The sky was gray covered with dark gray clouds. It was windy outside that it made more leaves fall on the ground. Yet Ash and Drew wanted to battle. They stood in opposite of each other in a battlefield. Ash looked determined and Drew just stood there smirking.
"I can't lose to him again," Ash thought and gritted his teeth.
"Ok so each trainer will use only one Pokémon. Any Pokémon still standing is declared the winner of the battle," Brock informed them.
"Scared?" Drew flicked his green hair and looked at Ash with a smirk.
"No but I think you are," Ash said and took out a red and white Pokeball, "Alright, Phanpy lets go."
"Phanpy," it said happily.
"Roselia, come on out," Drew released the Pokeball and out came a small green thorn with a red and blue rose on its hands.
"Roselia," it said as it landed on the ground in an elegant way.
"Phanpy vs. Roselia? Wonder who will win," Max said, wondering if Ash would win the battle.
"All trainers ready? Brock asked.
"Ready," Ash and Drew spoke at the same time.
"Then begin," Brock announced.
"Phanpy, use Tackle," Ash order. Phanpy ran straight for Roselia.
"Roselia, use Poison Sting," Drew called to it. Roselia shot out a bunch of narrow white barbs.
"Dodge it Phanpy and use Rollout," Ash called.
"Phan," it said and dodged the attack then curled up into a ball and rolled to Roselia's way.
"Use Petal Dance, Roselia," Drew ordered.
"Roselia," Roselia released a bunch of pink petals, each hitting Phanpy but did no damage.
"What the..." Drew said, surprised to see nothing happened to Phanpy.
"Alright," Max jumped in excitement.
"Phanpy, use Rollout again," Ash commanded with Phanpy rolling up and hitting Roselia.
"Rose," it said hitting the ground.
"Roselia," Drew started to panic but tried to keep his confidence, "Use Magical Leaf."
A bunch of different colored leaves came out and headed to Phanpy.
"Dodge and use Rollout," Ash called to Phanpy. It did what it was told and quickly dodged the leaves making them crash into the ground then rolled up into a ball again and sped to Roselia as fast as it could.
"Dodge it," Drew cried. Roselia dodged it before she could get hit. But then Phanpy continued the attack, hitting Roselia with a direct hit.
"Alright," Max cried cheerfully, "You're winning Ash."
"Yeah," Ash said determined as usual.
"Roselia, use Synthesis," Drew ordered in an angry tone. Roselia glowed white for a second and then returned to its normal state. It tried getting up and succeeded but was still hurt from the Rollout attack.
"Wow it used Synthesis. But that won't stop us. Phanpy, use Body Slam!"
Phanpy ran quickly to Roselia with full speed.
"Use Stun Spore Roselia," Drew commanded. Roselia released a big yellow powder catching
Phanpy. Phanpy stopped running and felt like it could not move.
"Phanpy, what's wrong?" Ash curiously asked.
"It's paralyzed Ash," Max cried.
"Yeah meaning this battle is over," Drew smirked again, "Roselia, use Solar Beam."
"Rose...," Roselia's hand came close to each other and a white glowing light started growing in between them. It grew a little bit bigger every second.
"Come on Phanpy," Ash tried to get Phanpy to move but it was helpless.
"Phan," it said trying to get up to battle.
Drew just smirked and flicked his hair once more, "Roselia, lets finish this with Solarbeam!"
"Roselia," Roselia released a large white beam that shot out and headed for Phanpy.
"Phanpy, use Rollout to dodge it!" Ash yelled.
Immediately Phanpy regained strength and quickly dodged the attack. Hitting right on the floor.
"What the?" Drew said shocked to see that Phanpy got up.
"All right!" Max shouted with excitement.
"Now Phanpy, use Rollout again," Ash ordered, bringing back his determination. Phanpy quickly curled up into a round ball and rolled quickly to Roselia.
"Don't think you'll win just like that," Drew said, " Roselia, use Stun Spore."
"Rose," Roselia said as she spun around and around releasing a yellow orange powder. It slowly came to Phanpy which gave Ash a chance to help it from becoming paralyzed.
"Phanpy, use Rollout through that Stun Spore," Ash ordered.
"Phan," it said, as it rolled back into a round ball and ran, through the yellow-orange powder.
"Roselia, dodge it," Drew said after he flicked his hair once more.
Roselia did as it was told and jumped up to escape the damage it would've got from Phanpy.
"It was so close," Max said with disappointment.
"I guess that Roselia's fast," Brock guessed still looking at the battle.
"Now Roselia, use Magical Leaf," Drew said in a calm voice which confused Ash.
"Roselia," it said releasing a multiple amount of rainbow colored leaves. All of them attacked Phanpy sending it flying from its Rollout.
"Phan!" it screamed when it was in the air and landed on the ground. It was already too weak to go on so it just tried to get up but then fell down completely.
"Phanpy!" Ash yelled and ran to the little blue elephant. Drew just smirked again and kept looking at Ash.
"Phanpy is unable to battle. Roselia is the winner. The winner of the battle goes to Drew and Roselia," Brock declared.
"I knew this was the results," Drew took out a Pokeball, "Roselia, return."
Roselia took a bow and was touched by a red light and it was back into its Pokeball once again. Drew placed it back and walked to Ash. He closed his eyes and made a short laugh.
"I told you there was no point with this battle," Drew said and then walked off.
"You were just lucky... again," Ash yelled. He glared at Drew and gritted his teeth as he watched him leave. Max and Brock also watched him leave until he was gone. They then looked back at Ash who got up and took out a Pokeball.
"Phanpy, return," Ash said with a disappointed look on his face. Phanpy then returned back into the Pokeball and Ash looked at it as if he never saw it, "You did a good job."
"I can't believe you lost," Max said.
"Maybe he is a bit stronger than you, Ash," Brock guessed.
"No," Ash scowled, still angry about losing, "He just got lucky."
"For the second time?" Max informed him.
"Well then he got lucky again," Ash said in his normal voice, "I'll ask him for a rematch."
Ash then started walking the direction from which Drew took. Max and Brock just stood there watching him.
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It was still the afternoon. But the gray sky was gone. Only the blue sky color was shown without clouds. Different colored leaves were still falling down on the ground. May was trying to practice for the contest using her Beautifly. But she couldn't concentrate on her practicing. She just stood there, frozen, but also thinking of something. Beautifly watched her. With its small brown body and its multi-colored wings flapping up and down. It then began to grow a little impatient.
"Beau," it said standing in front of May.
May then snapped out of her thinking, "Oh I'm so sorry Beautifly. I was just thinking of something."
"Thinking about your boyfriend Drew, May?" said a familiar voice. May turned around, seeing one of her rivals, Harley. Wearing a black shirt showing his belly and green pants with four dark green squares on each side of the pants. It matched the green jacket he had on. Also wearing white shoes and a long triangular green hat on his head. He had long purple hair and green eyes. He was there, leaning by a tree. Then he got up and walked over to May.
"No," May replied in an angry voice.
"I was just wondering," Harley said sarcastically, "Not like I actually know what you're thinking."
May seemed disgusted by him. She had a feeling something was up, "What do you want Harley?"
"Nothing in particular," Harley made a fake smile, "Just checking on my greatest friend, May."
"Uhhh...," May became confused.
"Well, I didn't expect to see you here," Harley added, "Since there's a contest here and only coordinators enter."
"What is that suppose to mean?" May shouted, "I came here to enter this contest."
"Awww poor May," Harley said patting May hard on her head which annoyed her, "If I were you, I wouldn't enter the contest or I would be embarrassed of losing."
"I'm not going to lose," May scowled at Harley, giving him an angry look, "I will win the ribbon and i will beat you."
"Whatever you say, Tentacool," Harley made a laugh and walked away. May blushed, remembering the time he embarrassed her in the Hoenn region. She then got fed up and walked away as well. Beautifly felt confused but followed May.
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The sun began to come down and Max and Brock left back to the Pokémon Center. Ash went to look for May since she hasn't returned yet. He was still angry about him losing to Drew and hoped to find him again sometime for a rematch.
"Pika," Pikachu said trying to help cheer Ash up. Ash looked at Pikachu and smiled a little. Ash then decided to drop the situation and agreed with Pikachu to just lay off. He then looked around and found no May except trees, large buildings, and grass.
"Alright Corsola," said a voice from afar. Ash wondered who it was. He tried looking around but saw nothing.
"Corsola," said a pink coral Pokémon as it shot out a bunch of spikes shooting out. The spikes eventually went down from the nearby cliff and all landed on Ash and Pikachu.
"Hey," he yelled and tried getting the spikes off.
"Pika," Pikachu yelled and shook itself to remove the spikes from its little yellow body.
"Sorry about that," said the voice and looked down from the cliff. Ash looked up and found it was his best friend, Misty.
"Misty?" Ash said in surprise.
"Ash!" Misty happily said and came down from the cliff. She had orange short hair and a ponytail on the left and green eyes. She wore a burgundy shirt with a yellow shirt with a blue collar over it and yellow shorts. She had orange and yellow sneakers.
"What are you doing?" Ash said, still happy. Pikachu jumped onto Misty's arms and seemed very happy like Ash was.
"I'm just practicing with Corsola here," Misty smiled and pointed to Corsola.
"Corsola!" it said smiling and jumping up and down.
"For what?" Ash wondered.
"For the contest here," Misty replied.
"What!" Ash became surprised, "Your entering contests?"
"Well yea," Misty answered with a sweat drop, "I just sort of got interested since i watched a few.
It's not a problem it is?"
"Um, no. Not a problem," Ash said, "I just didn't know."
"Well now you do," Misty continued, "And I suppose you're here since May is entering this contest right?"
"Yea," Ash smiled again but then remembered something, "Speaking of May, i need to find her!"
"Well I can help you," Misty offered, "That is, if you want."
"Sure," As said and the both of them, along with Pikachu and Corsola went looking for May in the city.