Author's note: Paranthesis (...) mean character is remembering something or it is a flashback. And if you see 888 that means scene change. Thanks for reading!
Zayne and Ren walked back to the Kanto Houses where Ren showed Zayne his room. They took an elevator up to the 9th floor and walked over to room 1 where Zayne was assigned to stay. Zayne noticed that there was only 15 rooms to each floor. The 9th floor was the highest floor.
"Alright we're here. If you open your packet you'll find your room key." Ren said.
Zayne opened up his packet and sure enough there was his room key. He held it up to the scanner and a few moments later it made a clicking noise signaling the door was unlocked. Zayne opened up the door and walked inside and to his surprise, the room was huge contrary to what he was expecting. It was practically a luxury suite. The living area was open so that you could see to the kitchen while the bedroom was around the corner of the living area.
"So, what do you think?" Ren said with a grin.
"It's...definitely more than what I expected." Zayne said.
"Heh. Only the best for our students. Well I'll let you get settled in. Here." Ren said handing a piece of paper to Zayne. "That's my number. Save it. Call me if you need anything. Classes start in two days so I suggest you take a look through that packet and familiarize yourself with your schedule along with knowing how to get to your classes in the Academy building. I don't know what your financial situation looks like but in case no one told you, at the start of each month all students receive an allowance of 5000 pokedollars. I'd be glad to tell you more about how the Academy works and all tomorrow if you'd like?" Ren said.
"That'd be helpful thanks. I appreciate it." Zayne said truthfully.
Ren nodded and said, "No problem, how about we meet for lunch tomorrow and I can go over some important details. Let's meet on the 1st floor lounge area at 11am tomorrow."
Zayne nodded in agreement and said, "Alright, let's do that."
Ren and Zayne exchanged goodbyes before Ren left the room. Zayne took in a deep breath and let it out. It's been a long day he thought. He explored his new living quarters a little and found the washer and dryer room next to the bathroom. He stripped himself of his clothes and threw them into the wash. He walked into the bathroom and got in the shower and turned it on warm to hot. Finally, a much needed shower he thought. 15 minutes passed before he got out and looked around. The warm and hot shower fogged up the bathroom. He grabbed a towel off a nearby shelf and dried off his body before draping it across his waist and clearing up a spot on the fogged up mirror so he could see his reflection.
His hair still a bit wet partially covered his ruby eyes as he stared at the cross shaped scar on his right pectoral and a long scar mark along the bottom left side of his abdomen. He lightly ran his fingers across the right pectoral scar as he recalled a memory from his childhood. He clenched his fist at the memory of an exploding building deep in the forest where snow blanketed the area and a lone child lay still on the ground amongst some debris. He closed his eyes trying to remember more of what happened that day. There was an overcast of clouds that day and some snowfall.
"Come on Zayne, remember." He said to himself.
For a brief moment he thought he might have saw something shadowy among the center of the debris. It looked at him with angry and red feral eyes. A chill ran down his spine. His heart rate quickened. Sweat began forming on his body. This feral looking beast jumped at the child with a demonic roar and sharp fangs. Just as it was about to tear the child apart Zayne gave a panicked scream, "AH!" as his phone started ringing at the same exact moment jolting him out of his trance.
He looked in the mirror and noticed that he was breathing heavily with sweat dripping from his body. He took in a deep breath before grabbing his phone and looked at who was calling. It's Leo Zayne mentally said to himself. He walked out of the bathroom and answered the phone and said, "Hey Leo."
"Zayne! Uh...this isn't a bad time is it?" Leo asked.
"No it's fine. What's up?" Zayne replied.
"I was wondering if you wanted to hang out tomorrow with Melanie, Invel and I?" Leo said.
"What time are you guys planning to meet?" Zayne asked.
"Noon for lunch! Then we're going to check out the academy." Leo said excitedly.
"Hmm...Sorry Leo, I'd like to but I made plans already with one of my seniors for lunch." Zayne said.
"Oh…" Leo said sounding disappointed.
"Hey, maybe next time. Class doesn't start for another two days so if you want we could meet the day after tomorrow." Zayne said.
Leo's ears perked up and said, "Yeah let's do that! I'll ask Karma and Killua too!" Leo said excited again.
"Alright then I'll see you then." Zayne said.
"Awesome! See you then Zayne, Bye!" Leo said.
Zayne then ended the call and threw his phone on the couch before flopping down next to it. It was a pretty big couch, large enough for him to fully lay down on. He rested there for a few minutes before getting up and grabbing his backpack. He didn't pack much. He took out the few clothes he did pack and put on maroon sweatpants and a white t-shirt. After he put away everything that he brought in an appropriate place he took his clothes out of the wash and into the dryer. He looked at the clock on his wall which read 8pm. He yawned before heading to the bathroom and brushed his teeth. Even though it was pretty early he was tired after everything that happened. He grabbed his packet and took it to his bedroom. He plopped down on his bed and opened up his packet. Guess I'll read until I fall asleep he said. As he started to read his eyes began to get droopy and not long after he was fast asleep.
888
Rin walked into the Kanto Champion tower and into the bathroom where she began to take a hot shower. She was feeling stressed after the events that happened today. She let the hot water rain down on her as she recalled what happened at the meeting after her late appearance.
(She had finally resolved the Tyler incident and made it out of the battle dome. She flew on Articuno over to Tenjin Island where a branch of Ravenwood industries was located. Once she got inside she walked towards the meeting room where many of the board of directors were currently in. She took in a deep breath and let it out composing herself professionally before opening the doors and stepping inside. All eyes turned towards her direction.
"Well well, look who decides to show up." The first board member said.
"I apologize for my absence. There was a matter that needed to be handled as the student Kanto Champion of Atlas." Rin said as she walked in with confidence and sat down at the head of the table. She crossed her legs and folded her hands in front of her on the table then said, "Continue."
"Heh. Are you sure that isn't just an excuse for showing up late and whenever you please?" A second board member said.
"Perhaps handling the business is too much to handle for a youngling such as yourself." A third member said.
Before anyone could say anything else Rin placed her hand in the air signaling everyone to halt. "Enough." She said with a commanding tone. "I have apologized for my tardiness. However I will not tolerate this kind of demeaning slander." Rin said.
She narrowed her eyes at the first board member and said, "Igor, have you confirmed the joint partnership in the new research project with the Devon Corporation?"
"Err...we are still working on that currently." Igor said hesitantly.
"Oh. Perhaps I was mistaken. Who is this we you speak of. I remember you saying that you personally could acquire and guarantee the contract for the project. You've had two weeks, what seems to be the issue?" Rin said in an almost mocking and scolding tone.
"It's more difficult than you think. Not that you would understand. You merely inherited the larger share of the business from your father. What experience would you have it procuring a contract." Igor said condescendingly.
Rin grew annoyed and said, "You are right. I did inherit the largest share of the business from my father. My father who made the business what it is today. Now tell me, when my father had passed away it took 3 months before I officially stepped into the business. In that 3 months time, you board members had control of the business's dealings. How were the profit margins then?"
There was complete silence in the room. "Perhaps I should remind you that it had plummeted by 25%. In only 3 months. However we are now growing our profit margins by 22% since then." Rin then looked at the third board member and said, "I have turned a 25% decrease in profit margins nearly 180 degrees and Ravenwood industries profit margins have increased by 22% since then. Do you still doubt my ability to lead Ulas? If you think you could do better then you should have shown the world during the 3 months that the board had control of the business."
She looked at the second board member Nyla and said with a tone that dared Nyla to challenge her authority, "It appears that our fellow board members Igor and Ulas have some strong opinions on my ability to lead this company. Tell me Nyla, if that were the case then the board should of had no problems beginning the meeting without me. So tell me, what has the board finished discussing and has a decision been made on any of the following topics?"
Nyla shifted uncomfortably in her seat and remained silent. Rin then turned her attention to the entire board and said, "Well now. Does anyone else have anything they would like to add before we begin?"
Everyone remained silent.
People like Igor, Ulas, and Nyla only care about reaping the benefits without doing any of the work themselves. They prey on the weak and exploit people for their own gain. They disgust me. She looked out of her peripherals to the right seeing her uncle. The board probably wants to replace me with my uncle and he's probably the one who brought the idea up to them. He always did despise my dad. He didn't even try to defend me against the backlash of the board. Rin thought to herself. A brief image of Zayne speaking out against Tyler appeared in her head right after. She gave a small grin before turning her attention back at the board.
"Igor, you've had two weeks to procure the contract yet you have made no progress and you've yet presented to the board exactly how you were planning to obtain said contract, therefore, I motion to the board that if Igor is able to procure the contract before I do, then I, who hold 70% of the shares will give the board 10% of that 70% leaving me with only 60%. If I am able to procure the contract with the Devon Corporation before Igor does then all 6% of the shares that Igor holds will go to me effectively removing Igor as one of the board members in Ravenwood Industries." Rin said and proposed to the board.
There was a few moments of silence amongst the board and a little bit of chatter.
"W-What, you can't be serious. Like we would consider something like that." Igor said hesitantly.
The company doesn't need people like Igor in it. Especially in the decision making processes of the business. I'll need to start thinking of ways I can officially get rid of their hold on the company. I won't let them trample on the dream my dad had for this company Rin silently thought to herself.
After a few more minutes of chatter amongst themselves the board took a vote of motion and the motion had passed. Igor had a dissatisfied look on his face.
Heh, I knew they'd accept. They'd take any chance they could get to strip me of my power. Most of the board will probably try to work together to procure the contract before I can, we'll see just how well that works out for them in the end Rin thought).
Rin turned off the shower forgetting about the events earlier in the day and dried off getting ready for bed after her long day. Now how to get that contract she thought. She yawned and slipped under the covers on her bed.
"I'll think about it tomorrow." She said. Sleep soon took over her body.