All three group members had claimed victory on the upcoming contest. It was definitely going to be a good one! But that wasn't the biggest thing of Cairo's mind; And for good reason! Matsuko's words resonated with him for just a moment. He exhaled peacefully and smiled. "Let's do it..." He faded into unconsciousness after a few moments.
After a long, dreamless sleep, Cairo awoke to find that Lance's sleeping bag was missing. His pokeballs were gone. The only sign of him was a note left next to Matsuko's sleeping bag. The note read: "I'm going ahead guys. We'll meet up again at some point." -Lance With a sigh, Cairo sat up, reading over the note a second time. He had suspected that forming a relationship with Matsuko might lead to this. He never would admit it, but Lance had a crush on Matsuko as well. There was no way he would want to spend the next untold amount of time watching the two of them together. He reached over and shook the red head awake. "Matsuko. Wake up." Once she was awake, he handed her the note. It appeared the two would be traveling alone from here...