The weekend had come and gone with much anticipation from the group. Today was the start of round 2 and the excitement was at a fever pitch. With Ash up and running again and many thrilling battles to come, the upbeat group hurried over to the stadium like before.
"So who of us are still competing?" Asked Dawn to the group.
"Well I'm still in and I'm going to win it!" Shouted Ash determinedly.
"I'm still in too." Replied Tyler.
"Don't count me out either." Added Gary.
"Brock and Dawn are still in as well." Said Iris.
"I'll bet that out of you, Dawn will be eliminated 1st." Challenged Max. This challenge was met by a swift and brutal smack in the head by his sister and Dawn. He decided to shut up about that for the rest of the tournament.
"I'm sorry Max, I didn't realize you beat your 1st round opponent. Oh wait! You didn't did you!" Yelled Dawn. Max just stood there waiting desperately for the subject to be changed.
"So it's time to look on to round 2." Said Tyler. Max sighed in relief.
"Yeah, I'll beat anyone that they put me up against." Said Ash.
"Yeah, sure Ashy boy, as soon as you get the chance." Added Gary.
"Oh, right." Said Ash in a slum. He had totally forgotten that he might have to wait a long time before his turn actually came up. The rest just looked at Ash and laughed a bit before the tournament started up again.
Good morning to you vigorous trainers! I hope you all enjoyed your rest because it's time for the Driftveil world tournament to get underway with its 2nd round!
The crowd erupted in cheers all excited and pumped for the thrilling battles. however no cheers were louder than the competing trainers themselves. All of their past journeys, experiences and training will culminate here.
Now here are the rules for round 2. All of the battles will be 2 on 2 double battles. Both trainers will use 2 pokemon at a time for the duration of the battle. When 1 side losses both pokemon then the other team wins and the losing team will be eliminated from the tournament. With that being said, let's see the first 8 battle matchups!
The giant screen showed the pictures of the remaining 64 trainers. The pictures flipped over and were all mixed together. After a few arduously long seconds 16 faces were shown for the 1st 8 battles.
Kruger vs. Mars
Draden vs. Tucker
Tom vs. Brandon P
Matt vs. Agnol
Ein vs. Hugh
Damon vs. Alder
Norman vs. Riley
Lorilie vs. Lucian
"Hey dad is competing today" Said Max.
"And I see battle Dome master Tucker and the Unova champion Alder." Acknowledged Ash.
"I see Draden competing too." Said Iris.
"And I see Riley, the aura guardian we met on iron island. There's also Lucian of the elite 4." Added Dawn.
"What do you say we go check out all the battles." Said Ash.
"No thanks Ashy boy. I've got training to do." Said Gary.
"Why would you do that Gary? That's no fun."
"It will be when I win the the whole tournament and get to rub it in your face." He said and then walked off to do said training.
"You'll have to beat me." Said Ash.
"He sure does train a lot." Said Tyler.
"Just let him go Ash. Let's go see the battles" Suggested Iris.
"You're right, let's go."
Druddigon use dragon tail
Druddigon jumped in the air and its tail glew blue. It did a front flip and slammed Arcanine down to the field.
"Arcanine is unable to battle, Druddigon is the winner and the victory goes to the Opelucid gym leader Draden."
Bouffalant head charge
Bouffalant ran forward at full force at Reuniclus.
Dodge it now
Reuniclus barely escaped the wrath of Bouffalant.
Now Escavalier use X-Scizor.
Escavalier quickly moved forward and slammed Reuniclus with its super effective attack.
"Reuniclus is unable to battle, Bouffalant and Escavalier win and victory goes to the Unova champion Alder."
Vigoroth use slash
Block it Lucario
Lucario crossed its arms and blocked the slash.
"Go dad, you can do it!" Cheered Max.
"Good luck dad!" Yelled May.
Slacking use hammer arm on Lucario
Slacking was moving in to knock out Lucario.
Metagross get in there with your hammer arm
Both hammer arms collided and depleted the energy of both pokemon.
"Slacking and Metagross are both unable to battle." Called the ref.
"So now it's a 1 on 1." Said Brock.
"Dad can still do it. Go dad, go Vigoroth!" Shouted Max.
Let's finish this, Vigoroth flamethrower
Vigoroth shot a unexpected flamethrower at a weak resistant Lucario.
Lucario use aura sphere.
Out of the flames came a blue sphere the made direct contact on Vigoroth ending the battle.
"Vigoroth is unable to battle, Lucario is the winner and victory goes to Riley." Called the ref.
"Wow so Riley moves on." Said Dawn.
"He's gotten a lot stronger." Added Brock.
"He only won because he was using steel types." Pouted Max.
And so that wraps up round 2's 1st day. And here are the 8 proceeding trainers.
Kruger
Draden
Brandon P
Agnol
Hugh
Alder
Riley
Lucian