Chapter 4: Chapter 4 - A Mysterious Ally
Third person POV
While Dawn was crushing the Revival Herbs for Riolu, Rico bought some snacks, drinks, and a small bag of Pokémon food for 400 Poké Dollars. And as he turned around, Rico suddenly saw a man with dark grey hair, dressed in a black cape that closed his upper body and arms, light brown pants, blue shoes, and a white headband, looking at him from the distance with fierce. But, the crowd blocked the view, so Rico, carrying his wallet and paper bag full of snacks and drinks, shoved his way through while saying, "Excuse me," multiple times. But when he got to the spot where the man stood seconds ago, the man was nowhere to be seen. Perplexed by it then, Rico thought in his mind, "Who's that guy? Why is he staring at me for?" But, he shrugged it off and went back to the meadows.
Arriving at the meadows, Rico asked Dawn if she had crushed the Revival Herbs. Dawn then nodded to say yes and asked for some water. Rico then got one of the mineral water bottles from the paper bag, opened it, and poured it into the Berry Crusher, before drinking the said water bottle to quench his thirst. Dawn then mixed the Revival Herbs and water together until the Revival Herbs completely dissolved into the water. After that, Rico sat down and started unwrapping Riolu's bandages, only to be surprised that the bruises were gone.
"Wow, its bruises had disappeared," he thought to himself.
After that, Dawn gave the dissolved Revival Herbs to Riolu. Riolu then had successfully recovered from its injury. Seeing that the medicine had worked, Rico asked Riolu, "Hey, Riolu, are you okay?"
Upon turning toward Rico, Riolu happily responded back, "Ri-o-lu!" It then gave Rico a hug.
Impressed by it, Dawn commented in response, "Wow, I think it likes you, Rico."
"Of course, yes," responded Rico. "Since I'm the one who rescued it, so it likes me. Speaking of ownership, I also bought some snacks, too." He then got all the snacks he bought out of the paper bag and placed them on the bench. In response to sharing, Dawn called all of her Pokémon and got some Pokémon bowls.
And as Rico pours Pokémon food into the bowls, Dawn, seeing unfamiliar with the pack of chocolate biscuits she was holding, commented, "Hmm. This is unfamiliar. I had never seen this brand of snacks before. This is different from my region."
"Oh," Rico responded back to that. "Those snacks are made and manufactured here, not imported;" he then tear-open a bag of potato chips.
"Oh, I see then," Dawn responded back. She then tear-open the pack of chocolate biscuits as she and Rico enjoy their time together while Riolu and Dawn's Pokémon eat their special food together.