Evafan24: Hey everyone, hope everybody's summer is going great! I know mine is, I just got back from New Jersey to visit some family. Bad part about a vacation is that they all must come to an end. *sigh* Anyway, I'd like to thank everyone who's read or reviewed my story. You guys are the best! ^.^

"Gary, what's taking you so long? Mind picking up the pace?"

"Don't you think I'm trying? Quit rushing me!"

"Ugh…"

Gary continues to try and unlock the metal door to the prison cell with the set of keys he had equipped earlier. Unfortunately, he didn't know which one was the right key so he was forced to try every key until one of them successfully unlocked the door.

Miyu folds her arms across her chest, trying her best to resist the urge to yell at Gary and possibly attract any unwanted attention. After all, she didn't want to risk Gary getting caught trying to save them. As much as she detested the idea of being rescued by someone she didn't even like, he was pretty much her only chance of escaping this place. And at this point, she knew she didn't have much of a say in the matter.

'I feel like a damsel in distress, except I'm being rescued by the idiot who doesn't even know how to unlock the prison cell.' Miyu thought with a huff.

"Hey, I think this is the right key." Gary's voice

"Really…?" Atsuo asks with a hopeful look in her eyes.

"Well it's about time…" Miyu sighs in relief.

With the final key in his hand, he slides it into the key hole and turns it. A soft click is heard from the gate as it slowly creaks open.

"I got it!" Gary boasts proudly.

"Good, now let's get the—"

The three teens suddenly freeze on the spot when they suddenly see a pair of black boots slowly come down below from the metal ladder.

'Oh crap, another one of those guys from that…wait what was the name of their team again?' Miyu mentally ponders.

"Guess I got no choice…" Gary mumbles under his breath.

Atsuo and Miyu stare at him wide-eyed as he pulls off two pokeballs from his belt.

"Y-You're serious?" Miyu asks with a raised eyebrow.

"You got any better ideas…?" Gary frowns.

Miyu and Atsuo exchange looks before looking back at Gary.

"Go for it," Miyu whispers.

"Don't have to tell me twice," Gary replies with a confident smirk.

Gary quickly puts back on his sunglasses before he turns around and faces forward. Two Team Rocket Grunts slowly approach him, not aware of the pokeballs that he was holding in his hand.

"We've been assigned to keep an eye on the brats. You're dismissed," the female rocket grunt ordered, pointing her thumb towards the ladder.

"Sorry, no can do." Gary apologizes sarcastically.

The male rocket grunt clenches his fists angrily. "You dare to question orders?"

"Listen, you better watch you say if you're going to be serving Team Rocket. I don't know who recruited you, but I'm not above smacking you around a little if that's what it takes to make you follow simple directions." The woman warns.

Gary smirks and enlarges the pokeballs he held in his hand.

"Sorry, but I don't take orders from criminals," He began before tossing out the pokeballs. "Sandshrew, Wartortle, use Rapid Spin!"

The two rocket grunts take a cautious step back as two bright white lights are released from the pokeballs and reveal a Wartortle and Sandshrew coming at them with a Rapid Spin.

Both Atsuo and Miyu watch in awe as the two team rocket grunts are suddenly shoved back by the Rapid Spins and into the rocky walls, knocking them unconscious. Wartortle and Sandshrew both land on their feet with ease.

Gary walks over to his pokémon and pats both of them on the head affectionately. "Nice job guys,"

Both of his pokémon smile at his praise. Miyu and Atsuo simply stand there as if they couldn't believe how quickly Gary had taken care of the criminals by himself.

'Man that was...' Miyu mentally trails off.

Miyu couldn't bring herself to even finish her own thoughts.

"That was pretty impressive Gary." Atsuo compliments with a soft smile.

Unable to resist taking the compliment, he grins in a smug-like manner. "Thanks, but what can I say? When you got it, you got it." He chuckles.

Miyu rolls her eyes at Gary, pushing the prison cell door open. "Not bad, but you still got a long way to go." Miyu mumbles in a lackluster tone.

"Would it kill you to show a little appreciation?" Gary retorts with a glare.

"Not if you're just going to brag about it. I'm not going to bother boosting your ego when it's obviously bigger than it needs to be."

"Hey guys," Atsuo interrupts.

Miyu and Gary turn their heads towards Atsuo. "I think I have an idea on how we can all get out of here." Atsuo says.

"You do?" Gary and Miyu ask in unison.

Atsuo nods her head and points towards the Team Rocket Grunts that were slumped against the wall. Miyu stares at them for a brief moment before she quickly realized what she was suggesting.

"Blending in…?" Miyu asks.

"Yeah, that's how Gary managed to get inside and help us right? If we all blend in, we might be able to look around the cave and find our Pokémon and get the rest of our stuff back."

"And expose these guys for what they're trying to do." Miyu nods, slamming a fist into the palm of her hand.

"So it's settled then," Gary nods. "Change your clothes and we'll head on out."

Atsuo frowns and shyly looks away from Gary, fidgeting a little while Miyu glares at him as if she was going to tear him a new one. She had half a mind to knock some sense into him until she realizes doing so could possibly raise Gary's suspicions of the way she's acting towards him.

"You moron, Atsuo isn't gonna change with you down here." Miyu says in a calm, yet annoyed-filled tone.

Gary stares at Miyu blankly before his entire face turns beet red at the sudden assumption. "T-That's not what I meant!"

Miyu rolls her eyes and folds her arms across her chest. "Yeah, sure it wasn't."

Atsuo sighs as Miyu and Gary continue to bicker. It was amazing to her how they could keep a pointless argument going for so long.

"Um, might if I make a suggestion?"

"Hey Atsuo, I know how I said that this was a good idea to leave Gary upstairs while we change, but exactly why do I have to be the one wearing the girl's uniform?"

"S-Sorry, the female uniform was a bit too uncomfortable for me to move around in. Besides, the outfit was in your size…"

"Oh, well how convenient, how do you think I feel wearing these short-ass shorts?"

Gary pokes his head down through the hole to look down at Miyu and Atsuo. Miyu was wearing the female Team Rocket Grunt outfit. Her outfit consisted of a black top with a large red R in the middle of it with black shorts that were complimented with knee high gray boots, matching gray gloves, and a black hat. Atsuo's outfit was a bit similar except she wore long black pants instead of black shorts.

"Hey, you guys coming up here or what?" Gary warns.

"Yeah, yeah, don't get your panties in a twist." Miyu mumbles.

Atsuo giggles a little before she slowly climbs up the ladder with Miyu following in step. Miyu self-consciously tugs at her shorts while climbing up the ladder as well. Gary covers his mouth to try and resist the urge to laugh, which only comes off as muffled snorts when he sees Miyu…or rather Ichirou dressed in the female uniform for Team Rocket.

"N-Nice outfit girly-"

"SHUT-IT," Miyu cuts him off angrily, her cheeks flaring up a dark shade of red.

"Gary, how well do you know your way around Mt. Moon Cave?" Atsuo asks with a frown.

Gary manages to quiet his laughter a bit by directing his eyes towards Atsuo.

"I know my way well enough to find a way out of here." Gary replies.

"Don't forget, we still need to get our stolen pokémon back." Miyu reminds him.

"Yeah, I'm really worried about my Bulbasaur…" Atsuo says with a hint of worry.

Miyu suddenly frowns at the sudden memory of her 'beloved' Charmeleon running off to chase after the wild Mankey they encountered earlier.

"Well what're we standing around here for? Let's go and find our pokémon!" Miyu insists.

Gary nods before he heads down the cave and motions Miyu and Atsuo to follow in suit.

'Hopefully wherever Charmeleon is, he's out of harm's way…' Miyu thought.