The couple took their first steps on to Route 101. Still wary of any Tyranitar that might still be looking for their child, their didn't seem to be any around, though they would have little chance winning a battle against a Tyranitar anyways. There was a lot of Pokemon on this route alone, Ryan and Jordyn had fond childhood memories of playing in this route, meeting all the Rattata, Wurmple and Poochyena. The couple strolled through the route, there were mainly trees on either side, not dense enough to call a forest however, through the tree line, cut a long dirt road that was known as Route 101. All new trainers from Orburn Town had to pass through, and it was usually a good chance to catch their first Pokemon outside of the Gardens.
Jordyn and Ryan had often talked about what Pokemon they would like to have in their team, and it came up once again when they were traveling down the path.
"So let me get this straight, you want your Eevee, then to fill out the rest, a Mew, Jirachi, Celebi and Victini?" Ryan asked mockingly.
"You don't think I can catch them?" Jordyn replied.
"... I think that, maybe... You should lower your expectations, just a touch." He said nervously.
Jordyn laughed at his nervous response.
"I'm joking of course, I guess I won't really know until I catch them, I want to have a connection with my Pokemon. I don't just want to catch anything and train it, I will know when I see them."
She spoke her words of wisdom with a smile on her face. It was never about having the strongest Pokemon for her, or the fastest, or the smartest. It was about this connection she spoke of. She seemed to have already developed a connection between herself and her Eevee, she was out of her Pokeball and sitting on Jordyn's head, she seemed quite happy to be there too. Pachirisu was walking a little way ahead, he kept checking back to make sure he hadn't lost the trio, but was quite happy to run about and meet some other Pokemon.
"I don't know about you..." Ryan started. "But I could eat right now."
Jordyn sighed. "You would want to eat already, we only left an hour ago."
"I'm only asking cos there's a couple of benches and tables coming up, makes sense to stop there really."
She sighed in agreement, fully aware that he had sandwiches.
"Well I don't have any food, so you'll have to share."
She laughed at his face, he seemed shocked at having to share his sandwiches, she was his friend but... They were HIS sandwiches. They finally reached a table and took a seat at opposite ends, Ryan pulled two sandwiches out of his bag before handing one to Jordyn.
"You owe me." He said with a smile.
Jordyn just sniggered as she tucked in to the sandwich. They both looked around the area, searching for possible captures when a small bird with a red head and upper body, blue lower body and a black tail, landed on the table near to Jordyn. The couple froze, before gently turning their heads to see the bird looking curiously at Jordyn's sandwich. She slowly pulled a little bit of the sandwich off and slid it to the bird. The bird tweeted happily and started pecking at the pieces of bread. Ryan used this distraction to take out his Pokedex.
'Fletchling, the normal/flying type Pokemon. These friendly Pokemon send signals to one another with beautiful chirps and tail feather movements.'
"Try and touch it." Ryan whispered nodding in the direction of the Fletchling.
She gently smiled and nodded her head, she took a bit more of the sandwich off and put it down next to the bird. She then gently moved her hand towards the birds head. It didn't even flinch, it allowed her to stroke its head gently. She continued to do so for a short while, even after it had finished the sandwich, it didn't seem to mind that she was stroking it.
"I want it." She said. "I'm going to try and capture it."
She stopped stroking it for a moment to reach in to her bag, it followed her hand to the edge of the table before looking down in to her bag. It saw her take a Poke ball which she then presented to the Fletchling.
"I think we can be friends, I have to put you in here for that to happen though okay?"
The Fletchling jumped up and down tweeting happily, so she pressed the button on the front of the Poke ball, the Fletchling was converted to red energy and sucked in to the Poke ball. It didn't even shake, the button flashed blue to indicate the capture was a success. Immediately she let the bird back out of the Poke ball, it continued jumping and tweeting as if nothing had happened. The couple laughed at its seemingly happy nature. It flew over to where Eevee was sitting and landed on her head causing Eevee to run around in circles worried before Jordyn stopped it and explained.
"I think it's probably about time we left then, don't you?" Ryan said finishing his sandwich.
"Yeah, we will make Northollow City before long, we've already travelled most of the route anyways."
"Hey, you!"
A voice shouted across from behind thr group, Pachirisu, Eevee and Fletchling stopped playing and ran to the table, jumping on top of it before going to their respective trainers. Ryan turned around to see another young trainer.
"I just got my first Pokemon, and I can see you have one too, so lets battle!" The trainer seemed determined to battle, he must have been one of the trainers from out of town who came to get a Pokemon at the gardens. He threw a Poke ball in to the air which shot out a white energy, forming the shape of a primarily gray and black coloured bird with white markings on its face. Ryan once more took out his Pokedex.
'Starly, the flying type Pokemon. They flock in great numbers, though small, they flap their wings with great power.'
A flying type, he thought to himself, this should be easy with Pachirisu.
"Alright then, I choose Pachirisu."
His Pokemon ran in front of him ready to battle.
"Starly, use tackle!"
The small bird flew off the ground and bounded towards Pachirisu.
"Dodge it then use thundershock!"
The Pachirisu followed orders well, it dodged the attack with mere seconds to spare, causing the Starly to crash in to the ground and skid to a halt. Pachirisu gathered energy before discharging his thundershock attack, the attack hit with devastating effect. The Starly had fainted.
Pachirisu ran back to Ryan, jumped on to his leg and climbed up to his head before taking a seat.
"You did great Pachirisu, well done." It cried its name with joy.
"You beat me so easily. How?"
"You always had the disadvantage with a bird type. Catch some more Pokemon then come find me again."
He seemed disheartened by the loss, but Ryan didn't worry, as far as he's concerned, it was just good experience for him. The trainer took his Pokemon in his arms and ran back to Orburn Town to heal it at the Professors lab.
They watched the boy run back to the lab before continuing on their way, there wasn't much left of Route 101, and before they knew it, they were finally at Northollow City, and at their first real challenge. Gym number one.