Chapter Four. Here's our first battle of the story, it's a pretty simple one so don't get to excited haha! I hope you guys enjoy this chapter!

The chilly fall wind brushed through Laura's hair as she slightly shivered from it as Parker popped the collar on his field jacket up to better guard his neck from the cold. The two no longer had the thick woods to protect them from the cold winds as they had reached a fork in the road and were forced to emerge from their blanket of thick bushes and trees. Laura stood there waiting for Parker to decide what way he was suppose to take as he just blankly starred at the signs in the center of the fork in the road. Laura finally sighed heavily as she approached Parker, "So you figure out what road you're suppose to take?"

Parker just starred a the sign with a blank stare, "Nope."

Laura quickly sweat dropped at his simple response and his clueless look on his face, "Well what city, or town were you originally planning on going to first?"

There was a silence as a gust of wind blew past them, two golden brown leaves floating gently past her face as if they were wrestling. Her eyes watched the leaves as they blew past Parker his hair flowing in a way that caught Laura's eye, at this angel she had to admit that he looked pretty cute. She hadn't noticed it before since his social skills were a major turn off, but at this moment he looked... Then she realized that he still had that clueless blank stare on his face and all this disappeared in a second. Quickly, turning away to hide her blush she could hear the gears in Parker's head trying their best to work, "Did you even plan out where you were heading?"

"Nope," That was all Parker said.

Laura once again sweat dropped.

"So, you have no idea where you should be going?" Laura groaned lowly as Parker simply turned to look at her and shrugged, a goofy smile displayed on his face as he was the only one of the two of them who found his situation humorous. Sighing lowly she looked at Parker and smiled weakly, "How about you just come with-"

"BATTLE ME!"

Laura's voice was drowned out by a echoing shout and the two teenagers quickly spun around to see that they weren't alone. Standing before them at the fork in the road was a boy about the age of sixteen, her wore what Laura described as a personalized red jump suit that his corporate working father bought for him, his blonde hair stuck up with bottles of gel something that caught Parker's attention as his hair spiked up in the front naturally, and the boy had the latest Poke'gear hanging from his belt.

"No," Laura simply stated as the boy sweat dropped at her casually response and Parker chuckled at his reaction as he felt that this boy may need some more social skills then he did.

"That wasn't a question, my beautiful," The boy sang happily as he sprung up and glided across the floor towards Laura. Clasping his hands upon her's he attempted to flick his hair, but the large amount of gel made it impossible for the smallest strain of hair to even move. Laura blushed at this action the boy had just taken and she quickly looked away, Parker watched in confusion as when he complimented Laura he was smacked in the face... Maybe he should be taking notes.

"The answer is still no," Laura growled lowly as she was becoming uncomfortable.

"Hmmm, a feisty one. How about a deal?" The boy explained as his words had caught Laura's attention, "If you win I'll go on a date with you, but if I win you have to DO ME."

Laura just looked at him in disgust, "No."

The rich boy cried out in horror as he had never been rejected before! Between his personalized jump suits, gel filled hair, and money; no girl he had ever met had denied such an offer!

"I'll do you," Parker called out ever so casually as he raised his hand. The boy looked at Parker in disgust as Laura face palmed realizing that Parker must of thought that "do me" meant some sort of Pokemon battle.

There was silence.

"I guess I can't knock it, until I try it," The rich boy sung happily as he nodded at Parker signaling that the deal that he had offered Laura was now for Parker.

"Um... Parker, maybe you shouldn't do this!" Laura cried out as she was beyond weirded out by the rich boy and very offended that Parker was the rich's boy rebound... As weird as that was.

"Laura we are just doing each other! Don't worry!" Parker reassured her happily as Laura sighed heavily and walked up to Parker, whispering lowly into his ear the boy's hair went pale as she finally explained what he had been saying didn't actually mean what he thought. Parker just stood there in shock as the rich boy was on the other side of the road stretching before the battle begun, "Why would he want to do that to another guy?"

Laura sighed lowly at his innocence, "Don't worry about that! All you have to worry about is winning!"

Laura giggled softly at how nervous Parker now looked after she had said that and with this she sat on a tree stump on the side of the road, her face watching as a powerful gust of wind smashed into Parker giving him almost a heroic look to him. The rich boy pulled out a chrome designed Poke'ball and nodded as Parker pulled out his Poke'ball, with this the two of them quickly released their Pokemon as it had been decided they'd both be battling with just two Pokemon.

"Fu Furret!" The weasel like Pokemon cried out as its amazingly groomed fur made Laura squeal at how cute it was, the rich boy obviously spent a good amount of money to keep his Pokemon looking good.

"Bee Beedrill!" The Bug type buzzed loudly as Laura just groaned at how the rich boy had such an adorable Pokemon and Parker had a Beedrill.

"Alright, Furret use Tackle!" The rich boy ordered as his Normal type Pokemon rushed forward with the mind set of squashing the Bug type.

"Beedrill, get those needles up!" Parker ordered as his hands went up himself, both him and Beedrill taking up a boxer's stance. With this Furret's tackle attack slammed into the protected needle like hands of Beedrill, doing little to no harm. Parker grinned as he watched Furret bounce back in defeat from his first attack, "Now, Beedrill give him the one, two, three!"

Beedrill buzzed in response and flew forward at an amazing speed. Beedrill jabbed his right needle forward hitting Furret right in the center of his chest, then followed it up by a left jab from his needle, and finally he rushed forward after Furret who was stumbling back in pain with a powerful right needle that went up in an upper cut like motion. Furret flew back in pain as Beedrill happily flew back joining his trainer in a victory punch in the air.

"I know he said something about being raised in a Dojo, but he implements actual fighting stances in battle with his Bug types. That's something that no one has ever heard of, yeah there has been other types besides Fighting ones that use actually fighting stances, but I've never heard of Bug types using it... It's brilliant and so unexacting!" Laura gasped as she was amazed at how beat up Furret looked from three simple hits as the rich boy was obviously expecting Beedrill to go down right after his first attack. Laura had to admit that Parker's once innocent and confused look was gone when he was in the wake of a Pokemon battle, he was in his element and just seemed different. It seemed that socially he had no confidence, but in battle he was overflowing with it.

"Furret, use Scratch!" The rich boy cried out as he was furious at how his Pokemon's neatly groomed fur had gotten dirtied from a simple Beedrill.

"Beedrill, dodge and use Poison Sting!" Parker ordered loudly as Beedrill quickly moved to the side using his left needle to guide Furret past him and with lightening quick speed he unleashed a barrage of purple needles. Laura watched in amazement at how Parker used both fighting like moves and bug type moves in order to win battles.

The rich boy watched in horror as he returned Furret back to its Poke'ball and weakly pulled out another, "You'll pay!"

"I don't have any money though!" Parker cried out as he returned Beedrill, all while making Laura sighed in disbelief that he could be so stupid to not understand such a vengeful statement.

"Go Granbull!" The boy cried out a before them all was a pink muscular Pokemon who wore cute bow tie, but had the face of something bent on destruction.

"Heracross, you got this!" Parker called out calmly as he had all the confidence in the world that Heracross could win this.

Granbull didn't wait for an order and just rushed forward, Heracross simply grinned as Parker gave him a nod signaling for him to act as he wished as that was how Granbull would be fighting. As Granbull rushed into Heracross the two of them locked hands as they entered a test of strength, the dirt behind their heels building up as they both were getting pushed back slowly. Granbull growled loudly as droop dripped from his mouth and onto the floor, Heracross simply slowly lowering his horn ever moment he got during the test of strength.

"Go Parker and Heracross!" Laura called out as she was surprised by her sudden scream of support, back at home she didn't have many friends so he never really felt this type f excitement of watching someone you know in a battle. Parker was taken back by this as he had never been encouraged like that back at the Dojo as his father disliked positive reinforcement when battling.

"Heracross, is your horn in the right position?" Parker called out as Heracross nodded in response Granbull realized what was going out, but before he could pull away he felt Heracross' hands grasp his even tighter preventing her from escaping. Heracross quickly placed his horn directly under Granbull and releasing her hands he watched the Pokemon stumble back, but without warning he thrusted his horn upwards and sent the overweight Pokemon crashing into his trainer.

The battle was over.

The rich boy had ran off yelling about his offer no longer stood and with that the two trainers were left alone at the fork in the road, the sky was orange as the sun was now setting and Laura realized she was way behind on schedule due to that Pokemon battle that had occurred. Parker was back at his spot in front of the sign trying to decide which way he wanted to go, his confident look to him from the battle once again replaced by his awkward aura that he had. Laura giggled lowly at how odd Parker truly was.

"I think I'll go on the right road!" Parker finally decided as it was obvious he had just randomly picked a direction.

Laura smiled weakly.

"What road are you taking?" Parker asked curiously.

Laura reached into her pocket and pulled out her Poke'gear, going into the map section she looked down at the screen which was the region map of Johto. The map was covered in a thin red line which was Laura's planned route that she'd take through Johto, but oddly enough she clicked on the red route and two options popped up. The first said "redirect" and the second said "cancel." Pressing the first option she dragged her finger slightly to the right and the red line followed, shocking herself at what she had just done she had just changed her designated route from the left road and the right.

But why?

She barely knew Parker.

"Laura?" Parker called out curiously.

"Oh, sorry!" Laura giggled softly as her face turned red once again in embarrassment for her absent minded presences. There was silence for a second before she spoke out, "I'm taking the right road also!"

"Cool then I guess we can travel together a bit longer!" Parker cried out happily as with this the two started to make their way down the road, slowly disapearing into the tree line at the side of it once again.

Lonely people had a knack for finding other lonely people.

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