Nurse Joy picked up the discarded pokeball with a distressed look on her face. "Poor pokemon." She sighed as Roxanne and Mimiru walked up to her. "I don't understand how anyone would do this." Mimi growled, picked up the red and with sphere. "You girls seem like caring trainers, why don't one of you take it?" Joy said hopefully. They both pondered it for a second, and then Mimi held the ball out to Roxy. "I think you should take it. This pokemon will need a lot of love, Roxanne." She said, her eyes glowing. "Wow Mimi. I'll take great care it!" She said holding the pokeball up the light. Pichu started to fall off her should but Roxy's fast reflexes, she caught him. "Oops. I forgot." She grabbed wooper's pokeball and held it out to Joy. "Please heal my pokemon!"

While Roxy was watching her pokemon be healed, Mimi headed over the pick up her pokeball and note pad. "Oh, Tiffany, are you okay?" She asked her primmed vulpix, who simply stared at Mimi. "Tiffany...?" The little fox let out a gleeful yip and then jumped into Mimi's arms. "Hey, what's going on?" She said shocked at her pokemon's affection.

"Mimi, what's going on?" Roxy called, latching 2 pokeballs to her belt with pichu on her head, restored and happy. "Pi pi chu?" pichu titled it's head as Mimi held vulpix up. Nurse Joy giggled lightly as she walked over the the girls. "Your vulpix was the way you stoop up for the abandoning of a pokemon." Joys knew way more thing s than the average pokemon healer. Mimi stared back down at her fox pokemon as a smile reached across her face. "How about we teach that jerk a lesson?" vulpix yipped in agreement as they took off.

"Hey...you!" Mimi panted heavily as she had finally caught up with the boy. "You again? I thought I told you to mind your own business." He said rudely, but Mimi flipped her blonde hair back. "Yeah? Well I just want a battle. Just to see if you really are such a great trainer." The boy nodded just as Roxy caught up to them, carrying her stuff, as well as Mimi's note pad and vulpix's pokeball. "Roxy, be the judge of this will you?" Mimi more demanded than asked. "A pokemon battle? Sure. Okay! Um...what's your name?" Roxy pointed at the boy as he sweated. "It's Rick." He placed a hand on his forehead as Roxy continued, "This is a one-on-one match! Rick vs. Mimi! Battle begin!" Roxy threw her hand down as both trainer picked up a pokeball.

Rick looked smugly at his pokeball and then peered up. "Now I'll show you why I couldn't have such a weak pokemon. Go, Ras!" Rick called, as his pokeball bursted open, which red light pouring everywhere. A red bug pokemon with heavy antenna, large wings and a yellow underside appeared in front. "What pokemon is that?" Roxy asked quickly, but Mimi had the answer. "It's a ledian. A bug type." She said eagerly. "Alright Tiffany, get out there!"

"Heh! Ras, use super sonic." Rick yelled as ledian's fist began to glow a bright white and started flying toward vulpix. "Tiffany, counter with safeguard!" Mimi said confidently as ledian bounced of off the silver screen protecting vulpix. "Now, use will-o-wisp!" she called as vulpix began to glow a deep blue and navy and indigo flames surrounded her. It then shot at the ladybug pokemon burning it severely. "Dian!" ledian yelp as Rick gritted his teeth. "Ras, common. Use mach punch!" Again, ledian rushed at vulpix so fast, that it smack the little fox and it slid back a few feet. Even though vulpix had taken some damage, ledian feel to the floor due to it's burn. "Now, vulpix, use flamethrower!" Mimi called as vulpix inhaled deeply and then launched and array of fire engulfing ledian. Rick screamed as ledian hit the floor, knocked out. "Ledian can no longer battle, and Tiffany is the winner!" Roxy yelled in excitement and pichu let out small packs of electricity that looked like mini fireworks. "How could I lose?" Rick asked himself, recalling his fallen pokemon. "You'll regret this." he said angrily as he turned heel and walked away. Little did they know, that the battle was being watched.

Back at the pokemon center, Roxy left Mimi to get them something to eat, while she went to call her family back in Pallet. The video phone buzzed a few times and then a woman with the same stunning blue silver eyes answered the phone. "Roxanne! It's so great to hear from you. I was beginning to worry."

"Aww, mom. So not cool. I've just been really busy lately."

"Is that so, sweety? Oh? Is that your pokemon? Isn't it a cutie."

"Yeah, that's pichu. He helped me win my first badge." Roxy held up her new badge while pichu nodded approvingly. "Isn't that sweet. Your brothers want to talk to you...!" Mrs. Ikime was knocked over by 2 boys, one 8 and one 6 both staring at Roxy's new badge. "Wow sis! Wait til every at school hears about this!" Casey, the older of the 2 exclaimed, staring the silver object down. Felix, the youngest one, simply peered at her with a big smile on his face. "Well, I should get going! I call again soon! Bye mom, see ya Casey and Felix!" After her family said good bye, Roxy turned off the video phone.

Mimi was sitting at a booth with a 2 trays of food and 3 bowls a pokemon. Also, a tank filled with water was sitting on the floor. "What's the fish tank for?" Roxy asked, peering down at the filled glass object. "For a fish. Magikarp. Remember?" Mimi rolled her eyes as Roxy took out the pokeball. She dropped it into the water as the red light created an orange, hard scaled fish. It had a bright yellow fin on it's head and yellow whiskers. "Karp?" it looked around questionably. "Um, hi magikarp." Roxy said as magikarp simply kept looking around with the same idiotic look on it's face. "Geez, this pokemon is kinda dumb isn't it?" Mimi said as the fish swam into one side of the fish tank.

"I think I should name it." Roxy said, dropping water friendly pokemon food into the tank. "Whatever, Roxy. She's yours now." Mimi said, putting a few fries in her mouth. "Hey, did you give me magikarp because you knew it was a dumb pokemon?" Roxy said, glowering at her friend. "Pul-lease. Magikarp evolve into gyarados at some point or another. So it's a good pokemon eventually." She said, turning her head in disgust. Roxy shook her head and mumbled "Sorr-y." She stared back down at magikarp, who was happily eating it's food. "Let's see...happiness. Mimi, what's another word for happy?" Roxy asked, and then took a sip of her drink. "I dunno. Cheerful, jubilant, felicity..." Mimi went on deep within her own vocabulary. "That's it! I'm naming magikarp felicity!" Roxy said excitedly. She once again looked at magikarp and smile. "Right felicity?" Magikarp this time looked up. "Karp?"

Later, the girls returned to the Pewter City gym, where Forrest was waiting with a tall girl, who had long, shinny, teal green hair that reached her back. She had a pleated skirt and large gray hoodie on. "Who's that?" Mimi asked, her hand placed firmly on her hips. "I don't know. Let's no make a scene okay?" Roxy sighed. The girl turned around to reveal stunning green eyes and a creamy complexion. "Hey guys." Forrest said. He was obviously is a good mood. "This is my girlfriend, Tina." He moved a hand over to her, like he was serving a dish. She smiled sweetly and bowed. "I heard you beat Forrest. That's great for such a young kid." Rosy liked this girl very much, but Mimi was scowling angrily. "Anyways," Forrest pulled out a small hand drawn map. "This is the way to the museum and the best shops." As he finished, something blew up very close by. "What was that?" Tina yelped as dust flew into the air. "Let's check it out!" Roxy called, already running toward the area.

Two people wearing black with large 'R's plastered on the front with black hats were standing on top of a small mart with a black floating pokemon at there side. "Team Rocket is here!" A female voice called. She was yelling into a loud speaker as the person next to her made a hand movement and the black pokemon shot out a purple ball of energy, which blew up when it hit the road. "Hey, who do you think you are?" Forrest yelled. "We already said," The female voice yelled. "You have to listen better!" She reprimanded. The two then jumped from the roof, landing perfectly on the sidewalk below, with the pokemon following closely behind. "We are the elite Team Rocket!" a deep male voice said smugly, as the 2 struck a pose. "And if your smart," the girl started. "You'll hand over your pokemon." the boy finished.

"I read about you guys." Roxy said, with her arms crossed. "But isn't Team Rocket broken up?" She looked toward Mimi who nodded strongly. "That's what is was, but now we're making a comeback!" said the girl as she pulled the hat off her head. She had long blue hair and deep crimson eyes. Her face said she was about 16 years old as her partner did the same. He had sleek, short black hair and thin brown eyes with tanned skin. "Go, Duskull! Show them why we are to be feared!"

A pokemon that seemed to be draped in a piece of deep gray fabric over a skull with one glowing light inside floated forward and howled. Roxy grabbed her pokedex and held up. "Duskull. The requiem pokemon. It can pass through any wall no matter how thick. It's glowing eye can make even the toughest pokemon shake in fear." The reddish-brown hair girl cringed a little. "Go, Geodude!" called Forrest as he threw his pokeball forward. Roxy then snapped back, "Pichu, go and help too!" The little mouse nodded and squeaked in understanding. The girl rocket member laughed as the boy threw out a pokeball as well. "Go, spinerak!" A spider with a nasty looking face on it's abdomen shot out of the red light. It was a bright shade of green with large red pincers.

"Duskull, use night shade." The girl said as the ghost pokemon began to glow a black light and shot gushing blackness everywhere. Pichu was fast enough to get further away, but geodude wasn't so lucky. "Geodude, use rock throw!" Forrest yelled, as the rock pokemon began to throw boulder at Duskull who was knocked back and flustered. "Skuuull..." it groaned. The boy rocket member took advantage of pichu and had spinerak string shot the little mouse. "Chu??" it cried while was being pulled back toward the red pincers. "Pichu, use thunder shock!" Roxy called out. Because of the web, the electricity from pichu shot down faster and hit spinerak full force. "Rak!" it screeched and flipped over, knocked out. "What?" the boy yelled, catching the rocket girl's attention, while her own pokemon was weakening. "Time to retreat! But we'll be back. Team Rocket can't be stopped!" The girl called aloud. "Duskull, Shadow ball!" The Rockets began to head the other way as the duskull shot a multicolored ball of energy at the group, knocked them back about 20 feet. Once the smoked cleared, the rockets had disappeared.

Roxy was sprawled out on hard cement, with pichu knocked out on her back. She pulled a red and white pokeball and returned her hurt pichu. In the corner of her eye, Roxy could see Forrest pulling Mimi out of a pile of rubble, while Tina held geodude caringly. "Oh man, that was horrible." Tina sighed, walking over to help Roxy up. "You said it. I wonder why Team Rocket came back?" Tina shook her head, as Forrest and Mimi walked over. "The police will be here soon." He said sternly as Mimi gasped. "Um, well me and Roxy have to get going now!" She said nervously, pulling Roxy's hand. "Have to get to the pokemon center fast, you know?"

At the pokemon center, Roxy growled angrily. "Mimi! That was too selfish! We left Forrest and Tina alone at the scene!" Roxy stomped to the counter and thrust her pokeballs forward. It was almost full night at this point and nurse Joy instructed the girls to get some sleep as she was finished. "Roxy! You know why I had to leave! Come on!" Mimi cried, plodding after her friend, upstairs. Roxy kept her head turned as she unlocked to door to their room and placed her bag on the black desk. "Roxy..." Mimi sighed and placed a hand on her forehead. "Fine, ignore me! But we have to leave in the morning." She said, pulling herself under the pink covers of one of two beds the room. Roxy watched silently until she was sure Mimi was asleep.

Quietly, Roxy slipped un-noticed out of the pokemon center. She was dressed in an over sized deep red t-shirt with a black undershirt and black pants. She raced down to the gym with a small red bag slung over her back and stopped on the far right side of the building. She pulled out a can of black spray paint and began to paint quickly on the wall. She then took out silver and added details and shading. It was her name written in a block-like cursive, the 'y' curving down with a star plastered underneath it. It was large enough to see, but small enough to not be a large problem. "If you want your name known," Roxy said with a satisfied smile, as she began to walk away, "Show it off."