Long after Marissa began her search for Gary, she had some thoughts about what might have happened to him.  'Maybe he got into some danger and needed urgent help from me!  Oh, I hope he's alright.  I feel that I'm more than just a friend to him.............I'm like his own girlfriend!'  Marissa thought as Pidgeot flew over the Johto region. 
All of a sudden, she saw an explosion over in the next forest.  Meanwhile, Ash and co. were trying to escape a wild fire that has spread from the mountain side.  The fire was started when Team Rocket managed to start a spark onto the forest near the campsite just so they could get Ash's Pikachu.  To make things worse, they put Weezing's sludge attack onto the spark and JUST LIKE THAT an explosion takes place.  Unfortunately, they were blasted off as usual.  Pikachu was outside the fire while Ash was right inside it.  Just then, Ash and Misty called on their Water Pokemon to put out the fire.  All was going great and soon the fire was put out!  Just then, a sand attack was used by Marissa's Pidgeot to put out the leftover heat.  'Wow!  Who is that?' Ash pointed.  When Marissa got down from her Pidgeot, she greeted his group by saying 'Greetings, everyone!  I am Marissa, pleased to make your acquaintance!'.  'Where did you come from?' asked Ash.  'I heard an explosion just from a distance and then I had my Pidgeot use his Sand Attack to put out the heat from flames.' Marissa replied, smiling.  'I'm Ash Ketchum from Pallet Town and this is my little buddy Pikachu!' Ash said as then Pikachu would shout with glee.  'Hi, I'm Brock and I'm trying to be a Pokemon breeder.' said Brock and Misty proceded by saying 'And I'm Misty!  My specialty is Water Pokemon.'  'It's very nice to meet your all.  I've been on an adventure to find my special someone that I've known since childhood.  His name.................Gary Oak!'  Everyone gasped and replied 'Gary Oak?!?!?!'  'Yes, Gary is a special person to me.  We've known each other since we were little infants even though he's three months older than me.  Unfortunately, when we were five, I had to move away to SunnyVille because of job transfers.  *starts to cry*  I've missed Gary ever since!'  'Wow, I didn't know that Gary had a special person like you in his life.  I used to hate him as a rival, but now we becoming good friends.' Ash said as he put his hand on Marissa's shoulder.  'Yeah!  That's a sad story!'  Misty implied.  'It must have been hard for you to lose your someone like that' Brock pointed.  'Oh yes.  Ten years have passed as I tried to write letters to Gary, but none of them were answered.  That was when I found out that he was on a Pokemon journey and well, here I am!' Marissa said as Ash pointed 'So that's the reason you wanted to go on a journey so you could reunite with him, right?'  'Yes' Marissa replied, smiling.  'Well, let's try to catch up with Gary and make sure that Marissa sees her boyfriend after all these years.' Brock said and soon he and the rest of the group were on their way to catch up with Marissa's true love.  What surprises will come along the way?  Would Marissa be able to reunite with Gary soon enough in time for the Johto League championships?  Stay tuned...............