Chapter 14
That day, the coordinators found who the lucky 175 who passed the first round. On the first row, Drew's face showed on the 5th picture. May waited for hers, hoping she got in; finally on the fourth row her face showed. Both were happy, although both already know they would pass. May ain't the princess of hoenn for nothing, right?
May and Drew spend the day thinking and trying their appeals for the second round for tomorrow. Sam just watch them, switching between May and Drew-since they are practicing near each other.
the next day
"WELCOME BACK EVERYONE! WE WILL START WITH THE SECOND ROUND OF THIS YEAR'S GRAND FESTIVAL" Jillian yelled, for someone like her she's very energetic, then again who wouldn't. "AS USUAL, WE'RE LIVE AND I'M SURE MANY PEOPLE ARE WATCHING US!" she said and winked at the camera which was seen by everyone watching. "THIS ROUND, TWO POKEMON ARE BEING USED AND ONLY 80 COORDINATORS WILL PASS THIS ROUND."
backstage with May and Drew
May and Drew was on the corner...uhh... kissing. AWKWARD.
"I love you May" Drew said while kissing May. The kiss wasn't rough, it was gentle and sweet.
"I love you more Andrew Hayden" she replied while putting her arms around his neck. His arms encircled his petite body. Oh, how she fit him perfectly. Young love *sigh
"AHEM!" someone said, clearly irritated at what the two were doing. The couple broke apart and looked who in the right mind interrupted them.
There stood Aqua, hands on her hips looking like she's gonna blow anytime
"Well? Is there a reason why you interupted us?" Drew glared at her, annoyed that she done that.
"Drewy-bear, my appeal round is almost near.. come and watch me baby!" she said, trying to look seductive but failing BADLY!
"It's Drew not Drewy-bear!" May glared at Aqua.
Aqua never backs down and glared back "Why are you even here? Get away from My boyfriend"
"Your boyfriend? You're dellusional, just because you can't have him doesn't mean you to be a brat." May yelled
"You're the brat! You're always clinging on My Drew!" Aqua yelled back
"Drew is so not yours. My Drew loves ME not YOU" May spat back
On the sidelines, Drew smirks. Oh how he love to see this side of her girlfriend. He just stood there listening to the two coordinators bickering. He sighed and went to May, deciding it was enough plus they are gaining too much attention already.
"Just leave my girlfriend alone" He said flicked his hair
"You heard him, so leave me alone!" Aqua said with a smirk and crossed her arms
May smirk too "You heard him, so leave me and Drew alone"
"Drewy! She's saying she's your girlfriend! She's not, I am"
Drew sighed and hugged May from behind "She is and you're not!"
May showed her tongue and hugged Drew. Aqua just dramatically walked away.
"She... she's so.. uggh!" May was frustrated about this Aqua thing.
"Let's go, it's almost my turn. Watch me beat you" he flicked his oh-so-beautiful hair
Drew's turn
"LET'S WELCOME OUR NEXT COORDINATOR! DREW HAYDEN!" Jillian said and as usual Fangirls are screaming as if it was the end of the world
"Let's go Masquerain and Absol" he tossed both pokeballs in the air and out came the said pokemon. Both Absol and Masquerain cried their name and waited for the command of their trainer.
"Masquerain use bubble and Absol use shadow ball" Bubbles came out from Masquerain and Absol took time to form shadow ball and once it was done he fired it out in the bubbles. The two collided into black and blue pieces.
"Masquerain use Physic" he did as what he was told and before the pieces dissappear, it was capture by physic and it formed into a giant heart.
Both pokemon went by the side of DRew and the three of them bowed at the same time.
"That was so awesome and let's see what our judges would say." Jillian said and looked at the judges.
"Two pokemon that are totally different but made a good combination is amazing" Mr. Contesta said
"Totally remarkable" Mr. Sukizo said
"Both pokemon are so healthy" first Nurse Joy said
"Not to mention the teamwork" second said
"You two are so amazing" third said
Drew bowed and heads back to where May and the other coordinators are staying.
Backstage with the coordinators
"Hey Drew, I would say you were awesome but that would like admitting i lose" May said matter-of-fact tone and then shrugged
Drew smirked and said "Then say it, babe"
"Don't you babe me, sweetie. I will NOT admit it" she said and stick out her tongue
"But you Love me" 'oh yeah, i'm so going to win this fight'
May blushed and thought that after all this time he still got this HUGE effect on her. She was thinking of a good comeback and then said "Wipe that smirk off your face grasshead, just because you love me and so attracted to me doesn't mean you have to fall in your knees and ask me to love you"
Drew gotta admit was good comeback, he being the cocky as ever, flicked his hair- the smirk stiill on his face and pulled May to his chest. She was surprised by the gesture, she wasn't expecting that. She thought she would say something cocky again and make her angry and asusual he would give her another rose...this is different.
"Drew" she whispered as she melted into the embrace. She hugged him back just as tight as he was hugging her. "Why the sudden hug?"
"Why? Can't i hug you now? -sigh- i love you so much May" he rested his chin on her head as he replied
"I know that Drew and I love you just as much as you love me... maybe even more" She said, looking at his eyes and kissed his cheeks
"Uhhmm.. May i hate to break this moment, i really do but your turn is already up" he said pointing at the screen that shows who is next.
"I don't want to but i have to -sigh- wish me luck"
"Good luck" with that he broke the hug and kissed may on the head. May walked where the door that will to the hallway that will lead to the stage is. (a/n: does it make sense? xD)
With May. :)
"LETS WELCOME OUR NEXT COORDINATOR, MAY MAPLE" Jillian said and just like Drew, her fanboys went wild.
"Beautifly, Glaceon take the stage" When both pokemon cried their names as they were released from their pokeball.
"Glaceon ice shards, Beautifly use silver wind" Out came pieces of ice from Glaceon's mouth while Beautifly's wings glowed silver and silver-y wind came out from her wiings. Because of the silver wind, Beautifly looked shinning in the sun.
"Use scratch glaceon" The shards the are floating turned into rose because of Glaceon's scratch attack. "Finish it off with Physic, but leave one single rose for me" May said although the last part was mummbled so that only she could hear" All the ice rose turned into sparkle but one single rose was remained; floating in the air, slowly it went to May.
"THAT WAS FANTASTIC! WON'T YOU AGREE JUDGES?" Jillian asked the judges
"The way you made you nmade your appeal was marvelous, simple but amazing. That's May for you" Mr. Contesta said
"Amazing! Remarkable" Mr. Sukizo said
"I agree, simple but amazing"
"Your pokemon are so healthy too"
"Such great teamwork" All the nurse joy said
May bowed, together with her pokemon and head back to the lounge-thingy
Many coordinators made the judges happy, some made them frown and now it's the end of the second round
"As you all know, from 175 coordinators ony 64 will pass. And we will jumble them up to see you you're going up against. Tomorrow will be the preliminary rounds so you'll have time to prepare. And here is the lucky 64 who will join us tomorrow" Jillian said pointing at the screen where the pictures of coordinators are. Drew's picture already showed up, and not long May's picture also showed up. Heck, even Aqua passed. When the 64 pictures are there, the picture turned around so they won't see who's-who and jumble.
"I guess i'm battling some guy name Jason" May said looking at the picture of the boy with brown hair and blue eyes.
"I'm battling James, who-ever that is" Drew flicked his hair.
The next day, the battle kept going on and on. Only 32 will pass, May Drew and Aqua pass. Just like before only 16 will pass. May Drew and Aqua made it to the top 16.
"Aqua is good if she made it to top 16" May said, getting nervous, her fingers poking each other..
"She may be great but not as amazing as me.. and you" he smirked
"I have a feeling we'll battle each other in the top 4 or the top 2"
"You think so? Let's make this the one of the best grand festival ever" Drew said giving May a red thornless rose.
May battled with some girl name Alice while Drew battled someone named Eva. Aqua battled Mason, she almost lost but in the end won. That Day, only 8 remained and they will face each other the next day
..Next day..
May battled with some random dude, Drew battled with a girl named Alice and Aqua fought Light, also a big fan of Drew.
"May I announce you, the top 4 of this year's Johto Grand Festival!; Drew Hayden -cue fangirls screaming- May Maple -fanboys screaming- Stephen and Aqua, We'll see who will face each other in the semi-final rounds" The cards jumble until it opened.
May vs. Aqua
Drew vs. Stephen
"Great, I'm battling your fangirl" May said in a creepy-slash-scary voice
"And I'm battling your fanboy, stefan? stephanie? oh yeah, Stephen" May laughed, she knows he's acting as if he doesn't know his name.
Drew battled Stephen, he used Flygon and Roselia while Stephen used his Raichu and Prinplup.
"On the right side is May and on the left is Aqua. Who ever wins this round will battle Drew for the position of top coordinator and winner of this year's grand festival. NOW, LET THE MATCH BEGIN!" Jillian said.
"Blaziken, Glaceon take the stage"
"Bayleef, Quilava it's time to shine"
"Blaziken use Ember on Bayleef, Glaceon Blizzard on Quilava" The combination of fire and ice made Aqua loose some points
"Both of you dodge" but it was too late. Aqua lost 10 % points "Bayleef Razor leaf on Glaceon and Quilava Double edge"
"The razor leaf hit Glaceon hard and Double edge didn't made much damage but May looses some points"
"Glaceon Hidden power, Blaziken Sky Uppercut"
"Use Flamethrower and Magical Leaf"
"Points on both side kept reducing and reducing and now only 30 more second before we see who the winner is" jillian said
"Blaziken use Flare Blitz and Glaceon Blizzard, hit them with everything you've got" Flare Blitz surrounds the Blizzard which made a good combination
"Solarbeam and Flamethrower, with everything you've got" Opposite type but made a great combination.
As the attack collide, smoke is seen everywhere; right on time, the clock turns 00:00
"We'll see who won this round when the smoke ic cleared. And the winner is..."
Audience are trying to see who won and when the smoke is gone, we could see May's face
"MAY! CONGRATULATIONS! YOU'LL BE FIGHTING DREW TOMORROW ON THE FINAL ROUND" Jillian said happily.
May was shocked at the same time happy 'i won? i won. I WON!'
May jumped in joy and hugged both of pokemon, saying thank you to them, kissing them and finally returning them to their pokeballs.
"I guess we'll be battling each other tomorrow" Drew said, surprising May which made him chuckle
"Yeah, good luck"
"You too, since you're gonna need it" May pouted
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