Alright, we've got Mt. Pyre coming up soon, and there's sure to be some issues there. And I'm going to actually have the Mosdeep gym battle happen before the hideout in Lilycove is discovered and the battle at Mt. Pyre (I'm following Emerald) so all of Owen's Pokemon will be fully evolved by the battle with whatever team I choose. This chapter is just a filler for the tournament that's coming up, and it will reintroduce old characters.

Owen's team

Sceptile, level 42, Pound, Leaf Blade, Solarbeam, Quick Attack

Skarmory level 30, Steel Wing, Spikes, Toxic, Aerial Ace

Torkoal, level 30, Flamethrower, Fire Spin, Body Slam, Protect

Swampert, level 36, Hydro Pump, Water Gun, Mud Shot, Ice Punch

Swellow, level 32, Peck, Aerial Ace, Wing Attack, Quick Attack

Lairon, level 41, Iron Tail, Take Down, Metal Claw, Iron Defense

With Professor. Oak

Zangoose, level 44, Crush Claw, Quick Attack, Thunderbolt, Hyper Beam

Dragonair, level 41, Extremespeed, Dragonbreath, Twister, Dragon Rage

Absol, level 37, Bite, Razor Wind, Crunch, Quick Attack

Manectric, level 38, Spark, Quick Attack, Thunder Wave, Thunderbolt

Owen watched as Lilycove disappeared into the distance as he rode on Swampert, who was swimming faster than a torpedo. Andy, Lillian, and Alice flew on Flyskye, Redding, and Skarmory. Owen looked by as he saw water Pokemon passing by in a flash as Swampert zipped by them. A coast line appeared and Owen saw a large building on top of a slight hill to the eastern area of the island that came into view. He quickly reached the shore, withdrew Swampert, called out Sceptile, and he waited for the other three trainers to make their ways to the ground.

"Swampert looked like he could've swam faster than a motorboat," Alice announced loudly as the group headed up to the grass and where the city of Mosdeep was located. As they headed for the Pokemon center, they were stopped by crowds of trainers circling around the Pokemon center, starting from the gym! Owen and Sceptile looked at one another with fear trembling in their eyes as they watched each trainer carry out there fainted Pokemon.

"Oh no, not this again." Owen looked over to see Andy complaining about the line at the Pokemon center. The soon to be 12 year old looked confused as to why the teenager was so upset by the line, causing Lillian to speak up.

"What's the big deal?" Andy turned to face the others and he shook his head glumly.

"This is by far the hardest gym in Hoenn. The gym leaders names are Liz and Tate, and their psychic twins. I battled them when we were younger and they demolished me, just like Winona, but worse." Owen's jaw hit the ground when he heard that they were more powerful then Winona, who clobbered him once.

"Wait, did you say leaders?" Alice interrogated. Andy nodded, and Owen's jaw hit the ground.

"We didn't have any of those in Kanto, and there weren't any in Johto! Well what are the rules?" Andy tried remembering what the rules were when he battled the two twins, but he couldn't remember.

"I have no idea, but one thing's for sure. You need to train. A lot." Owen was taken back by the words he had just heard. If he needed to train Sceptile and Zangoose a lot more, then he would never be able to collect all eight badges in Hoenn.

"Well, I guess we could train a little bit more, right Sceptile?" Sceptile cheered shortly after, and the group entered the Pokemon center. "So what's the plan?" Owen asked as the group sat down at an open table in the mess hall.

"The Ever Grande Conference isn't coming up for a while so you don't have to challenge the gym right away," Lillian announced as she read a pamphlet about the league competition. Owen nodded and waited for more ideas.

"We could always take a week off between now and your eighth gym badge," Alice exclaimed as she leaned back in her chair.

"I always do that once I get my last gym badge, so that's out of the question. There's got to be something else that we can do." There was a brief moment of silence, but it was short lived when a pair of hands covered Owen's eyes.

"Guess who," the voice sang. Owen thought about it for a while, but then he had a light bulb go off in his head.

"It's Andy!" the young boy exclaimed. Everybody fell on the floor, (anime style) and Owen turned to see that it was Sapphire! She seemed a bit pissed off about being mistaken for a guy, but she managed to keep her composure.

"So how did your gym battle against Liz and Tate go?" she asked cautiously.

"I haven't challenged them yet, we just got here. But I did manage to beat Winona!" Owen showed the girl his badge case that was three quarters of the way full.

"Wow! That's great."

"It only took him two tries," Alice muttered in the back, causing Andy and Lillian to start laughing at his expense. Sceptile displayed inappropriate hand gestures towards the group as it defended his trainer, who began to walk outside.

"So why are you here in Lilycove?" Owen asked Sapphire. They were interrupted as a trainer ran outside of the gym and right between the two, holding an injured Pokemon.

"My mom is working for some tournament that's brining the most powerful amateur trainers over here. Fate Candice Flores, Cody Johnson, and Burt Oak are all going to be here!" she squealed. "Hey! Maybe you should join, you're a decent trainer, right?" Owen was about to face palm, but he decided to let the girl off the hook only because she liked him and she was attractive.

"Yeah, I'm pretty good. I came in eighth at the Indigo League and Sixteenth at the Silver Conference."

"You're lucky you got that far." Owen turned to see Fate and CJ standing a few feet behind him, both snickering. Owen laughed at the joke, and Sapphire was left confused.

"Owen, do you know Fate and Cody?"

"Yeah. Me, Fate, and CJ all traveled together through Kanto almost two years ago." The two others nodded, and Sapphire looked like she was going to explode.

"Oh my god! That means you're going to be famous! You're friends with one of Hoenn's strongest trainers, and one of the strongest trainers in the world!" Owen shook his head and turned to his old friends.

"So how's your journey going?" CJ questioned. Sceptile stepped beside his trainer, and then an towards Fate as he remembered the familiar girl who was with them in Petalburg.

"Good. So far I have six badges and I'm challenging the Mosdeep gym soon." Fate winced slightly as she heard that her friend would take on the Mosdeep gym.

"What's your highest leveled Pokemon?" Fate interrogated. Owen looked through his Pokedex and found his team's stats.

"Zangoose, level 44. He hasn't lost a battle yet." Fate shook her head as she head the disappointing number.

"You're going to need to train your Pokemon way more. You could always enter the tournament. It starts tomorrow, and there are a bunch of people we know. But you might want to use some old Pokemon too." Owen nodded and turned back to Sapphire.

"I could get my mom to put you in the tournament, I think we only have nine people right now."

"Sure, why not." Sapphire began to jump for joy and she hugged Owen. She ran away and waved to him and his two friends.

"I finally get to battle the old Kanto team!" Fate cheered as she pumped her fist into the air.

"And we might get our rematch," CJ added as he remembered when he defeated Owen in Celadon city. Owen grinned and so did Sceptile.

"You guys have no idea what you're in for."

OK, I will have a poll up for you to choose Owen's Pokemon for each round of the tournament. The first two rounds will be 3 vs 3, and will consist of only Kanto Pokemon, and the Johto Pokemon. The Kanto Pokemon will be put up first. I will really need votes for these next few chapters, so please make sure to vote. Till next time, peace out.