“Yoohyeon, no.” Bora said sternly.

Yoohyeon pouted. “But-”

“No.”

“But!” Yoohyeon pouted harder.

“No. No crying.” But Bora’s words fell on deaf ears. Yoohyeon was already whining and crying about missing her ‘other half’.

“But Minji’s gone!”

Bora sighed and dragged her hand down her face. Yoohyeon can really be an irritating, overgrown child at times. “For the last time, she is not dead! She’s just going away for a movie shoot in Sinnoh! So quit your whining, you big lilipup.”

Yoohyeon’s crying was so pathetic that Pie had to use water gun on Yoohyeon’s face to make her stop. “The both of you are so mean...If Minji were here, she would hug me and give me all the love in the world...”

“Yeah well, Minji left you in my and Pie’s care while she is away so it up.” Bora huffed. She could be training with Sua and Yoo right about now but she was stuck trying to cheer up her best friend. Yoohyeon was always a clingy kid though so Bora isn’t really surprised.

The doctor wiped her tears (and Pie’s water gun) off her face and sniffed. “Okay, okay. I know you’re supposed to be training right now so I’ll get out of your hair.” She stood up and gathered her bag, dejectedly walking to the door. Okay, now Bora felt like she just kicked a lilipup for no reason.

“Yooh, will you really be alright on your own?”

Yoohyeon straightened up with a smile. “Yeah, I was just being dramatic for no reason. Minji’ll be back in 2 days so I’ll live until then. I’ll hang out with some new friends or treat some injured pokemon. Don't worry about me! Call me if anything happens!”

Yoohyeon energetically left Bora’s apartment with Pie on her shoulder, making the trainer shake her head. “That’s my line.” She said to herself.

--

“Doc! Good timing!”

Gahyeon waved Yoohyeon over to where her wife was crouching. “Gahyeon! Yubin! What’s going on?”

Yubin pointed at a clearing where a green pokemon was releasing the most foul smelling gases. It smelled even worse than a gathering of trubbish. In fact, Pie looked like she was about to faint.

“Euack this is terrible...” Yoohyeon pulled out all of her medical masks and handed them out to the bakers. She put one on Pie too. It didn't do much against the horrible smell but it was better than nothing. Upon closer inspection, the green pokemon was a gulpin. “What’s wrong with it?”

From her experience, gulpins didn't usually give off terrible gas unless they ate something they should not have. The acid in their stomach has the ability to digest anything, even scrap iron. Consuming metals or aggregates tend to make them smelly. Could that be it?

“Don’t know. We were passing through when it started giving off that odor. But look closely, doesn’t it seem to be...malnourished?” Yubin said. She stood up and pushed her wife behind her when the gulpin released another round of gas.

Now that she mentioned it, Yoohyeon did notice the fact that the gulpin seemed skinnier than normal. Gulpins ate just about anything. They weren’t known to be picky so this gulpin could have eaten the bushes and leaves around it and it would have been okay.

“Maybe it’s hungry.” The doctor pulled out an oran berry and tossed it over to the gulpin. The blue fruit rolled in front of the gulpin, stopping when it bounced against a green belly. The pokemon sniffed the berry, ate it, and then spit it back out like it was the most disgusting thing ever.

Huh. That’s new. None of the gulpins she treated back in Hoenn behaved like this in front of food. It was time to try another tactic.

“Pie. Go over and ask what’s wrong.” Pi