Austin woke up early got dressed in a blue short sleeved shirt. He pared it with beige cargo shorts. Last but not least he wore a cap without a top, blue colored with a pokeball symbol.
Austin made breakfast and many snacks to take with him. Towards training ground 01, which was the biggest training ground and where the games was being held. It was made to hold over a hundred trainers to train. Now it had many stadium style seats and huge obstacle course in the center.
According to Muliere the tickets to the stadium were sold out. Many people were buying the the payperview channel to watch from home. So far the event before it even started made a hefty sum of money. It is expected the advertisement throughout the event will be an added bonus. The entertainment industry even plan to sell the video of the event to other city states.
Austin made it to his seat. He sat next to Muliere. "Hey Old man what going on? When does the event start."
Muliere: "Hey kid, everything is well. It's rare for me to get some time off to enjoy an event like this. The event will start soon. It's just that they are splitting the participants based on age and grade."
Austin: "Interesting! At least this way the new trainers have a shot. Anyway after this is all over I'm taking my B-rank promotion exam."
Muliere: "Yes it's exactly why we separated them in two major groups Rookies and veterans. This is one of the first event to be held live in Asadia. That good to hear your finally moving up. Your horizon will be expanded once you become a B-rank trainer.
Austin: "I hit a bottleneck and am not improving much. My Pokemon also have been improving slower than usual. The only thing left is becoming a B-class trainer."
As Austin and Muliere were conversing, the announcer suddenly spoke silencing everyone in the stands.
Announcer: "Ladies and gentlemen! My name is Author Notes the presenter of the First Event for Trainers ever seen after the cataclysm. We will see the strength, speed, teamwork of our front line soldiers and will crown the best of them as king...."
The announcer spoke with enthusiasm hyping up all the audience. Even trainers themselves felt proud of their professions for the first time.
Author Notes: " The participants who joined the event reached a total of 6000 trainers. 2000 are d rank, 3000 are C rank, 900 are B rank, and 100 are A rank(there are only 100 A ranks in asadia and they were forced to join).
In order to filter out the best of these participants. A preliminary round was held and ten finalists from each rank were chosen...
Remember this event is for the trainers to prove their worth. Show the people the strength they use to protect them. Prove that they are different from the rest. PROVE TO THEMSELVES THAT THEY AREN'T SCUM OF SOCIETY BUT PROTECTORS OF ASADIA! THAT.. THEY ARE KINGS AMONGST TRAINERS! LET THE GAMES BEGIN!"
Once Author Notes's echoing voice vanished. Cheers from citizens and trainers erupted. The hype from these words and the cheers was amplified. Austin felt a surge of energy. This speaker was truly talented that even Muliere got goose bumps.
Muliere:" What a talent? I got to say it really doesn't matter the field with this guy. If we used him earlier then more people would have become trainers. "
Austin: "This guy Author is truly amazing. With only a few words, he was able to move a nation. The thing is it's not just what he spoke, but the tone and action that matched the words that moved the people."
Participants began walking out lining up into four rows. Each person stood a meter from the person in front of them. The trainers were standing proud, head held high, basking in the cheers of the audience.
Author notes: "Ladies and gentle men I will now introduce the finalist. From the D-rank trainers we have the veteran Raymond who was a trainer for 15 years. Raymond was Chosen to be a trainer at 12 years old. While other kids his age were playing with friends and spending time with family, Raymond was training to survive and protect Asadia.
Behind Raymond is another veteran trainer Her name is Whitney and she had the same background as Raymond..."
The Author began to introduce the participants one by one. He was able to make everyone one the audience to experience each persons story. It was as if they themselves were the participant.
In the D-rank group the participants were Raymond, Whitney, Shrek, Roger, Nathan, Omar, Drake (the only non veteran, he was part of Bobby's group), Cloud, Yelp, Fred, and Denise.
The C-Rank participants were Bobby, Phillip, Hugo, Ginnette, Jacob, Tobi(chatter box), Jennifer(who became an actor), Sky(a veteran close to B-rank), Rachel(where's Rachel), Doritos a five year Trainer( an orphan with no name, he named himself after his favorite bag of chips).
The B-rank had a few familiar participants. The participants were Maxwell( who taught the Chosen), Rain (a lucky Trainer who somehow made it to B-rank), Fred (who was the leader of the farm mission), Sara (a 10 year trainer who is pretty aggressive), Fred's Wife (her name was Leva and she is Fred's wife), Tom ( he is basically an old guy, everyone calls him Uncle Tom), Raven, Draco, Gryffindor, Pete (these four guys became trainers at the same time. They won't be mentions after this event.)
The A-rank participants include Brock, Cindy, Misty, Jack(some one in the audience yelled Jack-off. People these days), Steve, Flint, Osama, Paul, White, Black. Not much is known about this group except that they were trained as a trump card by the strongest S-rank in Asadia. The strongest S-rank is not Muliere.
Author Notes: "Now we will start with the C-rank and I will skim the rest of the groups. Please get into positions participants. After I state the rules, the contest will begin. The event is to put up the speed ranking. Who can clear the obstacle course the fastest. This event focus on the speed of the Pokemon, the ability of the trainer to command, the synergy between the trainer and Pokemon, and the BS the author is making.
The rules are each participants have there own lane. Any Pokemon who falls or enters another trainers lane is disqualified. This is to prevent anyone using there Pokemon to obstruct another trainer. The Trainers will try to clear the entire course the fastest. Flying Pokemon can't fly above this line (basicly not higher than 3 meters). The last rule make sure you have fun Hahahaha.
Now ladies and gentlemen let the Pokemon games begin."
One the Author finished stating the rules the gun shot noise was heard. The trainers started.
Author Notes: " WOW look at them go. In the lead is Jacob with his arcanine. This flaming beast is speeding through elegantly. Closing following behind surprisingly is bobbie's beedrill. Wow look at Tobi and his Graveler rolling at high speed. Seems to be using a move called rollout. Hopefully it doesn't roll out of its lane or it will be disqualified.
Amazing, Phillip was too nervous earlier and delayed in entering the race. I thought he was a goner. Yet this author was proven wrong by the wild charge of Persian. Like at it pass every obstacle and pass the other trainers. Amazing its neck to neck with Jacob's arcanine.
The trainers in C rank are truly something else such control, such competitiveness, this is giving me goose bumps. Look Dorito's vibrava beam through the course. Although it could do better dodging the obstacles instead of breaking through them. Then again it's nickname Not Lays isn't for show.
Oh my god there are actually trainer competing for tenth place. Or that's what it seems to me. Why else would Hugo use lairon, Ginnette use jumppluff, and Jennifer used wigglypuff. They are also just chatting and not even ordering their Pokemon. Oh look at that lairon tumbled and fell off his lane crashing into jumppluff who happen to hit wigglypuff. That settles that last three places. Hugo in 10th place, ginnette in ninth place, and Jennifer in 8th place.
To some this contest maybe for getting chicks, but to dorito, Jacob, and Phillip getting first place is the only thing that will satisfy them.
Sky and her swellow are trying to catch up but it appears her training wasn't enough. Wow I just realized where's Rachel everyone. Has anyone seen Rachel. (Someone walked up and said something to the author)
Well my dear audience the disappearance of Rachel has finally been solved. Yes it appears when reaching the wet part of the obstacle called Soaking lane. Delcatty was frighted and jumped to the next lane. Rachel is seventh place everyone.
Amazing I looked away for a moment and three participants reached last stretch of the course. Dorito's Vibrava, Phillip's Persian, and Jacobs Arcanine."
As the audience were enjoying the show, the amazing, talented, handsome Author was hyping everything up. Suddenly a black flashed past the other participant's Pokemon zooming towards the finish line. Philip and dorito were already giving it their all but could not catch up.
Jacob didn't falter he remained calm and then used his trump card.
Author Notes: what an upset ladies and gentle men. I don't know how to describe this rush of energy. Wow amazing! At the last segment of the obstacle Sky's Ninjask bolted full force almost guaranteeing the win. The other three participants had no way to catch up.
Out of nowhere! Arcanine shrouded itself in a ball of flame and charged to the finish beating ninjask by 5 centimeters. Amazing the entire run was filled with suspense. 5 centimeters that's really amazing!....
Ladies and gentle men let us welcome our first place winners up the stage. The winner of the D ranks was Drake the new blood of trainers in asadia is still strong. The winner of the C-ranks was Jacob one of the few rising talents in asadia. The winner of the B-ranks is surprisingly the old man Uncle Tom. The winner of the A-ranks was Osama who is ranked the second strongest among the A ranks.
Thank you for participating in this event, we hope the audience enjoyed the event. Please join us tomorrow for the power event."
The event ended the winners had their names recorded and were crowned the speed kings of their rank. The prize money was 10000 for d ranks, 50,000 for C-rank, 100000 for B-rank, and 200,000 for A-ranks.
Austin was going home, he was filled with excitement as the event was beyond his expectation. He was watching it live screw earths anime/cartoon show. Nothing is better than live.
Once he reached home, he got a call from the director of the event. It turns out the entirety of the City-State watched the event. The money made from buying the channel, ticket sales, ads, etc far exceeded the costs. This was only the first day. The recorded event is also being planned to be sold outside of asadia.
Austin didn't even participate and made 500k just from the profit. The world is truly unfair. Austin didn't admit though that the commentator was what pushed this event to new heights.
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The next day came by quickly and people gathered in masses trying to get tickets. The stadium was expanded and more screens were added. Today was the Strength event. Which trainers have the strongest power...
So during the event I will be a narcissist please support my antics thank you. No I won’t drop unless I really have a block. Anyway I’m busy with school and the funny thing is. Due to CV19 everyone was quarantined in there own homes. Yet I didn’t feel any part of my life affected. Maybe I should feel insulted that my way of life was called quarantine. Kidding but I want everyone to be able to smile through this crisis. Good luck and enjoy
The sun was shining onto the filled stands. Every home had the TV open on channel hosting the Pokemon Games. People gathered waiting for today's event of the strength test. Which trainer will be crowned as the strongest.
Many girls held signs for the handsome announcer, Author Notes. He did do a good job with the last chap.. um event.
The stadium was filled to the brim with people. Many of the crowd waiting for the participants. The participant are of course going to be the same group of finalists. Their was no need to repeat the same preliminary testing when the same finalists were known. The only difference is that the event will be different.
Due to this the person who wins would obviously change. People were excited to know which Pokemon would the participants pick. It couldn't be helped for the people to think in this way. It hasn't been long since they opened up a bit to the idea of Pokemon. Many people, before Austin's idea came to light, never seen a Pokemon their entire life and lived in fear of them.
Now with the Pokemon propaganda being spread from the east to the west. People got curious as to what these creatures are, how do they look like. How does the league regulate them? Many questions concerning safety all the way to the types of Pokemon has been asked. This type of thinking was what the league has been trying to instill in its people for over fifty years now. At least that's how it is in Asadia(from now on the name will be spelt as such).
In the field the participants began to walk out one by one. For reminders sake Author Notes reintroduced them.
In the D-rank group the participants were Raymond, Whitney, Shrek, Roger, Nathan, Omar, Drake (the only non veteran, he was part of Bobby's group), Cloud, Yelp, Fred, and Denise. The pokemon they had was different for the strength test.
The C-Rank participants were Bobby, Phillip, Hugo, Ginnette, Jacob, Tobi(chatter box), Jennifer(who became an actor), Sky(a veteran close to B-rank), Rachel(where's Rachel), Doritos a five year Trainer( an orphan with no name, he named himself after his favorite bag of chips).
The B-rank were Maxwell( who taught the Chosen), Rain (a lucky Trainer who somehow made it to B-rank), Fred (who was the leader of the farm mission), Sara (a 10 year trainer who is pretty aggressive), Fred's Wife (her name was Leva and she is Fred's wife), Tom ( he is basically an old guy, everyone calls him Uncle Tom), Raven, Draco, Gryffindor, Pete (these four guys became trainers at the same time. They won't be mentions after this event.)
The A ranks would not participate in this event nor the next one. According to the league that the battle will be destructive and may injure the audience. The entertainment department due to only having knowledge of B-rank trainers, did not make any precautions for A rank strength.
Nevertheless, the audience were still hyped seeing the different types of Pokemon being commanded.
Author Notes: "ladies and gentlemen. Today's event will be another shocker. That's right in this event will test which Pokemon will have the highest physical strength among the participants.
Their will be three contests in this event. Each event will have points. The person with the highest cumulative points will be crowned as the power king.
The First event will be lifting boulders made of a special alloy made by Minral Industries. A device is installed to increase the weight every second. The pokemon will start out with the same weight. As time passes it will get difficult to hold. Last pokemon standing is the winner.
The next event is the mountain bashing. Only physical moves can be used in this event. But wait, there's more.. the Pokemon will unleash pure physical assault on this Dark Steel mountain also built and donated by Minral Industries. The Pokemon with the highest attack force will be the winner.
The final event is the most exciting event. A Royal Rumble Wrestling match. No elemantal or nonphysical type moves can be used. This every Pokemon for themselves. The winner will be the last one standing!
Hold on to your seats folks, before we start the event I want to introduce a special rule only for this event. All participants will be joined in a single unit. That right you heard the Author well. Rank means nothing hear. This is a test of the natural physical talent of the Pokemon as well as tests how well the Pokemon was trained to use its strength.
Good luck participants. And for the audience it's what you have been waiting for. LET THE GAAAAMMMES BEGIN!!"
The crowd cheered and the participant were filled with fighting spirit. They might not be able to win against the B-ranks, they will try to give them a run for their money.
Chuck Norris: "Damn! Such a manly event and I don't even get to participate."
Austin: "Teacher you know how destructive your Pokemon would be. Each mastered aura and have their basic strength at the peak elite. Your strongest Pokemon have their strength reaching the mid champion rank. I bet that even at its heaviest your Pokemon will be able to throw the special alloy boulder across Asadia."
Muliere: "I wonder who would win. Some of those D-rank have strong Pokemon do to the years they spent as trainers. They just didn't rank up. Austin your group although talents might not be able to place in the top ten. This is truly an interesting event."
Austin: "honestly I'm not sure who would win but I don't think my peers will be out of the top 10. "
As the audience was cheering and chatting away. The participants called out their Pokemon.
In the D-rank corner, the most notable was Pokemon were Raymond's Onix, Shrek's Snorlax, Drake's Drednaw(gen8), Omar's Crustle.
In the C-rank the audiences, normal people as well as trainers, were shock at the abomination which was Jacob's Draspar(fake evolution of dunsparce). Hugo used his lairon, while Doritos surprisingly had a super rare melmetal. Sky brought out her Rhydon and Tobi called his golem(was a graveler).
The B rank also had unique and rare Pokemon. Other than some who had machamp, Golem, Onix, and Snorlax. Sara called an awesome elephant looking Pokemon called Copperajah. Rain actually had Tyranitar (no wonder he is B-rank). Uncle Tom had called his Conkeldurr.
These were the Pokemon that stood out the most to people. After the announcer introduced them.
"Boooom!!!" A machoke banged a giant drum signaling the trainers to begin.
The Pokemon stood at there respective alloy boulder. They began to lift it. The entire boulder was already 100kg. It increased at a pass of 50kg per second.
Some Pokemon of the D-ranks showed signs of struggle just lifting the boulder.
Author Notes: " WOW! Ladies and the other guys check out Sara's Copperajah it is unphased even though a minute passed. The D-ranks have Raymond's onix, it is slightly shaking can it withstand this test of time.
To think Hugo's lairon is still in this its will to stay in this competition is admirable.This is the type of determination people should have. A will the won't break, never giving up because that's my ninja... *cough*.... Because that's the only way to survive and move forward in this Chaotic World." (That was close , I got carried away and almost went naruto on the audience)
Even the Author did not realize the words he just spoke resonated with everyone watching the games, even the trainers themselves. 'The only way to survive, is to grit your teeth and move forward. For your family, for your friends, for humanity' these were words once left by a S-rank trainer 50 years ago.
Lairon began to wobble and was about to fall. Yet at the last moment it heard its trainer cheering it on. It saw the conviction in his eyes, his belief in it. Suddenly it began to glow...
Author Note: "What is this Lairon is glowing! Oh MY GOD(apologies I don't believe in Arceus) everyone you are witnessing a rare moment in history. Lairon is evolving, That's right! Evolving reaching the last stage of its evolution chain. "
Then a roar sounded throughout the stadium.
"AGGROON!!"
Once the roar ended, the crowd cheered for this exciting display. Hugo was also excited, if his aggron lasts just a bit more then he would enter 10th place beating a b-rank Trainer.
Austin muttered: "thanks to Hugo I might get another huge pay check." Then he picked up his phone and called the entertainment industry's boss.
"The event is looking successful. If your interested I have an idea that can get us even more money. After this event, many people will feel excited when talking about Pokemon. You can make mini Pokemon figurines of the ones that participated in the Pokemon games and its pre evolutions. Also I have an idea of introducing a trading card game of Pokemon(this is original since no on in this world thought of it) we'll talk of the details after the games."
"Mr. Catcher you truly are a genius, and your good at catching opportunities. I'm sure the Aggron figurine will sell like crazy." Then the entertainment industry boss laughed happily as he ended the call.(evil business man laugh)
Both Muliere and Old Man Norris shook their heads as they couldn't fathom how Austin's mind worked.
'Beeeep!'
Author Notes: "Congratulation To Sara who won first place in this event. Second Place was Rain's Tyranitar. Third place was Draco's Onix. Fourth place was Fred's Snorlax. Fifth place was..... 9th place is surprisingly Hugo's Aggron! What an upset ladies and gentle men. Tenth place is Maxwell's Golem.
The top 10 were chosen for this event with Sara getting first place winning three hundred points. Well take a five minute break to allow our trainers to heal their Pokemon....
Now here come the participants files let's begin the second event. "
This event was also exciting. The power of each Pokemon was shown. People were also able to visiblely see the difference between each class. This time however no one managed to enter the top ten. The B-rank participants were much stronger than the rest of the trainers. The closest one to get close to that power was Jacob and his Draspar.
The winner this time was old man Toms Conkeldurr, followed by Sara's Copperajah, then Fred's Snorlax.
Author Note: "Ladies and Gentleman the most exciting, most brutal event that you've all been waiting for. THE POKÉMON ROYAL RUMBLE!!!! The contestants will stand to the side. Their Pokemon, on the other hand, will be placed on the giant round stage that has been set up in the center of stadium.
The Pokemon will begin a free for all after the giant drum is hit. No trainer is allowed to order their Pokemon. The Pokemon can only use physical skills. This will show how well trained a Pokemon is. No flying or digging, if any rule is broken you will be disqualified. The Pokemon who faint or fall off the stage are also out.
The Last Pokemon standing will be the winner of this event. LET THE GAMES BEGIN!!!"
The trainers all gave a briefing to their Pokemon during the announcement. The stage had 24 Pokemon out of thirty as some people forfeited(mostly the girls from C and D).
'Boom!!!'
The drums sounded and the free for all began. Some Pokemon were scared and were easily knocked out. Other Pokemon were hanging up on the more powerful ones.
Austin: "what a brutal match. The B rank contestants Pokemon are sweeping through the rest of the pokemon. That Copperajah is truly strong. I never seen or heard of this Pokemon."
Muliere: "That Pokemon is one of the few Pokemon that is almost impossible to find in this area. This came from a region now considered a danger zone. The Galar(correct me if I'm wrong) region. Most trainers and people who moved to that new land back then(100 years ago) came back to the 7 regions populated by humans.
It might seem a surprise but even back then human only occupied 10 percent of the land. Not to mention now that the world was changed and expanded. Who knows how many undiscovered Pokémon exist. Maybe their might be Pokémon as strong as Arceus out there."
Austin: "That part of what makes being a trainer exciting. Traveling the world and meeting new people and Pokémon alike. Once I'm strong enough I will go and travel, who knows maybe we will learn how to fix the problem between us and Pokémon.
Chuck Norris: Shut your pie hole, you sentimental pricks! I am trying to watch Pokemon bashing each other. I wish I could join them down their it looks so fun. Austin after this we are going to have a match.... I mean training you on actual combat.
Author Notes: amazing Conkeldurr just blasted onix out of the ring with a focus punch. Aggron is hanging on tight. It won't let Maxwell's golem take it down without a fight.
Copperajah bulldozed through the D rank Pokemon that teamed up against it. Wow in this short time only 12 Pokemon... I mean 11 Pokemon remain. Aggron just surprise attacked golem with an iron head. Then it rolled him out of the stage. Let's see the recap on the screen.
Oowww! That's got to hurt. Golem might have a concussion for a few days from that one.
The newly discovered evolution of Dunsparce, Draspar was fighting its all to take out the B rank Onix. Too bad it was iron tailed out of the stage. Literally getting hit with a giant tail made of stone swung with unnatural force while hardened by metal particles, how the hell draspar survived is beyond me.
What is this conkeldurr and copperajah are working together to get rid of competitors. Snorlax out, Machamp out, Tyranitar out, Croocidile out, Drednaw blast away with a double edge. These Pokemon are on a role the only Pokemon on stage is onix now. It's fighting both Pokemon neck to neck.
I just realized where is Hugo's aggron. (Camera zooms in on a spot behind onix.) wow Hugo a C-rank trainer managed to keep Aggron in the game by a genius tactic of hiding behind the huge onix.
Onix can't hold on and was pushed to the edge. Hugo's aggron charges from the side trying to push Conkeldurr out with onix. But wait, Conkeldurr pulls a tom and jerry move. He move to the side and low kicks in front of aggron causing it to trip onto onix pushing both of them out. What a comedic change of events."
The audience were impressed that without order the Pokemon could attack in such a smart manner. Pokemon don't appear to be just beast. From Aggrons tactic to hide and attack to cronkeldurr tripping it out. Even the way both cronkeldurr and Copperajah began to work together to take down participants.
People began to realize that Pokemon aren't just mindless beasts. This also caused them to fear a bit as if Pokemon were that smart then humanity's future would be bleak. It seems Pokemon truly aren't trying to destroy humanity. Who know?
Author Note: Conkeldurr is a little rascal, trying to push the almost one ton Copperajah out of the stage. Just before it could, Copperajah's trunk wrapped around the extended arm or Conkeldurr tossing him out.
With this anticlimactic ending we have our winner Sara. The top ten are all be rank except for eighth place which was won by Hugo and Aggron according to the points.
Just like yesterday first place is 150,000 second place is 100,000 and the third place is fifty thousand. The remaining from the top ten win 1000 dollars. Thank for supporting this event please come tomorrow for the most exciting event. The Trainers with fight each other according to the old Pokemon league rules.
Another day of great excitement. Austin went to 'train' with Norris and returned home black and blue. The bs training would put an ordinary man in the hospital. He got another call and was paid a direct deposit of 700,000 pokedollars. He was sure the business men made at least 10 times what they gave him. Shady as businessmen are available in any world.
Austin was truly looking forward to the B-rank battles tomorrow. They will fight using aura which Austin wanted to see for a while.
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AN: So my wonderful readers, I will tell you my thought and plans for the future.
As many of you know I'm basically eating shit with school work for Pharm School. Now good news this is my last semester, so might be able to pick up the pace after I get done with exams and papers work need to head back to the states.
Bad news when I get back to the states, I will probably be off for a bit will let you know then. As I have a foreign Pharm exam and tofel exam that I got to finish.
Now this story will have one more chap for the end of the season. I will use the next chap to plan and show the next level of trainers in the new world. Like this chap the next one will be about 2-3k words which means, equal to 3-5 of my standard chapter.
I also have been wanting to end my TDG fanfic, I will end it with a timeline chapter showing the main events that would happen.
Finally I plan to start a naruto fanfic. I will probably get to it after finals and when I finish the things mentioned regarding my other stories.
I am hoping that the airports are opening soon. (Closed due to covd19) hopefully by July everything moves for the better.
Thanks for waiting this chap is 3k words long. So enjoy. I wrote slowly whenever I had time. Let me know your thought and I hope you guys stay safe in these troubled times.