On The Road

Chapter Three

"So, are you all set?"

"Yeah, but I still don't understand why you're making go live with them."

"It's just to help your condition. However, I don't want you to go alone."

"I know. I'll ask him for a Pokemon."

"Okay. Be safe."

***

"Wow! Look at that!" Bina exclaimed, pointing.

Arriete and Larance turned to see their friend pointing at a pair of Wurmples.

"A perfect first capture," Bina smirked, taking out a pokeball.

"Hey! I'm not going to trail behind!" Larance replied, doing the same.

"Go! Pokeball!" they both shouted as they threw their pokeballs at the Wurmples.

The Wurmples looked up in surprise before each pokeball hit them. The pokeballs wobbled three times before stopping.

"Great job guys," Arriete congratulated. "Now, who's Wurmple is who's?"

"Mine's the female," Bina exclaimed, running over and picking up her pokeball. "I have a ribbon in my bag that I can place around her so we can tell the difference."

"Smart," Larance commented, picking up his pokeball. "And how did you know what gender they were?"

"Daughter of a Pokemon professor, duh," she replied, releasing her Wurmple.

She dug in her bag before taking out a light blue ribbon and tying it around Wurmple's neck.

"There!" she exclaimed as Larance released his Wurmple as well. "Now we can tell the difference."

"Now that we got that settled, onwards to Petalburg City!" Larance dramatically pointed, holding Torchic and Wurmple resting on his shoulder.

"Yeah!" Bina replied, running up to Arriete and linking arms with her. "Is your dad going to be there?"

"I hope not," Arriete mumbled as they began to walk forward.

"Oh, right," Bina muttered, looking down. "How...how did the goodbyes go."

"I couldn't even talk to him. I could still feel his disappointed looks burn in the back of mind from that day."

"I'm sure he'll see that whatever your goal is will make you happy and change his mind."

"Yeah..."

"HEY, YOU!"

The three of them perked up to see three young boy trainers standing in their way, holding out pokeballs.

"We're the Zigzagoon Triplets!" the boy with the shortest hair proudly said. "I'm Zack!"

"I'm Zander!" the boy with the backwards hat announced.

"And I'm Zane!" the boy with the watch said. "And we challenge all three of you to a battle!"

"Challenge accepted!" Larance agreed, putting Torchic down. He turned to his friends. "You two ready?"

"Of course!" Bina replied.

"A battle should clear my head!" Arriete exclaimed with a smile.

"Go, Zigzagoon!" the triplets yelled at once, releasing their Pokemon.

"Go, Pipei!" Arriete commanded, Pipei dropping down from her shoulders.

"Torchic!"

"Mudkip!"