So for our next battle we have the Cerulean city gym leader, Misty!

A loud cheer was heard for the water type specialist.

And her opponent, from Littleroot town Hoenn, Harrison.

Harrison proceeded to take his place on the other side of the battle field. The 2 trainers simultaneously grabbed a pokeball and throw it out onto the battlefield.

Harrison got an early lead when Sneasel beat Starmie. After that Golduck was beat by Hypno. She made a comeback when her powerful Gyarados defeated Sneasel, and later Knockout Hypno. Gyarados was finally taken down by a super effective thunderbolt from Kecleon.

"Gyarados is unable to battle, Kecleon wins and the victory goes to Harrison of Littleroot town." Called the referee.

Misty recalled her fallen Gyarados and walked out of the arena.

"So now Misty is out to." Said Dawn.

"That Gyarados was really strong, but that Harrison guy must be really good." Commented Tyler.

"Well he did beat Ash in the silver conference." Max said as a matter of factly.

Now for our next match it's N vs. Tobias.

"So even Tobias is here." Said Brock.

Ash ran out of the stands and out of the stadium.

"Ash where are you going?!" yelled Dawn.

"Where's he going, and who's Tobias." Asked Tyler.

Brock explained the story. "Tobias is the trainer who beat Ash in the Sinnoh league semi-finals. And he did it using only 2 pokemon, a Darkrai and a Latios."

"Wow, sounds like a really strong trainer." Said Tyler. He was really surprized that there was a trainer who possessed that kind of power. Just then they heard the referee call.

Archeops is unable to battle, Darkrai wins and the winner is Tobias!"

"It's over already!" blurted Gary.

"That doesn't surprise me at all." Said Brock.

"Looks like he is still strong as ever." Commented Dawn.

"We're going to need to train a lot harder if we want to beat him." Said Tyler determinedly.

By this time Misty had caught up with them.

"Hi Misty." Said Dawn. "Too bad you didn't win."

That's ok, I did my best. I'll just be here cheering for the rest of you."

"Well let's go back to the pokemon centre for now." Suggested Brock.

So Misty, Tracey, May, Max, Dawn, Iris, Tyler, Gary and Brock all headed back to the centre for some dinner when they arrived the days results were posted.

Riley

Tyson

Ardos Virch

Spenser

Harrison

Tobias

Grimsley

Drake

"So Tyson, Harrison and Tobias have advanced to round 2." Said Max.

"Alright, who's ready for dinner!" announced Brock.

"Alright!" the group said in unison.

Just then Ash walked in through the centre doors.

"Ash where have you been?" asked May.

"I've been out training. I'm going to need to train hard if I want to have a chance against Tobias." He replied.

"Well he did win his match 3-0." Said Max.

"Real helpful Max." said Ash.

"Well good news, it's dinner time." Brock told him.

That certainly cheered Ash up. The 10 friends ate dinner and as Ash, Tracey, Max, Iris and Gary all thought ahead to their 1st round battles. May and Misty were already eliminated, but Brock, Tyler and Dawn all qualified for round 2. After dinner they all turned in for the night. Especially Brock who was worn out from cooking for 9 other people. He went right to sleep leaving Tyler and Ash to talk about the round 1 battles.

"I'm kinda worried I won't make it past the first round." Said Ash. "There is some tough competition here."

"Yeah but you'll probably have a better chance than I did, I had to take on an elite 4 member."

"True. That was awesome by the way. I can't believe that you beat a member of the elite 4."

"Thanks, it wasn't an easy battle I'll tell you."

"How did you get so strong anyway?" asked Ash.

"I don't know what to tell you, I guess it's just my knack for training." He responded.

"I just hope that I can get through my first battle."

Then you need your rest, pokemon battles are also a battle of the mind."

"Alright then, good night."

"Good luck."