A/N: This is the third in my series of Pokémon fanfics, following "Love, War and Games" and "Mystery, Murder and Mayhem." If you haven't read either one, here are the ages and some information on the main characters:

Giselle: 18, Pokémon League champion, leaving in an apartment at Indigo Plateau.

Joe: 18, In the advanced class at Pokémon Tech.

Sabrina: 20, Mentoring Liza as a psychic at her home in Saffron City.

Will: 20, Working at the new Silph Company in Saffron City.

Liza: 14, Training under Sabrina in Saffron City.

Silver: 20, Helping out at Jasmine's gym in Olivine City.

Jasmine: 20, Taking care of the lighthouse in Olivine City.

Whitney: 18, In charge of her gym in Goldenrod City.

Gold: 18, In charge of the late Pryce's former gym in Mahogany Town.

Giovanni?, In the Olivine City jail.

Chapter 1

He Ain't Weak, He's My Brother

Sabrina, Will and Liza were eating dinner at Sabrina's house, as they did every night. Both Sabrina and Will noticed the usually talkative Liza was silent. Both of them started trying to read her thoughts, which Liza blocked from them.

"Why are you trying to read my mind?" Liza asked.

"Something's obviously bothering you, Liza," Sabrina replied. "What is it?"

"It's… nothing," Liza responded.

"It's stupid to lie to psychics," Will said. "Tell us the truth."

"Oh, all right, something is bothering me," Liza admitted. "It's my brother, Tate."

"What's the matter?" Sabrina asked.

"He's in some sort of trouble," Liza replied. "I don't know what it is, and I'm almost scared to find out."

"You've got to go help him," Sabrina said.

"I don't want to give up training here," Liza said. "My goal is to become a great psychic, not just a co-gym leader."

"Your brother is more important than your psychic powers," Sabrina stated. "I've taught you much already… all you really need to do is catch new psychic Pokémon and raise them well, and you will be very hard to defeat."

"I've been planning on that…" Liza replied, sighing. "I guess I am very worried about Tate. I have to go back to Mossdeep City."

"Take care," Sabrina said.

"I will," Liza responded, teleporting away.

As Liza disappeared from Sabrina and Will's sight, Sabrina looked down at the table, sighing.

"What is it, Sabrina?" Will asked.

"I've got a premonition about this…" Sabrina said.

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Joe came back to his dorm room from his classes. He noticed that there was a message waiting for him on his videophone. He pressed a button to play the message, seeing Giselle come up on the screen.

"Hi, Joe," Giselle said. "I know your spring break is coming up soon, and I of course am inviting you here to Indigo Plateau. When you come here, wear your best suit, and you'll be shown where to meet me. I can't wait to see you!"

Giselle blew a kiss at the screen, and the message ended.

I wonder why Giselle wants me to dress up? Joe thought. Oh, well, I can't wait to see her… only a couple more days to go.

Joe went to his classes the next day in total distraction, just daydreaming of seeing Giselle in person again. It had been so long since he had last seen her in person, since he had last touched her soft, smooth skin, since he had last run his hand through her long black hair…

"Joe!"

Joe looked up at his teacher in confusion. "Yes, Roxanne?" he asked.

"What are you thinking about?" Roxanne snapped. "Or, should I say, who are you thinking about?"

Joe blushed. His classmates started to chuckle.

"I'm sorry," Joe murmured.

"Now tell me, what was I just talking about?" Roxanne questioned.

"Cubone and its evolutions?" Joe guessed.

"No," Roxanne replied. "I know spring break is coming up soon, but that doesn't mean you can just take off the next two days. Now pay attention!"

"I will," Joe responded.

However, Joe continued to lose focus in his classes. He was too distracted by the thought of getting to see Giselle in person again.

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Silver was in the Olivine City gym, watching Jasmine battle a challenger. The challenger was a boy named Youngster who had no chance in the battle. After Jasmine's Steelix wiped out Youngster's Pokémon in rapid succession, she asked to see his badges.

"I've been traveling all over, trying to win some badges," Youngster said. "I knew I shouldn't have come here."

"Oh, don't talk like that," Jasmine replied. "You're not that bad of a trainer."

Jasmine noticed that some of Youngster's badges were not from Johto gyms.

"H-have you been to Kanto?" the shy Jasmine asked him.

"Yes," Youngster replied. "This badge is from the Cerulean gym, this one is from Pewter, and this one here is from Fuchsia."

"Okay, okay," Silver said. "That's enough from you, kid. You can go now."

"Don't be rude, Silver," Jasmine scolded. "It's not polite to treat my challengers badly."

"Silver?" Youngster questioned. "Is that your name?"

"Yes, it is," Silver stated. "What does that mean to you?"

"That's interesting," Youngster responded. "The gym leader at Fuchsia City mentioned something about a guy named Silver."

"Oh, really?" Silver said. "What did this gym leader say?"

"The gym leader there, Janine, mentioned that her father was killed by Silver's father, and that she plans on getting revenge on both Silver and his father," Youngster replied.

"She's still mad at me," Silver muttered. "I don't understand it."

"Relax," Jasmine said to Silver. "She can't do anything to you."

"I hope not," Silver replied.

Youngster walked out of the gym, leaving Silver and Jasmine alone.

"You know, you really don't have to worry about what your father has done," Jasmine said to Silver. "I know you still are trying to carry his burden, and you need to drop it."

"My father has hurt countless people, and I'm the one who people are blaming," Silver responded. "People hear that I'm his son, and they have something against me. It's not fair."

"Don't let them bother you," Jasmine said to Silver. She kissed him gently on the cheek.

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Liza arrived at her gym. She wasted no time in entering the gym, trying to see her brother. She then saw him talking with someone, and she immediately could tell the conversation was not going well.

"What's the matter here?" Liza asked, walking up to the man who was talking with Tate.

"Well, well, well, if it isn't Liza, the so-called gym leader who hasn't been doing her job much lately," the man replied.

"Liza, this is Steven, the Hoenn League Champion," Tate said. "I've lost all ten matches since you left, and because of my poor performance, he wants to take away my gym leader status."

"You can't do that!" Liza shouted.

"Actually, I can," Steven replied. "I'm the champion of this league… I can do whatever I want."

"What if I begin double battling with my brother again?" Liza asked.

"If you so please…" Steven answered. "You'll get a chance to keep your gym leadership, right here, right now! Beat me, and you stay as gym leaders, but lose, and I take this gym away from you!"

"Very well," Liza said with a smile.

You don't worry about a thing, Liza telepathically said to Tate. I've got everything under control.

"Go, Lunatone!" Liza shouted, throwing out her Poké Ball.

"Solrock, go!" Tate said, sending out his Solrock.

"Interesting," Steven remarked. "Go, Metagross and Metang!"

We're hopeless, Tate telepathically said to Liza. Our Psychic attacks will do very little against those Steel-types.

Relax, Liza replied. There's no need to attack. Just let your Solrock listen to me.

Okay, Tate responded. Solrock, you obey Liza.

"Both of you, charge them!" Steven yelled.

Both of Steven's Pokemon charged at Solrock and Lunatone at full-force. Tate looked at Liza nervously as they came near, but at the last second, both of their Pokémon disappeared from Steven's sight. Metagross and Metang went crashing into the wall.

"Are you using some sort of psychic trick?" Steven asked. "Your Pokémon aren't allowed to leave the building!"

"Look behind you," Liza replied with a smirk.

Steven then saw Lunatone and Solrock floating behind him. "How did you do that?" Steven asked.

"If I told you, wouldn't that ruin the surprise?" Liza answered smartly.

The angry Steven called for his Pokémon to charge back at Lunatone and Solrock. Instead, they began attacking each other, and eventually Metang was knocked out.

"What's going on?" Steven questioned.

Liza, I don't know what you're doing, but I like it, Tate said psychically to Liza.

Metagross then was suddenly thrown into the wall by an invisible force. It fell over, knocked out cold.

"This is ridiculous!" Steven screamed, having his Pokémon return to their Poké Balls. "Psychic attacks aren't strong against Steel-types! You cheated!"

"What's so ridiculous about using my psychic powers to my advantage?" Liza asked. "If you think you're such a great trainer-"

"I'm the Hoenn League Champion!" Steven interjected.

"Yes, but you're no psychic," Liza responded. "I've learned a lot from Sabrina, the Saffron City gym leader, who has helped me learn how to control Psychic Pokémon in ways I never knew before. Now that I've returned, Tate and I will not lose any more battles to challengers."

Steven groaned. "Fine," he said. "If you stay here, Liza, I'll allow you two to keep your gym leader status. I guess your training did pay off."

Steven walked out of the gym, embarrassed. What was a league champion like him doing losing to a couple of young twins? Nevertheless, he realized he had more important business to take care of at the Pokémon League, as he returned to Ever Grande City.

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Joe's spring break was finally here, and he took a bus to Indigo Plateau. He was wearing a suit, as Giselle had requested in her message. Upon arriving at the Pokémon League headquarters, a man walked over to him.

"Are you Joe?" the man asked.

"Yes, I am," Joe responded.

"Come this way," the man replied.

Joe followed the man to a door, which the man opened for him. Joe stepped through, and the man closed the door behind him. He was now inside a very large room, but there was no one else in the room. He looked around in confusion.

"It looks like someone's too early, as usual," a voice said.

Joe watched as Giselle walked into the room through a different doorway. She was wearing the most beautiful black dress he had ever seen. She looked more gorgeous to him than ever before.

"Wow…" Joe said, nearly breathless.

"I know, I know," Giselle replied with a smile. She walked over to Joe and embraced him.

"It's so good to see you," Joe said happily.

"You too," Giselle responded.

"You look so beautiful," Joe said.

"Have I ever not looked beautiful?" Giselle teased. She walked over and pressed a button on a nearby machine, which began to play classical music.

"I was hoping to dance with you," she said to Joe.

"I'd love to," Joe replied.

Giselle and Joe danced together, sharing a romantic moment for what seemed like years to both of them. Joe felt privileged to be with such a beautiful girl, while Giselle was pleased to have someone who accepted her for who she was. Eventually, Giselle paused, looking right into Joe's eyes.

"I know you think of me as special," Giselle said.

"More than that," Joe replied.

"I think the same of you," Giselle whispered.

The two lovers pressed their lips together, enjoying a long, passionate kiss. Both of them felt a rush of emotion like they had never felt before. Once the kiss was over, they looked at each other again, laughing.

"Is this how you were hoping to spend your spring break?" Giselle asked playfully.

"I couldn't think of anything better," Joe answered.

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At the Olivine City prison, Officer Jenny went to check on Giovanni, who had been jailed after confessing to committing a murder of an Olivine City citizen. Being in charge of the Olivine police station, she used her authority to stop the other police officers from checking on Giovanni. They thought this was because Giovanni was extremely dangerous; however, the real reason was because of this particular Jenny's corruption.

This Jenny had been in charge of Saffron City's police forces when Team Rocket inhabited the Silph Company building. Team Rocket was forced out when Sabrina turned on her former boss, and eventually Team Rocket executives Lt. Surge and Blaine were arrested and brought to trial. However, Lt. Surge flirted with Officer Jenny, who then helped him and Blaine be released due to "lack of evidence." Officer Jenny was then reassigned to Olivine City, where she continued to attempt to help Team Rocket.

Both Blaine and Giovanni had been jailed in Olivine City for committing crimes, but neither was living the life of a prisoner. Both were in special "cells" away from the other prisoners, which were really apartments, where Giovanni was plotting a massive plan for Team Rocket's rebirth. Officer Jenny frequently checked in on him so she could inform Lt. Surge of his plans.

"Is everything okay, boss?" Officer Jenny asked.

"Yes," Giovanni answered. "In fact, everything is going better than planned."

"What do you mean?" Officer Jenny asked. "How is that possible? I thought it was great that we were setting up a new hideout in Celadon…"

"Would you believe me if I told you that the majority of the gym leaders here in Johto are now sided with Team Rocket?" Giovanni asked Jenny.

"Impossible," Officer Jenny responded.

"It's true," Giovanni said. "By calling up those five gym leaders in Johto I chose, and offering them a choice of a high salary or death, all five chose to join Team Rocket. And if they had any doubts of my seriousness, I had Team Rocket grunts appear at their gyms, in order to convince them further."

"Which five?" Jenny asked.

"All but those pure-hearted ones," Giovanni responded. "All but Gold, the redhead, and that shy one."

"Excellent," Jenny said.

"And that's not the end of it," Giovanni added. "Some important trainers in Hoenn have turned to our side as well."

"You've got to be kidding," Jenny said. "You're brilliant."

"Yes, yes, I know," Giovanni laughed.

"When does our operation begin?" Jenny asked. "Surge wants to know."

"Tell him that it will start soon, but not quite yet," Giovanni replied. "There is still one more missing piece of the puzzle."