Chapter 9
In the battlefield,
Cynthia is looking at her opponents Ninetails which sent out cold wind and lowers temperature around with a vigilant look. The ice Pokemon is someone Gabite is most vulnerable to.
This Ninetails which was completely different from the fire ones she faced in the past was an ice type. And a powerful one at that if the water puddle around seemed to freeze a bit as soon it was released.
Her long and muscular legs which are most refined than other Ninetails revealed that she must be pretty fast compared to the other Ninetails.
This might be a problem for her, as Gabite can match the speed of average Ninetails.
Although she doesn't doubt her victory, she knows it will be a difficult one.
She then look at her opponents who has blonde hair like her but unlike her shiny blonde hers were silvery.
With her pokemon out and the aura of confidence she gave off, she can guess the true strength of Elsa lies around Flint and Lucian.
Although they cannot defeat her, they still needed her to be vigilant if she wished to have a chance of victory.
Similar to Cynthia, Elsa can feel the raw power and strength of Gabite, The dragon ground Pokemon which can most probably knock her Ninetails down if even a single move managed to hit the mark.
Even though she has speed advantage, Gabite was stronger than her Pokemon physically.
Above all else, Gabite was a psuedo king Pokemon and Ninetails was only an elite Pokemon, although at peak she still was weaker.
August simply smiled looking at the two Pokemons in front of him. He thought to himself, ' They are really amazing, to think they can be so strong at such a young age. They may become stronger than me by the time they reach their prime.
They haven't even entered that place yet, or their speed may be even further. If they don't slack and continue to work hard, they will become as strong as an elite four before their twenties, even faster if they have some fortunate encounter.'
He looks at the two girls and then at the group of children.
He thought, ' Although not as strong as these two, they can be gym leader grade strong at the very least in the future. They don't seem to have much interest in pokemon battle like these two.'
And finally on Alex.
' He is the undisputed strongest of his generation. Or so Samuel said. It is his declaration that set him on that pedestal.' he could still remember when Samuel called him and talked with him about Alex.
FLASHBACK BEGINS:
August was in front of a phone while looking at the sheepishly smiling face of Samuel Oak, Kanto's premier pokemon professor.
August asked rudely, " Why did you call me for? I have retired from the league and don't want to be disturbed in my peace times."
Samuel doesn't seem much affected by his tone and said, " It's just that, I was thinking of making a declaration regarding my new student, Alex. I wish for your help in this matter."
August seem confused by the name until he remembered it. " Isn't it that brat of yours who fought in the Pokemon tide a week ago or so."
Samuel just nods in reply and said nothing for August temper was about to unfold.
On seeing this he took a deep breath and his voice suddenly turns graver with every word he said," To think we handed over the league to idiots like you. HAVE YOU LOT COMPLETELY LOST YOUR MIND?"
His eyes were red and the things behind him seem to fly around as his temper increased with every second.
Samuel ducked his head on seeing him so angry.
He knows that this old friend of his would be angry,very angry.
August was someone who considered every child in the region as his own. He often gives opportunity to the rising genius and protects them whenever he can.
This way Alex too fell under the category of to be protected in August's heart yet the blunder they caused is sure to make him angry.
" Yes, but it was necessary. You see he was going strong too fast but his mentality wasn't up to the par. So I thought it would work.
And don't worry about it leaving any mental trauma for I know he will be fine and shone even greater than he did now." Samuel said with absolute confidence .
August noticed it is the same confidence he used to talk about his older students in the past.
" Fine so what do you wish to do?"
" I wish to declare Alex as the strongest of his generation." Samuel said after taking a deep breath again he started to count down for something was going to happen.
' Five ... Four... Three ... Two .... One '
And suddenly August said in a voice which barely restrained his wrath.
" You better explain yourself. You know how big of a target it will place on him. Especially if you issue this statement.
They will not crown him as the strongest but the undisputed one, for your prestige is attached to it. This will also make some issue sky high bounty. So why?"
Unlike before when Samuel ducked his head when he faced his anger, this time he didn't hide but faced it up front.
August noticed it. This was not the calm and amiable Professor Samuel Oak, but the champion and one of the strongest in the world, ' the destroyer' Samuel Oak.
" A tree need fertilizer to grow faster. A beast need to hunt to grow. These will be hi after and fertilizer. He is strong and faced the tide but that was just the Pokemon.
Humans are more complicated than Pokemon. Only after he deal with them himself will his reputation be enough to deter the threat to Kanto.
I am even willing to send him to the shadows if he is to taught this lesson.
And, don't think of him as a weak boy. He will be an elite four level trainer by his 15 and a champion by his 17th birthday at the very least."
August was never as shocked as now and he inquired if this idiot was joking," And how are you so sure about it?"
" I know." Was all he said but Samuel thought to himself,'I can't say that I met him when he was 15 and I was 11. At that time his electrivire, pidgeot and Gengar were already king level while Espeon was at Psuedo king. He even said that he will be champion strong in two years.'
FLASHBACK ENDS
' Soon I will see for myself why Samuel has such confidence in you to say something so unrealistic.'
But He was also gratified that after him, there will be these young children to protect humanity from the Pokemons out there.
On release everyone looks at the two Pokemon who will be fighting now. They both are powerful Pokemons.
With the audience,
Aurea asked Julius attracted towards Ninetails beauty, " What Pokemon is that? She is so beautiful and looks just like Ninetails."
But Alex answers her questions, " That is a Ninetails. But it is variant of Ninetails. The environment of Alola is different from the other regions so there's some Pokemons which have evolved or changed to adapt themselves to it's climate.
Ninetails is just one of them. It is no longer a fire type but an ice type Pokemon. Other than the type change there is no changes in their physique." He explained while others were clinging to his words with absolute attention.
And before they could continue to ask him more the battle began.
" Let the battle begin."
The battle began with a clash of two long range attacks at the center.