Chapter five is here! Let me know what you think! Let me know what characters from the anime you'd like to see! I'd love to hear your thoughts!

The next morning, both parties of our heroes had went back on the move. Of course, since Ivy, her Pikachu, and the egg had a head start before Ash and Daisy, they first made it to Grapevine Town. This is where Ivy was going to meet up with her old friend, Peter, who she called via the videophone function on her watch.

Coming into Grapevine City was truly like taking a breath of fresh air. It was a small town, nestled in the middle of the lush green Abuna forests. The homes were small, yet colorful, with beautiful gardens instead of plain grass lawns. People bumbled about the dirt streets and roads, tending their gardens, and buying fresh fruits and vegetables from the numerous farm stands that dotted the roads and streets.

"Pika!" Pikachu exclaimed, catching a glimpse of bright red apples at a farmer's stand nearby.

Realizing what her Pokémon wanted, Ivy grinned, and asked, "Want an apple for breakfast, buddy?"

"Pi, Pikachu!" the yellow Pokémon nodded.

"Alright, I'll get you an apple," Ivy told him.

Keeping her egg in one arm, she pulled the necessary money out of her pocket, and used it to buy Pikachu's apple. She handed it up to her Pokémon, who accepted it gratefully, and happily began munching away. Readjusting her egg in her arms, she turned around, and saw a familiar boy with messy green hair, brown pants and a navy blue t-shirt.

"Peter!" Ivy exclaimed, more than excited to see her old friend.

She sprinted over to him, as the two of them laughed, so happy to see each other once again. He gave her a hug, and she hugged him back, the best she could, with the egg and all. When they were done hugging, Pikachu leapt into his arms and licked his face in greeting, as Peter scratched the tuft of spiky fur on the Pokémon's head.

"Good to see you, too, Pikachu," Peter laughed, as he finished saying his hellos to Pikachu. As the Pokémon leapt back on its Trainer's shoulder, he added, "And it's great to finally see you, Ivy."

"Great to see you too, Peter," Ivy replied, as the two started walking towards the Grapevine Gym. They talked for sometime, catching up with what Ivy had been up to, before Ivy asked, "How's school going?"

Unlike most kids their age, Peter wasn't on a Pokémon journey. He was in school in Charge City, to be a Pokémon Medical Researcher, someone who studied all aspects of Pokémon scientifically, but specifically how to treat Pokémon medically. Though he was still in school, he was on a special project that allowed him to travel with Ivy. He was supposed to travel the whole region to track all the Pokémon that lived in the region, so the school and research center had a roster of all of them.

"Oh, it's great," Peter replied. "I love it. I mean, it's so fulfilling, helping people and their Pokémon. The head professor at school already offered me a permanent position at the Pokémon hospital after I finish my studies."

"Wow, I'm so proud of you, Peter," Ivy grinned. "That'll be perfect for you, considering how amazing you are with Pokémon."

"Thanks, Ivy," Peter smiled. "So are you going to challenge the Grapevine Gym Leader today?"

"I don't know," Ivy shrugged. She'd felt...off...since running into that Ash yesterday. "I don't know if I still want to do both Contests and Gym battles or pick one area and focus on it."

"Hm," Peter sighed, nodding. "You've done well with both, but I can understand wanting to pick. It's your choice."

"Yeah," Ivy sighed in response. "I think...I think I want another day to think about challenging the Gym Leader."

"Alright," Peter nodded, sensing there was something off about his old friend. "You want to go to the Grapevine Park? There's supposed to be a great Pokémon Talent Show going on there today."

While Peter and Ivy made their way to Grapevine Park, Ash and Daisy were just making their way into town. As they did, the same ripe, juicy apples caught Ash's Pikachu's eyes, just like they had Ivy's. Of course, they caught Ash's eyes as well, since Ash's stomach was like a bottomless pit. So, they approached the farm stand where the man was selling apples, coins ready to pay in hand.

"Back for more, eh, missy?" asked the old man behind the stand, as he turned to help Ash and Pikachu. The two looked back at him, confused, and suddenly the old man's small eyes popped open, as he exclaimed, "Oh, excuse me! You're a young man!"

"Um...yeah," Ash replied, as he and Pikachu blinked in confusement.

"I'm sorry," the old man fervently apologized. "A young lady came by earlier, with a Pikachu of her own, and she was dressed so similarly to you...even looked like you, in a way...I'm sorry."

"That must've been Ivy!" Daisy grinned. "That means she's in town!"

"Yeah," Ash nodded halfheartedly. Handing the man the money, he piped up, "Can I get three apples, please?"

"Yes, yes," the man replied, handing three over to Ash. "For free, to apologize."

"Wow, really?" Ash inquired. When the man nodded, he replied, "Thanks!"

As they left, he handed one of the apples to Daisy, as he and Pikachu ate theirs in nearly one bite. Daisy noticed this and laughed at the two, who blushed and laughed back nervously as they went down the road. When a girl walking the other direction accidently knocked into Ash as she passed them, neither he nor Daisy thought much of it. Ash and the girl apologized to each other, and kept on.

Daisy and Ash and Pikachu ignored the incident, as they continued on, trying to find Ivy. However, the girl who'd bumped into him let out an evil chuckle as she looked up from under the brim of her sun hat - revealing her true identity. It was none other than Jessie of Team Rocket, in a disguise.

When Ash and Daisy were far enough away and certainly weren't paying attention, Jessie leapt into the bushes, pulling off her disguise in the process. James and Meowth were there waiting for her, as James took out a holographic touch screen device, which showed a point moving on a map.

"I see you installed the tracking device successfully on the twerp's backpack," James said to Jessie. "I'm tracking the twerp's movements as we speak."

As Jessie peered onto James' device, Meowth explained, "Dat blue dot is da twerp, and da red one is da girl. We can see 'em both on here right now, but da twerp is our main concern."

"Great," Jessie nodded. "I'll call Dr. Zager and tell him we can meet him at the discussed location to begin the search for the target."