Ethan's POV

The grass was dense and wet and I wasn't able to walk in it. My shoes were all wet too and there was no way we were going to get to Cherrygrove City before sunset.

Lyra and I were trying to get across Route 29. And were roaming here and there getting our clothes dirty.

'You said you knew all the directions', said Lyra. 'Didn't you learn atlas ?'.

'I did but didn't care about this part of Johto as it was isolated from the whole map', I said, explaining it to Lyra.

'Now we're lost, thanks to you', said Lyra, disappointed.

'We'll find a way, I know', I said, hoping that we do. 'Hey, should we battle each other ?'.

'Battle ? Dude, I never wanted to be a Trainer. I was forced by my parents', said Lyra, sad.

'It's okay, I didn't like it either before I battled for the first time when I was...maybe seven', I said. 'If you don't do it, you'll never find it amazing'.

'Okay, I'll battle you then !', exclaimed Lyra. 'Wait, how does this work again ?'.

'You'll see, go Cyndiquil', I said, throwing the Pokeball on the ground and a Pokemon burst out.

The Pokemon was very cute, looked like a mole or a mouse. It's face was oval like of a mole and it had a big back. His lower body was cream colored while his head and upper body were pine.

'So ? Am I supposed to throw the Pokeball ?', asked Lyra, calmly.

I scratched my head where my hindbrain was and still is. Then I began to say something and stopped.

'What's up with you ?', I asked, increasing my tone. 'You were saying something'.

'Aachhoooo ! No, I had to sneeze', I said, after a loud sneeze. 'Yes, you have to throw the Pokeball. You know nothing about Pokemon'.

'That's why I wasn't interested in being a Trainer in the first place', said Lyra, saying in a tone in which it sounded like - haha, it's obvious you know.

'Just throw it !', I said, suddenly. Lyra shivered and threw the Pokeball. The Pokeball hit Cyndiquil and the Pokemon came out.

The Pokemon was tea green in color and had a jade colored leaf on it's head. It stood on it's four legged. But it looked confused and looked around.

'Chikorita, use........that leaf', said Lyra, not knowing the attacks.

Chikorita looked at Lyra and started to run away. It ran into the tall grasses and disappeared.

'What ?', said Lyra, sad. 'Come back'. But the Chikorita was gone.

'Oh no, I think Chikorita doesn't like you're, I said, laughing. But my laughter stopped after looking at Lyra's angry face. 'Cyndiquil, look for Chikorita'.

Cyndiquil began smelling the grass and followed Chikorita's scent. He began walking further on Route 29.

'You see, nothing to worry about', I said, looking at Lyra with a smile.

Lyra looked at me casually. 'What ?', I asked.

'Nothing to worry about ? See that-', said Lyra, pointing towards where Cyndiquil was heading.

I looked towards Cyndiquil, he was chewing some berries in a just picnic basket.

'Cyndiquil, what are you doing ? We are supposed to find Chikorita, not ber.......ries', I said. 'Wait, why is this basket even here ?'.

'So that we could catch your Pokemon', said a female voice and Cyndiquil was trapped inside a glass box.

'What ?', I shouted, angrily.

'Prepare for trouble', said a woman, jumping out of a bush.

'And make it double', said a man, jumping out of the same bush.

'What were you two even doing in the bush ?', asked Lyra. 'That doesn't even sound good to my ears'.

'Rule number one. Never interrupt us when were speaking our world famous dialogues', said the woman, closing her eyes and raising her index finger.

'To protect the world from devastation', said the woman, stretching her hand towards us.

'To unite the people within our nation', said the man, repeating the same gesture.

'To denounce the evils of truth and love', said the woman, making an X with her arms .

'To extend our......I forgot, it's been a lot of time since-', said the man, sad.

'Ahem, reach to the stars above ?', said the woman, reminding him.

'Yes, to extend our reach to the stars above', said the man, making an X with both his arms.

'Cassidy', said the woman.

'Butch', said the man.

'Team Rocket, bounce off at the speed of light', said the woman, who said that her name was Cassidy.

'Surrender now or prepare to fight', said the man who revealed his name to be Butch.

Lyra and I stared at their faces. Both of them looked towards each other in confusion.

'Wait, I just understood that your names are Cassidy and Bitch', said Lyra, trying to make sense of their lines.

'Butch', said Butch, correcting her. 'Wait, what did you call me ?'.

'You're not getting away with it', said Cassidy, throwing a Pokeball. 'Go Drowsee'.

'But we don't have our Pokemon, you have my Cyndiquil', I said, explaining them.

'We don't care', said Butch, throwing a Pokeball. 'Go Primeape'.

'I got this', said Lyra, gesturing her hand. 'Go Marill, luckily I know her moves'.

'Cassidy's ?', I asked, surprised.

'No ! Marill's', said Lyra. She gestured her hand towards the yellow Pokemon who had a small trunk that belonged to Cassidy. 'Marill, use Bubble'.

I thought Lyra would save us, but Bubble attack wasn't a wise choice.

'Drowsee, use Hypnosis', said Cassidy.

'Primeape, use Fury Swipes', said Butch.

'Okay, then. Marill, use Bubble Beam', said Lyra, I really thought she was going to say Bubble again, but I was half right.

'Cyndiquil, try to break the glass', I said. 'Try to use your attacks'.

Cyndiquil tried to break the glass' but it didn't work. 'Try your fire attacks', I said.

Cyndiquil tried to spit fire but nothing happened. Meanwhile, Lyra battled the Rocket people.

'Marill, use Bubble Beam', said Lyra. Drowsee fainted.

Lyra continued to battle with the Primeape when I tried to help Cyndiquil.

I punched and kicked the glass, even tried my best to break it with my steel water bottle but it just wasn't effective.

Then, I had an idea. 'Cyndiquil, if you try to use your fire attack and get the smoke out. You'll be able to create enough pressure so that the glass breaks', I explained.

'Cyndi', said Cyndiquil, he tried to get get the smoke out of his mouth and was successful in a couple of trials.

The box was now filled with smoke and was tight, Cyndiquil held his breath and tried one more time, the glass shook at it's place.

I backed off and the container broke into pieces. Cyndiquil appeared out of the smoke. 'Well done', I said. 'Cyndiquil, use Tackle'.

Primeape fell down on the ground.

'Nice one. Marill use Bubble Beam', said Lyra, hoping to win.

'Primeape, use Earthquake', said Butch. Primeape shook the ground with it's attack.

Cyndiquil fainted. Marill was critically hit.

'Cyndiquil, you okay ?', I asked, worried. I was angry at the Rocket peeps.

'Primeape, use Karate Chop', said Butch. Primeape advanced at Marill, Marill still tried to get up but didn't have enough energy left.

Primeape raised it's hand to Karate Chop Marill. Suddenly, a leaf blade came from nowhere and hit Primeape.

Primeape fell in a distance. Suddenly, Chikorita cane from nowhere and held Primeape with it's vine which emerged from it's neck.

Primeape fainted. Chikorita used it's vine to pick up the Rocket people and throw them into the sky.

'Chikoooo !', exclaimed Chikorita.

'Team Rocket is blasting off again', said the Rocket people, blasting off in the sky.

Lyra looked happy and stared at Chikorita. Chikorita looked at Lyra, their eyes met. And both ran towards each other and Chikorita jumped into Lyra's arms.

'Now that's friendship', I said, looking at Cyndiquil. Cyndiquil was lying fainted. 'Oh, no. We need to take our Pokemon to the PokeCentre'.

'Okay', said Lyra, raising her hand in victory. 'Let's go'.

'Chikko', said Chikorita.