A/N: Anddd I'm totally neglecting my English project that's due tomorrow in order to write this but guysss I love you all too much! Please read and review :)

Disclaimer: I do not own Pokémon or a finished English project!


The Real Deal

Freddy the Scoop was announcing the results of the day's battles.

"Alright, so the thirty five dedicated trainers that are moving on are:

From the gym leaders:

Roxanne from the Rustboro gym

Crasher Wake from Pastoria City gym

Wattson, Mauville City's gym leader

Morty from Ecruteak

Jasmine from Olivine

Misty of Cerulean City

Sabrina from Saffron

Clair of Blackthorn

Elesa of Nimbasa

Volkner of Sunyshore

Winona, Fortree city's gym leader

Flannery from Lavaridge

Candice from Snowpoint

Drayden of Opelucid

Roxie of Virbank city

Byron from Canalave

Pryce from Mahogany

and Skyla of the Mistralton gym.

Now, I also have the privilege to announce which members of the elite four are moving on as well.

Flint, Lucian, Aaron from Sinnoh are all moving forward, Bertha did not participate in the tournament.

From the Indigo Plateau we have Koga and Lorelei.

Caitlin, Marshal, Grimsley and Shauntal from the Unova elite four are moving on as well which means the entire Unova League is here.

We also have had a surprise entrant into the tournament from Frontier Brain Dome Ace Tucker!

This has been a huge tournament so far and we should give special mention to the trainers who have made it this far. These trainers have worked hard to get where they are now and face these powerful gym leaders and elite four members and win. The following trainers will also be moving on-

Red from Kanto

Marie of Sinnoh

Ash of Kanto

Trip from Unova

Paul of Sinnoh

May of Hoenn

and

Tobias of Sinnoh! Please give all of these thirty five trainers a round of applause!"

The crowd went wild. The thirty five trainers that stood in front of them were standing proudly. Everyone was glad they had made it thus far and were truly pleased with their performance. They knew the battles they would face now would be even tougher but every one of them was up for the challenge.

"I don't know whether I should cheer for Misty or May or Ash to win. It's just such a hard decision!" Brock wasn't sure which side to pick.

Iris and Cilan smiled, "Well, I'm just hoping they all can win in the end!"

Max sweat dropped, "They can't all win in the end you know."

"Of course I know that, what a little kid," Iris smirked.

The applause from the crowd had died down and Freddy resumed talking.

"So now that we have our thirty five, we need five more trainers to make the next round possible. Can I get any volunteers? Anybody?" He smiled slyly. The audience looked around, confused.

From the audience, Cynthia, Alder, Lance, Steven, and Wallace got up out of their seats. Their appearances were met with cheers and fangirling.

"Wonderful!" Freddy resumed, "Will you look at that? Five volunteers! And these volunteers are special, they're the Champions of their regions. I doubt introductions are needed but I'll make them anyway. On the far left we have a beautiful woman, a trainer of finesse, grace, and elegance. She has an incredible battling style as well as a fabulous sense of style... Sinnoh Champion Cynthia! Next to her is the Champion of the Hoenn League, Steven Stone. He's got a passion for rare stones and has rare and powerful Pokémon to match! And you always know where he is because of his signature hair!"

Cynthia nudged Steven playfully at the last remark. He grimaced.

"Continuing on, Lance is seated with trainer Marie and he is the Champion of Johto as well as a member of the Kanto Elite four. He is a master specialist of dragon-type Pokémon as well as the ladies."

Lance winked at Marie who only rolled her eyes.

Freddy was becoming less and less serious as the introductions continued.

"Over there is Alder who is known for his astounding power and eccentric personality. He wears his Pokémon around his neck and spends hours training every day. The result is an amazing trainer who is the Champion of the Unova region. Many have tried to defeat him but challengers only end up losing. Maybe that will change today? And last but not least we have Wallace who is a joint champion of the Hoenn league with Steven as well as Concert Master. Every year he holds a Wallace Cup for coordinators who demonstrate their Pokémon's grace and beauty. His battling style is very much influenced by his contest experiences which makes him one tough trainer to beat."

Freddy began to speak more quickly and with more fervor, "Now with those introductions done, we're going to break and then resume tomorrow for the preliminary rounds. The first match up of the day will be Trip of Unova against the gym leader of Virbank City, Roxie!"


A/N: can you count and make sure there's 35 trainers and my math skills aren't a lie? I'm open to suggestions about battles. Unless something won't work with the plot (yes, there'll be a plot) I will try to input your suggestions. Please review. I love reading your reviews, it makes me feel like my time was well spent. Sorry also for maybe crappy quality, I wanted to upload the chapter before I went to sleep today. I'll be changing around the names of the chapters as the story updates and I decide what I want them to permanently be called. Again please review and leave suggestions!

Update: I think there's 35 now. Grimsley was added :)