Paul stared at Mike as the young man seemed to be some what annoyed by Mike calmness as he said "Why don't you take this more seriously? This is the Pokémon league, theirs no room for people to not take it serious". Mike just laughed as he said "That may be your view point Paul, but you know, I see the pokemon battles as fun. But you want me to be serious, fine, I'll be serious"

With that, Mike and Ryu closed their eyes, before they both clinched a fist and punched it into their other hand which caused a massive rush of Aura power to wash over the arena, before the two open their eyes which were glowing light blue before they took up there fighting pose.

Paul scoffed at this before he sent out his first pokemon "Drapion, Stand by for battle", Drapion bursted out of the pokeball roaring loudly as Mike took out his first pokemon "Lizardon, lets fight" Mike said as from out the pokeball bursted a strange white lizard with strange pattens on its body which roared softly. "Here comes Mike's Salazzle" Sashia said to herself as she watched the battle. This clearly threw Paul off as he had never seen this pokemon before but then nether had the audience. Mike smirked and Lizardon took the confusing to her advantage as she blasted a flamethrower at Drapion who was then burned, though Lizardon body flashed purple briefly as if reviling she had a life orb on her, though Drapion then flinched as flames came off his body showing he had been burned. Paul growled as he told Drapion to attack with cross poison which he did but Lizardon ran at Drapion as he charged and slide under him before she blasted another Flamethrower as she slide under him before standing up and hissed softly before Drapion his the ground koed.

Mike smirked as Lizardon hissed happily at her victory before returning to her trainer and getting a pat on the head for a good job while Paul unhappily return his Drapion, before he sent out his next pokemon. Paul tried his very hardest to defeat Mike as the matches went on but Paul kept losing pokemon as Mike Pokémon took them down, by the final round, Mike's team consisted of Salazzle, Primirinia, Gardivor, Gallade, Mamoswine and now on the final battle, Paul sent out his last pokemon Torterra while Mike sent out Ryu who he mega evoled increasing the immersive Aura power already coming from the two of them. Ryu and Torterria clashed a lot and though Torterria had the type advantage eventually Torterra was taken out by a close combat and Mike was announced the winner of the match meaning he would be facing Harrison in the next match.