A Hello12 Original Story
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Clouds hovered over the city of Hau'oli in the Alola Region. It was very hot outside, but that was usual in the Alola Region. People had gathered together at the Hau'oli City park for a Pokémon Food Eating competition being hosted by Kahuna Hala. People surrounded the area, where the stage was planted on the ground. Kahuna Hala was standing on the stage with a microphone in his hands.
But the Pokémon Food Competition wasn't the only reason why people were there. Today was also the day of the Spring Festival, held to celebrate the first day of spring, which was today. People from all over the Alola Region came to Hau'oli City, just for this one even. It was a well-known and popular festival in the Alola Region and people loved it.
Hala was excited for the competition to begin; and so, where the other people surrounding the stage. "Old Hala is about to make you Hala!" The old man with white hair shouted into the microphone. The crowd cheered loudly. Hearing the cheers of the people, pumped Hala up and it caused the old man to rip his shirt off and start beating on his chest. "Yeah, cheer loudly!" He shouted.
"Now everyone, before we begin the Spring Festival, let's take a moment to give thanks to the Tapu's for making this possible." Hala closed his eyes and brought the palms of his hands together. The rest of the people in the area did the same thing as Hala, beginning their prayer to the Tapus with Hala in charge.
It was a very popular thing in Alola to always pray before very important events. People in Alola were really close to their Pokémon and worshiped the guardian deities of the four islands of Alola. "Tapu Koko, we want your permission to hold this festival. This festival is in your honor and was created to celebrate your strength as the guardian of this island." Hala was finished with his prayer.
"Tapu, Tapu!" A loud cheered filled the skies, and everyone in the audience, along with Kahuna Hala smiled. That was Tapu Koko who made that loud noise. Tapu Koko had given Hala permission to hold the festival; which made Hala and the rest of the people happy. Everyone opened their eyes and removed their hands from one another. The people in the audience looked back at Kahuna Hala.
Hala raises his right arm high into the sky and held the microphone in his left hand. "And with consent of Tapu Koko, let the Spring Festival Begin!" He shouted, and the crowd began to cheer.
The festival had begun and people were having fun. Molayne's class had the day off along with the rest of the students at the Alola's Pokémon Academy. The students of Molayne class had decided to spend the day together, coming to the festival and that was what they did. That had been there for a while, and the six students had spent some time having fun.
Maxwell was holding cotton candy in his hand, Koro was holding a large pink Teddiursa stuffed plushy, and Hannah was holding Nebby in her hands. The group of six was having a lot of fun, and Joey had her Munchlax out of Pokeball – like always, but Munchlax was holding a lot of food items in his hands.
"I'm glad that we had the day off school and can finally have some fun," Fox said. Fox and her friends, where happy with the fact that they had they had the day off from school. They felt like they needed one, even though they've only been in school for only a short period.
"Yeah. We've been so bombarded with school work, that this day off is going to be fun." Joey said with excitement. She turns to Munchlax and watches as Munchlax opens his mouth and throws the large amount of food that he was holding in his hands and swallows it into his mouth.
"Munchlax, lax, lax." Munchlax smiled. Munchlax began cheering and spins in a circle. Munchlax was energized and hungry. He couldn't wait for the food competition to begin because Munchlax just wanted to eat.
Kama notices that Munchlax was excited. "Looks like Munchlax is fired up," Kama said softly, talking loudly. Kama was kind of curious, wondering why the normal type Pokémon was so energetic today.
"Of course," Joey said. Joey walks over towards Munchlax and puts her right hand on Munchlax's head. You see, the main reason that Joey had come to the festival was that Joey wanted to enter Munchlax in Pokémon Food Competition. So that was why they were here today. "Me and Munchlax are going to be entering the Pokémon Food Competition. The winner will receive a large supply of Malasada's and as a sweet lover, I want those malasada's!" Joey shouted.
She started to think about the malasadas, which made her mouth water and her eyes turn into hearts. "I love sweets so much." She said. Dreaming about those malasadas made the girl think that she was in heaven, with her starting to float up in the sky.
She quickly shakes it off and got more serious. "And that is why we are going to be winning this thing, isn't that right Munchlax?" She asked, turning around to the normal type Pokémon.
"Lax, lax, lax." Munchlax flexed. Munchlax wanted to win this competition for his trainer. But he also wanted to win this competition because he just wanted to eat.
While they were talking, out of nowhere a gray dust cloud appeared out. There was just too much smoke, for the six young adults to handle, and they began coughing as soon as the smoking began getting into their lungs.
Kama covered his mouth with his arm, but he was still coughing. "What's happening?" Kama asked. He wondered what was going on, and where did the smoke come from, because it seemed way too random to him.
Soul appeared in the middle of the group, with his hands on his hips. He had a cunning and cocky smile on his face. He was the one who caused the smoke, by using a smoke bomb. "I'm what's happening," Soul said with an evil laughing. Standing beside Soul was his partner Pokémon Combusken.
"It's Soul." Fox, Kama, Koro, Joey, and Hannah all said. They all glared at the young boy. However, Joey paired attention to his right wrist and noticed that he had an orange Z-Ring with the fighting type Z-Crystal in it.
Joey was envious and curious as to how and why he got his very own Z-Crystal and ring. She didn't think that he would be the type of person to own one. "You have a Z—Ring, how did you get one?"
Soul laughs. "You forgot I got to the Pokémon Academy too. And now that I have this beautiful fighting type Z-Crystal, I'm going to be one of the very best like no one ever was!" Soul shouted. He began laughing evilly and lightning struck him, making him seem even eviler.
Joey growled at the boy. She had the boy so much, that her hate for him increased the more she saw him, and that was exactly what was going on. Her blood began boiling as she glared at the boy. "I hate you so much!" She shouted. "What are you doing here?" She wondered.
"I'm here to enter the food competition of course." He explained. He folded his arms together and formed a smug look on his face. "Me and Combusken are going to win." Soul snapped his right finger. Snapping was another way that Soul and Combusken communicated with each other.
"Busken, bus." Combusken wanted to prove itself and grabbed a plate that was filled with stacks of hamburgers. Combusken opens his beak and slides the burgers into his mouth. Combusken starts to chew on the burgers, while the crew looked at Combusken, surprised to see if stuff a lot of food in its mouth.
"Busken, bush." Combusken swallows the food with no problem at all. Combusken put a cocky smile on his face and put his hands on his hips. "Busken, bush."
Maxwell hated to admit it, but he thought that Combusken seemed talented in its digestion skills. "Woah, Combusken looks pretty tough." Maxwell signed with his hands.
"Correct Maxwell." He said. Soul didn't really know Maxwell that well, but he knew what his name was because he has seen him multiple times before since coming to the Alola Pokémon Academy. Soul sticks his nose into the air and closes his eyes. "You see, me and Combusken have been training weeks on end for this competition. We are going to be the ones who win it."
"And who told you that?" Joey asked, balling up her fists and glaring at the boy harder.
"I did." Soul laughed.
Munchlax and Joey growled at the duo. Munchlax felt the same as his trainer, but he hated Combusken and even had a rivalry with the normal type Pokémon. Munchlax's hatred for Combusken was just as strong as Joey's hatred for Soul. "Munch, munch," Munchlax growled.
"Busken." Combusken shrugged his shoulders. He didn't really care about having a childish rivalry with Munchlax, not finding Munch as a worthy opponent. That was what Combusken told Munchlax.
Joey's face turned red and she started freaking out. Her hatred for him was getting more intense. "I hate him! I hate him! I hate him!" She places her hands on her hands, to calm herself down. She didn't want to let herself go.
Fox walks over towards her friend and puts her right hand on his shoulder. "Calm yourself girl, don't let him get to you."
Soul and Combusken laugh. Soul realized that it was time for him to go because he was starting to get bored. "I gotta go. Just talking to you is making me feel like a loser." He insulted. He turned to Combusken and looked at him. "You see Combusken, loser spreads and where going to catch it if we keep on talking to her." He winked.
Combusken laughed. "Busken, Busken."
"Gr…" Joey and Munchlax ground their teeth together and growled.
Combusken and Soul get on their hoverboards and they roll off, leaving Munchlax and Joey furious. "God, I want to crush him," Joey shouted. "Munchlax, we are winning this competition if it's the last thing that I do."
"Lax." Munchlax was pumped up and ready to win.
Soul and Combusken were hiding behind a large green bush that was the field with strawberries. Soul was eager to win this competition and was going to do whatever it takes to win it. So, he came up with a plan, along with his Combusken. Soul and Combusken were behind the bushes because they had been plotting something.
Soul was holding a test tube filled with green liquid that he had created. Soul and Combusken were laughing like they were evil villains, as Soul was hoping that the plan that he had was going to work. "You see Combusken with this special liquid that I made, it can cause anyone to get sick."
"Busken, busken?" Combusken was confused about what Soul was talking about. He understood what the liquid would do, but he didn't know who or what Soul wanted to do with it.
Soul and Combusken rise from the bushes, but they were still hiding in them in a sneaky way, so they could look at Joey and her friends, while also not trying to be seen. They look and see Munchlax eating some burgers. "You see, we put some of this on Munchlax's food and when Munchlax takes a bite of his burger, he will end up getting sick. Which means that Munchlax can't compete in the food eating competition, and I will be the winner!" Soul planned. He began laughing and a lightning stroke behind him.
"Combusken!" Combusken sighed and sweatdropped, finding his trainer to be a little bit ridiculous, thinking that he was acting like a little kid. "Combusken, busken." However, even though he felt that way, Combusken still thought that Soul's plan was still great.
"Why thank you Combusken, I am a master at what I do." Soul bragged. He put his hands on his hips and closed his eyes.
Combusken sweatdropped. "Busken, busken." Combusken was embarrassed to have Soul as his trainer.
A few seconds later, Soul and Combusken go back to stalking Joey and her friends. They watched Joey as both her and Munchlax were eating hamburgers. Joey and Combusken were waiting for the right moment to move before they strike. Soul was starting to get bored waiting. "This is getting boring." Soul was starting to fall asleep, having a hard time closing his eyes.
"Combusken, busken." Combusken was getting angry. Combusken was a strict and stern Pokémon, unlike Soul who could sometime be uneven and unfocused when it came to starting things. Combusken wanted Soul to go through with the plan, and not back out of it like Soul usually does.
Combusken glared at his trainer and slapped him back. He needed Combusken to be up and alert. Soul started to shake his head, startled by the way that Combusken tapped his back. "What happened?" Soul asked.
"Combusken, busken," Combusken told Soul to wake up and get back to focusing on Joey and her minions because Combusken wanted them to wait, because he felt like they were going to leave the food unattended in any second, and Combusken needed both to be fully alert.
"Okay. I guess" Joey shrugged his shoulders. He preferred if he could go back to sleep but he knew that wasn't going to happen, so he was just going to enjoy spending time with his Pokémon and trying to get back at his rival Joey.
Munchlax and Joey start stuffing burgers in their mouth. Koro, Kama, Fox, Hannah, and Nebby where disgusted by watching them stuff so many burgers in their mouths. They thought that it was disgusting. "That is gross…" Kama commented, but talking in his low tone of voice, as usual.
"It's not gross. The more training the merrier!" Joey pointed out. She stuck out her right index finger, to make her point more forward. Joey and Munchlax were paying more attention their friends, then their food, leaving it unattended.
Combusken and Soul look at each other and nod their heads. They thought that now would be the perfect time to go in and put the liquid on Munchlax's food. Combusken jumps out of the bushes and slowly tiptoes to the table, where the hamburgers were out.
"But it is gross," Koro said. "Why would anyone want to try and eat that much food?" He asked. He was holding his Mimikyu in his hands. He thought that Joey eating so many hamburgers was very unhealthy, but what mostly grossed him out was the way that she was eating them
"Ugh. You guys are just jealous that I can stuff a whole lot of things in my mouth." Joey shrugged.
Koro couldn't stop laughing. Hearing what Joey said didn't sound right in the context of how she said it, and it made the boy who often acts like a child laugh.
"Why are you laughing?" She asked.
"Because you said you can fit a whole lot of stuff in your mouth." He replied. But all she did was glare at him and puffed out her cheeks while putting her hands on her hips, thinking that Koro was being immature.
"Oh, grow up." She shrugged.
Combusken opens the tube and pours the liquid all the hamburgers. "Combusken, busk." He quickly puts the top back in the tube and runs off back into the bushes. When he arrived back in the bushes he was a little tired, but quickly got over it. "Combusken, busk."
"Good job!" Soul congratulated. He was proud of his Pokémon for doing the hard work and Combusken was glad to get encouragement from his trainer. Soul and Combusken high-five each other.
"Now let's get going, we have a competition to win," Soul said.
"Busken."
Soul and Combusken run off to go and train for the competition that was going to be held soon. They wanted to arrive there first, to show everyone that they were not be messed with. Soul took winning seriously and was going to do whatever it takes to make sure that he would win.
The festival bell rings and Hala begins speaking over the speaker. "If you want to participate in the Pokémon food eating competition, it will be in five minutes, so report to the center of the park for registration."
Joey was startled. She felt like she waisted a lot of time and knew that she needed to hurry up. She grabbed Maxwell by the shirt and started shaking him. "Oh snap! We need to hurry up!" Joey realized.
"You're shaking me!" Maxwell signed with his hands.
Joey throws Maxwell on the ground and runs over towards Munchlax. 'The tournament is starting soon, we need to go." Joey grabs Munchlax, but Munchlax stretches his right arm out and grabs one of the burgers on the place. The burger was covered with green slime that Soul made earlier.
"Lax." Despite eating over one thousand burgers, French fries, pizzas, and tacos, Munchlax was still hungry. Munchlax throws the burger in his mouth, without even looking at it and he swallows the burger whole. "Lax, lax." Munchlax rubs his tummy, while he was being dragged by his trainer.
Joey and her friends rushed off to the center of the park, so Joey can go and register for the Pokémon Food Competition. Joey couldn't wait for the competition to begin, so she could see the look on Soul's face if she does end up winning it.
Joey walks up to the registration booth and grabs the pen which was on top of the clipboard and she begins signing. She was in a rush because she didn't want to be late.
"You may only enter one Pokémon," Aleron said. He was wearing a blue button-up shirt and pink cap. Aleron had been working at the festival for about a week. You see, the festival wasn't only for today, but the festival lasted for about one week each year.
Joey looks up after she heard Aleron's voice and raised up her right eyebrow, wondering what he was going there for. "Aleron, so nice to see you. But what are you doing here?"
"Oh, I work here part-time. You see I manage the registration booth for all the activities." He explained. "I need the money." He shrugged it off.
The rest of Joey's group runs up to her, but they were all tired. Joey ran to fast for them, and it was incredibly hard for them to catch up to her. "Finally, we caught up with you." Hannah was breathing in and out, trying to catch her breath.
"Pew, pew, pew." Nebby collapses onto the ground.
"You guys are a bunch of weaklings." Joey insulted. But while she was looking at friends, Soul snatches the clipboard from her and begins writing down his name, while Combusken was standing right next to him.
"Why thank you." He chuckled. He finishes signing up and puts the clipboard on the table. Joey was not happy about this, and she glared at her arch nemesis.
"It's you!"
"Why yes. It is I. The one and only Soul." He shrugged. "I am here to knock the pants off of you during the competition." He puts his index finger on her nose, which made her even angrier, causing her to ball up her fist.
Hearing that comment made Joey disappointed. "It's not you who is in the competition, it Is Combusken." She said while she pets her Munchlax on the head.
"Who cares." He replied. "This isn't PBS Kids. This is real life." He closes his eyes and folders his arms together, but Joey gets in his face and glares at the girl, while he could feel that she was glaring at her, and he opens his eyes and glare at her.
"See you on the battlefield!" The two of them shouted, while their noses touch.
Some time had passed, but it was finally time for the Pokémon food eating competition to begin. A group of people gathered around the stage to watch the competition while four Pokémon were standing in front of a table filled with food on a plate. The food on the plate was like nine feet tall, and the four Pokémon in the competition where Joey's Munchlax, Soul's Combusken, a Togetic and a Prinplup. The four Pokémon's trainers were watching from the side of the stage while Hala was standing in the center of the stage holding a microphone in his hand.
Hala clears his throat. He looked at everyone who was standing on the ground, and he couldn't be more thrilled to be participating in this competition. "Welcome everyone to Hau'oli City Spring Festival Pokémon Food Eating Competition." He shouted into the microphone and beats on his chest.
The crowd cheered loudly, but Maxwell was very confused. "Why is that name so long?" He signed with his hands.
Hala turns around and moves his right arm, to point towards the Pokémon. "Today we have four lucky Pokémon competing to see who is going to be the first one to eat all the food on their plate and win a one-year supply of malasadas!" Hala said.
Kama's Mimikyu's eyes turned to hearts after hearing about Malasadas. "Kee, kee," Mimikyu said. Mimikyu really wanted a malasada.
"I see someone wants a Malasada," Kama said.
"Kee, kee." Mimikyu couldn't contain its excitement, it wanted a malasada badly.
Hala reaches into his pocket and pulls out a microphone. "Now once I blow this whistle, the competition will begin." He started. The Pokémon started to get pumped up, and begin looking at their food, ready to eat and dominate. Munchlax looks down at his stomach, as it begins to growl. Munchlax wasn't feeling all too well, and that was thanks to the chemical that Soul made and put on Munchlax's food.
"Munch, munch."
Soul looked at Munchlax and could tell that Munchlax was feeling the effects of the potion. Soul smiled with happiness. "Yes, it's working."
"What do you mean it's working?" Joey asked in confusion, not knowing what was going on. She quickly glares at him, but turns around and looks at Munchlax, who was holding onto his mouth and his cheeks feeling up, because the vomit was starting to come up. Joey started to worry about Munchlax, wondering it was okay. "Munchlax!" She shouted, worried about her Pokémon.
Joey puts two and two together – and realizes that Soul had done something to Munchlax and got quickly angry at the boy once again. "What did you do to my Munchlax?!" She asked.
Soul began a smug look his face and shrugged his shoulders. "Oh, nothing…I just made a little chemical that would make Munchlax sick and put it on his hamburger." He admitted but started looking at his nails. He didn't care about revealing his plan because he felt like he was going to win anyway.
"Why you little!" Joey shouted. She grabs Soul by his shirt.
The Pokémon start putting food into their mouth, but Munchlax was still holding onto his mouth. Munchlax's sickness was getting worse, and it just wanted to vomit. "Munchlax, munch, munch." Munchlax didn't know if it could go through with the competition.
Joey turns around and looks at Munchlax, throwing Soul on the ground. She didn't want Munchlax to give up. "Munchlax! I know what you can do it!"
"Lax, lax." Munchlax looked at the food, but looking at the food made the Pokémon sicker, and its cheek started to get bigger as more vomit starts to come up. Munchlax was trying his hardest to appease Joey, but it was hard to do that, due to it feeling sick.
"Combusken, busken, busken," Combusken told Munchlax to give up. "Busken." Combusken went on to tell Munchlax that it was no use for it to keep going.
"Munchlax, lax." Munchlax looked down, but quickly looks at Joey, and could tell that Joey was worried about him. Munchlax shrugged it off and swallows the vomit that it was holding.
"Lax, lax!" Munchlax wanted to win this competition, not for itself, but for Joey. Munchlax opens his mouth and grabs the plate. Munchlax tips the plate over, which shocks Soul but made Joey happy.
"Munchlax, you're doing it!" Joey said. She couldn't believe that Munchlax had fought off the sickness, and was going to be winning the competition.
Soul was disappointed and furious that his plan wasn't going the way it planned. "WHAT? How can this be happening?!" He asked.
"The power of friendship," Joey replied. "Me and Munchlax's bond is stronger than any chemical that you could put its system." She explained to the boy was completely dumbfounded.
Munchlax pours the nine feet food of various food items from pizza to chicken into his mouth, with filled Munchlax's mouth of food. Munchlax swallows the food, which impressed everyone and Munchlax burps. "Munch, munch."
Hala was impressed with Munchlax's behavior and was glad that the one out of all the other Pokémon. "And we have our winner of the tournament, Munchlax!" He spoke into the microphone.
The crowd cheers and Joey runs up to Munchlax and hugs the Pokémon. She was surprised that they won, but at the same time, she always believed in Munchlax and knew that he could do it. "We did it Munchlax."
"Munch, munch." Munchlax cheered.
Soul and Combusken walk up to Joey and Munchlax, and the two of them weren't happy one bit with the results of their plan. "You may have one this time, but I will be victorious next time," Soul said. Soul and Combusken where both wearing jetpacks and they float into the air laughing evilly.
Joey turns back to Munchlax, but Munchlax was still feeling the effects of Soul's chemical and Munchlax throws up on Joey. The vomit was green, and Joey becomes surrounded by green vomit and she was gross out and screamed.
"Eww!" She screamed in horror.
