"So you really got through the whole song?" Luna asked, surprised.

Ryan pulled a towel away from his face. "You know, when you said you were gonna have Jigglypuff write this on my face, I didn't think you actually meant it."

Nat shrugged. "What can I say? I follow through on my promises." She said, smiling.

He sighed, having cleaned off the marker from his face. "So what do you think you'll do with her now?"

"Well, I think I'll start with teaching her the difference between a Sing attack and just singing. If she can learn to control that, I think it would be an amazing tool in battles." Nat said, still holding Jigglypuff's ball in her hand.

Luna smiled. "That sounds like an awesome idea."

Ryan sighed. "Hey, what's that over there?" He asked, pointing at something.

"Huh? Oh, they call that the Nugget Bridge. It's a bridge where you battle a bunch of trainers and at the end, if you beat all of them, you get a Nugget." Luna said, smiling. "You guys wanna give it a try?"

Ryan looked confused. "Huh? Why?"

Luna smiled. "I wanted to try to train up my Charmander and Combee more and pokémon respond better to training when battling other trainers' pokémon. Besides, I've heard there are some cool pokémon up that way, but to get to them we'll have to go through the Nugget Bridge."

Ryan looked a bit uneasy. "I don't know. Poochyena and I haven't ever battled before…"

Luna giggled. "Just leave it to me then."

"Oh no you don't." Nat said, smiling. "This is the perfect chance to train Jigglypuff."

Ryan sighed. "Well, alright, I guess. But let's go stop at the Pokémon Center first to heal up our pokémon and rest for a bit."

"Didn't you sleep enough, already?" Nat asked, teasingly.

"It's not like you didn't fall asleep too!" Ryan shouted.

She shrugged. "At least I made it through her song. For all you know, I only took a nap because I didn't want to leave you two behind."

The group went to the Pokémon Center as, despite Nat's teasing, the three of them and their pokémon did need a rest.

The three of them sat down together in a small dining area of the Pokémon Center.

"So what do you think Team Rocket were doing in Mt. Moon?" Ryan asked.

Luna shrugged. "I don't know, but it looked like that big machine was mining Moon Stones and sucking up any Clefairy that came near it. Clefairy tend to be pretty rare, so they probably figured they could sell them or something."

Nat nodded. "Well, I mean the Clefairy are rare and all, but Moon Stones are pretty much worthless. At the Poké Mart, you'd be lucky to get anything in exchange for them."

Ryan looked surprised. "Wait, they aren't worth anything? But can't they only be found here at Mt. Moon?" He asked.

Nat nodded "Yeah, but they can only evolve a few different pokémon."

Ryan nodded. "Yeah, but a Thunder Stone only evolves even less and people still pay a lot for those."

"Look, I don't decide the prices." Nat said.

Luna smiled. "So are you going to use the Moon Stone that the Clefairy gave you to evolve your Jigglypuff? It evolves into Wigglytuff, doesn't it?" She asked, pulling out the PokéDex.

"Wigglytuff, the the evolved form of Jigglypuff. Its fur is the ultimate in luxuriousness. Sleeping alongside a Wigglytuff is simply divine. Its body expands seemingly without end when it inhales."

"I'd like to cuddle a Wigglytuff." Luna said, smiling.

Nat shrugged. "That would be up to Jigglypuff. I don't think a pokémon should be forced to evolve if it doesn't want to. Jigglypuff knows I have the stone, so if she ever wants it, she knows where to find it."

Luna smiled. "That sounds like Pikachu."

"Oh that's right, your dad has a pikachu, huh?" Nat said.

Luna nodded. "Yup."

"Isn't that Luna?!" A voice shouted.

"Luna Ketchum? No way!" Another replied.

Ryan looked around, confused. "What was that?"

Luna shrugged. "I don't know."

"That has to be her! Just look, she's wearing that hat!"

Nat thought for a moment, putting everything together in her head.

Ryan looked as if he'd figured out what was happening. "Oh, I get it. They're fans of your dad, right?"

Nat sighed. "Well you aren't far off." She said, confusing him. "Think about it. Who is Luna's father?"

"Huh?" Ryan asked. "What kind of a question is that? Her father is Ash Ketchum."

Nat nodded. "And who is Ash Ketchum married to?"

"What's with the trivia questions? He's married to Misty, the former Gym Leader of Cerulean City." Ryan responded.

Nat nodded. "Correct again. And where are we, again?"

Ryan was going to answer, but realized what she'd been trying to say. "Uh… Luna? Do the people here know who you are?"

Luna nodded. "Everybody does. Why?"

At that moment, a massive group of people crowded around the three trainers, though they largely ignored Nat and Ryan.

"Luna, what's your mom like?" A girl asked, excitedly.

"Do you have a water pokémon too? Let me see it!" A boy shouted.

Another girl broke through. "Is it true? Can your mom really Mega Evolve Gyarados?"

Others continued asking questions, giving no time for Luna to respond.

Nat stood up on a nearby table and took in a deep breath. "EVERYONE SHUT UP!" She shouted, causing everyone to go quiet and turn to her. "I'm sorry, but Luna is trying to have a nice conversation with her friends. Now if you could all be good and not hammer her with questions, that would be just fantastic." She said, clearly annoyed.

"And who are you?" A girl asked.

"If you must know, my name is Nat, and I happen to be a friend of Luna's. That guy is too." Nat responded, pointing over to Ryan.

The girl's annoyed and confused expression changed to a large smile. "You're friends with Luna!?"

Nat saw half of the crowd turn around and rush over to her, causing her to brace herself as if they were going to tackle her off the table. Now it wasn't just Luna being hit with question after question. Nat was too.

"What are her parents like?" A boy asked.

Nat blushed. "Well I haven't actually…"

"Did you get to see Misty's Corsola?"

"No, not really. I just…" She attempted to answer.

"Is Luna more like her mom or her dad?"

Nat groaned as two more questions were thrown at her. "AH! Shut up! Just shut up!" She shouted, bringing the room to another silence. "Stop asking so many questions. It's annoying and I can't answer any of them if you constantly keep asking more before I can get a single word in."

The crowd looked conflicted. "Well you don't have to be so rude about it." One boy said.

Nat groaned again. "You really don't get it, do you?"

At that moment the tune telling them that their pokémon were fully healed came through the speakers.

"Hey, our pokémon are ready to go! Come on, let's go get them." Luna said, smiling and running through the crowd over to pick up her pokémon.

"Hey, Luna, wait up!" Nat shouted, seeing everyone in the crowd in her way. She looked around for another way through, and shrugged before leaping from table to table to get out.

"Hey!" Ryan shouted. "What about me?"

Nat looked back over at him. "I'll remember you, always, Richard." She said, almost sounding sincere about it, before running off to pick up her pokémon.

"My name is Ryan and you know it!" He shouted, annoyed. "Hey! Hey back here!"

The two girls made their way toward the Nugget Bridge.

"So, you want to tell me what happened back there?" Nat asked.

Luna gave a nervous laugh. "Yeah, sorry about that. My mom is considered the strongest Gym Leader that Cerulean City has ever had and since she's also married to a Champion and is still a really good battler… they get kind of crazy whenever anyone associated with my mom comes through town. Don't worry, they usually calm down after a while."

"So this isn't a new thing to you?" Nat asked. "Well now I feel bad for yelling at them."

Luna shook her head. "Don't. You didn't do anything wrong."

"Hey!" Ryan shouted, catching up to them, visibly annoyed.

Nat looked confused. "Where have you been?"

"Where have I- You just left me back there!" He shouted.

"Oh right… well, we knew you'd catch up, eventually." Nat said, smiling.

Luna nodded. "And Nat told me you said to go on without you."

"Oh she did?" Ryan said, glaring at her.

Nat laughed nervously. "Well, now that everyone's here, let's hit the Nugget Bridge."

The three of them stopped by the Poké Mart to pick up a few things before going up the bridge.

"All I'm saying is, that clerk did offer something for the Moon Stone." Ryan said.

Nat nodded. "Yeah, like a whole ten dollars. You can't even buy those useless Water Mail things with that little amount of money."

"At least he made an offer. I just wanted to see if they would." Ryan said, placing his Moon Stone back in his bag as they approached Nugget Bridge.

"So this is it." Luna said, a determined look on her face.

Nat smiled. "Let's go."

The three of them walked onto the bridge, walking over to the first trainer.

Nat smirked. "You there. My friend and I are here to challenge the Nugget Bridge."

The youngster shifted, awkwardly. "Yeah… about that… another girl just came through here and beat all of us…"

"Everyone? Seriously?" Nat asked, rather surprised.

The youngster nodded. "Yeah. We tried our best, but in the end we didn't stand a chance…" He said, walking passed them to go heal his pokémon.

"Are we sure we want to go this way?" Ryan asked. "What if we run into the person that beat that kid?"

Nat smiled. "Then we'll have to battle them."

Luna nodded. "Yeah!"

The three of them continued down the bridge. "I wonder who could've beaten all of these people in a row." Ryan said, surprised.

Luna nodded. "Whoever they are, they must be pretty good."

They came up to the end of the bridge and saw someone being handed a Nugget. "Ha! You call yourself trainers? You're all pathetic!"

"Who's that girl?" Ryan asked.

Nat thought about it. "She looks familiar…"

"Sasha, hi!" Luna said, walking over to the girl.

Sasha turned around. "What the… Luna? How did you get here so fast?"

"Well, after I beat Uncle Brock and got my Gym Badge, we found a Jigglypuff that lead us through Mt. Moon and then we were here." Luna explained.

Ryan looked confused. "So, who's Sasha?"

"Luna's rival." Nat said, glaring a bit at her.

Luna smiled. "So, we didn't do it last time, but I'm not letting you go this time." Luna said, pulling out a Poké Ball. "I challenge you to a battle, Sasha."

"A battle? Oh that's right, I guess I did say we would battle when we next saw each other, huh?" Sasha said, nodding. "Alright then. Let's see if you can put up a challenge. How many pokémon do you have?"

"I've got two." Luna said, smiling.

Sasha sighed. "Seriously? You still only have your Charmeleon and Combee?"

Luna shook her head. "No, I don't have a Charmeleon. I have a Charmander."

"Are you kidding me? You haven't even evolved it yet?" Sasha asked. "What about you?" She asked, looking over at Nat. "You challenged me back in Pewter City, right? How many pokémon do you have?"

"I've got three." Nat replied.

Sasha smiled. "So that's a total of five. Alright then. Choose two of them and we'll have a double battle."

"A double battle?" Ryan asked.

Sasha nodded. "I'll use two pokémon at a time and the two of you will use one at a time."

Nat nodded. "Alright, I'm fine with that. Luna?"

Luna nodded too. "Of course! Let's give this everything we've got!"

Sasha smirked. "Good luck to you then. You'll need it."

Nat smiled. "Luna, she just got finished with the Nugget Bridge, so her pokémon are probably pretty tired out."

"I wouldn't assume that." Sasha said, pulling out two Poké Balls. "Geodude, Spearow, let's go!"

The two pokémon hit the battlefield.

"Those two look pretty tough." Luna said, pulling out her PokéDex.

"Geodude, the Rock Pokémon. Geodude has incredibly high defensive power, making it virtually resistant to any physical attacks."

"Spearow, the Tiny Bird Pokémon. Unlike Pidgey, Spearow has a terrible attitude. It is very wild and will sometimes attack other Pokémon and humans."

Nat smiled. "Luna, we've got this. Alright, Mareep, it's showtime!" She said, tossing a ball up in the air, sending Mareep into battle.

Luna nodded. "Alright, Charmander, I choose you!" She said, sending Charmander into the battle. "Charmander, Metal Claw, now!"

"Char char!" Charmander said, running toward Geodude.

Sasha smirked. "Rushing in as always. Geodude, Magnitude."

Geodude lifted it's arms up and slammed it's fists onto the ground, causing the ground to shake.

"Mareep, Spark, now!" Nat said. Mareep charged up static in her fleece before sending it out at Spearow. "Alright, a direct hit!" she said, smiling.

When the attack stopped, Spearow shook it's head rapidly before looking back over to Mareep.

"It didn't work?" Nat said, confused. "Mareep, be careful. That Spearow is strong!"

Sasha smiled. "You don't know the half of it." Spearow then began to glow.

"What the? What's happening?" Luna asked.

"It looks like Spearow is evolving!" Ryan shouted.

Sure enough, as the glow enveloped Spearow's body, it grew larger and when the glow faded, it's evolution was complete.

"Oh no, it's a Fearow!" Nat shouted.

"Fearow huh?" Luna said, pulling out her PokéDex.

"Fearow, the evolved form of Spearow. Fearow is recognized by its long neck and elongated beak. They are conveniently shaped for catching prey in soil or water. It deftly moves its long and skinny beak to pluck prey."

Ryan gritted his teeth. "Luna be careful! Fearow are really strong flying-types!"

Luna smiled. "Guess it'll be awesome when we beat it then." She said, confidently. "Charmander, Flamethrower, now!"

Charmander opened it's mouth, sending a stream of fire toward Fearow.

"Fearow, dodge it, then hit Charmander with a Drill Peck." Sasha said, calmly.

Sure enough, Fearow move passed the flames and struck Charmander.

"Now, Mareep, Static Headbutt!" Nat shouted. Mareep ran and slammed into Fearow, shocking it. "Another direct hit!"

"Fearow!" Sasha shouted. "Very clever, coming up with an attack combo like that, but don't think you'll get me with that again. Geodude, Mud Slap!" Geodude, slapped the ground, throwing mud at Mareep. "There. How's that for a direct hit?"

"Mareep, are you okay?" She asked, receiving a nod. "Good, now use Spark on Fearow!"

"Geodude, intercept!" Sasha shouted.

Geodude jumped in front of the attack, unaffected by the shock.

"Oh no! Ground pokémon are immune to electricity!" Nat shouted.

"Geodude, Rollout." Geodude curled up and began rolling toward Charmander.

"Charmander, use Dig!" Luna shouted.

At the last second, Charmander dug a hole, narrowly being missed by Geodude's attack. "You think that'll save you? Think again. Geodude, Magnitude! Go for a 10!" Geodude lifted it's arms up again.

"Mareep, Iron Tail! Hurry!" Nat shouted. Mareep rushed over to Geodude, slamming it with an Iron Tail just before Geodude's fists made contact with the ground.

"Fearow, Swift attack!" Shouted Sasha. Several brightly colored stars hit Mareep, knocking it back.

"Oh no, Mareep!" Nat shouted.

"Charmander, come up now!" Luna commanded, Charmander leaping out of the ground and striking Geodude. "Now, Metal Claw!" Charmander scratched Geodude repeatedly with Metal Claw.

"Geodude!" She shouted, seeing it fall to the ground. "Geodude, return!" She groaned. "You got lucky with that last one, Luna. Alright, next up I choose Wartortle!"

"Wartortle." It said, appearing on the field.

"Wartortle, the evolved form of Squirtle. Often hides in water to stalk unwary prey. For swimming fast, it moves its ears to maintain balance. Its long furry tail is a symbol of its age and wisdom."

Luna smiled. "Wow, your Squirtle really did evolve already!"

"Luna, this is no time to be impressed with her pokémon! We took one down, so let's wrap this up and take down her other three." Nat said.

Luna nodded. "Right!"

"You've got this, girls!" Ryan shouted.

Sasha huffed. "Okay, Wartortle, hit Charmander with your Water Gun attack!"

"Wartortle!" Wartortle said before shooting water toward Charmander.

"Mareep, Static Heatbutt!" Nat shouted.

Mareep got in front of the Water Gun attack and rushed toward the source, charging up static in her fur.

Sasha groaned. "Wartortle, get out of the way!"

Wartortle stopped it's attack, moving to the side, causing Mareep to miss. "Now then, show it a real Headbutt!"

Wartortle got low to the ground and sprang forward at Mareep, slamming it's head into her.

"Oh no, Mareep!" Nat shouted. Mareep tried to get back up, but was unable to. "Mareep, return!" She shouted, returning her to her ball. "You did amazing, Mareep. Rest up now."

Sasha chuckled. "Well, it looks like you're down a pokémon. Guess we're tied now."

Nat smirked. "I've still got another one. Besides, it wasn't Mareep you had to look out for." She said, looking over to Luna's Charmander, which had managed to sneak around Fearow.

"Looks like your Fearow doesn't have such a keen eye after all. Okay, Charmander, hit it with a Flamethrower!" Luna said, smiling.

Charmander let out another powerful stream of fire, directly hitting Fearow now.

"Oh no, Fearow!" Sasha shouted, seeing her Fearow go down. "Alright then. Return, Fearow!"

Nat smiled. "Great work, you two." She said, giving a thumbs up to Luna as Charmander ran over to Luna for a hug.

Luna smiled. "We couldn't have done it without your Mareep distracting them."

Sasha groaned. "I will not lose. Alright, Clefairy, let's go!"

"Fairy."

"Hey, it's a Clefairy." Ryan said, smiling.

Nat's eyes narrowed. "Clefairy…" She placed Mareep's ball back where it belonged and pulled out the Moon Ball. "Alright, you ready to do this?" She said, tossing the ball up and down. "It's showtime, Jigglypuff!"

Jigglypuff came out of the ball, with a happy smile on it's face. "Jigglypuff. Puff?" She said, seeing that there was a Clefairy on the other side.

"A Jigglypuff, huh?" Sasha said, smiling. "What's with the microphone? Does it think it's a super star or something?" She said, laughing.

Nat placed her hands to her hips. "Jigglypuff is a star. And we're about to prove it."

"Alright then. Clefairy, take that microphone from Jigglypuff!" Sasha said.

"Fairy." Clefairy said, running over to Clefairy and taking the mic out of Jigglypuff's hand. "Clefairy~ Clefairy~" It said, pretending to sing into it.

Jigglypuff inflated itself out of anger. "Puff…" She said, walking over to the Clefairy and taking the microphone back and hitting Clefairy with a Pound attack. "Puff puff! Jigglypuff!"

"Jigglypuff, come here." Nat said, smiling. Jigglypuff came over to her, a bit confused. "Here, let me hang onto your microphone for you while you battle. I wouldn't want you to break it."

Jigglypuff stared at the mic, contemplating it for a moment before giving a happy nod and handing it to her. "Puff puff?"

Nat nodded. "Yes, you can have it back after the match."

"Jiggly!" Jigglypuff then turned around, ready to fight.

Clefairy looked a bit unnerved, looking back at Sasha, a bit worried.

"Go Jigglypuff, use Double Slap!" Nat said, sending Jigglypuff into the battle.

Jigglypuff ran up to Clefairy, but Clefairy managed to dodge it.

"Alright, Clefairy, now use your Double Slap!" Sasha said, smiling.

Clefairy began hitting Jigglypuff with it's own Double Slap attack.

"Jigglypuff, Pound!" Jigglypuff broke through and hit Clefairy with a strong Pound attack.

"Ah! Clefairy!" Sasha shouted. "How did you get such a strong Jigglypuff?"

Nat smiled. "This Jigglypuff's been through a lot. It's even older than us." She said, confidently.

Sasha looked annoyed. "Clefairy, can you get up?"

Clefairy got back to it's feet. "Fairy!"

"Great. Now, hit that Jigglypuff with your Disarming Voice!" Sasha said. "And Wartortle, use Rapid Spin on Charmander!"

Wartortle leaped in the air, and spun in it's shell as it flew toward Charmander, scoring a direct hit on it. "Charmander!"

Clefairy used Disarming Voice on Jigglypuff, but aside from her ears twitching a bit, she didn't react. "What's happening?"

Nat chuckled. "Don't you know? Jigglypuff is a fairy-type too, so your fairy attacks aren't going to do anything."

Charmander got back up, shooting a Flamethrower attack at Wartortle. "Charmander, can you keep going?" Luna asked. Charmander nodded, but seemed to be too tired. "Charmander, come back. I don't want you to push yourself too much." Charmander looked back to her and nodded before being returned to the Poké Ball. "You did great, Charmander. You should take a rest."

Sasha laughed. "Well, looks like all that's left is your Combee." She said, smirking. "Think you can beat me with that?"

Luna smiled and nodded. "Of course we can. Alright, Combee, I choose you!" Combee came out of it's ball and floated down in front of her. "Okay, Combee, let's win this! Use Gust on Wartortle now!"

Sasha smirked. "Alright, Wartortle, use your Water Gun attack!"

"Jigglypuff, use Double Slap!" Nat shouted.

Sasha turned her attention to her Clefairy. "Clefairy, Pound!"

The four pokémon began their attacks, but just before they could get them off, something rose up from underground.

"Hey!" Ryan shouted. "What do you think you're doing?"

Two people rose out of the top of the machine, laughing.

"Prepare for trouble." A feminine voice said.

"And make it double."

Nat groaned. "Not again..."

The two continued. "To infest the world with devastation!"

"To rule over every nation."

"To destroy the purity of truth and love."

"To extend our grasp to the stars above!"

"Bonny."

"Clyde."

"Team Rocket, blasting off at the speed of light!"

"Surrender now or prepare to fight!"

Sasha looked annoyed. "Team Rocket? You're joking, right?"

Bonny shook her head. "Why would we ever joke about being affiliated with the most powerful organization in the world?"

"What are you doing here, anyway? You just interrupted our battle." Luna asked.

Clyde chuckled. "Why don't we show you?" He said, lifting a remote in his hand and pressing a button. A few hands extended out of the machine and grabbed Wartortle, Jigglypuff, and Clefairy.

"Ah! Jigglypuff!" Nat shouted.

"Wartortle! Clefairy!" Sasha shouted, seeing the hands pull her pokémon away.

Bonny smiled. "Ah, these three should be enough for the boss for now."

"Bonny, why don't we take the Combee too?" Clyde asked.

She sighed. "Why would the boss want a weak little Combee?"

"Give back our pokémon, right now!" Sasha shouted.

"Jigglypuff! Use your Sing attack!" Nat shouted. Jigglypuff looked confused. "What's wrong?"

"Nat, Jigglypuff doesn't know it's an attack, remember?" Ryan shouted.

Nat sighed. "Oh that's right…" She said, looking up. "Alright then. Seel, it's showtime! Help us get our pokémon back!"

Seel came out of the ball. "Seel!"

"Seel, Ice Beam!" Nat shouted. Seel shot it's Ice Beam up at Bonny and Clyde, though the two of them missed.

Bonny glared at the Seel. "You little… Grimer, take care of that little pest!"

"Help it out, Beedrill!" Clyde said, sending out Beedrill.

Beedrill hit Seel with a powerful Twineedle attack and Grimer hit it with a powerful Sludge Bomb before another hand reached down and grabbed Seel.

Bonny and Clyde laughed. "You kids got lucky last time, but this time we're not getting caught off guard."

"Combee!" Luna shouted, calling her attention. "Go help them!"

Sasha pulled out a ball. "I'll show you a real Beedrill. Go!" She said, sending out her Beedrill. "Help out Luna's Combee!"

The two of them flew toward the pokemon being held hostage, but Clyde's Beedrill got in the way and smacked Combee back down as both Beedrill collided and began to fight.

"Combee, are you okay?" Luna asked.

Combee nodded before seeing a ball of sludge go past it, turning to see Grimer.

"Combee, hit it with a Gust attack!" Luna shouted.

Combee made a gust of wind, stronger than expected, blowing it up and causing it to stick to the side of the machine.

"What? Getting blown around by a little Combee?" Bonny said, annoyed.

Clyde groaned. "Beedrill, help it out!"

Combee directed another Gust at Clyde's Beedrill, causing it to fly into Grimer, getting stuck.

"Great job, Combee!" She said, smiling.

Combee then began to glow.

"What's with that Combee." Clyde asked.

"Combee?" Luna said, confused.

Nat smiled. "Luna, Combee is evolving!"

"She is?" Luna asked, looking back over to Combee.

The shape of glow began to change and after a few seconds, the glow was blown away by the newly evolved pokémon.

Ryan smiled. "Wow. Your Combee evolved into a Vespiquen!"

Luna smiled, pulling out her PokéDex.

"Vespiquen, the evolved form of Combee. Its body is a hive and it raises its offspring with the honey gathered by Combee."

Luna laughed, happily. "Awesome! Alright, Vespiquen, let's get everyone's pokémon back!"

Vespiquen nodded, sending out a pheromone into the nearby trees and grass.

"What's it doing?" Clyde asked.

Bonny smiled. "It looks like it's ignoring her. While it's just standing still like that, why don't we just grab it?"

Clyde nodded. "Right." He said, pressing the button on the remote and sending another hand to grab it.

"Luna, tell her to move!" Nat shouted.

Luna smiled. "She knows what she's doing."

The hand almost got to Vespiquen before being cut.

"Huh? What just happened?" Bonny asked.

"It looks like the it was cut." Clyde said, confused before hearing something land behind them.

"Huh?" The two said, turning around.

"Scyther…"

"It's a Scyther!" Clyde shouted.

Bonny hid behind Clyde. "Maybe it's friendly?"

Scyther moved quickly and cut the lines of the hands, causing them to drop the pokémon.

Nat ran forward, catching Seel and Jigglypuff. "Are you two alright?" She asked.

Sasha's pokémon maneuvered to land safely near her. "You guys okay?" She received a nod from them both. "Good."

Nat looked over at Luna. "Why is that Scyther helping us?"

Luna smiled. "I think Vespiquen sent out a pheromone to call some pokémon to help, and I guess that Scyther came."

Bonny ground her teeth in anger. "Those kids… Grimer, Hit them with a Sludge Bomb!"

Grimer tossed a Sludge Bomb at Vespiquen.

"Wartortle, Water Gun!"

The attack hit the Sludge Bomb out of the air.

Luna smiled. "Thanks, Sasha! Now then, Vespiquen, send them flying! Attack Order!"

Vespiquen released pheromones again, calling out several bug pokémon to her aid.

"Uh, Bonny.. I think we-"

Bonny sighed. "Clyde, don't even say it…"

Vespiquen along with the horde of bug pokémon flew up, and attacked, a couple of Beedrill piercing a control panel, causing it to spark. The pokémon all scattered with the machine exploding and launching Team Rocket up into the air.

"I can't believe we let those kids beat us again!" Clyde shouted.

"We'll get our revenge someday. Just you wait!" Bonny shouted.

"Team Rocket's blasting off again!"

Luna ran over to Vespiquen giving it a big hug. "That was amazing Vespiquen! I knew you were strong!"

Sasha smiled, returning her pokémon to their Poké Balls.

"Hey, what are you doing?" Luna asked. "We haven't finished our battle yet."

Sasha laughed a bit. "I think we're good for now. We'll have a real battle next time, alright, Luna?"

Luna looked disappointed. "And we were just about to win, too…"

"Maybe it's a good idea." Ryan said. "After all, your pokémon are probably pretty tired out right now."

Nat nodded. "Ryan's probably right."

Luna sighed. "Fine. So are we just going back to the Pokémon Center?"

Sasha smirked. "You three can. I've still got one pokémon that can keep going, and I've got a few things to heal up the others, so I'm gonna keep going to find some more pokémon to cach." She looked over to Luna. "I suggest you do the same when you get up here later. That way you won't need a player 2 next time." She said before turning around and continuing to walk down the path.

"Come on, guys. Let's get going." Ryan said.

Nat and Luna nodded and followed him back to the Pokémon Center.