-Blessed by Divinity: Eternity-

Remnants

Two Days Later

Dawn and I were nearing Hearthome City, having made good time on our journey. We were able to navigate through Mount Coronet easily, thanks to Dawn's knowledge of the area.

The more time I spent with Dawn, the more I appreciated having a good rival. My pokemon and I were able to train at their maximum potential and so could Dawn's team. As our pokemon spent more time with each other, the chemistry between everyone was tangible.

We had just exited through the other side of Mount Coronet, our destination visible in the distance. Dragonite was giving Dreepy flight lessons above us in the skies, with Ninetails and Dawn's Clefable walking beside us.

"Hey Dawn, why weren't you at the Champion's Tournament a couple years back? Aren't you the official Champion of the region?"

The blunette heard my words but remained silent for a moment. She turned back to me, a half smile on her face as she replied, "I'm not cut out for all that official Champion business. Besides, no one gets passed the Elite Four so I'm never needed there. I prefer to keep going with my journey."

I found myself agreeing with Dawn as she spoke her mind. Even though I was the official Kalos Champion, Diantha handled the business side of everything. In exchange, I protected the region from the outside and was able to continue my journey.

There was another trainer I had met that fitted a similar description to me. He was the official Champion of two regions but Lance stood in his place while the infamous trainer continued his training on Mount Silver.

"Red was at the Champion's Tournament, you could've have been there too."

Dawn paused for a moment, her eyes flickering for a moment. She looked up, a fire lit in her eyes. "Red? He was there? Well that's something." Her lips had spread into a smile and I saw my own emotions mirrored on her face.

"I didn't think he'd leave his training. Guess you were worth his time. Hmm, now that I think about it, you'd make a good pair. ...and maybe a good couple."

"What the- Dawn, what-" I found myself speechless at the blunette's sudden change of tone. I had been caught completely off guard by such a left field comment that I found myself hiding my laugh. Dawn couldn't know I found that funny, she'd hold it over me for the rest of my life.

"Oh wait, I forgot, you've got a girlfriend. How boring." The blunette continued on, exaggerating the sarcasm in her voice. Her lips were curved into a wide smile as she kept poking fun at me.

"Wow, you're really asking for it." I turned back to face the blunette as she had fallen a few steps behind. An expression I hadn't seen for a while was delicately painted on her face. Dawn's eyes were filled with confidence and I immediately knew what she was up to.

I rolled my eyes, turning back to the front as we finally arrived at the city gate. We were careful as we approached, remembering that Roark warned us about the cities on this side of the mountain. Supposedly, Hearthome City was safe but we couldn't take any chances.

As we entered the city, nothing caught our attention for being suspicious. The city's residents were enjoying the day under the sun. Dawn had her connections everywhere around the region so she split up from me to get the details for the next mission.