After his battle with Misty, Akira decided to take some time out of the Arena to ensure that his Pokémon were healed for his next battle within the Arena. Though before he left the Arena he made sure to have Victor follow him out. Now that both Akira and Victor had left the Arena, they were on their way towards the Command Center to have his Pokémon cared for though he was also hoping that he would be able to find somewhere where he could get some items for Victor.

The walk from the Arena to the Command Center was one that didn't take very long and pretty soon both boys were standing in front of one of the counters that made up the Command Center.

As the minutes ticked by, Akira started to worry that he would miss the next section of the tournament though thankfully the woman who took his Pokémon came back before Akira had to really start to worry about missing the tournament. When Akira received his Pokémon once again, he knew that he had wasted to much time to go shopping for Victor and decided that it would have to wait until after he either won or lost the tournament.

Once again having his Pokémon within his grasp, Akira made his way out of the Command Center with Victor following on his heels. Once outside of the walls of the Command Center walls, Akira and Victor made their way back to the Arena.

Akira and Victor made it back to the Arena just as the last of the matches for the first part of the tournament ended. Since they weren't here to watch who had won the last three matches, Akira and Victor had to wait for the announcer to inform them on who all had won the preliminary rounds of the tournament.

Thankfully Akira didn't have to wait very long for this announcement to happen since once again the voice of the announcer echoed around them. "Thank you to everyone who participated in the tournament and congratulations to the winners of each battle. These winners are Lara Laramie, Ash Ketchum, Ralph Morgan, Akira Cade, Brock Stone, Tracey Sketchit and lastly Joe Tech."

Akira was pleased to learn that some of his friends had won their matches, especially Ash since he knew how much he wanted to have Professor Oak leave the compound having a good memory of him. Though a moment after this thought ran through Akira's head, the announcer's voice echoed around once more. "Since there is an uneven amount of winners, one of you will sit out until the next round. We have randomly chosen one of you to sit this round out and this individual will be Akira Cade. Now we will begin the next part of the tournament with Ralph Morgan and Brock Stone."

Hearing that he wasn't going to participate in this round of the tournament was a pleasant surprise though he did feel that he was given a free pass into the next round of the tournament which was not something that he wanted. Though since it was a random selection, he and everyone else within the tournament would have to just get over it.

Though before Akira let his mind slip away from the battle that was about to happen, he turned his attention to the Arena which was currently holding both Brock as well as Ralph within it.

The battle between Brock and Ralph was one that astounded Akira. This was because it was over entirely way too soon with Brock only having to use one of his Pokémon which was one that Akira had never seen before, though at the moment Akira had no time to really think on the outcome of Brock's match since the second match had already started.

Both Tamer's that fought within the second match were ones that Akira had never seen before though thanks to the announcer Akira was able to learn that their names were Tracey Sketchit and Joe Tech.

To Akira it looked as if both Tamers were of equal footing though the male known as Tracey seemed to be the one that was going to win this match since his second Pokémon which was a green insectoid who had two silver scythes attached to their arms instead of hands was currently demolishing the Pokémon that Joe was using.

This second Pokémon was a plant like creature that had a yellow bell shaped body with three green spots that dotted the top of this Pokémon. On each side of this Pokémon's body was a large green leaf.

Both Pokémon that were being used within this battle were ones that fascinated Akira though since he was more interested in the insect Pokémon and as such was rooting for Tracey to win this match.

Akira could tell from watching the two Pokémon within the Arena that Joe's Pokémon was getting worn down which was evident from the slow reaction that the creature had to it's Master's orders. The match didn't go on for much longer with the match going exactly the way that Akira had thought it would go and when Joe's Pokémon came crashing down to the ground, Akira knew that he would soon be seeing Joe recall his Pokémon which would indicate the end of the match.

The battle between Ash and Lara was an interesting one to say that least and from the interest that this match was generating within Akira caused him to lean closer to the Arena. Both Lara and Ash were on their second Pokémon.

Ash was currently having Zeus battle against Lara's equine Pokémon which Akira was able to learn was called Ponyta by asking some of the nearby Tamers that surrounded him. Though Akira didn't know much about the Pokémon that Lara was using, he did know that he would like to capture one for himself which only gave him another reason to get to know the other Tamer.

While watching the match between Lara and one of his closet friends, he could tell that Zeus was decimating the Ponyta and though the attacks that Zeus was using wasn't doing a huge amount of damage they were however coming back to back which was wearing down Lara's Ponyta.

From the last three attacks that Zeus has landed on Ponyta, Akira knew that the battle would go in Ash's favor if Zeus could just land a few more attacks like his previous ones. Akira could see that Lara was getting quite upset with how the battle was going especially since her Ponyta was taking such a huge beating.

Once again Zeus went charging at Ponyta and though Lara tried to have her Pokémon dodge the attack it was of no use since Zeus was faster than the other Pokémon. When Zeus struck Ponyta with his glowing tail it sent the other Pokémon flying backwards and when the creature went crashing to the ground, Akira knew that the match was over. From the Pokéball that was now held within Lara's hand, she also knew that the match was over and as such quickly recalled her Ponyta back inside it's Pokéball.

By now Akira knew that the announcer's voice would soon be echoing throughout the Arena and when it did he knew what they were going to say. "Everyone please congratulate Ash Ketchum for his victory...and will Akira Cade and Brock Stone step into the Arena please."

Authors notes: Thank you everyone for reading the latest chapter of the Tamer Saga. If any of you were wondering the Tamers known as Tracey, Lara, Ralph and Joe are not original characters though I did give both Ralph and Joe last names of my own since I couldn't see where they had one of their own already. As always please review and comment and I will see you all next time!