A Pokemon Contest! Wonder who'll win? Disclaimer: I do not own Pokemon!
Chapter 7: "Cerulean City Pokémon Contest! Misty V.S. May V.S. Dawn!"
"Wow!" Max said in amazement as the group walked through the aquarium of the Cerulean City Gym. They all looked in awe at all of the Water-type Pokémon that swam through the water, separated from them by glass panels.
"Pika!" Pikachu agreed.
"Plup!" Piplup said, secretly wanting to swim in there now.
"Misty, did you and sisters get some more Water Pokémon since the last time me and Ash were here?" Brock asked.
"Yeah," Misty replied. "We got some new ones from areas in Kanto, Johto, Hoenn, Sinnoh, and Unova."
"Cool," Ash said as he walked with the group, holding May's hand as they walked through the hallway towards the gym's pool area. They had made their relationship official to the group earlier, however, they still hadn't told their parents.
Anyways, the group finally reached the area where the gym's pool was. It was a large pool that connected to the aquarium, and it was surrounded by stands. It looked pretty much the same, except there were a few new additions to it.
"What's going on?" Misty said out loud as they saw that two large screens had been put up, plus, there were three Contest judge's boxes. In a corner, they saw Misty's three sisters, Daisy, Violet, and Lily, talking to a few people.
They walked up to them, and as the people that the sisters had been talking to left, the Sensational Sisters noticed the group.
"Oh, hey, Misty!" Daisy said with a wave. "You made it back just in time!"
"Daisy, Violet, Lily. You remember Ash, Brock, and Tracey?" Misty said, pointing out our hero, the spiky haired Pokémon doctor, and the Orange Archipelago native lab assistant to Professor Oak.
"Hey, guys," the three girls said, acknowledging their presence amidst the squabble going on in the gym.
"Pika!" Pikachu said, annoyed.
"Oh, and Pikachu too," Misty said in embarrassment.
"Chu," Pikachu said, feeling better.
"And this is May, Dawn, Gary, and Gavin," Misty said, pointing to the others. "Plus, Piplup, Pichu, and Meowth."
"Wait! Aren't you May, the famous coordinator from the Hoenn Region?" Daisy asked excitedly.
"Yeah, that's me," May said humbly.
"And you're Dawn, the famous coordinator from Sinnoh!" Violet said in realization.
"Uh, yeah," Dawn said, turning red.
"This is just too perfect!" Lily said as the three sisters began to shake with excitement.
"What do you mean? What's going on?" Misty asked.
"You see, lately, we've been watching a lot of Pokémon Contests on T.V.!" Daisy explained.
"And so, since there haven't been any gym challenges lately," Violet added.
"We decided to hold an unofficial Contest here at the Cerulean City Gym!" Lily finished.
"A POKÉMON CONTEST!" The group exclaimed.
"Yeah, and the winner gets this!" Daisy said as she pulled out a ribbon that had a triangular shaped medal with light blue ribbon. "We call it, the Cascade Ribbon!"
"That's so cool!" Both May and Dawn exclaimed.
"Yeah, so, do you guys wanna, like, enter and stuff?" Daisy asked.
"Yes!" The two coordinators said in unison.
"What exactly happens in a Pokémon Contest?" Misty asked.
"Well, in a contest, there are two rounds. The first is an appeal round, where trainers show off their Pokémon's moves," Brock explained. "The Pokémon are given points based on how beautiful and skilled their appeals were. Then, the coordinators with the highest amount of points go on to the battle round. In that round, battles are held in which the Pokémon battle in an appealing way. The coordinators are given points during a 5 minute battle. The points are decreased if their opponent hits them with an attack, when an attack fails, when a particularly beautiful move is done, or when the opponent's move is used to their advantage."
"Oh, I see," Misty said with a smile of understanding. "I think I'll enter, too!"
"WHAT!" The group said in surprise.
Later, the whole stadium was filled with Contest fans, waiting for the event to begin. In the stands sat Ash, Gavin, Brock, Gary, and Max, along with Pikachu, Meowth, and Pichu.
In the judges booths sat the Sensational Sisters, who had watched enough of the Pokémon Contests to know how to judge the Contests correctly and fairly. The contest announcer was to be the Cerulean City Nurse Joy, who had happily volunteered.
In the dressing room, Misty, May, and Dawn were all busily getting ready for the contest. May was wearing her Arabian style outfit and Dawn was wearing her usual pink dress that she wore for her contests. Misty, however, was wearing a white one-piece bathing suit with a navy collar and a light blue jacket worn open and over the swimsuit, plus white flip flops.
"You look great, Misty!" Dawn said admiringly.
"Thanks," Misty said, looking at her Pokéballs, trying to decide what Pokémon to use for the appeal round. "So have you guys figured out what Pokémon you're going to use?"
The other two girls nodded. They had already made the arrangements in picking them.
"Well," Misty said in indecision, "I guess I use this one for the appeal round." She held up a ball for them to see.
"And this one for the battle round," She said, holding up another.
"Okay, let's go!" May said with enthusiasm.
"Alright, let's get this Contest started!" Nurse Joy said to the crowd through a microphone. The crowd cheered as the spotlight went onto her.
"In the first round, we will have our coordinators do appeals for the enjoyment of the audience and our judges, the Sensational Sisters!" She said, pointing her hand towards the three sister judges.
"So, let's begin with our first coordinator, Dawn!" She said as the blue-haired coordinator ran to the edge of the pool with a purple-and-white Pokéball in hand.
"Okay, Piplup, Spotlight!" Dawn shouted as she threw the ball into the air, releasing the small, blue, Penguin Pokémon appeared onto a floating platform, surrounded by a multitude of white stars.
"Pi-plup!" It said as it jumped around in a very hyperactive way.
"Piplup, use Whirlpool!" Dawn commanded.
Piplup released a large spiral of water towards the pool, causing a water tornado to form.
"Now, use BubbleBeam!" Dawn yelled.
Piplup fired a bunch of bubbles at the tornado, causing them to swirl around the spiral.
"Wow! Piplup has used the bubbles from its BubbleBeam and its Whirlpool to create a spiral of bubbles!" Nurse Joy exclaimed to the crowd.
"Now, finish it off with Hydro Pump!" Dawn shouted.
Piplup then sent a blast of water towards the spiral, causing the water to implode and create beautiful waves, and the bubbles to pop and create a shower of blue sparkles to rain down all around the stadium.
The crowd exploded into cheers as Piplup landed gracefully back onto the platform.
The three sisters all gave Dawn great reviews and then, Dawn waved to the crowd, who cheered harder than ever.
"Wow, Dawn did a great job!" Gavin said as the crowd continued to cheer for their friend.
"Funny how you're the first one to say something about the appeal, Gavin," Max said with a chuckle.
Gavin growled at the young trainer, who shrank down into his seat.
"Ah, young love," A deep voice said behind them. The boys turned around and saw a tall man wearing a black, spread hat on top of a head of short black hair, a long, black cloak connected around his neck with a red gem, a white-colored collared shirt, black pants, and black boots. On his shoulder sat a small, black bird with a crooked, yellow beak, a crest that looked like a witch's hat and a tail similar to a broom.
"Oh, hello, young friends!" The man said, noticing the boys staring at him. "My name is Jeremiah, and this is Mimi!" The Murkrow on his shoulder chirped in greeting.
After the boys introduced themselves, Jeremiah looked at Gavin and asked, "So, from what I've heard, you like this girl?" He pointed out Dawn, who was still waving to the crowd.
The other guys chuckled as Gavin turned red in both embarrassment and anger.
"It's quite alright, my young friend," Jeremiah said with a smile, "This reminds me of a quote." He then took out a small puppet of a man with wavy black hair and a black mustache, wearing a black suit.
"We loved with a love that was more than love." He had the puppet say in a squeaky voice.
"What's with the puppet?" Brock asked.
Then, in the puppet's voice, Jeremiah said, "Don't question the puppet."
The guys all turned back around, all very confused and creeped out, and went back to cheering for their friend, who had now exited back to the locker room.
"Now, let's welcome our next coordinator, May!" Nurse Joy said to the crowd as the Hoenn brunette ran to the pool.
"Glaceon, take the stage!" May yelled as she threw a ball into the air, causing the Fresh Snow Pokémon to appear onto a platform in a flash of sparkles.
"Glaceon, use Ice Beam!" May ordered.
Glaceon opened its mouth and a light blue ball appeared in front of it. It then fired light blue beams of light from the ball at the pool, freezing the water completely.
"Now, use Secret Power!" May shouted.
Glaceon's body glowed in a pink aura, and then, a wave of pink light came off of it, covering the ice. Then, the ice began to crack and break, but it soon began to gather together and create an iceberg around Glaceon.
"Use Mirror Coat!" May instructed.
Glaceon's body became surrounded by a white reflective glow, causing the ice encasing it to shine like a disco ball.
"Amazing! Glaceon's Mirror Coat has turned the iceberg into a mountain of lights!" Nurse Joy said to the audience.
"Now, finish it with Iron Tail!" May yelled.
Glaceon's tail took a metallic shine and it broke out of the ice, shattering it completely and creating ice blue sparkles that fell through the air.
The crowd cheered as May and Glaceon bowed to the audience after receiving good marks from the sisters.
"May did awesome!" Ash said as May waved to the crowd.
"Well, I guess we know who got Ash's vote!" Gary said, snickering.
"Shut up, Gary," Ash said without even looking at him.
"Now for our next coordinator, the resident gym leader of the Cerulean City Gym, Misty!" Nurse Joy announced.
Misty ran towards the pool, throwing a Pokéball into the air, saying, "Azurill, time for the show!"
In a flash of pink hearts, the Polka Dot Pokémon appeared in the water.
"Azurill, use Waterfall!" Misty commanded.
Azurill's eyes glowed light blue and a column of water rose from the pool. Azurill began swimming up the column in a fast, spiraling motion, stopping at the top, sitting on its buoyant tail.
"Now, use Water Sport!" Misty yelled.
Azurill opened its mouth and released several streams of water that surrounded the water column and rotated around it.
"Now, finish with Refresh!" Misty instructed.
Azurill's body began to glow light blue and waves of energy began going through the column and the streams, causing them to shine brightly.
"Incredible!" Nurse Joy said as she and the crowd watched the spiral of water and light.
After the water dissipated, Azurill did several flips through the air, landing softly on its tail on a platform, surrounded by sparkles. The crowd cheered loudly for the Water Pokémon trainer, who smiled brightly.
Later, after several other appeals, the judges began deciding on the coordinators who would go on to the 2nd round.
"Okay! Now, on the screen, you will see the four coordinators who will compete for the Cascade Ribbon in the battle round!" Nurse Joy said, directing everyone's attention to the screen. On the screen, four slots began shifting through the pictures of the competitors, until finally, they stopped on four pictures, three of them of Misty, May, and Dawn.
"Alright, they all made it!" Ash said in revelation.
"Yeah, but now, they have to face off against each other," Max said as-a-matter-of-factly.
Soon, the first two battles were decided. After May beat the fourth coordinator, it was time for the battle between Misty and Dawn.
"This will be a 5-minute battle between Misty of Cerulean City and Dawn of Twinleaf Town!" Nurse Joy said as the two competitors stood on either side of the field. "Whichever coordinator has the most points left at the end of the time-period will go onto the final round against May! Now, Begin!"
"Togekiss, Spotlight!" Dawn said as her flying Pokémon appeared into the air with small, pink petals flying around it.
"Corsola, time for the show!" Misty yelled as the Coral Pokémon appeared in a multitude of pink bubbles.
"Togekiss, use Aura Sphere!" Dawn commanded.
Togekiss put its wings together and fired a ball of blue aura at Corsola.
"Corsola, use Spike Cannon!" Misty ordered.
Corsola's body glowed white and then it shot a bunch of white spikes at the Aura Sphere, causing it to shatter, creating glittering shimmers of light.
Everyone awed at the light, while Dawn lost a little bit of her points shown up on the screen.
Dawn grimaced and then smiled at an idea.
"Togekiss, go underwater and use Sky Attack!" Dawn instructed.
Togekiss dove into the pool and its body began glowing in a white aura, causing the pool water to glow brightly and Misty to lose points.
"Corsola, quick, stop it by using Water Pulse in the pool!" Misty yelled.
A ball of water appeared in front of Corsola's open mouth and then it launched it into the pool, causing the water to ripple with vibrations, hurting Togekiss and stopping its attack completely. Dawn's points took a good hit.
"Now, use Head Smash!" Misty instructed.
Corsola's body became covered in a bluish-white glow and then it dived down into the water towards Togekiss.
"Togekiss, use Air Slash!" Dawn commanded.
Togekiss began spinning around, creating glowing blue bubbles. It then sent a large bubble speeding towards Corsola, knocking it out of the water. Misty's points took a heavy toll.
"Time!" Nurse Joy yelled as the buzzer went off.
Togekiss swam to the surface and shook the water off of itself on a platform.
"And the winner is…," She said as everyone looked to the screen. They both had similar amounts of points, but Misty's was slightly higher.
"It's Misty!" Nurse Joy announced. Misty began waving to the crowd with her Corsola on her arm.
Togekiss flew to Dawn and tried to comfort her, but Dawn stood there with tears in her eyes.
"I'm sorry, Togekiss," Dawn said as she walked back to the locker room with the Jubilee Pokémon flying after her.
"Poor Dawn," Max said sadly as they watched their blue-haired friend walk off the field.
"Someone should go talk to her," Tracey said observantly.
"Gavin, why don't you talk to her?" Ash said to his cousin.
"What! Why me!" Gavin said defensively. However, after a long, hard look from the other guys, Gavin sighed and walked out of the row, up the stairs, and towards the locker rooms with Pichu in tow.
"Good luck, my friend!" Jeremiah said with a wave.
"Mur-mur-krow!" Mimi squawked.
"Piiiiiiiiii," Pichu growled at the annoying crow.
Soon, Misty and May were on opposite sides of the pool for the final round. Everyone was ready to see the final battle for the Cascade Ribbon.
"It is now time for the final round between Misty and May!" Nurse Joy pronounced to the audience. "Whoever wins will have won this Pokémon Contest! Now, let's begin!"
The timer began counting down as Misty and May sent out Corsola and Wartortle into the pool.
"Corsola, use BubbleBeam!" Misty yelled as Corsola started releasing a stream of bubbles at the Turtle Pokémon.
"Wartortle, use Ice Beam!" May commanded as Wartortle shot several light blue beams of light at the bubbles, causing them to pop and create sparkles of blue light. The Ice Beam broke through the bubbles and continued on towards Corsola.
"Corsola, use Mirror Coat!" Misty ordered.
Corsola's body glowed yellow-orange and the beam of ice was deflected back towards Wartortle.
"Wartortle, use Rapid Spin!" May shouted.
Wartortle went into its shell and it began spinning like a disc. It was able to stop the Ice Beam when it hit the spinning shell, creating sparks of ice.
Through all of this, May and Misty had both lost the same amount of points.
"This is so exciting! Who will win?" Nurse Joy said ecstatically.
Dawn sat in the locker room, looking down at the ground with tears falling down her face. Piplup and Togekiss stood in front of her, their efforts in cheering her up failed.
"I can't believe this!" She cried. "I was able to get runner-up in the Sinnoh Grand Festival, and then I got in the top sixteen at the Hoenn Grand Festival. Now, I lost to someone who has battled all of her life. Am I losing my touch?"
"Pi-chu!" A voice said in front of her. She looked down and saw Pichu with an encouraging smile on its face.
"Pichu, what are you doing here?" Dawn asked the Pokémon.
"Hey, Dawn. Is it okay if we come in?" A familiar voice said from the doorway.
She looked and saw Gavin with his hand rubbing the back of his head uneasily.
"Oh, Gavin!" Dawn said in surprise, quickly wiping the tears out of her eyes. "Sure, come on in."
Gavin walked in, sat down next to her, and put an arm around her.
"You know, just because you lost, doesn't mean you have to cry," Gavin said, causing her to look in wonder at the boy. "I can't tell you how many battles I've lost. I was so mad and angry at myself for losing them."
"But in the end, I realized that everyone loses sometimes, even to people that have less experience about them. It's frustrating, but as long as you have fun in what you do, it doesn't matter if you win or lose at anything."
Dawn's tears ceased and then she smiled at the trainer.
"Thanks, Gavin!" She said, suddenly hugging Gavin. Gavin immediately turned red.
"And, TIME!" Nurse Joy yelled as the buzzer went off. "And the winner is…May!"
May and Misty's points had been close, but May had just a little bit more left.
The two shook hands as the crowd cheered. Soon, May was handed the Cascade Ribbon. Right near the stand was the rest of the group except for Gavin and Dawn, who had just walked back into the stadium together.
"Hey, look guys!" Max said, pointing at the trainer and the coordinator. He then began doing a little song: "Gavin and Dawn, sitting in a tree, K-I-S-S-I-N-GGGGGGGGGG!"
Everyone laughed at the sight of Max, who had been thrown into the pool by an annoyed May. Max looked mad at first, but then, he joined in the laughter.
"Did you enjoy the show, my little friend?" Jeremiah said to Mimi, who happily chirped and ate the berry her trainer had just given her.
Jeremiah then looked towards the sunset, his smile turning into a frown.
"Now, we must focus on the task at hand," He said as they began to walk down the hill towards Vermillion City.
Next Chapter: Chapter 8: "Vermilion Reunion! Ambipom's Biggest Challenge!"- Ash and friends have arrived in Vermilion City, just to discover that there won't be a boat to Amaro until tomorrow! However, Dawn meets up with an old friend: Ambipom! They soon learn that Ambipom is supposed to compete in the final Pokémon Ping Pong Match of the season and she wants Dawn to do the match with her! Will Dawn and Ambipom be able to win? Find out in the next installment of Pokémon: League of Ultimates!
Wow, didn't expect the outcome of that contest! Well, maybe I did. And who is this Jeremiah guy? Read & Review!
