By the outskirts of Gloucester City, connected by Fortare Forest; a noise could be from the tall grass. The top of the green blades would shake back and forth as a small light grew closer and closer to the clearing. In a quick flash, a Chimchar would launch out of the grass, breathing heavily as it seemed like it was in a bit of a rush. It shakes off the bits of foliage on its head before looking up and seeing the city that was in front of it. A huge smile grew on its face as it turned around and started calling out to something back in the forest. The grass shook more vigorously than before as something else was walking out of it. "Please Kong<i>wheeze</i>slow down, you know I can't move that fast!" someone said marching closer out of the grass. Then another figure bursts out from the grass, much bigger than the Chimchar; stumbling a bit as he tries to catch his breath. This was Crim Sonada, a pokemon trainer who had arrived in the region not too long ago. His pokemon Chimchar (Nicknamed Kong) crawled up onto his shoulder as he slouches over gasping for any air that could slither into his mouth. He wheezes some more before turning his attention to his companion, who he had been trying to catch up to for a few minutes.<br/><br/>"Jesus... Kong... you think... you can give a guy... a little warning before you make him do a race?" Kong remains happy as he points toward the city, almost telling him to look at it. Crim does just that and finally sees what was in front of him and his eyes slowly started to widen seeing what was before him. He slowly picks himself up and walks towards the edge of the city, seeing all the people, the buildings, and the pokemon making themselves at home. A lot of them looked like fire pokemon, though that might have been because the humidity in the city draws more of them to relax in the heat. Crim slowly smiles at the sight as he looks at Kong and gives him a little rub on the side of his face. "You little son of a gun, If I knew the first city was here I would have made it here before you did!" Kong gives a laugh and also a look that reads "really?" as if doubting Crim's ability to catch up to anything. Crim scoffs "Oh you know I would, don't be smarmy with me."<br/><br/>Crim takes his first steps into the city letting the sights and the sounds envelope him and Kong. Beads of sweat drip down the sides of Crim's head as the heat starts to wrap around him. It didn't really help that Kong's flame was so close to his but he soldiered forward nonetheless. "Alright Kong remember why were here. Get some supplies, train up, and see if we can find whoever had that crazy battle in the forest." Kong looks at him with a determined look, pounding his chest to further cement his readiness. Crim gives the same look back to him as they were more than ready to prepare for their mission. But they quickly stopped when the sounds of their stomachs rumbled with hunger. The run was quite exhausting and they didn't really have time to nab anything to eat when they made it to the first town. They both looked at their stomachs giving them a good pat. "Mmmmmmaybe we should grab food first. The other stuff can come after that." Kong nods in agreement as they make their way to a nearby poke mart to stock up and more importantly to feed their growing appetites.