Last time, Jay was able to get Eevee to Professor Birch's lab in time to get him all healed up with the help of a trainer named Lindsey and her Mudkip. It was then where Jay got a reality check, and realized that all Eevee wanted to do was become accepted by him. Jay finally opened up to the young Eevee, feeling bad about the way he treated him, and promising he will never do that again. Jay also received a Pokedex from Professor Birch, just before he left the lab to head back up to Oldale Town. We are now halfway through Route 101, where we see Jay and Eevee walking beside one another.

Chapter 4: A Close Call

"You know Eevee. It took a lot of guts for you to do what you did earlier today." Jay said. "You really didn't have to do that. I was just stupid to not realize that you will always be my first ever pokemon, and you will always be a major part of my life." Jay paused for a second. "I should have accepted you from the beginning."

"Eevee" Eevee chanted. The little Eevee had a smile on its face as it looked up at Jay signaling forgiveness.

"But hey, I'm pretty sure we'll end up bumping into that guy with the Treecko again. And when we do, we'll be a whole lot stronger." Jay stated. "And he won't be messing with you anymore when he sees how much you've grown."

Eevee's facial expression turned into a determined one, as he too wanted to get stronger so that the incident that happened with the Treecko would never happen again.

"Eevee!" The pokemon screamed!

"What's wrong?" Jay asked.

All of a sudden two voices are heard. One voice is yelling, while the other voice was harder to hear.

"YOU IDIOT!" One of the voices yelled.

"Hey let's check it out." Jay said, before he and Eevee walked off the path and towards the noise.

They began walking past the trees, and further away from the route and hid behind a tree once they saw 2 individuals dressed in green and yellow robes with white clouds on them. One of the men had dark brown hair and and brown eyes. While the other had short light brown hair and green eyes. Both of these men looked to be at the age of 21. The one with short light brown hair struck the one with dark brown hair in the face with his fist.

"YOU IDIOT! I asked for one thing! And one thing only. And you failed to do it for me." The man with light brown hair yelled.

"I'm sorry sir!" The darker haired man cried. "It's just that we were in such a hurry, and I guess I didn't read the map right. I could have sworn that old man lived in this area."

The lighter haired man snickered a little then yelled once more. "Does it look like the old man lives here?! There isn't a single house anywhere near hear!"

The light brown haired man then struck the darker haired individual in the face once more.

"What is this guys problem?" Jay said.

The light brown haired man turned his head in the direction that Jay and Eevee were in before he said "Who goes there?!"

"Damnit!" Jay said, as the light brown haired man started walking in his direction.

The light brown haired man continued his way towards the tree that Jay and Eevee were behind. Scared to death, both Eevee and Jay began sweating. They knew they were in trouble. The man was only a couple of feet away, about to search behind the tree.

*RING* *RING* RING*

The light brown haired man's phone rang. He stopped, answered the phone and began talking. While this was all happening Jay and Eevee were waiting for the perfect time to escape the entire situation.

"Route 104? That makes so much more sense. Thanks for the info. We will be there shortly." The light brown haired man said on the phone.

The lighter haired man turned around for a breif second, and in that very second, both Eevee and Jay sprinted back over to the path on Route 101.

"Whew... That was a close one. Who knows what that man would have done to us?" Jay said while trying to catch his breath. "But still.. I wonder what he was so mad about." Jay wondered.

Both Eevee and Jay continued there walk back up to Oldale Town. Where Jay noticed Eevee's stomach growling.

"You're hungry aren't you bud? Don't worry we're almost home. See the town is just ahead." Jay said while pointing up at the town. "Here I'll make it easier for you. You look tired as well."

Jay picked up Eevee, and carried him the rest of the way up to Oldale Town. He finally got back to the house, as the time of day was around 6:00pm. He got his house key out, opened the door and walked in to see a buffet of food laying on the dining room table.

"I figured both you and Eevee would be hungry, so I cooked up all of your favorite foods." Mrs. Parker said. "Eat up!" She said with a smile on her face.

Eevee and Jay both took one quick look at each other, and then over at the food. They both sprinted over to the table where they began pigging out on all of the delicious food Jay's mother had made.

"I see both you and Eevee have grown closer to each other." Jay's mother said.

Neither Jay or Eevee noticed Mrs. Pakrer saying anything, as they continued to devour the food.

"Those two." Jay's mother said with a smile, as she walked into her room.

Jay and Eevee both finished eating their food, got all cleaned up, and layed in Jay's bed. The lights were turned off as it was about 10:00pm. Jay and Eevee were both so close to falling asleep.

"Tomorrow is going to be a big day Eevee. Tomorrow we're going to start searching for one of those gyms Professor Birch was talking about." Jay said lightly. "We will both grow stronger, and win the Pokemon League together. I know it." Jay yawned. "I know it.." Jay said slowly, right before he fell asleep.