It is the first day of Gold's Pokemon Journey in Johto, and he is already having a great time discovering the outside world that was previously forbidden to him without a Pokemon.

"Pichu, use Thundershock!" Gold commands his new partner, as he is battling a Wild Sentret.

Pichu squeaks and then lets out powerful sparks that hurt Sentret but fall just short of fainting it, allowing the wild Pokemon to fight back. Sentret then charges at full force, attempting to use brute force to overpower its opponent.

As a result of the previous attack, Pichu had hurt itself due to its elf-inflicted recoil damage from Electric Attacks, but is fast enough to dodge the oncoming Wild Sentret's tackle attack. Pichu then goes for a Quick Attack, damaging Sentret enough till the point where it faints.

"Alright! We beat em Pichu!" Gold happily exclaims as he runs towards his starter Pokemon.

Gold hadn't gotten any Pokeballs yet so catching Sentret was out of the question, but it didn't matter to him, as he focused more on developing a bond with his Pichu.

Meanwhile, the Red-Haired Kid from before continued to watch Gold from afar with a slight grin on his face, impressed with Pichu's high power and speed despite its status as a Baby Pokemon. The unknown Kid's look and expressions wasn't one of good intentions, but he stayed well out of sight, so that Gold would have no chance of noticing him.

"We should probably head to the nearest Pokemon Center in Cherrygrove City, you look a bit exhausted" Gold says to Pichu as the little mouse Pokemon once again climbs on top of his shoulder with childlike enthusiasm.

Once again, the mysterious red haired kid continues to follow Gold from far behind, focusing his gaze mostly on the Pichu as both trainers head towards Cherrygrove City. Gold enters the Pokemon Center directly while the kid following him lurks in the nearby bushes.

"Good Afternoon, Shall I heal your Pokemon?" Nurse Joy says as Gold walks up to her.

"Oh, Yes please Miss" Gold says as he brings his Pichu back inside the Pokeball and hands it over to be healed.

"Your Pichu has been healed to full health and is Fighting Fit" Nurse Joy says as it didn't take very long for the entire process to happen.

"Thanks! Hope you have a nice day" Gold says enthusiastically as he puts his PokeBall inside his bag.

"You too" Nurse Joy replies.

Gold heads out of the Pokemon Center, but doesn't stop to look around Cherrygrove, as he wants to quickly finish the task at hand: Meet Mr. Pokemon in the area to the north of the city, and obtain the parcel that needs to be delivered to Professor Elm.

He makes his way into the Forest, but just after having gone out of sight of the city, Gold hears some of the fallen leaves behind him rustle.

Gold freezes in his spot and slowly looks behind himself, only to see that no one is there.

"What am I worrying about? Its probably just a Rattata."

Just as Gold finishes saying this however, he is immediately pummelled to the ground by someone large pushing him from behind.

Gold suffers a bad fall and is hurt, but still quickly reacts to see the person who did it to him: It is the same Red haired kid from before!

"Hey what's the big idea!?" Gold shouts at his attacker as he has him pinned to the ground, with his right foot pressing down on Gold's chest.

"There is something you have that I want." The mysterious Red-haired kid says in response, his tone being rather sinister and bold.

"You're not getting anything, thief!" Gold shouts back, despite being at a disadvantage physically. Gold actions were reckless, yet he was a brave kid who would never back down from a fight.

"You better shut your mouth, before I knock you out!" The Attacker continues to press down on Gold's chest with his foot, even harder this time while using his right hand to reach for Gold's backpack.

"No! You're not stealing my Pokemon!" Gold immediately lunges himself at the bully with all of his strength, getting back up and forcing his" bully to back up.

"Fine, You Wanna do this the Hard Way!" The Bully screams as he immediately charges for Gold again, this time punching the Boy in the face with one hand and ripping out his back with the other. "A powerful Pokemon like this doesn't belong to someone as weak and pathetic as you!" The Bully says as he takes out the Pokeball and throws away the bag which is now useless to him.

"No, I won't let you take away Pichu!" Gold says as he badly hurt from being attacked. However, he still tries to fight for his Pichu, to no avail unfortunately.

Gold is no match as the Red-Haired Bully is simply too strong for him, delivering him repeated punches and kicks that eventually cause the poor and bruised Gold to fall unconscious on the ground.

Once the noise clears and the forest is quiet again, the Red Haired Kid stands for a moment before he looks at the Pokeball in his hand which was just stolen.

"I will be the most Powerful Pokemon trainer in the world, and no wimp like you is going to stop me!" The Bully says confidently as he slowly walks away from his unconscious victim without a hint of remorse.