Leon smiled a bit at their antics. "Well, I suppose we should follow after them," he said with a shrug. Nido rushed off, Oddish on its back. The small Nidoran had taken to caring for the grass type, even carrying it around until she was sure it was fully healed. Charmander had remained by Leon, keeping a steady pace behind him as they walked after the group. It was a rather diverse party at this point. Nido had taken to mothering his other caught Pokemon and Charmander seemed to have a thing for positioning himself at Leon's side. Oddish was a little bit scared most of the time, but it appeared to be getting comfortable with his other Pokemon.

As he caught up with Rasca, he placed a hand on her shoulder, smiling a bit. "Are you trying to catch another Pokemon before we leave? Or do you just want to make straight for Pewter City. Bulbasaur and Superior will have an easy time with the gym's rock types," he explained. "I'm relying on Oddish and Nido on my end." It seemed he was planning to enter the battles to now. He had sounded like he wasn't going to previously.