"Good bye, Steven! We'll see you again one day!"

"Yeah, that would be great. Bye guys!"

Ash, Sara and I walked from the Pokemon Center to the dock where Mr. Briney was waiting to take us to Slateport City.

"Ahoy," Mr. Briney smiled. "All set?"

I sighed. "Yep. We're ready to go."

"Well hop aboard and let's be off," Mr. Briney went to the top of his boat where he could control it. We were about to get on but I stopped when I heard someone calling for us. I turned around and saw Brawly and Justin running over, Brawly had a bag on his back.

"Hey, what's up?" I asked.

Brawly hesitated. "I got bored being the Gym Leader so I decided to start traveling around again. I was thinking, if you'd have me, that I could tag along with you guys."

"But, who'd take over the Gym?" Sara asked, but she had a smirk on her face.

"I will," Justin smiled.

Ash nodded. "That seems fair. Sure, of course you can come, Brawly."

"Yeah, you're fully welcome too," Sara said.

Brawly smiled and turned to Justin, shaking his hand. "It was good knowing ya, man."

"Likewise," Justin replied. "Good luck."

"Well, come on, let's go," I said and we got on the boat, Brawly included.

"Bye, Justin!" I called as Mr. Briney started the boat and we were leaving the dock. "Good luck at the Gym."

"Thanks!" Justin called back.

"See ya, bro!" Brawly said.

The boat passed the place where Brawly tried teaching me to surf, and failed. Brawly was watching it, the waves crashing to the shore.

I walked over to him and sat down beside him. "You're going to miss the beach, aren't you?" I asked quietly.

He nodded and sighed. "But a change will be good. Besides, I get to be with you."

I smiled, my cheeks going red again.

"Aw man, not another one!" Ash grumbled.

"Another what?" Sara asked, following Ash's gaze over to me and Brawly. "You mean another guy that likes Skye?"

Ash nodded and sighed. "Oh well."

Sara smirked and cocked an eyebrow at him. "You like her."

"So what if I-" Ash stopped and looked at Sara's expression, which pretty much said 'You can't lie to me'.

Ash sighed and nodded. "Okay, so what if I do."

"I thought so," Sara smiled. "Why don't I just go over there and tell her. I'm sure that you and Brawly will think of each other as competition rather than friends." Sara started walking over to me and Brawly, but Ash grabbed her and pulled her back.

"Don't tell her!" he grumbled. "She'll hate me."

"She won't hate you," Sara waved a hand at him. "Just Brawly will."

"That makes me feel better," Ash said sarcastically. "Just don't tell her."

Sara whined. "But, but, but-"

"NO!"

"What are you two arguing about now!?" I called and Ash and Sara looked at me and Brawly.

"Oh nothing much, just that Ash-"

Ash slapped a hand over her mouth. "Don't you dare!"

"Don't treat her like that, Ash!" I said and walked over, taking his hand away from Sara's mouth. "Sara, come over here and tell me."

Sara looked at Ash with a smirk, he glared back at her. "Okay!" Sara pushed me away from Ash. Brawly was blinking blankly, wondering if this was a normal thing for our group.

"Well, what is it?" I asked.

"Okay, Ash didn't want me to tell you this, but I want to tell you!" Sara smiled. "Ash likes-"

"Sara!" Ash growled.

"Ash likes what? Kentucky Fried Chicken? Tell me!!!!!!!!"

"Yes, he likes that too, but Ash has a crush on you!"

I was pretty sure my heart stopped. "Okay, I didn't need to know that."

Sara looked over her shoulder, Ash sighed. "Sara..."

"Ohhhhh crap!" Sara said and hid behind me. "He's gonna kill me!"

I looked over my shoulder at Sara. "Are you sure hiding behind me is gonna work?"

"No....." Sara smirked and ran over to Brawly, making him stand up and she hid behind him. "That's better. Ash won't hurt Brawly."

"At least he knows he won't have a chance to hurt me," Brawly said. "He's a shrimp."

"He's younger than you too," Sara pointed out.

"How old is he?"

"14. How old are you?"

"16."

I blinked. I thought he was 15. And him liking me, that's three years difference.........

"Okay, then he definitely won't win a fight against you," Sara smiled. "I FOUND A BODYGUARD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Too bad Ash, you're out of luck- Oh, Brawly........ how do you like shopping?"

"Not really," Brawly replied, looking over his shoulder at Sara. "Why?"

"Can I drag you around when I wanna go shopping. I need someone to carry all the stuff I get."

"I don't think so," Brawly replied.

Sara crossed her arms. "Some bodyguard you are!"

I nearly cracked up laughing, but my eyes glanced at Ash, he wasn't to happy about Sara spilling the truth.

"I ain't your bodyguard, Sara," Brawly said simply. "If you want a bodyguard, go find someone else."

Sara grumbled and went to sit down, crossing her arms stubbornly. "I need someone to drag around shopping- Ash? How do you like shopping?"

"You're not dragging me around with you," Ash said.

"But..... I NEED A SHOPPING BUDDY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

"What about that Ursaring teddy you shoved in my face when you woke me up?" I suggested but looked at the glare Sara was giving me.

"OH!" Sara smiled. "Brawly, do you want me to tell you about the time I made Skye wake up an entire city in one night?"

Brawly blinked. "Sure."

"Well-" I ran over to Sara and covered her mouth.

"Tell him and you're swimming with the Sharpedo!"

"It can't be that bad," Brawly smiled. "Let's hear it."

"No!" I muttered. "It's embarrassing!"

Brawly smirked. "Now I really wanna hear it." He walked over to me and Sara and picked me up, taking me away from Sara. "Now, tell me."

"NO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" I screamed in his ear and he put me down, holding me against his chest with one hand and one hand over my mouth.

I'm not stupid! I thought. I have teeth ya know!

"Brawly, bad idea. You might need the duck tape she has," Ash suggested.

"Go get it," Brawly said.

Ash grabbed it out of my bag and Brawly held my arms while Ash put the duck tape over my mouth. This sucks! I thought with a growl.

"Now, can I tell you what happened?" Sara asked with a smile.

"Please do," Brawly smirked, looking down at me and nearly laughing from the glare I gave him.

"Well, she had been hanging out in some cave with Ash and some guy we know as Paul, trying to get some stuff from Team Aqua and Paul had his Ursaring out of the Pokeball. I wasn't there so I don't know how many times she screamed, but Ash said he and Paul had a major headache after it. I came back at midnight with my days worth of shopping and I woke her up, shoving my Ursaring teddy bear in her face and saying 'RAWR'. She screamed SO loud, that I'm pretty sure everyone in Rustboro City turned their lights on to see what was going on. Even Nurse Joy came in to check if Skye was okay because she was absolutely terrified of my teddy bear. She had even jumped up, but tripped over and fell onto the floor. It was pretty funny."

Brawly looked down at me, I looked back up at him before glaring at Sara. "I see what you mean by embarrassing," Brawly said and I looked back up at him, glaring at him. I muttered something that was probably better left unsaid. Brawly was trying not to laugh.

I glared at Sara again and she jumped up, hiding behind Ash. Ash looked over his shoulder at her.

"Okay, bad idea," Sara said. "Mr. Briney! Help me!"

Sara dashed up to where Mr. Briney was so she could hide with him.

"Get back here, Sara!" Ash yelled and went up to catch her.

I looked up at Brawly and mumbled something.

"What was that? I didn't understand you," Brawly said.

That's it! I growled and put my feet up on the seat, then pushed back, making Brawly, and me, fall over. But at least he let me go and I was able to sit up and take the duck tape off my mouth. "I tried to say, 'let me go or you're toast!" I growled, about to stand up.

Brawly grabbed my arm and pulled me back down, accidentally making me fall on top of him.

We both looked at each other and cracked up laughing.

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"Yep, that's some competition you have there, Ash," Sara muttered, looking down at me and Brawly. "I think you've already been beaten."

Ash had his back turned to us. "And?"

"Ash," Sara was serious. "I know you like her, but I think Brawly has won her heart already. I mean, look at them!"

Ash looked over his shoulder to see me tackle Brawly back to the ground. "Pika," Pikachu said.

"It's plain to see how close they are after two days of knowing each other," Sara murmured. "But if you still think there's a chance," she looked at him. "I'm positive you'll be wasting your time. When I told her you liked her, which I'm sorry about, she was shocked at first, but she ignored it."

"Paul liked her too," Ash muttered. "At least I'm sure. But she didn't like him."

"And what makes you think she's going to like you?" Sara said sternly. "Ash, if she likes someone else, most likely Brawly, then you need to let it go. You can't get between that, and you can't force her to like you. Give up." She turned and went back to Mr. Briney.

Ash sighed and followed Sara.

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"So, what are you going to tell my brother now about me beating you?" I smirked as me and Brawly finally let each other stand up and we went and sat down. Sparky jumped up on my shoulder.

"I think I won't tell him what I was going to tell him," Brawly said. "After all, if I told him face-to-face, I'd be toast."

"I don't think so," I said. "When he met Ash, Sara and our other friend Brock that stayed with Roxanne, Jake told them I knew how to look after myself."

"So, if I did say all that I was going to, he wouldn't care?" Brawly asked.

I shook my head. "I don't think so. He won't just so long as he knows you're taking care of me."

"Which I will," Brawly smiled and he held the necklace I had around my neck. "This necklace looks good on you."

I smiled back. "Thanks. I like it, a lot."

"I thought so," Brawly replied.

"Pika!" Sparky smiled and sat on my lap, looking up at Brawly.

Brawly smiled back at Sparky and patted it on the head. "Hello, Sparky."

"Pika, Pi!" Sparky jumped up on his shoulder, holding onto his head.

"Sparky really does like you," I said.

"Yeah. I'm glad."

I smiled and looked at Brawly, he looked back at me with a smile.

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Sara sighed. "Did she fall asleep, again?"

"I guess so," Brawly replied, looking at me asleep on his shoulder.

"Might as well let her sleep," Sara said. "Would you be able to carry her to the Pokemon Center?"

"Sure," Brawly replied and Sara picked up mine and Brawly's bags, as well as her own.

"Come on then," Sara said as Brawly put me on his back.

Ash came down from where Mr. Briney was. "Thanks for the ride, Mr. Briney. We really appreciate you taking us here."

"It was no trouble," Mr. Briney smiled and looked at me. "Asleep again. It might just be the ocean that makes her fall asleep."

Ash shrugged. "Maybe. But come on guys, we have to go."

Sara and Brawly followed Ash across the beach and into Slateport City. My eyes opened when I could feel the bright lights shining down on me. I lifted my head. "Brawly? Why are you carrying me? Where are we?" I asked.

"You fell asleep," Brawly smiled over his shoulder at me. "And we're at Slateport City now."

"Cool," I murmured. "Where's Sparky?"

"Sparky is walking with Pikachu," Brawly replied.

"Okay," I said and my eyes closed again and I rested my head on Brawly's shoulder, my head was next to his and he smiled before turning back to where he was going.

"Did she wake up and fall asleep again?" Sara asked and Brawly nodded. "She must be really tired."

"Well, we were mucking around a fair bit earlier," Brawly replied, remembering how I tackled him off his feet.

"You're very attached to her, aren't you?" Sara was walking right beside Brawly, whispering to make sure Ash didn't hear.

"I like her, a lot," Brawly whispered back, aware of the reason.

"I thought so," Sara sighed. "She seems to like you too. But please, Brawly. Be careful with Ash, he likes her too and it's hard for him to accept you and Skye."

"I understand," Brawly nodded.

We reached the Pokemon Center and got a room to sleep in. Brawly put me down on one of the beds and put the blanket over me. Sparky jumped up and curled up beside my head. Brawly patted Sparky before standing up and going to get a drink from the tiny fridge.

"It's really late," Sara sighed. "I'm getting some sleep. Good night guys."

"Night, Sara," Ash replied and Sara jumped up on the bunk bed, the one above my bed.

"Night," Brawly said and Sara lied down, falling asleep almost instantly.

Only Brawly and Ash were left awake. Ash was sitting down at the table.

"Hey, Ash?" Brawly murmured.

"Yeah?"

"I'm sorry if it seems I've taken Skye away from you," he said, sitting down at the table with Ash, on the other side.

Ash sighed. How did I know this was coming? He thought. "Don't worry about it. She prefers you anyway."

"I know, but before I came along there must have been something between the two of you, right?"

"Probably not," Ash replied, looking up at Brawly. "But there was one night at Rustboro that I thought we'd have something starting."

"Really? What happened?"

"I decided to go for a walk and then Paul said something to her and she left the Pokemon Center without any of her Pokemon to come look for me. She ran into a group of Team Aqua guys and they had started to beat her up, but Pikachu and I got there in time." Pikachu jumped up on the table.

Brawly finished his drink. "What then?"

"She was crouched down on the ground, scared, but then she recognized me and stood up and leaned on me, crying into my jacket and saying she was sorry."

"Sorry about what?"

"Never mind," Ash murmured. "But I hugged her and then lead her back to the Pokemon Center, letting her wear my hat to cheer her up a little. I thought things would spark after that, and it seemed like that for a while, but then...."

"Then I showed up," Brawly sighed. "Sorry man."

"Nah, forget it," Ash smiled. "If she wants to be with you I'll let it go. As long as she's happy it's okay."

"So, we're cool?" Brawly asked.

"Yeah, we're cool," they both stood up and punched fists lightly.

Ash went up to the top bunk on the other side of the room and Brawly took the bottom one. "You still like her, don't you?" Brawly smiled, he had to ask.

"Yeah," Ash replied, also smiling. "That won't change no matter what."

"That's cool," Brawly was satisfied. Both of them fell asleep in minutes.

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"Skye, wake up! Skye!"

I opened my eyes and saw Sara shaking me, trying to wake me up. "What?" I muttered and rolled onto my side, facing away from her.

Sara grabbed my shoulder and pulled me to my back again. "Get up!" she was whispering.

"Why?" I asked.

"Let's disappear before the boys wake up," Sara smirked. "Make them come looking for us while we scale Slateport City."

I sighed and got up. "Alright. But don't run too fast. I'm still sleepy!"

I woke Sparky up and put my bag on, Sara got hers.

Sparky jumped up on my shoulder. "Let's go," I yawned and we ran out the door. Sara accidentally slammed it on our way out.

"What the heck was that?" I heard Ash mutter.

"Where are Sara and Skye?" I heard Brawly.

"Crap!" Sara exclaimed. "Skye, run for it!"

I was wide awake now and the two of us bolted downstairs. We got out of the Pokemon Center and Sparky jumped on the ground, running beside me as we ran away from the Pokemon Center, to make sure we didn't get caught by Ash and Brawly.

"Where are we going?" I asked.

"No idea," Sara replied. "How about the beach?"

"Are you kidding!?" I growled. "I don't feel like freezing to death! It's too cold of a morning to go to the beach!"

"Fine, then where do you suggest-" Sara grabbed my hood and stopped me from running anymore. Sparky stopped and we all turned and looked at the giant store with an 'OPEN' sign on the front door.

"Can we have candy?" Sara asked.

"Why ask me?" I smiled.

"Pika?" Sparky tilted its head.

We walked into the store and came back out with chocolate, lollies, and lots of sugary stuff in a bag. We found a park bench and sat down, eating it, giving some to Sparky, but the little yellow Pokemon didn't like it, except for the chocolate.

When we were finished, I really wanted to run around. I just wanted to run and run and run.

"Let's go run around the rest of Slateport City!" Sara smiled and we got up, starting to run, but we ran into something and fell over.

I looked up and was kinda scared to see who I ran into, literally. "Um.. hi.. Brawly.."

"Hiya, Ash," Sara muttered.

Both of the guys were looking down at us and we got up.

"What are you doing sneaking out at this time?" Brawly asked.

Sara and I exchanged a glance, we wanted to run! "We are now running away from you!" I smirked and Sara poked her tongue out at them before we turned and bolted off, Sparky racing beside us.

"Are they always like this?" Brawly asked Ash.

Ash shook his head. "Not normally-" he spotted the bag and lolly wrappers. "But I think they just hit a sugar rush."

"I don't suppose that's a good thing?"

"Nope. If Skye is anything like Sara, they're both going to be hyper for the whole day."

"We'd better go get them." Ash and Brawly ran after us.

"We'll check the toy store first," Ash suggested.

"Why?" Brawly asked.

"Trust me, it's the first place they'll go."

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"Now we need a place to hide!" I said.

"Let's try the toy store!" Sara smiled.

"Okay!" I smiled back.

"Pika, Pi!" Sparky smiled.

We tried to find the toy store, but we ended up not finding it and at the markets where lots of people already were.

We ran through it, but we both ran into someone, falling over.

We looked up, thinking it was Ash and Brawly, but it wasn't.

"Hi, Sara, Skye." It was Gary. "What are you doing running around like idiots?"

"Running from people," Sara replied and we both sat up.
"People? Ash and Brock?" Gary asked.

"Nope, Ash and Brawly," I replied. "Brock stayed in Rustboro City."

"Brawly?"

"Former Dewford Town Gym Leader," Sara said. "Now help us up!"

"Why should I?" Gary smirked, crossing his arms. "What if I don't?"

Sara and I exchanged a glance, we nodded and both kicked him in the legs, making him fall over. "That's what you get because you didn't!" Sara grumbled.

"Sara, Skye. What the heck are you two doing!?"

We looked up and saw Ash and Brawly, upside down. They were standing behind us, their arms crossed. We smiled innocently. "Nothing," I smirked and we stood up. "Um... What are you doing here?"

"Looking for you," Ash replied.

"Who's that guy?" Brawly asked, looking at Gary.

"Oh, that's just Gary," Sara muttered. "No one special. Just a lazy slob!"

"Thanks," Gary growled.

"Hey, you didn't help us up," Sara shrugged.

"Let's go back to the Pokemon Center," Ash said.

"Why?" Brawly asked.

"Yeah, why?" I asked.

"Because it's too early," Ash rolled his eyes.

"Not for us!" Sara grinned. "We've had sugars!"

"And lot's of it!" I also grinned.

"Speaking of which, we should be running away from you guys," Sara said and backed away.

I thought for a moment and smirked, looking at Brawly. He cocked an eyebrow at me questioningly.
"Run!" Sara yelled and she turned and ran, I grabbed Brawly's hand and ran after her, dragging him with us, Sparky sighed and ran after us.

"Get back here!" Ash called.

Gary stood up. "Wanna catch em?"

"Yeah, otherwise they'll destroy the whole damn city!" Ash growled. "Come on!"

Ash and Gary ran after us.

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"Why did you drag me along!?"

"Because, you looked bored," I smiled at Brawly. "Now stop complaining and deal with it!"

"Yeah, don't turn into a party pooper!" Sara growled.

Brawly sighed. "Fine. But just to annoy Ash and the other guy."

The three of us and Sparky ran around Slateport City, then Sara got bored. "Where's a good place to hide?"

"Why not try the museum," Brawly suggested, pointing to the large building.

"Okay!" Sara smiled and ran towards it, I ran after her, still half dragging Brawly. Sparky ran beside us.

We went into the museum and stopped, looking around. "This pace is huge!" I murmured.

"Well it is a museum," Sara pointed out. "But it's bigger than huge! It's.............. ginormous!"

"Where are they!?" I heard Ash's growling voice.

"Hide!" I said and we darted up the stairs, finding a table with a large cloth on it that reached the floor.

"Under there!" Sara said and we crawled under it, waiting to see if Gary and Ash would show up.

"Do you think they realize they hate each other?" Sara muttered.

"Probably not," I muttered in return. "They're both that thickheaded, I'm surprised they don't mistake each other for a Gulpin!"

"Well they look like it that's for sure," Sara murmured. "Ugly and stupid. Not to mention PIGS!"

"They are. Ash never stops eating when food is placed in front of him. Give him a mountain of food and he'd finish it all in a minute-"

Brawly's hand slapped across my mouth to stop me from talking. "Shut up, both of you!" he whispered. "They're here."

I cringed, but lied down on my stomach to see under the cloth. I saw their shoes and their pants, they were easy to recognize. Purple and blue didn't look like an everyday match up. They walked around the room, sure that they saw us run into the museum.

"I'm pretty sure they came in here," Ash muttered.

"Me too," Gary said. "Wonder where they are."

They walked closer to the table and I looked at Sara, lying down beside me, the same smirk that was on my face.

"What are you up to?" Brawly whispered.

"Nothing," we whispered back at the same time.

They were walking right past the table and our arms shot out, making the two guys trip over each other.

"OW!" Ash and Gary complained.

Gary glared at Ash. "Watch where you're going, idiot!"

"You should watch where you're going, Gary!" Ash glared back.

Sara, Brawly, Sparky and I jumped out from under the table and started to run off, but my friends stopped and turned to look at me, blinking down at Gary and Ash.

The two guys looked up at me from glaring at each other. "You two really do resemble a Gulpin." I pulled out a Pokeball. "Can I catch you?"

Sara popped up beside me. "I want to catch one of them!"

"What the!?" Gary murmured. "What are you talking about? We're not Pokemon!"

"Yes you are, little Gulpin!" Sara smiled. "Pokeball, go!" she threw the Pokeball and it hit Gary's head, but that was it. "Aw, why didn't you get pulled inside the Pokeball?"

"Maybe because I'm a human," Gary pointed out.

"Let's see if it'll work for me," I smiled. "Pokeball, go!" I threw the Pokeball and it hit Ash right between the eyes, but nothing happened. The Pokeball fell from his face and I saw a huge dent, which would go away after a while, and Ash glared at me. "Um..... Sara?" Ash wouldn't stop glaring at me.

"Yeah? Didn't work for you either, huh? Looks like the Pokeballs don't like these kind of Pokemon. Let's go find a cage to fit them both in."

"I am not being stuck in no cage with him!" Gary pointed at Ash.

"And I'm not being stuck in a cage with someone like him!" Ash pointed back.

"I'm a better Trainer than you are!" Gary growled.

"I could so beat you in a battle!" Ash growled back.

"Shut up," I mumbled. "I could beat you both, hands down, so stop arguing, I'm getting bored with your childish mumble-talk."

Ash and Gary both glared at me and I took a step back. "Sara, can we get out of here now? Please? Before I become Pokemon food for them to eat!?"

"WE'RE NOT POKEMON!!!!!!!!!!!" Ash and Gary yelled and I bolted, not bothering to wait for Sara.

"Wait up!" Sara called and ran after me, grabbing Brawly's arm and dragging him along again, but she let him go when he ran as well. Sparky was still running beside me.

Gary and Ash growled at each other, not moving, giving each other glares. It was only then that they noticed a smashed vase beside them with a Pokeball beside it.

"Oh crap," Gary muttered.

"Excuse me young men, what do you think you're doing!?" they looked up at the museum tour guide. "Did you break that vase?" she asked.

They shook their heads.

"This is a museum, not a playground!" she growled. "Clean it up immediately and come with me to the front desk so you can repay for what you did."

"Uh...." Ash grabbed the Pokeballs and they both got up and ran off, but the woman grabbed them by the back of their shirts and stopped them.

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"Hey, why are they in trouble?" I mumbled, looking away from a big painting to see the tour guide woman, literally, dragging them to the front desk.

"What's the problem, Margette?" the person at the front desk asked.

"These two," the woman lifted them up a little off their feet. "Were throwing Pokeballs around and broke a vase."

"Whoops," Sara looked away from the glares that were shot in our direction.

"Wait a second, what happened to Pikachu?" I asked, but then looked down to see Sparky and Pikachu at my feet. "Oh, there you are."

"Should we help them?" Brawly asked.

Sara and I looked at Ash and Gary, the person at the front desk was really mad.

"Nah," we both said. "Let's just go."

We walked towards the door and I tried to ignore the glare Ash gave us. Pikachu went and joined Ash.

"Are those your friends?" the woman asked, seeing Pikachu go from us to Ash.

"Yeah-"

"No, we don't know them!" I yelled, turning around. "We have never seen those two in our lives! Honest!"

"Just run would ya!" Sara growled and I turned, bolting after Sara, Brawly and Sparky, leaving poor Ash and Gary to pay for the mess Sara caused.

"They're gonna kill us!" Sara laughed. "This is actually fun!"

"Fun!?" I exclaimed. "I don't feel like dying just yet ya know!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

"Well as long as they don't catch up with us, we'll be fine," Sara grinned.

I stopped and the others stopped. "Sara....." I muttered in a sarcastic tone.

"Yeah?"

"Gary, yeah who cares.. but in case you've forgotten, Ash travels with us!"

"Well, more like, we travel with him, but yeah- Oh......" Sara was suddenly unsure. "Maybe we should go back and help them...."

"Nah, leave em," Brawly smiled. "They can sort it out. I'll make sure they don't kill you."

"YAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I HAVE MY BODYGUARD BACK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" Sara screamed.

"Well he was my bodyguard from the beginning so, yeah," I smiled. "But at least we won't die!"

"YAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

"Stop screaming!" Brawly covered his ears. "You've giving me a headache."

Sara crossed her arms. "Fine!"

I looked at the ground with a guilty smile. "If you think that's bad....... I don't think you want to hear me scream............"

"No, I don't," Brawly muttered.

"Well I'll try not to," I smiled.

"Let's go to the beach!" Sara mumbled. "I wanna go swimming."

Brawly looked at me and I shrugged. "Okay," he smiled.

"Pika!" Sparky said and ran towards the beach before we did. Now we had to keep up with Sparky!

We ran after the little Pokemon and eventually found the beach, the sun was up now and it was really warm already.

"Too bad no surfboards," Brawly sighed.

"Oh well," Sara smiled. "We can still go for a swim. Let's go!"

Brawly grabbed Sara's bag to stop her. She looked over her shoulder at him. "What?"

"I don't think you want to swim in your clothes," Brawly muttered. "Maybe your swimmers would be better."

Sara looked down at her clothes, and then back at Brawly. "Shut up! I knew that.........."

I looked around. "There's a change room over there," I pointed to it and Sara smiled.

"Cool!" Sara ran towards it and dragged me as well.

"See ya in a few minutes," Brawly laughed as I nearly tripped.

After Sara and I got changed into our swimmers, which Brawly had let me keep that once belonged to his sister, we ran out of the change room and saw Brawly's Pokemon, Makuhita, and Sparky sitting on its head.

"Hey, where's Brawly?" I asked.

Makuhita and Sparky pointed to a shack and I saw Brawly handing something to someone and getting a surfboard in return. Brawly came back with a smile. "Ready to try surfing again?" he asked me.

"And fall over a million more times? No thanks," I muttered.

"I wanna try and surf!" Sara called and Brawly nodded, handing her the surfboard.

"Go ahead," he said and Sara ran towards the water with it and jumped in.

"You should have told her how to surf first," I told him as he stood beside me.

"I know," Brawly smirked. "I just wanna see her fall in."

I saw Sara stand up on the board as she caught a wave, but she started to wobble and she fell off, landing in the water, dramatically throwing her arms out as she fell in.

Brawly cracked up laughing, so did I, but I fell over, holding my stomach, Brawly didn't.

"BRAWLY!!!!!!!!!!!"

I sat up and looked at a drenched Sara.
"Yeah?" Brawly asked.

"You forgot something!" Sara growled.

"And what would that be?" Brawly smiled.

"You forgot to teach me how to stand on this stupid thing!"

"Oh yeah... that...." Brawly smiled. "Okay, I'll teach you. But what was with the arms-out-falling-in thing?"

"Oh, I just wanted to make it look more realistic!" Sara smiled.

"You can't get anything more realistic than her that's for sure," I muttered, trying to catch my breath.

"I heard that!" Sara growled.

"I know!" I replied.

Sara crossed her arms. "Brawly! Dump her in the water for me!"

I had been laughing from Sara's stubbornness, but I suddenly stopped, taking in what Sara told Brawly to do.

"Okay," Brawly said and picked me up.

"Ah! What are you doing!?" I yelped. "Put me down!"

Brawly held me in his arms and carried me towards the water. "No can do."

"Put me down, put me down, put me down!" I threw my arms around and started kicking my legs. "Put... me DOWN!!!!"

Brawly walked out into the water and it was just below me. My toe skimmed the water and it was freezing!

"Don't you dare dump me in that!" I said, clinging onto him with my arms around his neck. "If I go in, so do you."

"I can deal with that," Brawly was about to dump me in, my foot went under the water.

"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" I screamed and Brawly let go of me to put his hands to his ears.

"OW!" Brawly complained, but then realized that he dropped me in the water.

I stood up with my arms crossed, glaring up at him.

"Uh... sorry?" Brawly tried to smile innocently, but he was a little scared.

"Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha!" Sara laughed. "That was hilarious! Do it again, Skye! Brawly you should have seen the look on your face when she screamed! Hahahahahahahahaha!!!!"

"Brawly.." I mumbled.

"Yeah?"

"Like I said, I go in, so do you," I smirked and tackled him into the water, although it was freezing cold!

Sara thought for a second and smiled, coming over to us as we got up and tackling us both back down.

"Pika!" Sparky ran over with Makuhita and jumped on Brawly's shoulder. Makuhita went and retrieved the ditched surfboard.

"Thanks," Brawly muttered.

Sara smiled. "You're welcome!"

Brawly cocked an eyebrow at her and then pushed her over and she made a splash as she went under water. She came back up and splashed him.

"Pika!" Sparky complained and jumped into the freezing water, splashing Sara back because she got it wet.

Sara splashed Sparky more and then Brawly and I tackled Sara.

"Alright, alright!" Sara complained. "Teach me how to ride a surfboard!"

Brawly sighed and got up. "Alright," he explained the same thing he had explained to me the other day and Sara went and tried it. She managed to stay on the board for a few seconds, but when she tried to turn it, it turned too far and she fell off, she spread her arms out. "AAAHHHHH!!!!" she cried out in a dramatic voice, kind of slow-motion-like, and she curled into a ball, bombing into the water and splashing Brawly, Sparky and me.

We played around for a little bit, and then Sara sat down on the board. "I wonder how Ash and Gary are doing," she muttered.

"Maybe we should go to the museum and help em out-"

"Hey, guys!" I heard someone call out in a growl.

I turned around and saw the two people I didn't want to see. I yelped and jumped up, Brawly had to catch me in his arms to stop me from landing back in the water. I wrapped my arms around his neck to stop myself from falling, even though I knew he wouldn't drop me, unless he wanted to.....

"Uh-oh," Sara mumbled, coming over to us. "They don't look happy....."

"Ya think!?" I said. "You broke that vase and they had to make up for it! We're toast!"

"No we're not," Sara smiled. "We have our trusty bodyguard here to protect us," she slapped Brawly on the back as she said it, which would hurt because he had no shirt on.

"Ow," he muttered, looking at her.

"Well, you have to protect us!" Sara said.

"Yeah, after all, you are holding me," I muttered. "So they can't hurt me anyways."

Ash and Gary walked over to the water line. "You guys having fun?" Gary asked.

"Yeah, actually," Sara smirked.

"Good, because we're about to ruin your fun. You're in trouble for making us clean up the entire museum!"

"Oh... whoops!" Sara muttered and held up the surfboard. "I have a surfboard and I'm not afraid to use it!"

"You wouldn't!" Gary said.

"Make a bet?" Sara cocked an eyebrow at him, talking seriously.

Gary was freaked out now. "Okay, take it easy now, Sara."

Sara smirked and walked towards them with the surfboard. "I will hurt you with it!"

"Sara, calm down!" Brawly said. "Skye, let go so I can make sure she doesn't hurt them."

"No," I replied childishly. "I'm good here. You're warm, the water is cold. Take a bet which one I prefer."

"Sara, settle down," Gary and Ash were backing away from her as she came out of the water. Gary stepped back but accidentally stepped into a hole and fell over. Ash tripped over him.

Sara smiled and stood over them, holding up the surfboard above her head.

"Sara," Ash mumbled. "We were only kidding. Calm down....... Please?"

Sara threw the surfboard down and Gary jumped up just in time. The surfboard went into the ground and Sara leaned against it. "So, who wants to go surfing?"

"I knew she wouldn't hurt them," I smiled.

"She nearly got Gary," Brawly pointed out.

"Yeah, but she didn't, so she didn't," I said.

"You don't make sense sometimes, you know that?"

"Yep."

Brawly sighed. "And I like you."

"Your problem," I muttered. "Cry me a river, build a bridge and get over it."

"Let me go and I might," Brawly teased.

"I was being sarcastic, idiot!" I hit him in the forehead, lightly.

"I noticed," he said and started walking towards Sara and the others, still carrying me because I refused to let go.

"Um......" Ash blinked at Sara.

"So, you wanna go surfing or not?" Sara asked. "Or do I have to throw you in that water."

"I warn you, it's freezing," I murmured. "Thanks to him," I poked Brawly in the forehead. "I found out the hard way."

"Well you're the one that screamed!" Brawly replied. "It wasn't my fault."

"Oh, that wasn't her loudest scream," Sara looked over her shoulder at Brawly. "She's been louder than that. Trust me."

"You mean when she woke up the city?" Brawly asked. Sara nodded.

"She woke up a city by screaming?" Gary murmured.

"Yeah, wanna hear how?" Sara asked.

Gary nodded.

"Well..."

I let go of Brawly's neck. "Okay, put me down now!"

"I don't think so," Brawly smirked. "This is your own fault."

"I hate you!" I grumbled.

"Nice to know," Brawly said.

"Yep, it is."

"I shoved the teddy in her face and said 'RAWR', and then she screamed so loud that I'm positive every light in Rustboro City turned on. She jumped out of bed but tripped over, and even Nurse Joy had to come in and check to see if she was okay, but she was freaked, like she had some sort of heart attack or something!"

I rested my forehead on Brawly's shoulder. "This is so embarrassing. To hear this story over and over again. It makes me sound like an idiot."

"You are an idiot so shut up," Sara said.

"Make me!" I poked my tongue out at her.

"Oh," Sara turned around. "I will."

"Sara, chill!" Ash said.

"Why?" Sara asked. "She told me to make her shut up, so I will."

My arms wrapped around Brawly's neck again. "You'll protect me."

"I will?" Brawly blinked.

"Yes."

"Um.. okay..."

"Skye, that's cheating!" Sara growled.

"I know. What are you going to do about it?"

Sara cracked her knuckles and I jumped right out of Brawly's arms, bolting off.

"Get back here!" Sara growled.

"Make me!" I poked my tongue out at her.

"She's asking for trouble," Gary muttered.

"As always," Ash said. "They're as bad as each other."

"As always?" Brawly asked. "Is Sara always hyper like this?"

"Most of the time," Ash replied.

"YAY! I DID IT!"

They turned and saw Sara sitting on my back, duck tape around my mouth, holding my arms up behind my back and a glare in my eyes.

"That was quicker than usual," Ash muttered. "It took her longer to bring down Misty back in Johto."

"Where'd she get the duck tape?" Gary asked.

"Skye bought it," Ash sighed. "It was meant to shut me up somehow, but we found a different use for it."

"Which was?"

"Shutting her up. She screams louder than an Ursaring can roar!"

"I don't wanna hear it then," Gary sighed.

"I got a headache from her screaming before," Brawly said. "And apparently it wasn't the loudest she can go."

"Nope," Ash said. "But when you're stuck in a cave with her, and an Ursaring, and her scream bounces off the walls, you really don't want to hear it."

"Too bad for you, Ash," Gary said.

"I know. Before we ran into Paul and his Ursaring all she did was complain."

"About?" Brawly asked.

"Well, I accidentally stepped on her foot, cause it was pitch black in the cave," Ash replied. "And then we argued and then she tackled me, getting the duck tape out."

"Hey, guys!" Sara called. "I made a sand castle!"

The guys turned to look at me and Sara, seeing only Sara and a pile of sand piled on top of me.

"Um......" the guys mumbled.

Sara was grinning. "I made her shut up!"

I mumbled something under the duck tape and tried to move, but the sand was too heavy, and she was sitting on the top.

"What should we do now?" Sara asked. "I'm bored."

"Try surfing again," Brawly suggested.
"Pika, Pi," Sparky looked at me trying to get out, having no luck.

"Oo! Surfing!" Sara jumped off the sand castle and ran over to the surfboard, taking it out of the ground and running to the water.

While she was having fun on her own, the guys walked over to me, looking down at me covered in sand. I looked up at them and mumbled something that was clear to them. "Are you gonna help me out or what?"

They sighed and helped me get out of the sand castle. Gary help me up and I took the duck tape off my mouth. "OW!" I complained.

"How did she catch you?" Ash asked.

"She threw a stick and I tripped over it!" I whined, kicking the stick.

The guys started laughing and I crossed my arms stubbornly.

"You'll get over it," Brawly smiled.

"Easy for you to say," I grumbled. "You're not the one that tripped and became a human sand castle!"

Brawly shrugged. "I'd prefer not to become a human sand castle."

I sniffed and turned away, my arms still crossed.

"Grow up!" Brawly teased.

"Make me!"

"Not this again," Gary sighed. "Skye, if you keep going like that someone will make you do something that they want you to do. Sara made you shut up, because you told her to."

"You shut up!" I growled.

"You need to cool off," Brawly said and picked me up.

"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" I screamed as he picked me up and he dropped me instantly. All three of the guys covered their ears.

"What!? My scream isn't deadly!" I grumbled, throwing sand up at them from where I sat on the ground thanks to Brawly.

Brawly recovered and picked me up again, covering my mouth.

"Careful, she bites," Ash replied.

"I know, you've told me already," Brawly said. "She wouldn't bite me."

Make a bet, Ash thought. Three, two, one...

"AAAAAHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Skye!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" Brawly growled.

I looked up at him, my teeth embedded in his hand. I blinked with confusement. "Hm?" I mumbled.

"Let go of my hand," he said calmly.

"Why?" I mumbled, still holding on.

"Just do it."

I shook my head, but then I did let go and I ran off before Brawly could pick me up again. I ran out to the water where Sara was, splashing around on the surfboard like a child.

"Hi human sand castle!" Sara smiled.

"Hi... Sara I need your help."

"With?"

"I bit Brawly."

"Skye!" Sara sighed. "You're not supposed to bite your boyfriend!"

I froze. "My what?"

"You're not going out with him?" Sara asked. "I thought you were..... Anyway, no biting your boyfriend!"

"Who said he was my boyfriend?"

"Me," Sara smiled and an evil smirk crossed her face. "HEY BRAWLY! ARE YOU GOING TO COME GET YOUR GIRLFRIEND OR WHAT!?"

Brawly, Ash and Gary blinked at her.

"What now?" Brawly asked.

Sara blinked. "I thought the two of you were going out!" she crossed her arms stubbornly. "Go out already!"

Brawly and I blinked at her, understanding her mumble-talk, but not believing that she said it that way.

"Fine! If you two don't start going out, I declare you boyfriend and girlfriend right now!" Sara growled. "Live with it!"

Brawly cast a glance at Ash, Ash looked back and shrugged.

"What is she going on about?" Gary asked.

"She's the little match-maker," Ash mumbled. "She tried to help out Brock at one stage, but failed."

"Sara, you're kidding, right?" I asked her.

"Nope."

"Come on! Be serious!"

"I am."

"You can't just declare that me and Brawly are going out!"

"Just did."

"But-"

"I'm the match-maker, I say who goes out and who doesn't!"

"Brawly, can you help me get her to make sense," I sighed.

"I am making sense."

"No you're not," I mumbled, but Brawly came over.

"Awwww, you two look so good together!" Sara smiled. "You look like a happy couple."

I thought for a moment. "Well, if you can declare stuff, then you and..... um.... Gary are officially going out!"

Sara had been smiling widely, but the smile faded as she turned to me with an expression that made her beaten at her own game. "What?"

"WHAT!?" Gary called.

Sara and Gary looked at each other.

"You can't just declare stuff like that!" Sara growled.

"Just did," I smirked.

"I hate it when people do that......" Sara muttered. "I am not going out with Gary!"

"Ouch, poor Gary," Brawly laughed. "You just got rejected, dude!"

Ash smiled and patted Gary on the shoulder. "Love hurts man."

"You would know, wouldn't you, Ash!?" Sara growled back at him, he shrugged.

"Why? Who does Ash like?" Gary asked.

I froze, I just wanted to sink into the bottom of the ocean.

"He likes Skye, but she already has a boyfriend now!" Sara poked her tongue out at Ash. "Too bad for poor Ashy-boy!"

"You can't just say we're going out and make it final!" I growled.

"Too bad."

"Gary! Get your girlfriend to take back what she said!" I growled.

Gary glared at me. "She ain't my girlfriend."

"Yeah she is-"

"That's enough out of you," Brawly sighed and put a hand over my mouth, this time I didn't bite him. I just mumbled something that was better left unsaid.

The day dragged on and me and Sara were still arguing over the fact she 'declared' me and Brawly as boyfriend and girlfriend. She argued back about her and Gary.

As the sun was starting to go down, it was getting cold, and all the other people from the beach were going home.

Me and Sara fell asleep, sitting on the sand, arguing. We had fallen on our backs and stayed there, falling asleep.

"They're always arguing and falling asleep," Ash sighed.

Brawly picked me up in his arms and Gary picked up Sara, because Ash wasn't going to.

"Let's go back to the Pokemon Center and let them get some rest," Ash sighed. "Tomorrow we get serious and do what we have to do."

"Which is?" Brawly asked.

"Deliver a package to Captain Stern." Ash replied.

Gary and Brawly shrugged and they started walking back to the Pokemon Center. My head rested against Brawly's chest, he was warm. Too bad for Ash, he had to carry everyone's bags. Sparky and Pikachu followed behind sleepily.