Wassup peeps; welcome to the next chapter of Pokémon Takeover: Game Genie! Last chapter featured lots of development for Calem, who I felt had kind of been the dark horse out of our four heroes. Don't worry; everyone will get spotlight. Let's dive in!

"So you've finally perfected Energy Ball, huh Brendan?" Wally asked. Brendan smiled, "Yeah, it took Leafeon a while. But thanks to May and her Pokémon, we finally pulled through." Lucas spoke, "Well that's good. I was worried you were losing your mojo." "Don't worry your stupid, little hat, Lucas; I'm gonna be champion for a long time." Lucas raised an eyebrow, "Whose hat are you calling stupid?"

Brendan smirked, he then looked at Calem, "So Calem, what's your mom doing hanging out with Professor Sycamore?" Calem shrugged, "I don't know. Probably just hanging out. He's been over there a lot recently." The three boys looked at each other then back to Calem, "Interesting," they all said, hinting towards something more.

"Not really," Calem responded with indifference. Before the boys could say anything else, the door opened and Dawn stepped in, "Huh? What are you guys doing in Wally's room?" "Just hanging out," they responded. Dawn spoke up, "But today's the contest! Aren't you guys going?" "No. Why would we?" Brendan said. Dawn frowned, "Because we're friends now, right?"

"I mean we've really only known each other for a few days, so I really can't say." Brendan shrugged. Dawn then walked up to Lucas, "You'll come right? Don't you like me?" Dawn said with the cutest, yet saddest look on her face. Calem teased, "Yeah Lucas, don't you like Dawn?" Lucas blushed, "Of-Of course I like you! I'll go!" Dawn smiled, "Thank you, Lukie!" Brendan and Wally tried not to laugh at the sound of that nickname, "Well then what are the three of us gonna do today?" Brendan asked.

"Actually they asked me to be one of the judges, considering I'm a champion and all." Calem spoke. "Wait, what happened to the other judge?" Wally asked. Calem answered aloofly, "Mr. Sukizo was sitting in his house a few days ago when an Energy Ball hit. The roof caved in on him; he's okay, just in the hospital." Brendan sweatdropped nervously, "Wonder how that happened. Well it's just you and me Wally." Wally cautiously spoke, "W-Well actually I was…" "You want to go to the contest, don't you Wally?" Brendan asked with disappointment. "Y-Yes." Wally answered. Lucas began to stare daggers at Brendan. Brendan continued the stare right back at him; they usually did this when they didn't want to fight out loud. Almost as if they were having their own telepathic argument through their faces.

Brendan: Dude, I'm not going. The contests we had to do were lame!

Lucas: C'mon man! Do this for me! Dawn really wants us to go!

Brendan: Oh so you think if we go, she'll date you.

Lucas: Well it certainly wouldn't hurt. Who knows? Their contests might be fun for you.

? : Hello? Who keeps talking?

Brendan: Hilbert?

Lucas: What's up dude?

Hilbert: Brendan? Lucas? Can you guys keep it down? I can barely hear myself think.

Lucas: Sorry man. Look Brendan, here's how it works, if Dawn likes my friends, that's more of an incentive to hang out with me. See how that works?

Brendan: Ugh, fine. But you owe me!

Lucas: Deal!

"Fine, let's go." Brendan surrendered.

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May and Dawn are both in their contest outfits, standing on the center Poké ball on the contest field with a Poké ball in their hands. Shauna and Serena both do pirouettes towards the two. They bow while Dawn and May throw the Poké balls and they burst; causing a lights show.

The girls speak:

Chapter 9:

Contest Corrals

Wally, Brendan, and Ash headed towards the contest dressing room in order to wish Dawn and May good luck. Dawn approached the group in her pink contest outfit with her trademarked ponytail. Once Lucas saw her and almost immediately fainted, until Wally caught him. "Thanks for coming you guys! Wish me luck today, alright!" Dawn said happily. "You can do it, Dawn!" Ash exclaimed. "Wait where's May?" Wally asked. "Here I am!" they heard a voice say. The boys turned around to see May in a different contest outfit; she wore a sleeveless pink and white top. She also wore pink ribbons around her ankles with pink heels; finally she had a bow tied into part of her hair and a pink and white tutu (A/N: Her Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire Outfit).

"Wow May, you look great!" Dawn exclaimed. Everyone else agreed, except for Brendan who seemed to stand there with his eyes widened. Unfortunately for him, May picked up on this, "Something you wanna say, Brendan?" she said slyly. "You-Y- look-" before Brendan could finish stuttering, a blue-haired girl pushed him out of the way, "May!" she squealed. "Lisia!" May squealed back as they hugged each other.

"Guys this is my friend Lisia; the famous coordinator!" "OH MY ARCEUS! Lisia, I'm your biggest fan!" Dawn practically screamed. Lisia smiled, "Aw thanks; you're Dawn right? I love your work!" Dawn froze, "Lisia loves my work…" Dawn then fainted into Lucas' arms. "Well anyways, Nurse Joy is busy at the Center, so they asked me to co-judge with the new Kalos Champion, and Mr. Contesta. So I won't be competing this time. But I wish you guys luck!"

She then looked towards Brendan and Wally, "Something wrong cutie? Cat got your tongue?" Wally froze and Brendan still hadn't spoken, "Oh w-well-" Wally attempted to speak before getting cut off by May talking, "Well you guys should probably head to your seats; wish us luck." Dawn had finally recovered, so the boys walked off. "Your friends are kinda cute, May." May shrugged, "Eh, Brendan's alright." May then walked off, "Hm, never mentioned a 'Brendan'. Must be special."

The boys headed towards Serena, Bonnie, Shauna, Clemont, Trevor, and Tierno. "Where have you guys been?" Brendan asked looking at the boys he hadn't seen in a few chapters. Tierno held his head in shame, "We may or may not have gotten distracted by some ladies and gotten lost on the way back. My bad Trevor." Trevor turned away, "I still don't forgive you for what happened with that Dunsparce." Clemont laughed nervously, "Kind of got carried away at the gear shop."

Suddenly the arena went dark and a spotlight showed a young woman standing in the middle; she wore a sleeveless green dress with white leggings, heels, and her orange ponytail. "Hello everyone, and welcome to the Mirage Island Contest! I'm your host Jillian (A/N: Yeah I hate the rhyming names too.) and this should be an exciting series of Pokémon combinations! Time to meet our judges, it's Mr. Contesta!" she said gesturing towards the man in the red suit, "It's an honor to be here." he said. Jillian continued, "And next it's Hoenn's top coordinator, Lisia!" she said focusing on Lisia.

"Great to be here! I love all of my fans!" Every fan of Lisia cheered. Jillian smiled, "And last but certainly not least, we have our Kalos Champion, Calem! He's single ladies!" Most of the screams who came from the audience at this point were girls admiring Calem. "I love you, Calem!" screamed a girl. "He's so HOT!" another girl said. Try and have some fun, Calem!" Shauna yelled more enthusiastically than usual. Her friends laughed while Calem just stayed still. "Enough with the introductions: let's rock and roll!" Jillian exclaimed.

The contest went on as it normally would, there was a Surskit, Slurpluff, Hypno, and so on. While most of the performances wowed Lisia and Mr. Contesta, most people weren't used to Calem's personality. His main comments on the Pokémon's performances weren't exactly heartwarming. Finally it was May's turn. "Glaceon, take the stage!" she yelled as she released her Glaceon which took a bow. "Fire shadow balls into sky!" May commanded. Glaceon then shot about 6 shadow balls into the air; they didn't fall immediately fall to the ground. "Now use Ice Shard!" Glaceon then shot shards of ice towards the balls; the closer the shards got, the more they began to circle around the shadow balls.

"So this is what May can do huh?" Wally said curiously. Serena spoke, "Well I've heard contests were interesting but I can't wait to see what she does next!" Brendan was about to speak until one of his Poké balls opened, "Leafeon!" it cried. "Leafeon! What did I tell you about popping up like that?" Leafeon simply ignored Brendan while sitting on his lap and watching Glaceon. At this point the shards were floating around the shadow balls. May continued, "Now Glaceon, use Secret Power!" Glaceon did so; her body glowed pink. She then leaped into the air smashing herself into the shards and shadow balls.

With each repeated hit, the balls sparkled both with ice and energy. Glaceon began to fall along with the shadow balls and landed, but not before doing a few front flips. The shadow balls fell around Glaceon in a perfect circle. When they landed, they burst and the energy from the balls radiated around Glaceon. The ice shined off of her until they added the finishing touch, "Mirror Coat!" May said. Glaceon then glowed a bright white; the light rays burst through the shadow balls' energy. The energy exploded and then turned into dust around the arena. The whole crowed roared with approval.

"Wow that was simply incredible! Let's see how our judges feel!" Jillian said. "A good use of all of Glaceon's moves along with her speed!" Contesta judged. "And it was totally cool how they kept the shadow balls and ice shards in the air!" Lisia exclaimed. "Well it was a little too flashy, but overall, I've seen worse today." Calem said normally. Glaceon and May sweatdropped, "Gee thanks, Calem," May responded. "Typical Calem," Brendan said. Trevor took a photo of the battlefield, "Well at least he's trying," "Even so he may not be the best person to judge beauty and grace just 'cause he's the champion." Bonnie said.

Before Jillian could bring out the next contestant, a Cubone jumped up onto Calem's lap. "Cu! Bone!" it smiled. "You again?" Calem said. "Calem has a Cubone?" Clemont asked. "Actually no, but it's been following him around lately. It's super cute!" Shauna answered. Trevor pulled out his camera and took of picture of Calem and Cubone. "That's so sweet, Calem! Your Pokémon wants to watch the contest!" Jillian announced. Calem tried to speak, "Actually, it's not my-" "Moving on to our next competitor; from Twinleaf Town, it's Dawn!" The crowd cheered for Dawn, especially a certain voice in the audience, "YOU CAN DO IT DAWN! SHOW 'EM WHAT YOU GOT!" Lucas yelled loudly. Everyone in the audience went quiet and stared at Lucas. He looked around at all of the eyes focused on him, "S-Sorry." he muttered as he hung his head. Jillian spoke, "What a caring boyfriend; so sweet!" Both Lucas and Dawn blushed heavily. "Oh boy, hopefully they won't be too distracted." Tierno said. Trevor then took a picture of Lucas' blushing face. Lucas turned and stared at Trevor blankly who just smiled. "Trevor, I hate you." he simply said.

Dawn finally continued, "Heh, anyways, let's start! Piplup, spotlight!" She released Piplup and it spun on its foot and posed. "Piplup, use Hydro Pump on the ground!" Piplup then fired a blast of water towards the ground; propelling itself into the air. "Now shoot Bubblebeam in into the air!" "Piplup!" it cried as it shot bubbles above itself. "Drill Peck!" Dawn yelled. Piplup's beak grew and it glowed white.

It spun itself higher into the air and burst a few of the bubbles and flew above them. It turned towards the bubbles and nodded at Dawn. "Now use Ice Beam on the bubbles and the ground." Dawn said. Piplup fired a beam of ice at the bubbles and the ground, which still had the water from the Hydro Pump, immediately froze everything. The bubbles froze and fell to the ground, cementing themselves into the icy battlefield. "Now, Drill Peck the frozen bubbles!" Dawn commanded. Piplup's beak grew and it spun through each of the snowballs as it came down. It zigzagged through each of the reaming bubbles causing them to turn to sparkling dust that resonated off Piplup. Finally, it reached the center of the stage, where it performed one final spin and bowed in place; the crowd erupted.

Jillian spoke, "That was simply incredible! What an amazing showcase of moves; let's see what the judges think!" Mr. Contesta confirmed, "I was a little unsure as to what the pair was going for, but it made the results that much more exciting! Well done!" Lisia added, "To think, Piplup didn't dizzy or lose control that whole time on the icy field! A lot of practice must've gone into this act!" Calem responded, "Well it wasn't very flashy, but Piplup did hold my interest at some parts." "Cubone!" the Cubone on his lap responded. Dawn's face dropped, "Hard to believe Cubone was a better judge than Calem." "Lup!" Piplup sadly responded.

The gang had met up with May and Dawn in the dressing room. "We weren't too shabby, were we?" May asked. Shauna smiled, "No way! You guys were awesome!" Ash added, "Yeah, too bad you can't both get ribbons." "Well I'm sure either way, there will always be more contests here." Lucas said. Bonnie laughed, "Well as long as you're there embarrassing yourself for Dawn, I'll be there." Lucas hung his head again; this really wasn't his day. Everyone around laughed at his reaction, except for Dawn, who spoke to Lucas, "Actually um, Lucas."

Lucas looked up at Dawn, "Huh? What is it Dawn?" Dawn blushed slightly, "I-I really j-just wanted to tell you that I-" Dawn was cut off by the television in the room being updated with the final four; fortunately May and Dawn both made it. "We made it, Dawn!" May squealed. "Awesome." Dawn said rather sadly. "Well it looks like you'll both have to wait until the finals to battle it out." Clemont said.

"Well let's go, I want to get a snack before I see the 'spectacle' that is a contest battle," Brendan said, which made May frown. The gang left the dressing room, except for Lucas who had turned back to Dawn; who had her head down. He approached her and grasped her hands, causing her to look up at him. "You can tell me after your battle, okay?" he confirmed. He turned to leave, but Dawn tightened her grip on his hands. He turned back to her to see what she wanted, but before he could question her, Dawn pulled his head in and smashed her lips against his. This surprised him as his eyes widened, but after a couple of seconds he began to cup her face and kiss her back. After a few more seconds, they broke apart for air. Both were blushing; Lucas more than Dawn.

She smiled, "Thanks for the confidence boost! And for being you!" She gave him another quick peck on the lips and headed towards the battlefield for her contest battle. Lucas stood still for a few moments before growing the biggest smile on his face. He raised his hands and began doing a celebratory clap and dance (A/N: In a '1…..2!3!' count!) along with a tune he sang: "I'm…The-Man! I'm…The-Man! I'm…The-Man! I'm…The-Man!" as he happily danced back to his seat.

A/N: That's a wrap on another chapter of Pokémon Takeover: Game Genie! Some impressive showings by both of our favorite coordinators; as well as a debuting intro for contest focused chapters! Oh and that whole 'Dawn kissing Lucas thing'. But nobody cares about that, right? (Nobody answers…) Anyways thank you for your continued support; my laptop screen works once again, so these chapters will continue to go without interruption! In the reviews let me know what your favorite shipping is and why (And/Or your least favorite.) You should have an idea as to what mine is, however revealing it now would basically give away one of the couples. Peace!

P.S. Happy Thanksgiving folks!

Big Tasty 3:16 says:

"That's right my brothers, because tonight, we are gonna get jiggy on these posers. Am I right? Am I right?"