Early the next morning, Serenity woke up only a few minutes after her best friend.

"Mornin', Gary." She yawned and stretched a little. "This has got to be the earliest I've gotten up in years."

"Why's that?"

"It's because of the stupid disguise."

"Oh. That makes a little sense." Serenity pulled out an apple and started to eat it. Gary rolled his eyes a little.

"I don't think I'll ever get used to you pulling stuff out of nowhere." She pulled a second apple out of nowhere.

"Think fast!" Gary jumped a little, but caught the attacking apple before it hit him.

"That was cruel."

"Whoever said I was nice?"

"Definitely not me." At that moment, Serenity perked up a little, after hearing a strange noise from a spot in the forest up ahead. Gary looked at her strangely.

"Do you hear something?" She nodded.

"Yep. I guess it's good to have super-sensitive hearing." She took off, with Gary following after her.

When they reached the clearing, Gary glared at his nemesis. Serenity just smirked at the fact that Team Rocket was getting their butts kicked by the teens, who were probably no older than Gary. She stepped into the clearing.

"Yoo-hoo! 'Member me?" James started drooling at the sight of her again. Jessie sighed angrily, before knocking him over.

"Hey! What was that for?!" While the two argued, Serenity pulled out a different Pokeball.

"Ninetails! Go!" The trio froze (fortunately, they had a fire Pokemon to help thaw them out ^_^o), just before being attacked. "Ember!" After that attack, the small Picachu that the other boy had shocked them, and Team Rocket disappeared into the sky.

"I'm really hoping to come across some enemy much stronger than those jokes." Gary mock glared at her.

"You're never going to let me fight the looser bad guys, correct?" Serenity grinned.

"Not in a million years. You should get used to it." The three teenagers from earlier were watching the two argue with something akin to amazement. The black haired boy dared to step forward.

"Uh…Gary? Why are you acting like a kid?" Serenity smirked.

"'Cause he is!" The boy sweatdropped. Gary answered truthfully.

"It's Renity's fault. She's the one who started the argument."

"Whatever. By the way, I'm Serenity. Gary's my best friend!" That came as a slight shock to the trio, as Gary seemed to have no friends. The only female of the three spoke up.

"Uh…no offense, but Gary doesn't seem like the type to have friends, much less a female friend."

"None taken." Suddenly, a roar was heard. Serenity Groaned. "Let me guess. There's a really big youma behind me, with sharp teeth and pointy claws." She nodded, slightly immobile. Serenity turned around. The youma was seriously butt-ugly. She rolled her eyes.

"The enemy is really getting pathetic. I mean, this is what I'm up against?" She pulled a sword out from thin air. Gary eyed it.

"Where'd you get that?"

"Somewhere." She dodged an attempt to decapitate her, and struck back. One arm, belonging to the monster, of course, was now gone. Black and green junk oozed out, and some got on the princess.

"Ewww…" She then flipped over it, and jumped on its back. In a matter of seconds, the sword was sticking through its neck. That's when she realized something. Didn't most defeated youma turn to dust. Just that began to happen. She shrieked, and fell about 15 feet to the ground. Gary raced over.

"Are you alright 'Renity?" She groaned a little, and sat up.

"Of course I am. I'm still alive, right?"

"I think so." Serenity looked at the boy with the Picachu, and thought something over, before whispering something in Gary's ear. Serenity pointed to something behind the three.

"What's that?!" Naturally, they turned to look, but they saw nothing. When they turned around again, Gary and Serenity had disappeared.

~~*~~

Exactly four hours later, thanks to some help from Serenity, the two had reached Pallet town. The innocent bystanders jumped out of the way as the two blurs raced down the street. They suddenly stopped as a fast food joint came into place.

"Do you think it's about time for lunch?"

"Who cares about the time. I'm hungry." They walked inside the air-conditioned place, and sat down to wait for the waiter/waitress. When she did come over, Serenity ordered a large hamburger with fries and a coke, and Gary ordered the same, just with Pepsi instead.

"Mmm…real food."

"What's that supposed to mean?"

"This is better than anything I ever ate while looking for Pokemon."

"Probably. No offense, but your cooking stinks."

"At least it's better than yours." Serenity stuck her tongue out at her best friend.

"That's not very nice."

"Am I trying to be?" She threw a french fry at him. It turned out to be a particularly greasy one, and it went 'splat' when it hit Gary. She giggled, while he scowled.

"Now you're being evil." She ignored him, and continued on eating her burger.

A few minutes later, they were both finished. Serenity paid the bill, and they left to Professor Oak's home. Yet again, they raced up to the front door. But Gary had been unable to stop in time, and crashed into the door. The same thing happened to Serenity, so she happened to hit the door right after him. And at that exact moment, Prof. Oak opened the door, making the two fall on the floor. Serenity noticed their position, and jumped up.

"Sorry!" She helped him up. After that, Prof. Oak greeted them.

"Welcome back, Serenity. You too, Gary."

"Hi Grandpa." Just then, a large Muck trudged into the hallway and glomped the professor. Gary snickered silently, while Serenity raised an eyebrow. It then decided to go after Gary.

"Aack! Get this thing off of me!"

"Sorry, but nope. It's entertaining to see you attacked by a Pokemon."

"Muck tends to do that a lot. I really feel sorry for most of the visitors I get, if Muck is around."

"I see why." Gary succeeded in shoving the thing off of him. It decided to go lurk the hallways instead of bugging Serenity, which she was grateful for. Prof. Oak then left somewhere, leaving the two in the hallway.

"So…what do you wanna do?" Gary shrugged, but then thought of something.

"I remember a lake not too far from here. It is pretty hot today…" Serenity grinned.

"Perfect! I'll go find my old room and change." She raced off, leaving Gary alone in the hall. He also went to find his room.

~~*~~

Serenity ran out the door and saw Gary waiting outside for her. He didn't see her, though. She crept up silently, and struck. He almost fell over when she jumped on his back.

"Hi Gary!"

"What was that for?"

"I was bored. Now where's the lake?" She followed him as he led the way. Soon, the two found a large lake. To make it better, the lake was crystal clear, showing a few fish of all sizes swimming around. Serenity ran over to the edge.

"Sugoi! Look at all the fish!" Gary peeked in.

"I wonder if they bite."

"I would hope not." She jumped in the semi-cool water and splashed Gary. He dodged, and did the same thing back. This went of for awhile. Finally, Serenity decided to just swim. But when she started to float on her back, Gary started thinking up a plan (uh-oh…). It would only be fair payback for the greasy fry. He slowly swam over. Serenity, completely relaxed, didn't notice until it was too late. She popped one eye open, shrieked, and was dunked underwater. But the tides turned on Gary. She grabbed him, and stood on his back so he was stuck underwater. Being as light as she was, that only kept him under for a few moments. Gary popped up, launching her into the water.

"Hey!" There was a splash as she landed. "That was hidoi." He smirked.

"Too bad for you." She continued to swim, staying as far away from Gary as possible.

A few hours later, after three water fights and one dunking battle, they decided to leave the lake. It was getting slightly cold, as early as it was in the afternoon. They chatted on the way back about various things, and Serenity had one rather small stick thrown at her. But that was enough to set her off slightly. All in all, they got back unharmed.