Eve, yelping in surprise, sprang away briefly before tackling the fox pokémon in return. She may have been small and lighter but she could hit like she was something a lot bigger and way heavier if she wanted to. Right now, she was just looking to knock down, not hurt. She rolled over Fenny and nipped her ear in return. She was giggling in her own way as her eyes smiled brightly.<br/><br/>"Let's go, we're gonna be really late to Professor Oak's lab if we don't go now." Ryan said as he pressed her hand into his cheek after returning her kiss, "I want to catch a Pidgey on Route 1 before we go though."<br/><br/>_______<br/><br/>After a few minutes of collecting last minute supplies(Ryan had collected three ultra balls that his father had given him when he left his parents behind in Littleroot Town) and collecting Eve and Fenny from the loft, Ryan walked with Mia, whom he had given the incubator to when they left, along Route 1 north out of Pallet Town. It was quite for twenty minutes or so, until he made out the sounds of what sounded like a dog snarling and a bird shrieking. He didn't think much of it until it registered. At first, he stopped to listen to the sounds. When it occurred to him something might be wrong, he brushed it off at first. The longer he thought about it, the more he wanted to help. With a vivid curse, he took off toward the sound.<br/><br/>"That's no dog," He said freerunning over a series of logs that made up a shortcut to Viridian City, "Had to guess, Its a Houndoom. Snarl is too high pitched though. It's a Houndour then, if not a Poochyena."<br/><br/>He jumped, reaching the road again as he shoulder rolled to lessen the impact of his 7 foot drop from the trees. First the he say was an older man in a lab coat. The next was a shiny Houndour teaming up with a normal Pidgey. Instinctively, he grabbed Blaze's pokéball and was about to send him out when he remembered he was hurt. Putting it aside as he trusted in Blaze, he sent him out knowing the risks.<br/><br/>"Blaze, Flamethrower!!" He called as Blaze, still exhausted, responded to the command with a stream of bright orange flames from his mouth.<br/><br/>'Hurry, Mia, I need you here.' He thought as the Houndour rushed Blaze as he scored a grazing sweep on the airborne Pidgey, 'I'm limited here has I only know Blaze's moves and the Pikachu probably won't listen to me.'