After my Absol was fully healed I went back to my seat. The battles seemed to have been concluded as the arena was now being observed by the staff .I couldn't find the individual with glasses who I was speaking to nor any of the others I knew. I took my seat waiting for the announcer to speak.
"Finally all the battles are over and now its time for the semi finals" The announcer announces."The two match ups are Glaze vs Vis and Matthias vs Walker".
Images of the four of us were displayed on a large monitor. Looking at Vis's face I was surprised seeing that the person I was speaking to was actually surprised but thinking it over it seemed to make sense.
A small intermission of sorts was announced for us to get our teams ready. I had to get some information on my opponent before the match began so I was on the hunt for Matthias or Walker.
I finally found the duo near the Tournament Exit.
"Hey Walker you ready to Lose since there's no way me and Prism would lose" Matthias said.
"Sure" Walker replied walking faster away from Matthias.
"Hey why are you in such a hurry?" Matthias said as he tried to match Walkers pace.
I increased my pace and caught up to them.
"Hey what's going on? I thought you guys would be at the arena" I said.
"I just had something to do"-he points at Matthias-"then he came along to disturb me. Take your friend with you and tell him to keep his mouth shut until we reach the arena" Walker said as we all started walking again.
"Hey.." Matthias muttered.
"Forget about that I needed some information" I said keeping pace with Walker.
"Information on what?" Walker questioned.
"Vis, have you seen any of his battles?" I asked.
"Sadly, no. I don't think I've watched any battles except your's and Reanna's, but from what I heard he's tough" Walker said slowing down his pace.
"What about you Matthias any leads?" I asked looking over to him.
"I've only seen him battle once and in that fight I remember him finishing the fight in under a minute. I can't remember the pokemon he used but it was incredibly fast so you'll probably need to watch out for that" Matthias said.
"A fast pokemon huh? There are too many to narrow it down. Anyway I guess that's better than nothing" I said.
"Well whatever pokemon he used beat him and make it to the finals, I'll be sure to do so" He said walking towards the arena.
Me and Matthias stopped.
"This will definitely be tough" I said.
"Yeah, I can't deny it, to be honest I never expected to make it this far" Matthias said as he smiled.
"It's strange to hear you being honest" I said snarkily. I could see how we were friends.
"Forget it" Matthias said "By the way have you though about your pokemon journey? Since this is our last day of the academy. A week later we'll be heading off to travel Hoenn"
"Not really" I said 'I haven't taken the time to think about this situation at all given all the rush, but what do I do after the tournament's over. Should I search for a way back home or should I just adapt to my life here'
I couldn't really think of anything else to say so I started walking towards the arena after saying a "Good Luck" to him.
"There's been a change in the battle's everyone" the announcer said as I just arrived at the arena "We asked the audience whether they were bored with the one on one battles and most of them replied with a yes. So we decided to change it up with a unique format the double battles"
" Vis and Walker are going to form one team while Glaze and Matthias will form the other. So lets get ready for the semi-finals with a double battle" he added.
