"Hows your ankle? Ash asked Misty as they walked,
"Oh its fine I think Brocks taping job has really helped it, and you have too," Misty replied since Ash had been letting her lean on him for the past hour or so.
"When we stop Misty, you should take the tape off and stretch it a bit, should be fine by the morning," Brock said, adding his opinion from the front of the group.
"Should we stop here for the night?" Ash asked Brock and the others as they reached a flat section of grass situated within the trees on the right hand side of the track.
"I don't see why not," Misty said as they moved to the side of the track.
"I don't care as long as we are stopping for a long time," Gary said mainly to himself, collapsing onto the soft grass.
Krystal laughed, "I'm fine with here," she said sitting down beside Gary, Misty taking a seat on her other side with Ash.
"Alright, its settled then, we'll camp here tonight, Ash and Gary you can go and collect fire wood for my cooking fire while the girls rest for awhile," Brock said chuckling.
"Just great," Gary mumbled under his breath, he had only just sat down and now they were making him do more work. Misty and Krystal laughed at Gary's attitude before moving to help prepare food with Brock while Pikachu, Togepi and Eevee ate some of brocks Pokemon food.
Dinner that night was simple but delicious as they sat in a small circle around Ash's Cyndaquil and Krystal's Flareon, having decided to let the cooking fire burn out as it saved someone having to get up and search for wood. "Sunsets pretty isn't it?" Ash commented looking out through the trees at the pink and orange sky.
"It's beautiful," Misty said in a state of aw.
"It's a pity about the approaching storm though," Brock said indicating to the dark clouds through the forests trees on what of the horizon they could see.
"Its not going to hit tonight is it?" Misty asked hopefully.
"No, judging by the wind it probably won't reach us maybe even until tomorrow night" Brock said lying down. "My suggestion is that we sleep now, wake up maybe an hour or so earlier and set off then, that way we'll have plenty of time to find shelter at the waterfalls," was Brocks final words of wisdom the group heard that night.
"I think Brock's got the right idea," Ash said stretching out on the grass, "anyway hiking is always a lot easier after a good nights sleep," he added while Misty lay down beside him.
"Yeh, well good night Ash, goodnight Brock, good night Krystal," Misty said.
"Good night you three," Krystal replied standing up and walking with her Flareon to the tree Gary had almost fallen asleep under.
"Hey, still not asleep?" she asked Gary as she sat down beside him.
"No couldn't sleep just yet even though I need it," Gary replied softly.
"Well you should get some while you can, Brock said we'll be leaving earlier tomorrow," Krystal replied.
"Oh, not another early morning!" Gary groaned leaning his head against her shoulder.
"Sleep now Gary, that way you'll have more energy by the time morning comes.
"Yeh your right" he said, folding his arms behind his head and lying down so his head was in her lap, "please wake me in the morning, and thanks for everything" he said closing his eyes.
"Oh isn't that sweet," Misty said in a dreamy whisper.
"Yeh I guess, if that's what you want to call it," Ash replied,
"Well, goodnight Ash," Misty said softly closing her eyes once more.
"Yeh, goodnight Misty," Ash replied.
"Meowth I'm tired, I'm hungry and its cold can we stop now?" Jesse asked as they walked through the darkening forest trees along the track.
"Jesse has a point Meowth and I can barely see my hand in front of my face…Ow!
"What is it James?" Jesse and Mewoth asked in unison
"I hit a tree!" James exclaimed
"Alright Meowth we stop here, I am far to pretty to risk walking into a tree!" Jesse said, however the glint of Meowths claws in what little moonlight managed to filter through the trees shut her up.
"Just think about it like this if we stop now the twerps are going to get further and further a head of us and eventually they'll get so far ahead of us that we lose them, do you know what happens then?" Meowth asked
"…"
"If we lose the twerps we lose Pikachu and the Eevee evolutions, If we lose Pikachu and the Eevee evolutions we lose our reward! No promotion no diamonds!" he told them.
"If you put it like that what are we waiting for?" Jesse said quickly standing up, James followed suite.