Keith and Kate walked on the shore of the beach leading to Breeze Hill. While Keith was annoyed and impatient to finish the "mission", Kate smiled and greeted everyone she met. Finally, after everyone had been acquainted with Kate, they finally were able to head up the hill. On the top were three rangers, two of which Keith remembered- one of them being Crawford, from the outdoor class, and the other the ranger Keith had bumped into on his first visit to Vientown. The third was a stranger to him, a tall, muscular man.

"Hey, look! Here come the students for their 1-Day internship!" Crawford pointed at Kate and Keith. The other rangers turned around and walked over.

"Well howdy! My name's Luana, and-" Luana recognized Keith. "You, you were that kid, who screamed at me when you bumped into me, weren't you?"

"Um, that was a misunderstanding…" Keith shifted his eyes around the hill.

"I don't know what you two are talking about, but I'm Barlow, the leader of the Vientown base, and this is Crawford and Luana." Barlow turned to face a Pokémon. "This here is my partner Pokémon, makuhita."

Luana stopped glaring at Keith to pick up a third Pokémon. "Yeah, um, and this is buneary, my partner Pokémon."

"Hi! I'm Kate, and this is Keith!" Keith flinched as Kate put her arm around his shoulder.

"Okay! We have met each other! Now, about that parcel, give it to me carefully," Barlow took the parcel from Kate as Crawford and Luana giggled.

"Let's eat!" all three rangers shouted as the parcel was opened. Inside was many kinds of food. Crawford and Luana set out everything while Kate and Keith stared confused.

"Sorry for tricking you, that's just a prank we pull on students every year. You have to admit, though, at least you get to benefit from this prank! Help yourselves!" Kate and Keith nodded to Barlow, then took plates and ate. When they were done, Crawford picked up the basket of empty boxes and plates.

"We will do the cleaning up since we were the ones to set the prank. You two go on ahead with Barlow to the base."

Kate and Keith followed Barlow down the hill. When they reached the beach, they were greeted with an unusual surprise- three Pokémon walked in circles repeatedly. Kate ran over to them. Each Pokémon carried an expression of pain and confusion. Kate reached out her hand to stroke the fur of one of them, but the Pokémon ignored her. Instead, it nudged her away and continued to walk in circles. Kate turned to Barlow.

"Barlow, these Pokémon don't look to good,"

"Well then, do you know what we are going to do?"

"Befriend them?" Barlow smiled and nodded while taking out his styler. Kate and Keith did the same.

"Alright then, pachurisu, brace yourself!" Kate conducted a flawless capture of the small mouse Pokémon. Even Barlow seemed impressed.

"Huh- pachurisu? What are you doing?" the pachurisu leaped out into the distance, as did the other two Pokémon.

"Wha- why couldn't we befriend them?"

"I don't know. I'll report this to the Union; maybe the top rangers can investigate this." Keith flinched at hearing top rangers being mentioned. "For now, you two should return to the school. It's getting late," Kate looked up. Barlow was right; the sun was setting.

"Okay then. Bye Barlow! I hope we get to see you soon!" Barlow smiled and waved at Kate. She walked off onto the School path, with Keith closely following.

"Yoo-hoo! Wannabe rangers!" Kate and Keith turned to see Rhythmi catching up to them. "That was amazing! I got to go to the Union and learn lots about being an operator!"

"We had a really big day too, didn't we Keith?" Kate nudged him.

"Wha-oh! Yeah, it was really weird. The Pokémon we met hated Kate so much they ran away!"

"Hey! That's not true!" Keith and Rhythmi laughed.