Kenan had never been this nervous before.
Currently, he, Shion and Tyson are in the locker room deciding on their teams and what their potential opponents could be when Kazuma soon enters into the room.
He stared them three down especially Kenan, and for a split second it felt like a fight was going to break out.
Then Kasumi soon popped in with her usual energetic self.
"HEY YA MY FELLOW WINNERS!" Kasumi said to everyone as she soon wrapped a harm around Kazuma and soon began chugging her water bottle like there was no tomorrow.
"Hey Kasumi." Kenan said to her as he smiled glad that someone like her was here as he felt the tension died down.
Soon the five of them waited for sometime as soon as Marshal soon entered. He didn't really say anything except a nod of his head to acknowledge everyone else and soon went to the corner and soon was just on his phone.
The awkward silence soon returned as Kasumi asked Shion if she was excited for the Victory Tournament.
"You… could say that." Shion said as her focus was not a hundred percent there.
Before Kasumi could ask what was going on with her, Lillian and Felix soon arrived and soon all eight of them were in the same room.
Felix soon high-fived Tyson and said hi to Kazuma as Lillian went over to Shion and smiled at her asking her why she was sad.
"I made a big mistake with a friend of mine recently and I am just wondering what I can do to fix it."
Lillian said that was a shame and said she had once made the same mistake before with a close friend of hers and she only managed to rectify it but confronting their friend and telling them what was on their mind.
Shion blushed at that but soon wondered if that would work for her and Robyn. But before she could continue, a school official soon made their way to the locker room and told them that they would need to head to the main stage soon.
Soon Kenan got up but Kazuma 'accidentally' bumped into him and soon stared him down before walking away and the rest followed.
Soon they made it to the elevator where their soon headed up for the main event and soon went to see where their fates in this tournament lied.
Meanwhile, in the stands, Robyn and Rex were trying to find seats so that they could get a good view of the action when it started.
"Rex I think our seats are here."
"Oh thank Arceus, I am glad we found them."
Soon both of them sat down and waited for the eight trainers to come on out, Robyn was nervous about seeing Shion again.
The two of them hadn't been on great terms since their kiss with Robyn basically dodging any chance she got to see Shion until now. It was just that she had never been romantically into anyone for most of her life. Sure, their were girls she had a crush on growing up in school but they were just that, crushes. They never got as serious as they did.
And then their was Shion. That girl was different as she managed to become fast friends with her quickly and she knew she could count on her whenever things went south.
And then Shion kissed her and she was stumbling around it.
Soon Robyn sighed but she felt someone bump into her as she steadied the man.
"Sorry about that." The guy said.
"It is fine, no harm no-."
Robyn soon failed in her words as she saw that the person who had bumped into her turned out to be Ash Ketchum himself, wearing a poor disguise.
"Mister Ketchum! What are you doing here?"
Ash soon sat down and stretched out his legs with a smile as Pikachu sat next to him.
"Oh don't mind me, I figured that I would watch the quarterfinals from here instead of the commenatator's booth."
Robyn and Rex soon looked up and saw that the booth was currently empty as Freddy George Jr had yet to arrive. Soon both sweatdropped as Ash soon brought out a bucket of popcorn and soon began to munch on it.
Both of them didn't know what to do so that they sat down next to him.
"Mister Ketchum with all due respect shouldn't you been in the commentator's booth right now?"
"Oh please, I think old Freddy George Jr can handle doing the commentary by himself this one time. I will join him for the Semis."
Robyn and Rex soon once again sweatdropped as they just accepted it and soon watched as the last eight trainers remaining in the tournament soon stepped out for the ceremony.
"Rise and shine ladies and gentleman! After many exciting battles, it is time to announce the trainers who have made it to the victory tournament!"
Soon the crowd roared with excitement as Freddy looked over to where Ash was supposed to be and sighed before continuing.
"These eight trainers have made it here through sheer strength, grit and willpower. Showing off what them and their Pokemon can do. And if you don't mind, with great honor allow me to introduce you to them!"
Soon the crowd roared as rap music began blasting and soon the group of eight arises with with smoke covering them all.
"First hailing from Undella Town with the small town pride on his chest, it is Kenan Fox!"
Kenan soon stepped out with the crowd chanting his name and even some fangirls.
"Next up from Olivine City, a beauty with Grass-types mastery, it is Shion Lovato!"
Shion soon stepped out to meet the applause and then soon saw Robyn and immediately became nervous again.
"From Crimson City, the trainer who simply refuses to lose, it is Tyson Fisher!"
Tyson soon stepped out and began blowing kisses to his imaginary fans.
"From Ercuteak City, a trainer who fast as lighting battle style has caught many off guard it is Kasumi Homura!"
Kasumi soon began waving eagerly as she soon stepped back.
"From the Sinnoh Region, a man who simply demolishes his opponents with brutal strength, it is Kazuma J. Nagasawa!"
The cheering soon erupted for him but Kazuma simply gave a small wave and soon stepped back.
"From the Kalos region, a trainer who works with good old fashioned determination, it is Felix Brighton!"
Felix showed more emotion than Kazuma but still not that much as he waved and soon stepped back.
"From the beautiful Paldea region, it is the beauty who cannot be stopped, it is Lillian Ramos!"
Lillian soon waved to the crowd and blew a kiss to all the pretty girls in the area before stepping back.
"And finally hailing from the Alola Region, a mastery of Dark-types themselves, it is Marshal Moors!"
Amid the cheers, Marshal didn't emote much but gave a wave of acknowledgment as he stepped back.
"And now with further ado, it is time to determine the four matchups for the quarterfinals!"
Soon the pictures of the trainers appeared on cards on the jumbotron as they were soon shuffled and the matchups were revealed:
Shion vs Tyson, Kasumi vs Kazuma, Lillian vs Marshal and Kenan vs Felix.
And soon it was all set as the eight trainers soon prepared themselves for some of the biggest battles of their young careers.
