Cheren quietly walked around the exterior of the school, carefully searching over the area. Moments before, a student had come to him in distress, telling him that one of the Lillipup had run out of the safety of the enclosure when she had tried to enter the building. The student had returned to her class, but now the gym leader was responsible for finding the missing Pokemon before it got itself into some sort of trouble.
By this point, Cheren had searched the entire backyard of the school and walked around one side of the building while looking for the Lillipup. Enough time had passed that the young Pokemon could be anywhere on the school grounds, or even somewhere else in Aspertia. His search continued at the front of the building where he looked through each bush carefully to see if the Lillipup was hiding. He was just considering asking another teacher to assist him in looking for the lost pup when something caught his eye.
Just beyond the front yard of the school, there was a trainer who seemed to be about the same age as Cheren, and running around by her feet was a small Lillipup, clearly excited to be running around without supervision. The gym leader quickly made his way over to the girl and scooped up the unsuspecting pup. The Pokemon seemed surprised, and just a bit disappointed that it had been caught, but didn't resist.
"I'm sorry about that." Cheren spoke with an apologetic smile, "We don't usually let our Pokemon run around without guidance."
