Right, sorry for the delay, school takes its toll, eh? Well, that and the fact that I couldn't find my characterization sheets, now it's all over, and I'm writing this how I originally planned (if that makes any sense to anyone but me… but I digress). Without further ado, here's chapter two (P.s. That rhymed :D I'm a poet and I didn't know it)!

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The two friends squared off against each other, their pokémon were exhausted from a full day of training the day before, but they decided to try for one more battle before heading off into the Viridian Forest to find some new pokémon. Red and Bulbasaur looked on apprehensively, waiting for the more experienced trainer to make his move.

"Bellsprout, let's finish this with razor leaf!" Reggie ordered, and the flower pokémon let loose a barrage of leaves towards Bulbasaur. Red grinned triumphantly. "Bulbasaur, counter with your own razor leaf, and then charge in for a tackle attack!"

Bulbasaur launched his own, newly learned grass attack, and the attacks collided in mid-air. Both attacks cancelled the other out, and Bulbasaur came running in for the tackle.

"Bellsprout, charge up your solar beam!" Reggie ordered, and Bellsprout began drawing in the sun's rays. Bulbasaur was closing the distance quickly, and Red was excited, his pokémon would hit the other before the solar beam was used. Bulbasaur was dangerously close now, and Reggie shrugged. "Give your solar beam a shot, let's see what happens." The flower pokémon let loose the beam of intense white light, and it engulfed Bulbasaur, mid stride. When the light faded away, Bulbasaur lay on the ground, K.O.'d by the attack. Red sighed and went to his pokémon, he was met by Reggie who looked regretfully at the poor seed pokémon, he pulled out his container of liquid, and sprayed Bulbasaur with it.

Bulbasaur let out a contented sigh. "What was that you used?" Red asked Reggie, Reggie held out the bottle to Red to hold. "It's my own special recipe, I've noticed how normal store bought potions sting when used, so I made up an all-natural batch that heals pretty much anything. I used some berries that I found and it works remarkably well. Without any of the stinging, it's great!" Reggie said, and took the bottle back. "Now, recall Bulbasaur, you can let him back out in an hour or so, and he'll be as right as rain." Red did as he was told, and sighed regretfully, his friend wasn't with him anymore, and it didn't feel right.

"Now, Red, let's head off, we should reach the forest by sundown, and from there, we can find you some pokémon." Reggie said as he recalled his own pokémon. Red nodded and they started off on their journey. Travel was slow, Red and Reggie stopped frequently to watch the pokémon in their natural habitats, Red couldn't understand how he was supposed to catch these majestic creatures and take them from their habitats.

"So, Red, want to catch one of these? I see a Rattata a little ways ahead." Reggie said, and Red nodded, he took an empty pokéball from his belt, and slowly snuck up on the pokémon who was snacking on a fist sized blue berry. Red sighed regretfully, and threw the pokéball. The ball quivered on the ground and finally stopped.

"Remarkable…" Reggie said from behind Red, startling him a bit. Red turned towards Reggie and gave him a smile. "Normally, people have to weaken a pokémon before they're able to catch it. The Rattata must have been very weak." Reggie frowned and Red drooped his head. "However! I can help you train him to become a great Rattata! Later this evening, I shall show you!" Reggie exclaimed, and Red smiled. "Oh good, I'm glad to hear it."

They continued on their way, and saw the numerous groups of Rattata scurrying through the grass. Pidgeys flew through the air in formation, and Red looked west towards the mountain range, the highest peak, he saw the storms swirling around it. "Reggie?" Red asked, and Reggie brought his head out of his map and looked at Red. "Yes, Red?" Red looked at the mountain again, and pointed. Reggie turned his head towards the mountain.

"What's the name of that mountain?" Red asked. Reggie looked for a moment. "It's Mount Silver, the Johto Silver Conference is held at the base, it's also said that the top has never been climbed, and boy do I believe it." Reggie said, and put his bead back down towards the map. Red sighed, and silently promised himself he would reach the top one day.

They continued on for about an hour, nothing of worth was occurring; there were no other people, and no other pokémon. Red sighed, it was quite boring outside, and then his stomach started growling. Reggie looked up from his map again and smiled. "Shall we stop for lunch then?" Red nodded quickly, and they stopped at the side of the road. Reggie set up a small area for lunch. "Hey, let out your pokémon, let's let them stretch their legs." Reggie smiled and clambered up a tree.

"Reggie, what are you doing up there?" Red called up as he released his two pokémon. Reggie appeared out of the tallest branch with a pair of binoculars in his hand. "And where did you get those binoculars" Red shouted. Reggie waved him off and looked north.

Red pulled out his two pokéballs and released his pokémon from them. Bulbasaur looked over the new addition in his team and smiled. He then proceeded to playfully tackle Rattata and they wrestled around while he turned around towards Reggie.

"So, Reggie do you want to let out your own pokémon?" Red called up. Three pokéballs flew from the tree and released his pokémon. One was known to him, the Bellsprout. But the other two were very foreign to him. A skull faced pokémon looked at him, holding its club very menacingly. The other, a large human-like pokémon, he was colored yellow and had a large bushy mustache that went down to his waist.

"Reggie? Who are these pokémon?" Red asked, and finally Reggie dropped from the tree. The binoculars were returned to the small belt pack around his waist. Reggie looked at his pokémon. "Well, you know Bellsprout, of course. Cubone is the skull headed one, and he's also my first pokémon." Reggie said, and Cubone struck a pose. "Kadabra was my first catch ever, and is arguably my strongest pokémon." Reggie said and Kadabra gave him a curt nod.

"That's amazing!" Red said. "Are these the only three you have though?"

Reggie shook his head. "All of my others are with Professor Elm, who's helping them train for the Indigo League."

"How many others do you have?" Red asked, truly in awe of Reggie's prowess.

Reggie thought a moment. "I have four others I'll be using for the Indigo League." Reggie said, and smirked. "In all, I have ten total, besides these three of course!"

Red dove into his pack for a snack, and pulled out a few small berries. He tossed some to his pokémon and began to snack on some himself. "So, Reggie, what were you looking for?" Red asked curiously.

Reggie who was looking over his pokémon while they were eating looked up. "I was looking for the official entrance to the Viridian Forest. In about an hour we should be there!" Reggie exclaimed.

Red repacked his pack and jumped to his feet. "Then what are we doing here? If it's only an hour away, let's get going!"

Leaf struggled through the foliage of the Viridian Forest. She had strayed off the path to catch an Oddish and now she was lost with no Oddish in her possession. She was disheveled and dirty, she definitely needed a shower. If only she could find the road! Then she suddenly tripped on a tree root.

She looked up at the tree and punched it, recoiling in pain. She looked over her hand and frowned, just a scrape. Leaf sat up next to the tree and opened her backpack, she took out a pouch of trail mix and sat down to a meager lunch.

Leaf let out her Squirtle. "Squirtle, squirt!" The small blue turtle pokémon said, and sat down across from her trainer, waiting for some food. Leaf sighed and took out her last little bit of pokémon food, she handed it over to Squirtle who promptly began eating.

"Squirtle? What are we going to do? There's no food left." Leaf sighed again, and buried her face into her hands.

Squirtle came over to her and patted her trainer's back as if to say it was all going to be okay.