After the first few trainers battled, it was Haro's turn to go up against a guy named Theron. Both of them entered the arena with confidence.

"1-on-1! Start!" The judge stated.

Theron was first. "Go, Shiftry!" The ball was thrown, releasing a brown creature with white hair covering its face and leaves for hands.

"Vulpix, let's go!" The fire fox Pokemon materialized on to the battlefield.

"Shiftry, use Rock Slide!" It waved its leaf-hands back and forth to release rocks at Vulpix.

"Dodge and use Flamethrower!" With a single jump, the rocks were avoided and Vulpix breathed a blast of fire that scorched the Grass/Dark type.

"Use Leaf Storm!" Shiftry's hands glowed as leaves surrounded its body and were fired towards the opponent.

"Destroy it with Fire Spin, then use Dig!" A spiraling flame was released from its mouth that separated the leaves from each other as they were burned. Afterwards, Vulpix burrowed into the ground.

"Stay focused, Shiftry. Try to find where it'll come up." Theron ordered as Shiftry looked around. When least expected, Vulpix shot up from the ground behind Shiftry and, with Haro's command, used Flamethrower on it.

"Now that it's weakened, use Dark Pulse!" Dark circles hit Shiftry from Vulpix's mouth and the Grass Pokemon fainted to the ground.

"Shiftry is unable to battle! Vulpix wins and Haro advances to the next round!"

The crowd cheered for him as Haro knelt down and praised Vulpix by petting its head. "Good job, Vulpix. You did great."

"Vulpix, Vul." It smiled at him.


Few more battles later, Maura was up against a guy named Yardley.

"Weezing, let's go!" A floating Pokemon in the form of two heads, one bigger than the other, appeared on Yardley's side.

"Come on out, Crawdaunt!" Maura's Water/Dark type Pokemon appeared on her side.

"1-on-1! Start!"

"Weezing, Smokescreen!" Thick, black smoke covered the field as Crawdaunt's vision was blinded.

"Protect, Crawdaunt!" It crossed its pincers in front of itself as a green forcefield covered its body. When Weezing came in with Tackle, it was bounced off as soon as it made contact.

"Crab Hammer!" Weezing was struck by one of the lobster's glowing pincers. "Now, Night Slash!"

"Thunderbolt!" Electricity painfully ran through Crawdaunt's body as it came from Weezing's. Maura gasped as Yardley ordered a Double Hit, which made Weezing come at the stunned Pokemon with its body glowing slightly.

"Guillotine!" When Weezing was 3 feet away, Crawdaunt quickly launched itself at it and grasped both of the heads with its claws. When it let go, the Poison type fell to the ground, unconscious.

"Weezing is unable to battle! Crawdaunt wins and Maura advances to the next round!"

The crowd cheered once again as Maura embraced her Pokemon. "Good job, Crawdaunt!"

"Craw, Craw!" It smiled at her.


Davin's turn was next and he was up against a girl named Paula.

"All right, Luck, let's go!" Davin's Vigoroth appeared on the field as it howled with determination.

"Heracross, go!" A bipedal, dark blue beetle with the top of its horn shaped like a heart materialized on Paula's side.

"That's weird. I've never seen a Heracross with a horn like that." Davin checked his Pokedex for details.

"Heracross, the Single Horn Pokemon. A Heracross's gender can be told by the shape of its horn. When its horn is regular shaped, it is male. (The image changes to a Heracross that looks like Paula's) When its horn is heart-shaped, it is female."

"So her Heracross is a girl..." Davin confirmed himself.

"1-on-1! Start!"

"Heracross, use Brick Break!" It flew into the air and dived down as its hand was turned sideways like it was getting ready to do a karate chop.

"Match it with Focus Punch!" Luck turned his hand into a fist and punched Heracross's attacking hand. Both of them struggled to push each other back but Luck overpowered the female and sent her skidding across the field.

"Use Focus Blast!" Heracross formed a light blue sphere in her hands and she threw it across the field.

"Dodge and use Fury Swipes!" The Focus Blast passed by Luck's side as he evaded it and he ran at Heracross with his claws outstretched for attack.

Paula smirked. "Attract!" Heracross winked and hearts were shot out. When the hearts disappeared upon contact with Luck, the Vigoroth had hearts in his eyes as he began to stare at her with admiration.

"Oh, come on!" Davin groaned as he smacked his forehead.

"Brick Break!" Heracross landed a karate chop on Luck's head and, with Paula's orders, hit him with Focus Blast, which sent him skidding across the field. With the hearts in his eyes, it looked like the Vigoroth was enjoying the pain.

"Luck, get up! Try to use Focus Punch!" Davin ordered. It stood up, but it wasn't able to do the commanded attack. "This is not good. Since it's one on one, I can't get Luck back in his Poke ball or else I'll be disqualified. What am I going to do?"

"Heracross, let's finish this with Mega Horn!" She flew at the lovestruck Vigoroth with her heart-shaped horn glowing white.

"Come on, Luck! You've got to dodge!" Davin cried out to him. His attempt to reach him failed and he was struck by the glowing horn. Despite that, the Vigoroth got up and was still under Heracross's Attract.

Davin shook his head. "This is just great. Luck can't get out of Attract's effect and it can't use any of its moves." he sighed. "Guess it's all over for me..."

"Ok, Heracross, Brick Break!" Heracross flew over and delivered another karate chop to Luck's head. At that moment, Luck's body began to glow with white light, making Heracross jump back and return to her trainer's side. "What's going on?"

Davin could only stare in awe as his Vigoroth began to grow larger and its features began to change. When the light faded, a huge brown gorilla Pokemon stood in Vigoroth's place.

"SLAKI~NG!" It roared with its arms in the air.

"Awesome! Luck evolved into Slaking!" Davin rejoiced as he took out his Pokedex.

"Slaking, the Lazy Pokemon. Slaking is the evolved form of Vigoroth. Despite its laziness, Slaking can unleash a strong amount of power that it saves up when it lounges. When in an area where it has eaten all the grass it can reach, it moves to another location."

"And since it evolved, the Attract has worn off! This couldn't be better!"

Paula wasn't about to let that happen. "Heracross, use Attract!" The hearts were released again when Heracross winked.

"Luck, use Protect!" The Slaking crossed its arms in front of it as the green forcefield appeared and blocked the hearts.

"Slaking has the ability Truant, so it can't attack this time! Heracross, Attract!" More hearts flew out, but Luck went to the ground to rest, causing the hearts to pass by him. "What?!"

"Thought you had us there, didn't you?" Davin taunted. "Luck, let's finish them off with your new Thunder attack!" Still on the ground in his lazing position, Luck stuck his hand out and released a blast of electricity out of it that electrocuted Heracross. It was so powerful that Heracross fainted as soon as the attack was done.

"Heracross is unable to battle! Slaking wins and Davin advances to the next round!"

Cheers erupted from the crowd as Davin went over to Luck and hugged the large Pokemon around his head. "Good going, Luck! I had my doubts, but you pulled through for me. Thank you so much!"

"Slak, Slaking." It smiled at him.