The region of love, or other cringy things people say, this region is known to be the most advanced one among the other regions. Technology is highly upgraded, the areas of pokemon battle and performing have expanded greatly as well.
The center attraction of this region is Lumiose City, the largest city and probably the most beautiful one in Kalos. There is a touch of modern life as people could easily tell just by looking at it. What increased the attraction even more, is that the World Academy of Elites is located right there in Lumiose City.
The already busy place has gotten even busier and crowded by the arrival of so many different people. Among them there were trainers, performers, coordinators, doctors, researchers, gym leaders and even Elite Fours. There were reporters and even some fans waiting for their idol or favourite person.
People were arriving in groups or alone or some even with bodyguards.
Brock, Misty and Gary from Kanto have come together in this regard. May and Max from Hoenn, as well as Drew, Solidad and a trainer named Brendan. Dawn and Zoey came together from the Sinnoh region, and after them was Paul, Kenny, Barry, some gym leaders and Elite Four Flint and Aaron.
Iris, the gym leader along with her friend Cilan, the S-class connoisseur, came from Unova. There were Trip, Cameron, Stephan, Elesa and many more.
From the home region (Kalos), gym leader Clemont and his sister Bonnie was seen as well. They were supposed to meet with their friends. From a different direction, a group of people were seen together with some bodyguards as well to keep the crowd away. Because between them was none other than the Kalos Queen Serena, with her friends Shauna, Miette, Trevor, Tierno, Sawyer and their new friend, the Kalos Elite Four, Calem Xavier.
They became friends with him not too long ago. Miette kind of liked him because of his cool personality, but that guy had eyes on someone else. Even after becoming the Queen, Serena made sure to keep in touch with her friends. They all were very happy for her. She didn't show off much because of her title, rather she enjoys the time she spent with her friends. Though she wished she could meet that certain raven haired boy who practically changed her life along with herself.
It was two days earlier before Ash's arrival. The WAE (World Academy of Elites) was indeed a huge and remarkable place. There were huge multi-storied buildings, battlefields, stages, a research lab, a pokemon center and even dorms for students which can outclass a five star hotel.
People have gathered in the auditorium for the opening ceremony. Almost all of them were famous or celebrities in a way. People waited patiently before the famous Professor Oak, along with Professor Sycamore came to the stage as Oak stepped onto the podium.
"May I have your attention please?" he stated politely.
The talking died down eventually. The other Professors looked upto Oak as their instructor since he was the one who took the initiative of bringing the genius minds together. He also knew about the whereabouts of Ash and what has he been doing lately. He couldn't be more proud. He was also aware that Ash is going to arrive here soon and he couldn't wait for it.
"I would like to thank you from the bottom of my heart for accepting our invitations and for those who passed the entrance exam to get acceptance, I congratulate you as well."
The crowed cheered a little.
Professor continued, "For simple introductions, my name is Samuel Oak, or some people call me the Pokemon Professor. All of you here are chosen as the best of the best. Each of you have your own way of using pokemon and presenting those abilities is what made you come so far. I do hope that you will do the very best on your own fields and we, the Professors here will do the very best to provide you with all the assistance you need. For the rest of the information, I will let Professor Sycamore do the honours."
With that, the Kanto Professor finished his speech as the crowd applaused loudly. Sycamore stood on the podium as he started explaining the ways by which things will be conducted at this academic year.
"Isn't this great? I can't wait to get started," said a boy with spectacles and dark green hair.
"Yeah this place so cool with so many things to do and so many cute girls, I am sure I will find someone for Clemont," a young blonde said enthusiastically.
"The last one should be out of your list Bonnie," said a much older blonde slightly irritated.
"C'mon Clemont. Don't you think it's time for you to look for someone special? "
"Not you too Serena," sighed the inventor as Bonnie and Serena giggled.
"It's funny hearing that from you Serena," a short blue haired girl whispered into her ears.
Serena's cheeks flushed as she shoved Miette away from her. She always finds a way to pester or embarrass her, but nevertheless she was a good friend.
"Was Solidad that good?" asked a familier voice.
"Yeah, it was tough, but I finally managed to defeat her in the Kanto Grand Festival," another familiar voice replied.
With that, the Kanto Professor finished his speech as the crowd applaused loudly. Sycamore stood on the podium as he started explaining the ways by which things will be conducted at this academic year.
"Isn't this great? I can't wait to get started," said a boy with spectacles and dark green hair.
"Yeah this place so cool with so many things to do and so many cute girls, I am sure I will find someone for Clemont," a young blonde said enthusiastically.
"The last one should be out of your list Bonnie," said a much older blonde slightly irritated.
"C'mon Clemont. Don't you think it's time for you to look for someone special? "
"Not you too Serena," sighed the inventor as Bonnie and Serena giggled.
"It's funny hearing that from you Serena," a short blue haired girl whispered into her ears.
Serena's cheeks flushed as she shoved Miette away from her. She always finds a way to pester or embarrass her, but nevertheless she was a good friend.
"Was Solidad that good?" asked a familier voice.
"Yeah, it was tough, but I finally managed to defeat her in the Kanto Grand Festival," another familiar voice replied.
Serena looked towards the direction and she smiled seeing two of her good friends. One was a brunette with long beautiful hair tied with a bandana. The other one was a similar beautiful bluenett with a round white cap on her head.
May Maple and Dawn Berlitz
"Guys over here," Serena exclaimed towards them.
Both look towards the direction and smiled as they saw her and the trio ran towards each other for a group hug.
After introduction and everything May started. "Max! Where have you been? "
The boy replied smugly saying, "You were too slow, so I had to go ahead."
Some of them chuckled but immediately shut up after seeing May punching Max's head.
May then whispered to her little brother who was now almost as tall as her,"Just admit you wanted to hangout with Bonnie." Max's cheek went slightly red as he huffed and May giggled.
"Hey, you guys!" A familiar group approached them as they saw Brock, Misty, Gary and an unfamiliar boy.
"Brock!!" Dawn and May exclaimed and hugged the man as he laughed.
"It's good to see you as well." Brock replied before he gave Max a fist bump. Clemont noticed the former gym leader as he smiled and shook hands with him.
"Good to see you again Brock," he said, to which Brock smiled and replied, "Likewise. Where's Cilan? " Clemont was about to reply but someone cut him off.
"Did someone call my name?" a polite and gentle voice asked as they looked towards to see the connoisseur approaching them. Needless to say, Brock, Clemont and Cilan went along pretty well as they had a lot in common.
All of them started chatting and catching up with each other. In these few years all of them have gotten acquainted with each other on many occasions and that's where they're now. The one thing that's common between all of them was missing, so despite being a large group, there was an emptiness present as well.
"Hey guys, " Gary said catching everyone 's attention, "I would like to introduce you to my fellow researcher. His name is Goh."
Goh was always nervous when it came to meeting new people, but he warmed up to them eventually. He and Gary met a few months ago and got along quickly as both were Kanto natives and not to mention Ash's close friends.
"Hey I heard that you caught legendaries. Is that true?" asked Trevor.
This caught some attention as they began to pester him with questions.
Goh was nervous again but still decided to give the answer but careful enough not to mention him.
"Well yeah this one time I tried to catch Zapdos but it escaped at the last moment. But I have managed to catch the legendary Gigantic pokemon, Eternatus."
"Hmm yeah I've heard about it. It caused quite a havoc in the Galar region a few years ago." Brock stated.
"D-do you have it," Max asked with a bit of fear.
"No, unfortunately, considering the threat it was, they sealed it away so that it doesn't cause any trouble again." Goh said laughing nervously.
He still remembered the day his Cinderace and Ash's Lucario evolved and how they took Zacian and Zamazenta's help to stop Eternatus. 'Good times', Goh sighed mentally.
Misty looked towards the entrance as a familiar gang entered. They were five foreign people with some unique pokemon with them. The Alola gang arrived at the WAE. They were wearing their usual outfits or in Kiawe's case, nothing. Lana spotted Misty and waved at her direction.
Misty waved back as she, along with brock went to greet them.
"Alola! " The gang greeted them both.
"Hey guys, glad to see you guys made it here safely," said Misty happily.
"Yes, brother has been here before us so he gave me the directions. It's so easy to get lost in this huge city without a guide," said Lillie.
"Yeah and with Sophocles's constant appetite and desire to try out every restaurant here didn't make it any easier," Lana joked as the others laughed except a grumbling Sophocles.
"But I would loved to check out all the dishes and recipes here in Kalos," said the young chef Mallow.
"I am so pumped up for this academy I can't wait," said Kiawe with a fire burning in his eyes.
"C'mon guys let me introduce you to the others," Misty said as she and the Alola gang went to meet the others.
Brock stayed behind before he sighed as the breeder looked on to all the people smiling, greeting, challenging and getting to know each other better.
' I know someone would have loved to see all of his friends here together.' Brock thought to himself. 'I don't where in the world are you Ash or what've you been upto. But something tells me I will get to see you soon enough. And you better have a damn good explanation.' Brock finished his thought before going back to his group.