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Prologue.

"Get in here." In the corporal world, the following sentence is usually "You're fired." Or some sort of that. The door opened to reveal a nicely furnished room. In the center a desk was covered in mountains of paperwork. Six pokeballs accompanied them in a corner. Sitting there with a stern look was the leader of a foundation.

"Akira. I'm your section's manager. According to the boss, the tests were passed with flying colors…You're going to Kanto. Ever heard of the Battle Frontier? It's like that. The best of the best in each region monthly go to the large complex where you and another seven will be to take you on. I expect you and the others on best behavior. You will be repeating this to your team-mates outside. There will be people to guide you there, good luck." The man swivels on his spinning chair to face the windows, and in turn nature, and waves a hand, a dismissal.

On her way out Akira reminisces about the past. It had been two years since she left Pallet Town to start her journey. A year since she humiliated the Elite Four of the Four Great Regions. And only three weeks ago had the Royals test been taken. Looking up she realized the others were looking at her expectantly. There were seven others. Akira herself was second in strength in the group. Looking from right to left she notes their personality…

There was Cain. Around 6'4 in height, almost always wearing a black t-shirt and a long pair of dark blue jeans. He seemed to hate having to do things without having everything planned out. If you wanted him to do something for you, you needed to schedule it with him at least two months ahead of time…That's why no one ever does that.

Then came Katsuya. Being in his younger age, he's shadowed by everyone else. Only being a miniscule (compared to them) 5'6 he constantly likes to challenge battles at most inconvenient times. Massive amounts of energy. If you found a way to keep him in one place for over a hour you must be a god from Heaven. And he never shuts up…Loves battling more than anything else…except sleeping maybe.

Eiko was the oldest of the group of eight. She's rather tall surpassing Cain for a grand 6'9. Has an amazing glare but luckily for all of us she barely ever uses it. Only for Katsuya. Very cool and relaxed. For some reason she never seems mad. Though she is quite frightening if you some how manage to pull the right strings without getting a lecture.

Alex seemed to always be doing something that was related to the physics of pokemon. Because of that his growth was quite stunted topping a 6'1 height. Just making the margin into six feet. Therein he knew every weakness and strength of each individual pokemon. Most looked up to in our little circle for being so fricken smart. It is well known that Alex's pokemon are almost the same as mine.

Keiko…She's sort of in her own world. Hanging around 5'9 she constantly wishes for at least an inch more so she can claim to be six feet. Alas it always escapes her. Daydreaming a LOT. Once she did in the middle of an important battle…She's actually really intellectual but she prefers to show stupidity.

Emily, regarded with almost as high respect as Alex. Middle sized at 6'3. Just loves the color white for purity. Well known for the most "out of the box" tactics. Making on the spot moves that no one else would have even thought of. She prefers to have mostly elegant pokemon. But her Skarmory purposely jokes around to ruin it. Even though she does this, the two hold a great bond together.

Last was the enigmatic, Ryousuke. It was pretty close to impossible to read him. Like Emily, he easily surprises opponents with odd strategies. Rather short being barely taller than Katsuya, 5'8. He has a trump card that has yet to meet defeat, or rather, yet to meet a trainer that was able to resist its power. He totally freaks out some of us at times. Extremely reclusive…I like my space away from him.

"Wow hurry it up! I'm bored here and it's way too hot to be standing in the sun with an idiot who won't talk!" Katsuya yells. Of course...That imbecile.

Sighing she repeated exactly what the man said, excluding the first sentence, and switching her name out to a greeting. Being tired from the car ride here she quickly fell asleep into a deep slumber for the ride back.

Flashback

Akira stepped forward and pointed a pokeball at the opposing trainer, "I'm not losing now! I defeated the Elite Four! I'm going to pass this god forbidden test of the Royals!"

"Like your spunk girl. So be it, three round, each pokemon may only defeat one of the other. Therefore, each of our pokemon should be sent out at least once depending on how many times you switch. I choose you! Raichu!" A ferocious looking "mouse" sprung out of its ball. Giving its battle cry it stunted a few sparks out of its cheeks.

"Huh…Then I'll send out one of my own! Go, Pikachu!"

"Electricity versus electricity eh? My Raichu won't fall to a puny mouse! Shock wave!"

His Raichu reared its head and burst forward a blast of static at speeds a light particle would envy. Akira, saying nothing smirked nodding at her Pikachu. It jumped forward straight into the flash and screamed. "Pikachu, end this, Thunder Cry." Her Pikachu absorbed the shock wave and returned a streaming jagged bolt of lightning. The Raichu, arrogantly, stepped forward and summoned down a grand lightning bolt. Simultaneously the two attacks struck the other pokemon, but as soon as the shrieking attack from Pikachu hit Raichu a host of thunder swam down and fell Raichu in a second.

The Elite Four, Kiyoshi, smiled, "Quickest my Raichu was ever taken down. However, he paled before my next. Go, Luxray!" A ball was thrown onto the upper court revealing a noble looking Luxray. Akira scrutinized it then released her own pokemon, "Go! Garchomp!" Wasting no time Garchomp by instinct slammed an earthquake of extreme magnitude into the ground. Whereas Luxray lept forward, simultaneously dodging the attack and getting close enough to loose a point blank ice beam. Garchomp was fainted immediately. Akira's jaw dropped, "I-impossible! Luxray can't learn ice beam!" Kiyoshi smirked, "Unfortunately for you, mine did." Without another word he sent his last pokemon for the battle. "Electivire!" "Go Absol!"

"Electivire! Use thunder punch!" "Absol, take to the air and charge up razor wind!" Electivire's arm skimmed Absol's fur but not enough for it to have taken too much damage. Kiyoshi seemed to look a bit worried at the attack. He murmured something that Akira missed but it seemed to have been a command since Electivire nodded an affirmative. Akira narrowed her eyes, maybe this was it…she should have studied pokemon's natures more so she could have been ready for the ice beam. It came down to the last strike. Electivire brought its hands together and a beam started forming. Akira stared, "Hyper beam! Absol! Forget razor wind and get out of there!" Absol had different plans. Instead of going around the back it charged straight down the front towards Electivire. "Let loose." The blade on Absol's head seemed to repel the blast as it flaked around him. Then quickly following through it used the charged up razor wind and cut the Electivire with the blade and screeched in its ear. As Electivire covered its ears Absol reared back and brought its head down with a psycho cut to finish it off.

Akira leapt into the air in joy, "Yippie! We did it!" grinning Kiyoshi shook Akira's hand. She felt a small metallic object being handed to her. Putting it to her face she gasped, "This is…" "Yes, you'll need that in your final stretch. You know what I'm talking about, this is the battle part. You did instinctive battle before the five of us. Now you have one last thing to do. I know you'll be able to do it. Good luck and Godspeed!"

End Flashback

"ARGHHHH," An ear-splitting roar shrieked from the back of the car, "What a great nap…Getting a replay of my final battle…"

"Yet you had to so gratefully tell us this?" A man in his 20s dryly remarked, turning he addressed the driver, "Excuse me, I'll need to go to the doctor's, can you take a detour?" Which sent a current of laughter through the car, excluding the girl who had supposedly caused this cataclysm. Coloring she snapped back, "Whatever Katsuya. Don't expect me to cover you anymore when you screw up."

"I don't screw up. Now you on the other hand…"

"Yeah yeah, what happened over in Hoenn when you were point and you were supposed to help us find Ever Grande City? Oh that was hilarious. You got us all the way back to Mossdeep when we were maybe three leagues away." Several of the group turned their heads and covered their mouths with their hands to smother their chuckle.

"Shut up, we swore not to mention that. And plus, who was the only one who fell off their battle podium while we were battling the Johto Elite 4?" Countered Katsuya without missing a beat. The driver, who was a long time friend who supported them, accidentally took a wrong turn at the statement.

"That was because of the ferocity of an attack! You lost to Sabrina when you used your Swords Dance Passing technique. I feared it but now I know it's just a hoax." Smirking Akira spurred on. "Shame on you, forgetting your type advantage and disadvantage chart. You even asked Keiko for a look at her copy after the battle." Completing it she ends with a falsetto voice, "Now look at the great Katsuya who forgets the basics of Pokèmon!"

Hanging his head in shame Katsuya gave up the fight. Another girl, Keiko, patted his back. "No worries Kat. Everyone screws up sometime right?" Swinging her head over she glares at Akira.

What is she…bipolar? Out loud, "Um, yeah." Keiko smiles and turns back to the depressed man next to her. I knew it, she's bipolar! "At least you did better than Cain…" Something came from the back of the car that sounded sort of familiar to "Shut it!" Another chorus of laughter circled the group. No one was really sad when the driver finally parked the car at the cul de sac that they were going to live in.

"Here are your… "habitats" you'll find it completely stocked with a year worth of food, I'll come by every nine months to restock. The battle fields are at the basement. Living quarters on the second floor. Remember, monthly they come. I'm sure you don't need it but…Good luck!"

Katsuya looked at the houses, they had big bolded letters that marked who's house was who's. "Hey…How come Alexander's house is the biggest!?"

"That's because he's better than you!" Akira smiled at Alex, who hated being called the full name.

"Yeah…I just did better in the tests…nothing else." Typical Alex, he blushed from the attention he was getting. "I guess they made them from who did the best to who did the worst…Luck maybe…"

Taking charge the oldest of the group, Eiko, quickly rounded them to the fountain at front. "Now then, we're going to sig…"

"Alex! I'm battling you for your title!"

Eiko, never having a rising temper, merely looked over to the source of the commotion. Her facial expression didn't seem to have any surprise at the disruption.

Unfortunately, Alex had the spotlight again… "Um…Why would I do that?"

"If it's luck then we can prove whether you ARE truly the best or not!"

"Err…Okay…Might as well get used to the battle fields right?" Sensible. "ALRIGHT! Let's go!"

"This will be a 6 on 6 battle between Alex and Katsuya. I, Eiko will judge this. Under the event of a draw, a tie breaker round will be done by taking one pokemon from a friend and using it on a 1v1 battle."

Katsuya yawned, "Get it over with…Blastoise, Crushing time!" A red and white ball flew up and exposed a turtle with two cannons on its back. "Blastoise!"

Alex changed his face, from a shy expression, a battle trained one appeared, "Let's rock! Absol!" An ultra ball revealed a devious looking Absol.

Eiko stepped forward, simultaneously lifting the flags she also spoke, "Blastoise vs. Absol! Begin!"

Author Note: This "Royals Test" will be deliberated on later. I understand this was EXTREMELY boring, however, that was because I was setting the stage in this Prologue. (Keyword, prologue.) It will be better. Trust me...or don't o.0. Please review! Oh yes, sorry to those who are offended by my god from Heaven pun. I myself believe in God and I'm not strangling myself therefore...