Shiranui was not surprised to see May and Drew make it to the battle round. When he was called out for the inaugural battle, he noticed his opponent wore a bracelet similar to his own Mega Ring and in that bracelet was an octahedral gemstone he had never seen before. He realised he was up against a tourist from Alola from the fact his opponent was a tan-skinned girl. The timer started. "Titania, I choose you!"
"Go Primarina!" Titania's Poké Ball opened and lots of white ribbons flew out before twisting themselves into a helical arrangement and revealing the Gardevoir. Titania's opponent was a Pokémon no-one local to Kanto had ever seen before, looking like a white-furred seal with a blue mermaid tail that was as beautiful as a Milotic. Shiranui tried to scan this new Pokémon with his Pokédex. "Pokémon unknown. No information available." He needed to update his Pokédex after the battle.
"Don't let the unknown get to you, master," Titania encouraged, "You can tell at a glance what its type is likely to be."
"Primarina, start with Bubble Beam!"
"Titania, use Hypnosis!" The Gardevoir's eyes glowed brightly and Primarina was entranced into falling asleep. The soloist did not wake up.
"Primarina, wake up and use Sparkling Aria!"
"Titania, Calm Mind!" Titania let off a soothing azure glow as she focused her mind and boosted her Special stats. Primarina still didn't wake up.
"Primarina, wake up and use Sparkling Aria!"
"Titania, Dream Eater!" Titania peered into Primarina's mind and saw a whole colony of them singing underwater playing out as a dream. She removed the dream and consumed it.
"Tastes like sushi," the Gardevoir commented. Primarina's dream being consumed was what woke the soloist up. It started singing an aria and a sparkling orb of water appeared above that was launched after another bar. Titania got hit and Shiranui lost some points. "This water is as soothing as Rawst Berries applied to a burn," Titania commented.
"Primarina, time to use your signature move! Oceanic Operetta!"
"Titania, use Magical Leaf! Mega Ring activate!" Shiranui activated his keystone and Titania was glowing with the energy of Mega Evolution. After the Gardevoir's Mega Evolution was complete, Primarina's trainer starting dancing and Primarina started singing an opera, causing an enormous bubble of water to appear. Titania put her higher Speed to work and conjured some iridescent leaves that flew towards Primarina. The leaves struck Primarina on the throat and that caused the Z Move to be interrupted. The enormous bubble fell to the stage and everyone involved in the battle was soaked to the core including the trainers. Primarina's coordinator lost a lot of points from the failed Z Move and time was up. Shiranui had a lot more points and proceeded to the semi-final.
In the green room, Shiranui was trying to come to terms over what he had been up against.