"Are you alright Misty?" Ash asked sitting down beside Misty as soon as Brock had finished taping her ankle.
"Yeh I should be fine, after all it's not broken," she said going to stand back up, but Brock shook his head.
"You should rest for while, we all should," he said also sitting down.
"Yeh I think we all need a bit of a rest, how about this we wait for awhile until Krystal gets back with Gary, then we can head off, we still have most of the afternoon," Ash said leaning against a tree that was growing beside the forest track.

Gary felt someone licking his face, opening his eyes he saw an Eevee sitting in his lap looking up at him. He slowly had moved off the main track, preferring to sleep in the shade of the trees then try to hike up the hill again. "What are you doing here? Shouldn't you be with Krystal and the others?" he asked Eevee.
"Preeeve," It said jumping off him and looking back up the track. "Ve Vee!" it called out,

"There you are!" Krystal called out running the rest of the way down the track. "I was begging to worry," she said as she reached Gary who went to stand up.
"Don't worry you don't have to get up just yet, Misty has bruised her ankle, she, Ash and Brock are having a break a couple of meters up the track, plus I could use a break," She told him with a sigh.
"Thanks for coming back," Gary said, he still needed a bit more rest though he would rather just sleep the rest of the after noon away.
"Why didn't you say you needed a rest? I thought you had gotten lost or something," She said sitting down beside him.
"By the time I had the energy to say something you were to far ahead, sorry for worrying you," he said looking straight ahead.
"Don't be, it didn't take to long to find you, thanks to Eevee," She said as she scratched Eevee, who had positioned herself in Gary's lap, behind the ears though it wasn't long until she was standing up once more.

"We should get going, there's still a lot of light left in the afternoon and we shouldn't leave the others waiting for us," she said, offering her hand to him.
"Thanks," he said taking her hand and standing up though holding onto her arm to steady himself.
"Next time your tired say something,"she said smiling at him as Eevee lead the way back up the track, they followed her at a slow casual pace; each was in no real hurry.

"Here they come," Ash said looking back down the forest track at the two approaching figures as he stood up before helping Misty up.
"Really, where?" Misty asked leaning on Ash, "o I can see them, Hey you guys!" she called out waving at them with her free hand.
"Hey Misty, are you alright now?" Krystal asked as she and Gary reached the others.
"Should be fine, Brock taped up my ankle so it wouldn't hurt as much," she told them smiling lightly.
"You four ready? I think we've got another hour or two of true daylight left" Brock called back to them, he had already started along the track.
"We're coming, but you're going to have to slow down the pace a bit," Ash told Brock, indicating to Misty's ankle.
"O yeh, we'll take the rest of the afternoon easy then, anyway I think we're a bit ahead on our timing after how fast we went this morning," Brock said resuming casually walking along the track. Ash followed him slowly, Misty leaning on his shoulder for support.

"Coming?" Krystal asked tugging on Gary's arm.
"Huh, oh, yeh I'm coming," he said smiling at her, happy for the easier pace.
"Good, come Eevee!," Krystal called out as Eevee bounded over from the bush she was investigating, joining them on the track.

"Look there they are!" Meowth said watching the group of five retreating up the hill along the track the rent through the forest.
"Who cares," Jesse said dropping to the floor,
"Yeh, I don't see why we couldn't of stop at the Pokemon Centre and got some food" James added.
"That's because you two were too slow!" Meowth said, "now...MORE WALKING AND LESS TALKING!" he shouted at them until they were up and marching along the track.

The rest of the afternoons hike seemed more enjoyable for all five of the travellers, mainly Gary who wasn't as exhausted, even Misty was enjoying it despite her bruised ankle.
"Its so beautiful, and I think we're getting close I can hear the sound of running water," Misty quietly told Ash so as not to disturb the peaceful feeling the forest scenery brought her.
"Yeh it is beautiful," Ash whispered back
"Pi pika chu,"
"Ha ha, I think Pikachu agrees with you as well," Ash said quietly watching Pikachu who was walking ahead of him and Misty