Chapter Seven

And that makes Three

After Cyrus had called out his newest member of his team, a red glow of energy appeared which allowed Cyrus to know that his Pokémon was emerging from his Pokeball home. Soon the glow vanished and instead of the red energy now stood Cyrus's Squirtle.

"Well at least you are okay." Cyrus muttered to himself as he looked at Squirtle. Though from the way that Squirtle was looking at him Cyrus could tell that the Pokémon was not happy with being captured. "I should probably give the little guy an apology for the wounds that he received in our battle." Cyrus contemplated to himself as he stared at the angry little Pokémon.

Moving with care as to not scare the little Pokémon, Cyrus made his way over to the Squirtle and kneeled so that he could look into the eyes of his Squirtle.

"I am sorry for causing you pain during our battle. I hope that one day you will be able to trust me." Cyrus spoke out in a soothing voice. Though Cyrus could tell that the Squirtle was still upset though some of the hard lines that were once on his face had softened. With the apology over Cyrus decided it was time to return the Squirtle back to his Pokeball. Holding up said Pokeball, Cyrus recalled his Pokémon back into its home.

Once Cyrus had Squirtle in the Pokeball he clipped it back on his belt, right next to the Pokeball that held Aries. Though since Cyrus had yet to recall Aries, his Pokeball was still currently empty. Though this wasn't for long since the second that Cyrus grabbed ahold of Aries Pokeball he pointed it at his Pokémon which sent the colored beam out that would bring it back into his home. "Thank you for the great fight, now rest awhile and regain your strength." Cyrus whispered into the Pokeball before he placed Aries's Pokeball back onto his belt next to Squirtle's.

As Cyrus was making his way through the Safari his thoughts once more turned towards the newest member of his team.

"I wonder what I should name him..." Cyrus contemplated though he didn't stop his thought process there. "...though I guess I have plenty of time before I have to figure it out and for now I should focus on capturing my third Pokémon." Cyrus finished his thought process.

The whole time that he was thinking he was walking though unknown to him he had someone running at high speed directly towards him. Soon enough the figure came upon Cyrus and grabbed him by his shoulder which startled Cyrus, which was evident from the way that Cyrus jumped from the ground.

"What..." Cyrus started as he turned around to face the newcomer. Though as he turned he saw that it was only Fletcher who had a great big smile on his face. "...Oh, hey Fletcher you gave quite the scare there. Did you end up catching that Magikarp you were searching for?" Cyrus finished after he settled back on the ground.

This question caused an even bigger smile to spread across the dark-skinned boy's face. "I am assuming that means yes." Cyrus concluded to himself. Happy that his friend had gotten the Pokémon that he wanted.

Though this was only confirmed when Fletcher started to speak. "Yes, yes I did. Did you end up capturing any new Pokémon?" Fletcher answered back before posing a question of his own.

Deciding that showing Fletcher would be easier than telling him, Cyrus called out his Squirtle.

"Awesome you got a Squirtle! Any idea on what you are going to name him?" Fletcher inquired of his friend. Cyrus called Squirtle back into his Pokeball before he decided to answer Fletcher.

"Well I do have a few ideas though I don't think any that I came up with really suits him. Do you have any suggestions?" Cyrus replied with a question of his own. Fletcher didn't respond right away as he was thinking of his answer. Though soon Cyrus was getting an answer to the question that he posed.

"Well I do have a few that you could name him. There is Tsunami, Hydro and well actually it looks like I only have a couple." Fletcher informed Cyrus though at the end of his sentence he was laughing from his own response to the question.

"He is one strange boy...but I do like the names that he has given me. Now I just need to pick between the two." Cyrus thought to himself though he decided to put off naming his Pokémon until later. "So where are you going to go to capture your next Pokémon?" Cyrus inquired of his friend hoping that Fletcher would give him an idea of where he should go to capture his next Pokémon.

It didn't take Fletcher all that long to respond to Cyrus's question. "Well I was thinking that I should get another water type so that way I would be more effective against the Pewter City Gym." Fletcher informed Cyrus.

"Well that was not very helpful...it looks like I will have to figure out a place to capture a Pokémon on my own." Cyrus concluded to himself. Though there was something that confused Cyrus. "If you were wanting to capture another water Pokémon then why, didn't you just stay down by the lake?" Cyrus inquired of Fletcher, curious of what answer the other boy would give him.

This caused a light blush to start creeping up Fletcher's body. "Well I saw you and wanted to check up on you...and I also figured that you would have captured a Pokémon and I was curious about what Pokémon it was" Fletcher responded back, hoping that Cyrus wouldn't comment on the light blush that dusted over his skin.

"Alright, well I will see you again once we both capture our third Pokémon. Are we still meeting at the gate?" Cyrus replied before posing another question to his friend.

The only response that Fletcher gave was a nod of his head before he was once more running off back towards the lake. Once Fletcher was gone from view Cyrus turned back the way that he was going before Fletcher caught up to him and once more started making his way through the Safari.

"Well now I really do need to find out where I need to go to capture another Pokémon..." Cyrus contemplated as he continued to walk through the Safari though his thoughts didn't stop there, "...I guess I could just walk through some long grass, there are bound to be some Pokémon found there." Cyrus finished his thoughts.

Now with some resemblance of a plan in mind, Cyrus started to make his way to some of the bigger patches of grass. Along his way Cyrus saw other trainers doing the same thing and he even saw some trainers battling amongst each other.

"I should really battle with Squirtle in hopes of building a better bond between us." Cyrus muttered to himself in a quiet voice. Though for now Cyrus decided to keep himself away from other trainers until he had captured his third Pokémon since this was the whole point of this trip in the first place.

Cyrus soon found himself surrounded by waist high grass. "This may be harder than I thought if I can't even see any Pokémon." Cyrus thought to himself, though he still thought that this was the best plan of action.

Cyrus was so focused on looking for Pokémon that he was not paying attention to where he was going and soon he came upon an angled piece of ground. Since he was unaware of how angled this part of the ground was Cyrus continued walking which sent him rolling down the hill.

"Oh shit!" was all that Cyrus had time to say before he body was colliding with the ground below. "Ouch!" Cyrus moaned out once he stopped rolling down the hill and was able to sit back up, though he was still dizzy from the roll that his eyes were unfocused. Since he was so dazed from the fall he was unaware of the movement that was going on around him, though his Pokedex was able to pick up on said moment.

"Meowth! The Cat Pokémon. This creature is attracted to shiny objects and will often rummage through trainers bags looking for treasure." the Pokedex called out in his familiar robotic voice.

This caused Cyrus to turn towards the voice of the Pokedex and true to its word his backpack was opened, and movement was coming from within the bag. "Damn Pokémon." Cyrus muttered out as he pushed himself off the ground. Though moments before he reached the bag a flashing red light could be seen coming from his bag.

"Now what could that have been about?" Cyrus muttered as he hobbled the rest of the way over to the bag and as he neared he heard a clicking sound coming from the bag. "What could that have been?" Cyrus inquired to himself as he picked up his bag off the ground.

Once he had his bag in his hand Cyrus peeked inside. Though he knew that there was a Pokémon in his bag he noticed that there was none in there now. "Well that is weird..." Cyrus muttered out as he focused onto the experimental Pokeball that he was keeping in his backpack to keep them from prying eyes.

"Why are you way over here when the others are over there?" Cyrus questioned the Pokeball though his words didn't stop there "Now here I am talking to inanimate objects like some crazy loon." Cyrus finished as he reached into the bag and grabbed the Pokeball in question.

As Cyrus pulled the Pokeball from the bag he noticed that it was the experimental ball that was designed to help capture canine Pokémon more effectively. "Please place the Pokeball on the screen of your Pokedex so we can perform the transfer." the voice of the Pokedex informed Cyrus.

"Transfer? What Transfer?" Cyrus muttered out in confusion though he still decided to follow the instructions of the Pokedex. Placing the Houndball onto the screen of the Pokedex Cyrus once more pushed the black button on top of the Pokedex.

Soon the Houndball was encased in a red glow which took the Pokeball away, though it didn't take long for the Houndball to be replaced with a regular red and white Pokeball.

"I wasn't expecting this to be how I captured my third Pokémon, though I guess I should find out what kind of Pokémon that managed to capture itself within my Pokeballs." Cyrus thought to himself as he threw the Pokeball up into the air.

Authors Notes: Here is the latest chapter of The Journey for a Dream. I hope that you all enjoyed the chapter as well as the story.

Cyrus's Pokémon- Growlithe (M)- Aries, Squirtle (M)-?, Unknown Third Pokémon

Fletcher's Pokémon- Eevee (F)- Chimera, Magikarp (?)-?

Cyrus's Experimental Pokéballs- Magmaball (Untested), Shadowball (Untested), Voltageball (Untested), Houndball (Tested), Rainball (Success)