Gladion walked silently to Po Town. The base of operation for Team Skull. He didn't  make eye contact with any of the grunts, many of which he knew watched him as he walked passed. He just wanted to get to the mansion, get his mission and get out. "Hey kid!" A fimiliar voice shouted from nearby. Gladion cringed, this voice belonged to the team skull admin Plumeria. "I hear this mission is a tough one." Plumeria started but was cut off by a grunt "yeah so a little mushroom like you can't handle it." Gladion noticed Plumeria shoot a death glare at the grunt before kneeling next to Gladion. "Look ill try to keep the grunts of your back but I'm not garenteeing anything ok?" She whispered to him. Gladion found it annoying that Plumeria saw the need to baby him, but he found it humorous to see her whip the grunts back into line so he lived with it. "Whatever." Gladion mumbled to Plumeria, it was his own personal way of thanking her, even if it didn't sound very grateful. Plumeria stood up and walked away and Gladion entered the mansion. 'He probably just wants me to steal a Pokemon or something.' He thought as he walked up the steps. At the top he noticed that someone finally moved the fallen chandalear out of the way. Now he could enter the room directly. As Gladion was about to open the door, it flung open before him and three grunts rushed out laughing. Slightly unsettled by this Gladion walked though and saw Guzma. "Hey boss." Gladion said discomfort written on his face at Guzma's huge smile. "Well there you are. I have a mission for you. If you can handle it." Guzma said with a taunting smirk. Gladion was getting pretty tired of people thinking he wasn't up to the task. "I can handle anything those bonehead grunts can handle!" He blurted out. Guzma nodded "I see. Have you heard anything about a challenger that's going to attempt to beat (Y/N) and gain the championship?" Guzma asked looking away, still with a smirk. Gladion had indeed learned of this challenger, they say almost the intire region will be going to watch it live while others watch from television, but what did this have to do with him? "Yes I have. So what?" Guzma looked back at Gladion, an almost insane smile catching him off guard "your that challenger Gladion." "I'm sorry what?!" Gladion shouted Guzma's smile faded "don't make me repeat myself. I'll tell you about it"...

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(Y/N), Hau and Lillie walked the final few steps to the entrance to the Pokemon league. A crowd had already gathered. This challenger had been such a big deal because her or she was the first person to challenge (Y/N) sence she became champion. Many fans had come to see the battle, some where even calling (Y/N)'s name so they could be recognized or get an autograph. (Y/N) however didn't notice. Something wasn't right, something was off. When she brought her concerns to Professor Kukui he said it was just nerves, as did Hau. Lillie however said nothing when the topic was brought up.when asked about it Lillie said she had the same feeling, and Lillie and no reason to be nervous. Within the pokemon league many where seated. Lillie and Hau whent to go find seats and sent (Y/N) off with good luck. (Y/N) took a seat o  the champions throne as footsteps could be heard coming up the long flight of stairs and all was so silent you could hear a pin drop. A boy around (Y/N)'s age now stood across from her. Everything about him just screamed trouble maker. That's when the feeling reached its peak. (Y/N) glanced at where Lillie and Hau where sitting, but the seats where empty. 'Wha?! They where there a second ago!' (Y/N) thought. Her thoughts getting more alarming by the second. "You ready champion?" The boy across from (Y/N) asked, it was more of a flat statement than a question though. (Y/N) stood up and held her first poke all in hand. "Go Primarina!" (Y/N) shouted and the battle begun.