"Nurse Joy I'm back for you!" Rob shouts.
Kenny and Justyne look confused as Rob is loving Nurse Joy. Stephen shakes his head and then goes to Rob and grabs his ear to pull him away. Later on our heroes shower up, eat, and then head to bed. The next morning our heroes go to the Olivine Gym where they see a note on the door.
"The note says will be back later," Lucario reads.
"Let's head off to the Battle Tower then," Kenny states.
Our heroes head off for the Battle Tower and once they arrive they enter it. Upon entering the Battle Tower our heroes see Rick with Timothy Savinda and Renee "Rain" Savinda. Our heroes go to them.
"Well if it isn't my cousin and my little nephews," Tim states.
"How are you stubbles?" Rob asks rubbing Tim's head.
"I'm good and what about all of you?" Tim asks laughing.
"We're all good," Stephen replies.
"So Melissa you ready for that gym battle?" Rick asks.
"I sure am," Melissa replies with a smile.
"Justyne and I got to sign up to compete here so we'll see you later," Kenny states.
Kenny and Justyne walk to the registration desk.
"We better get to the gym to start this battle," Rick states.
"We'll see you around then," Rain says.
Our heroes head off waving bye to Tim and Rain who wave bye back. As our heroes enter the gym Rob, Stephen, Lucario, and Raichu go off the side. Melissa and Rick go to their positions as Pichu jumps off Melissa's shoulder.
"This is a normal three-on-three battle and if you win I'll reward you the Mineral Badge," Rick states.
"And when I win I'll have six badges," Melissa announces.
"Good luck," Rick says smiling.
Rick throws a Poké Ball bringing out Skarmory.
"Let's do this Pichu," Melissa says.
Pichu goes into the battle.
"Skarmory use Air Cutter!" Rick shouts.
"Pichu use Thunderbolt!" Melissa shouts.
Pichu shocks and stops Skarmory with Thunderbolt.
"Night Slash!" Rick shouts.
"Iron Tail!" Melissa shouts.
Pichu hits Skarmory with Iron Tail which does barely anything so Pichu gets hit with Night Slash.
"Quick Attack!" Melissa shouts.
"Swift!" Rick shouts.
"Volt Tackle!" Melissa shouts.
Pichu first uses Quick Attack and dodges Swift somehow and then use Volt Tackle to hit Skarmory head on causing Skarmory to faint.
"How can anything block swift?" Rick asks returning Skarmory.
Rick throws his Poké Ball and brings out Steelix.
"Discharge!" Melissa shouts.
"Just use Earthquake," Rick says careless.
Pichu hits Steelix with Discharge with does absolutely nothing so Steelix uses Earthquake and instantly faints Pichu. Melissa runs to Pichu and then gives her to Stephen. Pichu goes on Stephen's opposite shoulder. Melissa returns to the field.
"So that's how it will be?" Melissa questions.
Melissa throws her Poké Ball and out comes Bellossom.
"Man she isn't as tough as I hope," Rick says laughing, "Crunch!"
"Leaf Blade!" Melissa shouts.
Steelix goes for Crunch but gets stopped by Bellossom's Leaf Blade.
"How?" Rick questions, "Forget it, and use Stone Edge!"
"Leaf Storm!" Melissa shouts.
Steelix gets hit with Leaf Storm as Bellossom gets hit with Stone Edge. Both get damaged done.
"Hyper Beam!" Rick shouts.
"SolarBeam!" Melissa shouts.
Both Hyper Beam and SolarBeam collide and explode.
"DragonBreath!" Rick shouts.
"Magical Leaf!" Melissa shouts.
DragonBreath burns through Magical Leaf and hits Bellossom.
"End with another Hyper Beam!" Rick shouts.
"Block with SolarBeam!" Melissa shouts.
SolarBeam and Hyper Beam collide and explode again. Melissa stares nervous as the smoke covers the field. Rick stands calm. Once eth smoke clear it reveals that both Steelix and Bellossom are knocked out. Rick looks surprised as Melissa returns Bellossom. Rick shakes his head and then returns Steelix.
"This will be it," Rick says calmly.
Rick throws his Poké Ball bringing his Lucario out. Melissa throws her Poké Ball and so Ninetales appears.
"She has trained her Pokémon I guess," Rick says.
"Extrasensory!" Melissa shouts.
"Bone Rush!" Rick shouts.
Lucario beats Ninetales with Bone Rush but Ninetales sends Lucario back with Extrasensory.
"Fire Spin!" Melissa shouts.
Lucario gets surrounded and weakened by Fire Spin.
"Close Combat!" Rick shouts.
Lucario goes to Ninetales.
"Force Palm!" Rick shouts.
Ninetales gets hurt by Close Combat and then Force Palm.
"Payback!" Melissa shouts.
Ninetales hits Lucario with Payback.
"Aura Sphere!" Rick shouts.
"Extrasensory!" Melissa shouts.
Lucario's Aura Sphere barely is stopped by Extrasensory but still manages to hit Ninetales.
"Now finish this with Metal Claw!" Rick shouts.
Lucario stars swiping Ninetales with Metal Claw.
"Flamethrower!" Melissa shouts.
"Avoid that with ExtremeSpeed!" Rick shouts.
Lucario goes to use ExtremeSpeed but can't because Flamethrower comes in contact with Lucario and faints Lucario.
"Impressive," Rick says returning Lucario.
Melissa cheers hugging her Ninetales as our heroes and Rick go to Melissa. Melissa returns Ninetales and then Pichu jumps onto Melissa's shoulder.
"You won so you have earned this Mineral Badge," Rick states.
Melissa takes the badge and gratefully cheers.
"Now I would like to join you for the rest of your journey but I'm here still until Jasmine gets back," Rick explains.
"Well we'll miss you Rick," Lucario says.
"I'm miss you all too," Rick says, "But we will be together soon so for now goodbye and good luck."
Our heroes walk off as they wave bye to Rick who does the same. Our heroes exit the Olivine Gym.
"Where to next?" Melissa asks.
"It's to the east of Ecruteak City," Rob replies.
"Mahogany Town," Stephen says.
Our heroes start to head off for Mahogany Town. On their way Stephen and Melissa holds hands and half way to Ecruteak City our heroes camp out for the night and then head off the next morning. They manage to pass Ecruteak city and then end up in a cave outside of Mahogany Town. Melissa sees a Marill.
"Oh my god I must have it!" Melissa shouts.
Melissa tosses her Poké Ball and bringing out Togepi.
"Metronome!" Melissa shouts.
Togepi uses Metronome that turns into a Thunder and faints Marill in one hit. Melissa throws her Poké Ball and catches Marill. Melissa picks the Poké Ball up.
"I caught myself a Marill!" Melissa shouts.
Within no time our heroes make it to Mahogany Town by night so they stop at the Pokémon Center.
"Nurse Joy!" Rob shouts.
Rob goes to run for Nurse Joy but Raichu trips Rob with his tail. Our heroes laugh and then after they eat dinner, shower, and then get some sleep. The next morning our heroes go to the gym. Our heroes enter the Mahogany Gym. Stephen, Rob, Lucario, and Raichu go off to the side as Melissa goes to the battlefield.
"Hello my name is Melissa and I'm here for my gym battle," Melissa states.
Walking into the area and then on the field is Pryce.
"Do you know what week this is child?" Pryce asks.
"No I'm not sure sir," Melissa replies.
"My name is Pryce and it is Christmas Week Melissa," Pryce states, "Didn't you see the decorations?"
"Actually there weren't any decorations out," Melissa replies.
"Darn those people in black," Pryce says, "I told them to decorate this place last week."
"So can I have my battle now?" Melissa asks.
"Sorry but can you wait until after Christmas?" Pryce asks, "I bet you want to spend time with your family."
Stephen, Rob, Lucario, and Raichu go to Melissa.
"I rather have my gym battle," Melissa replies.
Stephen and Rob drags Melissa out of the gym who struggles to battle Pryce. Our heroes appear outside of the Mahogany Gym.
"What was that about?" Melissa shouts.
"Well we forgot it was almost Christmas," Stephen replies.
"We so need to go shopping for gifts," Rob states.
"To Goldenrod City!" Lucario shouts.
Our heroes head off for Goldenrod City. Before arriving to Ecruteak City our heroes camp out yet again and then the next day our heroes continue on and make it through Ecruteak City but have to stop again to camp out before arriving to Goldenrod City. The day after this our heroes finally make it to Goldenrod City and enter the huge shop. Our heroes split up to secretly to shop for each other. Stephen grabs his Pokégear and calls his Mom.
"Stephen is it so great to hear from you," Ruth states.
"It's great to talk to you too," Stephen says, "So where are you?"
"I'm a Pokémon Center why?" Ruth replies.
Stephen sees Kenny, Justyne, Rick, Tim, and Rain through the Pokégear.
"Olivine City?" Stephen questions.
"Guess again," Kenny states laughing.
"We got to go hunny," Ruth says, "Bye love you."
Ruth quickly hangs up. Stephen stares confused as he puts his Pokégear away.
"That was strange," Stephen says.
"They must be hiding something," Lucario states laughing.
"Guess so we'll let's get this boring shopping down," Stephen says.
"Good idea," Lucario agrees.
Stephen and Lucario rush and go shopping for god knows what but at the Goldenrod City Pokémon Center is Ruth, Kenny, Tim, Rain, Justyne, Rick, Trisha Letham, Mary Savinda, and Cosimo Cravotta.
"All the Pokémon are taken care of so now let's rent that house," Tim states.
The family exits the Pokémon Center and head off for the house and then rent it right away. The family starts decorating the house and finish right as our heroes exit start to meet up with each other.
"How are we going to surprise Stephen and the others?" Justyne asks.
"I'll go to the Pokémon Center and wait for them there," Rick replies.
Rick leaves right away.
"I'll be back!" Rick shouts.
The family enters the house bringing in all the gifts and placing them under the tree.
"Well this is everyone since the rest of the family is in the Orange Islands to avoid the snow," Ruth says.
"Why don't they just deal with it and come here for once?" Mary asks.
"They are wimps," Tim says.
Kenny laughs.
"Got that right Uncle," Kenny says.
"You could say that," Trisha states.
"It's the truth though," Cosimo announces.
At the Pokémon Center is Rick who is sitting down waiting for our heroes.
"How to waste time until dinner is done?" Rick questions.
Our heroes enter the Pokémon Center so Rick gets up and walks to them.
"Took you guys forever…" Rick says, "I mean glad to meet you here. I mean surprised…"
"What?" Stephen questions.
"Never mind," Rick states.
"Why are you here?" Melissa asks.
"Well it's nearly Christmas and we gym leaders get off work," Rick replies.
"So where you staying at?" Lucario asks.
"At a house in this city," Rick replies.
"Okay," Rob says, "Why here in Goldenrod City?"
"Reasons…" Rick replies.
"Okay something is up," Stephen says.
"Are you joking nothing is up so let's just walk around this beautiful city and enjoy the scenery," Rick states.
"Okay?" Rob questions.
Rick leaves the Pokémon Center as our heroes confusingly follow behind. Our heroes walk around Goldenrod City until Rick gets a message on his Pokégear. Rick leads the group to a decorated house
"Rick it's cold and I'm hungry so let's get back to the Pokémon Center," Lucario states.
"Why when we're here?" Rick replies.
"Where meaning where?" Stephen asks.
"Okay Rick spill it," Rob states, "What is going on?"
Rick opens the house door and so our heroes look in and see their family.
"Rick!" Rob shouts.
Rick laughs as he runs into the house. Our heroes chase him in until they smell food. The family is in the dining room grabbing food and starting to eat. After the family finishes eating they clean up and then shower. After the showers the family heads to bed.