Here's the next installment! Enjoy!

Chapter 6: Girl Talk! What's The Last Thing Rex Needs?

At the Pokemon center, Rex sat on a couch as he waited for his pokemon to be healed. According to his Pokenav, the nearest gym from here was Petalburg City, but then again, Viki would want to go to Verdanturf Town to register for Pokemon Contests, plus J.C. wanted to go to Mt. Pyre to catch that Medicham, which the chances of actually seeing one were slim. So many paths to take, but only so little time.

"Rex!" Viki called out as she ran toward him. "Rex what's with you? You quickly ran out of there like a bat out of hell!"

"Sorry Vik…" He sighed as he continued to look at his Pokenav. "Nurse Joy said that there were more gyms in the city. And I guess in just about every city, there's a Pokemon Gym. So here's the plan so far." He showed her. "We'll take Route 102 to Petalburg City, then to Rustboro City for two more Gym Battles. Then we'll take route 116 and go through Rusturf Tunnel to get to Verdanturf Town so you can register to contests and possibly there could be a gym there. Next we'll take a visit to Mauville City and Lavarige Town for more Gym Battles, making it up to 5-6 badges."

"You just want to go to Lavarige for the hot springs, am I right?" Viki smiled as she took a seat next to him.

"Like you don't?" Rex smiled back. "I remembered the smile on your face when you sat in the hot springs" You were in your itty-bitty blue polkadot swimsuit, a bit scared of the hot water. But when I pushed you in…"

"Dad yelled at you for doing that." Viki added as she reminded him. "And I yelled at you too!"

"More like crying. You were yelling so much that a man had to get a huge sundae just to calm you down!"

"Hey! The water was hot, and I wasn't used to it then."

"Aww…how cute!" Rei cooed, leaning on the wall with a smile. "So you have been here before!"

"Well…we were here with our dad during a business trip!" Viki explained.

"Oh…" Rei nodded.

"You've seen J.C.?" Rex asked. "We need to talk to him about the path we're going to take."

"Don't know, and honestly don't care." Rei admitted, seeing how J.C. treated her horribly.

Rex sighed as he got up from the couch, "I'll go look for him." He looked toward Viki. "Viki, weep watch on my Pokeballs, would ya?" He asked.

"Sure Rex!" She smiled as she watched her brother run off.

"He's sure is dedicated to his friends…" Rei commented. "Even if they are a jerk."

"Oh come on, Rei! J.C.'s not that bad."

"You've heard the things he was saying to me, the way he was treating me!" Rei reminded. "And for what, just because I was telling the truth?"

"Like Rex said, he's-"

"-Very sensitive about it!" Rei finished for Viki. "Come on, people are going to insult someone whether they like it or not! It's all in the matter of how you deal with it."

"Two wrongs don't make a right, I know. But making the first wrong's even worse." Viki said as she then gave a little smile. "By the way you two were arguing, it was like you were a married couple."

"WHAT!?" Rei replied in shock. "Me? And him!? You've got to kidding me, right?"

"I'm serious."

"Just because we fought like a married couple, doesn't mean that we're going to get together and shack up, let alone get married and, ugh, have kids with each other." She said. "Besides, I would rather date your brother."

"WHAT? Rex?" Now it was Viki's turn to be surprised.

"Exactly!" Rei smiled. "I figure after I graduate, I'll go on a little visit to Goldenrod and surprise Rexie."

"Umm…I hate to tell you this, but I wouldn't think that Whitney would appreciate it."

"Whitney? You mean Goldenrod's Gym Leader? Puh-lease! I've heard that she's quite the crybaby!"

"Where'd you get that idea from?"

"I've heard around at school. It's the talk of the female boarding students." Rei explained. "So she isn't a crybaby?"

"Nope…Just a bit of an airhead but she's pretty nice, and a good softball player! You've heard of the Goldenrod Clefairies, right?"

"Sorry…" Rei apologized. "Don't follow sports that much."

"I see…" Viki sighed. "Poor Rex…so oblivious to the fact that Whitney's crushing on him big time."

"You mean he doesn't even know?" Rei says, feeling a bit hope that she'll have a shot for his heart.

"Nope…" Viki sighes. "Since you're a boarding student, where are you really from?"

"Celadon City." Rei said. "Not that I'm going home anytime soon…"

Viki blinked, "Why wouldn't you go home?"

"Well, let's just say that my cousin's somewhat of a know-it-all." Rei said. "You might have heard of her, right?"

"Who is she?"

"Erika." She said. "The leader of the Grass-type Celadon City gym."

"Oh!" Viki smiled. "Rex told me about it. It was, as he put it, "The feminist perfume factory that discriminates against boys."

Rei blinked. "Why would he call it that?"

"Because when he was in Celadon and wanted to go for a Rainbow badge, they didn't let him in. In fact as soon as he stepped in he was chased out. Something about it only being for girls and boys weren't allowed.

"Oh…" Rei giggled. "Well it wasn't used to be this way. Erika and the girls that regularly came to the gym had some problems with one guy."

Viki raised an eyebrow, "What happened?"

"A guy with Aqua hair came in and began to harass the girls…both verbally and sexually. Then he called out his Primeape as not only did he thrashed their pokemon, he then…" Rei closed her eyes. "Erika and I may have had problems but she didn't deserve that! She didn't deserve to be-"

"I know what you mean. But one guy's actions shouldn't be held to represent all guys in general. Take Rex and J.C.: They're always two guys you could depend on."

Rei smiled at the mention of Rex but gave Viki a skeptical look on the mention of J.C. "I see…"

"So what was the guy's name?" Viki asked, just having to know.

"I can't remember. His name...was…Botch? Or Brick? Or Buzz…I don't know…"

Rex meanwhile, was walking across Oldale town in search for his longtime friend. It wasn't exactly the biggest town in Hoenn but it was large enough.

"Hey Jace, where are ya?" Rex called out, but no answer. It has been 20 minutes since he left the Pokemon Center, and still no sight of him. Rex sighed, knowing that this would be a cold thing to do, but he was pretty desperate to find his friend. "Hey look! A Medicham!" Rex called out as he took out his Pokedex and pretend to scan it as he now said in his "best" Dexter voice, "Medicham: The Meditate Pokemon. It is said that through meditation, Medicham heightens energy inside its body and sharpens its sixth sense. This Pokemon hides its presence by merging itself with fields and mountains." Yes it was embarrassing, but fortunately no one was around. Plus it would be worth it if J.C. came running in, looking to catch the Medicham.

Rex then heard laughter from behind as J.C. walked up from behind him. "You're lucky it's just me and no one else! Otherwise it would've been pretty embarrassing."

Rex looked back. "So there you are! Where'd ya go?"

"While you were waiting for your Pokemon to be healed, I decided to take my Pokemon and train. After all, I have to prepare for my eventual encounter with Medicham." J.C. then smirked. "By the way, nice Dexter impression, but it could use a little work."

"Bah…Let' s go." Rex suggested.

"You're right." J.C. nodded, "Viki maybe stuck with Lil' Miss Queenie over there."

"You know, you really need to stop dogging Rei like that." Rex said as they made their way back to the Pokemon Center. "You need to just let what she said go!"

"The hell I do!" J.C. retorted. "You know about the backlash the Fighting Pokemon gym's been getting ever since my Dad lost to Sabrina, and then me losing as well!"

"Well to be fair, you did have a Tyrogue at the time…" Rex noted.

"And now I have a Hitmontop in his place!" J.C. said proudly. "And with Medicham on my team, I can't lose now."

"Jace, just because you have a Fighting/Psychic Pokemon doesn't mean that your win against Sabrina is a sure thing." Rex reminded him. "Her Kadabra does know Reflect, making your punches and kicks all but worthless."

"I know that, but word around the dojo is that there's a move that can shatter that and Light Screen into pieces." J.C. informs. "If I taught Medicham that, it'll be unstoppable."

"You go on and believe that…" Rex chuckled. "Now as soon as I get my Pokeballs from the center, as well as a visit to my box, we can leave Oldale town and head to Petalburg City."

"Petalburg City!?" J.C. replied in shock.

"That's right. I'll tell ya about it when we get back." Rex smiled. "It's my first day in Hoenn and I already got my first badge. Nothing could possibly go wrong…"

Just then, a ball was thrown their way as it then exploded! Smoke came out from the ball as Rex and J.C. coughed.

"This is one of the reasons why I hate irony!" Rex declared as he covered his mouth.

"Now what?" J.C. asked as then laughing can be heard.

"Oh god, please no…" Rex groaned. Apparently this laughter was familiar to him…too familiar. "If there's any justice in this world it's not them!"

"Prepare for trouble!" A young lady with long blonde pigtails from the back wearing a black dress with a red "R" on the chest along with white gloves and thigh high boots jumped down.

"And make it double!" A guy with short aqua hair wearing the same outfit as the girl, only he was wearing a black long-sleeved shirt and pants followed suit, landing beside the girl.

"It's them…" Rex sighed in annoyance. Not wanting to deal with them now.

"To infect the world with devastation!" The woman started.

"To blight all peoples within our nation!" The man added.

"To announce the evils of truth and love!"

"To extend our wrath to the stars above!"

"Cassidy!"

"Butch!"

"Team Rocket, circling earth day and night!"

"Surrender now or you'll surely lose the fight!"

Rex's eyes narrowed. "…what do you want?" He asked in a monotone voice.

"You know those two?" J.C. asked.

"Besides the fact that they're apart of a 3rd-rate organization that gets their asses kicked mostly by adolescents?" Rex replied,"Cassidy? Unfortunately…Buzz? Don't know don't care."

"IT'S BUTCH!" Butch shouted, frustrated that people kept messing up his name. "Butch" wasn't that hard of a name to remember, let alone say, wasn't it?

"Like we care…" Rex muttered.

"His name could be 'Bitch' for all we could care." J.C. commented.

Cassidy had a hurt look on her face. "Rex…is that the way you treat me after all these years?"

J.C. blinked, "All these years? Is there something you're not telling me?"

"Let's just say that, from the day I met Cassidy to the day that we broke up, was three months that I'll never get back." Rex simply said.

"Wonder why." J.C. mused.

Rex focused his attention on Cassidy, "Well…considering what has happened….I'd say…hmm…yeah. That's the way I'd treat a thief!" He placed much emphasis on "thief."

Cassidy glared. "Do you remember why I broke up with you, Rex?"

Rex responded, "Hmm…I can't remember exactly let me think…hmm…I just can't remember why you dumped me Cassidy. Wait! I know why I can't remember. It's because it was me who dumped you! And OH, I can remember why: It was because you were using me! Just because my dad was President of the Johto branch of Devon Corp and you thought that you could get a free ride from his son."

"Like you're so perfect!" Cassidy retorted. "You're sure as hell not a gentleman! You were late for our first date!"

"My sister was sick! I had to go find Lum Berries! I mean did you rather want Viki's condition to get worse or even to the point of death?"

"For the sake of being thoughtful to your girlfriend!? Yes!"

Butch and J.C. just watched on as the former couple continued to argue. Neither of them believing that the two actually dated if they were that angry with each other.

"That's another reason why I broke up with you! It's all about you! You're always like 'Me! Me! Me! I! I! I!' You are so shallow Cassidy! I mean, after spilling juice through the floor, I'd accidentally step through it and even that is deeper than you!"

J.C., having an idea where this would be going, walked up to his friend. "Rex, how many Pokemon does these two have?"

Rex managed to ignore Cassidy's rants as he explained. "Cassidy has a Raticate and a Houndour as far as I know. And don't bother to ask me about her new boyfriend…"

"Okay…just incase we're forced into a Pokemon battle, how many Pokemon you have?" J.C. asked to be on the safe side.

"Aside from the ones in my box and the ones I left at the center? Three."

"Nice…" J.C. said sarcastically, since now that they know that they only have three Pokemon a piece.

"What's going on?" Viki asked as she rushed out with Rei.

"Nothing Sis…" Rex simply said as he didn't take his focus off of Cassidy.

"Let's just say that Rex's past is catching up to him…" J.C. brief to the girls.

Viki blinked. "So this is Cassidy?"

"Yeah, her and her new boyfriend Butch!" J.C. confirmed to Viki's as Rei, having heard this, was in shock as her eyes then glared.

"You…" She muttered. If glares could kill Butch would be dead right now.

Rex, Viki, and J.C. looked towards Rei.

"You know that guy?" J.C. asked.

"Of course I know him…" She said as a small tear began to form from a corner of her eye.

Well this has become interesting. A few notes first off: I had a hard time tring to remember Cassidy and Butch's TR Motto so I kinda winged it. Also, I'm not sure about their ages except that Cassidy's younger than Jessie so I'd figured she'd be around 18-19. If she's not, she is in this story. Now back to what just happened. What is it about Butch that has Rei so upset? I think I made it obvious, but for those who doesn't figure it out, check it out in the next installment.