It took a few minutes from the laboratory to Route - 1, where Nero's journey would officially start. This place didn't had many strong pokémon, with the handful bug and grass types, Nero would certainly have an idea of how strong his Cyndaquil was. "So, Vee. Let's meet our new partner, hmm?"
The Eevee nodded it's head, leaping off from Nero's shoulder and into the ground. The boy picked up the Cyndaquil's pokéball, releasing it right after, the pokémon came out sniffing the air, seemingly curious. It moved slowly around;
"Quil? Quil!"
"Eeeeve, Vee!"
"Getting acquainted, eh?" A wide smile played in Nero's lips as he leaned down and gave the Cyndaquil a pat on the head. The pokémon accepted it, but was a bit timid. "No need to be shy, Cyndaquil. We have plenty of time to learn how to trust one another - now though, would you like to battle?"
The pokémon nodded it's head, flames erupted from his back. It seemed to be quite willing. "Great, let's get to it, then!"
After a bit of searching and dwelving around into the tall grass, Nero eventually found some wild pokémon: A Zangoose. Not exactly what Nero was looking for, those were quite difficult - some became exceptionally powerful in the wild by fighting Seviper. No matter, this one didn't look particularly threatening, it was in a cautious stance, with it's ears up - and on all fours. However, as soon as Cyndaquil moved closer and tried to intimidate it with large flames erupting from it's back, the Zangoose stood on it's back legs, claws coming out of his front paws...
"Alright, our first battle together, eh, Cyndaquil?! Let's go!"