Ch19- Clans, Pseudo Legendaries and a Big Surprise

'Ok now breath easy Gunn.'

I need to talk casually and not show any excitement. She was the only girl in pokemon I dreamt of meeting. She is matured and has her own style. Although I am not sure what she is doing here.

I walk closer to the Daycare as if pretending that I did not know her. I have to make a good first impression.

I don't want to be a random passerby who just says his name for the sake of it.

As luck would have it!!!!!! She spoke to me first as soon as we were in front of the Daycare.

"Are you a thief?"

'ok.... three anime arrows shot straight to my heart.' Am I really looking like a thief?? That statement really made me gain my composure as I was a bit angry.

"Don't you think that's really rude to say, to a stranger?"

"Then Why do you have an egg of our clan's pokemon?"

"Does the whole Gible line belong to your clan or do you own the copyrights of a pokemon species?"

hearing my statement, she gave me a smirk and said

"So you don't know about the pseudo legendary policies, do you?"

'wtf'

"I am sorry but I can't understand what you mean by that?"

"I guess that's not really surprising? You look like you just started your journey."

"So do you, Miss....?"

"Cynthia Hall from Celestic town, I am from Sinnoh."

"Gunn from Pallet town and for your kind information, I am not a thief."

I gave her my ID and said

"Sponsored by Prof.Oak, I think that name is more than enough to warrant it."

Then she turned red and said with an embarrassing face

"Oh...I am really sorry, I just lost my composure seeing a Gible's egg in Kanto. So, you really don't know about the policies regarding Pseudo Legendaries?"

"Nope, never heard of them. Care to explain Miss Hall."

"Cynthia is fine, Regarding the policy....Every region has its own pseudo legendary species but they are too rare and extremely powerful. So fifty years ago a policy was made that, each region will have a clan that protects them and gives them to trainers who are worthy and trustable. Whoever owns a Pseudo legendary should make a pact with the clan that protects them. The pact states that, under a situation that the trainer goes rogue or use the Pokemon for personal gains, he will be blacklisted and hunted by all the clans to death."

'My back was sweating now and I did not know how to give a satisfactory reply.'

"So, what you are trying to say is that your clan protects the Gible line and I have to go to Sinnoh right now, for forming a pact?"

"No, you will be returning it to the clan.

Like how Lance Wataru clan protects Dragonites, Steven Stone's clan protects Metagross, my clan protects them with great integrity. We can't give you a Gible just because you got it from somewhere. That also reminds me of a question, How did you get it?"

I can't lie here so I told her the truth

"The Elder Clefable in Mt.Moon gifted it to me."

Listening to me she started stuttering

"You mean...th....th....the high elder gave it to you?"

"If you are talking about that unusually large and ancient-looking Clefable, then yes."

"You seriously met her??? What's the proof? Even my grandma saw her only once. Elder never contacts the outside world."

"That's a long story....what happened was...."

I narrated her everything. 'Time to gain some Main Character points in front of her'. After listening to what I said she was amused first and then she gave a look at me as if seeing a priced gem.

"Oh so you are the one who caused all the ruckus that is flipping the four regions right now."

"What do you mean?"

She was laughing out loud now. Never saw this side of her, maybe because she is still fifteen.

"You know you look damn cute with that innocent face of yours....hahaha, one side all the regions are in an uproar but here you are, walking around peacefully."

"Cynthia, can you at least tell me about what exactly happened." I was really embarrassed now.

"Prof.Oak arranged a meeting recently telling about the passed message which was done through a kid he sponsors. So, the people of Kanto league started searching for clues but they found nothing, Suddenly the league's of other regions informed Kanto about missing dark, bug and ghost pokemon. As Unova, Kalos and others are far from here, only Jhoto, Hoenn and Sinnoh were affected."

"Then..... after that....what happened??"

'Sigh..' she signed a bit and started talking

"After finding that the cause was from Kanto. Hoenn and Sinnoh leagues demanded compensation, as there was the loss of many pokemon and some of the pokemon that were stolen were very rare. Next year league competition will have less number of bug, dark or ghost pokemon which completely throws everything off. Pokemon types are there to create balance. Think about it...all the psychic trainers in Hoenn and Sinnoh can clean sweep the matches."

"I get what you are saying...so what's the conclusion they came to?"

"It was not what they came to but Prof.Oak, he suggested that this year league will get cancelled, even the other two regions. After the issue is solved there will be a combined four regions league competition."

'what the hell???'

"So you are saying that there will be no indigo league this year and it is postponed by one year? and that too, it will be a combined league? That doesn't make sense, what's in it for the other regions to accept this proposal?"

"It doesn't until Oak mentioned that Kanto will sponsor the whole league. Sinnoh and Hoenn can save a lot of money by not hosting the league and Kanto will bear the costs of everything."

"But why can't Kanto just host the competition separately, why combine?...ohhhhhhhh Oak is a fucking genius, he is compensating them by hosting the competition with Kanto's money and also saving two league's worth money for Kanto by hosing a combined competition."

"Exactly but the hidden reason for accepting his suggestion was to fight for superiority. Since Oak became the champion years ago, Kanto has been thriving with powerful trainers and new inventions. This is the best opportunity to attract other region trainers to their regions. Think about it...if a trainer from Hoenn wins this so-called combined league, then all the other trainers will swarm Hoenn."

'ahhhhh.....now that I am in the Pokemon world, I thought I escaped all the political shit'

"Conspiracy during tough times, well played everyone." I clapped sarcastically.

Don't tell me that Giovanni smuggled pokemon from other regions for this reason. He is making the other regions fight with Kanto, while he calmly plans his next step. If Oak is a genius then this guy is a Devil.

Now I really feel like I am dealing with something big. Damn those games, they were so easy and now..... As I was spacing out...Cynthia called me

"Gunn...Gunnnnnn..."

"Aahhh ya, sorry for that...one of my bad habits"

"it's ok, but I don't know what to do regarding the egg in your hands. If the high elder gave it to you, then no one can question it. I think I will inform the clan about it but until then we will be together"

"whaaaaattttttt????" I thought I heard that wrong.

Cynthia suddenly realized what she said and hurriedly said with an embarrassed face

"no no no no, what I mean is that you have to travel with me till I get an answer from the clan."

"Sure, Can't reject any requests from a beautiful girl now, do I?"

"Stop flirting, we are standing here for 30 minutes, let's go inside. I came here for the same reason as you did."

So her Gible did not hatch yet?...

We quietly went inside the Daycare...

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Fun Fact:

Cobalion, Terrakion, Virizion, and Keldeo are the legendary Pokémon collectively known as the Swords of Justice. The group is based on the French novel 'The Three Musketeers' by Alexandre Dumas. Cobalion is analogous to Athos, the oldest and de facto leader of the group. Terrakion corresponds to Porthos, the strongest, heaviest, and largest member of the group. Virizion is comparable to Aramis, the most feminine, vain, and romantic member of the group. Finally, Keldeo represents d'Artagnan, the youngest and the latest addition to the group.