Alright, Chapter 3 is out time to find out if Joey is ever going to challenge the first gym in the Johto Region.

I Don't Own Pokemon.

The morning walk in the forest was short for Joey and Cyndaquil before they found themselves in front of a huge house. Joey had checked the name on the mailbox which had a name scratched out on top and said "Mr. Pokemon" on the bottom. Joey walked up to the door and knocked on it. A short man with a white hair and a mustache wearing a fedora (look him up on bulbapedia, I dunno what the name for his hat is so I'm calling it a fedora) and a brown business suit.

"Hello?" He asked.

"Uh, hi. I'm looking for Mr. Pokemon." Joey said.

"Oh you're looking at him my boy!" He announced.

"Oh, well I'm Joey and Pro-" Mr. Pokemon cut Joey off.

"Are you the boy Professor Elm sent to give me a package, Joey?"

"Yeah, yeah, I have it right here." Joey searched through his bag and pulled out the package. "Here you go." Joey handed him the package.

"Thank you, would you like to come in I have something Professor asked me to give you and I have a guest inside I'm sure you'll want to meet." He gestured for Joey to come inside while Cyndaquil followed. When Joey walked inside he saw an old man at the table sipping from his coffee. "Do you know who this man is?" Mr. Pokemon asked.

Joey stared at the old man for a while. He had gray hair, dark bushy eyebrows and black eyes. He wore a white lab coat over a red polo shirt. On his legs were beige khakis and on his feet were brown dress shoes. "You look familiar but I'm don't know where I remember you from."

The man chuckled and stood up. "Well I don't get that often." He walked over to Joey and extended his hand. "My name is Samuel Oak, Pokemon Researcher, as well as the distributor of starter Pokemon to new trainers of the Kanto Region."

Joey shook his head in disbelief. "Wait you're the famous Professor Oak?"

"Yep." He simply replied.

"Please tell me, did a boy from Pewter City named Nick come to your lab?"

"Why yes, just about a month ago Nick came to me and received a Charmander and started his journey through Kanto."

Joey looked at the ground "Oh, I thought he would come back to Johto and take on the Silver Conference with me."

"Oh, so you aspire to win the Pokemon League and become a Pokemon Master?"

"Yes! I wanna be the very best like no one ever was!" Joey announced.

"Then you're going to need this." He pulled a device out of his pocket and held it out to Joey, who took it looking puzzled.

"What is it?" he said inspecting the device.

"It's called a Pokedex it will help you by giving information when meeting new Pokemon. You're friend Nick received one too. And don't worry I'm sure you to will meet again, I'm not sure when or where but it will happen."

Joey smiled and looked up to Professor Oak. "Thank you Professor Oak. I'll take good care of the Pokedex."

"Why don't you try it out on your Cyndaquil?"

"Cynda?" Cyndaquil cocked its head looking confused.

Joey pointed his Pokedex towards Cyndaquil. A robotic voice stated "Cyndaquil the Fire Mouse Pokemon. This Pokemon is the Fire-type starter of the Johto region. It has a timid nature. If it is startled the flames on its back burn even more vigorously."

"Wow." Was all Joey could say amazed at the Pokedex. Then he realized he still hadn't made much progress while Nick was probably already earning his second badge in Kanto and he didn't even want to know where that jerk who he met the other day was. "I'm sorry for leaving so early Mr. Pokemon, but I need to get going on my journey!" He yelled running out the door.

"Wait!" Joey heard Mr. Pokemon yell as he was at the edge of the driveway. "You're going to need these." Mr. Pokemon was holding five red and white spheres, Pokeballs, the same thing Cyndaquil was kept in when he wasn't outside of it and the same thing Joey would have used to capture that Sentret he had injured. "Professor Elm has a lot going on right now and in the all the craziness he forgot to give you your Pokeballs, so he asked me to give some to you." He handed Joey the empty Pokeballs and Joey put them in his pocket.

"Thank you Mr. Pokemon now, I must be going." Joey waved good-bye to Mr. Pokemon and Professor Oak and ran off into the woods.

"Good luck on your journey!" Both of them shouted.

Joey and Cyndaquil were walking through a clearing in the forest past Mr. Pokemon's house. "Well Cyndaquil, now that we have our Pokeballs let's find you a friend."

"Cynda!" Cyndaquil agreed.

Just then a Rattata that was running and not paying attention had run into Cyndaquil and knocked it over. Cyndaquil had gotten up angry. "Cynda cyndaquil!" He squealed and his flames on his back had erupted into a huge fire but it went down after a second. Cyndaquil was ready to fight.

"Cyndaquil calm down it was an accident." Joey intervened.

"Quil." Cyndaquil turned away still annoyed.

Joey had pulled out his Pokedex and the voice stated "Rattata the Mouse Pokemon. Rattata is a Normal-type. Cautious in the extreme, its hardy vitality lets it live in any kind of environment." Joey put the Pokedex away and got a better look at it. It looked frightened.

"What's wrong Rattata?" Joey tried to get closer and comfort it but it ran away in the same direction it was running before. "Hey, wait!" Joey turned to Cyndaquil. "What did I do?" Cyndaquil shrugged and they decided to keep walking.

As Joey and Cyndaquil kept walking they kept hearing Pokemon cries and as they walked further the cries got louder.

"What're all those cries about?" Curious Joey looked around and behind some bushes and eventually found a group of Rattata and Sentret trapped in a cage. The cage had a similar red 'R' on it. "Where have I seen the 'R' before?" Two figures in similar black out fits came into Joey's view.

"Well Butch-" Cassidy was cut off by Butch.

"It's Butch! Oh wait." Butch said.

Cassidy slapped the back of Butch's head. "Idiot, I'm the only one who calls you by the right name and you yell at me."

"Sorry, sorry, sorry." Butch was on his knees pleading.

"Anyway as I was saying thanks to the Boss' temporary little gift this mission went swimmingly." She said holding a Pokeball to her face. "I don't know if I want to send it back."

Joey stopped listening and turned to Cyndaquil. "We have to stop them." Joey had run out in the opening. "Hey Cassidy and Lutch! What're you two doing?" He demanded.

"You again!" Cassidy stated astonished.

"My name is Butch! Give me the Pokemon, Cassidy!" Cassidy handed the Pokeball to Butch. "This should teach you lesson not mess with Team Rocket anymore! Go Steelix!" As Butch through the Pokeball a huge snake like creature appeared. "Steelix!" It bellowed.

Joey gulped and pulled out his Pokedex. "Steelix the Metal Snake Pokemon. Steelix is a dual Steel and Ground-type Pokemon. Tempered underground under high pressure and heat, its body is harder than any other metal."

"We can't back down! Cyndaquil quick use Ember!"

"Steelix, counter it with Iron Tail!" Butch barked.

Cyndaquil attempted to send its Ember attack at Steelix but Steelix's glowed a bright light and slammed Cyndaquil into a tree.

"Cyndaquil we can't give up! Quick use Headbutt!"

"Counter it again Steelix! This time with Dragonbreath!" Cassidy ordered.

Cyndaquil charged head first at but was engulfed in a green flame and fell to the ground unable to battle anymore.

"Cyndaquil no!" Joey watched his partner fall to the ground looking lifeless.

"This is revenge for what you had done to us before. Steelix use Dragonbreath on that worthless excuse for a trainer." Cassidy ordered.

Steelix had charged its Dragonbreath and sent it at Joey. Joey tried to dodge it but his back was still hit burning most of his over shirt. Joey lied on the ground glaring at Cassidy and Butch. "You won't get away with this."

"Oh, but we already have. You see this Steelix was a temporary gift from the leader of Team Rocket, Giovanni, because we have been successful in our recent missions, excluding when we first met." Cassidy walks over to Cyndaquil and picks him up. "And we'll be taking Cyndaquil as well. Steelix finish him off with Iron Tail."

"Leave Cyndaquil alone." Joey muttered.

Steelix's tail glowed bright and started to swing its tail when it was interrupted.

"Aipom use swift!" Someone had shouted out of Joey's view.

The swift attack had stopped Steelix and made it flinch.

"Now Marill, use Watergun."

Steelix's face was engulfed in water and was knocked backward.

"Finish it Aipom! Focus Punch!"

Aipom's tail had glowed bright and punced Steelix in the face to knock it down unable to battle anymore. Steelix was then engulfed in a red light and sucked into its Pokeball.

"Who do you think you are, getting in the way of our mission? Who are you?" Cassidy demanded.

"I'm a friend of Joey and Cyndaquil." The voice did sound familiar but Joey still couldn't see the person. "Now release Cyndaquil!"

"Fat chance," Butch shouted. "Let's go Cassidy."

"You brought this on yourself, Aipom now!" Aipom swooped down from a tree and grabbed with Cyndaquil and disappeared in a second. "Now Marill use Water Gun!" Butch and Cassidy were engulfed in water and the water created a stream and washed them down a hill away.

"Now Aipom use Swift to break the cage open." The person ordered.

Aipom put Cyndaquil down and sent stars at the cage breaking it open. The Pokemon who were trapped flooded out of the cage and ran away.

"I don't blame them they've been through a lot." Joey looked up to find the girl he had met yesterday just outside Cherrygrove City. "You look beat up, come on get up." She helped Joey stand up. Joey then almost fell over due to his wounds and the girl put his arm around her neck to support him.

"What are you doing here June?" Joey asked.

"I wanted to come and tell you that Sentret was fine and its in the forest again." She replied quickly "But don't worry about that, we need to get you and Cyndaquil to the Pokemon Center as soon as possible."

"You're right," Joey agreed. He pulled out Cyndaquil's Pokeball and returned him. "Let's go." Joey, supported by June, started walking back to Cherrygrove City.

"Nurse Joy, we have an emergency!" June announced just like she had done the day before.

"You two again?" Nurse Joy asked.

"Yes, please just take care of Cyndaquil." Joey grunted and handed her Cyndaquil's Pokeball. He walked over to a bench and sat down. Nurse Joy had called Blissey to take Cyndaquil and bandaged Joey up.

"You should let your parents know what happened today." June suggested.

Not wanting to argue Joey walked over to the videophone and called his mother.

"What happened to you!?" Could be heard throughout the Pokemon Center.

"I got into an accident, Mom." Joey lied knowing his mother would overreact if she knew the truth.

"Don't lie, he was attacked when he was trying to stop some poachers." June chimed in.

"What? My baby was attacked!?" She sounded hysterical.

"Mom, I'm fine now and besides June hear saved me."

"Thank you so much, June."

"It wasn't a problem." June laughed sheepishly.

"Now for you," Joey's mother turned to him. "You ruined your new shirt." Joey looked at his burnt overshirt. "You're going to have to buy something new."

"I can help with that." June offered.

"Thank you again June, I'll send the money for something now."

$40 Pokedollars showed up where a Pokeball usually would.

"Thanks Mom, bye now." Joey ended the call.

Joey walked over to Nurse Joy's desk. "Nurse Joy, is Cyndaquil okay?"

"Cyndaquil will be fine, he just needs some rest now. You're welcome to stay in one of our rooms until your Cyndaquil is fully healed." She handed Joey some keys to a room.

"Thank you, Nurse Joy."

June had walked behind Joey and tapped him on the shoulder. "Come on we've got to get you something new."

Joey walked out of the dressing room wearing his normal get-up except he now was wearing a beige hooded fleece with a horizontal blue stripe going across his chest. "Are you sure this is good look for me?" Joey was looking in the mirror.

"It looks perfect!" June exclaimed.

"Um, okay." Joey handed the cashier the money and walked out of the store. "I'm gonna go to bed it's been a long day. See you later June." Joey walked away towards the Pokemon Center.

Joey walked out of his room at the Pokemon Center and walked to the front desk. "Nurse Joy, is Cyndaquil ready to go?"

Nurse Joy walked up to the desk with Cyndaquil's Pokeball and handed it to Joey. "Yep Cyndaquil is perfectly fine, here you go."

"Thanks Nurse Joy." Joey said before he ran out of the Pokemon Center and ran to the city exit.

"Wait!" Joey stopped in his tracks.

"Again." Joey muttered under his breath and turned around to see June running towards him. "What now June?"

"Hey that's not nice to say to someone who just saved your life yesterday." She remarked.

"Sorry, but what do you want? I really want to just leave this city and continue my journey."

"I wanted to ask if I could travel with you?"

"Why?"

"Because I want to see the world, but I've never been more motivated to do that until I met you. So what do you say?"

"Hey, it would make the traveling less lonely. Sure, why not, maybe you can save my life again sometime." He laughed and started to walk towards- "Wait, where's the closest Gym Leader?"

June fell down anime-style. Still down she said. "Falkner in Violet City."

"Alright then, let's go!" Joey started walking towards the forest and Une quickly followed.

Finally. My longest chapter yet. I literally spent 7 hours on this chapter today. So anyway Joey has a new friend to travel with and is finally headed off to Violet City.

As for the OCs that people have sent me I have ideas on what I want to do with some of them but I'm not completely sure where I'll put them.

I'm still accepting OCs because I only got 2. If you want to submit one go to the first or the second chapter for the outline and leave it in a review or PM me one.

Excuse me but I know need to do the homework I put aside to finish this. So this is FlameAura98 signing out.