The view pulled back to reveal two girls, both carrying bags. One had black hair and blue eyes and wore a jacket that was black on top and white below, with a red circle and a white V printed on the left side of her chest. Beside her stood a little brown fox-or, more precisely, an Eevee, a very special Eevee with reddish-purple eyes. Facing the black-haired girl stood another girl who was much taller than her.
"Ling, are you really not going to travel with me? Will you be all right on your own?" The girl with pale blue hair so light it was almost white looked at her, worry filling her blue eyes. She was afraid her sloppy, careless friend would be unable to handle some of the unavoidable challenges of traveling. Even though she had already taken her out into the wilderness to practice, with that dreadful memory of hers, she was bound to forget everything!
"No worries! I'll be fine, A Xue. Don't worry. Besides, I've been to a few places in the Unova Region before! So it'll be okay." The girl flashed a brilliant smile, assuring her friend over and over that she could manage alone. To keep her friend from worrying so much that she refused to let her leave on her own, she quickly added, "And I've already learned so much with you! I'll be fine! You have to believe in me!"
A Xue, whose full name was Shixue, shook her head and sighed helplessly. What worried her was that Ruoling would forget everything she had learned! How did she know? After spending so much time together, how could she not? Several incidents had already made that perfectly clear.
Faced with Ruoling's insistence, Shixue could only relent and nod, though she still reminded