"Pokémon: Contest Chronicles"

By narutofreak14

MAY'S POKÉMON

Blaziken (Blaze Kick, Sky Uppercut, Flamethrower, and Earthquake)

Munchlax (Tackle, Solarbeam, Focus Punch, Metronome)

Cyndaquil (Ember, Smokescreen, Tackle, Quick Attack)

Squirtle (Ice Beam, Tackle, Water Gun, Surf)

Eevee (Shadow Ball, Tackle, Dig)

REVIEW REPLIES

xXSeiren-HimeXx: Like I said in the last chapter, if she used Blaziken, it would be too easy. And we don't want to win like that, now…do we?

Prettydemoness: Thank you for the kind comments. I knew that the sudden chapter gap would screw some people up, but if I deleted it, you could not review the last chapter.

Scytherwolf: Yeah, releasing Pokémon is always a bummer, especially one you raised yourself. Nevertheless, May's plan will involve more than just releasing Cyndaquil…

Arysd: Your comment really saved the story. I hope this chapter will give you everything you want.

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LAST TIME…

May has finally arrived in Blackthorn City, home to the first contest and the first gym battle. She first registered for the contest at the Blackthorn Contest Hall. She runs into Harley and Jahan, the latter of which wanting her to fail.

Since the contest wasn't until another few days, she opted to go for the badge first. She heads to the gym, where Clair awaits her. It was Clair's Dragon-type Pokémon against her Cyndaquil, Munchlax, and Squirtle. Munchlax and Squirtle did very poorly against Dratini and Bagon. Cyndaquil wouldn't even try. The battle ended with Clair overall destroying May's team. While Jahan loved it, a certain person did not.

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LOCATION: Blackthorn City

After the loss, May rushed to the nearest Pokémon Center to heal their wounds. She was still feeling depressed about losing to Clair. Blaziken and Eevee stood by her, hoping to cheer her up, but nothing was working.

"How dare you lose May!" said a voice.

"Oh no," thought May. She looked up and saw Harley and Cacturne looking down on her. "The pride of Coordinators was on the line and you have failed us all!"

"Harley, I don't feel like talking right now," said May.

"And who could blame you?" said another familiar voice.

May and Harley turned around and saw Jahan and Croconaw walked towards them. "Gee, this is the greatest day of my life," said May.

"May, after that battle, you have shown everybody that…"

"Oh shut it, Jahan!" Harley shouted. "Maybe a real Coordinator should take you on and beat you!"

"Is that a challenge?" asked Jahan. "How much are you willing to bet?"

"You like gambling away your Pokémon?!?" asked Harley, angrily.

Suddenly, one hand grabbed Harley's hair and another grabbed Jahan's. The two hands then made Harley and Jahan butt heads painfully. "Knock it off you two!" he shouted. "May doesn't need to put up with you right now!"

"Ow," Jahan said, softly.

"That really hurts," said Harley, grabbing his head.

May poked her heard up. Drew and Absol were standing over Jahan and Harley, both of whom were suffering major headaches. "Drew?" May asked.

"Oh great, May's boyfriend arrives," said Jahan.

"What?!?" May and Drew asked, surprised.

"Boyfriend?!?" Drew asked. "Hey, I'm not May's boyfriend!"

"Whatever," said Jahan.

"Drew, what are you doing here?" May asked.

"I came by the gym and saw your gym battle," Drew said.

"Oh great…you saw that?" May asked, sadly.

"May, it is a shame that you let down everyone. I managed to defeat her easily."

"Be quiet, Jahan," said Drew. "She's never been in a gym battle before!"

"Really? Isn't her daddy a gym leader? Wow, you were taking good notes from him, weren't you?"

"Hey, don't bring her father into this!" Harley shouted.

"He must be so disappointed in knowing that his daughter is…"

"Jahan, stop lying to everyone," May said. "You don't know my father."

"I had to beat him to get his Balance Badge," said Jahan.

"I don't remember you ever coming into the gym," said May.

"You must have been gone. I did battle Norman and I defeated him!" Jahan said.

"Really?" asked May. "So, if I called him right now on the phone, he can say that you won his gym battle?"

"Yes he would," said Jahan.

May then got up and began walking over to the Pokémon Center phones. "What are you doing?" asked Jahan.

"What do you thinking I'm doing? I'm calling my dad," said May. She then began dialing his number. "Um…why…why would you…you do that?" asked Jahan.

"To see if you're making this up or not," said May.

The phone began ringing, trying to connect with Norman back in Petalburg City. Suddenly, Norman's face appeared on-screen. "Yes? This is the Petalburg Gym," Norman said.

"Hi dad," May said.

"Oh, hello May! Just checking in huh? Where are you now?" Norman asked.

"I'm in Blackthorn City," said May.

"Wow…you already at your first gym? That's great. How did you do?"

May turned her face away from the phone, embarrassed. "Hmmm…not so good, huh?" Norman asked.

"Not surprising," Jahan said, suddenly.

"May, who is this boy?" Norman asked, getting defensive.

"This…is Jahan Natsu," said May.

"Oh, okay! This is the guy you hate," Norman said. He then leaned in a bit closer to get a better look at Jahan. "Oh, I remember you! You went to my gym to get the Balance Badge."

"You mean…he actually defeated your Pokémon?" May asked.

"Oh I didn't say that. He went to my gym once, lost, and then never returned," Norman said.

"Hmmm…that's funny. He here is going on that he was Pokémon League Champion for a year, but he can't if he never won your Balance Badge," May said.

May quickly turned around and noticed that Jahan had slipped away. "Sure scared him away," Norman said. "Now then…about your gym battle…"

"It was horrible," May said. "I got some luck during the first round, but everything went downhill from there. And Cyndaquil still refuses to obey me."

"I know you feel miserable now," Norman said. "Nevertheless, crying about it is not going to make it go away. Try looking back at your battle and see what you have done wrong. Maybe try using more moves that can exploit your opponent's Pokémon weaknesses. You might also want to look at your Pokédex and see if your Pokémon could improve in ways you would imagine."

"Okay, but how do you deal with a Pokémon who won't obey you?" May asked.

"Well, I'm sorry to say that I can't really help you on that. My Pokémon has always been friends with me. However, if you want some advice, try using some more discipline on whatever Pokémon is giving you trouble."

"Okay…I'll do it," May said.

"Go out there and make us proud, May!" Norman said. He then hung up the phone.

May thought over her dad's comments. "Hmmm…check the Pokédex." She took out her Pokédex and began searching up her whole team. Nurse Joy walked up behind her with a tray of Poké Balls. "May, your Pokémon are all healed," she said.

"Thank you," May said, taking her Pokémon back.

"Drew, aren't you angry that May has disappointed many Coordinators around the world?" asked Harley.

"Around the…what?" Drew asked. "Harley, only you, me, and Jahan saw that battle. How can any other Coordinator be disappointed if they didn't see the battle?"

"Well…um…it still hurts me and you," said Harley.

"Harley…just shut up," said Drew.

Suddenly, May walked up behind Drew. "Hi," said May.

"Hey May," said Drew. May turned to Harley. "Harley, I need to talk to Drew alone," she said.

"Fine then," Harley said. "Let's go, Cacturne. Apparently, we are not wanted." He got up and he and Cacturne left the Pokémon Center. "What is it, May?" Drew asked.

"Well…I kind of need help with gym battles," May said.

"Yeah, you really do," said Drew.

"Hey! Don't make this harder for me!" May shouted. "I'm only asking you because you're Pokémon seem to be strong."

"Well, you finally got something right," Drew said. "Let's see your Pokémon."

May then released Blaziken, Munchlax, Squirtle, Eevee, and Cyndaquil from their Poké Balls and into the open. Drew overlooked them carefully. "Hmmm…why didn't you use Blaziken?" Drew asked. "You could have taken all of her Pokémon out."

"That would be too easy," said May. "I wanted to challenge myself a little bit. So, I resolved to not use Blaziken unless I was facing a fully-evolved Pokémon."

"If that was the case, you really need to train your Pokémon," Drew said. "Make them evolve to their next evolutions, so that way they can at least be on par with Clair's Pokémon."

"Evolve them?"

"Yeah, that's the best way to get the upper hand on a gym leader," Drew said. "As for Cyndaquil, you are going to need to give it special treatment."

"Special treatment?"

"You know, she needs more discipline. You need to be more assertive with her and teach her that you're the trainer, so you make the moves," said Drew.

"Like that's going to happen," Cyndaquil said.

"You might want to teach it some manners too," he whispered to May.

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After some pep talks, May and her Pokémon stepped outside of the Pokémon Center and into the barren field. "Okay guys," May said. "Now I know that our first gym battle was…a little…mediocre. We, myself included, made some mistakes, but the good thing about mistakes is that we can learn from them."

"She made the most mistakes," Cyndaquil said.

"Shush!" Munchlax said.

"Now, first things first," said May. She turned to Cyndaquil and gave her a nasty look. "Cyndaquil, your battle performance was horrible. I think out of the three I used, you were the worst!"

"I was the worse?!? Squirtle only lasted for one minute!" Cyndaquil said.

"But at least Squirtle listened to me and obeyed my command," said May.

"Yeah…and he still lost. What does that say about you?!?" Cyndaquil said.

"Okay little lady, I had about enough of your back talking. I am your Pokémon Trainer and I demand your respect!" May said.

"Ummm…no…" Cyndaquil said.

"Okay Cyndaquil, that's it! I spend my time and money training you and feeding you. I took you in when the others didn't want you. I healed you when you were hurt. And all you ever did was embarrass me and undermine me."

May raised her finger in the air and pointed towards the heavily dense forest. "You want to be a wild Pokémon?!? Fine! This is your chance. If you are serious about hating me, then go ahead and go!" May said, sternly.

The other Pokémon were surprised at what May was doing. "She's not serious, is she?" Blaziken asked.

Cyndaquil was in disbelief. "Are you serious? There aren't any strings attached, are there?" Cyndaquil asked.

"Nope," May said. "If you really think being a trainer's Pokémon is worse than being a wild Pokémon, then go ahead and leave."

Cyndaquil looked around at the other Pokémon and then to May. She then wasted no time booking it into the forest. "Thank god I'm free!" she said, happily.

The others thought that May would be disappointed, but she…she seemed to keep a straight face. "She'll learn, don't worry," May said to the other Pokémon.

"What if she doesn't?" asked Blaziken.

"Oh trust me, she will," said May. "Now, as for the rest of you…I'm sure you know the number one tip of The Art of War, 'know thy enemy' and I learned this…Dragon-type Pokémon are weak against Ice-type moves. The only one with an Ice-type move is Squirtle and his Ice Beam attack. Squirtle, we're going to toughen you up."

May took out her PokéDex and brought up an entry for Wartortle. "Squirtle, you may think that the training will be hard, but by the time we are done, you'll evolve into this!" She showed the picture of Wartortle to Squirtle. "As a matter of fact, you will all be fully evolved by the time we're done," said May.

"I don't know. I like being small," Munchlax said.

"Alright fine, but you're be able to take down any Pokémon we see by the time we're done," said May.

"That sounds pretty cool," Squirtle said. "I'm in!"

"Me too!" said Munchlax.

"Alright then, let's get working!" May said.

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MEANWHILE…

Meanwhile, Cyndaquil was far into the forest, running freely. She was happy that she was 'free' from May's grasp. "This is the life. There's no one telling me what to do, no one pushing me around, and no one yelling at me."

Suddenly, the ground beneath Cyndaquil broke apart. She almost fell down a small hole, but she was quick enough to back away. "What in the world?" asked Cyndaquil. "Who dug this hole here?!?" A Diglett popped up from the ground. "Hello," the small Diglett said.

"Watch where you're digging those holes!" Cyndaquil shouted.

"You're not the boss of me!" Diglett said.

"Oh yeah," Cyndaquil said. She then shot out a stream of fire from its mouth, burning it. The Diglett began crying. "You're mean! I'm telling my daddy!" it said, before burrowing back into the hole.

"Go tell your dad. See if I care," Cyndaquil said.

Suddenly, the ground began shaking underneath Cyndaquil. An Onix popped from underneath the ground. Its bulky head send Cyndaquil flying high into the air. "Good lord, an Onix?!?" Cyndaquil said, as she began falling to the ground.

"Are you picking on my kid, you little squirt?!?" Onix said, rather angrily. Cyndaquil was too intimidated to answer. "Well then, eat Iron Tail you punk!" Onix's tail glowed brightly as it crashed its steel tail into the ground, sending debris and dirt into the air. Cyndaquil ran as fast as it can back into the forest, away from Onix.

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A/N: Yeah… this was just a short chapter now. May has decided to take up on her dad's advice and train like there is no tomorrow. And, true to the last chapter's words, she has released Cyndaquil back into the wild. So far, it is not going so well for her.

NEXT TIME…

Cyndaquil is starting to realize that life as a wild Pokémon isn't as grand as she hoped it would be. Pokémon keeps stealing food from her, Pokémon attack her, and she has no one watching over her. However, she still won't admit that she needs May.

As for the other Pokémon, May is trying her best to whip her Pokémon into shape. However, she doesn't realize that Clair is also doing the same thing with her Pokémon. As her desire to beat the gym leader takes over, she soon starts to forget about the Pokémon Contest that she also has to prepare for.