Zack, late as usual, arrived at the Pokemon League. He missed his first boat, having to wait quite a while to catch another, and then proceeded to sign himself in for the competition. Though apparently, he was already signed in. He didn't know by who, or even when he was up. All he prayed was that he wasn't up first. That would suck. After healing his pokemon, he stepped outside onto the practice fields, where a few people were battling. He decided to take an empty one, and threw out his pokemon.
"Hey guys, we made it! I thought sense first round is coming up fast, we should get some training in, just to be sure we are ready whenever we are up." Zack announced to his team. Then he proceeded to pin two of his pokemon against each other, and then the next two, and the next, until they were tuckered out. Because Zack didn't like letting his pokemon fight alone, he trained with them, mimicking movements, and doing his own separate training. Finally they all sat down, and he returned everyone but Ace, who was his closest companion. Then Zack had an idea. While on opposite sides of the field, Zack yelled,
"Ace, Water Shuriken on me!" which caught Ace off guard, but after convincing him it was ok, Ace released several shurikens of water on Zack, sending him back.