for about a week the guys were in the forest wandering around looking for pokemon until they came across a sign-
"mint city" kurama read "well finally" yusuke mumbled "lets all split up for today and meet back at the pokemon centre over there" kuwabara pointed out "for once i agree with this idiot" hiei agreed "ok then" they all walked in diffrent directions.

yusukes POV
he decided to walk in the middle of town "hm reminds me of home" he commented noticing all the people scurrying everywhere.
he took teh small pokeball from his belt and held it infront of him i havent really bonded with this thing yet like botan told me to he thought. suddenly a small whimper was heard he turned to the center of the street and saw a little ball of fluffy curled up on a statue "wtf" he said. he walked over to it and picked it up it was a sheep with white fleece and blue skin, black horns and tail with yellow stripes, and a ball of electricity on the tip of its tail "mareep" it squeaked surprised. yusuke sat down and rested the small pokemon on his leg it looked up at him sadly "mareep" it whimpered he smiled at it and placed it on his head "wanna hang out for a while?" he asked it as he called out squirtle "mareep!" it replied happily "squirtle" squirtle chirped as it trotted beside yusuke. for the few hours they had to screw around this trio had a hell of a good time!

kuwabaras POV
he had no idea were he was going. but he continued walking until he saw a guy with a red R on his shirt, a pinsir and a butterfree.
the pinsir was happily eating sap while the butterfree sat in the branch sadly. the guy yelled at kuwabara "hey kid howd you find me here!?" "huh i just walked around" kuwabara replied "well dont tell ANYBODY im here got it name your price to keep your mouth shut" he yelled. "give me that butterfly pokemon" kuwabara replied "that useless thing? sure" he watched as kuwabara threw a pokeball at it it glowed and sank to the ground kuwabara picked it up and headed back to the citys center. he released the butterfree and it floated above him happily, it was purple but had some blue markings on its body. it flew around kuwabara happily suddenly the beast known as kuwabaras stomache growled "hmm ill bet theres a good ramen shop here" i should treat you and jigglypuff. and so he did!

hieis POV

hiei was walking along the forests edge with growlithe beside him when he heard yelling he looked over at some kids beating on a small purple and white rat with red eyes. if there was one thing he couldnt stand it was ganging up on a helpless opponent there was no point nor honor in that "what are you bakas doing?" hiei asked the children "im trying to get this pokemon as my own" one of them screetched in an annoying voice. "i challenge you to a battle winner gets to keep the rat" hiei suggested. "fine with me" the boy yelled in the same annoying manner of speech. "um kid dont you need a pokemon to battle?" hiei asked with an eyebrow raised

"no just my own strength will do until i get my own pokemon!" he screetched. "growlithe firespin" hiei stated blankly the children were burnt and ran home screaming and crying "i hate children...dont they have to be 10 before they can be trainers" is all hiei said as he picked up the rattata and held the pokeball infront of the pokemon. it suddenly glowed and went inside the ball as hiei placed it back on his belt. and walked away with growlithe at his heels.

kuramas POV

he had been shopping for new supplies since the guys used them all and he found out that yusuke had been spraying pokemon repellent and not bugspray figures it be yusuke to keep the pokemon away...while shopping he noticed something small and green following him, he decided to ignore it for a while until it got trampled by a few children running by kurama rushed to help it. "oddish..." it cooed "aw its so cute" kurama commented the oddish was purple had two feet and green leaves popping out of its head

with small beady eyes. kurama picked it up and went to the pokemon centre. "hello" nurse joy said cheerily, "umm hello" kurama said with a bow "could you help this pokemon?" he asked politly "i sure will!" she smiled at kurama. "chansey please help this oddish" she handed the oddish to the egg bearing pink blob "chansey" the pokemon chimed taking the oddish and walking away.
there kurama waited for the guys to arrive.

normal POV

"check out what we found!" both yusuke and kuwabara yelled hiei just snorted. kurama looked at them "what did you find?" he asked curiously. yusuke holds up mareep "the latest addition to my team!" he yells excitedly. all just stared blankly "wow excited much" kurama commented. kuwabara threw the pokeball on the floor and it bounced back at him and he caught it as butterfree fluttered around the room "omg its beautiful" kurama exclaimed and kuwabara stood with pride knowing how cool his new pokemon was "its lame..." hiei commented and kuwabaras self confidance that had built up died instantly. rattata had popped out and started running around the room hyperly and the nestled itself on hieis head asleep. nurse joy came back and handed oddish to kurama "here you are hes all better!" she chirped and added "if you wish we have rooms for overnight guests" before kurama could deny yusuke and kuwabara butted in "we would love that!" they exclaimed. nurse joy had told them how mareep was abandend (see seperate story) andabout the odish that followed people in the city, and about team rocket too, and the bad children of this certain part of the city. they all fell asleep that night in actual beds and with their pokemon beside them (even if they didnt want them there)