Everyone is Watching....

An hour pass and Ricardo was on the verge of sleeping. The appeals that he was watching that was performed by the last thirty pairs were boring as hell. Some of them were promising but they were still boring in his point of view.

"Via, would you remind me why were funding such a boring event?" Ricardo asked in a whisper to his, begrudgingly, business partner.

"Because it's good publicity," Via answered back before elbowing him once again. "And what do you mean boring; some of them are actually good." Via exclaimed in a whisper. Unlike Ricardo, who has no interest in Pokémon battling, Via has unhealthy obsession in the Pokémon Battling industry. That reason behind that is because, in Ricardo's and Elena's point of view, of her unhealthy attraction towards Ash.

"You had got to distinguish what's entertaining and what's boring." Ricardo whispered to her as he glanced at Mr. Goodshow. "Who is judging the appeal round anyway, Mr. Goodshow?" Ricardo asked out of boredom.

"Solidad, she volunteered to be the judge." Was Mr. Goodshow's simple answer causing Ricardo to snort.

"She must have the tolerance of a saint to judge thirty-one boring performances." Ricardo commented airily, earning him a glare from the three trainers beside him and a groaned from Via.

"I apologizes for my partners airy comments, he really doesn't understand anything outside the courtroom or outside the office." Via explained but the glare did not falter from the three.

"No disrespect, Mr. Ricardo, but please don't insult our profession or the trainers that work hard to make in our industry." Lucian commented, trying to contain the irritation that he was feeling towards Ricardo.

Ricardo merely shrugged before a small grin crawled on his face. "Well at least the next performance would be interesting." Ricardo commented to himself, something that Mr. Goodshow agreed on wholeheartedly.

"Yes, I also want to see why he chooses to enter the tag-team tournament instead of his specialty." Mr. Goodshow stated, earning him curious glances from the three trainers and the one professor around him.

Mr. Goodshow chuckled goodheartedly as he glanced at the four individuals, more specifically Cynthia. "Remember him and his date during the opening dance, the two of them entered the tag-team tournament." Mr. Goodshow stated, causing the two male trainers toe perked up a bit at that subject.

"You mean him and that white haired cutie that he was with during the dance?" Lance inquired with a chuckled.

"The very same girl that had so many glares thrown at her by different women that it's a wonder why she's still breathing." Lucian answered, trying to muffle his laughed at the cold and slightly jealous expression that she had on her face right now.

"The very same one." Mr. Goodshow answered with a soft laughed. He knew of Ash's charm when it comes to attracting women and he also knew how many girls, more specifically trainers, whom has a crush on him. Mr. Goodshow first thought that Ash was gay because of his lack-interaction and interest when it comes to the opposite sex, which absurdly change when he witness how Ash treated his date during the dance, whoever she was.

"I wonder what kind of spell that girl put on him to convince him of entering this tournament together with her." Cynthia wondered with unreadable tone, causing her grandmother, Professor Caroline to chuckle quietly while Lucian merely laughed softly.

"I never thought you to be the jealous type Cynthia." Lucian commented with a chuckle. "And I never really thought you to be interested in younger men." Lucian added, prompting Cynthia to hit him across the head.

"Shut it," Cynthia exclaimed harshly causing Ricardo to chuckle darkly.

"I understand your pain, my friend. Like you, I also have a colleague that is a cradle robber." Ricardo exclaimed while pointing at Via, which earned him another hit in the head.

"Not in front of the clients, shit for brains." Via spat with a feint blush on her face as she shook her head and glanced at Mr. Goodshow."Who is this trainer anyway that caught the eye of Ms. Cynthia anyway?" Via asked, trying to change the subject.

"You don't have to asked idiot. We already know him and his partner." Ricardo commented as he pointed at the field. "Just a warning Via, don't make a move that will piss her off." Ricardo advised as he cited his two favorite teenagers.