Red lead Polaris and Sylveon to some tall grass and hand Polaris the pokeball. "Okay, you know how to catch pokemon, don't you?", Red asked, getting a nod in response. "Of course! I read about that once, I think I can do it…", Polaris nodded like an excited child, running into the tall grass with Sylveon and running into a Pidgey! He had a determined look on his face, and commanded, "Sylveon! Use uh...use bite!", pausing in thought and Sylveon nodded, chasing after the Pidgey in the attempt to do what Polaris commanded. Of course, the Pidgey just flew away and Polaris groaned with frustration, "No fair! We almost had it!", pouting like a toddler and Red just rolled his eyes.
"You'll get it next time, but don't shout so loudly or else you'll scare off any other pokemon.", Red tried to say in a reassuring tone, but it was fairly hard since he still believed that Professor Oak just wanted Red to babysit this random person. "You think so…? Maybe I shouldn't have gone for that one…", Polaris had a look of hope in his eyes, still having the pokeball in his hand and Sylveon came back to him. Red took him to another spot to catch some pokemon, hoping that Polaris would have better luck in the second attempt.
After hours of moving from location to location, Polaris didn't catch a thing. Some was because he tried to use the pokeball without using a status condition or even damaging the pokemon. Others were because his pokemon didn't listen at all, or because Polaris tried to battle the pokemon himself. Red had decided that they both had enough for one day. "Thank you Red, I appreciate the effort. But I don't think I need another pokemon. I'm not even good at battles!", Polaris said once Red took him and Sylveon home. Then suddenly, Red was hugged by Polaris! Red was certainly surprised as he looked down at the smaller boy, sighing internally and hugged him back.
Polaris went inside his home, waving goodbye to Red and Pikachu before shutting the door behind him. Red just stood there for a minute or two, heading home as well but was still surprised about the hug that was just out of nowhere. He hated to admit it, but he definitely grew attached to the boy. Plus, Pikachu was fairly close to his Sylveon as well. He quickly shook off the feelings of missing someone so soon, it wasn't even like he really helped that kid anyway. He was beginning to head home, being greeted by his mother .
"Oh Red! I'm glad you're home! How is being the champion going for you? You should go get some rest.", she hugged him and took him upstairs. At first Red wanted to refuse, complaining on how childish she was treating him, but he was glad that she was worried about him. Red went upstairs, getting into bed. Pikachu got into the smaller bed that his mother had made for him, quickly falling asleep.
By the time it was morning, Red quickly woke up, seeing that Pikachu had gone downstairs to eat breakfast. Red eventually joined in eating as his mother asked, "Oh Red, are you going to see Blue today? I told his sister that you came back and she said that Blue was excited to see you!" Red tilted his head a little at first, shrugging a little. He and Blue were still rivals, but Blue had been more relaxed ever since he had been put in charge of the Viridian city gym. They hadn't seen each other since 5 years ago, when Red came home for the first time after apparently being beaten by the Johto champion.
"Hopefully Blue isn't too busy though, he always complains that running a gym is hard.", Red answered but then added, "I'll just quickly pop in the gym, or see his sister." His mother smiled and nodded, "Hopefully he'll recognize you!" Red nodded, getting up and helping his mother clean up before heading outside. He quickly went to the Viridian gym to check to see if Blue was there, but on the way, he ran into Polaris.
"Oh! You're...you're back! Umm...s-sorry for running into you…", Polaris began to excitedly say, gathering up the books and papers he dropped with Sylveon's assistance. "It's fine. What are...all those books for?", Red nodded, helping Polaris and Polaris answered, "School. I only have ten more minutes...I woke up extra early today!" Red frowned, watching Polaris run off and he went back to seeing Blue. Polaris finally made it to class on time, feeling extremely proud of himself. Although, his pride would probably soon die since he was usually on time to his classes when it's his first or last day of whatever the class was. Sylveon just rolled their eyes at Polaris, sitting next to an empty desk to show where Polaris should sit.
After the class was over, Polaris was humming softly, casually walking out of the trainer's school. "It feels so weird not biking here...everything is so close together!", Polaris said with a tone of awe, suddenly noticing the path to Viridian forest. He frowned a little, glancing at Sylveon for a second or two. "Hey Sylveon...do you...wanna go for a walk?", Polaris slowly asked, getting a nod from Sylveon. Polaris excitedly grinned, leading Sylveon into Viridian forest. After a while of walking, suddenly, there was the sound of rustling grass. Sylveon stood in front of Polaris as Polaris muttered, "W-what the..what's that n-noise…?"