Zycron sat in the waiting room, refusing to look at the screens offered to participants of the tournament. Planning a pre-battle strategy was never his way of battling, and he welcomed surprise in battles. Espeon sat next to him, also refusing to look at the screens. The finals were next, and Zycron's opponent was to be a mysterious trainer that went by the name DJ Kirbzy. No one in Unova knew if that was the trainer's true name or not.
Then Zycron was called out to the arena the tournament was held at. "C'mon, Espeon, let's do this," Zycron said standing up. "If we can't win we may as well give it our all."
Espeon nodded silently and followed his partner onto the field, hopping onto his shoulder at the last minute. Partner and Pokémon walked onto the field together and faced their opponent. Opposite of them, a green-haired bow about 8 years younger than Zycron faced them, holding a pokeball. The announcer told them the rules - a 1 on 1 single battle with the first Pokémon to be knocked out considered the loser and the victor assuming the title Grand Champion of Unova - then told them to do their best. Zycron nodded to his opponent, who seemed to look at Zycron with a strange surprise. Then the battle started.
Espeon jumped off Zycron's shoulder and landed in the battlefield. DJ tossed his pokeball slightly and sent out a white, blue and pink Pokémon; a shiny Sylveon. Without looking towards Zycron for orders, as if acting from a mental command, Espeon attacked first with a Shadow Ball. The Sylveon raised her feelers and knocked the Shadow Ball aside, then at a raise of DJ's hand shown with an odd light. Zycron recognized it almost immediately: a Bond Attack. The Sylveon fired off something akin to the Moonblast of a Xerneas combined with the accuracy and strength of a Psystrike. Both Zycron and Espeon hesitated and Espeon took the full brunt of the attack, getting knocked back and out. Zycron ran over to check on his friend, and finding him still good raised his arm in conceit. He had lost the battle.
After the victory ceremony, Zycron caught up to DJ. "Hey, that was a good battle!"
DJ looked at him, again with a strange look. "Is Espeon okay? Magical Girl wanted to go all-out in the final battle, and I was afraid her opponent would get badly hurt."
Zycron smiled. "He's fine, just resting. Here," Zycron handed him a key card, "We should keep in touch, here's my XTransceiver number."
DJ looked at the key card and accepted it after five seconds. "Thanks, Zycron. I'all keep in touch."