"speaking"

"Thinking"

On with the story

The ferry arrived on the island as its passengers got off and head to the registration hall

"we're here again" Jun said as he carried his bag "the Sinnoh League"

"yes" Kohei said as he adjusted his glasses "this time for sure"

"let us head to the registration Center" Naoshi said as everyone nodded


Many trainers were assembled in the center as everyone had their partner Pokemon out

But everyone's attention was to Ken's group or more solely to Ken as the man was the hot topic in Sinnoh

"looks like everyone's eyes are to you" Kohei said seeing the many stares of other trainers

"yikes, you can feel the tension rising here" Jun said watching everyone

"haaaa.. I knew that this was bound to happen" Ken said with a tired sigh

"it is our turn" Naoshi said as they were next in line to register

They all registered for the match as their identity and Pokemons were registered in the system


Finished registering, Ken bid goodbye to Jun and the others as they all planned to train their Pokemon before the tournament began

Ken was alone at an open field as he had Golurk and the others out

"ok guys, this is it, the Sinnoh League Tournament" Ken said as everyone nodded "let's start a quick training. So that we're all in tip top shape"

Everyone nodded as they partnered up and started training


Night came as all trainers were in the tournament arena

The crowds filled the tournament seats as Ken looks upon the sacred flames being torched as it began the Tournament

"it begun" Ken said as he pulled on his gloves and clenched his fists

He then looks at Naoshi, Jun, and Kohei as they were all now rivals in the Tournament

"now! Let us begin the matchups for tomorrow's first round!" the MC announced as the giant screen shined and many cards appeared

The cards shuffled as each card paired up with another before they all revealed the Trainer who are up against another

Ken looks at the screen as he sees that Jun, Kohei, and Naoshi are up against other Trainers and so was he

"if I win my match, I'm going against Kohei, huh?" Ken said as he looks to Kohei who nodded with a smile

Ken nodded back with his own smile "I can't wait!"


After the announcement, Ken went to an open field behind the Tournament hall as he had Drapion, Garchomp, and Darkrai out

"i'm counting on you three" Ken said "let's win this"

Drapion, Garchomp, and Darkrai nodded as the three were ready


The next day came fast as the tournament goes on

Kohei, Naoshi, and Jun won their match fast as they finished up to six rounds

The seventh round was Ken's match and the Trainer was winning by a breeze

"Darkrai! Dark Pulse!" Ken shouted as Dakrai charged up a sphere of dark energy rings before firing it at the opponent's Torterra and knocked it out

"Torterra is unable to battle! Darkrai wins!" the referee announced as the crowds cheered for Ken and so did his fans "the winner is Ken of Lavender Town!"

"it's has been decided! The winner is Ken of Lavender Town!" the MC announced as it was a great battle "moving on to the next round is Ken! The man is by far a legend now!"

"good job, Darkrai" Ken told the Pitch Black Pokemon, as Darkrai nodded in reply


"his Darkrai sure is strong" Jun said as he, Kohei, and Naoshi watched Ken's match "man, it reminds me of last year's champion, Tobias' Darkrai"

"yes" Naoshi agreed "Kohei-kun, you're up against Ken in the next round, right?"

"that's correct" Kohei said as he adjusted his glasses and looks to Ken who was walking away from the arena "let's battle with the best, Ken"


Ken walked in the exit hallway as he was going to the crowd's seat to watch the next match

"yo!" someone called out as Ken looks ahead and sees Oba with someone wearing a green sport shirt and grayish jeans

"Oba" Ken greeted him before looking to the person beside Oba

"let me introduce you" Oba said "his name is Ryou, he's an Elite Four member just like me"

"pleasure to meet you, Ken" Ryou said as he shakes hand with Ken

"pleasure to meet you too" Ken replied

"nice meeting the one trainer who battled Shirona to her fullest" Ryou said

"I don't know about that, I'm just lucky that's all" Ken said while rubbing the back of his head

"stop being so modest, will ya?" Oba said as he slapped Ken's back

"what brings you here, Oba?" Ken asked the Elite four member

"watching the tournament what else?" Oba replied

"and learn the challenger of the Champion League as well" Ryou added in with a smirk

Ken chuckled before the three heads off


Ken, Oba, and Ryo went to a VIP lounge as they watch the other matches

"wow, that Trainer's Infernape sure is heated up!" Oba commented seeing one Trainer's Infernape defeating another Trainer's Hitmonlee in the match

"every battle you say is heated up" Ryou said as Ken nodded in agreement

"don't you guys agree?" Oba asked with a grin

"right right" Ken said before seeing the match ended with the Trainer's Infernape being the winner

"it won" Ryou said as Ken nodded for the Trainer might be a possible opponent in the third round

"oya oya, what do we have here?" someone spoke out as an old woman in her mid 70's came in with Goyo beside her "meeting with a possible Champion League Challenger, I see"

"oh! Kikuno-san! Goyo! You guys made it" Oba greeted them "take a seat, take a seat"

The two sat down as Ken bowed to them in respect

"I've not properly introduced myself yet, I see" Kikuno said with a smile "my name is Kikuno, nice to meet you"

"Ken from Lavender Town" Ken replied as he shakes hand with her

"looks like the whole gang is here" Oba said as all member of the Elite Four were gathered in one room "you'd better win the Sinnoh League, Ken."

Ken looks to them as he can see that they were all giants with power and skills with them

"we're pumped to battle against you in the Champion League, and we will be very disappointed if you lose" Oba told Ken who nodded

"you can count on it" Ken said in reply


After the first round had ended, the crowds and the participant headed out of the Tournament and walked back to their hotel to rest for tomorrow

Ken was at an open battle field as he had Golurk, Drapion, and Aggron out

"the next match is us against Kohei, let's do this" Ken said as Golurk and the others nodded

Ken then takes out three other Pokeballs as he called out Rhyperior, Alakazam, and Blastoise

"let's start training you guys" Ken said as Golurk partnered up with Rhyperior, Aggron with Alakazam, and Drapion with Blastoise

Ken watched them all trained before he got called out from behind

He turns around and sees Shirona coming into view

"Shirona" Ken greeted her

"I saw the first match" Shirona said "a Darkrai, huh? You surprised me yet again, Ken"

"hahaha, I guess I did" Ken said with a short laugh

The two then sat down by a bench while watching Golurk and the others train hard

"I've heard from Oba that you met all member of the Elite Four" Shirona said "how did it feel when you met them?"

"I was excited" Ken replied "battling in the Tournament and then meeting the other member of the Elite Four, I couldn't ask for more"

"I see" Shirona said before she looks in surprise when their hands suddenly touched on the bench

"ah sorry!" Ken said pulling back his hand

"i-it's fine" Shirona replied as they looked away for a moment

"so, um….yeah, I guess I'll be heading back first" Ken said standing up from his seat "got to rest up for tomorrow's match!"

"a-alright" Shirona replied as Ken called back everyone

"so, uh…see you tomorrow" Ken said in awkward tone

"y-yes" Shirona replied as she stands up and waved him goodbye

Ken waved her goodbye before scratching the back of his head in annoyance

"aah! Why am I so bad in this type of things!?" Ken said as he couldn't speak when Shirona is with him at all


The next day came as it was the second round

Ken and Kohei were at the battlefield as it were their turn of the tournament match

"let's fight with our best, Kohei" Ken said as Kohei nodded

"for the third round of today's match is Ken against last year's best 16, Kohei! What kind of battle are we going to see today!?" the MC exclaimed

"Trainers and Pokemon ready?!" the referee announced

"come on out! Dusknoir!" "Golurk! Go!"

Ken and Kohei called out their Pokemons to the field as Golurk and Dusknoir appeared

"the first round is Dusknoir and Golurk! Both are Ghost types Pokemon!" the MC announced out

"let the battle begin!" the referee announced

"Dusknoir! Shadow Punch!" Kohei shouted as Dusknoir fired its Shadow Punch

"Golurk! Counter it with your Shadow Punch!" Ken shouted as Golurk punched it's fist out and fired its Shadow Punch

The two Shadow Punches strikes against each other but Golurk's Shadow Punch overpowered Dusknoir's

"what power!" Kohei exclaimed as Dusknoir dodged Golurk's Shadow Punch

"Will-o-wisp!" Kohei announced as Dusknoir fired a sphere of blue fire at Golurk

"deflect it! And then Darkest Lariat!" Ken shouted as Golurk swatted away the Will-o-Wisp before both of its fists were encased in dark energy

Golurk rockets towards Dusknoir as the Automaton Pokemon sends its attack at Dusknoir

Dusknoir let out a cry of pain as it was sent flying from the Darkest Lariat

"Dusknoir! Shadow Ball!" Kohei shouted as Dusknoir recovered its flight before firing a ball of dark energy at Golurk

"deflect it with Dynamic Punch!" Ken punched out his fist as Golurk sends its right fist at the incoming Shadow Ball and sends it flying back at Dusknoir

The deflected Shadow Ball hits Dusknoir as the Ghost Pokemon crashed down to the field, knocked out

"Dusknoir!" Kohei exclaimed in surprise to see his Pokemon defeated

"Dusknoir is unable to battle! Golurk wins!" the referee announced

"and Golurk wins the first round by a landslide! Deflecting the Shadow Ball with Dynamic Punch made the deflected attack more powerful than before!" the MC announced

"return, Dusknoir" Kohei called back his Pokemon before taking out another Pokeball "come on out, Shuckle!"

Kohei's next Pokemon came out as it was the Shell Pokemon, Shuckle

"Kohei's next Pokemon is Shuckle! Will Ken switch his Pokemon!?" the MC announced

Golurk pumped both of its fists as Ken nodded

"let's go full on, Golurk" Ken said as Golurk nodded in reply

"Shuckle! Withdraw!" Kohei ordered out as Shuckle went back to its shell

"Withdraw, huh?" Ken said "raising up its defense so that Golurk's attack won't work on it"

"Golurk! Grab Shuckle and spin around with Darkest Lariat" Ken said as Golurk grabs Shuckle before spinning around

"what the!? This isn't in my calculation!" Kohei announced bewildered before seeing Golurk throwing Shuckle to the air

"after spinning with Darkest Lariat! Shuckle was thrown high up into the air!" the MC announced

Shuckle was flying in the air before it started to fall down because of Gravity

"now! Bring it down with Dynamic Punch!" Ken shouted as Golurk pulled back its right fist before waiting on Shuckle to come back down

"this is bad!" Kohei exclaimed "Shuckle! Use Sludge Bomb to change your trajectory!"

Shuckle came out of its shell as it fired multiple sludge bombs and pushed itself away from Golurk

"Trick Room!" Ken announced as it surprised Kohei

"what!?" Kohei looks to see that the field was encased in the Trick Room as Golurk came flying towards Shuckle at high speed

"Dynamic Punch!" Ken punched out his fist as Golurk sends its Dynamic Punch at Shuckle mid air

Shuckle was sent flying to the wall as the Shell Pokemon was stuck on the wall before coming out of its shell, knocked out

"Shuckle is unable to battle! Golurk wins again!" the referee announced as the crowds cheered for Ken for his second win


Jun and Naoshi watched the battle as they were surprised in seeing Golurk's power and ability

"using Trick Room to enhance Golurk's speed and send a Dynamic Punch to finish it off" Naoshi said "what a powerful combination move, indeed"

"man, if Ken and Golurk went all out, I swear that I won't last even a minute against them" Jun said in amazement "but I won't go down without a fight!"


Shirona watched the match as she smiled for Ken's and Golurk's win

"hohoho, that young man sure hasn't lost his touch" President Tamaranze said with a smile

"yes" Shirona said in agreement

"yo, Shirona" Oba and the other Elite Four came in as they greeted Shirona and President Tamaranze

"Oba, everyone." Shirona greeted them "watching the match, I see"

"sure am" Oba said as everyone took a seat beside Shirona and each other

"it would seem that Ken is winning the match by full" Goyo said as he watched how Golurk had defeated two of Kohei's Pokemon with ease

"for that Golurk to be this strong" Ryou said "we're going to have one heck of a battle once he enters the Champion League"

"we sure will" Oba added in

"I can see how your Garchomp had a fierce battle with Ken's Golurk" Kikuno said as Shirona nodded


Kohei called back Shuckle as he was now down to his last Pokemon

"it's now or never! Slowking!" Kohei called out his last Pokemon as it was Slowking

"Slowking, huh?" Ken said as he knew that Psychic Pokemon tends to give him and Golurk some trouble "Golurk, time to switch"

Golurk nodded before getting called back

"Looks like Ken is switching his Pokemon! Who is he going to call out next!?" the MC announced

"Aggron! Let's go!" Ken called out the Iron Armored Pokemon as Aggron appeared on the field and let out a roar

"Aggron came out as his next Pokemon! Will Ken win this match in an instant!?" the MC announced again

"Slowking! Psychic!" Kohei ordered Slowking as the Pokemon's eyes glowed blue

"Sandstorm!" Ken shouted as Aggron stomped its foot and created a sandstorm upon the field

"what!?" Kohei looks in surprise as Aggron disappeared in the sandstorm


"Aggron disappeared!?" Jun exclaimed

"this must be Ken's counter against Psychic type Pokemons" Naoshi said "using Sandstorm to cover itself and making Slowking unable to see it. A clever tactic"


"Slowking! Be on guard!" Kohei announced

"Double Team! And then Flash Cannon!" Ken shouted as the sandstorm disappeared and Slowking was surrounded by dozens of Aggron

"impossible!" Kohei exclaimed as all of the Aggron fired Flash Cannon and created a big explosion upon Slowking

The dust slowly dissipated and revealed Slowking knocked out

"Slowking" Kohei looks to his Pokemon as he loss his battle

"Slowking is unable to battle! Aggron is the winner!" the referee announced "the winner of this round goes to Ken of Lavender Town!"

"amazing! In matter of minutes! I repeat! In matter of minutes, Ken have won the match with ease!" the MC announced as the crowds went wild in cheers for Ken


"looks like you're going to have a very tough battle ahead, Goyo" Oba said as Goyo nodded

"making a counter against disadvantage types, this young man sure is something" Kikuno noted as Shirona nodded in agreement

"you did it, Ken" Shirona said as Ken waved his hands around for the crowds


Ken was shaking hands with Kohei as it was as a sign of respect and gratitude for the match

"thanks for the great match, Kohei" Ken said as Kohei nodded

"yes, I can see now how Shirona-san had a very tough battle against you" Kohei said as he adjusted his glasses "good luck on winning this, Ken"

"you got it" Ken said as he gave Kohei a thumbs up


That's a wrap!

Bye bye