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When he rescued her from the surf three years after they had last spoken, everything seemed to just click. There were no awkward silences or hesitant conversations. It was like they had never been separated. It felt like the hole in their heart ceased to exist, the pain of loneliness extinguished.
She couldn't help but smile whenever she was around him. Her torn soul, so old and scarred, felt whole whenever he was around. Reflecting back on her journey, she decided enough was enough. Her travels bore fruit, she admitted. But as she stared at the calming waves of the ocean, she felt lost most of the time, as if she had no idea why she was training so hard. Sure, it was fun and relaxing somewhat, but she felt like she had no purpose in life. She wanted to give back to the world for everything that it has done for her. Maybe, if she stayed here, she can rediscover that purpose. He brought back the hope in my soul; maybe he can bring back more that I have lost. Nodding slightly, she pushed back against the sand and made her way back to the small beach house she bought with her savings. Well, small in her opinion. When Volkner saw it, he was gaping at the, in his words, 'insanely expensive mansion by the beach.' All Amarylllis could do was shrug. Compared to the residences she had back in the Wizarding World? The beach house was tiny. A smile tugged at her lips as she spotted Volkner meandering his way to her house a few paces ahead of her. Stealthily, she pounced on his back, sending him stumbling forward. Laughing slightly, she bopped him on the head and climbed off, racing to her house with Volkner right behind her.
Chasing after her made him want to think back to how much change she brought to his life. He became less bored and more patient with rookie trainers; he even accepted a few battles personally instead of handing them off to fight his other Pokémon! Well, after they defeated Jolteon of course. If they managed to do that, he will just wipe the floor with them with his other two Pokémon, utterly decimating the wannabes. He stopped a lot of trainers from advancing to the league with his Elite level skills honed from years of practice. Most trainers try to get lucky and only fight the primary gym leaders where if you get all eight badges, you can continue to the League tournament. Some would rather fight the secondary gyms where two badges are worth one primary gym badge. He didn't really care; it is the trainers' faults for even thinking of fighting him when they know they aren't good enough. The only reason why he even attempted to be a "proper" gym leader was because Amaryllis kept him busy and helped curb his rage at the rookies that kept trying to fight him. It is not his fault they all suck.
So… What do you think? The gym/badge system is my idea. I figure that each region has more than the eight gyms shown in the anime since Gary Oak had 16 badges in the Kanto region (I think since I haven't watched it in so long.). Since it would be weird if eight "lesser" badges allow weaker trainers in, I decided to change it up and have 24 gyms total, 8 Primary gyms (which are the ones Ash fight in the anime) and 16 Secondary gyms for those trainers who want the longer, but easier way. I figure that since I am having Volkner be tougher and not give out freebie badges, I needed to have a way so the league tournament would still have roughly the same number of competitors.
This drabble is actually longer than the others by about 100 or so words. Heh…
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