Kanto has changed a lot for the past six years, from being a middle-income economy to economic power in the mainland. Many of her cities drastically changed, former routes are now gone as they were replaced with Pokemon sanctuaries where its main goal is to ensure the protection of all of the Pokemon from any abusive, illegal, and sinister acts of humanity. People are still allowed to capture Pokemon in these sanctuaries albeit under the supervision of the staff. Instead of walking, most trainers use trains to go from one city to another to obtain badges.

However, as Kanto modernizes, Pokemon training is slowly dying, nobody is sure why this event happened but there have been speculating that laws are passed, or this current generation just doesn't want to train their Pokemon and focus more on their school or videogames.

Pallet City, a major economic powerhouse of Kanto. Home of many of the international industries, and home of many progressive inventions. Skyscrapers are everywhere in the city, many districts are filled with commerce and condos as this city attracts many people all over the world.

The elevator door opened, Yoake stepped out from it, and walked to the exit of the condo. He took a deep breath as he focused on his objective to do his groceries.

"Good afternoon Mister Katsuragi." Greeted by the guard of the condo, who was sitting on his post. Yoake stopped for a moment and decided to greet him as well.

"Oh, Good afternoon as well, and drop the Mister Katsuragi thing, and just call me Yoake instead." He insisted on the guard. The guard giggles as he treats this kid with big respect and calls him in a more formal approach.

"Your family owns this building right? It's my job to serve and call you in a formal way." The guard excused. Yoake sighed and nodded.

"Right…" Yoake sighed as he left the building and hurriedly went to the market so he could begin his chore. While running toward there, he saw the grand and cyberpunk aesthetic of the city, tall blue sky scrappers, filled with billboards of advertisements. He saw crowds upon crowds of people, walking through the busy city alongside their Pokemon.

There were some who noticed him and gave him a small greeting as they heard that he won the International Tournament and gained the title of being the international champion, while there were greetings, some decided to ask him a question that everyone is curious about.

"Why don't you have a Pokemon?" One of his fans asked. This was a common question as everyone is aware that Yoake doesn't have a Pokemon despite being 12 years old. Everyone knows that at the age of 10, they should have a Pokemon but for Yoake, it was very odd. People gossiped about him being a shut-in after having his birthday and maybe the reason why he didn't have a Pokemon or some theorized that he just doesn't like to have one.

Despite many people asking, he always has one answer, "Well, I guess I'm not ready to have one, I guess."

Even though Yoake stated that multiple times, people doubt that answer as they can see the potential of the kid on being the world's best, and he always declines that idea. While he doesn't have a Pokemon, the rest of his family have, His sister has an Alakazam, his parents have a Plusle and Minun.

"Mom, why does that kid doesn't have Pokemon with him?" A little girl asked as she pulled a piece of her mother's skirt as she pointed her finger to Yoake, who was looking at a box of cereal.

"Shush." Her mother stopped her quickly and gave an apology to Yoake, "I'm very sorry about that."

"It's okay." Yoake stated as he continues reading at the box. He didn't mind about the girl pointing at him since he is aware that she is still a kid, and it's common for a kid to do that stuff to strangers.

After finishing the groceries, he paid for it and left. He quickly went home with the groceries, and placed it in the living room so his mother could put the groceries at their proper place.

"You seemed to be in a hurry." His mother said as she walked in and noticed Yoake sitting on the coach, and scrolling through this phone. He immediately noticed her, he closed his phone and placed it beside him.

"Mom, didn't see you there." Yoake responded to her quick appearance.

"You forgot about your chore again, didn't you?" She sighed with a small remark as she knows how Yoake sometimes forgets about his only chore, doing the groceries.

"Well. Being a shut-in is going to bite you someday, and I'm not surprised with it." She exclaimed as she was disappointed about her older son's actions and laziness but she knows that Yoake is an active and productive person, he just couldn't find a hobby.

"Speaking of shut-ins, I want you to bring your sister's lunch for her tonight's concert." His mother said as she hands him the container that contains his sister's lunch.

"Why can't she just eat the food that was prepared for her there?" Yoake sighed as he was irritated from his sister's demands.

"You know how she prefers home dishes rather than the grandness there, but since you rarely visit her concerts, you don't know how she hates the food that was being served to her." His mother argued.

"And also, tell her that we will go there later at seven. There's food on the table, so don't worry." His mother continued. Yoake sighed and decided to take the container and left the house once more just so he can give his sister's lunch for tonight.

The venue is near to the ports, which isn't far from their building. Even though it was a kilometer away, Yoake takes the bus in a faster way to get there. He got there for 30 minutes and quickly handed his sister's food.

"There. Mom and Dad will arrive here later." Yoake stated to his sister, who was taking out a pair of chopsticks so she can start to eat her mother's prepared dish. Yoake rolled his eyes, took a few steps to turn back but he was stopped by his sister.

"Wait, tell them that they should wear their backstage passes 'cause the guards here are new." His sister remarked. Yoake nodded and left. But before he leaves the port, he decides to take a short sight-seeing to see the beautiful ocean.

It's been a long time that he hasn't seen the ocean ever since he closed his doors. He always looks at pictures and videos about the ocean but hasn't seen it on a personal view. He leaned on to the barrier that separated him from the ocean, the ocean breeze drifted to him, the clean and clear ocean continued to make small waves as it naturally does.

He continues to mesmerize about the beauty of the ocean, and at the horizon, the sun was setting and people began to crowd for a later concert. The boy was having the most peaceful moments in his life, nothing to have worries on, nothing to ambition on, just a peaceful look at the sunset.

"Mister Katsuragi, right?" A maiden in a green kimono asked him. Yoake turned and noticed the maiden. She has black short hair that reaches to the tip of her shoulders, a dark green kimono, a velvet headband to ensure her hair to be in order, and her shoes were hidden because of the sai kimono.

"You must be Erika right? The Grass type gym leader." Yoake quickly realized that he was approached by a gym leader. He doesn't know how to greet her but all he can do is formally ask her. She quickly giggled and gave him a nod.

"Yes but please call me Erika instead, and drop the gym leader thing cause that was a thing six years ago." Erika corrected him. He scratched his head and nodded.

"Right, Grass type specialist, I forgot, sorry." Yoake apologized. She smiled and decided to walk near the barrier and made a conversation with him.

"It's okay, it's still an issue for us specialists to correct people since this term was newly introduced compared to the old Gym leader calling 20 plus years ago." Erika stated.

"So, an international champion, right?" Erika asked him as she looked at the horizon as well.

"Yeah." Yoake answered.

"Then I'm guessing you're good at handling Pokemon, right?" Erika continued to ask him. Even though she was aware that he doesn't have a Pokemon, she knows that he can be a good Pokemon trainer.

"Well, kinda but I just don't think I'm ready to take care of the real deal compared to the digital ones." Yoake answered her question.

"But does that stop you from wanting to be a trainer?" Erika asked him once more.

"In truth, I really wanted to be a trainer, I always have a dream to be a successful one but as time goes on, I realized that I'm not ready for it." Yoake explained. He had big hopes for being a trainer but as he wakes himself to the truth, he just gave up on it.

"You're still twelve, but I guess you wake up too early to realize you barely scratch the surface of the real world. You have good dreams but you just gave yourself an illusion to doubt your dream." Erika explained to the twelve year old. He was given a chance to argue with her but she was right, he just puts himself in a position wherein he shouldn't belong.

"Say, have you heard about the recently discovered tablets from Mount Silver?" Erika asked him. He wasn't aware of this and decided to ask her about it.

"No, but can you tell me about it?" He asked her as he was interested about it.

"Sure. I can tell you like history, huh?" Erika looked at Yoake after her question, the kid nodded, and she decided to tell him about the newly discovered tablets.

"Well, let's say, this discovery shocked the history and science community." Erika remarked.