"Speed up! Jet! Come on! Faster!" Right now Blair was in Mt. Moon and Jet was playing a game. Snipe the Zubats. It was totally just a way to learn Aerial Ace not something like using Jet as Zubat repellent. "Delilah! Confusion! Snipe the Zubats!" Delilah was totally just practicing Confusion and leveling up... definitely not something so crazy as to act as Zubat repellant as well. "Leviathan! Bounce! Come one! The winner gets a great prize! JET HOW ARE YOU LOSING TO A MAGIKARP AND A BUTTERFREE!?"

"Geotto!" An indignant cry rang out as the bird stretched his limits to beat his competition.

"I don't care if they're freaks of nature! You should be the fastest!"

The walk through Mt. Moon was relatively pleasant actually. Soon there were no longer any Zubats. It turned out Leviathan won by twenty. Somehow... and now she was juggling Geodude with her tail launching them up. Jet was struggling to pick one up and Delilah was simply resting on Blair's shoulder. Blair did go to the deepest floor and tried to pick up some fossils but couldn't find any. So he ended up going straight through to Cerulean City. Now all of his friends were resting inside their balls.

"The Flower Lagoon City... alright. I think I can actually do this!" It was near night time so the first thing Blair did while in the city was find the pokemon center and spend the night. There was something being advertised that he didn't expect to see. A pokemon contest was happening tomorrow in Cerulean City. The local gym was being used as the venue.

"Huh, alright. So there's contests in Kanto already... I knew they were coming but at this point I thought they were still only popular in Hoenn and Sinnoh. If I can't get a badge let's get a ribbon!"

"Karp!" Leviathan busted out of her ball and started thrashing about.

"Uhhh I know you're mad about being left out of the last gym battle but..."

Blair was interrupted by a surprisingly strong tackle to the stomach.

"Got it... you'll be entering the contest."

"Karp!" She bounced back to her ball with a satisfied sound. That night was spent in planning the entire time. Blair got up early and rushed to the gym when morning came.

"Do you have a contest pass?"

"No but I'm registered as a trainer this will be my first contest."

"Ah then it'll be no problem. I'll need to register the pokemon you have on you."

"No problem!"

...

"You have half of an hour before you're on stage."

"OFF SHOPPING I GO!"

Blair rushed outside and went to the local clothing outlet, he bought a black suit with green highlights as bright as his eyes. He had nice dress shoes and fingerless black gloves as well as a cape with a turqoise inner lining. His hair was set free for now. He rushed back to the stage and finally...

"Next up on stage is Blair Loren!"

The curtains opened revealing the gym floor transformed into a watter battle mode as Blair asked. However no one was there, the crowd murmured in surprise.

"Uhm Blair? Please get on stage."

Hearing this Blair started running down the aisle and then jumped on stage. He turned around and with a loud dramatic voice announced.

"Ladies and Gentleman! Welcome to the show!" He did a bow as he smiled. "Alright come on out! Leviathan!" Just as he was about to release the ball which he stickered up appropriately a bunch of special effects surrounded him as she let herself out early. He coughed and the crowd laughed. However then they saw Leviathan in all of her mighty glory! The crowd then laughed some more.

"Alright then! Let's go with the first one! Juggling!"

Blair started casually tossing heavy weights to Leviathan the crowd gasped as they expected her to be crushed however what happened soon surprised them as she started juggling them.

"Let's go! Teamwork time!" Leviathan bounced all of the ball weights back and Blair caught them with a hmph. Then she rushed into the water and started swimming around. "Here we go!"

Blair started throwing them into the water and soon they were juggling them together back and forth. Leviathan was visibly struggling as was Blair but they still managed to do it perfectly until finally with an extra powerful flail Leviathan broke the weighted balls open.

The crowd was silent however he wasn't done yet.

"Alright Tomato berries go!"

Blair started throwing out Tomato berries at different parts where Blair sniped all of them down and ate them all, all of the splashing created a rainbow as she dove in and out.

"And now for the finale!"

The gym changed. Now it was a whirlpool in the middle and the water lowered as there were waterfalls on the side. Then a single cookie was dangling from the ceiling. The crowd could smell how spicy it was from the front row...

"GO FOR IT!"

She struggled to swim in the whirlpool but managed to fight the current. With extreme willpower she struggled with everything she had and then made her way to the waterfall. She started speeding up. Faster, faster. She felt her body changing as the waterfall she once struggled to get up was instead easy. She didn't notice the glow or the change, she only focused on reaching an impossible jump for a Magikarp. A jump she knew was impossible but still had to try. The crowd gasped.

"ROOOOOARRR!"

With a mighty roar Leviathan devoured the now all too small cookie and dived down in the water with barely splash, a perfect dive. Then she spun her body and canceled out the whirlpool as her long body came out and nuzzled against Blair. He was crying and hugged her. In that moment the crowd saw a look of pure happiness on their faces. Blair bowed as Leviathan returned to her ball and the crowd roared at this... unusual performance.

It wasn't refined, it wasn't incredibly prepared, it wasn't perfect but it showed their bond. It showed their trust and despite the evolution they saw that the trainer showed no fear. They saw an angry Magikarp that was kind to its trainer as Gyarados. They saw the hard work and training the two underwent. The three judges revealed their numbers... 8 from local Gym Leader and special Guest Judge Misty, 8 from the head of the Vermillion City pokemon fan club, 10 from the local nurse joy. Blair ended up leaving, unable to even pay attention to the other performances. He managed to make his way back to see the final 8 being announced.

"The eight who have made it to the battle round are as follows... in first place we have the Contest Ace aiming for her fourth Kanto Ribbon, Alicia Mendez! In second place..."

It was nerve wracking as Blair waited. He didn't quite know why he cared so much but he did... he actually really did. Perhaps in his mind he was thinking about becoming a coordinater as well.

"In seventh place we have first time rookie performer who had an evolutionary finale... Blake Laurel!"

Blair deflated as he wanted to scream how they have got to be kidding him.

"In eight place another rookie performer with an evolutionary finale... Blair Loren!"

Blair perked up and then looked up and saw his face up there. His heart beat quickly and he felt something coming up... tears slowly started to fall from his face as he slumped down in exhaustion. He did it... he actually made it past the first round. He didn't know why but more and more this was becoing important to him.

"We will have a thirty minute break for the coordinaters to get prepared. In the mean time on the big screen we will have Misty do her own demonstration as part of the Cerulean Sisters Mermaid water show."

It was beautiful, she and her sisters were in sync with their pokemon in their mermaid costumes. Blair looked at the older ladies clad in nothing but a bikini and mermaid tail, regretting the fact that such art was truly not appreciated yet. After a half hour the show ended and Misty returned to her judge's corner, sopping wet. She had a brilliant smile on her face.

"Now will the eight coordinaters step on stage!"

Blair wiped his eyes and stepped on stage with the others. He was standing next to Blake, a man with short black hair who was incredibly tall.

"Hey man, you have one determined Magikarp, well Gyrados now but that doesn't mean I'll give in at all!"

Blair smiled.

"If it's a battle then I feel like I can do it!"

"The pairings are as follows... in the first battle we have Blair and Julio!"

The other pairings were announced Blake ended up fighting someone named Theresa and Alicia ended up fighting a man named Drent. Julio was a man with tanned skin that seemed to be of hispanic descent. He had a thing mustache and curly hair, he seemed to be around sixteen years of age.

"In the second round it's a contest battle! Contest battles are five minute battles where each pokemon starts with a certain amount of points, missing or being hit by an attack can cause the pokemon to lose points. Likewise if an especially appealing combination is pulled off more points can be deducted, if a pokemon faints it is called a battle off. With that said let the battle begin!"

"Let's go Jet!" Blair released Jet from his ball who started flying around the stage and then landed on the ground with a soft coo.

"Alright! Maractus come on out! It's Salsa time!"

Blair was surprised at the non native pokemon being sent out but that was all. The Maractus had a sombrero on as it danced around to begin.

"Jet... are you ready to do this?"

"Geotto!"

"Maractus, let's show them some spicy moves! Petal Dance!"

"Jet! Aerial Ace into the leaves! Spin in!"

The Maractus danced around before sending a flurry of beautiful pink petals towards Jet who started going straight at the Maractus. His keen eyes and excellent speed allowed him to turn his body to dodge the leaves as they came at him.

"What a daring manuever! Blair's Jet has no fear as he charges in! Like a brave fighter pilot!"

Then Jet swooped in and nailed the Maractus who rolled back but recovered to its feet. No Blair would say his as this Maractus was somehow obviously male.

"No giving in!"

Maractus kept dancing, unable to stop as he tried nailing jet.

"Large swoop! Circle in!"

Jet flew around as Maractus kept aiming where Jet was, but still missed and finally Jet was right behind the Maractus.

"Peck!"

At point blank range the Maractus was pecked in the back of the head but rolled up and nailed Jet as he flew away with some petals. Jet faltered slightly but kept going out of reach.

"What a wonderful strategy! Julio's Maractus isn't giving in and manages to hit Blair's Jet as he goes away."

"Jet! Final move!" Maractus was done dancing and he seemed to be a bit dizzy from the ordeal. "Get in close!"

"Spiky Shield!"

"Sand attack!"

Right before the spiky shield came up, Jet flung small bits of rock and sand from the stage towards the Maractus eyes who then punched itself in the face.

"Battle off! The winner is Blair's Jet!"

Jet circled back and landed on Blair's outstretched arm. Blair fed him a cookie with a smile and the crowd clapped. Julio smiled bitterly, he didn't expect to find such a daring trainer immediately upon entering Kanto.

Blake won a hard fought battle with his Beedril and Alicia absolutely demolished her opponent in a single swift move from her Rapidash. Blair didn't see these battles as he rested in the back.

"Leviathan I'm going to use you in the finals. Okay? I need you to rest more. So Delilah you will go up next!"

Delilah seemingly shivered but then nodded. Blair fed her a cookie to placate her and give her more courage. Finally it was time... Blair was facing Blake in the second round.

"Next up we have Blair and Blake in the semi-finals! Which trainer will show us who is the true master of BL?"

"I'm straight!" Blake yelled while blushing. Blair mildly thought if they were shipped together already then put on an evil smile.

"I'm not."

"You're eleven!"

"Meh." You know Celebi, you REALLY didn't have to send him back in time. 23 was still perfectly young... Blair's eyes glowed green as he released Delilah while Blake released...

"Let's go King! Give them the royal smack down!"

"Oh a Nidoking we got this."

"Let the Contest Battle begin."

"King use ice beam!"

"String shot the ground around him as you go up!"

King unleashed a mighty beam of ice that Delilah barely dodged while firing somewhat inprecise string around King.

"Keep going King! You can get her! Aim where she will be not where she is!"

"Connect the horn to the ground! Dive down!"

Delilah connected the King's horn to the ground through a thick string as she dived down getting hit slightly by the ice beam.

"AIM FOR THE FEET AND FLIP! PREPARE FOR A HEAD ON SHOT!"

"KING GO!"

Delilah did a backflip as she sped towards the Nidoking who stood its ground and fired off a beam of ice.

"Do a barrel roll!"

Delilah's body started glowing as she came in close and then her body glowed purple. With a single roll the Ice Beam hit her and then she broke through with increased speed.

"FREE!"

"CONFUSION!"

With a bright flash King was seeing stars and then Delilah hit the string with her powers slamming King down into the string shot unable to move. She barely flew back with her frosted wings fluttering irregularly.

"THRASH! BREAK FREE!"

King started thrashing about wildly breaking free from the sticky string and then charged wildly at Delilah. Delilah was on her last legs, but she remained firm. She wanted to make Blair proud, she wanted to prove her place, she wanted the cookies for winning!

"Confusion!"

Another bright flash and then King in his thrashing fell down to the ground tripping. However he got up and tried to hit Delilah who was too far up to reach.

"KING! JUMP!"

"Delilah! Gust him off course just a little."

"What!?"

King jumped and Delilah swayed back and used Gust. As King fell backwards he landed on his head and was knocked out. The judges were speechless.

"WHAT AN INCREDIBLE BATTLE! A DARING SHOW! BATTLE OFF! KING IS UNABLE TO BATTLE WITH ONLY THIRTY SECONDS LEFT ON THE CLOCK! THE FINALS WILL BE ALICIA vs. BLAIR!"

Delilah weakly fluttered to Blair who collapsed as his heart beat. He smiled softly at her.

"You are the most tenacious damn Butterfree in the world... and you did spectacular. Even if you lost I wouldn't have been more proud."

"Free." She rested softly in his arms as the crowd cheered. It was less elegant than most contest battles but it was something real. Blair looked up to see Delilah's points barely hanging in there.

"We will have a ten minute break before the finals. In the meantime please use the bathroom or anything else you need. We promise this finale to be a wonderful one for the premier of Cerulean City's first Pokemon Contest!"

Blair walked down the aisles with a soft smile as he carred Delilah while she nibbled on a cookie. He wanted some fresh air, he was stopped at the door by a woman with bright red hair and tanned skin. It was short but brilliant and she wore a dazzling suit.

"You're a good battler but... I'll show you I'm the better Coordinater and Trainer."

Blair smiled.

"I'll show you I'm the best."

She smiled and then sighed.

"Let's have a good match."

"Yeah."

After seven minutes they both walked in together and got ready. Finally it was time. Blair of course remembered to check Leviathan's dex information.

Leviathan (Gyarados) - Female

Natuer: Adamant

Characteristic: Likes to thrash about

Ability: Intimidate

Moves: Bounce, Tackle, Bite, Thrash

"Leviathan! Center stage! All eyes are on you!"

"We won't back down! Tank, show them what you can do!"

On stage a Gyarados and a Blastoise were staring each other down.

"Bite!"

"Withdraw!"

Leviathan charged in but Tank used WIthdraw. Leviathan lost points as her move was mostly prevented.

"Now rapid spin!" While still in Leviathan's mouth Tank started to spin making Leviathan slam to the ground from upwards and release. Tank then got out with a roar.

"Toise!"

"Levie! We're not done!" She roared in agreement and got up to stare at her opponent.

"Tackle!"

"Seismic Toss!"

Leviathan charged towards Tank who grabbed her head and slid back until finally he stopped and then started spinning her. Over and over.

"THRASH!"

Just as Tank was about to release Leviathan started Thrashing wildly, her tail struck his foot which made him trip. Then brutally she thrashed her body into the prone turtle over and over. Absolute viciousness that made the crowd stunned in silence. Then she settled down and stopped, her world spinning...

"TANK! HYDRO PUMP!"

"TOISE!"

"LEVIE! YOU CAN DO IT! BOUNCE!" She curled her body to bounce but was nailed by a large torrent of water unleashed from Tank's cannons. She was laid out on the groun but then shook her head from the water.

"TANK DON'T GIVE HER A CHANCE! HYDRO PUMP AGAIN!"

"Bounce."

Blair's voice was quiet, calm. Leviathan heard it perfectly. She coiled up like a snake about to strike and then used the position to bounce up. The water missed her entirely as she jumped high into the air. The small wings by the side of her head flapping eagerly. Tank looked around confused for a moment but...

"FROM ABOVE! CATCH HER AND SEISMIC TOSS!"

"Keep calm. You can do this."

SLAM! Her massive body hit the Blastoise who tried grabbing her but was instead pushed back from the force of the blow.

"What a powerful force! Leviathan's sky bound attack nailed Tank and he failed to grab her."

"Next! Curl up! Bounce sideways to the Blastoise!"

Before Alicia could react properly Leviathan transitioned her body into another attack chasing Tank.

"TANK HOLD ON! Seismic toss!"

Suddenly a buzzer rang right before the two hit. Tank grabbed Leviathan stopping her but then no throw. He released her and she gave him a gentle nudge upon being released. Tank visibly blushed at her fearsome demeanor.

"NO! NO FALLING IN LOVE WITH THE ENEMY!"

Blair quickly checked the dex... Tackle was replaced... with Attract.

"You've got to be kidding me."

"Alright it's a close one but as you can see the winner is... Blair's Leviathan! Blair has earned the ribbon for the Cerulean City contest."

Alicia stepped forward with a hand and Blair shook it not expecting his hand to suddenly be clamped down.

"If your giant snake gets any idea just see what happens..."

He smirked and replied...

"Sorry you're not my type."

Confusion, understanding, anger. Blair had a red handprint on his face as he was given the happily thrashed on stage strutting around in front of the crowd. Soon she got dizzy and passed out though...

"Wow you're battling was excellent! You should totally come challenge my gym!"

"Don't worry! I'm going to challenge you tomorrow!"

"It's a deal." Blair shook hands with Misty that presented him with the ribbon.

Later that night at the pokemon center...

"What are YOU doing here?"

It was Alicia asking Blair as he came in.

"Staying the night... duh."

"Hmph. I will beat you next time! I would have won if it didn't end then."

"Yeah... probably."

"Yeah that's right... wait... what?"

Blair just shrugged non commitally.

"You probably will... I still can't believe I won. You're strong... incredibly. You should take the gym challenge... I want to fight you in the pokemon league."

"Wait... you want to fight me at the pokemon league?"

"Yeah! Let's see if you're capable of handling my huge snake then!"

Another slap and she left to another corner of the room with a beet red face. Blair shrugged.

"Ah wells... being eleven lets me get away with a lot doesn't it?" Blair didn't want to quite admit it but his mentality was completely that of an immature 11 year old. After a good night's rest he woke up early and made his way to the gym. Misty stood up on a pedestal and the gym was completely remodeled again. The stage opened up to reveal a water floor with rocks jutting out as platforms.

"Welcome Blair! I was expecting you! Are you ready for a three on three battle!"

"Yeah! You'll be my second badge!"

Suddenly it seemed as if her hair went down a bit.

"Wait... seriously? You only have one badge? That's like... cheating!"

Blair laughed.

"Let's get going!"

"Sheesh, alright as the challenger you can have the first move. Go Psyduck!"

"Let's get going Delilah!"

Delilah rested on a rocky perch as her Psyduck was inside the water splashing. Blair frowned and then thought about it for a moment. Psyduck can access psychic powers when it suffers from a headache.

"Alrightt now... use string shot!"

"Dive underwater Psyduck!"

The string hit the water surface doing nothing and then Psyduck was underwater however Delilah and Blair couldn't see where it was. Well Blair would insist the Psyduck was male oh so obviously which it was anyways but... not everyone can tell a pokemon's sex at first glance.

"NOW!"

The energetic yellow duck soon burst out the water slamming into Delilah knocking her off of the rock perch.

"Delilah! String shot Psyduck to the rock!"

She managed to hit Psyduck and stuck him to the rock.

"Water gun!"

"Sleep Powder!"

Delilah got hit but so was Psyduck who was soon getting drowsy and soon fell asleep on the rock.

"Psyduck get up!"

"STRING SHOT! Don't stop!"

Delilah began circling around the rock trying up Psyduck more and more until finally she was satisfied.

"WATER GUN!"

However Psyduck's mouth was shut.

"Confusion!"

Psyduck started getting hurt and finally a massive headache came on... the strings and the rocks started glowing blue around Psyduck.

"Way to go Psyduck! Use confusion!"

The string blew off and rocks started flying towards Delilah.

"Gust."

A breeze blew and then Psyduck was blown against the wall as a rock hit Delilah. Both were unable to battle.

"Wow... a double knock out. Well I guess I have to take things more seriously. Starmie you're up next."

"Jet, fly in for battle."

Delilah was returned and Jet came out of his ball with a coo.

"Alright as the challenger you can have the first move."

"Aerial Ace!"

"Starmie! Dive underwater!"

"Speed up!"

Jet managed to strike the Starmie as it went underwater. I'm safe on this one, Starmies have no sex. However Starmie still went underwater despite being hurt.

"Fly up!"

"Starmie come up and water pulse!"

"Jet!"

Starmie came out and soon Starmie fired off a ball of water that slammed Jet against the wall. He flew around dizzily for a moment before falling down into the water.

"Nice! Starmie, keep striking underwater with tackle!"

"Jet come back! Leviathan come out."

Misty smiled.

"Ah taking advantage that the challenger gets to substitute pokemon right?"

Blair nodded.

"Yeah... I was hoping to beat you all one on one but Jet will have obviously lost that."

Misty shrugged.

"Well it's fine. Starmie, prepare yourself."

"Leviathan let's go! Bite."

"Rapid Spin!"

Starmie started spinning rapidly as Leviathan came down with her teeth.

"Aim for the core."

"WHAT!?"

Crk. Her teeth bit down on the starfish pokemon's core soon the spinning stopped and Misty looked on surprised.

"Release it."

Leviathan dropped the Starmie unceremoniasly on a rock.

"Alright... Starmie you did great. Come back. Now let's go... Gyarados!"

Blair saw that her Gyarados was male and immediately felt like victory was in hand.

"Leviathan gently stroke the underside of his chin with your tail."

"Twister!"

Misty's Gyarados started a massive twister from the tail but Leviathan's tail was incredibly swift and then gentle... the next thing he knew his twister stopped and he was putty.

"Now wrap the tip of your tail around his."

Misty's Gyarados had hearts for eyes as it floated belly up, a sign of submission. Leviathan had a triumphant grin. Misty started to go pale.

"Wait what's happening? No. No. NO! EW! STOP IT!"

"Levie! Just knock him out!"

Somewhere Tank felt like his heart was hurting for an unknown reason. With a massive Thrash Misty's Gyarados was unable to battle and awoke to a new sensation.

"WHAT THE HELL WAS THAT?"

"She uh... likes to 'thrash' about."

"TAKE THE BADGE AND LEAVE PERVERT!"

Blair got his badge, returned Leviathan to her ball much to her annoyance, pocketed some money for winning and left. It was probably best not to show his face around here for a while... so while nugget bridge was tempting he figured he just wanted to get out of here. He ran off to the right of Cerulean City, wanting to go through the cave straight to Lavender town.

2 Victims down, six left to go.