Prelude to youth cup

Darkrai's dimension

Four days after the trip to the desert.

All the new additions to Aoki's team started their energy control and meditation exercise.

Trapinch picked up the trick easily and was going well so far.

One thing Aoki found out about his new Pokemon was that he liked biting.

He has bitten every member of his team, even Aoki.

Fortunately, the bite was very light, or else his Pokemon would have disciplined the new guy to behave properly.

The Eevee he selected for his team was a female and grew attached to him very much and followed him everywhere.

Meanwhile, Abra was aloof and liked keeping his distance from everyone.

It was acceptable so far as not everyone can adapt to their new environment quickly. Since Aoki was not in a hurry, Aoki was not forcing them to adapt quickly as he did with his old Pokemon.

In addition to this, all the Pokemon he captured from the Safari zone were doing good so far.

Instead of doing it all by himself, Aoki has given his Pokemon to choose the new Pokemons as their disciple and train them to the best of their ability.

Nidoking took Rhydon and Rhyhorn under his wing.

Charizard took Machop and Machoke.

Clefable took the Magamite,Magneton and the Chansey group.

Victreebel took the remaining two Trapinch.

Darkrai took the Gastly.

Gyarados took the two Slowpokes and some of the Kabuto and Omanyte that were staying in the lake.

Aoki specifically asked his Pokemon to teach the new ones as it would remind them of the basics, think about how much they have grown, and potentially find a way to progress further.

Although Pokemon like Salamence and Aerodactyl were good at flying, their ability to maneuver was the weakest due to Salamence having his wings recently and Aerodactyl using them after a long time.

So to tackle this problem, Salamence and Aerodactyl have started from the basics of flying from Pidgeot whose flying ability is the best in the squad.

Celebi along with his other Pokemon had created a small desert habitat for the Trapinch for their convenience.

If Aoki could he would have added a Volcanic region for Charizard too but currently, the Dimension cannot be extended further.

Aoki has repaired some of the buildings in the main area and made them run on electricity produced by Electabuzz and Magneton.

Aside from the training, Aoki has ensured that all the Pokemon under him are comfortable and made them aware that they are not his servants but allies.

All his senior Pokemon had given the newcomers a display of power to show the level everyone could reach if they trained under Aoki.

Everyone seems happy so far as they don't have to fight for food or hide from Predators.

That aside, during the last two days, Aoki and his two girlfriends enjoyed themselves in the City.

They went to many places like Karaoke, Maid cafe, Club, Game Corner, etc.

Surprisingly Sabrina was the best at winning gambles among the three of them with Misty being the worst.

They also went to a photo studio to click pictures with a different dress.

While Misty hated spicy food, Sabrina loved spicy food in spite of her face turning red.

It was funny to see her devour a spicy dish in spite of tears rolling down her eyes while Misty surrendered in the first bite and drank two bottles of water.

They went to some more places like the Pokemon School, Pokemon fan club, and surprisingly a psychic training center whose people were overjoyed to meet Sabrina.

Although Sabrina had a cold expression, she was having the best time of her life.

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Castelia park

"Bellsprout use vine whip !!!" a kid screamed with enthusiasm to his Pokemon.

"Trapinch two steps forwards and use energy in your legs to dash forward " commanded Aoki.

Trapinch listening to his commands dodged the vine whip from the Bellsprout and reached near it.

"Hah! You fell for my trap! Bellsprout use mega drain " The kid grinned as Trapinch was in Bellsprout's range.

"Are you sure about that kid? Trapinch crunch slam followed by bug bite "

Before Bellsprout could react Trapinch bit him by his neck tightly and slammed him multiple times before ending the match with a bug bite.

"Oh~ no Bellsprout !!! " The kid cried out and ran to his Pokemon.

Trapinch came back to Aoki and received his praise and tasty Pokeblocks for his hard work.

"I am sorry, sniff ~ sniff~ I don't have any money to pay you" The kid cried after he lost the match.

"Sigh!

I never fought you because I wanted money kid. Here take a candy and stop crying " Aoki offered him candy. That is when he heard a voice that made him stop his hand.

"Oi Oi Stop right there!!!

Infernape catch that kidnapped !!" Aoki heard a scream that sounded like a big misunderstanding.

Aoki ducked and dodged the fist from Infernape who landed far from him. Aoki instant took out his Pokeball of Salamence who used Dragon Breath against the Infernape who responded with FirePunch.

Infernape lost the confrontation and was pushed back several feet.

The Infernape balanced himself and stood beside his trainer ready to make a move.

With this done, Aoki looked at the trainer of the Infernape.

The trainer looked 2- 3 years older than him and had long red bush-like hair. He was wearing a yellow shirt with his hands in his pockets with a pissed-off expression.

Aoki recognized that guy from the list of participants.

'Isn't that Flint from Sinnoh? '

Aoki was about to speak something when a Garchomp landed in front of Flint.

"Not even a few hours in and you are already causing trouble Flint, " said the woman sitting on the back of the Garchomp.

"But he was kidnapping that kid!! I was observing him from afar, first, he defeated that kid's Pokemon and then offered a candy to kidnap him.." Flint said in his defense.

The kid in question had stopped crying by now and was petrified

"Are you causing another misunderstanding Flint, can't you see he was calming down the crying kid? Moreover, if you had read the participant list you would have recognized him"

"Fine fine, if you are telling it must be true Cynthia, " Flint said calling back his Infernape.

"It's been a while, Cynthia, hope you are doing well " Aoki came near the Garchomp after giving the kid candy.

Garchomp and Salamence both looked at each other with sharp eyes. Both of them had their bloodline acting and felt threatening feelings from each other.

The appearance of two pseudo-legendaries attracted a lot of attention. People started clicking pictures while some were excited to see if a battle breaks out.

"Yes, it's been a while PROFESSOR GUNHILDR, hope you are doing well " Cynthia replied.

"I see you are still holding that against me, I had to keep some things secret you know, "Aoki said.

"You really were not a kidnapper since you know her. Going by your name you must be the guy that got famous recently. Sorry about the misunderstanding " Flint said after looking at Aoki from head to toe.

"Even if I was a kidnapper, why will I even try to kidnap in the middle of a park where there are multiple eyes on me," Aoki said looking at some people who seem to be recording them.

"Sorry for my teammate's behavior, he has a habit of jumping to conclusions rather quickly, " Cynthia said.

"I will be going back to the hotel Cynthia, I have nothing else to do"

Flint looked at Aoki " I will meet you in the tournament."

"I will follow you after a while, I have some things to discuss with him," Cynthia said.

"Did you know I will be here? " Aoki asked.

"Yes, I got to know from your Girlfriends. It seems like you are having a great time with two beauties."

"Are you perhaps jealous? I will be glad if I had another beauty on my side "

"FuFu~The offer seems interesting but I have to refuse, for now, I have to focus on some important things right now"

"We still have our match to finish, let's do that in the event. Don't dare lose to anyone before that "

"I am excited to see how I perform against the famous Professor Gunhildr, " Cynthia said with a tone that radiated confidence.

"Seems like you two are having an interesting conversation, mind if I join too, " said the third voice that appeared beside them sitting on top of a Shiny Metagross.

The new trainer had well-styled silver hair and wore a formal suit.

"Yo! Steven. Looks like everyone is having an interesting entry today "

"Oh~the heir of Devon Corp is here too.

A pleasure to meet you, Mr. Steven Stone, I am Shinora Cynthia. "

The meeting of the three first rankers of their respective regions along with what is suspected to be their ace will become an interesting headline for the next day's newspaper.