26: Stephan & Cynthia

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"Sigh" released a calm sigh as he entered his room which was printed on his ticket, the ticket was also the key to enter the room.

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Leo unpacked his things slowly before informing his parents about his stop at Vermillion city's cruise.

[your father and I are very jealous, maybe next time we can all go together] his mother said with a "gloomy face" emoji.

[sure thing mom]

Leo replied after a while before turning off his phone, he was looking forward to this cruise.

He was planning on seeing the many water type Pokémon's that could be found around.

Of course he wasn't planning to catch one, as he already had frogadier and Seadra, getting another water type would just be an idiotic move.

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[they just got back, but they want to rest for now, so meet me in half an hour around the ship deck]

Leo smiled as he read the message from Alissa, it seemed like her friends had finally made it.

[Okay👌] Leo replied before wearing some casual clothes and leaving, he didn't forget to bring his pokeballs with him, since anything could happen.

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"Leo, over here" Alissa shouted as she waved her hand, next to her were two people, a young man and a women, they were both surprised as they saw Leo.

Leo walked up towards them with a smile, he was waiting for Alissa to introduce them.

"Leo, this short guy here is Stephan, and the cute girl here is Cynthia" Alissa said as she introduced them both.

Stephan's eyes twitched slightly when he noticed her say " short guy".

"Hey Stephan, Hey Cynthia, my name is Leo, nice to meet you" Leo greeting them both expressionlessly.

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"The ship is finally ready to leave" Cynthia said with a smile as she stood on the deck, staring at Vermillion city.

"What should we do once the ship leaves" Stephan looked at Alissa, after all it was her plan to come on the cruise.

He had rejected, but both of them forced him here.

"Of course we are going to either go swim, watch movies, or, we can look for water type Pokémon's" Alissa said before waving around her Pokédex with her other hand on her hip.

"What about you leo, what do you think" she turned to Leo before asking with a smile.

"It's up to you guys, I'm down for anything" Leo thought for a while before answering.

"It's settled then"-

"Yea, plus the sun is setting, the scene here isn't really that bad" Stephan said as he laid on the deck, and staring out at the sea.

"See, I would you, you would like it" Alissa flicked his forehead before laying down as well.

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"We should wait for the ship to stop before bringing out our Pokémon" Alissa reminded them as she noticed Cynthia about to bring out a Pokémon to jump in the water.

"Dang, I guess I got a bit excited" Cynthia laughed embarrassingly.

Leo could tell that Alissa was kind of like the leader of this group, he doubted that any of them were serious about Pokémon training and battles.

Even Stephan didn't train his Pokémon much, it seemed like to them, their journey would just be full of fun and exploring.

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"Wow Leo, I didn't expect that your the person who had defeated the cerulean city gym with one Pokémon" Cynthia rushed to Leo's side before saying admiringly.

"I knew he looked familiar, back in cerulean city we had also noticed the news which circulated around the city." Stephan said, the shock in his tone was heard by all of them.

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