Aro walked around Hammerlocke staring at his three gym badges so far. He knew that the easy part of this challenge was over, going onwards he expected much harder opponents. Although Shade has been surprising Aro with his battle skills, he had to admit that Luna had done most of the heavy lifting so far.

He saw that Neo felt a similar way to Luna. Aro could sense that Luna was missing an exciting sort of spark to his battling, that made him think on his toes. This was the only problem with being as experienced as Neo and Luna were, they always strived for stronger opposition. 

“I have an idea, Stow-on-side has two gyms right? But you only chose to fight one of the leaders there. How about Luna and Neo have a battle before we challenge for badge four? Winner chooses theirs and the losers gym leader? It might be a way to get you both a friendly but even battle in.” Aro suggested to Neo and Kjolmar.

Shade appeared on Aro’s shoulder from out of nowhere, as per usual slightly making Aro jump. 
“How am I not use to that by now?” He chuckled.
Shade seemed to be somewhat jealous of Luna and Neo, it was like he admired them both like battling idols. Aro could tell that Shade wanted to be just as strong as them, her own unstoppable force.