According to the map, New Bark Town was just to the east of Cherrygrove City. The straight-line distance wasn't very far, but because a large forest stood between them, with its dense vegetation and many wild Pokémon, the path was a bit difficult to travel.
Relatively speaking, however, this area was a paradise for rookie trainers. After receiving their first starter Pokémon, they could test their skills and freely catch some weaker Pokémon here to expand their teams.
Leaving Cherrygrove City, Natsui and Sabrina followed a country road eastward.
I wonder what kind of mission Looker is on in New Bark Town to have gone all the way out there.
New Bark Town was just a small, remote town. Besides Professor Elm's laboratory, there weren't many targets worthy of Team Rocket's attention.
Could it be that Professor Elm's lab was robbed?
As he pondered this, the two of them walked along, enjoying the scenery and seeing many wild Pokémon.
But perhaps because it was so close to Kanto, the flow of Pokémon between the two regions was very frequent. Even here, they could still see many wild Pidgey and Rattata popping their heads out of the woods from time to time.
Of course, besides Kanto Pokémon, there were also many Johto Pokémon like Sentret, Hoothoot, Ledyba, and Spinarak.
They walked for a long time until they had entered the vicinity of New Bark Town. Natsui suddenly saw a girl in the distance, standing at the edge of the forest, trying to catch a Hoothoot.
As they got closer, he could see that the girl was very pretty. She wore a yellow and black striped jacket, had her hair in two long, low pigtails, and wore a white baseball cap. She wore shorts that went up to her thighs, revealing two long, fair legs, and was holding a baseball bat, shouting something with great effort.
His first impression of her was that she was like a die-hard fan of some baseball team.
And in front of her was a Chikorita. At that moment, the Chikorita was pawing at the ground with its front leg, seemingly ready to charge at any moment to deliver the final blow to the Sentret.
Looking closely, Chikorita's body was a light green, with a dark green leaf on its head and a string of buds around its neck. Its head was quite large compared to the rest of its body, and it had large red eyes. Each of its four short legs had a single, nailed toe, and it had a small tail.
This was the first time Natsui had seen a Chikorita in person. Out of curiosity, he took out his Pokédex and pointed it at it.
Pokédex: Beep. Chikorita, the Leaf Pokémon. A Grass type. Chikorita has a gentle nature and loves to bathe in the sun. It uses the leaf on its head to sense the surrounding temperature and humidity to find warm places. Although it will wave its leaf to intimidate opponents, the sweet fragrance that wafts from the leaf calms both sides down.
It had to be said, as one of the Johto region's starter Pokémon, it was very popular. But unfortunately, Natsui had no interest in it.
At that moment, looking at the Sentret, it had already taken several hits and its stamina was low. It was thinking about how to escape, and when it saw Natsui and Sabrina appear, its eyes lit up, and it ran straight towards them without hesitation.
Seeing this, the girl shouted, "Chikorita, don't let it get away! Use Tackle!"
Chikorita was about to use Tackle, but seeing that the Sentret had already circled behind Natsui and Sabrina, it hesitated and stopped.
And in that moment of delay, the Sentret, using Natsui and Sabrina as cover, dived into the nearby forest and disappeared from sight.
"Ah! My second Pokémon!" Seeing the Sentret she was about to catch escape, the girl deflated like a popped balloon and sat down on the ground.
Natsui also looked back in the direction the Sentret had disappeared.
What a clever Sentret…
It even knew how to use them for cover.
Shaking his head, Natsui was about to leave. However, after taking just a few steps, he heard the girl behind him shout loudly, "Hey, you two, don't go!"
Looking back, he saw that she had stood up again and was jogging towards them.
Natsui asked, puzzled, "What's wrong?"
"You dare to ask what's wrong!?" the girl said with an angry expression. "If you hadn't suddenly appeared, how would the Sentret have gotten away!?"
Her voice sounded clear and crisp, and she had a strong Kansai accent.
"Is this my fault too?" Natsui shrugged. "It was because you weren't skilled enough to catch it that it ran away. If you have to blame someone, blame yourself for not taking it down sooner and missing your chance."
"I don't care! You interfered with me!" The girl waved her baseball bat, looking quite cute as she postured angrily.
Seeing the girl being a bit unreasonable, Sabrina frowned and was about to teach her a lesson.
Fortunately, Natsui quickly grabbed her hand, preventing the young girl from getting hurt.
In fact, after looking at her for a moment, he had already recognized her from her clothes and appearance. After all, she had appeared several times in the anime, so he had a relatively deep impression of her.
And this was the main reason why Natsui wasn't angry. After all, he was a grown man; why would he get angry with a little girl?
A thought flashed through his mind, and he asked with a cheerful smile, "So what do you want to do about it?"
Unexpectedly, Natsui's smile made the girl's face turn red.
Wow, this guy is so handsome!
And his smile is so nice!
In fact, she hadn't had any malicious intent just now. She was just angry that the Pokémon she was about to catch had escaped, and seeing Natsui just walk away made her a bit indignant, so she had rushed over without thinking.
Now, seeing Natsui being so polite, after calming down, she felt a bit embarrassed.
Seeing the girl stammer, looking embarrassed, Natsui smiled. "From the looks of it, you must be a new trainer, right? Since you didn't catch this Sentret, it just means you don't have a bond with it. If you feel it's a pity, you can try your luck in the forest and see if you can find it again, or just switch targets and catch another Pokémon. Won't that solve the problem?"
"I… I'm sorry. I was too impulsive just now…"
Hearing Natsui say this, the girl lowered her head, fidgeting with the baseball bat in her hands as if she wanted to study it thoroughly.
"It's fine," Natsui said, waving his hand. Seeing that she wasn't saying anything else, he knew the matter was settled and said his farewell. "Well, keep up the good work! See you!"
With that, he and Sabrina left without looking back.
"Ah? S-see you…"
The girl subconsciously opened her mouth, and watching Natsui slowly walk away until he was out of sight, she belatedly realized and knocked herself on the head in frustration.
"You big dummy!"
At her feet, Chikorita looked up at her curiously, its small head filled with great confusion.
Just as it was wondering what its trainer meant, it heard the girl sigh again. "Sigh, I didn't even ask for his name. Oh well, I'm sure there'll be another chance to meet. I'll just ask him next time."
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