Leon had wandered off after Roy had left, looking for Rasca again. The battle had been hard fought, but he was proud to say that his team did astoundingly well against the other trainer. He was sure these three would help him in the battles to come. It gave him some hope now. However, the one thing that he was unsettled with was hearing the rumors from other trainers. He had heard talk in Viridian City about this gang of trainers. They were more criminals than real Pokemon trainers. It was said that this team tried to steal other trainers' Pokemon. They were led by a mysterious man that no one is known to have actually seen.

Team Rocket

It seemed there were rumors even in this city. If they were operating here, it would become dangerous for the two to stay here long. He figured he could at least warn his friend. She would do well to be careful like he was planning to.

Speaking of which, he saw her as she was making her way out of the Pokemart. Smiling a bit, he waved. "Rasca!" he called out, jogging to catch up with her, his Pokemon not out of their Pokeballs for once. "What have you been up to? Get any good items?"

"Leon?! What happened to you, and why are all your pokemon out?" Her pokemon were nowhere to be seen, and seeing Leon's pokemon out and about made her wary. She held a hand onto her pokeballs, as if thinking about whether or not to take them out. Rasca settled for a bit once she saw his smiling face, and merely rested her hand on her hip. "Oh me? I was just getting destroyed by a friend of yours. I think her brother might be here too as well. I hope you didn't have to meet up with him without me."

'Not that my pokemon would have been any help.' Rasca crinkled her nose up and glanced down in distaste at the pokeballs she held. Her eyesight quickly returned to Leon again, trying to make herself seem more relaxed than she wanted to. "I got a few good items but i need to go back in to get some awakening potions."

Her thin lipped grimace turned into a curled up smile as she asked him another question. "Did you enjoy all your dust and relics? You sure ran over here in a hurry to be enjoying yourself so much." She commented almost teasingly, wondering if he would get the jibe she was throwing at him.

Leon paused a moment as she mentioned the battle. It must have been Roy's sister. Frowning a bit, he decided not to mention his own battle. She had taken it kind of roughly when Yellow had praised him. He had full faith that all she needed was a little practice to be good and, truthfully, he had won through type advantages alone. Well, other than Spearow, but his Charmander was surprisingly well trained.

So he kept quiet, taking her jibe with a small smile. "Oh, well, you know. I couldn't stand to be away from you for so long," he said, spreading his arms out in an overly dramatic fashion. "I was so lost and confused without you at my side." He put the back of his hand to his forehead in a feigning gesture before grinning at her. He was careful with his words. He had almost commented on her beauty, but he thought that a bit too far for a joke. Especially, considering his feelings for her. He didn't want to reveal those! That'd just be mortifying and awkward. A light tint came to his face as the thought, but he quickly moved, his back to her as he went towards the Pokemart. "It was all well and good, but there's only so much you can see. There are a few places I want to visit now, but I knew most of what was said about the fossils already from the internet and books." He laughed lightly.

That was normal for him at least. He had known all that nerdy stuff before going to the museum.

There was far too much going on in her mind to be noticing how Leon acted when she asked him questions. To a fault, she ignored the signs that something could have been wrong, and merely became angered at seeing Terry again. She had a knack for showing up at the wrong times. Though now was safe enough, Rasca still kept her senses wary of anymore chance meetings with the witch.

When Leon put on his dramatic act, Rasca couldn't help but play along with him. "I don't know how you stayed alive for so long! Truly you are a genius to not be bored to death itself in the plague of dust and pokemon bones!" She flexed her arms as a gesture of her strength, trying to look noble and brave as she placed a hand over her heart, and raised her leg as if it was perched on one of the many boulders. Rasca resumed her natural pose when Leon began walking off. "Makes a person wonder why you wanted to see them at all. Couldn't have been much more interesting close up and outside of your books for once." She gave him a sidelong glance, stuffing her hands in her pockets casually. Her hopes was that he had a good time, and that nothing else would bother either of them. Her mind was set at ease however, nobody too crazy usually visited the pokecenters.

"Maybe we can go visit the less boring sites you wanna see, and maybe we'll both enjoy the time we spend there." Business as usual, things tended to be a bit better when Leon was around.

Leon offered a grin to her, slinging his arm around her shoulders, momentarily ignoring his embarrassment. "Of course," he stated. "I'm sure even you could be interested in that type of place. Might still be old fossils, but I'm sure we can find some other Pokemon too. It'll be fun. I even read that some labs are researching bringing these fossils back to life. So, if we could find some..." He shrugged, stepping away as they continued on. "Maybe we can even catch our own ancient Pokemon. I think that'd be pretty cool. Do you think you'd be interested in that?"

Raising her eyebrows at his bold tactics, Rasca felt the need to not react negatively to his sudden urge to come into contact with her. Instead she pressed against his side lightly, when he unhooked his arm from her shoulders. If anyone were to see it, it would look like she had bumped Leon's hip with her own. Fortunately in her case, nobody was focused on them, so she became a bit more relaxed and answered him without any further questions. "Okay, sounds fun to me. I'm sure if i faint from boredom, you can always catch me." Rasca teased him, pointing out to Leon in a rather subtle way that she had taken notice of his lack of concern for their personal space. 'Can't say i mind though. It's nice to be on easy-going terms with my best friend.'