It was several days later, and Shigeru was still thinking about what he had done. He was not in that much trouble, of course, there were plenty of witnesses. But he was still thinking.

"How was I right?" "Who were they?" "What will happen now?"

At dinner that night, Shigeru spoke up. "We can't just sit around here and pretend nothing happened." He said sternly. "We have to do something." "Like...?" Shigesato said. Shigesato was always throwing rude remarks like that. "We have to get off our lazy asses and do something. Did you see them? Imagine what they could do!" "Are you actually suggesting--" "Yes, Shigesato, we must get Pokemon of our own and stop them." Satoshi was quiet. "Well, there's no F*CKING WAY I'm getting involved. You and Satoshi go." He said, and stamped off to his room.

"Are you really sure that's what we should do?" Satoshi said, wide-eyed. "Yes." Shigeru said. "I did some research. It turns out that in order to go to this land of Clefairy, one must defeat the Pokemon League and access a sacred meadow. Here, apparently, is the key to what this organization is searching for." "So...We just have to get there first?" Satoshi asked. "Precisely. It will not be easy. We can get our starters tomorrow, though. "This is so sudden...Satoshi said. Wait! I'm only 9! I can't be a trainer!" "That's the thing." Shigeru said, sighing. "We forge a birth certificate."

"No way!" Satoshi yelled. "There's no way I'm doing that. We could get arrested." "Got

Any other ideas?" Shigeru said. I've made up my mind, so you two have to come. You know the law. Anyone can skip school to become a trainer." Satoshi looked down. "OK." He said. "But won't it be dangerous? Those people..." "Weren't following the rules. They were supposed to use Pokemon as a threat. When we get our own, we can defeat them." "But what about Shigesato?" "Oh yes, of course...He's coming. I'll do whatever it takes, he's coming. This was meant to happen. I can feel it. The fact that I knew all of that right off the bat wasn't a coincidence. I can feel it." He started to cry.

Tomorrow they would start their journey.