“rival”
as they treck towards cerulan city they meet a boy named zach who is also from kanto but has a treecko as a starter who can’t evolve either so the grass starters battle which chikorita wins due to lack of strong grass type moves zach reveals he is also a coordinator and has just won the cerulan badge and has two ribbons and badges they agree to battle again in the future.
next time nugget bridge.
Harrison’s world 