The drive to Olivevine was long and hard. Misty rode up shotgun next to her apparent cousin while the resr of the griup sat in the bac kwith all he cleaning supplies. A pit of staint remover toppled over and spilled over Lance's head.

"Abour how ,much longer teil we get to thine Olivecreek citadel," Lance asked annoyed lite dragon's jewels were stolen.

"Not much longer my red headed comparede," Laundromat guy replied from the front.

Gary leaned forward and grinned like a hyena," you know Lance you should feel lucky. I once spilled some of that stuff on my growlithe Spot and he disappeared."

Brock slapped the back of Gary's BAKA head. "Seriously STFU Gary." Gary gave Lacne an apologetic look and Lance breathed dragon fire at him.

Everyone in the truck laughed.

"Oh, thats our Gary," Iris loled.

About 15 minutes later they had reached the prot town of Olivebush City.

"Good luck cousin," Laundromat Guy said giving thumbs up," and you to Pikabert, my bloodbrother." "Good luck with your war on Filth," Pikabert said and they parted ways.

"I should be leaving to," Mr. fuji whidtled for taxi.

"Do you really have to go," Iris asked. In the time she had spent trying to save the world she had developed feelings towards Fuji. Not romantic-like feelings, but she saw the ageless man like a grandparent. The grandfather she never had. . .

Fuji put his hand son Iris's shoulders adn looked into her eyes with his always-closed-old-people-anime-eyes and said,"babygurl i know you dsee me like a grandparent but you much understand. I am aa grandfather to everyone in the world. Kind of like God or something lol,. ITs time for you to be strong my chil.: Fuji wiped Iris's teals with his honkercheirf and gave her some nasty hard candy butterscothc.

"But what about her,": Clairts scheerced pointing at the othe r old perosn who i keep taalkign about.

"Oh her, lol. How could I forget! I want yu all to take her with you on your journey," Fuji imapetnient

"But why," Misty shouted flailing her broken arm around like mad woman," she could be a spy or something."

"OH MIsty," Fuji said," always the one to rush int o thinfs true to youe water type, lol. But it wasn't by chance we should have met on the train. ITs was all destiny, and i know this persob ver y well. I do think they'll heko you o your quest."

Everyone nodded in agreement to fuji's wise words.

Fuji got into the taaxi," now if you'll excuse me I got a island of pirates and booty bikini babes waiting for me."

After parting ways with Mr. Fuji and Laundromat Guy the gym leaders set off to the Olivecreek Gym where Jasmine's famiky lives.

" what are we going to tell them," Chilli and Crest asked in creepy twim monotone.

"We should just come out with it and tell them the truth and offer our condilances," Pikabert said soemnly. With most of the gym leaders gone crime rates will definatly go up regardless of them stopping Ahs. But that would be a problem we'll fix later, Pikabert told himself.

" Let me do it," Misty offered when they got to the house. She knocked on the cpoor and a oold woman, about in her late 60s, opened it. "Yes can I help you nice kids," she asked like an old woman. "Miss's Jasmine's mom," Misty said," we need to talk."

"Yes...I see," OlD Lady said in sad voice. They just regaled her with their story about Ash and about the faste of her kate daughter.

"we are deeply sorry," Pikabett remorsed," butr we absoleutely need to use your families jet planes."

Gary's mouth was too filled with crumpets and other old lady pastries to make a pun or say something stupid.

Old Lady looked down with a sorrowful look in her eye. "No, it's quite alright," she replied," its what Jasmine would've wanted. Tha girl always loved her machines." She turned and pinted," Wats with that one?"

She pointed to Budsy who was testing on her couch. The young bug master was unconcious ans had been since the explosion. He had several wounfs and gashed that were beig tournquited bby some rags from MotorCycle Man's truck. Brock had been carrying him piggyback

"Oh thats Bugster," Pikabert saud.

OLd Lady was quiet thinking her lod lady thoughts," yesss...you all may take our plates but leave this on here. The battlefield is no place for a child, espcially not one in his condition."

The group nodded and went into the Jasmine family jet hanger.