A/N: First of all thank you to the reviewers: Tehe2476 (the fellow trainer), xxxAceBlade (the Team Rocket member who helps keep you on top) and Starspejd. (the Pokédex that helps you with everything) The next chapter should hopefully be more interesting, but this one is kinda boring from lack of good battles. Sorry about that.

PS: I accidentally let Bulbasaur get poisoned even though it isn't possible. Sorry about that too.
This chapter was beta read by Starspejd.

Chapter 4

The Pokécenter

Kaito was walking down the last stretch of Route 1 when he heard a voice.

"Help!" it said.

The voice seemed to come for the dense forest at the side of the path.

"I'm coming!" called Kaito. He squeezed through the close set trees and was confronted by vast woodland. The trees were more widely spaced than the bordering trees and sunlight filtered through the foliage. A flock of Pidgey took flight as he crashed through the forest. "Where are you?" he called. "Here!" He followed the sound of her voice and soon reached Sachiko. She was stuck to a large Spinarak web, stretched between two trees. "How'd you manage this?" he laughed. Five Spinarak dropped down from the trees around Sachiko.

"The web it spins can be considered its second nervous system. It is said that a SPINARAK determines its prey by the tiny vibrations it feels through the web." said Dex, but no one took any notice.

Sachiko screamed, "Kaito help me!" Kaito threw out Bud's Pokéball. Bud came out and immediately shot seeds at the Spinarak which started to grow on them. Bud did this with an obvious vigor that Kaito hadn't seen before.

"Bud's ability Overgrow increases the power of grass type moves slightly when the Pokémon is down to 50% or less HP," said Dex, "so now it works cause been Bud's badly hurt.

"Great," said Kaito. "We're gonna need all the help we can get; especially after that fight with Quartz. Bud use Tackle!" Bud slammed into one of the Spinarak, knocking it unconscious. "Four to go," said Kaito. All four of the Spinarak stung Bud using Poison Sting, but it didn't seem to have any effect.

"The energy he's draining from the Leech Life is counteracting the effects of the Poison." said Dex.

"Ok then," replied Kaito. "Bud, use Tackle on all of them." Bud Tackled the first Spinarak and sent it flying into another; causing them to both faint. The third Spinarak uses Poison Sting on Bud again, but it has small damage as Bud is already poisoned. Bud then Tackles it too, also making it faint, before whipping round to Tackle the last Spinarak, who was creeping up behind him. Without the effect of the Leech Life Bud became weaker and weaker from the poison. "Well done Bud," said Kaito, taking Bud back into his Pokéball. Next he took out Cheese who chewed through the web.

"Thanks," said Sachiko. "Now I know that you probably want to know how I got here, but at the moment I think we both need to get to a Pokémon Centre so let's just go there first. Follow me."

"Ok, but I'll lead, miss I can't see what's right in front of my face." replied Kaito. The sun began to set as they ran off through the forest until they reached the town. When they got to Viridian City they ran straight to the Pokécenter.

The Pokécenter was large and spacious. It had glass sliding doors and the floor was black and white tiles. There were also glass tables with red leather seats around them and an escalator. The flowers on the counter filled the building with a sweet scent and behind the counter stood a woman. The woman had a clean white dress with an apron on and pink hair in two loops.

"Hi I'm Nurse Joy," she said, "would you like me to heal your Pokémon?"

"Yes please," said Kaito thankfully, handing over Cheese and Bud's Pokéballs.

"Me too," said Sachiko, handing over her two Pokéballs.

"They'll be ready after an hour or so," said Nurse Joy. Kaito and Sachiko sat down on the red seats.

"Did you notice that Bud learned Leech Life," asked Dex.

"Not really," replied Kaito, "I was so caught up in the battle I only noticed what was happening when you told me."

"Your Pokédex talks?" asked Sachiko.

"Here we go again…" sighed Kaito. "Ok, Sachiko, this is Dex. He's a Pokédex with a mind of his own. Dex, this is Sachiko. She's a trainer that started her adventure on the same day I did. Sachiko, I've been meaning to ask you how you overtook me."

"Oh, that's simple." she replied. "I figured if I walked through the woods I would get there faster because I wouldn't encounter any other trainers. There were a lot of Pokémon though and Bubble got pretty beat up."

"You named your Squirtle Bubble?" Kaito interrupted.

"Yep." I also caught a Caterpie and named it Meow. "I was doing pretty well until I ran into that spiders web. A couple of minutes later, you found me." She continued.

"I caught a Rattata that's now called Cheese and battled a trainer named Quartz." said Kaito.

"If it's that easy I might just take the road next time!" exclaimed Sachiko, "Where are you sleeping tonight? I've got a tent..."

"I've got a better idea!" interjected Kaito, "Why don't we see if the school can give us a room for the night? My sister goes there and I'm sure she can help us."

"Ok, let's go see her now." They went outside. The night was cool and still, with the sky alive with stars, the moon a silver scythe.

"The school is behind the Pokécenter." said Dex.

"Thanks Dex." They came to the school. It was an old fashioned wooden school building with three stories and long rows of windows. They went in. Inside, the pupils were all clustered around a TV showing the three starter Pokémon.

"The flame that burns at the tip of its tail is an indication of its emotions. The flame wavers when CHARMANDER is happy, and blazes when it is enraged." said the reporter.

"There's Haruko." whispered Kaito. The show ended and a few of the pupils noticed them, as well as the teacher.

"What do you want?" she asked pleasantly.

"Oh, right," stuttered Kaito, "I was just wondering if we could have a room for the night."

"I'm sure that can be arranged." replied the teacher, "Haruko please take the trainers to the rooms." Haruko looked up from her notes for the first time and suddenly noticed Kaito.

"Kaito!" she shouted. Then she ran up and hugged him. "Why didn't you tell me you were coming?" The whole class turned and looked at her.

"Um Miss Nakahara, why don't you take the trainers to their rooms now?" said the teacher, to break the tension. The three of them left the room; Kaito and Haruko grinning at each other.

"Why didn't you tell me you were coming?" whispered Haruko.

"I didn't know I'd get here so fast." he whispered back. They came to a corridor lined with numbered doors.

"32 and 33 are your rooms." said Haruko, We'll talk in the morning Kaito. I want to hear all about your adventure so far." Then she went into room 31.

"Nice sister," commented Sachiko, "but we'd better go get our Pokémon before we sleep."

"Ok" They ran back to the Pokécenter and collect their Pokémon from an angry Nurse Joy.

"Your Bulbasaur had been badly poisoned. You should be more careful with your Pokémon. They're living creatures, not toys." she said to Kaito angrily.

"But," Kaito interrupted.

"I don't want to hear it!" she raged, furious. Sachiko giggled. "And you young lady have nothing to laugh about." Nurse Joy said sternly, "Your Squirtle was exhausted. You two aren't fit to be trainers. Now, off with you and don't let it happen again!" They went back to their rooms, feeling like horrible trainers. Kaito fed Bud and Cheese some Pokéfood from a bag in the corner and got into bed.

"You ok Bud?" he asked.

"Bulb-a-saur." Bud says bravely.

"Night guys." Kaito mumbled, before drifting off.