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Neko gave a low growl, her amber eyes narrowed at the Staravia before her. "Addy, might be a good idea to let Toast take this one on... That or Lucy." her Garchomp gave a nod of approval to the last suggestion which made her trainer grin. "Lucy it is then..."

Chuckling lightly, she reached for a classic red and white pokeball along the strap to her travel bag. These damned birds and the like were always such a nuisence. Even if she ran it only seemed to attract more, and she knew it would be useless to waste her money on a repel spray with as low as her funds were. A smirk upturned the corner of her rosy pink lips.

With a quick and easy toss, she called to her pokemon. "Come on Lucy, its time to make this quick." A shrill cry came from the ball, sparks of electricity shooting off in each direction as a dark blue form emerged. Standing then before them now was the beast known as Luxray. Brilliant red eyes burned deep into the now helpless bird pokemon.

Neko turned her head over towards Adrasteia. "I kind of feel bad for the poor thing." Still, she shrugged it off. "Ready Lucy?" The Luxray nodded its large head, rounded ears resting back against its skull. The beast then bared her pointed teeth to the bird, it seeming to finally realize its impending doom. "Go get him, girl."

Faster than the Staravia could realize, Lucy darted forward, particles of electric energy swarming into her body. "That a girl, Charge... Now... Discharge!"

Just as soon as the wild pokemon tried to fly away to escape its weakness, a wave of electricity spread from the Luxray. No sooner had it happened, the bird was on the ground, unconscious with Lucy looming over it. I look of pride swelled in the pokemon then as she leaned down and took up the limp creature in its maw, a half smile appearing then as she trotted over to Neko and dropped it at her feet. Neko could only laugh, albeit a bit nervously, at the action of endearment.

Patting Lucy's head, she smiled, taking up the now defenseless Staravia. "Thank you Lucy, but we dont need to kill it... Or eat it for that matter." Lucy gave a slightly disappointed look. The trainer offered another gentle pat. "You don't like poultry anyways, Lucy." Adrasteia snorted. With a sigh, Neko scooped the Staravia up into her arms, carrying it over to a small clearing by a tree.

"There, there little one. I hope she didnt hurt you too bad, but I warned you not to keep pestering us." she let her fingers glide over the pokemon's feathers, smoothing them out before reaching into her bag for a couple of round blue oran berries. With a kind smile, and another stroke, Neko tucked the berries in close to the bird. "There, these should help you when you wake up." A final tender pet ensued before she hefted hersel up, dusting off the bit of dirt and dust from the roads.

Walking back, she caught the look of Adrasteia, eye to eye with Lucy. "You two..." she couldnt help but giggle gently. It was then that Lucy rolled over onto her back, playing more the part of an over-sized cat than anything else. Shaking her head, Neko moved up to her, ruffling the lighter blue fur of her belly.

It was another calm day. Today they were well on their way along route 212, continung on to find their way to the next region. It was slow progress, but Gods willing, it would be accomplished. Adrasteia took Neko. No matter where they went the trainer could not bring herself to confine the dragon to a ball, and either way, she didn't believe that Addy would allow it.

Chuckling to herself at the thought, Neko gave a glance over to her Garchomp. "There's a long road ahead of us still, Addy. I've been doing a lot of research on all the different pokemon we're going to encounter in Kanto." Adrastestia gave her a snort in return. "Oh, but of course, no one can ever compare to you." she chuckled a bit more before holding out Lucy's pokeball to her. "Alright Luce... Your choice. Walk with or wait for the next call?"

The Luxray rolled her eyes before flicking her tail at the ball, knocking it from her trainer's hand. Giggling at the motion, Neko shook her head, sliding the ball back into its spot in her bag. "I'll take that as a 'I'm walking.'"

Lucy gave a quick and firm nod before bounding up to Neko and nuzzling her leg. "Sometimes, I swear, you're worse than a cat, Lucy."

Lucy answered with a low grumble, trotting happily alongside her trainer and fellow pokemon. "This might be a good time to tell you guys this, anyways..." the two pokemon looked up with raised brows. "I've been keeping in contact with Professor Oak, from Kanto...and... well," she paused to look between the two walking with her. "He said he found a Pokemon that would be perfect for our team. That, and he said that he would be a good start to my discovery of the region."

Adrasteia shot her a slightly agitated look. "Oh dont you start. Here." Neko reached into her bag to pull out an email she had printed out. There in said email stood a picture of their soon-to-be friend. A large orange, dragon-like beast, with a massive wing-span. "His name is Cervantes." Neko beamed with pride, showing them the picture. "The Professor said he was left behind by a trainer who didn't want him anymore." Her fingers trailed down the picture, a twang of pity resonating in her words.

Adrasteia cocked her head at the image and then gave a shrug, Lucy taking the opprotunity to zig-zag between Neko's feet and nuzzle all the way.