AN: First off, thanks to everyone who reviewed. Next, I'm sorry if the spaceing is weird. *glares at computer* the way it is on my computer and the way it is on ff.net is different. Sooo, I'm gonna see what happens if I change it alittle. Tell me if you like the new spacing, or if it just makes things harder to read okay? Oh, and if Chapter 5 a.k.a, this chapter, comes and goes, it means I'm changing the spacing of it.

Chapter 5

"ve….Ve…….VEEE!!!" Eevee shouted in Matt's ear. Matt's only response was to turn over. Eevee sat back and looked at Matt for a minute. Then went over to Matt's pokeballs and pushed the release buttons. Geodude and Magikarp came out. Eevee explained his situation and his plan to Geodude and Magikarp.

"Karp karp karp!" Magikarp said, happy to be included.

"Dude" Geodude agreed. Geodude picked up Magikarp and went out side. When they came back, Magikarp was dripping wet. Eevee pulled back the sleeping bag and Geodude sat Magikarp in it. Then Eevee pulled the sleeping bag back over them. Suddenly, Magikarp started to flip and flop all over inside the sleeping bag, making everything wet.

"YAAA" Matt yelled and jumped out. All the Pokemon started to laugh their heads off and their trainer's expression.

"You couldn't just nudge me or something?" Matt said sarcastically. The Pokemon were to busy laughing to answer. Matt sighed, smiled, then started to laugh too.

"Since every one is already out" Matt said while putting Magikarp into the pond,

"I'll just get your breakfasts." He pulled out three boxes of dried Pokechow and put them into bowls. Then gave them to his Pokemon. He pulled out a small box of cereal for himself and ate it while putting his sleeping bag and tent away. When the Pokemon finished eating, he put the bowls away and packed the rest of the stuff up.

"Are you guys ready to-" he started to say when he was cut off by a crash and a mild curse. They all looked in the direction it came from when a man that looked about 25 stepped out of the trees. He had twigs in his hair and his clothes were dirty.

"Can I help you?" Matt asked hesitantly.

"Are you a trainer?" the man asked as he knocked leaves out of his hair forcefully.

"Yes…." Matt replied wearily.

"Then I challenge you to a battle!"

Matt shrugged.

"It's kinda early for a battle, but alright."

"We can each use three pokemon in this battle!" the man said hurriedly. Then he threw out a pokeball.

"Go ditto!" A ditto appeared.

"dit to!"

"Ditto, use transform on whatever Pokemon he brings out!" the man told it.

"To!"

"Alrighty then.." Matt said grinning. Both Eevee and Geodude tensed up.

"GO Magikarp!"

"Magi? Karp!" It said and flapped around happily in the water.

"NO DITTO, DON'T-" the Man started to say. It was too late though. Ditto had transformed into Magikarp.

"Karp?" Ditto said confused.

 "Karp!" Magikarp answered as determined as he could.

"Magikarp, tackle attack!" Matt yelled. Magikarp rammed head on into ditto.

"Uh…Ditto splash!"

"Magi…karp!" Ditto agreed and splashed some water onto Magikarp. Magikarp ignored the water and tackled Ditto again.

"Keep it up Magikarp!" Matt yelled happily.

"Ditto, use your tackle attack!" the man yelled desperately. Both trainers stood tensely, watching their Pokemon tackle each other, Who would wear out first?

"KARP, KARP, KARP!!"

"KARP!"

The two Pokemon crashed together in one last tackle.

"MAGI karp.." Ditto said and changed back into it's original form. Then it fainted.

"KARP!" Magikarp said happily jumping into the air.

"You did it Magikarp!" Matt said proudly.

"Ee vee!"

"Geo dude!"

The man looked at his Ditto and sighed.

"Ditto, return."

He glared at Matt and said,

"You only one that battle out of luck. This Pokemon won't be so easy. GO! Cyndaquil!" he said throwing out another pokeball.

 "Cyndaquil." It said and ignited the flames on its back.

"I choose you! Geodude!" Matt said.

"Dude!" Geodude said as he came up to float in front of Matt. 

"Cyndaquil, ember!"

"Geodude, defense curl!"

Fire surrounded Geodude just as he curled up into a ball. The fire swept through him, leaving him unharmed.

"Dude!" he said coming out of his defense curl.

"Geodude tackle attack!"

"Cyndaquil, dodge it!" Geodude rushed at Cyndaquil, but it jumped aside.

 "Now use your tackle, Cyndaquil!"

"Geodude, Rock throw!" As Cyndaquil ran at Geodude, Geodude picked up a good size rock and threw it at Cyndaquil. Cyndaquil tried to stop and turn from his tackle but he was running to fast. The rock hit him square on and Cyndaquil was knocked back.

"Now use your tackle attack!" Matt yelled.

"Dude!"

Before Cyndaquil could get up, Geodude tackled it. That last blow finished off Cyndaquil and he fainted.

"Cyndaquil!" the Man said in surprise and frustration.

"Arg! Return!" Cyndaquil disappeared into its pokeball.

"Two down, one to go." Matt said smugly. Then he turned to Geodude.

"Great battle pal. I'm proud of you."

"dude." Geodude answered happily.

"GO TEDDIURSA!" the Man yelled in anger.

"Teddi!" said the little bear pokemon as it got into a fighter's stance.

"Eevee, GO!"

"VE!" Eevee said running up.

"Teddi! Tackle attack!"

"Eevee Bite!"

Teddi ran up and hit Eevee in full force, but when Teddi hit Eevee, Eevee bit Teddi's arm.

"Go job Teddi!"

"Keep it up Eevee!" The two Pokemon jumped apart.

"Teddi scratch!"

"Eevee sand-attack!" Eevee waited until Teddi was just a few feet away from him. Then, just before Teddi scratched up his face, kicked a double paw full of sand right into the other Pokemon's eyes!

"Sa? Ursa?"

Teddi looked around in confusion. It could still see, but everything was blurry.

"Eevee use quick-attack!"

"Teddi dodge it!" Teddi could only see a brown object heading toward him very quickly.  Teddi jumped to the side, hoping to avoid it, but its hope was in vain. Eevee hit it dead center. Teddi swung a clawed paw, trying to connect. The lucky strike hit the side of Eevee's head. Eevee rolled to the side and shook himself.

"Hang in there Eevee!" Matt yelled.

"Keep trying Teddi!" the man also yelled.

"Eevee focus your energy and use another Quick-Attack."

"Ve" Eevee agreed and started getting pumped.

"Teddi! While its distracted, use headbutt!"

Teddi ran in the direction of the brown flurry object, his head tilted down. Closer he came and then….and then he…MISSED! Eevee turned around and gave Teddi a devastating Quick-attack, right in the stomach. Teddi just couldn't take it. Therefore, he fainted.

"….return" the Man said, defeated. Matt picked up Eevee and held him up high.

"We did it! We won our first Pokemon battle!' he exclaimed happily.

"EEVEE!"

"GEODUDE!"

"MAGIKARP!" the Pokemon all yelled happily. The man walked over to Matt and held out his hand. Matt put Eevee down and shook his hand.

"You did well kid." The man said gruffly.

"Here" he handed Matt about 80 dollars, turned around and left.  Matt looked after him as he disappeared into the woods, as silently as he came.

CRASH! "D---- IT!"

Which wasn't very silently at all.
Matt smiled and shook his head. When he turned to his Pokemon, his smile broadened.

"You all did VERY well!" he said to them.

"You all deserve a good rest. Magikarp, Geodude, return." Geodude and Magikarp were sucked into their pokeballs. Then Matt smiled down at Eevee.

"Ready to go?" he asked his Pokemon.

"Ve." Eevee replied and they headed back toward the road. As they walked along Matt checked out the map function on the Pokegear.

"We aren't that far from Violet City." He told Eevee.

"only about an hour away. It's lucky for us that Advente Town is so close to Violet City, huh Eevee?"

"Eevee." Eevee replied. They walked along in silence for awhile, just enjoying the peace and each other's company. Then Eevee twitched his ears and ran into the trees. Then he stopped and turned around, looking back at Matt.

"Ve ve." He said with a motion to follow. Matt jogged after Eevee while calling to him

"Eevee, Violet City isn't that way!" We need to get back to the-"

He stopped when he saw the girl. She looked about a year younger than he did with long blonde hair down to her waist, which was held back with a headband. She was about an inch or two shorter than Matt, but he couldn't tell since she was stooped over picking something from a bush. Standing next to her was a Larvitar. The Larvitar looked over at Matt and Eevee. Then he nudged his trainer.

"What it is Larvitar?" She asked as she stood up. Then she saw Matt and exclaimed in surprise. She had bright sky blue eyes.

"I'm sorry" Matt said.

"My Eevee ran off over here and I followed him. I didn't mean to startle you." He explained and gave her his most (unknown to him) handsome, charming, flirtatious smile.

"Well you did startle me!" she said a bit snappishly.

"You creeped up and made absolutely NO noise! You- oh!" the last bit she said while looking down at the Pokemon. Eevee, being the social creature that he is, was ignoring the trainers and making friends with the Larvitar. They were talking and laughing like old friends.

"What's wrong?" Matt asked anxiously.

"Larvitar NEVER makes friends just like that" she said surprised. Then she looked up and smiled, a little sheepishly and somewhat shyly. The smile made her look very pretty.

"I'm sorry if I sounded mean and spoiled." She said apologetically.

"No one has snuck up on me in a long time. I was just really surprised is all."

"That alright." Matt said with a smile of his own.

"I'm Matt."

"I'm Michelle."

"What were you doing?" Matt asked gesturing toward the bush.

"I was cutting of some of the leaves from this Potan bush." She explained.

"If grounded and mixed with its berries, it makes a very good Potion."

"Are you a Pokemon nurse?" Matt asked with a grin. Suddenly Michelle glared and stamped her foot angrily. At first, Matt thought it was at him, but then she threw up her hands and growled.

"NO! You can't be a Pokemon Nurse inless you are a wimpy,  pink-haired bimbo, which has no imagination, DNA problems, and names every single female in the family JOY!"

With each word her voice became higher and angrier until she was practically shouting the word Joy. Larvitar turned and grabbed his trainer's hand. Michelle squeezed it and took some deep breaths. Then she looked up at Matt and gave him a slight grin.

"But I'm not bitter about that" she said in a slightly more normal voice as Larvitar went back to his conversation with Eevee. She shook her head and said almost to herself,

"never bitter."

Matt was slightly startled about the sudden outburst but decided not to comment on it, instead he said hesitantly 

"that isn't fair. If someone wants to heal Pokemon it shouldn't matter what family they're from."

"EXACTLY!" Michelle agreed pouncing on the words,

"It turned out alright in the end though." She added

"Now I'm a Pokemon healer."

"Isn't that the same thing?" Matt asked confused. Michelle shook her head

"Not really. A Pokemon healer uses natural remedies instead of modern equipment." she explained.

"Like the leaves and berries from the Potan bush. A Nurse Joy would get their potions from a big company. Those potions aren't 100 percent natural, so they aren't the best. A Pokemon Healer uses all natural remedies. Also a Pokemon healer travels to find better remedies, and we heal any hurt Pokemon. Not just the ones brought to us."

"I get it." Matt said, smiling

"I would think that being a Pokemon healer takes more time and effort than a Pokemon nurse,  but it seems  like a better job."

Michelle studied him with her hands on her hips.

"You know, for a creeper that smiles to much, you're pretty smart." Matt laughed,

"Thanks….I think." Then Matt thought of something.

"I just had a Pokemon battle." He told her,

"Would you mind healing my pokemon?"

"Not at all." She replied.

"send them out."

"pokeballs, go!" Matt said and Geodude and Magikarp popped out.

Michelle looked at Matt with one eyebrow raised.

"How long have you been a trainer?"

"About two days now." Matt replied grinning.

"That explains why you have so few Pokemon." She said as she got out some medicines.

"Geodude, Magikarp, this is Michelle and Larvitar." Eevee introduced Larvitar to the other Pokemon and Michelle got out her meds.

"here" she told them in a soft sweet voice.

"Drink this" and handed all of Matt's Pokemon a cup with red juice. After the Pokemon finished drinking, they were as fresh as they would have been if they had been left with a Nurse Joy. 

"Thank you very much." Matt said as he recalled his Pokemon.

"No problem." She replied waving her hand.

"We need to go though. I wanted to get to Violet City before this afternoon" Matt said a little sadly, although he had his Pokemon, he was still a little lonely for human companionship.

"VE eveve veee!"

"Lar tar vi tar" Both the Pokmon said.  Michelle rolled her eyes and said to her Pokemon,

"Maybe he doesn't WANT my company"

Matt had gotten the basics of what Eevee had said and replied to Michelle

"If you are also going to Violet City, I would like to go together" he said in a slightly anxious way.

"Really?" she asked surprised. Most people didn't want her company. She was either to shy or too aggressive.

"Really." Matt said with another smile. This time Michelle smiled back.

***

Eevee and Larvitar were in the front of the group chatting away as they walked. Like their Pokemon, the two teenagers were talking as they walked the road to Violet City.

"What other Pokemon do you have?" Mat asked.

"I have …." Michelle started to reply

"well, Larvitar of course. I also have Charmander, Natu, Dotrio, Lapras, and Chansy!" she said proudly. She was always proud when it came to her Pokemon.

"How did you get them?" Matt asked curiously.

"Larvitar was the first Pokemon I ever had. My grandfather gave him to me. Charmander I caught when I battled him with Larvitar. I have always loved Charmanders for the fiery, never give up, nature." She said with a slightly savage grin. Much like yours, Matt thought, but he kept that comment to himself. He was sure that if he said it, it would cause him bodily harm.

"Natu I found when I first started my training as a Pokemon healer. They are good for healers to have because of how in tuned with nature they are. This one had hurt his wing and I fixed up a potion for him. He stayed with me after that. Dotrio I caught the regular way when I first started to travel.  Laprases are also good for pokemon healers. They are like the healers of the sea themselves. My Lapras I found when Larvitar and I were at the beach. Some poachers had captured her and my Pokemon and I fought them off.  She stayed after that. Chansy was given to me by my teacher. She was an old Pokemon healer that I had apprenticed to. When I finished my training, she gave me Chansy."

"that's pretty cool." Matt replied. Smiling as usual.

"What about you?" Michelle asked.

"Tell me about yourself."

Matt told her about his town and his parents, and Professor Redwood. What Michelle noticed however, was who he mostly talked about was his sister. Matt didn't seem to notice it though.

"I'd like to meet your sister." Michelle said to Matt.

"I think you two would like each other." He replied. Just then, the phone part of the Pokegear rang. Matt answered it and said surprised and happily,

"Hey Rob! What's up?…. Really? That's great! I caught a Geodude and Magikarp….. Who? That's cool. Uh-huh…Okay. I'm traveling with some one too." He said with a wink at Michelle.

He mouthed "Its Robin" Michelle nodded.

"Yeah I think you would like her. We are almost at Violet City." Then he laughed and said "to late" He laughed again and said "okay, bye."

"that was my sister!" he said with a grin.

"She and some guy Pokewriter named Raven have just gotten to Goldenrod City. She has caught a Pidgey and a Mareep."

"Why did you say to late?" Michelle wanted to know. Matt just laughed again.

"Well?" she asked suspiciously.

"She told me not to creep up on you or smile to much!" he said. Michelle and Matt both started to laugh. Their Pokemon looked back at them and rolled their eyes and shook their heads. Then the quartet saw Violet City in the near distance and raced the rest of the way there.

Okay then, let's see how that goes shall we? Tell me if that's any good okay? Thank you!