Yeah, so here is chapter 6 and I hope you'll have fun reading it again…
Chapter 6: Contest Items and Trading Cards Battling!
Last time we left…
"All right, where were we?" Norman asked as he looked at everyone.
"How to get to Rustboro?" Avegaille asked, replying to the question.
"Oh, yes, that, first when you get out of Petalburg, you go to Route 104, then you enter Petalburg Woods, after that, you go to Route 105 and from there you'll get to Rustboro," Norman instructed. "I'm sure you'll find the way easily."
"Thanks dad, that was a lot of help," May remarked as Avegaille and Phil stood up from their seats and went near her.
"Yeah, so we better get packing 'cause it's going to be a long way," Brendan added out.
And now…
As the four trainers got out of Petalburg Gym, May saw a really cool shop for Pokémon cards and decided to check it out before they went out to their next destination. Brendan and Phil looked at each other as they sweat-dropped. Both of them were a bit annoyed by May's interest in a boy's hobby but they decided to let it off their minds. The best thing that they can do for now is to pack things before they leave the city. Since everyone else took off, Avegaille was the only one left behind. She decided to talk a little walk around the city while she waited.
"Gee, I wonder what's for me into this Contest thing," Avegaille said to herself as she continued to walk and glance at the window shops while she's at it.
While she was looking in a window where they sell trainer stuff, a light from her bag came out as Linole, her Zigzagoon escaped out and quickly ran off. Avegaille quickly turned around as she heard the noise and saw Linole a few distances away from her.
"Hey, come back here!" Avegaille quickly exclaimed out as she ran after Linole.
Avegaille was chasing after Linole until she saw a crowd gathering around someone. Then, she saw that Linole quickly slipping himself thought the gaps of the people to get inside the crowded area. Avegaille sweat-dropped, knowing that there is no way that she can get those people to give way to her. Then, a few people started to go away, giving her a chance to continue her chase to Linole. As she noticed what the attraction was all about, it was some Juggler juggling some balls. She noticed that Linole was sitting in front of him, with head up high while he was watching.
"Linole, why did you ran off like that?" Avegaille quickly asked as she went near the sitting Pokémon.
Then, the juggler was losing his concentration over the balls that one of them got off from his hands. Linole quickly ran to it as it landed on his head and he started to bounce it up from there. Another one of the juggler's balls got off from his hand and landed on Linole's head. Then, Linole used his tail to start transferring the two balls from his head to his tail. The juggler noticed this and thought if he could do more than two so, he quickly tossed another one into Linole's tail. Finally, Linole is juggling balls of his own.
"You've got a talented Pokémon there,' the juggler said to Avegaille as he smiled at her. "It's takes about a year to teach a Pokémon to do that. Unless they have learned it in the wild."
"Gee, Linole is full of surprises," Avegaille remarked as Linole used his tail to toss the balls back to the juggler.
The juggler caught the balls into his hand as the crowd in front of them clapped their hands and started to put money on the hat in the floor. After that, they all walked off.
"Are you a trainer?" the juggler asked to Avegaille.
"Uh, not sure if coordinators are also trainers but… uh…"
"There's a shop here where you can buy stuff to your coordinating needs," the juggler quickly interrupted. "You should check it out. It might improve your solo appealing section. And it's just a few blocks away from here too."
"Gee, thanks," Avegaille said politely as she picked up Linole from the ground and walked off.
On the other hand, May finally arrived at the card shop where they sell a lot of Pokémon Cards for decks. And the good thing is that they're cheap, so she can afford most of them. She decided to create a deck for the first two Pokémon she has for now. She bought some booster packs to get started. But as she looked around, she noticed that there were a lot of girls inside than boys.
"Hey, what's going on?" May asked a girl in front of her with short orange hair and wearing a long sleeved shirt and a skirt.
"Oh, haven't you heard, today's TCG Battle day!" she replied. "But only girls are allowed to join for today. Tomorrow is for the boys. Oh, yeah, TCG battle day is where you get to use your real Pokémon and deck at the same time. It's quite a fad to us today."
"Really? Can I still join?" May asked as she looked at the girl. "But, I don't want to compete, just get into the game at least."
"Yeah, in fact, it's starting now and they need a volunteer for the demo," the girl replied to her. "If you like, you can be the volunteer."
"All right, I'll do it!" May exclaimed out.
A few minutes later, May entered a gym in which where TCG duels are held but she noticed that there weren't any tables or chairs in the gym. Then, the girl she met earlier gave her a belt in which she could place her deck while they battle.
"Oh, yeah, I forgot to introduce myself, I'm Andrea," she said to May as she gave a book to her. "If this demo is successful, TCG Battle Day is going to be official in the Pokémon League."
"Really? I never knew you could do that," May said surprisingly as she started to read a few things into the book.
"Have you created a deck in which your real Pokémon is in it?" Andrea asked. "We'll start off with Basic Pokémon for now. I've got two at least."
"Yeah, I just finished," May replied happily as she held the deck in her hands. "And I also got two Pokémon for now."
"All right, let's get started then!" Andrea exclaimed out. "And, oh, yes, there's a computerized table in which you can place your cards and your Pokéballs. You'll see what I mean." Then, she ran off to the other side, setting up everything.
May ran off to the other side as she saw a electronic table with the places where to put prizes, Pokémon cards and a bunch of other stuff. Then, there was also a slot in which six empty slots in which Pokéballs are to be placed were also there. She took out her two Pokéballs from her waist bag as she placed it on the slots.
"Please put two cards on the prize slot," a voice from the electronic table said out.
May was really surprised but she shrugged as she placed her deck on the deck slot and took two cards from it and placed them on the prize slot faced down.
While at that, Avegaille found the store where the coordinators buy their stuff for Pokémon Contests. Linole quickly jumped off her arms as he entered the opened door of the store. Avegaille quickly followed him as she also got inside the store and saw all the cool Pokémon toys and a bunch of other stuff like book guides and Pokémon Contest items. She went to the counter and decided to buy some balls and a Frisbee.
"Hello? Can I help you?" the clerk asked as Avegaille went near him.
"Yeah, how much does a Frisbee cost?" Avegaille asked as she pointed on the Frisbee inside the glass counter.
"Around 200," he replied as he took out the Frisbee. "This one is especially designed for fire types. It's fire proof so it won't burn down if a Fire Pokémon uses a fire move in it."
"Cool! I'll take it then," Avegaille exclaimed out as she took out form money from her pocket and gave it to the clerk. Then, the clerk gave to her the Frisbee. Avegaille looked at it excitedly but she had no idea whatsoever on how to use it in contests.
"You might want to read on more into your Pokémon Contests for Beginners book if you want to use that thing," the clerk added. "But do you want to buy something else?"
"Yeah, some juggling balls will do," Avegaille replied out as the clerk took out at least five balls. She looked at Linole who was looking at her with his head up.
"Might take you a while, depending on your Pokémon, some just don't want to do what you expect them to do," the clerk added out. "That'll cost you 100 please."
Avegaille took out some money from her pocket and gave it to the clerk. Then, the clerk got a plastic bag and placed the balls there and handed them to Avegaille. Avegaille took off her backpack and placed the small plastic bag and the Frisbee inside. Then, she took out Linole's ball and decided to send him back.
"Well, if you want more tips, you can always check out the book in your bag," the clerk said to Avegaille as he noticed a book inside Avegaille's backpack.
"Yeah, a friend of mine gave it to me," Avegaille said softly as she smiled a little, thinking of Phil. Then, she turned back to the clerk as she slipped her bag in her back. "I have to go now, my friends must be waiting for me."
"Today, is the demo of the first and lively Pokémon TCG battle!" the announcer from the speakers said out as the audience started to cheer and clap their hands. "First off we get a small demo on how this game works. And with that, we have Andrea here, the girl behind it all! And with her is May Maple, the daughter of Norman, the gym leader is Petalburg."
More cheering and clapping came out as May was starting to get nervous with everything. She feels like she's going to have a real gym battle or something. But she knew she had to get used to it somehow.
May looked at the screen on the table she's standing in front of right now as she saw Andrea's face in it. She looked at it closely.
"Well, good luck to you!" Andrea said to her over the screen.
"Thanks," May said in return as she looked at the table.
"All right, trainers, deck shuffle!" the emcee called out as May picked up her deck and started shuffling it. Then, she placed it back in the deck slot.
"Coin Flip!" the emcee called out.
May saw two buttons glowing on the table. Then, the screen turned on as Andrea appeared.
"You decide!" Andrea said out to her on the screen.
"All right then," May replied in agreement as she pressed on the heads button.
Then, she saw on the screen where Andrea appears on whether it would be heads or tails. The coin appeared heads.
"May goes first, folks!" the emcee called out as May sighed in relief.
Both May and Andrea started to get seven cards from their deck. Since May only has two Pokémon, it was easy for her to get Torchic easily. And she did. She placed the Torchic card in the table faced up, since the opponent cannot see it anyway. Then, she placed a Wurmple card as a bench Pokémon.
"All right, both players are done with playing their active Pokémon and Bench Pokémon!" the emcee called off. "And now to reveal the first battle!"
A Torchic and a Skitty appeared on the Pokémon battle field. May was relieved that neither both of them have the advantage over the other. Then, it was her turn to do something. She took a fire energy from her hand and placed it under the Torchic card. Then, she noticed that Terra was getting ready to fight.
"All right, Terra, use Scratch!" May exclaimed out.
Terra jumped off as she used her claws to attack the Skitty. May's turn was now over and it was Andrea's turn. She placed a Water Energy card under the Skitty card. Then, she took out a Trainer Card and placed it besides the Skitty card. May was starting to become nervous knowing that Andrea might do something off her expectations.
"Skitty, use Tackle!" Andrea exclaimed out. "With Powerplus, my attack powers up more by 10 percent!"
Skitty charged up to Terra as she tackled her, which made Terra fall off from her stand. Then, Terra stood back up but she was starting to wobble. May looked at the electronic table and saw that Terra is about to faint out. May has to do something fast. And now it's her turn as she took a card from the deck.
"Yes, a potion!" May exclaimed out. She placed it beside the Torchic card as she took out a potion from her bag and saw a lot to place off the item. Then, she saw that the potion was curing Terra, regaining her some strength. Then, she placed a Fire Energy card under the Torchic card.
Andrea was looking at May curiously. But she knew that May had no idea at this kind of game since she started it. But there was however something in her mind.
End of chapter 6!
Muwahahaha! I'm so evil! XP well, looks like you'll all have to wait for chapter 7 for the continuation of the battle! XD Sorry if the chapter seemed a bit short to you guys.….
