There. A new chapter. Oh, and Ho-oh was supposed to be Zapdos. Sorry!

Disclaimer: -tries to get out door with a small bundle-

lawyers: hey! get back here with that Eevee!

NO SHE'S MINE!

lawyers: you don't own Pokemon, so she's not yours

-stops and contemplates that- Grr... I hate you lawyers, you DO know that, right?

I closed my cell phone just as Misty came back. I motioned for her to sit on a log. I sat down next to her.

"How about we get to know each other better? I mean, we'll be fellow Gym Leaders soon. So..." I said.

"Sure. Let me start with my full name. I'm Misty Kasumi Waterflower. You?" Misty said.

"Megan Hilleary Psysis. I have a little brother. I'm the oldest of two."

"Three older sisters. Youngest of four."

"This is kinda a personal question, but... You have our eye on anybody?"

"Um... two people, actually."

"Who?"

"...Ash and..."

"And?"

"...Lance Knighte... I only saw him once or twice at Leader Meetings and parties, but let me tell you, he is FINE." Misty blushed. "But I don't have a chance... He's always with another girl..."

"I think I know who the girl is."

"Who? Do you know?"

"Me! That's MY fine man."

"No way!"

"Yes way! Now, next question. Who's your favorite Gym Leader other than your sisters?"

"I'd have to say Sabrina. Other than the turning me into a doll thing, she's ok."

"She's my cousin. Wait... She turned you into a doll?!" I pretended to be surprised. Uh, right, that was ONLY my favorite episode!

"Yeah, but Ash was able to save us."

"Ok. My favorite other than Sabby is Clair."

"Dragon Girl?" Misty asked.

"Lance's sister?" I asked back.

"How about we get moving?" Misty asked after a moment of silence between us.

"Sure. Hey, where's that stream you found?" I said.

"A little ways west. Why?"

"Care to go swimming? I wanna swim and see if I can't catch a few more Pokémon. Preferably a Staryu or a Psyduck, maybe."

"Ok. Let's go." Misty said, ignoring the Pokémon comment for now. I called Kaze to come with us and followed Misty to the stream. Mew came too. I gasped at the sight. There was a crystal clear stream emptying into a calm, clean pool. In the pool, I could see various Water Pokémon.

"Wow..." I whispered. Misty went behind a bush and came back out in a light blue bikini lined in dark blue. I went behind the bush and changed into a suit almost exactly like hers but it was lavender and purple and was a one- piece.

I came out of the bush to find that Shinrai was already in the water with Misty. They seemed to have made some friends with some of the Pokémon in the pool, especially Misty.

"Ch, figures that the Water Girl makes friends with the Water-types around here." I muttered. I put my stuff down and jumped into the water. The water was refreshing. It amazed me because the show never actually SHOWED that Misty was this good with Water-Types. I surfaced and remembered why I wanted to come here. What was the point of being on a journey if you didn't catch anything? I grabbed two PokéBalls (one was blue, one was like a golden color) and I dove back under the water.

The pool was deeper than it looked. The water was crystal clear and it didn't sting my eyes like water usually does. I touched the bottom lightly and floated there for all of a second. My hair floated around me and got in my way. I pushed it away, annoyed at it. Then I pushed on a rock. I sensed a Pokémon close by. The rock moved and out popped a Poliwag.

"Yes!" I cried. It came out like a "Yesh!" The Poliwag tried to swim away but I threw a ball at it (and it happened to be the blue one). The ball flew surprisingly fast for being underwater. This seemed to surprise the Poliwag as well as me because the ball hit. It fell to the bottom of the pool. It shook once...twice...

'C'mon, I need AIR! Hurry UP!' I thought desperately as my lungs started to burn. DING. It stopped and stayed still. I grabbed it and hauled myself to the surface.

"HA! I CAUGHT A POLIWAG!" I yelled to Misty when I caught my breath again. I waved around my PokéBall. "AND POLIWAGS CAN LEARN PSYCIC!" I swam over to shore and set down the PokéBall. "Be right back." I dove under the water again.

'Staryu, c'mon, I want a Staryu!' I thought. I felt a strong presence but ignored it in favor of my search. In a moment, I'd wish I hadn't.

"I believe there's one under that rock." A voice next to me said. I jumped but kept my mouth closed. I looked over. Lugia!

'Don't scare me like that! ESPECIALLY if I'm underwater!' I thought. 'I'm human, I need AIR. I CANNOT inhale water like I think you can.' I started to swim to the surface to breathe again when Lugia lifted me onto his neck. He brought me up to the surface faster and I took a deep breath.

"LUGIA?! I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT IS, MEGAN PSYSIS, BUT SOMETHING ABOUT YOU ATTRACTS LEGENDARY POKEMON, AND I WANT TO KNOW WHAT!" Misty screeched from the shore. I winced from her voice level and I think Shinrai did too.

"This girl is under our protection. One of us follows her all the time." Lugia said as if that explained everything. Yeah. Right. He carried me to shore.

"Hey, Lugia, since you're here... Could you fly us to Cerulean? It would be quicker than if we went through Mount Moon." I asked.

"Very well. Be ready to leave in ten minutes." Lugia responded.

"Thank you so much." I climbed out of the water and slipped on my shorts and shoes. I put on my PokéBall belt and attached Shinrai's, Kaze's, and my new Poliwag's PokéBalls to it. I stuffed my other clothes into my bag and slipped my glasses back onto my face. I clipped my PokéGear onto my belt and was ready to go. Shinrai and Kaze went into their PokéBalls.

Lugia lowered his neck so Misty and I could get on. Lugia flapped his huge wings and we were in the sky. I held onto his neck for my life. Sure, I'd always wondered what this had felt like, but I also remembered that I was afraid of large heights. For all that Lugia looked sleek and shiny; he was really soft and feathery. I gripped a few feathers, trying to be careful not to pull any out. Below us, I could see the entire route we were on.

"Wow..." I breathed. The view was beautiful! We passed over Mount Moon in the space of two minutes. I was able to see Route 4 after that. On the route was a lone figure, apparently running to get to Cerulean. It took me all of three seconds to figure out who it was.

"WAHOO! BET THIS NEVER HAPPENED TO YOU ALEX!" I yelled. The figure looked up and I could just barely hear what she said.

"CAN I GET A RIDE?!" she yelled to us. I carefully leaned down to Lugia's head.

"Can you go lower so my friend can get on? She's heading to Cerulean too." I asked.

"Very well. Since she is your friend." Lugia said. He went low enough so that I could catch Alex's arm and pull her onboard.

"Thanks, Lugia!" Alex said. "Dude, this is great!" We got to Cerulean City way too quickly. Lugia landed just outside the city and let us get off.

"Thank you so much. See ya tomorrow!" I said. Lugia nodded and flew off.

"That...was...so...COOL!" Alex said after a second.

"Now I know how Ash felt that one time..." Misty murmured. I, meanwhile, was doing my victory dance.

"Uh huh, oh yeah, my guardian's the best, uh huh, yep, yep, oh yeah, don't I know it, uh huh!" Misty looked at me strangely and Alex just looked at me.

"You can stop now." She said after a minute. I stopped and blushed.

"Hey, how about we have a battle? Misty can ref since we're rookies." I said suddenly.

"Yeah! Two on two?" Alex said.

"Done! How about it, Misty? Please?"

"Ah, fine." She gave in. We found a field and Alex and I took opposite sides. "This will be a two no two battle between Megan of Saffron and Alex of Vermillion. Choose your Pokémon!" Misty called.

"Go, Kaminari!" Alex yelled, throwing a light yellow PokéBall to the ground. A small Pichu appeared.

"Pichu? Pi, pi?" it said.

"Yes, Kaminari, you have to battle." Alex replied.

"Ch. Go, Kaze!" I released my Butterfree. Shinrai glares at me for choosing the Butterfree again. "You're next, chill." I said to her. Adrenaline rush!

"Begin!" Misty yelled.

"Kaminari, use Thundershock!"

"Ah! Kaze, dodge, dodge!"

"Kaminari, Agility!"

"Kaze, slow it down with a String Shot!" Kaze shot the sticky fluid at Kaminari. The Pichu was stuck in the string. "Now, Kaze. Confusion!"

"Kaminari, Quick Attack!" The Pichu went in for the attack and hit the Butterfree just as the Confusion finished charging. I gasped. The Confusion exploded with both Pokémon at the center. They both fell to the ground.

"No, Kaze!"

"Kaminari! Try to get back up!"

"You too, Kaze!" Both tried to keep fighting, but neither could get up. It was a Double KO.

"Both Pokémon are unable to battle! This round is a draw!" I ran out to the field and picked up Kaze.

"You did very well, Kaze. You rest now." I said quietly as I took out Kaze's green PokéBall.

"Thank you, Megan. I wanted to make you proud." Kaze murmured.

"You did, Kaze. Take a long rest." I tapped her with it and she disappeared. I could faintly hear Kaminari murmuring to Alex as well.

"Trainers, choose your last Pokémon!" Misty yelled. Alex took out a dark yellow ball. It had to be Kitsune. She threw the ball.

"Go, Kit!"

"Shinrai, go!"

"Begin!" I took my PokéDex from my pocket.

"List Eevee's attacks."

"Sand attack, Tackle, Growl, Bite, Scratch, Quick Attack."

"Shin, Sand Attack!"

"Kit, Scratch!" Shinrai kicked sand into Kitsune's face. The other Eevee stopped and stumbled. Then he remembered his order and lunged in for the attack. He missed.

"Good, Shin! Now, use Bite attack!"

"Kit, move out of the way!" Alex yelled, but it was no use. Shinrai planted a solid Bite on Kitsune's right shoulder.

"Now, Shinrai—"

"Kitsune—"

"Quick Attack!" we ordered at the same time. Both Eevees ran at each other. THUD. Their heads hit together at the same time. Alex and I winced from our sides. They both fell to the ground. I could tell right away that they were both Critical Hits.

"Shin! C'mon, try to get up!"

"Kitsune! Please, get up!" Both Eevees tried to get up. One was able to get up and the other fell to the ground again.

"The winner of the battle is Megan of Saffron!" Misty shouted. Once again, I began my victory dance.

"We did it, we did it, uh huh, uh huh, oh yeah, oh yeah, we rock, we rock!" I went and picked up Shinrai. Alex walked up to me.

"I guess you just trained your Pokémon better than I did. Great battle." She said.

"Hey, you gave me a run for my money. Hell, I almost lost to you." I said.

'You don't know how close it was...'

"Can we get to Cerulean now?! I kinda want to sleep in my own bed for once!" Misty cut in.

"Yeah, yeah, let's go. We have to check into the Pokémon Center anyway." Alex said. I stared.

"That's the first sane thing I've ever heard you say that actually made sense! Has Training Pokémon changed you that much!?" I said dramatically. Alex laughed.

"Nah, I'm just hungry. C'mon let's go." We started to run after Misty. She was far ahead of us now.

"So, what did you do after we talked?"

"I looked around for a Meowth or Rattata because I heard that they could learn Electric moves and I was running to where I heard they were when you picked me up."

"Literally."

"Yeah." Alex and I ran all the way to the Pokémon Center. Stopping to catch our breath, I saw something I didn't notice before. The bike shop had a 'Going Out Of Business, Free Bikes' sign on it. I poked Alex and motioned to the sign.

"Bike?" I asked.

"Defiantly." She replied.

"Let's get one." We ran into the shop. All around us were bikes in all colors and styles.

"Ah, you two wanted free bikes, right?" the owner said.

"Oh! Um... Yes, we did. Do you have any all-terrain bikes?" I asked.

"Yes, and you are lucky. I only have two left."

"What colors?"

"Dark blue with lightning bolts and misty silver on lavender."

"Those will be perfect! Thank you so much!" The owner wheeled out the bikes. He gave them to us.

"Take care of those now!"

"We will!" I looked at my bike until I saw a small button on it. The button looked like a minimize button on a PokéBall. Curious, I pushed it.

Poof!

My bike shrunk down about a hundred times. Startled, I jumped back.

"Is it supposed to do that?!" I yelped.

"I think so..." Alex murmured.

"Let's get to the Center."

"Good idea." I tucked my bike into a pocket in my bag and followed Alex.

Himura-chan: Dude! you're like EVERYWHERE! you won't come in untill about Vermilion City, so I'll give you the Cascade Badge too, kay? Give me a narrower type perferance and how about Pokemon who all can learn at least one of the same moves? You can still have Vulpix, but how about having Fire or Dark types as your team? Sorry, but that's how I'm trying to do it. All of mine can learn Psychic, Al's can all learn Thunderbolt, etc. One last thing, sorry. Um... what was it... Oh, I remember now! Um, ah... Oh, right! Give me the specialty moves of you're Pokemon, like Shin's specialties at the end will be Shadow Ball and Call of the Siren, Kaze's will be Gust, Hoshi's will be Swift, Umi's will be Surf... Not giving away the others, but you get the picture. I know it's a lot, but bare with me, I need it to make this all work.

To everyone else: Thanx for all your wonderful reviews! For being so nice to me, I have a small spoiler for you! This scene isn't even out on paper yet, so enjoy it!

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Fuschia City Gym:

"Go, Venomoth!"

"Stay out there, Shin!"

"Venomoth, use Toxic!"

"Shinrai, use Protect!" The shimmering barrier surrounded the Espeon for the second time that day. "Good! Now use Psychic!" The barrier dropped for a second to allow the rainbow-colored beam to pass through. The beam hit the poison Bug and it fell. It tried to get back up, but it failed.

"Venomoth is unable to battle, Espeon is the winner and this match goes to Megan of Saffron!" I jumped for joy. I had one my sixth Pokemon League Badge! After collecting the Soul Badge from Janine, Lance swept me into his arms. He was smiling like there was no tomorrow. Then he did the one thing that I had always wanted him to do.

He kissed me.