"Well, congrats. I present you with the Zephyr Badge." Falkner handed Silver a silver badge that was shaped kinda like two wings put together. "I must say, I haven't seen such a small team work so well for a while. Bugsy's gym in Azalea should be a walk in the park for someone like you. Good luck."

"Thanks, but I'm not really traveling to get badges. They're kinda just a bonus." Silver put the badge away and walked out of the gym. As he turned the corner, he felt a hand make hard contact with his face. Luna was standing there by the side of the gym. "Ow." Silver joked.

"Oh, shut up. I should have done more than just slap you."

"So you figured out I switched your pokepuffs?"

"Please, it was easier than finding a Miltank in a flock of Pidgeys. My only question is how was I still a head of you if you were there to switch my pokepuffs."

"I have to sleep you know. Plus I prefer not to sleep on the main road."

"Don't make me slap you again." Luna readied her hand.

"Why are you waiting for me? Shouldn't you be half why to Union Cave already?" Luna slapped him again.

"I waited so I could slap you again. Now hurry up and take your pokemon to the center already so we can leave."

"Why do you have to wait for me? You're perfectly capable of going by yourself, aren't you?" Luna didn't look at him. She didn't say anything. She didn't do anything. What had happened? What was wrong? Why couldn't she go alone? "Fine, but don't slap me anymore. It hurts when you actually try." They started walking towards the PokeCenter.

Luna hated asking for help. She despised asking Silver for help. She didn't want any help, but she knew she needed it. She could abandoned him after Azalea. Luna didn't want to admit it, especially to Silver, but she was scared. When she came to heal Tot, she heard rumors. Rumors of them hiding in the Slowpoke Well. Her mother could lose her. She didn't have the money for it. Hannah would lose it. She needed someone and the only person she could even think of trusting was Silver. She won't say it out loud, but she was scared.

"Are you ready to go?" Silver asked.

"I've been ready to go since you got here!" Luna shouted. Silver rolled his eyes and they started towards Union Cave. Once got pass Union Cave they would be on Route 33 and then Azalea City.

"You do realize that we'll have to camp out, right?"

"Of course, I'm not an idiot."

"I think that some Mareep hang out over by the lake under the Magnet Train Bridge."

"Oh." Mareep were actually pretty cute. Luna wasn't one for cute stuff, but when it came to certain pokemon, she couldn't help herself. "I think we can make it there before dark. They're pretty hard to catch at night."

"How would you know all of this?" Luna asked. She was actually impressed. Maybe he wasn't incompetente after all.

"Elm had a bunch of books and old pokedexes laying around. I looked at them a lot." Silver smiled. It caught Luna off guard. Though he did have a nice smile.

"What the heck? Where did that come off?" Luna thought. He was supposed to be her rival. She wasn't supposed to think like that.

"Luna, look." Silver pointed to a group of Mareep. Luna released Tot. Silver released Cyndaquil.

"First one to catch one wins." Luna walked towards them.

"You're on." Silver replied.

"Be careful with her Tot." Luna told Totodile.

"Tot." It spoke with assurance. Luna watched as Mareep defend itself from Tot's attacks. He didn't have to hit her, he just need to tire her out. Mareep dodged another attack and Luna threw her pokeball. If this didn't work, she would have to try again.

Click.

Luna walked over and picked up her ball. "Welcome to the team Bell." Silver walked over with his Mareep in a pokeball.

"I guess it's a tie. So her name is Bell?"

"Got a problem with her nickname? Not that I care about what you think."

"Nah, it's just not a name I thought you would choose. Bell is cute. I think I'll name mine Bow."

"So what?" Silver shrugged.

"It's getting dark. We should set up camp for the night."

"It's not that dark yet. We can keep going."
"I'm not you. I can't run on 30 minutes of sleep like you can. Plus you don't think beauty like this happens from staying up late."

"You're an imbecile."

"If you want to keep going be my guest, but I'm getting some sleep. You should too." She couldn't go alone. Luna didn't want to stop, but after Union Cave was that stupid well.

"Fine." Luna returned Tot to his ball and went to put him in her bag. The bottle of sleeping pills caught her eyes. She need to get rid of those things. If Silver wasn't right there, she would would have chucked them into the woods.

"What's up? You're just staring at your bag." Silver walked behind her. Luna quickly zipped the bag up and hit him with it in the gut.

"Mind your own business! You can't just going looking in people's bags moron." Luna yelled.

"You didn't need to hit me so hard!" He shouted.

"Whatever, go get your sleep already." Silver muttered something Luna couldn't hear and went to sit down. Luna sat down, leaned against a tree, and closed her eyes.