Rylte: "ScotSniper does not own Pokemon. I own a Breadcat though. He's tasty pet..."

Willow:"...Review after reading... or Red gets electrocuted by Pikachu... Not my call folks."

A/N – -Willow had two Pokemon: Rylte (A Riolu) and a Pidgey (Gladr).

-Red has two Pokemon currently: A Bulbasaur and His Poliwhirl

VS Pikachu

West Pewter City

Willow, Rylte and Red.

Traveling through Region

"Hurry!" A large crowd rushed past me.

I shifted my gaze away from the market stalls, to watch them dash down the street.

"Hey Willow?" I prodded my new companion. He had his eyes closed and was nodding his head to some music. His Riolu, that was perched on his shoulder, was leaning in so he could hear too.

I gave him another poke; he removed his headphones and gave me a dull look. "What?"

Another crowd rushed by. "There it goes!" "Hey!" "Look!"

"Are all cities like this?" I asked him. Willow had grown up in a large town, so I assumed he'd be the one to ask.

He shrugged. "The people are a bit more energetic than usual. Then again this is Kanto, so I'm a bit obvious to your culture." He replied in a monotone voice.

"Oh."

Another crowd ran past some armed with nets. "Wait!" "Hurry up!"

Ignoring the groups of crowds running around the street, we continued to wander through the various stalls; some posters on a wall caught my attention. One fell to the ground as another crowd rushed by, I picked it up and examined it.

'WANTED' it read, an image of a yellow mouse Pokemon was underneath.

'PIKACHU: Mischievous electric mouse. Reward for capture.

Pewter City Merchants Association.'

"So that's what all the fuss is about." I muttered.

"Pretty pathetic, the villagers can't deal with a single rodent." Willow sighed; he looked at his Riolu blankly. "Shut up Rylte…"

I looked up from the poster. "What did he say?"

"Something about Breadcats eating thunder mice…" Willow groaned. "I should probably train that Pidgey I caught earlier..."

"Well, I guess I'll give the villagers a hand." I said cheerfully to my companion.

Willow shook his head in disapproval. "Tsk, Red you should only help when it benefits you. It's how things work nowadays."

"It's says there's a reward…"

"Red, what can these people possibly give that would help us?"

"Come on… 'Low." I grabbed his arm and started to drag him towards the commotion. "Life isn't about the reward, it's about the experience! Don't be so selfish."

With his free arm he massaged his temple, "What are you, my shrink?"

We arrived just in time to see a villager getting fried by a surge of electricity, when he tried to net the Pikachu; the yellow mouse managed to free itself and ran off.

The crowd ran after the fleeing Pikachu. "Hey, It's getting away again!" "GET IT!"

Willow chuckled, "Maybe I can benefit from watching this."

I sighed and took out Bulbasaur's Pokeball "I can't watch any more of this."

"I can." Willow chuckled; he pulled out some nachos from somewhere and started too much away at them. He gave Rylte another glare, so assume he made another ridiculous comment. Good ole' Rylte.

I let out an exasperated sigh at Willow's display of selfishness. "Bulbasaur! GO!"

"Pi?" The Pikachu turned to face the new challenger.

From the ball came a small four-legged creature with a large Bulb on its back.

The townsfolk circled the scene. "OOOO!" " A Pokemon!" They chanted.

My Bulbasaur stared down the yellow mouse, suddenly the Pikachu leapt into the air and fired a bolt of electricity from its tail. The attack struck Bulbasaur and a cloud of smoke covered us.

"ARGH!"

"On no…" "Bulbasaur!" "Come on!" *Crunch* (Willow carelessly munched into another chip) "Oh… man…" "It's no use…"

The Pikachu sat with a wicked sneer on its face.

The smoked cleared and I leaned confidently against Bulbasaur, he was virtually intact.

"PI! ?" The Pikachu squeaked in alarm.

I grinned. "Now it's OUR turn." I pointed at the Pikachu. "Bulbasaur, attack!"

Bulbasaur fired a plant seed into the air from the bulb on it's back.

All eyes follow the seed as it ascended into the sky.

The crowd tensed up. "Ohh…" "Come on…" *Crunch*

The seed exploded over the Pikachu, releasing a cloud strangely coloured powder. The cloud descended over the Pikachu and it inhaled it.

The Pikachu kept its hostile glare for a few moments, and then it started to waver. It sagged to one side and started to fall asleep. "Piiiiii…."

"Heh. Perfect." I took an empty Pokeball from my jacket pocket. "Start with sleep power…" I walked calmly up to the sleeping Pokemon. "…Then finish with…"

"This!" I lightly tossed the ball at the Pikachu and it was absorbed inside. An easy capture.

Willow munched into the last of his nachos, as the crowd applauded my capture. Willow flashed me a thumbs up and followed it up by asking. "What did you do?"

-In a matter of time…-

"Young man, you've saved us!" A tall man thanked me showing me a huge feast. "That pest was ruining our businesses!"

We were invited into a house where several villagers had prepared a large meal for Willow and me. Willow kept to himself and stood in the corner.

"We wish you'd come a long time ago!" A woman said patting me on the back.

A younger member of the townsfolk asked, "Where are you from?"

"I'm from Pallet Town."

"How about you mister?" The same young girl asked Willow.

"Veilstone City" He muttered, almost as if he was ashamed about it.

The crowd returned its attention to me. "But what brought you here?"

I was already munching away when they asked. "Wanna know?"

"Please don't talk while your eating Red… it's off putting." Willow sighed, slipping his headphones back on.

I ignored him and took out my Pokedex. "Then just watch while I…"

I entered some keys into the Pokedex. "Do this!"

A page appeared on the Pokedex, showing a Picture of Pikachu and information on it.

I read some of the data in the Pokedex. "Hmm… So this wild Pikachu came from the Viridian Forest to settle in this city…" I muttered thoughtfully.

A man leaned into to take a closer look at the Pokedex. "What an awesome Device!"

"Not yet." I replied cheerfully. "There are more than a hundred kinds of Pokemon in the world."

"*Cough* five hundred *cough*" Willow muttered quietly.

"My goal is to get all of their data… And create the complete Pokedex!"

A young girl turned to Willow. "Hey Mister? Do you have one?"

Willow grunted and turned away.

I chuckled. "Willow didn't get one."

'Think of the Breadcats Red! The Breadcats!' A childish voice echoed through my mind. I glanced around. "Who said that?"

The man next to me looked at me oddly. "What?"

Willow spoke up. "That was Rylte… He gets a lock on people's auras after being around them a while. Unfortunately for you…"

Suddenly my pocket started to vibrate. "Huh?"

It was the Pikachu's Pokeball. "Hey. Cool it." I muttered as I pulled it out of my pocket. Through the top of the transparent red side of the Pokeball, was one VERY unhappy Pikachu. I gulped. "Okay then…"

-In a matter of time…-

I sat down in an open field. Willow was training Glade, his Pidgey, and Rylte was taking it easy. Having released the Pikachu from his ball; I reached out to pet him.

I quickly pulled away when the Pikachu's body sparked aggressively with electricity. "WHOA!"

The Pikachu turned its back to me. "Chuu!"

"C'mon don't be so stubborn." I tried to reason with it. "How 'bout we try to be friends?"

The Pikachu crossed its arms and huffed.

"Okay Pikachu?" I reached out to touch him, but he shocked me. "AAAAGH!"

"Geez you may LOOK cute but…"

I heard Willow mutter to Rylte "Remind you of something?"

'Yeah… I was Red and you were to Pikachu though…'

Willow rubbed his chin. "Hey Red maybe Rylte can try to reason with the Pikachu?"

"Hey good idea 'Low."

"Please stop calling me that…"

"Sorry."

"You're taking it easy aren't you Red?" A voice came from behind me.

"GREEN!" I shrieked.

"Yo Green," Willow gave a small wave, then quickly resumed his training.

Green acknowledged him with a respectful nod, and then returned his gaze to me. "You'll never get the Pokedex filled playing around like that."

"Uhh…?"

"I'm embarrassed to have you for a rival in this quest."

That was it. I rose to my feet and snarled. "WHAT was that? !"

"A fight it is, then?"

Willow sighed. "Okay numpties, break it up… before you hurt yourselves."

Green turned his glare to Willow. "Don't talk down to me!"

"Pfft, What makes you so special?" Willow huffed.

Green snarled, "This town's Gym leader, Brock, is looking for someone competent to battle him. I intend to do so and win the boulder badge."

I was confused. "The Boulder Badge?"

Green glanced at me. "Don't you know? The Boulder Badge can boost the attack power of your Pokemon."

"Every Pokemon trainer knows that." He continued.

"Well sorry…" I sneered.

Willow spoke up. "All badges have some ability or power to them. Collecting badges makes Pokemon respect you more, and thus more obedient as they get stronger."

"So this is my challenge…" Green announced, "The first trainer to get his first Badge amongst the three of us wins the first stage in our rivalry."

"Okay then." Willow grinned, "I win!"

He pulled out a shiny brown badge that resembled a fist. "Won this back in Veilstone, took a couple of tries but I won."

Green and I gawked.

Green shook his head. "Fine then the first one of us to win the Boulder Badge wins the first stage in our Rivalry."

I leapt forward and pointed at Green. "I'll take that Challenge!"

"And you'll regret it!" He laughed. "Oh, and one more thing. Brock is a ROCK Pokemon trainer. Your little electric mouse there won't do any good against him."

He started to walk away. "Well, good luck." A dropped a small leaflet which floated over to me.

"What a jerk…" I seethed, and sat back down on the ground. "Huh?"

I picked up and examined the leaflet. 'Calling ALL FIGHTERS'

"So the next challenge is… tomorrow at noon." Willow muttered, glancing over my shoulder.

I leapt back up. "Lets do it! Green'll be sorry he ever-"

I suddenly remembered that my team needed healing. "Whoops almost forgot… The Pokemon I have are low on health."

"Yeah, Glade needs some healing. Rylte's virtually intact." Willow sighed returning the small bird.

"First thing in the morning I need to go to a Pokemon center… and get these guys healed." I muttered to myself.

-The Next day at the Pokemon Center…-

NOTICE: 'Our center was damaged by unknown vandals. We will reopen when our machines are running again. We apologize for any inconvenience this has caused.'

"No way…" I muttered as I examined the demolished ruins of the Pokemon center.

"Wow… that's very unlucky Red…" Willow said a little sympathetically.

"This means…" I shuffled through my pocket and withdrew a Pokeball. "The only one with full power is this one…"

Under the transparent upper layer of the Pokeball, the Pikachu thrashed violently.

'I hate to say it Red, but your screwed.' Rylte remarked, somewhat entertained by my discomfort.

I watched nervously as laborers continued to shift rubble. "What do I do now?"

Chapter End.

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