Hello everyone and welcome to chapter thirty-eight of Hoenn Adventures! This chapter will have the conclusion of the contest and the battle between May and Rui! Who will win? Find out, now! Enjoy!
"Welcome one and all back to this year's contest circuit here in Lavaridge Town! We've come this far but now it's time to end this with the final match between May Birch and Rui Ketchum!" Vivian exclaimed once more into the microphone making the crowd roar and cheer. Rui had gained a lot of support due to her matches where, even though this was her first contest, she battled like she had been doing it for years. Both May and Rui had easily beaten their semi-final opponents due to their lack of experience in the coordinator life. Rui stood at the far left of the field and May stood at the far right as both girls made eye contact with confident thoughts going into the battle "Coordinators, send out your pokemon!"
"XD001! Beautify!" Rui exclaimed as the shadow Lugia, XD001, flew in from the open roof and made a confident roar making the crowd scream and cheer.
"Gardevoir, take the stage!" May exclaimed also releasing the Embrace pokemon who did a twirl in the air as she exited her pokeball gracefully landing making the crowd cheer even louder. May then raised her arm into the air and touched the keystone on her mega ring as Gardevoir touched her necklace's keystone "Mega evolve!" Gardevoir became enveloped in a whitish sphere which she easier broke out of revealing her dress-like mega evolved form making the crowd only cheer louder.
"It's a battle of the psychics! With five minutes on the clock, let's begin!" Vivian exclaimed as the timer began to count down.
"XD001, aeroblast!" Rui instantly called as XD001, after doing a mid-air twirl, began to flap its wings ferociously creating a strong gale of wind that headed straight towards Gardevoir.
"How about we make some shapes with psychic?!" May countered as Gardevoir's eyes shone blue and she began to control the gale of wind making images such as a bird, plane and various flying type pokemon making Rui's points drop drastically.
"Huh, Brendan didn't lie, she IS good." Rui admitted to herself "But just how good?! XD001! Rain dance!" XD001 began to become surrounded in a red aura making dark clouds that soon led to a storm appear "Hydro pump!" XD001 then opened its mouth wide sending a powerful jet of water at Gardevoir causing May to smirk.
"Thanks for the help! Gardevoir! Protect and then thunder!" May commanded and Gardevoir, after covering herself in a green shield, began to create her own storm cloud that slowly crept its way over to XD001. Before Rui could react, the storm cloud sent a powerful bolt of lightning straight at XD001 making it wail in pain from the super effective attack. Rui's points dropped again (A/N I know that Gardevoir can't learn thunder in anyway possible but if it can learn thunderbolt, then it can learn thunder plus this is fictional so...anything goes). There was just two minutes on the clock left and if Rui didn't do anything quick, she'd lose by a lot since May had barely lost even a centimeter of her points while Rui had lost just over a quarter.
"Lugia may be a strong legendary pokemon but this battle shows that power is not all! What will Rui do to catch up?!" Vivian exclaimed again into the microphone making people cheer for May's big lead and others who shouted encouraging words to Rui, including a certain blue coated trainer.
"There…There is no way…" Rui admitted to herself but since her microphone was on, most of the audience heard it.
"RUI! IF YOU DON'T WIN THIS, THEN I'LL BE SUBJECTED TO THIS CRAZY FUCKER'S COMMAND! THINK BACK TO WHEN WE FOUGHT CIPHER! DON'T LOSE THAT CONFIDENCE NOW!" Wes exclaimed at the top of his voice which Rui heard. Normally, she would be embarrassed by Wes' sudden outburst but now, all it did was give her the confidence she needed back.
"I'm the crazy fucker? Look who's talking." Brendan joked as he scanned his mind for what he wanted Wes to do but Wes ignored him and carried on shouting at the top of his voice.
"He's right. I was able to stand up against Gonzap, Nascour, Evice and all of Cipher's admins. This is nothing compared to that!" Rui exclaimed agreeing with Wes suddenly putting her game face back on and focus onto the battlefield. There was now one and a half minutes left on the clock which to Rui was more than enough time "XD001, shadow ball!" XD001 opened its mouth again creating a purple ball that was black in the middle and shot it at Gardevoir.
"Gardevoir, deflect it with your own shadow ball!" May countered as Gardevoir created her own purple ball of shadowy mass and shot it directly at XD001's shadow ball. The two balls crashed into each other in the middle of the stage making a large explosion. Suddenly though, XD001 was seen flying through the smoke with its wings glowing a metal color and before anyone knew it, XD001 had hit Gardevoir with the super effective steel type move causing her to ball onto her back.
Gallade released himself seeing Gardevoir get hit by the powerful strike.
"Gallade, she'll be fine, calm yourself!" Brendan told Gallade forcing him to sit down and calm himself down "She's survived worse." Gallade nodded and his gaze went back to the field. While he did worry, he felt easier hearing Brendan's words.
After multiple grunts and growls, Gardevoir stood up ready to continue on.
"Calm mind!" Both Rui and May called at the same time as both XD001 and Gardevoir closed their eyes, with XD001 landing before, and cleared their minds causing both of their special attack and special defense to be raised "Psychic!" They both called again and both of the psychic types' eyes shone blue as they both let out a strong psychic wave that crashed in the middle. Both pokemon struggled to not only keep their wave strong but also to beat the opposing wave. After a minute or so of complete silence, both waves broke through and hit their intended targets making it so that both pokemon had fainted at the same time just as the buzzer went off.
"There you have it folks! That's the end of this year's contest circuit here in Lavaridge Town and it's a tie!" Vivian exclaimed into the microphone creating a loud cheer from the crowd. Both May and Rui ran to their pokemon, with May getting help from Gallade who teleported down to the field once the buzzer went off and he saw Gardevoir's knocked out state. May suggested for Gardevoir to go back into her pokeball but she refused making it so May couldn't argue back "Err…what? There was a miscalculation?" Vivian questioned as the scores came back onto screen "Folks! Little embarrassing but the points were recalculated and it turns out that it wasn't a tie after all!" The crowd gasped hearing this "The real winner of this is…" Vivian began creating tension…
"Rui Ketchum!" Vivian eventually told the crowd who both booed and cheered at the same time.
"AH HA! NOW YOU'RE MY SLAVE!" Wes exclaimed still not losing his pitch in his voice to Brendan.
"I'm done for…" Brendan sighed slumping in his chair.
May was at a loss for words. She had just lost for the first time in her life, to someone who had little to no experience in contests, for that matter. It felt wrong to say, but it hurt her. She still put on a fake smile and hugged Rui saying that it was a great battle but still sadly walked to her dressing room. Something which Brendan easily saw.
"Hey, Wes, tell Rui that I congratulated her for me will you? I just need to check up on May." Brendan told Wes who nodded not really listening since he was squealing like a girl on the inside and out. Brendan sighed before walking off knowing himself that Wes wasn't listening to him. On the stage, Rui was being awarded her ribbon but even she knew that May was sad about losing the contest though still kept a smile on her face for the audience and told herself that she would speak to May about it later.
"Hey, May? It's me, Brendan, can I come in?" Brendan asked knocking on the door that led to May's dressing room. He didn't get a reply only a few light footsteps and the knob turning from the other side of the door revealing a very upset coordinator, May. It was clear that she had been crying since her mascara was ruined and her eyes were wet. When she opened the door, she instantly threw herself at Brendan and continued to sob.
"I…I can't….believe I…lost!" May exclaimed through tears "I…I know that I should be proud of Rui but…I just can't…"
"It's your major first loss, it's OK to be upset." Brendan told her wiping her tears making her look at him as he smiled at her.
"But…I lost to someone who had just begun contests! I'm a terrible coordinator…" May said still crying.
"Hell no you're not!" Brendan exclaimed right after May had finished "Think back to your first contest! You beat someone who had months more of experience than you! Your second contest, you beat the same guy again with one of the top coordinators in the world!"
"But…that was you who bea-"
"No, it was you as well. I just called the winning hit." Brendan interrupted her still smiling "Also, if you didn't notice, most of Rui's moves were very similar to yours." May then gave a confused look at Brendan telling him to continue on "Her appeal was similar to your first. She wowed the audience with flying type moves and then sent sparkles down to them. Her battling style was similar to yours. Attacking when needed and deflecting attacks by countering or using it to her advantage. Pretty much everything Rui did was what she learned from you. So don't you dare call yourself that you're a terrible coordinator!" By this point, May had stopped crying and was now smiling as well before she brought him into a passionate kiss wrapping her arms around Brendan's neck while Brendan's hands didn't move and stayed at her waist. They stayed in that position for what seemed like an hour to them, but in reality, was only a minute and when they did pull back, they couldn't help but smile at each other as their foreheads touched.
"Thank you." May said simply before she gave Brendan a quick kiss on the lips "Let's go congratulate Rui, shall we?" Brendan nodded and they went back to the stageroom to see Rui walking back into the tunnel that they were in. Once Rui noticed May, she ran over to her with Wes quickly following.
"May, I'm sorr-" Rui began but May put a hand on her shoulder telling her to stop.
"You don't need to apologize for winning. I had fun and that's all that matters. I guess I had forgotten that briefly but, thanks to Bren, I remembered it." May told her with a smile and Rui nodded back returning the smile.
"But…I wanted to give you this…" Rui said as she put the ribbon she had just won in May's hands "I just entered this for fun, I never expected to win it."
"Rui…I-I can't accept this…you won it fair and square." May told her handing it back but Rui pushed her hand away gently.
"I want you to have it. It's more of a use to you than it is to me. Plus, it's a thank you for teaching me all about contests. If it wasn't for that, then I wouldn't have won." Rui explained with her smile not leaving her face as May nodded.
"If you're sure it's alright…" May replied putting the ribbon in her ribbon case as Brendan turned to Wes who, while was shocked at first that Rui gave up her win to May, also shared the smile that the two girls had.
"Does that mean the deal's off or do we both lose?" Brendan asked Wes who looked at him in confusion.
"What do you mean? Rui won the contest so you're my slave for the rest of the day." Wes stated with a grin as the two girls looked at the two of them in confusion.
"Yes, but Rui gave the ribbon to May making it so it was like they both won so it's a tie." Brendan told Wes who, after a moment of thinking nodded.
"So you're my slave, and I'm yours?" Wes asked again and before Brendan could answer, the two girls decided to speak up.
"What did you two do?" They asked simultaneously causing them to giggle as Brendan and Wes explained their deal.
"How about Brendan becomes May's slave for the rest of the day, and Wes becomes mine?" Rui asked with a devilish grin and May nodded sharing the same grin. Both males looked scared beyond belief at what their girlfriends would want them to do.
"I'd rather be following Wes' obnoxious orders." Brendan admitted and Wes nodded in agreement.
"So, you'd rather spend time with your friend than your girlfriend?" May pouted.
"I wouldn't call being a slave to someone "spending time"." Brendan replied using making quotation marks.
"What makes you think I would want you to act like my slave?" May asked again causing Brendan to raise a brow "Oh, come on!" May then dragged Brendan away leaving both Wes and Rui on their own. While Wes still looked scared, Rui looked the complete opposite.
"Come on! Let's have some fun!" Rui exclaimed as she begun to drag Wes.
"Fun for you, agony for me!" Wes pleaded as he was being dragged off.
As May was getting changed in her changing room, Brendan sat outside of her room waiting for her to come out as Gallade released himself.
"Looks like you've got a "fun" day ahead of yourself, don't you Master?" Gallade asked teasingly.
"Oh shush you." Brendan told Gallade who just laughed in response. After about five more minutes, May came out "Ready to go?" Brendan asked as he stood up and May nodded wrapping her arms around Brendan's right. May then noticed Gallade laughing and signalled for Gardevoir to appear.
"Gallade, don't think that you're free." May told Gallade which made the Blade pokemon stop and look at May in confusion who began to giggle. All of Gallade's questions were answer once Gardevoir appeared and soon dragged Gallade away "Have fun you two!"
"SAVE ME MASTER!" Gallade exclaimed in fake agony.
"If I have to go through with it, you do as well!" Brendan replied as Gallade sighed and allowed Gallade to drag him away "So, what did you wanna do?" May stopped laughing and thought for a moment until a smirk grew on her lips.
"Shopping!" May exclaimed before she began to drag Brendan once again. Brendan let out a sigh but couldn't help but smile.
It would be a fun day for the girls but a day of agony for the boys.
And that's the end of that chapter! Wrote it in one whole sitting. Kinda. What I mean by that is I began to write it, but stopped for a bit to eat, then continued once I had finished eating. Stay tuned!