Trying to catch up with Blue I saw that she had stopped near the road and she just stood there grumbling something to herself.

"You ok? He didn't meant it I'm sure he just wants to-" I couldn't finish before she cut me off with a low tone

"They say you speak your mind when you don't think straight no matter how ridiculous you sound" She looked very un easy as she turned to face me and smiled trying to find a bright side to the situation

"But I guess we cant dwell on it forever, we have a deadline to meet, right?" she jabbed at my arm playfully trying to lighten up the mood and it worked as I just brightened my smile as we began walking down the road toward Vermillion City. For five minutes we walked in silence and then Ralts had woken up which earned a heavy and annoyed sigh from Candy who still hadn't warmed up to her rival of my affection, I motioned for Blue to speed up a little after seeing a pokemon center in view because if anyone in this group was tired it was me and Steelix, he had been burrowing beneath us the whole time and I could faintly feel it and he didn't really get a quality nap from meeting up with Blue and Gold in the woods. Entering the Pokemon Center I walked up to nurse joy and something I hadn't felt the need to do in a long time came over me

"Nurse joy I have come to claim your everlasting love as I have come to cherish you for all eternity!" I leapt onto the other side of the counter setting Candy and the Ralts on it which earned a laugh from Blue and me a Pound the threatened to bruise my rib cage from candy. Getting up I smiled embarrassingly now asking for a room to rest in and by the sound of hearing Steelix surface and about five people screaming and shouting at the sudden random act but then it began to quiet down as the sound of him coiling up and groaning signaled he was retired for the day. I walked into the room with Ralts and Candy in hand but when I opened the door I sat them down on the bed and rubbed both their heads for a moment before turning to leave the room

"Wait your not staying I mean.. we could..share I guess but?" Blue said in a tone of disappointment more than one of concern as she began twirling her hair.

I tilted my head at her wondering if she was suggesting we sleep together but then I felt Candy and ralts tugging at my shirt for me to lay down and so I gave in but was careful so I was exactly on the edge .I kicked off my shoes and took of my gloves and sat them on the night stand and she did the same with her shoes and her hat and began to fall asleep.

Waking up I felt something grabbing my from behind and dismissed it as it ran its hands across my chest gently but after awhile I felt something dig into the nape of my neck and breathe deeply. I had realized it was Blue but didn't know if she was awake or not and assumed she wasn't as I felt her slow steady breathing on my back, I took this time to notice she was grabbing me tightly as I could feel her chest through her blue tank top. Feeling her wake up I tried to play off sleep and when she noticed what she was doing in her sleep she slowly got up and I couldn't help but smile under my arms a bit but I felt the need to mess with her for a little longer and grabbed her hands in mine as she tried to slowly slide them away, I could feel her heat up quickly not exactly knowing how to handle the situation and from the sudden contact I was giving her. I faked a yawn and got up at a steady pace and all she could do was slide off me as I turned to her and rubbed my eye.

"You want to take a shower first or you still tired?" I was trying to play this off as long as possible because it was better than getting hit.

All she could do was nod her head as she slowly got up I walked over to her side ready to help her up if she got dizzy from being red faced but she got up easily all the same and when I gave her a smile she went from cherry red to full blown tomato in two second and rushed in the bathroom. When I turned around I saw Ralts still asleep at the foot of my bed but Candy was looking at me trying to contain her laughter at what I just did. Rather than waiting for her to get done I just walked to the nearest lake that wasn't too far from where Steelix had sat down at and just grabbed my shampoo and etc and bathed in the lake. When I finished up and got dressed looking back at candy who's fur was puffed out and un managed with a slight smile on my face as she tried to tame it herself which failed miserably earning a laugh from Ralts and another argument between the two. Back to the pokemon center I walked up to one of the picnic tables and saw that Blue was talking to someone but as I got closer I noticed that it was Marley who was wearing a dress with more white on it than black and for some reason I found that odd.

"Brock, So glad to see you." She said as she got up and walked up to me and then Blue spoke up in confusion

"You know each other?" As she heard it I could tell she sounded uneasy.

But before I could say anything Marley interrupted me with a sly smile across her face.

"Brocks a good friend of mine that had helped me through a lot of..personal matters" She looked at blue with the same smile across her face "So what are you doing with him?"

"We are supposed to be headed to the orange islands to see about joining" Blue answered marley clearly with a stern voice as she began to stare her down.

Trying to switch topics I was curious what poke'mon blue had in her posession and perhaps they could go a few rounds.

"Want to train against my Bulbasuar? I suppose he could use some practice." She smiled at me as she threw her pokemon in the air so reveal a rather large Bulbasuar who was facing my ralts, as we had a small battle I noticed marley was checking her Poke'nav every few minutes as if she was expecting something. Seeing as Ralts had the type advantage I left her to fight Blues Bulbasuar so I walked over to her with and asked

"Waiting for something or are we getting boring?" I didn't really know the answer to my own question so I just blurted something out.

"I'm just making sure that we are on schedule with everything that happens." She grinned at me and I returned it but blue decided to interrupt our conversation.

"So you up for a battle Marley or you just sticking around?" as rude as it may have sounded Blue quickly covered her mouth realizing how offending what she had said was.

"I mean..."

"It's alright I know what you meant" In one swift motion she threw out a pokeball and out came a Jolteon and what came next earned an audible snicker from him. Her Jolteon had the hair on its head spiked up like Brocks as Marley turned to smile at him

"Like it?"

Marley's obvious obsession with Brock was starting to irk her more than it should and it was only getting worse and worse as she kept flirting and showing obvious signs of affection. She didn't know why it bothered her so much but all she knew is that she had to show she wasn't just another handbag to be carried around where ever someone went.

"Go! Electabuzz! "

Blue stared at Marley like she had to prove something, that she wanted her own part in this and she was willing to upstage her to do so.

"Discharge!" Marley started and Jolteon followed gracefully with some sort of rhythm as it jumped around and attacked and Electabuzz wasn't so much as graceful as the Jolteon. And so much of the battle was consisting of the two trading hits and for the most part Jolteon was obviously much more experianced than its opponent for it seemed unfazed by most the damage it had take. Blue had begun fuming at this point but even I could see that Electabuzz was much more tired and now it just turned into Jolteon running from and dodging Electabuzz as Marley looked calm and indifferent about what was happening and at this point Blue was about to explode but then something I hadn't been counting on happened.

"THUNDER!" Blue screamed at Electabuzz as he roared into the sky in reaction and that's when I stepped back a bit at her pokemon power.

As the –Thunder- attack struck both eletric pokemon as jolteon barely braced the attack as it bounced off them both and struck me on the arm. Steelix's fast reaction of covering Candy and Ralts saved them from the rest of the attack. When it cleared up everyone had their eyes on me as lightning just sparked and jittered across my arm as I tried to deal with the pain, looking at my arm as it was covered in a lightning shaped scar that was bright red. Looking down at Candy and Ralts they looked like they had just seen a Haunter possess someone as they just started crying at seeing my arm go limp. Marley ran toward me throwing out Vaporeon commanding her to gently spew some water on the burn, but as I looked at where Blue was she stood there with the same look on her face walking toward me and just before Marley gave her the opinion on her actions before I stopped her with my good arm. I've seen enough stuff to know where this would go if I let them get into a screaming contest on top of the battle they just had

"It was an honest accident and Hrng!..." I cringed when Vaporeon spat a little more water than necessary on the burn but then I finished

"Your alright Blue" When I gave her a cheesy thumbs up and a smile she began to relax a little as well as Marley who had sighed and looked at me with a knowing look as if that's what she expected I'd do all along.

An hour had passed since then and my arm was now fully bandaged from elbow to my fingertips, fully mummified but it still felt odd but nevertheless. I was outside watching as Candy and Ralts once again went at it as Blue and Marley sat on both sides of me on the bench discussing what we would do when we got to the Islands.

"Do you think we all could make it in the same division?" Blue asked curiously.

"Only if we all score the same" Marley replied with a sigh knowing the test wouldn't be easy.

I stared straight and started humming lowly and I suppose they both heard it because they stopped talking and started listening to what it was but regardless I continued causing Candy and Ralts to stop their session to listen is as well. Even Steelix opened an eye at the tune that I began whistling at this point in a low cheery tune, as I turned to both Blue and Marley I saw the smiles on their faces along with Ralts and Candy and even Steelix, Electabuzz and Leafeon came over to enjoy the time we had to ourselves and when I stopped I grinned widely and spoke something that might become the understatement of the year.

"There is no limit to what we can ever do in this world"

Notes: Beware, I live.