Johto Chapter 13: Returning back to the game

It was almost dawn and Nyx was sparring with Marina alongside their tired blastoise and serperior who they returned to their pokeballs "thanks Marina, I needed some extra training for facing Whitney" said Nyx while doing a thumbs up "I thank you too because today I will use blastoise in battle and so, I wanted him to gain all the extra power he could" she said satisfied "well, I can't say the same for me" said a disappointed Nyx, with Marina's eyes becoming serious "still not ready?". Upon hearing her question, Nyx took a deep breath "Do you remember Miss Margaret's meganium?" "yes, it was supposed to be an unstoppable force of defense and offense" she replied "well, imagine a pokemon with two times that ability and far more efficient" she explained grim, with Marina's face being filled in shock "what the?" "yeah, and so, I will train more after my pokemon are healed, come watch you and then continue" she claimed.

Marina then smiled "it will be good to come, because after all, I'm more ready than ever. I will return to the game today" she claimed fired up, with Nyx smiling "I wish that for you" she said and then they left. It was morning and the girls just finished breakfast "by the way, where is Xenia?" wondered Marina "well, she said that she will stop travelling with us and stay here to train for a couple of days" replied Nyx as she then got up "I see, well then, let's go" suggested Marina and as they exited from the building, they saw a familiar red haired ponytail girl "hello girls" said the girl "hello Candice" greeted her Nyx quite coldly, something that Candice dismissed. "So, ready to lose again?" she asked Marina cockily and Marina smiled coldly "oh dear, you will see that the Marina you knew is back for good" claimed Marina cockily, with Candice smiling "we will meet at the finals" she said as she left and Marina smiled "let's go as well".

''Welcome ladies and gentlemen to the Goldenrod Pokemon Contest. I'm your favourite Lilian Meridian and I will be the presenter for this competition. Now, let's meet our judges''.'' Mister Contesta'' ''hi'', ''Mister Sukizo'' ''thank you, remarkable'', ''Nurse Joy of Violet city'' ''I'm happy for being here'' said Nurse Joy while smiling. ''We have thirty performers for the performance round, but, only eight will pass just like the previous contests and also, they must use a different pokemon at each round. Now, let us see some amazing pokemon performances. The performance round begins!" she said and the crowd roared "so, for our first performance, let's welcome Marina!" she said and everyone roared "show them the will for winning your fist ribbon girl" muttered Nyx concerned. "Time to rock" muttered to herself as she was coming to the stage "alright vaporeon, come on out" "um" growled vaporeon while coming out with a backflip and landing on her four "use hydro pump around" ordered Marina and vaporeon was unleashing water left and right "now aurora beam on the water!".

Vaporeon did as she was told and when she finished, she created on the floor a rainbow drawing of her face "incredible, contestant Marina's vaporeon just did a multicolored, sparking drawing of its face on the ground!" explained an amazed Vivian "now, finish!" ordered Marina and then, vaporeon used acid armor and disappeared, only to appear later as a slightly bigger and multicolored version of herself and began spinning, releasing the water she absorbed and then bowed along with her trainer, earning the crowd's frenzy roar of excitement "that's my cousin" said a nodding Nyx "now, let's hear our judges" "it was a magnificent display of creativity and usage of vaporeon's natural abilities" commented Mr. Contesta "indeed, remarkable" said Mr. Shukizo "I especially liked how vaporeon suddenly disappeared and emerged in a different look, truly incredible" commented Nurse Joy and Marina went backstage satisfied.

After a couple of performances Vivian said "and now let's welcome Candice" and Candice stepped on the stage "alright ninetales, come on out" "um" growled ninetales while her drought ability activated and was showered in light "use double team" she ordered "um" growled ninetales as it created a circle of copies "now use spinning flamethrower" she order and ninetales began spinning, creating a huge tornado of flames "finish it with confuse ray" said Candice and then, several golden orbs got generated that surrounded the tornado's center and got absorbed into it and made it stop, with the remaining sparks showering ninetales' fur that was now glistering and it along with Candice bowed, earning the crowd's cheers. "That was an amazing performance for sure, but let's hear our judges "the usage of double team in order to create that flaming tornado and the way you ended it was spectacular "indeed, remarkable" "the whole performance was mystical" ended up commenting Nurse Joy, with Candice then going backstage.

"Thank you for waiting ladies and gentlemen, so, without any further delay…here are those who pass to the battle round" she announced after fifteen minutes of waiting, with Marina and Candice being shown on the board "as expected" said Nyx as the matchups were shown, with the two girls being matched to fight each other "so soon?" muttered Nyx surprised, but the girls were fired up "now, let's welcome coordinators Marina and Candice on stage". The girls then got up "let's see how much original Marina you are today" "oh dear, you will see that from today and now on, the rival you knew is back for good" claimed Marina and the timer began "alright magmar, battle time" "mar" shouted Magmar ready to battle "alright blastoise, come on out" "blastoise" "alright magmar, flamethrower plus focus blast" ordered Candice "magmar" magmar unleashed focus blasted which he cladded in flames, shaving off points from Marina.

Marina then smiled "avoid and counterattack with hydro wheel" 'stoise" said blastoise as he became a water wheel that avoided magmar's combo move and headed towards it "use thunder punch to block it" ordered an alerted Candice, but Marina smiled "jump" "what?" . What Candice witnessed to her shock was blastoise utilizing his spinning hydro pump in a way that propelled him up and hitting magmar who fell down crushing, shaving a lot of points from Candice and blastoise returned to his corner "good, but, use focus blast with thunder punch" she ordered and magmar created a focus blast that got punched with thunder punch and got electrified "do your thing again" told Marina, with blastoise avoiding the combo move again and heading towards magmar "I was waiting for this, use flamethrower to avoid it and then focus blast" "mar" shouted magmar as he avoided blastoise's assault and prepared to unleash his move "now blastoise, upward hydro pump" "what in the world!?".

Much to Candice's shock, blastoise stopped spinning and began spinning with his back on the ground, creating a vortex of water that was hitting magmar until he fell fainted "no, magmar!" shouted Candice while the judges' result was a K.O "coordinator Marina wins this battle and with zero damage. What an elegant battling!" commented Vivian amazed "you surely are the Marina I know, damn, scary" commented Candice "told you" replied Marina as they gave hands "keep winning until you get this ribbon, okay?" "I sure will" she replied and gave her hand, earning the crowd's cheers and an unknown coordinator's smile. Marina won her second battle round and proceeded to the stage where she was welcomed by slim girl of average height with brown long hair that had a single fringe at the center with three edges secured by a red and white kerchief and blue eyes with long eyelashes with single fringe on her brown long hair and blue eyes. She was wearing a red short-sleeved shirt with a navy blue semi-circle on it, a yellow fanny pack, white gloves with navy fingertips; a white mini skirt over dark blue cycle shorts, and black ankle socks along with red shoes with black and yellow stripes.

"Hey, you are the famous Water Fairy Marina-san of Pallet, right? I'm May from Petalburg and I wanted to battle you ever since I heard you won the Kanto Grand Festival and you were here in Johto" said May enthusiastic "well, thanks?" said a nervous Marina who couldn't handle so much excitement towards her person and then, the timer began "alright venusaur, take the stage" shouted May as she brought out a venusaur "alright blastoise, time to shine" "stoise" "use petal dance" "venusaur" "ice beam" "blastoise" shouted blastoise as he easily froze the petals, shaving points from May "again" instructed May "I don't know what's your deal but we will stop it again, so use ice beam again" ordered Marina, but May smiled "now venusaur" she said and Marina noticed vine whips emerging from the ground and restrained blastoise who then got hit by the move, with his trainer losing many points.

"Now, that he is still restrained, petal dance again" ordered May, with Marina them smiling "oh no dear, grasp these vines tightly and use ice beam on the move and venusaur" "what?" gasped May as venusaur got hit by ice beam in the end and was beginning to freeze "gather strength and slap it" ordered a panicked May and venusaur managed to make blastoise stop by evading. "Ice wheel blastoise" ordered Marina and blastoise began spinning "use vine whip to stop it" ordered May, but blastoise avoided the attempt and stroke venusaur, sending it crashing on the wall fainted, with the judges found it unable to battle "venusaur is unable to fight, so Marina and blastoise are the winners of Goldenrod City's Pokemon Contest!" "that's my cousin" said Nyx who was clapping along with the excited crowd. was in front of Marina and gave her the ribbon "it was an impressive display of power and grace and I wish you the best for your upcoming contests" "thank you Sir. We did it blastoise, we got our first Johto ribbon!" "blastoise" he shouted as he fired hydro pump in the air "you deserve it" said May who then exchanged hands with Marina "I hope we will meet again" said Marina "of course. Want it or not, we are rivals from now" said a fired up May "of course" replied an also fired up Marina.