Terra had always been the nice girl. She was the kind of girl who would stoop down to help a classmate who had dropped their crayons or helping the teachers after school. So she was remarkably surprised when she realized that not everyone followed her same rules.
A man in a black uniform had challenged her to a battle. One-on-one and he was supposed to be a relatively new trainer. That was a lie, and he took her psyduck after the battle.
She ran as fast as she could to try to stop him, but it was no use. She wasn't the kind of person who tried to stay fit, and running was her least favorite activity. But today she was lucky and unlucky. Terra was a good thirty feet behind him when she noticed that they weren't too far from Cerulean City. If she could keep up until they got there, then she could get some help.
But then Jarel appeared, or rather his arm appeared. He managed to knock the man in black off balance, and the man had to stop to keep from falling over. Jarel was a strong young man, no more than one year older than Terra, but he looked like he could match this thief in a ring. What she noticed the most was his hat. A black fedora that made him look like a mobster.
Two pokeballs flew as the two trainers jumped back from each other. A Charmeleon and a beedrill appeared out of the smoke that emitted from the pokeballs. The man's face turned to shock as he realized his poor choice, but had no time to recall it.
"Twineedle!" called the man.
"Get back!" Called the boy known as Jarel. As the pokemon jumped back from the poison spears of the beedrill. "Use ember!" and then Charmeleon exploded out a flame that landed directly on the beedrill.
"Poison Sting!" called the man in black. Stingers erupted out of the beedrill.
"Use Metal Claw! Quick!" Jarel said as the Charmeleon instinctively blocked the poison attack with a steel attack, completely cancelling it out. "End it with flamethrower!" Called the boy in the hat. And Chameleon complied with a stream of fire which, in turn, fainted the Beedrill.
The man in the black uniform started to reach for his next ball, but Jarel had no intention of letting another round get started. Jarel threw his fist into the man's stomach.
Jarel looked coldly into the man's eyes and said, "Give it back to her. Now!" In which case the man complied. Terra had completely forgotten what she was doing there. She had gooten lost in this boy's battle skills and physical ability. He turned to her with a pokeball in his hand and put it in hers. She felt herself blush slightly.
"My name's Jarel Yasutora. And this guy is a member of Team Rocket."
After a few micro-moments of being slightly stunned, she responded, "My name's Terra Avalon. Thank you so much for saving my Psyduck."
After a moment or two of mutual awkwardness, Jarel dragged the Rocket to Cerulean and dropped him off at the Police station. The two trainers sat down on a bench outside of the police station. Jarel began to explain his story. He had been born on the outskirts of Viridian City and had received his Charmander from Professor Oak. Shortly afterward, he had set off to conquer The Pokemon League and try to rid the world of Team Rocket. He had only two Pokemon, a Charmeleon and an Abra, which he had only caught a few hours ago.
Terra had been staring at him rather admiringly while he explained which made him very uncomfortable. Terra looked down at her clothes when she noticed this. She wore a blue cotton sundress with sandals. On her wrists, she had a number of decorative bracelets, and her hair was held in place with matching berets. At this point she realized what terrible travelling clothes she had picked out. She looked at his clothes and saw more sensibility. He wore hiking boots and jeans with a t-shirt and carried a satchel which no doubt housed many more sensible items and tools.
Jarel turned to her and said, "It seems as though we part here."
"Why?"
"Because this is how I travel, just me and my friends."
"I want to be your friend."
"Whatever" Jarel said as he started to walk towards the gym. Terra hopped up and started to skip after him.
Jarel walked into the Gym with an incredible amount of confidence. Another trainer stepped up to him with a challenge. Abra was sent out, but it sat around and just teleported out of the way when an attack came too close. Occasionally it teleported ten feet above the opponent and landed on it, other than that, it was for the most part won by Charmeleon. It seemed that Charmeleon had no fear of the water attacks that came at it. Pokemon and trainer were incredibly in synch.
After the second trainer, Abra evolved and there were no more challengers. It came down to a tired Charmeleon and a freshly evolved Kadabra versus Misty's well trained Corsola and high-powered Starmie.
Looking at the circumstances, Terra thought that Jarel would definitely leave and heal his pokemon, but Jarel kept walking towards the red-headed gym leader. Terra was afraid that Jarel would lose, but that was only because Jarel had no fear of loss for himself.