Nate: Time for another update!
Kim: and I'm here to help this time!
Nate: I thought I told you to leave this part to me!
Kim: I decided to lend a hand either way,
Nate: Whatever, anyway here we'll pull into the beginning of the contest for Oak Town
Kim: Yup! And we'll also be showing one of the many things that we do should the matter call for it!
Nate: Kim please stop, Anyway I hope that you all enjoy this piece!
Kim: Yeah!
Team Rocket's corruption knows no bounds, from the rumors of taking Pokémon's lives, to the known facts about the harm they've done to Carmen and Gabriel, now Team Rocket has taken young Asuka from her friends and left them powerless to do anything about it. Now, as Asuka is being taken to one of Team Rocket's bases, two of our heroes sit on the balcony wondering about how to save her.
(Oak Town – Pokémon Center Balcony – 10:10)
"I…I can't believe that we could just let them take her," Karina sobbed softly.
"Karina…I'm sorry, I should've seen them, and I should've reacted fasted," Nathen said as he held the young princess close. "But we can't keep worrying about this; it's not what Asuka would want."
"I know but…I just don't know what I should do," Karina said softly.
"Karina, you really should be getting to bed," Nathen said as the two stood up. "It's getting late and you have a contest tomorrow."
"How could I think about a contest at a time like this?" Karina yelled.
"Karina!" Nathen yelled swiftly catching Karina off guard. "You have but a single ribbon, and for all we know Gabriel's already set to enter the Grand Festival! You need this ribbon!"
"But," Karina stuttered.
"No buts! You're falling behind!" Nathen yelled. "You've lost 2 contests, and the one in Windan was canceled, so you're behind 3! I'll work something out to keep this contest running, but you will compete and you'll keep your head out of the clouds! Do you understand me young lady?"
"Nathen I…" Karina stuttered in fear.
"Do you understand me Karina Avalor Valor?" Nathen yelled.
"Yes I understand! But I can't just forget about Asuka!" Karina yelled back.
"You don't have to, just compete in the contest and go through the day as if nothing happened here, and through the day I'll think of something to do to save her," Nathen sighed as his expression softened. "Now we best be going, and remember, if anyone asks about Asuka we just say that she had to continue on and that it was nice seeing everyone, got it?"
"Got it," Karina sighed as she wiped away her tears.
"Good, I need to go talk with the mayor and the heads of the comity about the contest, so head off to bed," Nathen said as he started for the balcony exit.
"Nathen…I want to move our battle to Icepeak," Karina said softly.
"Any reason why?" Nathen asked without turning to the girl.
"With recent happenings I don't think a battle will be appropriate," Karina said. "And I'm more than sure that you have something cooked up to stall our progress to Harmonic."
"You hit the nail on the head, our battle will still take place at midnight," Nathen chuckled. "Do you still want it to be an Aura one?"
"Of course, but let's have a 3 on 3 Pokémon Battle to keep up appearances and to lessen suspicions," Karina said softly.
"You're thinking ahead, as you wish my lady," Nathen said lightly. "Now off to bed young Princess, you have a big day tomorrow."
"Okay, but when did you become so knightly? You sound like one of my knights back home," Karina said as she followed Nathen into the Pokémon Center.
"That's because I am one," Nathen chuckled as he flashed the Valor Family's seal without turning to the young princess.
"I knew that there was a reason why you were so protective me, but I didn't expect it to go that far," Karina chuckled.
"I've been a knight for awhile now, it's one of the few things that I'm actually proud of being." Nathen sighed as he stored the seal.
"I see, well take care Sir Pierce, I'll see you in the morning," Karina chuckled as she ran past Nathen down to the 2nd floor.
"Sir Pierce, I like that," Nathen sighed as he walked down to the second floor only to be met with Elaina. "Hey Elaina, how's everything going?"
"Fine, and I'm glad your back I can't handle being in charge as well as I thought," Elaina sighed.
"I see, but at least you've got your sister back," Nathen said. "I just never figured that Elie would've only made it this far, that girl is just too damn slow."
"Wait, you knew that Elie would be here?" Elaina asked.
"Of course, I told her to make it as far as Harmonic for a quick change of plans." Nathen said calmly.
"You damn bastard! You couldn't have told her to wait at a different town to hook up with us?" Elaina growled.
"Sorry sis, but it was important to a plot turn, one that I'm going to have to rethink that is," Nathen said on his defense.
"I don't give a fuck about you damn plot turns!" Elaina yelled. "I've been worried sick about Elie, and you with hold her from me and Ellis just for some damn plot turn? Some brother you are!"
"A little harsh, but true none the less," Nathen sighed. "I'm sorry Elaina, I should've led you to her, and I should've done it as soon as possible."
"Yes you should," Elaina said in a huff.
"But now that she's back, what will you do?" Nathen whispered as he pulled Elaina close.
"What do you mean?" Elaina asked without looking up at Nathen.
"I mean your number one goal was to find Elie, but now that that's done what will you do?" Nathen asked.
"I…I don't know," Elaina whispered.
"What about Ellis? What do you think that she would have to say?" Nathen asked as he felt tug on his clothes.
"I don't know, but I do know that she would want to compete in the Pokémon contest." Elaina said softly.
"Right," Nathen said as he and Elaina split apart. "And on that note I need to go see the mayor."
"Why?" Elaina asked.
"Before I made myself known, I did a damage report, and the contest hall to a hit," Nathen said. "A small hit, but a hit none the less, and because of that the contest may be postponed or even canceled."
"That's not good," Elaina said.
"Yup, so I'm going to see if I can have the contest sight relocated to the temple base." Nathen said as he started down the hall past Elaina.
"Okay, but I think that Elie should meet her brother first," Elaina said calmly.
"I guess that's right, but afterwards I'm heading for the mayor's office." Nathen said as she followed Elaina to her room.
(Oak Town – Pokémon Center 2nd Floor – Elaina's Room – 10:30)
"Hey Elie, are you awake?" Elaina asked as she slowly opened the door to her room.
"Yeah I'm awake," Elie yawned as she sat up from her bed. "Only barely, but awake none the less."
"That's good, Elie, there's someone that I want you to meet," Elaina said as she walked into the room while Nathen was hiding behind the door.
"Who would that be?" Elie said in a tired tone.
"Our older brother," Elaina said in a kind tone.
"We have an older brother?" Eleanor asked.
"How can that be? Mom and dad never mentioned one." Elie responded.
"Well…he's not a biological brother, but he'll work to fill in for one," Elaina sighed. "So just consider him a half brother."
"Oh, I guess that's fine, can I meet him now?" Elie asked in a kind tone.
"Oh right, Nathen you can introduce yourself now," Elaina sighed as she walked away from the doorway so that Nathen could walk in. "Elie, this is Nathen Pierce, and he's our Half Brother."
"Hey there, how're you feeling?" Nathen asked as he stepped into the room.
"I'm fine, and it's nice to be able to meet you big brother," Elie said with a smile.
"Likewise Little Sister," Nathen said with a chuckled. "Even though we've already met once before,"
"Um Nathen…could you tell me how I can get to Rosetore? It's really important," Elie asked.
"Rose…tore? What could Elie want there?" Elaina asked herself hesitantly. "Please don't let her be going where I think she's going,"
"Rosetore…the only path I know is to cut through Harmonic and head towards Royal Road," Nathen said. "After about a day or two you should end up in Rosetore at about the center of the path, then if you continue down the path you'll reach Luminous City, but that trip takes at least the better half of a weak to complete,"
"I see, well thanks anyway brother," Elie said.
"Is there any reason why you want a route to Rosetore?" Nathen asked.
"Well…there's someone that I have to meet with," Elie said softly.
"I see, well you can come with us to Rosetore," Nathen said as he turned towards the door. "Get some rest little sisters, tomorrows going to be a long day,"
"Right," Elaina and Elie said.
"Actually, Nathen can you help me with something?" Elaina asked quickly.
"What is it? I really need to get going." Nathen sighed.
"Well, I was wondering if you could help me find a way to bring Ellis back out," Elaina asked catching Elie's attention.
"Of course I will, but it'll have to wait until tomorrow," Nathen said.
"And why's that?" Elaina asked with a hint on anger in her voice.
"Because I need to get going, you need to rest up for the contest, and the process takes an hour or two as it'll require me to enter you subconsciously to find and wake up the sleeping princess." Nathen said as he walked off into the hall. "So until tomorrow afternoon, please just keep a calm mind and heart, and go easy on the other competitors. You're battling as Ellis so no heavy stuff, got it?"
"I guess," Elaina sighed.
"Good, now get some rest you two, I'll see you both in the morning." Nathen said as he walked off.
"He's a nice guy," Elie said with a smile. "But I don't understand why he's taking place as our big brother."
"It's because we only have each other," Elaina said softly.
"What was that?" Elie asked as Elaina sat on the bed's edge and pulled her closer.
"Awhile ago, I realized that the only people that we have left is each other, you Ellis and me," Elaina said softly as she rubbed Elie's back. "So at a time of weakness and worry, Ellis and I requested that Nathen take the place of our brother so that we could turn to someone else if we ever need to."
"Oh, I guess the four of us are alone," Elie said softly.
"Four? Do you mean that you have another soul inside you also?" Elie asked in a surprised tone.
"Yeah, she came around when I learned of our parents death," Elie said quietly. "If you remember, even though I was the younger one, I always tried to act strong for her so that she didn't have to worry about me, but when I learned that they died, I didn't know what to do. I couldn't handle the loss, so I guess Eleanor to form to help me cope with the loss."
"Eleanor…I guess she's the other you?" Elaina asked in a soft voice.
"Yeah, she's more like a baby sister since she often seems more like a little girl instead of a teenager," Elie said with a light chuckled.
"That was mean," Eleanor said in a sad tone.
"I'm sorry, but it is true, you do often seem like a scared little girl" Elie giggled.
"I guess so, but still it's not nice to tease me like that!" Eleanor huffed.
"You know what's weird," Elaina said softly.
"What?" Elie asked.
"Our names, Elaina, Elie, Ellis, and Eleanor," Elaina said. "They all start with 'El'"
"I guess they do, but it fits since we're practically Quadruplets now." Elie giggled.
"All too true," Elaina sighed. "Now if I'm correct, the sibling order, including Nathen and going from oldest to youngest, is Nathen – Me – Ellis – Elie – and Eleanor,"
"That sounds about right, but why are you and Nathen the oldest?" Elie asked.
"And why am I the baby of the group?" Eleanor asked.
"Well since Nathen's all of our older brother he's the oldest, and I'm older than all of us because Ellis was already the elder twin and she sees me as a big sister already." Elaina said calmly. "And if you're wondering, Eleanor's set as the baby of the group because of how you described her."
"Great, because I act like a little girl I'm the baby," Eleanor sighed.
"It's not that bad Eleanor," Elie said kindly. "And there's nothing wrong with being the baby,"
"I guess," Eleanor sighed.
"I guess we should get some rest," Elaina yawned.
"Yeah," Elie said as she lay back on the bed while Elaina walked over to the bed on the other side of the room. "Good night sister,"
"Good night sister," Elaina yawned as she rested on her bed.
(Oak Town – Pokémon Center Lobby – 10:40)
"Now to go see the mayor," Nathen sighed.
"Where are you off to?" Kimberly asked from behind Nathen.
"I guess I'll be a little bit longer," Nathen sighed in his mind. "I'm going to see the mayor and the contest committee about relocating the contest sight."
"Oh yeah, the Contest Hall was damaged," Kimberly said. "Sorry, I should've made sure that there was a lot less damage done to the town."
"It's okay Kim, we can work around it," Nathen sighed. "But I'm proud of you taking charge when I was gone, from now on, when I can't keep everyone going down the proper path, I want you to take charge."
"Oh…okay, you can count on me boss!" Kimberly said proudly.
"Good, so where is everyone?" Nathen asked.
"Everyone should be in their rooms right now," Kimberly said.
"Gotcha," Nathen said as he passed a card and a key to over to Kimberly. "Get some rest,"
"What're these to?" Kimberly asked.
"The key's to our room in the Pokémon Center, and the card's to my laptop, I need you to check on something, there should be a file marked 'Kimberly', every time I need you to do something for me it'll be in that file." Nathen said as he started for the exit.
"Okay, so I take it that we're sharing a room?" Kimberly asked in a shy tone.
"Yeah, do you have a problem with that?" Nathen asked.
"Of course not, I'm just a little curious as to why you're not staying with Alice or Emily," Kimberly said with a little red on her face.
"I gave them both a room to share," Nathen sighed.
"Why would you do that?" Kimberly asked in a surprised tone.
"Alice has seemed a little off or distant since Emily came into the picture, so I figured that those two need to get along a little more." Nathen sighed.
"God you're an idiot," Kimberly sighed.
"What was that?" Nathen asked as he turned towards Kimberly.
"One's your girlfriend; the other's your Ex who is still in love with you! And they're both Aura Users!" Kimberly said in an annoyed tone. "Don't you think that something other than a bonding friendship may build up between those two?"
"Damn your right, keep an eye on them and make sure that they get to know each other better and not try and kill each other," Nathen sighed as he walked out of the Pokémon Center.
"You got it boss!" Kimberly said as she took stance and gave off a salute. "Now to investigate this file,"
(Oak Town – Pokémon Center – Nathen and Kimberly's Room – 11:00)
"Man it's late," Kimberly yawned as she sat down on her bed and pulled out Nathen's laptop. "Alright, let's see what Nathen wants me to look at…here it is,"
Within the file marked 'Kimberly' was a bunch of locked files with only a few actually open, there was one marked urgent and it was open. When Kimberly opened it she was surprised to see several different files on people that Nathen had had interactions with. The one marked Asuka Itanaiyo and Team Rocket were also marked urgent so Kimberly figured that she needed to look through these files.
Under Asuka's file, Kimberly found a brief amount of data on Asuka's abilities and her levels in different categories, but what really caught her eye was piece on her aura. Its levels well exceeded several natural points at their absolute strongest, but it seemed faded and scrambled. After further investigations, Kimberly learned that due to the experiments being done to her in the embryo state prior to her being implanted in her 'mother' had not only given her improved intelligence and physical strengths, but had cause what would normally expect to be patch work of her mother's aura to become exceedingly strong, which may consider her as a potential user of aura.
"How can this be? Team Rocket shouldn't have the capability to genetically create someone with these capabilities, let alone this aura," Kimberly whispered to herself. "Maybe this file on Team Rocket will explain everything."
Within the document file, Kimberly found varying reports on Team Rocket's development. But what really caught her eyes was the abundance of missing people files.
Recently, several people have been going missing throughout the world. From little kids to adults, the numbers are staggering and people are all calling out for reasons why. Some are blaming the constantly growing evil organization Team Rocket. But these reports seem abundant within the Kanto and Johto regions. Within other regions people have been making accusations that people wearing black and purple are responsible for said disappearances. But on top of these, rises in mysterious deaths are reaching frightening heights. Autopsies have shown no traceable method of death. Investigators are stumped as to the reason why people are dying and disappearing.
Coincidently, often or not, missing and dead individuals are often linked as family members or close friends. Any and all information into the disappearances or the one responsible for the mysterious deaths will be welcome graciously.
"This is horrible, but why is this under Team Rocket's file? Shouldn't it be within a TUA file?" Kimberly asked herself. "Wait a moment what's this?"
Investigation's into Team Rocket's genetic development division has proven suspicions raised by young Asuka Itanaiyo and Kyla Kamos. On terms of genetically fusing human's with Pokémon genetics, the research section has been practically shut down due to the loss of their one successful genetically altered human Kyle Kamos. And the process of genetically altering a human subject during the embryo stage has been stalled until the recovery of the experiment has been confirmed. The recovery of said experiment will result in the increase of soldiers for the glory of Team Rocket.
"This file, it details Team Rocket's involvement with genetic alterations, but why is that aura piece in here?" Kimberly asked as she continued looking into the file.
One final suspicion has yet to have been detailed, the link of Team Rocket to Aura. After several infiltrations into small Team Rocket bases throughout Pokoh, a link to TUA has risen up. After locating a research base within the region, a conversation was overheard between the base's head and someone believed to be a top TUA researcher. Further ideals leading to this consists to the lack of TUA activity within area's being held by Team Rocket. A partnership is believed to be in place, but further research will be needed.
"I don't believe it, TUA and Team Rocket working together…that's impossible…how…how could this be?" Kimberly asked herself hesitantly. "I hope that Kayla and everyone else are alright."
Team Rocket in an alliance with TUA, could this be true? If this is so, what horrors could ensue?
(Oak Town - Town Hall – 11:15)
"Made it," Nathen sighed as he walked through the Town Hall. "And here's the office,"
"What're we going to do? The Contest Hall needs to be repaired from the incident with that giant robot, and we can't cancel another contest," A male voice said in a concerned tone from behind a door. Soon a debate was heard over the future of Oak Town's Pokémon Contest.
"Excuse me, but I believe that I may have a solution," Nathen said as he walked into the room catching everyone's attention.
"And who might you be?" the mayor asked.
"I am Nathen Pierce, and I'm an associate of Mr. Contesta and Mr. Sukizo." Nathen said.
"Is this true?" the mayor asked.
"Yes it is, Nathen is an old Coordinator that was offered a job with the committee," Mr. Contesta said. "Still looking for fresh talent Nathen?"
"Eh, but I overheard you debating on what to do about the Pokémon Contest supposed to be held tonight." Nathen said.
"Yes, the Contest Hall was damaged and we can't hold the contest until it's fixed." The Mayor sighed.
"Don't you worry about a thing, I can have a stage set up in minutes," Nathen said proudly.
"But where will this contest be held?" Mr. Sukizo asked.
"In front of the temple," Nathen said calmly.
"The Temple Base, it has a large area and it would be a nice substitution," The Mayor said.
"But where at the temple will the contest be held?" Mr. Contesta asked.
"Inside or out, I can do with either," Nathen said calmly.
"I say outside, the Temple is to highly respected and revered to be defiled with a stage." The Mayor said.
"As you wish, I'll have the area cleared and a stage constructed before the nights end." Nathen said as he turned out of the office.
"Nathen, a quick request, we'll also need an MC to sub for Jillian and someone to replace Nurse Joy as she obviously has her hands full with helping everyone's Pokémon." Mr. Contesta said.
"I can work out an MC sub, but I believe that you're requesting me to replace Nurse Joy while she helps everyone?" Nathen said.
"If you wouldn't mind," Mr. Sukizo said.
"I guess I could," Nathen chuckled. "I'll be seeing you all tomorrow,"
"Thank you Nathen," Mr. Contesta said as Nathen walked off.
"That man just saved the contest," the Mayor sighed. "I guess we lucked out."
(Oak Town – Temple Base – 11:10)
"Alright, first to clean the area," Nathen said as he snapped his fingers and the entire area in front of the temple was cleaned and left spotless in the blink of an eye. "And now the stage," Nathen said as he pulled out several plates of Dark Ore and left them on the ground or against several pillars.
Then, in a flash, several balconies containing stands and a large stage complete with a monitor perched above the entrance of the temple and three judge's boxes appeared.
"Damn I'm good at this," Nathen chuckled as he walked onto the stage. "Everything is set up perfectly,"
For several minutes Nathen stood center stage on his newly formed stage and looked out at the moon through an opening formed by two split roots.
"Maybe…Kim's right, I should really spend more time with Alice," Nathen sighed. "After I get Asuka back and get to Icepeak, the first thing I'm going to do is ask Alice out,"
The night seemed slow, but Nathen soon took his leave of the stage and headed for the Pokémon Center to get some rest.
(Oak Town – Pokémon Center Back – 11:30)
"First a shower, and then some sleep," Nathen yawned as he approached the Pokémon Center.
"Tikaroar use Energy Ball!" Karina was heard calling out.
"That was Karina, I thought that she'd be in bed right now," Nathen said as he walked towards the direction of where he saw an Energy Ball shot into the sky. "Why in the hell would Karina be up right now and with Tikaroar no less."
Once Nathen rounded the corner, he saw all of Karina's Pokémon out with her and her Tikaroar out front.
"Alright Tikaroar, take a break, Scarlreb you're up next." Karina yawned as her shiny Scarlreb flew forward.
"My lady you really should get some rest," Gardevior said.
"Yeah Karina, it's almost midnight," Tikaroar barked.
"I know, but we need to get better," Karina sighed. "We've been lacking in battle so we need to get stronger if we're going to be able to stand on our own!"
"I know that you're determined, but you need to pace yourself," Gardevior said in a concerned tone. "Please my lady; let us continue tomorrow morning,"
"I'm sorry Gardevior, but I can't," Karina said calmly. "Scarlreb, Star Heart Tactic,"
After giving her command, Scarlreb used Aerial Ace to shoot into the sky. Once at its peak Scarlreb mirrored Amber's Starlwing's multiplication tactic to create 7 copies. 5 of the copies took position as the points of star; then, at incredibly high speed, each of the copies used Aerial Ace to shoot towards a different copy. The stream of light that came with their speed formed a shining star in the sky. Then using the same speed, the remaining two formed a heart in the sky outside the star. After awhile all of the copies formed above the star and the heart as one Scarlreb while the heart and star was still formed.
"Please work," Karina whispered as she took a deep breath. "Wrap it up with Brave Bird,"
After giving her command, Scarlreb flew up into the sky before diving down towards the heart and star. As she grew closer to the shapes, Scarlreb became coated in flames and shot through the shapes becoming entangled in the light. When Scarlreb hit down on the ground all the energy was released and Scarlreb was standing on the ground shining brightly.
"It actually worked," Karina said gratefully as she stumbled backwards. "That was weird; I'm never this woozy,"
"Karina we really should be getting you some rest," Tikaroar barked.
"Not yet, I still need to keep going," Karina groaned as she tried to stabilize herself. "I can't lose again! I need to be stronger!"
"Karina you are strong," Hero barked as he behind Karina so that she could rest up against him. "You have a strength that no one could ever have, all that you lack at times is the confidence that you need to use it,"
"Hero," Karina said softly.
"Remember my lady; we're all here to support you so you can't always see you fault as only your problem." Gardevior said in a soothing tone. "We're all a team so you need to be able to rely on us,"
"Thanks everyone," Karina said as she looked down at her leg and saw her Crystkey Snow rubbing up against her, and then decided to pick her newborn Pokémon up. "I'm glad to have all of you as my Pokémon."
In the distance,
"It's about time you realized the truth young princess," Nathen chuckled as he watched Karina begin training her newborn.
"Let's see…these attacks lack power and proper usage in natural battle at your stage of life, but can certainly be used in used to show off how cute you are," Karina was heard saying as she pocketed her PokéDex.
"Alright little princess, tomorrow you show me what you know," Nathen chuckled as he walked towards the Pokémon Center's entrance.
As Karina trains on through the night, everyone rests quietly for tomorrow's contest, but it'll all begin with an early wake up.
(Oak Town – Pokémon Center Lounge – 6:30)
"Damn early mornings all to hell," Nathen groaned as he flipped through the TV channels and everyone walked up to him.
"Hey Nathen," Emily said as she grabbed onto him from behind the couch.
"Hey everyone, I never expected you all to be awake this early," Nathen sighed as everyone gathered around in the lounge with a tired look on their face.
"Yeah, but we all figured an early start would be good for the Coordinators to get some practice in," Vahn said.
"All except for Karina and Wisteria who're sleeping like logs upstairs," Trayton said.
"I see, Wisteria must've been worn out from the concert, and Karina must've over done it with the training last night," Nathen said calmly as he continued flipping through the channels. "Also where's Kim?"
"Oh she's still in her room, she passed out at a desk looking on your Laptop," Amber said.
"At a girl," Nathen said. "Well I'd better go wake her up soon."
"Hey Nathen turn it back a channel," Gabriel asked. "There was something on the Contests,"
"Got it," Nathen said as he turned it back to a news broadcast.
"Hello everyone, we have a special announcement on the contest to be taking place within Oak Town," the news lady said.
The woman looked to be in her early 20's, she was in a red coat and skirt, she had long brunette hair which widened out the lower it got, she also had bright green eyes.
"After the recent attack on Oak Town by a robot Tarantire, the Contest Hall was damaged and deemed unusable until it has been repaired." The news lady said. "But as of now, the place where the contest will be held has been relocated. We now go to Jillian with full details,"
"Thank you Maylu, I recently received word from Mr. Contesta, that because of a very special person, the contest will now take place in front of Oak Town's very own Legend Temple." Jillian said happily. "This means that the Oak Town Pokémon Contest is still on, and will take place today at noon!"
"This is great, now we won't have to look for another contest," Amber said happily.
"Yeah, and that means I'm going to take my next win!" Elaina said in a stern voice.
"We'll see about that Elaina," Gabriel chuckled.
"You may have beaten me in Sin Town but you won't beat me here!" Elaina yelled.
"Quiet down you two, there's still more," Lily said as everyone looked back at the TV.
"And now we take a look at the Marathon Pokémon Contest being held at Star City," Jillian said. "Currently, young April Rose has won the second of the many Pokémon Contests being held. Making her current wins 2, this also means that she can only compete within one more contest as per the entry rules."
"What's a Marathon Contest?" Hope asked.
"A Marathon Contest is a relatively new thing," Nathen said. "In a nut shell it's a second chance for those who've lost previous contests."
"How is that?" Gabriel asked.
"The Entry Rules," Nathen said.
"Which are?" Elaina asked in an annoyed tone.
"The rules state that for coordinators who start fresh with the Marathon Contest can only enter one contest," Nathen said calmly. "But for those who've entered other contests and have lost or have been denied a chance to compete, as in the Windan Contest, they are allowed to enter contests equal to the number that they lost or have been denied. So in April's case she can only enter 3 contests even though she was denied a fourth."
"Why only 3?" Alice asked.
"It's to keep things fair right?" Emily asked.
"Yup," Nathen said.
"Why's that?" Carmen asked.
"Say you lose 5 contests, and you enter a Marathon Contest without the 3 max rules," Nathen said.
"If you win all of the contests then you insure your place in the Grand Festival," Spike said.
"So the 3 challenge rule is in place to make it so that you can only try out for three ribbons and have to compete in official 1 ribbon contests for whatever ribbons you still need?" Lily said.
"That's pretty much it," Nathen said calmly.
"It's a nifty little competition, but it's seen as controversial since people don't think that it should be in place," Nathen sighed. "This is also why the Contest in Star City is actually the first one ever."
"So this is just to get people use to the idea?" Elie asked.
"That's right Elie," Nathen said.
"So not only is this the first Marathon Contest, but it could also be the only and last Marathon Contest to be held ever." Kris said.
"Pretty much," Nathen yawned. "I'm going to wake Kim up so why don't you all go about your day and be sure to show up for the contest."
"Why's that?" Spike asked.
"Don't you want to support you friends?" Nathen chuckled as he walked off.
"Nathen's an odd individual," Elie said.
"Yeah, but he cares," Alice said warmly.
"Yeah, even though he can be really annoying at times, he still cares about all of us and only wants us all to support and help each other." Emily said with a smile.
"I guess that's true," Vahn sighed. "Well let's get this day going,"
"Right," everyone else said.
(Oak Town – Pokémon Center – 2nd Floor Residence – 7:30)
"Kim! It's time to get up!" Nathen said as he knocked on the door. "God damnit girl wake up!"
After a few minutes Kim had yet to wake up.
"Alright I'm coming in," Nathen said as he walked in the room as saw Kimberly resting her head on her arms with a blanket around her. "Stupid girl, but I am proud of how hard you work."
"Data files…set on Team Rocket aura connection…still compiling information…very sleepy," Kimberly groaned in her sleep
"Idiot…you looked through the wrong file," Nathen sighed as he walked up to Kimberly. "Hey, kiddo, it's time to get up."
"Ugh, Nathen; what time is it?" Kimberly yawned as she sat up in her chair.
"About 7:33 give or take," Nathen said. "Kim…which file did you read through?"
"The urgent file in the Kimberly folder." Kimberly said as she rubbed her eye. "It ran through several 'Team Rocket' based files."
"Kim…that wasn't the file," Nathen whispered as he sat down on the bed.
"Oh no, I'm so sorry! I'll go back and look at the right file right now," Kimberly said frantically.
"Kim calm down, it's alright," Nathen said trying to calm his Intern. "It's my fault; I wasn't specific in which file you needed to look at."
"Nathen…how much of those news pieces and documents were true?" Kimberly asked hesitantly.
"All of it, I've been gathering any and all information I can on possible unifications between the different evil organizations," Nathen sighed as he lay back on the bed. "Things aren't looking good."
"Nathen…" Kimberly said softly.
"Kimmy I won't hold it against you if you want to go back home to Unova so that you can protect your family since your abilities line up with what TUA wants." Nathen said calmly.
"Nathen…thanks, but no thanks," Kimberly said calmly. "When you came to our rescue, you offered me a job, and to be honest I was thinking of saying no. But my family told me to go with you, so I did."
"Kim," Nathen said as he sat up straight.
"I'm not going to go back just because I'm scared, so please, if you would, could you keep an eye on my family?" Kimberly asked.
"Of course Kim, now hurry up and get ready, you have to be an MC today." Nathen said as he stood up.
"Okay, but why do I have to be an MC?" Kimberly asked with a confused look on her face.
"I was able to get the okay on relocating the contest, but Jillian and Nurse Joy won't be able to attend," Nathen said calmly. "So while I sub for Nurse Joy, you'll be subbing for Jillian."
"I don't know if I'm qualified," Kimberly said.
"So what, just call out who's up next or who's going out to battle and describe the actions of the Pokémon during the appeal and the actions of the battles." Nathen said.
"I guess I could, but I don't know why I have too," Kimberly said.
"Because you work for me and have to do what I say, got it?" Nathen snickered.
"Yes sir," Kimberly sighed.
"Good, now get cleaned up and ready for the day," Nathen said as he headed for the rooms exit.
"Okay boss." Kimberly said as Nathen left and she stood up and stretched her body out. "This'll be fun either way."
In the hall,
"Now for the princesses, I guess I'll wake up Flower first." Nathen said as he walked towards Wisteria's room.
When Nathen came right in front of Wisteria's room, the door suddenly swung open and hit Nathen square in the face while he was still standing up.
"It's time for another great day!" Wisteria cheered as she walked out of her room and closed the door. "Good morning Nathen,"
"Morning princess," Nathen groaned as he forced a smile. "You must've slept well,"
"Yup and how did you sleep?" Wisteria asked with a bright smile on her face.
"Fairly well actually," Nathen sighed. "Everyone's downstairs so why don't you go join them?"
"Right," Wisteria said as she ran towards the stairs.
"Sweet kid; and now for the young Valor," Nathen said as he turned towards Karina's room.
(Oak Town – Pokémon Center – Karina's Room – 7:40)
Within the room, Karina was laid sprawled on the bed as if she had just collapsed down on it.
"Karina, time to get up, you need to get ready for the contest," Nathen said from the other side of the door with a knock alongside it.
"Ugh, leave me alone," Karina groaned as she put a pillow over her head.
"Alright, but I'd hurry, you'll miss the contest," Nathen sighed.
"Why should I hurry?" Karina groaned as she sat up with a grumpy and tired look on her face.
"Because the contest starts at noon, and noon is in 5 minutes." Nathen chuckled.
"WHAT! I can't believe I slept in that much!" Karina yelled as she scrambled out of bed and rushed towards the door.
"Um Karina…did you just take your clothes off before going to bed?" Nathen asked as he looked away slightly after noticing that Karina was only in her underwear.
"What? Crap!" Karina said as she suddenly slammed the door.
A few seconds later…
"That's better," Karina said as she opened the door the revealing that she had put her old pair of pants and her pink shirt on.
"I'll say, and Karina, it's actually about 7:45," Nathen chuckled.
"That was a dirty trick!" Karina growled.
"Yeah, but it got you out of bed didn't it?" Nathen chuckled.
"Pokémon Center or not, I'll still kick your ass!" Karina grumbled.
"I'd like to see you try," Nathen chuckled. "Here, these are some new clothes for you,"
"Why?" Karina asked as she took the bag and looked into it.
"Your original clothes are a little out dated, and you can't walk around in your black outfit all the time," Nathen sighed. "There's also some winter gear in there for when we climb towards Icepeak."
"Thanks Nathen, I'll make the change tomorrow," Karina said.
"Cool," Nathen said as he started down the hall towards a staircase.
"Nathen wait, when you go to save Asuka, I'm coming to!" Karina yelled.
"Sorry but no," Nathen sighed.
"I wasn't asking, with you as my knight, my word is law," Karina said in a stern tone. "So I will be coming whether you like it or not!"
"Fine, I guess you got me locked," Nathen sighed. "But this time, you have to tell the others,"
"That's right, but should we really tell them that Asuka was captured?" Karina asked in a worried tone.
"Yes and no," Nathen said as he turned towards the princess.
"Explain," Karina said.
"No, we're not going to tell them that we're going to save Asuka," Nathen said. "Yes, because we'll tell them that we're going to investigate a possible Team Rocket base,"
"Now that's what I call risky," Karina said. "But okay,"
"Good, now finish getting ready for the day, you have a contest to win," Nathen said as he turned and continued down the hall.
"Right!" Karina said proudly.
"Today's going to be fun," Nathen whispered.
Up until the contest everything ran smoothly, but when everyone piled into the contest location, they were amazed as to what had been created and that most of the temple itself was made into the Coordinator's lobby without altering much if not anything.
(Oak Town – Temple Base – Audience Balcony – 11:50)
We find our heroes looking over the area in a large balcony that was built onto a pillar.
"This is incredible," Elie said in awe of the area.
"I think Nathen's responsible for this," Vahn sighed.
"You think?" Emily asked in a sarcastic tone as she pointed towards a plaque at the front of the balcony.
This balcony is reserved for the friends and family of Nathen Pierce
"Damn bastard, I wouldn't be surprised if he did all of this with Dark Ore," Vahn sighed as he sat back in a chair. "But I'm not complaining,"
"You said it," Emily said as she leaned back and raised her feet in a recliner.
"I wonder how everyone else is doing, and where Nathen is," Alice said as she looked down at the stage.
(Oak Town – Temple Interior – Coordinator's Lobby – 11:53)
"I don't like this temple being misused," Karina grumbled as she looked around the temple. "This place needs to be respected, not turned into a freaking waiting room."
"I understand where you're coming from Karina, but you have to admit that it was done pretty well to be able to prevent anything from being defiled," Gabriel said. "Such as the Legends Alter, whoever set this place up blocked off access with anything dangerous."
"I guess that's true," Karina sighed. "Thanks Nathen,"
"Pretty well done isn't it gang?" Elaina asked.
"Yeah, visuals for us to watch the competition, and several dressing rooms, pretty well set up," Gabriel said.
"Speaking of dressing rooms, shouldn't we all go get changed for the contest?" Elaina asked.
"Right," Karina and Gabriel said as the three split up and headed for different dressing rooms.
A few minutes later everyone returned to where they were before they decided to get changed. Gabriel was in his usual black outfit, but Karina was in a black strapless dress with no back from the waist up and a slice down the length of the dress on the left side from the middle thigh down to the hem with black high heels, and Elaina was in a unique white dress. It was considered strapless except the wide lace that started at the base of her waist and wrapped around her body going up across her right breast, across her back right shoulder, around her neck, down across her back left shoulder, down across her left breast and then back around her waist. The two ends formed a bow at her waist and were part of a long white skirt that covered down to above her ankles except for the back which ended at the knee and had an opening similar to how Karina had her dress and she was in white high heels.
"You both look nice, new dresses?" Gabriel asked.
"Yeah, I decided to change up," Karina said. "But I think Elaina's in a little revealing."
"So what, I never get a chance to wear this when Ellis is in charge," Elaina huffed. "So while I'm in charge this is my contest dress."
"Fine, but I'd be weary of a wardrobe malfunction." Gabriel said.
"I'll be careful," Elaina sighed. "God I get enough of that with Ellis and Nathen."
"I can understand why," Gabriel chuckled.
"Attention, the contest will begin momentarily" a voice said over the PA
"I guess we're about to go at it," Karina said. "Are you two ready to lose to me?"
"Who says that you're going to win?" Gabriel asked.
"Yeah?" Amber said in an exhausted tone.
"I'm going to win because I'm ready to make my comeback and get my second ribbon," Karina said proudly.
"Where'd you come from?" Elaina asked Amber.
"I got lost," Amber admitted in an embarrassed tone.
"Oh well, it's good that you made it." Karina said.
"Yeah, I wouldn't want to miss this," Amber said with a smile.
"They're starting things," Gabriel said as everyone looked to a TV monitor.
(Oak Town – Temple Base – Center Stage – 12:00)
Out in the center stage was Kimberly but with a head set on.
"Okay Kim, you just need to keep calm." Kimberly said to herself as she took a deep breath before the spot light fell on her.
In the balcony,
"Why's Kim out there?" Hope asked.
"I'm not sure," Vahn said.
"Well let's listen and find out why," Emily said.
Center Stage,
"Hello everyone, I know that you were probably expecting Jillian to be here as the MC, but something came up making it so that she couldn't attend," Kimberly said as she heard several people mutter to themselves. "So I'm your MC for today, my name is Kimberly Ann Solace, and I'm the MC for the Oak Town Pokémon Contest being held here in front of the beautiful Legend Temple!"
After giving her proper introduction she heard the crowd cheer out in excitement.
"Alright, let's continue introductions with our judges for today!" Kimberly called out. "First of all we have the head of the Judging Committee and Pokémon Contest Director: Mr. Contesta!"
"Thank you, I'm happy to see this contest continue on as planned!" Mr. Contesta said as he walked forward.
"And now we have the head of the Pokémon Fan Club: Mr. Sukizo!" Kimberly called out.
"Remarkable!" Mr. Sukizo said as he stepped forward.
"And now I'd like to say that Nurse Joy won't be performing as one of the judges today," Kimberly said which cause a bunch of people to mutter to themselves. "Now while she remains at the Pokémon Center to help those that need it from yesterday's incident, our substitute judge will be a good friend of our previous two judges and someone who has many connections within the Pokémon League and the Contest world! Now I'm proud to introduce our third judge: Nathen Pierce!"
Balcony,
"What the hell? Why is Nathen judging?" Vahn asked in disbelief.
"I guess the other two judges requested his help," Elie said as Nathen walked forward.
Nathen was in a black unbuttoned dress top with a white short sleeved under shirt, dark blue pants, and his normal running shoes.
Center Stage,
"I know this is a little odd, but rest assured, I will work to the best of my ability," Nathen said as he took a bow. "Now I hope that everyone will enjoy this great Pokémon Contest!"
"Alright, now let's get this Pokémon Contest underway!" Kimberly called out as the audience all cheered out. "And we'll be beginning this contest with performance by Karina Valor!"
"Let's get this under way," Karina chuckled as she walked out onto the stage. "Alright Snow, show me that enthusiasm and power you had last night!"
A second later, Karina's Crystkey Snow appeared before everyone in a block of ice which shattered and took the form of falling snow. The appearance of the young Crystkey caused many girls in the crowd to squeal and giggle.
"Alright Snow, start with Ice Shard, and aim it straight up," Karina said as her Pokémon formed a large smooth chunk of ice and fired it into the sky. "Now use Ice Beam, and aim it at the Ice Shard." Her Pokémon complied and fired an Ice Beam at the Ice Shard. The Ice Shard was held in the sky and started to grow in size. "Good, now stop the Ice Beam and when the Ice Shard comes in range like we planned use Frost Shock and then combine Hail and Icy Wind."
After giving her command, the Ice Shard began a quick descend. Then, when the Ice Shard's bottom reached level with Karina's head, Snow's body began to arc with a unique light blue electrical current. Then Snow fired off a large thunderbolt like attack into the Ice Shard causing it to glow before shattering. After stopping the attack Snow created a large Hail storm, but caused it, and the Ice Shard fragments, to form together by a large Icy Wind. After about a minute the combined attacks exploded in a bright light and when the light subsided it was seen that snow was falling on the stage while Snow scampered around enjoying herself.
"I give you, my appeal," Karina whispered as she took a bow and Snow jumped up on her back.
"A marvelous performance that truly shows off how adorable a Crystkey really is," Mr. Contesta said.
"Remarkable!" Mr. Sukizo said.
"These two really need to improve their vocabulary," Nathen sighed. "A beautiful performance young Valor, you've truly shown the capabilities that come with a newborn Pokémon."
"Thank you, all of you," Karina said as she held her Crystkey close and walked off the stage.
"And with Karina's performance over we move onto the next appeal!" Kimberly said.
Balcony,
"That was an amazing performance," Hope said.
"Yeah, but what was that electric attack?" Elie asked.
"It's called Frost Shock," Alice said in a soulless tone. "It's a duo type attack that's both Electric and Ice type. It can either paralyze or freeze the opponent if it works properly, and it's also really strong against Pokémon that are weak against either Ice Type or Electric Type attacks."
"That sounds like a powerful attack," Emily said.
"Alice, are you alright?" Elie asked. "You don't look so good,"
"No, I'm fine" Alice said calmly. Un-noticed to everyone, Alice had a cold soulless look in her eyes. "I need to keep the pain a secret,"
"Good luck, you stupid girl," a cold hearts female voice was heard through Alice's head. "Keep doing as I say and I promise that I'll leave your beloved Nathen alone, cross me even once and I activate all who've been marked with the 'special' seal. And those include your old friends, and that Haskett girl, and let's not forget your dear sweet sister Alexis,"
"Please, leave Beatrix and everyone else alone, but I could care less about Alexis, kill her now for all I care!" Alice said calmly.
"It's too bad, she really does want to see you one last time," the voice chuckled. "Oh, and I want you to pay close attention to little Elaina, I know that you can use that dark aura of yours to look at well hidden seals, tell me when she comes up how far the 'Trinity' Seal has come along since Dr. Kallyn implanted it back in Rush Town,"
"Fine, but I swear if you do anything to anyone of the people that I love, that I'll kill you with my own two hands you Old Repulsive bitch!" Alice growled in an angry tone.
"How dare you, you insolent child?" the cold voice growled.
"I could care less what you think," Alice sighed in a bored tone.
"I swear I'll see you dead for this!" the voice yelled in anger as it faded away.
"It's about time she left," Alice sighed. "Why did I have to be used as the 'Duo' seal's guinea pig?"
While Alice contemplates this 'Duo' seal, the contest roles on and soon Gabriel gets his turn.
Center Stage,
"And now we have Gabriel Volantis!" Kimberly announced as Gabriel walked up to the stage.
"Let's win this, Ninjask take flight!" Gabriel said as he through out a Pokeball which opened up to a beetle like Pokémon. "Start with Aerial Ace," after giving his order along with a snap of his fingers Ninjask took off at an incredible speed with silver trail following his every move. "Good, now take position: 5 prong," Along with another finger snap, Ninjask complied by spinning high speed in a circle before breaking out into 5 fuzzy copies. Each of the copies then used Aerial Ace and Silver Wind, and formed a Pentagon in the sky. After a few seconds each of the 5 copies appeared at a point even fuzzier than before and with a bar of a bright silver light between each of them.
"Now use Silver Wind," This order came with a stamp of his foot. Ninjask complied and face another copy right in front of him. He then sent a powerful X-Scissor off towards the copy with a bright silver trail. Each X-Scissor was stopped before the opposite copy, and from the view of the audience a bright silver star had formed. "And break," Gabriel said as the star broke and silver dust began falling on the stage.
"A beautiful performance," Mr. Contesta said.
"Remarkable!" Mr. Sukizo said.
"A perfect show of the speed and power that a Ninjask bares," Nathen said. "Great Job,"
"Thank you," Gabriel said as he recalled his Pokémon and walked off stage.
"And now we have Amber Roberts!" Kimberly said.
"Alright Tikoklaw, its show time," Amber said as she threw out a Pokeball and her fully evolved starter appeared. "Now start with Synthesis!" Tikoklaw complied and slowly began to glow brightly. "Good, now combine Energy Ball with Gaia Burst!" Tikoklaw followed the order and formed an Energy Ball in front of her mouth before pouring a large amount of energy from the Synthesis and the Gaia Burst. "Now fire it straight up and on its decent use Gaia Force!"
As the large, overcharged, Energy Ball began its decent to earth; Tikoklaw began to glow brightly and released a weird energy. Once the ball was about 2' from Tikoklaw the energy emanating from Tikoklaw connected with the Energy Ball and began absorbing it into Tikoklaw's body causing her to glow a bright dark green.
"Now let's wrap this up with Mana Burst!" Amber cheered. Tikoklaw complied by letting out a large roar as he released a large amount energy which was a bright dark green. This light maintained a close perimeter around Tikoklaw and seemed to cause Tikoklaw glow brightly.
"A beautiful performance and show of Tikoklaw's power," Mr. Contesta said.
"A truly amazing performance and an above all remarkable one," Mr. Sukizo said.
"It's an improvement," Nathen sighed. "A perfect show of what a fully grown Tikoklaw can do!"
"Thank you," Amber said as she took a bow and recalled her Tikoklaw before leaving the stage.
"And now let's keep this contest going!" Kimberly called out.
Coordinator Hall,
"You were great Amber," Karina said happily.
"Thanks, but I don't think I did as well as you did with Snow," Amber said.
"Still, it was a great performance." Gabriel said.
"Thanks, but I can't wait to see what Elaina has planned." Amber said.
"It's not anything you haven't already seen before," Elaina snickered.
"Oh, you mean that Zoroark performance?" Gabriel asked.
"Yeah, but it's a little different from the Sin Town one." Elaina snickered. "And that's the only spoiler I'm giving."
"Fine by me," Karina said as she watched another appeal pull to a close.
"Is it me, or are there fewer Coordinators competing in this contest?" Amber asked.
"You know, I think that you're right," Gabriel said. "I've been looking around, and including us four, I've only counted about 50 people instead of the usual 100,"
"Do you think that it's because of the incident yesterday?" Amber asked.
"It's a possibility," Gabriel sighed.
"Well whatever the reason, it just means less competition to stand before me and my victory," Karina chuckled.
"What's up Karina, you're never like this," Amber said.
"I guess I'm just having a small change of heart that's all," Karina sighed. "I can't always appear as a weak little girl, I need to keep strong so that I can stand on my own,"
"Well said," Avalor sighed.
"Where have you been?" Karina asked.
"You sent me away," Avalor chuckled.
"No, I just didn't want to hear you talk," Karina snickered.
"Still, I'm interested in you new attitude, you're starting to act like me," Avalor said calmly.
"God forbid, but I guess I'm acting like you because you seem like someone that'll help me keep strong, so I act a little like you because I'm embracing the part that you represent that I could be," Karina sighed.
"Yeah…good for you, well I'll be keeping an eye on you from time to time," Avalor sighed. "So from now on you're on your own."
"Fine by me," Karina said calmly.
Will Ellis Rayne report to the stairs for her appeal?
"You're still going by Ellis?" Amber asked.
"For the contest anyway," Elaina sighed. "These contests are Ellis's thing, so while I'm in charge and a contest is in motion I need to use Ellis's name,"
"Fine by me, good luck," Gabriel said.
"Thanks," Elaina said as she walked off towards the exit.
Center Stage,
"And now for our final contestant, Ellis 'Elaina' Rayne," Kimberly called out as Elaina walked out onto the stage.
"Time to shine, Shade…Style Form," Elaina said as she throughout her Pokeball and Shade appeared in a black fire.
"Style Form, really?" Shade sighed.
"It was Ellis's idea, so do you know the process?" Elaina asked.
"Of course," Shade chuckled.
"Good, so let's begin with Surge and then Dark Armor formation," Elaina said calmly.
"As you command my lady," Shade snickered as he released a large surge of black energy. After releasing the black energy the whole area seemed to chill, but the sensation went unnoticed until Shade shot a pitch black sphere into the sky which suddenly grew to a gigantic size. Shade then jumped towards it with his whole body encased in a black aura. A second later after the sphere cascaded on itself Shade landed on the ground with a loud thud which also formed a small crater. Once the dust settled, Shade was revealed to be within his Dark Armor, but something was different. His whole body was emanating a black and evil aura which shot a chill up everyone's spine.
"So far so good," Elaina sighed. "Let's wrap this up with a Dark Aura Surge and Dark Aura Wave combination, and then end it with Oblivion,"
"I've been wait to use that move for a long time!" Shade snickered.
"Keep the power minimal, we don't want anyone hurt or the tree damaged." Elaina said.
"Understood," Shade chuckled as he began to emanate a dark red aura which was released with an incredible electrical energy. The energy then was released over the whole stage with a large wave of energy. Then the entire dark aura was pulled into Shade, but it was then suddenly released in a massive explosion. When all the smoke settled, Shade was standing completely still with his whole body, armor and all, shining a bright dark light.
"An amazing performance," Mr. Contesta said. "I was on edge the whole time,"
"Truly remarkable," Mr. Sukizo said.
"Shade really does have a lot of power," Nathen chuckled. "An epic performance, you both were in perfect sync throughout the whole appeal,"
"Thank you," Elaina and Shade said as they took their bows.
"And with that we end the Appeal portion of the Oak Town Pokémon Contest," Kimberly said. "Now let's give our judges a few minutes to decide on the 8 competitors who'll be competing in the 2nd round battle stage."
Balcony,
"Elaina's appeal was scary," Hope said.
"It was a little freaky, but it showed how powerful Shade can be," Carmen said.
"I guess," Hope whispered.
"So who do you think will be continuing to the next round?" Elie asked.
"Karina for sure, her Appeal was perfect!" Emily said.
"I agree," Vahn chuckled.
"Of course you would," Trayton said.
"Quiet you!" Vahn growled.
"I don't think that I will," Trayton chuckled.
"Whatever," Vahn sighed.
"Right, well I think Amber's in, her Appeal was really well set," Trayton said.
"Yeah, it was really unique for a Tikoklaw," Kris said.
"I think Gabriel got his spot sealed," Carmen said. "Ninjask executed his appeal perfectly."
"Yeah it was an incredible performance," Hope said happily.
"I'm positive that Elaina's in the next stage," Elie said. "How performance was one of the best I've ever seen,"
"I agree, that Zoroark has to be one of the strongest I've ever seen," Wisteria said.
"I guess we'll just need to wait and see." Emily said.
"Alright everyone, the results are now in!" Kimberly said in an excited tone. "Here are the eight competitors that'll be moving onto the next round!"
The monitor above the Temples entrance pulled up eight cards, the first card flipped over revealing Elaina's picture, the second flipped revealing a female competitor, then the third revealing Amber, the fourth flipped showing Karina who was then followed by Gabriel, the last three competitors were all male.
"Alright, now let's see who'll be taking who on in the next round!" Kimberly said.
The cards then mixed together and then returned to their previous positions. The first two flipped over revealing Karina going up against the female Coordinator, the next match would be Gabriel going against one of the male trainers, after Gabriel was Amber taking on another male trainer, leaving Elaina to the final match against the last male trainer.
Coordinator Hall,
"I guess I'm up first," Karina snickered. "Wish me luck everyone,"
"We will," Amber said happily as Karina ran towards the stage.
In the distance,
"I can't believe that I'm going up against her," a female coordinator whispered. "She could be trouble,"
The next round begins shortly, and it begins with Karina taking on a mysterious female trainer. Will Karina be able to win her battle and move onto the next round? And will her friends be able to win their battles and take on Karina preventing her from winning this contest as she declared? Only time will tell,
Nate: And there you have it!
Kim: being an MC was fun!
Nate: don't get eased out of it, you'll be MCing still.
Kim: for how long exactly?
Nate: at least 2 battles to a chapter...three more chapters,
Kim: WHAT!
Nate: Yup! Now I hope that you all enjoyed this story update!
Kim: Yeah, and be sure to turn in for the next piece!
Nate: Okay, tone it down a bit kid,
Kim: but...
Nate: no buts! Don't you have something that you could be doing? Or rather 'should' be doing?
Kim: Crap! That's right!
Nate: right...Well I hope that you all enjoyed this part and will continue to Read, Review, and above all...
Kim: ENJOY!
Nate: Damnit Kim!
