Ri and Two wake up one morning to face their responsibilities as gym leaders. As they go about their duties accepting trainers' challenges, they realize that their priorities have shifted since the last time they opened their gym, and because of it they find themselves out of their depth in their own gym.



So... Ri and Two are gym leaders, but I've never once written them accepting a gym battle. I figured it was time to fix that, so I wrote this (relatively) short story. It started to get a bit out of hand, though, as I considered the implications of all the things that Ri and Two have been learning since following Red to Pewter City several years ago already, by the time of this story. It's going to turn into another series, I think, taking place during the course of Red's journey around Kanto. I have other story ideas in mind, too, but too much is happening right now for me to work on multiple things at once. For now, I think I'm going to focus on the sequel to this one, then... hopefully later, I still feel motivated for the other ideas too!

Oh, and, as always, this story is available at Ao3, too, for pretty downloads!
- Ri