Julia and Ali continued to stand out in front of prof. Birch's lab, seeing many people walk in and out. "Whoa… Who's he?" Julia asked, watching Scott walk out the door. "You think I'd know!?"
"Heh, he's pretty cute…" She said, following him – while Ali, not knowing where Julia was going, decided to walk into the lab. "Hello again!" The same person from before said. "Professor Birch is in now, many people have been coming here today, I suppose you're here for a pokemon too?"
"Um… Yes actually… I was wondering if…" just then, Professor Birch walked up towards him, "hello, you are?…"
"Oh sorry, my name is Ali Kabania – I was wondering if I could sign-up for a pokemon trainer – license?…"
"Oh sure, any specific pokemon you're interested in?"
"Hmm…" Ali began to recall his earlier conversation with Julia, "would you happen to have… A Pikachu?"
"Not right now, but I can go check with the other Professors!" Prof. Birch walked over to the video – phone, "hello again, sorry to call so soon, but a trainer was looking for a Pikachu… You wouldn't happen to have one, would you?" Prof. Oak seemed to have a puzzled face, "Sorry, but I just gave my only Pikachu to a young trainer named red, he's going to be heading over to Hoenn soon too! Anyhow, you should try professor Elm, he may have one – sorry, but I'm going to have to leave you, there are a few more trainers coming in, I'll see you later!" The video – phone went blank. "Ok then… Let's see professor Elm…" Professor Elm suddenly popped up onto the screen, "hello? Oh Birch! Hi! How are you!?" He asked, very enthusiastically. "Um… Good, but do you think I could get one of your Pikachus sent over here?"
"I'm sorry, but I need all my Pikachus to study, after I found out they can breed into baby pokemon, I've been so amazed! I've been breeding them for a long while now… I have quite a few Pichus though, how does that sound?" Professor Birch turned to Ali, Ali simply nodded, "sure, Pichu would be fine, try to send over the –"
"Youngest…" Ali said softly. "Sorry? I didn't hear…"
"The Youngest, it would be a good idea to raise a pokemon from the beginning of it's birth, wouldn't it?"
"He has a point, Birch! I'll send over the youngest one right away! This one was born just a few hours ago!" There was a long moment of silence, until a pokeball appeared in the transmitter. "The transfer has been complete, I'll see you soon!" Professor Elm disappeared off the screen. Ali stuttered towards the ball, slowly picking it up. He rolled it through the air, releasing the tiny Pichu. It's paws were as tiny as ever, it's ears were bent back in fear, and it's eyes were barely even open. He cradled the young Pichu in his arms, feeling very soothed – at that moment, he hadn't even thought about being away from home… Until he realised that Julia was gone. "My gosh!" He yelled abruptly, the Pichu dug it's head into Ali's arms, afraid. "Oh, er… Sorry, sorry…" Ali said, gently rubbing the back of its head, "Return Pichu…" He said, tucking the pokeball into his pocket. "I'm sorry to leave so soon, but I have to find my sister, sorry!" He said, running out the door.
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"Hey cutey!" Julez yelled, jumping in front of Scott. "Aannndddd what would your name be?" She asked. Out of the corner of her eyes, she saw a blue creature, scurrying out of the stream, towards the rocks. "What was that?…" She said to herself, "Ok, anyhow, back to you – you were hanging out with that yu-gi-oh chick before, right? Y'got a thing for her!?" She then saw the blue creature again, this time, it ran right between Scott and herself. "Hmm… Forget about you, I wanna know what that thing was… Help me find it!" She yelled, viciously (the way Misty would often yell at Ash)
