Nick was thinking about the pokemon he would use for the battle with Azreal's father. Then an idea jolted through his mind.
"Hmm, I know he'd expect Swampert or Metagross, so I'll surprise him with.." Nick said and then released one of his pokemon.
"Starrrrmiie!" It cried.
"Yeah. Starmie's Surf should damage Metagross heavily. Also it's Meteor Mash or Earthquake won't fatally hurt me. Also Starmie is faster meaning I have an edge. The only problem I'd have is if a critical hit sprung up. That'd end it for me. But it'd also apply to him. In a non-critical environment, I'd win." Nick said a loud without knowing and Nathaniel walked up to him.
"Hey, Nick," Nathaniel said.
"Oh darn, did you just hear that?" Nick said.
"Yeah... Don't worry, I won't switch pokemon, so I'll stick with Metagross, but you have to use Starmie, okay?" Nathaniel said.
"Sure. But.." Nick said and Nathaniel interrupted.
"I can't mess up your strategy because thats how it works. Starmie is very fast and Metagross will have trouble dodging it." Nathaniel said.
"I'm surrendering the tournament," Nick said.
"Why" Nathaniel curiously asked.
"Look, this tournament winner will be the elder of the village, I am not ready to take on a responsibility like this. But I would like to battle you here and now to see who'd win. Let's face it, I'm not responsible with power, and I almost killed people the last time I had power," Nick said.
"Yeah, I understand. Fine, this will determine the better trainer. Ready?"
"As I'll ever be," Nick said. "Starmie, you ready?"
"Starrmmiie!" It cried.
"Go Metagross," Nathaniel said.
"Mettagross!" It cried.
"Starmie, use Surf." Nick said.
"Metagross avoid it with ElectroLevitate." Nathaniel said.
"Damn it." Nick said and ordered Starmie to bring it down using a Thunderbolt.
Metagross fell back to the Earth where it used a painful Earthquake on Starmie. It was near atal.
"Starmie.. Use Surf, as strong as you can!" Nick called.
"Metagross, use Meteor Mash!" Nathaniel called.
They were both hit at the same time. They were both down for the count.
"Starmie, you can do it," Nick called.
"Metagross, stand up." Nathaniel called.
Starmie got up with the last ounce of its strength. Metagross was out cold.
"You win, Nick, " Nathaniel said.
"Barely, you're an awesome trainer." Nick said to Nathaniel. "I know you'll win, my Starmie barely won, but it got some great excercise and we all had fun." Nick said.
"I don't know if I'll win, but I'll try," Nathaniel said.
Nick left to the coast of the beach, he submitted(surrenderred) from the tournament, but he was satisfied, because, he knew how it would've ended. Well, not really, since it was so close, it could've went either way. But it was fun. Nathaniel moved on to the next round.