Bonnie laughed at the failed attempt from Misty to even get a hug. "Well anyway, we should start walking again if we want to make it to the Pokemon Center by nightfall."

The rest agreed and started to pack up.

Yes. He is close. I can feel him. And I must get to him before that silly girl. Having that kind of emotion may disturb the process. Thank goodness she wants to surprise him. Yes, I must find Master first. As he said the last two words he flashed white.

As Ash and Serena walked a few paces ahead of Misty and Bonnie, Misty was in a bad mood while Bonnie tried to calm her down.

"So Serena what are you planning to change for your routine for the next pokemon?" (Ash up ahead)

"'So Serena what are you planning to change for your routine for the next pokemon?'" Misty said sarcastically. "I mean really!? He hasn't seen me in three years! He can ask me about my gym, or about my sisters, or even my new Pokemon!? NO! He chooses to talk to her instead."

"Well speaking of your Pokemon," Bonnie said with a sweat drop due to the anger she could feel coming off of Misty "Can I see them? I'd love to see all the cute Pokemon you have" now using her age to her advantage by smiling sweetly while batting her eyes."

Misty tried to say no but after a few times of opening and closing her mouth, she finally gave into the little girl's plea and said with a half smile, "Sure. I'll show you my Pokemon the next time we find a body of water."

"Awwwww. But that could take a few days. Why can't I see them now!?"

"Well," Misty starts off with a sweat drop at the little girl's energy. "It is because most of my Pokemon are Water Pokemon because I'm going to be the world's greatest Water Pokémon Trainer and they are at their best and cutest in the water. As you know the first impression is important."

"Glad you haven't given up on your dream Misty, and do you really believe that after how we met," Ash said as he slowed down to walk on the other side of Bonnie.

"Oh, hey Ash," Misty said happily as she now got a chance to talk to Ash. "I guess your right. First impressions aren't as important as they don't always who the person or Pokemon really is."

Bonnie suppressed her giggles while rolling her eyes and muttering "I knew you couldn't stay mad at him." Then, after getting a death stare from Misty, quickly added "So, we know how you and Serena met but how did you and Misty met?" changing the subject.

"Well, I was on my way to Viridian City after getting my first Pokemon Pikachu who didn't listen to me and shocked me when he could. Later he refused to help me catch a Pokemon so I threw a rock at a Spearow thinking it was a Pidge. Yea, he got angry and called his flock and the began chasing us so we jumped into the water and were then fished out of the river by Misty. WE thought we had lost the flock but we hadn't so I 'Borrowed' her bike. At some point, I crashed and the flock caught up to us so I told Pikachu to get into his Pokeball while I stood in the way. This made Pikachu respect me and he jumped in front of me and gave a supercharged thundershock thanks to lightning. It stopped the Spearow but fried Misty's bike and both Pikachu and me took a good nap after all the pecks we took along the way from the Spearow. Yea our first impression wasn't good."

"He at least made good on his promise that he made when I confronted him and he got my bike fixed," Misty added thinking happily back to the times where she didn't have any competition yet.

"Wow," Bonnie said while she and Serena took a minute to let the story sink in. By the end of the Minute Misty had begun to wonder how Ash met Serena and could take it anymore.

"So how did you guys meet Ash?" Misty said as calmly as possible.

Bonnie immediately jumped in and began to describe the scene of the Garchomp on the Luminous City Tower while Serena Blushed and looked away thinking of Ash's caring nature. The story about the Garchomp caused Misty to glare, as Serena had scared her enough to stop using her mallet, at Ash at how many times and ways that he risked his life. Finally, she let out a sigh of relief when the Mega - Blaziken caught him and set him down gently.

She then looked at Serena who had calmed her Blush to a small tint of redness. and she began to explain how she had hurt her knee after being frightened by a Poliwag and what she screamed after that. This made Misty burst out laughing until Ash told the story of what happened when a Caterpie touched her leg when she was 3 to 4 years older than Serena and it was now Serena, Bonnie, Ash, and Pikachu's time to laugh at Misty. When they all calmed down she continued the story where Ash came in as her Shining Knight in Armor and how he helped her walk out of the forest. This again caused Misty to glare but not at Ash as she used to his Heroics after their Journey through the regions. No, this time she was glaring at Serena as she blushed lightly while looking as Ash. To anyone who was paying attention, this glare would have made anyone, including Arceus, to stop in their tracks. Ash saw this glare and Gulped but before he could do anything to defuse the situation an explosion was heard in the trees just up ahead. Ash being Ash and Serena refusing to leave Ash alone in a situation like this immediately ran toward the Explosion with Misty and Bonnie quickly following. They can into a clearing where they found team rocket singed with the remains of the next robot they were going to use to catch Pikachu. Everyone sweat dropped while Team Rocket notices them and jumped and started to say their Motto.

"Prepare for Trouble."

"And make it Doub-"

Misty just threw out Corsola and said "Use Bubble Beam!" It did stop them from reciting more of their motto but didn't send them blasting off.

"Hey what was that for!" James said.

"Yea, all it did is make us wet and angrier because of our great motto being stopped short!" Jessie added.

"Uh. Guys? I don't think-" Meowth tried to say. While Misty added.

"Pikachu will you do the honors?"

"Pika!" (Of course!) Then he charged up a thunderbolt and sent it blasting team rocket off with his signature "Piiiiikkkaaaaaachuuuuuuu!"

"She tried to tell dya dat we should have quit when we were ahead," Meowth said.

"Were Team Rocket Meowth! We never quit." Jessie said

"Oh well, I tried! " Meowth replied.

"Looks like Team Rocket is blasting off again!" (Wobbufett.) as the three were sent flying.

"Wow Misty that was kind of mean. You could have at least let them finish the Motto." Bonnie said as she got over her shock first.

"Why it's always the same," Misty said as they continued on their way toward the next Pokemon Center.

"Actually a while after you left they went through a few different versions. It started when I was facing the Battle Frontier while traveling with Brock, May, and Max, but Team Rocket continued to change it through Sinnoh until they went back to the original. I guess they like it the best. Honestly, I'm just glad they aren't acting like spies as they did in Unova. " Ash said as he chuckled at the image of Team Rocket trying to act as spies.

"Did you travel to Sinnoh with May too?!" Misty asked beginning to worry about May.

"Well no. She left for Johto before I went to Sinnoh. In Sinnoh, I met Dawn and man did we had some crazy adventures. And then she agreed to work for a modeling agency who wanted to sponsor Buneary." At the thought of Buneary Pikachu shook his head and coward on Ash's shoulder. "I see that you still remember her pretty well, hun Pikachu."

"Pika chu pi ka… chu." (That crazy, clingy, girl) He said with a shutter.

"Yea I hear you. Hopefully, she's the only one." Ash replied.

"What did he say, Ash?" Serena asked as She hadn't heard about Dawn's Buneary and how in love she was with Pikachu.

"So did you traveled alone through Unova?" Serena asked as she was beginning to worry at how many girls he had traveled with before traveling with herself.

"Well after I got to Unova I met Dragon Master Iris," Ash said with a Smile as he thought of the energetic and purple haired girl. This caused both Serena and Misty to gulp and go wide-eyed which made Bonnie giggle as it looks funny. Once he explained how she stayed to train in Unova Serena and Misty both let out a breath that they didn't realize they had been holding. "And now I'm here in Kalos." Ash finished and turned his attention back to the road in front of them.

"Wow, I never realized that you traveled with that many other girls," Serena said amazed that Ash hadn't been taken by any of the other girls or taken with any of them. She also wondered just how special it was to travel with him.

"Hey. Brock stopped traveling with you after Sinnoh Right?" Misty asked remembering her conversations with Brock over the last year and a Half.

"Yea," Ash said as a matter of fact while he petted Pikachu who was now falling asleep.

"So did you traveled with the Iris alone," Misty said with a slightly higher voice than normal as Ash meeting someone with a similar personality type might be led to something clicking enough for Ash to notice Iris.

"No. We traveled with a Gym leader named Cilan. He was a great cook as well but he could sure talk weird." Ash clarified.

"Pi Ka." Pikachu mumbled in his sleep as if he agreed on this topic.

The whole group laughed at this. The next thing the group noticed though was a blue and black steak that flew by them and tackled Ash with enough to send the sleeping Pikachu off Ash's shoulder. This woke him up and he immediately jumps up into a fighting stance while sparking as a blue and black streak stopped. Then they heard Ash, "Ouch Riolu. That really hurt."

"Sorry, I just had lu ri olu lu ri could get here and affect lu riolu, Master" and left the whole group mouths open as a Riolu had just spoken telepathically, well some anyway. Riolu looked around but was disappointed to see two girls with the same emotion radiating from them that he had tried to stay away from. Alas, it was already later than he wanted to so he started the process. He sat down and a blue glow started to form around Riolu and spread to Ash until the blue glow had surrounded them. Suddenly after about 15 seconds of this where Ash seemed to zone out the blue glows around the two shot together in a bright flash. After the flash, the blue glow around Ash disappeared as he seemed to come back to reality. But Riolu's didn't die down, instead, it changed to white and grew brighter until it dissipated and a Lucario was revealed on one knee. Then this mysterious Lucario spoke "Master. I have have found you."