In this chapter, Sarah Ishikawa is going to try to get a Pokedex from Professor Elm so that she can gather information about Pokemon and give it to the villainous team in Johto.

Of course, you were probably expecting Team Rocket...but Team Rocket was more or less disbanded after Giovanni was defeated (for the third time, technically) and his followers were arrested.

So, I decided to create some villainous OCs instead so that I could be more creative. You'll be seeing them appear as the story goes on.

Chapter 2: Breaking In

Lucy and Jake stepped off of the S.S. Anne, ready to start a new adventure.

"That was a nice boat ride..." remarked Lucy. Fortunately, Clefairy had not gotten seasick...though she had gotten a paper bag from one of the sailors just in case.

"It certainly was..." answered Jake. There weren't any stowaways this time. His Blastoise was currently at Professor Oak's lab resting in her shell.

Now that they were in New Bark Town, they were ready to get their Pokedex updated so that it would include Johto Pokemon.

Professor Oak was certainly excited to hear that there were many new Pokemon living in the Johto region. Of course, there were other regions that had Pokemon waiting to be discovered. Who knows how many Pokemon there are?

"This reminds me a bit of Pallet Town." stated the girl. Apparently, Pallet Town wasn't the only place where Pokemon trainers started their Pokemon journeys.

"Well, there is another Pokemon professor living here...he doesn't seem to be there to warn Pokemon trainers of tall grass though." acknowledged Jake.

If they went into tall grass without any Pokemon, chances are they would run into trouble. It was a good thing that they kept their starters. Currently, their other Pokemon were relaxing at Professor Oak's Lab. It was a nice place for Pokemon, wasn't it?

"Yeah. You think that his laboratory is up ahead?" inquired Lucy.

"It looks that way." nodded Jake.

For some strange reason, there was a girl standing outside the lab gazing at the window. Lucy found it to be rather creepy.

This worried Clefairy as well.

Taking a closer look, Jake noticed that she was a girl around his age. She had short pink hair similar to the fact that he had short green hair. Also, she was wearing an outfit similar to a Team Rocket uniform. She was also rather slender.

For a moment, he was worried that Team Rocket had somehow returned. However, he found it to be somewhat unusual considering that Team Rocket was disbanded over two months ago.

Taking a closer look, he discovered that instead of a red R being on her outfit, there was a purple S on it instead.

He decided to talk to her.

"Hey! Why are you dressed like that?" questioned Jake.

"Huh?" asked the girl, turning around.

As it turned out, it was none other than Sarah Ishikawa, the girl who had been sent to rob Professor Elm.

"Why are you dressed like a Team Rocket Grunt?" inquired the boy. He sure hoped that she wasn't trying to scare people. Pretending to be a Team Rocket Grunt was a punishable offense...and of course, so was actually being a Team Rocket Grunt. Funny how that worked.

"Team Rocket? I'm a member of Team Shadow!" exclaimed Sarah.

"Team Shadow?" inquired Jake.

"Haven't you heard of them?" questioned the girl.

"They sound like trouble..." remarked Lucy. They seemed fairly similar to Team Rocket.

"No, I haven't. I just got to Johto...why are you part of the group?" inquired Jake.

"It seemed like everyone was part of it..." answered Sarah.

"I see..." nodded Jake.

"This girl reminds me of you..." stated Lucy.

Clefairy nodded. Jake was part of a team himself once...of course, he eventually quit being part of Team Rocket in favor of saving Lucy from Giovanni. That had paid off and he had been arrested.

Now that Jake thought of it...her outfit WAS similar to what he had worn back when he was a Team Rocket Grunt.

He decided to ask her a few questions.

"How old are you?" questioned Jake.

"Twelve." answered Sarah.

"That's my age." thought the boy.

"Where do you live?" inquired Jake.

"Goldenrod City. It's the biggest city in Johto." stated the girl.

"I live in Celadon City..." thought the former criminal. It was the biggest city in Kanto.

"Is your mother deceased?" questioned Jake.

"My father is, actually...nowadays my mother is a gambling addict." remarked Sarah.

"Are you my female clone or something?" inquired the boy.

"Gosh, we're a lot alike..." stated the girl.

"Why are you standing outside that window?" questioned Lucy.

"I actually don't remember..." said the Team Shadow Grunt.

Suddenly, Sarah lost her balance and fell down.

"Oof!" exclaimed Sarah.

"Oh dear...she hasn't mattered the art of walking, has she?" inquired Lucy.

"Maybe her mother didn't teach her how..." remarked Jake.

Sarah helped herself back to her feet. Why did that keep happening to her?

"Well, I guess we should enter Professor Elm's Lab..." stated the boy.

"The fact that she keeps staring into the window worries me..." answered Lucy.

Clefairy nodded. That was a legitimate concern. Was she plotting something?

"Don't worry about it. She can't even stand up without falling." pointed out Jake.

"True..." nodded his partner.

Immediately, they went inside the laboratory so that they could update their Pokedexes.

As it turned out, Professor Elm was on a phone call with Professor Oak.

"Salutations, Samuel! How are things going in Kanto?" inquired Professor Elm.

"Pretty good. How are things going on your end, Paul?" answered back Professor Oak.

"I think you were onto something when you started giving out Pokemon to beginning Pokemon trainers. Already many Pokemon trainers are helping me expand my research. Also, the Pokemon in question are generally behaving themselves...though as of late I have a Totodile that's very energetic." remarked the professor.

"Totodile!" exclaimed Totodile, popping out from his Pokeball.

"There he goes again! He tried to eat my lunch...however, I'm not really complaining since he's a lot better than the last Totodile I had...I'm not sure if I was treating him wrong or what...but he was a rather aggressive Totodile." noted Professor Elm as he put Totodile back in his Pokeball.

"Sounds like he's a handful." remarked Professor Oak.

"Mm-hmm. It was nice talking to you." noted Professor Elm, hanging up the phone.

"Hello, Professor!" exclaimed Lucy.

"Hello there. I take it you're here to start a Pokemon journey?" questioned the professor.

"Our second Pokemon journey, actually." answered Jake. In their first Pokemon journey, they had managed to defeat Team Rocket. Who knows what their second Pokemon journey would be like?

"Interesting...well then, hand your Pokedexes for me, will you?" inquired Professor Elm.

Jake and Lucy nodded.

Immediately, Professor Elm took them and began to update the Pokedexes.

"By the way, would you be willing to do me a favor?" inquired the professor.

"Sure, why not?" answered Lucy.

"I want you to visit a friend of mine, known as Mr. Pokemon." explained Professor Elm.

"His last name is Pokemon? That's kind of funny..." remarked Jake.

"I assure you he's quite human. He wants to give me an egg that he got from the Kimono Girls." answered the professor.

Lucy wondered who the Kimono Girls were. Maybe she could put on a kimono someday.

"Alright then." stated Jake.

"When you're done with that, you can have your choice of starter Pokemon. Here are your Pokedexes back." said the professor.

Lucy and Jake happily collected their Pokedexes.

"Good luck out there." spoke Professor Elm.

Lucy and Jake nodded as they left the laboratory.

"By the way, my wife has something for you." stated the professor.

At that very moment, Professor Elm's wife showed up. She gave them both Pokegears. They were colored blue and pink to represent Jake and Lucy respectively.

"Thank you!" exclaimed Lucy.

"You're welcome!" answered Professor Elm's wife.

Lucy and Jake happily left Professor Elm's laboratory. It was time to set out on a Pokemon adventure.

They wondered where the nearest town was. It shouldn't be too far, right?

Fortunately, there was a signpost saying "This Way To Cherrygrove City!"

Apparently, it was rather close to New Bark Town. However, according to the sign, it did not have a Pokemon gym, unlike Viridian City that had a gym that was usually closed.

"Sorry, we don't have a gym! We do have cherry pie, though!" apologized the sign.

"Mmm...cherry pie..." stated Lucy.

"Try to stay focused, Lucy." spoke Jake.

"Huh? Oh, right." nodded the girl.

Immediately, Jake and Lucy began to make their way towards Cherrygrove City.

It was not a long walk at all. Of course, it also helped that the wild Pokemon appeared to be currently relaxing. They didn't have to worry about encountering them.

Sure enough, they managed to reach the city.

"So...does Mr. Pokemon live here?" questioned Lucy.

"Well, he lives nearby." answered Jake, checking the Pokegear.

"I guess we don't have much more to go then." answered the girl. She was looking forward to getting her first Pokemon from Johto. Maybe they would be friends with her Bulbasaur.

"No, we don't." nodded the boy.

Unfortunately, it appeared that the Pokemart was closed for the time being. Currently, they were getting more supplies in. It looked like they had to wait a little longer before catching wild Pokemon.

But on the lighter side, the Pokemon Center was open if they needed to heal their Pokemon. Their Pokemon were doing fine, but they were bound to get into a Pokemon battle sooner or later.

For now, they decided that they should get going. Mr. Pokemon was waiting for them.

"Let's not let Mr. Pokemon down, shall we?" asked Jake.

"Right, of course not." answered Lucy.

Currently, Clefairy was munching on a cherry pie.

"You had better have paid for that, Clefairy." stated the girl.

"Clefairy..." answered Lucy's Clefairy. If someone didn't want it to be snatched, why did they leave it outside on the windowsill?

Meanwhile...

Sarah stood outside Professor Elm's laboratory. At this point, she had forgotten what she was doing.

At that very moment, Professor Elm left to take a walk. He was going outside to do some research.

However, he did not notice Sarah.

"What was I doing outside Professor Elm's lab again?" questioned Sarah.

She was reminded of what she was doing when her Pokegear went off. It was green, similar to Jake's hair.

"Hello?" inquired the girl.

"Have you gotten the Pokedex yet?" inquired Sarah's employer.

"Huh? Not yet." answered Sarah.

"Don't forget your mission." stated Sarah's boss.

"Right. Of course not!" exclaimed Sarah.

Currently, she was thinking of how they get inside the laboratory.

"There's got to be in a way to get in there somewhere..." answered the girl.

Suddenly, she lost her balance.

"Whoa!" exclaimed Sarah.

She ended up crashing right through the window, scattering glass everywhere.

At Professor Elm's house upstairs, his wife thought that she heard something.

"What is it, mommy?" asked Professor Elm's son.

"I'm not sure..." answered

Fortunately, she was alright.

"Phew! That could have gone a lot worse..." answered the girl.

She then realized that she had managed to break into the laboratory.

"Alright then...which Pokedex should I take?" inquired Sarah.

She decided to take the green Pokedex. She thought that it suited her.

At that very moment, Totodile burst out of his Pokeball again. He was as excited as ever.

He quickly noticed Sarah making off with one of Professor Elm's Pokedexes.

He felt delighted. Professor Elm had informed him that a Pokemon trainer was going to pick him up and he was going to get a new home!

It looked like today was the day!

Suddenly, an alarm went off.

"Oh no! I gotta run!" exclaimed Sarah.

Naturally, she tripped and fell down when she tried to do so.

"Oof!" bellowed the girl.

Quickly, she got back to her feet and ran outside the door.

Fortunately, nobody had noticed her robbing Professor Elm, so she probably didn't have to worry about Officer Jenny for the time being.

Just in case, she went to Route 29 so that the professor wouldn't notice her.

At that very moment, her boss called her again.

"What happened? I heard the sound of what appeared to be you crashing through a window..." asked Sarah's employer.

"Yeah...I had an accident. But I'm fine. I even got the Pokedex you wanted." stated Sarah.

"Very good! Download the information from it into the Pokegear and send it to me..." answered Sarah's boss.

The Team Shadow Grunt nodded and did as she was asked.

"Did you get it?" questioned Sarah.

"Yes, we did. We should be able to find more about Pokemon shortly." nodded the man. This would be very useful for selling Pokemon later.

"I guess that's every-"

"Totodile!" exclaimed Professor Elm's Totodile, startling Sarah.

"Whoa!" bellowed the surprised girl, suddenly finding herself sitting down on the grass when she lost her balance.

"What is it?" asked her employer. Had Officer Jenny found out what she had done and had come after her? If so, he might need to hire a new Team Shadow Grunt. He has lost so many to her. It was sad...for him at least.

"I think one of Professor Elm's starter Pokemon followed me out of the lab!" exclaimed the Team Shadow Grunt.

"Oh...well, I suppose as a reward for your services, you can keep that Pokemon for yourself. I already have an idea on where to get rare Pokemon thanks to what you provided us." answered the man.

With that, her boss hung up.

"Um, hello! Is there anything you want from me?" questioned Sarah.

"Totodile!" exclaimed Totodile. He wanted her to be his Pokemon trainer.

"Oh, you want me to be your Pokemon trainer? Is that it? I've never had a Pokemon before..." answered the girl. Unsurprisingly, her mother was too lazy to get her a Pokemon for herself.

"Totodile!" exclaimed her new Totodile. If that was the case, he could be her starter Pokemon.

"Huh? You can be my starter Pokemon? I suppose you could do that if you want to..." nodded Sarah. Having a Pokemon at her side would likely be useful.

"Totodile!" cheered Sarah's Totodile. Now he could be on an adventure.

Sarah scanned Totodile with her stolen Pokedex. It had a hyperactive female voice.

"Totodile, the Big Jaw Pokemon. It likes to use its teeth to bite into things! It also has strong jaws!" exclaimed Sarah's new Pokedex.

Sure enough, Totodile was nibbling on a tree branch. It appeared that Totodile did in fact like to use his teeth.

"So, you want to head to Cherrygrove City? I suppose I should head to Mahogany Town now that I'm done with my errand..." stated Sarah.

Totodile nodded. Going to Mahogany Town sounded like fun. Maybe he could visit the Lake Of Rage!

"Shouldn't I keep you in a Pokeball?" questioned Sarah.

"Totodile..." murmured Totodile. He didn't like being kept in a Pokeball. He wanted to be outside and get some fresh air.

"Never mind then..." answered the girl.

"Totodile!" exclaimed Sarah's new Totodile. He was so glad that his new trainer understood him.

"Let's get going!" ordered Sarah.

Totodile nodded. He was so excited!

Personally, Sarah wondered if she would encounter Jake and Lucy again now that she was a Pokemon trainer herself. It was rather unexpected...but maybe now she could battle them.

That ought to be fun.

Not only that, but she could also battle her fellow Team Shadow Grunts...though of course the Team Shadow Executives were all out of her league.

She was looking forward to being a Pokemon trainer. However, she was asking herself a question.

"Why do I get the feeling that my life is going to change forever?" thought Sarah.

I figured I would give Jake a rival since his conflict with Team Rocket has ended...and yes, Sarah has many similarities to Jake. I thought that would be rather amusing. She won't have as much common with Jake as Ritchie does with Ash, in case you were wondering. I wanted her to be her own character.

Also, she's rather clumsy. I figured I would give her that trait because I figured it would be amusing. That, and I figured she would try to run away from Officer Jenny.