In the bakery, it seemed like the line was moving at a snail's pace, leaving Crim and Kong stuck in the middle. After their little tumble outside, the one thing they needed more than anything right now was food. The only thing stopping them was the aforementioned line in front of them and the wait to get to the front. The aroma of the food being made didn't make the trek any easier as they could almost see the tarts and sweets being pulled out of the oven and presented to the customers. They would always lick their lips in response and their stomachs would rumble like an earthquake, making them almost weak at the knees. At this point, Crim wasn't sure if he was gonna be conscious by the time they made their way up there. That was until something else caught his attention, a tug on his shirt almost pulling him out of the line. Kong was quick to notice something as well right next to his trainer a Combusken was trying to get his attention. Kong made some noise to redirect Crim to look at it, in response he turned his head to his pokemon with a confused look. "Kong, that's not you is it?"<br/><br/>Kong points to the pokemon next to Crim, making him follow his companion's finger to see what was pulling at him. The Combusken had a stern look on his face, almost determined; like nothing could faze it even if something tried to. Crim quickly shot up awake looking at it, picking himself up after slouching a bit from his hunger pains. "Uhh, hey there buddy. Can I... help you with something?" The pokemon proceeded to present the two with a blueberry muffin in his other hand as if offering it to them. It even made some noise telling them to take it. Crim's eyes widened a bit in surprise seeing the muffin, and Kong was almost drooling at the sight. He leaned so close to the thing he almost fell off his trainer's shoulder. Though something about it didn't sit right with Crim. Sure he and his partner were hungry but he wasn't sure if he wanted to just take someone else's food just for their sake. Before he could think more about it someone called out to them outside the bakery, wanting them to take the Combusken's offer.  She was most likely its trainer and by the time her words echoed in his mind he was slightly more swayed into taking its muffin. He patted the sides of his pants thinking about it, looking up at the line to see how much longer he and Kong had to wait just to get their food. "Mmmmm, well... as long as it's fine with you... I think we can just accept this little offer."<br/><br/>Crim knelt down and took the muffin from the Combusken's hand. Kong's gaze was purely fixated on the thing as if it was a golden trophy being presented to him. "Thanks, buddy; you might have just single handily saved up from the trip to the hospital and or poke center." He looked over to Kong who was salivating at the muffin before Crim gives the top of his head a little rub trying to snap him back to reality. "Now Kong, don't be heartless, thank the nice pokemon down there for sharing some food with us." Kong does just that by giving it a wave. The Combusken nodded its head and proceeded to head out of the bakery and back to its trainer. From the looks of it, she was just as surprised as he was about what just happened. He gave a small smirk thinking how he ever met those two again he might have to give them something back. As he wasn't looking Kong was quick to chomp away at the top of the muffin, gorging himself on the food he was worshiping with his eyes for what felt like forever. Some of his salivae flung onto Crim's cheek as he looked and saw Kong hamfisting bits of the food they just got. He had to pull the muffin away from Kong just to make him slow down. "Hey hey hey hey hey hey! That firebird didn't give us this food so you could eat it all yourself you hungry baboon. This is to share, so slow down and leave some of it left for me." Kong was a bit ashamed of himself for eating without waiting for Crim to get his share, but Crim didn't take it too hard as he knew how hungry he was. So for the rest of the wait, Crim and Kong would take small chunks off the muffin to eat while waiting for the big meal to arrive.<br/><br/>Some time passes and Crim and Kong walk out of the bakery with a large smiles on both their faces. Their excursion was victorious as the had bags of food for both of them to eat on their long journey throughout the region. Kong didn't waste any time grabbing a couple of poke puffs from inside his bag of treats, relishing how creamy and fruity the taste was. Crim laughed loudly seeing his pal eating his food and relishing it. "Yes Kong, today we eat like Kings! Just another task completed on our journey to the top!" Kong laughed as well giving Crim a friendly head bonk. The two were now locking their foreheads together as if showing their weird way of high-fiving each other with their hands full. But as they did this, Kong noticed a large crowd of people behind Crim further down the street. Kong climbed up on his trainer's head and made noise signaling to Crim that there looked to be some kind of a ruckus going down. "Ahh Kong, careful. I don't want your fire burning my hair again!" He turned his head worried about his hair being so close to the fire on Kong's behind before seeing the same crowd his partner was looking at. "Oh, shit... what could that be all about?" Kong grew a determined look as if he knew exactly what was going down. He then proceeded to jump off Crim's head and rushed towards the crow, leaving his trainer to try and catch up with heavy bags of food. "Hey, no fair! You don't have any bags to carry!"<br/><br/>From the sounds of it, there was a battle going on and Kong's eyes burned with excitement as to who was duking it out. He made it to the crowd but couldn't get a good look at what was going on as everyone was huddling close together. Crim caught up to Kong, trying to catch his breath after running with food he didn't want to drop on the floor again. "Damn it Kong, I really need to put you on a leash. You can't just run off leaving me in the dust like that." Kong wasn't unfazed by Crim talking down to him as he tried to tell him to give them a better view of the battle. Crim saw how crowded it was, so he proceeded with caution trying to squirm his way through. Kong held on to his shoulder as he watched the bags, making sure nothing fell out of them. He could hear the sounds of some guy talking smack about some girl who was challenging him, as well as... a familiar voice. He quickly tried to move up further through the crowds and saw what was going on. A one-on-one match between a guy and his Wartortle and... the girl and the Combusken from earlier! He was already dazzled at seeing a pokemon battle in person, but seeing the people who helped him and Kong out earlier got him even more excited. A large smile grew on his face as he jumped a bit seeing the familiar faces. Kong did the same, letting out a large howl and pounding his chest. "Kong, Kong calm down! Calm down buddy, the fight hasn't started yet! Save the big stuff for when it happens!" The two watch the battle unfold, eager to see how it was going to turn out. He was hoping this would be a good fight from both sides but deep down, he was kinda hoping the girl and her Combusken would take the win.