[Last time, Gütter and Bailey entered the Double Contest appearing in the Orange Islands, but Bailey's previous competitor, Jason, has shown up with a friend named Marycarpe to show that they mean business in a contest. Let's see what happens!]

Jason walked into the room. "I can't believe we didn't get to finish our act."

Marycarpe walked in and said "Well it's you fault for having such a slow umbreon!"

"No! It was clearly your espeon that threw off our concentration!"

"Well maybe if you practiced more properly a plain view of elegance wouldn't have distracted you!"

"Oh yeah? Well howab-"

Gütter turned around and for no reason spoke in a deep Scottish accent. "Would the two of you just shut yer yaps! I'm trying to hear what she's about to say!"

The two of them stared blankly.

Gütter smiled and spoke normally. "Thanks."

"And now it's time to start the sec- Oh my! I almost forgot!" Didian announced.

Gütter smirked as he knew that feeling far to well.

"Before we can start our second round, we first need to show which coordinator pairs will make it to the next round!"

The screen showed a total of 8 pairs of people, Jason and Marycarpe at the top, Gütter and Bailey right beneath them.

"Well folks, these fine coordinators will make it to the second round! Now for the computer to randomly decide who's battling who!"

Gütter crossed his arms. "It's 'who's battling whom' " He muttered.

Bailey was both unamused and annoyed.

The screen popped up with the match up.

Gütter began rubbing his… chin… and looked down to think, when he looked back up he said "Okay, so even if we manage to beat everyone else in the way, signs show so will Jason and magikarp."

Marycarpe shot a glance even though Gütter wasn't looking.

"And that would mean that we won't battle until the very last round. So here's what we should do." Gütter huddled the four of them together, they whispered, pikachu and squirtle were mostly just agreeing, Bailey seemed to surprise Gütter a bit, and Gütter mostly kept Marycarpe and Jason away whenever he detected they were eavesdropping. "*pikachu voice* Do you mind? This is a pokemon discussion, and you two clearly don't meet the requirements." He said once.

They decided it may not even be worth it to bother anyway. "Meh, who cares what a bunch of pokemon have to say anyway?"

"Break!"

"Break's over folks! Time to start the next round!"

[I'm sorry, but I simply can't go through the trouble (and make it double) of levels and attacks, so I'll just say the finishing moves and show who wins.]

"Well, since me sis is out, it's two against one… Phanpy use tackle on pikachu!"

"Pikachu, dodge phanpy's attack with double team!"

"Squirtle! Now use water gun!"

"And it looks like phanpy is unable to battle! Which means… Gütter and Bailey get to move on to the next round!"

Gütter was in a 'good sport' mood. He walked up to the kid with the phampy and said "Don't feel bad. We had a good battle didn't we?" He held out his hand.

The kid smiled, crouched down, and shook it.

"Well would you look at that! Folks I don't think I've seen such a warm-hearted coordinator like this before! And no, it has nothing to do with him being a pikachu!"

(Aw man, I wanted that line…) Gütter thought to himself.

"Time's up, the coordinators with the most points is Dustan and June!"

"Yanma is unable to battle! The battle goes to Summer and Harold!"

..- "Espeon, use swift on maril!" "Umbreon, feint kick on totodile! Go!"

"And it looks like totodile and maril are both unable to battle! Round 3 will start after another quick break!"

"*sigh* We're almost at the finals." Bailey said, relived.

"I don't think it's quite time to begin to relax. Remember, only the strongest will survive. So we got to stay on top of our game all the way." Gütter said.

"Pi-ika PIKA!" Pikachu said to back up Gütter's point.

"Squir?"

"So, were up against a season and some fur, huh?" Jason said trying to sound clever.

"They'll be crushed beneath the very paw of my espeon."

"You mean my umbreon."

"No way! It'll just be trampled over in the process!"

"Well I don't see why your espeon h-"

Gütter managed to imitate Didian perfectly using the room as an echo when he said "Would coordinators Marycarpe and Jason please stop acting like idiots!"

Everyone in the room laughed. Except those two.

"Okay, who said that?!"

Gütter turned around. "Sounded like Didian to me."

"Break time's over folks! Time for round three! First up… Coordinator pair Gütter and Bailey- against coordinator pair Dustan and June!"

"Psyduck, use confusion on pikachu!" Shouted Dustan.

"Meowth, fury swipes!" Called out June.

"Psy?" "Aw, not again…"

"Meowth! MEOWTHMEOWTHMEOWTHMEOWTH!"

"You okay squirtle?"

"…Squirtle!"

"Good, in that case… Water gun on meowth!"

"Pikachu, give psyduck a thunderbolt!"

"Squir-r-r-r!"

"Pi-KA-CHUUUUU!"

"Meowth!"

"PSY-Y-Y!"

"Those attacks cost some points on both sides."

"Psy-y…duck…"

"And looks like psyduck is unable to battle! Will June be able to handle this two against one battle with her meowth?"

"Meowth, can you go on?" Said June.

Meowth tried to get up and failed. "Meowth..."

June ran up to meowth.

"Meowth is unable to battle, Gütter and Bailey will go on to the finals!"

Pikachu walked up to meowth. "Pika, pikapika. Pikachupika pika pi pikachu pi-ika pika."

"Meowth meowth!" It laughed.

"I probably just missed out on a really good pun there..." Gütter said lowering his ears.

One battle later…

"Jason and Marycarpe are moving on to the final round, no breaks this time, sorry!"

The big screen in the stadium glitched. Gütter dressed up in a suit, still human, appeared on it.

"And now, it's time for Günther Tuben!"

"Thanks again Jack it's a pleasure to be here! Now I was with my buddy pikachu the other day and suddenly I was getting a call, I picked it up and I was all like *Pikachu* 'Pika?'" *Laughter* "The man seemed confused at first and said 'H-hello? Is this Poketch Industries?' I simply turned it around into a prank call by saying *racist japanese voice* 'Oh you call my pikachu? People gonna think your weird man. Get a life!'" *More laughter* "I was having so much trouble holding in my laugh I handed the phone to pikachu when suddenly the man began speaking like a pikachu." *Even more laughter* "I'm telling you it was funny as h-" *static* "the man started talking to pikachu. *laughing* Pikachu actually began having a conversation with some 25 year old man in the Johto region and it was all 'Pikapika!' this and 'Pikapika!' that! I'm telling you the truth!" *Huge crowd laughing* "That man really does need to get a life! Unless he already has one as a pokemon interpreter, in which case I don't think any one believe him since it's not like they can tell you they understand… *Proffesor Oak* And now a poem, Pikachu, I call you. You understand me, and I do too!" *Everyone laughing* "That's my story for you tonight folks, have a good one!"

The big screen started glitching again and went back to normal.

"Wow, that was perfect timing to get bad reception."

"Was that you?"

"O-of course not! I don't go to that commedy club, and I'd never wear a suit! Besides, my name's Gütter not Günther!"

"Well, he does a good pikachu and Professor Oak impression, he looks kinda like how you used to, and he has a pikachu of his own."

"Ever heard of doppelgängers? Well even if you haven't it's time to get going. Look!"

"Um, now that we've had our joke for tonight-, it's time for our final round! It's Gütter and Bailey against Jason and Marycarpe!"

Gütter snickered.

"Go Umbreon!" "You too Espeon!"

"Pikachu, get on out there!" "Come on out squirtle!"

"Begin!"

"Alright espeon, quick attack on squirtle!" "Now espeon, use swift on that pikachu!"

"Squirtle, water gun!" "Pikachu us- AGH!"

Everyone gasped.

"Time out everyone!"

"Gütter, are you okay?" Bailey said, shocked.

"No, I said I'd like that with a medium fry… ugh." Gütter collapsed.

The three judges were having a conversation. Sir Contestalot went to the back of the room to make a call, Mr. Contesta appeared on screen. "Ah, hello! How is the first double contest going?"

"Not very good, we just had an accident."

"Hm? What happened?"

"Two of our coordinators were pikachu. We couldn't decline them as their IDs were legitimate. We were at the final round and an attack hit the coordinator and now he's knocked out."

Mr. Contesta thought about it for a moment. "I see why you called me… I'm afraid the only thing we can do is to call it a draw. We'll come up with something later…"

"Very well, goodbye." He hung up. Sir Contestalot walked on stage and whispered something to Didian.

"Looks like we're calling it a total draw here folks, both coordinator pairs win. Um. Hm."

Bailey received the ribbon and got help from squirtle and pikachu to carry Gütter to the pokemon center.

Later…

*Do Do dodo DO!* "Gütter's going to take a while to recover, but I'm afraid he's quite determined to get back up and about. He will be able to get back on his feet, but I don't think he'll be able to do it on his own for a bit."

"No, I- I'm fine. I j-… Just need to put one foot… in- in front of-… of-… Oh boy!" He almost fell over, only to be caught by Bailey and pikachu.

"Gütter, look what we got." She held the ribbon in front of his face.

He smiled. "I got just the place for it." He reached out, took it, and put it on the inside part of his hat. When he pulled it up it clearly revealed it for everyone to see.

"Huh, nice place to put it."

"Thanks I-" He collapsed.

"I'm also afraid he was never quite fit for being in a battle with such a pokemon with an attack like that. He may fall out of consciousness from time to time."

"-based the idea off of… What was I talking about?"

"And come back thinking he came back from where he left off."

"Hey, have you guys seen Dillard anywhere?"

Dillard ran in through the doors "Guys, you'll never believed what just happened!"

"What?"

"Okay, so I was out with cyndaquil when suddenly two zigzagoon came out of nowhere, wanting a battle. I ended up winning and threw a pokeball, but somehow they both went in the pokeball! Some guy came running through and watched as I released both of them from the pokeball. He told me he'd give me something if I was willing to give him one of the zigzagoon and I decided to go with it. He handed me these keys and said that I could find it straight down this path!"

"You got a car?!" Bailey shouted.

"I find that very unlikely Bailey. You should know that the av-" Gütter fell again.

"I'll be honest, I don't know. He said it'll have a spot for either three people or one person and five or six small pokemon."

"-verage car… Um… Hm…"

"Well, I think we should go find out!"

They all ran down the path, after Gütter fell again Dillard decided to place him on his shoulder. "We're here."

"Look! It's a three person jet ski!" Bailey shouted.

"Actually that's a Ski-Boat hybrid, enabling both the full enjoyment of a jet ski, but also allowing the ability to not topple over that easily, and not fall off easily." Gütter pulled out his pokedex. "Where do you think we should go next Dexter?"

"Calculating best route allowing resupplying, fun events, double contest participation and minimal time… Route completed, next destination… Will be revealed after you wake up from a good night sleep."

"Oh come on, why would we nee-" Gütter had another unconsciousness attack, this time putting him to sleep.

"Perhaps we should head back to the pokemon center."

"One more thing." Dillard got out some stick-on letters. He spelled out 'j.s. Quilboat' "Okay, now let's go."

[*Narrator voice* And so… now that our heroes have received their first ribbon, and now that they have a way of transportation, it's time to go to bed. Who- um… Wh… Why can't I come up with any good questions?!… Maybe I'll find out next time on- The PikaProject!]