Bug Forrest

Now that you were done with Blue for a while, and realizing that Veridian City was a bit of a dead end at the moment, you continue on your way. From what you see on your map (you're not sure when you packed it but you do have one) it looks like Pewter City is to the north of where you are so you start heading out in that direction.

After resupplying at the Mart and having an encounter with a weird old man rambling about wanting to teach you how to catching Pokemon (despite the balls you already had on your belt) you now are in the famous Bug Forrest... filled with Bug Pokemon... hence the name. Well, not everything can have a creative title.

Though in this case, it seems your Bug Pokemon choices are limited to Caterpies and the occasional Weedle. Once or twice you could have sworn you saw the signature shape of a Pikachu tail disappearing into the brush but none have attempted to confront you yet. As you and Charmy manage to weaken down a Weedle to capture it (and he will now be named Stingz, you decide) you consider the possibility of actively trying to hunt down one of the elusive Electric-Types. It certainly would be nice to have one, both to give your team more options and to see the look on Blue's face when he learned that he wasn't the only one who could raise a Pikachu.

With those thoughts in mind you keep a closer eye on the tall grass around you and, after a few hours of looking, you spot a Pikachu that just seems to be standing there, looking at you. You weren't exactly being quiet during your search, so it's very likely the Pokemon heard you tromping around, but this does seem a little unusual to you as the Pikachu is radiating an aura of calmness.

"Pika," it says as it tilts its head to the side, almost as if it were asking you a question.

You reach down for your Pokeballs, hand edging for Diggydug's but the Pikachu suddenly darts back, heading deeper into the tall grass. "Wait," you shout, giving chase, "Don't be afraid! I mean, I know I gotta beat you up a little to catch you but I'm not gonna HURT you!"

The Pikachu keeps running, though its moving in such a way you can easily track its movements through the rustling grass and you could of sworn Pikachus were faster runners than this, as you seem to be able to (just barely) keep up. At the next clearing the Pikachu stops again, causing you to skid to a halt as well. It turns back to face you and once again tilts its head to the side as it chirps, "Pika?"

Your face scrunches up in confusion. "... Wait," you say, hands going near your Pokeballs but not quite grabbing hold of one of them as you stare back at the Pokemon, "Are you trying to get me to follow you?"

"Chuuu," is all the Pokemon says before turning back around and heading into the brush once more, though it was moving slower than before so keeping up with it would be even less of a problem than it had been already.

This was starting to leave you with a strange feeling. Maybe you were just being paranoid and the Pikachu didn't mean anything by its actions. Maybe it was trying to lead you somewhere, with the two most likely options being it was heading for another trainer that was hurt and needed help or it was some kind of trap, since Pokemon thieves were known to use this kind of tactic.

You had to decide how much were you willing to invest for this one Pikachu.