Chapter 93: Chapter 93 - Going North to Bato-Bato City!
Third person POV
And so, later on, Rico, Jonathan, and their group parted ways with Marshall and his father and relatives and went back to Campillo's vacation in Kamias City by Edward's SUV. Marshall will be staying at his father's house at his relatives' communal home compound.
The next morning, at 7:19 a.m., after eating breakfast with his father, Marshall took a shower and dressed up in his Team Flare grunt attire for adventures, before gelling his black hair with regular hair gel to keep it nice and clean. And then, Marc called him, "Hey, Marshall! Your friends are here!"
"Okay, I'll be there!" replied Marshall back while finishing his hair gelling, before grabbing his prepared backpack and rushing from his room and downstairs.
There Marshall met up with Rico, Jonathan, and their Pokémon teams, who were waiting in the courtyard of the compound home for him. "Oh, morning, guys!" Marshall said to them while carrying his backpack on his back. "You guys are early."
"We just arrived here 10 minutes ago," responded Jonathan back.
"Oh…But let's go now. I am now ready!"
"Yay!" Rico responded back with enthusiasm. "Let's go."
And then, Marc came and offered a ride in his taxi to the northern part of Metro Kamias, which Rico and his group accepted as a good way to travel to their next destination of their journey but only at the starting point of it.
And so, shortly after, Marc gave them a ride in his taxi to the northern boundary of Metro Kamias. The traffic was little to a little bit moderate at this hour while Rico and his group enjoyed the ride along the way. Now, once Rico and his group got off with their backpacks on their backs, Marc said to them, "Alright, kids, you're welcome for the ride. This is for free. Enjoy your adventures together!"
"Yes, thanks, Dad," replied Marshall positively.
"Thanks for the ride, Jamie-san," Jonathan humbly and cheerfully added.
Rico's Riolu and Marshall's Luxio then responded with positivity and gratefulness.
Smiling at them, Marc responded back,
Anytime for you kids. Well, goodbye, I'll be going now. Be safe out there."
The man then hopped on his taxi and made a U-turn to go back into Metro Kamias for his day at work.
With that, Rico and his group began their journey together toward their next destination: Bato-Bato City. Bato-Bato City was 16 kilometers away, but it was feasible enough to be reached in a few days' time. At the same time, Shion, who had been in Metro Kamias on the same day as Rico's first day in the metropolitan area, was shocked to hear from Professor Campillo and Juan that Rico and his group had left that morning. Thinking that Rico did that to get ahead of her, Shion was angry and upset as she was his rival. "I'll go and catch up with that little smartie pants!"
And so, determined to go ahead of him in the competition, Shion and her Pokémon team set out to catch up with Rico and his group.