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(hey guys I'm getting off for the night. If you are still gonna continue the story, can you do my parts and not leave me behind PLEASE? It's a lot pages I gotta catch up with everyday.. Night!)

"You too!" Vienna said to Lilly. She noticed something on Lilly's face. "Everything's alright?" she asked. Tal Tal said, "W-wingull!" [H-hi! How are you?]

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UPDATES:
THE DAY IS - Tuesday - THE TIME IS - 6 pm!

So, Vienna and Czar meet up with Lilly and Alphonse in Cerulean City, where Al's gran-papa lives. Al returns Crawdaunt, and rests there for a while.

Raine and Raskal are stuck in the Seafoam Islands. Facing a Slowpoke upon waking up, Raine falls asleep again. The book remains unopened - its text remains unknown!

Sakaki and Ralph still in Vermilion, ((I missed a post. XD.)). Sakaki tries to challenge Lt. Surge, but then, fails as the Gym's Closed

Something's stirring inside Team Rocket's ranks. It's big... Their leader gets furious!

The Indigo League Gym Leaders... What are they planning?))

((For now, challenges to the Gym Leaders are off limits until we regroup. We need to regroup.

Plan is, we regroup in Pallet Town. Take the Vermilion Ferry to go straight to Pallet. Fuchsia City's Ferry can also take the trainer to Pallet Town, as well as the Seafoam Island Ferry.

It's at least a one day cruise from Vermilion, and half a day travel time from Seafoam, RP time, so guys, let's RP the part well like we did on the Team Rocket scenario.

Also, remember that it's night time now. Y'all must be going to sleep now, or, training at night, and then, go to bed at least...))

[~* At the Indigo Plateau, ending of Victory Road, Mt. Silver Junction and Tohjo Falls intersection ((THIS IS ONLY ONE SPECIFIC PLACE AT JOHTO AND KANTO'S DIVIDE))*~]

The events earlier in the Kanto region has once again brought pressure upon the Kanto's Pokemon League offices. The moderators at the Indigo Conference have been baffled by this event, as well as the Gym Leaders, who are by far, very confused and lost. With the oath to uphold the code of being a Gym Leader to protect their little Indigo League Organization of Leaders, plainly. "ILOL", certain protocols had to be followed... As Lt. Surge had done... But then again, seeing the way Lt. Surge had acted upon the situation in Vermilion, Diglett's Cave, Route 11 and Route 12, a big ratio of the Kanto Gym Leader population was, somehow, disappointed... The rest - not so much.

Smack-dab in the middle of Victory Road, Mt. Silver, and the Tojoh Falls where only the strongest of the strong could ever enter, a small meeting was being held by both Kanto, and Johto, Gym Leaders, with regards to Team Rocket's motives. It was situated in a small natural, but healthy, place. What they were after, what kind of power Team Rocket had, they couldn't comprehend as of now... Arriving in the meeting, shortly after everyone else had assembled, were the current Elite Four.

One by one, the masters of the Kanto Region appeared... In the circle of Gym Leaders, placed at the head, was...

Giovanni, master of Ground Type Pokemon, and then Blaine, next to him, the Fire Type expert. Following were Sabrina, Surge, Misty and Brock, and Janine and then Erika lastly from Kanto.

Extending the circle was the lot of Johto Gym Leaders.

At Giovanni's left, was Pryce, master of Ice Type Pokemon, followed by Chuck of Cyanwood City - Fighting Type expert. Next to Chuck was Jasmine, with Clair of Blackthorn and Morty. The remaining were Bugsy, Falkner and the peppy Whitney.

As for the elite four...

Will, the master of Psychic Type Pokemon.

Koga, the Poison Ninja Master!

Bruno, the Fighting Guru, and the Champion of Fighters.

Karen, the Dark Type Pokemon Elite.

Each of them had a mysterious aura about them which suggested that they were not to be messed around with. Though they came in simply by walking by, it was a thing to simply be astounded with. Each of them took their spot behind the circle of Gym Leaders. Calling for the Elite Four, in this certain special case - they must be really desperate....

The first speaker started - the oldest of all the Kanto Gym Leaders, Blaine...

"With regards to the situation in Vermilion, we have confirmed that there have been a few casualties. Specifically, Pokemon. No human casualties have been reported, but we are still trying to find out if anybody was hurt upon Diglett's Cave crashing down," said the fiery Gym Leader.

Suddenly, it was all silent around the circle. All eyes, then, fell to Lt. Surge, who was apparently calm about every matter being discussed. Including Team Rocket. This caused some aroused suspicion towards him... Whatever was Surge thinking?

"Well," he explained, noticing that everybody else was looking at him, "I simply followed what I stated in my Oathtaking as a Gymleader. I am a soldier, afterall,"

"Cut the crap, Surge, and tell us what your real motives are," hissed Sabrina, her arms folded. Even in the light of everything, her sudden change of appearance seemed to suit her, and she was the sassiest woman in the meeting... leave, of course, Clair, who was fiesty enough to begin with.

"Now, now, Sabrina," called Erika, a demure little girl, much like Jasmine of Olivine. "Let us not point fingers," she said.

"How do we know it's not him, then," Sabrina suggested, being the smartest of all the Gym Leaders present, "I see no bad thing in logic. Lt. Surge is a soldier, the attackers came by in an Air Ship, which, Surge must have access to considering that he was former military. With their technology, they could have trained Pokemon so well, that even we may not be enough to stop them. They knew the paths around Vermilion very well, too. Maybe, Surge could have just informed them of things and locations. To top that off, he refused to even lift his muscular PINKY - to assist in the restoration proce-"

"CODE STATES!" Surge cut off Sabrina in speech, and she was silenced as the big muscular lieutenant stood up and banged his fists on the rock he was sitting on. "-That, OUR priority would be the name of the Pokemon Association itself, and that we would not include ourselves with these kinds of matters - in the name of Pokemon!"

Upon Lt. Surge's sudden outburst, the group was silenced. Nobody could really put themselves in Lt. Surge's place during that time, but then, the others seemed to know how to sympathize with the immediate pressure put on Surge's shoulders then. While some were more concerned with the deaths of a few Pokemon, others were concerned of bigger matters.

"Gee, Sabrina," mused the tomboyish Misty, "I knew you were smart, but, I didn't realize that your Psychic Smartness had its limitations as well," she suggested frankly, standing up from the crowd to support surge. Apparently, Sabrina, too, wasn't smart enough to get what Misty had said.

"Thinking critically," added the beautiful Misty, "-what Surge might have done may be considered the most rational... Well, at least that's what I think. As a Gym Leader, if Lt. Surge had moved on to assist the trainers, then, perhaps, there'd be an even bigger problem than this. Don't you all think so?"

Once Misty made her point clear, she sat down, and began to hear chatters that seemed to favor her comment. She looked at Lt. Surge, and he, too, sat down slowly. Karen, on the other hand, decided to slide down over to where Lt. Surge was at, and work her charm there a little to see if she could help him 'COOL DOWN'.

"My, oh my," mused Karen, placing a hand over his shoulder. "Don't you be putting the blame on this little hunk-o-junk, now. I assure you, with his depression right now, he couldn't have done it,"

"I agree," Will responded. "I believe Karen. After all, by touch, she could tell if people's fears and sorrows are as what them make it seem to be, fufufu. Don't you agree, too, fellow Psycheteer, Sabrina?" Will then asked, turning to Sabrina. The young lady just looked away... and with that, Will continued to snicker.

"Alright,"' Blaine started again, clearing his throat a bit, "Let us go back to the issue at hand, please. Now, Giovanni," he said, placing Giovanni in charge.

"I believe what Lt. Surge and Misty proposed is correct," he stated quite clearly, causing a few of the Gym Leaders to gasp out in surprise. Being the strongest Gym Leader in Kanto, and well off to be at the level of the Elite Four themselves, Giovanni's words were to be remembered and taken seriously. He was AUTHORITY to them... "We, the Gym Leaders of Kanto, must not meddle with these affairs as much as we possibly can. I catch this young lady's drift, if that's what you'd like to hear me say,"

"What about the Johto Gyms, then, Giovanni?" asked Blaine.

"I suggest they keep all of this a secret. For now, since we have not yet received any reports concerning this kind of incident in the Johto Region, the only thing they can do is to keep a lookout. If anything happens, then, simply report it to the Pokemon Association in Indigo Plateau," suggested Giovanni. "We don't want them to get involved in this matter of ours,"

"Understood," responded Blaine. "Any other sidecomments or, so to speak, violent reactions - none? Very well, on to the next topic... Now, SHOULD the Indigo Conference be postponed due to the recent events?"

A roar from the crowd of Gym Leaders then followed, with the Elite Four simply standing there and listening... The meeting of the masters continued over the night... taking an approximate three to five days of their time. During which, the Gyms were left closed until further notice... During which time... the story of our heroes continue...




((YES WE CAN! XD. Exactly what I was planning... XD. I say a Fishing Event - catching the biggest Magikarp - Winner and runners up gets Pokemon Eggs! Xd.))

"Hey guys! What's up?" Al finished with his shower and started to dry off his hair. His appearence was different, his hair not so spiky, it was covering his eyes, and he was in baggy clothes.

The waters hitting the surface of the beach, the tide, was roughly waking as night time fell upon the Seafoam Islands. First was that familiar round shadow of a Pokemon. Then, following that, a shadow of a man. It was Raine, who was also actually tired from all the walking. The sun was nearly gone, and the darkness was about to take over. Raine wasn't that far from the place where washed up on. With him, was the lazy Slowpoke who he had already befriended, despite their time here. They were, actually, walking towards that place now - and from afar, after a bit of whining, Raine finally saw Jace up on his feet.

Trying to bring up his excitement from the feeling of soggy-ness which clearly enveloped him now, he tried his best to cheerfully call for the other person. Feebly raising his hand, he called out. "Heeey," weakly, he called, "Jace, over here,"

As he focused his vision on the recovering Jace a few feet away from him, his eyes caught something small moving sideways in the direction of the water... Suddenly...

"Wow!" he called out, suddenly gaining a lot of energy - probably, the stored kind. In a flash, he had his index finger errect, and pointing at the Krabby from afar, who happened to pass by just now. "A Krabby!"

((It's nearly dark. XD.))

"Fufufu," Raine chuckled. "Yes, sunburn."

Raine began to pick up the pace seeing the cute little Kraby move from side to side. Apparently, it was trying to find a way out. Once the waves struck the shore and hit the Krabby, the thing was gone. Seeing that, Raine just diverted his attention back at Jace.

"And yea," he replied, "We've become quite close while you were asleep. Right Slowpoke?"

"Sloooooooow," [Correct,] Slowpoke answered.

"-And, according to my Pokegear, we've stumbled upon the Seafoam Islands now," explained Raine.