Pokemon POV

Shedinja had reached tier 3 king rank now. Since it had decided that it would follow and master all the 3 directions of ghost-type Pokemons, it would now need to go back to Gengar to train again. It training was not something that could be done here.

"I understand. You have to go and be stronger. So, when are you planning to go?"

"After the tide battle."

Axel and the mercenary team would have to face a tide battle in the coming future to get registered as the official mercenary team. Shedinja wanted to support him till that time. Axel also knew that he would need Shedinja in that tide battle for the night raids.

"Ok, I will first make some future plans tonight and share it with you tomorrow. You also make some plans for yourself and get ready. Because we are going to a training hell from tonight.", said Axel.

The night was spent talking with his Pokemons and then he went to sleep. The island had many services and one of them was that the place was too big. So, if a trainer wanted to call out his Pokemons outside at night, he could do it with no regard to safety issues because the place was heavily guarded.

That was what Axel did cause he knew that the Pokemons had been cramped inside the ball. For some odd reason, none of his Pokemons loved the feeling inside the ball. Axel used the master ball for most of his Pokemons cause the space inside the master ball was bigger and it was more comfortable for the Pokemons to live there. Yet, none of his Pokemons loved the feeling inside the ball. 

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Pokemon POV starts,

Axel's Pokemon group had been divided into 2 parts. The older ones and the newer ones. This was not because there was a rivalry or any sort of enmity or competition. It was simply because the younger ones wanted to hang out with their own age and the older ones wanted to hang out with their own level of friends. There were also other reasons like their talks would be different and many other things.

However, today all of the Pokemons were having a meeting. Since even Wartortle was not in prank mode, it must be a very serious meeting and it was.

"Boss, so are you going to out to train again?", asked Nidoking.

"Yes, my teacher said that I should return when I reach tier 3 King rank. So, I am going. I am a bit worried about Axel but I believe that you guys can handle it now.", replied Shedinja.

"Boss, do you really think that father is right? Garchomp is now stronger than me?", asked Charizard cause it simply could not believe it.

"Yes, that is true. If it is not, we must realize that Axel was right. Since we reached king rank, all of us including me have started to slow down our progress in training. It is mainly cause we never even dreamed of reaching this stage in our lifetime and since we did, we felt that we had done it all.

So, we are not progressing. If we want to be at the top, then we must train harder than before. This new concept of directions is also confusing to me. But we have to study it, research it, and then train it ourselves. We cannot leave everything to Axel."

"What do you mean?", asked Alakazam.

"Till now we have been dependent on only Axel for our new training plans. Why do we have to depend only on him? Now, this is not for you, young ones. You are still kids and need proper guidance but for us, we are mature. We can speak and read in human language. Why should we not do research on ourselves and how to get stronger?

We know that we can do it but we don't cause we are lazy.

Axel is in a dark place right now and we need to be there for him. He would not have the time to research about the directions of all of us and we must start to do it by ourselves.", said Shedinja.

"I do have some plans for myself and my groups but it is obviously slower than what Axel plans for us. I have tried but I am not as good as him.", remarked Beedrill.

"Of course, you are not as good as him. He had been doing this for years, even before we were a part of his team and we are just starting now but it still contributes. Even if we are not as good as him, if we start to do this thing, then we will massively reduce the pressure for him."

"That is true. I can also help you guys in making training plans. Magnus could also help in this regard.", said Alakazam.

Alakazam was known as a supercomputer that could do multiple calculations at the same time. Magnus was also very wise and was a psychic-type Pokemon. So, they had very good intellect and creativity. They could use that in the group.

"Hey, I want to ask something. Since I have now recently reached elemental rank, what do you think that I should do now?", asked Togetic. It literally had no idea cause elemental rank was the first hurdle and after passing the first hurdle it gets confusing on how to power up.

"Hmm.. That is a good question. You know what? I don't think that we are taking advantage of this or rather, you guys are taking advantage of us being here.", said Nidoking.

"What do you mean?", asked Feraligatr as it wanted to know what it did wrong.

"We are king rank Pokemons and we are way older than you guys. So, of course, we have a lot of experience. We have also made a lot of mistakes and we know which mistakes we should not make. We also made a lot of good decisions. Why are you guys not asking us about our experience?

If you know about us and our experience, then you will not make the same mistakes that we did and you will advance and become more powerful than us at a less time. The next generation from you would be more efficient than you and so on and then one day, we will make a perfect training plan for our young ones.", said Nidoking.

"Hey, we are not only in the wrong here. You have also not taken any initiative.", shouted Salamence.

The nature of Salamence took a drastic turn when it evolved. It was just like Charmeleon but not so much. Charmeleon succeeded in making the enemy out of everyone but Salamence was not like that.

"Chile this is where you are wrong.", said Gogoat.

Gogoat was one of the highly respected Pokemons in the group. Since it gave milk to all the other young ones, it was naturally considered as the mother of the group.

"You are the ones that are inexperienced. You are the one that needs the guidance. So, it should be you who should ask the questions respectfully. We have trained a lot to get to this stage and we demand respect."

All of the young ones bowed as they realized that they had made a mistake.

Shedinja was the one to explain.

"So, back to the point. Let me be the one to explain to you how to improve yourself further.

First of all, congrats on reaching elemental rank. It is the first minor hurdle but being a Pokemon in Axel's team, it is not much of an achievement. It is because of Axel's talent. You also might have felt that you are growing unusually faster than other Pokemons and after reaching elemental rank, the progress has sort of died down."

"Yes, I just don't feel that I can progress faster like before.", said Togetic.

"Good if you already realized it. This is because of Axel's talent. Our trainer has some super powers that other trainers don't. One of these superpowers would let you advance quickly until you reach elemental rank. Don't worry, even after you reach elemental rank, you will still advance faster than other Pokemons keeping everything constant."

"Oh, so that is why brother Charles was so angry. Cause this Garchomp guy became better than him.", spouted out Lucario.

Charizard immediately became angry after being reminded of it. Nidoking just laughed it off saying, "Kids say the darndest things."

"Let's return to the point. So, where was I? Yes, this is the advantage that you have if you become a part of Axel's team. You will learn the new moves and evolved moves faster, you will evolve and rank up faster and your base stats will grow faster.

But that doesn't mean that ranking up is easy. Yes, it would save a lot of time but you still have to work hard.

Now, about the elemental rank. The thing I first suggest you do is think about your specialization."

"Specialization?"

"Yes, what would you specialize in? There are many things like speed type, physical attack, and special attack type. Defense and special defense type. In moves too, like using status moves more or direct moves. How to use status moves or direct moves to maximize your potential.

Before you only thought about it in general. Like, let's take Togetic for example. It wanted to specialize in special attacks. But how would it do it? What type of moves should it learn that would enhance its special attack powers?

There are many things to consider. Of course, Axel would help you with it, but if you start to think about it yourself, you will progress much better and faster.", said Shedinja.

"Oh, I will also tell you something. Whatever Axel says, do it. You can ask him questions if you are confused but never think that you are better than him. I made that mistake in the past and I suffered a lot. If I was not so arrogant before, I would already have been a pseudo-champion rank Pokemon.", said Charizard.

It still could not believe the fact that Garchomp was not stronger than it.

"I will also suggest you something. It is also time for all of you to have at least one move for every way like defense, special defense, attack, and special attack and agility. You can have more moves on this thing that you specialize in but you also need to have at least one move for everything. This would help you a lot in the future.", said Beedrill.

"Hey, what about us? We have become the weakest of the group now.", said one of the Magnemite.

"For now, you should go to Axel and tell him to start teaching you. The first guidance from Axel, our trainer is very important. You need to spend some time with him. Don't worry, our trainer is not so busy that he will not give you any time.

But in the meantime, why don't you just train on your base stats? Before you evolve, all of your base stats should be at S rank. So, let's start to train from tomorrow.", said Shedinja.

"That is a good idea. You should do it."

"Yes. From what I have heard, Axel is going to be very busy tomorrow. So, he might not have the time to give us any time. So, we will just train in our base stats at that time."

The group agreed to train from tomorrow.

Pokemon POV end.