The day after the matchups for the first round were revealed and before the tournament would begin started with Nils and Tana saying goodbye to some of their friends and family who were at the wedding and were now going home.

"Remember you two," said Ash who along with Serena, Jessie and James, was wishing the married couple good luck in the league, "No matter how far either of you make it in the tournament, we will be very proud of both of you," and then the four parents left for home where they would watch the tournament on TV.

After everyone left, Nils and Tana decided to train one last time by having Nils have a full six on six battle with Ren and Tana having a full six on six battle with Firenze. After Nils and Tana barely won each of their battles, they felt ready and went to bed that night feeling both nervous and excited.

The next morning, Nils, Tana, Ren and Firenze all woke up, had breakfast and went to the stadium. For the first four rounds, contestants would have to battle in each of four minor stadiums which were colored red, blue, green and yellow and then would battle through the rest of the tournament in the bigger main stadium in the center. Tana left for her first battle which was in the green stadium while Nils went to the yellow stadium for his battle with Gunter and was accompanied by Firenze, who would rotate between watching Nils and Tana, and Ren, who planned to watch the couple and Libby. As Ren and Firenze sat at the stand with several other people, Nils entered the battlefield and faced Gunter.

"Go Grumpig," said Nils as he sent out Grumpig.

"Go Nidoking," said Gunter and a Nidoking was sent out.

"By decision of coin toss, Gunter will have the first attack," explained the referee, "And begin."

"Use Dig Nidoking," said Gunter and Nidoking started to use the move of choice.

"Use Bounce to dodge," said Nils and Grumpig used Bounce which made Nidoking have Dig miss and then get damaged by Bounce.

"Use Poison Jab," said Gunter and Nidoking attacked Grumpig with the decided attack while still being close and Grumpig took damage and became poisoned.

"Use Psychic," said Nils and Grumpig used the move that was decided which gave Nidoking super effective damage and lowered his defense.

"Use Megahorn," said Gunter and Nidoking managed to hit Grumpig with the move of decision which was super effective.

"Psychic again said Nils and Grumpig hit Nidoking with Psychic which did even more damage than the last one.

"Hone Claws," said Gunter and Nidoking used the chosen move which raised Nidoking's attack.

"What move was that," asked Ren.

"It's Hone Claws," explained Firenze, "It raises attack which must means Gunter intends to defeat Grumpig with fewer attacks."

"Use Signal Beam," said Nils who wanted to try something and Grumpig used Signal Beam which did some damage to Nidoking and confused him.

"Try to focus and use Megahorn," said Gunter and by luck Nidoking used Megahorn which gave Grumpig more damage than the last one and Grumpig was knocked down.

Grumpig then got back up but then took damage from the earlier poison and was knocked out.

"Grumpig is unable to battle," said the referee, "Nidoking wins."

"Go Zebstrika," said Nils after he returned Grumpig and Zebstrika was sent out.

"Well done Nidoking," said Gunter as he returned his Nidoking, "Go Jolteon," and a Jolteon was sent out.

"Wait, why did Gunter return Nidoking when it has the type advantage against Zebstrika," asked Ren.

"Gunter must have not wanted to risk having Nidoking defeated since it has taken a lot of damage and was confused," answered Firenze, "Besides, Jolteon is a good idea against Zebstrika because it doesn't take damage from Electric Type attacks and considering Zebstrika's remaining moves, this could be a problem."

"Hey guys," said Tana as she went to sit next to Firenze and Ren.

"Tana," asked Firenze, "You finished your battle already?"

"Yeah," answered Tana, "I had trouble with my opponents Dunsparce who defeated Ursaring and Scizor but Altaria managed to defeat it which made me win the match." "So how's Nils doing?"

"Grumpig was defeated and now Zebstrika is battling a Jolteon," answered Ren.

"Well can I watch with you two," asked Tana.

"Sure thing," answered Firenze and Tana sat down.

"Use Overheat," said Nils and Zebstrika used the selected move which gave Jolteon lots of damage.

"Use Hyper Voice," said Gunter and Jolteon started to use the move that was decided.

"Use Overheat again," said Nils and Zebstrika used another Overheat which went through Hyper Voice and caused a bit less damage than the last Overheat, because the first one lowered Zebstrika's special attack, while at the same time, Zebstrika got hit by Hyper Voice.

"Use Shadow Ball," said Gunter and Jolteon used the chosen move which damaged Zebstrika and lowered his special defense.

"Overheat once more," said Nils and Zebstrika used Overheat for the third time which did even less damage.

"Hyper Voice," said Gunter and Jolteon attacked Zebstrika with Hyper Voice which did even more damage than the last one.

"Use Thrash," said Nils and Zebstrika used the move of choice which gave Jolteon a lot of damage and then confused Zebstrika.

"Hyper Voice one more time," said Gunter and Jolteon started to use Hyper Voice yet again.

"Zebstrika, if you can hear me, use Thrash again," said Nils and Zebstrika managed to use the attack that was decided which hit Jolteon who hit Zebstrika with Hyper Voice at the same time and both Pokemon were knocked out.

"Zebstrika and Jolteon are both unable to battle," said the referee and both trainers returned their Pokemon.

"This is bad," said Ren, "Now Nils only has one Pokemon."

"I don't think it's that bad," said Tana, "From what you've told me, Nidoking took a lot of damage from Grumpig which should make things close to equal."

"I hope you're right Tana," said Firenze.

"Go Ledian," said Nils and Ledian was sent out.

"Go Lucario," said Gunter and a Lucario appeared on the battlefield.

"Use Focus Blast," said Nils and Ledian started to use the decided attack.

"Use Flash Cannon," said Gunter and Lucario started to use the move of choice.

The two attacks crashed into each other and then Focus Blast went through Flash cannon because it was super effective and then hit Lucario which made it take a lot of damage and have its special defense lowered.

"Focus Blast again," said Nils and Ledian used Focus Blast again.

"Dodge and use Iron Tail," said Gunter and Lucario dodged Focus Blast and then hit Ledian with Iron Tail which lowered Ledian's defense.

"Try Acrobatics," said Nils and Ledian hit Lucario with the chosen attack which did lots of damage and made Gunter smile.

"Use Copycat," said Gunter and Lucario used the selected move which made Lucario attack Ledian with Acrobatics which gave Ledian super effective damage that was boosted by Iron Tail.

"What just happened," asked Ren.

"Lucario used Copycat which makes the user use the last move that was used in battle no matter what move it is or who used it," answered Tana who knew the move well.

"That's a useful move," said Ren.

"Ledian, use Giga Drain," said Nils and Ledian attacked Lucario with the chosen attack which did ok damage, thanks to the first Focus Blast, and healed Ledian a little.

"Use Iron Tail," said Gunter and Lucario started to use Iron Tail.

"Stop it with Focus Blast," said Nils and Ledian used Focus Blast which stopped Iron Tail and knocked out Lucario.

"Lucario is unable to battle," said the referee, "Ledian wins."

"Now it's down to Ledian and Nidoking who are both severely damaged," said Firenze, "It all depends on who is attacked first."

"Go Nidoking," said Gunter and Nidoking was sent back out. "Use Poison Jab," and Nidoking charged at Ledian while using the decided attack.

"Acrobatics," said Nils and Ledian managed to attack Nidoking with Acrobatics before getting hit by Poison Jab and Nidoking was knocked out.

"Nidoking is unable to battle," said the referee, "Ledian wins which means the winner of this battle is Nils."

After returning their Pokemon, Nils and Gunter walked to each other and shook hands.

"You know Nils," said Gunter," I've wanted to battle you for quite a while and I'm glad that I finally had it even though it meant losing in the first round."

"You were great in that battle Gunter," said Nils, "I actually thought I was gonna lose after the double knock out. But the fact we became even after Lucario was defeated was what really made that battle interesting.

"Agreed," said Gunter, "Also good luck in the rest of the tournament."

Later, Nils reunited with Tana, Ren and Firenze and they were glad that he won his battle.

"So how was your battle Tana," Nils asked his wife.

"I also had a little trouble in my battle but I won it nonetheless," said Tana answering her husband's question.

"So what do we do now," asked Firenze.

"We should watch Libby's match," suggested Ren, "It's the next one to happen in the red stadium.

"Not a bad idea Ren," said Nils and they all went to the red stadium to watch Libby's match.