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Commentator: Oo, another review from Kamen Rider Leonite. Let's see what it has to say:
Wow, that description of the world changing sounds really creepy, I can even imagine what the changes look like. This Eric guy, wouldn't happen to be Commentator would he? I have no doubts that my question will be answered in a few chapters anyway, but I thought that it doesn't hurt to ask.
Commentator: (Slowly frowns) Yes. All right. You got me. What gave me away? But it's a bit more complicated, as you'll find out eventually.
In the Ketchum home, Ash, Misty, Brock, A.D., Pikachu and a host of Mrs Ketchum's friends were fixed on the T.V. in the living room. There was a special news bulletin that came on.
"We now bring to you the news you've all been waiting for," said the newsman, "We now go live outside Indigo League HQ. Sarah?"
"Thank you Mike," replied the news reporter. "We unfortunately report that all but one senior Indigo League officials have been removed from office. So meet the new and undisputed head of the Indigo Pokemon league, Eric Yamaru."
The screen flashed to Yamaru (Who was wearing a dinner jacket) at a stand being flanked by Team Rocket guards, being photographed, about to speak in a microphone.
"Thank you Sarah," he replied, "As the new head of the Indigo League, I can now see clearly from my position in the world the land that I live in. I see a fractured land, where power is merely held by the local police or petty mayors. So now with the authority that I hold, I intend to unite the region of Kanto, under my rule."
Everyone watching was horrified. Unification sounded well, if it wasn't Yamaru doing the uniting. To those who knew his name and reputation, Yamaru was insane and mentally unstable. He was infamously known to have dump Trainers in the cellar of his old mansion after stealing Pokemon from his guests and left them there to die, seeing them as of no further use. That had actually happened to Ash, Misty and Brock, but fortunately they got out, with help from the other prisoners including a scientist, the latter creating a mini-Pokeball transporter connected to a few loose circuits in the cellar. Ash used this to retrieve his remaining Pokemon in Pallet Town, and when the prisoners got out of the cellar, he battled with Yamaru. The battle led to the destruction of Yamaru's mansion. All had managed to get out in time, and the heroes retrieved everything stolen from them. Ever since, Yamaru had vowed revenge on Ash, and they had continually encountered him on their adventures.
"And as the new leader of Kanto my first act will be-did you say the League officials were unfortunately removed?"
The reporter realized that he was talking to her.
"What? Well-what I meant was-" She stammered nervously.
"Guard!" Yamaru ordered.
One of the guards that were flanking the Boss grabbed the reporter. The view shook.
"Don't move!" Yamaru ordered, and as the other guard was getting out a gun he continued, "Or you will suffer the same fate!"
The reporter struggled, crying out "No, no!" as the gun pointed in her direction and silenced her. All the viewers were horrified at this moment. The misuse of one word had made Yamaru think of her as a deviant.
"Let the rest of you beware," Yamaru warned the viewers, "I will not tolerate any opposition. Back to you Mike."
"Er, thank you," Uttered the newsman. He did not know what gave this man the right to speak to him directly, but he was overwhelmed with shock and grief of the sudden death of his colleague. Ash grounded his teeth. A man like Eric Yamaru should not be left in control.
Yamaru had moved his headquarters to the Indigo League stadium. Although the former officials only came here once a year, Yamaru saw it as the true centre of the Indigo league. And a fitting capital for his new empire. He had made the old office of the president his own, with a few changes. The room was painted dark red; a painting of his grandfather hung up on the wall behind him and to Yamaru's right where he sat down a huge window nearly as big as the wall itself was built in. Yamaru wanted to gaze at the view of his domain, which was one reason why he wanted the highest room in the tallest building. It was this window that he was gazing through at present.
"Ah Electrode, just think, I am now the ruler of an entire region."
He knew that there were people who disbelieved his claims, but with Team Rocket's firepower and the Indigo League's authority, he would soon enforce his rule. "And there is no one who can stop me, no one," He then thought about this. No, that was an overstatement. "Except…"
Yamaru was well aware that the average criminal mastermind would not consider a few kids as a threat. However, Yamaru was not the average criminal mastermind, and it had nothing to do with his mental condition. It had only made him evil, not paranoid. He observed that wherever they went, whatever problem they encountered, Ash and his friends would always solved it, whatever villain that they came up against, they would usually defeat it. However the villains were usually the Team Rocket trio, but on the other hand they did use to be very good agents before those kids destroyed them. Yamaru was also aware that Ash won the trophy of the Orange Islands Tournament and came sixteenth in the Indigo League Tournament (if it hadn't been for Charizard, a powerful yet disobedient Pokemon of Ash, he might have got through). And let's not forget the kids did save the world a couple of times! No, he knew that they were a threat.
"Ash Ketchum and his friends might be able to challenge me. But how, how can I get rid of them?"
He thought about this for a while, and then pressed a button on his desk.
"Secretary, get me agents Jesse, James and Meowth."