Austin was humming to himself as Pikachu was still walking behind him.

The little guy wasn't comfortable to be on his shoulder just yet and Austin was fine with that.

It was only a day since their encounter with Team Rocket and Austin wanted nothing more than to get out of the Forest because he felt like he was lost.

' This is the part of the anime where that samurai trainer appears , so how do I handle Samurai ? Hmmm ... I'll improvise .' Austin thought

' Wow Looks like Ash and I are more alike than I thought.' Austin said that with a jovial toon as a thought filled his head.

' But that won't work for Brock.'

Austin frowned because he wasn't sure if he would compete in the League because he wants to find a way back to his body as soon as possible.

But chances are he wouldn't be able to figure out how this happen until Cyrus summons Dialga and Palkia and that wasn't until the Sinnoh Arc.

And if he wants to make it that far he has to get stronger and following the storyline is a way to get stronger.

Austin was pulled out of his thoughts when he saw a certain light-brown Caterpillar with pink suction cup feet and a stinger on its forehead. "Hey it's a Weedle." Austin said recognizing it as a Pokemon Ash tried to catch in the Anime.

Deciding it was the perfect Pokemon to be the sixth one, Austin smirked.

"Pikachu let's go-." Austin turned to see him pretending to be asleep. "... Right I forgot he did that."

Giving a sigh, Austin decided to send Caterpie out in order to give him some experience.

As Caterpie came out, the Weedle looked over before its eyes widen a bit before Austin called out an attack.

"String Shot and then Tackle." Austin ordered as Caterpie obeyed knocking Weedle down as he grinned.

The Weedle was struggling in the String Shot as Austin took out a Pokeball.

"Greetings, am I addressing the Pokemon Trainer who comes from Pallet?" A voice from behind asked.

"Hold that thought." Austin said not giving him an answer yet as he tossed the Pokeball at the Weedle and it was sucked in.

The Pokeball shook a bit before it stopped as the capture was successful.

"Alright." Austin said as Caterpie squirmed towards him happily.

He had a full team.

Walking forward as he grabbed the Pokeball, Austin turned towards the person behind him to see it was the Samurai Bug Catcher from the Anime.

"Sorry about that." Austin said as he was wondering why did he didn't get a sword pulled on him while trying to catch Weedle. "Yes I'm from Pallet."

"I have found you at last." Samurai pulled the sword out and swung it towards Austin who backed up before he remembered how the sword was fake. "I challenge you to a Pokemon Battle."

Austin smirked. "Alright I accept." He said wanting to see how the two Pokemon he planned on using would do. "Mind if I give a word of advice though?"

Samurai raised a brow at him questionly.

"You should probably be careful on how you challenge people." Austin said gesturing to the sword. "It might send the wrong message."

Samurai blinked before having the decency to look sheepish as he pulled out a Pokeball.

"Pinsir go." Samurai said as a huge brown stag beetle-like Pokemon came out with its grey pincers on the top of its head clashing menacingly.

Austin took a moment to shiver at seeing Pinsir in real life.

Some of the Pokemon were cool to see like Pikachu and the others, but seeing a Giant Stag Beetle was creepy.

"Spearow take the field." Austin said trying something different in calling a Pokemon out.

"Spear!" Spearow cried out defiantly as he stood across from the Pinsir.

'Well he does have the advantage and I haven't really had any time to train Caterpie as much as Pikachu.' Austin thought back to him. 'And we won't have Metapod to win against Pinsir in this fight.'

"Pinsir, tackle it!"

"Spearow to the sky!" Austin retaliated as Spearow took off quickly, barely avoiding the Tackle as the Pinsir turned to glare upwards. 'Alright if i remember correctly both Spearow and Pinsir's attacks are close physical attacks.'

His plan was to keep Spearow far from Pinsir's er… pincers and to do a hit and run strategy.

Samurai glared. "Pinsir use Harden." He said as the Beetle glowed, increasing his defense.

"Peck." Austin called knowing that despite the increase in defense a super-effective move would still do some good damage.

Spearow shot in there and rapidly pecked the Pinsir before flying away to dodge a bind as Pinsir glared.

"Child's play." Samurai said getting ready. "Pinsir use Seismic Toss!"

"Wait what?!" Austin exclaimed as Pinsir jumped into the air and grabbed Spearow before spinning around as they slammed into the ground with Spearow crying out in pain. "Spearow!"

Spearow was struggling to push himself up as Pinsir moved forward, ready to end it and from how it looked Spearow wouldn't be able to fly anymore with his injuries in this fight.

'Come on, think.' Austin thought knowing that Fury Attack wouldn't do much good and if he used Leer Samurai would just use Harden again.

"Focus Energy!" Austin called out, his one hope was to land a critical hit as Spearow began to glow.

"Finish it with Tackle!" Pinsir surged forward.

'Wait for it.' Austin thought as he tensed with Pinsir getting closer. ' Now.'

"Spearow use your talons to jump back." He said with a smirk. "Then use the tree to spring forward with a Peck."

Spearow did so with Pinsir barely missing before the bird kicked off a tree and slammed into the Pinsir, knocking him over as he was done for.

"Pinsir!" Samurai cried out in shock as he returned the Beetle while Spearow cried out in defiance at winning.

"Spearow you've done enough for now." Austin said returning him so he could rest as Samurai pulled out a second Pokeball.

"Very ingenious to fight with a flying Pokemon like that." Samurai admitted begrudgingly as he tensed. "But you will not win against my second Pokemon."

"Bring it." Austin said already knowing what Pokemon it was as a green Cocoon Pokemon came out. "A Metapod, really?"

"Do you fear him?" Samurai asked with a laugh.

Austin just shook his head and sent Rattata out who turned to give Austin a look that said 'Really?'

"Quick Attack." Austin said before Samurai could give an order as Rattata slammed into the Metapod causing him to cry out as his second Pokemon was beaten pretty easily.

Rattata looked bored from the quick fight as Samurai returned the Metapod. "Alright you are a worthy battler." He said with a sigh. "I was actually hoping that Metapod would evolve in this fight."

"You're trying to get a Butterfree?" Austin asked curiously as Caterpie wiggled towards him and up his shoulder now that the battle was over.

"Yeah, it's my dream to become a strong Bug Trainer." Samurai said with a far-off look in his eyes. "Ever since I took that trip to Sinnoh and saw a member of the Elite Four with a team of Bug Pokemon."

' Aaron ' Austin gave a nod and repeated the name.

Samurai grinned. "Exactly." He said happy that someone got it. "Although all I have are Pinsir and Metapod."

"Speaking of which, where did you get your Pinsir?" Austin asked curiously.

"A gift from my Father." Samurai answered before a scream interrupted the conversation they were having.

Both trainers turned towards the scream to see someone running from a swarm of Beedrills.

Pikachu took a cautious step back as he remembered how many Spearows chased him and Austin.

"Beedrill Swarm, quick my Cabin is nearby." Samurai said as he took off.

Austin quickly returned Rattata and Caterpie as he went to grab Pikachu before seeing the person being chased tripped.

Those stingers on the Beedrill look even more frightening in real life.

Swallowing his fear, Austin acted. "Pikachu use Thundershock!"

Pikachu jumped forward, his cheeks giving off sparks as the person being chased looked up to see electricity surging towards the nearest Beedrill's causing most of them to fly back to avoid it.

"Come on." Austin shouted catching the person's attention.

Not hesitating, the person ran towards him as they both ran from the recovering Beedrill with Austin carrying Pikachu before they made it to a wooden cabin where Samurai was about to close the door.

"Hurry!" Samurai called as the two of them ran in before he slammed the door shut and backed up as the sounds of Beedrill's hitting the door sounded through the cabin.

While they were tense, waiting to see if they would break down the door, Austin took the time to look at the new person to see that it was a young blonde haired girl with green eyes, wearing a black shirt and a sleeveless yellow dress over it and blue pants.

She looked awfully familiar though as Austin briefly wondered where he saw her from as the sound of metal caused him to look at Samurai, who took the upper part of his armor off to show he had a white shirt off.

"They should be gone in an hour or two." Samurai informed them before looking at the girl. "Care to explain why they were chasing you?"

The girl looked embarrassed as she turned away, poking her fingers a bit. "I um… Was trying to catch a Pokemon." She said softly. "But it didn't work out."

"I think we all can see that." Austin deadpanned before looking at Pikachu. "Nice job buddy."

"Chu." Pikachu said liking the praise.

' Something's not right, who is she?' Austin thought as he never saw her before in the Anime before he noticed that the girl lacked any Pokeballs.

"You don't have any Pokemon?" Austin asked in shock as the girl looked embarrassed again.

"Uh yeah." She admitted.

"Such a novice move." Samurai said shaking his head. "You should always have a Pokemon when you're not in a city or town."

"I came out here so I could catch one." The girl protested.

"Bah, not even the other trainers from Pallet came here without a Pokemon." Samurai began before Austin intervened.

"You can't really blame her for wanting to catch a Pokemon though." Austin said trying to be the diplomatic one as this girl seemed to have taken Ash's place in being berated by Samurai. "So what's your name?"

The girl looked at Austin and quickly looked away before saying in a low voice. "Yellow."