A/N: I will be utilizing Mega Evolutions and Z-Moves. Also, I had actually not intended for the team to end up being all males, it was honestly coincidence. Also, I had decided that Meloetta is not going to be caught by Austin, she will tag along with him, but not caught, this can also give me some ideas on some things for the future. This 'Arc' is pretty much a single chapter since I won't be writing the battles that don't involve Austin.

Also, I will be rushing through the battles that don't involve my character, this is because it would just be unneeded information that could easily be gained by watching the show. Finally, my character will have a love interest, but it won't be a for a decent number of chapters.

"Speech"

'Thoughts'

It had been a couple of days since Austin had met Ash and his friends, Ash along with his friends had gone to a place called Onix Island as well as had a few other little adventures afterward. Austin had mostly stayed at the house since he wasn't really interested. The only thing really noteworthy was probably the fact that Iris had managed to catch herself a Dragonite.

But, now was a time for excitement, the day of the Pokemon World Tournament Junior Cup has arrived! Many trainers were gathering to either apply to attend the great event, or in some cases had just come to watch over it.

Austin was currently walking past the many civilians that were piling into the stadium, he honestly wasn't feeling too excited. While he was sort of interested in seeing what type of trainers were going to appear, the winner's strength to challenge him was debatable.

"If my calculations are correct, then I should have some time before the event starts..." Austin muttered. He continued walking as he put both hands in his pocket, as he was walking, he heard some commotion and glanced to the right. "Well, I guess they made it."

Austin was still walking as he had glanced over to the group, the group consisted of the champions of both Sinnoh and Unova, Cynthia and Alder, along with Ash and the rest of his friends, Dawn also seemed to be with them.

"Alder's flirting again, huh? I shouldn't even be surprised..." Austin sighed and sweatdropped as he muttered this. Austin then slightly facepalmed before continuing his walking, quickly making his way past, making sure that he didn't get their atten-...

"Aushtin!"

'Guh!' Austin mentally winced. The loud voice of none other than the Champion of Unova, Alder. Austin twitched his eye after hearing his name being pronounced incorrectly, slowly turning his head, he saw the group walking towards them with Alder waving his arm towards him in an idiotic fashion. "O-Oh, hey, guys..."

"Hey, Austin! It's great to see you here!" Ash was the one that yelled this. Austin quickly regained his posture before answering. "Th-Thanks, Ash. So, I see that the rest of you guys got here in time."

"Ash was too excited to wait, so we ended up leaving a bit earlier." Cilan chuckled. Austin could only raise his eyebrow in amusement, he really wouldn't doubt it, it is Ash who they are talking about.

"You can't really blame me, can you?" Ash pouted. Iris then looked at Ash with one of her eyebrows raised before she shrugged her shoulders. "Honestly, Ash. You made us run out of the house so fast, you are such a kid."

"Calm down now, how are you feeling, Aushtin?" Alder asked. Austin could only facepalm at the mispronunciation, the others had sweatdropped towards the Unova champion, while Cynthia only chuckled. "First of all, my name is Austin! And I'm doing fine."

"It's great to see you, Austin." Cynthia voiced. Austin turned to her and nodded his head. "We should probably get going, we don't want to miss out on any of the action," Cynthia stated. Austin just shrugged his shoulders at this before Cynthia began walking off. "Well, I'll see you all at the tournament."

"H-Hold on!" Alder called out. Cynthia didn't stop though, she continued to walk off towards the main building as Austin could only deadpan. "Wait for me! Cynthia!" Alder then began to run over towards her. "What about our date?!"

"Oh my Arceus..." Austin groaned. The others could only nervously chuckle at this, while Dawn then stated. "The Unova champion sure is colorful, isn't he?"

Iris gave a nervous closed-eye expression before responding to this. "Sure is..."

"Well, I'll see you guys at the tournament as well, good luck to you all," Austin stated. They all waved their goodbyes as Austin began to walk off towards the main building, he could still see the two champions a bit farther up. "Oh jeez..."

"Are you finally calmed down, Flame Head?" Austin asked. Alder, who was slightly slouched over as Cynthia was seen walking a bit in front of them. Alder had just turned towards the younger boy and gave a sigh.

"I guess... But, I still want that dinner..." Alder muttered. Austin could only groan in frustration as they were walking. From closer inspection, you could see that the three were walking through a hallway that didn't seem to be occupied. "You'd want to have dinner with her, right?"

"I don't care." Austin deadpanned. He had seriously thought Alder was weird before, but now it was on a whole other level, didn't the champion see their age differences? "Anyway, shouldn't you both hurry?"

"Right, we need to prepare ourselves for the start of the event." Cynthia realized. She then turned her body before looking back at both of them. "I better get going then, I assume you'll be watching, Austin?"

"Sure, I'll be watching," Austin responded with a shrug. Cynthia nodded before she began to walk off, Alder panicked as he stumbled before running towards her. "Wait for me, Cynthia! Don't leave me behind!"

"You gotta be kidding me..." Austin groaned. He then watched as they disappeared around the corner up ahead, Austin turned to the left and was about to head down the hallway on his side instead of theirs, but was stopped when he felt someone bump into him. "Eh?"

"Ow..."

Austin looked down to see that it was a girl that was probably a couple of years older than he was, she had really long wavy blonde hair and was wearing what appeared to be mainly the color pink. Her eyes were blue and she had fair skin.

'Is that...?' Austin wondered. His eyes had slightly risen in surprise, but quickly lowered as to not show any surprise. When the girl looked up at him, his suspicions were confirmed. 'It is... Caitlin, one of the Elite Four of the Unova region.' Austin quickly extended his hand towards her. "Sorry about that, you okay?"

"It's fine, I was lost in thought, I hadn't been looking where I was going," Caitlin responded. She accepted his hand as she stood up and dusted off her clothes as she seemed to give an aura of elegance. "May I ask of your name?"

"It's Austin, Austin Jade." Austin smiled while greeting. Caitlin seemed to widen her eyes at this as she looked at him curiously, he rose his eyebrows as he slightly leaned back as she was inspecting him. "Is something wrong?"

"No, there isn't anything wrong." Caitlin smiled. She just bowed at him before adding. "It's just that I was interested in seeing the one that even Alder had said was stronger than him, you certainly give a powerful aura."

'Of course, Alder strikes again...' Austin groaned. It would seem that Alder had told Caitlin about him as well, though he shouldn't be surprised considering it was Flame Head he was talking about. "I see, Alder, huh? Thanks for the compliments."

"I'm curious as to how powerful you are, Alder isn't a weakling, so for him to say something like that is quite interesting," Caitlin added. Austin just shrugged his shoulders. "But, I'm afraid that I must be on my way, I have a match."

"Let me guess, you're the trainer that was called for the exhibition match against Cynthia?" Austin asked. Caitlin nodded her head as she smiled at the young boy. "You are correct. It will certainly be a thrilling battle."

"I don't doubt it, I wish you the best of luck," Austin replied. He then waved at her as he began walking down the hallway, he could see from the corner of his eyes that she bowed to him before making her way as well.

The event had finally started as the simple introduction speech at the start had finished, Austin could be seen standing atop the stadium looking down towards the field. What was happening right now was a sight to behold, it was an exhibition match between Caitlin and Cynthia.

The audience seemed to be ecstatic as their cheers were making him feel like the entire arena was shaking. Both sides were powerful, but he was still contemplating in his mind if they would truly give him his challenge...

"Not bad..." Austin muttered. A small smirk made its way towards his face as he narrowed his eyes towards the two pokemon that were battling. Cynthia was using Garchomp while Caitlin used a pokemon that seemed to be wearing a black dress with multiple white parts that looked very similar to bows. "A Gothitelle against a Garchomp."

As the two pokemon were battling it out, Austin could tell that the power was definitely greater than that of in the games, which did make him feel excited. As he was watching he noticed that Alder looked up at him and smirked, Austin just smirked in return.

"Use Brick Break!" Was the command of both trainers. Austin watched as Gothitelles hand and Garchomp's claw began to glow white, that was when both of them clashed and electricity was seen crackling between the blows.

Austin looked up towards the screen and closed his eyes when he saw the timer hit zero, both pokemon were still standing while this happened. He could then hear the voice of the referee. "Time is up! This exhibition match ends with a draw!"

"Not too bad, they both displayed rather impressive power..." Austin smiled. He then saw one of his pokeballs shake and open before Gallade revealed itself to have appeared behind him. "Wouldn't you agree, Gallade?"

'Certainly. But, you know it too, don't you?' Gallade asked. His pokemon walked over beside him and looked down towards the field with his scarf waving in the wind. Austin sighed before giving a small frown.

"Yes, you're right..." Austin narrowed his eyes slightly as he looked down at the two pokemon trainers. "They do indeed have impressive battle strength, they're not weak in any way. But, it's not enough..."

Both of them then saw Cynthia and Caitlin look up towards him as they seemed to smile towards him, he didn't know why, but had a feeling that Cynthia was somehow behind it. Austin just closed his eyes as the two trainers shook hands.

The day had been going smoothly, well, somewhat smoothly. The matches between the participating trainers had gone by one by one, Austin really found no interest in any of them. Some of them were complete slaughters and other rather amusing.

The slaughter being the match between a male known as Trip and a purple haired girl named Burgundy. The match was fast and ended just as fast as it had begun. The match that he found amusing was the one with Iris and a girl named Georgia. Both of them seemingly rivals from the way he saw them acting.

Their battle was rather intriguing, considering the fact that the Dragonite that Iris was using had a rather interesting personality. It seemed to refuse the girl's orders and attacked when it wanted and also seemed to be the type to not dodge or run away from incoming danger.

The matches continued with Cilan, Trip, and Ash defeating their respective opponents, with a fair amount of ease to go with it. That was when the battle between two of his friends happened, the match between Dawn and Iris.

The match had gone by pretty... roughly. Austin could only sigh along with Gallade as they watched Dragonite completely ignoring Iris's commands, Dragonite was certainly close to being defeated by Dawn's Mamoswine, but had managed to grasp victory, if only by a hair.

The next battle was between his friend Cilan and the boy known as Trip, with them using Crustle and Serperior respectively. The match didn't seem to actually end with a close match, the Serperior seemed to be far stronger than Crustle.

The next battle was between none other than Iris and Ash, Ash using his Krokorok and Iris using Dragonite. While everyone was surprised to see Dragonite obeying Iris's commands, Austin could easily tell that the dragon-type pokemon was just following its own instincts, and the two champions most likely did too.

As the battle went on between them, Ash along with the others were surprised when Krokorok had evolved into Krookodile. Austin was wanting to interfere when Dragonite went on a rampage and began using attacks wildly, but luckily Ash defeated Dragonite before anything more could be done.

Austin was walking outside as he decided to walk around for a bit considering how long he was observing the battles, he honestly could say that he held really no interest in any of the battles, even if they involved his friends.

While the pokemon that participated were strong in their own right, they were still nowhere near enough to gain his attention. He gave a sigh with closed eyes as he thought about this, was he ever going to find a worthy opponent?

It was currently intermission as of right now, the next match was going to be Ash against Trip, Austin could tell they had a rivalry, considering how they acted around each other. Whoever was going to win this battle, he was going to be facing.

"Hello, Austin." The boy heard his name and turned to the source to find that the person that called out was none other than Cynthia herself, she was walking towards him with a smile on her face. "How are you enjoying the battles so far?"

"Meh. While they're all showing potential, I'm afraid none catch my eye as of right now." Austin replied. Cynthia gave a smile as she closed her eyes, Austin then asked. "Do you have any idea who might win the battle between Ash and Trip?"

"I'm not quite sure, but I say it's in Trip's favor. Though, battling can be unpredictable." Cynthia answered. Austin nodded his head at this, her statement made perfect sense. There was no telling what could possibly happen during the battle.

"I agree. But, I'm quite sure that Trip is going to reign victorious, it'll be close, but Trip's Serperior seems to be trained extensively." Austin stated. Cynthia looked at Austin who looked sure with his words, she nodded her head before looking back towards the arena.

"Well, shouldn't we get going? The battle is going to be starting soon."

"Very well."

It was as Austin expected, he was currently watching the match between Trip and Ash from his spot at the top. Trip was using Serperior, just like all of his other battles so far, and Ash was using Pignite as his chosen pokemon, and things weren't looking good for the Kanto trainer.

Pignite seemed to be struggling to its feet before unleashing a powerful Fire Pledge that unfortunately misses, that was when it was all over as Trip had commanded his pokemon to use Frenzy Plant, quickly finishing off the rest of Pignite's remaining stamina.

Proceeding this battle, Trip had stepped up on a podium and received a trophy as proof of his victory today. All of the audience were cheering loudly for him as he thanked Alder for giving him the trophy, Ash also seemed a bit down about losing, but was satisfied nonetheless.

And with that, Trip has earned the right to challenge our mystery trainer! Just who has Alder brought to us today?!

The voice of the announcer was heard as whispers and murmurs were heard all round, Trip had already arrived on his side of the field and looked towards the other side which was currently empty and no-one was standing on it.

"Who do you guys think the trainer is?" Ash wondered. His friends were also wondering the same thing as the Kanto trainer, Cilan was the first person to say anything as he held his chin while looking towards the field.

"I honestly have no clue who it could be, but if what Cynthia told us was true." Cilan had stated. This was followed by Iris who continued for him. "Then that would mean that this trainer is going to be really strong, right?"

"That's right, there's no telling how strong though," Cilan answered. Ash seemed to be quiet for a second before he began groaning and shouted. "Aw man! I want to be the one battling, I want to battle this so-called mystery trainer!"

"Ash, stop such a kid!" Iris yelled. Cilan and Dawn could only laugh nervously as Iris had been startled by Ash's sudden yelling. Meloetta also gave a laugh at this as she made herself visible and was watching with them. Dawn then looked towards the field and noticed something.

"Hey, guys! Look!" Dawn called out. This caused Ash to stop wailing like a child as they all turned to the field, the audience also seemed to take notice as the place became quiet when they all noticed a figure walking through the tunnel on the opposite side of the field to Trip.

"They're coming..." Cilan muttered.

Trip seemed to narrow his eyes as the figure came closer, Alder and Cynthia were seen smiling though as the person came into full view. The audience all gasped when they saw that the person revealed to be Austin, someone that was as young as Trip was.

"Austin?!" All of his friends called out in surprise with their eyes being comical in size.

It would appear that our mystery trainer has arrived! And who would have thought that they were going to be so young?! Do you have any words for us, Alder?!

In fact, I do. You shouldn't judge a book by its cover, Aushtin there is as powerful as I say he is! He is someone of great power!

"It's Austin!" Austin yelled. The young boy had a tick mark appear on his head as he yelled at the Unova champion, his anger at the champion getting his name wrong being very apparent, though it seemed to fly over Alder's head. Austin sighed before looking at Trip. "So, you're name's Trip, right?"

"That's correct. And if I heard correctly, you're Austin, right?" Trip asked. Austin just nodded his head in response, Austin narrowed his eyes when he saw Trip just staring at him. "Tell me, are you really stronger than Alder? A Unova region champion?"

"That's what he says, I never claimed to be so," Austin answered simply. Austin could already see where this was going, considering how Trip had acted during the entire tournament. Trip then gave a frown before shouting.

"I refuse to believe! I had never seen or heard of you before, and you expect me to believe to you're stronger than Alder?!" Trip exclaimed. Austin didn't give any sign of a reaction as he just looked at Trip calmly, the audience was silent as they just listened. "And I'll show you just how weak you are in this battle! After this, I'll be going after Alder!"

"Very well, then come at me!" Austin challenged. That seemed to be the signal for the Freddy as he then spoke over the mic.

Alright, folks! It seems that the battle is now going underway! Trainers, let the battle begin!

"Alright, battle begin!" The referee shouted. With that, the audience erupted into a cheer as Trip reached for his Pokeball and threw it to the field as the familiar green serpentine pokemon appeared. It was Serperior. "Serperior, let's go!"

"Now, do you have what it takes to conquer this challenge?! Or will you fall by my might?!" Austin shouted. Trip just clicked his tongue as Austin brought out a Pokeball and tossed it to the field. "I require your assistance, Gallade!"

When Gallade appeared on the field, it gave a loud cry as the arena seemed to shake, this surprised all of the spectators along with Trip. Gallade's scarf was swaying in the wind as it stared down the Serperior in front of it. Trip hesitated a bit, but he then gave his command.

"Trip's using Serperior again," Dawn stated. She did so after seeing the boy send out his serpentine pokemon. Cilan then added. "He must surely have quite a bit of confidence to do that, and he knows nearly nothing about Austin's Gallade."

"This'll be awesome! I can't wait to see how Austin ends up battling against Trip's Serperior!" Ash was the obvious one to have shouted this, the other also seemed interested in the thought, they were all honestly shocked when they saw Austin was the trainer.

"Yeah! This should be great!" Iris had agreed.

"Serperior, use Solar Beam!" Austin watched as a yellow orb appeared in Serperior's mouth before it was shot out in the form of a beam, Trip along with everyone else was confused when Austin didn't give a command but only looked at Gallade who nodded its head. As the beam was going to hit, Gallade turned it body to the right and held his left arm forwards and completely blocked the attack. "No way!"

"You'll have to do better than that if you want to defeat us!" Austin shouted. Austin shifted his gaze slightly to see that Cynthia was watching the battle from higher up before he returned his attention back to the battle.

"Maybe I underestimated you a bit, but you won't be standing for long!" Trip exclaimed. Austin watched as Trip glared at him. "You may seem to be unbeatable right now, but I'll prove that it's just imagination! And I'll prove more than that!"

"Oh~? Prove what exactly?" Austin mused.

"Come on, now! What do you think?!" Trip exclaimed. He then placed his right hand onto his chest as he shouted towards Austin. "I'll prove to you my power! I'll show you just how strong I am that even Alder stands no chance against me!"

"Really now?" Austin said. Trip raised an eyebrow when Austin closed his eyes, but widened them when he saw Austin open his eyes that were now slightly glowing green. "Then show me the power you possess, I'm waiting for you right here!"

"U-Use Dragon Tail!" Trip ordered. Serperior's tail then glowed a brilliant blue color before it leaped into the air and headed straight for Gallade who was standing calmly. When the attack was struck down upon Gallade, this resulted in an explosion that made everyone cover their eyes. "See! You stand no chance!"

"Are you sure?" Austin's voice echoed. Trip blinked before looking at the smoke, multiple gasps could be heard when the dust cleared to see that Gallade hadn't moved or flinched at all, Gallade could be seen completely uninjured. But, what surprised them the most, was that Gallade had easily caught the attack with one arm! "You can't defeat me like this, show me what you can truly do!"

"Fine! If I can't beat you like that, then I'll do something else!" Trip responded. Trip then called Serperior to move back as it quickly did so, that was when he gave his order. "Now, use Solar Beam! Full power!"

Austin just watched as the Solar Beam was sent towards Gallade, when it impacted, a much larger explosion from before occurred. But, when the dust cleared up, it revealed Gallade to be still standing and just fine as its red eyes were glowing. Trip widened his eyes in shock, as did Serperior. "It can't be! Gallade's just fine?!"

"I see, you were trying to use the fact that Gallade is mostly a close-quarter combater that you were going to battle from range. Smart move, and a normal trainer's pokemon would have easily been defeated by the attack..." Austin complimented. That was when Austin's eyes glowed green and Trip froze under the gaze. "But, I'm no normal trainer!"

"Quick, Serperior! You need to get out of there!" Trip panicked. Serperior then jumped into the air quickly as Gallade watched it from the ground with its eyes looking up, but not its head. Austin just looked with his gaze as he shook his head.

"Useless! Use continuous Psycho Cuts!" Austin ordered. Gallade's arms then glowed light blue with the ends extending and sharpening before it began swinging at blinding speed, this resulted in countless energy blades to shoot towards Serperior who was easily hit.

"Serperior!" Trip yelled out. They watched as Serperior fell out of the sky and crashed into the ground, they all looked as Serperior now had swirls replacing its eyes. Signaling the serpentine pokemon's defeat. "It can't be..."

"Serperior is unable to continue, Gallade wins! This means the winner is Austin!" The referee stated as loud cheers were heard from the audience. Austin's eyes then stopped glowing as he smiled as Gallade walked over to him as they both fist bumped.

With that, this has proven why and just how strong Alder's chosen trainer is! We will certainly never forget his name!

"Wow... awesome." Ash marveled. He was staring wide-eyed at the scene as Pikachu was also surprised. "Austin sure is powerful, and I can't really get a grasp on what his battle strategy is..."

"Yeah, Austin battles really differently from anyone else. It kind of scares me." Iris admitted. Axew seemed to agree as it gave its cry. Dawn then added while carrying Piplup. "He battles completely different from Cynthia..."

"True! His style seems bold and aggressive, but also calm and strategic! Its a combination of a variety of rich ingredients one couldn't possibly ignore!" Cilan agreed with all of his friends. They then watched as Austin and Gallade seemed to be really friendly with one another.

"Hm?" Austin muttered. Both him and Gallade turned their heads to see that Trip was approaching them both along with Serperior being beside him. They waited as Trip then stopped a meter or two from them.

"Austin..." Austin just nodded his head at this, he then saw Trip lower his head with a frown. "I apologize for what I said before, I had no idea you were this strong. But, I didn't stand a chance against you, but what was I doing wrong in our battle? I had to have been lacking something...!"

"Trip... the truth is that you really didn't do anything wrong at all," Austin stated. Trip blinked in confusion at this. "You weren't lacking anything at all during that battle, you truly did show me your strength."

"But... I lost. You blocked every chance I had to show everyone my power..."

"...So? What if it had?" Austin asked seriously. Trip seemed taken back as Austin looked at Gallade before looking back at Trip. "Winning, Losing, Strength, and Weakness. That in the end is determined by your pokemon, there really isn't an easy answer for what you had asked."

"..."

Austin walked over to Trip's Serperior before stroking its snout, much to its enjoyment. Austin smiled before looking at Trip. "But, if I had no choice but to choose one thing. I would have to tell you to look back to the start of your journey, all the way up to this very day. The answer that you seek lies within."

Austin watched as Trip looked down as the boy gave a deep thinking look, Austin smiled at this before asking. "Tell me. Do you care for this pokemon of yours?" Trip looked at Austin in surprise after hearing this. "From this one battle of ours, it is apparent to me that Serperior cares for you. And something like that doesn't happen without a strong bond between you and your pokemon."

"Our bond...?"

"That's correct, and are you feeling that bond? I'll leave that for you to think about." Austin said before turning and walking away as Gallade followed behind.

"Wait!"

"Hm?" Austin turned around to see Trip calling out to him.

"Austin, would you battle me again the next time we cross paths?" Trip asked, or more like requested. Austin blinked for a bit before smiling at Trip as he turned around and looked at Trip with his grin.

"Of course. I'll be waiting to see just how strong you become!" Austin stated. Trip smiled before nodding sharply at this. Austin was about to leave again but stopped when a loud voice was heard over the speakers.

Great speech, Aushtin! You have really made me proud!

"Shut up, Alder! My name's Austin!" Austin shouted in anger. Trip could only sweatdrop at the scene along with Gallade and Serperior. Everyone, including the audience and Trip, could only laugh now as Alder and Austin began shouting at one another.

"Shut up, Alder!"

Austin's Pokemon:

Gallade (M): (Close Combat - Thunder Punch - Night Slash - Psycho Cut)

Decidueye (M): (Leaf Blade - Ominous Wind - Leafage - Brave Bird)

Beat (M): (Power-Up Punch - Close Combat - ? - ?)

? (M): (? - ? - ? - ?)

? (M): (? - ? - ? - ?)

? (M): (? - ? - ? - ?)