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Des watched as Gage went after the Luxio. After a little bit, he headed back to town to heal up his team before going back out into the desert.

And then, something appeared. Or rather, some things. Out came a Sandile, an Aron, and a...

Well, ********. A Solosis. This was not good. Not good at all. That Psychic would have to be the first to die. And it was a three on three, it seemed. He would one-up that and use a single Pokemon. He needed some raw power, and what better choice than...

"Jaws, get rid of that Solosis before it can use any Psypowers!" he said quickly, hopping back a couple of feet as he released the Sharpedo.

It was strange to see a Water-type out in the desert. Even more so that some Water-types could levitate above the ground like that. But what would stop the shark from using the sand like it was water? A shark was one thing, but one was ******** if they came across a land shark.

So it was particularly terrifying for the three Wild Pokemon to suddenly become two when the Sharpedo leapt from under the sand, sinking his teeth into the Solosis and dragging it under. It certainly wasn't going to come back from that, that was certain.

And of course, now that the Sharpedo knew Aqua Jet, nothing was safe anymore from his reach as he chased after the other two Pokemon before sinking his icy fangs into them or slamming into them with the Aqua Jet. They had essentially become lunch for the ravenous shark.

Des called back the Dark/Water type before Nolan returned, thankfully missing out on the carnage. "I have years of experience, so don't worry about losing to me. My skill's on par with the 8th gym, or even the Elite Four if levels weren't an issue. You should be fine against the next gym, but if you're still unsure if you're capable of beating the second gym, we can find some Aron for you to practice on."

Des nodded. Yeah he could understand that. Of course, that was what sensitive people thought. If there was no pain, there was no gain. But whatever. The kid managed to shut up before he made up any more excuses and then said that Des was really good, emphasizing the fact. The fact that Gage traded something to him wasn't all that surprising, as it looked like he wanted the boy's Pokemon anyway and wasn't all too keen on having certain Pokemon.

"What did he trade you?" Des asked.

Hearing Nolan agree to go hunt some Aron sounded good, and even recommended using some iron as bait. "It'll be hard to find iron out here unless we take some from the fort. Fortunately, I have some Metal Coats I was meaning to exchange back in Blyse City. I think we can use one to draw a bunch near, though I rather not lose it."

"Steel resists Dragon moves." Chael said as he walked to the two. "The leader was admbsent like the previous." He shrugged. Behind him was four Pokemon. A Gurdurr, Golett, and two Eevees. But Nolan would probably guess who the second was, by the way the other one stood. Tsuki was playful while the second was more aggressive and had a scowl on his face.

"So I'll just train my lower level team members." he guessed. He didn't want Argos or Fear being disobedient so he put them in the Pc.

Eevee (Tsuki)/Male/Route 1 /Level: 28/ Holding: Nothing /Ability: Adaptability/ Atk: Tackle/Atk: Tail Whip/Atk:Quick Attack /Atk: Sand Attack

Gurdurr (Bruce)/Male/Route 2 /Level: 28/Holding: Nothing/Ability: Guts/ Atk: Chip Away /Atk: Low Kick/Atk:Rock Throw /Atk: Bide

Golett (Epsilon)/ Genderless/ Gabron Ruins / Level: 25/
Holding: Nothing /Ability: Iron Fist /
Atk: Pound/Atk: Magnitude /Atk: Mega Punch /Atk: Shadow Punch

Ditto (Legion)/Genderless/ Gabron Ruins /Level: 14/ Holding: Nothing/Ability: Limber/ Atk: Transform 

Chael's Bag- 
1x Pokedex 
2x Potions
1x TmAcrobatics
10x Pokeball
1x PremierBall
1x NetBall 
1x EscapeRope
1x SunStone
Badges: Aero

"I see..." was all Des said about the matter. He'd have a word with Gage about that later.

Nolan said he would use the iron ore that his Aron was nomming on as bait instead. Which was good since he didn't want to risk losing an item to trade for items in Blyse. He also said that his Gyarados would be learning Dragon Rage soon, and then Chael returned and incorrectly stated something that needed to be fixed before adding that the leader was absent like the last one.

"Hrmph. You can't trust the League at all." said Des with a shrug. "And correction: Steel resists all Dragon-type moves, excluding Dragon Rage. Dragon Rage deals fixed damage regardless of type. So you can still use that attack."

But Chael had already left, apparently getting a message about the Gym Leader returning. He turned to look at Nolan.

"Well, let's get started with baiting the Aron then."

"They probably forgot to give the Leaders the memo about the new shipment of Trainers. Either that or most of them are morons that can't even look after their own town, let alone gym. Blyse's previous gym leader had his city under attack because the eighth gym leader sucks at controlling some of his dragons. Fortunately, they managed to subdue the dragons with Perish Song. I don't know what the reason was for the initial attack, though." said Des with a shrug. "Some gym leaders do wander, after all. I know I saw the eighth gym leader wandering around near Blyse earlier."

Nolan then asked about his dislike of the League. "Being a League member requires you to carry some responsibility. However, none of the League members in this region are responsible at all. They're supposed to take care of their city and the routes around the area, and any other area they're in charge of, like Blyse's Gym Leader and the Ruins. However, Trainers still break into the Ruins and ride the Train without the proper badges, the Gym Leaders are on routes nowhere near where they're supposed to be watching over, and some of them even attack other cities. They pick fights with Trainers using their non-League team which are significantly stronger than what you're supposed to fight if you fought their gym, and if they somehow managed to lose, they'll make excuses and refuse to give up the badge until you fight them with their actual League team in their gym. If a terrorist attacked one of the cities now, the city would fall into terrorist hands because the Gym Leader that's responsible for it isn't around to fend them off. In some regions, terrorists are Gym Leaders." he said.

Nolan thought it was about the burns on his face. His visible eye narrowed on the boy as he paused, then spoke, deciding that he could say a little about it.

"That's part of the reason." he said, lightly touching the side of his face with the burn, flinching from the contact. "Watch out for Houndoom's fire. If you get burned, not only will the burns never heal, but they'll hurt eternally. Just a word of advice."

So Nolan was from Kanto. Of course, he already knew all this after looking at the data Regina had gathered from surveying Trainers.

Hearing Nolan's suggestion, he shook his head. "Rangers are part of a different branch of the government than the League members. Even if I could fix the problems, I can't because of my position and because we're not supposed to meddle in the other branches affairs."

"This is the government we're talking about. Most of them were Trainers that started their Pokemon journey at 10 and never bothered to go back to school when they finished their journey. So it's full of idiots with about a middle school education when they could have finished it after the journey. Their idea of fixing problems is throwing money and Pokemon at it." said Des, a little irritably as he continued on from earlier after seeing Nolan's expression of confusion. It seemed like he wasn't fond of how the government ran either.

Hearing Nolan's compliment got a nod from him, and now Nolan asked about Rangers and what they did. "If a Gym Leader's duties covers cities, Rangers cover the routes and overall wilderness. We take care of any rogue Pokemon that are attacking Trainers, check on Pokemon populations, rescue any missing Trainers or lost and hurt Pokemon in the wilderness and the occasional police work. We're also supposed to put out any fires that threaten to destroy the habitats that Pokemon live in and curb desertification from spreading too far out that it threatens other routes. There's a couple of other duties that are pretty minor, like paperwork and such." he explained.

"Looks like a couple of Aron are coming. You ready?"