"Hello everyone!" Tianna called from the giant platform at the top of the arena. "How are you all doing?" Everyone screamed at the top of their lungs. "Perfect! That's what I like to hear! I am happy to welcome you all to the beginning of the new Kabota Resort tournament!" More cheering. Tianna smiled. "Now, as some of you probably know, we've brought back the original contestants. So, without further ado, I present to you or original contestants!" Tianna was sure that everyone at the resort that wasn't in the arena heard the cheering as the old contestants came out one by one as their names were displayed on the giant screen. Soon they were all lined up in the middle of the arena.

"Now, the fun isn't over yet. These sixteen already had a taste of the action, but four brave new contestants have joined the fight! May I introduce, for the first time here at the Kabota Resort, Lili Grey, Gimli Miralson, Victor Stylez, and Jacob Smith!" The crowd cheered as the new four contestants came out. Two of them, Jacob and Victor, didn't even look at the crowd. Both Lili and Gimli waved politely to the crowd. They too joined the long line of contestants.

"Now," Tianna said, "If you remember last time, the actual competition didn't start till the next day." Some of the old contestants nodded. "Well that is not going to be the case this time around. Your contest is going to start right now!" There was loads of cheering from the crowd, but some of the contestants looked rather alarmed. "Terence here is going to be explaining how this will all go down."

Terence joined her on the platform. "Thanks, Tianna. Now, last time we started with the contest portion. We are more or less going to do the same thing, but it isn't going to be as simple as last time. You see, this arena is capable of changing into many different forms. Each of you will be doing your routine on a different arena. You will not only get points on how well your routine is, but as well as how well it goes with your arena. Here are the different types we will be using for the contest portion." The giant screen displayed the different symbols for the different arenas. Terence smiled. "This is where we start. There is one medallion for each arena type. You find a medallion, you can choose that arena. Should you not have a medallion, you will randomly be assigned one of the remaining arenas." He paused for a moment, making sure he didn't leave anything out. "Oh, I almost forgot," He smiled, "there is no rule against having more than one medallion, but you may only use one for your routine." Some of the contestants nodded in understanding.

"The official events will start tomorrow," Tianna said. "You have tonight to find the medallions. Now, let the Kabota Resort-" She and Terence threw their hands into the air.

"Begin!"

"I'm not even sure what medallion I would want," Madeleine said, looking at a piece of paper with the different arenas on it as she walked. Kumarie, her teddiursa, walked alongside her, eating some berries.

Madeleine walked into one of the large buildings, which she thought was the one that her room was in, but then noticed everything looked like it was made of gems. "Wait, this isn't the right building."

"Hopelessly lost again?" Someone with a thick accent said.

Madeleine turned, and smiled, seeing the familiar wavy brown hair, white shirt and black leather jacket, and ripped jeans. "Mariana!"

"Hello dear," she said, giving her friend a hug. "It's been a while." She looked Madeleine over. "You've gotten taller. And your hair is just," she paused momentarily, which Madeleine knew meant she was trying to pronounce something she had trouble with, since English wasn't her first language, "marvelous."

Madeleine smiled slightly, running her finger through one of her low blonde pigtails. She used to wear them higher, but she found she liked it this way more. Though she still kept her blue dress and brown leather boots. "Thanks. Though your still way prettier." It was true. Despite her rather worn looking clothes, such as her jeans and old shoes, her hair, curves, and pretty green eyes reminded Madeleine of a model.

"You're sweet," Mariana said. She patted Kumarie on the head, then looked with Madeleine at the paper. "So, trying to pick a arena?" She frowned, knowing something she said was wrong. "Sorry; an arena?"

"Yeah, I was going to my room to decide, but I can't find it."

"They did make the resort bigger and more co-complicated." Mariana agreed. "Do you have an idea on which one you want?"

"I'm not sure," Madeleine said. "I barely could come up with a normal routine last time. Now I need it to match one of these?"

"Oh!" Mariana smiled, then pointed at one. "You should do that one!"

Madeleine checked the one she pointed at. "That one? But why?"

"You can use your rotom again!" Mariana smile got bigger. "He was so good last time. That arena would suit him."

"I guess." Madeleine still wasn't sure. "So which arena do you want?"

Mariana shrugged. "I can do any of them. I was going to find a medallion and see if I wanted it." She started towards the door. "Come on. Let's just go see if we can find any medallions."

"Do I hear two lovely ladies going on a quest by themselves?"

Both girls rolled their eyes as the boy in black jeans, white shirt, and blue and grey sports jacket slid in front of them. As usual, he had his obnoxious black and green backpack.

Mason ran a hand through his auburn hair, and smiled. "Hello ladies. Miss me?"

Mariana chuckled. "Of course. Who doesn't miss a flirt?"

Mason shrugged. "Hey, what can I say?" He crossed his arms. "So you guys are looking for medallions? I can't just let you go alone."

"You would find medallions faster if you weren't in a group," Mariana noted.

"Oh, I already have mine."

"What?" Madeleine exclaimed. "Which one did you get?"

Mason reached into a side pocket on his backpack and showed the girls his finding. The medallion was pretty big with a ribbon attached to it as though it was supposed to be worn. "Pretty cool, huh? I found it on top of an ice cream machine. Well, I didn't really find it, my partner, Jigglypuff, did. It was actually pretty well hidden. If she hadn't jumped up there, I would have never found it."

"Interesting," Mariana said. "Though I wouldn't go flaunting it. Another might take it."

"I'll be fine," Mason said, putting the medallion away. "But still, since I already got mine, I would be more than happy to help you two. And then we can all head back to the building with our rooms in it." He smiled. "Though you guys seem to be missing someone."

Madeleine and Mariana thought for a moment, and then smiled. "And we know there is only one place we'll find him." Madeleine said.

"Only one," Mariana agreed. She got the attention of one of the workers, and called him over. "Sir, do you know if there is a skate park in the resort?"

The man happily gave them directions, and the trio set off. It didn't take long for them to reach the skate park, and sure enough, the contestant they were after was doing tricks on his rollerblades, his black dreadlocks flying in the wind. The sunny day seemed to have made his already dark skin a little darker, but not by much. He noticed them, and came skating over, a smile on his face. He dusted off his red shirt and khaki shorts. "Hey guys! Long time no see!"

"Hello Marcus," Mariana said. "I see you are still as skilled as ever."

"You know it," He said, giving them a thumbs up. "So what brings you guys here? If you think a medallion will be here, I've skated all over the place, and can confirm there isn't one."

"Actually, we want to see if you want to join our hunt," Mason said. "I already got my medallion, so I'm helping these two."

Marcus reached into his pocket. "I actually already found mine as well." He pulled out his medallion to show to them. It's colors greatly differed from Mason's. "I had Chroma, my skarmory, do a quick sweep since she had good eyesight, and she found this in the rosebush maze." He put it back in his pocket. "Since I like this arena, I didn't bother to continue looking. Though I'd be more than happy to search with you guys."

Madeleine frowned. "Though you and Mason already found your medallions, and it hasn't been that long. What if all of the others have already been found?"

"I doubt it," Mason said. "Marcus and I just got a little lucky. I doubt they would make them easy to find. This is a competition after all."

"True," Marcus said. "So where do you guys want to start looking?"

"Wait! Stop!"

The group turned to see a worker running after a whimsicott and sableye, both who were laughing at his failed attempts to catch up to them. The sableye was riding on the back of the whimsicott, who was flying them away.

"Oh!" Mariana said, her eyes widening. "They have medallions!" Sure enough, both the sableye and whimsicott had one of the medal circles in hand. They must have stolen them from their hiding places.

Marcus smiled. "Then I guess we are chasing them." He took off on his rollerblades at blazing speed.

Mason pulled out a pokeball. "Girafarig, come on out!" His pokemon appeared, and he jumped on its back. He offered a hand to Madeleine. "Come on!"

Madeleine accepted the hand, and hopped on. "What about Mariana?"

Mariana pulled out a pokeball as well. "Go. I will catch up." Mason nodded, and Girafarig took off in pursuit as well.

The pokemon had already noticed Marcus, and had taken off. Girafarig caught up with Marcus, and Madeleine couldn't help but be impressed on how fast he was going.

"We're lucky there isn't any forest areas nearby," Marcus yelled to them. "That's got to be where they're going. We have to catch them before they get there."

"Girafarig, can you use psychic on the whimsicott?" Girafarig focused for a moment, then shook his head. "Dang it. They are just barely too far away. If we can get loser to them, we can either stop whimsicott or pull the medallions away."

Marcus pulled out a pokeball. "Then we need more speed. Flash, start running!" He threw his pokeball high into the air, and a zebstrika came out, and hit the ground running. Marcus sped up beside him, and managed to mount him while he was running, still on skates. Even Mason was impressed.

"Now, I can't attack them," Marcus said. "Flash isn't the most delicate, and might send them flying and we lose the medallions. We will try to get in front of them, and make them slow down so you can stop them."

"Sounds like a plan," Mason said. "Get going!"

Flash darted ahead, easily outstripping Girafarig. Sableye said something to Whimsicott, and they started rising higher into the air. "That's not good," Madeleine said. "If they get too high we'll never catch them."

A shadow flew over them. "Not so fast!" Mason and Madeleine looked up, and were stunned at what they saw. An altaria was flying at full speed towards the two pokemon, and Mariana was riding it. It wasn't big enough to sit on, but Mariana was standing on its back. The bird didn't seem to have any trouble keeping her up.

They flew directly over the two pokemon. Sableye spoke again, and they went back down. They then made a sharp turn to the left. Flash kept up easily, making the turn flawlessly, but Mariana had to turn slower to avoid falling.

But the turn did it.

"Now!" Mason yelled. Girafarig's eyes glowed blue, and the medallions shot away from the two pokemon.

Both pokemon changed direction and were heading back for their prizes. "Oh no you don't!" Marcus yelled. "Flash, flame charge!" He slid off the back of his pokemon, who caught fire and ran full speed into the two pokemon. They went flying, and once they regained their balance in the air, flew away, knowing they were defeated.

Mason and Madeleine dismounted, and Mason grabbed the two medallions out of the air. "See? Piece of cake!"

Mariana flew over, and hopped off her pokemon. "Thank you, Altaria." Her pokemon cooed in reply. She walked over and looked at the medallions, then clapped. "That's the one I wanted you to have!"

"It appears so," Madeleine said, taking it. "Are you okay with the other one?"

"Oh it is fine. It'll be easy." She took the other medallion, and put it in her jacket.

Marcus came over, along with Flash, who was eyeing the other pokemon with distaste at there attempts to out-speed him. Marcus smiled at Mariana. "That was great flying! You should be a skateboarder!"

"You're too kind," Mariana said. She patted her pokemon on the head. "So now that we have the medallions, lets head back to our hotel. I think we deserve some dinner."

"Dang, where are these stupid medallions?" Kushina said, putting her hands in her black and white varsity jacket. The sun was only just starting to set, and she still didn't have an idea where to find a medallion. She knew that she could probably come up with something if she was assigned a random arena, but she didn't really want to take that chance.

She sat down on a bench and pulled the folded piece of paper with all of the arena's out of her jean shorts pocket. She pushed her long black hair out of her face. "Then again, I still don't know which one I want."

Someone sat down next to her. "You find anything?"

She smiled, not turning away from the paper. "Nope. You?"

"Nothing. This is rather difficult."

She looked up at him. "Kind of makes you miss practicing the first night."

Straightening the black vest over his white t-shirt, Alex smiled. "Of course. You can never have too much practice." He pulled his own paper out of his jeans pocket. "So, which one are you looking for?"

"No idea. Picking is hard."

He nodded, running his fingers through his blonde hair. "I know. Then again, I'm almost thinking it would be better not to pick which one you want in case you don't find it."

Kushina nodded as well. "True. Where do we think we should look?"

Alex raised an eyebrow at her. "Who said we were looking together?"

Another person sat down next to Kushina. "If he won't, I will. I've had no luck."

Kushina smiled at him. "And who said I would work with you?"

Larenz straightened his black vest as well, but his was over a teal long sleeve shirt. "Well, you had seemed open to working in a group. Was I wrong?"

She playfully slapped his black fedora down over his face. "Of course I'm willing to work in a group. I've had no luck on my own."

He straightened his hat, along with the teal band around the brim, and pulled his piece of paper out of his jean shorts pocket. "I've been asking around as well as looking, trying to keep tabs on the other contestants. I know Marcus, Mariana, Madeleine, and Mason already have their medallions. I have no idea about Leon, Samira, or Azura, since I hadn't heard anything about what they've been up to, but everyone else is still looking. Though I heard a rumor than none of us are going to like." He looked at them. "Someone has three."

"That's not good." She put her paper back in her pocket. "Then we better get moving. Who's got a good idea where to look?"

"No idea." Larenz said. "We might as well start wandering."

The group got up and started walking. The sun sank lower in the sky, and so did their hopes at finding anything. Soon the sun was setting, and they found themselves back at the hotel where the contestants were staying. They went inside. "Well that was unsuccessful." Kushina said. "I'm going to call it quits and head for the pool."

"Yeah, I'm calling it too," Alex said.

Larenz nodded. "I guess I could go for a break. I'll be in the lobby if you guys want to continue looking."

They all went their separate ways, and it wasn't even five minutes before they all met back in the lobby. Kushina had barely dried off from her brief visit to the pool. "Guys, I found one!" She exclaimed, showing it to them. "I found it at the bottom of the hot tub!"

"And I found mine when I nearly knocked over a lamp," Alex said. "It was inside it. They really weren't joking around with these hiding places."

Larenz leaned back in his chair. "I guess I should have quit as well."

Kushina smiled at him. "Don't worry, we'll help you find one."

"You just need to be a little creative."

Kushina smiled at the boy in the dark blue jacket and red scarf. "Hey Nion. Did you find a medallion."

He pulled his out of the back pocket of his black jeans. "Just found it a few minutes ago. They are hidden pretty well. But they aren't too hard to find."

"Though it appears that everyone has found theirs by luck," Larenz said, leaning farther back in the chair. Then his eyes widened, and he started walking briskly towards the door.

"Wait up!" Kushina said, following him, along with Alex and Nion. "What's up?" She looked back at the ceiling above him, but didn't see anything interesting.

Once they were outside, Larenz pulled out a pokeball. "Braviary, come on out!" His pokemon appeared. Larenz pointed upwards. "Go, get the medallion." Braviary nodded, and flew up towards the roof. Soon he was back, a medallion in his beak.

"Where was it?" Kushina asked as they walked back inside.

"On the skylight," Larenz said, pocketing the medallion. "I saw it when I leaned back."

When they returned to the lobby, they were surprised to see four contestants sitting on some couches around a coffee table. They all looked exhausted. "No luck?" Kushina asked?

"None." The reply was muffled by the brown fedora with a red feather that was over the speakers face. He had his thumbs in the pockets of his skinny jeans, which Kushina found kind of weird since he was wearing a green jacket.

"Tough break," Kushina said, sitting next to him. "If I remember right, your Drake?"

Drake lifted his hat up, revealing his jet black hair, tired amber eyes, and big smile. "In the flesh. Guess we never really did talk any."

"So none of you found anything?" Alex asked, him and Larenz also sitting down.

"Nothing," the girl next to Alex said. She took her hands out of her indigo jacket, which was covering a white blouse, and started searching the pockets of her floral pattern jeans. "And I lost my paper, so I can't even prepare."

Alex took his paper out. "Here, you can have mine." She took it, mumbling a thanks.

Drake smiled. "Rhianne there covered a whole lot of the resort. When I found her, she had already scanned a whole third of it." He looked at the guy next to Larenz, who was in just a white t-shirt and jeans, with a straw hat over his eyes. "But that man over there was Dustin us all."

He lifted his hat up. "Ha ha. Very funny." Dustin did have a slight smile, though.

"Though this guy right here was the real Victor," Drake said, nudging the guy next to him. "When he arrived, all he had to do was Lucas over and he was sure he had checked more hiding spots than any of us."

"Wonderful. You managed to get my old name and new name."

"You're old name?" Kushina asked, confused. "Aren't you Victor?"

"Not anymore. My name's Lucas now." He sat up, fiddling with the silver necklace around his neck. His dark red v neck, black leather jacket, and messy black hair reminded Kushina of a biker.

"You should hear him," Drake said. "He's been a real Chatty Kathy. I'm pretty sure he's spoken more today than he did during the entire resort last time." He looked at someone walking by in a pine green hoodie. "Speaking of quiet people." He started waving. "Hey! Jacob, is it? Did you find any medallions?"

Jacob barely glanced over, shook his head, and kept walking. Rhianne scowled. "Wonder what's his problem."

"He's an interesting one, that's for sure," Drake said. He leaned back. "I guess the rumor of someone having seven medallions is true."

"We heard that too."

Two more people joined the couch party. The speaker was a girl in a white dress, brown belt, and denim jacket, and the other was a boy who looked a bit like a mix between Drake and Lucas, with a black leather jacket as well, but his v neck was silver with a pair of golden swords crossed on it. Both were pretty tan, but the boy's was more golden and the girl's looked more like a Native American. The girl had a couple of pieces of jewelry, but no bracelet, and Kushina noted the guy's white belt buckle was shaped like a Steelix.

Drake smiled. "Hey, you two are two of the new guys, right? Don't tell me," he thought about it, "you're Victor and Lili."

"Right," the girl said. "We looked for medallions together. I had found mine already, though we weren't able to find another. It would seem someone is collecting a lot of medallions."

Drake nodded. "Whoever they are, they got some serious skill. Hopefully we all will be okay tomorrow. And whoever does have those medallions better put on a good show."

Azura rubbed her arm, eyeing the outdoor coffee shop. The sun had long since set, and the moon was high in the sky. She thought this was the same coffee shop that she went to last time, but they were different now. There name had changed, and they were now called the Midnight Carbink. There lovely midnight and coffee colors were also very lightly accented with warm looking pink, blue, and grey. It felt peaceful, which Azura knew almost never went well for her.

She debated just going back to her room, but then an arm wrapped around her shoulders. She was ready to attack, but then a familiar voice spoke. "So you came to find this place again as well?"

She grinned just slightly. "Hello, Leon."

The smiling face of her competitor met her gaze. "Oh come on. It's been practically a year since you last saw me. I'm certain you can do better than a hello." Azura rolled her eyes at him. Though she had to be honest, she had sort of missed him. His blue and white hoodie and black running shorts were the same as ever, but his golden hat, which he always wore backwards with goggles strapped to it, was dirty. She assumed it had gotten dirty when he had looked for the medallions.

"G-give her a-a break," a tentative voice said from the other side of Leon.

Azura's grin got a little bigger. "Hello, Samira. Did he drag you over here with him?"

"Yes," the girl said, pouting a little. This had been the second competitor Azura had met. Samira hadn't changed much either. She still had her blue shirt, leather jacket, and long black jeans. Her hat, which was a soft beanie, was clean, so she hadn't searched with Leon. Azura always thought that Samira kind of looked like a model, with her long curly black hair that covered her right eye and curvy figure, but her face gave her more of a cute appearance.

Leon smiled at both of them, "Come on, we all knew we would show up here again. Let's get some coffee."

As they walked up to the coffee shop, the man behind the counter smiled. That smile, along with the slicked back and neat brown hair that had greeted them last time. "Well if it isn't my three favorite contestants. I didn't know if I would be seeing you again."

"Well of course you would!" Leon said, smiling. "You're coffee was amazing."

"Though why did you remodel?" Azura asked.

He chuckled. "Oh, just thought this would maybe help business. I recently went to Kalos and got to explore a cave with a bunch of carbink in it, and thought it would make a good theme for my shop. I did consider using your hoodie as a theme, though."

Azura blushed slightly, not knowing whether to take this as a compliment or a joke. Her black drawstring hoodie had tribal designs on it, with a wolf going from her left sleeve to her chest, and a dragon on the back. Though it was a little ratty looking, with the right sleeve torn off at the elbow.

Leon looked at Azura. "You know, I think you in general would make a good theme for a coffee shop." Leon thought that the best way to describe Azura was Dark Alley in Castelia City. Her hoodie and green cargo pants gave her a slightly edgy look, but it was the bandage, gauntlet, and hair that really did it. Her right arm was covered in bandages, though it still had the same black fingerless glove as the left arm. And she also wore a huge guantlet, with a long guard covering the elbow. And her short black hair had red bangs that covered half of her left eye, which was fully covered by a bandage. Though despite all of this, her revealed eye was brown and warm, just like her skin. "Dark and strong, but not bitter. Sounds like a place I would want to go." He turned to Samira. "You could own one too. Quiet and refined, but sweet." He looked back and forth between the two. "Actually, I never noticed, but you two look very similar."

"We do not," Azura said.

"Y-yeah," Samira agreed.

The man laughed. "Well now that you mentioned it, you two could be sisters." He started setting cups of coffee on the counter that none of them had noticed he made. "I never forget a good customer's order. These are on the house. Oh, and I made sure to make four for you." He winked at Azura.

"W-we couldn't j-just not pay," Samira said.

"Sure you can. Just tell all of your friends."

Azura grabbed the cups. "Thank you, sir."

He laughed. "No need to use sir. Call me Martin."

"Well Martin, you certainly are the best coffee shop owner I've ever seen," Leon said, smiling. The trio went over to a table, and started happily drinking their coffee, enjoying the night. About halfway through Azura's second cup, another person came to the coffee shop. She recognize the simple grey short sleeve shirt, dark blue jeans, and black hair. He was another competitor. He got himself a cup of coffee, and sat at a rather far away table.

Leon, recognizing him too, smiled. "You really going to sit all the way over there by yourself?"

The boy looked up, and slowly came over, taking their final seat. "Sorry."

"Y-your fine," Samira said.

"Samira and I would probably also be sitting alone if it wasn't for this one," Azura said.

Leon shrugged. "What can I say? I'm a people person. You're Eathan, right?"

He nodded. "And you guys are Leon, Samira, and Azura?"

Leon nodded as well. "You got it. Did you find a medallion?"

He shook his head. "No. Not even a trace of one."

Leon sighed. "Me neither. I was sure when I found this cave that there was going to be one in there, but there wasn't. I didn't check anywhere else thoroughly."

"I d-didn't see one either," Samira said.

"Nor I," Azura said.

"Tough break."

They all turned to see another person who had come to the coffee shop. He was one of the new contestants. He looked like someone who had been taking a survival challenge in a forest. His long reddish brown hair was tied into a ponytail with a few leaves and twigs sticking out of it. He had on a worn looking brown jacket, an orange singlet, and dark red pants, which, like his jacket, was covered in pockets. around his neck was a necklace of sharp claws and a black rock with veins of red going through it. Around his waist was a belt with a few pouches and a huge hunting knife strapped unsheathed to it. He had pretty tan skin and was pretty well built.

He smiled at them, revealing sharpened canines. His eyes were half closed, making him look like he was tired and curious. "I see I wasn't the only one who thought of coming here. I thought I would be the only one who knew that this place would be connected to a medallion."

"What?" Leon said. "It is?"

The competitor smiled. "Indeed." He turned to Martin. "So are you going to tell me where it is?"

Martin smiled. "Good evening sir, what might your name be."

"Gimli." Gimli leaned forward on the counter. "You know about where a medallion is. Only two are left."

Martin nodded. "I do know something about them. You pass my test, and I will tell you what I know."

Gimli straightened up. "What is the test?"

He placed a cup of coffee on the counter. "Have a taste."

Gimli picked up the cup, and took a long sip. "It is good."

Martin observed him for a moment. "Very well then. I only know that there is a medallion somewhere at the hotel where you all stay. That is all I know."

Gimli thought about this. "I thought they all had found the ones at the hotel. Maybe they had missed one." He smiled again at the group of competitors. "See you all tomorrow." He set off for the hotel. Azura scowled. He might have seemed friendly enough, but she saw right through that. He was not someone to be taken lightly.

Apparently Martin did as well. "Something is certainly odd about that one." He brought four cups over to their table. "You all might as well take the test too, just for fun."

They all thanked him, and took a sip of their new coffee. Immediately all of their faces broke out into a smile. "This is amazing!" Leon said, starting to chug his.

"Outstanding," Samira said, breathless.

Azura looked at Ethan, and they both almost started laughing. "It's wonderful," Azura said.

Ethan nodded. "Gimli really didn't do it justice."

Martin smiled. "All of you, unlike Gimli, passed the test."

Leon, who had been trying to get the last drop, out of his cup, looked at Martin. "We did?"

Martin nodded. "You see, this is a very special coffee I learned how to make in Kalos, and is the real reason I remodeled. You can tell the true personality of anyone who drinks it. And it doesn't matter who you are, it will make you smile. You, who acts like your true self all the time, acted no different than anyone would have expected. Though Ethan and Azura almost started laughing, which no one really would have guessed. You all were honest with yourselves, and shared your smile with me. That was the test."

"So how did Gimli fail?" Samira asked, a little surprised she didn't stutter.

Martin smiled. "From his drink, I could tell he is a good person, but he thought it was too sweet. This means his view is different from most trainers who would drink it. He finds certain things odd, and possibly unnecessary. But he has a good heart. He failed because he lied to me. He thought that if he told me it was good, he would pass, but that wasn't what I was looking for." He reached into his apron, and pulled out two medallions. "Here they are."

Azura frowned. "These are the only ones you have?"

He nodded. "I'm afraid so."

Azura thought about it. "Then I don't need one. I'm not that good at contests anyway."

"I'm not that great either," Ethan said. "Samira and Leon can have them."

Leon shook his head. "Actually, Samira, Azura, and I made a deal last year. We would do what we could to help each other reach the top together." He took one of the medallions, and slid it to Azura. "You take that one."

"But I can't match it."

"Exactly," Leon said, grinning. "Your specialty is battling, not coordinating. Every contest has a battle portion, where style still counts. You can easily beat anyone, but you might not be able to out-coordinate them. They should match us up by scores, so if you fight someone who also scored low, you won't have to really worry as much about style."

He then took the other. "And, since you are now an honorary member of this coffee drinking group," he slid the final medallion to Ethan, "you get this one." He turned to Samira. "You okay with that?"

She nodded. "I-I'll be j-just fine."

He nodded. "Good. So will I. I was actually already preparing in case I didn't get a medallion."

Martin smiled. "Well, I'll be rooting for you guys."

Leon smiled as well. "Then you better get ready. We are going all the way to the top. Now let's do this thing!

So, sorry I was a day late. I tried to finish this up yesterday, but didn't quite make it. There won't be an update next week, since I'm going to be camping, but you can expect to see something early in the week after that. So, what do you think? Who has the most medallions? What arenas do you think are going to be used? Who do you think will be paired against who? I'd love to hear what you guys think.