Me: Okay, so I'm back with the Nightmare Keeper! I would have been working on something else, but several people have been asking for me to get this chapter out, as the tournament will start in this chapter. I hope you all like it!

Ignus and Rift: Reader does not own pokemon, only his OC and the average plot line.

Chapter Three

"Thank you for registering," Nurse Joy told Rift, handing him a card. Rift nodded in response taking the card. He had a red card, with A8 on it.

The rules of the battle circus, as he had learned from N, were simple. Each competitor would team up with someone else, and each team mate would be able to use two pokemon. The cards were to decide on partners, the block, and the match number.

There were two blocks; A block and B block. Rift was in the A block, and the 8 showed he was in the eighth battle of the A block first round, the last battle. The color was to help find his partner. Three other people would have A8 on their cards, but two would have blue cards, and two would have red.

"Looks like we'll have both have to make it to the final battle to get another chance to battle," Drake said, walking over. He had a blue card with B1 on it. "I'll be using Scizzor again, but you'll have to wait and see who my second is."

"You obviously know my team, as I only have Fang and Ignus at the moment." Both of them looked over to N, who held a red card.

"I'm in the A block with you, Rift. I guess we'll be partners," the man commented, showing the A8 on his card. Rift shrugged again, earning a nervous chuckle from N. "It's not that bad. Fang seems to be really excited to battle in this for you."

Rift looked at him curiously, putting a hand to the fold of his sash where Fang's pokeball sat, occupied. He tossed any strange thoughts aside, turning to Drake.

"Hurry up and find your partner. I'd like to see if they are any good." Drake scowled at Rift's arrogance, only to be brushed off like dirt as Rift turned, completely ignoring him. He muttered a few choice words under his breath as he walked away, looking for his team mate.

N scratched Zoroark behind the ear, smiling as his pokemon growled happily. He touched his pocket where a whistle sat, waiting to call on his second pokemon. Rift noticed that N lacked a second pokeball, but he ignored the idea, thinking it to be hidden well.

"Rift." Ignus floated off the ground, revealing himself. "This trainer is not telling us something. Be careful near him. He could be dangerous."

"I know that much. He only has a single pokeball that I can see. Either his second is wild, or he hid the pokeball very well because it's overly powerful. Let us hope that Team Galactic does not rear its ugly head again. They will do anything if it has to do with the legendary pokemon."

The darkrai nodded, melting into the shadows once more. A buzzer went off, and the mc for the Battle Circus, a member of one of the elite fours, stepped onto a stage where the battles would take place.

"Welcome, trainers, to the first ever Battle Circus!" Cheers rang from everywhere in the crowd, several girls having to be held back by security from tackling the man. "I am Bruno of the Johto region's elite four! I'll be the mc, as well as the judge for the battles! So, let me hear you if you're ready for this!"

The entire crowd, minus N and Rift, screamed, and Bruno laughed. "Sorry, I can't hear you!" Another scream, ten times louder, rang through the air, the excitement building. "That's more like it! Now, let the battles begin!"

For the first hour, the crowd watched excitedly as trainers battled each other, cheering whenever one team proved superior. The seventh battle of the A block was won by twins, Tate and Liza, the gym leaders of Mossdeep City in the Hoenn region.

Rift took to the stage first, snapping his fingers for Ignus to show himself. The crowd was in shock at the legendary taking form from a shadow, and a trainer, a boy surprisingly, fainted at the sight. N had a less subtle entrance, taking to the stage, Zoroark right at his heels.

Across from them, on the blue side, was a boy in a blue jacket and hat, his eyes covered. A Unova region pokemon, known as Samurott, with shells worn like armor, stood in front of the boy. Beside him was a boy with a Blaziken as his partner. The boy had white hair and wore a black bandana, black t-shirt and short sleeved jacket, along with dark green shorts.

"This is certain to be a battle of the ages! On the blue side, we have Jacob of from Petalburgh City in the Hoenn region! He is teamed up with Hilbert from Nuvema Town in Unova!" Bruno clapped, the crowd screaming at the tops of its lungs for the blue team. "On the red side, we have another trainer from Unova, N! With this is a new trainer from right here in Sinnoh, from Driftveil City, Rift!"

The crowd still cheered, but it was not as enthusiastic for them as they were for the other team.

"Quite the reception we have," Rift said sarcastically.

"You're right about that," N answered, chuckling. Ignus and Zoroark moved forward, watching the Samurott and Blaziken carefully.

Bruno raised a hand as if he would chop would with it. "If both sides are ready, begin!" He brought down the hand, and Hilbert was quick to the punch, pushing up his hat as he pointed.

"Samurott, use X-Scissor on that legendary!" Samurott moved quickly, pulling off the shells on its arms and slashing them like swords.

"Counter it with Dark Void, Ignus." Ignus fired the attack, forcing Samurott to defend itself by stopping the attack and crossing the shells.

N smiled at the excitement of the battle, and pointed a finger lazily. Zoroark moved in the direction he pointed, dodging a blaze kick from Blaziken. He continued doing so for a bit, Zoroark moving in the direction every time. As the Hoenn starter prepared to fire a focus blast, he took action.

"Zoroark, use Night Slash and send the attack back." Blaziken threw the attack at high speed, but Zoroark swatted it with a claw engulfed in black, forcing it back.

"Dodge it, Blaziken!" Blaziken jumped easily out of the way, the attack exploding into a light display above the watching crowd. "Now use Blaze Kick on the ground!"

Rift and N both knew what Jacob was planning, and decided a quick strategy. "Zoroark, use Flamethrower on Samurott!"

The dark type fired, the attack hitting the water type without doing much. Samurott glared angrily at Zoroark, firing a Hydro Cannon at Hilbert's command. Zoroark jumped into the air, and Samurott took the advantage, firing the attack still as it looked up.

"Ignus, now! Use Ominous Wind on the ground and get Zoroark out of the way!"

Ignus released dark gales from his hands at the ground, propelling himself towards Zoroark at impressive speeds. Hilbert realized what was happening, but couldn't stop it. Ignus moved himself and his fellow dark type out of the way just as Blaziken was passing them, and the water type attack struck it. Blaziken crashed into the ground, out of energy and unable to battle.

"Sorry about that, Jacob," Hilbert apologized as the boy returned his starter.

"Don't worry, I still have my ace. Come on out!" He tossed a pokeball into the air, and even Rift was in shock at what was released. "Rayquaza, let's win this tournament!"

Me: Sorry, cliff hanger there! So, I have the boy hero of the Hoenn games, Hilbert from Black and White, N from Black, Black 2, White, and White 2, and who knows who else! Tell me what you think about having all these famous characters from current and older games in the story!

Rift: Really? A Rayquaza? Eh, Ignus can win. If he can't, Fang still has an advantage. Oh, and we'd like to hear suggestions at what pokemon should hatch from the egg! So, send them in either PMs, or put them in the comments!