trying to forget their feelings. Someone behind them spoke up.

"Hey, you guys", Lanette greeted, moving forward to lean on the railing too.

"Lanette? You're the one Wally mentioned", Brendan asked.

"Yep, he wanted me to see you arrive at Unova, and…he wanted me to tell you guys…" her voice trailed off. She turned a light pink.

"Tell us what?" May queried. She shifted her weight.

"We're…we're dating now", she replied.

"Congrats", Brendan said, "You're lucky to have each other."

"Thanks", Lanette nearly whispered. They made conversation, mostly about what was going to happen in Unova.

Several hours later…

"May, are you done in there", Brendan asked, knocking on the door.

"Not yet", she called. He sighed.

"Could ya please hur-", he started. The door slid open, and he fell into the room, almost right on top of May.

"Done", she said, looking down at his upside down figure. She was dressed in her pink nightgown. He was dressed in a black cotton T-shirt and black shorts.

"I see", he said. He pushed himself up. May walked back to the bed. He walked beside it, and lay down on his well-made pallet. He removed his contacts and put them in their container. Sylvia curled up against him.

"Could you get the light May", he yawned. She turned the switch on the lamp over the head of her bed. The darkness enveloped them.

"Goodnight May, goodnight Sylvia", Brendan called.

"Goodnight, Brendan, goodnight Susie", May called in return. Susie lay down at the foot of the bed, already asleep.

The exhausted Trainers drifted off to sleep, eager to see the next day…well, as eager as too tired Trainers can get.

That, by far, is the LONGEST chapter I have ever typed up. I hope you enjoyed. As you can see, I used some things from the game, the anime, and the manga.

Some of you might see that The Genius Mage Divine Wolfe influenced some of my writing here. I give full credit in those areas.