Shopping.....

"WHY DO WE ALWAYS HAVE TO BE STUCK WITH THESE GIRLS WHEN THEY SHOP?" Max shouted as he carried countless bags.

"Beats me," Gary answered nonchalantly as he conversed with Brock, the shopping bags that he was carrying were on the ground. "So Ash stayed behind to fix up some land, huh." Gary whispered to Brock.

"Yeah, he felt guilty when Team Rocket attack and destroyed Grandma Wilma's land, so he stayed behind to help her fixed it." Brock stated quietly.

"Do you think that he stayed behind because he was up for a meeting with her little Elena?" Gary commented with a grin.

"Probably, knowing how faithful Ash is to her, he wouldn't arrived here until tomorrow, after the ball is done." Brock remarked with tears fell down from his eyes. "Why can't I get a girl that beautiful?' Brock asked quietly so that Gary was the only that could hear him.

"Maybe it's because when you see a pretty girl, you go gaga instantly." Gary replied snidely.

"What are you two talking about?" Max asked as he glanced at the two boys behind him.

The two teens merely looked at Max grimly. "You don't want to know, trust us you don't want to know." Gary and Brock replied grimly.

Max looked at them confusedly and was about to inquire more but was interrupted by the opening of the changing room. "Finally, you three are done, can we go now?" Gary stated as he glanced at the three girls that emerged from the changing room.

"Not yet, we need to buy some accessories for our dress." May exclaimed happily causing the three boys to groan.

"Could you guys just used the accessories that you already have." Max inquired desperately.

"We can't do that Max; this is a Ball, a formal affair that we're going to, so we need to look presentable." Dawn stated cheerfully. The three boys groaned at that once again as they follow the four girls as they head to the counter.

"I should have helped Ash." Brock muttered desperately.

"Amen to that." Max whispered as they finally let the bags that they were holding down to the counter.

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"Let's see I want this, and this, ow and this…." Sarah trailed off as she picked several dresses and placed them on the cart. This was also being done by the girls of the crew, with the exception of Jane.

"Why are they liked that? Every time they get the chance to go shopping, they go crazy." Jane said as she watched the four girls shopped like mad.

"It's because they spend most of there time in ruins, they want to catch up in the modern world." Neil explained as he glanced at Jane.

"And I spend most of my time dodging bullets and looked at me; I don't act like a school girl every time I'm in a mall." Jane stated in annoyance.

"Speaking of mall, do you already have a dress for the ball tonight?"Michael asked as he glanced at his frantic, shopping craze girlfriend.

"I already have one; I'm just going to use the dress I used when I talk to my clients. It saves me the time and the money to buy a new one" Jane said with a shrugged.

"Good to know, that would reduce the bags that we have to carry." Michael said in dread as he glanced at the dresses and the accessories that the girls were trying on. "Where is that bloody Justin anyway? He should be here enduring this with us." Michael stated in frustration.

"I would bet that his out there flirting with some random girls." Neil said in a disappointed tone.

"Could I just kill him, I don't like the fact that he always tries to flirt with Elena." Jane stated venomously as she balled her hands into a fist. 'Ash would probably kill the guy the first time he sees him flirting with her anyway.' Jane thought as her mind drifted towards the enigmatic Aura Prince.

She, for all of her being, can't figure him out. The first time they meet, he hated her in an instant. The second, the third, and most of the time they meet, she tried to kill him. The last time they meet, he killed her entire crew and almost killed her but was saved by the pleads of her youngest sister, It was still a real shocker to her that her sister was secretly dating, behind there backs, a powerful, handsome, and sexy being, for almost three years no less. That brought her to his offer, his offer to train her to become an Aura Guardian.

Jane shook her head at the thought of that offer, it was still unreal. She spend most of her life poaching Pokémons for profit, hurting people and Pokémons in the process but now, a man that all living things consider as a God comes and offered her salvation, it shook her down to her very core. It still confused her that he would offer her that kind of choice to someone like her, a cold, heartless person, a chance of redemption, it was unreal. But she was still a bit hesitant to accept that offer even with the urges of Elena, Papa Dan, which happen to be his uncle, and even Natasha. The reason why she was hesitant to accept Ash's is the fact that she thinks that she doesn't deserved salvation for her sins.

"Hey Jane, are you okay?" Neil asked as he glanced at his old friend.

Jane shook her head and glanced stoically at Neil. "I'm fine Neil, don't worry about me." Jane said in a passive tone.

Neil quickly nodded as she glanced at his workmates; there was absolutely no sense for him to ask any more, knowing Jane, she wouldn't give an answer.

To the shopping girls.

"Okay that all of that things I'll need." Sarah exclaimed happily as she glanced at a beautiful black gown and some accessories that she picked up.

"We're done here as well," Michelle and Tanya said in unison as they dropped twenty bags of clothing on top of Neil which he caught and carried effortlessly.

"I'm done to," Karen stated as she dropped her bags on her boyfriend, Michael grunted as he struggle to carry five bags that his girlfriend gave him.

"What we're you buying? Rocks or something," Michael grunted as he gently dropped the bags to the ground.

"Nothing but the essentials dear," Karen replied with a sweet smile. "That and you're going to help me pay for that." Karen added causing Michael to groan.

"There goes my wallet." Michael groaned causing Karen to chuckle lowly.

"Sucks to have a girlfriend huh," Jane commented snidely.

"I agree to that." Neil said with a nod.

"Now that little fiasco is done, let's pay for this," Sarah said as she dropped her bags to Neil and approached the counter.

As she approached the counter, she was met by a sight that caused her mood to be lifted catastrophically.

"MISTY, MAY, DAWN, BROCK, MAX," Sarah shouted as she stalked off towards the friends of the person that caught her heart.

Jane on the other hand has a different reaction. "Oh shit, them again." Jane muttered annoyingly.