"Why?" I asked fused since as far as I could tell the battle with Roxanne had little to do with anything that would i a fighting type specialist like Brawly. "You man! You made a statement to all of us gym leaders with that battle! You told us that you were here to quer and you weren't gonna hold batil you reached the top! We all felt it and are stoked to accept your challenge!" Brawly said with a wide grin. I wasn't sure if he was telling the truth or if he ulling this out of nowhere since I am pretty sure I must have looked like a statue in the rec.-

  I mean I might have been projeg my ambitions but I don't think so. Brawly seemed to uand my thoughts and spoke up again "It's wasn't you that gave it away dude but your pokemon. When you get the the level us leaders are at you'll be able to see through the thoughts and personality of a pokemon at a gnce. Your pokemon were practically oozing ambition and pride!" he said with a wide smile.-

  "I won't deny my ambitions but they are a bit different than you seem to think." I said holy. Brawly looked intrigued "Don't leave me hanging bro , what is it that sets your spirit surging like the waves during a storm?" he asked eager to know the answer. "I want to leave behind a legend! I eople to remember my name for the rest of time! I don't want to stand at the top of the world but to exceed it by so far that I bee that thing others aspire to be , an i , a legend so grand all other pale in parison!" I say firmly and with pride.-

  "HAHAHAHAHA YES! That's the stuff right there! That passion and fidehat makes me believe you will do it! That is what I want to fa battle a crashed into like a tsunami!" Brawly excimed excitedly. It was hard to describe what airing my ambitions so openly felt like beyond freeing. It was as though a pressure was dropped off my shoulders and I could finally walk for the first time in my life instead of crawl. Surprisingly it even brought a ge in my aura that fred up aggressively before settling down in a fiercer but oddly calm manner.-

  'I'll have to examihat ter.' I thought after sensing the ge. "You will o wait unfortunately as ambitio equal strength immediately." I gotcha bro , everyone's got to start somewhere and you still ime to swell until you finally crash down and shake up the world" Brawly said with a wide grin and a thumbs up. "So who do I talk to about setting up my appoi?" I asked ging the subject. This caught Brawly off guard and plete derailed his whole flow which was amusing to see.-

  "Er probably Tod here if I had to say for sure." Brawly answered awkwardly while pointing at the blonde haired man sitting behind the reception desk of the gym. I nod and walk over to the desk "I would like to set my challenge around three weeks from now if that's possible." I said calmly and the man started to look through the appoiimes for challenges. "Since most of the challenges are doh as little time as possible in mind all the dates exactly three weeks from now are empty." the man said professionally. I nod in uanding "Set me in for that Friday please." I say calmly and the man makes a few keystrokes on his puter before nodding to show he did.-

  "Well I best be off then , on a bit of a schedule at the moment and I'd hate to make my ride wait anymore than necessary. I'll be ba three weeks for that starred badge." I say fidently to Brawly before leaving the gym. Walking over to the steep rock face I lean forward and allow myself to fall forward. A few people yell in horror at the seemingly suicidal move until I kick against stone face at the perfect time to e most of my downward momentum and allow me to flip midair and nd on my feet at the bottom of the path.-

  It was an unnecessary maneuver of course sih aura I could briefly reinforce my body to be able to eat all the pressure such a fall would exert on my body without any issue. I wasn't pnning on exposing my aura anytime soon however so this was the sed quickest way to get down from the gym. It also would add to my reputation as quite a few people recorded that little stunt and were likely posting it all over the i.-

  I would tter find out that I was corred the forums dedicated to physical fitness and martial arts would have various experts break down what it was that I did as well as how I did it. There would even be some big names involved such as Bruno and Koga that were both experts in their hts. Anyways I walked over to the dock where Mr. Brineys boat was docked to see if he was there. I was in luck since he had just gotten back from wherever he had goo wait for me which let us leave right away.-

  There was a slight problem on the way to Steport where we ran into some particurly aggressive Carvanha that saw our small boat as an easy target. I tried pying nice since I was in a good mood and threw out some berries for the group but they were clearly more ied iing us so I released Ruo show them the error of their ways. After they died from electrocution I hauled their corpses on board before skinning and filleting them with Mr. Brineys help.-

  He didn't mind the mess it made and I even promised him half of the meat which he agreed to since Carvanha were apparently good eating. I could believe it too as the fillets were white meat much like trout or catfish but way rger. It looked like a small sb of tu size wise per fillet as the Carvanha were each a good foot and a half wide and three or four feet long. After a few hours on the sea we finally arrived at Steport as the sun was starting to go down.-

  I let Mr. Briney know when my challeh Brawly was before he left me on the beach so he could head straight home since he would rather risk a night sail than stay at Steport ht. Knowing what I did about port cities and crime I couldn't bme him and wished him lu the trip. 'Now I o find us a spot to stay for the night.' I thought as I saw the bright city lights in the distand started walking that way.