Chapter 65 - The Rival (1/2)

I feel that this is my best chapter till now. What do you feel? Do comment your favorite chapters

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Living alone and feeling alone are 2 entirely different things. Feeling alone is way worse than living in solitude. Unlike living alone, when you have been feeling alone, you just don't go finding companions or friends to feel your void. Maybe you already have that. But the constant reminder in your heart that, every man is on his own, is not a good feeling…. At first.

The reason you don't like that feeling is cause it is a new thing for you. You feel pain like never before, sadness cause you have been left alone, rage cause even the heavens don't give a shit about you and jealousy of others laugh and joy.

Why don't you deserve those things? Are you the one that is wrong or are you wrong itself? Why have the Arceus decided to isolate this pain to you like a poisoned finger that has been cut down to save the whole hand.

These are the things that Bruno felt every day. His father always beat him up, the children in the orphanage always bullied him and the caretakers of the orphanage never listened to his story. But things started to change when he became a Pokemon trainer.

At first, he wanted power, to be head strong so that no one can trample his feelings again. But after some time he realized that he was wrong. He treated his Pokemon like his father treated him. Since he only wanted power, his feelings towards Shedinja were that of a weakling. But now he felt bad for Shedinja. Shedinja had never done anything wrong.

He was just treating Shedinja how the world treated him. And that was wrong. Over time he understood that his Pokemons were not just a means for his power. They were an extension of himself, his family. He decided that he would only trust his Pokemon from today as they were the only ones that understood him.

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He had not caught any new Pokemons. For now, he only had Pidgeotto, Zubat and Scyther. His Pidgey had evolved recently so he decided to challenge a gym. The result? Utter destruction of his team. It was not even a close match. He could not even defeat one of the gym leader Pokemons, not even scratch a bit. From there he learned the hierarchy of gyms and how to defeat them. For the first 2 badges, the gym leaders would challenge you as an intermediate trainer (they will use 3 rare ranked Pokemons). All the gym leaders were at least master trainer, some were even elite trainers.

He realized that he would need years to even get the first 2 badges, if he was on his own. He didn't have sufficient money or resources to raise his Pokemon ranks. After thinking long and hard, he decided to join an organization. There were 4 organizations that were popular. They were:

1. The league itself.

2. Zard family

4. And Venu family.

The most lucrative was the league as the resources provided by them were huge. But it was also the hardest to get it. The league would not select you unless you are an exceptional trainer and there were lots of conditions that you had to fulfill. Like you must be eternally loyal to the league and the Kanto region. Plus it was hard to get in the higher ranks of the league.

Bruno immediately canceled this option. He knew he was not an exceptional trainer. He was not even very talented. It would be impossible for him right now to get in the league.

The next 2 options were the easiest. Zard family and Toise family accepted young trainers as a part of their organization. They were powerful families of Kanto region and had a lot of treasures and resources. But those were only for the higher rankers of the family. The hierarchy of those families was huge. He estimated that it would take almost 20 years of relentless serving to be a core member of their family. He didn't have such time.

The ranking of the members of both families was similar. They were:

1. Newbie