It was a quiet day in Ivadirin City. The Gym had been patched up nicely, it looked as good as new. Well, relatively speaking, anyway.

Behind the gym, the air situated beneath a large stone archway started to shimmer. And then, seemingly from nowhere, there came four people- Red, Orange, Violet, and Maggie- walking out of the arch as though they had merely walked underneath it.

"Oh my Mew, it actually worked," grinned Orange as he looked back at the arch. "I'm guessing p T reopened all the portals between Kanto and Tanko after what happened last month."

"Looks that way," nodded Violet.

"Personally, I'm glad it works," Red added. "I love it here, but it was great to return home, even if only for a visit."

"I get the feeling your mom liked me, Red," smiled Maggie.

"Well, of course she did," Red smiled back. "Why shouldn't she? For that matter, who wouldn't? But yeah, I'm glad she approves of us.

"But man, is Kanto a strange place or what?!" exclaimed Orange. "No numbers anywhere, and your sun is perfectly spherical! My mind was blown, Red, I'm telling you."

"Well, it's what I was used to my whole life," said Red. "Now you know why I was so weirded out when we first exited Professor Redwood's lab?"

"Uh, yeah!" Orange exclaimed.

"I thought Professor Oak was nice," Violet remarked. "It seemed like he had really been learning about Tanko ever since that day on Bincanar Island."

"Yeah," nodded Red. "It's just too bad he couldn't tell us much about this, either," he added as he dug into his backpack and carefully extracted a large, round object from within- an egg. It was white all over, marked with a number of red and blue triangles of varying size. "I mean, pretty much all he knew was that this is the egg of some kind of Pokémon, and we already knew that from Professor Redwood. All they could tell us to do is to keep it with us and see what hatches."

After a few moments of idly walking around the city, Red spoke up again. "So, what are you guys gonna do now?" he asked.

"Well, obviously, I'll be heading back to Bincanar Gym," replied Maggie. "A Gym Leader can't keep the Gym closed for too long, after all."

"Yeah, speaking of which, I better get back myself," Red stated, looking off in the direction of the Ivadirin Gym. "Orange, Vi, what about you two?"

"Well, we're headed up to Ruceelna next," answered Violet. "You guys do know you were invited to dinner up there too, right?"

"Oh yeah," grinned Red. "I almost forgot. Sounds like things are really getting serious between Jimmy and Meg, huh?"

"Heh, I almost forgot, too," giggled Maggie. "Of course I'm coming!"

Orange looked somewhat grumpy at the mention of Jimmy. "I'll go, but he better not start sending out his Pokémon," he grumbled, remembering (with zero fondness) his Weedle, his Venonat, and especially his Scyther.

"Venonat will be out, at the very least," Red stated. "Remember last time we were up there, how Meg was fawning over Jimmy's Venonat? Now that they're going out, there's no way he's gonna keep Venonat in its Poké Ball."

"Oh, Orange, would you relax?" sighed Violet, though she couldn't help but smirk at him. "Anyway, Red, did you think up a new name for the badge?"

"Yeah, I did," nodded Red. "From now on, those who defeat me in Ivadirin Gym are awarded… the Bland Badge!"

"Bland Badge, huh?" Orange remarked. "I guess that fits, considering the Gym now counts as a Normal-type Gym."

"I like it," smiled Maggie. "In fact, my only problem with the fact that the Pokémon League offered you the position of Ivadirin Gym Leader is that we don't get to see each other as often as we want… I mean, it's not like the Gyms can just stay closed for days and days."

"Yeah, I know," sighed Red. "Still, it's great to just get to spend time with you whenever I can. Meanwhile, I can't exactly complain about this job," he added with a grin. "Besides which, given how much Terrence kept this Gym closed, I'm sure the trainers around here wouldn't begrudge me the occasional day off."

"Makes sense," agreed Violet. "Now, are we gonna get going or what? It's a long walk to Ruceelna City from here."

"Who says we have to walk?" asked Red. "You got Skelefly, Orange has Fearow, I got Dodrio and Missingno. We can all be there within the hour if we use Fly."

"I guess so," Violet muttered.

"You're not still iffy about flight, are you, Vi?" Orange asked. "Nothing bad's ever happened to you when you were riding on a flying Pokémon, right?"

"Yeah, I know, I know," nodded Violet. "You're right, Orange, just force of habit. Yeah, we should go with Fly to get there. In fact, Red, Missingno.'s big enough to carry us all, isn't it?"

"I'd say so, yeah," Red agreed as he took a Poké Ball off his belt and threw it. "OK, Missingno.! Let's get ready for Fly!" he called as the Data Pokémon appeared. Immediately, Missingno. tilted itself forward so it was facing straight down. This allowed for its four passengers to climb aboard with ease. Red and Orange held onto Missingno.'s back, while Violet held onto Orange, and Maggie held onto Red. On Red's command, Missingno. rose into the air, and they were off. Missingno. flew off, heading northeast, in the direction of Ruceelna City.