May walked towards the dock next to Booker's house and saw Haruba staring across the sea. "What are you looking at?" May asked walking next to him.

"Good morning May. I wasn't really looking at anything in particular, just thinking about the old days, when I was a young sailor sailing the seas of the world," Haruba said, staring at the waves of the ocean. "Anyways, are you all set to return to Kanto?" May nodded and the two stepped on the ship. May released her Pokémon to get some fresh air and leaned against the railing.

"Can't believe I jumped off this ship when it was going so fast," May said and laughed at her recklessness. She just told Ash not to worry others when she did the same. Eventually Haruba called out saying they were approaching Pallet Town. May returned her Pokémon and sure enough, Pallet Town was in sight. "How long has it been since I was last here? Since…"

May jumped off the ship once it docked and started heading in the location of Gary's lab. When she reached the lab, she found it swarmed with paparazzi.

"What's going on?" She asked out loud as the new reporters were trying to get into the lab.

She looked over and asked someone what was going on. "Haven't you heard? Professor Oak is leaving! No one knows why or where!"

May looked back at the lab. She supposed she wasn't going to be getting in there anytime soon. She just needs to be sure she doesn't get seen, after all she is a famous coordinator. May decided to walk around Pallet Town to see what was new. And to her surprise, a lot of things were new. There were a lot more buildings, even some apartment buildings. The local park was no longer there and instead was replaced by a shopping mall. There was even a Pokémon Center at last. A lot of nature was no longer around, and really the only building that still looked the same was Gary's lab. There was even a factory. She walked over to the hill that overlooked Pallet Town and lead to Route 1. The sign there didn't even say Pallet Town.

Pallet City

She looked back at the town, or city, and saw that it indeed looked a lot more like a city than a little rural town. She supposed that Pallet Town became famous, after all a lot of famous people grew up in this town. Ash Ketchum, one of the few people to ever beat Brandon of the Frontier Brain, defeat Tobias, was the Kalos League and Orange League Champion, and is the Pokémon Master. Then there's Gary Oak, already popular for being the grandson of Samuel Oak. After Johto he quickly became a well-known Professor, and continued to become more popular. Then there's Samuel Oak. The greatest Pokémon Professor in history and was also an outstanding trainer when he was young. Also one of the best Pokémon poets ever. He even used to be on radio. They say he was even the first Indigo League Champion. There are many other popular trainers from Pallet Town and May supposed it was about time Pallet Town got the recognition it deserved. But it just didn't feel like the town it used to be.

With a sigh, May headed to the Pokémon Center, trying to ignore the smell of smoke. Her Pokémon did not necessarily need healing so she just asked if she could stay the night. "I need to call mom and dad!" May exclaimed as she ran over to the phones. Eventually her mom picked up.

"May! Norman, Max, get over here!" Her mother, Caroline, shouted. Soon her entire family was on the screen.

"Hey mom, dad, annoying brother," May greeted.

"I'm so glad you're okay May. Max told us everything. Chasing down your Romeo, huh? How romantic!" May blushed and shook her head.

"N-no! It's not like that mom! Max, what have you been telling her!?" May glared at the boy who was as tall as her dad.

Max had an evil glint in his eye. "Oh, y'know, how you jumped off a boat just to stay with him for a little while longer, the usual."

"Max, I am going to kill you," May threatened with a glare making Max step back.

May's father, Norman, cleared his throat, silencing the two. "May, I am glad you're alright and that Ash is still alive and well. I trust next time you will tell us where you go first."

May rubbed the back of her head and smiled sheepishly. "Of course dad, sorry." May decided to go to sleep and see Dawn and Gary tomorrow.

May woke up and went over to the lab. She woke up early just in case the paparazzi were going to show up later. She knocked on the door and there was no answer. "Hello?" She knocked some more. "Gary? Dawn? Tracey? You in there?" The door quietly opened and May gasped at the Pokémon that opened the door.

"Mimie?" May asked, looking at the Pokémon in shock.

The Mr. Mime smiled. "Mime!" Mimie opened the door for May and let her in. Mimie closed the door and continued to sweep the floor. May wondered how Mimie felt, after all he lost his master a long time ago, and Delia was the only person who Mimie would ever listen to.

"Who's there Mimie?" A voice was heard. May looked towards the stairs and saw Gary. He looked surprised to see her. "May! It's been a while!"

"You too Gary," May said. The two sat down at the couch.

"So how was your stay in Oblivia, after making us all worried after your dive?"

May laughed. "Sorry about that. But it has been eventful, that's for certain. How about you?"

"I'm pretty much ready to leave. I've been wanting to leave Pallet Town for a while," Gary paused. "My bad, Pallet City."

May's smile disappeared. "Yeah, this town has changed a lot. What happened?"

"Trainers from Pallet ended up being too good. We attracted a lot of attention and people who used to live in Pallet are no longer here anymore. Many have protested to the industrialization, but no one really cared. Tobias wanted to see the Kanto Region prosper, so he wanted to industrialize all the rural towns. Being the Pokémon Champion for many years made him a huge influence, and even though he's not the Pokémon Master, he's still influential towards the Pokémon league," Gary had a sad smile on his face. "Not many people who live here now remember the green hills of Pallet."

May decided to change the topic. "What about Mimie?"

Gary glanced at the Mr. Mime. "For an entire week Mimie did absolutely nothing but clean the Ketchum Residence, hoping Mrs. Ketchum just went on a trip and will return. I decided to take him to the lab and that way he wouldn't work himself to death. I still remember when the contractor tried to remove the Ketchum Residence for a hotel. It was the first time I've ever seen Mimie so upset. Mimie destroyed many of their vehicles and materials. I decided to buy the land deed and had to pay for the damages."

"Wait, you bought Ash's house?" May asked, surprised.

Gary laughed. "Sure did, and I wasn't going to let anything happen to it. At the time, it was the last thing we had from Ash and his mother. Ever since Ash won the championships, it has been treated like a historic item at a museum."

"Things have been rough over the years here, huh?"

"Yeah, I still miss gramps and Mrs. Ketchum, but I swore to them to fulfill their wishes," May was surprised by that statement.

"Wishes?"

"Gramps' wish is to learn everything there is about Pokémon. And Mrs. Ketchum's wish, was for Ash to be happy. I promised I would find Ash and make sure nothing happens to him," May had never seen Gary like this before. He seemed a little cocky and know-it-all at times, but that was only a mask he wore it seems.

"Is that why you want to go to Oblivia?"

"Yeah. That way, I can observe even more Pokémon and look after Ash. I don't care how old he gets, or how mature he becomes, he's going to continue to be reckless. And I'm going to be there to make sure he doesn't do anything too stupid."

May was in awe at Gary's will and determination. "You're a good friend Gary," May finally said. Gary blinked and then realized what he said.

"I didn't mean to go on a tangent, just things are changing and I want to find a way to help this new world," Gary said. "Anyways, why are you here May?"

May blinked before realizing the whole reason she returned to Kanto. "Right! I was told to let you know you can come to Oblivia whenever you're ready! And I was asked to get some supplies for Nema's lab."

"Nema's lab?" Gary asked, clearly interested.

May nodded and showed him a list. "This is all the stuff I was asked to get. Nema's lab was destroyed the other day you see."

Gary rubbed his chin. "Well I can help you out there. Viridian City has all the stuff you need. I'll go with you."

May smiled. "Thanks Gary." May then looked around, "Uh, where's Dawn?"

"She's in Sinnoh May. She needs to deal with some stuff before she can leave the Pokémon League Regions. She's quite famous you know," Gary explained.

"You're quite famous too," May pointed out. "Probably even more famous."

"Yeah, well a new professor will be taking my place here so it isn't that big of a deal. You can't have someone replace a Top Coordinator like Dawn," Gary said.

"Wait, does that mean that the lab and Ash's home will…?" May didn't dare finish the question but Gary understood.

"Nah, the person is someone I trust. His name is Lucas, he was an undefeated champion around the time Ash traveled Sinnoh," Gary said. "Like me, he decided to retire from battling and study research. He's actually a student of Professor Rowan."

"An undefeated champion?" May asked, only interested in that part.

"Yeah, but he didn't take on League challenges. He took on Stadium challenges. Usually you need to have beaten one League to enter but he entered by defeating one of the previous Stadium Champions and became famous. He's probably no match for Ash, but he's still a really good trainer. And Tracey will be here to help out so everything should be fine," Gary explained, showing there was nothing to worry about.

"That's good, so are you ready to go shopping?"

Well here's the other chapter I had written but didn't publish for some odd reason. Also, I'm thinking of rewriting Infinite Battles one day...with better everything and an actual ending. I'm not sure though.

Also, someone (Chris Ketchum) PM'd me asking me when I was gonna rewrite the Advanced Generation, something I stated I may do but not too sure. For those who don't know, I'm currently rewriting the Best Wishes series and so far it's been going good (I think? People seem to like it anyways). So when that one is all said and done, should I rewrite the Advanced Generation? I'm not sure I want to anymore because I think it was good the way it was. Maybe change a few things here or there (evolutions, Pikachu beating a Metagross then losing to a Meowth with Thunderbolt, Team Magma/Aqua episodes, RAYQUAZA) but overall AG was pretty good. I'm not sure, I have a lot of other stuff to do before I would even get to that but it was just a thought.

Thanks for reading as usual!