Aureolin was now in the pokecenter calling professor Elm of the phone. The Togepi was in his arms and was moping. Aureolin doesn't know what to do to cheer him up. He believes he tried everything, but nothing helps. Elm finally answered.

"Oh, hello Aureolin. I kept trying and trying to call you, but it didn't ever ring. Is everything okay?"

Aureolin looked away from the screen. "Yeah, I just accidently broke my pokegear is all," Aureolin said.

"Ah, you should be more careful. Those things are really expensive. Anyways, I heard that egg hatched. So I'm guessing that's the Pokémon came out of the egg?"

"Yep. I'm not sure why it's so upset though. I didn't do anything mean to it or anything."

"Huh that's strange. Well maybe you should come over here and let me take a look at him. It'd be much easier to figure out what's wrong with him in person then over the phone."

"Can't I just transfer it over there to you?"

"Nope, don't have the machine to do that."

"How about one of your aids comes to get it?"

"Sorry, all of us are busy around here."

Aureolin crossed his arms and said, "Fine." Then he hung up the phone. Aureolin then asked the nurse if she could watch over the Togepi until he returned. She said that she'll watch him and after that, Aureolin left.

He went to Ilex forest and looked around for Gray. He appeared walking up to Aureolin.

"About time you got here," Gray said.

Aureolin sighed and said, "Let's just get this over with."

"Fine. It's a two on two." They both set out their Pokémon at the same time. Aureolin sent out Jenna while Gray sent out his Growlithe which he named Fang. Gray tells it to use ember, but it didn't listen. Instead, it was showing off to Jenna. Jenna snorted and looked away, pretending not to care.

"Fang! Use ember now!" Gary shouted. He used ember on Gray. Jenna ginned at that sight. "Not on me you moron!" Fang growled at him.

"Jenna, use smog!" Aureolin said. Jenna was about to attack, but then Fang ran over and gave Jenna a friendly lick. They looked at each other for a moment, before Gray return Fang.

"Fine, just a one on one," Gray said. Jenna started barking at him. They both paid no attention to her.

"Whatever," Aureolin said. Then Gray sent out Chikorita, which he's just calling him Weed now. Jenna instantly used ember without orders and made Weed faint with a critical hit.

"Ugh! What?! You cheated!"

Aureolin glared at him and crossed his arms. "How did I cheat?"

"Cause you didn't even call out an attack!"

"…Fine whatever, you win." He didn't really want to find his logic in that. Aureolin gave him some Pokedollers for 'winning' and then ran off. He just stared at him, then at the money. Then he shoved it in his pocket and left.

Aureolin grabbed the Togepi from the nurse at the pokecenter and went back to professor Elms lab as quickly as he could. Aureolin told him exactly what happened. He looked over the Togepi.

"Well, I knew I've seen this Pokémon before! It's a Togepi. Wow, has it been awhile since I've seen one of these Pokémon! It looks a little different than the first one though. I wonder if this was from a different region..." Professor Elm said.

Aureolin sighed. "Glad you could help professor," Aureolin said. Then he turned to the door.

"Wait, wait! I'm sorry I was listening. Anyways, I think the problem lies with that other person you where mentioning. I believe that Togepis believe that whatever it sees first is its parent. Yes, I believe that's what I heard professor Oak told me."

Aureolin faced Elm again with a worried face. "…I see. Is there a way to make it happy if this person doesn't ever want it?"

"Well, I'm not sure. If I can keep it for a bit, I'll see if I can do anything to cheer him up."

"Alright." He gave Togepi to Elm. "Well I guess I'll see you later then." Then Aureolin left.

A lot of time has passed since he last was in Ilex forest, but now he's continuing his adventure onward now. Aureolin did wonder how that Togepi is doing, and hoped professor Elm could cheer it up. He got lost here and there, but he was finding his way easy enough. When a wild Pokémon came in to attack, he sent out Croc to get rid of it. Croc looked up at Aureolin while she was following him. He'd look at Croc sometimes to see what she's doing. She could tell Aureolin didn't feel very safe around her even since she bite her. She was just playing with him. Croc didn't mean to make Aureolin afraid of him. She was really excited when she was finally able to travel. Croc remembers Elm talking about what he learned from the connection people and Pokémon have and how they complete each other. Darien, Weed, and Croc was always excited about traveling with a trainer and getting to know them, but it seems really hard with Aureolin. Though, it's the same with all his Pokémon right now. Croc hopes that over time Aureolin will grow to trust her more, because she'll do whatever it takes to earn it.

Snow and Amber have been checking out Goldenrod city. They've gotten Darien and Princess a haircut and has checked out the radio tower and seen what was in the mart. They both also got an egg from the day care couple. They have been getting a lot of abandoned eggs over the last couple years, so they've been giving one egg to passing trainers that want them. Snow is very excited to see what she's going to get. Amber however, is just going to see what she gets. If it's a boy or a Pokémon that she doesn't like, she'll just release it. She wants an all-girl team to show that girls can be better than boys. It seems like it well be awhile before they hatch, though.

"So are you ready for Whitney?" Snow asked.

"Yeah," Amber said.

Snow smiled. "Alright! Let's go to the gym!"

"Right." Amber started walking toward the gym. Snow looked back toward the entrance of the town. She was hoping to see Aureolin coming, safe and sound, but he should already be here right now, right? Snow looked back at Amber, and then ran after her.

"Hey, wait for me!" Snow said.