As soon as the group reached Snowpoint City, Rikki and Andy took Tizzy to the shop to buy sweets while Rina went to the Pokemon Centre to have a private talk with Rowan. Rina had told him about it being Tizzy's 16th tomorrow, and as it was her 16th Rina felt it was important for Tizzy to be with her family in Kanto. Rowan stopped Rina when she began to beg for tickets.

"I'm truly sorry Rina but it is such short notice. I don't have any tickets for the boat ride to Kanto," Rowan said with an apologetic look on his face.

"Oh."

"You could always go to the dock and buy four tickets if there are any left."

"Okay I'll try that. Thanks anyway Professor," Rina said before hanging up.

Rina should have known that getting four tickets to Kanto at such short notice would prove to be difficult. She had money but she didn't think Tizzy would, and it would be Rikki or Andy that ended up buying Tizzy sweets, which meant one of them would also be short on money.

"Pika pi!" Sparky tugged on Rina's hair (fairly hard) and gave her an angry look.

"What is up with you? Ever since we arrived here you've been acting weird," Rina asked, fixing her Pikachu with a concerned look.

(The communication barrier is really annoying. Humans are so forgetful,) Sparky said with a sigh. Sparky jumped onto the floor and pointed towards the door. She then ran out of the Pokemon Centre and headed to the right.

"Wait up!" Rina quickly dropped Staraptor's ball onto the desk and told Nurse Joy she would come back for her later, and then ran out of the Pokemon Centre. Rina looked to her right and saw her Pikachu standing outside the shop. Rina slapped her hand against her forehead when she realised what Sparky was trying to tell her.

"I totally forgot about the Thunderstone!" Rina ran inside the shop and approached the man behind the counter. She gave her name and ID number and he handed her a yellow box that was slightly larger than her hand. Rina thanked him and put the box safely inside her bag. Rina glanced at the other counter and saw her friends paying for whatever they had bought. Rina joined them and once they had paid, the group headed outside.

"Look what Rikki and Andy bought me!" Tizzy showed Rina a bag full of different sweets, unable to contain her excitement. Amongst the fizzy sweets Rina noticed about seven gummy Teddiursa's – her favourite sweet ever. Rina grinned and decided she would pinch a couple when Tizzy wasn't looking. That is if any were left by then.

"So Rina, I guess we are going to go to the boring gym now," Tizzy said, not paying much attention to what she was doing. She grabbed a small handful of sweets and threw them into her mouth. A couple of sweets dropped to the floor and Tizzy gasped.

"FIVE SECOND RULE!" Tizzy quickly picked up the sweets and ate them, not bothering to remove the bits of snow stuck to them. Rikki looked absolutely disgusted.

"Actually, we are going for a boat ride. Tizzy, do you mind going back to the Pokemon Centre and picking up Staraptor for me please?"

"Sure thing Rina!" Rina watched as Tizzy skipped to the Pokemon Centre and when she was sure she was out of ear shot, Rina turned to her other friends.

"We have a major problem."

Rina explained the whole situation as quickly as she could. Once she was finished, the three decided to go ahead to the dock and ask about prices and such. They found out that there were a few tickets left, but they were really pricey.

"If we put our money together we would still only have enough for two and a half tickets!" Andy moaned.

"I have an idea," Rikki said. Rina looked at Rikki nervously: her ideas usually consisted of something illegal or dangerous.

"I don't think this is such a good idea," Rina said while she looked around nervously.

Once the boat was about to leave, Rikki had climbed onto the back of the boat and made herself comfortable in the small storage room where supplies were kept, while her friends also boarded the boat.

Rikki looked at Rina and sighed. "Oh don't be boring! We need to get to Kanto and this is the only way."

"Why are we going to Kanto? Can we visit my family?" Tizzy asked, unable to contain her excitement. Everyone went silent, unable to answer the question.

"No we can't. We have to go to Pallet Town and see Professor Oak!" Andy said quickly. Rina smiled at him great fully. Tizzy looked at the floor sadly and sniffed. Realising she was about to cry, Rikki handed her a small piece of chocolate cake that she had meant to eat ages ago, but had forgotten it was even in her bag. Of course that was enough to please her.

"Give me that now." A boy who looked to be around the age of twelve emerged from behind a particularly big crate. When no one replied he spoke once more.

"I said give me that cake!"

The four friends suddenly burst into laughter at the young boy. He was trying to come across as someone you wouldn't want to mess with but he looked like a younger Andy: thin and weak. He wore big square glasses and had neat ginger hair. Tizzy took a huge bite out of her cake and smiled happily. Angry that he was being ignored, the boy stood up and marched over to Tizzy. He smacked the cake out of her hand and it crumbled as it hit the floor. He then grabbed Tizzy by her wrist and forced her to stand up. His strength surprised Tizzy; he had a firm hold on her arm. Upon instinct, Tizzy kicked the boys shin but he some how ignored the pain. He dragged Tizzy to the door and pressed her against the rail of the boat.

"You should have listened to me. You are going to go for a little swim now," he threatened. Rikki stood up to approach the boy and give him a piece of her mind, but Andy beat her to it. Andy marched over the boy and grabbed the front of his shirt.

"Get your hands off of her," Andy said through gritted teeth. The boy let go of Tizzy and glared at Andy. Andy gulped as he realised what he was doing. Although the boy was a few years younger, Andy knew he was useless at fighting. Andy struggled against the boy as he lashed out and started yelling at Andy to get lost. Andy ducked when the boy swung at him but Tizzy was in the wrong place at the wrong time. The boy's fist connected with Tizzy's arm and she gasped in pain.

"Ouch..." Tizzy's eyes filled with tears and she threw her head back to face the sky and started sobbing uncontrollably. Not wanting anyone to hear her, Rina dragged Tizzy back in the storage room and shut her up by giving her the remaining sweets. Anger flared in Andy's eyes. He shoved the boy as hard as he could and the boy flipped over the railings and into the sea.

"I didn't mean to do that!" Andy said in despair. He thought about helping the boy but he had already released an Azumarill. By the time he regained his composure, the boat was already picking up speed and the boy was left behind. Andy went back into the storage room and noticed Tizzy had already gotten over her aching arm. Rikki stared at him in awe.

"I will never make fun of you again Andy..."

Four hours had passed since they boarded the boat and the boat was coming to a stop. Rina poked her head out of the door and yelped when she came across the captain looking down at her. Rina grinned sheepishly and waved at him. Within minutes, the four had been chucked off of the boat for not having tickets.

"Where are we?" Rina asked as she looked at the surroundings.

"We are in Vermilion City!" Tizzy replied.

"So how far is it from here to Pewter?" Rina asked Tizzy.

"It's quite far actually. I thought we had to go and see Professor Oak?"

"We decided you should see your family first," Rikki told her.

"Yay! I'll lead the way! Come on troops!"

It took the group longer then it should take to get through Route 6 and through Saffron because there were so many trainers hanging around wanting to battle. The Pokemon around these parts were unfamiliar to Rina but Andy and Tizzy had identified each one. The trainers mainly had Pidgey, Rattata, Meowth and Zubat. When they had reached Saffron City the group hadn't stopped for a rest as they were eager to get to Pewter City for tomorrow morning. It took another half an hour of walking to reach Cerulean City and by that time it was already 7:30pm.

"We should stay here for the night and leave early tomorrow. There is a hotel we could try and stay in," Andy suggested. Everyone agreed with his plan and followed Andy to a small run down hotel.

The inside of the hotel looked fairly better than the outside. They decided to get one room between them with two sets of bunk beds. Rina flopped down onto the bed and Sparky lay down beside her.

"So tired..."

"We're going down to the canteen to get some food. Do you want us to bring you something?" Andy asked. Rina nodded and when her friends had left the room, she forced herself to get up and change into her pyjamas. Once she was changed, Rina decided to take a nap.

Rina yawned and sat up and looked at the clock. Her friends had been gone for nearly an hour and they still hadn't returned. Rina shook Sparky and told her she was going to look for the others. Rina put on her slippers and quickly brushed her hair. She didn't care if she wasn't dressed in her normal clothes; she was too hungry to even bother about looking normal. Rina jumped when she heard someone pounding on the door. She opened the door and recognised the man standing there looking angry as the hotel owner. Her three missing friends were standing behind the owner looking guilty. Rina frowned when she saw Tizzy covered in various foods.

"I want you and your friends out of my hotel in two minutes! Grab your stuff and leave!"

"Why?"

"Why? WHY? I'll tell you why! Your blonde rebel friend was caught stealing money and supplies from behind my desk. As for your odd friend here, she was wrecking havoc down stairs with her hungry Snorlax. They were raiding the canteen and didn't leave any food for the others! And the boy was with them and you are with them so you all have to leave!" With that, the man stormed off in a huff. Rina grabbed her bag and glared at her friends.

After leaving the hotel the group walked to the Pokemon Centre but it was completely full. It was getting dark and the group knew they would have to sleep outside. The only problem was they didn't have sleeping bags. The city was pretty much empty so finding a free bench wasn't hard. Two benches sat facing each other on the outskirts of the city. Rina lay down on one bench with Sparky and said the other three would have to share one bench.

"That's hardly fair Rina," Rikki said angrily.

"You want to talk to me about fair? The reason why we have no where to sleep is all because you and Tizzy were being stupid," Rina fought back.

"Well we did apologise! And Andy didn't do anything so why should he suffer any more than you?"

"You know what? You're right Rikki. Andy can share my bench!" Andy jumped up and joined Rina on her bench.

"Now who's being stupid? You've just given Tizzy and I more room!"

"Oh? It looks like Tizzy is already asleep. Did you know she likes to stretch out?" Rina grinned as Rikki looked down at the energetic girl and saw she was taking up the whole bench. The only space left was the spot where Rikki was sitting. Rikki groaned.

"Have a nice sleep Rikki!" Rina said in a mocking tone.

The next morning the friends awoke earlier than they would usually because they were sleeping outside and didn't want too many people to see them. None of them had managed to get a good nights sleep and it was obvious because of the way they looked. Rikki's hair was sticking out all over the place and she had an angry expression on her face. Rina blushed when she realised she was still in her pyjamas and she was forced to hide behind some bushes while she changed.

They were running low on food and supplies but the only shop in the city was still closed and so it was decided they would have to use their remaining supplies sparingly until they reached another shop.

Once they had left Cerulean, the four trainers headed west and after a short walk, reached a cave called Mt Moon. The last cave adventure through a cave ended badly and because of this, no one wanted to go through this cave even though Terry definitely wouldn't be in it. Andy informed then that the only way to Pewter was through this cave and after much hesitation; Rikki was forced to release Tubby and order him to carry Tizzy through the cave because she was being difficult.

Mt Moon was less eerie compared to Mt Coronet so after a while Tubby let Tizzy down. Several rookie trainers with Pokemon under level 20 challenged the group but Tubby had wiped them all out with his Hyper Beam attack. Half way through the cave the group stopped to take a rest.

By the time they had gotten out of the cave it was nearing 9:00am but they still had a thirty minute walk ahead of them before they reached Pewter City. Tizzy's friends could only hope that they would reach Tizzy's house soon.

A/N: Quick note just to say that I've been on holiday so that's why I haven't updated. I'm going to ANOTHER holiday tomorrow so I just wanted to get a chapter up. I'm off to get ready for a wedding reception now! Next chapter will be Tizzy's birthday.

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