As Ash, Misty, Tracey, May, Max, Dawn, Iris, Gary and Brock walked back to the pokemon centre, they were all talking about today's battles and Brock and Tyler's triumph. Until Gary started talking about the future.
"Ash you should probably do some training when we get back." Said Gary.
"Huh?" asked Ash.
"He's right Ash, you may be battling tomorrow. You'll need to be ready." Brock said supporting what Gary said.
"Yeah, I'll do a bit of training before dinner." Ash said.
When they got back to the pokemon centre they saw Tyler talking to another boy, although the 2 looked more like they were bickering. The other boy had a bright red T-shirt and blue pants. His blonde hair was just long enough to hang right above his eyes. on his left hand he had a black wristband with a red stripe.
"Hey Tyler, that was a great win, congratulations." Dawn said with a smile.
"Tyler turned around to see the people who cheered him on in his battle.
"Oh thanks. I won that battle by the skin off my pants." He admitted.
"You did have a great strategy in the end, and that's what allowed you to pick up the win." Said Brock.
"I'll tell you, that last attack was really strong." Said Max.
"If you ask me, I'd say you lucked out." Said the other boy.
"Yeah, that's why no one asked." Tyler answered back.
"Um Tyler who is this?" asked Iris.
"Oh this is my twin brother, Jamie." He replied, although the looked nothing alike.
"Nice to meet you." Said Ash. "Are you in the tournament too?"
"Yep, I'm going to go all the way. This tournament is mine." He said confidently.
"Well good luck to you." Said Ash.
"Well I've got training to do, see you later." He said as he walked out of the pokemon centre.
"Gee, he seems friendly." Iris said sarcastically.
"Na, he just doesn't talk to new people very oftenly." Said Tyler.
"So which one of you is the stronger trainer?" asked Max.
Tyler had a confused/nervous look on his face as he tried to find the right words to answer the question. "Well it's hard to say, most of our battles have been back and forth. But he has eliminated me in most of the league conferences."
"So it sounds like you're not as good as him." Max said as his glasses shown, followed by a swift hit on the head from his sister.
"I guess maybe he just works better under pressure." Said Misty.
"If he is as good as you are I definitely want to see him battle." Ash said excitedly.
"Ash you are suck a little kid. You need to focus on your own match." Interjected Iris.
"Fine. What do you say to some training Pikachu?" Ash asked.
"pika, pi!" it responded.
The next morning at Driftveil stadium.
Ash, Misty, May, Max, Dawn, Iris, Tracey, Tyler, Gary and Brock were all gathered the next day at the stadium.
Ok here are the matchups for day 2!
On a big screen 16 more names came up as follows,
Skyla vs. Scooter
Cress vs. Gale
Roxie vs. Chilli
Morty vs. Steven Stone
Antonio vs. Angus
Miror B vs. Ingo
Kenny vs. Dunking
Koga vs. Georgia
"Well no one we know is battling today." Noticed Dawn. Iris saw the name of her pain-in-the-neck rival the dragon buster, but she decided to say nothing of it.
"Hey if we got nothing to do today, can we go find Jamie?" asked Max.
Everyone looked at him in a confused state. "Well I don't see why not." Replied Ash.
Everyone looked at Tyler with anticipation.
"What?" he asked the group of teenagers staring at him.
"Do you know where he is?" asked May.
"How should I know? We don't travel together and I haven't seen him today." He told them.
"We could check all of the major attractions around town." Suggested Dawn.
"Sounds like a great idea." Added Iris.
The 10 of them then split up to go enjoy themselves for the day. Gary just went back to the pokemon centre to do some research into the tournament competitors. Iris and Brock went to the Driftveil market to see their wide selections of goods. Tracey decided to go to the Driftveil gym to see some of the pokemon there. Max went off to to check all the hotels to see if he could find the one Tyler's brother was staying in. Dawn wanted to check out the lighthouse and dragged Misty along with her. May flew off to check out all the gourmet restaurants and Ash who loved food went along to. Leaving Tyler contemplating on what to do for the day. He decided to walk a little out on route 6 to do some training.
"Ok Sceptile let's start with you." He said has he grabbed a pokeball and threw it up in the air. Then popped out his green forest wood gecko pokemon from Hoenn.
"Let's do some training Sceptile, so use leaf blade."
The leaves on Sceptile's arms suddenly got bigger as it charged at a thick tree and cut it down in 1 slice.
"Nice job Sceptile!" he said to his pokemon. Then they heard a cackling laugh out from the bushes. 3 figure jumped out into the open and glared down Tyler and the wood gecko.
"That was an impressive attack, we could use power like that." Said the women.
"True. With that kind of offensive force we couldn't lose." Said the man.
"Which is why we're going to take Sceptile off your twerpy hands." Said the little cat pokemon.
"Whoa! A meowth that can talk! How is that possible?!" Tyler yelled in surprise. "Hey wait, what do you mean take of my hands?"
"Again is the question, so twerpish indeed! The answer to come as we feel the need! Bringing the blinding white light of evil into the future! Thrusting the hammer of justice down onto the black darkness of the universe! And carving our names in rock of eternity! The fiery destroyer, Jessie! And with thunderous emotion, I am James! Wisest of the wise, Meowth! Now gather, under the name of Team Rocket!"
"What?" Tyler said in a confused tone.
Team rocket fell anime style.
"Look it doesn't matter! All that matters is that we are talking your Sceptile with us!" yelled Meowth.
"What, no! He is not going anywhere." Tyler said.
"We'll just see, go Seviper!" yelled Jessie as she grabbed a pokeball. Right before she was able to throw it she heard a select few words she did not want to here.
"Sceptile use leaf storm!" Tyler yelled. Thousands of leaves blew around Sceptile and flew towards team rocket. The attack blew them off into the distance far beyond the tree line. As Tyler returned Sceptile and turned to walk away he could hear a faint sound in the distance. Team Rocket's blasting off again. He shrugged it off as he started back to the city.
He eventually found Ash, and the others back at the stadium. The names of the winners up on the giant screen as follows.
Skyla
Cress
Roxie
Steven Stone
Antonio
Ingo
Dunking
Koga
Congratulations to these 8 winners and good luck in round 2!
"Hey Tyler, where've you been all day?" Asked Ash.
"Well I was training until I ran into this group of 3 weirdoes. After they were gone I just came back." He replied.
"3 weirdoes? I don't think we know anyone like that." Said Ash.
"Well there are another 8 battles tomorrow, so we'd better get our rest." Said Brock.
The 9 of them walked as a group back to the pokemon centre, Tyler saw that Max looked a little unfulfilled. He assumed that his search for Jamie had been a bust. But he could not help but wonder about the trio of thieves he saw today. However after thinking back on their encounter, he didn't deem them as a threat. So he instead started to concentrate on training his team for round 2 while cheering on his new friends in the rounds to come.