[b][center][h2][color=66CDAA]Nate[/color][/h2][/center][/b]
[color=7ea7d8][b]"Yup, that is true... always for us to decide and never them,"[/b][/color] retorted the purple haired boy after Nate's introduction. [color=7ea7d8][b]"Pokemon do have their own needs too... but, I guess that's honestly up to you what you wanna do with the little guy."[/b][/color] Nate thought for a bit, trying to find a suitable way to phrase his answer. It's not like he was a heartless person. He liked Pokemon in general and especially Seb, his newly obtained Totodile. It's just that Nate couldn't bring himself to overly trust Pokemon. Nate looked at the boy, who had introduced himself as Yuu, and then looked at all his other travel partners.

Everyone, maybe excluding the red-haired girl with the Natu, who seemed like she might have used some suspicious methods to obtain her trainer's certificate, looked so carefree and trusting of their Pokemon. Nate couldn't understand how they could already be able to do that, given the fact that it hadn't even passed a day since they got the Pokemon from Prof. Elm. Hist first impression of Seb was pretty encouraging, though. It seemed like it was able to restrain it strength even at a young age. If Nate was able to train him efficiently, he was sure Seb would be an invaluable asset in his team. [color=66CDAA][b]"Hmm, yes, they do have their own needs, that's a given. However, you can't forget that they were Pokemon bred by Prof. Elm himself. That's why they are not as aggressive as all the other wild ones. I would suggest, though, that you guys not let your guard down; you never know what might happen..."[/b][/color]

[color=66CDAA][b]"ANYWAY,"[/b][/color] Nate suddenly said out loud and patted Yuu's back, [color=66CDAA][b]"It's a journey, a journey! There's bound to be one or two surprises! Nothing a little hard work can't fix, right?"[/b][/color] Nate told Yuu and continued walking alongside him until the boy decided to go on ahead of him and introduce himself to the others. Nate nodded at the boy as he was leaving and continued walking on his own pace. His hand went down to his belt and on Seb's pokeball, grabbing it and bringing it up for Nate to inspect it.

[color=66CDAA][i]"Heh, this is going to be one heck of an adventure, I am sure of it!"[/i][/color] Nate thought with a big smile on his face.

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Some time passed and the company came to a halt as it was starting to get late and some of the others wanted to camp it out for the night. Yuu offered to feed the Pokemon and even share his tent with anyone that didn't have one. [color=66CDAA][i]"Heh, I gotta find somewhere to crash as well when the time comes,"[/i][/color] Nate thought and wandered for a bit. After a while, he came back with a bunch of leaves and small shrubbery he managed to gather and carefully laid them down near the center of the camp. [color=66CDAA][i]"Phew, that's not the best of beds, but it's going to at least keep the ants and other nasty critters away from me, for the night,"[/i][/color] he thought. With that done, Nate sat down on his makeshift bed and released Seb out to have a snack before they were ready to sleep for the night.