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"If Fuu's willing to keep an eye--" She stopped, then lifted her head from the water and turned to stare at Carter in one fluid motion. Why did he randomly insist he wasn't looking? Unless he was! She looked slightly offended, but when he wandered off to Zeke, she said nothing about it, preferring to pretend that she hadn't heard and that the redness in her cheeks was just from... heat. Or something. "If Fuu is out, and with us in the shrine area, I'm sure Aimee will be fine."

She glanced about to see who was doing what, and once sure no one was staring particularly at her in that moment she quickly waded to the shore and grabbed her pants, rooting in the pockets. The clothing fell to the ground again when she had Aimee's Pokeball in hand and she released the Buneary before unceremoniously dropping the Pokeball on her things and beating a hasty retreat back into the water. Her antics made Aimee look confused, and the Buneary tilted her head, staring at Rhia ducking back into the water.

"Bun, buneary? Bunear." She crept towards the edge of the lake and, after ascertaining that it was safe, tested the shallowed herself by wading in up to her stomach. She hopped a little down shore to be in line with Rhia, then looked at all of the other people. None of them were close enough to make her nervous, so she settled down in the shallows to enjoy the rest outside of her Pokeball.

"I'm sure he won't mind. Don't tell anyone, but he's a big softy under that tough act," Oyumi said lightly, grinning and darting towards the shore along with Rhia. She wasn't quite as shy as Rhia, but she didn't particularly want anyone to see her right now.

It was only a brief moment before Fuutarou's Pokeball was in her hand, and she was quick to release the Mewtwo. For a while, he merely looked around the clearing, before glancing towards his trainer.

'I'm guessing it's safe for me to rinse off now?'

"Yeah. And you have the extra duty of making sure nothing happens to Aimee," Oyumi said simply, motioning towards the Buneary in the shallows with a smile.

Fuutarou merely nodded before wading into the lake, gratefully moving to scrub most of the dust out of his fur.

He rubbed the back of his head ruefully, "Thanks for the vote of confidence." He was about to kneel down and get a better look at the pokemon when it bolted into the bushes, "Well now, don't you feel used." He chuckled and motioned for Zeke to follow him back to the bank. He was still clothed in his swimming gear, and he had left all of his stuff on the bank.

"Zeke...I've been wondering, why did you leave the force?"

For a while, Fuutarou merely continued to rinse off the dust and dirt that had built up in his fur, but he was ever mindful of the small Buneary in the shallows. He could tell his presence was making the little Pokemon a bit nervous, so he did his best to look as unimposing as possible.

"Sounds good to me," Oyumi said lightly, laughing at the wiggle of wrinkled fingers and trailing back to the shore. She took a moment to redress in her pants and tunic before trailing after Rhia. She allowed the girl enough privacy to get dressed, instead using the time to glance over to see how Fuutarou and Aimee were doing.

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Lizzie slept through the morning. She must've been more tired than she thought, with the Rocket appearance and what not. Even though she slept for a long time, the sleep was unfitful, filled with nasty dreams about what could happen next.

When she woke up, the first thing she did was to eat. The Rocket appearance also awoke the hunger in her like a beast, since she didn't eat very much yesterday.

After that, she laid down on the grass and stared at the trees overhead. Psywater was out of his Pokeball, fully recovered from last night and curious as to why his trainer was so quiet and stiff.

Hmmm. She really needed to pick up her training routine. She hadn't done anything with it at all since the trip started. Who knew how her Pokemon fared now after slacking off in training. Yet, she couldn't bring herself to move at all.

((Okay, this'll be the last one. XD See you all tonight!))

"Johto," Rhia replied as she looked up from feeding Aimee. "My friend Parker and I moved here only a few months ago, looking for a more open space. There's no room for aspiring trainers in the Johto region anymore, simply because there are so many of them attempting to become 'Masters'." She shrugged. "As for healers or Pokemon watchers, there isn't much call for the latter, and the former also seems to be filled. It was just a better move for us to come here, where everything is still being built, to find a place to live and jobs."

She smiled and ran her hand over Aimee's dry, soft head. "We've both had better luck than we did in Johto, I think." She fell silent, contemplating her current situation and wondering what Parker was doing while she was gone. She wasn't going to clean up after him if she came home and found it a shambles, that was for sure.

Eevee, number 133 in the National Pokedex, the Evolution Pokemon, has ability Adaptability or Run away, Ground egg group, 1:8 male to female ratio, Medium Fast growth, yields Special Defense effort points...

"Huh?" Lizzie must've blanked out for a second. She stared up at the Eevee above her and absentmindedly patted it.

"Where did you come from?" She wondered if it was wild or not, she didn't recall any of the trainers having an Eevee like this.