Kinkan Island, Kankan Gym...
"Are you the challenger?" A girl wearing a black camisole and a long red skirt stood confidently at the Gym entrance. Her long hair was pinned up behind her head; she was clearly a fiery girl.
"I'm Gary from Pallet Town. I came specifically to challenge the Kankan Gym!" Gary nodded.
"Sis, can you really handle him? That guy's the Indigo Plateau Conference champion. He's crazy strong..." A spiky-haired boy poked out from behind his sister, sizing Gary up cautiously.
"A De, are you asking for a beating?" Hoisting the boy by his collar, the girl kicked him squarely in the backside, then folded her arms and declared haughtily, "I'm Xia Mei of the Kankan Gym, the Orange Crew's Star of the West. I'm no pushover either..."
"Oh... okay..." Almost kicked into the pool by his own sister, A De lay on the ground and nodded obediently.
Following the siblings to the battlefield, Gary looked around the swimming-hall-sized space.
"So, what are the Kankan Gym's rules? Let's hear them." Young Master Mao looked calmly at Xia Mei.
"Oh, you know your stuff~ You actually know that Orange League Gyms aren't limited to battles," Xia Mei said with a smile.
"Yeah. Just this morning, some blabbermouth insisted on competing with me in mountain climbing and downhill racing. He only handed over the Badge after I beat him up." Young Master Mao smiled modestly.
"Uh... Sis, he won't hit you, will he..." A De took two steps back.
Xia Mei looked startled too. "Do you mean Kenny from the Navel Gym?"
"Yeah... probably. I forgot to ask his name when I was beating him up." Young Master Mao scratched his head and smiled awkwardly.
"I'm warning you, just because I'm a girl doesn't mean anything. I'm a karate