October 13th (Celadon City, Kanto)

(Leaf's POV)

I woke up feeling achy and felt like all the energy I had was zapped from me. I looked around and saw that I was in a hospital room with the girls on either side of me sleeping. I struggled to sit up and grasped my head from the sudden headache.

I then remembered the girls and I struggling to find shelter in the rain. We then came across a hollow tree and climbed inside. While waiting out the rain, Misty began to complain of achiness and soon I felt the same. It then dawned on me that we were exposed to the virus. After a while when Misty blacked out and I was close to doing the same, I told our pokemon that no human was to come near us as it was a matter of life or death. I then blacked out and woke up here.

I tried to breathe in deeply only to feel multiple sharp pains in my lungs causing me to gasp. After a few seconds of trying to calm myself down, I was able to breathe a little bit easier.

I then heard movement and saw Misty struggling to sit up, "You okay?" I asked weakly.

I heard Misty struggle to breathe as she shook her head, "I wonder who found us?" she gasped.

I looked down at my lap, "I don't know, but I can't help but worry that whoever found us is sick."

I then heard a bed creaking and looked to my left to see Dawn waking up, "You feeling okay?" I asked as she sat up.

She stuck her thumb out and shook it up and down giving a so-so answer, "Are you having trouble breathing?" Misty asked.

Dawn again gave the same response causing me to raise my eyebrows in surprise, "Don't you feel like someone is squeezing your lungs when you breathe?"

She shook her head and looked worried, "I'm guessing you're worrying about who found us," Misty slightly gasped in trying to breathe.

She nodded and my thoughts began to wander to the guys and Gary. Did they find us? Did they know about the virus?!

I felt it become harder to breathe as I envisioned the guys being sick like us.

"Leaf, calm down!" Misty gasped.

"I can't, what if the guys found us? What if they have the virus?!" I said scared.

"Leaf, stop! Your heart rate is increasing too high!" Misty shouted breathlessly.

I then noticed I could hardly breathe, "I....I can't.....breathe!" I gasped as I tried to breathe, but I felt like I was drowning.

As I was trying to breathe, I felt pressure points on my neck before I was hit from behind and blacked out.

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

(Drew's POV)

After finding the girls, we immediately alerted Clair who notified Hazmat. They then took the girls away and set up an isolation area within the PHPA medical bay. We then gave Clair all the details we could and she told Max she would overlook his illegal actions.

"Have techs been able to pull anything off of the girls barettes, poketches, or compowders?" I asked.

Clair shook her head, "The explosion and rain pretty much wrecked them, but we're still trying to recover anything," she said tiredly.

Suddenly we heard an alarm blaring, "Ma'am, we have a situation!" someone shouted over Clair's walky-talky.

"No shit Sherlock," Paul muttered.

Clair picked up and pressed the side button "Where?"

"The medical bay," they answered caused the guys to look at each other with worry.

"What's wrong?" Clair asked as we ran toward the medical area.

"We don't know, from the looks of the cameras, Green is hunched over, Waterflower just went unconscious, and Berlitz looks to be in hysterics. It also looks like she's responsible for calling the alarm," the guy explained.

"Get Hazmat medics down there now!" Clair ordered.

We picked up the pace and ran toward a side room that allowed us to look into the isolated area. Medics were surrounding Misty and Leaf while two tried to calm Dawn down.

"What the heck happened?" Gary wondered.

Clair pushed a button on the panel in front of us to allow her to speak into the room, "What's going on in there?"

A medic walked over and pushed a nearby button to answer, "Green and Waterflower are suffering fluid build-up in the lungs most likely triggered from a stress or panic attack. As for Berlitz, we can't get anything out of her to explain what happened."

"That's because she can't talk you idiot!" Paul snapped.

I rested a hand on his shoulder to calm him down as we watched the medics take Misty and Leaf away while Dawn sat on her bed, hugged her knees, and continued to cry.

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

(Dawn's POV)

What have I done, I could have killed her. I just....

I then broke down into more sobs from my guilt. I could tell that Leaf was bringing on a panic attack as she kept wondering if the guys found us and got the virus. I got out of bed and tried to find pressure points like May did to harmlessly knock her out, but I couldn't find them. In the end, I hit her hard on the back of her head and she keeled over. Misty looked at me in shock as I stepped back in horror at what I did and then Misty passed out.

After the Hazmat medics took them away, I continued to be eaten away at my guilt.

I heard faint tiny footsteps near my bed and I looked down to see Piplup holding a pencil and a small notebook.

"Piplup?" I mouthed in surprise as I wiped my tears.

Piplup then raised his flippers and I picked him up and placed him on my lap. I then took the notepad and pencil while giving Piplup a questioning look.

"Pip piplup Pip lup lup," Piplup explained gesturing with his flippers for me to write. (The guys want you to write down what happened since the tunnel.)

I nodded in understanding and wrote down everything I could remember from what was discovered in the cabin to the explosion to waking up here. As I wrote down what happened to Leaf, tears began to fall on the page.

"Piplup?" Piplup asked in worry.

I quickly finished writing my last thought and gave the notepad and pencil to Piplup. He took the notepad and pencil and hopped from the bed before looking at me again with worry. I gave him a sad smile and a nod before he waddled out and I could cry in peace.

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

(Paul's POV)

I watched from the viewing window as Piplup went into the isolated area and gave Dawn the pad and pencil. She then began writing for a while and I saw that she started to cry again. She then wrote something and gave the pad and pencil back to Piplup. He hopped down and looked at her in worry, but she smiled and gave him a nod before he left and she hugged her knees and cried again.

I left out a heavy sigh, Dawn....what happened to shatter you like this?

After a while, the guys and Piplup came back with a tablet showing the scanned pages Dawn wrote. I quickly read through them and sighed.

"At least we know what happened," Drew said tiredly as he gave a sympathetic look at Dawn. "No wonder she's broken down."

I set the tablet on the counter as Ash put Piplup on the control panel to see Dawn. I then noticed that Piplup had a few tears running down his face as he watched Dawn cry.

I then put a hand on his head and rubbed it as we both watched her, "She'll be okay," I said softly.

I saw Dawn flinch slightly, but she still hugged her knees in comfort.

Gary sighed, "I guess we foiled Richards' plan since we safely recovered the girls."

Ash frowned and shook his head, "This still isn't over, we don't have the medicine to fight the virus and we still have no idea where Richards is hiding."

Gary then took the tablet and started to tap it and scroll, "What are you looking at?" Drew asked.

"I'm looking at the girls medical charts because it seems strange that Misty and Leaf are a lot worse than Dawn if they have been exposed to the virus for the same period of time," he explained.

We frowned slightly at his point, "It is strange," Ash agreed.

"Have you found anything?" I asked.

Gary's eyebrows furrowed, "From what I can read, it seems it is taking the virus longer to penetrate Dawn's cells than it is for Misty and Leaf."

"How is that possible?" Drew asked in thought. "Some sort of immunity?"

I shook my head, "This virus was supposed to be extinct, how can a person be immune to a virus that's supposed to be dead."

"Well, miraculous things have happened before," Drew pointed out.

I then heard a sharp intake of breath and looked at Dawn to see her sitting straight upright. Did she just hear what we said?

I looked at the panel to see that Ash set Piplup on the intercom button, "Ash, you set Piplup on the intercom button," I muttered.

Ash looked at Piplup, "Whoops."

Dawn then bolted out of bed, but reached for Misty's bed in support. She breathed hard as she scrambled for the keyboard on the side of the wall.

"Dawn, what are you doing?" I shouted.

She ignored me and tried to type as fast as she could before she hugged herself and keeled over.

"Dawn!" I shouted.

Drew then pressed a button on the control panel to alert the Hazmat medics and I made fists with my hands since I couldn't do anything to help her.

"What just happened?!" Ash asked in shock.

A minute later, medics appeared and placed Dawn on her bed before running tests.

Clair then came running in, "What happened?" she demanded.

"We don't know, we were talking with Dawn overhearing us when she burst out of bed and typed something on the computer against the wall before she hugged herself and collapsed," I explained.

Clair then pressed the button for the intercom, "Miller, can you tell me what was typed on the computer against the wall."

He walked over and read the screen before pressing the intercom button to talk, "It says 'May's healing still exists, the girls stand a chance if...'. That's all that's here."

"Thank you Miller," Clair said as she took her hand off the button and looked at us. "Do you have any idea what Dawn is saying?"

We shook our heads, "What could she mean by that, it seems kind of rhetoric," Gary pointed out. "May lives which means she can heal, but we have no idea as to where she is right now."

I hand on my chin in thought, "What if 'still' is indicating past tense?" I wondered.

Everyone looked at me, "Okay, but what happened in the past still exists?" Ash asked.

Gary then opened his eyes in shock and facepalmed, "Idiot, how come I didn't think of it sooner."

"Care to share with the class," Drew said sarcastically.

"Okay, so the girls' medical charts show that the virus is having a hard time infecting Dawn because something is helping block her cells from getting infected. Dawn just said May's healing, she's talking about when she was mysteriously healed a couple days ago. She had the theory that May healed her back then, maybe she did and some of the healing power used is still in her," Gary explained quickly.

"Could her blood help Leaf and Misty slow down the virus?" Drew asked.

Gary shook his head, "I don't know, since Dawn is already infected with the virus, it might not have much effect."

Drew's eyes widened, "Wait a minute, Paul was also healed by May. Maybe that's what Dawn was trying to type, the girls have a chance if they are injected with May's healing power from Paul's blood."

Everyone looked at me, "Paul, are you willing to undergo a few tests?" Clair asked.

"If it helps the girls have a better chance," I said as we made our way to a different part of the medical area to have my blood tested.

Later on after they pricked my finger, scientists looked at the sample closely, "Interesting," one of the scientists said in wonder as they looked at my blood sample under a microscope. "The cells are showing some sort of glowing effect and is slowing down the virus."

"Could his blood help slow down the virus inside the girls?" Clair asked.

"It is possible, it can't hurt to try since his blood type is O negative," he said.

"I'm willing to give the blood needed," I agreed.

An agent then came running in and out of breath, "Ma'am, we've gotten a hit for Richards' location."

"Good, pass word to Lance and I'll start sending agents there now," she said as the agent ran out and she looked at us.

"Paul, stay here since you'll be weak after giving blood," she said to me before looking at the others. "As for you, I'm sending you after Richards."

They nodded, "Make sure you get the bastard who did this," I called with a smirk.

They smirked back at me as they left to suit up and I followed a nurse to nearby room to have my blood taken.

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

(Drew's POV)

After leaving PHPA, we were dropped off near a lake outside of Mahogany Town.

"Where's the guy's cabin?" Gary asked.

I pulled out my wallet, "Hidden in the forest a couple yards from here," I said as I pointed out the direction.

Gary and Ash nodded as we snuck our way over there and placed our masks on before rushing in to find the place empty.

"What the hell.....Where is he!" Gary shouted in frustration as he kicked a nearby side table.

I gripped my fists in frustration before I tossed one of Max's devices in the air to get a sample. I then looked at my wallet to show that the test for the virus was negative.

"We're clear," I called as I lowered my mask.

Gary and Ash then lowered theirs before we started to snoop out the place. I was looking through the desk when I came across some papers showing formulas and chemical diagrams for the medicine to fight the virus.

"Hey you guys, I think I found the papers to fight the virus," I called as I continued to study the pages.

The guys rushed over and looked at them, "Let's hope they are, we better take pictures and send them to Clair."

As Gary took the pictures, I called up Clair, "Did you find anything?" she asked.

I nodded, "We think we found the papers to help create the medicine to fight the virus."

"Good," she said with a sigh of relief. "When you finish up, return back to headquarters."

I nodded and she ended the call.

I looked over at Ash to see him frowning in thought, "What's on your mind Ash?" I asked.

He sighed, "Something feels off."

I frowned, "How so?"

"That we stopped Richards' plan of infecting PHPA. You would think that since we did, we'd be able to find Richards here," he explained.

"Not necessarily, he could just be hiding out elsewhere," I pointed out.

"I don't know, it just doesn't make sense," Ash muttered.

"Okay then Ashy-boy, if you were in Richards' shoes, what would you do?" Gary challenged.

"I would think the plan isn't over yet because the girls are still alive meaning they can still be used to infect others," Ash explained in thought.

Gary and I looked surprised, "Are you saying that you try to break into PHPA?" I asked.

Ash shrugged his shoulders, "Well, since everyone's attention is focused in finding him elsewhere, no one would suspect him breaking in."

Gary and I looked at each other before we tried to call Clair.

"Clair, teleport us back now!" I shouted as her picture appeared.

She looked surprised, but did as we asked.

"What's wrong?" she asked concerned as we appeared in the room where Paul was giving blood.

"Are the girls still in the isolated area?" I asked.

Clair frowned, "What are you talking about, of course they are."

"Check," Gary snapped.

Paul frowned, "What's going on?"

"Ash thinks that Richards has infiltrated the agency to kidnap the girls," I quickly explained.

Clair frowned but immediately brought up security cameras for all rooms in the isolated area. The girls appeared to be resting in the recovery area.

"That can't be right," Ash muttered.

"Ash, it shows the girls there meaning that your theory is just a theory," Clair stated tiredly.

Ash frowned and made fists, "I don't accept that, the security cameras could be hacked. Drew, can you use your aura to look for the girls?"

I sighed, "Ash...."

"Please," he begged.

I looked at him and sighed before nodding. I then took a deep breath and focused on the auras in the area. After a minute, I opened my eyes in surprise.

"Well....?" Ash asked.

"I....I don't sense them," I said surprised.

Clair frowned and pulled out her walky-talky demanding someone in the isolated area to response, but no one did.

She then ran to a wall and pushed a big red button, "We're on lockdown," she shouted as sirens started to scream and the doorways were shut with steel doors.

We immediately put on masks and Clair pulled up facial recognition on the computer, "No one breaks in here and gets away with it!" she snapped before looking at me. "Drew, can you scan for the girl's auras and Richards?"

I shook my head, "Trying to find a specific aura in a huge area like this with a bunch of people is too difficult, I would never be able to sense them."

Clair scowled in frustration before a ding picked up on the computer, "You've got to be kidding me," she said anger.

We looked to see that Richards was one of the Hazmat medics and he was currently in Lance's office with the girls on the floor.

Clair immediately called out a Gardevoir to teleport us there.

Richards smiled when he saw us, "So nice of you to join us."

"Shut up!" Paul snapped. "Surrender, you're outnumbered."

"Please, it doesn't matter. The virus is already circulating through the whole agency and soon my revenge will be complete," he said slyly.

"Not if I have anything to say about it," Ash shouted. "Pikachu, use Thunderbolt."

"Drowzee, use Psychic," Richards called with a grin has he threw his pokeball.

Drowzee grinned as he used Psychic to throw the girls in the path of the Thunderbolt causing them to be shocked badly.

"Pikachu stop!" Ash shouted.

Pikachu immediately stopped using Thunderbolt causing the girls to fall limply to the floor. The guys then raced forward and held them bridal style.

"You won't get away with this!" I shouted angrily.

Richards laughed, "I already have. I've proven my point of biological warfare being useful and I got my revenge. All of you will be dead soon enough, especially the girls. I say they have less than an hour to live."

Clair's walky-talky then buzzed with static, "Ma'am, we finished putting together the medicine for the virus."

Clair then grabbed her walky-talky from her belt, "Send it to Lance's office," she said quickly.

Soon three small cups appeared causing Richards to frown, "Drowzee, use Psychic," Richards ordered.

"Roserade, use Petal Dance," I shouted as I threw her pokeball.

She quickly used Petal Dance to block the attack as I grabbed the cups and handed them to the guys. They gave the girls the medicine as I continued to battle with Richards.

"Roserade, use Magical Leaf," I shouted.

"Use Psybeam," Richards ordered.

Both attacks clashed and the girls screamed in agony.

"What's wrong?" I shouted.

"We don't know, I think the medicine isn't working," Ash called as the girls continued to writher in pain.

Richards grinned, "Of course it didn't work, I only have the formula for the medicine."

I frowned, "Hate to break it to ya pal, but what we just used was your formula."

Richards looked shocked before looking angry, "That's impossible!"

"Highly doubt it, we used your papers from your cabin and some of the best scientists in the world made it," I snapped.

I scowled as I watched him pale with fear in his eyes, "You have the virus, don't you?" I accused.

He frowned, "I haven't been exposed long, I can still make it unlike you."

He then called out an Alakazam, "Use Teleport."

Alakazam's eyes glowed, but they didn't leave.

"Use Teleport!" Richards shouted.

Suddenly static was heard over Clair's walky-talky, "Ma'am, a glowing figure was spotted in Sector 2."

"Ma'am, a ghost appeared in Sector 4."

"Ma'am, a glowing girl was spotted in Sectors 5 and 6."

"Ma'am, a ghost came by Sectors 3, 7, and 10."

More reports sounded over her walky-talky surprising us.

"Damn it Alakazam, use Teleport!" Richards screamed.

"I highly doubt you are going anywhere," a voice said sternly in a silvery tone.

I felt my pupils shrink in surprise, it can't be.

"Who are you? Show yourself!" Richards demanded.

The steel door blocking the doorway lifted up to show a glowing May in a short, white dress.

"Who are you?" Richards demanded.

May raised her eyebrows in mock surprise and smirked, "A villain actually doesn't know who I am, that's a first."

"Tell me!" he roared.

May sighed, "If you must know, I'm the Guardian of Arceus. Also, I couldn't help overhear that your medicine to fight against the mutation you created doesn't work. That doesn't surprise me because there is no medicine to stop this virus, you mutated to the point where no medicine can stop it."

"That's impossible, you're lying! How could you possibly know that!" Richards demanded.

May then threw me a flask, "Give it to the girls, it'll halt the virus from taking their lives."

"You bitch, tell me how you know there is no cure," Richards shouted as I gave the flask for the guys to give the girls.

"I just know from sensing life from the virus. In other words, it's not really a virus anymore because you created a life that cannot be destroyed. Which in turn means you could potential kill every person on the planet including yourself," May said sternly in a mystical tone.

"No, you're lying!" Richards roared.

May began walking to him, "Am I? I think you knew all along didn't you?"

"There....there was the chance, but.....," he stammered.

"You did it anyway and since you put the word in danger, you are inclined to punishment," May stated.

"No....no....NO!!!" Richards shouted as May took out his eyes with a knife.

She then set fire to his eyes creating ash, "Your punishment deemed by Arceus is loss of sight so that you can't make anything like this again. Now be gone."

She then moved her hand across and Richards along with his pokemon disappeared.

No one spoke, we were speechless.

"You will not have to worry about him, his punishment for his sins was ordered by Arceus and he will live to suffer with what he almost did," May said as she looked at Lance who frowned.

She then turned to Clair, "I imagine you heard of my appearances throughout the building?"

Clair nodded and looked at May as if wanting to ask a lot of questions. May gave a small smile, "I went through every inch of the agency to heal every one of the virus, this is the last area to be healed.'

She then started to sing the song like she did when she transformed into her healing self to save Arceus, it has to be the most pure, angelic thing I will ever hear.

Her appearance changed to her healing form of Arceus' power while singing as she walked to the girls and pulled a little vial of liquid from her sleeve. She gave a drop to each girl and made motions with her hands as if she was waterbending. Our eyes widened in amazement, the drop then turned to little streams of white energy stretching to all corners of each girls' body til they were glowing white.

The glow then faded and the girls were resting peacefully. May then pulled a ball of light out of thin air that gave off the sound of what sounded like Dawn singing.

"Arceus deemed that she has suffered enough," May said gently as she put the ball to Dawn's neck and it sank in.

She then waved her hand over everyone, but me, to put them to sleep.

May then put her hand down and looked at them. I noticed a few tears spilling from her eyes before she looked at me.

"I'm so sorry," she murmured as she turned to walk away while raising her hand to put me to sleep.

I rushed forward to grab her hand gently and turn her my way before holding her face with the other and kissed her gently.

After a few seconds, I felt her kiss me back and soon an image of a castle appeared in my mind before switching to the image of a little girl with light blue eyes and very light brown hair.

"May....where have you been?" I asked as I held her close.

I felt her shake slightly from crying before she stepped out, "I'm sorry, but I can't tell you."

She then kissed me again, "I love you," she murmured as I felt myself become sleepy.

I then felt myself being gently placed on the ground and kissed again before the world turned black.

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

October 14th (Lilycove City, Hoenn)

(Dawn's POV)

I felt someone squeezing my hand gently causing me to open my eyes and see Paul sitting next to me with his eyes closed.

I gently squeezed back causing him to sigh, "You feeling better?" he asked.

"Surprisingly better," I said causing me to pause in shock as well as Paul opening his eyes in wonder.

"So it wasn't a dream," he murmured.

"What wasn't?" I asked.

"May came and healed everyone while also giving back your voice," he explained.

I sighed in relief and smiled, "Thank goodness everyone is okay, the girls were so ill and then what I did to Leaf....."

Tears began to fall as my guilt ate at me. I then felt the mattress dip down on the side and was pulled into a hug.

"You only wanted to help Leaf so that her panic attack didn't make her more ill, your heart was in the right place," Paul murmured.

"But...I....I hurt my friend, I could have killed her," I cried into his shoulder.

Paul chuckled, "I highly doubt that Troublesome."

I then calmed down and nuzzled into his neck while smiling softly at the nickname, "I don't think I'll ever get tired of it."

"Tired of what?" Paul asked.

"You calling me Troublesome, it's grown on me," I hummed.

"I call you that because you are troublesome," Paul pointed out.

I pulled away and crossed my arms, "Tomato tomato," I said pronouncing the words two different ways.

I heard Paul chuckle as he pulled me close and kissed me, "What was that for?" I asked with a small grin.

"Do I need to have a reason every time I kiss you?" he asked while raising an eyebrow.

"No, but I feel that you had a reason this time," I teased.

Paul then kissed me again, "I'm just glad you're well and that you have your voice back, it was really weird having you not talk."

I smirked, "So you missed me talking?" I asked slyly. "Maybe I should talk less."

Paul then kissed me hard, "Don't," he said huskily causing me to blush.

"You just love to fluster me," I accused turning my face away.

Paul smirked, "Think what you want Troublesome," he said as he kissed my cheek.

I said nothing as I leaned against him and placed my head on his shoulder as he held me close. I just wanted to take in the moment peace while it lasted.

After a while, I felt the curtain separating me from the others get pulled back and I looked up to see Leaf and Gary.

I lifted my head up surprised, "How are you feeling?" I asked.

She grinned, "I lot better than I did yesterday."

I pulled out of Paul's hold to get up and walk toward her with my eyes beginning to tear up, "Leaf, about yesterday......."

Leaf raised her hand to stop me before giving me a sad smile, "Gary told me what happened and its okay."

I shook my head with tears beginning to fall, "No it's not," I argued.

"Dawn, I was having a panic attack that was putting me at the risk of death because of the virus. If you hadn't knocked me out, I might have died. So I forgive you, no hard feelings," she said honestly.

I then rushed forward to hug her and she hugged me back, "Glad to see that's settled," Misty said with a grin as she and Ash appeared.

"Hey Misty," Leaf said as she pulled her into our hug.

"At least this nightmare is over," I sighed as we broke apart.

Everyone nodded, before Leaf frowned, "Where's Drew?"

We all frowned seeing that he wasn't here, "Wonder where he went?" Gary asked in thought.

We then heard the door open and Clair came in, "Glad to see that you girls are doing well."

"So are we," I said tiredly.

Clair chuckled, "I can imagine," she said before looking around and frowned. "Isn't Drew here?"

We shook our heads, "We don't know where he is," Misty said as Clair looked around and then picked up a white envelope on a nearby table.

"What's that?" Ash asked.

Clair looked at it, "I'm not sure, it's addressed to all of you," she said as she handed me the envelope.

I opened it and quickly read it with the girls reading over my shoulders before I gave it to Paul so the guys could read it.

"I can honestly say I don't blame him for leaving," I said sadly after reading his apology for leaving to go find May. "I'm surprised he waited this long before going off to find her."

"What are you talking about?" Clair asked slightly confused.

Leaf sighed, "From what the guys told us, May put all of us to sleep after we were healed, but I'm betting she didn't put Drew to sleep right off the bad. They probably talked a little and May told him she still isn't coming back yet. So he probably has an idea of where to find her and went after her."

"Didn't May say that she didn't want to be followed?" Clair asked to clarify.

We all nodded, "But after the past few weeks of us girls getting stuck in tough situations, it probably made Drew really worried so he left to find her so he can give her invisible backup if she needs it," I explained.

"I see," Clair said in understanding. "Anyway, due to the events of the past week or so, you guys are given leave for two weeks of no missions."

We opened our eyes surprised, "Seriously?!" Misty asked.

Clair smiled and nodded, "I think it's safe to say that this past mission was too close to comfort for you so I think you all need a break to recuperate."

She then gave us a teasing eye, "I also heard from a little Pidgey that it's your guys' one year anniversary so consider this a gift."

We gave her a surprised look as she left the room, "Well.......okay then," Leaf said surprised after a minute of silence.

"I wonder who told her because we didn't even remember," I said before sweatdropping. "Which sounds really pathetic."

"The guys and I actually did," Gary teased.

Leaf starred at him unimpressed, "Sorry Gare-bear, I don't believe you."

Gary then clutched his heart in mock pain, "That kills Leafy," he whined.

"Seriously though, we didn't remember meaning if we didn't remember, there's no way you would," Misty pointed out.

"That's up for debate, guys can remember important dates," Ash argued.

I felt someone pull my arm and saw Paul gesturing for us to leave as arguing ensued.

I quickly followed since I didn't want to be in the room when the argument explodes.

I sighed, "I still think it's awful no one remembered, but I guess our lives were so crazy recently that we all forgot."

Paul then held my hand as we continued to walk and squeezed it gently, "All that matters is that we remembered before the day passed by."

I smiled and kissed his cheek as we continued to walk toward the pokemon room to teleport out. He did have a point, the important thing was that we remembered and that's all that matters.