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Hanbei looked up into the trees.

It was a quiet afternoon, quiet and peaceful.

"And a perfect place to take a nap!!" Hanbei exclaimed.

He took out one of his Pokeballs and opened it where his Mareep came out.

"Okay, this is a nice spot, how about we snooze here?" he asked his Mareep.

Mareep looked around for a bit.

It looked up.
It looked down.
It looked in every direction.

"So...? Where should we take a nap?" Hanbei yawned as he rubbed his eyes.

Mareep sniffed the air and caught a scent.

"Hey, what's wrong?" Hanbei asked.

Mareep looked at a tree down the path to the next town, it was full of Sitrus Berries!
Soon, it was darting towards the tree as fast as it could.

"Aww man, are you serious Mareep? You want to eat over sleep?" Hanbei complained as he followed the sheep Pokemon, "You really need to make up your mind better..."

Mareep looked at Hanbei and looked up at the tree.

"I'm not sure about you Mareep but I'm gonna take a nap, you can get the berry by yourself..."

Mareep looked at Hanbei and pouted. Then, it looked up at the tree at a ripe Sitrus Berry.

Matthias was sleeping up in a random tree when he was awoken by the sound of a pokemon and its trainer. "why cant i get peace and quiet of once" Matt said to himself as he used a concentrated blade shaped bone rush to chop some of the berries down for the pouty pokemon. "There you go now can i sleep please?" he said in a slight sleep deprived growl and shot an aura sphere into the air for effect as he got into a higher branch to sleep on.

Rin loved the forest. She loved how green everything was, how alive and how quiet it seemed. Especially in the afternoon, when the light slanted in at just the right angle so the leaves appeared translucent. The ground felt cool and wet under Rin's feet; her shoes, she had abandoned on a rock near the edge of the forest.

Rin wiggled up a tree to look at the canopy of greeness. The sight was breathtaking: a sea of green. And suddenly, from this sea of green under a pale blue sky, an aura sphere slashed through the sky, a straight line, out of place. Was something wrong? Rin rushed down to investigate. The origin of the sphere wasn't far.

She stopped by a Sitrus Berry tree, her green hair flying as she twisted her head back and forth. She didn't see anyone hurt. She grabbed a nearby tree and started climbing to gain some perspective. In her hurry, she didn't notice the boot until she'd grabbed it, thinking it another tree limb.

She let go in shock and fell to the ground, barely managing to get her feet under her before hitting the ground with an 'uuf!'

Matthias was once again woken up from his sleep but this time it felt different as if it wasn't an ordinary disturbance. "another mixed human?" he said to himself as he looked down at this green haired girl whos aura was that of a Pokemon and a human. he jumped down with ease and landed on his feet gracefully and offered his hand to the girl. "my name is Matt and your name is?" he asked "and why is it that you woke me from my slumber?" Matts ears twitched and tail swayed.

"My name is Matt, and your name is? And why have you woken me from my slumber?" the boy asked. He was taller than Rin, with muscular arms and an easy smile. She shook his hand.

"There was an aura sphere. In the sky. I came to see if anything was the matter. I-is that your hair's natural color?" Was he a gijinka too? Before he answered, she saw the tail and knew.

"How delightful!" Rin squeaked, "I'm Rin. I'm like you! Is Matt short for Mattangelo? Or Mattiano? Or- ooh! you look my a Mattamin! What were you doing in the tree?" she gasped, "were you poaching?" She took a step back. Maybe he wasn't a gijinka after all; maybe it was a disguise. He seemed friendly enough, but now she was scared.

"I was sleeping to try and regain my strength from training and that aura sphere was nothing more than an ounce of what it could have been" said matt calmly "Matt ias short for matthias. Matthias Huntmen" he said as he bowed to the girl 'nice to meet you rin but could please explain why a mixed would be out here all alone?" he asked wondering why so many mixed humans are popping up. Matt used rope form of boanerush to get his pack from up in the tree. After strapping it on he noticed the pokemon trainer. "hmmm wonder what hes doing out here as well" he said

"I have a right to be here if I want to be," Rin pouted, "I could ask you what you're doing here all alone, Mr. Tail. And it's not like I'm lost; I didn't wander far from the-" The path! Now Rin remembered. She wasn't in Sky Tower anymore, where she could wander wherever she pleased and be able to find her way back again. Her traffic light-green eyes filled with panic as she looked around, as if the path was something she'd be able to find discarded on the ground like her shoes.

"You're not lost, are you?" she asked Matt, "because, well, I'm not, but maybe we should stick together. Just so we can keep each other from getting lost."

Hanbei sat up suddely, he heard people chatting away near by.
"How long was I even sleeping?" he thought to himself.

The strategist stood up and walked to where he could hear the voices. His Mareep followed him from behind.

Hanbei looked at the duo sleepily, "Hey, I didn't even hear you guys, I was sleeping."

Matt turned to the guy that just woke and approached him. "Hello there sir i am Matthias" he said to him in a greeting tone. "May i ask you to keep your pokemon fed better it woke me earlier" he said to him as well then turned to the girl. "We might be able to travel together" he said

"Hi!" Rin said to Hanbei, "I'm Rin. That's an adorable mareep!" She knelt down and started petting the furry pokemon. She smiled, tickling the mareep behind its hornlike ears. So soft and cuddly. Rin still felt more pokemon than human. Humans were strange, and could be so dull sometimes.

"We might be able to travel together," Matt said.

"Oh, good!" she said, looking up at Hanbei, "You should come with us too. It's funner traveling in groups."

Hanbei yawned a bit, "Oh yeahhh... The berry, I kinda forgot, sorry 'bout that! The name's Hanbei! Nice to meet yah Matthias and Rin!"

Mareep cried out happily and snuggled Rin as she petted and tickled the sheep Pokemon.

"So, I heard y'all travelling somewhere, I think I'll go with you! I've been to lots of places!!" Hanbei smiled sleepily. He liked these two. For once, he doesn't seem to mind travelling.