The International League

By Red Dragon

Chapter 2

E-mail-britt28red@Hotmail.com

Genre-Other Trainers

Chapter 2

Pasts and Secrets

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In New Bark Town

I’ve been training the second I found out the League was opened. It’s been a few hours since I found out. My pokemon were now out of energy so I returned them back to their pokeballs. I then decided to go for a walk and I needed to do something important. It’s been awhile and now was the perfect time to do it.

"Your parents would’ve been so proud of you looking at what you accomplished now Crystal." Uncle Elm said.

"Yeah. I’ll be at the cemetery for awhile." I said.

I left and headed for Souls cemetery. It’s been awhile since I paid respects to my parents’ graves. It happened 4 years ago. I’ve been living with my uncle after it happened. It was the same year I became a trainer. They were pokemon researchers and VERY skilled trainers. So skilled that they won all the leagues I also went to and became members of the Elite 4. My parents got a call saying that somebody found a rare pokemon and needed somebody to study it.

They dropped me off at Uncle Elm’s house and left. A few hours later the police came saying my parents were shot and killed. They found the bodies 20 miles outside of town. There was an abandoned Team Rocket hideout there. The police also found a tape and said that it showed Team Rocket needed my parents for something called Operation Mewtwo. They said no and refused to do the experiment. Team Rocket got mad and shot them. The killers left after that.

"Well Mom and Dad. They opened the International League again. I’m gonna enter it and I know you’re proud." I said.

I put the flowers on the tombstones and left. Ever since I became a trainer I made a promise to be the best and make sure Team Rocket pays for their crimes.

 

In Pummelo Stadium

"For the last time Alex, No!" Drake said.

"PLEASE!!! You’re the best trainer in all of the Orange Islands!" I begged.

That’s right! I actually begged. Desperate times called for desperate measures! I needed Drake to help me train for the International League. I’ve been begging him for about an hour now.

"No. I’m not the best trainer in all of the Orange Islands. Lorelei lives here too." Drake said.

"But she’s not in the Elite 4 anymore! PLEASE! How come you can’t train me?" I said.

"You’re my brother. If anybody finds out I’m helping you training for the league they’ll think its favoritism. I AM going to be 1 of the gym leaders in the tryouts at the castle AND I’ll be fighting you." Drake said.

"But still! PLEASE! I promise I won’t tell!" I begged.

Drake sighed. Guess he gives in.

"Fine. BUT I won’t go easy on you when you’re up to your final battle during the tryouts." Drake said.

I was happy. Now I would get the best training. I wonder what would my real mom say. I never knew her. I was put up for adoption when I was just a baby. The agency said she might have been somebody who couldn’t handle the responsibly. Nobody knows who she is. Drake and me went back home.

"Alex we need to talk." Mom said.

"What is it?" I asked.

Mom sighed. It was something big.

"The Adoption Agency called saying your real mom wants legal responsibly with you." Mom said.

 

Pallet Town

"So Ash why are you down lately?" I asked.

Ash wasn’t really all that happy about the International League.

"Nothing." Ash answered.

"You can’t lie to me. Something’s wrong" I said.

"Fine. That girl I traveled with I never really got the chance to say something really important to her." Ash admitted.

"Where is she now?" I asked.

"In Cerulean City. She’s the gym leader now. She had to go back cause her sisters decided to become full time water ballerinas. So she left and takes care of the gym now." Ash answered.

"Why not just go there and say what you need to say." I suggested.

"I can’t. After I finished the Johto League she just sudden cared about winning and rejected anything that involves love." Ash answered.

I knew it. They love each other. But did why did she sudden rejected love?

"At least you’ll meet her during the tryouts at Gym Leader Castle." I said.

"What do you mean?" He asked.

"Well in order to qualify for the league you have to defeat the gym leaders that are from your home region. The try outs rules are different for each region. For the Kanto tryouts you have to defeat the 1st 2 gym leaders, the last gym leader, and then a random selected gym leader that could be from ANY region." I said.

"So that means I’m gonna have to defeat Misty in order to enter the league." Ash said.

"Yeah. Once you meet her, just tell." I said.

 

In the Viridian City Team Rocket Headquarters

"Imagine all that pokemon we’ll get once we take over Gym Leader Castle!" James said.

"It’ll be the greatest victory in all of Team Rocket history!" Meowth said.

"Don’t forget now. The boss made this as a personal attack." Jessie said.

"How?" Meowth asked.

"Didn’t you remember last year? Giovanni send the top 2 members as spies and they were supposed to pretend to be normal trainers. Once they defeated the Elite 4 they were to sent out thousands of units to take the Elite 4’s pokemon and get rid of the Elite." Jessie answered.

"But instead of sending out the units they told the Elite and got thousands of members in the slammer!" James said.

"Oh yeah! Now I remember. After that they became Elite members!" Meowth said.

"And who were they?!" James said.

"Will and Karen! The traitors of Team Rocket!" The trio yelled.