Katsumi didn't understand completely what had happened. All she did know, was that a year ago her parents had to go away to help people. She had been staying with her grandparents at the shrine while they were away. Now, she was being told to dress in black and that she was going to live at the shrine for the rest of her life. She asked her Grandmama when she was going to see papa and mama again, but the woman didn't answer. She asked her Grandpapa the same thing, and he said that they were gone away. He said that mama and papa weren't coming back. Katsumi didn't understand. Why couldn't they come back? Grandpapa told her they were in the clouds, watching over her now.
What did that mean?
War. It has been going on for more than fifteen years, engulfing the lands in utter chaos. No one knows when it will stop.
Katei, a large country to the east, has been a major player in the war from the beginning. They were the first to be hit. They were the first to retaliate. They are the leader in the resistance against the attacking countries.
Ankoku. No one knows much about the large country, but for reasons unknown they attacked. No one would forget the airships in the sky as the bombs fell down. Ankoku has always been advanced as far as it comes in technology, forcing other countries to catch up.
Katei and several islands that surround it have banded together to form an alliance. Soon other smaller countries that weren't taken over by Ankoku joined the alliance. They henceforth were known as the Teikei.
PMF: Poké Military Force. It was created in the beginning in the war, as a way to help defend against Ankoku's high technology and the advantage it gave them. It was the best thing the Katei and the alliance had came up with. It made a turn around in the war.
The PMF is divided into two divisions. PMC, Poké Marine Corps, they were the soldiers that were the hard hitters. They specialized in land attacks and invasions. PAN, Poké Air Navy. The Navy and Air force were combined to help against the new airships.
As per the name suggests, Pokémon were integrated into the force. They were raised from eggs in the Military with their partners and fought along the humans. At first, it gave the Teikei an advantage in the war, but Ankoku quickly adapted. They too began to put Pokémon into the ranks
Now, the Teikei has been on the losing side for five years. They were losing people quick. So they came up with a system to help identify what people were best suited for the PMF and its counterpart HMF, Human Military Force. It is a fairly new system that will be included in high school testing across the country.
