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Winter wasn't sure what to say. He'd already attained the title? He looked from Titania to Lance and back again, confusion wrought all over his face. He hadn't paid attention to that much media in the previous three years, but even he should've known that Titania would be stepping down. That would've been plastered all across Ruula, not just in the Kanto and Johto regions.

This was not the victory I was expecting...

It was kind of disappointing. He wanted to earn it so badly, to walk in and claim his place in Ruulan history, not have it handed to him like a spoiled rich kid. Besides, it wasn't about the title so much as it was the battle for him. He enjoyed the challenge and the strategy behind it...and most of all, it was fun! Talk about a great ice breaker. He met a lot of his friends through battle, win or lose. And he wanted to be friends with Titania.

When she mentioned Lucky, his gaze immediate went back to him. Sure, he may have been knocked out by Karen's Gengar, but he had so much fight in his eyes. In it's own way, it was admirable how determined he was for this. This was their quest, not Winter's alone.

Titania was concerned for his Pokemon and so was Winter, but he didn't come here to have the title handed to him. Still, the decision didn't rest with him...

"What do you think, Lucky?" he asked him, "You think you still got the fight in ya?"

"Sssssquir!" The Squirtle pounded his fist together, telling him all he needed to know.

Smiling determinedly, he turned back to Titania, "Well, there you have it. I think he wants to fight on. And so do I." He pulled out a PokeBall and held it out to them, staring Lance in the face, "Lance! I challenge you to a Pokemon Battle, for the championship of the Kanto and Johto region!