Yay, another chapter! So, this is kinda shaky mostly because I've been sleeping at 2 am...better get some sleep. Anyways, this chapter has been in my head for a while but a little more violent beyond all reason, which is what I didn't want in this story so I tried to get this in the middle. Anyways, I hope you like it!

Leaf sat up, sleepily rubbing her eyes. They had taken a break on their way to the Saffron City gate and decided to spend the night. She herself had fallen asleep in Red's arms, but looking over next to her, she saw that Red had moved in his sleep in order to stretch. Pichu had slept in her arms, but was now sleeping with his back on Red's face, which Leaf couldn't help but laugh at.

"Mmm...Leaf?" May called out sleepily, "What's so funny?" Leaf pointed at Red's face and May had to slap her hand over her own mouth, forcefully in order to not wake the guys up.

"Shouldn't we get going?" Leaf asked as she put on her hat.

"I suppose..." May replied as she went into Brendan's backpack, "but first, come on out Swampert." Swampert emerged from its pokeball, but showed confusion when it saw Brendan asleep. "Swampert, can you do me a little favor? Brendan's been playing a lot of pranks on me lately and I want to get back at him. You just have to wake him." Swampert stared at her for a minute before nodding, turning to Brendan and used Hydro Pump, sending Brendan into the woods with a cry of surprise.

"WHOA! WHAT THE HELL!?" Brendan shouted as he reached the camp again, only to find May laughing on the ground, Leaf trying to look innocent and not laugh, Red jolting awake from the commotion, causing Pichu to be sent flying who was quickly caught by Red, and Swampert looked at the ground with guilt.

"Serves you right for before!" May managed to squeak out as Brendan walked up to Swampert.

"Nice work." Brendan complimented with a laugh, "You two really got me this time."

"Hey, we should get going." Red called out as he packed his gear and Brendan nodded, calling Swampert back into its capsule before helping pack up. Leaf picked up the still sleepy Pichu and placed him in her bag with his head poking out.

"Hey, so how are we going to get past the guards?" May asked.

"Well, they looked real tired and thirsty..." Leaf suggested, "and it just so happens, an old lady back in Celadon gave me a cup of tea that can fix that."

"Hmm...but where's the excitement in bribing them?" Brendan asked, "Let's just sneak in!"

"Of course!" May replied sarcastically, "Let me just grow fairy wings, fly us over, and with a magical spell that makes us invisible!"

"You're over thinking it." Brendan replied, "The town is surrounded by buildings and a forest, one of them has got to have a back door."

"Makes sense." Red replied as they began to look around.

"Why are we doing this again?" May asked.

"If this isn't cleared up, then we won't be able to challenge the gym." Leaf replied.

"Oh, right." May replied as she leaned on a wall and fell through.

"Now what would I do without your ability to find things?" Brendan asked as he helped her up then looked around at the empty home, "Huh, I guess this house was barely being moved into."

"Alright, let's get going." Red called out as he opened the door to the city. Looking around, Red was surprised at what he saw, only about two or three Rocket Grunts patrolling...and one of them was asleep while guarding the doors to the largest building.

"Anyone else thinking 'You're fired?'" Brendan asked as they approached the building.

"This...this is the Silph Company HQ building." Leaf commented, "Makes sense Team Rocket would be here since they manufacture things from home appliances to the pokeball."

"Well, I see a free entry so let's get going." May replied as she went through the doors as the others followed. May and Brendan were surprised at the size of the building from the inside.

"Whoa, this place is huge!" Brendan exclaimed, causing an echo in the empty room, "Ha, cool. ECHO!"

"Sure, let them know that were in here!" May snapped.

"Look, there's an elevator." Leaf commented, "We could use that to avoid the other grunts and-" Leaf was cut off as Pichu awoke, jumped out of her bag, and took off for the stairs, "Pichu! Come back!" Leaf cried out as she chased after him.

"Leaf wait!" Red called out as he followed. The four of them chased the small Pokémon to the fifth floor until Pichu jumped onto a large table, sat down, and began to eat a pie that was left there. May slammed her head on the table.

"Are you kidding me!?" she exclaimed, "He took off just for a pie!?"

"Well...none of us got to eat this morning." Brendan replied.

"How'd you get in here!?" a voice called out. The four of them turned to see a group of employees in a corner.

"Uhh...the front door." May replied, "The guard fell asleep." The employee slammed his head on the wall.

"May, I think your contagious." Brendan laughed before May elbowed him in the gut.

"So, are you supposed to be the ones that are going to stop Team Rocket?" another employee asked. May was about to reply when she felt something tug the back of her shirt...only when she turned she saw that Pichu was using her shirt as a napkin.

"HEY!" she cried out as Pichu scurried away towards Leaf and Brendan held her back.

"We're doomed." the employee whined as Leaf placed Pichu in her bag again and Brendan helped May clean her shirt.

"So is this all of you?" Red asked.

"Well...most." the employee replied, "The president is being held hostage on the eleventh floor by Team Rocket's leader and a few other employees are scattered on the upper floors."

"Ok, so we take the elevator to the eleventh floor and deal with the leader." Brendan commented.

"Uhh...well...it's not that simple." the employee replied, "We kinda made the tower a puzzle...for security services. Guess we need to fix that." May slammed her head on the table again.

"Why!?" she whined, "What have I done to deserve this!?"

"Oh come on, it's not that bad." Brendan replied.

"NO!" May shouted as she dragged Brendan, "No! We're taking the elevator, and I'll take care of getting inside!" Leaf and Red followed as May entered the elevator and mashed the eleventh floor button. The ride up was awkward as May impatiently tapped her foot with her arms crossed. Red and Leaf looked at each other, silently questioning each other what May was up to.

Once the doors opened, the four of them stepped outside and May sent out her Blaziken, "Blaziken, use Blaze Kick to get rid of this wall!" May commanded. Blaziken complied and struck the wall down.

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"You are really wasting my time here." Giovanni hissed, "Just have your employees create more and I'll leave as soon as I get them."

"Sir!" a grunt called out, "We've received a report from the lower levels about some intruders chasing a Pokémon in the building!"

"Hmm...catch them and make sure they don't-" Giovanni was suddenly cut off as the wall exploded and a girl emerged from the fire.

"ALRIGHT, EITHER GET OUT OF HERE QUIETLY OR WE'LL KICK YOU OUT BY FORCE!" she shouted as three more figures emerged from the fire.

"...four children got past everyone here!?" Giovanni asked with anger, "You fools! I have to do everything myself!" Giovanni sent out Kangaskhan, "Get rid of these intruders!"

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The Rocket boss sent out a Kangaskhan, ready to stop them at any cost. May quickly had Blaziken counter attack the opponent, but it quickly became difficult due to the fact that the Rocket boss' Kangaskhan was much more powerful even with type advantage on May's side. Brendan sent out his Swampert to back up May and Red had sent out his Haunter in preparation for any opposition from the grunts. Leaf was about to send out her Butterfree when the unthinkable happened, a grunt came unnoticed from Leaf's right and punched her right cheek sending her onto a nearby table which she hit with her head, knocking her out.

"Pichu Pi!" Pichu cried out as he quickly came out of Leaf's bag and tried to wake her up.

"That's what you get for ruining our plans at the Game Corner!" the grunt shouted before Red punched him in the gut, hit him in the grunt face with his knee as the grunt hunched over, then kicked him away.

"Leaf, are you ok?" Red asked as he knelt next to her. Leaf was still unconscious and had a bruise on her head and cheek. "Haunter!" he called out and Haunter turned to him, "Do as you like with the grunts." A sinister smile spread across Haunter's face as he disappeared through the floor.

"You have no chance against me!" Giovanni snapped as Kangaskhan threw Swampert and Blaziken in May's direction. Brendan quickly tackled May out of harm's way before their Pokémon hit the wall.

"May, are you alright?" he asked.

"Yeah, thanks." May replied as she hugged him.

"Now, how do we make sure you don't meddle anymore?" Giovanni asked as he approached them, but stopped as a grunt suddenly hit the ground unconscious. Giovanni jerked his head in the grunts direction, commanding another grunt to check on his fallen comrade. The grunt slowly approached, taking each step as slowly as he could until he reached the body. Leaning in to check if he was breathing, the unconscious grunt suddenly began to scream in terror causing the other to fall back in surprise. He watched in horror as his comrade continued to scream and squirm in terror before Haunter appeared before him. Haunter stared at the grunt, inflicting as much terror as he could before using hypnosis. The grunt hit the floor, sleeping calmly and without a worry...until he suddenly began to squirm and scream like the other before Haunter disappeared into the floor again.

"Kangaskhan, get rid of that damn ghost!" Giovanni ordered, only to realize that Haunter had done the same to Kangaskhan without notice. Carrying Leaf in his arms, Red neared Giovanni.

"Leave before I have Haunter make sure that none of you can ever wake up!" he threatened, and if May and Brendan thought his voice was scary and awkward before, they were absolutely terrified of him now, even Haunter showed signs of fear and Pichu nearly cried as he hugged onto Leaf.

"V-very well." Giovanni stuttered, "W-we'll retreat f-for now." Giovanni left with the other Rockets carrying their unconscious and fear filled comrades.

"Mmm...R-red?" Leaf called out as she began to open her eyes, "What happened?"

"Doesn't matter." Red replied as he hugged her tightly, "You're ok."

"Pichu Pi! Pichu!" Pichu cried out as the poor little guy was being smothered between them.

"Y-you four..." the company president called out, "I-...I can't believe what you've done for us! Team Rocket was after this, you may have it as our thanks. It's the Master Ball, is our best creation with a 100% catch succession."

"Dibs!" Brendan called out.

"Oh, no you don't!" May snapped before turning to Leaf, "We'll worry about that later, how you are feeling?"

"Better." Leaf replied as she snuggled into Red's arms, but flinched as Pichu rubbed the bruise on her head, trying to ease the pain. "It's ok Pichu." she told him as she got him off her head, "I'll be fine."

"Pichu!" he cried out as he hugged her.

"We should get going." Red suggested and the others nodded. The four of them began to make their way out until Brendan suddenly came to a halt, blocking their path.

"Wait a minute, Mr. President?" Brendan called out, "There IS one more thing you could do for us...if it's not too much." Everyone looked at Brendan with confused looks...except for May who already knew what he was going to ask.

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"I'm in heaven!" Brendan cried out just before he dug into his massive plate of food. May felt slightly embarrassed because the four of them were the only ones in the restaurant who didn't have to pay, but also because Red and Brendan were practically having a race to see who could eat the most in the shortest time...and everyone was looking at them! Leaf herself was taking her time and enjoying her food, laughing at the competition going on between the boys, and Pichu was sitting on the table next to Leaf's plate eating some dango. Brendan and Red put their plates down at the same time, satisfied and full, while May barely began to eat.

"You haven't even started?" Brendan asked.

"Kind of hard to eat when you two are chowing down on your food like a couple of Snorlax." May replied and Brendan laughed.

"Here, let me help you start." he commented as he took May's spoon and began to feed her.

"So, what do we do now?" Leaf asked Red.

"Well, we've all had a long day so how about we all spend the night here in Saffron?" Red replied then pulled her closer, hugged her and added, "And later tonight, you and I can watch the stars on the roof together."

"Sounds great." Leaf replied as she leaned in on him.

"Pi! Pichu!" Red and Leaf turned to see Pichu running away as May chased him around, only she didn't have her bandana on.

"Get back here!" May shouted.

"You guys need to teach him the difference between clothes and napkins." Brendan told Red and Leaf before the three of them broke out in laughter.