5 A Casual Stroll Leads To A Big Discovery!!!

"Yeah I have them," Nurse Joy answered, coming from behind the door with a light blush. She walked into the semicircle and pulled out his things from behind it including his bag of gear, his socks, shoes, and most importantly, his beanie. She set it up on the table, allowing him to grab all of his things and prepare to leave, he wasnt very interested in staying in this place overnight preferring to just head back to the forest and camp overnight there. Vex was more then prepared to deal with anything he might come across and even decided that he wanted to train Pikachu and himself starting tomorrow morning.

"Do you have to leave?" Joy asked as she watched Vex put on his socks and shoes, the ones that were still a little wet. "You could always stay here until the sunrises before heading out, we have beds in the back of the building." It seemed that she wnated him to stay though why exactly he wasn't sure zeeing as he hadnt left a big impression on her other then shocking those clowns that had wanted to steal pokemon.

"Its Okay Joy, Ill be fine," He placed his beanie over his head and slung his backpack over his shoulders, ready to head out. "Just make sure to keep your gorgeous self safe and Ill stop by to visit you later tomorrow or the day after, Im not sure." He turned around and began to walk to the door, leaving behind a now blushing Nurse Joy.

"Hold it right there mister big shot," Misty shouted at his retreating back, clearly still angry about their earlier conversation. "You still owe me a new bike and until you pay up I will continue to follow you, try me if you think l won't."

Vex turned around and stared at Misty with a bit of amusement. "I never really did tell you my name did I? My name is Vex Masters, an aspiring pokemon trainer, pleasure to meet you. As for the issue with your bike, I can pay you back but it'll take some time, so feel free to travel with me in the meantime...if you can handle the dark and scary woods during the night." With those parting words, he exited through the door and walked out into the night.

Well, actually he walked out into a thriving city, but it was still nighttime. However, Vex didnt care about how lively it was here as he didnt have any money to begin with so he turned left and walked in the direction he thought would leave him to a forest on the outskirts of the city. He heard running footsteps behind him and turned his head slightly to find Misty standing behind him, her own backpack over her shoulders and a small frown on her face.

"I'm coming with you only because that bike was expensive and I need you to pay for it." She blushed and pushed past him, apparently now leading the way. "I'm not coming with you cause I like you so just stay out of my way and I'll stay out of yours."

Vex could tell she was hiding extreme embarassment and trying to keep her own pride by bringing up the bike rather then just asking to travel with him. Though it seemed she was a bit peeved about the bike, he guessed that she mostly just wanted to join him and he was fine with it. Having an extra companion would make things a whole lot more fun, especially with a female, but he decided to shift his own thoughts before he went too far off base.

He ran to catch up to Misty as they travelled through the city, looking for a way out to the forest. It was actually pretty easy to get out, not hard to find the exit as they just kept going straight until they reached their destination. It turned out that the pokemon center was located near the forest. Though it wasn't precisely next to it, it was better then it veing smack dab in the middle of the city.

The forest looked dark and creepy this late at night, the trees giving off weird shadows even though it was pitch black. "If you want to back out now Misty, I won't blame you," Vex said as he dropped his bag onto the ground and began sifting through the various items and food containers in his backpack for a flashlight. He found what he was looking for in between the carton of rice and a canteen of water, a flashlight about a foot long and a massive looking light at the end of it.

Misty wasnt about to turn back as she had already come this far, not willing to retreat and seem like she was a weak little girl who needed someone to hold her hand. She took a deep breath and took a step towards the forest preparing to walk in. Vex saw this and grabbed her wrist. "Hold up there princess," He said as he stood up, waving the flashlight in her face, what are you gonna do without a flashlight? Just get yourself lost."

Vex lifted up his bag and slung it over his shoulder after zipping it back up. "Lets go Pikachu, you too Misty if your still up for it." He flicked on the light switch and aimed it in front of him as Pikachu ran up to his shoulder and rubbed its cheek against his own. Misty fell in behind him as he began to make his way through the forest of trees, completely unconcerned about what dangers they might run into.

"We need to find a clearing," Vex said as they maneuvered their way between the trees. "At least a mile into the forest where we can start a fire." He had already made a plan on how to survive in this forest by himself if he chose to, but he figured he would only stay in the forest for a couple of days at most to train his pokemon and educate himself on various pokemon.

"Well, I have a question for you." Misty said clinging to Vex's shirt as she walked, if she shut up and didnt complain so much, Vex might've actually considered her a potential love interest, but most of the time he found her to be slightly annoying. "What do you plan on doing about the gym leader of Viridian City? He uses ground type pokemon, I dont think your quite equipped to handle that with your little Pikachu there."

"Pika pikachu pika pika" Pikachu said, obviously offended. However Vex didnt hear that, instead he heard "Bitch say that again I WILL shock you". This time he was certain that it was Pikachu that had been speaking though he didnt know how that was possible. However considering that he had travelled through worlds, this wasnt too strange. "Easy there buddy, she's just worried about us." Vex rubbed his hand against Pikachu's head which seemed to calm it down.

"Okay, now its my turn to ask you a question," Vex answered as he turned around, not bothering to to give her own question a second thought. "What the hell is a gym leader? Matter of fact, what the hell is a gym? Where you go to work out?" The Professor had mentioned gyms in passing but he hadnt gone into too much detail about it.

"Wait wait wait, your a Pokemon Trainer and you don't even know that?" Misty asked incredulously, never having heard of something so ridiculous. "What kind of trainer are you to not have heard about gyms, gym leaders, or even badges before."

"Well I have heard of the word gym before, but your definition and my definition are completely different." Vex said as he continued dodging through the trees. "Since your so enlightened though, why dont you tell me ALL about it after we set up camp? I'll listen to you gabber on all you want when we find a clearing."

They did find a clearing, but since they were still too close to the city, Vex, against the complaints of Misty, continued forward as he looked for a clearing that was a bit farther away and less likely to be discovered by wanderers and other trainers. He was about 3 miles west of Viridian City when he saw the light, a soft orange glow in the distance where there shoulve been only darkness. His curiosity peeked, he sped up his pace forcing Misty to speed up her own despite her complaining.

They burst through the bushes at an almost dead run, dashing straight towards the light coming from a rather large campfire. Sitting around the campfire eating what appeared to be fish were two young women who looked to be 14 or 15 years old.

The one sitting to the left had honey colored hair that reached her waist and blue eyes that was currently focused on the meal in front of her and sported a pink hat with a black bow. She had on a red skirt with a sleeveless black shirt that had a white collar, black leggings, and black shoes with a rather interesting symbol similar to a pokeball. All in all, Vex had to admit that she was quite the looker and she even had a rather curvaceous frame that was made her look older then she really was.

The girl on the left though looked a bit younger even though Vex knew she probably the same age. The girl had knee-length, puffy purple hair in loose huge ponytail and with two pigtails, brown eyes, and tan skin. She was wearing a cream-colored top with a pink collar and cuffs, a pink skirt with a big ribbon, white leggings which were colored yellow at the ends of the legs and pink and white shoes with yellow straps. She had lacked the curves that the other girl had but Vex felt that she still had her own charms.

Vex coughed as he approached the two of them to let them know he was approaching. Misty walked behind, keeping completely silent for the first time that she had joined Vex.

"Oh, can we help you?" the pink hat girl asked, setting down her fish. "I didn't hear you arrive." The young woman had looked confused and surprised at first but she eventually smiled.

"Hello, sorry to intrude on your meal but we saw the light of a fire and we couldn't help but investigate." Vex gave a small smile as he rubbed Pikachu's head. "My name is Vex Masters and the girl behind me Misty. Its a pleasure to meet you."

The purple haired girl and the pink hat girl looked at each other for a second. Vex got the weird feeling that they were arguing with each other but neither of them were saying anything. Vex just watched and waited for one of them to speak.

"My name is Serena," The pink hat girl answered after staring at the girl with purple for over a minute. "My friend here is Iris. We actually just met each other a few hours ago so I don't exactly know her."

"Hmmmmm, are you guys trainers?" Vex asked curiously as he took a seat on the grass in between the two of them. "You girls must be trainers as your outside the city without parental supervision."

"Well, its actually a rather difficult situation to explain," the girl named Iris answered, a small smile on her face. "I'm not from around here and neither is she.....Im against telling a random stranger about it though. You definitely wouldn't believe it."

Vex took a deep breath and let it out followed by a shake of his head. "You wouldn't believe the shit I've been through today. Trust me when I tell you that no matter what has happened to you.....theres nothing that can compare to what I've been through so far."

"A lightning strike transported me into this forest a few hours ago," Iris said bluntly, clearly aiming to defy what he said. "I literally have no idea where I am or how I got here. I thought it was a dream at first but after meeting Serena.....I realized that this was all too real."