Episode 8: Contest of Friends and Rivals

At the front of the building, Akira and Chase are playing with Alistair by throwing a small red ball. When Akira throws it, Alistair hits it with his tails back to him. Then Akira throws it to Clarrisa and bounces off her head. Then passes to Frosty. Frosty then passes the ball to Akira.

At the same time, Hana along with Little Brother and Little Sister are working on their psychic abilities with ten Oran Berries and ten Pecha Berries. Pikachu and Winter watch curiously to see his partner and the twins are planning. Each of the Ralts Twins use their psychic abilities to lift five Pecha Berries and Five Oran Berries. Hana presents her hands in front and focuses her psychic energy. Soon, she is able to lift three Oran Berries and four Pecha berries. She focuses her thoughts more and the rest of the berries lift in the air. Hana is able to use her powers to move the berries around in a circle while the twins put the others down and watch.

Hana smiles, "I'm really getting the hang of this."

"Ralts Ralts," (You sure are. You're doing great.) The Twins say.

"Thanks. But I still got more practice and training before I can fully perfect my Psychic abilities," Hana says.

Chase turns to Hana, "I think you're doing great. I never knew you could use psychic abilities like that."

"I've been practicing since I was little," Hana says.

Hana turns her head to see Diana with her Pokemon as they finish practicing for the Pokemon Contest.

"So how are you doing Diana?" Hana asks.

"We're doing great, and now we're ready for the Pokemon Contest," Diana says.

Akira turns to see Diana, "And we'll be at the stands routing for you to win another ribbon."

Alistair runs to Diana and looks at her with a smile, "Pika Pika," (You can do it!)

Hana giggles, "Alistair is cheering for you."

"Aww, thank you Alistair. I know that with my Pokemon, we'll win our second Ribbon," Diana says.

"So what's your plan for this contest?" Akira asks.

"I think I'll use Butterfree for the first round and then Ember for the second round," Diana says.

Wurmple happily says, "Wurmple Wurmple Wurmple," (I like to be in the contest too.)

"Wurmple says that she wants to be in the contest too," Hana says.

Diana turns to Wurmple, "Wurmple, you and I need a little more practice, but it won't be long."

"Wurmple," (Okay.) Wurmple happily says with a nod.

"I can't wait to see a real Pokemon Contest. It sounds very exciting," Hana says.

"Pikachu," (Me too.) Pikachu says.

"I never saw one either, but I really like to see it," Chase adds.

"Yeah. And just wait until I win this contest and earn my second ribbon," Diana happily says.

Sometime later, the audience are sitting at the stands to see the field that will be for the Pokemon Contest. There are three People who are sitting on the other side of the field with a table that has screens.

Standing on the battlefield there is a young woman. This woman has fair color skin, blue eyes, and light orange short and slightly curly hair. She wears a blue and white sun hat, a blue no sleeve, collar shirt with a blue mini skirt and white belt, light purple tights with blue shoes, a pink wristband on her right arm, and an ear microphone on her left ear.

The woman announces, "Welcome everyone, it's showtime! I'm Lilian and welcome also to all our Coordinators and their Pokemon. The Mulberry City Pokemon Contest on our brand new stage is about to get on it's way. Get ready for it is a display of love and creativity."

Everyone in the area begins to clap and cheer with excitement. Akira, Hana, Chase and the two Pikachus.

"This is exciting. This is my first contest I've ever seen," Hana says.

"Yeah. There are so many people here," Chase says.

"Yeah. Let's be sure to cheer Diana on her contest," Akira says.

Just then, Lilian announces, "Only one Contestant will take home this valuable prize."

Then holds out a pink and white color ribbon that has four loops and four ends, and a gold charm in the middle.

Then announces, "The Mulberry Ribbon. Only truly amazing Coordinators who win this ribbon will move on to hopefully win ribbons all across the region. And get the five ribbons necessary to have any chances of entering the Grand Festival."

Soon the audience begins to clap and cheer with excitement.

Lilian says, "Now, let's get to the action. Shall we?"

In the dressing room, Diana is very excited to be in the contest. She also plans to win her second ribbon.

Suddenly, a girl about Diana's age that has tan skin, bright orange hair in a ponytail, and blue eyes walks by. She also wears jeans shorts, blue and white sneakers, and a red tank top.

She walks over and says, "Diana, is that you?"

Diana turns her head to see the girl and happily says, "Jeanie!"

"Diana, it's great to see you. I didn't expect to see you here," The girl, Jeanie says.

"It's great to see you too. I didn't know you were in Kanto," Diana says.

"You know me. I plan to be a Top Coordinator and I love traveling to other Regions," Jeanie says.

"So Jeanie, how many ribbons do you have?" Diana asks.

"Just one from Cerulean City. I saw on TV that you won the Terracotta Town Contest. Ember is on fire more than ever," Jeanie says.

"Thanks, but remember. I'm planning on winning this contest," Diana says.

"So am I, and I have a few more combinations since we last saw each other," Jeanie says.

"I do too," Diana says.

At the battle field, Lilian says, "And now, it's time to introduce to you our judges. First the head of the Contest Committee, Mr. Contesta."

The man Contesta is wearing a red suit with a black tie, has gray like hair brushes back and light tan skin.

Mr. Contesta says, "Thank you. I'm looking forward to a great show."

"And next, the head of the Pokemon Fan Club, Mr. Sukizo," Lilian adds.

Mr Suziko is wearing a gray suit with a red tie, and has light brown hair and his eyes closed.

The man says, "Thanks. Remarkable."

"Finally, presenting Mulberry City's own Nurse Joy," Lillian adds.

Nurse Joy says, "Thank you. What a nice greeting."

Lillian says, "We know that the judges are ready to roll… and you?"

Everyone cheers saying that they're ready.

"That's awesome. Talk about a great crowd. So stand by for entry number 1. Get Busy!" Lillian shouts.

Soon the whole crowd begins to cheer for the excitement.

One by one, all the Pokemon and their Trainers begin to perform the moves to the judges. Many of the Pokemon are showing off great moves and they make the audience cheer with excitement. There are so many different Pokemon from different regions

Lililian announces, "Presenting our next Coordinator! Give a warm welcome to Diana of Ecruteak City!"

Diana throws her Pokemon, "Now Butterfree, take the stage!"

The Pokeball opens and then Butterfree comes out.

"Free Free," (I'm ready to shine.) Butterfree replies.

"Alright Butterfree, use Poison Powder, followed by Stun Spore and sleep powder," Diana says.

Butterfree then flaps its wings to allow the purple color of the Poison Powder and the yellow color of the Stun Spore, and the blue color of the Sleep Powder begin to spread around the area.

Then Diana says, "Alright, use Safeguard!"

Butterfree uses safeguard and both the two powders and the spore begin to move around in a spiral.

Diana then says, "Use Swift!"

Butterfree uses swift that creates stars around the area and surrounding the area and flying alongside the three colors.

"Now then, use whirlwind!" Diana says.

Butterfree then flaps its wings fast and not so hard. Soon, the powders, spore, and Swift begin to spread around like it's traveling.

"Now use Sunny day," Diana says.

Butterfree uses Sunny day. That causes the four moves to shine bright. It's like the galaxy that is full of stars. Everyone around the audience begins to clap and cheer for Diana, especially Hana and the others.

"That was amazing!" Akria says.

"I know. It's beautiful," Chase says, drawing a sketch of Butterfree and its performance.

"All of them really represent Butterfree's beautify and use of three different abilities," Hana happily says.

On the stage, Lillian announces, "And now for our final Coordinator, is Jeanie of New Bark Town."

Jeanie gets on the stage and says, "Surskit, out you come!"

Then throws her Pokeball and it opens to reveal Surskit. A blue insectoid Pokémon. There are semicircular pink markings under its dark, circular eyes. It has a round body with four long, skinny legs extending from it. On top of its head is a yellow cap with a single antenna that secretes a thick, sugary syrup or a sweet scent.

Hana becomes interested, "Aww, it's so cute."

"I've never seen a Surskit in person before," Akira says.

Akira brings out his phone and presses a button that has a picture of the Pokeball to activate it. He points the camera to the Pokemon and takes it's picture. Thens shows the picture with its information on the screen.

His app says, "Surskit, the Pond Skater Pokémon. Surskit can walk on water as if it was skating. It attracts prey with a sweet aroma it produces."

Jeanie calls out, "Surskit uses Ice Beam."

Surskit jumps up and sprays a beam of ice that turns the field to ice. Then Surskit begins to slide on the ice like it's ice skating. It skates around and then it begins to spin around on one of it's legs.

Jeanie then calls out, "Now, use Bubble Beam!"

Surskit then begins to perform the attack and the Bubble Beam flies out as it spins around in spirals.

"And now, Blizzard!" Jeanie calls out.

With the blizzard being sprayed along with the Bubble Beam. They all pop and spread sparkles and what looks like snow. Soon, Surskit finishes with a pose. Causing everyone to clap and cheer with excitement.

Sometime later, Jeanie walks into the dressing room and is soon greeted by Diana.

Diana happily says, "You were great, Jeanie."

"Thanks, but it was Surskit that was great. And your Butterfree is beautiful," Jeanie says.

"Thank you," Diana says.

Suddenly, someone calls out, "Diana."

The two girls turn to see Hana with Pikachu, Akira with Alistair, and Chase.

"Hey guys," Diana says.

Then says, "Guys, this is my friend, Jeanie. Jeanie, these are my new friends, Hana and her Pikachu, Akira and his Pikachu, Alistair, and Chase."

"Hi Jeanie, it's nice to meet you," Hana says.

"Nice to meet you too," Jeanie says.

"Yeah. I'm guessing you're a Coordinator too," Akira says.

"That's right. Diana and I met during one of our contests and we've been rivals and Pen Pals ever since," Jeanie says.

"I'm guessing you also competed in the Grand Festival," Chase asks.

"Yes. I ended up in the top two," Jeanie says.

"Yeah. She totally creamed me in the Semi finals," Diana says.

"Really?" Hana asks.

"It's true, but we all had a great time," Jeanie says.

"And I know we'll do a great time in this contest too," Diana says.

Suddenly, Lillian announces on the screen, "Alright, Round One is finally done. Now it's time to reveal the eight Coordinators that will continue to Round Two."

The screen shows the eight Coordinators. Diana's picture is on the upper left corner and Jeanie is right next to her.

"And here they are," Lillian says.

Hana says, "You and Jeanie made it."

"And you're Number #1, Diana," Chase says.

"It just shows that you really showed off your Butterfree," Jeanie says.

"And you got second because you did wonderfully with your Surskit," Diana says.

Lillian announces, "And now our eight semi-finalists will face off two-by two in Contest battles as they vie for the covered Mulberry Ribbon. So with five minutes on the clock, let's get busy!"

Song:

It's a battle, win or lose

It's the friends you make, it's the road you choose

Diana is the first to battle with Ember. Ember performs using Flame Wheel and defeats a boy with a Raichu.

Song:

You've got the right stuff

So make your mind up

Find the courage inside of you

In the next round, Jeanie then uses her Mawile, and defeats a girl who is using an Altaria.

Song:

If you're strong you'll survive

And you'll keep your dream alive

Let the battle begin

Pokémon!

The next round shows Diana and Ember putting a great performance. Ember uses Flamethrower

Song:

Be the best you can be

And find your destiny

It's the master plan

The power's in your hand

Pokémon!

Finally, Jeanie continues to use her Mawile that continues to use it's moves against a Caturne. At the same time, Diana and the others watch the battle.

On the clock, it reaches 00:00, which means the battle is over.

Lillian calls out, "Times up! And the Coordinator advancing to the finals is…"

On the scoreboard, it shows that Jeanie has a bigger piece of circle than the male Coordinator.

Then Lillian announces, "Jeanie!"

Everyone claps and cheers with excitement. Hana and Akira can tell what it means.

"Guess that means that Diana and Jeanie will be battling against each other in the finals," Hana says.

"And only one of them will take the ribbon," Akira says.

Now the final round is about to start, Diana and Jeanie's pictures are on the monitor with the timer.

Lillian announces, "Now, It's time for the final battle. We have Diana to my left, and Jeanie on my right. Bring it home!"

Diana calls out, "Alright Ember, let's do this!"

Ember stands on the stage and spray flames from her back, "Quill!" (Let's go!).

"Now Mawile, go!" Jeanie calls out.

With that, her Pokemon, Mawile, comes out of her Pokeball.

At the stand, Hana says, "That Mawile is tough, especially it's big jaws from behind."

"Yeah. Diana, will have to be careful with those," Akira says.

Each of them throw their Pokeballs and both of their Pokemon are out of their Pokeballs and land on the ground at their side of the field.

"With five Minites on the clock… and begin!" Lillian calls out.

Diana calls out, "Ember, use Swift!"

Ember jumps up and spins around as she uses Swift.

"Mawile, use Fairy Wind!" Jeanie calls out.

Mawile then creates a light pink wind and collides with the Swift turning them into a starry sky, leaving everyone amazed.

"Ember, use Flame Wheel," Diana calls out.

Ember turns into a flaming wheel and speeds around the area and makes a jump to Mawile.

Then Jeanie says, "Use Iron Head!"

Mawile uses its attack and hits the Flame Wheel. However, it ends up sending it high in the air.

"Ember, use Flamethrower!" Diana calls out.

Ember fires the Flamethrower to the ground and stops her from falling. Then lands on her short feet.

"Good job Ember," Diana says.

"Cynda," (Thanks.) Ember replies.

Diana then says, "Now Ember, use Swift. Follow by with Fire Blast!"

Ember first uses Swift.

Suddenly, Jeanie calls out, "Mawile, use Icy Wind!"

Mawile then sends Ice Wind to the Swift.

Diana still calls out, "Use Fire Blast!"

Ember then uses the fire Blast that is slightly being counter with the Icy Wind. However, it ends up hitting Mawil away.

Then Ember calls out, "Now use Flame Wheel!"

Ember uses the Flame Wheel to fly through the attack and strikes at Mawile.

"Mawile use, bite!" Jeanie calls out.

Mawile then performs a bite and strikes at Ember. Both the Pokemon and their trainers are standing back to back.

Jeanie calls out, "Mawile, use Icy Wind!"

"Ember use Flamethrower!" Diana calls out.

Both Pokemon each perform the attack and they both strike at each other. Neither one of them are willing to give them an inch to counter.

Diana calls out, "Keep it up, Ember!"

"Continue to use Icy Wind," Jeanie says.

Both Pokemon continue to use their attack and neither one of the Pokemon are going to give in. The trainers are not willing to give up either. As they continue to perform the attack, they end up losing points from the attack on each other. They all continue to use all their might. Finally, Mawile has been pushed back from the attack of the Flamethrower and unable to continue to use Icy Wind. Mawile struggles to get up.

"Mawile, stay strong!" Jeanie calls out.

Mawile begins to get up.

Diana asks, "You okay Ember?"

"Cynda," (Fine.) Ember replies.

"Alright, let's finish this," Diana says.

Suddenly, a loud beep and the timer is on at 00:00.

Lillian calls out, "Times up!"

Diana and Jeanie turn their heads to the scoreboard as Lillian announces, "It's so close to the wire! Who will win the Mulberry Ribbon…"

The scoreboard shows that both of the scores are almost to zero. Just then, the screen changes to Diana's photo with Ember's next to it.

"And it's Diana!" Lillian announces.

Diana cheers, "Yes! We won!"

Ember runs to Diana and jumps into her arms.

Diana happily says, "We really won! You were great!"

"Cynda cynda," (You were great too.) Ember says.

On the other side of the field, Mawile feels a little sad that it lost the match.

Jeanie hugs Mawile and says, "You have done a grand job, Mawile. We may not have one, but there will be another."

"Maw," (Right.) Mawile says.

After the battle and announcement. Diana is standing in the middle of the battle field with Ember and Butterfree. Lillian, along with Nurse Joy, Mr. Sukizo, and Mr. Contesta who is holding a small tray with the ribbon.

Lillian announces, "And now, Mr. Contesta is pleased to present the Mulberry Ribbon to Diana, our big winner."

"Congratulations," Mr. Contesta says.

"Thank you," Diana says.

"Cynda," (Thanks.) Ember says.

"Free," (Thank you) Butterfree says.

"That was a wonderful performance. A great final battle," Contesta says.

"Remarkable," Mr. Sukizo says.

Diana smiles as everyone, especially her friends cheer for Diana for her big win.

Lillian announces, "Ladies and gentlemen! We hope we'll be seeing you all at our next contest! So stay tuned!"

Everyone claps and cheers with excitement.

Later in the evening, Diana, Hana, and Akira are with Jeanie.

"It was really great to see you again, Jeanie," Diana says.

"Me too. You really did a great job in this battle. But remember, I won't go easy next time," Jeanie says.

"Neither will I. I hope to see you around," Diana says.

"Yeah. you put on a great performance. You and Diana both," Chase says.

"Me too. Where are you heading now?" Jeanie says.

"We're off to the Cerulean Gym. I'm having a Gym Battle there," Hana says.

"I wish you the best on your journey in your gym battles. And the same to you on your contests. Hope we can meet at the Grand Festival," Jeanie says.

"Me too," Diana happily says.

Jeanie then begins to head off on her journey to train for her next contest. The group of friends decide to rest at the Pokemon Center for the night before they reach the next part of their adventure. Diana has won her second ribbon and now it is time for Hana's gym battle at Cerulean City. As the Journey Continues.

Song from Pokemon Diamond and Pearl Galactic Battle Episode 10