Chapter 29 An Inside look in Pokémon Politics

Trainer's Guild Conference Room, Union Building in Unova Region, 11:30 pm local time

Ash, Cilan and Iris is now inside a huge conference room. It is full of people not only that from the Elite 4 and the Gym Leaders of the Unovan region but also most of the diplomats from different places across their world. It was a little bit noisy with each of them discussing the several world events.

"All we need now is the Alliance of the Eastern Islands…" Unova yelled "…and our international Trainer's Guild Conference shall begin!"

"This has to be a joke…" Iris said as she is looking tired "…having a meeting in midnight is not a very good idea"

Cerulean City gym, 8:15 pm local time

"Alright, to test Dawn's new move…" Misty shouted on one side of the stadium "Shinnoh will try to test it out."

"Alright, Milotic, go out!" Shinnoh threw a Pokeball and a seal was activated, revealing a gushing spray of water and mist. Without any additional command, the Milotic did a beautiful emerald Dragonbreath attack that formed Emerald flames around her. When the mist faded, a beautiful Milotic emerges.

"I'll only see the…" At that moment, Hoenn suddenly called Shinnoh. After a quick talk, Shinnoh said. "Let's abandon this. We have to go to the conference…"

Pokémon League Conference Room in Shinnoh Region, 8:30 am local time

The three of them arrived with Shinnoh teleporting them using his Gallade. At that moment, a coordinatorwith red hair and an orange jacket noticed them.

"So, you also joined here…" Zoey said "…where are the other two Top Coordinators?"

"I don't know…" Dawn replied.

"You all seem to be used to this teleportation techniques..." Misty said.

"This is usually the way how we arrive..."

"Well, at least I won't be seeing that bratty girl and her boyfiend…" Harley sarcastically said. He also appears to walk by them. "What a beautiful da…"

"ALRIGHT!" Hoenn yelled from afar "TOP COORDINATORS, ASSEMBLE!" At that moment, all of the coordinators began shuffle into a line. Hoenn came close and said "DAWN! 50 points deducted for not being in a fashionable state!"

"WHAT!" Dawn yelled.

"HARLEY, 70 points for wearing that hideous suit!"

"BUT THIS IS THE WAY I SHOULD DRESS!" Harley yelled back.

"Why are you being harsh on them sis?" Shinnoh asks.

"Well, I'm the mother of all coordinators oni-chan…" the girl suddenly calmed down.

At the meeting proper…

"Well, I, Kanto, will start this meeting with a press…"

"NO I WILL!" Hoenn turned to her fiery state again with Johto again supporting her brother by cheering. Shinnoh used his aura abilities to remove the video conference equipment from its socket and said "Could we all just start the meeting without fighting?"

"Sorry guys, I'm late…" the leader of the Viridian City gym said as he banged the door and appears to be tired. When Misty saw him, he was shocked… first is that she rarely saw him, and second…

"Giovanni, why are you late?" Kanto questioned the mysterious figure.

"He's not even late…" Shinnoh sighed and continue "…let's all settle down and discuss this emergency…"

Both conference halls are joined by video conference logs from both sides.

"Well…" Unova stood up and said "…Shinnoh… well, we need you to explain this emergency."

Shinnoh stood up and said "Well, we all know about the classified Battle of Cerulean City and Mossdeep City that must be kept a secret from Unova…"

"Why would you do that?" Cynthia cuts in.

"Ever heard of Team Plasma?" Unova replied.

"Team Plasma?" Ash suddenly exclaimed on the background.

"Well, let's not talk about team random now…" Shinnoh continued "… but rather an invasion…"

"Let me guess…" Skyla from the Mistralton Gym said "…it's about the same party right?"

"It's a yes…" Shinnoh replied "…you see, despite the fact the portal is sealed, there is a huge possibility of them entering our world thru another way… by acquiring the right technology from another world…"

"That's a little bit interesting…" Giovanni said. "… tell me more of that possibility…"

"You see…" Shinnoh replied "… their main target here in our world is the Tree of Beginning. It is because it has the enough amount of aura to open up other portals to different worlds. If they manage to break in and utilize that powerful energy, it could open up other portals to make others join their cause…"

"… and the end of the world as we know it…" Kanto commented.

"So, you mean, they could acquire it from another world?" Lt. Surge said "Then let's send in troops in that other world and finish them off!"

"There's a problem their Lieutenant…" Clair, the Dragon Pokémon Gym Leader of the Johto region, replied. "We are dealing another world here. Who knows what mysteries they hold, or if Pokémon even exists in their world…" At that moment, murmurs are heard from both conference rooms.

"So we are here to discuss a lot of what ifs…" Unova continued. "We will all form an emergency team with the approval of the Civilian Government just in case this ever happens… in any case, we don't want to repeat the casualties that happened when the Shinnoh region was attacked by surprised by the powerful Mistel back in the Second Great War…" At that moment, a lot of murmurs are heard in the conference rooms.

"Um, I do suggest a much better meeting with our superiors deciding…" Giovanni said "…besides, we can't meet about just possibilities…"

"We are in a trainer's guild…" Blaine, the Gym Leader of Cinnabar Island, replied "… I've been a member of this guild even before the start of the Second Great War. Remember our history… this guild even helped convinced our government to cut its ties with the Axis Powers right before our country goes to shame thanks to the supposed to be Bombing of Pearl Harbor…"

"That is exactly what my Granpa would say…" Flannerry supported Blaine's explanation.

"I do suggest this…" Giovanni continued "…our guild may have the political power to change history, but doesn't that thing we are doing may break the very alliance we are trying to protect? Look, what if this people see that our government became militaristic in nature?"

"I see your point…" Lt. Surge agreed with that. The hall is then full again of murmuring.

"BUT WE CAN'T LEAVE OUR REGIONS UNPROTECTED!" Shinnoh quickly protested.

"Perhaps the better thing is to plan a counter-attack strategy…" Wallace replied "… but Steven is an expert there… I have to meet him first…"

"In this case, the meeting's dismissed…" Kanto said.

"I really do not like the end of this meeting…" Shinnoh said. He is together with Misty, Dawn, Kenny, Zoey, Brock, and Harley as they are exiting the room. "We must plan ahead…or else Unova is toast…"

"What do you mean by that?" Misty questioned him.

"I was warned by an Aura Guardian that if we didn't do the right preparations, all three worlds would fall…"

"Umm, sorry for being a foreigner here…" Zoey commented "…but what are you guys talking about?"

"Besides, isn't saying those last five words would be a little bit creepy?" Harley followed. Shinnoh gave out a sigh for that.

"I will speak to my siblings about this…" Shinnoh said "…and to our boss… who knows, but perhaps we need to help the other world in the future…"

"These meetings get weirder and weirder…" Zoey said "…first about the problem in the venue in the land of Izuraeru thanks to Hoenn, now about another world?"

"If you got the whole picture, this is a bit serious…" Dawn replied to her.

"Anyways, have you seen those two lovebirds?" Harley suddenly asks.

"Are they really lovebirds?" Hoenn cuts in. "OH THIS WILL BE GREAT!"

"Hoenn, showbizness and contest are not together…" Shinnoh replied.

"But not in the Hoenn region!" the girl region replied.

Meanwhile in Unova…

"As always…" Iris said "…meeting about some random problems not related to Pokémon and stuff… I'll rather go out and train…"

"These meetings are important…" Cilan replied "…Pokémon and humans need to interact, and whatever we decide will affect what will happen to Pokémon. Reminds me of the historical Battle of the Bering Sea…"

"Something's weird…" Ash said "…someone in the meeting is absent…"

Meanwhile in the Hoenn region…

"Sometimes I hate these paparazzi…" May's mother said as she looks at the newspaper. It features a showbiz headline 'Confirmed: Source says Top Coordinators May and Drew are couples'. "Norman, is this even true?"

"I'll ask that once I saw her next time…" Norman said. He is polishing a Pokeball and said "…and before that boy takes her hand, he'll go thru me first…"