Kaizo nodded. "Me, I grew up in Orre. Back home, wild pokemon are few and far between. Most battles are doubles. I had always been fascinated by pokemon. So, on my twelfth birthday, my parents actually set it up so I could get lessons from Professor Oak. When I turned 13, he gave me a pokedex and a Squirtle. Squirtle took a long time to level up, since I couldn't battle often. Three years later, I went to Kanto for a while to study some of the pokemon there. While I was there, my cousin gave me an Eevee. The next year, actually only a few months ago, I was lucky enough to encounter a Growlithe, and I caught it. It was the first pokemon that I ever actually earned, as my other two were just given to me. When I arrived at the school, my pokemon were all around level 13. I battled and actually managed to get Wartortle up to level 17, and my other two to around level 15. Then, of course, we battled, you won, and we've been rivals since." Kaizo looked up. "Professor Oak is the one paying for me to attend this school. I just can't let him down, not after he's done so much for me." Kaizo looked at Kiri. "So, tell me about some more of your adventures in other regions."