Flannery went quiet at that and I finally opened my eye to look at her "So what else you want to talk about? Maybe my new eye , that ones popular these days?" I asked casually. Flannery herself was in a bikini in the hotspring that had flame patterns on it and covered what it needed to but little else. At least above the water where I could see anyways as I wasn't going to use my x-ray just to get a complete take of the outfit. There was no point in it when her expression told me that I'd likely get a good view of what is under it in the next few days I was here in Lavaridge.-
She was red up to her ears and I don't think it was from the water with how nervous she looked. "Let me guess you want to thank me for what I did in the Magma base right?" I asked after a moment since she didn't say anything. She looked startled "How'd you know!?" she exclaimed. I chuckled "You are acting like a girl who wants to confess to her crush but can't work up the nerve."-
" If you were going to offer yourself to me in some sort of bid to not feel guilty you may as well forget it. I don't do that sort of thing for that reason." I said and she practically turned as red as her hair. "I-I wanted to ... before." she mumbled embarrassed. I raised an eyebrow at that "Oh? In that case you are more than welcome to help yourself but I am curious why you'd be interested in that sort of thing?" I said curious. Despite her regularly wearing fairly revealing clothes in the form of a bikini top rather than a shirt she never struck me as the type all that interested in sex.-
Too naïve and inexperienced for it so learning she was interested in doing it with me was out of my expectations. Infatuation I could understand a bit since I was built like a Greek god and pretty powerful even beyond that. While I could get normal women wanting to sleep with me for my looks or fame Flannery had both of those herself and could get pretty much any guy she wanted including models. Hell she was actually MORE famous and powerful than I was at the moment as a gym leader.-
One need not forget that the bare minimum a gym leaders personal power was elite level with an entire team and I only had two pokemon at that level in the form of Gaia and Vulcan while Yani , Rune and Hades were at most at the ace level with Hades being the closest to elite level in terms of pure raw power. "I took an interest in you originally when you battled Roxy. The way you acted and battled was everything I wanted to have myself. Free , proud and confident in your pokemon , I wanted to be all of that but I could never pull it off."-
"Every battle I am nervous and try to act in the way that would bring pride to my family and the rest of the league but i always mess it up." she said looking a bit dejected. 'Well this took a weird turn. I was expecting her to get all flirty and stuff but instead I seem to have been taken for a therapist.' I thought amused at the situation. I didn't mind though since I was fairly curious anyways.-
"You seem to be under a bit of a misunderstanding it seems." I said calmly and she looked confused. "What do you mean?" she asked hoping to improve. "Do you know what every great trainer has in common regardless of who it is? Personality. Each and every powerful trainer you can think of acts how they do both in and out of battle the same. Not out of some misguided image they think would make someone else proud but because that is simply who they are. Brawly is intense and upbeat , Watson is cheerful but wise and even the current champion Wallace is just as flamboyant as he shows everyone on the outside."-
"You inherited the position of gym leader here in Lavaridge after getting all of your team trained to their current level but as a result your own personality got lost in the responsibility you feel. The two DON'T need to be mutually exclusive. You can in fact act the way you normally would so long as you also make sure things keep running like they should." I explained easily what her problem was and how to fix it. "So I should just ignore everyone's expectations of me?" she asked with a conflicted expression.-
"Ha! No not at all. Expectations aren't responsibility or some static thing to conform to , they are only hopes and dreams of what one wants to be. A subjective yearning for reality to fit their perceptions and beliefs. Listen to what those are and if you find that they fit you well then simply allow yourself to live up to them. But remember that in the end reality can only fit so many shapes at once and you too are equally limited to only what you can do. You can't make everyone happy so at the very least you should make yourself happy no?" I said with smirk.-
Oh I am very much aware that what I was saying was downright anarchist in nature but that was just how I saw the world. The opinions of others were noted but my own always took priority in my mind. Why should I conform to the rest of the world when it will bring me only misery? Instead I will force the world to witness me as I am and bow or i'll break it's knees to get the same result.-
Flannery looked lost as she thought about what I said and while she was lost in thought I left the hotspring. Afterwards I took my team outside Lavaridge to get some practice with type energy done. The way I accomplished this was by having whatever pokemon used that type of energy create a thin and weak layer of it that I interacted with my aura to try and grasp. For the moment I was working with Gaia to grasp rock and ground type energies as those were amongst the most common elements around me at any given moment. Flying type energy would be a close third given that it was basically just wind energy.-
This wasn't an easy process despite what one would think however as I not only needed to be VERY familiar with the way the energy felt but then I had to translate my own energy into the same thing. Whats worse was that after I succeeded in doing so I had to remember how I did it later if I wanted to do it again. Keep in mind that the conversion was different for each typing and as a result I had seventeen different conversions I had to memorize.
I was good but I wasn't that good and as a result it was a slow process for me. The same couldn't be said for the little one however as he felt a type of energy and mimicked it easily. I honestly don't know what came over me when I thought trying to make comparisons with the little one in terms of progress was a good idea. All I got was a harsh lesson on reality and could only drop that idea immediately. He was a natural at energy manipulation which should have been expected in hindsight.-
The little one was a variant that was comprised of all the other variations minus perhaps the legendary one after all and that meant in terms of potential and talent he didn't lose out to any pokemon in any regard. In the same vein however he also didn't seem to realize just how far ahead of the curve he was compared to normal pokemon due to my team being freakish to begin with. All the little one had known and been familiar with was my team where it's full power was more cute than threatening but if any other baby pokemon was subjected to playing with him it would get ugly fast.-
Hades didn't count as a baby pokemon if you were thinking about it as an example of how that was untrue. Spiritomb were born fully mature due to the unique method they come into existence and as a result have the stats to back it up but lack the actual life experience of a pokemon that grew up from an egg. This was actually the only reason Hades couldn't be considered elite level in fact as in terms of raw power it was already there but simply had no real clue how to use it.
[Pokemon: Spiritomb(Hades)
LEVEL:50
Moveset: Confuse ray(N) , Curse(N) , Pursuit(n) , Faint attack(N) , Ominous wind(N) , Sucker punch(n) , Dark pulse(N) , Shadow ball(N)
Variations: Legion
Attack:112
Defense:150
Sp. Atk: 120
Sp. Def:125
Speed:76
Ability: Suppress(N)]
As was clear from Hades status sheet in terms of power it was up there. But at the same time it's level was a mere fifty due to it's inexperience at using that power properly. At the same time though this wasn't a bad starting point at all since just the instinctual knowledge of it's own power was enough to place it at six or seven tier dangerous.-
Anyways while the little one was breezing through the type training I was giving my best effort just to convert a spark of type energy at any given time. Despite my large energy reserve I was still straining myself with over drafting it during this training. I should also mention that I had tried to find a replacement handle for my spearhead but the damn thing burnt up any handle I put on it. Keep in mind that was despite using fire resistant wood native to this part of Hoenn.-
When I say fire resistant I mean like you throw it in a bonfire for an hour and you can take it out and scrape off the charred exterior to reveal perfectly fine wood. Shit was expensive too as it took years for each tree to grow to a harvestable size and there were only so many trees. It was cheapest here in Lavaridge where it originated but by no means was the price small. Not that I was short on cash mind you as the cash was rolling in from the tm sales at the end of each day.-
At the moment I had nearly a billion poke to my name and that amount was increasing constantly as Mr. Stone got cross regional requests for the tm in almost every region the league was active in. For those curious to know the going price of the tm was five thousand poke in Hoenn(unless you were the Joy clan) and ten thousand or higher in the regions further and further from us. Still substantial wealth aside I tried to be frugal and only spend what I absolutely felt was necessary at any given moment.-
The few expensive things I did purchase was ingredients for my alchemy or things to feed my team since I made sure they got what they needed for optimal growth and training. The weird thing was that the spearhead wasn't even hot , like at all. The only time that changed was when I ran aura through it and it converted the aura to fire and steel type energies. It didn't take a genius to figure out that this had something to do with the refinement it got from Heatrans dying moments.-
I ended up getting a sort of exhibition match with Flannery at the end of the week that I hadn't asked for but was perfectly content to participate in. She hadn't spoken with me since the hotsprings but had sent warning of some shady folks that came to town and were probably here for me. Oh yeah I had a bounty out on my head in the criminal underworld , not a bad amount either at two million poke. I wasn't sure who posted it but I had a pretty good idea it was someone unhappy with my tm sales , likely an alchemist of some sort.-
I wasn't worried about it though as almost every member of my team would be more than happy to murder anyone stupid enough to try and snatch the bounty on my head. I even planned to leave the corpses as a warning to the next would be assassins , as for the condition of said corpses well my team wasn't known for being gentle so likely in many pieces. The cherry on top? I could blame all of this brutality on the Joy clan. It was basically that old crones fault these assassins came after me so it was by extension the Joy clans fault.-
It was almost enough to make me want to personally pay them a visit to see the looks on their faces when they realize this. The assassins hadn't tried to attack me yet while I was near Lavaridge though which made sense considering Flannery's close proximity in the chance they failed. Not to mention the risk of me escaping back to the city and holing up. I wouldn't but it was still a valid concern in any other targets situation. It was clear they were instead waiting for me to leave the city good and proper to strike.-
They wouldn't need to wait long though as I walked into the gym on Friday for my match knowing that I wasn't going to stick around Lavaridge afterwards. The gym was absolutely packed by the way as there was quite a bit of hype around this exhibition match. The running idea behind this match was to help people focus on something other than the recent disaster. I was an up and coming pokemon master and Flannery was a gym leader so we were going to be having a three vs three bout as intense as possible.
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