Our heroes have decided to enter the Junior Champion Tournament where the winner has a chance to battle Yamamoto. They've reunited with some familiar faces such as Ikkaku, Renji, Tatsuki, and Uryu and the places have been set for a fierce tournament. Ichigo triumphed in his battle against Tatsuki and Golbat evolved into Crobat. Now, it's either going to be Orihime or Uryu that moves on to the second round.

Ohh oh-oh-oh oh-oh
I'm unbeatable
Walking down this endless highway
With nothing but my friends beside me
We'll never give in, we'll never rest
Advanced Battle is the ultimate test
From the earth, the land
The sea and sky
They can never win, but they sure can try
Ohh oh-oh-oh oh-oh
I'm unbeatable
Pokémon
(Advanced Battle!)
Oh oh-oh-oh oh-oh
I'm undefeatable
From the stars and the ancient past
They come to play, but they'll never last
Ohh oh-oh-oh oh-oh
I'm unbeatable
Pokémon
(Advanced Battle!)
Ohh oh-oh-oh oh-oh
I'm undefeatable
Oh oh oh
(Advanced Battle!)
I'm unbeatable
Pokémon

(Ichigo's voice) Uryu's Advancement

"Our next battle is Uryu vs. Orihime." Uryu and Orihime were about to battle each other as the fifth match of the first round. Orihime was nervous, but she's trying to stay positive so she doesn't make some sort of mistake.

"Here I go. This is my first tournament. I hope I do well." Orihime said.

"Good luck, Orihime." Ichigo said.

"You'll be fine. Just stay calm." Rukia said.

"I'm all set. Sylveon, let's go!" Orihime said.

"Sylveon!"

"So she's going with her fairy-type. This will be easy. Bronzong, I choose you!" Uryu said.

"Bronzong!"

"Bronzong?! That must be the Bronzor from when we had our first battle." Ichigo said.

"This isn't good. Steel-type attacks are really strong against fairy-types." Rukia said. "If Orihime doesn't use her head, she's in a lot of trouble."

"We'll win this without any problems. Sylveon use Fairy Wind." Orihime said. Sylveon used the ribbons and generated the sparkling gust of wind, but Bronzong didn't seemed bothered by it at all. "Okay. That didn't looked like it worked." She said as she was already starting to feel regret.

"Bronzong use Gyro Ball." Uryu said. Bronzong spun around with energy flowing around it. Bronzong slammed right into Sylveon and it did a lot of damage.

"Sylveon, are you hurt?!" Orihime said. Sylveon tried to get back up, but Sylveon took a lot of damage. "We can't take another hit like that. Sylveon use Attract." Sylveon winked and unleashed some of hearts, but when they touched Bronzong, they had no effect.

"Orihime, Bronzong have no gender. Moves like Attract aren't going to work." Uryu said and that wasn't good for Orihime. "I'm afraid this is checkmate. Bronzong use Flash Cannon." Bronzong took aim and fired the shining beam with Sylveon taking another hit and was taken down.

"Sylveon is unable to battle. Bronzong is the winner. Victory goes to Uryu." The referee said.

"That's it. Uryu wins and moves to the second round." Orihime was really upset. Her first major tournament and she lost badly.

"Even though he had the type, I can still tell that Uryu's become a lot stronger." Ichigo acknowledge. He feels it's Uryu that will be the greater challenge. The battle ended, but the tournament went on.

"Dewott use Razor Shell." Ikkaku said. Ikkaku was battling Bowlen with Dewott slashing against Bowlen's Donphan.

"Donphan is unable to battle. Dewott is the winner. Victory goes to Ikkaku." The referee said.

"Now use Slash, Vigoroth." Renji said as he battled Kent. Vigoroth slashed against Kent's Ariados and won the battle.

"Ariados is unable to battle. Vigoroth is the winner. Victory goes to Renji." The referee said.

"Dewgong use Brine." Rukia said as she was battling Steve. Dewgong shot out some water and defeated his Dodrio.

"Dodrio is unable to battle. Dewgong is the winner. Victory goes to Rukia." The referee said.

"What splendid battles we've all had. We'll now show the matches for round two." The eight slots shuffled up and showed who was facing who in the second round. Ichigo was taking on Julia and Ikkaku battling Clark. The two that really caught their attentions were Chad vs. Uryu and Renji vs. Rukia.

"I can't believe I'm battling Renji." Rukia said.

"And I'm battling Uryu." Chad said.

"Tomorrow these eight will battle for a spot in the final four. For now, everyone get some rest and we'll see you tomorrow."

…

The Pokemon Center

All competitors were staying in the pokemon center so they and their pokemon would be rested and ready to go for when they battle. At the moment, Ichigo and the others were having a nice dinner.

"I can't believe that tomorrow I have to face Uryu." Chad said.

"We aren't fully aware of how much stronger he's become since the last time we saw him. So I would be prepared for anything." Rukia said. She took notice and saw that Orihime hasn't really eaten or said much. "Orihime, is everything okay."

"Huh? Oh! I'm fine." Orihime said.

"Orihime, you're still upset about your lost, aren't you?" Ichigo said and Orihime felt caught.

"It's just….that was my first tournament battle and I blew it." Orihime said.

"It's okay. It happens to a lot of people. You'll just do better next time." Rukia said.

"What's important is that you get back up after being knocked down." Ichigo said and Orihime was already starting to feel a lot better.

…

The Next Day

The tournament started up again and people were anxious for round two to get started right away.

"Welcome back. I won't bore you with all the details and skip right to the second round. Our first match will be Uryu vs. Chad." Both of them went on the field for their battle.

"Can't wait to see this one." Tatsuki said.

"I hope Chad will be okay." Orihime said and so were Ichigo and Rukia.

"Hawlucha, let's go again!" Chad said.

"Hawlucha!"

"Leavanny, I choose you!" Uryu said.

"Leavanny!"

"Leavanny? It's a bug and grass-type. It's at a complete disadvantage against a pokemon like Hawlucha." Rukia said.

"I have a sneaky suspicion Uryu's prepared for something like this." Ichigo said.

"Time for the battle action to….begin!"

"Leavanny, please start with Sunny Day." Uryu said. Leavanny unleashed a ray of bright light that made the sun's rays much stronger.

"Hawlucha, show them your Karate Chop." Chad said.

"Dodge it." Uryu said. Hawlucha tried to chop Leavanny, but Levanny avoided the attack and with amazing speed. Hawlucha tried again and again, but Leavanny used such speed to avoid all of Hawlucha's attacks.

"How is that Leavanny moving so fast?" Renji questioned, but Ikkaku figured it out.

"It must be chlorophyll." Ikkaku said.

"Chlorophyll, that's my Leavanny's ability." Uryu said. "With the sunlight much stronger now thanks to Sunny Day, Leavanny is much faster. Now use X-Scissor."

"Leavanny!" Leavanny slashed against Hawlucha in an X-shape and did a little damage.

"Now use Shadow Claw." Uryu said. Leavanny formed a dark claw around its arm and slashed against Hawlucha.

"This is not looking good for Hawlucha. Shows you that type isn't everything."

"Hawlucha use Aerial Ace." Chad said. Hawlucha charged right at Leavanny.

"Counter that with another Shadow Claw." Uryu said. Leavanny slashed against Hawlucha again and was able to counter Hawlucha's Aerial Ace. "Now use Leaf Storm."

"Leavanny!" Leavanny generated a ton of leaves and shot them all like in a wind storm. Hawlucha tried to resist it, but it was too strong and Hawlucha was pushed back. "Now finish this with Shadow Claw." Leavanny charged at Hawlucha and gave Hawlucha a third and final slash as Hawlucha was defeated.

"Hawlucha is unable to battle. Leavanny is the winner. Victory goes to Uryu." The referee said.

"Most impressive. Despite the fact that Leavanny was at a type disadvantage, Uryu still managed a win. Yamamoto, do you have anything to say about this."

"It should be known that type match alone does not decide the battle." Yamamoto said. "Obviously, Uryu used strategy and had Leavanny learn a set of moves that would be of help to it. A fine example of a decent trainer."

"Hawlucha, you're not hurt are you?" Chad asked as he was checking to see how badly damage Hawlucha was.

"Hawlucha." It didn't look like Hawlucha took any serious damage. Chad took a look at Uryu as Uryu brought Leavanny back in its pokeball.

"He's strong." Chad said.

"I hate to admit it, but Uryu has become a very strong trainer. He's advance so much from before." Rukia said.

"Yeah. He might be the toughest one to beat." Orihime said.

"That's just fine with me." Ichigo said as he was starting to get pumped. "The stronger the trainer, the harder I battle. I'll be the one to take him down." Chad might be defeated, but that doesn't mean Ichigo is going to get discouraged. He's actually hoping he gets to battle Uryu real soon, but he needs to make it past round two first. It just so happens that his battle is the next one.

"It's now time for the second match of round two. The next one is Julia vs Ichigo." The two of them came out and were ready for their battle.

"Magmar, let's take them down." Julia said.

"Magmar!"

"Palpitoad, I choose you!" Ichigo said.

"Palpitoad!" Palpitoad and Magmar stared the other down with the strong will of a battler.

The Junior Champion Tournament has made it through the first round and is now in the second. Uryu has shown that he's become much stronger as he has already entered round three. Who else will join him in the final four? Will it be one of our heroes? I hope, but you'll just need to stay tune and find out.

To Be Continued…