Inside the Ketchum residence, the next morning, Isadora Ketchum is in her bedroom staring at her new pokemon and pokedex. She is excited to be at last beginning her pokemon journey.
"ISADORA!" a female voice came from outside her door. Isadora looks up as her mother, Misty enters the little girl's room. Misty still has the red hair but there's a more mature look on her face, now tear stained. In her hand is Isadora's pink backpack.
"I've packed some things you will need on your journey, Isadora."
Isadora glanced at her mother, beginning to feel tears start in her own eyes as she took the backpack from her.
"Thanks mom," she said. Misty took out a handkerchief and wiped at the tears, her eyes glazed from them.
"You be careful all right. And call. Your pokedex has that feature. It's also a cell phone. And do your best."
"I will mom. Don't worry, I'll be fine." Isadora said placing the pink cap on her head and moving to hug her mother. Misty clutched at her daughter.
"And be careful of Team Rocket. They're bad news."
"Yes mom."
Isadora pried herself from her mother and the two left the room.
In the kitchen, with Misty fixing a large breakfast, father and daughter are sitting at the table.
"Misty, is this really necessary? After all, Isadora's only just about to begin her journey," Ash questioned looking at his wife as she moved about the kitchen appliances in a flurry. She stopped for a second to bestow that look at Ash.
"She is a growing girl. Besides, she needs something in her stomach before making that long trek."
Ash rolled his eyes. It would seem that all mothers worry about their children when they first begin their pokemon journey. His sure did.
"Whatever you say," he sighed. He looked at his daughter and saw the twinkle in her eyes. He smiled and winked at her. Pikachu and pichu are on the floor close by. It would seem that the older pikachu is giving his daughter a sort of pep talk about the rigors of going on a journey with her trainer. Pichu listens intently, not wanting to miss out on anything he is saying to her.
Misty put out plates of food as the two began eating.
Outside the Ketchum residence
Ash and Misty watch as their daughter leaves them, to begin her pokemon journey. Isadora turned and waved. They wave back as Isadora's pichu rides on the girl's shoulder much like Ash's pikachu does. She turned away again and walked on.
"This is gonna be great! We're going to have so much fun pichu and you're gonna get strong, right," Isadora declared.
"Pich pichu!"
They walk on.
FAR AWAY FROM WHERE ISADORA IS
The Ultimate leader of Team Rocket, Giovanni Jr. is seated in his office, his persian next to him. He is listening to one of his Team Rocket's memeber's report. His eyes rose at the tale his Team Rocket is saying to him.
"And you're saying that this pichu defeated your wartortle and bulbasaur?" he questioned again. "A pichu doesn't have the power to defeat a wartortle and a bulbasaur. What are you saying?"
"Yes sir," Richa said. "And that's not all, the girl, the pichu's trainer was glowing. It was as if that pichu was getting its power up from her."
"Interesting." he murmured petting his persian thoughtfully.
"What are your orders, sir," Isin asked.
"Keep an eye on her for the time being. I want to know more about this power this trainer, this girl possesses," Giovanni Jr. said.
"Yes SIR!" Richa and Isin said.
The screen blacken leaving Giovanni sitting nearly in the dark, petting persian. He is wondering about Isadora's mysterious powers.
Hopefully I'll know more in time, he thought.
Veridan Forest
Isadora is walking, her eyes everywhere as she took in the sights, the trees a few wild pokemon. Her pichu is also interested as she stared at the wild pokemon. The pichu is itching to battle to see how her skills are up against these wild pokemon and to help her trainer obtain more so they could participate in the Pokemon League.
They continued to walk with the sun high in the sky that they could see from between the trees.
"You know pichu, I wonder how you would fare against a wild pokemon? I really need to get five more if I'm going to participate in the pokemon league," Isadora's voice was loud among the trees.
"Pich."
As they walked Isadora flushed out a flock of pidgeys causing the girl to jump in fright. Pichu glared at the pidgeys as one of them began to attack Isadora.
"Hey! Quit it! Owowowowow!" the girl cried out as the pidgey used its peck attack on her. The girl couldn't run as the pidgeys is all around her preventing her from doing that. So all she could do is wave her arms about at them in an attempt to stop them.
"Pich!"
The pichu glared at pidgey and let loose with a thundershock attack that lit up the wild pokemon. It fell twitching in the grass. Pichu looked at Isadora, waiting.
"What? Oh?" she said and tossed out a pokeball. "Pokeball Go!"
The pokeball sucked the twitching pidgey within and dropped to the ground. Isadora and pichu waited as the pokeball rocked to and fro the light flashing. Then it goes off and the red light on the pokeball goes off. Isadora walks over to the still pokeball, picked it up, grinning, and struck a pose.
"Yes! I got pidgey!"
"Pi pichu!"
With pichu once again on Isadora's shoulder, she moves off through Viridan Forest.
"You know pichu, this forest is where mom first met dad when he started his pokemon journey."
"Pi?"
At the edge of Viridan Forest
Two Team Rocket members have been following Isadora but have stopped at the beginning on entering the forest. They are Richa and Isin.
"Why aren't we entering. The boss wants us to keep an eye on that girl with the pichu," Isin said to his partner.
"We will, don't worry, we will," Richa answered.
"Then let's go," Isin said.
The two Team Rocket members enter Viridian Forest.
With Isadora
who's looking about her. Her eyes moving wanting to see everything. The sun entering the forest in places.
"I wonder where's the end of Virdian Forest?" she muttered. "It fills like this forest is taking forever."
"Pich!"
They go further as the sun begins to sink below the horizon and they stop for the night. Besides, Isadora is getting hungry.
That evening, Isadora is sitting down leaning against a tree, her eyes a mystery. Her pichu curled up beside her.
I wonder how I'll fare out in this world and if I'll become a Pokemon Master like my dad? Such thoughts have been filtrating in her mind for a while now. Was she good enough? Would she ever be as good as her father or even her mother? Would her pichu fulfill what her father pikachu did? Become her best friend.
She sighed. Pichu's eyes opened then closed. Isadora smiled then she gasped.
She heard something.
She looks around trying to find whatever it is that had caught her attention. The sound again and her eyes moved in that direction.
Something floated closer and fell at her feet.
Isadora's eyes widened. It was a Jirachi.
Now why would a Jirachi be out here? she thought.
"Why? It's hurt." her voice rang out. Her pichu woke up at her shout.
"Pi?" it said. Then it too saw the Jirachi and moved over closer. Jirachi gave a painful whine and lapsed into unconsciousness.
"We should help it," she muttered. Her hands reaching for the unconscious pokemon.
That night, after a dinner of bread and cheese, Isadora looks over at the still unconscious Jirachi wondering where it could have come from. She knew that her father and mother had met one when they were kids and Isadora wondered if this was the same one.
On closer examination, she realized it was not. That it was younger.
She moves over to Jirachi having grabbed a bowl of pokemon berries she had gathered. She took up the unconscious Jirachi as it opened its eyes to stare at her.
"Oh! You're awake," she exclaimed then dipping a hand in the bowl and removing a berry. "Come on Jirachi, here's some food."
The pokemon stares at Isadora suspiciously turning its head this way and that, refusing the berry in her hand.
"Oh come on Jirachi, you got ta eat something."
The berry is placed close. Jirachi turns its head then looks at the girl before opening its mouth and taking the berry. Isadora smiles at that.
"All right Jirachi. Here's another," she said getting another berry and holding it close. Jirachi ate it. And another. And another, until the bowl is empty.
She sets Jirachi down beside her, climbs into her sleeping bag with Pichu, then takes Jirachi in with them. She closes her eyes and goes to sleep. Soon after pichu follows after. And soon after that, after glancing for the longest at Isadora sleeping, also goes to sleep.
With Richa and Isin
night has fallen and the two members of Team Rocket have stopped.
"Night's here and we still have found that twerp with the pichu. Where is she?" Richa said, her voice rising in anger.
"Relax Richa, we'll find her, but tomorrow." Isin said and yawned.
"All right then," Richa said. She lay down and closed her eyes. Within minutes the two Team Rocket members were fast asleep.
THE NEXT MORNING
Isadora is awakened to a pair of eyes on her. She opens her own and saw that Jirachi is awake and watching her. Pichu grins.
"Pich, pi pichu."
"Ji ji jirachi."
Jirachi floats up and around pichu with Isadora watching, smiling at the two pokemon playing.
"I'm so glad that Jirachi is feeling better. Maybe it'll be able to find its own way home then," she muttered.
Pichu and Jirachi continues to play until Isadora begins to gather her things. She looks at her pokemon, calling out to her,
"Pichu, it's time to go."
"Pich!"
Pichu runs back to her trainer, Jirachi following. It realized it didn't want to leave the girl's side, wanting to travel with the human and her pichu. Isadora saw this and stares.
"Jirachi, you're free to go, ya know. You don't have to go with me," Isadora said in protest.
"Jir ji Jirachi."
Jirachi floats closer to Isadora and hugs the girl, shaking its head.
I won't leave you Isadora. You are the only trainer for me. Jirachi's voice came to Isadora's ears. Her eyes raised in shock at that voice.
"How, H--How did you do that?" the girl asked. Jirachi cuddles close to Isadora, snuggling and feeling happy.
I am speaking to you in your mind, Isadora. It is my way of communicating with you.
Isadora is still shocked at this, her hands cuddling Jirachi unconsciously. She was beginning to love this pokemon as a friend realizing she was coming to like Jirachi and feeling that she didn't want Jirachi to leave her.
Jirachi,on the other hand, could feel Isadora's reluctance to part with it and snuggled closer. Isadora smiled but became shocked when she felt the belt of pokeballs move, Jirachi was reaching for them. One pokeball fell to the ground with a clank. Before Isadora could pick it up, Jirachi let go of her and floated over to the pokeball, reaching for it.
"Jirachi, no!" Isadora shouts in horror. The pokemon reached out for the pokeball and was sucked in.
The red light blinks then with a soft beep, the red light turns off. Isadora goes over to the pokeball and picked it up, staring at it.
"Why did Jirachi do that?" she wonders.
"Pi pichu." Came from her pichu. Then Isadora realized that Jirachi wanted to stay with her and the only way it could was to be captured in a pokeball.
"Well looks like Jirachi is a part of the team." Isadora said. Her pichu nods. "We better get going on our journey."
"Pi."
WITH RICHA AND ISIN THAT MORNING
Richa shakes her partner's shoulder waking him up.
"Get up Isin. It's morning and time to follow that girl." she said.
Isin glanced at her and frowned. He rubs at his short green hair with sleep pouring from his eyes.
"Yeh yeh, I'm up. I'm up."
The two Rockets have their breakfast and set out after Isadora. They find up about a mile or so and what they see makes their eyes bulge.
"Isin, do you see what I see?" Richa asked staring.
Isin doesn't say anything. He is too shocked at what his eyes are showing him.
"No way! That's Jirachi. How can that twoip have gotten herself a Jirachi. They are super rare."
Richa doesn't say anything for a little while, then she spoke,
"The boss will love to know about this. It's as if that girl is some kind of magnet for rare types of pokemon."
"And the boss will be glad if we can capture that girl and that Jirachi," Isin said.
"Maybe other rare pokemon will come to her then we can capture them too," Richa declared rubbing her hands together smirking.
Isin caught that look and something similar came over his own face.
"Hey yeah. But we'll keep following too."
BACK WITH ISADORA WALKING THROUGH VIRIDIAN FOREST
With her newest pokemon Jirachi floating about her head and her pidgey flying close and her pichu on her shoulder things couldn't be more peaceful. She had stopped and taken the map from her backpack, reading it.
"Well, by this afternoon we'll be in Viridian City and another one or two days in Pewter City. I can get my first gym badge at Pewter City. The gym there specilizes in rock type. I think I'm gonna have to get myself a water type or something, right guys." Isadora said to her pokemon.
Isadora folds up the map and stashes it back in her backpack before moving on, not yet knowing that Team Rocket was following her.
THE SUN RISING TO ITS ZENITH
And Isadora enters Viridian City, her pokemon with the exception of her pichu are in their pokeballs. The young girl is walking through the city, her gaze everywhere. It all looked a lot the same as when her father told her about it.
"Well, Pichu to the Pokemon Centre."
"Pi pichu."
TO BE CONTINUED
Note: Well here's the end of episode two. I know there was nothing really happening but I wanted to introduce Jirachi into the mix before some action come. Isadora will soon have another pokemon added to her group, but I'm not saying what it is. That's a secret. See ya later!
PALATTE TOWN--THE FUTURE