When Hazel and Dan left, Quinn and Ryo traveled around the Sinnoh region again to train their pokemon. While on their journey, Quinn was able to make a trip to all of the gyms and obtain his eight badges. He didn't lose a single gym battle. While on their journey, the boys went back to Twinleaf town so Ryo could get Rick's pokeball from Aunt Melissa, and it also counted as a visit, like Ryo had promised her. So, now Rick doesn't have to be outside the whole time, for many people have mistaken him as a wild garchomp. They arrived at Hearthome City at the promised time, exactly a month after the group split up.

"Hey, Quinn. Where did I say we would meet up, exactly?" asked Ryo.

"You didn't. We just said we'd meet up here in this city." said Quinn. "So, we kind of have to look for them."

"Oops. I guess I should've been more specific." said Ryo as they began walking down the streets of Hearthome. The city was radiant and full of tall skyscrapers. There were many people on the streets and many open stores that sold all kinds of merchandise.

"Oh! Look at that!" said Ryo as he ran up to a large poster. "There's a mini pokemon tournament today at the Hearthome battle Stadium. We should go attend it!"

"Wait, we have to first find Hazel and Dan." said Quinn.

"Well, that can wait. Maybe we are the first to arrive. Don't worry, Quinn. We'll find them later." said Ryo as he headed down the street toward the battle stadium. Quinn didn't have a choice but to follow.

When they arrived at the stadium, they were greeted by a crowd of pokemon trainers waiting in front of the building. Quinn and Ryo squeezed their way to the front for registration. It was a simple tournament. There were thirty two open positions, and each battle was one on one. Unlike the Sinnoh Competition, the trainer can choose a different pokemon for each battle.

Over at Hearthome's Center Plaza stood the large theatre, where the auction of the adamant orb was being held. It was such a large event, that the mini tournament at the Hearthome battle Stadium was completely overshadowed. Thousands upon thousands of people can be seen waiting outside the building, urging to get in as fast as possible. Hazel and the other security guards were already inside the building and they met up with William Peterson at the stage.

"Jessica, Hazel, and Tyron, you three will be stationed outside the building on the second floor deck. You can easily spot suspicious figures on the outside, as well as quick access to the theatre room itself. Sam, Mary, and Kevin, you three will be stationed right here in this auditorium. The three of you, get your outfits and dress up now." said Mr. Peterson.

Hazel wanted to be as close to the orb as possible, which meant she preferred to be stationed inside, but she knew that Mr. Peterson's decisions were final. She followed Jessica and Tyron outside, and awaited further instructions. The current time was eleven o'clock am.

Back at the battle stadium, the mini tournament was getting underway. The match ups were all created, and the first round was about to begin. All the competitors stepped onto the side lines as the announcer walked onto the center of the battlefield.

"Welcome, all, to Hearthome City's Pokemon Tournament. Each of you will battle each other in a series of one on ones. If you lose a battle, you will be eliminated from the race to be winner. Our first match up is, Ryo vs Dan!"

Surprised, Ryo looked to his left to see that Dan was also at the stadium, participating in the tournament. "Ryo! Long time no see! How've you've been?" asked Dan as he walked up to Ryo.

"It's been great. I didn't know you were participating at this tournament." said Ryo.

"Well, I was actually trying to look for you guys and Hazel, but I thought it wouldn't hurt to try out a little tournament like this. You know, practice for the league." said Dan.

"Um, excuse me, but this is a tournament. Please step into the trainer's boxes." said the announcer. Ryo and Dan both walked into their respective trainer's box.

"This will be a one on one battle. If one pokemon is unable to battle, the victory will go to the other trainer. Now, let the battle commence!" shouted the ref.

"Ace, I choose you!" shouted Quinn as he released a staraptor. During his training, Ace had evolved from Staravia to Staraptor.

"A flying type, huh? I will go with you, Gigalith!" shouted Dan as the large rock pokemon appeared on the battlefield. Ryo was at a type disadvantage, but that didn't phase him.

"Use aerial ace!" shouted Ryo. Ace flew with great speed, many times faster than he was as a staravia. Ace dove down towards Gigalith and struck him head on. Gigalith was barely hurt by the attack.

"You gotta try better than that, Ryo. Gigalith, use stone edge!" shouted Dan. Gigalith sent sharp jagged rocks up in the air toward Ace. Ace dodged all the incoming rocks swiftly and flew down back towards Gigalith.

"Ryo, your attacks won't do anything to Gigalith. He's a rock type." said Dan.

Ryo smiled mischievously. "Oh yeah? Ace, use close combat!"

"What?!" cried out Dan. Ace began pummeling Gigalith with his talons and wings, as if they were fists. Ace was quite strong, and with the last strike, sent Gigalith up into the air and crashing back onto the ground. Gigalith was unable to battle. Dan just stood there gaping at what happened.

"Gigalith is unable to battle! Therefore, the victory goes to Ryo!" yelled the ref. The crowd cheered Ryo on. "Wow, you really are something, Ryo. You must of trained hard this past month." said Dan as he walked up to him. The two of them walked off the stage as the next match was starting.

Back at the Hearthome Theatre, Hazel walked onto the outside back balcony of the building on the second floor. The fresh air was really nice, but she knew she had to pay extra attention on the ground outside as the evening approached. Jessica was stationed at the same balcony as Hazel's, and Tyron was placed at the front balcony, watching any intruders that decided to sneak in from the front of the building.

"So, Hazel. Where are you from?" asked Jessica.

"Oh, I'm from Sandgem Town." said Hazel.

"Oh, that's a nice little town. Perfect place to live, as that is where the professor's lab is located." she said. "Why did you decide to take this job?"

"I value the adamant orb, and want to make sure it doesn't get stolen." said Hazel. Of course, that was a lie.

"Really? I just took this job because I could use the extra money." said Jessica. The doors leading back to the building opened up as Mary, Kevin, and Sam walked out onto the back balcony.

"Hey, what are you guys doing up here? Shouldn't you be staying inside, where you were assigned?" asked Jessica.

"Calm down. We're just here to take a breezer. Plus, the auction is starting much later. We still have time to relax before we are on duty." said Sam.

Hazel saw that the three of them were dressed up real nicely. Mary was in a stylish white dress that had a skirt that went down to her heels. Sam was wearing a nice blue tuxedo, and his hair was combed back. Kevin, was wearing his usual suit, the one that Hazel saw when she first met him.

"Wow, you guys look really nice." commented Hazel.

"Hazel, are you going to be fine up here?" asked Mary.

"Yeah, don't worry about me. And Jessica is also up here helping me out. I'm going to be fine watching this sector of the building." said Hazel.

"Okay, but make sure you don't get distracted. A few second is all it takes for an intruder to come into the building." warned Mary.

"We'll be fine. Thank you for your concern." said Jessica.

"If anything, we are just back ups." said Kevin. "You two have the important job of making sure the intruder does not get in in the first place. Only if you fail, do we have to act inside the auditorium."

"Okay, we'll pay extra attention" said Hazel. She looked out at the grass and trees that stretched behind the building. She realized that it was going to be really easy for an intruder to hide within the shrubbery, especially at night.

Mary walked up beside Hazel, gazing out at the view. "I can't stop wondering. You're only fourteen. Why do you want to be a security guard for Mr. Peterson?" she asked.

Hazel didn't feel like lying to her. "I have reason to believe that a very powerful man will come and steal the orb. I want to make sure that doesn't happen." said Hazel.

Mary sighed. "It's good that you're concerned. But, we have everything under control. We have pokemon ourselves. We might not look like pros, but we have lots of experience with robbers. You know Kevin over there? He was able to stop a whole gang of robbers all by himself with one of his pokemon. Hazel, you have nothing to worry about." said Mary.

"I hope so." said Hazel as she looked up at the horizon.

"You know, when I was your age, I had a dream to be the champion of this region. Even though that didn't happen, I'm still happy where I am now. If you have a different dream to pursue, you don't have to hide it. Go for it, Hazel. Very few young individuals, like you with this much potential, wastes it on being some security guard." said Mary.

"Thank you, Mary. But I'm well aware of what my dream, my goal is." said Hazel.

Tyron was standing by on the front balcony, alone. He pulled out his cellphone and began calling someone. "Axel, are the other three on their way?" he asked.

"Yes, and they will bring a nice surprise to the stage." said the voice from the phone. The time was two o'clock pm.

Back at Hearthome's battle stadium, the mini tournament was rolling by very fast. It was now at the final match up, the battle for the winning spot. "For the final match up, we have Ryo vs Quinn!" shouted the announcer. All the spectators clapped as Ryo and Quinn both stepped up onto the battlefield.

"Hey, Ryo, I guess this is where we decide which one of us is the better trainer." said Quinn.

"Yeah!" said Ryo. "And I'm going to go at you with all I've got!"

"Let the battle commence!" shouted the ref.

"Metagross, come on out!" shouted Quinn. The four legged steal creature stomped onto the battlefield.

"Infernape, I choose you!" shouted Ryo. Infernape hopped onto the stage, and he was hyped. It was a pretty even battle. Infernape can hurt Metagross with his fire moves, but Metagross can hurt Infernape with his Psychic moves.

"Infernape, use flamethrower!" shouted Ryo. Infernape leaped up into the air and shot a stream of fire toward Metagross.

"Metagross, use light screen!" shouted Quinn. As the flamethrower struck metagross, the light screen weakened the move by a lot, allowing Metagross to receive less damage. "Now, metagross, use Psychic!" The property of Psychic moves are that they could hit no matter where the opponent was. Infernape took the heavy attack and yelled in pain from the damage, even though he was across the battlefield.

"Infernape, hang on!" shouted Ryo. "Use fire spin!" Infernape trapped Metagross in a vortex of fire. It wasn't a strong attack, but it kept damaging Metagross every few seconds.

Quinn knew that he had to finish the battle fast, or else his Metagross will faint soon. "Metagross, use Scary Face!" Infernape's movement slowed down by a lot. He knew the main advantage Ryo had against him was speed. Now that was eliminated, the battle was going to favor him.

Ryo realized the dire situation Infernape was in. "Infernape, use flare blitz to finish it off!" Infernape was slow, so Metagross saw him coming. However, he was still too fast for Metagross to attack him with another move.

"Metagross, use reflect!" said Quinn. Infernape charged in and the two pokemon collided with each other. The impact caused an explosion, which fogged up the battlefield. As the smoke dissipated, Infernape was found unconscious on the ground.

"Infernape is unable to battle, therefore, Quinn is the winner of the hearthome mini tournament!" shouted the announcer as the spectators stood up and clapped for him.

"You did great, Infernape." said Ryo as he returned him to his pokeball.

"Ryo, that was a very exciting battle. I know it didn't seem like it, but it was a very close match. Metagross was about to faint if he had to fight any longer because of the fire vortex."

"I don't get it, Quinn. Why didn't Infernape's flare blitz take Metagross out? It's a very strong fire type move." said Ryo.

"If you payed attention, I used reflect just before Infernape came in, and that lowered the attack's damage, which is why metagross was still able to battle after the impact. Your infernape fainted because flare blitz does a lot of recoil damage on the pokemon using it. Because I already used a strong psychic move on you, your infernape did not have too much health left. Ryo, it's important that you focus on your defensive game. You were too focused on the offense." said Quinn.

"True, thank you for telling me that. I still have lots to learn." said Ryo. Quinn disagreed. Ryo was a very talented trainer for his age, and he knew quite a lot about battling. Quinn walked back to center stage and received his gold medal.

"Don't forget to give a round of applause for our runner up, Ryo!" shouted the announcer. All the spectators showered Ryo with applauses. Ryo knew what his next goal was. He had to improve enough to be able to beat Quinn in a pokemon battle.

After the celebration was over, the two boys left the stadium with Dan and began heading towards the city's center plaza.

"Hey Dan, are you sure Hazel is there?" asked Quinn.

"I'm not certain, but today is a big day. There is an auction being held at Hearthome's city theatre, and that is why there are so many people in this city today. A man named William Peterson will be auctioning off the adamant orb.

"The adamant orb? What's that?" asked Ryo.

"It's a stone that belongs to the mythical legendary, Dialga. With the adamant orb, Dialga's powers increase ten fold." said Quinn.

"How do you know that?" asked Dan.

"Read it in a book" said Quinn plainly.

Tyron stood by as he watch the sun moving across the western sky. It was three o'clock and evening was coming soon. He left his stationed and went down to the front of the building, destroying the security cameras in the front. He returned to his position and gave another call on his cell. "It has been done. Time to get the ball rolling." he said.

The receiver was in a cafe next to Hearthome's Theatre. "Got it." said the woman as she flipped the cell phone off. She was sitting with two other men. The woman was dressed in black. She wore a short skirt and a silk blouse. The man to her left had rough brown hair. He was large and had lots of muscle. He was wearing a leather jacket. The other one was black of hair. He was wearing a black tuxedo.

"Shelly, was that Tyron?" asked the buffer man.

"Yes, it's time for us to go in." said Shelly. "Frederick, could you check the front of the building. Make sure people are being let in." The man in the tuxedo was Frederick. He walked to the front of the cafe and looked out the window towards the large theatre building.

"Shelly, it's starting. We must take leave now." said Frederick. The three of them left the cafe and approached the building. It was now four o'clock pm. The main entrances were now open and allowing people in. Of course, only people who were wealthy and had a ticket could attend the auction. The large crowd of people gathered at the front of the building created a perfect camouflage for the three scouters who were intruding. Tyron clearly saw them, and smiled as everything was going as planned.

Ryo, Quinn, and Dan arrived at the city plaza, in front of the large Hearthome theatre. "There's a lot of people here, and they all look rich." said Quinn. "Are you sure Hazel will be here?"

"Hazel is here. I just know it." said Ryo as he concentrated hard, sensing something that the other two didn't.

"Well, let's go in then." said Dan. As they waited in line, it was now their turn to enter the building. The man at the front door looked down at the three of them, then up, as if scanning their body and judging them.

"I'm sorry, but this event is for the high class only. You may not enter without a ticket." he said.

"What?! We waited such a long time in this line! How can you just kick us out like that!" shouted Dan.

"Security!" yelled the man.

"Okay, we'll leave!" said Quinn dragging Dan away, as to not cause too much trouble.

As more people entered the building, the auditorium became filled. It was quite a large theatre. It seated roughly about ten thousand people. If not, more. They were all wealthy men or business tycoons, aiming to get a good price on the relic known as the adamant orb. Cynthia was in hearthome city at the time, as well as Lance and Steven. Steven and Lance both stayed in Sinnoh from the Sinnoh Competition a month prior and had decided to come to Hearthome for the commotion at the city plaza.

Back at the auditorium, Kevin, Mary, and Sam were sitting together at the edge of the auditorium, watching for any suspicious figures. William stood on stage is he watched all the people showing up for the event. He was very pleased with himself. He looked back at the adamant orb that was placed in a nice large glass case. But something strange was happening. The orb was glowing. He shrugged it off, believing it was from the reflection of the light, but what it really meant was that Dialga was close by.

The time was now six o'clock. The auction was about to begin.

Author's Note: I know it's a pain to stop and type a comment down, but I would really appreciate it. I would love to get some feedback on how the story is doing. So please, if you reading, it would be great if you could leave a comment. It would also be great if you can give your thoughts on what's going to happen next.