Mai and Chimchar had torn through Santalune like nobody's buisness. After learning Ember, Blaze had taken the advantage in every fight after that, and after an hour of non stop battling, Mai decided it was okay to cool off and just explore the forest. Occasionally she'd get a glimpse of Enyo or Ken's hair and tried calling out, inly for a wild pokemon to jump out at them.

"We make a good team Blaze."

"'CHAR!" he yelled excitedly to which Mai laughed. Her foot tapped something as she walked and looked downto see it was a pokeball and a potion someone had dropped. "Aw sweet!" She said, picking them up and continuing her way through the forest. "Ooh I see the exit over there!" She pointed to light coming from a few yards away. As she made her way towards it, Blaze perched on her shoulder, she spotted Ken.

"Yo! Ken! Catch!" She tossed the empty pokeball at him, figuring she didnt need it anyway. "Im gonna go ahead to the city!" She yelled, considerig there were a few bushes between them. Turning and dashing off, she finally reached the next route.

"Hey you! Battle me!" A little boy said, and wih that she was launched into her second ever trainer battle.