She first met him when she was fifteen.
It was supposed to be another ordinary day. Go up to the Glitter Lighthouse, retrieve Amphy from there, feed Amphy and let her rest, go to her usual haunt to train. The usual.
An ordinary day for an ordinary girl like her. She is but an ordinary girl who has an unordinary dream.
She wants to be the strongest Steel Specialist the world has ever seen.
The impossibility of her dream makes her wants to cringe at herself when she was at that age. She is just an ordinary girl. She is an ordinary girl with an ordinary and easily forgettable name. She comes from an ordinary background with ordinary parents. She looks extremely ordinary, to the extent that if she were to get herself lost in a crowd no one could possibly pick her out from the sea of people there. She is a wallflower, an extremely shy and timid person who will fluster and stutter whenever the spotlight is on her.
She is plain. She is so simple and plain that most people forgot about her existence if they only met her once or twice before.
People laughed at her when she admitted that she wants to be the strongest Steel Specialist, because how on earth will she manage it? She can tell that even her parents had their doubts even if they tried their best to be supportive. They know her best. They know how shy she is.
How can someone like her, someone so ordinary and plain ever become the strongest Steel Specialist?
She did decently well in her Indigo Plateau Conference. After her conference, she joined the Johto Police Force for half a year before quitting. Her meek personality does not mesh well with what was required of her in such a job.
It wasn't long before she found a job as the lighthouse keeper of the Glitter Lighthouse in Olivine City.
The pay from her new job is a little on the low side, but it allows her to have plenty of free time to train both herself and her team. Amphy isn't much of a battler anyway, and he seems to enjoy helping passing ships find their way safely into their city's harbour.
She now has time to pursue her dreams.
It wasn't easy and it still isn't. There are very few steel type experts and even lesser of those managed to make a name for themselves in this vast world. At that time, the only renowned expert that most people will know is Byron from Sinnoh, Gym Leader of Canalave City. Over time, Steven from Hoenn and she joined the ranks as well, but that was years later.
At that time, she had no one to go to for guidance. She wants to grow stronger and she knows she and her team can all be stronger. She knows that they all have the potential.
But what can they do to achieve their dream?
Not many will want to specialise in steel types simply because most of them lacks offensive power. Having overwhelmingly strong defences is good, but to most of the trainers our there, not having enough offensive power to finish the fight is a fatal flaw to have.
That line of thinking isn't wrong, but she still can't help but love steel types for what they are. They are what she wants to be. Strong, hardy, determined, confident, sturdy, unbreakable…
There are just so many good points about steel types that she knows the moment she became a trainer that a Steel Specialist is what she wants to become.
Funnily enough, her starter isn't a Steel Type. When she finally told her parents of her decision to become a trainer when she was ten, her parents got a mareep for her from a nearby farm. They probably didn't think that their one and only child was serious in her proclamation to be a trainer. They probably expected her to give up halfway into her training career and return home.
She will admit that she was a little down when she first saw Amphy, but she still loves him for who and what he is. She doesn't know what she will do if she lost Amphy.
Her dream to be a Steel Specialist didn't change nor did she once waver when she walked on the path that she had set for herself. Even when the going gets tough, she pulled through. She is a Steel Specialist; it will take more than a few setbacks to get her to back down. She may not look like the part, but she is a strong trainer even at the young age of fifteen years old. She won her battles simply by lasting longer than each and every of her opponents. In the days she worked as the lighthouse keeper of the Glitter Lighthouse, she challenged every trainer that passed Olivine City. She can feel her confidence building as the days went by with the growing number of victories she snagged under her belt.
Her confidence was nearly shattered when she first met him.
Like her, he is plain and ordinary. At least, that is the impression he gave off if you only give him a passing glance. If it wasn't for his bright yellow hair and the monster of an electivire walking by his side, she would not have noticed him at all.
Electivires are rare. Being able to command one speaks volumes about a trainer's ability.
The elekid line have certain similarities to the magby, duskull, and the rhyhorn line. Most of them stopped evolving after they reached the second stage. Even when they are raised in human captivity and trained by trainers, it isn't a guarantee that they will evolve into their final form.
They need to amass a lot of power under the right conditions for that to happen.
For the elekid line, they need to first accumulate power at the electabuzz stage. Once that is done, there are a few known ways to help them evolve into an electivire. The most common, safest, and yet expensive way is to purchase an electirizer, an item packed with a tremendous amount of electric energy for the sole purpose of helping an electabuzz evolve as long as they have the power to trigger the evolution process.
The second method, which is often disregarded for the first, is to seek out a place with large amount of electricity on the level of an S Class Disaster Level Thunderstorm. Most trainers who tried to attempt that with their electabuzz never made it back alive.
The amount of energy needed to trigger the evolution process is the main reason why there are so few electivires even among accomplished trainers. Items like the electirizer are hard to make and they are ridiculously expensive. You need to be a very strong trainer to be able to have the financial ability to afford even one of such items, or crazily strong and insane to seek out a thunderstorm to evolve your electabuzz and then somehow return alive.
A similar logic applies to the magby, duskull, and rhyhorn line. It is rare to spot their species walking about in their final form due to how hard it is to get to that stage.
And just right there is an electivire and his trainer getting off a ship that had just docked in her city. At that moment, she knew that she cannot pass up the chance to challenge this trainer to a battle. If she can defeat a trainer capable of raising an electivire, then it will show just how strong she had gotten.
And so, going against her very nature as a wallflower and using every ounce of her willpower to push down every bit of her meek nature, she wore a mask of confidence and approached the yellow-haired trainer.
"Um… Can I challenge you to a battle?"
She lost.
Losing isn't a foreign concept to her. She lost more than she won when she first started out on her journey as a pokemon trainer, but…
She never lost so thoroughly before.
Amphy lost. Magny lost. Skia lost. Forest lost. Even Mety and Steely both lost.
She didn't even come close to beating him. She didn't even beat a single pokemon on his team.
She nearly broke down and cried right there and then. How can she ever be a true Steel Specialist if the gap between her and him is so big?!
In the face of his offensive powers, her defence was torn like paper. She and her team were utterly helpless as his electivire broke through half her team in a six-on-six battle before he was forced to switch it out with his gyarados.
He is obviously an Electric Specialist and gyarados isn't even an electric type. Yet, that sea serpent brought the rest of her team down without much effort. Even Mety and Steely didn't stand a chance.
She can feel herself close to tears the moment she recalled Steely back to her pokeball. She didn't want to display such an ugly and embarrassing side to a complete stranger, so she hastily congratulated him on his win, hand over the agreed prize money, and then quickly walked off, ignoring his concerned looks and question she knew he was about to ask.
"Are you alright?"
She pretended not to hear him as she turned around the corner.
She pretended everything was alright when she cried herself to sleep that same night.
It was two days later when they bumped into each other again.
That same electivire is still by his side and it was the one that first noticed her. The electivire tugged on his trainer's sleeve and it was how he spotted her.
She had wanted to turn around and walk away the moment she spotted the pair of walking bright yellow but that is impossible seeing how he is now walking towards her.
"Uh, hi. Not sure if you still remember me, but we battled two days ago."
She managed to squeeze out a small smile on her face. How could she forget about him? The only trainer who crushed her with ease as if she is a novice trainer just starting out on her journey. Even her final opponent in her conference barely scrapped through his win.
But he had greeted her politely, and it will not do well to brush him aside. Her parents dote on her, but they are very strict when it comes to manners. It is something that is ingrained in her since the moment she can speak as a toddler.
"Good morning… Um…"
"Volkner. Call me Volkner. This is Franky."
The electivire gave a jolly wave at her. She decided there and then that the mood of the cheerful electivire is definitely infectious. Most of her foul mood had vanished upon seeing that wave.
"… Jasmine. My name is Jasmine, it is nice to meet you."
She can see his eyes widening a little upon hearing her name before returning to its original size.
"Uh… I don't know how to say this without sounding offensive, but are you alright? You don't seem so well after our battle. I tried to find you, but you somehow just disappeared."
She blinked her eyes owlishly. Why would a complete stranger like him care about her? Most of the people that had met her forgot about her after a day or two. Some of them did so right after their meeting.
Her silence seems to get him a little flustered with how she is staring at him without a single word out of her mouth, so she quickly tried to continue to conversation.
"I am fine!" She squeaked out a reply. "I was… feeling a little unwell on that day."
She gave herself a mental smack on her forehead for that lame reply. Of all things she can think up of, this is the reply she gives him?
"Now that you say it, your face is a little flushed." He spoke in a somewhat concerned tone and dug through the pockets of his backpack. "Now where did I keep it… ah ha!"
He took out a small bottle and passed it to her. Even till now, she didn't know why she had accepted his gift. They were strangers, there was no reason to accept anything from him. The bottle could be something harmful.
But somehow, she just knew that he genuinely thought that she was really feeling unwell.
"This is a remedy that most of the townsfolk back at Sunyshore use whenever they are feeling unwell from all the heat." He continues to talk with a small smile on his face. "Like Sunyshore, Olivine receives a lot of sunlight too, so it isn't uncommon to see people falling sick from the heat after being in the sun for too long."
Oh, he thought that she is suffering from heat exhaustion?
"Um… I-!"
She wanted to return the bottle back to him. She was lying. She wasn't feeling unwell, she was just very bitter at how easy she had lost in their battle two days ago.
"Just take it. Pop a pill after every meal and you should see some results by tomorrow. On a side note, how did you train your magnezone to be so good at defence? Taking it down was really hard."
What?
"Uh…" Her inability to continue any form of conversation is definitely making him feel very awkward. She cannot help but scold herself for being so meek and shy. Just speak!
"Y-You just have to make sure you take care of its hide properly. Steel types mainly rely on their metal armour to help tank hits. Most steel types increase the hardness of their body by consuming suitable minerals with high iron content but the magnezone species don't have a mouth to feed and they have no need for food, relying on consuming electricity to keep up their bodily functions instead. So, the only way to help them is to…"
She felt her confidence returning the more she spoke. Here is someone who had come to her for advice. The ordinary, plain, forgettable wallflower that would shy away from any human contact that isn't her parents due to her meek personality.
Out of the hundreds of Elite trainers in Olivine, he had asked her for advice. He had acknowledged her strength as a trainer and a Steel Specialist.
It was only when the loud squawk of a wild pidgey flying overhead did she realise that she had ranted on and on about steel types and how to best raise them for close to twenty minutes. He had very patiently listened on as she spoke with flailing hand gestures as they stood in the blazing hot sun. Her hand gestures are a tic of hers whenever she got too excited in explaining to others the wonders of steel types.
She can feel her face flushing for real this time in embarrassment. Arceus! That was embarrassing!
"Hey, you are really knowledgeable, you know that? I mean, I know you have to be really good at what you do considering how strong your team is, but I wasn't expecting for you to know so much about steel types. I am really impressed."
She can only gawk when she heard him giving her a sincere praise. She cannot remember the last time someone had did that.
"Well, if you don't mind and if you are not in a rush, maybe we can find somewhere nice to sit and chat?" She looked back up at him upon his words, who is now scratching his cheek nervously. For some reason, she has a feeling that he doesn't have a lot of experience dealing with the opposite sex. Not like she is qualified to judge on this matter.
"Not in that manner! I mean-!" She suppressed the urge to giggle at the flustered man in front of her as he mistakenly took her silence as her apprehensiveness to follow an unknown man. Maybe he thought that she mistook his actions as trying to flirt with her.
"I mean, uh, we can exchange pointers? I also have a magnezone and I do have a probopass. I need to know how to take care of them properly since they are steel types and Steel Specialists are rare. I haven't seen one as good as you other than Byron. If you need pointers on how to raise an electric type like your ampharos, I can help too. I am an Electric Specialist."
She schooled her face back into a neutral expression although she can feel a small smile forming on her face. It has been a long time since she had been in an engaging discussion with anyone about pokemon. Her parents aren't trainers and she didn't have many friends to begin with. She is the only trainer among her friend that got as far as she did. Most of her friends quit being a trainer somewhere during their gym circuit.
"I would like that, Volkner."
It was about a week after their first real introduction to each other did they start to share with each other more about what they experienced.
He told her about Sinnoh and Sunyshore. He told her about his experience in completing his gym circuit. He told her about his best friend Flint and how they tied for first place in their conference. He told her about the orphanage that he calls his home and how he wants to be able to help the kids there one day when he is older. He told her about the various regions that he had been to and what he had saw over there. He showed her the exotic electric types that he had acquired into his team and displayed to her their unique capabilities.
She told him about Johto and Olivine. Like him, she told him about her own gym circuit and her love for steel types. She told him about her parents and although her performance in her conference isn't as impressive as his, it is still pretty good for someone competing in it for the first time. She showed him her team as well and how she is planning to expand her team with steel types from other regions. She didn't travel as much as he did, but there are many other ways to acquire exotic pokemon not native to their region. She told him how she wants to be the strongest Steel Specialist one day.
Their meetups got more and more frequent when he decided to stay in Olivine to see what the city has to offer. They trained with and against each other. She still lost every battle she had with him, but she can feel herself improving. He is a genius when it comes to training pokemon even when they are not categorised as electric types, the typing that he specialises in. He taught her his specialty. He taught her how to train pokemon capable of learning Magnet Rise to not just levitate with that move, but fly with it.
She isn't a genius like him, but she made up for it with hard work and determination. She taught him how to raise steel types properly. She taught him how to teach his pokemon to defend properly. She taught him the strengths and weaknesses of steel types. She taught him what is the best way to teach steel type moves to his pokemon and to further hone their proficiency in it.
She found herself wanting to see him more with each passing day.
She knows that he is currently on a journey to tour the other regions to see what they can offer. He wants to see how strong the other trainers in each region are and to add more electric types into his team. He believes that the best way to get stronger at his current stage is to go out and see the world.
His line of thinking got her wanting to journey out of Johto as well. She needs to have more experience and exposure. Her time with him had showed her that she is still lacking in many areas. She needs to see for herself how big the world out there is.
Alas, all good times must come to an end. He had stayed in Olivine for almost a month and it was time for him to carry on with his journey. They exchanged contact numbers, and she personally sent him off as he journeyed to the next town of his choosing, Ecruteak City.
Maybe she should follow his example as well. If she really wants to grow stronger and not stagnate, then she will need to start her travels once more.
Her parents weren't happy at what she told them.
She knows that her parents are protective of her and they will fuss and worry about her no matter what she does. However, she is no longer a child. She is fifteen years old and she has a say in what she wants to do with her life. She knows that they don't want their little girl to travel far out and away from their protection, but how else can she grow if she is always being protected?
In the end, they accepted her words, but it took them more than half a year before she managed to convince them.
She soon become close friends with him. In fact, he is now her best friend, although that can be largely attributed to the fact that she doesn't have many friends to begin with. She had hardly talk to most of them ever since she joined the police force after her conference. None of them have the same passion as her when it comes to pokemon and she doesn't have the same interest as them. The lack of a common topic to talk about soon became the reason why they gradually drifted apart from one another.
She is kind of lonely.
But now, she has a new best friend.
He is one person who shares the same passion as her with equal intensity. Despite how lazy he carries himself, there is no hiding the amount of dedication he had put into raising his pokemon.
And so, she called him. Travelling is a lot more fun if you have someone to travel with.
That was how their journey to Kanto started.
She was sixteen going to seventeen when their journey in Kanto ended.
Their journey in Kanto took a way longer time than expected, because the two of them decided to really explore every nook and cranny as long as they are able to. They met many people there and a large number of them are Elite trainers who have the strength to back their title up.
Both their team expanded and grew. Well, hers mostly. Volkner acquired Glowy, Jarvis, and Fluffy during his time with her. He had won Jarvis at a Game Corner in Celedon. She still doesn't approve of that place since it encourages people to indulge in one of the most horrid vices known to man, but as a trainer, she knows how tempting a prize the porygon species is.
She gave Fluffy to him as a mareep sometime during their journey. She had picked Fluffy out when they passed by a breeding farm in Cerulean and gave it to him, saying that he needs an electric type from Johto to prove that he has been there. He accepted her present which she had named 'Fluffy'.
They encountered Glowy when the two of them decided to go fishing at their stay at Seafoam Islands. Glowy had tugged on her rod and with his help, the both of them fished the struggling chinchou out of the waters, who had somehow swum its way to Kanto. She has no need for an electric type or a water type, so she let Volkner have the honours of catching it. The only thing that she did was to help name the chinchou. They eventually decided on the name 'Glowy'.
Her team grew as well.
Steel types are rare and there are only so many known species in the world. The Johto and Kanto regions do not have many steel types so the only way to acquire them is to either travel to other regions to catch the steel types there, or to get your hands on one through buying or trading with another party. The second method can be very expensive.
If it wasn't for his help, she would not have been able to get half of her current team. Each of them is rare and powerful, and she could not have possibly got them on her own. She still doesn't know how he managed to find so many steel types for her.
He even got a Regional Starter for her. A piplup, that's what he got for her, saying that he is returning the favour when she gave Fluffy to him. The piplup line will eventually evolve into an empoleon, a species that has the unique combination of Steel and Water typing. It is the only known species with such typing combination as of now.
She felt her heart flutter when she first received Emy from him. She promised him that she will take good care of the piplup, just as how he had raised Fluffy splendidly.
Not just anyone can get their hands on a Regional Starter. She doesn't know what strings he pulled or what promises he gave to whoever he got Emy from, but if he didn't say anything, then she won't pry.
They experienced many things together in Kanto. From climbing the rocky tunnels of Mt. Moon to visiting the infamous Power Plant rumoured to house the legendary zapdos. They had ventured deep into the icy caverns of the Seafoam Islands and felt the heat from the volcano at Cinnabar. They had seen first-hand the harsh wilderness of Fuchsia and enjoyed themselves in the bustling city of Saffron.
They had made many memories together. There were setbacks on their journey, but that was to be expected. She still wouldn't give this experience she had with him for anything in the world.
She was sixteen going on seventeen when she realised that she had fallen in love with him.
She was seventeen when she decided to try her luck to be Olivine's next Gym Leader.
At seventeen, she was a lot stronger as compared to the time when she first met him. She was starting to make a name for herself for being unbeatable against any trainers that had challenged her. People were starting to refer her as 'The Iron Wall of Olivine'.
She didn't know if applying to be a Gym Leader was the correct choice, so she asked him.
He told her to go for it if she truly wants to be a Gym Leader and is prepared to take on the responsibilities that comes with it. He told her that he is sure that she will succeed.
His words gave her the needed courage, so she applied for the position.
Like he said, she succeeded.
Her parents were overjoyed and proud of her achievement and she revel in the joy as well. At the same time, she was a little scared. She was just an ordinary girl before she got chosen to be their city's Gym Leader. Is she up for it?
She called him once more, only to get the most shocking and hilarious news of her lifetime.
He was somehow forced to be Sunyshore's Gym Leader at about the same time she became Olivine's. All because his best friend didn't want him to waste his time away guarding their city's lighthouse.
She can understand where Flint is coming from, although a small part of her was annoyed at how he shoved such a huge responsibility and burden on her best friend. Then again, her best friend is just too hard to ignore with how bright he shines.
She was seventeen when she became Olivine's Gym Leader, and he was nineteen that same year.
She was twenty when she first visited Sunyshore.
The first three years of her life in her new job made her a very busy person. There are just so many things to take care of and she barely had any time for herself. On the rare occasions that she has her rest, she was so tired that she will just coop herself up at home and spend time with her parents.
It has been three years since she last saw him.
They still kept in constant contact via calls but seeing each other through a screen or hearing each other's voice through a speaker still isn't quite the same thing as seeing each other personally. She found herself missing him more and more with each passing day.
She is undeniably in love with him, but what about him? Does he feel the same way?
She doesn't know, and she don't want to risk finding out just in case her worst fears came through. She is fine with their current relationship: the hazy, unexplainable feeling that they both experienced whenever they talk to each other. She enjoys the comfortable presence of the other whenever they spend time in silence to appreciate the sights in front of them.
Being a Gym Leader had made her more confident and surer of herself. Being a Gym Leader had gotten him to be more charismatic and inspiring. She knows that there is a sudden surge from the newest batch of novice trainers in Sinnoh who wants to be an Electric Specialist, because they saw how strong he is. He showed Sinnoh what an Electric Specialist can really do.
Sunyshore is really as beautiful as he had said.
It doesn't look as peaceful as Olivine. It doesn't have quite the same quaint feel as her hometown, but there is a different sort of beauty in Sunyshore where it is situated between the mountains and the sea. There is a rugged, untamed feel to it that cannot be found in Olivine.
She found herself loving this place as well. It has the same sunlight beaming down onto the city just like Olivine.
She found herself amazed at what he had done for the city in just three years. Hearing about it was one thing, seeing it was another.
He is really a genius.
He brought her around the city and let her stay in his home, an offer which she quickly accepted. How could she refuse an offer from him?
He showed her the Vista Lighthouse, he brought her to the Marketplace and confide in her his favourite spot to nap at the edge of the city. He introduced Flint to her, his brother in all but blood and his equal in strength.
He introduced her to the kids at the orphanage where he used to grow up in, and she grew attracted to the man who possess such a big heart.
She was twenty when she fell harder in love with him.
She was twenty-one when her parents found out about her friendship with him.
Naturally, they weren't happy at how she had kept his existence from them for so long.
On hindsight, her frequent travels to the Sinnoh region to visit him and how she would have a silly smile on her face every single time she talked with him through the phone or receive a message from him might have been a dead giveaway too. She can be as easy to read as an open book at times.
She knew her overprotective parents would disapprove of her travelling with an unknown man to another region, much less a journey that took a period of time for close to two years, so she never made a move to tell them about him. She was afraid that her parents will forcefully tear them apart when they found out about it.
She had her first big argument with her parents.
Her response had very obviously taken their parents aback. Who would have imagined their meek and shy baby girl to be able to bring herself to have a heated argument with anyone else?
She didn't expect it either. It just happened.
They had a long talk after that. She admitted that it is a one-sided crush on her part, which did not really help her case, but she got them to understand her.
She knows it is an irrational fear, but she doesn't want to risk losing another friend.
The upside of the argument is that she is closer to her parents now, and they finally realised that their baby girl is no longer the same shy and meek wallflower.
She had grown up.
She was twenty-one when she realised how much of a positive influence he was on her.
She is twenty-two now.
She is about to depart for Sunyshore soon. She will be able to see him again.
Olivine doesn't need as much attention from her anymore since she had put much efforts to ensure that the city can run by itself without her constant supervision, similar to what he is trying to do for Sunyshore. He is having a harder time doing so, since Sunyshore's current development into what it is was fairly recent. The city is still trying to adjust to the rapid change it experienced. Five years ago, Sunyshore was just a city made of numerous landmasses that you could only travel from one of them to another by sea or air.
He had said that once he had gotten Sunyshore to be able to function without needing him there all the time, he will have more time on his hands. They will be able to meet up more often. He had gone to visit her in Johto a few times in the last five years, but every visit was brief since he cannot leave Sunyshore for long.
Such is the life and responsibility of being a Gym Leader.
Sometime after her argument with them, her parents had met him, and their impression of him took a hundred and eighty degree turn for the better after the first meeting. Something about him always made people willing to trust him. His presence is both reassuring and bright.
He still doesn't know her feelings for him though. She has a heavy suspicion he has feelings for her too, but he hasn't acted on it yet. Maybe it is because he is always so busy, maybe it is because like her, he isn't sure whether she will reciprocate his feelings.
She does know it would not be wise to continue to put off this matter. They are no longer young. Many of her friends are starting to get married and starting their own families. What is left of her small group of friends anyway.
But how will she broach the topic with him? What if…
She sighed.
She is twenty-two now, and just the thought of him still makes her feel as if she is fifteen all over again.
But she will never regret challenging him to that fateful battle when she was fifteen. It was what allowed them to get to know each other. Back then, he was just Volkner, Electric Specialist of Sinnoh. She was just Jasmine, Steel Specialist of Johto. They were just ordinary people living ordinary lives.
He is now Volkner Tide, the 42nd Gym Leader of Sunyshore. He is The Sun of Sunyshore.
She is now Jasmine Terbium, the 48th Gym Leader of Olivine. She is The Iron Wall of Olivine.
Even with her current status as a Gym Leader, he never fails to make her look at him in awe like she is fifteen again. He never fails to make her heart flutter and her words stutter as if she is sixteen going onto seventeen again. He never fails to restore her confidence whenever she is unsure as if she is seventeen again. He never fails to make her fall for him even harder than it already is when she thought it to be impossible as if she is twenty again.
She is twenty-two now, yet these feelings she has for him never once changed. If anything, they have only grown stronger, just like how they did throughout the years.
She is twenty-two now, and he never fails to make her fall in love with him all over again.
Pokemon and trainer list:
Volkner Tide: Gym Leader of Sunyshore, Electric Specialist
Titles, Accolades and Achievements: Tie for First Place with Flint in the 521st Lily of the Valley Conference, Sinnoh's strongest Electric Specialist, Thirteen Pillar of Sinnoh, The Sun of Sunyshore, The Yellow Flash
Main team:
1) Electivire (Franky), male
2) Luxray (Simba), male
3) Jolteon (Jo), female
4) Magnezone (ISpy), genderless
5) Gallade (Myst), male
6) Rhyperior (Tec), male
7) Probopass (North), female
8) Gyarados (Puddle), male
Pokemon used for Gym challenges
9) Raichu (Squeaky), female
10) Pachirisu (Scrat), male
11) Heliolisk (Bask), male
12) Ampharos (Fluffy), female
13) Vikavolt (Vik), female
14) Eelektross (Whirr), male
15) Lanturn (Glowy), female
Pokemon used for Sunyshore's security
16) Rotom (Prime), genderless
17) Porygon-Z (Jarvis), genderless
Jasmine Terbium: The Gym Leader of Olivine, Steel Specialist
Titles, Accolades and Achievement: Johto's Strongest Steel Specialist, Thirteen Pillar of Johto, The Iron Wall of Olivine
Pokemon Team:
1) Ampharos (Amphy), male
2) Steelix (Steely), female
3) Magnezone (Magny), genderless
4) Skarmory (Skia), female
5) Forretress (Forest), male
6) Metagross (Mety), genderless
7) Empoleon (Emy), male
8) Bronzong (Bronzy), genderless
9) Mawile (Molly), female
10) Lucario (Lucy), female
11) Excadrill (Drilly), male
12) Ferrothorn (Thorny), male
13) Klinklang (Clang), genderless
14) Bastiodon (Bobby), male
Flint Cinders: Sinnoh Elite Four, Fire Specialist
Titles, Accolades and Achievement: Tie for First Place with Volkner in the 521st Lily of the Valley Conference, Sinnoh's strongest Fire Specialist, Thirteen Pillar of Sinnoh, Sinnoh's Raging Inferno
Pokemon team:
1) Magmortar (Burner), male
2) Infernape (Might), male
3) Houndoom (Bel), female
4) Flareon (Flare), male
5) Rapidash (Flamel), male
6) Talonflame (Soar), female
7) Volcarona (Buzz), male
8) Chandelure (Wick), female
9) Turtonator (Fuse), female
Cynthia Shirona: Sinnoh Champion, Generalist
Titles, Accolades and Achievement: Champion of Sinnoh, Pokemon Master, Sinnoh's strongest Generalist, Thirteen Pillar of Sinnoh, Sinnoh's Undefeatable Queen
Pokemon team:
1) Garchomp
2) Roserade
3) Spiritomb
4) Lucario
5) Milotic
6) Gastrodon
7) Togekiss
8) Glaceon
9) Braviary
10) Eelektross