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The pair of girls would split up with Leslie heading towards the north east of Nimbasa to find her way out of the city and towards their destination while Keiko would head to the south west portion of the city, the residential area of Nimbasa in search of a certain Riolu. If the little guy was hungry or if someone picked it up she would probably find it there.

After heading past the subway station and walking over a bridge Leslie would find herself on the entertainment street of Nimbasa, the Big Stadium, Small Court, and Musical Theater glimmering along the path. "Oh. My. God!" A young woman dressed in the finest of designer Cincinno furs and designer Bouffalant leather boots. "You, you're a hybrid right? Oh my god you're perfect!" The long haired blonde woman exclaimed with glee, waving her tiny little purse around. "You just have to join my show! Please. Please. Please." She begged Leslie.

As for Keiko, she would find the residential area of Nimbasa less glamorous, this was not where the rich lived, instead those who clean up and served them in Nimbasa lived here. Towering apartment buildings greeted her, each one more decrepit than the last. She noticed a group of kids playing with a very old patched up basketball in a run down court, a laundry basket being used as a hoop but they didn't seem to mind. Astonishingly enough she would see at least two hybrids along the way, one was a Leavanny hybrid sitting on a stoop, knitting away (not with grass mind you). The second one, what appeared to be a Palpitoad hybrid (it had arms, mind you, just not old enough to evolve again), would approach Keiko however. "What's a pretty lady like you doing in such a rough part of Nimbasa?" He would ask.

Leslie would turn her gaze towards the woman with a quizzical and approaching full-on baffled look before responding. "I am a hybrid. And why do you want me for things?" Leslie asked, doing her best to sound as off-putting as she could. This seemed like time to be diplomatic, apparently.

"Oh, thank you," Keiko said, calming down visibly as the Palpitoad hybrid seemed to be a decent person. She hadn't let her guard down, though, as this could easily be a trap. Still, she'd try to seem positive as long as it wasn't obvious that she was being lured into peril.

Keiko indeed stepped forward, feeling nervous without knowing why. "I met a trainer today who said his Riolu was missing. Have you seen a Riolu wandering around here, ma'am?" she asked.

"A Ri-o-lu," Keiko enunciated. "It's a small, blue, dog-like Pokemon... that can stand on it's hind legs. Like a human!" Only after saying that did she notice the Riolu in the old lady's arms.

"It's trainer really misses it," she said, in hopes that the Riolu would want to go with her after hearing that. She didn't want to say 'like the one in your arms', for fear of being seen as aggressive.

"I'm sorry," Keiko said, feeling bad for the poor old lady, and for expecting bad things to happen when she got here. "I"m sure Riolu's trainer will be glad you took such good care of it, though."

"I'm sorry," Keiko sighed when she saw the only lady's sad face. She didn't like having to do this, but she knew that if the Riolu's trainer, or especially the police, knew that the Riolu was here, they would have been far ruder about reclaiming it.

With the Riolu in her arms, she turned to the Palpitoad hybrid that led her hear. "Thank you," she said. "I might never have found this Pokemon if you didn't help." A bit of an exaggeration, she knew, but she felt it was the likeliest scenario.