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Chapter 34: Mistrust

Cynthia had just seen Frost off and was now blushing a deep shade of red because of her straight forward behaviour.

"What was thinking?" she asked herself as she sat down on the nearest sofa and took a deep breath.

Cynthia didn't really thought about it before she asked Frost out for lunch.

Glaceon soon settled onto Cynthia's lap.

"I mean it's not weird right he did agree to the lunch without hesitation." justified Cynthia.

"Gla gla gla..." replied the Pokemon.

"Ya exactly he didn't seem pressured at all."

Hearing her Pokemon support her in this Cynthia sighed in relief.

"Well what's done is done and now all I can do is call him later." said Cynthia as she stood up and went to her balcony to enjoy the morning air of Lumious City.

Cynthia thanked the fact that she had taken a shower in the morning because of which she wasn't drowsy any more unlike the rest of the Champions that were probably asleep right now.

The meeting of Champions lasted longer than any of them expected and it left them with more questions than answers.

These question were majorly about the Rangers and their origins because right now she had only interacted with two of them Frost and Rain both of whom Cynthia didn't quite understand.

Rain was mostly quiet most of the time and Cynthia didn't think much of her but ever since the elevator incident in the morning Cynthia knew Rain wasn't an average individual.

Then their was them weird aura Ash talked about but after the revelation that the Ranger's had killed before Ash's doubts were settled.

While gently stroking Glaceon's fur Cynthia was in deep thought before she heard a knock on her door.

"Cynthia it's me Lance sorry to disturb you this early in the morning." The voice on the other side said.

Cynthia moved quickly and opened the door revealing the red haired Dragon Master from the Kanto region.

"Hi Lance Good morning and no worries I was awake anyway." replied Cynthia as she opened the door.

Lance returned the greeting before Cynthia invited him in.

Lance entered while greeting Cynthia's Glaceon as well and soon settled down on the sofa opposite to Cynthia.

"So what brings you here?" Cynthia began by asking the obvious question.

"I wanted your opinion on something." Lance replied.

"My opinion since when did you start having doubts Lance?" said Cynthia sarcasticly.

"Well ever since yesterday when that Spark kid showed me the amount of illegal shit that was happening in Kanto under my nose." he replied not biting into Cynthia's sarcasm.

"Ahem... in that case why come to me I am sure someone else would be better at helping you then me." Cynthia replied honestly.

"Well yes initially I wanted to go to Alder for this but he wasn't in his room so you were the next best choice." Lance said while rubbing the back of his head sheepishly.

"So I was an afterthought... great! that makes me wanna help you even more." Cynthia replied even more teasingly.

"I know this sounds bad but I need a sensible and smart person to help me here." was Lance's best try of a save.

"Alright then I am all ears." said Cynthia as she crossed her arms smiling cheekily.

[She seems to be in a good mood.] thought Lance as he stared at the Sinnoh native before continuing.

"Look Cynthia I know we discussed this in the meeting but I still can't trust these guys."

Cynthia knew immediately what Lance was worried for.

"Lance we agreed that for the time being we have to because we have no other choice, I understand that it must be easier for me to trust mine because he saved my life." Cynthia replied calmly.

"About your guy, that Frost guy has been ticking me off ever since I shook his hand here yesterday." Lance replied sternly.

"And why is that?"

"It's because I can't read him at all."

"Ha! Welcome to the club Lance." laughed Cynthia.

"You too huh..." said Lance as he thought more carefully.

"I do agree he is difficult to read but it's not impossible." Cynthia added.

"What! Do you know something about him." asked Lance anxiously.

"Nothing that tells me anything about him but one thing is common with all of the rangers."

"What is it?"

"They all are extremely alert almost all the time."

Lance thought about it before replying.

"Now that I think about it they do listen to our conversations very keenly."

Cynthia smiled at Lance for getting what she was saying although Cynthia was the superior Pokemon Trainer among the two she did hold Lance in high regard for his skill and battle sense.

"Well thank you for listening to my worries Cynthia, also Dragonite wants a rematch with your Garchomp soon he wasn't satisfied with the last one." Lance replied as he started taking his leave.

"Anytime.." Replied Cynthia confidently.

As Lance left Cynthia looked at the time and decided it was late enough to call Frost.

The call ended with Frost telling Cynthia he would be bringing the food to her room only a fact which was appreciated by her because this way her fame as the champion wouldn't be a problem.

"Well I suppose we should clean this room since we are having food here." Cynthia told Glaceon who purred lazily and dropped back on the couch for a nap.

Cynthia face palmed at her Pokemon before saying "Why do I even try with you?"

Author's Notes:-

Another short chapter before the new action arc. Hope you guys are enjoying this, please don't forget to leave reviews since they help me improve as an writer as well as give me more motivation to write. If you have any questions feel free to PM me and I will try to answer them as soon as possible. Until next time

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