"Awesome, Edric! I can't believe you beat him!" Davin congratulated when he returned to the room.

"Aw, it was nothing." he waved it off. "Besides, it was a real honor to battle the top trainer of the Elite Four. That's a moment I'll never forget."

"The way you battle... it's just so amazing!" Maura said.

Edric chuckled. "Just a result of a lot of hard work."


"The semifinal contestants have been revealed!" The announcer stated as Davin's, Maura's, and Edric's pictures came up on the arena screen. "Since there are only three left in the tournament, a random shuffle will decide who will face who in the next round."

The pictures flipped over and began to rotate around each other in a fast pace. Eventually, they split apart to form a triangle and flipped over to show the picture; Davin and Maura were at the bottom while Edric was at the top.

"Well, there you have it! Tomorrow, Davin and Maura will battle in the next round to see who will face Edric for the title of champion!"

"Cool! It's finally here!" Davin said with excitement. "Maura, it's going to be you and me, just like we promised!"

She nodded. "Yep. And I'll be sure to give it my all against you; no doubt about that!"

Edric said, "A battle against you two? That'll be interesting. Don't you think, Haro?"

"Yeah." He simply nodded with an emotionless expression.


Later that evening, the four trainers healed their Pokemon at the front desk in the lobby and began to discuss about tomorrow's round.

"So, what's your strategy against Maura gonna be?" Edric asked as they sat on the couch.

"Even if she wasn't sitting right next me, I still wouldn't tell you." he answered with a cocky grin. "You'll just have to wait and find out."

Maura giggled. "Well, good luck because I don't plan on losing so easily to you. After seeing the way you battle, I've come up with the perfect strategy that will knock you out of this tournament for sure!"

"Can't wait! What do you think about it, Haro?" He looked to his left but he saw that the blonde wasn't there. "Hey, where's Haro?"

"There he is!" Maura pointed to him as he walked out of the lobby through the automatic doors.

Davin ran after him. "Haro! Wait up!" He caught up to him on the outside as Haro turned around. "Where are you going?"

He closed his eyes. "I'm going home."

"WHAT?! Why?!" Davin shouted in shock.

Haro opened his eyes. "Why do you think? I lost, so there's no reason for me staying here. I have to keep training so that I'll win the next Pokemon League I plan on entering."

"But why leave now? Don't you want to see my battle?"

"Believe me, Davin, I want to, but this is something I have to do. Unlike you, I haven't found a way to use my Pokemon properly in the way I want to win, and I need to start learning that as soon as possible so that I can be a true Pokemon trainer. You understand that, don't you?"

He stared at him for a few seconds and sighed. "I guess so..." Davin felt really sad at that moment; although they started out as bitter rivals, they've come to accept each other as close friends. He knew that he had to say goodbye to him eventually, but he didn't expect it to be this soon. Sighing again before speaking, he asked, "So, what league are you going to enter next?"

"I'm heading for Johto. For some reason, I feel that that's the only place I'll be able to find what I need." Haro looked at the sad boy for a second and smiled; he took his backpack off and knelt down to get something out of it. "Davin... this is for you." He showed him an oval shaped object that was colored light-green with several small dots around it.

"A... Pokemon egg?" Davin asked as he took it in his hands.

"I left two of my Pokemon at a daycare near Mauville City and the old couple that was in charge there found an egg from the two of them. I was planning on raising it myself, but I'm giving it to you as a parting gift."

"Haro..."

The blonde took his bag off the ground and placed it back around his shoulders. "Well... I best be going..." He walked up to Davin and wrapped his arms around him.

"Thank you... for changing me back to the way I was..."

After he said that, he let go of him and started walking off into the distance.

"You're welcome, Haro." Davin felt tears coming into his eyes. "Take care... my friend."