Shout Outs...
EdgeStrife: The bubblegum line was meant to be kinda lame.
X00001: I already decided what the egg will hatch into. All I'll say is it's a generation three pokémon.
The Notorious SMP: Thanks man.
Infinite Freedom: **Whistles innocently**
Secret Weapon Unit 06: Thanks man.
Mata-NuiXIII: I will still not say what's in the egg. And yeah, Sundance and Kidd were meant to be this fic's version of Jessie and James.
D.J. Scales: They'll likely pop up sooner or later.
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"Pokétch?" Jay let off as Dawn nodded once, the two walking down the street after leaving Polly's Palace. Dawn nodded once and pointed to an ad on a store window, a girl posing with a red watch, the face of it a bit large.
"It's the newest thing." Dawn began. "It's also the Pokétch Company's major product."
"...A watch?"
"It's more than a watch." Dawn said, shaking her head. "It comes with a built in calculator, a pedometer, a display of your pokémon team, a GPS map marker, built in city map function, calendar, a timer, a stopwatch, alarm clock, with more applications still coming out."
"So it's a wrist mounted PDA?" Jay asked.
"Ugh, close enough." Dawn sighed. "Besides all of that though, it's a major fashion statement!"
"Sounds just plain practical to me." Jay replied. "So where do we get them?"
"An excellent question young man!" A voice said, causing both Jay and Dawn to jump, turning around to see a man in a suit and brown beard and moustache looking at them.
"Dude, don't sneak up on folks like that!" Jay said as Omni nodded.
"Ee, Eevee!"
"Oh, sorry about that." The man said, chuckling. "I am the president of Pokétch Company and designer of the pokétch!" He said proudly.
"Wow." Jay let out. "It is a small world after all."
"Oh yes, I'm sure. Quite the rare coat your Eevee has there." The man said, looking Omni over.
"Everyone says that."
"I'd imagine." The man replied with a nod. "Regardless, you two seem to be brand new pokémon trainers." He said as he looked the two over. "I was hoping you could do something for me."
"Something?" Dawn asked as the man nodded.
"Yes, you two seem like a pair of photogenic characters." He began smiling softly. "My company is doing a commercial for our second generation of pokétchs and we're filming a commercial featuring a tag team pokémon battle. I have two others lined up, but I need another team of trainers to face them."
"Pardon me asking, but why us?" Jay asked, tilting his head. "We're just two people on the street."
"You both seem photogenic as I said, and you don't have pokétchs." He said with a grin. "If you help me I'll give each of you a brand new, generation two pokétch with the newest application; a built in phone function."
"That sounds useful." Jay said, crossing his arms. "Sure, I'm game. Dawn?"
"Sure!" Dawn added with a nod. "Let's do it!"
"Perfect, perfect!" The man said, clasping his hands. "Come along, I'll take you to the arena we're filming in."
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"Nice place..." Jay said, looking about the arena they walked into, a large pokéball symbol in the center with darkened stands on the sides.
"They really went all out for this." Dawn added as the man led them to the side where two other trainers sat, one wearing an orange and white striped shirt. "Barry?"
"Huh?" The blonde haired boy let off, turning to see Dawn and Jay. "Dawn. And it's you again Jay!" He called out, running up to them. "How's it hanging?"
"Uh, fine." Dawn said, looking between Barry and Jay. "You two know each other?"
"I was around when he picked up Turtwig." Jay said with a shrug. "Had a battle with him too. Anyway, what ya doing here Barry?"
"Oh, this dude said I'd get a free pokétch if I battled for the camera. They teamed me up with that guy over there." He said, pointing to a seated solemn youth with white hair, his body clad in a black zipped up coat with red pads on the shoulders and elbows with matching pants with the pads on the knees and thighs. "Guy's name is Silver. Not a very talkative guy." Barry said as Jay shrugged.
"Hey, not my issue." He said, shaking his head.
"So, you gonna put Omni in the battle again?" Barry asked pumping an arm.
"Have a shape shifting Eevee in front of the camera? No, I don't need to let the world in on that yet." Jay said, waving his hand.
"Here you three are." A stage hand said as he walked over, a tray of eleven pokétchs on it. "We want you to wear them during filming. Silver already picked the black one, so we just need you to pick whichever colour you want."
"Dibs on blue." Jay said picking up the blue one as Barry grabbed the green.
"Mine!" He called out as Dawn took the pink one.
"Oh, it's so pretty!" She added, the three quickly donning the devices.
"Okay everyone, the cameras are ready!" The man said, clapping his hands and Silver stood up, walking over to the field. "Barry and Silver against Jay and Dawn."
"I know." Silver said, glaring at his foes as he took his spot on one side of the field. "Let's get this on."
"Friendly, ain't you?" Jay replied as Omni hopped down, walking away from the field.
"I'm here for business, not pleasure." Silver replied with a snort.
"Aww, come on! We can have fun with this too!" His partner said taking a spot next to him as Dawn and Jay faced them.
"This battle is a tag team contest!" The company president called out as he looked at the two teams. "Each trainer may use two pokémon a piece! There can be no substitutions! Pokémon will fight until they can no longer continue! The cameras are rolling so... BEGIN!"
"Buneary! I choose you!" Dawn cried out, tossing her pokéball.
"Starly! I choose you!" Barry cried out as he threw his own.
"Zeus! Time to rock n' roll!" Jay called out, throwing it own.
"Elekid! Standby!" Silver shouted out, throwing his own.
Jay took his pokédex out, scanning Starly, the black and white bird and the Elekid, the yellow, black stripped stubby creature with what looked to be electrical prongs on it's head.
[Elekid, the electric pokémon. If it touches metal and discharges the electricity it has stored in its body, an Elekid begins swinging its arms in circles to recharge itself.]
[Starly, the starling pokémon. Usually with a large flock, it is barely noticeable when alone. Its cries are very strident. Because they are weak individually, they form groups. However, they bicker if the group grows too big.]
"Zeus, Thunderbolt right at Starly!" Jay called out as the bird took into the air, Zeus charging his attack and unleashing it.
"Starly, Quick Attack!" Barry cried out.
"Elekid, Thunder Punch! On Buneary!" Silver cried back, his pokémon gathering a charge in a fist and rushing at Buneary, the Thunder Bolt missing its target.
"Now Starly, Wing Attack!" Barry cried out as the pokémon dove at Zeus. Jay shut out the other half of the battle, to focus on Barry's pokémon.
"Zeus, stand your ground!" Jay said as Zeus dug in his heels, cries of 'Thunder Punch' and 'Ice Beam' sounding as the bird's wing glowed, as it dove at Zeus. "NOW! Thunder Fang!" He cried out as the bird closed in, Zeus responding by gathering a charge in his mouth, leaping up and grabbing the bird in its mouth by the neck, the current entering the bird's body.
"STAR!" It let out as Zeus swung it about before tossing it.
"Starly, fly back up!" Barry cried out.
"Thunder Bolt, before it flies up again!" Jay called out, Zeus generating a quick charge and unleashing it, striking the still stunned Starly. "Now, use Thunder Bolt on Elekid!" He called out, the call of 'Starly is unable to battle' barley sounding as his pokémon struck Silver's with a blast of electricity, just after the Thunder Punch landed, a similar cry of 'Buneary is unable to battle' sounding.
"Doesn't waste time." Silver summed up as Barry and Dawn recalled their pokémon before tossing out another pokéball each.
"Piplup!" Dawn cried out.
"Turtwig!" Barry called out.
"I choose you!" The two said in turn as their pokémon materialized.
"Zeus, Thunder Bolt!" Jay cried out as his pokémon lashed out with a blast of thunder at the Elekid who took the blow, shrugging it off.
"Elekid, Thunder Bolt!" Silver said in turn, sending a blast of thunder back at its attacker, the attack striking as Zeus barley flinched. "Even match. Elekid, Brick Break!" He called out, the pokémon's arm glowing as Piplup and Turtwig charged each other with Peck and Tackle.
"Zeus, Thunder Fang!" Jay called out as Zeus jumped to the side as Elekid lashed out with it's arm before leaping forth to latch on to its shoulder with a charged bite.
"Brick Break!" Silver called out, the arm glowing against it chopped Zeus hard in the neck, knocking it down, and his eyes spinning.
"Piplup, spin and use Bubblebeam on Elekid!" Dawn said, the penguin jumping up, tuning in midair and firing a bubble stream into Elekid's back, knocking it down, its eyes making swirls.
"Zeus and Elekid are unable to battle!" The president said as Silver and Jay recalled their pokémon, each grabbing another pokéball.
"Sneasel! Standby!" Silver cried out, a black three foot pokémon emerging with long silver claws and pink tails and ears.
[Sneasel, the sharp claw pokémon. A smart and sneaky pokémon a pair may work together to steal eggs by having one lure the parents away. Its sharply hooked claws rip vulnerable spots on prey.]
"Burn-Out! Front and center!" Jay called out, tossing out his own pokémon, the fire horse.
"Barry, finish off that Piplup!" Silver cried out as Piplup narrowly dodged a Razor Leaf. "He has a type advantage on both of us!"
"Burn-Out, charge Turtwig with Flamethrower!" Jay cried out, eyeing the Sneasel as Burn-Out dashed at the grass pokémon, using its fire breath attack to burn another barraged of Razor Leaves before aiming it at the originator of the leaves who ducked.
"TURT! TURTWIG!" The Turtwig cried out, its twig on fire as it began to run in circles.
"Pathetic." Silver muttered. "Sneasel, use Metal Claw!" He called out, his pokémon rushing at the Ponyta with claws bared.
"Burn-Out, jump!" Jay cried out as Sneasel leapt at the horse just before it leapt, easily getting out of reach.
"That's impressive..." Silver admitted.
"Piplup, use Bubblebeam!" Dawn called out as Piplup fired its attack at Sneasel.
"Turtwig, intercept the attack!" Barry cried out as his Turtwig turned about, getting in front of the attack which slammed it, but put out it's fire.
"Sneasel." The ice pokémon said in appreciation.
"Turtwig!" The grass pokémon said in turn.
"Flamethrower!" Jay cried out as the two turned as the Ponyta spit a stream of flames at the two, striking both and charring them.
"Wig..." Turtwig let out as it collapsed.
"Sel..." Sneasel added, collapsing next to it.
"Turtwig and Sneasel are unable to battle!" The president cried out. "Jay and Dawn are the winners!" He called out as the two victorious pokémon walked over to their trainers.
"Good work guys." Jay said, patting Burn-Out. "Dawn, it was a nice idea having Piplup lay out Elekid."
"Well you had Burn-Out save Piplup from the Razor Leaf." Dawn replied and Barry picked up his Turtwig, wiping away the soot.
"You okay Turtwig?" Barry asked as the Turtwig nodded.
"Wig, Turtwig." It said as Barry held up its pokéball.
"Thanks for trying so hard. Return." He said, pulling the pokémon back into the ball.
"Sneasel, return." Silver said simply, recalling his pokémon. "Hmph." He let off before stalking away.
"Hey Silver." Jay cried out as he recalled Burn-Out. "Nice battle, huh?"
"I don't think so." Silver replied bluntly. "Two on two is too chaotic to know who the better trainer is." He said, turning his head to look at Jay. "Next time it'll be one on one. And I won't lose." He said before looking ahead and walking off.
"...Cheery, ain't he?" Jay deadpanned as Omni hopped back onto his shoulder.
"No kidding." Dawn replied with a sigh.
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"Let's see if this phone function works as well as he said it does." Dawn began, flipping through the functions until she found the phone application, dialing in her home number. A moment of ringing later the screen turned to show her mother on the screen.
"Hello. Oh, Dawn! How are you? Why are you calling me so soon after yesterday?" Johanna asked. "And why is the quality so low?"
"Me and Jay ended up doing something for the pokétch company." Dawn said with a grin. "The president gave us generation two pokétchs! I'm using its phone function to call you!"
"Really now?" Johanna let off with a smile. "That's wonderful dear. They're still months away from release."
"I know, isn't it great?" Dawn replied as Jay looked over her shoulder.
"We're just not sure if any of its functions will help her with her hair." He said with a grin, Johanna's view shifting sharply as Dawn gently elbowed him.
"Oh, quiet you."
"Well it seems you two are having fun." Johanna said with a soft smile. "Okay then, you two take care. Dawn, you have a contest coming up, be sure to register for it."
"Don't worry about it mom!" Dawn replied, smiling widely.
"Dawn, when you tell me not to worry is when I worry the most."
"Relax Auntie." Jay replied, shaking his head. "I got her back."
"Thank you Jay." Johanna said warmly. "She is my only daughter, so look out for her."
"No problem, leave it to me." He said, giving a peace sign.
"Well you two have fun. See you." Johanna said as she hung up.
"Okay, this thing is neat." Jay said, looking at the pokétch on his own wrist.
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"Pokémon contest are decided in two rounds." Jay read out of a pamphlet as Dawn practiced with her Buneary and Piplup, the latter leaping up and using a spinning Bubblebeam which popped into little water showers. "The first round is an appeals round where coordinators show off their pokémon's moves in an effort to wow the judges. Only eight will move to the second round, the battle round, and each match has a five minute time limit." This time it was Buneary's turn, spinning in the air and using a gentle Ice Beam to send sparkles of ice drifting down.
"Unlike ordinary battles knocking your opponent's pokémon out is not the only way to win. Each coordinator has a set amount of appeal points. As moves connect or are countered, or a pokémon displays a flashy move their opponent will lose appeal points. If a coordinator loses all of his or her appeal points or has fewer appeal points at the end of the five minutes he or she looses the match.
"The winner will win a ribbon in that city. Five ribbons are needed to enter the Grand Festival, but there are more than five cities to win them in. Any five ribbons won in the Sinnoh region can be used."
"Complicated stuff." Jay admitted as Omni nodded on his shoulder. "Maybe I should stick to battling. Anyway, at least we got her all signed up for it." Dawn had even gotten a Ribbon Case for the five ribbons she could end up getting, if all went well. "Guess we'll know in two days..."