AN: I don't own Pokémon or Durarara in any way, shape or form, at most I own the plot.
After the boys rushed out of the lab, they headed for Route 1. Izaya was running, before he twisted around and taunted Shizuo, knowing that they were out of the ear-shots of their fathers, "Why are you going so slow Shizu-chan? Are you not as excited about this as me? Would you have rather stayed at home?" Shizuo's eyes narrowed as he roared,
"Of course I'm excited about going on this adventure! Can't say I'm excited to go on it with you though!" Shizuo took off after Izaya who was still running past the fields of tall grass. However, Shizuo was forced to skid to a stop when Izaya suddenly halted his run, where he was studying a long bug worm thing. Izaya ran his eyes over it, calculating the usefulness of such a Pokémon. He murmured,
"A Caterpie right? Hmmm, first it evolves into the rather useless Metapod which has a high defense, and then evolves again into a Butterfree. Butterfree is a Bug-Grass Type Pokémon which will bode well for me when I get to the Grass-Type Gym." Shizuo on the other hand shouted,
"You're mine!" He threw one of the Pokéballs that Professor Oak had given to him at the green worm with two antennae. A red light enveloped the Caterpie and it barely shook once before it burst back open, releasing the Caterpie, and returning to Shizuo's hand. Shizuo looked at the Pokéball weirdly, "That should have worked." Izaya rolled his eyes,
"You have to weaken your target Pokémon first before you try to catch it." He released his Charmander, "Use Scratch Char-kun!" The little orange Pokémon jumped towards the Caterpie and lashed out with its paw. He waited for a moment as the Caterpie shot out a string out sticky thread and ordered, "Dodge Char-kun, then use Scratch again!" The little Pokémon jumped to the side and then ran at the Caterpie before hitting it with its paw again. Izaya grinned before he threw one of his own Pokéballs at the creature. It opened and enveloped the Caterpie in a red light before landing on the ground and rocking. It rocked once, then twice, before a final third time and chirped, announcing that the capture had been a success. Izaya looked at Shizuo smugly, "And that's how you catch a Pokémon Shizu-chan. I don't know what you were thinking, just throwing the ball out there blindly." Shizuo growled before charging him, but Izaya spun out of his way. "Now, now, Shizu-kun. Let's catch more Pokémon together before we hit Viridian City, what do you say?" Shizuo merely grunted, still unhappy with Izaya but willing to acquiesce to his demands and offer for now.
So the two casually strolled along Route 1, bantering, and it was unusual for the two boys. Normally they were too busy fighting, both physically and verbally, to even consider speaking to the other civilly, much less teasing each other. Once they reached Viridian City, both boys froze in awe. It was huge, particularly in regards to the small town they were used to living in. The buildings towered over them and Izaya quickly pulled out his map and located the Pokémon Center. Izaya nudged Shizuo before running off, and Shizuo was quick to follow him. Within no time the two were getting their Pokémon healed and nicknamed. Izaya nicknamed his Caterpie Kocho for what it would become, Pidgey Tori and his Ratatta Tisu. Shizuo, on the other hand, nicknamed his respective Pidgey Uyoku, and his Ratatta Unari. Izaya then dragged Shizuo back outside and demanded,
"OK, now that our Pokémon are healed up, let's battle!" Shizuo raised his eyebrow,
"You sure Izaya? We'd just have to take them back." Izaya smirked,
"That's why we'll do it here and now while we're close by and won't have to trek all over the city!" Shizuo shook his head before replying,
"Don't you at least want to check out the Gym here first?" Here Izaya got a thoughtful look before nodding,
"Yeah, we'll go over there, check it out and decide if it's worth it. If it is, we'll challenge it, if it isn't we'll battle each other instead." Shizuo shrugged,
"Whatever you say Izaya." So the two went to check out the Viridian Gym, or as some knew it, the Jealousy Gym. Even the city was known was Envy City, for that was what happened in the town. The city was much more grandeur and fancy than many of the other cities, even more so the gym. Izaya's father had told them that it used to be Team Rocket's leader's gym before the world-famous trainer Aiya took him out and took over his gym. Soon enough the boys found themselves in front of the gym and entered inside.
Inside there were flames decorating the walls and it was extremely hot. There weren't any trainers inside, but there were many fire-type Pokémon. Izaya studied the Pokémon carefully before frowning, "Aren't those Arcanine, Ninetales, and Magmortor?" Shizuo shrugged,
"I wouldn't know. I'm not the Pokémon expert." Izaya cautiously backed out of the gym, knowing he was outmatched.
