AN: I am so sorry about waiting so long to update! I've been away at some camps! But they were super fun! But anyways guys, I promise i won't make you guys wait so long unless I have a legitimate reason!


The Wandering Leaf


-Viridian Forest-

What a jerk! Leaf thought to herself as she stomped through the gate into the giant maze known as Viridian Forest. She looked around, there were two paths, one on her left, and one on her right. She looked to the left, it was clear of any people, the only thing there was an item on the ground. To the right there were a lot of annoying bug catchers, she decided she better go left. She'd rather battle wild Pokemon than stupid little kids that were obsessed with bugs.

She walked over to the item, it was an antidote! "Score!" She whispered to herself, she looked around some more, in the corner of the clearing that she had walked over to there was another item. It was a green translucent stone with a yellow lightning bolt pattern on the top of it. "What's this?" She asked herself as she shoved the thing in her bag.

"Hey you!" Leaf turned around, expecting to see Red or Gary, but to her surprise a guy in a black uniform with a red R on the front was running towards her. "Did you pick that up?" He asked, a slight edge to his voice.

"Yes?" She responded nervously as she eyed the man suspiciously.

He looked at her with anger in his eyes, "Well little girl, your going to learn not to mess with somebody else's stuff."

Leaf looked shocked as she turned her head to see if there was anyone to help her, but there was no one in sight. Man! Why did I have to go over to the area where there wasn't anyone standing around?! she thought to herself. Suddenly a realization hit her! This man was a part of Team Rocket! She fumbled around in her bag looking for her Poke-Gear or the Poke-ball with her Bulby in it, but all she could find was empty Poke-balls!

"Go Ekans!" He yelled as Leaf was still fumbling around, "Use Bind!" He commanded as the purple snake Pokemon started to crawl at a surprisingly fast pace towards Leaf, she screamed, but it was all in vain because no one could hear her, she had wandered too far in.

The Pokemon was wrapped around Leaf, squeezing her to where she couldn't breath. She was on the verge of fainting, but the one thing she saw before she blacked out was her Poke-ball that contained Bulby lying on the ground about 20 meters away hidden behind a bushel of Pecha Berries. How'd it get there? Leaf wondered as everything went black.


It was a bout 8:00 P.M. as Gary reached the end of Viridian forest when he realized that he hadn't seen Leaf! He asked the lady at the reception desk if she had seen her. Strangely enough she hadn't seen anyone come through the gates all day! Strange, Gary thought to himself, She left before me! Something must be wrong...

He ran back through the gates, thoughts of what might have happened to her filling his head with worry. "Crap!" He shouted as he looked around frantically, after about some time, he ran into Red, who grabbed a hold of his arm, making him stop.

"What's wrong Gary?" Red asked with concern as he noticed Gary's eyes were full of worry and were darting all around.

Gary was going to rescue Leaf by himself! That is if she was actually in trouble, he just had a gut feeling that something might have happened. "I just lost something important to me." He said. Well, it wasn't a lie, no matter if Leaf was a pain in the butt, she was still important to him! Wait what? No way, he didn't care about Leaf Green! Or did he? He shook the thoughts away, getting back to reality.

"Oh, well I hope you find it!" Red shouted as he walked in the direction that would lead him out of the forest.

Gary sighed in relief as he watched the raven haired boy walk away, he bought his story. The boy started to jog again, but suddenly stopped when he heard shouting coming from the east side of the forest. He jogged closer and slowly realized that there were a bunch of team rocket grunts standing around shouting about their accomplishments. Oh course that Team Rocket scum would choose the deserted part of the forest to hang around in. It's surprising how little time it takes to get through the forest when little kids aren't wanting to constantly battle you! ... And you're sprinting. He thought to himself.

He ran soundlessly to a large tree that was near to where the grunts were huddled, luckily no one noticed him. His eyes wandered around the area, his eyes caught on something on the ground near his feet. There was a Pecha Berry bush near him, but the thing he was focused on was the Poke-ball with a Bulbasuar inside of it! "Bulby!" He mouthed as he picked up the ball real quick and shoved it into his bag. The grunts still hadn't noticed him! What idiots!

He snuck around some more trees until he was right next to the grunts so that he could have a better look. In the grass near one particular grunt there was something on the ground, but Gary couldn't make out what it was because it was so dark, but knew that it wasn't anything good.

"Hold it right there! I'll beat you all up if you don't tell me where you put Leaf!" He shouted as he ran out into the middle of the group, causing them all to snicker in amusement. "Hey! Who does this kid think he is? Superman?" One asked, "I don't know, but he's looking for a world of pain if he wants to mess with us!" Another one shouted. Gary looked at his belt, all of his Pokemon were on the verge of fainting, and he didn't have time to dig in his bag for Bulby. Crap, he would just have to fight them all then. He looked around and counted them, there were 5 of them. This is going to be super difficult... He thought as he threw a punch at the one who he assumed was the leader of the group. He was the one who talked the most, and he had a gruff look to his face. His fist hit the man in the nose causing his nose to bleed. The man might have looked tough, but the moment he saw blood, he passed out. The other four looked at each other and ran, seeing that their leader was down. "Losers..." Gary muttered as he looked at his wristwatch... it was about 10:00 by now... "How long was I behind those trees?" He asked himself as he crouched down to see the figure that was on the ground.

As he got closer he realized that it was a black bag. He carefully untied the bag, wondering what could possibly be inside.

"Leaf?!" He yelled as he stared in disbelief at the girl who was inside the bag. He picked her up out of the bag and carried her to the west side of the forest, then set her down on the grass as he set up his tent.

He turned the lamp on inside the tent and carefully put Leaf into it and onto a sleeping bag that he had set up.

She had a few bruises on her where they must have bound her up with something, he assumed rope, but it also would've been a Pokemon of some sort, and her auburn hair was messy from being in that bag, but other than that, there was nothing wrong with her.

He took her yellow bag off of her and opened it, looking for a brush or comb that he could use, eventually he found a light blue hairbrush that he could use. He look the brush and lightly brushed the tangles out of her hair, making sure not to yank her head or wake he up. After he was done, he looked at her face. Her vibrant green eyes were hidden behind her eyelids, and her long thick eyelashes. Her face was tinged with a little bit of pink, as always, and her skin had a healthy glow. She never had to wear make-up because her face was so beautiful and radiant. For a second, he took in the sight and smiled to himself and brushed her hair behind her ear. It was a little cliche but he had to do it.

Wait... No way! I have got to stop doing this! Leaf is not the girl for me! Gary thought defiantly, laying down to go to bed, but was interrupted when he felt a tap on his shoulder. He turned to see Leaf's hand on his shoulder. Her eyes looked drowsy like she could be half asleep. He chuckled a little at her, "Yes?" He asked.


-Back to earlier-

Leaf felt herself go unconscious as the purple snake Pokemon wrapped even more tightly around her, her eyelids feel shut and she drifted off.

Where am I? What am I doing inside here? Leaf thought to herself as she looked around, there were white marble floors and walls,people sitting in rows of pews, a man in a white flannel shirt and a tie, with black slacks, and to the right she saw Gary Oak standing in a black tuxedo with a blue silk tie looking at her lovingly and running his hand through his chestnut colored hair, which she did have to admit, made her heart race a little, but wait... This looked like a wedding! Was Gary getting married? No... What? All of a sudden she felt her hands ball up into a fist and a welt in her throat. Why would she be so sad that Gary was getting married? She cast her eyes to the ground... She didn't know.

But then she felt her feet start to move in sync with the music that was playing... So she wasn't sitting down watching Gary get married? Then she noticed something else... Red was standing on the right side wearing a black tux like Gary, but his tie was red instead of blue. He was looking at her the exact same way Gary was... Wait, what? Two men were standing at the pulpit, that didn't even make sense!

Confused, she looked down. She was wearing an ankle length silk sleeveless white gown that was tight around her upper body, but got more loose around her waist, which was also where ruffles started to wrap down all the way to her ankles. She was wearing white high heels and white silk gloves that went up to her elbows. She was holding a bouquet of light pink roses and lillies, and tulips. She took one hand off of the bouquet and felt her hair. It was braided and wrapped around her head in a crown, and she was wearing a silk veil...

Wait? Was she the bride?

She started to panic but couldn't stop her feet from moving, she was almost to the podium where the priest was standing! What was she going to do! She couldn't get married yet! She was only 14!

Two more steps... One more step... Zero steps... She counted to herself, she took in a deep breath. "Leaf Green." The priest started, "Which man do you choose?"

"What?" She was super confused at the moment? Who would she pick?

Slowly everything started to blur and faded to black.

Still asleep, Leaf felt something tugging her hair, but it was gentle and felt nice. She knew she was asleep, but it was one of those moments when you were conscious of everything around you.

Suddenly it stopped, Leaf was a bit disappointed. She stayed asleep for about two more minutes before a hand brushed her hair behind her hair and she heard something rustle, which was the final thing that woke her up, she groggily opened her eyes and reached out her hand to touch the figure that was in front of her. Slowly she started to make out what the figure was. It turned its head around, and slowly she realized that it was Gary!

He chuckled at her. "Yes?" He asked.

"What are you doing here Gary?" She asked, stretching her arms out.

"What am I doing here?" He asked as he looked at her with an amused expression, "I single handedly beat up those grunts that knocked you out and set up this tent so that you could rest." He explained as if it was the simplest thing he had ever done.

Leaf suddenly remembered what had happened earlier, then started to panic. "Bulby!" She yelled, "Where's Bulby!" She looked around frantically, starting to stand up.

"Leaf." Gary said calmly, pulling out a pokeball with a Bulbasuar inside. "I picked up when I saw it on the ground. Your Welcome." He said with a smug look on his face.

Leaf ran and jumped on him, flinging her arms around his neck. "Thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you!" She yelled as she detatched herself from Gary and grabbed Bluby's pokeball.

Gary felt heat rise to his face, turning his head the opposite direction, he told Leaf to go to bed. She obeyed, but not until she moved over to the opposite side of the tent than Gary.

"Goodnight." He said as he climbed into his sleeping bag.

"Goodnight!" She called as she closed her eyes.

What was that dream about earlier? She thought to herself as she drifted off again.


I hope y'all liked this chapter! I'm looking forward to updating sooner! You guys are great! See ya!