Byron

Byron

Anyways with the mission with the Mismagius taken care of I left the pokecenter again though this time with a different destination in mind, the gym. Canalave's Gym leader was an unusual individual as far as Gym leaders were concerned. See most Gym leaders stayed at their gym or at the very least in the city itself for most of the time but Byron was different. He instead spent most of his time living in a small shack on the nearby Iron island. This meant he was one of the most out of reach Gym leaders in the world as you couldn't just mosey on into the gym and find him there most of the time.-

There was a bit of a controversy regarding this in fact as it also meant that while he rushed over whenever an emergency required his attention he wasn't exactly timely with his job mandated assistance. More than a few people weren't happy about this fact but Byron was sitting right on the line between negligence of duty and upholding his responsibilities so he was technically not in the wrong. Personality wise he was one of the most approachable people as he was the sort to strike up a conversation with anyone without any hesitation or reluctance at all.-

As a trainer he also was easily one of the more competent ones in the elite level with his team being close to champion level due to mostly residing on iron island that was for all intents and purposes a wild zone. The place was a sort of paradise for steel type trainers as nearly every species there had that typing and had this rather unique ecosystem as a result that revolved around the typing. The island was a sort of preserved area that humans were heavily restricted from interfering with due to this unique ecosystem.-

Byron as a steel type trainer had made it his mission to protect the island from poachers, pirates and people who weren't supposed to be there. While his presence was tolerated by the pokemon of the island after being there so much he still had to deal with challengers form both the gym as well as the local pokemon that were close to champion level or even possibly at that level. Most wild pokemon had this drive to dominate an area as I've said before so he and his trained team were seen as the "dominators" of an area on the island and thus subject to being overthrown if defeated.-

Oh I knew her type well enough, a rising prodigy, a show out, the next big thing, it was all the same as it meant an overinflated sense of self worth and confidence. Gregory who had won my tournament last year was this sort of person and had been headstrong even while I was training him. That was despite him knowing that I was just so much better than he was since I was still a fresh and hot topic in Hoenn. Not only was I NOT in Hoenn at the moment but i also had been effectively inactive for the last half a year so this girls reaction and lack of understand was not all that surprising.-

"He's right you know." I male voice spoke up from the doorway of the gym as a dirt middle aged man in sweat stained clothes walked through the crowd. "Leader Byron, sorry about the commotion." I said honestly. He waved it off though while the girl looked conflicted at the mans interruption, a mix of frustration and confusion according to her aura. The man waved his hand dismissively "No need to apologize this ones kinda on me, I knew you were in the city and should have expected something like this when you eventually showed up here."-

"This season has been particularly interesting as we've gotten several rising stars and as you likely guessed Miss Wataru is amongst them." Byron said casually. "Wataru? That explains the pride and hot headedness then. Dragon trainers tend to be rather impulsive after all and that clan is no different." I said understanding where the girl got her attitude from. "Hmph! If you know then I demand that you accept my challenge!" the girl said haughtily. I sent Byron a questioning look and he just sighed "Try not to destroy anything." he said as his answer to my unsaid question.-

"Hades show time." I said patting my pocket. Black smoke billowed out and dozens of "eyes" opened to glare balefully at the girl who paled as the ghosts bloodthirsty madness rolled over her. "I tried being nice about it but you dragon trainers need a more forceful method to understand when to back down. It's rather annoying to be honest. Anyways that's enough Hades, I think she gets the point." I said and the ghost hissed and howled before slowly retreating back into it's keystone in my pocket.