The next morning started the same. They all had breakfast and headed over to the Driftveil stadium.
We are now at day 5 of the Driftveil world tournament. Here are the 8 battles for today.
Drake vs. Bruno
George vs. Snattle
Michael vs. J
Ursula vs. John
Flora vs. Kyle
Brahm vs. Dakota
Ardos Virch vs. Tanner
N vs. Lucas
"Awwwwwwwwwwww. But I want to battle." Complained Ash.
"Don't worry Ash, you'll get your chance eventually." Said Brock.
"Well what will we do in the meantime?" Asked Ash.
"I say that we go and check out some of the battles!" said Max.
"I say we go do some shopping." Suggested Dawn.
"I'm up for that!" Added May.
"I think that I'll stick with the battles thanks." Said Brock sheepishly.
With that the day 5 battles were under way. The 4 girls all went to the Driftveil market for some shopping. Max and Brock went to check out the days battles, while Gary left to do some research. This left Ash and Tyler to pass the time. They found a dark, damp cave to check out when Ash decided to speak up.
"So Tyler…" Ash tried to start a conversation. "Where are you from anyway?"
Tyler looked at Ash and decided that he would tell him all about his hometown. "I come from Blackthorn city. It's located in the high mountains in the north-east end of the Johto region." Tyler began to reminisce about his home.
"It's a very secluded town that is home to a variety of dragon type pokemon. Many aspiring dragon trainers and masters have lived or trained there. The dragons den is located here. Many strong Trainers can be found within the cavern. The Master of the Dragon Clan is located there, and he will quiz people on their attitude towards and treatment of their Pokémon. It's a sacred area known as the centre place for the world's dragon types. However this place is only accessed by a select few of chosen individuals who are deemed worthy by their treatment of pokemon and their ability to interact with them. The city gym also specialises in dragon type pokemon."
"I once had a battle with gym leader Clair, and I won the rising badge." Said Ash.
"Impressive, I had to beat Claire 2 years ago to enter the silver conference. I then went on to place 4th in the tournament. To this date I've failed to win a regional league. I hope to change that… in this tournament."
"I know what you mean, I've never won a league either. I'm going to give it all I've got!" He raised his fist in the air triumphantly.
"Of course we can't both win, but we should decide who is the better trainer, in the finals."
"You got it. We're going all the way." Ash quickly agreed to this despite already making the same promise to Gary.
They bumped fists to agree upon their decision. After a little silence another thought came into Ash's mind.
"Your brother is from blackthorn city too right?"
"Yeah we're brothers, we both grew up in there."
"So have either of you been to the dragons den?"
"Actually we both have. We were chosen to be worthy after our first journey through Hoenn. After we returned home we were summoned by the dragon elder. He decided that based on our placements in our 1st regional league, we were deemed to have the potential to be dragon masters."
"Sounds pretty cool, it sounds like such a high honor."
"It was during that journey that I caught Flygon. I found him in Hoenn and raised it from a Trapinch."
"What about Jamie, does he have any dragon type pokemon?"
"Yeah, he's got a lot of powerful ones."
"Yeah, who are they?" Asked Ash.
"That's for him to tell you, not me. Not only does he have more dragon types than me, but he's beat me in every league that we've entered. I need to win this tournament, to prove to myself that I can be on his level."
"Don't you remember that you beat an elite 4 member in round 1? That's a pretty high level if you ask me."
"Thanks Ash. Well what do you say we check out his first round battle?"
"Sure, let's head back for now."
Ash and Tyler walked back to Driftveil stadium and saw the day 5 1st round results.
Congratulations to these 8 trainers for making it to round 2!
Drake
Snattle
Michael Krane
John
Kyle
Brahm
Ardos Virch
N
"Well that's 8 more spots that have been taken." Said Brock.
"Then take 1 more off, because that spot is mine. Man am I ready to battle!" Ash said determinedly.
Day 6
Here are the day 6 matchups!
The remaining trainers pictures were shown being shuffled until 16 of them were shown on screen.
Spenser vs. Riley T.
Mark vs. Tate
Matt vs. Brianna
Bianca vs. Burgundy
Barrett vs. Erica
Dino vs. Zoey
Kruger vs. Josh
Kenny vs. Stew
"Wow so Bianca is battling today." Acknowledged Iris.
"And Kenny's battling too." Added Dawn.
"AWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW!" Whined Ash.
"Still no luck for Ash." Said Max.
"Quit complaining Ash, you're such a little kid." Said Iris.
The next day Ash still had no luck. The 16 competitors set to battle on day 7 were not him.
Ritchie vs. Cynthia
Carrie vs. Chris
Montgomery vs. Lucian
Jamie vs. Lyra
Whitney vs. Cilan
Keith vs. Lenora
Gardinia vs. Ben
Loverina vs. Venus
"Hey cheer up Ashy-boy, you'll get to lose sooner or later." Said Gary Cockley.
"Another reason I want to battle is to show how strong I am and shut that big mouth of yours!" Ash yelled back.
"It looks like Tyler's brother is competing today." Said Dawn.
"Alright! Hey Tyler!" Ash looked over at the new face in the group. "Let's go check it out!"
"Uh… sure thing." He answered back.
Jamie was listed 4th so he was in the last morning battle. They found him at the pokemon centre preparing for his 1st battle.
"Hey Jamie, are you getting ready for your battle?" Asked Ash.
Jamie turned around to find the 10 trainers behind him. He noticed Tyler in the group and smiled. "You don't need to worry about me. This 1st match will be a breeze."
"You know, it's that kind of attitude that will get you eliminated." Said Gary with a concerned look on his face.
"Yeah, there are some really strong trainers here." Added Misty. She spoke from experience as she was already eliminated.
"It's okay, I've got this." Responded Jamie as he left the pokemon centre to the stadium.
"He's so sure of himself, what a little kid." Iris commented.
"We'll see. If he is as good as Tyler, than it should be a hell of a battle!" said Ash excitedly as he ran off for the stadium. The rest of the group exchanged a few glances and followed Ash to the stands.