Wander hopped ahead of Green, avoiding the grass. He actually wanted to battle very much, but he needed to keep the grass from burning up. Her instructions, not his.

Green, however, had to trudge through the grass. The passages her Charmander used were pretty small, so she was stuck between braving a Route fire or a few Pokemon nipping at her ankles. Thank Arceus for rabies shots.

Several Rattata had taken a significant bite of her legs before she finally reached Evergreen. She got out a first aid kit she always kept with her (Just in case, as Mother always said) and took care of her injuries. Wander approached her from a tunnel he found made in a ledge. He stared.

"What is it, Wandy?" she asked curiously. He made a few gestures, then pointed at something in the city. "I don't understand, sorry," Green replied quietly after a moment.

The blazing salamander hissed in disappointment, then did a bad imitation of human speech, "Chrsssssss. . . Charest! Charma-ma-mander! CHA-REST!"

Green noticed that he was pointing at a sign.

EVERGREEN FOREST

エバーグリーンフォレスト：

バグポケモンのその多様性で有名！

"Oh, forest! You want to go there?"

The lizard nodded with a, "Charee-ee-es!"

Green got up, covered in bandages. She put away her kit. "Alrighty, then. Evergreen Forest it is!" She quickly dashed to a market, Wander close behind. She asked for several "Monster Balls". After that, she rushed north. On her map, she read about the Pokemon available, as well as an exclusive Pikachu.

"Pikachu?" she asked Wander. "What's that?"

Wander held up his arms like pointy ears, and made a face that was GUSHING with cute. It looked unnatural.

Green laughed, and saw a yellow blur suddenly flash before her. She froze. Wander noticed her surprise and grew nervous.

"PIIIII-A." they heard. A Pikachu was nibbling at a yellow object. The object had eyes, and didn't seem to enjoy the fighting. But it didn't move at all.

"Chi-ka-choo!" said the reptile, pointing at the two fighting Pokemon.

The Pikachu noticed the duo and hissed like a wild cat. Wander waved happily. It got the Pikachu pretty angry, and it attacked him.

It tossed up the lizard and blasted it with electricity. Wander looked horribly injured, but got back up and blew fire at the yellow rat. It took more damage than Wander did, and appeared to be on the verge of fainting. Wander signaled at Green, and she stared at the Pikachu. It was adorable. Maybe it could make a great Pokemon. But how to catch it again? She had quite a few Pokeballs, but how to use them? If only she listened to the cashier. . .

Wander, rather impatient, picked up a Pokeball she had attached to her belt and tossed it at the rat. It disappeared in a red flash.

"Wait, what?" Green asked, obviously confused.

"Chaughd!" Wander tried saying. He gave a glare, as if he was a better trainer than Green.

Green cautiously approached the red and white sphere. "So that is how you do it? How would you know that?"

Wander said nothing.

The girl sat down on a mossy rock and released the Pikachu. He had a rather bad attitude, and would constantly hiss at the fire lizard.

Green told it, "Now, uh. . ." She thought of multiple names that suited it, but his hateful personality kept popping into her mind. ". . .Hater, calm down a bit. I just really need a partner to help me get my breakfast. At the same time beating gyms. You like fighting, right?"

"Hater" gave a mean look at her from the corner of his eye, but it looked like she had his attention.

"And after you help us take down those gyms, you can help us become the very best. You will be the number one Pikachu superstar!"

Hater, while keeping his angry expression, turned to face his new owner. He hopped onto her shoulder. She won him over, apparently. When Wander approached, he hissed once more, almost falling off in the process. Barely intimidated, the orange creature reached into Green's bag to reveal a Potion. He handed it to the confused yellow mouse, chattered in Pokemon a bit, then skipped back down. The electric creature didn't seem to appreciate being ignored, but used the Potion reluctantly.

Green walked on ahead. She heard a little boy yell something out in Japanese.

"Anata! Rō fujin! Soredewa tatakaimashou! Watashi wa anata ni watashi no bagu petto o shōkai shimasu!" he cried out, poking her in the shoulder repeatedly to get her attention. Hater almost fell off, and hissed at the boy. He pulled his arm back in surprise.

Green turned to him, "Sorry, Japanese is not my first language. What did you say?"

"Let fight, I want to reveal Bug Pet to your!" he said, rather frustrated with her. He took out a Pokeball, and sent out a Caterpie with a red flash. The green caterpillar didn't seem to be very experienced in battling. It simply scuttled about like an NPC, gazing around aimlessly. It didn't flinch at the sight of a fire-type, like many insects in the forest appeared to do.

"Alright, Wander, show off your skills!" Green instructed, pointing at the Caterpie.

Wander the Charmander inspected the Caterpie from a distance, then pushed his new comrade off his friend and into battle. Hater the Pikachu was more than eager to battle. Before Green could settle on an attack he should use, hater was already slapping the insect silly with several electrical zaps. Panicked, she grabbed him by the arms and yanked him back. Hater barely budged. The Caterpie looked like it had been thrown into a fire and yanked out at the last minute. It was lucky.

Hater was pretty badly hurt from his own attacks. Some missed and had left gashes on his arms, and simply the fatigue of so many attacks at once had taken a toll on him. She saw a stinger in his arm. Poison Sting. . ? This was bad.

The boy shouted in a breaking and devastated voice, "Anata wa sukoshi monsuta! Watashi wa, anata ga shinu negatte imasu!"

"I'm really sorry!" Green cried. "He's still pretty wild! I'm sososososososososososo sorry!" She looked at Hater from the corner of her eye. The stinger in his arm had poisoned him. He was going to faint, and soon.

The boy glared at her and his badly hurt Caterpie. It wasn't moving. Neither was the kid.

Green began walking forward silently, only to be blocked off by the same kid. "Look, you juvenile insect fanatic, I-"

"You can become a Master of Monsters with his power, but remember my words: it is a dangerous road. I hope this is the spirit of the forest and died a curse for you and your family. From now on will the suffering of monsters," the boy said in an odd, unearthly tone. "is mortality."

And with that, he let the girl in Green run to the nearest Pokemon Center in fear.

Author: I'm going to add a bit of plot to the story. It'll reveal itself slowly, so be patient. Why was the boy threatening her? Stay tuned.