Eve: So, the contest reaches its final round! What will happen? Read on to find out! Remember to review early and review often! Now then, let's move onto the contest conclusion!

Legends Awaken: Sinnoh Arc

Chapter 20

The screen had eight pictures on it, which turned around to reveal eight faces… One of which was Sakura!

"Yes! I made it!" Sakura said, hugging Akira, then Kaien.

"Congratulations!" Kaien said, smiling.

"Even if you lose, this is still good for your first contest!" Akira said, smiling.

"Don't jinx me!" Sakura said, whacking Akira on the head.

"Alright, good luck with the second phase of the contest!" Akira said, smiling as Sakura walked out.

"Do you think she'll win?" Kaien asked Akira.

"Can't say. But I hope so." Akira said. "We'd better get to our seats."

"What, you're interested now?" Kaien asked.

"Well, now it's the battles! Those are way better!" Akira said.

"You really are a diehard trainer, huh?" Kaien commented.

"You got it!" Akira said, grinning.

"Alright! We will now begin the second round of the Solaceon Town Pokemon Contest! Both trainers will battle each other with two pokemon each!"

"So, Sakura's up first, huh?" Akira said, smiling.

"Staravia, Chimecho, come out!" The woman that Sakura was facing said, smiling. She threw out two pokemon, a Staravia and a Chimecho, which looked like a white and red wind chime.

"Budew! Vulpix! Go!" Sakura said, throwing out two pokeballs, which Budew and Vulpix emerged from.

"Ugh…" Kaien said, banging his head on the post.

"Chimecho, us psywave!" The woman said. Chimecho launched out a wave of multicolored lights.

"Vulpix, use fire spin!" Sakura ordered. Budew jumped behind Vulpix, who launched a spiral of flames out of his mouth, countering the psywave, releasing flashes of lights. This caused the woman's counter to go down a little.

"Budew, use mega drain!" Sakura exclaimed. Budew began absorbing energy out of Chimecho, causing the woman's counter to drop a little.

"Vulpix, use energy ball!" Sakura said, as Vulpix launched a black and green sphere of energy at Staravia. "Now, use flamethrower!"

Vulpix spit out a blast of flames, which collided with the energy ball, launching it forwards into Staravia combined with flames, causing it to fall to the ground.

The womans' counter dropped down to a three fourths, but a blast of psywave into Budew brought Sakuras' down a little, as well.

"Staravia! Get up and use wing attack!" Staravia flew up into the air, and charged forwards at Budew, as Chimecho launched a psywave, giving the wing a rainbow hue, right before it slammed into Budew, knocking him into the air, before he was slammed into the ground.

Sakura's counter dropped down to a little less than three fourths. This gave Sakura more reason to keep going as strong as possible.

"Vulpix, use shadow ball! Budew, use stun spore!" Budew launched a yellow dust into the air, which fell towards the ground, as Vulpix shot a purple sphere which gathered the dust, and slammed into Chimecho, while releasing the dust, paralyzing Staravia.

"0:00!" The timer beeped. Both Sakura and her opponent shot their heads towards the screen, to see Sakura ahead by a hair.

"Yes! I won!" Sakura said, smiling.

"Alright! I feel so confident!" Sakura said, smiling. "I can't wait for the next battle! I know I'll win that one, too!"

"From someone with experience in battling, let me remind you not to get confident." Akira said. "Or else you'll lose."

"Okay." Sakura said. "I'm ready to fight!"

Sakura managed to inch her way through the semi-finals, only to face the same woman who mocked her before.

"I can't believe a frumpy little girl like you made it to the final round!" The woman said, scoffing.

"Begin!" Marian said. The woman threw out two pokeballs, which her Purugly and a Seaking, a red fish, emerged from.

"Skitty! Pikachu! Come on out!" Sakura said, tossing out two pokeballs which Skitty and Pikachu emerged from.

"Purugly, use slash!" The woman said. Purugly began focusing energy into its claws, and then slashed them at Skitty.

"Skitty, dodge it and use double slap!" Sakura called out. Skitty jumped back and slapped Purugly over and over with her paws.

"Pikachu, use thunderbolt!" Sakura ordered. Pikachu shot out a bolt of lightning, which began charging before shooting at Seaking.

"Seaking, use horn drill!" The woman said, as Seakings' horn began rotating, discharging the electricity, causing Sakura to lose points on the counter.

"Skitty, use assist!" Sakura said. Skittys' paw began glowing, and she shot out a stun spore at Seaking, paralyzing it.

"Now, Pikachu, use zap cannon!" Sakura called out. Pikachu launched a black and yellow ball of electricity at Seaking, who couldn't move.

"And finish it up with iron tail!" Sakura shouted. Pikachu slammed his tail into the zap cannon, slamming his electrically charged tail into Seaking, charging it with black electricity. This cause the womans' counter to drop all the way down to three fourths.

"Purugly, use slash!" The woman ordered. Purugly charged forwards towards Skitty, and slashed at it.

Pikachu jumped in front of Purugly, blocking the slash with his iron tail.

"Now, Skitty, use assist!" Sakura ordered. Skittys' paw began glowing, and she launched a flamethrower at Purugly.

Purugly, however, was insulated from the flames by its thick fat.

"Purugly, use faint attack!" The woman shouted, as Purugly launched forwards at a fast speed, before slamming into Pikachu.

Darn it… Sakura thought. At this rate, I'll never beat Purugly, and if it keeps going like this, Seaking will heal, too!

Seaking slowly made its way up, and then flew next to Purugly.

"Purugly! Finish it off with slash!" The woman shouted.

"Skitty! Use assist! Pikachu, zap cannon!" Sakura exclaimed. As Purugly charged closer towards her two pokemon, Pikachu launched a slow-moving blast of black and yellow lightning.

At the same time, Skittys' paw began glowing, and she launched out a water sport from Budew. The water sport shot forwards and hit the zap cannon, absorbing all the electricity, before raining down on the enemies with a full 150 points of unhindered electricity as the timer rang out the time.

"And our winner is…" Marian said, looking at the board. "Sakura Sanaeya!"

"Yes! We did it!" Sakura, said, cheering. Skitty jumped forwards into her arms, smiling.

"Well, she actually pulled it off!" Akira said, surprised. "But I didn't expect her to win using assist!"

"Well, that just goes to show you that anything can happen if you're lucky!" Kaien said, as they watched the ribbon ceremony.

"Yes! I won!" Sakura, said, still enthusiastic about her first contest victory, even later on, almost five hours later.

"Yes, we've heard about it." Akira said.

"But I wuv my contest ribbon!" Sakura said, nuzzling the ribbon.

"Hey, do you think we should go to the daycare center?" Kaien asked.

"Oh, yeah!" Sakura said, smiling.

Akira's party:

Eevee (female) Lvl 28
Moves: Tackle, Quick Attack, Helping Hand, Hidden Power.

Luxio (female) Lvl 29
Moves: Bite, Tackle, Thunderbolt, Spark.

Turtwig (male) Lvl 26
Moves: Tackle, Withdraw, Absorb, Razor Leaf.

Shieldon (male) Lvl 27
Moves: Tackle, Protect, Iron Defense, Take Down.

Gastly (male) Lvl 25
Moves: Hypnosis, Night Shade, Lick, Curse.

Kaien's party:

Yanma (male) Lvl 26
Moves: Quick Attack, Double Team, Sonicboom, Supersonic.

Staravia (male) Lvl 24
Moves: Wing Attack, Tackle, Quick Attack, Double Team.

Sandshrew (male) Lvl 23
Moves: Rollout, Sand Attack, Poison Sting, Swift.

Drifloon (male) Lvl 25
Moves: Astonish, Minimize, Payback, Gust.

Sakura's party:

Vulpix (male) Lvl 28
Moves: Flamethrower, Energy Ball, Fire Spin, Shadow Ball.

Skitty (female) Lvl 27
Moves: Assist, Doubleslap, Attract, Heal Bell.

Budew (male) Lvl 25
Moves: Absorb, Water Sport, Mega Drain, Stun Spore.

Pikachu (male) Lvl 28
Moves: Thunderbolt, Zap Cannon, Iron Tail, Toxic

Eve: So, Sakura won her first pokemon contest! Now, let's move on to the Solaceon Daycare Center! Review please!