Pokemon - A real story

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The people of this island were not so scared of the tide. The news of the tide could not be hidden as a mercenary team like Axel had arrived. Tide battles could go any way. The wild Pokemons could rule this island or the humans could win. But even if the humans could win, a lot of people would die in the tide battle.

So, the mood of the citizens would normally be very nervous, scary, and all kinds of bad. But the people out here were acting as if nothing was going to happen.

Of course, there were some that were scared and nervous but those kinds of people were not in the majority.

Axel thought to ask this question in the meeting. He told Ashmita that he would freshen up and get to the meeting room. Ashmita had already told where the meeting would be held.

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All the leading members of the team were here. There were 12 of them and including Axel, there were 13 of them. For a second, Axel was really proud of himself for gathering so many young talents. The relationship of the members with Axel and with each other was now rock solid. They would sleep in the same place, eat in the same place and train in the same place. So, they were like family now.

The members that were at the meeting except for Axel were:

Henry Tory Sam Ashmita Mia Dorton Alan Krishna Dory Mary Kane

All of them had their own jobs and their own specialty. They had invested their time in this team for a long time and now the time of the test had come.

"First of all, I want us to realize where we have come. From just a dream to become a mercenary team to the final stage of officially being one. I don't care what Gerad will do. Even if the league doesn't approve us, we will find something to do in the future. That is not important.

The important this is the bond that we have built all these years and the hard work we have done to reach this stage. So, first of all, I want to express my gratitude to all of you and thank all of you for all the support you have given me."

"Sir, you know that you don't have to say these things. We all know the amount of contribution you have made and how much you care about us.", said Dorton. He was the one that was the leader in the healing department.

"Thanks, Dorton. I have noticed that our savings are going down but we are also getting stronger. So, let's start the meeting. First, tell me about the area of this island."

Ashmita grabbed a bunch of papers in her hands and then started, "Sir, Honshu island is very peculiar. The first thing that we did was to know the types of Pokemons and the name of the Pokemons that we would be facing.

The island is surrounded by water from all sides. There are other islands all around it but all of them are at least 60 to 100 km away."

"Wait, are the wild Pokemons also attacking other islands?", asked Axel.

"Actually no. They are only focusing on this island?"

"But that is very unusual, isn't it? Why are they only targeting this island?", asked Axel.

"We asked the same question to the mayor but the answer was very vague."

"Vague?"

"Yes, the mayor said that somewhere around this island, there is dead both of a god rank Articuno. There are also treasures on this island which are very valuable. So, the Pokemons target this island.

But even though the island is big, it is not too big that we cannot find these treasures if the people have been living here for thousands of years."

"Is there a way that these Pokemons could smell those treasures cause if they can, why can't our Pokemons do the same?"

"That is also a very good question and the mayor doesn't have any answer on it. But looking at the data, the mayor's words might hold some truth."

"Oh?"

"Yes sir, the majority of the Pokemons that attacked the island in the previous tide battles were mainly ice types and then flying-type Pokemons. The third type was water type and then other types who were very less in number."

"Can you tell me the names of the Pokemons that we will be fighting and also please tell me which side you guys decided to defend against?"

A mercenary team can only defend one side of any city, town, village or island and this was an inherent rule. Because the number strength of the mercenary team is not so high to cover all the places.

"Actually, I forgot to tell you one more thing about this tide battle.", said Ashmita.

"Oh, what is it?"

"There is another mercenary team on this island."

"Another? Who are they?"

"They are like us. They are also doing their test and they also chose this."

"How strong are they?"

"Stronger than us. They are at least 100k strong and they are officially a mercenary team. They are here to promote their rank."

"So, the difficulty level for our official promotion is their rank-up promotion, huh? This is interesting. I guess that they will also be in the meeting in the evening?"

"Yes, they will be."

"Ok, tell me about the different sides and their difficulty level.", said Axel.

Ashmita stood up and turned on the projector. The entire map of the island was there.

"First of all, let's talk about the east and the west side. This side is only surrounded by the sea, so the only Pokemons that we will be facing will be water-type and ice-type Pokemons.

The ice-type Pokemons that we will be facing will be Pokemons like Cloyster, Lapras, Piloswine, Glalie, Walrein, Abomasnow, Gyarados, Blastoise, Tentacruel, Poliwrath, Slowbro, Kingler, Seaking, Starmie, Lanturn, Ludicolo, Crawdaunt, etc.

Other type of Pokemons will be very rare and they would not be so strong."

"That is good to hear. What about the north and the south side?"

"The north side is the difficult side to face. Not only it is surrounded by the sea, there is also a forest at the edge of that side of the island.

So, the Pokemons that we will mainly be focusing on would be ice type, water type, and flying type. But there will also be other types that we will be facing which would range from fire type to fairy types.

But as per the previous tide battles and the recent research, we have come to know that we will mostly face, grass-type, electric-type, and fire-type Pokemons. There will also be ghost-type and dark-type Pokemons at night."

"Do you at least have the names of the Pokemons that we will be facing?"

"Yes, sir, Pokemons like Vileplume, Victreebel, Sceptile, Breloom, Gogoat, Raichu, Luxray, Ampharos, Magneton, Jolteon, Ninetales, Arcanine, Rapidash, Magcargo, Houndoom, Torkoal, Pidgeot, Fearow, Golbat, Dodrio, Scyther, Noctowl, Murkrow and many more."

"What about the south side?", asked Axel.

"The nearest island from the south side is only around 50 km. So, there is a big chance that we will also be fighting against flying-type Pokemons in addition to water and ice-type Pokemons."

"Hmm, so which side have you chosen?", asked Axel. He wanted to get their opinion too.

"The north side is clearly more dangerous. We wanted to choose the east side as it is one of the easiest sides but unfortunately, we cannot.", said Ashmita.

"What do you mean?"

This time, it was Hector who spoke up.

"As per the rules and traditions, the mercenary team should take up the difficult side to defend. That is why we are getting paid."

"So, only the north and south sides are left. Which side do the other mercenary team say that they will take?", asked Axel.

"They wanted the easier one, the south side but we also want the south side too. So, we are in a debate. I guess in today's meeting we will decide on which side we will defend.", said Hector.

"Ok, that is for another time. Now, if we were to take the north side, which king-rank Pokemons are we going to face and is there any estimation that we will be facing a pseudo-champion rank Pokemon?", asked Axel.

"The information had not come out yet. But I think we will get some idea in today's meeting."

"That is okay. We still have a month of preparation and that is a lot. Hector, you said that there are a few of the members that have a king-rank Pokemon now. Can you give me the details of those people?", asked Axel.

"Yes sir. There are actually 100 team members that have a king-rank Pokemon. 2 of them have 2 king-rank Pokemons each and the others have 1 king-rank Pokemon with them.

100 people with a king-rank Pokemon was a massive power up but this was also expected. Axel had invested a lot in the training of these members. That was also the reason why the savings were decreasing a lot but this was a very good investment.

If they were going to fight against king-rank Pokemons, then the pressure on Axel would decrease a lot right now. The leading members had also powered up a lot. The strongest one of all of them was of course Krishna and then Mia. But after that it was surprisingly Hector. Hector had done a lot of training and now become very powerful.

"After the meeting with those people, I want to discuss our strategy and also want to see the progress of our new teams. I also want the south side but I have a feeling that the other mercenary team will get it. They are stronger than us and have more saying.

But even if we are to defend the north side, I want to be clear that I don't want any of our members to die. So, I hope that we make a great plan."

The meeting went on to talk about other things and the meeting went on for 3 hours.

"By the way, I saw that the people of this island are not so scared about the tide. Any reason why?"

"Oh yes. Actually, it is due to the support of other islands during the tide battles. The other islands are very supportive and there is also us and the other mercenary team. In the previous tide battle, the overall death rate was only around 23% which is very low.

So, they are not so worried about the tide."

"Hmm, that is very good. If the people are not so scared, it makes our job easier.

I want all of you to also train your Pokemons during this month. The progress might not be so much but it will still be something. I want you guys to do regular health checkups on your Pokemons and also yourself. The same goes for other team members too.", said Axel.

He wanted all of them to be ready for the battle.

"Sir, I have a suggestion to make.", said Krishna.

"Yes, please tell me."

"We have 100 team members that have king-rank Pokemons now not including us and you. I think it is high time that we discuss about the hierarchy of the team. We also need to discuss the name of our team.

Even though the team members have not voiced any opinion on this and are willing to wait, it is getting a bit restless."