"This is amazing." Chloe said. "Are all of them like this?" Goh asked. "Reminds me of Manalo Stadium." Gladion said. "It reminds me of the Cerulean city gym." Lillie said. "You're right, I can see that too." Chloe commented. The group had taken some time to look at the stadium that would be used for this years Wallace Cup. It was going to be held in Vermillion city in just a few days.

Suddenly all the lights went out. "Come on guys. I told you, you have to be careful around the stage! Performers are going to be using this place." A familiar girls voice called from the darkness. "Hold on, no one move. We'll get the power back shortly." A mans voice called out. "Misty? Is that you!" Ash called into the darkness. "Ash! What are you doing here." Misty called back. "We came to see the arena." Ash yelled. "We? Who's we?" Misty called again. Where was she, every time she talked, she seemed to be from another spot. "Well, there's me and Pikachu, obviously. Also Goh and Chloe again. Oh and do you remember Lillie from Alola, she's here with her brother Gladion!" Ash said listing off the group. "That's cool, so a whole big gang." Misty said. She seemed close. As the lights turned on, Misty was suddenly right in front of Ash. "Ahh!" Ash shouted falling back into a seat.

"So why were you at the arena Misty?" Lillie asked. "Wallace asked for my help. Since I'm Kanto's resident Water expert, along with the shows my gym used to put on, he wanted me to oversee the stage being set up safely for the performers." Misty said taking a sip of water. "Oh Chloe! I forgot to give you this last time." Misty said pulling out a Cascade badge. "You did win an official gym battle against me, so this is yours." Misty said handing it over. "So do you guys plan on competing?" Misty asked the group. "I'm always up for a good challenge, you know I'm in." Ash said pumped. "It could be fun." Goh said. "I'm not sure how good I'll be, but if everyone else is, I don't see why not." Chloe said a bit unsure. "As long as we're here." Lillie said with a smile. "Nope. Not gonna happen." Gladion said leaning back.

"Why not? Afraid you'll lose!" Misty taunted. "Umm Misty." Ash tried interrupting. "I'm not afraid of loosing, but I don't do water types, to unreliable, and I don't do dress up." Gladion said angrily. "Come on guys." Ash said trying to calm them down. "You are talking to one of four water type gym leaders in Kanto, I suggest you take it back!" Misty shouted. "Exactly, FOUR! You need four people to do the job of one person. And like I said, I. DONT. DRESS. UP." Gladion said slamming his hands on the table. "I had to be a mermaid for hundreds of people FOR YEARS! And you're afraid to wear nice clothes in front of them for a couple days!" Misty shouted angrily. "Guy seriously." Ash said worried. "You talk a big game, but you're talking to the runner up of Alola's first Pokémon league." Gladion shouted. "Who'd you lose to! Him?" Misty said jabbing a finger into Ash's chest. "Hey, why am I getting attacked?" Ash asked. "Yeah, and I'd show a bit more respect to a champion." Gladion said. "Champion! We've fought three official times! He won once!" Misty laughed. "That's it! I challenge you to a battle!" Gladion said thoroughly enraged at this point. "Bring it blondie!" Misty shouted equally mad.

"Well Gladion, since you won the coin toss, you choose who goes first. You or Misty." Ash said regretting introducing the two. "I'll go first." Gladion said with a scary smile, walking to the side of the arena. "Alright, I want a good clean fight. This will be a four on four match with no substitutions at any time. The match will be over when one side has no Pokémon able to battle.l. Ash said officiating the match. "Lycanroc come forth!" Gladion said throwing out an Ultra Ball. "A rock type huh? Not great against water, but I'll keep it fair with one of my own. Come on out Corsola!" Misty said tossing her Lure Ball out. "Ladies first." Gladion said, almost too politely. "You'll regret that. Corsola use Spike Cannon!" Misty called out.

"So who are you two rooting for?" Goh asked sitting next to Chloe and Lillie. "Gladion." They said in unison. "Well clearly I'm outnumbered." Goh said, wanting Misty to win. She was a gym leader after all.

"Lycanroc block the attack with Stone Edge!"

Large stones jutted out of the ground, blocking Corsola's attack.

"Now get on the offensive with Outrage!"

"Corsola hit him with a Bubblebeam!"

Lycanroc dove right through the Bubblebeam taking the attack head on and striking Corsola hard.

"Corsola use Recover!"

Corsola tried its best, but Lycanroc's attack kept going.

"Now use Brine!"

Water shot up around Lycanroc and Corsola. When it fell Corsola was down, but Lycanroc was worse for the wear.

"Corsola is unable to battle, the winner is Lycanroc." Ash called out.

"You did great Corsola. Now it's your turn. Come on out Politoed!" Misty said calling out her second Pokémon.

"Now while it's confused use Hydro Pump!"

"Lycanroc get out of there!"

Lycanroc was in a daze from it'a last attack, and wasn't able to move away in time, as it took the blast directly into its chest. When the dust cleared, Lycanroc was clearly unable to move.

"Lycanroc is unable to battle the winner is Politoed." Ash said.

"You're luck is about to run out." Gladion said sending out his next Pokémon.

"Silvally already! What is Gladion up to?" Lillie asked in astonishment. "You know when I had this arena installed during the renovations, I thought you know it might get used just enough to justify it, while Ash was here. I way overshot how much it's actually been used." Professor Cerise said sitting down.

"Silvally use Night Slash!"

"Politoed use Bounce!"

Silvally just barely missed as Politoed flew into the air.

"Wait for when it's about to land, and use Night Slash again!"

With perfect timing, Politoed was knocked away before it could hit Silvally.

"Politoed use Ice Beam!"

"Silvally dodge it!"

Unfortunatley, Misty was aiming for the ground, so when Silvally landed, it lost its footing.

"Now use Focus Punch!"

"Silvally get up and use Slash!"

The Pokémon struck at the same time, as Zoroark's disguise faded around it.

"Hey Ash! You said no substitutions!" Misty complained. "He didn't change his Pokémon, that was simply an illusion by Zoroark." Ash said indifferently.

"No matter Politoed use Hydro Pump again!"

"Zoroark dodge and use Dark Pulse!"

Zoroarks attack flew right through the Hydro pump, hitting Politoed directly.

"Politoed!" Misty shouted.

"Now finish it with Shadow Claw!"

"Politoed is unable to battle, the winner is Zoroark!"

"That's it! It's one thing to have a tough battle, but attacking a Pokémon when it's already down is just wrong!" Misty shouted. "Come on out!" Misty said prepping a pokeball, when another Pokémon came out. "Psy duck?" Psyduck said confused as to what was going on.

"This is too easy. Zoroark use Shadow Claw!"

Psyduck was quickly thrown against a wall, hitting its head HARD.

"I wouldn't have done that if I were you. Psyduck's psychic power is a lot stronger when it gets a headache." Misty taunted.

"Zoroark is a dark type, psychic type attacks won't work." Gladion said smugly.

"I know that, you know that, even Ash knows that." "Hey!" Ash shouted from the sidelines. "But honestly I don't think Psyduck cares." Misty said smugly.

Gladion could only watch in shock as Zoroark was lifted into the air, and tossed around like a toy. After the fourth slam, Zoroark stopped moving.

"Zoroark is unable to battle, the winner is Psyduck." Ash said, feeling a bit bad. A few of his Pokémon had been on the receiving end of Psyduck's true power, it was harsh. If Misty ever fully commanded it, Psyduck would easily be her best Pokémon.

"Umbreon, I choose you!" Gladion said, sending out a second dark type. "I already told you, that won't work." Misty said. "Maybe not, but who can keep it going longer? Umbreon use Psychic on Psyduck!" The two Pokémon began floating uncontrollably in the air, neither letting up on the other. That was until Psyduck's eyes stopped glowing. "Haha! I win!" Gladion shouted before realizing Umbreon needed to lose the endurance. It hit the ground hard. When the smoke cleared it had been knocked out just from the fall.

"Oh no!" Misty gasped, realizing what this meant as the same fate befell Psyduck.

"Neither Psyduck or Umbreon are able to battle. The match will be decided with the final two pokemon." Ash said calmly. He just wanted them to get this sorted out quickly.

"Alright Silvally, it's time!"

"Gyarados you're up!"

Both trainers sending out their star Pokémon.

"Silvally let's end this quick!" Gladion said throwing a memory at his Pokemon. "Vally!" Silvally shouted catching it. Everyone watched as Silvally gained yellow accents.

"Now Silvally use MultiAttack!"

"Gyarados use Hurricane!"

Despite the strong winds, Silvally pulled through delivering a decisive blow to Gyarados.

"If that's how you want to play then fine." Misty said activating her mega stone. "Gyarados it's time to mega evolve!" A burst of light around Gyarados left it changed and more powerful.

"Silvally use MultiAttack again!"

"Gyarados use Dragon Tail!"

Silvally was swatted away easily from the much larger Pokémon.

"Silvally use Aerial Ace!"

"Gyarados use Rain Dance!"

Silvally charged forward, as the battlefield became soaked.

"Oh come on!" Ash said getting poured on.

"Now Gyarados use Hurricane!"

Ash knew the combo well, Misty had used it against him previously, but how was Gladion going to deal with it.

"Silvally wait for the right moment and use Multi-Attack at the moves weak point!" Gladion called out. For a minute nothing happened, when suddenly the storm simply broke, and Silvally charged right through the opening.

"Now let's finish this, use Crush Claw!" Gladion commanded. As soon as it had begun, it was over Gladion had defeated Misty.

"You proved me wrong." Gladion said, as they were waiting for their Pokémon at the center. "How, you still won?" Misty asked surprised, thinking his opinion of water types would have worsened. "I'm a tough trainer, not many can beat me. But you showed me water types aren't all flimsy." Gladion said calmly. "Don't get me wrong, they're still not what I'd use in a battle, but I'll admit when I'm wrong." Gladion said with a smirk. "I'm guessing your opinion on the outfits hasn't changed though." Misty said with a slight smile. "Nope, that's my choice, and you can't change it." Gladion said before walking off.