And so, I am back. Time to get back into business. I'm having a little trouble writing this right now, so the beginning might be a little iffy.

-Kouji Tamino

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When we last left our heroes, they became reacquainted with a few old friends. May showed up as well, bringing along her friend, Brendan. After being assigned to go to the Sevii Islands, Ash and the others set of on a journey to Bill's, to go get more passes so everyone could travel there. And so, a new journey has begun…

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A Series of Events… Episode 4: Arrival at Bill's!

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After days of traveling, the group finally arrived in Cerulean City. According to Gary, Bill had a small cottage right outside the city. Misty groaned in slight annoyance. "Daamn, I just realized something…" Misty whined.

"What is it, Misty?" May asked, giving her a concerned look.

"There's no one watching the gym…" she explained, falling to her knees. "I was originally only planning to go to Pallet for a few hours, then ask Ash to fly me back… But the gym has been left unattended for several days now… And there's no one I know who can watch it while I'm gone!"

"Oh, what a shame!" May shouted, in false sympathy. "I guess that we'll have to leave without you!" Deep down, she was actually a bit happy to be rid of the only girl in the group. She really did feel sorry that Misty didn't come, but if it meant being alone on some sunny beach with Ash…

"Sorry, Mist…" Ash said sadly. "Tell you what, we'll all walk you over to the gym at least…"

Brock gave a thumbs up, nodding. "Tell you what, I'll try and bring you back a souvenir…"

"Thanks, guys…" Misty looked to the ground with a disappointed look on her face.

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As Misty took out her key, she gasped. "Hey, wait, the doors open?… BWAH!" she screamed, freezing as her older sister Lily answered the door. "L-l-l-lily! How nice to--"

"Don't get friendly with me, you little shit!" the redhead screamed angrily, wearing her usual outfit. "What the hell were you thinking, like, leaving the gym alone for so long!"

"I… I'm sorry…" Misty said softly, bowing quickly. "I was only going to be gone for an hour, but things came up and--"

"Don't make excuses!" she growled, grabbing her by the collar and starting to drag her inside. "Daisy and Violet are out shopping, so I'll, like, have to punish you myself! You're going to have to clean the gym, pay the bills, and cook for us for half a year!"

"I don't have to listen to you!" Misty shouted, yanking her self away. "I'm not a child anymore! I only watched the gym as a favor, so you should be grateful! Now excuse me, I have somewhere to go with my friends!"

"You little runt!" Lily screamed, raising her hand for a slap. "Don't you dare talk to me like that! You ugly little--"

"Hey, back off!" Ash shouted angrily, grabbing her arm. "…You old hag!"

"What… did you just call me?" Lily asked, in complete disbelief.

The black haired man from Pallet smirked. "Yeah, you heard me!" Letting go of her arm, he crossed his arms. "You may be pretty on the outside, but your personality is ugly as hell!"

Lily pouted furiously. "Why you…"

"Lily, are you like, being a total über-bitch again?" Misty's sister Violet asked jokingly, walking up behind the group. "Please forgive her, she's totally having 'that-time-of-the-month' again…" She giggled as her second youngest sister walked back inside, grumbling. Carrying bags of clothes and shoes, she raised an eyebrow as Brock ran up to her and got on his knees. "Oh, um… Hi there…"

"Please, Miss!" Brock begged, hands together. "Allow me to carry your bags for you! They looks quite heavy!"

"Oh, um…" the blue haired woman began, blinking rapidly. "Thank you…" She handed him the bags and watched as he walked into the gym. The woman then looked over to Ash and began walking towards him. "Ooh, and who's this handsome young man who just told off Lily?" she asked, stroking his face. "A boyfriend of yours, Misty?"

"Back off, missy!" May and Misty shouted, simultaneously. "And… He's not my boyfriend, damn it!" Misty quickly added, blushing heavily at her sudden outburst.

Brendan sighed sadly, shaking his head as he sat on the ground with his head resting on his knees. "Once again, completely disregard my feelings…"

"My my, you seem to be quite popular with the ladies…" Violet said teasingly.

"Damn you, Ash!" Brock cried, walking back outside after putting the bags on the floor. "Girls practically throw themselves at you!" Running towards the younger man, he grabbed him by the collar in hysterics. "Do you even care, you bastard!"

"Um…" Ash said nervously, once again oblivious. "…Sorry?"

Misty sighed as she watched them, then turned back to her second oldest sister. "Er, we're in a bit of a hurry, so--"

"Say no more, I understand completely…" Violet interrupted, waving her hand. Winking, she continued. "I'll tell Daisy you said hello!"

"Misty, your sister's name is Daisy too?" May asked, a bit confused.

"Yep…" Misty replied. "Although ironically", Misty whispered to the younger girl, "Gary's Daisy is a lot nicer than my Daisy…"

"I heard that…" Violet muttered. "Not nice… Besides, it's Lily that gives you the hardest time." Shaking her head, she smiled. "You guys had better get going! It was nice seeing you all again!"

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And so, they made it to Bill's cottage without much further delay. When they finally stepped into the area, Misty looked around with a wistful look on her face. There was a strip of land between two small square bodies of water. "Oh, this is the place…"

"What place?" Ash asked, walking up next to her.

"Cerulean's cape!" she exclaimed excitedly. "This is one of the hot date spots!" she clasped her hands together and sighed dreamily. "Oh, how I wish I could have a date here someday…"

"Pssh, girls…" Ash muttered in annoyance, walking over to the cottage.

Misty growled angrily, her hair standing on end. "Damn it, Ash!" she screamed, stomping her head on the ground with her fists clenched. "Don't you have a single romantic bone in your entire body?"

"…I guess not." he replied plainly. "Now let's get the rest of your passes so we can hurry up and get to the Sevii islands…"

"You insensitive, unemotional pig!" she shouted, huffing and crossing her arms.

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"Yo, Bill!" Ash shouted in greeting. "You in here?" The whole group sweat dropped as a desk started talking.

"Oh, is that you Ash?" Bill asked, bumping his head against the desk. "Ow! Damn it all…" Squeezing his way from under the desk, he smiled cheerfully at the group, a rather large lump on his head. "Let me guess, you're all here for Tri-Passes…" Sighing he put a hand behind his head. "Well, I'm sorry, but I only have the one for Ash…"

"Aww…" they all said collectively. "But we came so far!" May added. "Isn't there something you can do?"

"Tell you what…" Bill began. "Do me a quick favor, and I'll see if I can get Celio to send me a couple more…"

"We'll do anything, Bill!" Brendan pleaded. "Just tell us what it is!" He winced as May bopped him in the head, hard. "Ow!"

"You idiot! Don't say that!" May shouted angrily. "Now he'll probably have us do an endless amount of chores, you dork!"

"May, it's a pretty small cottage…" Brock reassured her. "Any chores he gives us should take less than an hour or so…"

Bill laughed heartily. "No no, it's nothing like that…" He held up a pokeball, which is what he was looking for under his desk. He released the pokemon inside, revealing an Abra. "This is an Abra I've been meaning to breed… If you can find me a female and take them both to Floe Island--"

"Say no more, Bill!" Ash said in a cocky tone, pumping his fist in the air once. "I'll catch you that female Abra in no time!" There was a moment of silence as Ash simply stood there. "Er… Where can I find one?" Everyone else face faulted.

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The group began searching through a patch of grass outside of Bill's cottage. "Here Abra, Abra, Abra…" Ash called, sneaking around. "Here, girl…" Just then, an Abra teleported right in front of him. Ash and the pokemon stared at each other for a moment, before Ash pounced on it. "Gotcha!" he shouted. "Huh?" he looked around in confusion as he realized that he had caught nothing but air.

It then appeared in front of Misty. "There she is!" Taking out a pokeball, she smirked. "Step aside and watch how a real trainer catches pokemon, Ash!" Releasing an Azumarill, she grinned. "Azumarill, use Bubblebeam on that Abra!"

"Azu!" the blue pokemon shouted, shooting a barrage of bubbles at the psychic.

Unfortunately for Brock, the Abra was right in front of him. It teleported away and he got the full force of the Bubblebeam attack. "Ouch ouch ouch, ow, ow, damn that smarts, grah!"

"You were saying?…" Ash muttered sarcastically.

"Shut up, Ash…" Misty replied in annoyance. She chuckled nervously as she looked to Brock. "Sorry!"

"No problem…" Brock said as he took out a pokeball of his own. "My turn! Go, Crobat!" he released the fully evolved bat pokemon, crossing his arms. "Crobat, use Mean Look!" Before the bat could use it's move, however, the Abra used Confuse Ray and teleported away. "What? Impossible! How did it--?"

"Now do you see why I couldn't catch it myself?" Bill said with a chuckle. "A fast Crobat with 'Mean Look' should have done the trick, but this wild Abra seems to somehow know Confuse Ray…" The Abra then appeared on top of Brendan's head, snuggling into his hat. "Well well… That Abra seems to like you a lot, Brendan…"

The male trainer from Littleroot blinked rapidly. "I guess so…" Laughing, he petted the Abra. "So girl, wanna hang out with me?"

"Abra!" she said happily.

"That's good!" Brendan replied with a smile. 'Hey, maybe I can impress May with the way that Abra came to me…'

"Ash, are you alright?" May asked, running over to him. "That fall looked like it hurt!"

Brendan sighed pitifully. "Then again, maybe not…"

"Pi Pika…" Pikachu said in a comforting tone, patting him on the leg.

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"Well, Celio sent me 4 more Tri-Passes!" Bill said victoriously, passing them out. "In order to get to the other islands, though, you'll need to get Rainbow Passes from Celio himself!"

Ash nodded. "Thanks, Bill… We really need to get going now. Seeya!" he waved, walking out of the house. The others soon followed.

"Bye, everyone!" Bill said, waving back. "And if you catch any rare pokemon while you're there, come see me, okay?"

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After about another day of traveling, Ash and the others finally made it to Vermillion City. As they walked over to the harbor, Ash, Misty and Brock all took one last look at Kanto. They hadn't left the continent in years, so finally leaving it again was getting exciting. They all quickly flashed their tickets as they boarded the Seagallop ferry. "I heard that these ferries are some of the fastest in the world!" Brock exclaimed.

"I haven't been to the ocean in so long…" Misty said wistfully, staring at the water.

"So, which of the three islands is it?" a sailor asked them.

"Um, the first one?" Ash said in confusion.

"Ash, you dork!" Misty screeched. "Don't you know what the islands names are!"

"Knot island is, then!" The sailor shouted. "The Seagallop Hi-Speed 7 will depart immediately!"

And so, the ferry sped off across the ocean at speeds so fast that Ash and Brendan had to hold onto their hats. Ash looked to Pikachu and smiled. "Pikachu, look at how fast we're going across this ocean!"

"Pi Pika Pi!" the yellow rodent replied.

"Next stop, the Sevii Islands!"

And so, our heroes are finally on their way to the mysterious Sevii Islands! What new places will they discover? What new people will they meet? And why does Celio need to see Ash so badly? Tune in next time!

To Be Continued…