Author's Note: Thanks to all the people who viewed my story

Author's Note: Thanks to all the people who viewed my story. I also wanna say thanks especially to Mexman 1993 for reviewing.

Chapter 3: Meet the last trainer from Pallet

At last, the moment has come. The moment in which our heroes will leave Pallet Town and begin on their journey to be a Pokemon Master.

"Excited already?" Asked Martin who was now more than ready to start their journey.

"Of course!!" replied Melford.

'To tell the truth, I'm really psyched to start out. It will, after all, be my very first REAL Pokemon Journey. And considering what happened earlier, I'm glad to be finally able to start our journey.' Thought Melford.

FLASHBACK

"Hey Melford, let's first head over to my house to get ready and then we could start our journey." said Martin to Melford.

"Fine with me. And by that way we could say goodbye to your Mom and we could stock up on some supplies." replied Melford.

As both of them entered the house, they immediately started to pack their things. And since Melford doesn't have a traveling bag, Martin was forced to give him another one.

"You know what? You're weird. I mean how in the world did you end up here in Pallet if you don't even have a bag? How come you reached this place safely without Pokemon to help you?" asked Martin in annoyance.

Melford then went into a state of thinking. He thought hard whether he should tell Martin that he came from a different world or not. But in the end, Melford decided to just keep it a secret. "Well you could just say that I'm full of surprises. And don't speak to me as if you control me, in case you don't know I'm two years older than you." replied Melford.

"Ha, as if I care. And also, in case you forgot, I was the one who brought you in here and in the lab." Martin retorted.

"Yeah yeah, whatever. Anyways, are you already finished packing? I'm already done in here." Melford said as he carried his traveling bag over his shoulders. He was also already well prepared. He had his Pokedex in the pocket of his vest. He was also wearing his Pokebelt too and placed his spare Pokeballs in it.

"Yup, I'm already finished." said Martin as he too, equipped his Pokebelt and placed his Pokedex on the pocket of his pants.

As Melford and Martin was already going out of the house..."Hey wait. We forgot to tell my mom that we're leaving." said Martin. "Hey mom, me and Melford will already start our journey. Take care of yourself in here ma. I love you."

Rebecca then came out of the kitchen and replied, "Ok dear. Just be sure to take care. And Melford, please take care of Martin for me. He's just a kid so please look out for him." said Rebecca.

"MOM!! I'm no kid anymore." shouted Martin.

"Don't worry Mrs. Silver, I'll be sure to take care of this little kid." Melford said while he was grinning at Martin. Martin just looked down embarrassed.

"Oh before I forget, here are some cookies for the both of you in case you want some snack. And share it equally boys." said Rebecca as she handed down a medium-sized box full of cookies to Martin.

"Thanks Mom. Well see you then. I'll call occasionally to you so don't worry too much." said Martin.

"Ok dear. Goodbye and good luck. Take care honey, I love you." said Rebecca as she waved good-bye to both Melford and Martin.

END OF FLASHBACK

"Hey Melford, according to this map we're already near Viridian Forest. And hey, quit spacing out and be alert. You don't know when a wild Pokemon may attack, you know." Martin said with a hint of fear. After all, it's also his first time to be out in the wild.

"Yeah yeah. And hey, don't keep on ordering me around. You aren't my boss plus I'm two and a half years older than you." reminded Melford with annoyance.

Martin just grumbled. "Hey look, it's a sign." Martin said. "Hmmm, it says 'Welcome to Viridian Forest'. Ha, that must mean we're already in the forest." Martin said as he spotted the sign.

"Cool. Now let's go in and capture many sorts of Pokemon." said Melford with enthusiasm.

After 15 minutes...

"Groan. How come there are no Pokemon or even trainers that are around?" asked Melford.

"It's obvious. In case you're not paying attention, it's already lunchtime. So how about taking a break and let's eat first?" said Martin as he too, was already hungry from all the walking, running, and searching they have done.

"Oh ok." replied Melford.

Martin opened his bag only to see that all they both have are cookies. And to make things worse, they're also out of water. "Oh oh. Hey Melford, we've got some bad news."

"What do you mean bad news? Could you just talk about it after we have lunch? I'm hungry too you know. First let's eat then we talk." said Melford quite annoyingly as he was being impatient.

"I'm afraid that's the bad news. We only have cookies for lunch and we've ran out of water supply. That means we have to reach for Viridian city faster if we want to have a decent meal." replied Martin.

"So you're telling me that cookies are what we're going to eat and we have no water?" asked Melford as he stared blankly at Martin.

"Yup. It seems that way." replied Martin as he sweatdropped.

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"What the hell?! We have no food? How come you're stupid enough not to bring our lunch?" shouted Melford angrily.

"What do you mean I'm stupid? You're older so you should have the responsibility. And even if we do have ingredients and utensils, I also don't know how to cook!"

"What?! Does that mean that we have to reach Viridian City so we could have a proper lunch?" asked Melford as he lowered his voice a little.

"Huh?! Does that mean that you also don't know how to cook?" asked Martin.

"I'm afraid not." replied Melford.

With that said, Martin fell anime style. 'Man, he scolds me for not knowing too cook yet he also doesn't know a slightest thing about cooking. Then how in the world did he reach Pallet with no Pokemon and no knowledge of cooking?' wondered Martin. 'Hmm. I get it. Maybe he has lots of money so he always eats at restaurants. That's gotta be it.'

"Hey Melford, even if we do reach Viridian City, do you plan to treat me into a restaurant?" asked Martin.

"Of course not. I don't even have enough money to treat myself." replied Melford. "I was hoping you would treat me."

"What?! I also don't have money." replied Martin.

"Do you mean to tell me that we don't even have enough money to buy even a measly antidote?" asked Melford as he was hoping that this isn't the case.

"Gulp. Er, you really don't want me to answer that do you?" replied Martin as he was already being very cautious at what he says.

Melford just stared at Martin again and then he shouted, "We're doomed! This is my very first Pokemon journey and it turned out to be a disaster. I bet we are the only trainers here. We're just stuck here in this stupid forest and no one will help us."

"Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh. HELP ME!!" someone shouted.

"Hey Martin, was that you?!" asked Melford confused.

"Does my voice sound like a girl's? And besides, why would I shout if we're just centimeters apart. Only a stupid fellow would shout in the middle of a forest." replied Martin.

"What do you mean stupid? I just shouted a while ago. Are you implying I'm stupid?" asked Melford angrily. Well it sounds more of a command rather than a question.

"I'm not implying anything. I'm stating a fact, you're pretty stupid to shout at the middle of a forest. Who knows, you could even attract a group of Beedrills if you keep on shouting." replied Martin as he smirked.

"Why you..." threatened Melford.

"Ahhhhhhhhhhh. Please help me. Please anyone." shouted the voice once again.

"Hey you heard that?" asked Melford while looking around.

"Yup. Then it means we're not the only people here. But from that kind of shout, I think that person is in danger." replied Martin.

"Then what are we waiting for?! Let's go to where that dude is." said Melford.

With that said, both Melford and Martin dashed to the place where the voice is coming from. It seems to be quite far because both boys don't really know that exact place of the dude. Once again, the voice shouted and Martin was able to pinpoint the location. As the boys reached the place, they saw someone wearing a cap with a Bulbasaur and Pikachu battling a group of Beedrills.

"Hey dude, what in the world is going on here?" asked Melford as he and Martin went to the side of the mysterious person.

"I was just minding my own business with my Bulbasaur and Pikachu when suddenly I bumped into a tree and these Pokemon attacked me. I tried fighting them off but they are just too many." replied the capped person.

"Well for starters, you should recall your Bulbasaur. As you know, Bulbasaur is a grass type and Beedrill is a poison type. This means that Beedrill has an advantage over Bulbasaur. And you should also order an electric attack from Pikachu because Pikachu is an electric type and has the advantage over Beedrills who are flying types. And don't worry, me and Melford here will try to help you." said Martin. "Squirtle, time to battle."

"Charmander, let's have our first battle." said Melford as he released his Charmander out of its Pokeball.

"Squirtle, Water Gun those Beedrills on the left." ordered Martin. Squirtle then released a water gun which hit four Beedrills. With that, two Beedrills came to rescue their companions and were dashing towards Squirtle. "Squirtle, those Beedrills are planning to use Twinneedle. You do you Withdraw so you can shield against those." Squirtle obliged which caused the Beedrills to crack their pinsirs (I really don't know what they are). "Now Squirtle come on out and Water Gun again." ordered Martin once again. Squirtle came out of its shell and used Water Gun on those pesky Beedrills which caused the Beedrills on the left to retreat.

As for Melford, "Charmander, use Ember on the Beedrills on the right." Charmander nodded its head and decided to release small flaming pellet-like fireballs which hit five Beedrills because of its range. And since fire types have an advantage against bug types, the Beedrills have been charred and decided to flee.

And on the mysterious person, "Bulbasaur return." the person said as a red beam from a Pokeball hits Bulbasaur. "Now Pikachu, use thundershock on the Beedrills on the middle." Pikachu then jumped and released little voltages of electricity towards the Beedrills. And since lightning can cover a fairly wide area, Pikachu's Thundershock hit at least seven Beedrills. This caused the Beedrills to flee.

With that, no more Beedrills were left and this caused Charmander, Squirtle, and Pikachu to be left panting after that battle. And of course they should be tired, after all, three Pokemon against an almost twenty amount of Beedrills are unfair.

"Thank you all for helping me." said the mysterious figure as she removed her cap and bowed. But when she removed her cap, golden brown hair came out and flowed gracefully around the person. Then she just held her cap on her hands. It wasn't a very fancy cap, actually it's just a plain white baseball cap with a Pokeball logo.

"Y..y..yo...you're a girl?!" asked Melford and Martin in shock.

"Um yes." replied the girl as she smiled sweetly.

"Ah, that explains why the first shout sounded like a girl's voice." stated Martin.

"Wait a minute Martin. She has a golden brown hair, sound familiar?" Melford questioned.

"Hmmmm" both boys put their hands on their chins and then went into a state of thinking which left the girl to be confused.

FLASHBACK

"Martin I'm sorry I forgot to give this to you yesterday. This device is called a Pokedex. It will show you the characteristics of Pokemon you see and catch. This is a new version so it has the call system. Just register a Pokedex's ID in yours and you could call others. Oh by the way, I also forgot to give a Pokedex to the other trainer yesterday. Please do me a favor and give this Pokedex to her if you meet her." said the Professor.

"Her? You mean the other starting trainer who got a Bulbasaur is a girl?" asked Martin with a hint of shock plastering his face. "Precisely my boy." said the Professor. "And you can't possibly miss her. She will stand out because of her golden brown hair. She also wears a pink T-shirt covered with a light green vest. She also is wearing light blue jeans."

"I see. Don't worry Professor Oak. Once we see her, we'll immediately give her the Pokedex." said Melford.

"Thank you my boy." said the Professor. "By the way, here are some Pokebelts for you. These you can carry a maximum of 6 caught Pokemon. 6 Pokemon is the limit of Pokemon that a trainer could carry at a time. But if you wish to catch Pokemon and you already have 6 with you, don't worry because your 7th Pokemon will immediately be transferred to me. And I can keep it for safekeeping. Oh and also please give a Pokebelt to that other trainer. I forgot her name so I can't give precise information."

"We'll just keep a look out for her. As you said with those descriptions, she really will be hard to miss." said Martin.

"Oh before I forget, here are spare Pokeballs. 5 for the each of you and 5 for the other trainer." said the Professor handling them their Pokeballs.

"Thanks Professor. We really do appreciate it. And don't worry, once we see that girl, we would immediately give her the Pokedex and Pokebelt." said Melford with enthusiasm.

END OF FLASHBACK

"Ah!" both boys shouted and pointed at each other. "She's the girl." both stated at exactly the same time.

"Miss, may I ask? Do you, by any chance, came form Pallet Town?" asked Martin.

"Why yes. In fact I received my Bulbasaur their just yesterday. And this is the first day of my journey so I was quite scared a while ago." stated the girl.

"Then it's confirmed Martin. She's the one." said Melford.

"It seems so." replied Martin.

Melford then walked up to the girl and handed her a Pokedex, five Pokeballs, and a Pokebelt. "Here, these items are for you. Actually the Professor should be the one to give you these but he forgot so we just took it and promised to give these to you if we saw you. So here, take it."

"Thanks." replied the girl as she took the items.

"Hey, how come you caught a Pikachu when you have no Pokeballs?" asked Martin out of nowhere.

"Oh, I saw a Pokeball lying on the ground a while ago and decided to take it. And when I saw Pikachu I thought it was cute so I battled it and luckily caught it. I'm very happy now that I caught my very first Pokemon." replied the girl as she was smiling happily.

"Oh, I forgot to introduce myself. I'm Leah, Leah Hartley. I'm 15 years old. As you know, my starter is Bulbasaur." said the girl now identified as Leah.

"I'm Melford, Melford Anderson. Also 15 years old." said Melford. "And this one here is my pal Charmander. My first and only Pokemon as of now." He continued as he patted Charmander on its head. "Char" Said Charmander.

"And I'm Martin, Martin Silver. A 13 year old. My Pokemon is this Squirtle." said Martin as he picked up Squirtle. "Well for now, this is my only Pokemon."

"Hello Melford and Charmander. Hello Martin and Squirtle." said Leah.

"Well. Now that we have given you those items. I guess me and Melford will already go on to Viridian City. And well, good luck on your journey." said Martin.

"Oh wait. Um I have a request. Er...Um, could I join you on your journey? Well you see, this is my first journey and I'm kinda scared traveling by myself." asked Leah.

"Well Martin, what do you think?" asked Melford.

"We can't leave a girl behind now can we? Besides, the more the merrier." replied Martin.

"Ok then. Welcome to the party Leah." said Melford.

"Thanks you guys. I really appreciate it." raid Leah.

"Well there's one condition." stated Martin. "From now on, you should be the one to take care of Melford. He's very annoying so I entrust him to you. And don't be fooled by his age, even if he's 15 he's very childish most of the time."

At this, Leah giggled while Melford, unable to hold his temper and embarrassment, strangled Martin. "You take that back." stated Melford. "I'm definitely not childish."

"Well instead of strangling me," stated Martin as he is running out of breath, "we should be faster so we could get to Viridian City."

With that, Melford released Martin. "Oh yeah. Hey Leah, be sure to follow us okay? We're gonna go to Viridian City fast." Melford reminded Leah.

"What's the rush?" asked Leah.

"Well you see, we don't have anything to eat for lunch." Martin interfered, "And this dude here doesn't even know how to cook so we're forced to reach Viridian City so we could eat. See how useless Melford is?! He doesn't even know how to cook. Which leaves me wondering, how can we survive our journey?" stated Martin.

"Stop saying unnecessary things." Melford said angrily as he blushed slightly out of embarrassment.

"Oh. That's why. Hmm, I could cook for you guys." said Leah.

With that said, time seemed to stop for Melford and Martin, both were staring at Leah. At this, Leah sweatdropped big time.

"You mean..." Melford stated

"You could cook?" Martin continued.

"Um yes. And don't worry, I have enough ingredients to last us for two days and I even have the proper utensils. And with your help, we could use Charmander to heat the food and we could use Squirtle to wash our utensils." stated Leah.

"YESSSSSSS!! Charmander you heard the girl. You ought to help her." shouted Melford.

"Hey Squirtle, you should also help." stated Martin

"Ok then. Um it'll take about thirty minutes for me to finish my stew. Can you wait that long?" asked Leah.

"Of course we can." stated Melford and Martin at the same time.

With that said, Leah prepared to start cooking.

After 30 minutes…

"Here's the stew. Well it's not a first class food but it sure beats eating nothing. Hope you like it." stated Leah.

Melford and Martin then decided to take a sip, "Wow. This is the best stew I tasted in my entire life." Melford said. And infact, it's true. It's quite tasty and has a perfect blending of ingredients. (Man I'm becoming hungry just typing this)

"I agree. This is even better than my mom's stew." Martin replied.

"Thanks for the compliments. And don't worry if you finish it. I had just eaten a while ago before I was attacked by Beedrills." stated Leah with a smile. "And for you Charmander and Squirtle, here's some Pokemon food."

"Char" "Squirt" Replied the two Pokemon. Both then took a bite and they too, find the Pokechow tasty.

"Ok guys, while you're eating I'll prepare some rice balls for snack. Take your time." said Leah.

As time passed by, both Melford and Martin and their Pokemon were finished eating. "Leah, thanks for the meal. I promise we'll pay you if we had the money." said Melford.

"Oh don't worry about it. It's my way of saying thanks. And since we're a team now, it's time that we help each other." replied Leah.

"Thanks Leah." Replied Melford gratefully. "And since we're a team, you just continue fixing those riceballs and me and Martin will clean the utensils we used."

"Oh no. I'll take care of it later." stated Leah. She wanted to do the work by herself because she doesn't want to be a nuisance to the two boys.

"Hey don't worry. It's our turn to say thanks. After all, like you said, we're a team now." said Melford.

"Oh ok. Don't worry I'll help as soon as I finish these riceballs." stated Leah.

"Ok." replied Melford.

With that, Martin ordered he's Squirtle to use Water Gun to clean the utensils. Melford then dried he utensils with Charmander's tail as he was wiping it. Leah is still fixing the riceballs with help from Pikachu and Bulbasaur.

As they finished, "Well now that we're finished, let's start to find our way out of this forest so we could reach Viridian City faster." stated Melford.

With those words said, Melford started running with Leah and Martin chasing. "Hey don't be so fast. You left us behind." shouted Martin. Oh well, seems that all were eager to reach Viridian City by nighttime.

To be continued…….

Sorry for the late update. I just did something here so I hadn't written for a long time. Anyways, enjoy this chapter.