One day had past since the trio were at Nil's house and he, Ren and Firenze decided to stop at a Pokemon Center for a break. Just then, a skinny, full grown man with straight, green hair and was wearing a red jacket and square shaped glasses went by the counter to pick up his Pokemon from Nurse Joy.

"Here's your Pokemon," Nils overheard Nurse Joy say, "Good luck with your battle with the Champion."

As soon as Nils heard what Nurse Joy had said, he walked over to the man because he was curious.

"Excuse me," said Nils as he went to the man, "What did she mean by battle with champion?"

"Well," said the man. "I challenged him to a battle yesterday because I wanted to test my strength before challenging Gyms."

"Would it be ok if me and my friends watched."

"Sure," said the man, "Many people will be watching the battle anyway." "I'm Utara by the way and I'm an employee of Ketchum co."

"Why would a Ketchum co employee collect Gym Badges," asked Firenze as she and Ren walked over.

"Ketchum co is a company that tries to improve the bond between people and Pokemon," said Utara, "However, I never understood that bond because I spent my whole life as a researcher instead of going on a journey." "So one day, I asked the president if I could go on a journey and he said I could because it was the right thing and so Ketchum co could see how an adult bonds with Pokemon."

The trio and Utara then left the Pokemon Center and headed up a nearby hill. Once they reached the top, they saw several young trainers and a man that had blonde hair that was combed nicely and wore a white shirt, a green vest and a green cap. This man was Boyd, the champion of the Kanto League.

Boyd was once a small child that didn't know anything about courage. One day, he met Ash who Boyd started to look up to. Ash taught Boyd how to be brave and with that bravery, he helped in stopping Team Rocket. After Team Rocket's downfall, Boyd challenged the Pokemon league and successfully became champion. He was so strong, not even any of the other heroes, including Ash could beat him in a battle.

"I see you made it Utara," said Boyd. "It's time to see what you got."

"Right," said Utara, "Go Snorlax," and a Snorlax appeared ready for battle.

"Go Steelix," said Boyd who sent out his Steelix who was famous around Kanto.

"Use Yawn," said Utara which made Snorlax use the move of choice.

"Use Flash Cannon," said Boyd and Steelix stopped Yawn with Flash Cannon.

"Use Focus Blast," said Utara and Snorlax readyed the chosen attack.

"Dig," said Boyd which made Steelix use the move which made it dodge Focus Blast and cause lots of Damage to Snorlax.

"I guess it's come to this," said Utara, "Giga Impact," and Snorlax started using the powerful move.

"Use your Giga Impact," said Boyd and Steelix charged at Snorlax with the same move.

The two Giga Impacts collided and Snorlax was then knocked out while Steelix looked like it didn't take any damage at all.

"Return Snorlax," said Utara who returned his Snorlax.

"That wasn't too bad," said Boyd, "I'm sure you'll be able to do well in Gym Battles and the Pokemon League."

"Thank you," said Utara and he went back to the Pokemon Center to heal Snorlax.

"That was so cool," said one of the trainers that were watching.

"I know," said another one," "Nobody can defeat Boyd.

"I'm glad you all enjoyed the battle," Boyd said to the trainers," "Now if you'll excuse me, I would like to return to my travel to Pewter City to check out the Elemental Rock." and with that, Boyd left.

"Boyd made that battle look easy," said Ren, "Is there anyone that can beat him?"

"I can beat him," said Nils, "But not until I win the Pokemon League and defeat all four members of the Elite Four."

"I don't know," said Firenze, "That's really hard to accomplish."

"Maybe," said Nils, "But I'll do it anyway."

Afterwords, Nils, Ren and Firenze went back to their journey to Celadon City so Nils can obtain his third badge. During the time, Nils started to daydream him battling Boyd.