Flannery looked about the same age as Xia You. She was very pretty and had a great figure, wearing a black cropped T-shirt with jeans. Her bright red hair was tied into several thick sections, like a blooming red flower.
As a Pokémon Trainer who specialized in Fire-type Pokémon, Flannery seemed as fiery and enthusiastic as her chosen type. Yet perhaps she was a little too enthusiastic, because her instant familiarity was somewhat hard to handle.
What was most baffling, though, was why she would react like this upon hearing that someone had come to challenge her Gym!
Still, Xia You asked hesitantly, "Isn't Mr. Mura the Gym Leader of the Lavaridge Gym?"
The Mura he mentioned was the previous Gym Leader of the Lavaridge Gym and had once been one of the Hoenn Region's Elite Four. He was an elderly man with glasses who looked very kindly.
Before coming to Hoenn, Xia You had read a Pokémon Trainer's travel guide, which clearly stated that Mura was the Gym Leader of the Lavaridge Gym. He had never expected someone else to have taken over after just these few days!
"My grandfather?" Flannery shook her head. "He's already retired, and he's passed the position of Gym Leader on to me. All right, let's hurry up and battle! I feel like I'm already burning up!"
Grandfather?
So she was the new Gym Leader...
It was also clear that Flannery was impatient and easily startled, but very cheerful. From those few words alone, he could tell that she was very easy to get along with.
Perhaps this was a trait shared by most Pokémon Trainers who devoted themselves to Fire-type Pokémon.
Although the Gym Leader had changed, it made no difference to Xia You.
His only regret was that he would not be