Summer is almost here, but that doesn't mean I'll be able to post more chapters. I've been really stressed out. I am slowly finding a way out of my writer's block so if you are a fan of my other fanfictions I will have some new chapters posted as soon as I can. Anyway, this chapter went through a lot of editing so I hope you like it. Here's chapter 9.

Silver felt someone kick his leg. As he opened his eyes, he saw Luna walking back over to a fire. She had white latex gloves on and she had Tot carry over his food. "Normally, I'm the one cooking." He spoke, taking the plate from Luna's pokemon. She didn't say anything. Luna just removed her gloves and sat down to eat. Something wasn't right. Was she still angry at him for what had happened last night? Her eyes were red and baggy. Had she gotten any sleep? Luna had fallen asleep pretty late and then she woke up in the middle of the night screaming bloody murder. He thought that she had fallen back asleep, but maybe she hadn't. "Luna, are you okay?" Silver asked.

"Shut up." She answered, glaring at him.

They cleaned up and started to head towards Goldenrod City. They weren't too far away. Luna still wasn't looking very good and she wasn't walking very straight. Suddenly, she fell to the ground. "Luna!" He shouted. She didn't respond. Silver rushed over to her. Her breathing was heavy. Silver tried to pick her up, but she was too heavy for him and her skin was warm. He reached for Cinder's Pokeball and then grabbed Tot's. He released the two pokemon and they stared at Luna. Tot started to panic. "TOT!" Silver yelled. Tot looked up to him. "I need you to help me move her. You too, Cinder." Silver grabbed Luna's arms while the two pokemon lifted her legs. He needed to get her to a house or a pokemon center.

An old man was standing outside of what looked like a pokemon daycare and another building. Silver called out to him and when he saw the boy, rushed over to help. They took Luna inside while the man got his wife's attention. She lead Silver to a bedroom that was almost bare beside a sheeted bed, dresser, and a bedside table.

"Henry, go get me a clean rag and a bowl of ice water." The woman order. Her husband left to get the items she had requested. "Please tell me what happened." She asked.

"We had packed up our camp and on our way to Goldenrod City, she collapsed. She didn't look very good when we packed up." Henry returned with a bowl of water.

"Here Claire." A rag slowly sunk to the bottom of the bowl as he handed it to his wife.

"Well, I think it's just a fever. It got pretty cold last night."

"Grandma! Grandpa! Are you in here?" A boy called. His voice was familiar.

"We're in the guest room!" Claire replied, putting the folded wet rag on Luna's forehead. Footsteps echoed as someone walked down the hall towards them. The boy walked into the room. Silver looked at him in shock.

"Ethan?"

"Silver? What are you doing he…" He stopped. He walked over to Luna. "What happened? Grandma, is she okay? Luna!"

"Ethan, calm down. She's fine. It's just a fever. Do you know them?" Claire asked.

"Yes, Grandma this is Luna. She's my friend from New Bark Town. That's Silver." Ethan answered.

"I have to go check on the pokemon that your grandpa and I are watching. If anything happens just call for me."

"Thank you again, Ma'am." Silver told her. Claire left the room and Ethan stared at Luna.

"So she actually went and did it. She became a trainer. Man, she even cut her hair. She got farther than I did in a month." He smiled.

That's because she didn't stop unless she had to." Silver thought. Ethan turned to Silver.

"What about you? Why are you here, Silver?"

"I'm traveling with her." He answered.

"So you're making her a target?" Ethan asked.

"I don't know what you're talking about." Silver lied, remembering what had happened the night before.

"Silver, look I don't mean to be rude, but what if she gets hurt? Your mother is not just a member of Team Rocket, but an executive. It doesn't matter whether you are a member or not, if Ariana is looking for you, Luna will get involved. That just the kind of person she is." Silver thought back to the Slowpoke Well. She was so scared, yet she came to help him. "You're going to get her killed. Please Silver for Luna's sake. Keep her out of this."

"Keep me out of what?" Luna spoke.

"LUNA!" Ethan shouted, running over to hug her. "You're okay!"

"Ethan? Why are you here? Where am I?" She questioned.

"We're at my grandparents. I came back to give grandma something I thought she would like, but when I came you and Silver were here." Ethan answered.

"And where's Silver now?" Luna asked.

"What are you talking about? He's right there." Ethan replied. He turned and pointed to an empty doorway. "Well, he was there." Ethan scratched his head. "Where'd he go?" Luna grabbed her bag and pulled out her pokegear. Quickly, she pulled up Silver's contact and called him.

"The gear you are trying to reach is unavailable or turned off, please try again later." Luna cursed. Climbing out of bed, she rushed out of the house without her shoes. Ethan called out for her, but she ignored him.

"Silver!" She called. She could see him walking towards the Ilex Forest. Luna ran to him as fast as she could. She was still tired. "Silver!" He stopped and turned to look at her. She slowed down and tried to catch her breath. "Are you okay? Why are you leaving without me?" She asked.

"I thought you would like to travel with Ethan. You like him more than me." She shook her head.

"I would only hold him back. Besides, either way, I still need to apologize for the crap I put you through." Silver put his forehead against hers. "What are you doing?"

"Checking your temperature, I think you're still sick. You sound delusional." Luna hit him jokingly and Silver laughed. "I accept your apology. I'm sorry I tried to leave."

"Why didn't you pick up your pokegear?"

"Whoops, I forgot I turned it off."

"Stupid, What if Elm tried to call you?"

"I turned it off last night so it wouldn't wake you up."

"How many times do I have to tell you I'm a heavy sleeper?"

"No kidding. I had to have both Cinder and Tot help me carry you."

"What's that supposed to mean?" Luna yelled. Silver laughed.

They went back to the house to get Luna's belongs. Ethan had left and had placed a piece of paper with his number on it by a small plate of pokepuffs. Silver and Luna said goodbye and thank you to Ethan's grandparents, who had offered to take care of their pokemon if needed. The two headed into Goldenrod City.

"So we have two out of eight badges. The gym here uses normal types. We should probably expect a Miltank or two." Silver told her.

"Hello!" A girl greeted. "Are you looking for the gym?" She had pale skin and her eyes were the same color as her hair which was pink and tied up in two pigtails with yellow barrettes.

"Yes, do you know where it is?" Silver asked.

"Of course I know where it is! Come on follow me." Silver looked to Luna and she shrugged. They followed the strange girl through the city through being a citizen of the city, it appeared that she didn't have the foggiest idea where the gym was. They ended up in front of a large tower next to a train station. "Hmm. This isn't right. Oh, well. We might as well try to win a radio chip."

"A radio chip?" Luna asked.

"It's something you can add to your pokegear. It allows the pokegear to function as a radio." Silver answered.

"Come on!" She told them.

"We really shouldn't. We need to find the gym." Luna told her. The girl's face dropped and her lip started to quiver.

"Really?" She whimpered like a puppy. Silver and Luna nodded and She suddenly burst out into tears. She said something that Luna couldn't catch because she was whining. Her tears came down like waterfalls.

"Woah! Okay! Okay! We'll come with you." Silver spoke. The girl slowly calmed down.

"Really?" She asked.

"Yes, just please stop crying." Silver sighed. Looked like he was a sucker for crying girls. Luna giggled. Silver shot her a look and she shut up, but couldn't keep the smirk off her face.

"Yay!" The girl shouted. "Let's hurry up and go!" She rushed inside.

"Are you sure this is safe?" Luna asked.

"I'm not sure. Stay close and be careful." Luna and Silver walked inside. There were three women sitting behind the front desk. The first was organizing lottery tickets, the second was monitoring the cameras. The third one was talking to the girl.

"Again Whitney, this will be the third time. By now you should know the answers."

"Well, I'm with these two this time." She smiled, pointing to Luna and Silver. She looked over at them and Silver waved.

"Two more huh. Well, to make this easier for me, I'm going to ask a question and you will write yes or no on a piece of paper. If you get all five question right, then you will receive a Radio Chip." She explained. "Do you understand?" They nodded and took a sheet of paper and a pen. "Alright. Question One."

After almost five minutes, the three had answered the questions. Luna had to guess on the last question, but she had gotten all five correct. Silver had also answered them all right, but Whitney, she all but three right. "Man, you guys are good. Since we're close, we should go the Game Corner." Whitney smiled. Silver looked to Luna.

"You want to go?" He asked, trying not to cause Whitney to cry again. Luna shrugged.

"I wouldn't mind. It's been awhile since I've played Voltorb Flip." She answered.

"I never understood that game." Silver told her.

"Neither do I. It's hard." Whitney replied.

"It's not that hard. I can show you how to play if you want." Luna offered.

"Really?" Silver asked, surprised. Luna nodded. "Sure, I'd love to learn how to play it." He smiled.

"Oh me too!" Whitney yelled. "Some of the pokemon you can buy with the coins you get are super cute! It's this way." Luna explained the basic rules of the game to Silver and Whitney as they walked to the Game Corner.

As they walked in, they were greeted by loud noises and blinding lights. There were parts of the Game Corner that minors weren't allowed in because the games involved gambling. Luna located a card table where she could play. Voltorb Flip was played mostly on screens now which made setting up the cards quicker, but some people still used cards. Luna had grown up playing with cards.

She sat down and the dealer set up the cards. When he was done, there was a five by five square of flipping cards. The description cards sat on the bottom and the right of the flipping cards. Luna studied the cards. This first round was going to be easy. It was always easy when there were rows without Voltorbs. When there was a row with four Voltorbs and one point, Luna avoided it. There was no point in flipping anything in those rows. The problem with this game was the risks. You had to guess at times which could cause you to lose everything. Voltorb Flip was a game of math, strategy, and luck. It was a game her father had taught her to play well. He helped her perfect it.

Luna completed the first three rounds before she quit and let Silver had a try. He had been dealt a hard round and ultimately failed the first time. His second try, he completed the first round. A man came up to them.

"Not bad kid. Is this your first time playing?" He had short black hair and blue eyes. The smell of alcohol seemed to follow him though currently, he seemed to be sober. He was familiar to Silver, but he couldn't remember from where.

"No, but it is my first time completing a round." Silver answered.

"Well, congrats then." He smiled. Silver saw Luna move towards the wall. Was her fever back?

"Hey, are you okay?" Silver asked.

"Yeah, I'm fine." Luna answered. She sounded like she was lying.

"Maybe we should leave. You shouldn't push yourself so hard. Remember, you had a fever earlier." Luna didn't reply to that. Silver needed to get her out of here for a bit. "Hey Whitney, we're going to leave for a bit. Luna's not feeling good."

"Luna?" The man questioned, looking at Luna. She tried to avoid his eyes.

"Do you know him, Luna?" Silver asked. She looked Silver straight in the eyes and nodded.

"Silver, this is former pokemon champion, Lloyd." She paused. "My father."