"Woah, look at this place" Raian said as the enormous Unova League Stadium came into

view

"Bloody Hell" Iian said amazed as he crossed his arms, the cold winter wind chilling him

"Dayum" Josue spoke up as he walked forth to the small crowd of trainers before the trio

"Damn it" IIan blurted out peeved as he turned his attention to the crowd around the sign up

tables, several trainers all swarming around "Way to get us here early Raian"

"How is this my fault?" Raian asked as they walked toward the line, Lucario and Gothorita

following by their side

"You had to fight your brother, and you had to guide us through Victory road" Iian replied in an

irrate tone

"Uh, excuse me?" Raian began as they walked forward a few steps, the line moving so slow

that the trainers wobbled from side to side with each step "Last I checked, you were the one that

had to fight Mica too, and you tripped down the climb back in Victory Road"

"Blah Blah, you screwed up" Iian said practically ignoring every word as he judged the trainers

in front of him

"At least we made it" Josue said trying to calm everyone down as they moved forward

another small step

"Yeah, there are still quite a few trainers back in there" Raian said as he pulled forth two black

fingerless gloves from his jacket pocket, the wind biting at his hands

"Anyone who isn't first lost" Iian replied as he impatiently tapped his foot against the stone

floor

"Heh, remember that when you lose" Josue responded with a confident smirk as he patted

Gothorita on the head

"Pfft, in case you didn't notice while I was fighting Mica, my pokemon are quite posh" Iian

bragged quite joyfully as he shuffled his feet forward a few inches "So, nyah"

Iian stuck his tongue out mockingly at Raian who did the same, Josue sighing at the two.

Elsewhere

"As you can see, trainers are making it through Victory road, so far twenty seven trainers

have signed up for the Unova League Tournament" The tv blared as Cress watched half

interested "But there is still plenty of time for contestants to make it through Victory Road, keep

tuned to see who makes it here on Unova Stats Daily"

"Only Twenty Seven?" the red haired young woman asked as she sat back down next to

Cress "Back in Hoenn we would have been in the forties by now"

"Isn't that just saying your Victory Road sucks at ridding the weaklings?" Chili asked as he

struck a puck hard on an air hockey table

"Hey now, Hoenn has one of the best Victory Roads, our trainers are just super strong!" The

well dressed woman said as she lifted her head from a book

"Bah, we in Sinnoh have the best Victory Road!" the large man wearing the blue mask yelled

as he hit back the puck on the air hockey table

"No way, Sinnohs Victory Road is lame" A rather bulky balding man with a large mustache

who sat in the corner meditating said suddenly "No Focus, no reward"

"Look who's talking!" a short pink haired girl who appeared to be in her late teens said "Johto's

Victory Road is terrible!"

"None of your Victory Roads Compare to the road to the Frontier" Mica said as he set down

his can of soda

"Shut up" the large blue masked man said annoyed "Doesn't count"

"Yeah, I mean, it isn't even technically a Victory Road" The green poncho wearing woman

said as she stood on her head next to the short blonde haired woman, and Kiera

"Sorry Mica, she's right" Kiera said as she wobbled a bit

"Alright alright, let's put it to a vote then" Mica said

"Bah" the long blonde haired woman in black said as she passed by "We do this every year,

and it's always a tie"

"Well...uhh..maybe if you guys stopped being jealous and just voted honestly!" Cilan yelled out

from the glass wall of the room which looked over the stadium

"Oh please, even I have to admit our Victory road isn't the best" Lenora said from the tall table

"I'm...just...not sure" Jasmine said meekly from the table

"Well I am!" the red haired woman yelled out from the couch "Hoenn all the way!"

"Sinnoh!" The blue masked man yelled out

"Hey Mahu" The flower shirt wearing tan man began "Sit down cause you know it's Unova"

"Johto!" Another girl with pink hair yelled out joyfully

"Jasmine!" The four all yelled in unison "Which one?!"

"I..uhh..." Jasmine stuttered scared

"Why do we always make Jasmine the tie breaker?" Sam asked as he popped a piece of

popcorn into his mouth

"No clue" The dark skinned man with climbing gear replied as he took a sip from a brown

glass bottle "She's fair, but she practically p!sses herself when we make her tiebreaker"

"...I just...don't know" Jasmine said meekly looking down

"Aww" The short pink haired teenage girl began "Come on"

"Come on, leave her alone" The long blonde haired woman said interupting

"Leave it to grand master Cynthia to interupt" The blue masked man yelled out as he violently

struck the puck

"Quiet Crasher" Cynthia replied as she opened her ice cream packet

"You know Crasher can't shut up" The second pink haired girl said mockingly as she stuck

her tongue out at Crasher Wake

"He simply lacks the ability" The large balding mustached man added "He has no Focus"

"Whitney, Chuck, I'll take both of you on!" Crasher yelled back as he struck the puck back to

Chili with intense force

"We aren't going to start wrestling in here again, are we?" The scholarly woman asked with

an unimpressed look on her face

"...Shut up Roxanne" Chili said annoyed as he struck back the puck

"Don't tell her to shut up!" Mica yelled out as he set his soda down

"...yeah we're going to end up wrestling again" Cress said in an annoyed tone

"You say that like it's a bad thing!" the red haired woman sitting next to him spoke up "I look

forward to this every year!"

"Ugh, every year Flannery..." Cress began with a sigh

"Can we at least move some stuff out of the way?" the poncho wearing woman asked as she

looked at the room

"That would probably be best..." The short haired blonde replied

"Nope!" Sam yelled out as he lunged forth, tackling Mica into a lazy boy chair

"Bring it on!" The short pink haired girl yelled out as she ran forth and drop kicked Crasher

"Well sh!t" Whitney said as she looked over the room

"Can we ever not destroy this room?" Cynthia asked as Chuck ran forth and full body tackled

Chili

"Probably not" Drayden replied in his deep voice as he took a sip of his mug

"Never!" Flannery yelled out as she leapt forth dropkicking Cress, knocking the couch over

Entrance to the Unova League Stadium

"I wonder what the Frontier reps are up to right now" Raian said with curiosity as the three

moved forward another step

"Shh, I'm next" Iian said shushing Raian as he moved from side to side eagerly

"Yeah yeah" Raian said flapping his hand mockingly

"Alright, Badges, ID, Pokeballs" the man sitting at the table said quite suddenly as IIan walked

up

"What?" Iian asked confused

"Badges, ID, Pokeballs" The rep said without stuttering in the slightest

"Uhh...okay" Iian replied pulling forth a small item from his pocket

"Jeesh, they really don't waste any time" Raian said back to Josue as Iian handed forth the

container holding his badges

"Can't blame them" Josue replied as Iian handed forth his ID

"Alright, i'll register these pokemon while you take your picture" The rep said as he handed

Iian back his ID and Badges

"Uhh...yeah" Iian replied moving to the side where a small green wall stood

"1,2,3" A second rep said holding a camera

Iian quickly smirked as the camera flashed

"Alright, here are your pokemon, Next!" The rep said throwing Iian his belt

"Jeesh" Iian mumbled as he put his belt back on "...bloody Hobknocker"

Elsewhere

"Holy sh!t...you guys really wrecked this place already..." Cynthia said as she walked down a

rather prestine set of stairs which led to a scene of chaos.

In the wide room the leaders all sat at tables eating and drinking, completely ignoring the piles

of rubble and broken chairs around them. The leaders themselves were clearly battered and

bruised, yet they sat drinking and eating as though they had just arrived.

"Bah, this is nothing!" Crasher yelled as he turned, his mask torn and a flap hanging from his

face "Back in Sinnoh I would destroy whole buildings with my brawls! AHA!"

"Not with that Focus...or lack there of" Chuck said as he sipped from a large mug, sitting

once more in the corner cross legged

"Roga Dat" the flower shirt man said as he kicked his bare feet up high on the table

"You know, you guys really shouldn't do this" The short haired blonde said as she took a

picture of the destruction

"Meh, we fix it every year" Sam said as he held a cold soda can to his eye "So it isn't that bad"

"Yeah, we're just having a little fun" Mica replied as he took a large bite of a hot dog

"Hmph, Fun is not causing chaos" The scholarly Roxanne said as she stuck her nose up and

held her head high

"Pfft, that's all fun really is" Flannery replied as she stappled her torn shirt back together

"Maybe...just...next time we could...go a little easier..." Jasmine said meekly as she sat still,

her hair completely tossed and thrown about with small bits of plaster and wood in it

"Hey...Mica, your brother just signed up" Cress said as he laid on the broken couch, which

had its back ripped off

"EY!" Several of the leaders yelled out lifting their drinks up high

"HAha, Never doubted it!" Mica yelled out with a large smile

"Neither did I!" Chili yelled out before handing a small stack of bills to Jasmine "...lucky son of

a..."

"How long do you think the runt'll last?" Clay asked as he took an enormous gulp of his mug, a

white foam remaining around his mouth

"No clue" Mica replied simply as he turned to the televesion which showed Raian, Iian, and

Josue walking away from the sign up stand

"I say out at the first round!" Skyla yelled out from her tall table with Burgh and Elesa

"Nah, I say at least second" The green poncho wearer replied as she drank her sickly looking

glass of tea

"Come on neow, where's the money?!" Clay yelled out as he pulled forth a small bundle of

bills "20,000 poke the runt will make it to the third round!"

"Woah, that's surprisgnly positive of you" Sam said as he set down the soda from his eye

"Since when did you like Raian?" Kiera asked as she set down her cup of a strange purple

liquid

"Bah, don't mean nothing" Clay yelled in reply, the foam shaking from his mouth and

splashing around rather grotesquely

"I think he'll make it to the top eight no matter what" Elesa replied pulling forth a small yellow

purse "30,000 poke"

"Damn, that's some confidence" The dark skinned rock climber said with a look of surprise

"Pfft, I say Iian will make it to the top eight!" Skyla yelled in reply shuffling through her small

pocket "30,000"

"Iian? I beat him no sweat" Mica said "I don't know about top eight..."

"Doesn't matter, you gotta take risks!" Chili yelled out as he leapt forth "20,000 Rain boy will

lose first round, and 10,000 Ian will make it top eight!"

"I'll put 20,000 on both making top eight!" Flannery yelled out as she sat down on the broken

couch next to cress

"I say...uhh..I say that with their unique flavors, not only will Raian and Iian make it top eight,

but so shall Josh!" Cilan replied with a burst of energy as he threw forth a small stack of bills

"What say you Jasmine?" Cynthia asked as Drayden walked down the staircase seeing the

wreckage

"Umm...well..." Jasmine began in her meek tone "...I think Raian will make it to the second

round...Iian will make it to the third...and Josue won't get past the first round..."

"Bah, ridiculous!" Crasher yelled out

"Yeah, that's a tad too specific" Chuck replied as he continued to sit still in his corner "The

focus is wrong"

"...i'm...sorry" Jasmine replied looking down meekly

"Well, everyone get y'alls bets in!" Clay yelled out as he began to romp across the floor "We

ain't too far from the league starting, we'll see how it goes!"

At the stadium floor A Few Hours Later

The stadium was enormous and made of elegantly designed stone with banners flapping

around in the cold winter wind. The stands were starting to fill in with dozens upon dozens of

avid Poke fans who had been waiting eagerly for the league to start. The camera crews could be

seen filming as the start came closer and closer. In the stadiums center was an enormous

pokemon battlefield, much larger than any gyms had been. It had a wide open dirt floor, but

around its circular edge was a very thick metal padding which looked somewhat out of place.

Crammed into the enormous battlefield was a nice handful of trainers, each quite different from

the other. Some were eager, some were nervous, some were intimidating, some were rather

normal looking. It was a neat sight to see so many trainers, especially since the Unova league

had the misfortune of being in the dead of winter this particular year.

"Alright everybody, we are but moments away from closing Victory Road and beginning the

Unova League!" An announcer appearing on the enormous flat screen monitor yelled out,

grabbing everyones attention

As everyone looked at the enormous screen, Raian turned in the opposite direction looking at

a large tinted pressbox. He knew that the Frontier officials and Unova gym leaders were all in

there, which meant that his brother was in there. He wanted nothing more than to impress them

all and make it far, for he knew that he must get a top sixteen spot to be eligible for the Frontier.

"Hello to all our wonderful trainers present, all our fans in the stands and at their homes, and

to our Frontier representatives who will be watching this special Unova League!" The announcer

yelled out "As you can see, everything has been wonderfully repaired after that incident last year

with the castle. Everything is running smoothly once more!"

Iian looked around the packed stadium, it truly had been fixed quite well. It was amazing to

know that only a year prior it had been practically turned to rubble, just going to show the

amazing will of humans and pokemon.

"I have just been informed that we are officially closing sign ups...which can mean only one

thing...The Unova League is about to begin!" The announcer yelled out with great enthusiasm

which led to the crowd going insane

Josue found something odd about the announcer, he didn't look like a typical reporter or host,

he looked very strange. He had extremely long and wild brown orange hair, he was rather bulky,

wore a tattered poncho, and wore what appeared to be pokeballs around his neck.

"Now you've all had weeks leading up to this, so I will take only a moment of your time to

catch everyone up" The announcer continued with his extraordinary enthusiasm

"AlrightSoBasicallyEveryoneWillCompeteInThisSingleEliminationTournamentInOrderToGainEligi

balityForTheFrontierYouMustMakeTopSixteenOrImpressOurFrontierRepsWhoWillSoDecideAny

AcceptionsTopFourWillAllWinPrizesToLaterBeAnnouncedAndTheWinnerWillBeDeclaredTheWin

nerOfTheUnovaLeagueAndWillBeGivenAGreatPrizeAlongWithTheChanceToFaceUnovasVeryO

wn ELITE FOUR!"

Although Raian, Iian, and Josue looked with confusion trying to decipher the babble of words

the announcer spouted out, the crowd roared out happily.

"Alright, now that we're up to speed I would like for all to remove their caps as we present our

Unova Anthem!"

The Camera turned to a young very tan girl with an enormous mess of hair that wore an

extremely elegant dress.

"It's always hard, When the Journey be..." The girl began in a rather nice voice

"This place is weird..." Raian thought to himself as the anthem carried on

"Been through so much..." Josue thought as he watched on

"I got my damn hand bitten in two..." Iian thought as his face became serious

"Stabbed by a Pawniard..." Raian thought

"...trained so long..." Josues thoughts continued

"...fought so hard..." Iian thought as the song began to end

"...And now, it all culminates, right here right now validates all that i've done" Raian said quietly

as the crowd began clapping into an uproar

"Bring it on" Iian said under his breath quickly

"Let's do this" Josue said with a smirk

"So without further ado, I present to you...The Unova League Bracket!" The announcer yelled

out with pure excitement as he jumped into the large screens view

The screen turned pure black, everyone froze with anticipation as they waited for the bracket.

Suddenly in the middle of the screen a small pokeball color scheme appeared. The black

suddenly changed colors; from black to white to yellow to red and so on as a strange hum began

playing. It was surprisignly energizing to the trio as it began to play a low bass sound in a rythmic

thud.

Suddenly the screen changed into a large view of an enormous bracket tournament, at which

the crowd and all the trainers went crazy. The crowd was clapping and yelling out as all the

trainers tried to spot who they would be facing in the first round.

"Alright everybody, this will be a Six round tournament, single elimination..." The announcer

began as the camera zoomed in on the names, slowly going down the list of who would face

who "You all know the rules: single battles, no items except for what is given in your launcher,

and what your pokemon holds, Restraint 50, whoever is chosen to battle will be given a random

terrain, for the first round each trainer may only use three pokemon, You all know the usual."

"Wait...is that who I think it is?" Josue asked as the camera zoomed back out

"Holy..." Iian began as he looked at where Josue pointed

"The preperations have been made, so let's get a move on!" The announcer yelled out

"No way" Raian said looking at the bracket

"Round one match one! Hillary Versus Josue!" The announcer yelled out

"Oh my..." Hillary said as she stood in the front of the crowd "Of all the coincidences..."

"Now would all other trainers please report to the trainers waiting room or the observation

stands, Miss Hillary and Mister Josue please remain and prepare for battle!" The announcer

blurted out with his unusual level of excitement

"Good Luck Josue" Raian said as the large crowd of trainers began pushing past

"Yeah, good luck pipsqueak" Iian said with a somewhat worried look, although he wouldn't

admit it he actually feared Hillary as a true threat

"Not to worry" Josue replied with a smile "I'm ready"

Raian and Iian looked with a bit of amazement at his confidence, he had definitely grown

since they began the journey. The two smiled as they began walking back, they were ready for

quite a battle.

Elsewhere

"HohO boy!" Clay yelled out "This is going to be quite a battle neow!"

"Hope you're ready to lose your money!" Chili yelled out "Cause Joshy is going out first

round!"

"Ha, he'll give us a good show, but ain't no way he's going out now!" Clay yelled out with

enthusiasm as he sat down on one of the tall metal stools

"I actually am quite curious to see how Josue does, I haven't seen him battle much" Mica said

as he sat next to Kiera on what appeared to be a new small couch

"Well he has quite an opponent there" Sam spoke out from another seemingly new couch

"She is a ranger"

"That's true" Kiera said

"What do you think?" Drayden asked as he sat on a nice long bench in the upper level with

Cynthia, Serenity, and a man wearing a very long white cloak which had its hood up high on his

head, allowing long strands of green hair to slip out slightly

"I'm very curious how he'll do" Serenity said in her soothing voice as she patted Sly the

Sylveon

"He looks confident" The white cloaked man said in a distinct young mans voice "I like

confident"

"Yeah, but that is a ranger" Cynthia replied as she ripped open a small ice cream bar "She

more than likely has some tricks up her sleeves"

"Indeed" Drayden replied in his deep voice "This is sure to be a neat battle"

"A great one to start off with" Serenity replied with a smile as Josue and Hillary stood opposite

each other on the field in their specific trainer boxes

"Let's see what this League has in store for us" The cloaked man said with a smirk as the two

trainers put on the strange launcher devices

On the field

"You ready?" Hillary asked as she examined the launcher

"I've been ready" Josue replied with a smile

"Now for the field to be decided!" The announcer yelled out on the large screen

"Let's do this" Josue said as the screen turned to its pulsing pattern

"And the terrain is...Plain!" The announcer yelled out as a symbol appeared on the screen, it

was a circle with an odd design in it

Suddenly the thick metal surrounding of the field began closing over the field in a large metal

shutter. The crowd roared in excitement as the loud mechanisms could be heard changing the

field underneath

On the observation deck

"Come on Josue, you got this!" Raian yelled out as he and Iian stood alongside many other

trainers against the railing of the observation deck

"Bloody Hell, this stadium is amazing..." Iian said in amazement as the large metal shutter

opened revealing a new field covered in well trimmed grass with the typical line of chalk drawn

along its middle.

"Lu car" Lucario said as he watched, very curious to see the culmination of all the training and

traveling they had all gone through

In the Press Box

"Aha, Told you it'd be plain!" Clay yelled out as Josue and Hillary reached for their first

pokeball

"Damn it, it should be the fire terrain!" Flannery yelled out as she reached into her back

pocket for her money

"Bah!" Crasher yelled out "It's never what it should be!"

"Alright alright, everyone just pay, I'm trying to watch!" Chili yelled out

On the battlefield

"Here goes nothing" Josue said as he pulled forth his first pokeball

"Heh, you said it" Hillary replied as she adjusted her hat, pokeball in hand, the wind blowing

her vest and her skirt

"Come on out Beartic!" Josue yelled out throwing forth a pokeball

"Let's go Sudowoodo!" Hillary yelled out in reply, the Unova Pokemon League now underway.