Lying to get Benefits

Axel was watching Charizard's health from its stats. Its health was decreasing bit by bit but it was not so serious. After waiting for 3 minutes, its health remained stable.

Axel could tell that it was somewhere safe but that was also very confusing. Where could it find a safe place inside the volcanic mountain?

For the next 3 minutes, nothing happened but suddenly, its health started to decrease again. The decrease was slow but it was still losing its health and after 2 minutes,

ROOOOOARRRR

Charizard had come out of the Volcanic mountain. Pits of magma were all over its body. Its body was covered in dragon scales but Axel could see that it was wounded. The wound didn't look so serious. 

Charizard started to shake its body and it started to take that Magma off. After getting over it, it came near Axel to report. 

Axel called out Venusaur and told it to heal Charizard. After healing it completely, he asked what it found inside the volcano.

"There is a separate place inside the volcano. It is very good for fire-type Pokemons. There are also Pokemons inside the volcano and all of them are fire-type Pokemons.", said Charizard.

"What is the temperature inside that place?", asked Axel.

"It is hot but bearable. There wouldn't be any problem.", said Charizard.

"You were right. The fire-type resource place is inside the volcano. Sorry that I doubted you.", apologized Ryker.

"But how are we going there?", asked Cody.

"We could ask Axel's Alakazam to teleport us there.", said K.

"That is a good idea but there is a problem."

"What problem?", asked Kate.

"Light had not been in there. Of course, it could teleport us there but it could miss the co-ordinates. If it missed, then…"

"We will be fried.", completed Ryker.

"Yes."

"Isn't there any way we can do this?", asked Kate. She so wanted to go there and explore it. If they explored it, then the place would belong to the Zard family.

"Axel, what is the risk percentage?", asked Ryker.

"Why don't you ask Light.", said Axel and called out Light and told it the situation.

Alakazam talked to Charizard about where inside the volcano that it should teleport. After talking and figuring it out, it said, "I can teleport there but since I cannot see and could only figure out with Charizard, there might be a risk that we might land inside the Volcano."

"I will take that risk. I will go first with Alakazam.", said Ryker.

"No, first I have to go there myself. Taking you would take a toll on me and if something happens, then it would take some time for me to teleport back.", said Alakazam.

'Light, tell me, can't you use 'Greater telekinesis' to be safe for some time?', asked Axel telepathically to Alakazam.

'Yes, I can do it.'

'Perfect, if you cannot figure it out even after using it, then use 'Ally switch' and switch it with Charizard. I think you can do that.'

'I can'

'Perfect. I will not say that to Ryker.'

Axel then turned towards Ryker and said, "Ryker, I like your bravery by going first but the Zard family will be getting it after we explore it anyway and my Light has to be there first."

"What are you trying to say?", asked Ryker.

"I can say that I need unrestricted access after you get that place.", said Axel.

"Axel, that is against the agreement that we have set.", said Kate. She was also from the Zard family.

"Yes, it is. But my Pokemon is going to risk its life for your benefit. If you don't think that it is fair then, I will not be letting my Light go there.", said Axel.

Ryker and Kate were now in dilemma. They wanted that place for their family but they also didn't want Axel to have all the access for it. The agreement said that others could get access to it but it would be restricted access. 

That meant that the Zard family could determine what should be given to them.

Ryker also noticed that others also had Pokemons that could use 'Teleport' but none of them were offering it. This meant that it was very difficult to teleport like that only Axel's Alakazam could do it.

"Let me make it easy for you to decide. I will only use my fire-type Pokemons to train here and get the resources for them. Think of a second. I only have 1 fire-type Pokemon right now and that is Charizard.

I may have a couple more of them throughout my entire life. It is not a bad deal.", said Axel.

Ryker and Kate looked at each other and agreed.

"You have a deal.", said Ryker and shook Axel's hands.

Alakazam was in no real danger. It could use 'Greater teleportation' to create a vacuum to be safe and if it could not hold it for a long time, then it could use 'Ally switch' to switch it with Charizard. 

So, it could do that without taking any damage. Axel just got a sweet deal out of it.

"Light do it."

ZOOMMM

It vanished as soon as Axel said it.

Axel was looking at its status and its health was not decreasing one bit. It must have landed in the right place.

After a few seconds, it reappeared.

"I know the coordinates now. There would be no problem going there.", said Alakazam.

"Ok, teleport me first. Then start with others too.", said Axel. He and Alakazam vanished again and then Alakazam came out to teleport Ryker and then Kate and slowly, none of them were left now.

###

This place was completely different from the ground-type valley that Frank had acquired. First was the aeus energy here. It was almost double that of a ground type valley.

It was so much that the group was having difficulty breathing. Axel and his team sat down to breathe and do the exercise to control the aeus energy.

Axel and Cody were the first to be comfortable around the place but it took them more than 1 hour to stand up properly.

Others were still doing the exercise.

When Axel and Cody opened their eyes they saw that the Pokemons there were staring at them with hostility. Axel quickly identified the leader of the group. It was standing on the top of the rock.

It was fox Pokemon covered in thick, luxurious golden-white fur. It had a small mane of thicker fur around its neck and a long, fluffy crest atop its head. It had slender legs with three-toed paws and nine, long tails with pale orange tips. It had red eyes, pointed ears, and a triangular black nose. 

It was Ninetales and it looked majestic.

This was the first time Axel had seen a champion ranked Ninetales but he could already tell that it was bigger than normal Ninetales. Axel's aura sense could tell that this Pokemon was dangerous.

It was a scary sight when all the Pokemons in this place were staring at them with hostility. Axel looked at the Pokemons and found out that all of them were fire-type Pokemons.

He also realized that they only had fire type and no secondary typings. There were Pokemons like Ninetales, Arcanine, Rapidash, Typhlosion, Cinderace and Magmar.

"Don't worry. If you follow the rules of this place then nobody will hurt you.", said the Ninetales.

"Can you tell me the rules?", asked Cody bravely.

"I can but first let all of your human friends wake up. I don't want to repeat myself. You can just sit here and keep quiet for now.", said the Ninetales.

Axel could tell that it was a champion-rank Pokemon at least. It might even be a master-rank Pokemon. He knew that they could not mess up with these Ninetales.

Krookodile had been so friendly with them that Axel forgot that these Pokemons could be scary and territorial too.

But for some reason, they were not hurting them. There must be a reason for it. Krookodile had also said that a human could claim this place if they passed the test. By that logic, there would also be a test here to pass and Axel knew that it would not be easy.

That may be the reason why they were not attacking but why? Why can a human claim this place? This question had made him crazy.

After waiting for a few hours, all of them got up feeling comfortable. All of them were scared by looking at the Pokemons staring at them.

###

"Ahmmm, Axel, what the hell is happening?", asked Lance in a low voice.

"I don't know but it told us to shut up….. for now."

"For now? So that it could eat us up later?", asked Lance.

"We don't want to eat your filthy body. Just shut up for some time.", shouted Ninetales and Lance kept his mouth shut.

Finally, Frank woke up and then the Ninetales started to talk.

"There are certain rules here and both of us should follow. You human would be given a test and if you pass, you can claim this land for yourself and your Pokemons. 

However, we could also use the resources here but you would be given the first priority. But if you lose the test, then you will have to die.", said the Ninetales.

"Die? But why do we have to die? Can't we just get out of here?", asked Lance.

"No. This place is sacred and I want it to be hidden from the world.", said the Ninetales.

"We won't tell anyone.", said Kate with pleading eyes. If Axel was that Ninetales, he would have melted but Ninetales was as strong as ever.

"You think that I am stupid to believe your human lies? No, you will have to pass the test and if you fail, then it will be all-out war.", roared Ninetales.

For some reason, these Ninetales had a vendetta against humans. Axel was not going to ask why but he said, "Since we are going for the test, can't you just give us an intro to this place? We want to see what we are calming."

"Intro?"

"I mean introduction. Introduce this place and its facilities to us.", said Axel.

"This is not a facility. This is our home.", roared an Arcanine. It was a king-rank Pokemon.

"Relax. The human had not said anything against the rules. I will introduce the place to you.", said Ninetales.

The Pokemons around Ninetales relaxed a bit after it said it and finally Axel could breathe. He had not even seen the place around.

###

The place was not covered in lush trees and forest. It was completely barren. Axel could see a volcanic mountain far away but the heat was not coming till here. 

'It must be like the desert in the ground valley.', thought Axel.

All of them followed the Ninetales and it went near caves. There were a lot of caves in this place.

"This is the place where we sleep and rest. This is our home.", said Ninetales.

As they went farther and farther, the place was getting hotter and hotter.

"This is the place where we train and battle.", said the Ninetales.

Then they reached a place where there was only fire. The fire was very hot and it was raging. It covered a big place and the grounds near it were also very hot and red.

"This is eternal fire. The fire never goes down here. We train here to increase our fire type mastery.", said the Ninetales.

It then started to go towards the Volcanic mountain.

"Now, this is our treasure. The place is very hot if you step inside. If you are not equipped, then you might get burned. Come here at your own risk.", said Ninetales.

All of them looked at each other and Axel and Cody stepped up. Axel also called out his Charizard to see the place.

ROOOARRR

When Charizard came out, Ninetales's eyes showed a surprised expression.