A/N: The Eterna City Contest continues into the battle round!
Kailey: any fights they will have are going to be minor ones, at least in the chapters I am up to (I'm up to Chapter 18.) Brianna is a major character in this fic. Because I have to have a rabid Drew fan.
Title is a bad pun on eternal rivals.
Disclaimer: I don't own pokemon.
Chapter 14: Eterna Rivals.
"First up it's Hayley vs…"
Drew glanced over to Harley who was whining that Hayley had gone through again. He was itching to have a good contest battle, and the Hearthome Contest was not for two weeks now. Two whole weeks. Drew could stay for longer, but with Harley crashing his large hotel room…
He glanced back at the screen, as an explosion of beauty and power crashed into one pokemon. The board showed that Hayley was winning, earning more jeers from Harley. It was quite embarrassing for the young adult. Solidad sighed, deciding to surrender as she watched the battle in silence. Drew followed suit, and turned the noise louder with the remote, causing Harley to snap at him. He smirked that familiar smirk and turned down the volume again. Harley shut his mouth after that.
"And Hayley moves into the semi finals!"
May knew she was next, versing a coordinator she had never heard of. She hoped she would do well in the battle. She wanted that ribbon. She could not afford to have Drew get all his ribbons.
She was ushered from her seat and made her way to the stage, clutching Beautifly's pokeball.
"On this side we have May…"
Three heads jolted over to the television screen, as they watched May appear, in genie outfit and all. Soon she sent out her Beautifly. Her opponent sent out a Yanmega.
"Five minutes on the clock, so let's go!"
"Yanmega, Sonicboom and Silver Wind!" the Yanmega trainer commanded, as Yanmega's wings and tail glowed, sending a sonicboom followed by silvery sparkles in a silvery wind. May's points went down as the crescent was sent towards her Beautifly.
"Beautifly, Gust!" she commanded, as the sparkly combination was brought to an abrupt ending. Beautifly flapped its wings sending the sparkles floating all over the stage. Her enemy coordinator's points went down.
"Silver Wind!" she called as Beautifly flapped its wings again, this time sending silvery glowing crescents through the already silvery mist. It shone through beautifully. Yanmega dodged most of them, but one hit Yanmega's wing, followed by a stronger one which sent it spinning rapidly, a clear vice of Speed Boost. May was winning at this stage.
"Air Slash powered by a Sonicboom!" the Yanmega coordinator said, as a sphere of air was created above the spinning pokemon, before its tail glowed and sent the Air Slash flying rapidly, hitting Beautifly diagonally across its body. Yanmega had stopped spinning by now. May's points went down.
"Finish this off with a Steel Wing!" The Yanmega coordinator commanded, as Yanmega became increasingly fast, its wings glowing.
"Yanmega's Speed Boost is really showing out!"
May realized that her enemy was smart, and was waiting for this chance.
"Aerial Ace!" she said quickly as her Beautifly did a loop de loop, avoiding the Steel Wing and hitting from the back, incased in silvery streaks. It was unavoidable, and was a good choice, considering the loop de loop.
"Get away and use Silver Wind!" The Yanmega trainer exclaimed, as more silvery crescents were shot across the stage. May knew in order to get her points up, she would have to try something different.
"Psychic the Silver Wind in a sphere around you!" she called out just before they hit Beautifly. It was a close one. The Silver Wind indeed flowed around Beautifly in a shiny sphere. You could see Beautifly's silhouette shining through.
"Now, your own one!" May exclaimed as Beautifly used Silver Wind as well. Using the shield of sparkles, Beautifly powered the attack to twice the normal power. Drew was impressed by May's quick thinking.
Drew glanced at the timer and the scores; the two coordinators were really getting into the fight. May was winning by a tad bit though. He had no doubts she would win. He felt proud even if he knew none of the pride was owed to him.
"This is your thirty second warning!"
"Cut through the Silver Wind with Steel Wing!"
The Yanmega could be hardly seen as it cut through the sparkles ready to deliver a blow with its glowing wings.
"Time is up! And May will go onto the second round!"
Drew breathed out a breath he had not realized he had been holding, earning him a grin from Solidad. Drew blushed from embarrassment and turned away. Solidad sniggered before accepting a cookie from Harley. The Yanmega was forced to stop its attack and was returned by its trainer.
Drew glanced back at the screen. A familiar red head greeted his face. She had a Butterfree with her. So far she had demonstrated that she had a Roselia, a Masquerain, a Vibrava or Flygon and now a Butterfree. Brianna was one determined fan. Drew was not about to dismiss her new looks either.
Brianna was facing a female coordinator with a Bidoof. A confident smile was upon her face.
"Five minutes on the clock, so let's go!"
"Butterfree, Silver Wind!" she ordered at once, as Butterfree fluttered its wings, silvery dust in the form of crescents showered down.
"Bidoof, Defense Curl!" the coordinator replied, as her Bidoof rolled into a ball, glowing ever so slightly around the edges. The silvery crescents burst into harmless sparkles around the plump mouse pokemon. Brianna's points lowered.
"Now, follow up with Roll Out and Super Fang!" the opponent said, as the rolled up Bidoof span faster and jumped into the air while its teeth glowed sparkling white.
"I must admit using Defense Curl and Roll Out was a good combination." Solidad commented.
"Dodge!" Brianna said, as her Butterfree flew upwards away from the spinning Bidoof.
"Shockwave." Her rival coordinator retaliated as the still spinning and airborne Bidoof glowed with electricity and shot the jolts of beautiful blue all over the stage, hitting Butterfree quite easily. Brianna was clearly losing.
Brianna was annoyed. She had clearly underestimated the Bidoof and its trainer. She knew that Drew was probably watching, and she did not want Drew to watch her lose. She tried to remain calm though.
The other coordinator's Bidoof landed on the ground smoothly and its owner was smirking, much nastier than Drew's though. The coordinator was waiting patiently for Brianna's response.
"Butterfree, Sleep Powder." She said calmly, as blue sparkles were flapped from Butterfree's wings. It was a wise decision, as Bidoof could not even hope to avoid the shower of blue. Brianna was slowly beginning to win, point by point.
"Now, Aerial Ace!" Brianna said, feeling more confident in her, as her Butterfree flew down and rammed into Bidoof.
"Bidoof, Shockwave!"
"Butterfree, Psybeam!"
The blue collided with the pink and purple, crossing ways and creating what looked like an Aurora Beam.
"Aerial Ace again!" Brianna commanded, as Butterfree went through all the multicolored sparkles towards Bidoof, colliding once more.
Drew noted that Brianna was slowly creeping back, and was nearly in the lead. He also realized he was more worried about the battle than May's, to his horror. Was it because Brianna was closer to losing while May was clearly going to win?
"This is your thirty second warning!"
"Psybeam!" Brianna commanded as the Bidoof got sent backwards.
"Time is up! Brianna will now go onto the semifinals."
Drew begrudgingly accepted a cookie from Harley, before watching the last battle. There was no one he knew in the battle, so he was laid back and rather bored. The first semi final battle would be between that Hayley girl Harley so despised and May. Brianna would verse whoever won the battle they were watching just this second.
Five minutes later the cheers of the audience indicated that the battle was done and won. He did not care.
Five more minutes and Harley started squealing and dropped his cookie as a purple headed girl was shown on the screen. Solidad snatched it up automatically and handed it back.
"She did make it to the semi finals, Harley." Drew said with a roll of his eyes.
"Well we can only hope that May defeats her." Solidad said, comforting Harley.
"On this side we have Hayley, and on this side we have May!" Marian introduced.
"Cacnea, go!" Hayley said, holding the pokeball in her left hand. It rolled along her left arm and onto her right arm without it falling off. From her right hand it launched into the air, showing Cacturne's pre-evolution with an Ele-Seal. Multiple bolts of lightning were shot onto the ground.
"Beautifly, take the stage!" May exclaimed, as she did her usual pose. A large pink heart came out of her pokeball which burst into pink sparkles as Beautifly appeared from inside.
"Five minutes on the clock, so let's go!"
"Cacnea, Pin Missile!" Hayley exclaimed, as glowing arrows shot from Cacnea's thorns towards Beautifly.
"Beautifly, Silver Wind!" May exclaimed, as Beautifly cut the arrow-like thorns in white light. The two attacks exploded.
"Aerial Ace!" May followed up with, as Beautifly tried to locate the Cacnea with the unavoidable attack through the light. Finally Cacnea was located, but most of the light was gone anyway.
"Intercept with Needle Arm!" Hayley exclaimed, as Cacnea's needles grew longer. Beautifly collided with the needle covered arm and was knocked back.
"May is losing!" Harley wailed in despair.
"Now, again!" Hayley repeated as Cacnea swung its other arm at Beautifly.
"Stop it with Stringshot!" May exclaimed quickly, as Beautifly shot string at the arm, stopping Cacnea in his tracks.
"Now, send it back! Aided with Psychic!" May exclaimed as Cacnea got flung back. The usually flimsy string was strengthened by Psychic. Many times had other coordinators used Psychic against her Stringshot. Not this time however. Hayley's points lowered.
"Cacnea! Bullet Seed!" Hayley exclaimed, as the bullet shaped seeds were shot at Beautifly to no avail.
"Follow up with Pin Missile!" the purple headed coordinator exclaimed, as arrows intermixed with the glowing seeds.
"Quick, Whirlwind!" May retaliated quickly, speaking out the first attack that came to mind. It worked; a mix of white and gold mixed into the winds.
"Send it back with Silver Wind!" she said confidently. She had been slightly flustered. The Bullet Seed and Pin Missile was sent back with the silver crescents and the wind helped them move along.
"Sandstorm!" Hayley replied confidently and smug. Cacnea spun its arms around as a tornado of sand was conjured up, and collided smoothly with the Whirlwind. Both attacks dissolved. Hayley was winning, and May was getting more nervous. She had to calm down. There was a probability of Drew watching right? If she lost he would tease her for the rest of eternity. They were Eternal Rivals after all, though they were friendly rivals. Drew made her so angry sometimes.
"Drain Punch!" Hayley said, snapping May out of thoughts to retaliate. Cacnea's fist was glowing with green and yellow light as it headed towards Beautifly.
"Fly and Signal Beam!" May exclaimed, as Beautifly flew higher into the air before a multicolored surrounded Beautifly and was shot in the form of a beam at Cacnea. It was truly a beautiful attack that got May in the lead. Cacnea was hit directly, and tumbled over, as the explosion of lights rebounded. The spectrum was leaning towards yellow and pastel colors, just like Aurora Beam was headed towards blue, and Psybeam was towards pink and purple.
"This is your thirty second warning!"
"Bullet Seed!" Hayley exclaimed, as pellets of light were shot towards the Butterfly pokemon from Cacnea's mouth.
"Silver Wind!" May retaliated, as Beautifly flapped its wings, sending silver scales towards the bullets.
"Sandstorm!" Hayley exclaimed, as Cacnea whipped up a storm, and prepared to send it towards Beautifly.
"Time is up! May will proceed to the finals!"
"Yes! May defeated that Hayley girl!" Harley said with a cheer; even his hands were up in the air. Drew glared at him, and Solidad said nothing.
"On this side it's Brianna, and on this side its…"
"Well the next battle is certainly on its way!" Harley said in his usual high voice. He was clearly happy.
Drew sighed as he sunk into the couch, daydreaming; thinking. That time in Eterna was no coincidence; he really had gone to the Old Chateau and found Gardenia. However, he had been waiting for her at Floaroma Town, the time they had passed it. He was becoming obsessive and because of Brendan he could not go near May. She was the untouchable to him, without even knowing. He would rather have Ash with May than Brendan. Ash was a dense teenager who would not see love, even if it was thrust in his face in a shape of a Valentines Day Card, shaped like a love heart.
He blinked and glanced over at the screen. Brianna's Butterfree was going up against a Bellossom. The Bellossom had leaped up, and its arms were glowing to perform Leaf Blade. Butterfree retaliated with a Psybeam which pushed Bellossom away. Drew noticed that the battle had already been going for a few minutes. Brianna was easily winning.
He sighed and turned his sight from the screen once more. Harley was too joyous, though Solidad was worried for their younger friend. Drew momentarily glanced back to the screen to see the Bellossom trapped inside a Whirlwind, before turning away again.
"And the time is up! Brianna will be progressing to the finals! Our final battle will be between May and Brianna!"
When Brianna came back, she had a massive smirk on her face as she headed towards May. Brianna was determined to prove Drew she was worthy of him. The only problem was that Brianna had not won a single Sinnoh ribbon yet. She had watched the Oreburgh Contest, and knew that Drew now had two ribbons in total. May already had one, so wouldn't Brianna be worthy of the prize?
Brianna was not a bully; she was just a determined rival for May. May was one year older than Brianna.
"Final battle May." Brianna said curtly, before moving back towards the stage. May stood up and followed.
"On this side, it's May! And on this side is Brianna!"
"Beautifly, take the stage!" May called as she threw the pokeball. Beautifly appeared in a bunch of hearts.
"Butterfree! Go!" Brianna exclaimed as her pokeball revealed a bunch of flower petals. Butterfree flew in the center.
"Five minutes on the clock so let's go!"
"Butterfree, Psybeam!" Brianna exclaimed, thinking of the first move that Butterfree knew and Beautifly didn't.
"Counter with Signal Beam." May replied, as rainbow tinted pink and yellow intermixed in midair between the two Butterfly Pokemon. The light reflected against everything; a truly beautiful combination. It was not time to croon over those small things however.
"Use the multicolored light to charge up a Solarbeam!" May suggested, hoping it worked. It did to great effect. The light shot through all the rainbow sparkles, hitting Butterfree. "Now follow up with Aerial Ace!"
Brianna became more nervous. One year was a lot in the world of coordinating. One year, one Grand Festival. And May had one year more experience.
Butterfree was hit the second time, tumbling over through the misty glow. Brianna tried to avoid glancing at the board where her doom lay.
"Defog quickly!" Brianna said. It was not a contest move but it helped. With clean cutting strokes of Butterfree's wings, the mist was cleared and the two Butterfly Pokemon glared at each other.
"Silver Wind!"May cried after what felt like a life time. Her Beautifly flapped its wings to form silver waves of wind, and were sent at the Butterfree.
"Counter with Air Cutter!" Brianna said, as a few blades of wind slashed towards and through the silvery dust from Butterfree's wings. The two Butterfly Pokemon were well matched, though Beautifly had more experience.
"Swift!" May exclaimed, as Beautifly's wings glowed and shot out magical golden stars. Some hit into the Air Cutter, but others flew on, crashing into Butterfree. May was currently in the lead.
"Twister than Psybeam!" Brianna retaliated as a white tornado was aimed towards Beautifly, before a beam of Pink came through the tunnel, hitting Beautifly again. Brianna had come back.
"Now, Aerial Ace!" Brianna said, this time in a confident tone, as Butterfree slammed into the falling Beautifly.
"Now, finish this off with Air Cutter!" Brianna said, with a new thirst for defeating May. Blades of wind slashed at the falling Butterfly Pokemon.
"Beautifly is unable to battle, so the winner of the Eterna Contest this year is Brianna!"
Drew sat there shocked; Brianna's determination was something else.
May returned her Beautifly, and left the stage while Brianna accepted her ribbon. There was always a next time. But at Heathrome City she would hear the sneers of Drew.
May and Brianna both had one ribbon. May was more determined to make the Hearthome Ribbon hers.
Did you think that Brianna would have won, huh? As I said before, Brianna is not a mere character-of-the-day like in the Anime.