Pokemon - A real story-Chapter 839: Kate Vs John

When a loved one says that they want to break up, the feeling cannot be described in words. A man might feel that he had fallen from a tall building and could not comprehend what had happened at first.

One might think that Axel was feeling the same way, but such a thing was not happening to him. He had already expected Kate to say something like this. He had not given her enough time, and they were only called a couple on paper. He had only met her a couple of times and barely called her.

But his ego didn't let him give up on her.

"Kate, why are you saying this? I know that I am not giving you the time that you deserve. But you must understand that I am super busy right now."

"Axel, I am also very busy. I am the heir of the Zard family. I need to do a lot of things but I still have time to miss you and call you when I am free. I am not saying that we can be like a normal couple but it looks like you are already forgotten me.

You could have included me in your mercenary team or the problems that you are facing. But you didn't even think about it. That is what hurts me the most.

I cannot do this. Thinking that I have a boyfriend but the boyfriend doesn't even care about me. So, I think that it is better to break up."

Axel was attracted by her physical appearance at first. He remembered the first time he saw her when he was going to buy Gogoat from the Zard family. Then he got the chance to meet her again and then they became a couple.

But as he started to think about her, he could not find anything other than her appearance that he liked about her. This was not a good thing to say or even think but it was true.

That didn't mean that she was not a good girl. She was perfect in every way. Any boy would be lucky to have her as a girlfriend but since he didn't have time to see it, he could not feel it inside.

"Kate, I know that I am wrong here but why should we break up? Shouldn't you give me another chance?"

"Oh, you want another chance huh? Ok then. Why don't you come to meet me right now?"

"You know that I cannot do that. I am very busy right now."

"Oh really? Why are you so busy?"

"We will have our first tide battle in the next 3 months. So I am training my team right now. There are a lot of new members and they need to know how a tide battle is done. I need to tell them all the strategies. So, I cannot move from here right now."

"But you cannot spare me 1 day, huh? Axel, I gave you a chance and if you think that you cannot even give me a day of your time, then I have nothing to say to you.

Maybe we were wrong about this relationship. This relationship was never meant to work."

After that, Kate hung off the phone. Axel didn't know what to do right now. Should he really go and meet her? But he had a lot of things riding out here. What if he spends some days with her and due to the lack of training, some members die in the next tide battle? He could not forgive himself if such a thing happened. He didn't want to live in regret.

At that time, someone knocked on the door.

"Come in, it is open.", said Axel.

Krishna came inside the room and said, "Sir, you said that you wanted to have dinner with the commanders. Ahh... you seem to be occupied with something. Can you tell me what it is about? Maybe I can help you."

Axel's face had said it all. He didn't look good right now. Axel thought about it and decided to share his problem with Krishna. Krishna was just some years older than him. Maybe he could understand.

"So, what do you think that I should do?", asked Axel.

"Sir, I think that you should break up with this girl.", said Krishna.

"Really? But why?"

"After hearing all of this, I think that you don't really love this girl. You are in your teenage and just want to have a girlfriend. I think that you are not serious about her. Because, if you were serious, you could have decided to visit her right now. You know that we could handle the training for a few days. There would be no problem.

Yet, your priority is shifted here more than there. I am not saying it is a bad thing. If you don't feel for this girl, then you don't feel for it. What is the harm of accepting it? It is not like every relationship will work.

Maybe you will find someone even more great who is more compatible with you."

"Maybe you are right. If it is not meant to be, then it is not meant to be. Let's go and have dinner. I am starving.", said Axel.

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"So, how is the progress going with the flying team and teleportation team?", asked Axel.

"Sir, the flying team is doing well. They are starting on the joint strategy of using moves like 'Hurricane', 'Whirlwind', and 'Tail wind'. It would still take them some time to co-ordinate properly but 3 months would be enough for it."

"What about the teleportation team?"

"It is taking time for the teleportation team. First of all, most of them cannot teleport over long distances and it takes them some time to use it. You have hired a girl named Serena to train them but she is saying that she would be busy for some time."

"Yes, don't worry about Serena. I know that she will do a good job. I am actually thinking to give her the position of a teacher in our mercenary team.", said Axel.

"Sir, is she really that good? I mean I have not even seen her Pokemons till now. I feel that she doesn't even have one."

'Yes, because she is a Pokemon herself.', thought Axel but didn't bother to say it.

Serena was Latias in disguise. She had said that she wanted her secret to be hidden so Axel had not told them about Latias. But since she was going to teach the team about psychic types and teleportation, Axel had to make her a member of his team.

Surprisingly, Latias aka Serena was not against it. On the contrary, she was excited to become a member of the team.

He wanted to make her a permanent team member, where she would help him in training his team's Pokemon but sadly, Serena could not leave this island right now.

"Don't worry about her. Yes, she doesn't have a Pokemon but she is very good at training Pokemons."

None of them questioned Axel after that. They trusted him.

"How is your training going on? I want all of you to be at least rare rank before the start of the tide battle.", said Axel.

Since they had also wanted to learn the soul arts, their bodies were also attuned to it. So, their personal ranks had also fallen down to uncommon rank.

During a tide battle, it is important for a trainer to be strong too. If something were to happen, then they needed to protect themselves. That was why Axel wanted them to be at least rare rank before the end of this training.

"Sir, the currency has already been accepted by the members. Actually, the popularity of the new currency is at an all-time peak.", said Dory.

"That is good. But why are people betting on only Kate and not on John? I mean, John is not that weak."

"I don't know sir. But since John is the leader of returnees, most of the people think that he is weak."

"Well, they will regret it. Send John to my office after this dinner, I need to speak to him."

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"Sir, you called me?", asked John as he entered Axel's office.

He was a bit nervous meeting Axel. Axel was a legendary figure for John and others. He was appointed as the first Knight and even though he was very young, no one underestimated him.

"Sir, how confident are you in winning tomorrow's battle?", asked Axel.

"Around 80% confident."

"That is good. Now, since I am the team leader, I cannot take sides but I hope that you will win. If you win this battle, then I will personally train you these 3 months.", said Axel.

"Sir, I will try my best."

"Good, now go. You must have a lot of preparation.", said Axel.

Axel didn't want to take sides but he still favored John due to only one reason. He wanted his team to realize that they should not underestimate others. Because if they did then they would suffer.

Underestimating your enemies was a rookie mistake that would get you killed in tide battles. Axel wanted to set up an example through John.

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Next day,

"Ladies, Gentlemen, and Pokemons. I am your host Rohit and I will be commenting on this battle today. We are a team and it is necessary for us to spar.

Today we have 2 captains who want to test themselves. First of all, we have Kate, the captain of the experienced team. Let's welcome her."

There was a round of cheers as Kate walked into the stadium. These stadiums, houses, and training grounds were made with the help of Latias. It had been very helpful for Axel.

"Secondly, we have John, the captain of the returnees's team."

The cheers only came from the returnee's team.

There were a lot of experienced team members and Axel had scattered them around and teamed them up with new members. This was done to balance their experience. However, there was one team solely consisting of experienced team members and Kate was the captain of that team.

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"Who do you think will win?", came a voice from behind.

Axel turned around and saw that it was Latias in the form of Serena.

"Hey, Lat.. I mean Serena. How come you are here? You said that you were busy with something?"

"Yes, but I wanted to see this battle."

"Then you are welcome. By the way, when can you start training my team members?"

"I can do that from tomorrow. Don't worry about that."

"I also have a favor to ask you. I have an Alakazam. Nowadays, it only sits in its room and does some weird experiments. I don't know what it wants to accomplish. Can you help it?"

"Yes, don't worry about it. I am not called the legendary Pokemon for nothing. So, who do you think will win?"

"I don't know. What about you?"

"I have put my money on John."

"You also made a bet?"

"Yes, of course, it is fun.", smiled Serena

Since she had become a part of the team, she also had RM. So, she made a bet on John.

"Let's hope that you will win.", said Axel and looked at the battle.

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"Before we start this battle. Let me tell you the rules. First of all, no serious injuries or killings. We are a team and this is a spar. If such a thing were to happen, then you would be out of the team and you will also get punishment. This is not to be taken lightly.

So, there will be no use of a pre-domain move if your Pokemon has it.

Secondly, this is only One vs. one battle and the winner of it will get 5 days of training time in the specified training area.

Finally, the winner of this battle will get 10 % of the total bet after taxes. Now, let's do the toss."

John won the toss and Kate would have to send her Pokemon first. But the toss didn't matter cause both of them knew which Pokemon they were going to use.

"Come out!! Infernape!!!", shouted Kate and threw the ball in the air.

ROOOARRR

Infernape came out with a roar. It looked very healthy and ready to battle. Infernape was one of the most popular fire-type Pokemons. Axel had also thought to raise it someday.

The crowd cheered after seeing the Infernape. Axel was surprised to see that it was tier 2 king-rank Pokemon. Axel didn't know that one of the captains would have a tier 2 king-rank Pokemon. Will John really win this battle?

"Let's do it, Toxtricity!!!", shouted John and threw the ball.

It was a low-key Toxtricity and Axel was happy about that. Amped form Toxtricity was not suitable for the tide battles due to its short temper.

It was also a very interesting Pokemon.

What surprised Axel even more was that this Toxtricity was also a tier 2 king-rank Pokemon.

"Ashmita, how many captains have a tier 2 king rank Pokemon?", asked Axel.

"Sir, there are only 2 of them and they are right here.", replied Ashmita

A tier 2 king-rank Pokemon was vastly more powerful than a tier 1 king-rank Pokemon.

"Let the battle begin!!!"

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