Taki was an overnight sensation. Everyone who could helped. Even the
President of Devon Corp. donated money and equipment. On second thought,
there was one person who didn't.
Steven stood on top of the super structure of EverGrand City. He just stood and stared at the general direction of the Waterfall Gym. "You made it all up. You are a Pokemon Master, but that wasn't enough for your appetite. You wish to gain popularity and displace myself and have your way with Hoenn. I say no more. The police will find you, and you'll be tossed with the rest of the traitors."
"Still unmoving?" A feminine voice quipped, "Just because you train steel types doesn't mean that you have to have an Iron heart." She stepped forward to present herself as Glacia. "You don't want to admit that a foreigner can do good for the region."
"All foreigners are scum. I'd rather be left alone with the gods and a squirt gun than with a single one of them."
"I'll be leaving then." Glacia turned to leave. "You know if you allow yourself to, you can forget who's foreign and who's not. For instance, you obviously forgot that I am from Seafoam Island, Kanto. I'm no different than Chi."
"He still has ulterior motives."
"Even your father's helping him develop the cure." Glacia winked, "And various Gym leaders have made efforts to help, as well. Norman apparently likes the idea of making Hoenn safe for his daughter's journeys."
"Kanto, Johto... All I trust beyond ourselves is the Orre region." Steven stamped his foot at this.
"Than you won't like the news. Apparently, that Hitmonchan was FROM Orre."
"Then Chi must of convinced some brigand there. I should close his gym now."
Glacia yelled at this, "You will do no such thing! I will not allow you to make someone else the victim of your paranoid delusions!"
"Why are you so adamant about such a thing as a gym?"
"You want to know why? I'll tell you. Chi saved my life, and the gym is what I did to repay my debt."
"Are you contradicting me?" Steven charged.
"Yes, yes I am. Do you have a problem with me? This isn't the church. I am allowed to have a difference in opinion."
Steven glared at Glacia, but she reversed it with her own icy stare. Drake rushed in with a sped up fanfare trailing. "Steven! Have you seen the news? All of the gym leaders have decided to help Taki, and there are jokes referring to dark syndicates paying you to be against him."
"How ironic," Sidney laughed as he appeared out of nowhere. "Chi Taki was dragged into doing this because of a group claiming to be his disciples caused the problem. Now Steven is having the same troubles as him... Life's just one big comedy."
"What do you say I do, then?"
"It's easy, all you have to do is to give him a hand, and the mark on your reputation will melt away." Sidney accompanied this with fitting hand motions to remove any doubt left in what he was saying. "Easy... as... that."
"What?! And relinquish my pride?"
"Pride or dignity... You have to choose one. Hint, pride can be rebuilt."
Steven fumed at this. Chi seemed to have taken his entire world away. "Damn you all." He moved to the stairs.
"Where are you going?" Drake requested.
"I'm going to finish this. Nobody ruins my reputation." He stormed off.
Steven stood on top of the super structure of EverGrand City. He just stood and stared at the general direction of the Waterfall Gym. "You made it all up. You are a Pokemon Master, but that wasn't enough for your appetite. You wish to gain popularity and displace myself and have your way with Hoenn. I say no more. The police will find you, and you'll be tossed with the rest of the traitors."
"Still unmoving?" A feminine voice quipped, "Just because you train steel types doesn't mean that you have to have an Iron heart." She stepped forward to present herself as Glacia. "You don't want to admit that a foreigner can do good for the region."
"All foreigners are scum. I'd rather be left alone with the gods and a squirt gun than with a single one of them."
"I'll be leaving then." Glacia turned to leave. "You know if you allow yourself to, you can forget who's foreign and who's not. For instance, you obviously forgot that I am from Seafoam Island, Kanto. I'm no different than Chi."
"He still has ulterior motives."
"Even your father's helping him develop the cure." Glacia winked, "And various Gym leaders have made efforts to help, as well. Norman apparently likes the idea of making Hoenn safe for his daughter's journeys."
"Kanto, Johto... All I trust beyond ourselves is the Orre region." Steven stamped his foot at this.
"Than you won't like the news. Apparently, that Hitmonchan was FROM Orre."
"Then Chi must of convinced some brigand there. I should close his gym now."
Glacia yelled at this, "You will do no such thing! I will not allow you to make someone else the victim of your paranoid delusions!"
"Why are you so adamant about such a thing as a gym?"
"You want to know why? I'll tell you. Chi saved my life, and the gym is what I did to repay my debt."
"Are you contradicting me?" Steven charged.
"Yes, yes I am. Do you have a problem with me? This isn't the church. I am allowed to have a difference in opinion."
Steven glared at Glacia, but she reversed it with her own icy stare. Drake rushed in with a sped up fanfare trailing. "Steven! Have you seen the news? All of the gym leaders have decided to help Taki, and there are jokes referring to dark syndicates paying you to be against him."
"How ironic," Sidney laughed as he appeared out of nowhere. "Chi Taki was dragged into doing this because of a group claiming to be his disciples caused the problem. Now Steven is having the same troubles as him... Life's just one big comedy."
"What do you say I do, then?"
"It's easy, all you have to do is to give him a hand, and the mark on your reputation will melt away." Sidney accompanied this with fitting hand motions to remove any doubt left in what he was saying. "Easy... as... that."
"What?! And relinquish my pride?"
"Pride or dignity... You have to choose one. Hint, pride can be rebuilt."
Steven fumed at this. Chi seemed to have taken his entire world away. "Damn you all." He moved to the stairs.
"Where are you going?" Drake requested.
"I'm going to finish this. Nobody ruins my reputation." He stormed off.