Pokemon Talent Star has come to Fabber Town. Since it has, Orihime is planning to enter and win her third star medal.

"Roserade, Magical Leaf!" Orihime said. Roserade spun around and launched the attack straight in the air. Roserade was looking good and looking powerful. "You're doing great, Roserade. If you keep that up, we'll be able to win that third medal."

"Roserade!"

"You're really pumped, Orihime." Ichigo said.

"We know you're doing to win it." Rukia said.

"Thanks guys. I know we'll win." Orihime said as she can see victory was hers.

Pokemon

No time to question my moves

I stick to the path that I choose

Me and my friends are gonna do it right

You'll never see us runaway from a fight

To be a master is my dream

All I have to do is believe

(I believe)

I'm on a master quest

(Master quest)

I'm on my way to victory

I can be a champion if I just believe

I'm on a master quest

(Master quest)

I want the whole world to see

(I believe)

I'm gonna be the very best

Cause all I have to do is believe in me

Pokemon!

(Orihime's voice): Responsibility or Enjoyable

Just before the competition was going was going to start, something else was going on. Two guys came walking in. The bigger one was wearing a black kimono and had shades with a tiny piece of hair on his head. The other had dark hair wearing a white kimono. The big on was moving his hands around.

"Trust me, she'll be here." The smaller one said. The two continued their search and just missing the young girl.

"I'm not getting pulled out of here that easily." The girl said.

...

The Competition

"The sun is shining and the fun is starting!" Baron said as sun shined straight down into the stage. "Welcome to Pokemon Talent Star. We are here to see which showman or show-woman will be able to earn one of the many star medals to enter Ultimate Talent Star. I just have a feeling that something interesting is going to go down." People were getting excited for this.

"Orihime's going to knock this crowd dead." Ichigo said.

"You can say that again." Chad said.

"Absol."

"Watch closely, Meowstic. Orihime wants that to be you out there." Rukia said. Meowstic was sitting next to them to watch because Orihime wants Meowstic to get an understanding of what goes on here.

"Let's get started with our first contestant! We have Orihime!" Baron said with Orihime running out on the field.

"Roserade, it's time to dance!" Orihime said as she called out Roserade.

"Roserade!" Roserade landed on the field with a perfect flip. Roserade began to dance. The dance was slow but classy. Roserade looked like it was doing the waltz by itself, but made it look good. With a spin and a jump, Roserade looked elegant.

"Now let's use Stun Spore!" Orihime said. Roserade unleashed Stun Spore with the sparkles from the spore adding a little shimmer to the dance. "Now use Magical Leaf!" Roserade unleashed Magical Leaf and spread the Stun Spore through the field. It looked beautiful. It was like glitter and lights shimmering down to others.

"Simply beautiful. Judges?" Baron asked. Orihime's score dialed on the screen. "Orihime gets a score of...47! That's an impressive start!"

"Yes! A near perfect score!" Ichigo said.

"She's making it to the next round with a score like that." Chad said.

"See, Meowstic? Don't you think it's interesting?" Rukia asked. Meowstic did seem slightly interested. They weren't the only ones. The girl was watching from the back and she loved it as well. As the competition went on, more contestants performed.

"We've now reached our next show-woman. She comes from Kamoji City. Here come Rurichiyo!" Baron said with the young girl from before running out.

"Thank you. It's so great to be here." Rurichiyo said. "Let's go, Wormadam!"

"Wormadam!" She let out a Wormadam with it having the trash cloak.

"A Wormadam?" Ichigo said.

"That Wormadam can use steel-type moves." Rukia said.

"Wormadam, Mirror Shot!" Rurichiyo said. Wormadam started to shimmer and shine like a mirror as Wormadam was holding the attack back. The reflected sunlight added some shine to it. People loved that alone. Ruichiyo was about to do more, but she stopped when she saw the two men that were looking for her. "And... That's it!" She grabbed Wormadam and ran out of there with everyone baffled.

"Odd, but it certainly was a nice way to show off the steel capabilities of that Wormadam. Judges?" Baron asked. The score was dialing and it became only 39.

"Thirty-nine? That might not be enough for her to make it." Rukia said.

"Running off like that had to have made her lose some points." Ichigo said. "I wonder what that was about." All of them were wondering the same thing.

...

Rurichiyo

Rurichiyo ran all the way back to the backroom. That didn't go the way she wanted. Wormadam felt bad for her trainer. Orihime spotted her and walked over.

"Hi." Orihime said. "Is everything okay?"

"It's fine." Rurichiyo said, but Orihime could tell things weren't.

"Orihime." Orihime turned around and saw her friends coming over. "You were great out there. You were the best in the show."

"Thanks." Orihime said. Ichigo and the others spotted Rurichiyo and saw she was upset as well.

"Is everything okay, Rurichiyo?" Rukia asked, but Rurichiyo wasn't answering.

"There you are, Rurichiyo." All of them looked to see the two guys from before.

"Kenryu! Enryu!" Rurichiyo said as she didn't look happy to see them.

"You had your fun. It's time to go." Kenryu said as he walked over to her and grabbed her by the arm.

"No! I want to stay! I want to compete!" Rurichiyo said. "My beautiful Wormadam was doing great until I saw you two up there! I knew you two would try to ruin this for me!"

"Rurichiyo, we've talked about this! Let's go!" Kenryu said as he was trying to force her to go, but Ichigo grabbed him by the arm and stopped them.

"Hold on. The girl says she doesn't want to go." Ichigo said as he made Kenryu let go. "Who are the two of you anyway?"

"My name is Kenryu and this Enryu. We happen to be Rurichiyo's guardians."

"Her guardians?" Rukia said. "Well, what seems to be the problem here?"

"Rurichiyo wanted to come and compete in this little competition, but we told her she couldn't." Kenryu said. "Rurichiyo has responsibilities that can't be ignored. There is no time for her to play in these silly little games."

"You don't get to decide that for me!" Rurichiyo said. "I wanted to compete because I thought it would be fun! I wanted to show off my beautiful Wormadam. I work hard all the time, but I want to have some fun as well. I wanted to take the chance to compete and do something different, something I could enjoy."

"Listen, I know I don't know what Rurichiyo does, but this seems important to her." Orihime said. "It might seem silly to you, but we all enjoy showing how wonderful our pokemon are. Rurichiyo might still make it to the second round. She can't pull out now or else she'll regret this for the rest of her life." They're trying to convince them to let Rurichiyo stay, but it looks a bit difficult.

"We now have our eight competitors who are moving to the second round." Baron announced. All of them looked to the screen. They all saw that Orihime made it, as well as Rurichiyo!"

"I really made it!" Rurichiyo said as she was so happy.

"You have to let her compete now. She can't just forfeit." Ichigo said. Kenryu looked to Enryu. Enryu used more hand gestures to tell him what he thought.

"Very well. If this is really so important to you, Rurichiyo. It wouldn't be good for your reputation either." Kenryu said.

"Thank you!" Rurichiyo said as she was glad she could keep competiting.

"Her reputation? Who is this girl?" Rukia questioned.

...

The Stage

The competition continued on with Rurichiyo and Orihime doing their best in their battles. Both of them have battled well until it was just the two of them in the finals. Enryu and Kenryu also stuck around to see Rurichiyo battle.

"We've now reached the final round of our competition." Baron said. "We have Orihime vs. Rurichiyo. Only one will be walking out of here as the winner. We'll soon see which of these lovely ladies will have what it takes. Now, let the battle begin!"

"Roserade, one more time!" Orihime said as she called out her pokemon.

"Roserade!"

"Wormadam, let's go!" Rurichiyo said.

"Wormadam!"

"It's not going to be easy to beat that Wormadam since it's a bug-type with steel-type characteristics." Rukia said.

"I'm sure she'll find a way." Chad said.

"Roserade, start with Magical Leaf!" Orihime said. Roserade launched the attack with Wormadam getting blasted, but it was barely affected by the attack.

"Orihime takes the initiative to attack first, but Wormadam is barely affected by the attack." Baron said.

"Mirror Shot!" Rurichiyo said. Wormadam formed the attack and launched it. Roserade got blasted by the attack and was knocked down.

"Roserade, are you okay?" Orihime asked. Roserade may have taken some damage, but was able to get back up.

"Now use Hidden Power!" Rurichiyo said.

"Wormadam!" Wormadam formed an orb of energy and launched it at Roserade.

"Use Poison Sting to counter!" Orihime said.

"Roserade!" Roserade shot a series of poisonous needles. The two attacks collided and cancelled each other out.

"Let's slow Wormadam down. Stun Spore!" Orihime said. Roserade jumped in the air and unleashed a blast of the spores. Wormadam got blasted by the attack and it's causing Wormadam's body to go numb.

"Stun Spore takes affect with Wormadam's movements being a little sluggish." Baron said.

"Magical Leaf!" Orihime said. Roserade continued the attacks as Roserade unleashed Magical Leaf and it blasted against Roserade.

"Hang in there, Wormadam! Signal Beam!" Rurichiyo said. Wormadam unleashed a colorful blast and it hit Roserade.

"Wormadam fights through the paralysis and keeps the battle going." Baron said. It was rather impressive how Wormadam was able to push through and kept fighting. "Roserade's attacks aren't doing that much damage against Wormadam. Can she really pulled out a win?"

"There is. I still have one attack left." Orihime said as she looked at the open roof with bright sun shining through. "Weather Ball!" Roserade formed a ball of energy and it burst into flames. Roserade threw it at Wormadam and Wormadam took some heavy damage.

"Scorching! Wormadam is taking serious damage with the Weather Ball becoming a fire-type attack!" Baron said. Wormadam couldn't take the flames and was knocked right out of the battle.

"Wormadam is no longer able to battle. That means that Orihime and her Roserade are our winners!" Baron said.

"Yay! We did it, Roserade!" Orihime said as she hugged Roserade and Roserade was happy that Orihime was happy. With Orihime being declared the winner, she was being rewarded her medal.

"Congrats to Orihime and her Roserade. Here is your reward." Baron said as he handed the medal with cranberry gem in it.

"Thank you so much." Orihime said as she has now obtained her third medal. She's just one star medal away from entering Ultimate Talent Star now.

...

Rurichiyo

Rurichiyo was a little upset that she lost, but she accepted it and moved on. She was on her way out and met with Kenryu and Enryu.

"Well, I at least hope you enjoyed your time here." Kenryu said.

"I did. I'm glad Wormadam enjoyed herself as well." Rurichiyo said.

"I must admit that it was rather admirable with how Wormadam pushed herself to keep battling for your sake." Kenryu said. "However, it's time to go now." Rurichiyo accepted what has happened and was ready to go.

"Rurichiyo..." Orihime said as she and her friends caught her before she left. "I wish to thank you for the battle, but is everything going to be okay with you now?"

"Yes. Thank you, Orihime." Rurichiyo said. "I just have a busy life that I wanted the chance to have a break and have some fun. That's why we came here. I too thank you for the battle." She was ready to leave until she realized something. "Wait a minute. Which one of you is named Ichigo?"

"I am." Ichigo said.

"Orihime mentioned that you wanted to challenge the gym in my hometown." Rurichiyo said. "I guess that means we'll be seeing each other sooner than you think."

"We will?" Orihime questioned.

"Yes. The truth is that I happen to be the gym leader of Kamoji City." Rurichiyo said. Hearing her say that was a shock to all of them.

"You're the gym leader?! You're just a kid!" Ichigo said.

"Well, all three of us happen to be the gym leader." Kenryu said. A bigger shock. One gym with three gym leaders? "That's why I was oppose to Rurichiyo competing. I thought it would belittle her as a gym leader, her reputation, and more. Her responsibilities as a gym leader should come first."

"I guess that makes sense." Rukia said as they were all beginning to understand things better.

"I guess we'll see you when you come to the gym." Rurichiyo said as the three of them left.

"Three gym leaders... Now I see what Koga was talking about." Ichigo said as he could see an interesting battle was ahead of him.

Orihime has won her third star medal, but doing so allowed our heroes to meet the Kamoji gym leaders. Now that they know what Ichigo is up against, what kind of battle can we expect? We'll find out soon, as the journey continues.

To Be Continued...

Pokemon Question: Okay, trainers. Here's the answer to the last question. The answer is...Beartic! Beartic has icy fangs that is hard as steel. Here's the next question. What pokemon began appearing in human settlements when the minerals it uses for its diet became scarce?