Ash, Iris and Cilan finally made it to Vertress City. It was pretty large city with food stands, gift shops and other places. Ash was so excited, he couldn't stand still. Iris smiled at his child like excitement. She wanted to call him a little kid, but this is his big thing of Ash. So she decided not call him a kid of this tournament because of this big step up and seeing that he change her opinion of him after traveling around with him. Cilan was just as excited as Ash. The battle will be the grandest battle he ever seen in his life. He couldn't wait to evaluate them.

Ash walked up toward the fountain and stopped for a break. It was a nice day for Ash to be all fired up of the biggest League he was ever going to take. He was enjoying sitting down with Pikachu, however Bianca who was rushing crashed right into Ash. This sent his into the fountain with Bianca. Ash was getting tired of this happening to him ever time that Bianca showed up.

Iris and Cilan saw what happened and they sighed

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm very sorry Ash!" she apologized to Ash multiple times.

Ash didn't like it when Bianca did this to him, but it couldn't be helped. Ash smiled at his rival saying that it was okay. Bianca was really happy that Ash wasn't to mad at her Bianca lifted him back up out of the fountain.

"Hey! Ash, Bianca!" Stephan called out to the two.

Bianca and Ash greeted their rival/friend. "Hey Stephan!" Stephan thought both of them would said his name wrong, but they didn't. Stephan was really happy they got his name right for a change then getting it wrong.

Iris and Cilan finally caught up with Ash. They were trying to catch their breath after running to the fountain. Both of them greeted Stephan and Bianca. Both of them said Stephan name right too.

"You both got my name right too!" he cheered.

"We were saying your name wrong!" Iris was surprised by this.

"We're sorry about saying your name wrong Stephan." Clian apologized to him.

"That's okay Clian. I'm just so happy that you guys finally got my name right." He started to tear up a bit.

Then someone was walking up to the gang who was familiar to everyone. It was Cilan's rival Burgundy, What was she doing here? Did she win all eight badges during her travels though Unova? She looked at Cilan and showed him her eight badges that she had.

"I didn't know that you were entering the Unova League Burgundy!" Cilan exclaimed.

"You didn't know I was entering Unova League Cilan. I'm going to be improve myself in this Pokemon League then I'll crush you like a bug Pokemon! My revenge will be so sweet after evaluating your defeat Clian! Hahaha!" she laughed at him and left the group to sign up for the Unova League.

The group had sweat drops on the back of the heads. Iris was about to say how childish Burgundy was being, but she felt a sudden chill down her spine. She knew what this chill was. It was an ice type Pokemon behind her. She turned around and saw Vanilluxe who winked at Axew. Georgia walked up to the ice Pokemon.

"I knew I smelled the stench of dragons" she did her normal greeting towards Iris.

"You're in the Pokemon League as well!" Iris was shocked about her rival being in the Unova League.

"Yeah, dragon master Iris! I'm here for the training and to get stronger to beat you and other dragon Pokemon trainers in this tournament." Georgia said to her. "I want you to watch me and beat all these weaklings and making the battles even more greater" she smiled Iris and left the group to sign up for the Unova League,

Iris and Cilan were happy about their rivals being able to enter to a big tournament like the Pokemon League. Ash was really happy for them entering because he would have more rivals to face in the Pokemon League then even before. When he was in the Sinnoh League, there were only three rivals that Ash had to face, but now he had six rivals to battle with.

Bianca then saw her child hood friend Hilbert. Hilbert had light brown spiky, a red, white and black cap with a black Poke Ball symbol in the middle. He wore a blue jacket, a black shirt and pants. He eyes was a light brown. He was riding on a Samurott and his other Pokemon were following behind him. The Pokemon were Haxorus, Unfezant, Darmanitan, Krookodile, and Galvantula.

Bianca rushed over to him and give him a big hug. She missed him during their travels along after they began their journeys at the same time. Hilbert hugged Bianca back and looked around the group of who were wondering who he was and how he knew Bianca.

"Hey Bianca? Can you introduce me your friends?" he asked his childhood friend.

"Oh course!" She said. "These are Ash, Iris, Cilan and Stephan." she introduces them.

"It's nice to meet you and thank you for being friends with Bianca" He said.

Iris was fangirling over the giant Haxorus he had. It was the biggest Haxorus she had ever seen. It was even bigger than Drayden's Haxorus. Axew was amazed about its evolved form and wished that it could evolve and become a big strong Haxorus like this one was.

"Your Haxorus is so well trained and so cute as a button" she complimented his Pokemon.

Hilbert smiled at the girl for complimenting on his Haxorus. Him and Haxorus worked hard on evolving him from a little Axew to a big strong Haxorus. The Axe Jaw Pokemon smiled at the little dragon Pokemon.

"Thank you for the compliment Iris" Hilbert told her.

"It's no problem Hilbert!" She said.

"Is that a Pikachu!" Hilbert took out his Pokedex. Pikachu, the mouse Pokemon, and the evolved form of Pichu. When Pikachu's tail is stuck by lighting it raises it to check it surroundings. Pikachu helps other Pikachu who are feeling weak by sharing its electrical current.

"That's a rare Pokemon in the Unova region" he exclaimed. "Where did you catch it?"

Ash told him that he was from the Kanto region and Hilbert was amazed that a trainer all the way from Kanto to Unova. This was the first time that he met someone outside of the Unova region. Also the first time that his seen a Pokemon that wasn't from Unova.

"With all the introductions done, can we now register for the Pokemon League before it too late" Stephan said to them.

All of them nodded and raced over to the registration area in the Pokemon Center. It was a short walk from there. When the group made it to the Pokemon Center, Nurse Joy was waiting for the next trainers to be registered for the Unova League. Stephan, Ash, Hilbert and Bianca raced toward Nurse Joy's desk. The Nurse gave a small smile at the four and told them that she would see them in a few minutes,

Nurse Joy told them to put their badge cases and their Pokedexes on the scanner so they could be registered in data banks of the Unova League. They did so and the scanner their badges and their information from their Pokedexes.

"There you go! You're all registered in the Unova League's database" Nurse Joy reported to them.

Ash and Hilbert were wondering if their rivals had made it to the Pokemon League as well. They asked the nurse at the same time about them.

"Nurse Joy! Did Trip and Cheren came here to registered for the Pokemon League?" both of them asked her.

The nurse checked the database of Trip and Cheren. She nodded to the two as they gave the nurse a big smile. They were happy that their rivals made it to the Unova League and were excited to show their skills to them. Hilbert looked at Ash.

"Do you know Trip?" he asked him.

"Yeah! Trip is the first rival I made when I came in the Unova region" he explained. "How do you know him Hilbert?" he asked him now.

"I've lived in the same town along side Bianca and Cheren" he answered.

Ash was surprised that Bianca lived in the same town as Hilbert and Trip.

"So is he strong?" Hilbert asked Ash about Trip.

Ash answered with a nodded and Hilbert just smiles at him. He was happy to hear that Trip had become strong. He then asked Ash another question.

"Did he meet Alder again?" he asked Ash.

Ash answered Hilbert about Trip meeting Alder and him battling the Champion after the Junior World Tournament. He also told him that he lost to Trip in the Junior World Cup Tournament.

Hilbert was shocked about Trip battling Alder before him. He tilted his head down in disappointment. He wanted to battle Alder after seeing him when they were very young kids. It was both Hilbert, Cheren and Trip's dream to face Alder and become the new champion of Unova. Bianca saw her sad friend and went to her friend to give him a hug.

"What's wrong Hilbert?" she asked her best friend.

"It's nothing Bianca." he told her

"You can tell me! We're best friends." Bianca rubbed his back.

Iris, Cilan and Stephan saw Bianca hugging Hilbert. They've never seen Bianca so calm before. It was like seeing a whole new side of her that they never seen before. Bianca wasn't being ditzy like she normally was.

"Come on, you can tell me anything. We're best friends after all" Bianca said softly.

"It's just that Trip faced off Alder and I feel like I'm behind him when it comes to strength," Hilbert said to her.

Bianca looked at him with a smile on her face and said to him. "I was like that too. I thought I was behind strength as well, but my new friends like Ash and the others taught me that strength isn't everything." She said Hilbert nodded with what she said.

"Thanks Bianca!" He gives his best friend a big grin.

After that the gang headed out to the stadium. Ash and his other rivals were excited for the league.