The 9th gym leader

I had a dream…
It was a Pokemon dream…
In it there was a gym leader… Roy.

Roy was so excited that he had finally been promoted to gym leader. He had his team and followed his theme to the letter. He realized that his Pokemon weren't perfect and studied day and night learning the tricks of breeding and training to create unstoppable beasts. He wasn't some cruel monster though and his original team that had gotten him to this point were allowed to retire and stay with him. He practiced day and night with his improved team preparing for the day he would get his first challenger. They fought and fought until their weaknesses were found and eventually eliminated. They were so in sync that onlookers would swear that they could read each other's thoughts.

He dreamed of one day being the strongest gym leader and that the other 8 would pale in comparison to his strength… wait… other 8? Don't trainers only need 8 badges to get to the elite four?

Roy waited and trained but still no trainers entered his gym. Eventually he tired of the training and went to investigate what was the cause. Roy quickly found out that his amazing gym which he had worked so hard for had been placed just far enough that any trainer would already have eight badges and would immediately head to the elite four.

Without any challengers his gym would close, his trainers would leave, and he would never achieve his dream. But Roy was determined. He would not let his dreams die. He would be the greatest gym leader anyone had ever seen!