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"Do you know thunderbolt?" was his greeting before he had his battle with Shauntal, a member of the elite four of Unova who specialized in ghost types. The electric type gym leader proved to be one of the toughest trainers Shauntal faced and was eventually defeated when his Luxray used a devastating crunch on her Drifblim.
This event occurred two years ago.
As Shauntal thought about the memory of her defeat, she thought about becoming stronger and tried to achieve the close bonds the electric trainer had with his pokemon in the past two years. She remembers asking him what his name was. He slowly turned around and with a very small smile he replied "My name is Volkner". She made the decision and wanting to see his progress over the years, challenged him in facing the elite four in the Unova region with the consent of the champion.
(Meanwhile)
"Electivire use thunderpunch"
With that, the pokemon moved at an incredible speed to deliver the final blow to his opponent. Volkner sighed and slowly walked outside of the gym. He turned around and looked at the renovations he made to the gym, including a puzzle of turning gears and walkways spread out in the city of Sunnyshore which were made in complete boredom. Very few trainers made it to him and all failed to defeat even one of his pokemon. As his pokemon grew stronger from defeating many challengers, he became famous throughout the pokemon world and was thought to be unbeatable. He thought of challenging the elite four for some time, but never found himself doing so. Even though he was still in his younger 20's and was at the top of his life, he lost all his passion for battling and wanted to give up his position as gym leader.
Volkner went to the top of the lighthouse and watched the city, as he did every day. He often thought to himself why he was depressed. He missed the days when he showed passion in battling, but due to the lack of strong trainers, he slowly began to lack emotion. He needed something more than battling. He needed… Suddenly, he felt someone's hand on his shoulder, but rather than seeing who it was, continued to gaze out the window.
"Hello Flint" Volkner said without turning around.
"Hey Volkner! I knew you'd be up here." Flint said with a wide grin.
"Mmmm." Volkner replied very unenthusiastically.
Flint was an elite-four member of Sinnoh, specialized in fire types with a fire-red afro to match his position. He and Volkner had a history of fighting each other when they were young. However, as time went by and they acknowledged each other's strength, turned from rivals to best friends.
"Brighten up man! It's a beautiful day outside, loosen up a bit!" Flint said after Volkner's rather unfriendly response.
Over the years, Flint saw Volkner change from an active gym leader who was happy to take on every challenger, to a very serious person. But today, Flint had something that would rekindle Volkner's reactions to battling.
"I came to deliver a message, given by the elite-four of the Unova region!" Flint said as he took out a very intricate letter with a pokeball symbol on the front.
"The Unova region?" Volkner thought to himself as he opened the letter. While he read the letter, Flint could swear that he saw his friend's face brighten up more in the past 5 minutes than it did in the last 2 years.
"So what does it say?" Flint asked.
"The Unova elite-four… challenged me to fight against them in a month" Volkner said with anticipation rising inside his body.
"What? That's great man! I'm sure they shouldn't be too tough against your skills!" Flint replied.
What's more surprising than the fact that the elite four hasn't challenged any trainer for decades is the fact that Volkner showed small signs of emotion. Flint saw this as an opportunity to bring back the younger Volkner.
"You still have a month before your challenge, let's go have some fun!" Flint said rather childlike.
Rather than decline like he usually does, Volkner stood quietly and finally made a decision.
"Alright, I guess it can't hurt"
Flint was excited that his friend was agreeing and after a few minutes of talking of their plan, they agreed to go to the Unova region itself.
"I have a cousin at the Unova region, I'll call her up and ask her to give us a tour when we get there!" Flint said.
While Flint was calling, Volkner went back to his gym to prepare the pokemon he was going to use during his battle. As he was thinking on what to use, he forgot completely about his duties as a gym leader and silently cursed. He sighed and grabbed the phone to call Cynthia, the champion of the Sinnoh region, on taking a break for a month. As he prepared to get rejected and lose his plans with Flint, he was shocked when Cynthia said that he could take as long of a break as he wanted and not to worry about his gym.
As Cynthia hung up from her call with Volkner, she thought to herself
"A break could do you well, Volkner. Perhaps maybe you will even regain that battling passion of yours."
Volkner put his phone down and realized that his hand was shaking. Not from fear on fighting the elite four, but from anticipation that he can show off his skills he improved on over the years. While he was excited, he also knew that he was completely unprepared on fighting pokemon from another region, as he had almost no information on what their skills or abilities were. While Volkner was thinking about his dilemma, Flint was almost finished with his call.
"Alright, I'll see you in a few days, thanks Skyla!" Flint replied.
"I heard a lot about this Volkner… Maybe he can give her some entertainment for a while" Skyla said with a slight grin.
"I'll be waiting in Nimbasa city to show you around" Skyla said as their phone conversation ended.
(In Nimbasa City)
As Skyla ended her conversation with the elite four member, she turned her gaze back to the fashion show that was starting. For the first few minutes, many models came out with clothes that reflected the Unova region. Skyla yawned as she saw this many times before. However, as the show was about to end, all conversations stopped and everyone turned their attention to the model that arrived at the stage. She had a very elegant yellow dress which seemed to flow with every step, sparkling blue eyes that caused many of her fans to melt and giant headphones with a blue and red border which had black strings rolling down her body with white tips at the end. The cheering was enormous and caused the building to shake, as the shining beauty walked down the path to show her dress.
"This is going to be a fun month" Skyla thought as she remembered the plan she had with Flint.