CHAPTER 4 - Master Trainer

The eyes of every occupants of the room including Slowking falls on him. Slowking knew his trainer was going to tell his parents about the Pokemon Tide, but how much he is going to reveal to his family will be the real question.

Slowking has noticed that everyone was on deep thoughts about it. He himself was warned about the Pokemon Tide and the dangers it causes to both Pokemon and humans alike, in the past. Amd after this experience he confirmed that the situation was way too different then he was told originally.

The danger is greatly enhanced and no amount of strength was sufficient. He has only sirvived because he advanced and reached a higher stage, meanwhile his other companion pidgeot who hadn't managed to evolve, was badly injured. If not for the timely help he may have died.

Everyone was anxious to know about the incident and looked at Alex with anticipation. Michael knows that the more someone keep things hidden in their heart, the more problem it cause. There will greater changes occuring on the people's day to day behaviour.

He himself had faced few Pokemon Tide on his active trainer career. He still remembered facing the first Pokemon Tide in his late twenties. It changed his very personality and affected the way he viewed the world.

His grandson, on the other hand, faced it at such a young age. He wants to know the details regarding the incident to estimate the degree of influence this has on Alex and try to limit the change to the bare minimum. This will be good not only for Alex but also his parents and for himself.

Arthur and Gwen has never seen the Pokemon Tide but the news as well as the level of destruction and deaths it leaves on it's wake was enough to put fear in any resident of the Pokemon world.

Arthur remembers that his father often talked about the horror of the Tide. He never tells everything about it but the things he mentioned was enough to scare the hell out of him.

Gwen doesn't know much about an the Pokemon Tide yet she knew that no matter where it happens there will be large amount of death of both humans and Pokemons.

Alex on the other hand was thinking on how much he should say about the past incident and what matter should remain hidden. The matter about the Pokemon Tide remains a secret until it had happened. After it had passed, it is no longer necessary to keep the incident a secret. Of course, the terrifying and cruel actions of both pokemons and humans are mostly left out.

The league let the participants discuss these things with others because of the counciling reasons. The comfort and support they could gain from their friends and relatives can help them in overcoming the psychological shadow which they have created inside themselves after this incident.

Alex after much thought has decided against revealing the post he held in the duration of the Pokemon Tide. There is a great difference between fighting the pokemons as a participant or as a lone trainer and as a commander and leader of the trainers.

He knows he has already disturbed his family after revealing about the Pokemon Tide and if he continues to say anything else, then it will not be good for anyone.

And he finally began to narrate his story," Grandpa you remember i called you sometime ago. "

" Yes. You mentioned about the angry ghost parents and subduing them so you called your strongest pokemons back to face them.

Did you recall them to fight in that situation. " Michael added his opinion.

" What is this about the angry ghost pokemons,Alex?" His mother asked excitedly (not in a happy way excited).

" Calm down dear. He will tell us everything in a proper sequence." Arthur told her and looked at Alex pointedly.

Alex understood what that look meant and began from the very beginning,"When I caught the two baby ghost types Mischievous and Duskull in the Pokemon Tower of Lavender Town, I angered their parents. They along with another ghost Pokemon, a Gengar chased after me.

I faced them and had managed to wound them. I also managed to capture them in the pokeball. But they weren't calm enough. After healing my wounded Pokemons I faced them once and managed to deal with the matter.

I originally thought that the two angry parents will be the greatest problem for me but it was their friend, Gengar. He was strong, very strong." He said omniously.

" How strong was this ghost type Gengar?"Michael asked anxious about the threat his grandson may have faced and his parents weren't any less worried than him.

Alex is once again in dilemma about how much he should reveal. If he mentioned that he faced a pseudo champion Gengar then he would be stopped from travelling around the world until they felt he was capable enough.

And it would most probably be in his twenties. So he decided to hide the real strength and fabricated the story a little. He neither say the complete truth nor the complete lie," I think if electabuzz hadn't advanced to pseudo king level back then I would have been in great trouble dealing with him at that time."

" Pseudo king? Did your electabuzz pass that threshold, Alex." Michael asked excited( this excitement is a happy one).

" Yes." Alex simply replied

Michael temporarily forgot all about the tide in his happiness and shouted happily," yes. That's my grandson. To think he got a pseudo king Pokemon at eleven. He is already reaching at that level."

Arthur and Gwen were puzzled by his attics and said," Dad, what happened? Why are you so excited?"

" Do you know what a Pseudo king really means?" He asked if not for the fact that he was crippled then he would have run through out the house in joy.

" No dad. I don't know it. What is a pseudo king? And why are you happy at a time like this?" Arthur asked impatient and angry that his father was happy at a time like this.

" I am happy because of what Alex has achieved especially at such a young age. The thing that happened back then is the past, his pokemon reaching this level is the future.

You aren't a trainer. You don't know what pseudo king really means. How many trainers are stuck at advanced level throughout their life.

I became an advanced trainer in my thirties. And have been one since then. I had tried hard and yet I couldn't advance forward. None of my Pokemon can promote further.

And you expect me to not be happy, when my grandson has reached something which I have always yearned for. " Michael glared at his son now for spoiling his joy.

Alex had some understanding of what his grandpa meant and decided to explain it to his father,"Dad, you know how well grandpa is respected in the town even after that accident years ago?"

He just nodded.

" And that is because he is an advanced level trainer. Above this level is a Master trainer.

For this designation, one must have at least two pokemons in pseudo king stage and four in elite level.

They are granted many privilege from the Pokemon league. They are paid 50 million dollar every year as salary or incentive to remain loyal to the League. They are leader of the defence of the town anywhere. Almost every town with a population of few million has a master trainer at the position of power.

He gets free medium grade evolutionary stone of every variety ( fire stone, water stone, thunder stone, moon stone, dusk stone, sun stone)every year, free travelling pass through any vehicle, be it plane or cruise for 1000 kilometers in a region every year.

There are special rooms in every Pokemon center especially for master trainer. They don't have to pay any tax unless their business profit is more than five hundred million poke dollars.

They are given free health facility, automatic rank of Colonel on joining the army and the greatest benefit is..."

Arthur and Gwen hung onto the lists of benefits a master Trainer can get.

" The gym leader qualifications." Michael said.

" Are these privelege really what a master trainer could experience?" Gwen was shocked at so many benefits a master trainer earns.

" What about the gym qualifications?" Arthur asked.

" Every gym leader had to be master trainer first. After that they must pass a hidden secret test,every gym leader goes through.

After passing the test, one can become a gym leader in any specific Pokemon type. This gym can be inherited by Alex's children too.

As long as his descendants or his grandson is an advanced trainer then their ownership of the gym could extended for one generations, if he is master level then two generation similarly every level increase, increases the term by one more generation.

That's why I wanted to be a master trainer. If I could reach that, then my family could live well and without any financial or social problem. " Michael said with yearning in his eyes," Alex can you help your grandpa achieve his dream. "

Alex looked at his grandpa eyes which was full of expectations and then shrugged.

" Alex how can you act like this when your grandpa is so emotional and hopeful about you?" Gwen scolded her son.

" Don't mind it Gwen. It is just an old man's foolish dream." Michael ridiculed himself

" Alex how could you insult someone's dream?" Arthur joined in criticising his son.

" I didn't insult it dad. "

" Then why did you act like that?"

" Electabuzz isn't my only pseudo king Pokemon. Slowking advanced in combat too." He explained.

" Wait you have two pokemons at that level. "Arthur asked enthusiastic.

Michael's eyes sharpened as Alex began to show off his pokemons strength to his family.

The family has forgotten about the Pokemon Tide, or is it something completely different from what we think? Stay tuned.

To be continued