On the tenth day after I gave up, the teacher suddenly called a girl into the classroom. She had straight chestnut hair and big, dewy eyes. "This is Kasuga Erina, who transferred into our class today. Please look after your new classmate. Now, I'll let Erina introduce herself!"
She gave a polite bow. "Hello, everyone. I'm Kasuga Erina. It's nice to meet you all." After her introduction, the teacher asked Kasuga Erina to choose a seat. She pointed to the empty seat on my right. "Teacher, may I sit there?"
The teacher asked me directly, "Kuroda, our new classmate will be sitting next to you. Is that all right?"
I answered as flatly as always. "Sure."
Wait, Kasuga Erina!
When I came back to my senses, a sweet voice whispered in my ear. "Let me tell you a secret. My biggest dream right now is you."
Cerulean City was a medium-sized coastal city in the Kanto Region, bordering a river mouth to the north. Its most famous attraction was the Cerulean Gym, whose Gym Leader was a beautiful girl known as the Cerulean Mermaid. There was another important location here, too: Cerulean Cave, also known as the "Unknown Labyrinth."
And now, inside Cerulean Cave, a boy was battling an unknown Pokémon.
"Raine, dodge to the right!"
"Pika!" Twitching silver ears with black tips, the Pokémon followed his Trainer's command and leaped right, successfully dodging the opponent's Shadow Ball.
"Here it comes! Swift!" The boy adjusted his baseball cap with his right hand, then swept his left hand out as he gave his next command.
"Pikachu!" Spinning his bright silver body around, Raine released several silver stars from his tail.
"Wooooo!" The powerful opponent before them released several golden stars as well. Silver and gold collided and exploded, bursting into