A.N. Ok so I wanna do this chapter a little different than my usual ones. This is going to mainly be Gary's Pokémon's POV so I will make it that you can understand them as readers, but of course they aren't actually talking (which I think is seriously stupid in the Pokémon universe lol but whatever)

And also, for last chapter. It seems like no one noticed the little Lavender Town insider I through in there. You guys have heard about the myth on the music of Lavender Town killing kids right? No? Lol look it up XD It's a fun, silly thing to read about which I made a real thing in my story (that killed the Rockets. Not our Team Rocket. I love Jessie and James...and I ship them so hard. You know they had a kid in the manga? ~squee~).

Ok anyway, here we go :)

Wartortle silently rested in his pokeball, waiting for the moment for Gary to call out for him.

What many didn't know about these devices is that, in a sense, being in a pokeball was like death. The pokémon's body is no longer existing. They would turn into, what Wartortle would describe as, a light with no source. The Pokémon would feel empty, as if they are not there, but there at the same time.

It's hard to explain, but Wartortle didn't consider this a bad feeling. The feeling of death is one of losing all pain and stresses. You would be put into a calm state; almost like sleeping. Many Pokémon enjoyed this while some others preferred to never use pokeballs because in its own way, it was a frightful experience.

So Wartortle rested in his pokeball, feeling blissful and unaware of the outside world. He then felt his small world enlarging, giving him the heads up that Gary was going to take him out.

Wartortle came out of his pokeball and looked around to see if there was a battle he had to fight. But instead of seeing an arena or another Trainer, Wartortle saw a large beach on a sunny day.

The turtle looked back at his Trainer, noting the scowl he had on his face as he let the other five Pokémon out of their small worlds as well. Each one did the same thing as Wartortle, as they were so accustomed to Gary calling them out for battle.

It had been around a month since Gary left his group and restarted his journey alone. Since then, they would work and move nonstop, making it so that everyday they were resting in another, different location.

The team now consisted of Wartortle, Eevee, Pidgeotto, Growlithe, Kadabra, and Exeggute; Not too different from those months back.

The Graveler that had stayed for a while was fine and all, but Gary wanted different types to play around with. So he decided to send Graveler back to Pallet Town to stay with his sister, May. Graveler didn't seem to mind too much and would wait for them to call and visit.

Luckily, Gary would call May once or twice a month, just so she could check up on him and he could see if she needed anything. He was earning a lot of money and didn't mind helping his sister whenever necessary. Sure she had Gary's grandfather there, but they knew that as they were growing up, they mainly had each other to rely on.

The last Pokémon that was on their team usually was never one to stay long, as it was always just one to have at the time to benefit certain situations.

Oddly enough, Gary stopped releasing Pokémon so quickly too. He would keep them longer, but that didn't mean that the rude attitude ever stopped. So, although it wasn't as much, Pokémon would still leave him.

Because of all this, Gary decided to keep the same group as they were all already quite strong. The newest ones he decided to keep around; Kadabra and Exeggute; were a little weird at first, but were kind, which the others accepted quite well.

The team would occasionally take breaks, but Gary wasn't one to have one himself. When his Pokémon would relax, he would be investigating the town; searching for information on the Gym Leader and any areas that had good items and Trainers.

Therefore, Wartortle could not come up with a conclusion as to why they were on a beach that was quite far away from the town they were supposed to be in.

Once everyone was out and looking at Gary, the brunette began to speak.

"Alright, listen up. I know you guys usually relax in like a park or something but today I decided to take you here. Don't think anything of it! Just go relax for a while and don't get into trouble."

Gary angrily looked away, faintly blushing out of embarrassment.

Wartortle couldn't help but to brightly smile. Gary was being nice!

At this, Wartortle began happily hopping and hugged Gary, causing the others to become giddy as well and move close to him.

"Hey! I said don't think anything of it! It's just that there aren't any parks around here and I have to leave you guys somewhere. Stop, just- ugh," Gary yelled out, backing away from the group.

"Alright I'll be over at that building. If not I'll be somewhere around there," Gary said as he pointed to a building that had "Porta Vista" written big and brightly at the top.

Wartortle nodded and watched as his Trainer quickly walked away, obviously feeling embarrassed about the way he was acting.

"Yes! Finally we hit the beach!" Wartortle said as he ran up to Eevee.

Although all of the group members were close friends, he and Eevee were the closest of them all.

Growlithe sighed, walking over to start a circle with them.

"I'm not very fond of beaches, as AMAZING as that sounds," Growlithe sarcastically said in his nonchalant voice.

"You don't have to jump into the water, dude, just run around with us! C'mon let's play tag!" Eevee yelled out as he tapped onto Growlithe's leg and ran off.

Growlithe took a second to respond but finally said, "alright," and ran off to catch the small fox Pokémon. Kadabra and Exeggute walked over to Wartortle as they asked what he was planning on doing.

"Well I'm most likely gonna jump into the water in a bit. You guys wanna come?"

"I think we'll pass. Kinda don't want to lose any pieces, you know?" Exeggute said with a small smile.

He hopped off and began playing in the sand, shifting himself so he could go underneath it. Wartortle was still confused by this Pokémon. Was it considered more than one?

"I'm in! Let's go!" Kadabra said as he ran down the beach and jumped into the water.

Wartortle was right behind him and he pounced into the water, quickly swimming underneath it and reaching below Kadabra, jumping out to splash water onto him.

For a good while, the six of them played about on the beach, meeting new Pokémon and having some small battles between one other. They hadn't had so much fun in a long time! When they had to train with Gary, he always wanted everything on point and done with high proficiency. Here, they could goof about with their games; tackling one another in the most idiotic ways and creating a race where you could only move by dragging on your stomach.

It wasn't anything too exciting, really. But it was enough for this hardworking team.

Once Wartortle felt most of his energy depleting, he walked over to Eevee and Growlithe who were relaxing under an umbrella that someone seemed to have left behind.

The blue turtle dropped onto the sand in front of them with a sigh, not knowing what to do next.

"Wow we really went crazy for a while there," Eevee said with a small giggle, feeling tired himself, yet still blissful.

"Yeah...Gary sure is nice for letting us hang out here," Wartortle said as he stretched then sat up onto his knees.

"Yes, but it's only been a few hours or so," Growlithe added.

"We still have a lot of time here. What should we do?"

Wartortle looked around, wondering what they could do while waiting for their owner to come back.

"Hey! You! The Wartortle!" Wartortle turned around as he was (technically) called. As far as he knew, he was the only Wartortle on this beach.

When he turned around, he saw a Bellsprout and a Ivysaur looking at him. So they were calling him.

"Do you and your friends wanna explore with us? We're gonna go into that forest over there!" Ivysaur said as she pointed to a small forest at the far end of the beach. It looked like it was an entrance to a larger one but it seemed nice and thin; definitely good to play in.

Wartortle got up and said, "Ok! How about you guys? Let's be like explorers and explore the jungle!"

Eevee and Growlithe stayed put, Eevee saying, "nah I wanna relax some more. Don't get lost ok? Those jungles can be deep and scary!"

Wartortle smiled and replied, "as if! I'm the best Pokémon ever!" before running off with the other two.

The three Pokémon ran into the woods, roleplaying as a Pokémon Rescue Team; a myth made by Pokémon about Pokémon who live in a world without humans and help others in need.

They pretended that they had to rescue a lost Pokémon in this deep jungle before the evil Charizard came to get them.

The game lasted for a while and soon enough, the three were just sitting around and talking.

"So you get your power from the sun?" Ivysaur nodded as it laid at an area where the forest trees were not blocking the sun, nourishing her leaves and bathing in the light.

"What about you, Wartortle? Do you get your power from somewhere?"

Wartortle shrugged, lying back on a rock with his arms behind his head.

"I dunno. I just have my own strength really. I think that has it's pros and cons... Like you getting your power from somewhere. That's got goods and bads too."

Bellsprout nodded and sighed, lying on the ground. The three stayed silent for a moment, simply relaxing and watching the time fly by.

"So do you two have Trainers?" Wartortle asked, trying to bring up another conversation.

"Yup. The same one!" Bellsprout said with a small smile.

"Oh cool. My team is still somewhere on the beach. Is your Trainer a boy or a girl?"

"Boy. You?"

"He's a boy. He's...15 years old? Yeah 15."

"Ours is 11. Does your Trainer have a specific type he likes?"

"Uhm...No. He just wants to catch every Pokémon in the world. It's kinda his mission he got from a professor."

"...How many do they think there are in the world?"

Wartortle giggled and said, "...150."

Ivysaur and Bellsprout suddenly burst into laughter, rolling about in the grass.

"Oooh they are in for a surprise!" Bellsprout said between chuckles.

"Uhm, but ok, back to the subject," Ivysaur said wiping some tears from her eyes.

"Dillan, our Trainer, really likes bugs and grass types. He's really nice but I think a little too nice. The others from our team like to loaf around and that really annoys me sometimes. Hopefully, he gets a little more strict, you know? Cuz he's gotta be, like, our leader and no one is gonna follow him if he's just gonna be a super nice kid."

Bellsprout nodded, adding, "yeah and we battle a lot but he doesn't know how to strategize. I wish we could talk to him. Why can't we talk to them? That logic is just-..."

Bellsprout sighed, giving up on his sentence.

"Dude, just give up on it, ok? It's a question that only Arceus can answer. Let's just change subjects again. Ok uhhh, where's your Trainer from? Actually, another thing, where are we now?"

Ivysaur giggled at Wartortle's silly question and got up to sit up straight. "Our kid is from Cerulean City. And we are in Porta Vista; around Vermilion City. Now what about your Trainer?" Ivysaur said.

"Mine? He's from Pallet Town. He's the opposite of your Trainer; that's for sure. He's a super tough guy and acts really mean. Super strict with all of our training, but I like him."

Ivysaur eyes widened, looking over to Wartortle.

"He's mean? How can you like a mean person?"

"Well maybe he's not that mean. Does he just play around or something?" Bellsprout asked as he looked over to Wartortle.

Wartortle laughed a bit and looked down, thinking about everything Gary says. Playing around didn't even come close to how Gary treated them. But he had to agree that it has become nicer since day one.

"No, he's usually...pretty honest with his insults. But it's only when we're not doing good enough," he said to Bellsprout.

"Well that really isn't fair. Don't you guys try your hardest? He's at least happy that you guys do that, right?"

"Ha! As if. But it's not that bad. I mean, we know he still cares."

Ivysaur gave Wartortle a confused look, replying, "doesn't sound like that to me. What proof do you have that he actually cares about you guys?"

"Well he doesn't throw us out. That's something. The ones he doesn't like, he used to just leave them behind."

Ivysaur and Bellsprout got up, looking shocked at what he just said.

"What?! You shouldn't just throw Pokémon away! What kind of Trainer is that?" Ivysaur angrily said.

"You shouldn't be with a person like that, Wartortle. What if he throws you away?"

"Hey, I've been with him since day one and it's almost been half a year now. I doubt he'd do that to me."

"But what if you start messing up? What if you get really hurt and it can't be fixed?"

Wartortle thought that over for a moment, then replied, "I dunno. I think everything will be fine. He helps us when we're hurt and he feeds us. Not many yummy treats, but you know, what we need. He really cares about this journey thing of his, you know?"

"That shouldn't cloud the idea that he has to be good to you guys. If you ask me, you should just leave him. Has he ever told you that he needed you?" Ivysaur said, obviously much angrier than Bellsprout.

Wartortle thought about the question, then realized that Gary never did tell them that he needed their help. He never even mentioned the fact that without them, he wouldn't be able to do this mission of his. But he knew, right?

"Well no, but-"

"Exactly! What if he's just using you for this journey? After his journey, then what?"

"I don't think he would do that to me. Even though I don't have proof that he wouldn't, I just- I dunno. It's what I think. I mean, there's one Pokémon that he had for a while and instead of tossing him or putting him into that PC thing, he sent him back home. We talk to him sometimes."

"Well I guess that is something. Still, we're just trying to look out for you, Wartortle," Bellsprout said in a calmer tone.

"If you get way too attached and he decides to do something harsh, do you think you can handle it?"

Wartortle had no comeback, but seemed to understand what they were saying. Gary truly was a bossy kid and didn't take any slack from anyone. He also was a compulsive liar. And it was true that Wartortle was never thanked for his hard work; even though he tried so hard to win everything for his Trainer. Gary should be thankful! Without his team, he wouldn't even be able to beat all these Gym Leaders!

"All we're saying is watch out ok? With a person who could just drop a friend without hesitation, you never know when they could turn their back on you," Bellsprout said, trying to calm the conversation down. He knew how Ivysaur could get.

A couple more hours of playing on the beach passed by and the trio soon came back to the beach, searching for their Trainers.

The two grass type Pokémon said their goodbyes to Wartortle, who waved and walked away, thinking about their conversation.

If he were to just leave Gary, he could only assume that Gary would go downhill! The team truly didn't get enough credit for their hard work and Wartortle wanted at least SOME praise for it.

"Hey ya dumb, blue, turtle!"

Wartortle looked up the beach to see Gary calling out to him, the rest of the team already by his side.

Wartortle ran up to Gary who held a scowl on his face.

"Where the heck were you? It's almost time to go."

Wartortle became a little angry at the way Gary spoke to him. He demanded a little more respect!

But just as he was about to respond, Gary tossed a small paper bag to Wartortle, which he quickly grabbed. He couldn't help but to notice that it smelled great.

"I couldn't get much for everyone but I bought some food. There's a Rare Candy in there too but eat it after the meal! And don't get used to getting candy! They were on discount today so...yeah," Gary said, turning away to look at the others.

That was when Wartortle realized that the rest were eating under and around that umbrella from before, with their own individual bags as well. Everyone had their favorite type of food too along with one Rare Candy and Wartortle knew for a fact that Rare Candies were NEVER on sale. They were pricey bastards.

When Wartortle opened his bag, he was delighted to find lemon-flavored pastries; his favorite. The blue turtle looked up at Gary who returned the gaze.

Although he knew that Gary would not understand, he smiled and said, "thank you", walking near his feet and sitting down to eat some more.

Gary noticed the way Wartortle sat close to him and sighed, picking him up and moving under the umbrella. After telling Growlithe to move over, Gary sat down on the sand and placed Wartortle between his legs; pulling out his own bag of food and quietly eating it.

This was when Wartortle came to the conclusion that Gary didn't need to tell them that he needed them. His Trainer was a rude person who didn't really enjoy helping others, let alone expressing himself. So these small gestures of taking them to the beach, bringing them food, and even just being allowed to sit near him, meant something to Wartortle. They weren't great things, but it was enough. However, he still wouldn't mind at least a little praise.

"Hey...you're Shigeru Gary Oak, right?"

Wartortle looked up at a boy who was younger than his own Trainer, pointing directly to his Trainer. He forgot that Gary had become quite famous even though he was so young.

"Who's asking?" Gary said, seeming to not want to talk to others at the moment.

"I heard you're a great Trainer! So I challenge you to a battle!"

"Yeah, sorry kid but my Pokémon are eating right now, as you can see. I highly doubt any of them would want to get a cramp at the moment."

"Well then I'll wait!" The kid said, feeling excited yet trying to be tough in front of Gary.

Gary sighed, accustomed to these types of people. He knew there was no way to say no to him and said, "fine. But just a one-on-one battle because we gotta go. Any volunteers?"

Gary looked around his team and they looked back at him, simply chewing on their food.

After a few moments of thinking, Wartortle decided to raise his hand, saying, "I'll do it!"

"Ok then."

"Ha! Perfect! My Pokémon will have a great advantage against you! I'm choosing Ivysaur!"

Wartortle turned back to the Trainer, feeling surprised by that name. Was he going to battle his new friend?

Gary shrugged, not finding too much of a threat from the child and looked away, continuing to eat.

After thirty minutes of the younger Trainer trying to ask Gary a million questions, Wartortle was finally ready to battle. He actually was ready about ten minutes ago but he couldn't help but to enjoy Gary's frustration to the hyperactive kid.

The two decided to pick an area that didn't benefit either of their types; a concrete platform that was made for practice battles. It didn't have any lines or structures that made it look like a place to battle, but the two could only assume so. The younger Trainer called out his Ivysaur, revealing that it was, in fact, Wartortle's new friend. Which, in turn, told him that the Trainer's name was Dillan.

"Oh! Hey! I guess we get to battle after all!" Ivysaur sweetly said.

Wartortle nodded and walked to in front of Gary, taking his usual position for battle.

"So, I can finally see how your Trainer manhandles you?" Ivysaur said with a smirk, seeming to taunt her opponent.

Wartortle, who falls for taunts quite quickly, replied, "he doesn't manhandle us! He's a good Trainer!"

"Yeah, we'll see about that!"

As the battle began, Dillan went straight for his advantage and told Ivysaur to use Vine Whip. Ivysaur quickly pulled out her vines and went to attack but Wartortle dodged it through Gary's timing. Dillan continuously used Vine Whip, but Wartortle dodged them with ease as this move was used on him often.

"Jeez, Ivysaur! Don't you know any other move? I'm getting kind of bored here!" Wartortle said as he playfully dodged the moves.

"Hey, you know it's not my fault! Of course I have other moves!"

Wartortle laughed and turned his dodges into little dances, getting Ivysaur and her Trainer quite angry. But this backfired on Wartortle as Ivysaur's vines finally grabbed onto his arms; holding on tight.

"Stop goofing off so much, Wartortle!" Gary scolded, scowling at his Pokémon.

Wartortle chuckled, looking back at his Trainer but winced as Dillan told Ivysaur to use Mega Drain. Through the vines, Ivysaur drained Wartortle's energy, causing him to fall down onto his knees.

However, Gary didn't panic and only looked at Wartortle, saying, "c'mon Wartortle! Take that energy back!"

Both opponents looked up in surprise on what Gary requested, but Wartortle only nodded and stood up, looking right at Ivysaur.

"Your Trainer even asks you to do things you can't do? Not that smart if you ask me," Ivysaur said with a smile.

But Wartortle smirked back at her, replying, "quite the contrary, actually. Gary is by far, the smartest Trainer I know. See-" Wartortle stood up straight and twisted his arms, gripping onto the vines that continued to take his energy. He tugged at them, making Ivysaur have to pull back to not lose her footing.

"My Trainer doesn't just work us to the bone. He studies us; studies Pokémon."

"Oh so you guys are his test subjects then?"

"No, well...actually yes. In a way we are. He notices things that most people don't notice about Pokémon. Like for instance, how is it that us water types can use the move Surf? We know it's something you can use on water, but what about in battle?"

Ivysaur slightly cocked her head, pulling back as Wartortle tried to tug her forward. Wartortle smiled and shut his eyes, taking a deep breath and slowly exhaling.

Suddenly, Ivysaur felt as if all the energy she had just taken was being taken back. A Wartortle can't learn a move like this, right?

"What's going on?!" Dillan called out, watching as Wartortle seemed to be using the same move.

Gary smirked and said, "putting it simply, I taught my Wartortle how to use Absorb. Well, in a sense. It can only work on water and grass types, since they are the Pokémon with the most dominant amount of water inside of their bodies. And since you just took water from my Wartortle, he can easily take it right back."

At that, Wartortle pulled Ivysaur forward and pulled her up, slamming her back into the ground.

"Don't let go of the vine, Wartortle! Use Toxic and Bite!"

"C-combining moves?!" Ivysaur said as she tried to pull away.

"Just a few tricks," Wartortle said as he forced the poison to his teeth and bit into the vine. Once the poison flowed into the vine, Wartortle let go and awaited for his Trainer's next move. Gary watched for a few moments, obviously estimating how long it takes for the poison to reach Ivysaur. Once she was fully taking in its effect, Gary said, "finish this with Surf. The right way."

Wartortle nodded and took a deep breath. This move usually took long to start as he had to grab small drips of water from under the earth and pull them up to use. So Gary trained with Wartortle to focus on exact locations and to blast them upward when needed. Therefore this time, Wartortle slammed his hands onto the concrete and instantly maneuvered the water that was under the concrete along with some from himself and the ocean. He struggled for a moment then pulled his arms up and moved them to the right. He could feel all the water following his movements, pulling it up from under the concrete and pulling it onto the top. Soon enough the whole area had around a one inch layer of water; excluding around Gary (which took an extreme amount of time to accomplish).

"This...this is crazy," Ivysaur said as she forced herself up. Dillan tried to tell her to attack before anything could happen but Ivysaur could barely move as the poison slowed her movement down.

"It's not crazy. I-it's just over-thinking," Wartortle said as he began to struggle. Holding all of this water was like carrying a weight and it was quite heavy.

"Don't worry though. My Trainer always tells me to go easy on my opponent at this point. Cuz water can be really, really heavy."

With that, Wartortle raised his arms, causing a wave to form behind him. He then thrusted his whole body forward, forcing all the water towards Ivysaur. Dillan took a few steps back and covered himself, hoping the water wouldn't take him down as well. But Wartortle put in extra effort to make sure it didn't reach him. However, the water did push him back and Wartortle knew Gary would get at him about that.

With a sigh, Wartortle let go of the water, letting it flow off of the concrete and onto the sand of the beach and other directions. He honestly didn't care. Using all these moves consecutively tired him out.

Once the water left, Gary walked up to Wartortle and went down on one knee, whispering, "sorry, but I was kind of doing an experiment to see if you can handle all those moves at the same time. Was that too much?"

Wartortle looked over to Gary, giving him a look that said, "what do you think?", but he sighed, knowing that this wasn't as bad as some other training he had gone through. So he put his little arm up and rotated his hand, giving Gary the idea that it wasn't too bad.

But Wartortle knew that Gary could see that this still was effecting him. He didn't think this was from the moves though. Something in his body was just feeling weird and as he began to burn up inside, he realized what was happening to himself: he was evolving.

The Pokémon tried to look down at his hands but he was glowing so bright that it was impossible to see. The heat that started inside of his body finally made its way out, causing his whole body to burn then go numb. But the feeling wasn't exactly one of discomfort. It simply felt like...the best way Wartortle could describe it was regeneration. Everything on his body felt like it was changing, but he still felt something inside him that would never change. Wartortle found it hard to describe.

Suddenly, the light faded and Wartortle realized that his view of the world was much higher than before. Instead of looking up at Gary, he was now looking down at him. Gary smirked back at him, saying, "about time, huh? I didn't think you would change through a small battle like this though. But you did use a lot of effort..."

Gary then looked down in thought, analyzing the whole situation.

The rest of the team ran up to their team member; Eevee hopping in excitement.

"Dude, look at yourself! You're a Blastoise!"

Wartortle, or rather Blastoise, looked down at his hands again and noticed that they were quite large. He did evolve!

Blastoise quickly turned his head, taking a few steps to the side to try and see the cannons on his back.

"Awesome I've got cannons on my back!" Blastoise yelled out, flinching as he realized his voice lowered quite a few pitches, but he merely smiled afterwards.

After the excitement, Blastoise noticed Dillan, who had already returned Ivysaur in its pokeball and was now investigating him. He then sighed and looked down, amazingly losing all of that energy he had earlier.

"I'll never be as great as you...I mean, imagine the other Gym Leaders out there!"

Gary scoffed, shaking his head and walking to the younger Trainer.

"Listen, I am NOTHING like Gym Leaders or other Trainers or anything. Actually, if I were to be compared to a career it would probably be a professor and I highly doubt they would be in a competition against you. Trust me; I am a lot harder than any of the people you meet."

Dillan looked up at Gary, looking a little hopeful.

"So...maybe I'll be as good as you someday?"

Gary took a long pause then sighed and looked back at his team. Eevee turned his head, holding back a giggle. He knew his Trainer quite well and if it was just some average Trainer around his age, he would laugh in their face, wipe a tear, and say "sure, sure."

But instead, he looked back at the boy and said, "that all depends on you. Do you want to work your Pokémon to the bone until they learn these amazingly difficult moves? Odds are many would hate you and want to leave you."

Dillan gave Gary a shocked look and looked down in thought.

"Or you could treat them with love and respect, which would create a strong bond between the two of you and you can be strong in that way. Not as powerful physically, but there will definitely be power."

At this, the boy looked back up to Gary, now a little more hopeful.

"Look, there's more ways to becoming a good Trainer and, honest to Arceus, mine is quite unique. Just find what works for you; what your strength is. Everyone's got something."

With that, Gary left the area with his team in tow, turning to the beach rather than the street.

"So! Since you have enough room to carry me, how about you Surf your way over to Fuschia?" Gary asked, even though they all knew it was a command more than anything.

Blastoise had no problem with this as he wanted to show off everything that he could do anyway. He wasn't afraid to accept that he was a show off and liked to be one. The Pokémon went on all fours and went to the shore of the beach, allowing Gary to climb on along with Eevee. The rest of the Pokémon were returned back into their pokeballs as they were either a little too heavy or could fall off too easily.

The day passed as Blastoise strolled along the water, not really in a huge rush to get to Fuschia. Not that it would take that long. Coming from Vermilion, going to Fuschia was like a straight shot ahead, so Gary didn't force him to rush.

"So how's it going, big fella?" Eevee said, climbing onto Blastoise's head and looking down at him.

"Pretty easy. You guys are so weightless. Tell Gary to get more meat on his bones," Blastoise said with a small smile as Eevee laughed.

"Yeah, I'll tell him that and the fact that he needs to take that annoying stick out of his butt so he can chill the hell out."

The two laughed at this, causing Gary to look over in curiosity. He didn't say anything, but he lightly smirked and turned away, watching the crescent moon above them. His smile faded afterwards, turning into that frown that he always wore when no one was watching.

Eevee saw this and walked over to him, sensing that something was on his mind. He couldn't help but notice that they were back around Vermilion instead of their route to the next Gym Leader, so something was up with his Trainer.

Slowly, Eevee climbed up onto Gary's shoulder, walking to the other one and looking at Gary. Gary looked back at him and sighed a very deep sigh, picking up the Pokémon and lying back, pulling the blanket that was already on his legs up to his torso and placing Eevee on top.

Eevee could tell that Gary was going to start speaking his mind. He usually started when no one else was around to hear and he would allow Eevee to keep physical contact with him. So, as a good friend and a good pet, Eevee gave him his full attention.

"Out of everyone, I think you can tell what my goal is. And I bet you noticed that we weren't really on the path these past few days."

Eevee nodded.

"Well...I heard that this place has the best type of reception when it comes to calls so...I came here to call May today. I didn't tell her about that whole...Lavender Town thing. Mainly because I didn't want to start crying like a baby in front of her," Gary said, laughing at the end.

Eevee could tell he was getting a little embarrassed.

"But, well, I finally told her. But I realized that the more you hide something, the harder it is to say it...So, when I told her, I cried. At first, she comforted me, telling me it wasn't my fault and all that, but then she scolded me for not telling her sooner. She was pretty mad," Gary said, smiling at the memory.

"I dunno why, but it made me a little happy that she got angry. It shows that she really cares, you know? Heh, probably not."

Eevee cocked an eyebrow then shook his head, enjoying the fact that Gary believes they wouldn't understand just because they were Pokémon.

Gary's eyes shut as he began to relax, finding Blastoise's shell oddly comfortable.

"But yeah...I just had to tell her I guess. Saw Satoshi along the way so that was weird. I couldn't battle him and had to make some excuse as to why I didn't have my fan club with me anymore..."

With that, Gary sighed, lightly turning his head as sleep began overtaking him. With a yawn, he ended the talk with, "yeah. Back to work now..."

Eevee decided to stay on Gary for a few minutes; until he was sure that he was sound asleep and would not be disturbed by small movement. Once he was completely knocked out, Eevee slowly got up and walked over to Blastoise's face again, lying on his head.

"Does he do these kind of talks with you often?" Blastoise quietly asked.

"Yeah. For some reason, he finally realized that Pokémon kind of can't tell other people secrets and I became like a journal to him. I never find it annoying though because, you know, he's our Trainer and it's good to understand him."

Blastoise nodded, feeling sleepiness starting to pull him in.

"Does he talk about me sometimes?"

"Heh, are you jealous?"

"Yes. I am. We started this team together. I don't want to be left out!"

"Well he does these late at night and you're usually one of the first ones to conk out. So it's nobody's fault but yourself."

Blastoise stuck out his tongue; having no real comeback but not wanting to accept this statement.

The two then stayed quiet as the slow moving waves began drifting them to sleep. Eevee let out a squeaky yawn, causing Blastoise to chuckle and murmur, "girl."

"Fatty," Eevee retorted quietly.

Blastoise soon came to a pause, deciding that the middle of the ocean was a safe place to rest. But before completely falling to sleep, a thought went through his mind and he had to get an answer.

"Hey, Eevee?"

"Mm?"

"Has...Gary ever said that we were important? Like...he needs us?"

Eevee opened his eyes, looking down at his friend. Even though he couldn't see his face, he could tell this was quite a serious question. But in return, Eevee shook his head and smiled, saying, "more than you think."

Blastoise's eyes widened at this and he couldn't stop a smile forming on his face.

He slept soundly that night and the next morning, he decided to let everyone sleep in as he continued to make his way to Fuschia City.

A.N. So changing from Wartortle to Blastoise was annoying for me lol mainly because I had to write a different name and since I type quickly, I would halfway write Wartortle then have to erase it. It happened more than you think lol

But uhm, yeah, I freakin love Wartortle. One of my favorite pokémon so changing him made me a wee bit upset but dude. Hydro Pump lol XD Totally worth it. Especially with those demon cannons like omg, imagine the pain inflicted from those LOL (I am horrible XD)

I personally liked this little chappy :) Kinda simple and just a little bridge to the next part. More connections, EVOLUTIONS, and man I should've put Gary shirtless in this chapter too...He is on a beach...(thinking about editing chapter) lol no let me stop XD But uhm, this chapter had to do with episode called Beauty and the Beach. It's a place that only appeared in the anime and you see Gary there for a moment with his cheerleaders. But of course, in my story, they separated. He still has fans around that enjoy watching him, but not his awesome cheerleaders

lol so R&R and see ya soon! (Honestly, I'm writing these like there's no tomorrow; it's kinda scary XD)