"Ah, I know! Everyone come on out!" I let out Combusken, Taillow, and Absol.
{Natalie} 'Good idea! Come on out!' She lets out her Slakoth, Poochyena, and Ralts.
Elekid hops down near all of them.
{Professor Birch} 'What a collection of pokemon!' Professor Birch would walk over, along with Gregory beside him.
{Gregory} 'Everyone come on out!' He lets out his Beldum, Marshtomp, and a Nuzleaf.
I grab my pokédex.
"Nuzleaf, the Wily Pokémon, and its a Grass/Dark type pokémon. Nuzleaf can be found living in thick woodlands. The soft melodies they play on their leaf pipes are said to comfort humans."
"Cool, a Nuzleaf."
{Nuzleaf} 'Nuuzleeaff.'
{Professor Birch} 'That Absol is fascinating.'
"It sure is, though it just hatched from an egg. So, I plan on spending more time with it and training it."
{Gregory} 'That explains why you didn't use it in our battle.'
{Professor Birch} 'You two battled again? Did Brady win this time?'
{Gregory} 'I won, but it was a good battle.'
{Natalie} 'That's true. Even though Brady lost, it was still an epic battle.'
{Gregory} 'His Elekid looks tougher than it looks.'
Elekid hears him, and starts flexing.
We all laugh.
"How much longer till we get to Dewford?"
{Professor Birch} 'Not much longer now.'
We soon arrive in Dewford Town, and the captain of the ship steers the ship into the docks.
"Alright!" I get up and stretch. I return my pokémon to their pokeballs, and Elekid hops on my shoulder.
Natalie does the same, along with Gregory. We all soon walk off the boat, followed by Professor Birch.
{Gregory} 'I'll see you guys later.' He waves walking off.
"Wait!"
{Gregory} 'Huh, what?' He stops, glancing back.
"Why don't you stick around and travel with us?"
{Gregory} 'What for?'
I shrug. "Don't you think it'd be a lot more fun?"
{Gregory} 'No, I don't need others to rely on. My pokémon are the only ones I will rely on anyways.' He waves again, walking off.
{Professor Birch} 'Let him go his own way, he has his own goals he wants to reach. Anyways, now that we're on Dewford, what will you two be doing?'
"Well, there's a gym here so I might train some more and then go challenge it."
{Professor Birch} 'Smart plan. How about you Natalie?'
{Natalie} 'Train as well, maybe catch another pokemon while i'm here and watch Brady fight the gym leader.'
"We also have to wait for Alex to get here."
{Natalie} 'Yeah.'
{Professor Birch} 'Do you mind if I stick around to watch you train and battle with the gym leader?'
"I don't mind, but why would you want to?"
{Professor Birch} 'I wanna see how much you and your team have grown, especially the bond between you and Elekid.'
I nod. "Alright."
{Natalie} 'Brady..can I ask you something?'
"Of course, what is it?"
{Natalie} 'Can we battle..?'
"Sure..but just so you know, I'm not going easy on you." I smirk.
She chuckles.
{Natalie} 'I don't want you to go easy on me.' She smirks, back.