A/N: ok I wrote this one last twist before they start their journey. The next chapter is already typed up, I just wanna write this and see what you guys think before posting 'Day 1: Plan In Motion' (the chapter name) I'm only metioning these 2 new characters once so I'm not gonna bother putting their names. You'll see what I'm talking about later when you read on!

With Drew+Paul+Max

"Hey Max, do you wanna train with our pokemon while we wait for your parents?" Drew asked the energentic little kid. "I can let you train flygon or Paul might let you train one of his pokemon."

Paul glared over at Drew for a moment, but then thought it over. "Fine... Max if you want to train one of my pokemon I'm fine with it." He looked at the smiling boy.

"Yeah! But are you two gonna train with me?" Max asked. He didn't mind them watching over him. After all they were his pokemon and he had no experiance with pokemon.

"Nope. You can go to the backyard where it's safer and train by yourself. I can get absol or roselia to take care of you in case something bad happens." Drew responded.

Paul looked over to Max then Drew. "I don't care. You can train with mine. Just remember we're right here. If anything happens that isn't major go and tell Drew's pokemon. But if something major happens, get your ass out here and tell us. Understand?" Paul looked at Max's direction. He knew Max wouldn't do anything stupid, but he didn't want ot take any chances.

"Paul is kidding. Aren't you Paul?" Paul just shrugged. "But if anything does happen and my pokemon can't handle it, come out front and tell us. OK?" Drew said as he handed Max the poke balls.

"Got it. But why can't I practice out front?" Max questioned. He wasn't suspicious, but he was intersted in the anwser.

"Because, we don't wanna train and this will give you a chance to train by yourself. This will help you prepare for when you become a pokemon trainer. It will help no matter what you pick to be." Drew anwsered. He called out absol and roselia and instructed them to take care of the pokemon and Max.

"OK but I'm not gonna have your pokemon watching out for me in real life, will I?" Max countered as he called out Drew's and Paul's pokemon to train.

"True. Think of them as a safety net. Right now you have them, so you can be safe when you make mistakes. This will be like a head start, you can learn a few tricks to training pokemon with less of a risk because you'll have them looking out for you." Drew explained moitioning to absol and rosilia.

"OK then. I guess thanks."

"Your welcome. Now are you gonna keep talking or are you gonna go and train?" Paul asked. He moitioned to the impainet pokemon, who were waiting for Max to instruct them.

"Oh, right." Max smiled sheepishly. "Come on guys! Let's go and train!" Max shouted as he ran into the backyard. The group of pokemon following closely behind.

"Wow. That kid has alot of energy." Paul spoke up.

"No kidding." Drew sweatdropped.

"So what do you wanna talk about?" Paul asked.

"I don't know.........." Drew shrugged.

"OK then. What are you planning?" Paul questioned. Drew had a confused look on his face. "Besides the breakfast, what else do you have in store?" Paul clarified.

Drew smirked and wiped the confused look off his face. "I was thinking I should back off a little."

"Huh?" Paul was now the one with the confused look. "Now I'm confused."

"If I back off, Ashy-boy gets suspicious and does something stupid. That gives me a chance to play dumb-" Drew got cut off with one of Paul's comments.

"Play?" he smirked.

"Shut up!" Drew snapped. "Anyways, where was I? Oh yeah. I play dumb and May takes my side, therefore more time with her."

"And what if May doesn't take your side?"

"Stop thinking negative."

"It's my job, I can't. So what if she takes Ash's side or none?"

"Then I'll have to work on my charm and get May to take my side. If that doesn't work, I'll get May jelous. If I can't get May jelous then that's a problem." Drew concluded.

"Well you have it all planned out." Paul commented.

"Yupp. And it takes affect as soon as this journey starts." Drew smiled evilishly.

"Well that's gonna be soon." Paul said moitioning to the to figures approaching the gate.

"Hmm....... I guess the backing off starts now." Drew smiled slyly.

~*~*~*~*~*~

"Good Morning Mr. and Mrs. Maple. Do any of you need help with those bags?" Drew turned on his charm.

"Why thank you Drew." Carolina thanked Drew as she handed him a bag.

"No prob" Drew said as he took the bag. Drew grabbed 2 other bags and carried them inside. Paul copied Drew, but instead of only three bags, he grabbed six and headed inside.

"Where do you want these bags?" Paul grunted from behind the six bags.

"On the counter will be fine." Mrs. Maple hummed putting away the grceries in the one bag she carried.

"OK" Drew said as he placed the bags on the counter. Paul imitated and wiped his forehead. "We're going to get Max, so we can head off now." Drew informed Mrs. Maple before walking out the door.

"Alrighty. But before you all go, come and say bye to us adn your mothers, OK?" Carolina chirped.

Pauk almost choked on the glass of water he was drinking. "Our mothers?" he choked out.

"Yes. I saw them in the grocery store and invited them to the house. They said they had to grab something first." Carolina explained nonachactly. [a/n: she doing it as if it was no big deal]

"Umm...." Drew said dumbfouneded at what to say next. Drew shook his head and came out of his trance. "So when are they coming exactly?" Paul was still a bit shocked that his mom had come to Petlburg.

"Well the hotel they're staying at is only a few blocks away. I think they'll be here any minute now." Carolina began to stack the cans in the cabinet. "You two should go get Max because you'll be leaving soon." Mrs. Maple pushed them lightly through the back door.

"Umm.. OK? Sure." Drew said as he headed out the door.

~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~

"Max! Come on in and say hi to your parents." Paul shouted into the backyard to whereever the boy may be.

"OK! I'll be right there!" max shouted as he emerged fro, the bushes with Roselia and Absol. "I put the rest of the pkemon away in their pokeballs." Max showed both trainers the pokeballs which held the pokemon. "Here you go." He handed them the pokeballs.

"Thanks." Drew said taking back his pokeballs and Paul grunted in response. "Well we got to go inside and wait to say good bye or we'll never get started on this journey." Drew joked as he wlked back to the gate. He decied to use the front enterance.

"Yea come on." Paul nudged the little boy with his shoulder. He too walked to the front gate, wanting to use the front not the back door.

"OK!" Max smiled and followed them with glee. "When are we going?" Max questioned as he followed them.

"In a few minutes." Drew responed.

"Ok, but why not now?" Max questioned yet again. Drew and Paul grumbled something in response. "What?" Max was now becoming curious. "What did you say?" Max repeated.

"That our moms came into town and they wanted to dsay bye to us, so we have to stay until they come." Drew said irritated. Drew was just about to turn the handle when he heard someone call his name.

"Drew!" He knew that voice. "Oh Drew! Come here and give me a hug!' It was none other than his mother. Drew groaned. Straight after his groan, he heard a different voice. Though he never heard this voice, bi=ut once or twice before, he recognized it instancly. Now this time it was Paul's mom.

"Paul! How have you been? Are you eating well? Is everything OK?" Paul's mom ambushed him with questions.

Then another voice cut in, Max's mom. "Oh my. Welcome girls! So glad you came. Would you like to come in?" And before their anwser was spoken, she shoved them inside.

"Mothers!"" All three boys grumbled.

~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~

"Would you like some more tea?" Caroline asked both moms.

"Yes thank you." Paul's mom replied.

"Oh no thank you. I already have enough in my cup." Drew's mom joked.

"OK. Well all the kids are anxious to get going on their journey, so let's say goodbye and see them off." Caroline suggested.

"Alright. Sure." Both Paul's and Drew's mom agreed.

"Kids!" Carolina called.

Dawn, Misty, May, Max, and Ash came down. Brock came down a few minutes later. Drew and Paul were the last to come in as they slouched down hoping they wouldn't get embrassed by their mothers.

"Don't worry. We just called you down to tell you good bye." Paul's mom reassured the two slouching boys. Both jolted up and stood up holding their bags.

"OK. Well why don't you follow those two examples, and grab your bags." Drew's mom told the 'kids'.

"Alright we'll be right down!" May chirped as she ran upstairs to get her and her friends' bags from her and Max's room.

About ten minutes later May came down with all the bags belonging to Misty, Dawn, Ash, Max, and herself. Suprisely it wasn't a whole lot. The most she carried was four bags. She was wearing her bag, which was a fanny pack. It was around her waist, so she didn't need to carry it. Misty and Dawn had a small, light weight bag and Max had a small back pack with barley anything in it. Ash had a backpack similar to the one he had in their previous travels.

"Well I guess you'll be leaving now." Caroline pointed out as everyone put on their bags.

"Yeah. I guess." May said sadly.

"Bye! We'll miss you all!" Drew and Paul called.

"Yeah. and we won't forget to write!" May added.

"We'll call everyone at every poke center!" Dawn and Misty continued.

"And keep you updated with all the news!" Max and Ash yelled. Max ran faster trying to catch up to Drew and Paul.

"And don't worry, I'll feed them healthy food and try to keep them out of trouble!" Brock assured the parents.

"OK! Behave, and listen to Brock, May and Max Maple!" Caroline yelled and waved goodbye like the other parents were doing.

"We will!" May and Maw anwsered leaving the yard. All eight friends were now crossing the street and heading off to their new adventure.