All of my characters in here so far are people that I know. You guys know who you are!

The Pokeball rolled once.

I crossed my fingers. I wanted this Aaron SOOOOO badly

Two rocks.

"Come on, come on, we are almost there!"

The Pokeball flew open, releasing the Aaron. "Come on! We were so close! Kip, use water gun again!" The attack hit, and I threw another Pokeball. This time, with three rocks of the small device, I started to breathe again. "Yes. Good job, Kip! Come on out, Aaron!"

It came out, and started to munch in the rocks it had been eating before. When it was done, it started to play with Kip. "Let's see. If my Japanese isn't to rusty, then iron in Japan means Tetsu. So that's your new name!"

Aar! Aaron!

By now, the sun was starting to rise. "What happened? I go to sleep for the night and I wake up...Oh! You caught the Aaron! Congrats, Ryan. What did you name him?" She picked up a few pebbles, and let Tetsu eat them from her hand. "Tetsu. It means iron in Japan."

"Cute. So, now that is taken care of, how bout we head to the Lavender town gym?" She started to roll up her sleeping bag, stuffing it inside of her backpack. "Let's go. We may be able to get our next badge before noon!"

We set of towards the town, making small talk about where we came from and stuff. It turns out that Lily just moved here from another region, having her 14th birthday about a week ago.

We stopped on the edge of town. There wasn't a person to be seen. I could hear voices coming from further up ahead, and when Lily and I got there, a group of people were gathered around a kid with brown hair. He had on some kind of uniform, with a giant P in a shield on the center.

"Do not resist. We are just here to give your Pokemon the freedom that they deserve!"

"Ah, Lily? What's going on?" She shrugged. "No clue. But they seem to be in trouble. Wanna go play hero with me?" I grabbed my Pokeballs. "Let's go."

"Kip, water gun! Star, whirlwind! Tetsu, iron head!" Lily did the same. "Riolu! Force palm! Pichu! Thunder shock!"

The attacks hit the Pokemon that were trying to steal the crowds Pokeballs. They jumped out at us. "Uh, we are way outmatched. A Golbat, Gravler, and a Poliwhirl. Lily, you get the Poliwhirl. Kip, water gun on the Gravler! Star and Tetsu, take out Golbat! Peck and iron head!"

Lily's Pichu and Riolu took out Poliwhirl, and my Pokemon were able to knock out Gravler and Golbat. The kid in the uniform cringed. "I believe that it is time to make a tactical retreat." He dashed of into the woods that led to route 2.

The crowd quickly dispersed, making the town seem alive again. Lily and I both made our way to the Pokemon center, and after getting out Pokemon healed, we headed to the gym. Halfway there, I heard Lily's stomach growl. I realized that we hadn't eaten since last night, and my stomach was empty to.

"Lily, let's get something to eat at the cafe first. Then we can go and battle against the gym leader." We changed directions, and started heading to the cafe. "Sounds like a plan to me. I'm starving!"

We walked in, and I saw a familiar face sitting alone in a booth. Maya was eating, and as soon as I walked in, she raised her eyebrows. She moved her eyes towards Lily, who was staring at the cases of cakes. I mouthed my answer. A friend. Don't worry.

She hesitated for a moment, and then went back to eating. She motioned us over to the booth with her, and we sat down. I sat next to Maya, and Lily sat on the opposite side.

"Hi Maya. Maya, meet Lily. Lily, Maya. She was a trainer that I met, and she started her journey on the same day that I did. They glared at each other for a second, but then both of them decided that it wasn't the time, nor the place. "Hi Maya. Nice to meet you." "Same. Glad that you could join us."

"So. Ryan, how many Pokemon have you caught? I've added a Budew to my party. She is super cute." I nodded. "I've caught a Starly, who I named Star, and I got lucky and caught an Aaron, which I named Tetsu."

Lily was busy ordering something for both herself and me, and a few minutes later of awkward conversation, our food came. It was an Oran berry soup. it. Was. The. Best. Thing. I. Have. Ever. Eaten.

After we had finished, we went outside, heading towards the gym. "So Maya? Have you gotten your first badge yet?" She shook her head. "Nope. The gym leader is out of town. He's not going to be back for a while. I'm debating on going to the next town and then coming back here last."

Lily sighed. "Dang it! I really wanted to have a gym battle..."

Maya grinned mischievously. "Well then. Ryan, I think I forgot my purse in the booth. Can you please go get it?" I slowly strolled over to the shop, but after a few minutes of looking, couldn't find the 'said purse'.

I sighed, knowing I had just been played.

"I hope that Maya and Lily don't do anything stupid..."

Chapter 4! Yay! I will go back and change Stars name to Suta, the Japanese meaning for star. Or I could leave it. Let me know which one in the comments!

Shout out goes to SpecialRedShipper! Happy birthday!