Author's Note: Well I did say that I'd be releasing the past chapters simultaneously for you guys to explore/re-vist where Rahul's journey has been going especially with this chapter.

Chapter 2:

Lost in The Forest

It's only been thirty minutes since the dark haired Blaze left Pallet Town on his journey to become the greatest Pokemon trainer. However there was only one issue Rahul was facing, and that's the forest itself. He's been walking in endless directions for a while to the point where he sat on top of a rock.

"This is such a pain." Rahul complained as he looked around the forest, "Who would've that I'd have to deal with getting through a forest in order to get to Viridian City."

He heard the leaves fall off a bush which left an eerie sound that made him nervous. Although, the sound began to repeat itself with dozens of echos, and it forced Rahul to duck his face against the backpack his mother gave him.

"UGHH! SERIOUSLY THIS IS GETTING RIDICULOUS." The dark haired Blaze cried as he continue to his face within the backpack, "I just want to get out of here."

At the same time, Rahul felt something slip out from his backpack as it hit the grass. The customized pokeball that was made from his father, and the same ball that contained his very first pokemon, Charmander. One glance at the orb was all Rahul needed to to avoid the eerie sound within the bush.

"Alright..." He grabbed the pokeball from the ground, "I choose you, Charmander."

The boy threw the pokeball in the air as it slowly released a glowing plasma like figure that shaped into a pokemon. Colors of orange, yellow, and a bit of red on it's tail appeared as Charmander stood.

"Charmander." The orange reptilian lizard said.

Rahul said, "Alright Charmander use ember on bushes."

He nodded, "Charmander... Charmander."

Charmander spat tiny fire spicules on the bushes that surrounded him and Rahul. Several tiny green and brown caterpillars retreated from the bushes Charmander set on fire, but one of them just glanced at the ten year old Blaze and his Pokemon. This was when things really started to make him nervous when the caterpillar moved a few steps forward.

As he looked closely at it, there was a bright red antenna between its large yellow eyes with black pupils. The green caterpillar had yellow ring shaped markings down the sides of it's body. Rahul also noticed It's feet were also tipped with suction cups.

"Ughh I hate bugs." said The dark haired Blaze as he remembered something, "Oh wait a minute that's right. I forgot about this thing."

Rahul took out his pokedex which opened with a picture of the green caterpillar on the screen, "Caterpie the bug pokemon. Caterpie live in the forest, and sometimes they use their webs to get around places."

"So that's what Caterpies do." Rahul said as he looked back at it, "Alright Charmander use ember to scare away the Caterpie."

Charmander nodded, "Charmander... CHARMANDER!"

The starter pokemon spat several rounds of fire at the green caterpillar. At the same time a smoke screen occurred, and once it lifted the bug pokemon was still sitting there. It gave Rahul and Charmander a confused look.

"Mph." The bug pokemon said.

Rahul and Charmander looked surprised, "What?"

"Mph Mph." Caterpie rushed towards them.

Rahul grabbed his stuff, and scrammed, "Come on Charmander let's get outta here."

"Char." said The orange reptilian lizard.

It took about ten minutes for Rahul and his starter pokemon to lose track of Caterpie, and they quickly came to a stop at a tiny pond with two boulders across from two trees. Both were relieved when they looked behind, and notice that nothing is behind them.

"I think we lost him." a relieved Rahul said.

Charmander nodded, "Charmander."

The dark haired Blaze looked in front of him, and felt shabby since they've been in the forest for no more than forty minutes. So he placed his backpack aside, and laid his back against the boulder; Charmander also rested next to him.

"I just really wanna get out of this forest." Rahul complained.

At that moment, the bush in front of them began to move as a bug pokemon jumped out. It wasn't not just any bug pokemon though it's was a caterpie, the same one that just stood there when charmander used ember. This also made Rahul very nauseous once he noticed it.

He continued, "UGH WHY DOES THIS HAVE TO HAPPEN TO ME?"

Charmander pulled his shirt, "Char Char."

Rahul looked at him, "What is it, Charmander?"

"Charmander." The orange starter pokemon pointed to Caterpie who slightly moved away, but then looked back at them.

"Mph Mph." The green caterpillar said.

The orange pokemon said, "Charmander Charmander."

"Are you saying we should follow Caterpie?" The dark haired Blaze asked.

Charmander nodded, "Char."

Rahul grabbed his stuff as he and Charmander followed Caterpie through the forest. However, he stayed behind charmander due to his fear of bug pokemon. Although, it got even worse when Caterpie kept giving Rahul the eye as they continued walking. Then a large tunnel of light surrounded the forest three feet away from them. Without even asking a question, Rahul followed Charmander and Caterpie towards the light. Once they crossed through, a city appeared below the forest as Rahul realized they're standing on a cliff.

"No way we made it through the forest to Viridian City." An energetic Rahul said before he looked back at the green caterpillar, "I see you were helping us get out of the forest."

Caterpie nodded, "Mph Mph."

A smile appeared on Rahul's face as petted it, "Well thank you so much, Caterpie. Come on Charmander let's go."

Charmander nodded, "Char."

"Mph Mph." The green caterpillar yelled.

Rahul turned around, "What's wrong?"

"Mph Mph." Caterpie said as Rahul noticed a serious look on it's face.

The dark haired Blaze looked surprised, "I see you wanna come with us don't you?"

Caterpie nodded as it shot a string of web at Charmander, "Mph Mph."

"Oh so you wanna battle huh." Rahul drew one of his pokeballs out, "Alright Charmander, you ready for this?"

"Char." The orange reptilian lizard said.

The ten year old boy stated, "Okay Charmander use scratch attack, and then follow it up with ember."

"Charmander." Charmander rusheed in to scratch Caterpie, "CHAR!"

Large spicules of fire came out from Charmander, but Caterpie managed to hold it off with a large amount of string shot. Suddenly, Rahul recalled back to when the caterpillar first encountered them inside the forest.

"I get it, so that's how Caterpie was unaffected by Charmander." A realized Rahul said as he came up with another strategy, "Okay Charmander use ember at full power."

Charmander created a giant spicule of fire while Catpie used a large amount of string shot again, but it didn't work the second down. This was because Charmander's ember reached it's max which melted away the shield of string shot. As a result, Caterpie got injured from Charmander's attack.

a grin appeared on Rahul's face, "Now go Pokeball."

He threw an empty pokeball as it captured the green caterpillar. However, it slowly wiggled and blinked red for about five seconds before it stopped. After that, Rahul grabbed the pokeball with an excited look on his face.

"Perfect, I just caught a Caterpie." The dark haired Blaze said.

A happy Charmander cheered, "Char Charmander."

He glanced at his first pokemon, "So what do you say we head to the pokemon center when we enter Viridian City."

Charmander nodded, "Char."

Rahul drew out his special pokeball, "Alright take a good rest until we get there, buddy."

"Charmander." said a cheerful Charmander as it returned to it's pokeball.

Rahul then looked over at the city with a grin on his face, "Alright Viridian City here I come."


Once again I don't have much to say since I'm basically reuploading these chapters, but it is great to go back and see what I wrote in this particular chapter. I knew from the get that Caterpie would end up being Rahul's first pokemon given the situation he was in. Visualizing the battle between Charmander and Caterpie would've been a missed opportunity if I axed it out. That's pretty much all i gotta say on my part so I hope you all enjoyed it, and as always thanks for reading.