-Short chapter. Sorry guys.-
"This time I'm ready. This time I'm going to win," Ash said aloud.
"That's what you said last time and look how that turned out," May said.
"Actually, I think Ash has a good chance. He's an older trainer now. Most of the trainers in the competition are new trainers," Brock said.
Ash, May, Brock, and Max were all sitting in a hotel room. The room was quaint and consisted of two queen-sized beds. May conquered one bed and claimed it as her own leaving Max, Brock, and Ash to fight over who had to sleep on the floor. After seven rounds of rock, paper, scissors, Ash lost and ended up getting floor duty for two nights. May was sprawled out on her bed reading a magazine. Brock was sitting at the little table in the room writing in a journal. Max was playing with some handheld video game and Ash was laying on the ground thinking about the tournament.
"Hey check this out," May suddenly said out of the blue. Brock didn't even raise his head. Max kept to his video game. Ash continued to stare at the celing. "Um…ok…gosh. This is what happens when you travel with guys all the time. Anyways, for any of you who might be listening, five gym leaders from different regions are competing in the tournament this year. They don't need badges or anything they're just competing. That'll make it harder for you to win Ash." The thought of loosing broke Ash from his trance.
"What are you talking about? How do you know that?" He asked anxiously.
"It says right here in this magazine," May proclaimed triumphantly. She then threw the magazine at Ash's head.
"Ow," he said as he picked up the magazine and flipped to the page. "The gym leaders will be introduced at the Hoenn Tournament opening ceremonies," Ash read aloud. "It is still not known which gym leaders will be attending."
"We better go to the ceremonies to scout out the competition," Brock said still not looking up.
"When are they?" May asked.
"Tonight I think," Max answered. "But the actual battles don't start for a few days."
"Let's go!" Ash said sitting up quickly.
"Woah there tiger," May articulated. " Tonight. Not now. It's only like…noon," she said glancing at the clock.