Hello again mgunnels3 here and let's just get this chapter going.

Chapter 32: Gathering all trainers the Battle Club Begins!

We join our heroes as they arrive in Nimbasa Town the site of the battle club where many trainers throughout unova and those who are visiting can take part in.

"Man I can't wait to take part in this and to see what kind of trainers are participating" Ash said as he was determined to win this since he heard about it through Trip which he knew that Trip will be participating. "Hey save that excitement for us too Ash we're taking part of this as well" Misty said as Brock nodded "You seem like you were waiting for this competition Ash" Brock said as Ash nodded "Remember my family travel through Unova a lot surprisingly we catch the end of the battles but never when it started this and another" "No way Ash you came back to Unova" as Ash was interrupted as a boy with a Dewott and a headband around his head ran up to him "Speaking of Unova Cameron long time no see I'm taken you started your journey finally huh?" Ash asked as this made Misty and Brock curious "A few years later than normal trainers but I finally got my parents to let me go on my journey" Cameron said all hyper he's definitely focused on seeing Ash again. "Knowing your past and family I can see why?" as Brock interjects "So you two know each or something Ash?" Ash rubbed the back of his head "Oh right these are my traveling friends Misty and Brock gym leaders of Kanto" Ash introduced "Nice to meet both of you I'm Cameron and this is my main starter Dewott" Cameron said 'Nice to meet all of you' as Ash noticed the voice was female but let it go for now "Cameron and I knew each other since we were kids we went to the same summer camp awhile back Cameron here is from Castellia city his family runs one of the big name buildings in the city however he has a lot of trouble understanding or remembering things cause they were always busy" Ash said as Cameron sighed "I thought by leaving that my past about that would as well say you already registered for the battle club" they shook their heads.

As Cameron lead to the line of Trainers who were filling out for the battle club "It's going to be bigger than before I already have registered" Cameron said "Really with your track record Cameron" Ash said with a little upset look "Yeah funny thing about that I arrived after beating Elisa and saw no one was there thinking that I missed it turns out that I was the first to be registered" Cameron said with a slight chuckle though the group can tell it was a forced one.

As the group were finally signed in as the group headed to the pokemon center which surprisingly wasn't as packed but still had a lot of trainer there "Man it just gets bigger and bigger how many people were entering this" Ash said as he heard a familiar voice "300 trainers actually a much more perfect recipe than expected" Misty reaction to hearing that line"Oh great mr. Connoisseurs of everything is here as well" as the group turns to their left and sees him "Yep me and Burgh are here as we just arrived and already got registered" as the group had the sweat drop on their faces "well it's good to see you again and hopefully to battle you two again" Ash said "Theirs one more gym leader who should be arriving some point and you haven't battle the gym yet not to much later that is" Cillian said as he was interrupted by another group of voices two trainers a muscular male and a girl with a hat "You guys are here as well huh" Ash said with a happy tone as well "Come on Ash Nimbasa city is my home town or have you forgotten" he said "I haven't forgotten that Stephan it's Georgia here that I'm surprised given that your from Johto" Ash said "You haven't changed the last time we met either Ash" Georgia said "More friends of yours Ash" Misty said "Yeah Stephan here minus how many times people get his name wrong or write he's one of my friends in the camp that I always had competitions when it comes to food or something else" "Georgia here is a huge fan of ice types given she's from Mahogany town" as Georgia interrupts " the known dragon buster and Granddaughter of the gym leader of the Mahogany town gym and next in line to be it's gym leader whenever he retires I'm here to get better and stronger as an ice type user" as it was Stephan's turn to interrupt "Says the girl who has a steel type on her team" as she hits him on the head "That's not the point" as she said.

As the group sighed as she noticed someone else heading their way "Seems like the reunions aren't done" as she pointed out a young male trainer with a vest one and a Umbreon was right next to him "Hey Virgil your here as well" Georgia called out to him "Huh hey I didn't expect you all here to and is that Ash man its been years" he walked over with Umbreon following him "Wow your eevee evolved the last time I saw him" Ash said while petting Umbreon's head which it happily welcomed "Yeah he's the same one and I already have a eeveelution team still missing one but he's still my main Pokémon" Virgil said and then asked "I see that you have a few friends here as well" Ash chuckled "Oh right these are my friends who traveled with me through the beginning of my journey and gym leaders back in Kanto, Brock and Misty" Ash introduced "hi hello nice to meet you all" both of them said after finally getting introduced "Virgil is from Udella Town originally though his family is everywhere here in Unova if I remember correctly" Virgil nodded "Yep you remember that correctly my family is a family runned Pokémon rescuers I'm still going on my gym battles but I won't hesitate to help those Pokémon in need" "Isn't that similar to what Pokémon ranger's do" Misty asked "I can understand why you say that but we don't have those capture devices and while we do occasionally work with them we're more for things that they can't handle especially with the amounts of missing Pokémon and attacks" as that caught everyone except Ash Misty and Brock who were already aware of what he meant "But I don't think we should worry about that right now" Brock said as the group nodded.

As the group left someone spoke out to Cillian "What a bunch of kids that group is huh Cillian?" as a long black haired girl appearing right behind Cillian "On the contrary they're friends who are competing in the competition Iris" Cillian said enthusiastically "You haven't changed Cillian always being weird and tries to make things work" Iris said "And your always judgmental I understand you battle many trainers when your grandfather isn't working but you might be impressed with them especially with the Ash he's the one who has the Pikachu who kept introducing his friends constantly" Cillian said as Iris moans "You know that I don't like making friends with challengers even if it's a battle competition grandpa asked me take part in this so cut me some slack" Iris said "Speaking of I'm surprised that you were here late that's not like you" Cillian said as Iris said "I really don't want to talk about it I just made it as the last trainer" Iris sighed irritated by the fact that he asked "You know that means you are in the first battle right cause of that" Cillian pointed out "YOU DON'T THINK THAT I DON'T KNOW THAT I DIDN'T KNOW THAT MY TRAIN HERE WAS GOING TO BE LATE" Iris shouts at as she walks off to her room "She hasn't changed this'll be an interesting tournament" Cillian said with a sweat drop as he left for his room.

As the next day come

As a massive crowd of trainers was in the stadium amongst the crowd was Trip, Ash and both of his friends and traveling companions Misty and Brock, Cillian, Burgh and Iris as Don George goes makes his speech "Welcome many trainers and folks to the annual battle club this year was bigger than what's expected over 300 trainers have participated in this since there's so many I've changed a rule on how many Pokémon will be used" which made the crowd surprised and curious "The usual 1v1 battles will still be the norm but until the top 100 then it's 2v2 and once we arrive at the top 32 till the end of this will be 3v3" As the crowd goes crazy as the group of trainers was surprised by this "Knowing that some trainers are from outside of Unova I'll allow pokemon outside of Unova it's only fair now with that said let's get this started."

As the screen board at the top of the stadium was showing the first wave of battles of who will be facing who Iris was first of course against a boy as Ash was also amongst the first set of trainers as the 3rd battle against a trainer named Tim as the rest didn't show the group of his friends yet though Ash was stoked luckily he won't be facing them all in a bracket yet. As Iris sighed "I figured that I would be up first and why does this kid have to be in the same group" she said as she noticed that as stoked as he was he had a calm demeanor to him as she can sense that he has a dragon or 2 on him which surprised her. "Now everyone can go to their sides of the stadium and those who aren't participating in today's match can stay or head back and watch the battles in their rooms" given that the crowd of trainers was massive some did aside from Ash and the gang who decided to stay.

"Now for the first battle from Opelucid City a young female trainer who said to understand dragon Pokémon as a gift Iris" as the crowd cheered as Cillian sighed "I guess she rather not be called what she really is huh *sighs* Same old Iris wanna not draw too much attention to herself regardless of what her position is" as the announcer spoke about the other trainer "Now for a trainer whose from here in Nimbasa town a up and coming new trainer Zack" as the crowd cheered louder than before which didn't bother Iris as she got her pokeball ready for battle as did Zack "Now trainers let out your Pokémon" the 2 nodded "beartic your up" Zack said as a massive ice like bear comes out of its ball as Ash scanned it as he's never seen it before "An ice type figured Flygon your up" as she sent out the said ground dragon type. "The first battle between Iris and Zack with the Beartic and Flygon let the battle begin"

With the competition underway things are about to heat up Ash's competition is looking good as the battles and the battle club continues.

Stay tuned

And I will cut it here as I felt like the battles should not be put in the first chapter of these types of arcs. Yes I made many of Ash's rivals old friends who gets the Serena treatment of introduction but it makes things interesting and yes I did include everyone's hated rival from Best wishes and I know that I am going to get a lot of flack for saying this but if he was introduced earlier and wasn't a running gag he could have been a better character does that excuse the league on his end No. Also I want to address the chapters are out of order like I said it has to do with chapter 28 but its still regular chapters so just see it as the chapter before it please. I have big plans for this arc folks exposition dumps relevant to the characters and all that. Iris's battle continues along with Ash's first battle in the next chapter see you guys then