"Let's go Pikachu, use Quick Attack!"

"Pikka!"

Pikachu puts its paws on the ground and grumbles to itself before charging at its opponent, a small yellow bug-like pokemon with a pointed tail.

"Weedle, use String Shot!"

"Buzz!"

Weedle nuzzled its cheeks and produced a white semen in its mouth before spraying it onto Pikachu's direction.

"Dodge it Pikachu!"

Although in a tough spot, Pikachu was barely able to dodge the String Shot and was able to shift the trajectory of its run before banging heads with the Weedle, making the latter flung out behind and crash into a tree.

Aeris flicked his arm.

"Finish it! Thundershock!"

"Pikka!"

Pikachu jumped up! Its cheeks flared with electricity as sparks started being emitted from its red sacs.

"Chuuuuuuuuuuuu!"

A full 1,000 volts of electricity was launched at the poor Weedle who lay cowering in fear while its bug-loving training was unable to do anything.

"Alright Pikachu!"

"Pikka!"

Pikachu jumped back towards its trainer and fist pumped him before landing softly on the ground.

Aeris's opponent, the bug-catcher, sighed in disappointment before recalling his pokemon back to its pokeball.

"Damn it! And, I was really close too."

He retracted his pokeball, and put away the net he was carrying before turning towards Aeris for a handshake, a common sign of sportsmanship after the end of a pokemon battle.

"Man, you guys are awesome!"

"I know right!"

Aeris said as he returned the shake while grinning at Pikachu who was doing the same.

"But, I'm just a newbie. There's someone even stronger here in Viridian Forest."

Curiosity was evident in Aeris's eyes. Someone even stronger? Who could it be?

"He's a bug-catcher like me. However, he's really experienced. I heard that he's really into battling trainers from Pallet Town."

"Trainers from Pallet Town, you say…"

It was interesting to say the least. After all, battling strong trainers really would be a good experience for Aeris.

Aeris and Pikachu was walking along the road while looking at the Town Map function in the Pokedex.

As they kept walking, they heard loud bustling from a nearby bush.

"Who is it?"

"Pikka?!"

The bustling intensified, and Aeris quickly became alerted.

However, to both him and Pikachu's surprise, what came out was a small, rabbit-like pokemon with pink bunny ears and two up sharp tooth.

"Nido!"

"Eh?"

The Pokedex fired up on its own as its radar was coincidentally pointed at the small pokemon.

"Nidoran, the Poison Pin pokemon. A poison type.

Its large ears are always kept upright. If it senses danger, it will attack with a poisonous sting."

"A Nidoran, huh? It's common around these parts, I guess," Aeris muttered as he put away the Pokedex.

"No matter, let's catch it Pikachu."

"Pikka."

The rodent chanted as it jumped in front of its trainer and entered a stance.

"Nido."

The opposition pokemon perked its ears upon suspicion and turned around to stare back at the sparking Pikachu which was soon to be its opponent.

"Let's go Pikachu!"

"Pikka." It flared its cheeks with electricity.

"Start with Quick Attack!"

"Pika!"

As soon as it maintained a steady ground, Pikachu launched itself at Nidoran in lightning speed.

The Poison Pin pokemon countered by hardening its features and glaring at Pikachu before pointing its horn at Pikachu, as a glow started flowing on the top of its horn.

In a rush, Pikachu crashed on to Nidoran, only to get poked by Nidoran's on its stomach.

"Pika...Chu!"

Pikachu grunted in reply. Its face turned sour with a bitter taste of pain on its lips.

"Don't let up Pikachu, use Thundershock!"

Still in contact with Nidoran's horn, Pikachu kept consciousness and started overflowing with electricity before firing lightning bolts at Nidoran with direct contact.

"Nidoooooo!"

Unable to keep up with the 1,000 volts of electricity, Nidoran let go of the contact it had with Pikachu's belly.

However, even the pain decreased, it still caused a lot of damage as Nidoran's health was down to the gutter with Pikachu's intensifying bolts of electricity.

"Wrap it up Pikachu, use Electro Ball."

Pikachu dispersed its electricity and hopped back.

"Pika. Pika. Pika. Pika."

It chanted.

Time to end this!

The familiar ball of electricity appeared on top of Pikachu's tail, sparks vibrating from it.

"Pikachu!"

Pikachu jumped and somersaulted high in the air before releasing the Electro Ball at the dismantled Nidoran.

"Nido."

Nidoran was about to jump away.

However, due to Pikachu being faster then Nidoran, the Electro Ball was crashing on Nidoran's body in seconds as the contact caused an explosion in the forest.

BANG!

Sylvia and Meredith were walking along a side-track of Viridian Forrest when they heard an explosion from the middle of nowhere.

"What was that?"

Meredith ended up asking her friend, to which Sylvia shook her head.

"Don't know."

"Wanna check it?"

Meredith asks the silverhead.

It's been hours since they've been into Viridian Forrest, and there's still no sign of the exit.

Maybe, they'd be able to find a way if they went towards that direction.

"I guess, we could…"

"Alright! Pokeball, go!"

Aeris announced before throwing the ball directly at Nidoran who was trying to catch its breath.

The ball stuck up on Nidoran's forehead before sucking the Poison Pin pokemon inside it.

One shake.

Two shakes.

Three shakes.

Four shakes.

Five shakes.

Ting!

The familiar 'Ting' sound quickly came from the pokeball, signaling a successful catch.

"Alright! We caught another one Pikachu!"

"Pika, pika!"

Pikachu and Aeris fist-pumped each other while the latter held the newly-caught Nidoran's pokeball.

A new chapter in their journey was about to begin for Aeris and Pikachu.

And along with that, they've also got themselves a new friend.

Now, it's for time to decide how far they can go with their spirit and willpower.

"Um, Sylvia, I really don't like this place…."

Meredith shivered as she kept turning her head from place to place.

The forest was dark, the forest was gloomy, but above all- the forest was creepy as hell!

"It's not like I like it either," Sylvia muttered, trying to crawl her way through the endless pitch of grass and bushes. "I can't believe someplace like this even exists!"

Unbelievably, this was only the first part of their journey. Only God knew how these two were gonna overcome what would lie ahead!

Glare.

Meredith felt someone's stare. Her back straightened and a shiver ran through her spine.

"S-Sylvia…...I-I think w-we should t-turn back."

"Y-Yeah. I think so too Mer. We should turn back and get out of he-."

It was on the timing that both Sylvia and Meredith turned their heads when two beaming red eyes glared back at them with intensifying curiosity.

"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHH!"

The girls' screaming was so loud that it alerted a certain trainer who was on the other side of Viridian Forest.

Aeris Blackwood and his Pikachu were continuing their trek through the grassy tavern when they heard two extremely loud, and extremely terrified voices of what was presumed to be females.

"What was that Pikachu?"

Aeris asked his partner, who replied with a shake of its head, signaling that it didn't knew.

"Pika, pika."

"Well, whatever," Aeris muttered as he shrugged the thing off before continuing his trekking. "Not like I care."

Damn was this guy uptight!

Ahead of all the other trainers from Pallet Town was Gary Oak with the bundle of pokeballs on his belt.

Gary was an ace. As such, he had already cleared the trial which was Viridian City, and was continuing his way towards Pewter where the first gym for him lay.

Sigh….

"This is so boring!"

Gary lamented on his journey so far.

Some weak trainers, some wannabes, and a bunch of super lame pokemons had him in a certain lack of excitement.

"That bug-catcher was the only thing interesting about this place. I wonder with Aeris had fought him already. That guy looked really serious in battling Pallet trainers."

Thinking back, Gary did have a bit of problem in battling that specific trainer.

Although his moves were plain, and there was a certain lack of strategy, the bug-catcher's pokemons were very experienced in terms of Viridian Forest's specs. They were overpowered if anything.

However, due to a lack of strategy on the trainer's part, Gary had pitched up the win even though it was just barely.

He'd gotta thank his pokemons for it later.

So far, so good!

Aeris and Pikachu's journey had gone on a smooth start.

With a few wins and three pokeballs around his belt, Aeris's journey has been going much better then he'd expected.

However, for now, reading the Pokedex's 'Town Map' feature looked much harder than his pending adventure.

"Um, I think we should go through this way," Aeris signaled Pikachu.

The yellow rodent pokemon, although proud of its trainer's battling skills, is now finding it hopeless with how horrible its trainer was with direction.

With an apparent sigh, Pikachu jumped on Aeris's shoulder and snatched the map before reading it himself.

"Pikka!"

Pikachu suddenly realized something.

"What happened? Find anything?"

Aeris questioned.

Pikachu glanced at its trainer from the corner of its eyes before turning the map upside down and presenting it to Aeris with a twitch of its forehead.

"Eh? So, it was upside down this whole time?!"

Pikachu crossed its arms and glared at its trainer.

"S-Sorry Pikachu."

"Pi, Pikachu!"

After retracing their positions, and tracking the right path, Pikachu and Aeris start from exactly the center of Viridian Forest before starting to follow up through the map's directions, a not upside down that is.

"Hey Pikachu, want to set up camp for today?"

"Pi Pikachu."

It was almost dark.

The sun could be seen on the distant horizon, sinking down under the sea as a blanket of red and orange cover the skies.

The trees shake slightly due to the risen wind as Aeris and Pikachu set up the tent.

It was nice to say the least.

Although the two of them had hoped that they would reach Pewter before sunset, the plan was unsuccessful due to Aeris's *ahem* 'precise' direction skills.

Aeris put up the blankets, pillows, and the portable lighter inside the tent as Pikachu snuggles close to its trainers' arms, seeking warmth.

A very nice day indeed….

That didn't apply to the two girls who were passing by though.

"W-what is that Sylvy?"

"Don't know Mer," Sylvia honestly answers Meredith's question. "From the looks of it, that's a tent."

"A tent? You mean, someone's inside it?"

The possibility of meeting up with another homo sapian certainly added some energy to Meredith's already 'eccentric' state.

"I think so…" Sylvia responds, albeit not so strongly since she was partially doubtful of what could be inside the apparently big tent that could most probably fit about 3 people in it.

A group of campers maybe?

But wait, who the heck would camp in a place like Viridian Forest?!

"Let's check it out Sylvia," Meredith meekly suggested.

"I guess we could," Sylvia replied. "I mean, what's the worst that could happen?"

"A man with a knife slitting our heads open?"

Sylvia nods at Meredith's opinion.

"Yup, something like that."

*shiver*

A shiver run down their spine when the two girls imagine a tall and mysterious with a shiny object in his hand and a gleaming look in his eyes that appear to be blood red.

"Let's just lie beside the tent for now, okay Sylvy?"

"Yeah. I think that'd be the best option-."

"Yeah. Let's just lie against that tree for now," Meredith tells Sylvia, pointing towards an oakwood tree that was close to the tent.

Sylvia nodded before giving her response. "Okay. That'd be good."

Aeris woke up right before midnight. He had to go to the washroom, and since they were sleeping inside a tent, he had to unzip the entrance before exiting.

For a while, nothing happened.

Aeris marched forward and did his deed on a bush before zipping his pajamas and heading back.

On the way however, he saw two familiar faces lying against a tree with the shorter one's head falling on the lap of the one with the long, silver hair.

"Eh? These two? Their names are Sylvia and Meredith if I'm correct. What are they doing here?"

With no answer to his apparent question, Aeris went closer to the two and bent down to confirm his suspicion.

"Yup. Definitely those two."

What were they doing there though, was still a question for the unknowing Aeris?

Aeris noticed how the two were constantly shivering in their sleeps and how their clothes were starting to get dirtier with each of their movements.

*sigh*

"These guys are so damn hopeless."

Aeris decided that he'd play the good guy for now.

He calmly picked up both Sylvia and Meredith before carrying them one by one inside his tent.

It was easy to carry them though.

Meredith wasn't much heavy, and the other one was practically weightless- made Aeris wonder if Sylvia even eats anything at all.

A girl's weight wasn't any of his concerns right now though.

For now, he had to figure out where to sleep for the night.

With two girls inside the tent, it'd be impossible for Aeris to sleep- he had an idea of how cranky girls could get when they sleep.

*sigh*

"Guess I'll sleep outside for now," is what Aeris mutters at long last before carrying a pillow and a spare blanket- the first one having been wrapped around Sylvia, Meredith, and Pikachu- and getting out of the tent.

A comfortable night of sleep was waiting ahead for the adventurous Aeris, a very comfortable one indeed…