Chapter 11: Luminous Pride

Frost made a quick stop to his Lumious City residence (safehouse) before going to the hotel where he let Ninetales out again.

"Sorry to call you back in the morning without explaining anything." he apologized to the fox pokemon.

"Nine-nine-ninetales."

"Ya ya I know you are mad that's why I am apologizing to you before I even took a shower." he said while taking off his shirt to observe the extent of his injuries.

(A few bruises huh… I got off easy.) he thought as he recalled the kick he received from the heavy grunt a few hours ago.

Ninetales looked over to Frost with concerned eyes.

"Don't worry Ninetales they are just bruises nothing I can't like through." Frost said to lighten the mood as he went into the bathroom to fetch a wet towel only to show it Ninetales.

"A little help here." he said to his Pokemon.

As if already knowing what to do the pokemon blew lightly on the cloth freezing it into a makeshift ice pack.

Frost finally relaxed since morning as he lay on his bed and treating his bruises with the ice pack.

Ninetales quickly followed suit and lay on the bed right next to her trainer. Both Pokemon and trainer lay there in silence as the cool sensation of the ice helped Frost sooth his skin. This went on for a couple of more minutes when Frost spoke up.

"You know I meet the Champion today."

"Nine?" the Pokemon replied in curiosity.

"She is really brave you know even before I reached her she was handling the situation pretty well."he added.

"Ninetales."

"I know you will judge her your own way once you meet her personally although I think you will like her." he replied to his Pokemon as he patted Ninetales head and went to take a shower.

After being refreshed by the bath Frost packed his belongings and recalled Ninetales after explaining to her that they were going to stay the night at the Ranger Hotel and he was going to let her out once they reached there.

He quickly looked up his place and jumped in the same jeep he used to come here from the airport, slowly making his way to the Hotel.

(Lumious traffic never fails to impress.) Frost internally sighed as he finally reached his destination after two hours, where he was greeting by a familiar looking receptionist.

"How was your day Frost."

"Interesting to say the least." he replied while placing two Pokeball's on the reception desk "Do you mind taking them to the Pokemon Centre Noivern's just tired but Jolteon broke her leg." he added.

"I suppose Jolteon still has a lot to learn." the receptionist said.

"Ya but she is still new to this so I don't blame her, I would have taken her to Joy myself but you see I have the security of this building to setup."

"Don't worry I'll send them there immediately." said the receptionist.

"Thanks" Frost said while beginning to leave only to be stopped once again when he heard his name being called.

"Frost don't forget your room keys" the receptionist said while placing a keycard on his desk which was picked up by Frost, "Since there will be a lot of Ranger's and guest's arriving tonight we are short on a few room so I hope you don't mind sharing." he added.

"I won't mind." Frost said calmly.

After keeping his belongings in his room he left to check on security.

(Since the Champions will be here meaning their escorts will be here too, it's been I while since I have met them it will be nice to catch up.) he thought as Frost disappeared in the crowded hallways.

It was around 6 PM when Cynthia was finally done with the media and police and was currently in a limo along with Alex her temporary escort going to the "Luminous Pride Hotel" a five star hotel whose parent company were the pokemon rangers a fact that she still couldn't wrap her head around.

"Champion Cynthia wait till you see the place we will be staying at it's amazing." said Alex.

"My name is Cynthia, Alex don't use my title when we are in private its awkward for me, also I don't mind as long as the place has a bed and a shower I am tired and after speaking to Jervis on the phone earlier didn't help either it took all my strength to keep him calm." whined Cynthia.

"Alright Cynthia we are still a while away so you can sleep now if you want." suggested Alex.

"No if a sleep now I won't wake up before tomorrow also I told Frost to take me to dinner so it will be rude to not come." Cynthia said but immediately realized that she had stepped on a land mine as Alex's eyes glowed bright.

"Oh how can I forget your date with Frost, I mean I am not gonna lie I was shocked to see him agree to it in the first place but I suppose even a man like him also cannot resist your charms." teased Alex.

Not even bothering to correct her Cynthia asked

"Do you know Frost personally ?"

"Not really but that doesn't mean I don't know him at all he was my senior at the Ranger academy and who can forget that his success rates in missions are the highest among all the others but to be honest he isn't a very open man so it was surprising to see him accept your invite that's all there is to it."

"I see so he is an introvert." said Cynthia.

"Well I won't say that, he can talk to people without any issues but it's like he wants to avoid others as much as possible, it's weird honestly but not so weird to stop the girls from hitting on him whenever he visits HQ."

"I see, thanks for talking to me about him I am not gonna lie he wasn't a very open book to read on the plane either." said Cynthia.

"No worries Cynthia after all you let me meet Garchomp."

Cynthia smiled at the girls reply as the limo entered Luminous City.

(I guess I just have to ask him myself.)

Author's Notes:

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