This chapter goes through one and a half battles with David and Anna. Thank you Orceanos for writing this chapter with me.

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With Jim gone the group could return to the annual sibling contest. The contest would start to tomorrow, but today was the last possibility to sign in for the contest.

David and Anna knew they had to hurry along and sign up for it. They had to go to the Jubilife City TV headquarter to sign up.

" Why hello there." The receptionist said.

"Hello me and my brother would like to sign up for the annual sibling contest."

" You'll be entered right away. You two look like a very special kind of siblings."

Anna and David both showed the receptionist their trainer ID.

"One more thing you can only use one Pokémon per person, so you have to choose your Pokémon now."

Anna and David released their Pokémon to pick right now so they could tell the lady.

For David it was a quick decision. "I'll take Scyther."

" I'll take Elekid." Anna said.

"Alright, so Scyther and Elekid are your Pokémon for the contest."

Anna and David nodded happily that they were.

"The tournament will start tomorrow morning at 9. Also at this time the rules will be explained.

Both siblings need to be at their round together or they will be disqualified. This is a Pokémon Battle not a wrestling ring so avoid yelling at your opponent or saying anything spiteful. Due to this being a team battle the first two rounds end when one Pokémon is knocked out but later the trainers only lose if both Pokémon are knocked out.

And to make things even more interesting you have to use the Pokémon of your sibling. David and Anna knew they could trust their Pokémon listening to the other.

They were excited for the tournament and now started to feel hungry. Lucky thing they knew where a good restaurant was. It also wasn't to expensive. The questions they had was where to sit?

The restaurant was pretty full but they found a small table that was barely big enough for them. They had to sit real close to each other.

" Sorry we have to sit so close brother," Anna said.

David just shrugged it didn't bother him at all. Always glad was he to get a nice meal at a restaurant. He kept it simple this time with rice and chicken.

Anna decided to have the salad with beef and onions they apparently served at the restaurant.

July ate some pasta with fish and tomatoes.

Randy ate was having pasta with capers in it as well as tomatoes and avocado. Capers were full of antioxidants so he wanted to have an extra tasty pasta.

They all enjoyed their meal a lot. It was like cake to them only less sugar filled and bad for the teeth.

After they had paid, they left and went to the PokéCenter to have a tight sleep. Of course David called Krystal before he went to bed.

Anna overheard some words he said over the phone and had to cover her mouth to not burst with laughter. He heard a bit of her giggling and rolled his eyes annoyed.

Anna walked away from her brother to see what the others were doing. Randy wished July a very good night and a tight sleep, his nice words were rewarded with a big hug from July. Randy didn't know if he should hug back or just stand still.

Randy put up all his courage and shyly hugged her back. It looked a cute how they were hugging one another.

Randy felt extremely happy in this moment. Eventually a blushing July let go of him.

She whispered "Good night." into his ear and went into her room.

Randy walked to his room wondering what he would have done differently. He thought about kissing her, but he really lacked courage to do so. He also needed some sleep for the tournament he was going to watch.

He wished also his Pokémon a good night and prepared himself for bed.

The next morning David was the first to wake up. He went into the bathroom for a quick shower. He replaced that dirty soap with lots of small dots on it for soap still in a box.

Meanwhile Randy woke up and stretched himself. Shinx jumped on his lap since it was excited. Randy caressed Shinx behind its ears with a big grin.

" Ready to watch a tournament for our friends today?"

Shinx nodded his head and made an happy sound of approval.

" Good. Prinplup might be too big to watch but Snover will also be joining you."

This made Shinx even more excited. Anna and July woke up from the sounds of Shinx's excitement.

Anna wasn't that happy about it, she would had loved to sleep a bit longer. Maybe being woken up earlier than she wanted wasn't a bad thing. She knew it but she still felt sleepy.

She moved her legs up and down trying to get circulation in them.

Eventually she left the bed and released Elekid from its Pokéball. Elekid was twirling its arms around ready to get some excitement. Anna gave Elekid some puffins that contained iron- and copper powder.

It was perfectly healthy for Elekid. At the same time David left the bathroom. He was feeling excited now for the Sibling Tournament. But first he also gave Scyther a few puffins made with the finest berries.

Scyther used the sharp part of its claws to pick up the berries and eat them. Everyone was prepared now. Their Pokémon were fed but were they?

They would have a simple breakfast nothing special. Maybe just toast with one egg no more. They took their breakfast quickly and hurried to the TV station to be in time.

Everyone they met were looking at their food. They didn't mind, for them it was more important to be in time for the tournament.

There sure looked like some tough competition.

"The contest will start in five minutes!" they heard through some speakers.

David could read a page in a magazine in five minutes and still have time to prepare. David and Anna motivated each other one more time.

" Our Pokémon are ready to beat some unskilled opponents."

"Of course they will." Anna and David high fived.

When their hands clapped they were sent to their first round.

Before the match started they handed each other the pokeball with their chosen Pokémon, Anna got Scyther and David got Elekid.

Their opponents were a boy and girl wearing jackets and had parts of their hair dyed. They had come all the way from Kanto, together with a Muk and a Weezer. Both were poison type Pokémon, Anna wished she had a psychic type Pokémon for them.

She trusted her brother and his Scyther which was currently under her control.

" Now that both teams have Pokémon out let the battle begin!" The referee declared.

Anna and David hesitated a bit because for them it was a completely new experience.

" Muk, use Poison Gas to weaken these small Pokémon." Muk's trainer shouted.

Muk released a dark green-brown gas from its mouth that moved towards Scyther and Elekid.

" Scyther, flap your wings really fast to try moving the smoke away." Anna told Scyther.

Scyther did exactly what Anna had told him and it seemed to work.

What she didn't count on was Wheezing assisting Muk in an onslaught.

"Scyther use Double Team and flap your wings again." she commanded.

Scyther became four Scyther's. It seemed Scyther was doing all the work while David and Elekid just watched.

David smirked "Alright Elekid use Thunder Wave at Weezer."

Elekid released a beam of electricity its way towards Wheezing. It hit the floating tumor and made it unable to move left or right.

"Scyther use Quick Attack at Weezing!" said Anna.

Scyther moved at extreme speed hitting Weezing with its legs.

"Muk use Sludge!" yelled the boy with the dyed hair.

Muk spotted Scyther and covered it in regurgitated gunk that both hurt and smelled.

"Elekid use Thunder Punch." yelled David encouraging and Anna spoke to Scyther "spin your body as fast as possible and use Slash."

Their tag team was fast and took their opponents by surprise. Elekid charged at Muk with a fist surrounded by sparkling electricity.

Muk felt that electricity pass into his brain and almost explode what a sludge monster had for a brain.

Scyther manged to get rid of the sludge with its quick movement and striked Weezing hard. Muk turned into a puddle and Weezing stopped floating in the air. Because if the unusual shape if the Pokémon it was hard to tell if the fight was won or not.

The referee had to rush to their side to see if the Pokémon were still conscious. Muk looked beaten but was not done yet.

" Muk, use Poison Jab."

"Scyther use Pursuit to interrupt Muk's attack."

Scyther collided with Muk's jab pushing a dark blade into it.

"Elekid finish this with Thunderbolt!"

Elekid held electricity in its plug head before shocking Muk with the electricity. Muk had looked rough before, but now it was done.

" The winner is Scyther and Elekid on Anna and David's side."

They jumped and cheered about their win. People even applauded them for their victory. Randy and July watched them with big grins. It looked great seeing them win their match.

They returned the Pokémon for their well deserved rest.

" We are doing better than I expected we would," David said.

"Yeah but it won't get easier from now on." said Anna excited.

David knew and he was getting excited to put his head against real opponents. But they had faith in their Pokémon and themselves.

Time went by very awkwardly in their waiting room. They didn't know how long it would take until the next fight would start. They might as well do something.

They checked if their Pokémon were still in a good shape. They looked at them from feet to nose until David spotted a bruise on Elekid's stomach. He used a small Potion to heal the Pokémon.

Elekid clapped his arms gleefully after being healed.

David stroke its head. "Are you ready for the next round?"

Elekid nodded his head anticipating a battle it would enjoy. Before the next battle they gave the Pokémon something to drink. Elekid drank milk while Scyther drank water.

"Are you ready?" asked the siblings their Pokémon in unison.

Scyther and Elekid looked in each other's each reaching the same conclusion. They were absolutely ready.

" Next round is ready. May David and Anna grace us with their appearance."

They ran out of the waiting room towards the fighting ground. Their opponents looked better than those rock and roll opponents. This fight would be much more exhausting.

" Scyther go!" Anna said.

" Elekid go!" David said.

They had to fight two girls, by their looks obviously twins. They were blonde and wearing swimsuits. They sent out a Buizel and a Wooper.

Anna and David sent out the same Pokémon they used at fully restored health.

"Elekid we start with Thunder Wave."

Elekid twirled its arms around before shooting an electric wave.

"Wooper counter with Mud Sport."

Wooper made small balls of mud come out that absorbed the electricity.

" Scyther go use Quick attack."

Scyther moved at incredible speed before swinging its two front blades into the Pokémon. Wooper needed to back off after that hit.

" Elekid, use Thunderbolt on Buizel."

Elekid started to spin both of its arms for a extra strong charge.

" Buizel, Aqua Jet!" Buizel's trainer told it.

Elekid started to spin both of its arms for a extra strong charge.