Having finished his community service, Hoenn's newest Champion had a lot more time on his hands. His third-floor desk had a gaping bare spot on it: where his 12-inch Raikou stuffie used to be. The one he had brought to his title match. Now, that stuffie was a pile of SACRED ASH that rest inside the RAINBOW FEATHER pinned to his shirt.

Having finished his administrative tasks for the week early, the Gym Leader could get back to refining his ideas for his Gym Challenge that had been rejected by the League. Sitting on the giant, Ride-On Raikou stuffie inside his office felt different knowing that he could summon a real one by drawing Swift's Sign with the feather. Even so, it still brought him solace and comfort. With all the money he had coming in, maybe he could get a similar Entei and Suicune one commissioned. He wondered what Isaac Merlo would think of that.

As he sat on the Raikou and leaned into imaginary wind, his brain was storming with ideas for revisions. While he was getting close to submitting the challenge again, there were still a few League concerns that had not yet been addressed. His eyes shifted toward a battle challenge ACE SHEEKE was administering...