Okay, so this is the 4th update and the 3rd chapter. Calypso's first real Pokémon battle.

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I Steal From The Thief:

I sleep in JC's personal quarters that night. At around 7am, just before everyone else in the Pokémon Center gets up, JC wakes me up.

"Nnnn, no, go away."

"Come on, Calypso, wake up. The boss can't find out you slept here, or I will get fired, or even worse, my nursing license will get taken away."

This makes me wake up in a hurry. "Sorry, I'm just kinda tired."

She smirks, and says, "That's cool. You did me an awesome favor last night. I got you some stuff while you were sleeping to make up for that."

She pulls out a box, and a little microchip. "What are those", I inquire.

She opens the box, and inside are the coolest looking shoe insoles I have ever seen. They have a black, green, and purple swirl pattern.

"You know those running shoes that people have been talking about?"

I have to think for a moment. Gran never let me watch much TV, but when I would occasionally be let out on my own, one of the Cianwood kids would always be bragging about something they got from their grandparents or their uncle back in Kanto or Sinnoh, or whatever. Well, when one kid gets something that isn't sold in Cianwood, it always becomes a huge trend because Cianwood lacks any good retail stores. I think the running shoes were the biggest trend back before I ran away. But I'm not going to tell JC that. Not yet.

"Kinda. I've heard about them, I think."

"Well, this isn't known among many people, but it's not the shoes themselves that allow you to run so fast, it's the insoles! My aunt got me some for my birthday, but they aren't quite my style. I noticed how much you love your combat boots, so I got the special insoles for them."

I am just flabbergasted. What is with people and giving me free stuff today? Well, it would be rude to not accept it.

"Oh my Arceus, thank you! You're right, I always wear these boots, but they are really hard to run or push off my skateboard from. Here, let me try them on."

I put the special insoles in my boots, and I can just feel the energy that the insoles give my feet. Plus, they fit perfectly.

"What shoe size are you? I'm a eleven, so your feet have to be big", JC implies.

"Yeah, I have size eleven Sasquatch feet, too. Thanks, JC!"

"No prob. I also have this", she pulls out the microchip again, "for your Pokégear. You don't have the map, yet, do you?"

I hug her tightly, like I did to Professor Elm. "No, I don't. Thanks to you, I won't be getting lost in any forests, or be eaten by any vicious Bug Pokémon."

She blushes, and says, "It's no big deal. You still have to pay your inn fee, though."

"Oh yeah, here." I pull out 300 dollars, and give it to her.

"I thought I told you it was only 200?"

"Then think of the last 100 as a tip."

She smiles, and thanks me.

"Hey, give me your Pokégear. I'll install that chip, and I'll put my number in here. You're my friend now, that's what friends do, right?"

I snort, and respond, "Well, considering you're only my second friend, and I have the other friend's number in there, I assume so."

We both laugh, and soon we're in joyful tears.

"Well, I should get out of here before someone sees me. I'll call you up if anything important goes on."

"Okay, I'll see you."

I step carefully over everything to get out of the Pokémon Center. I am expecting to fall any moment, but the new insoles seem to give me the balance I've never had before. I can actually walk everywhere without falling!

I am almost to the door, when I hear a familiar nasally voice.

"You are going to pay for spiking my shampoo, and for stealing Jessica", a newly green haired Monica spits at me.

Who the fuck is Jessica? Oh, yeah, Dusk, the abused Misdreavus that I stole. God, what a sickeningly girly name for such a cool Pokémon.

"Oh, really, how do you think that's going to happen? You have no proof that I did either of those things. You know I can kick the shit out of you physically. What are you going to do, bedazzle me to death?"

She pretty much snarls at me, "A one on one Pokémon battle. On the beach. You win, you get to keep Jessica, and I'll shave my head. If I win, you have to give Jessica back, and pay for the damage done to my hair. Deal?"

I am so tempted to take her offer, but I have never battled against someone before. And, besides, I don't have enough money to pay for that.

"Normally, I would, but you're just not worth it. If you still want to fight, though, call me up sometime."

I give her my number, and this just infuriates her even more. Sometimes, it's not the physical fights that are the most satisfying, it's truly pissing someone off that's hilarious. And that's exactly what this case is.

"You'll regret ever messing with me, you will."

She goes to chew a piece of gum, but she screams when it touches her tongue.

"Ahhh! My tong, my tong, ith's on thire", she yells.

I just laugh, and walk out the door.

As soon as I do, I hear my Pokégear ringing. It's Professor Elm.

"Hey, Professor."

"Calypso, I need you to do me a favor. An acquaintance of mine, Mr. Pokémon, called me, and told me that he has made other discovery. It's probably just another Pokémon egg, but I'm too busy to go get it. Could you go get it for me? His house is on Route 30, past Cherrygrove City."

"Yeah, I can do that. I am going that way anyway, and I have the map thing for my Pokégear now. Don't ask; it's a long story."

"Thanks, Calypso. Just bring it back after you get it."

"Okay, I'm on it. I'll see you sometime today, Professor."

"Thank you. Be safe. Goodbye."

"Bye."

I end the call, and get on my skateboard. Insoles, or no insoles, I'm still riding this thing. I also let out all three of my Pokémon, so they can train while we go there. I step off, and off we go into Route 30.

There are different Pokémon on Route 30, but none that really spark my interest. Cyndi, Spirit, and Dusk just keep fighting them, with my guidance every now and then.

Cyndi has just defeated a Pidgey, and then a Rattata comes out of the grass to challenge her. I am about to tell her to use her Tackle attack, when the flames on her back rise up, and she lets out this small ball of fire that leaves me amazed, and the Rattata fainted on the ground.

"Cyndi, you know Ember!"

"Cynda, Cyndaquil."

I grin. We finally have that firepower I was looking for.

Meanwhile, both Spirit and Dusk are tag-teaming against a pair of Kakuna. Spirit lands on critical hit Peck on one of them, and it goes down. Dusk uses this move that I'm not quite sure what it is. She attacks the other Kakuna, and causes damage to it, but while she does it, she screams so it doesn't have a chance to defend itself.

Both Kakunas are down, and we are almost to Mr. Pokémon's house. I can see the door from here.

We are finally there, and I can feel the anticipation. I open the door, and see two older men. One is wearing a suit, and has a beard, while the other has nicely groomed gray hair, and wears a lab coat like Professor Elm's.

"You must be Calypso. Professor Elm told me you were coming. I am Mr. Pokémon. And this is Professor Oak, but you have heard of him, I suppose?"

I nod. Everyone knows who Professor Oak is.

"I see Professor Elm has given you a starter Pokémon. May I see that Pokémon, please", the man who I now know as Professor Oak asks me. I nod. As I go to let out Cyndi, all three of my Pokémon pop out.

"Oh, I'm sorry, these two just like to meet people, too."

He doesn't respond, but is instead looking at all three of them.

"You have three Pokémon that you have just received, and yet, all three seem to love you… I know! How would you like to help me out", he hands me a little red computer thingy, "This is the newest version of the Pokédex. It automatically records data on any Pokémon you see or catch. It's a high-tech encyclopedia! Go out and meet many kinds of Pokémon, and complete that Pokédex! But I've stayed too long. I have to get to Goldenrod for my usual radio show! Calypso, I'm counting on you!"

He talks so quickly, and leaves in such a rush, that I have no time to object if I want to. Freaking insane professors.

Spirit, Cyndi, and Dusk look at me with astonished expressions. Mr. Pokémon also has the same look on his face, too. He snaps out of it, and calls me over.

"This is what I want Professor Elm to look at."

He hands me the object, and sure enough, it's a Pokémon egg.

"I'll take it to him."

"Thank you, Calypso. Here, before you go, I'll heal your Pokémon."

I put them back in their Pokéballs, and Mr. Pokémon heals them with his healing machine. I go to leave, but he says one more thing.

"I'm counting on you!"

I nod, and leave the building. What's up with important people counting on me these days? Sheesh.

Before I can walk one step away from Mr. Pokémon's house, my Pokégear rings. It's Professor Elm, again. I am about to tell him I have the discovery thingy, when he says something that shocks me.

"H-hello? Calypso? It's a disaster! Uh, um, it's just terrible! What should I do? It… Oh, no… Please get back here, now!"

He hangs up before I can ask him anything. I wonder what happened to make him so upset?

I travel through Route 30 quickly, with only Cyndi out to defend us from any wild Pokémon. Luckily, she only has to fight a few before we reach Cherrygrove again.

I know I'm in a hurry, but Cyndi took some damage from a few attacks, and I want to heal her. I go into the Pokémon Center again, where JC is still there, working on the computer.

"Hey, JC, could you heal Cyndi, and make it real quick? I'm in a hurry."

She looks up at me, and grins. "Sure, as long as you call me and tell me why you are in a hurry as soon as you aren't in a hurry."

I bob my head in acceptance, and she heals Cyndi.

"Thanks, JC! I'll talk to you later, bye", I say as I run out the door, and jump on my skateboard.

I am almost at the Cherrygrove city limit, when I crash into something, or rather, someone. I accidently land on top of the person. I push my upper body up, and I see the person's face. It's the redheaded guy who was stalking Professor Elm earlier.

"You!" We both say it at the same time. He shoves me off of him, and we both get up.

We glare at each other before he says, "You got a Pokémon at the Lab. What a waste. A wimp like you."

"What do you mean, a wimp like me? You don't even know me. How the hell do you know if I'm a wimp or not?"

He falters, but manages to say, "Whatever. Don't you get what I'm saying? Well, I too, have a good Pokémon. I'll show you what I mean!"

He sends out a little blue alligator Pokémon that looks familiar. It's the evil Totodile who tried to bite me at Elm's Lab! The one that I told about this redheaded guy being a good trainer for him because they are both rude and vicious!

I can't help it. I burst out laughing.

"Hahahaha!" I laugh so hard, that I almost piss my pants. The guy looks pissed off.

"What are you laughing at? My Totodile will crush you!"

"I told him… haha… he's mean… haha… and you stole him!"

I wipe the tears of laughter out of my eyes. "I told that exact Totodile that since he is mean, rude, and vicious, you would make an excellent trainer for him. And then you can steal any Pokémon from Elm's Lab, and you choose him! Hee hee…"

You'd think I would be yelling at this guy for stealing Elm's Pokémon, right? Well, I would, but that would make me a complete hypocrite. I've stolen so much stuff from Gran, and Dusk from Monica, so why should I bitch him out? And, besides, those two make the perfect couple.

"Just shut up, and battle!"

I am about to send out Spirit, when Cyndi pops out of her Pokéball.

"Cynda, Quil, Quil, Cynda, Cyndaquil." (Calypso, let me fight Totodile!)

"You want to fight him? Why?"

"Cynnnda! Cynda, Cynda, Quil, Cynda, Cyndaquil, Quil, Cynda! Quilll, Cynda, Cyndaquil, Cynda! Cyndaaqiill!" (He's a buttface! He would always pick on me, and push me into the pond when the Professor Elm would let us play in the yard! And then, he would laugh at me when I had to have Chikorita pull me out! I want my revenge!)

"Oh, okay. Go kick his ass, then."

Cyndi faces off against the evil Totodile.

"Totodile, use your scratch attack!"

"Cyndi, dodge it, then use tackle!"

Cyndi manages dodge Totodile, and hits him with her tackle.

"Totodile, stop wasting time! Use leer!"

"Cyndi, look away!"

Cyndi doesn't look away from Totodile fast enough, and she is caught in his strong gaze.

"Come on, Cyndi, snap out of it!"

Cyndi shakes her head, but redhead gives his Totodile another command.

"Use scratch, close range!"

Totodile goes to scratch Cyndi's face.

"Cyndi, use Ember!"

Cyndi blasts a small ball of fire right into Totodile's face, and it knocks him out.

Cyndi looks simply delighted at this.

Redhead looks at me, and says, "Humph! Are you happy you won?"

"Well, of course, dum dum!"

Redhead scowls. "Do you want to know who I am? I'm going to be the world's greatest Pokémon trainer."

Then, he walks off.

I notice something on the ground. It's redhead's trainer card!

"Hmmm…. so his name is Silver…"

I see him walking back towards me, an angry look on his face.

"Give it back! That's my Trainer Card!"

I sidestep his grab towards his trainer card.

"Finders, keepers, losers, weepers!"

Redhead, wait, I mean Silver, clenches his teeth, and keeps trying to grab his trainer card, but I manage to sidestep him every time. This is fun!

"Give it back, you annoying little…!"

I grab my skateboard, which is lying about a foot away, and take off on it, Silver's trainer card still in hand.

He runs after me, but can't keep up as I make it into Route 29.

I skate until I'm hidden behind a tree. There, I go to look at Silver's trainer card.

Hmmm… he's the same age as me… just like 8 months older.

I am too busy looking at the card to notice that he has finally caught up with me. And when I do notice him, he looks royally pissed.

"Would you just give me my card back already? You know my name by now, what more do you want?"

I shrug, and throw the card over my head, and into the tall pine tree behind me, just to be annoying.

"You miserable little….!" I start skateboarding away when I hear his enraged yell.

I get to New Bark Town, and go right into Elm's Lab. There's a police officer there, which makes me nervous. What if Gran or Monica called the cops on me?

I walk right past the police guy, and up to the professor.

"What's up, Professor?"

Professor Elm looks like a complete nervous wreck. I mean, he was always kinda messy and eccentric, but it's just over the top, now.

"One of the Pokémon was stolen!"

The police guy cuts in. "Rule one of detective work: The culprit always returns to the scene of the crime. That means… you must be the one who did it!"

Elm openly face palms. "Didn't I just tell you that the thief was a male with long red hair?"

The police guy's face goes red, and he apologizes.

I go to tongue-lash the police guy, but then I remember my run in with that guy, Silver, or whatever. You'd think I'd want to report him, and for him to get caught. But part of me doesn't want him to get caught. He both amuses me and intrigues me at the same time. But he also makes me want to strangle him, too. But the two run together.

"I battled a guy with that description!"

The police guy looks toward me with relief. "Really? Did you get his name?"

I purposely mess this up. "I had his trainer card, but I accidently dropped it."

He looks let down, but I continue, "But it said his name was… Gold."

I think of a different name, anything, but Silver's weird name only leaves my mind with its opposite: Gold.

He smiles at me, and says "Thank You", before walking out of the lab.

"So, Calypso, what did you get from Mr. Pokémon?"

"It's another Pokémon egg, like you thought", I say as I pull it out of my bag.

He takes the egg, and examines it. While he does, I tell him about what happened with Professor Oak, and I.

"Wow, Calypso, Professor Oak asked you to do that? He must see potential in you! You should take the Gym challenge!"

I tune him out as he goes on. "Okay, I'll go do the gym challenge!"

"Okay, Calypso, good luck!"

"Thanks, Professor!"

Just as I am about to leave, one of the aides walks up to me.

"Here are some Pokéballs to start out with."

I smile at him. "Thanks."

Then I walk out of the building.

So, how was that chapter? Calypso really irritated Silver. Just wait and see what she does next!

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