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>gang still traveling to rustboro
>stumble upon a pokemon populated forest
>gang talks about how Ash has a high affinity with pokemon through instincts
>a group of fierce looking mightyena show up
>our girl gets scared
>May: Satoshi, try making friends with them through your wild instincts!
>Ash, Brock and May send out their pokemon to deal with the Mightyena
>their Pokemon get attacked by a swift poochyena that's part of the pack
>turns out they're the Pokemon of a Ranger and the gang is in a Ranger-protected forest