chapter 13: Views in Hoenn and Sinnoh

In Hoenn region,

Five people sat in the round table overlooking the important Intel they got from their intelligence agents in Kanto which required their complete focus.

These people are the strongest of Hoenn and are the elite four and champion of the region.

They were Fire type elite, Merlin Moore ( who is the grandfather of the future fire gym leader of Hoenn, Flannery). He had a Typhlosion by his side. His mete presence has increased the temperature of the room.

On his left was a blonde woman in pink dress, she was Rose, the psychic elite and she had a Gardevoir behind her.

On her left was a blue haired man with a gas mask on. He was the poison elite, Rick and he had a menacing seviper behind him.

On his left was the second and last female of the group. She was a blue haired woman and wore a sweater on even in the warm room. She was Frost, the ice elite. She had a walrein slumbering behind her. His coldness has neutralised the hot wave from Typhlosion.

And the one who headed the meeting was a man with a moustache and wore an open coat. He was the Dragon Master of Hoenn and the current champion of the Hoenn league, Drake.

And behind him was the very ferocious and equally majestic Salamence.

As for what reports they were looking at it was the one about Alex exploits in the Pokemon Tide. It has recorded how he became the commander of the North defence of the Sky Town and how his Slowking and electabuzz were pseudo king level now.

" The Kanto league is quite daring to put their gem under so much pressure. I don't know how the kid will handle it. " Rose said with a tone of ridicule about him. She feels that their gem must be destroyed after this encounter

" Don't sympathize with him." Frost said blankly while her tone was as cold as ice itself," And I can see the face of that monster in the entire layout."

" I still don't understand why you old people call Prof Oak a monster?" The poison specialist grumbled. He is a pretty young person who haven't seen his powers so he didn't understand their idea.

" Because you haven't experienced his terror you don't know it. And it seems they have another monster in the making. " Moore intervened and then said with force," the next era of Monster is upon us."

This sentence made Frost and Drake the oldest of the league shift uncomfortably on their seat and their earlier calm face turned dead serious.

The pokemons behind them along with Typhlosion softly roared out probably thinking about something bad in the past.

" Are you sure the situation can be this serious, Moore?" Drake spoke for the first time in this meeting and his face told he was absolutely serious and wasn't in the mood of any joke.

Moore replied with similar seriousness," Yes. Or how else can we get this much information about the young trainer, no no no, About Alex. He is no longer a young trainer. He may soon join our ranks in a few years time. "

" Indeed. This report is too detailed that I missed such an important point. But to think in just forty years, a new trend begins again. " Frost said reminiscing her past.

" Is this something special?" Rose asked not knowing what to say.

"The Era of monster is a trend. A new way of testing the next generation. We had ours years ago and now this generation had got their own. The earlier pokemon tide was a way of making the young trainer aware of the reality of the world.

But now it will serve as a method for sweeping out the real genius who may have a chance to contend with the young monster in the future. " Drake mentioned. He didn't elaborate anything more.

" Why should we follow the trend of Kanto? We can do our own things to test our trainers. Why should their way be the key factor?" Rose asked the older elite four members

"This is not something that can be selected by discussion or power of a person. The trend is set by the trainer of that generation only.

Alex haf participated in the defence and emerged victorious. He remained unaffected throughout the duration of the battle. He set a benchmark for his fellow age groups and this benchmark had become an indicator.

If someone of his generation is wants to take our seat without at least achieving this benchmark then he would always be criticised and most be ridiculed by the other regions "

And he then questioned his juniors,. " how long will it take for the kids to be prepared for the test?"

" If we want absolute results we will need a couple of years. By then they can participate in the defense without any bad effect to the mental psych." Rick answered

"And what about leadership of the Tide?"Drake asked

" The quickest would be five years. That level of pressure is too much for the young people especially this generation. We cannot make the gems suffer too much or they may get destroyed in the process." Rose added.

Drake just shook his head and issued an ultimatum," They will participate in the tide in a year time and by the time they are fourteen they must lead the corp or they wouldn't be our next successor."

" But..." Rose rose to oppose but a loud roar of Salamence put a stop to everything.

" Every league knows what this report means. And this is an ultimatum set by the actions of Samuel's protege. If they delay any longer then they won't even be able to catch up to his shadow in thr future. "

" Michael and Steven must do this at least if they want to be the next champion of Hoenn. My successor must be able to complete this objective or else I would not give up my post until I die. " He issued his final words in the meeting and everyone agreed although there was some reluctance in their heart.

As such the Hoenn league decided to do this, same was with the Sinnoh league.

In the Sinnoh league council along with the elite four and champion were Professor Rowan and Professor Caroline. Although not an elite four they held enough prestige to attend the meeting along with their power.

The one who headed the meeting was Bertha the ground elite along with Reynolds the water elite, Berk the Rock elite, Julian, the normal elite and finally Arthur the fire Champion.

" Kanto is setting the trend again. " Arthur said and started the meeting.

Everyone here had experienced Samuel era and knew what those words meant. And hence they weren't much opposition among the members here.

" So how long is the preparation time for the brats?" Reynolds asked the other members.

" It would be the same duration of time when Alex Bart once again start his journey after resting at home and recovering from the aftermath of that gruesome battle." Rowan calmly gave his analysis.

" And in that case the recovery time may range from a year to a couple more. Since he dared to let his student go through it then he would have been absolutely sure of his chances of recovery.

So we must set a parameter for the next generation." Caroline said her opinion.

" I think two years to participate and five years to lead is a good guideline for the kids. " Bertha said.

" Normally yes. But it is better to reduce the time because I don't think other regions may stop and wait for so long " Julian said while his Purugly was leaning on his legs and he rubbed her head.

" How long do you think they can endure before acting, Arthur!" Berk asked.

" How old are the kids now, Caroline?" Arthur asked the history expert.

"Most are eleven and some are twelve this year. " She answered.

" Fine then they must participate in the defense in eight months to an year time and lead the battle before their fifteen birthday or they can never join the pokemon league council of Sinnoh." Arthur finally issued his orders.

No one questions his decision and agreed with the parameters he set. Sinnoh has already lagged behind Kanto and now they must take the lead or be surpassed by the other regions too.

How will Unova, Kalos and Kanto league deal with the aftermath of this new trend?

stay tuned

To be continued...