Route 1. to Viridian City

You want to see the world don’t you? Well there is only one place to go then route 1 north to Viridian City. Before you go anywhere though, you reach for holster on your belt and draw out the Pokéball Oak gave you. You really want to see you’re first Pokémon, especially since likely going to rely on it a lot for your coming journey. You open the Pokéball and out comes the cutes like critter you have ever seen, it looks like a bipedal blue turtle with big beautiful eyes. “Awww” you say as you approach the little guy, to pet him. “Squrtle Squrtle” it happily says as you pet him, “Oh my name is sky” you reply smiling at him “and we are going to have so much fun together”. Now satisfied that you indeed got the cutes starter Pokémon you happily set off towards route 1.

You successfully make it through town to route 1, without running into your mom. You cross town limits and sigh in relief, you are home free now you think and start making your way along the route. You are travels interrupted by someone calling out to you; you stop and turn in the direction of the voice and see a guy approaching you. As he gets closer you getter better look at him, he looks to be in his mid-twenties, with brown hair and eyes, he looks muscular and looks to be about 6 feet tall. “I see you are a Pokémon trainer, how about a friendly little battle?” he asks when he reaches you. Something about the smile he has plastered on his face unnerves you slightly, it seems to hide something but you don’t think any further on it. Why not you think, if I win I will have won my first Pokémon battle, and if I lose maybe he can teach me a thing or two about how to be a better trainer.

You agree to the Duel, but then suddenly blush madly. The stranger looks at you then down at himself, and then back at you again and asks: “are you okay there?” You draw out your moms old Pokédex from your bag and finde Squirtle on it. “Yes, just a moment, I don’t really know what my Pokémon can do give a seond to read this” you reply flustered. After hurriedly reading about Squirtle you put the Pokédex away and ready Squirtles Pokéball in your hand.

You throw the Pokéball and yell “Squirtle go” before striking a pose, and grinning at your opponent. Your opponent gives you a confident nod before throwing out his own Pokémon. It looks like a crab, and it seems to agree with you as it says “Krabby Krabby.” You look to Squirtle and yell “Squitle use bubblebeam!” Squirtle nods and shoots the beam at his opponent. It’s a direct hit, but it doesn’t seem to do much. The stranger smirks at you before yelling “Use Metalclaw,” Krabby leaps forward at the command and catches Squirtle in its big nasty looking claw, and starts closing tighter. Squirtle screams in agnoy before collapsing ****, you run to him tears welling up in your eyes. You pick him up and cradles him in your arms, sobbing slightly. Guess I get to learn then you think, as you look at your poor Squirtle.

Your grieving is interrupted by the strangers voice, “Oh don’t get so broken up about him, you can heal him in Viridan City free of charge, besides you should be more worried for yourself, because I still need compensation for the match you just lost.” You collect yourself and wipe away your tears before standing and looking at the stranger with a confused look on your face. “Compensation?” you ask, a slight worry creeping into your voice, "he isn’t going to take Squirlte from me is he?" You think. Now it’s the strangers turn to look confused, “Don’t you know the rules of being a Pokémon trainer?” he asks with what appears to be genuine surprise apparent in his voice.

Again, you blush wildly and suddenly remember that pamphlet you promised Oak to read before setting off. “Right sorry just a moment” you say flustered for the second time that day. You hurriedly fish out the pamphlet from your bag and start skimming it looking for something about battles and compensation. When you pull out the pamphlet, you can swear you can see a tinge of guilt on the strangers face when he sees the title on it.

As you read your stomach drops, you look up at the stranger with puppy dog eyes and say “Please sir, I only just managed to scrape together enough cash to set off, if you take it’s I won’t be able to buy food or a place to sleep.” You are doing your very best to play on your innocent and cute look. “Well it’s your lucky day then,” says the stranger “keep reading.” You didn’t know your stomach was able to drop more than it already had, but when you read the words “sexual favors” it somehow managed to.

Again, you look at the stranger with puppy dog eyes, and it seems to have its intended effect as you again catch that pang of guilt on his face for a second, but it is quickly replace by a look of deep thought. “Alright listen its clear you didn’t know what you were getting into when you agreed to the battle,” he starts and you hope rises as he speaks, “however the rules are the rules, so I have a proposition for you.” Your hope is still holding strong, you are worried what his next worlds will bring. “I propose a bet, sort of a double or nothing type deal” he says after a pause, “if you take the bet you can stay in my guest room for the night and eat for free.” That sounded almost too good to be true. “So what is the bet?” you asked tentatively. “It’s quite simple we are both headed for Viridian City” as he speaks he pulls out an item from his backpack and uses it on Squirtle, in no time he is up and ready to fight again. “We travel together, if you can make it the city without needing any futher assistance from me, then I will consider the debt payed” he finished. Grateful to have your Pokémon back, you quickly hug him before looking back at the stranger. “And what if I lose?” you ask worriedly. “Well that is where the double comes in, you see I’m hosting a small get-together, for the boys from my college tomorrow and I need some… entertainment” he says giving you elevator eyes. “If you lose you still get to stay for the night and eat free, but tomorrow you are mine for my friends and I to use as we please, within reason of course.” You gulp hard, while getting out of having to “pay up” sounds nice, that bet on the otherhand sounds really risky.