gochuugoku | [002] Video/Action for those in Cherrygrove

[The screen shows the green grass of the forest area in Cherrygrove City where Yao was currently walking. The pokegear is attached to his backpack and the screen is directed downwards, which is why only the grass can be seen now. Yao's pokemon, his military shirt, and his burn had all been taken care of the day before (with a little help from Nurse Joy, of course). His burn would be completely healed soon.

Yao becomes visible in the screen once he sets his backpack on the ground and takes out Li's pokeball.]

Okay, Li, time for some fresh air, aru. [The pokeball opens and Li plops down onto the grass. He lets out happy cries for being freed at last. Yao smiles down at him as he takes the Sentret's pokeball out from his backpack and opens it. The Sentret lands in front of Yao and China.]

You're so cute, aru~ All you need now is a name, aru. Hmm... what should I call you, aru? [As he's thinking, the Sentret's head turns in many directions, with a frightened expression on her face. She freezes when she spots Li, who merely tilts his head at her.]

Oh, I know, aru! I shall call you Ling, a-- SENTREEET! [Ling lets out a frightened cry.]

What's wrong, Ling, aru? [He approaches her with his arms outstretched towards her, but Ling slaps away one of his hands and scurries up a tree.] Ling, get down, aru!

[She stares down at Yao, distrust shinging in her eyes. Yao sees this and thinks back to the time when he caught her on Route 29. Perhaps he had went overboard with Li's attacks. He glances up at her before digging into his pants pocket.]

Come on, Ling, I have some tasty berries for you, aru~ [He holds out some Oran berries in her direction, but Ling turns her head away. Yao sighs.

Li flops over to the tree trunk and tries to reason with Ling that Yao was not a bad person. However, Ling grabs the nuts that are growing from the tree she's in and starts throwing them at Li.]

Hey, don't treat Li like that, aru! [Ling responds by throwing a nut at Yao, which hits him right in the forehead. Ow!

[He rubs his forehead before glaring at Ling.] I am your new master, whether you like it or not, aru! Now come down, aru! [Another nut hits him in the head.
Seeing his partner being treated in such a way made Li angry. The Seel looked up at Ling and sent a stream of angry cries at her.]

Seel! Seel! Seel!

Sentret! Sentret!

Seel!

SENTRET!!!

[Yao can only imagine what they're saying to each other as their voices become more angry. When he glances at the backpack, he sees the screen of his pokegear on. Embarassed by the thought that anyone watching this was probably laughing at him right now, he quickly walks away from his still-arguing pokemon and picks up the device. A faint blush can be seen on his cheeks as he looks into the screen.]

What should I do, aru? It looks like Ling doesn't trust me, or Li, at all, aru.

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No, they're not. I can't believe how stubborn that pokemon is, aru! She's almost as stubborn as my little sister, aru!

Nations have little sisters too, huh. [China earns a rather pitying pat on the back from Mammon.] Just return that little thing back to its Pokeball.

Yes, we do. And little brothers too. [He appreciates the pat on the back.] That would be best, wouldn't it, aru? I'll try again another time.

[He takes out Ling's pokeball and opens it. She disappers in a red light.]

If you want your Pokemon to respect you, I think you have to prove yourself or something, but pfft. [She looks a tad annoyed.] Why won't they listen to us, the trainers, who are their owners? I don't get it at all!

[Of course Mammon would understand his situation perfectly.</small] I don't know, aru. I guess some pokemon are more distrusting than others, like people. Still, they don't really have a choice once we've caught them.

They'll most likely respect you more after you get a badge or something. [Shrugs.] At least, that's what I heard from around the network and that little pamphlet thing~

At least they don't dawdle when you actually train them! That would be really bothersome.

You could be right. I mean, that's how it works in the games too, aru.

True, true. If they did that, then they wouldn't be able to level up.

Just pull yourself together and don't let this bring you down. [Then there's a huge sigh.]

But another thing is to learn about what your Pokemon loves~ Maybe they love swimming? Then promise them that they get to swim to their heart's content the next time you see a lake. Food? Then give them a portion of your food. Relaxation? Let them rest more in their Pokeballs. You get the idea.

You're right, aru! [His enthusiasm is slowly returning to him.</small] Well, I don't know much about Ling yet, I still need time to get to know her. But from what I've seen so far is that she likes to eat the nuts from the trees.

They're more like pets, so they'll probably need love and affection too.

Again, you are right. Li definitely loves being close to me, so maybe Ling will too once she trusts me.

There you go~ It'll be all better, see?

Yeah, I just need to keep my chin up, aru!

We just need to learn how to adapt, and bam! We'll get the hang of things.

That's right!

[He heard her last comment.] I just want to catch more pokemon and train them to become strong, aru. Although, I might need the help of the badges to do that, aru. I also want to find a way to go home.

I think a lot of people want to find a way go back home, really. But it can't be helped~ Besides, if something like tat exists, it'll probably show up on the network.

Don't get me wrong, I like it here. But it's not the same, you know. And only a few of our family members are here with us while the rest are back home, aru.

Who knows? Maybe they'll show up here too, like we did.

Maybe. From what I've seen all these thousands of years, fate works in strange ways, aru.

Fate is pretty funny from what I've seen.

It is, isn't it? [He laughs lightly.]

Well, there's no point in us just staying here~ Let's get going already!

Yes, we have to take advantage of the shorter roads while we can!

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