Aro walked outside the poke centre with Lark and Kjolmar. As they got back outside into the somewhat orange stone like town, Aro felt the heat of the sun beating down on them. Aro took his long black jacket off also, something that he hadn’t felt was nessecary for any of the previous gym leaders. It was almost like a warning that he wasn’t going to hold back in this battle. 

As Kjolmar got into place, Bede casually walked up to the old etched out arena square that the others had started to set up in.

“PEOPLE OF STOW-ON-SIDE, PREPARE TO SEE MYSELF, THE GREAT GYM CHALLENGER BEDE, BEAT THREE LOSERS AT ONCE.” Bede shouted out for the locals to hear, smirking at Aro whilst doing so.

Aro smiles back and walked into his Corner with Luna firmly stood before him. Aro hadn’t taken a battle this seriously since his last farewell battle with Kjolmar, except this time he was proving his worth to two new trainers as well as Kjolmar.

“One Pokemon each remember, last man standing right?” He said to Bede as he got ready in his own corner. 

Bede nodded and pulled out his pokeball.

“Go Ponyta, let’s beat these chumps!” He said as a bright light revealed his Pokemon.

Aro could see this Ponyta was different, a Galatian variant, but wasn’t sure its typings. It made him feel uneasy.

“Ready when you are Lark...?” Aro asked his friend