CL: Thanks if you reviewed! Drew was just kidding last time!

Drew: Yeah, I sure fooled you guys! *smirks*

Harley: Hi hons! Hello there dear wife! *hugs May*

Drew: *WTF face*

May: Let go of me Harley! I said no remember? I said NO! *squirming*

Harley: Well, I said yes! *holds May tighter*

May: I never asked you to marry me! And I never will! *angry*

Harley: But… OW! *Drew kicks Harley where no male would want to be hit*

Drew: Let go of May! * attempting to pry Harley's arms of May*

Harley: NO!

Drew: Don't be stubborn! Let go!

May: *squirming and wiggling for her life*

Harley and Drew: *arguing*

CL: Oh dear…*sweatdrops* I'll take care of them later… I don't own pokemon!

Chapter 14: Fire city contest

"Good morning Drew!" May stretched.

"Morning." Drew replied, reading something on his laptop.

"What're you reading?" May asked curiously, sitting down next to Drew.

"The fire city contest requirements…" Drew replied, reading intently.

"So… what did you find out so far?"

"So far, they're basically the same as the Hoenn and Jhoto regions contests… oh! Here's something different. Your appeal has to be "romantic"... and it has to be passionate…" Drew blushed a bit while reading this.

"Romantic… and passionate?" May blushed as well, wondering if she could handle doing something containing those two elements with Drew.

"Yeah…"

"I have an idea! And we have just enough time to practice! Here it is…" May whispered to Drew.

"Welcome one and all to the Fire city contest! My name is Rilla, and I will be your announcer! Here we will watch couple coordinators perform romantic and passionate appeals! So get ready to feel your hearts melt! Now…let's meet today's judges!" The announcer declared to the roaring crowd.

"Our first judge is Fire city's own…Nurse Joy!"

"A pleasure to be here! Being a romanticizer myself, I can't wait to see today's appeals!" Nurse Joy said happily.

"Next, is Fire city's gym leader… Flarentina!"

"It's great to be here! I'm expecting to see great strength as well as beauty. Don't disappoint me coordinators!" Flarentina said smiling.

"And last but not least… Mr. Sukizo!"

"Remarkable!" Mr. Sukizo said.

"Alright! Now, let's get this show on the road!" Rilla declared.

"Up last, are two very skilled young coordinators, both having reputations as the best coordinators of Hoenn! Here's May Maple and Drew Hayden!" Rilla announced.

The crowd roared in applause.

"Blaziken, take the stage!" May shouted, throwing Blaziken's pokeball.

"Masquerain, let's go!" Drew shouted, in unison with May, throwing Masquerain's pokeball.

"You guys know the drill!" Drew told them.

"Masque! Blaze!" Masquerain and Blaziken nodded.

Blaziken jumped up and unleashed a fire spin right above May and Drew, aiming it right at them.

The crowd gasped in awe.

The fire surrounded them, you could still see their shadows through the flames though. That was just as they planned.

"Wow! What power!" Flarentina gasped, starry eyed.

May and Drew slow danced together in the fire. A dance that looked sort of like a "sexier" version of the tango.

"Wow this is really showing some strong passion!" Nurse Joy said, watching intently.

Masquerain then launched a silver wind at the spinning fire, which surrounded the fire then broke it into little rainbow colored sparkles. The remainder of the wind blew May and Drew's hair lightly, giving the effect of a slight breeze, as their faces slowly moved closer together.

The crowd watched intently, slowly sliding off their seats.

With no time to spare, Masquerain used rain dance. Making it rain on them. They kissed as the rain poured on them. Their faces turned into a brilliant shade of scarlet red, as the kiss slightly deepened.

"This is only for a contest Drew… don't be hormonal!" Drew thought, trying to control the urge to ever deepen the kiss.

"This is only for a contest…this is only for a contest… only a contest!" May thought, trying to keep her blush under control.

"Aww…" They crowd gushed.

They pulled apart, foreheads touching, both seemingly getting lost in each other's eyes.

The stage trembled as the crowd gave a standing ovation.

They held hands bowing. They were soaking wet, but neither cared, they were both way to busy trying to keep their emotions in check.

"Brilliant! Bravo! Bravo! That was beautiful!" Flarentina clapped while standing up, in tears.

"That was so romantic! I just can't get over how beautiful that really was." Nurse Joy said, clasping her hands.

"That was probably the most remarkable appeal I've ever seen in my years of judging. Remarkable job!" Mr. Sukizo clapped in approval.

"Wow! Just when I thought I've seen everything, I see this! Let's see what score the judges think they deserve!" Rilla said.

The judges all gave 10s.

"A perfect score! After an appeal like that, I wouldn't be surprised!" Rilla said. "After a short break, we'll be going on to the battle round!"

"We did it!" May cheered, hugging Drew.

"Yeah. Great job May. But we only got a perfect score because of me of course." Drew said, rather arrogantly.

"Hey! It was my idea to do our appeal like that!" May countered.

Drew was shocked, May was starting to get better at her comebacks.

May gave a satisfied smirk, when Drew didn't reply.

"Whatever… let's just change and get going." Drew said, feeling rather uncomfortable in his damp clothes.

"Welcome back. Now we'll see who's moving on to the battle round!" Rilla announced, pointing at the screen.

The crowd giggled a bit when May and Drew's picture (the picture on their card. From chapter 13!) appeared on the screen , as well as a few of the other coordinators.

"Uh… he he…" May giggled nervously.

Drew simply stuck his hands in his pockets trying to keep his cool.

"Now that four lucky couples have been chosen for this round, the computer will randomly match them up!"

The match ups appeared on the screen.

"Here they are! Up first are: Samantha and Adrian vs. Josiah and Mya! And up second are: Aaron and Felly vs. May and Drew! Let the battles begin!"

"And Samantha and Adrian are the winners! Up next are Aaron and Felly vs. May and Drew!"

Aaron and Felly sent out an Aggron and a Hariyama, as May and Drew sent out Gallade and Guardevior.

"Five minutes on the clock and begin!"

"Gallade, use close combat on Aggron!" Drew commanded.

"Guardevior, use physic on Hariyama!" May commanded in turn.

Thanks to Gallade and Guardevior's very high speed stat, their attacks struck Aggron and Hariyama before they had time to even blink.

A cloud of dust covered the stage.

As the dust cleared, Gallade flipped, then, landed softly on its legs, as it caught Guardevior in its arms.

Aggron and Hariyama stood right where they were standing before, looking like they didn't get a scratch.

The crowd gasped in awe, they thought that Aggron and Hariyama were surely goners, seeing how powerful Gallade and Guardevior's attacks were.

May gasped in awe as well, as Drew smirked, he knew that Aggron and Hariyama wouldn't be standing for long.

Aggron suddenly roared, crashing to the ground with a loud thump, fainting.

"No Aggron!" Aaron shouted.

Hariyama slumped, then fell to the ground in defeat.

"Hariyama!" Felly cried out in disbelief.

The judges declared Aggron and Hariyama unable to move on, and the crowd went wild.

"Now that's what I call pure power!" Flarentina said, clapping.

"What healthy pokemon!" Nurse Joy said happily.

"Remarkable!" Mr. Sukizo approved.

May and Drew bowed, then, exited the stage. Guardevior and Gallade following.

"You were awesome Guardevior! Good job!" May praised, giving Guardevior a high five.

"Guardevior!" (Thanks!) Guardevior said happily.

"You too Gallade, you did a great job back there. I'm sure no one's ever seen a close combat more powerful than that." Drew smiled at Gallade.

"Gallade, Gallade." (Yup, I know.) Gallade said arrogantly.

May rolled her eyes. "Like trainer, like pokemon."

Drew and Gallade laughed.

"Now on to the final round! This round will determine who will receive the Fire city's contest ribbon. So… let's get this show on the road! Five minutes on the clock, and… begin!"

"Lucario, let's go!" Drew let out Lucario.

"Rapidash, take the stage!" May's Rapidash sparkled as it came out; it was a shiny after all.

"Ooh!" The audience crooned as Rapidash gallantly posed, showing off its silver flames.

"Salamence, come on out!" Adrian sent out his Salamence, which was rather large for a Salamence.

"Sceptile, let's get going!" Samantha sent out her Sceptile, who crossed its arms nonchalantly.

"Sceptile use leaf blade! Aim for Lucario!" Sceptile's arm blades enlarged and lengthened significantly.

"Now there's a powerful leaf blade!" Rilla exclaimed.

"Rapidash! Lucario!" May and Drew shouted, as the two pokemon were frozen in fear.

"Salamence, use flamethrower on the leaf blade!" Adrian commanded.

Now the Sceptile's blades were on fire as well, giving it extra power.

"That combination move costs major points for May and Drew!" Rilla announced, as May and Drew's points went down to 3/4 .

The powerful move hit Lucario hard, sending him across the field to crash into the far wall.

"Lu…" (Ouch…) Lucario whimpered, rubbing the back of his head, as he sat up.

"Rapidash! Rapidash dash!"(Ooh! You're going to get it Sceptile!) Rapidash glared at Sceptile, also intensifying its flames, causing him to flinch, preparing to attack.

"May's Rapidash looks mighty angry!" Rilla said with wide eyes.

"Rapidash, use flare blitz!" May commanded.

Rapidash surrounded itself with flames, silver flames in fact, and charged at an impressive pace.

"Now that's fast! And look at those silver flames! They sparkle just as bright as the stars at night! Making Rapidash look like a shooting star!" Rilla exclaimed, as Samantha and Adrian's points downgraded to 2/3, putting May and Drew in the lead.

"Sceptile!" (Ahh!) Sceptile cried, his pupils dilating, as Rapidash closed in.

"Rapidash!" Rapidash cried out, tackling Sceptile with every ounce of strength she had, (yes, Rapidash is a female), now, Rapidash had a lot of strength, plus fire was super effective on grass, so Sceptile instantly fainted.

"Oh no! Sceptile return." Samantha cried in disbelief, returning Sceptile. "You did great, thank you."

Rapidash breathed heavily, it took a lot of energy to make an attack that powerful.

"Here's our chance! Use dragon pulse! Max it out!" Adrian commanded, in determination to win.

"That's one strong dragon pulse!" Rilla exclaimed.

Rapidash braced herself to take the hit, much too tired to dodge.

"Lucario, aura sphere!" Drew commanded, as Lucario quickly jumped in front of Rapidash, shooting the aura sphere right at the dragon pulse.

The aura sphere combined with the dragon pulse, then, turned around, heading right towards Salamence.

"Wow look at that! It's a dragon aura sphere!" Rilla exclaimed, in disbelief, Adrian and Samantha's points downgrading once more.

"Salamence, use steel wing to hit it back! Salamence listen to me! Salamence!" Adrian called out desperately to Salamence, who was standing there in shock, unable to move.

"Sala!" Salamence roared, sliding across the stage.

Salamence slowly got up on shaky legs.

"Salamence, try and use steel wing! If you can't, that's okay! You don't have to!" Adrian said.

Salamence wanted its trainer to be happy, so it did, using every last bit of strength it had left.

"Lucario, sky uppercut!" Drew commanded.

"Rapidash, use bounce!" May commanded.

As Salamence neared, Lucario hit Salamence right in his belly, then, jumped out of the way, as Rapidash came down on Salamence from above with her diamond like hooves.

Salamence crashed to the ground heavily, only to faint.

"Looks like Salamence won't be able to continue! Meaning May and Drew are the winners!" Rilla announced.

May and Drew were presented the ribbon, then, they left.

"Hey! Wait!" Two voices said behind them.

"You guys are Adrian and Samantha right?" May asked.

"Yup! We just wanted to say congratulations! Your pokemon are really strong! No one's ever beaten my Sceptile before!" Samantha praised.

"Except for me of course." Adrian said arrogantly, tossing his head to flick his hair out of his eyes.

"Shut up Adrian!" Samantha slapped his arm.

May laughed.

"That stuck-up attitude seems to remind me somebody…" May smirked, looking at Drew.

"Hey! I'm not "stuck-up"!" Drew said.

"Suuure." May smirked, leaning closer to his face, making Drew blush lightly.

"Looks like us girls have to teach the guys some important lessons!" Samantha laughed.

"Yeah!" May agreed, smiling.

"Anyway… we'll see you guys soon!" Adrian barged in, not wanting the conversation to go too far.

"Yeah, I agree! Come on May let's go. Bye guys!" Drew agreed quickly, tugging May's arm.

"Aww… you party poopers! Oh well… bye! See you soon!" Samantha waved.

"Bye!" May waved back, being pulled away by Drew.

CL: That was a pretty long chapter! *wipes brow*

Drew: Let go of her now! *still trying to pry Harley's arms off of May*

Harley: No! She's my wife! Not yours!

May: I'm not your wife Harley! Heck, I'd rather marry Drew instead of you! *very angry*

Harley: You would? Waah! I'm filing a divorce! *let's go of May and starts wailing, running away*

Drew: would you really rather marry me? *blushes about the idea of May wanting to marry him*

May: Heck yes! No hesitations! *still disgusted from Harley*

Drew: *smiling happily, forgetting all about the fact that anyone would rather marry him instead of Harley*

CL: How cute! At least the argument is over! Review my hard work! Tell me what you think!