The sun was shining brightly on Celadon City Park, as trainers from all over the region gathered with one goal in mind: to win the coveted fossil Pokemon. The park was bustling with excitement as the rumors of Austin, the tournament host, and Yellow, the referee, had spread like wildfire.

As the crowd gathered, murmurs of doubt and skepticism could be heard. "Hey, are you for real?" one trainer asked another. "Yeah, I saw the guy take out an Omanyte in the Pokemon Center," replied the other.

Suddenly, someone in the crowd shouted, "Hey, there he is!" causing everyone to turn their attention towards Austin and Yellow, who were both dressed in sleek gothic cyber masks to conceal their identities. Their Pokemon, Lucario, and Pikachu stood by their side, sporting stylish sunglasses to protect their eyes from the sun's glare.

"Looks like quite the crowd has gathered here for my humble tournament," Austin's voice echoed throughout the park, causing whispers to break out among the trainers. "The rules are simple: defeat me and win the fossil Pokemon, but be warned, you have to give up 100 pokedollars per Pokemon you use in battle."

However, this announcement was met with skepticism. "Hey, how do we know this isn't a scam?" a trainer asked. Austin immediately called forth his Pokemon, Steve the Omanyte, who was sleeping soundly in his Pokeball. "Is this enough proof? Then let the battle begin," Austin declared as Yellow took her position as the referee.

The first trainer to step forward was a brown-haired young man around Yellow's age. "Golem, use roll out!" he called, as a bipedal tortoise-like Pokemon appeared on the battlefield. Golem was a boulder Pokemon with a spherical body covered by a shell of plated, gray rocks. Its head protruded from the center of the shell, with a flat snout, two pointed teeth in the lower jaw, and red eyes. Its short arms had three claws, and its two legs were equipped with feet that had four claws in front and one in back.

With a loud roar, Golem transformed into Rollout and raced toward Kingler, Austin's Pokemon. The young trainer's eyes widened in amazement as he watched his Golem crash into Kingler's protect. Kingler took a step back before launching Golem out of the battlefield with a powerful Crab Hammer.

"Oh no, Golem!" the trainer shouted, running towards his fallen Pokemon. "Next," Austin said with a smirk, causing the confidence of many trainers in the crowd to drop. They saw how effortlessly Austin had just defeated his opponent, leaving many to question if they were ready for the challenge.

In the midst of the crowd, Green moved through the throngs of trainers, bumping into them intentionally as she stealthily pickpocketed their belongings. With each bump, she would apologize with a false air of innocence, "I am sorry."

However, her criminal endeavors were short-lived as she found herself face to face with Lucario, who gave her a card with a stern look.

" Being a thief is unbecoming of a lady," Lucario whispered.

A little confused, Green looked at the words written on the card as her eyes widened before she looked at the daft punk-wearing Austin before releasing a sigh of relief she didn't even know she was holding.

" He knows this is going to cost him right," Green whispered causing Lucario to nod before he handed her a suitcase.

" Is this what I think it is ?"

" Your pay," Lucario answered back causing Green to smile before it disappeared as she looked up.

" Did you just talk ?"

Now it was Lucario's turn to smirk.

.....

A few hours later and the crowd of people and reporters couldn't believe it.

This masked trainer was so strong that he had been continuously fighting for hours on end.

Trainer after trainer came and each couldn't even make him fall.

Even after almost 100 battles, Austin hadn't lost a single pokemon.

( ~ Boom ~ )

" And Venonat is unable to battle, Kingler is the winner."

The trainer returned his pokemon before leaving towards the crowd who were joining in on Green's betting.

" Where did you get that cool mask ?" Ritchie curiously asked while Austin stayed quiet as he returned Kingler before switching with Abra.

Pikachu and Yellow meanwhile were taken aback by the auburn-haired ash-lookalike.

Appearing on the battlefield with a book in his hands, Abra sighed before throwing the book back to Austin.

Ritchie smiled and said," Let's show them our power, Nuzzy."

In a flash of red a bipedal Pokémon with a single green leaf atop its head with a brown and beige mask marking on its face. Its bulky thighs were also beige and had thin striations, and there are what appeared to be two nipples on its chest. It had thin arms with mitten-like hands.

Noting the presence of the dark type, Abra telepathically asked Austin," Do I still have to battle ?"

" Yes,"

" And how do you propose I win? Fake being a cancer patient and let my supporters beat him to death ." Abra psychically asked causing Austin to cough on his spit.

" Use Wack-a-mole," Austin exclaimed causing Abra to raise his hands as he shouted.

"Woohoo! Yeah, baby."

Suddenly teleporting behind Nuzleaf, Abra tried to launch a fire punch that Nuzleaf was quick enough to dodge.

" Nuzzy, use night slash!" Ritchie ordered with Sparky chiming in.

While the crowd cheered but those cheers immediately quieted as Nuzleaf upon landing sank into the ground that Abra had to soften with his psychic.

Abra's hands glowed with an esoteric aura as the soft ground seemed to come to life before engulfing Nuzleaf.

Ritchie's sweated as he tried to think of a way to help Nuzzy escape from the trap but Abra was much quicker as he teleported and teleported while launching Fire punches at Nuzleaf.

Looking at the real-life game of Wack-a-mole, Ritchie was horrified before he called off the battle.

" Can we get pizza after this ?" Abra telepathically asked causing Austin to nod.

" Yeah! Baby!" Abra said while raising both his hands.

Ritchie gritted his teeth before sending out a Charmeleon.

" Go Zippo use metal claw !"

Looking at Zippo, Austin narrowed his eyes.

Shouldn't it be a Charmander?

Austin's thoughts were broken as Zippo charged at Abra at lightning speeds.

Leaning a little back, Abra missed Zippo's metal claw before a light screen was erected between the two.

" Ally Switch," Austin said as Abra showed Zippo the middle finger before his body glowed with white light.

With Ally Switch, Abra disappeared replaced by the rocky rhinoceros who stood grunting, glaring at the fire type in front of him, as it waited for his trainer's instructions. Over the last two weeks, rhyhorn had grown in size and gained a lot of body mass as it trained with Charmeleon who was using it as a punching back. Its rock plates had gotten a lot sturdier, and it had learned several new moves, and now Rhyhorn planned to unleash all his anger on the poor fire type.