It looked around Charizard and started to smell it. It was gouging Charizard.
"Is this your Pokemon?", asked Ninetales to Axel. It wanted to confirm.
"Yes. Charles has been with me since the start of my journey.", said Axel.
"Hmm. I am very impressed with your training. You have raised a good Pokemon. I want to test the result of your training.", said Ninetales.
"I am good with it. But first, let's complete the tour.", said Axel. Ninetales agreed to it. Axel, Cody, Ninetales, and Charizard entered the place.
Axel was right. The place was exactly like in the ground-type valley. The place was very big. Axel could not see the end of it. There was an active volcano and it was very hot inside.
There was also a place with a lot of volcanic smoke and ashes. The volcano was gushing out of the mountain. The place might be ideal for a fire-type Pokemon to train but it was not good for Axel and Cody.
They had to use their aura coat to protect themselves.
"This is the place where we train. It is ideal for fire-type Pokemons. However, they must at least be in pseudo-king rank to enter here.", said Ninetales.
Axel could agree with it. The place was very hot for an elemental rank Pokemons.
They looked around and then returned. It was now time for the test. All of them looked at Ninetales for the test's instructions.
Ninetales turned to Axel and asked, "Before the test begins, I want to ask you. Will you be the sole holder of the resources here? Or will others use it too?"
"Kate over here would have majority shares in these resources but I will also be using it.", replied Axel.
"Then my test would be to hand this teleportation paper to Axel.", said Ninetales with domination.
"That is it?", asked Lance.
"Yes, that is it."
"What do you mean that is it? As per our agreement, this fire-type place would go to us, Zard family.", shouted Ryker.
"Human, I don't care about your politics. I decide the type of the test that you would face.", replied Ninetales.
"But that is not fair. Everyone should have an equal chance. Can you at least tell me the reason for your choosing?", asked Ryker.
"Hmph, I don't have to give you the reason but if you really want to know then, Axel here is a very good trainer and his Charizard has been developed very well. I want this place to belong to that human who knows how to properly train their fire-type Pokemon."
"I also have a Charizard and it is a king-rank Pokemon too." This time it was Kate who spoke.
"Then call it out. If your Charizard is better than his Charizard, I would naturally give it to you."
"No, his Charizard is better.", sighed Kate. The difference between her Charizard and Charles was very huge. Charles was a tier 2 king-rank Pokemon after all.
"At least I appreciate the honesty. Okay, I will change the rules of the test. Your Charizard would have to go inside the pocket space and then remain here for 1.5 hours then you will pass the test. There is a volcanic mountain, ash mountain, and smoke mountain. Your Charizard would have to spend 30 minutes in each of the mountains.", said Ninetales.
The place was very hot. Kate could not go inside cause if she did, she would be fried but her Charizard could. However, whether her Charizard could remain there for the required time was a question in itself.
"Ok, I accept the deal.", said Kate with determination and summoned her Charizard.
ROOOARRR
Charizard came out and announced its presence. It was a powerful Pokemon. However, it was not as powerful as Axel's Charizard.
"Charizard, you would have to ...", Kate began to give it instructions. She also said that if it could not do it, then it should come out. It should not risk its life.
"Axel, you can go inside. Can you watch out for my Charizard?", asked Kate.
Now, if this questioned was asked by any other person like Lance, then Axel would have hesitated. Even though Axel could go inside, he could not remain there for such a long time. However, since his crush had asked it, he could not say no.
"Don't worry, I will make sure that it is okay.", said Axel with a reassuring smile.
"Then, let the test begin!!!", shouted Ninetales and they entered the pocket space.
The hot air instantly engulfed Axel. Cody didn't come inside this time.
"Ninetales, can my Charizard also train here?", asked Axel.
"Yes, I have no problem with it. This place is not only to increase the resistance of fire-type Pokemons but also to develop their fire-type powers. The entire process of how the fire is born to how it dies is inside this pocket space.
From air to fire, to smoke, and finally to ashes. If a fire-type Pokemon could master all the life forms of fire then it would have a complete mastery of fire-type Pokemon.
By the way, can you tell me how you trained your Charizard to such a level?" asked Ninetales.
Axel had never thought of the life cycle of fire in that sense. These views were broadened after hearing Ninetales. Axel didn't know if it was a Champion rank Pokemon or a master rank Pokemon but he could make a guess that it was a Champion rank Pokemon.
"Of course, I will be happy to tell it to you.", said Axel.
While Axel was telling his story on how he trained his Charizard, both Charizards were now near the volcanic mountain. Both of them had closed their eyes and they were meditating. Axel hoped that Charizard would get something new from this.
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"So, you are saying that your Charizard could use a self-created move that would boost its powers to pseudo-champion rank for a short time? That is impressive.", said Ninetales.
"Yes, but the move has many disadvantages. First of all, it would be very weak for a period of time and it could not even use the move for a month. There are other restrictions too. Right now, I am trying to train it in removing these restrictions."
"You are an interesting trainer Axel. I would have a child after some years. Do you want to train it in the future?", asked Ninetales.
This question came out of the blue. Axel was not expecting it. Axel researched about Ninetales. It was said that it could give birth to a maximum of nine times in its entire life. So, the children were very precious to it and it would protect them with their lives on the line.
"Would this be your 9th child?", asked Axel.
"Haha, no. This child would be my first and last child.", said Ninetales.
"First and last? I have heard that a Ninetales could give birth 9 times."
"And you have heard it right. However, I am not like normal Ninetales. I am a queen species. We call ourselves a royal Pokemon. So, I could only give birth one time, however, the potential and future powers of my future child would be nine times better than other normal Ninetales.", said Ninetales.
"Nine times? Nine times? Ninetales, that is a lot. If that were true then a royal Ninetales might be the most powerful Pokemon in this whole world."
Ninetales started to laugh after hearing Axel. Axel was not wrong. If the power of Pokemon could be boosted nine times, then it would be too huge and it might break the balance of the entire world.
Seeing Ninetales laughing, Axel felt that he said something that he should not have.
"Ummm, did I say something wrong?", asked Axel.
"No, you have said the right thing. You are right about it but you don't know the whole picture.
I said that the potential of my future child could be nine times more than normal Ninetales but that is based on 'could be'. Since the power of a royal Ninetales could be so huge, nature had given us a harsh restriction.
You can call it a seal. There are 9 seals inside a royal Ninetales. 1st seal is broken when the royal Ninetales is born but a royal Ninetales would have to personally unlock all the seals and it is very hard to do it.
Royal Ninetales also have a huge life expectancy. I am around 500 years old right now but we also must break those seals if we want to become stronger."
"How many seals have you broken till now?", asked Axel.
"I have broken 2 seals up to now and one was already broken when I was born."
"So, you are on the verge of breaking the 4th seal. How do you break it?", asked Axel.
"There are lots of things one has to do to break it. I will tell you if you agree to train my child."
"I agree to train your child in the future."
"Good, it might take a year or two. I will call you after it becomes 3 months old and also tell you how to break the seals.", said Ninetales.
"Thanks, but I still have a question."
"Do ask."
"I heard that Ninetales are very close to their children and you can only have one of them. So, why do you want to be far away from it?"
"I have my reasons. There are many of them. One of them is cause I want it to see the world and also grow stronger to a new height that has never happened before.
I believe that you can do it. You really care about your Pokemon and also take good care of their training. You are curious and also creative. So, that is why I chose you."
"Thanks for the compliment."
"You deserve it, so there is no need to be flattered. Now, shall we talk about your right hand?", asked Ninetales.
All of Axel's attention directly went to this right hand. He had taken off the gloves to see what would have happened and he had paid the price. His hand had started to hurt and burn a lot. So, he told Venusaur to heal his hand and covered it with his gloves again.
As of right now, it was not paining anymore. He used aura on his hand to see if it was okay and it looked normal but now Ninetales was asking about it.
First, how did it know about it, and if it could tell then it must not be something good.
"Why? Is my right hand okay?"
"No, it is not. First, tell me what happened?"
"You can see that we are wearing this suit. This is to protect us from aeus energy. You guys call it grand energy. I just wanted to see what would happen if I took my gloves off. It started to pain very badly, so I immediately put the gloves on and told my Pokemon to heal it.
It is not paining right now and it looks okay."
"Axel, I cannot tell you anything about grand energy as it is against the rules. If you want to know about it then you would have to venture towards the north. The leader of this island lives there and only it has the authority to tell you about it.
Now, coming to your right hand, you might not be able to see it or feel it but it is not in a good condition. Your body is not strong enough to handle this type of energy."
"So, what is happening to it? I used my aura to sense it and it looks okay."
"Your aura sense it too weak to sense the state of your hand right now. I recommend you increase the power of your aura sense. Think it of as a test to get my child.
Now, how do I describe it to you? Ummm.. It looks like your right hand is slowly decaying."
"WHAT!!!!!!"