Thoughts

Flashback

Pokedex

Attacks

Notes

Oldale Town 12:20 p.m.

"Finally," Anthony cried as he and Chase walked into the Pokémon Center. "That was a longer walk than I thought it would be. But we made it."

"Tell me about it," Chase replied as he readjusted Jaylen since he was starting to slip for the 10th time today. "It was a lot harder for me since I had to carry Jaylen on my back the rest of the way here."

"True. So, what do you want to do first register for the league or do you want to get a room," Anthony questioned as they walked to the counter to get their Pokémon healed up.

"Let's register for the league first so we can get that out of the way. After that we get a room and leave Jaylen there then get more supplies from the Pokémart."

"Sounds like a plan my friend."

"Hello and welcome to the Pokémon Center. My name is Nurse Joy how may I help you," the perky pink haired woman at the counter said.

"Hello ma'am, we're here to get our Pokémon checked up and to get registered for the Pokémon League challenge," Anthony responded.

"Alright. Do you have any form of I.D. on you?"

"Yes, ma'am we do. Here's mine," he said as he put his Pokédex and Pokéballs on the counter. "Chase, can you hand me your Pokédex and Pokéballs. Jaylen's too."

"Your gonna have to grab them yourself because I can't reach them without dropping Jaylen. Mines is right here in my hoodie pocket and my Pokéballs are on my belt. Jaylen's Pokédex should be in his back pocket and his Pokéballs should on his belt."

"Alright." Anthony quickly walked over to Chase and grabbed his Pokéballs and his Pokédex and doing the same to Jaylen. "Ok ma'am, here you go."

"Thank you. Now do you need anything else before I go to the backroom."

"Yes ma'am, we need a room for three booked for two nights."

"Alright, let me quickly check to see if we have any rooms available." She pulled out a chair from beneath her counter and sat at the computer. "Well lucky you we have one more room left. It's room 301. Here's your room key. If you lose it just come to me and I will give you a spare."

"Thank you, ma'am." Anthony shoved the key into his hoodie pocket. "How long will it take for our registration to finished and our Pokémon to be checked up?"

"About five minutes for your registrations and 10 minutes for the checkups. Do you need anything else sir?"

"No ma'am, that'll be all. Have a great day."

"You too, sir."

Anthony casually walked back to Chase who was once again trying to keep Jaylen from slipping off his back.

"Hey man, I booked our room and Nurse Joy said it'll take about 15 minutes to register us and heal our Pokémon."

"Alright lead the way. And please be quick cause Jaylen's starting to get heavier."

"You got it." Anthony walked towards the stairs with Chase right on his heels. They followed the arrows painted on the walls until they finally reached a door with the numbers 301 above it. Anthony fitted the key into the lock and opened the door.

The sight that greeted them was two bunks beds on the right and left walls with a TV mounted on the wall between them. About five feet away from them was the bathroom containing a built-in shower, a toilet, and a sink with a few towels in the cabinets.

"I'll set Jaylen and his stuff on the top bunk. You and I will share the bunk on the left, so I guess we don't really need the bottom bunk."

"Alright I'll put our stuff in front of our bunk. You want me to grab your wallet while I'm doing that?"

"Nah it's in my pocket," Chase replied as he set Jaylen down gently on the top bunk. "But you should probably write a note for Jaylen so he can get our Pokémon and Pokédexes."

"Sure."

Anthony grabbed a sticky note from the small stack by the TV. Whipping out a pen from pocket, he quickly scribbled out a note and stuck it on the bathroom door.

"Why the bathroom door?"

"I just figure it'll be the first place he goes too."

"Alright. So, you ready to go?"

"Yeah just let me leave the key here for Jaylen." Anthony put the key right beside the TV so Jaylen wouldn't miss it. "Now I'm ready."

"Cool." Chase stepped outside with Anthony right on his heels and Anthony gently closed the door as to not wake Jaylen.

Oldale Town 3:30 p.m.

"Mmm," Jaylen mumbled as he stirred awake from his long nap. He sat up in his bed bleary-eyed. "Could've sworn that I fell asleep on Route 1. I guess Anthony or Chase carried me the rest of the way." Jaylen yawned and stretched his arms before bringing one of his hands to his mouth and smelling his breath. His face immediately scrunched up from the smell. Swinging his legs over the side of the bed, he jumped down landing loudly probably scaring the people below the room. Locating his bag on the bottom bunk, he rummaged through and found his black toothbrush holder and walked into the bathroom.

Turning on the faucet he went through his usual procedure of diligently brushing of teeth and washing his face. After that was done, he pulled his Pokétch and his charger of his pocket and plugged it up in the wall socket. Sniffing his armpits, he decided that his teeth weren't the only things that needed cleaning. Walking out the bathroom, he grabbed clothes that were the exact same as the ones he wore. Walking back into the bathroom, he stripped down until he was in his birthday suit, stepped into the tub and turned on the showerhead. After letting the water rain down on him for a few minutes, he grabbed the soap and began scrubbing his body until he was satisfied that he was clean he turned off the shower and grabbed a towel from the top of his clothes giving his body a quick dry before putting on his clothes. Walking out of the bathroom feeling refreshed, he noticed a note by the TV. Curious he grabbed it and began to read.

Jaylen, Chase and I went to the Pokémart to stock up on stuff. I had our Pokémon get a checkup and gave the nurse our Pokédexes so she could register us for the league. She should be done by the time you wake up so go grab them if we aren't there. P.S ask her about my Axew and his coloring.

"Guess I'll do it since the laundry room is probably that way." Grabbing his clothes off the floor and the key that was beside the note, he walked out the door and followed the arrows to the laundry room. Setting his clothes in the washing machine he threw in a cap full of detergent and turned on the machine. Following the ever so helpful arrows, he found his way down to the lobby and spotted the only person in a nurse outfit behind a desk and walked up to her. Noticing Jaylen approaching the pink haired nurse brought a warm smile to her face.

"Hello and welcome to the Pokémon Center. My name is Nurse Joy and how may I help you?"

"Um hi my name is Jaylen. A friend of mine came here to have mine and another friends Pokémon checked up and register all three of us for the league. I was wondering if I could retrieve our Pokémon and IDs"

"Let me check the computers for anything like that. You said your name is Jaylen, right?"

"Yes ma'am."

"Alright." Sitting down in her chair she grabbed her mouse and began scrolling through sign ins for the day. "Ah here you are. Give me a few seconds to grab you and your friends Pokémon." Nurse Joy got up from her chair and walked through a door in the backroom. As Jaylen waited he spotted some video phones to his right out of the corner of his eye.

I should call mom and tell her how I'm doing, Jaylen thought.

He was broken out of his thoughts by Nurse Joy emerging from the backroom with a tray that had 6 Pokéballs and three Pokédexs on it. She set down the tray on the counter in front of them with a smile.

"Here you go sir your Pokémon are in perfect condition and you and your friends have been registered for the league," she said happily.

"That's great. Thank you, ma'am." He clipped the six balls to the belt and slipping the Pokédexs in his pocket. "My friend was wondering about his Axew and why it's off colored as well."

"Oh, that's simple. It's a shiny."

"A shiny."

"Yes, Pokémon that have a color different from the others of their kind. They also tend to be stronger than usual."

"Oh, thank you for the information ma'am."

"No problem sir. Have a wonderful day."

He thanked the nurse once again and walked over to the video phones and typed in his mother's number. The phone rang three times before it was picked up and Jaylen heard a familiar voice.

"Hello?"

"Hey Mom."

"Jaylen!" Suddenly the black screen blinked to life and Jaylen was greeted with the sight of his mother's smiling face. "I missed you."

"Well "Oran" you glad to see me," Jaylen joked causing his mother chuckle bringing a smile to his face.

"And I missed those jokes of yours."

"Well who wouldn't. I mean they are the great jokes of all time."

"How's your journey going so far son?"

"It's going great we made it to Oldale town and got registered for the league. Also, thanks for the Charmander."

"Well it isn't me you should be thanking. Professor Oak gave it to me as a gift to give to you when you started your journey."

"Really? Well can you tell him thank you for me since you know his number?"

"Sure son. Now there's one thing I need to know."

"What is it?"

"Have you found a girlfriend?"

"What?! No of course not I just started my journey, when would I have even have had the time to find a girlfriend," Jaylen exasperated with a slight blush on his face.

"Well you never know someone could find my son quite handsome and just throw themselves at you," Jaylen's mom said with a blank face.

Jaylen's face grew even redder at his mother's word. "Mom can we please change the subject. I really don't feel like talking about this."

"Oh alright. Now have you been cleaning your underwear."

"Mom I'm almost seventeen. Of course, I clean my underwear. I'm done. Bye mom, I love you."

"Love you too, Jaylen." She grinned and the screen went black as Jaylen put the phone on the hook.

"Crazy mom asking me stupid questions like that," Jaylen grumbled. Speaking of grumbling, Jaylen stomach was signaling him that he needed to eat. "That's right I haven't eaten all day. I should definitely do that."

Following the ever so helpful arrows once again, he found his way to the café and grabbed a tray. He grabbed two pork chops and scooped mashed potatoes on there as well drowning those in gravy before adding some steamed carrots and rice. He found a nice empty table by the window and was about to start digging in when a voice piped up next to him.

"Um do you mind if I sit with you?" Jaylen looked up and his brain seemed to stop functioning as he took in the sight of the person before him. She had to be about 5ft 5" just two inches shorter than Jaylen. She was light skinned like him but had a lighter tone that seemed to bring out her chocolate eyes and chestnut brown hair that was cut just above her neck and she wore a baggy grey zipped hoodie and black leggings. But what caught Jaylen's attention was her eyes they just seemed to be analyzing him and trying to figure him out.

NANI?! A girl wants to sit with me, Jaylen thought.

Finally, his mouth seemed to work. "Um um um. Sure, why not."

"Thank you," she said as she sat down in the chair across from them.

An awkward silence fell over the two as they ate their food.

Goddammit Jaylen. Talk say something.

"So, what's your name," he asked.

"My name's Kate."

"That's a nice name. Mine's Jaylen."

Alright this is familiar territory.

"So where are you from," Jaylen asked.

"I'm from Littleroot Town," Kate responded. "I just started my journey today."

"Oh, I'm from Littleroot Town too. Only I started my journey yesterday."

"Really what took so long for you to get here."

"Well me and some friends were supposed to start our journey early in the morning yesterday but I kind of slept in so we didn't leave till noon." Jaylen heard Kate started chuckling.

Alright here we go time to bust out the jokes.

"Hey. Knock knock."

"Seriously?"

"Knock knock," Jaylen insisted.

"Alright. Who's there?"

"Daisy."

"Daisy who?"

"Daisy me rolling be hating."

Kate started bursting out laughing. Once she caught her breath she said, "Oh my god, that's so cheesy".

OH MY GOD! Even her laugh is cute.

"Well I got a lot more where that came from so be prepared to laugh."

"Oh, I'm ready," Kate grinned.

After that the two just joked and laugh even when their food was finished. Jaylen had never really had someone to joke with and Kate was someone who could fire just as many jokes as he did. They both lost track that they didn't even notice it was five o'clock until Jaylen glanced at the clock.

"Oh shit. I should go my friends might be waiting for me."

"Ok. But before you go let me at least give you my Pokétch number," she said as she pulled a marker out of pocket and scribbled some numbers on the back of Jaylen's hand. Slipping the marker back in her pocket grabbed her tray and got up. She turned back at Jaylen when she reached the doorway and waved back at him with a smile.

"Um t-t-t-thanks," Jaylen stuttered.

OH GOD! I just a got a girl's number! I'm so glad that I slept so late.

Once Jaylen was done mentally giving himself a pat on the back he threw away his tray and ran back up to the room with a smile on his face. When he reached the door Chase and Anthony were there waiting for him.

"What's with that smile on your face," Chase asked.

"Yeah did something happen while we were gone," Anthony asked.

"Nope nothing. Nothing at all."

(Jojo bizarre adventure Roundabout plays)

To be continued….

Author's note: Hey ya'll back with another chapter of the Pokémon journey of three. I had a lot of free time this Friday so I just spent the entire day typing this chapter and I like this one. Don't be afraid to leave comments or favorite or follow the story. No flames though. But constructive criticism or helpful are always accepted. Until next time Purebeast15 out.