Thanks for the Original Character. She is going to join Lea and Cody soon but I had to make one change if that's okay. When she beat the elite four she lost against the champion, Red. (Kind of important to the story.)

Chapter 3

12th June 2004

12.22 PM

Lea ran through the long grass between the towns of Pallet and Viridian.

"Okay Cody, if you're such a master let's see you catch a Pokemon!" She shouted playfully.

After a quick flash of the finger he spotted a male Nidoran lying in the grass.

The boy smirked and released his Bulbasaur,

"Okay Woody. Let's see what you can do."

He crouched down next to his new friend and whispered in his ear,

"Lea's been giving me a hard time these last couple of days so please try and win, okay?"

The green dinosaur turned it's head away, why did Cody have to wake him? He was having such an amazing dream. Returning his attention to the fight he charged forward on the command of his master.

The wild Pokemon braced himself for an attack therefore he took hardly any damage.

"Okay Woody, that was a good start. Now hit him with Leech Seed."

The bulb on his back glowed yellow before releasing a single tiny seed. The wild Pokemon leapt to one side to avoid the attack and then sped toward the dinosaur, head down to strike Bulbasaur with his large horn.

"You okay Woody? Good, now finish it with your tackle attack!"

The Nidoran flew into the air from the assault and never hit the floor as Cody threw a Poke-ball, sealing it inside.

"Yes, Nidoran is mine."

Lea turned a bright shade of crimson.

'Why did I have to insult him? Now he's never gonna shut up about his new Pokemon.'

She smiled at the boy and muttered quickly,

"Well done, now let's get going. I want to try and get to Viridian before nightfall."

"Okay, just let me heal my new Pokemon." Said Cody mockingly.

'That'll teach her to make fun of me.'

The two kids continued to walk until late afternoon before Lea sat down in the middle of the field.

"Can we have a rest? My legs are tired.

Cody smiled and lay down beside her.

"So Lea, what's your favorite Pokemon?" He asked in an attempt to get her talking again.

The girl grinned,

"I'd have to say either Rapidash or Pikachu, they're both so cool. What's yours?"

"I guess mine would be Electabuzz."

"Yeah, they're good."

Cody looked around nervously,

'I hope she doesn't discover that it's actually Jigglypuff!'

[Doesn't sound like this meant anything but it will later.]

Later that day

7 PM

The two teenagers stood near the Viridian city gates, their clothes were muddy and their hair was soaked.

'Why did it have to run today of all days? Now my hair and make up are all messed up and I look all ugly.' Thought Lea.

"Is there a gym in this town?" Asked Cody, eager to challenge a leader.

"There used to be, but it was closed down last year due to unsafe conditions."

Cody nodded,

"So are we going to hang around here for a while or are we heading straight to the forest?"

Lea closed her eyes,

"Well actually all I want right now is a nice hot bath, so I guess it's a hotel for tonight. Mum gave me some money for things like food so I can use a bit of that."

1 hour later

Cody leant on the wall outside the Poke-mart whilst Lea did some shopping inside.

He stared at the three Poke-balls with a smile on his face.

'Well now I've got a Bulbasaur, a Cubone and a Nidoran. Not bad considering that I only got Cubone for my birthday last week.'

Suddenly he heard someone shout his name from the other side of the street, making him drop Woodys Poke-ball, releasing it.

"Bulba-"

"Hi Cody, you're here at last!"

After returning his Pokemon he looked at the girl.

"Oh hi Lori. What're you doing here? I thought you'd be in Viridian forest by now."

"Nah, I did go to the woods for a while but it started to get dark and..."

Cody remembered when the three of them were younger they camped out one night and Lori was petrified as soon as night fell and had to rush home leaving him with Lea.

'Come to think of it, those two have always been this annoying.'

Lori smiled sweetly,

"So Cody, did you catch any new Pokemon since last time?"

As soon as Cody opened his mouth Lori interrupted,

"Great, me too. Wanna battle?"

"Err...okay. But are you sure you don't want to wait for Lea?"

"No, I don't want to see that bitch."

Cody narrowed his eyes,

'What could have happened between them? They used to be inseparable. I'll be sure to ask Lea sometime.'

"Okay, one Pokemon each then."

Lori grinned and threw a Poke-ball releasing a Butterfree.

"Let's see you try and beat Flutter!"

"Okay, go... Spike."

Nidoran appeared on his side of the field in a beam of light.

A look of concentration came over Lori's face as she shouted,

"Flutter use your confusion attack!"

"Holy shit. You're weak against that! Use leer then follow it up with a horn attack!"

As the purple beam shot at the horned Pokemon he glared at the Butterfly, causing it to lose its concentration and the beam hit a tree a meter from the intended target.

The pink poison Pokemon lowered his head and struck the bug with his horn.

"Oh no, that looked like it hurt! Erm...Flutter use String shot!"

A wire shot out of the butterfly's antenna and wrapped itself around a tree branch.

Cody's eyes widened in surprise as the Pokemon swung through the air and hit Nidoran with its wing.

Lori blinked,

"Okay, not what I was expecting but...well done!"

Spike span around and kicked the tree causing Flutter to fall to the ground. The Nidoran then leapt into the air and landed on the weakened Pokemon's stomach with all it's weight, knocking it out.

Lori stepped back in astonishment and recalled her Pokemon.

"Well done Cody, that was an impressive battle."

After kissing him gently on the cheek the dark haired girl smiled and walked toward the hotel to book a room.

"Oh, is she your girlfriend now?"

Cody turned around to see Lea holding a shopping bag.

"What? No. We're just friends...wait, why am I explaining myself to you? It's not like we're going out either."

Lea glowered at him,

"Fine. Why should I care what you do shithead?"

With that she stormed away, leaving Cody stunned.

'What the hell is wrong with her? I didn't say anything wrong, did I?'

The next day

11 AM

Cody opened his eyes and stared at the ceiling,

'Where am I?' It took him a minute to remember the events of the day before.

He looked over at Lea's bed to apologize but found it empty.

'Oh shit, she must still be mad at me! I think she's overreacting a little. All I did was say that she wasn't my girlfriend, which is the truth.'

"I'd better go and find her." He said whilst climbing out of bed.

Meanwhile

Two men walked through Viridian forest, they were both wearing perfect black suits and their Pokemon were searching the grass as they passed.

The taller of the two men shouted,

"Kinesis, use Psybeam on that rock over there."

His Alakazam leapt into the air and launched a purple beam at the large boulder, lifting it high off the ground.

"Damn, I thought the boss said it was recently spotted around here?"

"Well, we've searched everywhere. It's obviously not any more, let's just go."

The two men walked out of the trees into Pewter City and called their bird Pokemon before flying away on their backs.

As soon as the birds were out of sight a small purple shape darted through the treetops in Viridian forest.

I'm still accepting original characters and chapter 4 should be up tomorrow. (Hopefully)