Igneel's evolution was one of the last things I needed to happen before I had to set off for a supply run. His evolution increased his appetite by a massive amount. His evolution put him in the upper echelons of my team strength-wise. Right now, there was no clear way to tell who the strongest member of my team was.

Kisame had a type advantage against Broly and Igneel. Ino managed to beat Kisame half the time. Quicksilver could defeat Ino more and more as time went on. Quicksilver would lose against Broly or Igneel though. There was no single member of the team who could defeat every other member.

With our stores of food running out at a rapid pace, I took off on Quicksilver with Broly and in his Pokeball. The rest of the team continued training in the forest. We went straight to Fuchsia. Quicksilver's increased speed was almost unnoticeable when he had me as a passenger on board. He had to hold back with me on his back. I felt his frustration at that. It contrasted with his joy at getting to spend time with me without anyone near.

That was one of the drawbacks of having a large team. I couldn't spend as much time with each individual member as I would otherwise want to. It was lucky that my teammates had matured as the team grew. They understood the situation.

We got to Fuchsia and I dismounted before returning Quicksilver to his ball. I ignored all the looks I was getting and went straight to the nearest department store. I knew I looked the part of a wild child. Three months in the wild wouldn't leave anyone looking like a supermodel. The tools that this world had invented to make surviving in the wild easier were the only things preventing me from looking worse.

The department store was empty this time of day, which was better for me. The looks were starting to get a bit uncomfortable. I went to the pokesupplies section and grabbed new bags of pokefood. I took as much as I could. My team was growing, and I didn't plan on returning for another three months at the very least.

I also grabbed some more rare candies. Their effect on my pokemon's growth was difficult to tell but it couldn't hurt. After that, it was straight to the TM section. With the money Oak gave me, I had enough for one of the strongest pokemon moves. The TMs for those moves were quite expensive. Blast burn, blizzard, fissure, thunder, hyper beam, and Giga Impact. Those were the ones this store had.

I had to choose between Hyperbeam and Giga impact. The other moves couldn't be used by every member of my team. I had been considering it for a while, so I didn't waste time picking up the TM for Giga impact. Most members of my team were physical attackers. Those who were more special attackers like Kisame and Ino were in the minority.

Funds were a limiting factor for the time being. I had some ideas on how to fix that, but they wouldn't be viable for some time yet. I was at the checkout counter, about to pay for my purchases when Ino teleported in. She shocked both the cashier and me. I connected my mind to hers and what I saw made me see red.

She grabbed onto me and teleported to the clearing. I didn't have time to take stock of my situation. I released Broly and Quicksilver and had Ino connect me to the entire team.

I hadn't been lazing about for the past three months. My own training was more mental than physical, but the results shone through in a situation like this. Connected to my team, I could see through their eyes and swap views like a pro.

THIRTY MINUTES EARLIER- The Pokemon Hunter

I walked across the zone with an ever-increasing sense of frustration. The trees were repetitive and annoying. The ground, uneven. The worst part was that I couldn't teleport there. Psycho had never been to the area and there was no way to get there through him. If I flew, I risked alerting my prey. Yes, My prey. Donnell Oak. One of his pokemon at least. The little bugger had a Milotic. He was part of what was wrong with the pokemon league system.

Nepotism. Was there any wonder that the people who succeeded came from families with strong ties to the league? Just look at the Champion, Lance. A strong trainer, even I can't deny that. But is it surprising that he grew to be so strong when he was the heir to one of the oldest pokemon clans in the world? He started his journey with two Dratini and a Dragonair when most people were lucky to start with a Pidgey.

My quarry was much the same. The son of the former champion, Samuel Oak. A trainer for less than a year and he already had a Charizard, a Gardevoir, a Larvitar, and a Milotic. It still surprised me that the public allowed these people to get away with rigging the system like this.

I finally crossed into the clearing and spotted the pokemon in question. I couldn't see but that was even better. I'd defeat them and wait for Daddy's boy to show up with the pokeballs. I paid attention to the position of the pokemon. The Charizard was with the Larvitar over to the side. The Gardevoir and the Milotic seemed to be in deep conversation.

I picked up two of the pokeballs from my belt and decided on how to play it. I released Pyro and it didn't take him more than a second to rush the kid's Charizard with a dragon rush. The other pokemon in the clearing remained frozen in shock while I released psycho. He teleported in front of the Gardevoir before blasting her with a shadow ball.

That left me with my mission and a baby pokemon. I walked in and released Ampharos. He'd refused a name for the years that I'd known him. "Thunder" I shouted. The water type stood no chance against the most powerful electric type move on the planet.

I turned around to release Cyro to take care of the Larvitar. Seeing Ampharos get sent through the forest from the corner of my eyes was the last thing I expected. It forced me to turn around again. The silver sheen on the water type's tail told me exactly what it did. Iron tail into the ground to channel away the electricity?

It was a known tactic. It didn't work often because of how fast electric-type moves travelled. Ampharos came rushing out of the forest to continue his battle with a wild smile on his face. "Agility" I ordered. The Water-type was most likely going to be stationary on the ground, so it wouldn't be a match.

Ampharos dodged the water guns sent his way with contemptuous ease. He was about to crash into the fish when a variable I hadn't expected came into the equation. The Larvitar slammed into him with a tackle that had me wincing in solidarity. I'd forgotten about the rock type because of my shock.

I gritted my teeth and sent out Cyro. This was getting annoying. "Hydro pump on the Larvitar" I commanded. The blast of water sent the Larvitar into the sweet bliss of unconsciousness. Finally.

Ampharos had space to focus on the water type and sent thunderbolt after thunderbolt. It took three attempts to get through but the Milotic fell. "Electroweb" I ordered. The Milotic was tricky. Keeping it down would be difficult.

The web of electricity surrounded the downed water type. A blast of fire flew across my vision, setting the tree to my right alight. I looked up at the battle going o above me. Oak's Charizard was strong but inexperienced. It was already flagging behind Pyro.

I turned my attention toward the battle between the psychic types. Psycho was struggling against the Gardevoir. I felt my heart skip a beat as a blast of rainbow-coloured energy threw him backward.

The psychic type didn't bother continuing its battle. It teleported away. I wasn't here for it, so I didn't stress myself. I turned to watch Pyro deliver another hyperbeam to the Charizard. It crashed into the floor. The next thing I saw was Pyro tackled out of the sky by a fucking Pidgeot.

I turned around and came face to face with the trainer I came for. He had a weird rock type by his side and then things turned around.

POV CHANGE- Donnell Oak

Fucking poacher. I could tell he was after Kisame. She was the only one he'd restrained after all. Watching what he did to my pokemon made me feel nothing but anger. I started issuing orders.

"Quicksilver, take that Charizard out of the fucking sky. It's strong but it isn't a skilled flyer. Push it down and use your vacuum moves to deny it fire-type moves." I watched my speedster smash into the Charizard. It went down with an earth-shattering crash.

"Broly, take out the Ampharos." He moulded the ground around him into a ramp and went sailing towards the Ampharos. That battle was as good as over.

I turned towards Ino to give her orders when I noticed that she had slumped over. She was exhausted, of course. She teleported dozens of kilometers to get to me and then teleported the same distance back. Fuck. I returned her to her ball. She'd done enough. We'd take it from here.

The Lapras spat out a water gun at me. I scrambled off my feet into a dive. The attack missed but the next one wouldn't. Broly and Quicksilver were too far away to help. I was all on my own. I tucked my body in when a tree got in the way of the attack. Wait. What?

I wasn't hallucinating. One of the trees in the clearing jumped in the way of the attack. A Trevenant. A fucking Trevenant. I'd been training in the same clearing as a ghost type all this while. How didn't Oak notice this when he came over?

The Trevenant replied to the Lapras' attack with a solar beam that had me covering my eyes. The attack breached its protect and sent it further into the forest. The Ghost type turned to me and said something in pokespeak that I somehow understood to mean, 'I've got this'

I nodded. I didn't have much of a choice at that. I reached out through my aura to my pokemon. Ino's absence made this my only viable means of communication. Surprisingly, neither Igneel nor Kenpachi were unconscious.

I increased the flow of aura towards them. It was something I could do with some measure of reliability now. Igneel stood up with a ferocious roar. Kenpachi's rise was less dramatic but no less soothing to my soul. He came running toward me and I grabbed him in a hug. It was a short hug though.

We had a poacher to fuck up. His Alakazam teleported back to him, and I ordered Igneel to rush it. His body glowed in a purple aura, and he flew across the clearing towards the psychic type. It managed to teleport in time. They started a game of tag at that. With Igneel rushing at it and the Alakazam barely managing to teleport out of the way in time.

I looked towards Broly's battle with the Ampharos. The beatdown was glorious. Broly held nothing back. All his close combat training and experience were channelled into this pokemon. It was clearly a long-range fighter. Broly gave it no time to charge up any electric-type moves. It was only a matter of time before it was knocked out. I didn't have the time for that though. Kisame was in pain and stopping that pain was all I cared about. "Stone axe" I commanded through our bond.

Broly didn't hesitate to carry out my orders. He twirled in the air and brought down both of his axe hands on the Ampharos' head. Its skull wasn't much of a shield. The axe went through its skull and into its brain. It died before it hit the floor, and Kisame regained her freedom.

A/N; How'd you like the shifting POVs?

Name; Donnell Oak

Age; 15

Hometown; Pallet

Next of Kin; Samuel Oak

Account balance; 31,050 Pokedollars

Pokemon.

· Kleavor (Nickname; Broly)- Male. Bug/Rock type

Moves; Signal beam, agility, fury cutter, quick attack, slash, swords dance, protect, stone axe, and rock throw.

· Pidgeot (Nickname; Quicksilver)- Male. Flying/Normal type

Moves; Brave bird, aerial ace, steel wing, agility, roost, hypervoice, gust, whirlwind, U-turn, protect and thunderbolt

· Milotic (Nickname; Kisame)- Female. Water type.

Moves; Brine, ice beam, hydro pump, dragon breath, dragon pulse, water gun, protect, recover, iron tail and bubble beam.

· Charizard (Nickname; Igneel)- Male. Fire type.

Moves; Ember, dragon breath, scratch, bite, growl, metal claw, flame thrower, protect, and dragon rush.

· Larvitar (Nickname; Kenpachi)- Male. Rock/Ground type.

Moves; Tackle, rock throw, bite, crunch, and leer.

· Gardevoir (Nickname; Ino)- Female. Psychic/Fairy type.

Moves; Teleport, psybeam, psychic, confusion, hypnosis, dazzling gleam, moonblast, and recover.