Yukiko didn't know what to make of this.
One minute she's looking over an Ultra Wormhole.
The next she's in a world of pirates and one of which wants her to be in his crew.
Although she can still use her gear with the help of Rotom and still use her PC, the Ultra Wormhole to her world had somehow been blocked off.
Right now Usopp was putting her through a mock interview to determine her worth as a crewmember.
"Alright, since you already described about being a Pokémon trainer, can you explain more of your journey?" He asked.
"When I first started my journey when I was ten, my home Region, Alola didn't have a Pokemon League, so my grandparents advised me to travel to other regions to broaden my knowledge. I also wanted to prove that Alolanians could be great trainers and manage a League as well. Pachi became my starter a week before my Tenth birthday when she stowed away on a cargo ship for fruit. She was harassed by some bird Pokemon and I defended her from them then Pachi saved me from an angry Bruxish when we stowed into its territory. We've been partners since." Yukiko smiled at the memory as Sparks brought up the data.
"Bruxish, the Ghash Teeth Pokemon.
When it unleashes its psychic power from the protuberance on its head, the grating sound of grinding teeth echoes through the area. It stuns its prey with psychokinesis and then grinds them to mush with its strong teeth. Even a Shellder's shell is no match for it!"
"Yikes! I'd hate to encounter that!" Usopp said.
"Anyway, after Professor Kukui and Oak gave me my two other Pokémon, Amphitrite and Blaise who are now a Primarina and a Charizard, I also captured Merlin who became a Alakazam and Zephyria when she was a Hoppip, then the five of us left for Kanto where we started our journey. In time, we met Nikko who was a Jigglypuff but now a Wigglytuff who I saved from poachers and joined us. The six of them became my main team."
Yukiko smiled as Pachi helped get other pokeballs out. And more Pokémon came out.
"There are 18 total official types of Pokémon as well.
Normal, Fire, Water, Grass, Electric, Ice, Fighting, Poison, Ground, Flying, Psychic, Bug, Rock, Ghost, Dark, Dragon, Steel, and Fairy.
To better explain," Yukiko paused as 17 Pokémon accompanied Pachi.
"Pachi is an electric-type. Teddiursa, Normal, Totodile, water. Mimikyu, Ghost. Arcanine, fire. Mienfoo, fighting. Scyther, Bug. Steenee, Grass. Absol, dark. Vulpix, ice. Seviper, Poison. Espurr, psychic. Alcrieme, Fairy. Wooper, Ground. Applin, Dragon. Golem, Rock. Talonflame, flying. And Klefki, steel." She explained as the Stawhats looked at the pokemon in wonder and amazement.
Then the members of her main team appeared.
"Each type has its own strengths and weaknesses, most of which are logical setups. Fire-type Pokémon are weak against Water-type Pokémon, Ice-type Pokémon are weak against Fire-type Pokémon, Water-type Pokémon are weak against Electric-type Pokémon, etc. These matchups also apply to the types of moves as well: A Fire-type move such as Ember will be strong against a Grass-type Pokémon such as Jumpluff. Some types of Pokémon are also immune to a certain type of moves, regardless of its attack power, such as using an offensive Ghost-type move on a Normal-type Pokémon, and vice versa.
Pokémon can have up to two types, making them dual-type Pokémon. Amphitrite for example is water/fairy, and Blaise is fire/Flying."
"Interesting. I guess a duel type can help out in a pinch." Usopp said as he wrote something down.
"In the course of my adventures, I competed in the League by obtaining Gym Badges." Yukiko said as she showed the Badges. "It is an item that serves as proof of a Pokémon Trainer's victory in a battle against a Gym Leader.
Trainers need to collect a certain number of Gym Badges in order to qualify for a region's Pokémon League. Young Trainers usually begin their initial Pokémon journey by traveling from city to city in order to collect them. Badges are small enough to fit easily between one's thumb and index finger and can be pinned to a shirt or kept in a Badge case like this. They are made of a special material that is considered very expensive, making them priceless." Yukiko said as she showed one of her Badge cases.
After the gym challenges, those that won all 8 badges can apply for the Pokemon League. The gym challenges are just preparation for the real battles for the Leagues. There are nine known regional Leagues under the Pokémon League: the Indigo League in Kanto, the Orange League in the Orange Archipelago, the Johto League in Johto, the Hoenn League in Hoenn, the Sinnoh League in Sinnoh, the Unova League in Unova, the Kalos League in Kalos, the Alola League in Alola and the Galar League in Galar. And recently the Paldea League in Paldea.
The general structure of most Pokémon Leagues is actually simple:
The tournament competition itself has an opening and closing ceremony. In some regions, there is a torch with the flame of Moltres or Ho-Oh that burns for the duration of the tournament, a reference to the Olympic Games.
The day after the ceremonial torch has been lit, in some of the regional Leagues the qualifying rounds begin so as to weed out Trainers who have gotten the required eight Badges, but are not yet skilled enough to continue, and those who survive move on to the preliminary rounds. In other regional Leagues, instead, the preliminary rounds will begin right away, and will continue for several days until the top sixteen Trainers have been decided. At this point, there is a short break in the competition so that the Trainers and their Pokémon may rest, followed by the start of the final rounds.
In the final sixteen rounds, most, if not all, battles are usually Full Battles. All battles are conducted in the main stadium, and Trainers move up the tournament tree in single-elimination style. The winning contestant matchups are shuffled between rounds, as opposed to using traditional ladder seeding. The final winning Trainer, upon defeating their opponent, is awarded a trophy and earns the right to officially challenge the Elite Four and Champion of that region.
The Elite Four and the Champion themselves are considered the cream of the crop of their respective region. Champions are like Region Bosses, so if something goes down they're like the only people who can handle it. Usually."
"What do you mean by that?" Usopp asked as the others listened in.
"Well, just as there are many Trainers with noble goals and lawful methods, there are also corrupt Trainers, including a number of villainous teams and poachers. These Trainers often use powerful Pokémon to take what they want and further their plans. I've met plenty of organizations like that. However it's actually the higher ups who plan these things and they keep the underlings in the dark of what their real goals are. They are basically paid to do a job without asking questions. And they keep giving the Leagues and the authorities the slip. Well, until I came along." Yukiko smiled remembering the whole thing.
She then went on to explain about Team Rocket and Giovanni who was the ex-Viridian City Gym Leader along with his crimes of Animal cruelty,
Blackmail, Pollution, Attempted ecocide, Terrorism, Kidnapping, Unlawful imprisonment, Brainwashing, Theft, Attempted world domination, Conspiracy, Unethical experimentation, Abuse, Torture, Usage of illegal operations, and Attempted murder. That he only views Pokémon as tools for conquest, but Yukiko took a stand and eventually overthrew him and he was sentenced to life without parole.
Then she explained his underlings attempt to rise up in Johto only for their next boss to be defeated, only he chose to truly disband Team Rocket when Giovanni betrayed him to gain Mewtwo.
Next was Team Magma ran by Maxie and Team Aqua lead by Archie in Hoenn. Team Magma's ultimate goal was to expand the amount of landmass in the world by making Groudon the Creator of the Land undergo Primal Reversion to expand the landmass to give humanity more space on which to build and develop civilization.
Team Aqua on the other hand, believed humanity took nature for granted and attempted to return the world to a state for Pokémon only by awakening Kyogre, the Creator of the Oceans to wipe out human civilization so that Pokémon can live untainted by humanity's progress. But Yukiko knew both those ideas would destroy the ecosystem thus destroying the balance of nature for humans and Pokémon.
But as The two titan pokemon awoke they quickly fought each other because of their ancient rivalry.
Yukiko had to get the help of Rayquaza the Sky Protector to make Groudon and Kyogre return to their senses.
Both Maxie and Archie realized what they were doing was wrong so they disbanded their teams and turned themselves in.
They served their time and went on to community service after that.
After that, in Sinnoh, was Cyrus who lead Team Galactic who aimed recreate the entire Pokémon universe in his ideal image.
He attempted to do so by harnessing the power of Palkia, the being of Space and Dialga the Keeper of Time. But he was stopped by Giratina, the ruler of the Distortation World who imprisoned him for nearly destroying the space-time continuum. He wasn't heard from again after that. And again, another team was disbanded.
Team Plasma was a real mess in the Strawhats' minds. Apparently it experienced a division when Yukiko kept intervening. They appeared as a friendly organization that seeks to be equals with Pokémon; they encourage others to reevaluate their current relationships with Pokémon and considered how using them in battles is cruel. Heading the effort is an odd boy named N, who serves as King of Team Plasma. But it was a front set up by his own father Ghetsis, who wished to conquer the Unova region unopposed by tricking everyone into freeing their Pokémon. As the younger members got clued in what Ghetsis was really up to, including N, Team Plasma became divided. Those who truly wanted to fix their mistakes sided with N and Yukiko while Ghetsis who went insane, realizing his original plan was falling apart decided to assurt Unova by force with the power of the Tao Trio. But Yukiko beat him like all the others.
One team Luffy did not like hearing about was Team Flare, who was mainly mislead by Lysandre to create a "beautiful and better" world but his true goal was to take over Kalos while making money and eliminating everyone who does not follow his standards.
After a string of crimes, Lysandre rigged a live broadcast to all trainers around Kalos via the Holo Caster. During the broadcast, Lysandre reveals Team Flare's plans of using the "ultimate weapon", a machine built by the king of Kalos 3,000 years ago that can eliminate all life. To achieve this, Lysandre planned to use to activate the machine in Lysandre Labs in Lumiose City. Yukiko was able to stop him of course, although he attempts to force immortality on her only for Xerneas and Yveltal to rescue her and they destroy the weapon. It exploded, burying Lysandre and the HQ under rubble. As a result, Team Flare disbands. It is unknown what becomes of Lysandre afterwards.
Then in Galar, Yukiko encountered Team Yell who obstructed Marnie, who the lackeys declared as Yukiko's ultimate rival by taking over hotel lobbies, preventing challengers from accessing transportation, and even shouting and distracting opponents during battle. After meeting Spikemuth, they were actually his Gym Trainers in disguise, under Piers. They wanted to support Marnie who just wanted to improve their hometown's run-down condition.
The twist this time was that Chairman Rose who heads the Pokémon League of Galar had an awful plan in mind. He was seeking a way for a plan to secure an energy source for Galar that can avert a projected energy crisis 1,000 years in the future. He released Eternatus, which he had been energizing with the Wishing Stars collected by another trainer Bede, to enact a second Darkest Day in order to provide Galar with a near-infinite supply of energy.
However Eternatus was too powerful for him to control forcing Yukiko and her friend Hop to team up with Zacian and Zamazenta to defeat and capture Eternatus.
Rose turned himself in after that.
Although she won against all the champions, she turned down the title as she wanted to be Champion of her home region. Finally, when Alola gained its own Pokémon League, Yukiko got the chance to enter, but this time she faced Team Skull, a group of misfits who failed the island challenge. They steal Pokémon from people, but unlike the previous villainous teams, they do not have a specific goal other than to cause trouble and acquire enough money to support themselves. So the public consider them thuggish nuisances at worst.
Team Skull originated from a group that coalesced around one of Alola's kahunas. This group provoked the wrath of the four island deities and was struck down. The survivors became the first members of Team Skull. At some point, Team Skull took over Po Town on Ula'ula Island, driving away the original residents, vandalising the buildings with graffiti and structural damage along with generally preventing others from entering the town and hindering the flow of electricity.
Despite their activities, they value kinship - as Plumeria treats her underlings like a caring older sibling and in return is respected by them for it, and several grunts mock Gladion for lacking friends in the team and technically not being a true member of Team Skull as hired work.
At some point, Lusamine became the secret benefactor of Team Skull, and they, in turn, started to carry out her orders. Not all of the members were aware of her influence - while Plumeria knew that Guzma respected Lusamine as she was the only older figure to acknowledge his strength, Lusamine's estranged son Gladion was only aware that Team Skull was after Cosmog without knowing of their ties to the Aether Foundation president. Following Team Skull's kidnapping of Lillie and Nebby, Gladion immediately severed his ties with them and joined with Yukiko to infiltrate and rescue them from Aether Paradise.
Then after their leader Guzuma reconciled his ways, they had to face Team Rainbow Rocket, an organization from an alternate dimension where they win, but Yukiko and all her friends teamed up and they were able to beat this massive organization, and the dimension of the evil organizations ceased to exist.
She had also fought against Team Star in Paldea but they were more of outcasts of their school and their challenges actually got good publicity.
After that, Yukiko went on to be the first Champion of Alola.
She even competed in the Pokemon Masters Tournament and stood victorious as well.
still........
It was a lot for the Strawhats to absorb.
In front of them was a young lady that has seen both the good and bad parts of her world, but she kept going in just to protect Pokémon and that she said it was the right thing to do.
"Alright Luffy I've determined as captain that she's what this crew needs!" Usopp proudly declared.
"I'm the captain you jerk!" Luffy yelled.
"Well as I'm gonna be stuck here for a while, why not?" Yukiko said as she pat Pachi.
"Yaaaay! New nakama!" Luffy cheered.
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Next the crew will meet Apis and Yukiko will show off her skill as a trainer.