"So Brock evolved his Croagunk as well." Admired Ash. Out on the battlefield the lanky poison/fighting stood there as if there was no clue as to what was going to happen.

"So the final battle is Medicham vs. Toxicroak." Said Max after seeing a Toxicroak for the first time.

"And this battle will decide the match." Added Gary.

"Go Brock, you can do it!" cheered Ash from the crowd.

Medicham let's finish it with 1 move, use psychic!

A pink aura outlined Toxicroak who looked to be in a lot of pain.

Toxicroak use dark pulse!

Toxicroak put its hands together and formed a purple/black aura. It then thrust 1 hand forward and shot a line of purple and black rings at Medicham. The moment it made contact a large billow of smoke surrounded Medicham. It cried out in pain as the rings bounced of its body. Toxicroak fell to the dirt from the pain of the super damaging psychic attack. When the smoke settled both pokemon had taken a lot of damage. 1 of the fighting types stood triumphantly over the other. The referee made his final decision

"Medicham is unable to battle, Toxicroak wins and victory goes to the Pewter city gym leader Brock!

The crowd erupted with cheers as Greta returned Medicham and walked away defeated. The crowd roared in their appreciation for Brock, none of which was louder than the section with all of his friends in the front row, overjoyed for the victory of the soon-to-be pokemon doctor. Brock left the stadium with a huge grin on his face as he went off to heal his brave pokemon and find his friends.

"Wow Brock, that was amazing. You beat a frontier brain in the 1st battle of the tournament!" congratulated Max.

"You used knowledge, strategy and type matchups all to your advantage, a truly impressive and thought provoking battle. Said Gary.

"It's so cool that you evolve both Swampert and Toxicroak, that was an awesome battle." Said Ash excitedly.

"Thanks everyone. With this battle behind me, I can focus onto the second round." Said Brock. He was quite calm for someone who just beat a frontier brain.

"So who else is battling today?" asked Dawn.

"Well Paul is next actually, as well as May and Tyler later on." Answered Max.

"Ok May you're battling after Paul, so let's do some research into your opponent." Suggested Ash.

As the group decided to help May for her battle against Winnona, there was another trainer that was preparing for a really tough battle.

"Ok, so Caitlin is a member of the Unova elite 4 and uses psychic type pokemon." Tyler said to himself. "If I want to have any chance against her then I am going to have to use some dark and ghost types." He was on a computer doing some online research when another trainer approached him.

"Haha, sucker! You have to face an elite 4 member in round 1, sucks to be you."

"Screw of Jamie, I need to get ready, unlike you I have my 1st battle today." Tyler snapped back.

"Fine. It's probably better this way though, you battle on day 1 when you're going to be knocked out anyway." He said tauntingly.

"Leave me alone, I've got work to do." said Tyler trying to focus on his work.

"Alright then, good luck." Said Jamie sarcastically was he walked off.

"Bitch." Tyler muttered under his breath as he focused on his battle ahead.

Meanwhile in the stadium, May's battle with Winnona was raging back and forth. The 1st 2 to battle were Skarmory and Blastoise. The giant Skarmory of Winnona had taken down Blastoise. May's 2nd pokemon was Delcatty. Its blizzard attack did some damage but was also defeated by Skarmory. Finally Blaziken was able to beat the giant metal bird's rampage and was now in a heated bout against Altaria.

Altaria use sky attack.

Altaria's body glowed in a white light as it started charging energy.

Blaziken use sky uppercut!

Blaziken used its incredible jumping ability to land a powerful uppercut on the sky born pokemon

Altaria, go!

Altaria went through with its attack and landed a critical hit on the blazing chicken.

"Blaziken is unable to battle, Altaria is the winner so the victory goes to the Fortree city gym leader Winnona!"

The crowd went wild as may hung her head in defeat. She sulked of to the locker room as all of her friends head out to meet her.

"Sorry how it turned out May." Said Ash.

"It was an unfortunate turn of events that you lost out there." Added Brock.

"Thanks guys I'm fine. Just make sure you don't do the same out there." Replied May.

"That's the spirit, just enjoy the rest of the tournament." Said Max.

"Right, so I'll just be in the stands cheering for the rest of you." Said May cheerfully.

"Ok." Ash said. "Now that that's settled let's…"

They were interrupted by the sound of fans cheering outside. When they got out there the battle was over.