Dani then looked straight into Axel's eyes and asked, "Can I work under you?"
Axel looked at this young woman. Till now, he had seen a lot of her and knew that she was a powerful trainer with a strong mindset. She was not the type of a person that would back down from a fight and she was very daring.
Axel wanted to give her a chance.
"You can but I have some conditions. Before I say those conditions, you should get treated. I will talk to you after some time.", said Axel.
Dani nodded her head and went with the nurse to get treated. Before she went she said that she had forfeited the battle and nobody blamed her for it.
When Dani spoke after the attack, the stadium had activated its stadium mike. So, even if Dani didn't speak with a mike in her hand, everyone could hear her loud voice.
The statement of Axel saying that this was the second most powerful Pokemon in his team and the move was not fully charged was very shocking. The crowd wanted to see more and the remaining contestants were very scared. They now had to face this monstrosity. They didn't know how they were going to do it.
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Lance knew this attack and he had seen it before but he had not seen this. The attack was powerful but it was not this powerful. It was on a whole different level.
Lance was confident that his Pokemon would not be able to do it even if they reached king rank. His rivalry with Axel was now strengthened again and this made him think to train even harder.
A normal trainer would have given up but Lance was not a normal trainer. He was destined to do great things. He was not going to give up so easily. However, in the back of his head, he felt safe that Axel was his friend.
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Bruno had a completely different mindset. His Pokemons were powerful but they may not be able to handle that attack. He was trying to make up battle strategies to counter this move.
He was listing out all the disadvantages of the move like consuming high stamina and it being a relatively slow attack. He had to figure it out if he wanted to win the league battle.
He had not shown all of his hidden cards and he knew that he had some powerful Pokemon lineups.
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Axel went to the healing center to see Dani. Healing centers and Pokemon centers were different things. Pokemon Center was established by the league. Healing centers were different. They were established and made by other people, the government, or some other organization.
The Pokemon center would only care about Pokemons while the healing center would care about Pokemons and humans. The gyms don't have Pokemon centers but healing centers cause gyms were not part of the league.
Dani didn't have any serious injuries but she had many wounds and cuts all over her body. She was also paralyzed from the attack. The nurses were taking care of her and she was resting.
Axel came to her bed where she was resting and said, "How are you feeling right now?"
"Better than before. The nurse said that I would be discharged tomorrow."
"That is good. So let me ask you something. What did you mean when you said that you wanted to work for me?"
Dani looked straight into his eyes and said, "After that attack, I realized that I am nowhere capable of defeating you. Even if I train harshly for 10 years, I could never beat you.
So, you must have done something or you must have something that makes you better than me. I just want to grow stronger and I feel that I would if I joined you."
"Why do you want to grow stronger? Do you have a reason?", asked Axel.
"My family, my father, mother, and little brother were killed during the tide in our village. I lived in a small village and the league didn't think that they should send their support to a small village.
After that I hated the league, I hated the Pokemons!!"
Her voice was growing louder with each word. She then took a deep breath and calmed herself.
"I realized that nobody would care if you were not stronger. Nobody would care if you were not in a position of power. So, I want to grow stronger. I want to be so strong that nobody would trample me like before. I still have another little brother to take care of."
Axel started to think. What should he do with her? She had a purpose and she was a strong trainer. She was brave and had all the qualities that Axel respected.
He wanted her to join his new team but he had said before that the number of team members would not increase. They would be the same. However, she was perfect for the tide battles.
"If you hate Pokemons, then why are you a trainer?", asked Axel.
"I hated them before but after I had my first official Pokemon, I realized that not all Pokemons are bad. Just like us, some of them are good and some of them are evil.
But I still hate the tide and I would not rest until I clear all the tides in this world."
"If so, why didn't you become a soldier?"
"Didn't you listen to me when I said that I hate the league? Even if I were to be a soldier, I would die a horrible death. I am not strong right now. I can't trust my leader in the tide. There are many reasons why I didn't become a soldier."
"How many pseudo-king rank Pokemons do you have?"
"I have 6 of them."
"That is good. What is your age?"
"I am 23 years old now.", said Dani.
"Good, now listen to me. You want to join the battles of tide but you don't want to be part of the league. You want to trust your leader. I have a perfect solution for you but whether you could do that or not, that is another matter.
Have you heard about the title 'Mercenaries'?", asked Axel.
Dani shook her head saying that she didn't know.
"Mercenaries are the title given to a group of people by the league. They are not part of the league but they would have to pay some amount to the league. After paying it they can participate in tide and get all the benefits that a normal soldier would get. They could also sell the dead bodies of Pokemons in the wild. There are a lot of things that they could do.
Now, I have over 6,000 former soldiers who want me to be their leader. I am applying for that title and I have fulfilled almost all the conditions for it.
Do you want to be part of it?", asked Axel.
"Yes, that seems perfect for me."
"Ok, but there is a little problem. These 6,000 soldiers were a part of my team during the tide and I led them to victory. That is why they are a part of my team now. I had told them before that the number of our team members would not increase.
They had sacrificed and believed me during the tide and I respect that. That is why they are a part of my team. Now, you don't have any of those qualifications.
I want you on that team but since I already said to them that the number would not increase, I am in a pickle here.
So, I would tell them to vote whether they want you in or not. If all of them unanimously decide that they want you in, you are in.
If they don't, I can think of other ways for you to work for me."
Dani had no choice but to agree to these conditions. It was not so harsh. Axel was just trying to uphold his word. She could understand that.
"Give me the stats of all of your Pokemons and their moves. This is compulsory. Except for me, you will also get access to the stats of Pokemons of others in the team if they say yes to you.
Also, I want to know, how much you have trained your body?"
"Just bare minimum to try to keep myself fit. Nothing more than that.", said Dani.
"That won't do. You would have a hard life for some months. Cause I am going to train you. If you had a stronger body and had activated your aura, you would not have been in such a situation as now.
Where is your little brother now?"
"He is in the hotel with my friend.", said Dani.
"Tell your friend to get out of the Kanto league and tell your brother to go to this location. He will be safe there.", said Axel handing the location of Lance's premises.
"Can you tell me the reason? Why are you telling me to get out of here before?", asked Dani.
"Oh yes, since you are working for me, I guess I can tell you. We have information that something big is going to happen in Kanto league and not of a good kind. We believe that it would be catastrophic.
We don't know what it is but we have narrowed down it to 2 cases. Invasion by some organization or Pokemon Tide. We also believe that it would be in a large case.", said Axel.
They talked for some time. Dani gave the stats of all of her Pokemons. Axel told her to rest and went to Lance's home.
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He gathered all of his team members including Hector and others and started to tell them about Dani.
"Now, I have told you that the number would not increase. But today I found someone that is perfect for our cause….."
He started to tell the story of how he met Dani and her situation. He also told that he wanted her to join the team.
"I would do a thorough background check to see if she is lying to me or not. After I find out that she is a geninue person, I want all of you to vote, whether she stays on our team or not.
If the decision is to stay and it is unanimous, then we would welcome her in.", said Axel.
None of his team members had any problem with it. The girl had 6 pseudo-king rank Pokemons. That would be a huge addition to the team.
Axel wanted to do a background check on her cause he wanted to be sure that she was not some sort of a spy.
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The first round of the finals was over and now the second round would begin. The contestant were given 7 days of rest before the start of the second round.
Axel was training his other Pokemons that were not going to participate in the league battle. He wanted them to rank up and be stronger for the upcoming disaster. He didn't know what was coming but Red had told him to be prepared and he would do so.
It had been more than a week now and none of his 2 Pokemons had returned. They had anticipated that both of them should arrive during the final round so they had some time left.
However, Axel was still worried about them. Elizabeth had given Charizard a locket that would help Axel determine the current location of Charizard. Gengar had done the same thing. So, he could see that both of them were moving. So they didn't have any problems till now.
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Soon a week passed and now the second round of finals was going to start. The battle lineups were determined just a few days before and Lance was not in a good mood.
The battle lineups were:
1. Lance Vs Bruno
2. Axel Vs Bhim
"Man, I wanted to fight Bhim or at worst you but not Bruno.", sighed Lance.
"Why don't you want to fight Bruno?"
"Do you really think I can beat Bruno with that Crobat?", asked Axel.
"No, you would lose."
"Really? You have no confidence?", asked Lance.
"Hey, I am just telling you the truth. Bruno is a lot stronger than you. But why do you want to fight with me? I believe that I am stronger than Bruno."
"All of us know that you have a king-rank Pokemon now. Losing to you would not humiliate me.", said Lance.
"A bit of advice. Bruno is brutal. So, give your best but if you think that you cannot go on, just surrender. If not, you would suffer a lot.", said Axel.
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"Ladies and Gentlemen, we are now in the second round of the battle. The first battle would be between Lance and Bruno. Now, this is an interesting match. Lance is from a prominent family while Bruno just came out of nowhere.
We cannot say that Lance is weak. He is a strong trainer and has a powerful Pokemon. But, we look at Bruno, he is also very strong. We don't know who will win this battle but one thing that we know is that the battle would be very interesting.", said the commentator.
Both of them came to the battle stadium and the referee did the toss. Lance won the toss and Bruno was said to send out his Pokemon first.
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