Oceana pier
Crossing the pier, passing by grazing Fletchling (a bird Pokémon), and hearing a guy shout something about a trip to Hoenn, Ray stumbles upon a sight that awakens some repressed memories: kids in school uniforms.

(Flashback 2 years ago)
Unova region
Castelia city
Castelia middle School

Castelia City is one of the biggest cities in Unova; therefore, its school was high maintenance. The kids were all rich snobs. Ray was also wealthy, but that did nothing for his personality. The kids in school were by the book, liking the same things: music, movies, games, etc. However, the dark-skinned boy enjoyed some weird stuff, like combining different snacks, reading manga, shouting Pokémon moves aloud, and posing strangely. To top it all off, he was honest to a fault and didn't hide his true nature from others.

During an assembly, after singing their school anthem, all the students put their right hand to their chest. However, Ray covered the left side of his face with his hand and made a menacing face, leaving the others confused.

In the cafeteria, Ray had a sandwich with peanut butter, yet he added soy sauce on top.

"Dude, are you sure that's a good idea?" a boy passing by said.

"Yep, the spicy taste of the sauce, the sweetness of the bread, and the peanut butter come together perfectly!" Ray replied as he took a bite, making the others feel disgusted.

In class, some students were discussing their favorite artists, actors, and trainers.

"Did you hear DJ Leo's new song 'Dig It Out Alola'?" a girl with green hair said as she sat on her desk.

"Yeah, I did. It's awesome. I think it's going to be in the new movie 'Kalos 7' with the famous actress Diantha. She's so hot!" a boy with an afro said, smiling.

"Lance, the Dragon Master, is going to be in it too, right? Hey, Ray, are you excited for the movie?" another girl with pink hair tied into a ponytail asked.

"Not really... The manga is better. There, the protagonist is a guy with a Magikarp that faces evil, while in the movie, it's a girl with a Shaymin..." Ray rambled on until he noticed his classmates had ignored his rant and continued their discussion without him, making him feel even more left out.

These events were just a small portion of what he experienced in school, becoming an outcast for having his own special individuality and not following the norms, one of the main reasons he's not fond of his home region, Unova.

Present
"Hey kid, kid! You okay?" a man with a gray shirt said to Ray, who was spaced out.

"Oh yeah, I'm fine..." Ray said calmly.

"You look gloomy. Gearan is just up ahead," the man informed him.

Ray thanked the man and headed for the south gate of Gearan.

Gearan south gate

Ray entered the gates to find a receptionist calling him. She had brown hair and wore a white dress. Her name was Mable, and she collected his trainer card since he didn't have any more passports. Mable then got up from her desk and moved to another receptionist wearing the same dress, with Ray behind her.

"Hey, Sable, I need you to verify this trainer's card. If not, you know what will happen to him," Mable said with a stern face.

"Hai hai, got it!" Sable said as she put the card into a computer and pulled it out again.

Mable collected the card and handed it back to Ray.

"Congratulations, Ray, you're a verified trainer of Aevium now! Good luck."

"Thank you! Now, on to Gearan Labs!" Ray shouted as he pointed to the sky, with sweat dripping from Mable.

East Gearan city

Ray was awed by the amazing city he found himself in, a mixture of towering skyscrapers and normal bungalows all together in harmony. A line of purified water ran through a glass floor on the road all around the city. The weirdest part was that this was just the East part of Gearan; West Gearan was even bigger but was blocked off for some reason.

Gearan laboratory

After admiring the city, Ray decided to head to the laboratory. It was a huge blue building with two water tanks on top. Inside, it was even bigger, with two parlors: one filled with books, like a small library, and the other with a flat-screen television where people were watching.

Ray entered the TV room to hear Volta, a girl with blonde hair, speaking about the missing S.S. Oceana, which made him sad again. He then spoke to a girl with long braided pigtails.

"Hey, have you heard of the Garufa tribe? It's said that they used Pokémon as sacrifices to gain mysterious powers. That's so cruel," the girl with pigtails said.

"Garufa tribe? Hmmm, strange," Ray said. The word sounded familiar, but he couldn't recall where he'd heard it.

After that, he met a girl wearing a black, red, and white uniform. She had long red hair tied back by a red baseball cap, and her eyes looked sharp, as if they could see through stone.

"You really kept me waiting, didn't you? It's me, Amanda, the scout for the Aevium League! Now that that's settled, let's go get you a starter!" Amanda said cheerfully.

"Yay..." Ray said. He would have been happier, but something about Amanda ticked him off.

As the two walked north of the laboratory into the waiting room next to the professor's room, a man with silver hair ran towards them.

"Amanda, where have you been? It's been a week since you went to Grand Dream City! You left me with all the paperwork!" the man shouted at Amanda.

"Come on, bro, you know you're better at the paperwork aspect of running the league, while I'm the hands-on director. Look, I've got a new trainer to evaluate," Amanda said, pointing at Ray, who looked absent-minded as usual.

"Oh, you're the new trainer. My name's Jan; I manage the Pokémon League with my lazy sister right here," Jan said, laughing to Amanda's dismay.

"Nice to meet you, I'm Ray, and I'm going to be the champion!" Ray said, pointing to the ceiling again.

"Yeah, they all say that... Give me a minute with my sister, then you can continue," Jan said as he pulled Amanda to the sidelines while Ray looked around.

Ray saw a girl with green hair sleeping. She had a cute frilly lime dress on. Along with her looks, she was a 10/10 in his book. The next moment, a strange man with wild purple hair and a lab coat entered the waiting room, woke her up, and the two left. Ray wondered if he'd see that girl again.

"Okay, let's go get your starter!" Amanda said as she walked away from Jan and into the professor's office.

Ray followed suit until the door opened again, and he was hit by something soft in the chest. Ray opened his eyes to see a girl on the floor.

She was blonde with chin-length hair, wearing a white sweater and black bike shorts, holding something like a briefcase in her left hand.

"I'm so sorry, are you okay?" Ray gave her a hand.

She took his hand, and Ray saw her face. At that moment, looking into her big dark gray eyes, his heart skipped a beat. Her cheeks seemed full of life, as if pinching them would bring joy. Her lips were plump and rosy. Ray lifted her up without blinking, still admiring her face.

"Thank you. I'm in a hurry, so... bye!" The girl quickly ran to the exit of the lab.

"Wait... (I didn't even get her name)," Ray sighed at his failure to get her name.

Professor Jenner's main office:
Ray entered to see a blonde man in a lab coat talking to a woman with red hair on a flat screen.

"Make sure she's ready for pickup," the woman said in an obnoxious voice.

The man closed the channel and addressed Ray and Amanda.

"Oh, you guys are early! I'm Professor Jenner," the man introduced himself.

"We're actually late, but whatever. This is Ray; he'll be getting his starter Pokémon," Amanda said.

"Oh, alright. Go help him pick one. After that, I want to see him privately," Jenner asked.

"Oh, I guess that's fine," Ray said, confused.

Starter habitats

Ray walked into an enclosure with 21 Pokémon. Three habitats were there: a rocky terrain for the fire types, a forest terrain for the grass types, and finally, a murky terrain for the water types.

"Look, Ray, we've got starters from seven different regions. Isn't that cool?" Amanda said, full of pride.

"It's cool, but it makes choosing even harder!" Ray shouted, clearly frustrated.

Ray didn't know which type to choose, but he knew he wasn't going to pick any starter from Unova. He looked at the rocky terrain but didn't see a fire type he liked. He moved to the forest terrain, and the grass types all looked lazy to him. Finally, in the murky terrain, a turtle-like Pokémon caught his eye as it was showing great defense by blocking attacks from a blue otter Pokémon.

"Alright, I'll take the turt—" Before he could finish his sentence, his face was hit with a soft ball, pulling his cheeks and making him uncomfortable.

"Get off me!" He tried to pull the ball off his face.

"Huh, you want that Piplup? It's the only starter Pokémon that hasn't been replaced since the lab was established."

"Piplup?" Ray pulled the Pokémon off and saw it was a tiny blue penguin, its expression that of a warrior.

"More like it chose me. Why hasn't anyone else picked it?" Ray asked.

"It's troublesome, doesn't obey its trainers, and it's not very strong," Amanda explained.

"What a handful. If I pick you, we'll have to work on that, okay?" Ray asked Piplup.

Strangely, the penguin acted docile and happy as it nodded its head. Amanda gave Ray Piplup's Pokéball, and Ray put a finger to his chin.

"What to nickname you?" Ray said, looking at the big-headed penguin.

"I'll just call you Pip for now, short for pipsqueak!" Ray said, the penguin looking dismayed at his poor naming skills.

"Pip, pip, lup!" The bird said, sounding annoyed.

"Nice, nice. What do you say about me being your first Pokémon battle partner, huh?" Amanda asked.

"Oh yeah, my first official battle! Bring it!" Ray shouted, and Pip moved into position happily.

"Alright, I'll take it easy on you by using my newest Pokémon... Listen!" Amanda shouted as she released a black and red kitten from a Pokéball.

"Pip, use Peck! I'm sure you know that, right?" Ray shouted, still unsure of Piplup's moveset.

"Piiii!" The bird's yellow beak grew longer and whiter as it ran towards the cat.

"(Heh, this is easy. Along with Piplup's bad attack stats, Litten has the hidden ability Intimidate, which will make that Peck attack useless.) Go, Litten, stand your ground and retaliate!" Amanda commanded.

"Litten!" The cat cried as it released its intimidating aura to lower Piplup's attack. However...

Piplup's aura glowed red, and its attack instead increased. The penguin smiled as it landed an attack on Litten's chest.

"Pip!"

"Litten!" The cat was pushed all the way to the other side of the room by the Peck attack.

"What? Was that... 'Defiant'? That Piplup's got a hidden ability as well!" Amanda said in disbelief.

"Wow, Pip! Did you get stronger from that Intimidate? It must be your ability or something! Awesome, we won our first battle!" Ray shouted while jumping in the air, and Pip did the same.

"But still, why would that Piplup choose him and also develop a hidden ability at the same time? Weird," Amanda thought as she ran out of the laboratory.

As Ray walked back to Professor Jenner with Pip riding on his shoulder, he saw a boy with black hair wearing dark clothing. Next to him was a blue frog with white bubbles on its neck.

"I'm back from Amethyst Cave, Professor. Froakie's a bit hard to handle, but I'm getting used to him," the boy said, looking at his frog.

"Wow, that's a starter from Kalos! Hey, can we battle?" Ray quickly asked.

"Oh, Ray. It seems you picked Piplup. I was sure you would; he was waiting for a special trainer, and he seems to have found one," the professor said, confirming that Piplup was male.

"Oh, so you're the new trainer. Hehe, I'm Ren, the professor's assistant, and I accept your challenge!" Ren said with a cocky voice.

"Awesome! I'm Ray, and I won't lose to you!" Ray shouted while making the peace sign with his fingers.

[After a series of quick attacks, it seemed like Froakie had the speed advantage, giving him the win against Piplup.]

"Awww, I lost!" Ray shouted while holding a knocked-out Piplup.

"Heh, that's the skill of a Goldenleaf trainer! But you were awesome; let's meet up again," Ren said with a bashful face.

"Are you leaving already?" Jenner asked.

"Yeah, I've got to go meet up with my friends. See you around, Professor, Ray!" Ren said as he ran out.

"Did I just get a rival?" Ray said with stars in his eyes.

"Back to business, Ray, I need a favor from you. I just sent my daughter to Route 1; could you follow her and make sure she's safe?" Jenner asked.

"Your daughter? Wait a sec! Was she blonde and holding a briefcase?" Ray asked.

"Yep, that's Melia. Will you do it?" Jenner said with serious eyes.

"(Melia, her name's Melia...) Yeah, I will," Ray said, recalling the memory of the cute girl he met some minutes ago.

Jenner gave Ray a silver Pokédex and a white CyberNav (an enhanced PokéGear). Then Ray stepped out of his office, and Jenner sank back into his chair, closing his eyes. "Everything's in motion now," he thought.

Ray got a lecture from Jan about the gym mechanics and how he'd help with strategies when Ray needed him, and that Gearan was owned by the Blakeory family.

East Gearan gardens

After healing Piplup, Ray decided to train a bit by doing help quests at the help center building in the city (read the "Ray's Side Stories" for more details), challenging trainers around the city, buying Pokéballs, berries, and potions, and most of all, battling wild Pokémon.

Ray entered the green gardens of Gearan, where different plants and shrubs grew. The field was a grassy terrain which healed up Piplup from time to time.

Suddenly, a group of Grass-type Pokémon emerged from a huge bush, including a Pansage (grass monkey), Budew, Bellsprout, and Lillipup, all part of the flower-looking family.

"Alright, Pip, use Peck!" Ray ordered, and the penguin went to work.

"Pip! Pip! Pip! Pip!" Pip attacked all the Grass Pokémon with its enlarged beak.

"Now, Pokéballs, go!" Ray shouted as he threw four balls at the damaged Pokémon.

Ray caught all the Grass Pokémon in the garden and sent all of them to his PC except the strongest Bellsprout, a walking yellow Venus flytrap.

"Alright, Bellsprout, welcome to the team!" Ray shouted as he and Piplup welcomed the lazy-looking flytrap into his party.

Christola hotel resort

This was the only building Ray hadn't entered in the whole city. It was a huge yellow hotel with three floors. Inside was even more amazing than it looked—so clean and well-kept.

Ray walked over to the receptionist, an old man, only to be rudely received.

"We don't need street rats in here! Get out!" the man shouted.

"Who are you calling a street rat?! You fat Kermit-looking old fart!" Ray shouted, mocking the man's frog-like face.

All of a sudden, Ray was flung into the air by a charging force.

"Ahhh! Ouch!" Ray fell on his face after landing and jumped up to see a gold and red trolley that had hit him.

"Owie powie kazowie, lowie! That hurt!" a young girl with black shoulder-length hair shouted.

She had a red hair ornament that looked like a rose. Her clothing resembled a black and red school uniform with a red scarf around her neck. She looked a little younger than Ray, but her snarky expression made her seem older.

Ray stood up to face her, and she reached his shoulder in height. "What's the big idea?" he shouted.

"Ah, my bad. I lost control of that thing, tee hee," the girl said with her tongue out.

"Miss Saki! You shouldn't waste time on a street rat like him! He should be grateful that you ran over him," the receptionist said.

"Say what?" Ray looked at the receptionist with blood-red eyes.

"Oh damn! Val will kill me if I'm late! By the way, what's your name, stranger?" Saki asked.

"It's Ray, just Ray," Ray said, still pissed at the receptionist.

"Well, I'm..." Before Saki could finish,

"This is Saki Blakeory! Daughter and heir to the Blakeory fortune, kneel, peasant!" the receptionist shouted.

"Screw you! I don't care if she's the daughter of the king of the world; I ain't kneeling!" Ray shouted.

Saki chuckled at this scene as she walked into an elevator. "You're really weird, dude. I hope we meet again, sayonara!" she said as the elevator closed.

She's weird... but also kind of cute, Ray made a mental note as he left the hotel.

Gearan train station

As Ray was about to enter a blue and pink train station to go to route 1, he heard some God awfully loud music.
«🎵D O G A R S Dogars!🎵»
The music drew his attention to a purple house.

"Veronica, turn off that music before the neighbors complain again. I don't want the police involved!" A loud voice shouted from the house.

"You can't stop me, Mom, and don't call me Veronica!" Another voice was heard.

At that moment, the roof of the house was breached, and a girl came flying from it and landed right next to Ray.

"Gyahhhhhhhh! Are you okay?!" Ray rushed over to the girl who was motionless on the ground. She had bright purple hair with pink flower hairpins and was wearing a black, red, and white shirt and skirt.

He picked her up, and she grabbed his left hand.

"It's too late for me, I can already see the light... If only I could taste a Pecha Berry one last time," the girl said softly.

Ray reached into his backpack and brought out a pink heart-shaped berry. "Here," Ray offered, but in the blink of an eye, the girl had engulfed the berry as well as Ray's fingers in her mouth.

The soft texture Ray felt from his fingers made his face red. ("My fingers... in her mouth!! Kyahh!")

The girl let go of his fingers and licked her lips. "How about an Oran Berry while you're at it?" the girl said nonchalantly.

Ray caught on to what she was doing and dropped her gently on the floor. "For a dying person, you sure are bossy," he said as he walked back to the train station.

"Hold up, come on, is it that wrong to trick people into giving you free food?... Don't answer that," she said as she pulled on Ray's gray jacket.

"You could have just asked me normally!" Ray shouted.

"Awww, you're a nice guy. My name's Venam; don't call me Veronica. Why don't you come hang out with me and my friends near the abandoned sewers?" Venam said with a smug face as she ran off.

Ray, not wanting to tick off a girl, decided to go meet her in the abandoned sewers. On the way there, he met Karrina, a gang leader and protector of Gearan, who offered him a place in her gang if he gets stronger.

Ray reached the entrance to the sewer factory where he saw Ren talking to Venam. "Heh! Quit it already, Veronica, that berry trick won't work on me!" Ren shouted.

"Don't call me Veronica, you fake ninja! As a guy, you should give a girl what she wants!" Venam shouted.

"Wow, you're a girl? Could've fooled me," Ren retorted.

Venam saw Ray approaching her and Ren and started to cling to his jacket, making Ray blush in surprise.

"Ray, you see how he treats me! Awful!" Venam fake sobbed on Ray's jacket.

(Enough with the teasing already! I'm at full mast!) Ray thought as smoke started coming from his head.

"Oh, Ray, you know Venam? Cool," Ren said to Ray, who was mentally trying to keep calm.

"Oh, you know Ray, Ren? Well, no need for introductions. Melia's in the sewer and needs our help. Let's go!" Venam said as she let go of Ray's jacket and headed to the sewer factory door.

"Wait, Melia isn't on Route 1?" Ray asked.

"Nope, the power's out, so she came down here to fix it," Ren answered as he and Ray walked behind Venam.

Abandoned sewers

A place with a collection of scents, pipes, and crawling with strong trainers.
Venam quickly ran off to find Melia while Ray was left to chat with Ren.

"Welcome to the abandoned sewers. I have to admit, even I ain't strong enough to march through this place alone, so let's double team this. Together we'll destroy them all, muhahaaha!" Ren laughed evilly while Ray looked a bit confused.

"It's a joke," Ren explained.

"Oh... Hahahahahaha!" Ray gave a hefty laugh before he and Ren continued.

While battling trainers together, Ray saw that Ren had a red and yellow puppy (Growlithe) now part of his own party. On the way, the duo ran into one of Venam's friends; she had long curly brown hair and wore a yellow sailor school uniform.

"The name's Luca, and I'm the toughest trainer here!" She shouted.

"Do you have to be so loud?" Ren asked.

"Yes, I do! Come out, Patrat, Munna!" Luca sent out a rat with weird eyes and a floating pink tapir.

Ray and Ren easily took down Luca with their water starters, Piplup and Froakie.

Sewerek

After the battle, Ray and Ren decided to go to the sewer restaurant Sewerek and had some mystery bowl ramen. The ingredients were unknown, but it tasted pretty good. While Ren was slurping down the noodles, he turned to see Ray adding mustard to his.

"Is it tasty with mustard?" Ren asked.

"Yeah, kinda tangy though," Ray said with a mouthful of yellow noodles.

Ren tried some mustard, to Ray's surprise. Nobody had ever tried his weird food combos before.

"Actually, pretty good, weird but good," Ren said as he took another bite.

Ray smiled a bit and continued eating.

On the way to the electric grid, Ray and Ren were stopped by a horde of Noibats, the sound wave Pokémon. Ray attempted to catch one but...

"Pokeball, go!" Ray threw the ball at one of the big-eared purple bats, but it avoided it.

"Woo woo!!!" A ball of green fluff with wings and a pig nose was hit instead and was caught.

"Oh damn, I caught a Woobat instead. Pfft... let's just go," Ray said in disappointment. It was his last Pokéball, so now he couldn't catch any more.

Power grid

Ray and Ren found themselves in a place filled with generators and saw Venam and Melia talking about something.

"See, Melia, the experiment worked; the trash bags aren't here anymore. If they turn out shiny, it will mean you've got an aura ability!" Venam said, waving her hands in the air.

"We can solve that later. For now, what do you think is cutting the electric wires here?"

"Hey ladies! The guys are here!" Ren said, puffing out his chest.

"You sure took your damn time!" Venam shouted, looking pissed.

Melia faced Ray, whose cheeks started to turn red from her gaze.

"You... I met you in the lab this morning, didn't I?" Melia said, surprised.

"Ummm, yeah, that was me! It was destiny for us to meet. I'm Ray, the future champion!" Ray said arrogantly as he twisted around in a circle.

"Cool, I'm Melia. Ren, Venam, let's think of a plan," Melia said coldly in response.

Melia's cold response hit Ray hard as he sulked on the floor, then all of a sudden...

"Trubbish, trubbish!" Two garbage-looking Pokémon came out from the flowing sewer water.

"I knew it! It worked; the trash bags turned into Pokémon!" Venam shouted.

"What the hell!" Ren screamed at the weird situation.

"Garbodor!" A giant purple trash monster appeared from the sewage next to Melia, on top of the electric monitor.

"Melia, it's a shiny! That proves you've got an aura ability to draw in shiny Pokémon," Venam shouted.

"Shut up!" Ren covered her mouth.

Ray's Pokédex went to work:

Garbodor
the Trash Heap Pokémon.
A poison type
It's known for shooting out seven different kinds of poisons from its body.

"Garrrrr!" The trash monster reached out for Melia.

"Kyahh!" Melia shouted, but...

"Piplup!" Pip shouted as it hit the trash monster's claw away with its beak.

"I won't let you touch Melia, you Unovan trash heap!" Ray shouted as he shielded Melia.

"I'll help out too! Go, Froakie!" Ren said as he released his frog to fight alongside Ray.

"I've got the two Trubbish; then Zubat, let's go!" Venam sent out a tiny blue bat.

"Woobat, go help Venam too!" Ray shouted at the furball sleeping in his bag.

"Woowoo!" The bat hurried to Venam's side so she could face multiple Pokémon.

"Wooooooo!" Woobat used a psychic wave of energy to push a Trubbish back into the sewage.

"Truuub!!!" The garbage shouted as it was knocked out.

"Holy shit! That thing's actually strong?" Ray said, wondering how that pig furball bat was so strong.

"Zubat, Wing Attack!" Venam shouted as her own blue bat attacked the other Trubbish, making it weak.

"Go, Pokéball!" Venam threw her own Pokéball, catching the leftover garbage.

"Nice one, Venam!" Ray complimented.

"Ray, focus on the boss!" Ren shouted as the shiny Garbodor used Pound on Piplup.

"Pip!" Piplup screamed as it was pushed back.

"Oh damn, Piplup, we can't attack at close range. Use Bubble!" Ray said.

Piplup, not happy with its trainer's decision, begrudgingly shot out a stream of blue bubbles at Garbodor, forcing it back.

"Garboooooo!" The trash monster shot out its own stream of poison as a Gunk Shot, canceling out the bubbles.

"Keep going, Piplup, send out more bubbles!" Ray ordered.

"You too, Froakie, Water Pulse!" Ren ordered as well.

"Pippluppp," "Froakie!" The penguin and the frog sent out their water bubbles and orb attacks at the same time and collided, forming a blue light.

"That's!" Melia shouted, surprised.

The orb of spiral water was now surrounded by bubbles, a COMBO MOVE "Water Bubble Pulse!"

The combo move hit Garbodor head-on and forced it back into the sewage.

"Alright!" "Good one, bro!" Ray and Ren fist-bumped each other, and so did their two water starters.

"You guys were amazing! You're really strong together to perform a perfect combo move like that!" Melia said, impressed.

Ren smiled normally, but Ray blushed like crazy (she's praising me!), while his penguin looked embarrassed at its trainer's behavior.

"But still, if we were in real danger, I would have saved us all with this briefcase," Melia said as she lifted up the briefcase her father gave her and rubbed her cheek against it.

"You and that briefcase, hehehehehe," both Venam and Ren laughed as Ray just admired how cute Melia looked while cuddling up to the briefcase.

After repairing the broken pipes and monitors in the sewer, the group could finally chat.

"I'm going to wait here and see if those things come back. Later, Melia, Ray, and doofus!" (Not like I can go back home when my mom kicked me out.) Venam said cheerfully.

"I'll go to the library and study up on more moves for Froakie; I've got to get stronger! Later, Melia, Ray, and trash!" Ren said as he rushed off.

"Ha! Dad said I should go do some research in Route 1. Hey, Ray, want to come with me?"

"Hehhhhh! Just the two of us?" Ray asked nervously.

"Yep, Route 1 is a great place for rookie trainers, and it would be nice having a friend around," Melia gave a bright smile.

(A friend, even though I was kind of creepy before, she still called me a friend.) "O...Kay," Ray said while scratching his hair.

(All these people, Venam, Ren, and even Melia, haven't even sent me away or looked in disgust at my behavior. If I had people like this in Unova... I'm sure I would have been happier.) Ray thought to himself as he and Melia walked out of the sewers.