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You know the disclaimer, so I won't repeat it again.
This is Chapter Two.

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Few actually liked the Kanto League Pokemon Master. He was a man who killed an innocent girl for no apparent
reason. Was it possible to like such a man? Obviously the answer was "Yes"; that it was possible to like such
a man. But there were few who did. The public was angered when they heard about the girl's death; it was
rape, followed by murder. The girl had been last seen with the Kanto League Pokemon Master Gary, and so
Gary had been accused of rape and murder. A few weeks later Gary announced that he was the one who raped
and killed the girl, but no one did anything to take the title of Pokemon Master from him.

The public turned to tormenting the Gym Leaders instead.

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A green cloaked figure strode through the forest, constantly stopping to listen for any possibly hostile beings.
Nowadays it was a necessity to be wary, for nowhere was safe enough for a Kanto League Gym Leader. And
it was all the Kanto League Pokemon Master's doing.

The cloaked figure abruptly came to a stop by a large boulder. She unsheathed two daggers, twirling them
around in her hands. She thrust her right hand forward, the sharp blade of the dagger gleaming in the light of
the moon and stars. Then she withdrew the hand and used her left hand to slash the air in front of her. She
continued training like this for half an hour more before stopping to rest on the boulder.

Erika always trained in the evening. She never really knew why, but she liked it better than the morning. It
was just her preference; nothing had happened to make her like training in the evening better. She sighed as
she hopped up to sit on the boulder like she had done for many nights. As much as she hated the Arctic,
this spot was the most peaceful spot she had *ever* found. There was barely any noise during the winter,
so there was nothing to distract her. Unless, of course, Sabrina came again. Erika shook her head. She had
warned Sabrina not to come unless there was an emergency. So the chances of the Psychic Mistress coming
were slim. Not much havoc could be wreaked in the Arctic, or so it was commonly thought.

The Grass Mistress let out a sigh, watching as the air she let out clouded into mist, or something similar. She
let her thoughts drift, and found herself thinking of her gym in Celadon City. Ever since Gary, that idiot of a
Pokemon Master, killed the girl, matches at the gym hadn't been going well. For the second time in a week
Erika had been cut by an angry trainer; this time on the arm. Many of the trainers that came to her now
only came to hurt her, for they were mad at the Kanto League Pokemon Master. So they found it fitting to
take it out on the all the Kanto League Gym Masters and Mistresses. The League Mistresses and Masters
held a meeting and they agreed that it was only right to arm themselves in case of a very serious attack.
Erika said that she would only need her Pokemon's protection. In reality, she kept her daggers with her, but
she didn't need the League knowing that she was skilled with daggers. It wasn't anyone's business what she
was skilled with.

Towards the first anniversary of the girl's death, the attacks on the Kanto League Gym Masters and Mistresses
became much more serious. The cuts inflicted were deeper and drew more blood, and this applied to all of the
Gym leaders - not only Erika. The Gym leaders started fighting back and slowly the attacks lessened.
However, on the second anniversary of the girl's death, the Celadon City gym was burned down. The Gym
leaders called for another meeting and finally decided to shut down the gyms.

But that did not ensure their safety.

They were still very much vulnerable to attacks.

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