Chapter 17
As we were last time; Weiss, Blake, and Ariel have made it to the Free-Style Performance of the Pokemon Showcase. As the three prepare, the Showcase takes a brief intermission which means Ruby and Yang can visit them. Both sisters make their way towards the prep-room to congratulate their win. As they both enter the room, they see Weiss dressed in a pretty white dress that is glittery and sparkling with snowflakes on the knee-length skirt and the center of her corset. She even has a wavy pattern on the sleeves of her outfit that goes all the way to the wrists where the frilly blue laces are located along with wearing white high-heeled boots. Blake is wearing a black yukata with grey shadowy trimmings which she purchased from the store back at Central City. Yet however, her ears are showing.
Before the four say anything, Ruby and Yang looked at awe at the outfits both Weiss and Blake are wearing. "Wow." Ruby says with an astonish expression, "Those are really beautiful outfits." "Totally." Yang says in total awe. "You really think so?" Weiss asks as she turns to show the back of the outfit. Then Ariel approaches them, "These are your friends?" "Yes." Blake answers but then glances at Ariel's outfit. "You're going out there to wear that?" she says in a freaked out tone. The other three members of Team RWBY looked and are shocked by Ariel's outfit. "You serious?" Weiss asked. "What's wrong with my outfit?" Before the four answer, a woman came in and says, "Ariel. You're up in two minutes." "Time already? Better get going." "We...should get going too." Yang says before exiting. "Best of luck!" Ruby says in a cheery optimistic tone. Yang then noticed something on the way back, "That was a short intermission, don't you think?" "We had to go to the bathroom." "Oh yeah. Plus you have got to give Ariel credit for wearing something like that in public."
"Bonjour, and welcome back. Now is the time for the Pokemon Free-Style Performance!" The crowd cheers as the free-style performance is about to begin. "And now, please give our first round opening to..Ariel!" The spotlights shined on Ariel who is wearing a blue mermaid outfit with a pink seashell bikini top. "Like I said, you gotta give her credit for wearing that." Ariel then pulls out three pokeballs and tosses them high in the air and pops out Popplio, Meditite, and Ugling. So yes, Ruby pulled out the megadex again. (Ugling is from the fan-game Solar Light and Lunar Dark)
"Popplio. The sea lion pokemon. This Pokémon snorts body fluids from its nose, blowing balloons to smash into its foes. It's famous for being a hard worker. This Pokémon can control water bubbles. It practices diligently so it can learn to make big bubbles." "Meditite. The meditate pokemon. Meditite undertakes rigorous mental training deep in the mountains. However, whenever it meditates, this Pokémon always loses its concentration and focus. As a result, its training never ends. Meditite heightens its inner energy through meditation. It survives on just one berry a day. Minimal eating is another aspect of this Pokémon's training." "Ugling. The ugly duck pokemon. Because of its undeveloped wings, it is unable to fly. It's very skilled at swimming though, as it can dive for over 10 minutes to hunt."
"Man they are cute!" Ruby says as she puts the medagex away. "Alright, Popplio, use water gun! Meditite, use psychic! Ugling, use sing!" Popplio release a full blast water gun and Ugling sings with colorful musical notes appearing overhead while Meditite uses its psychic move to create floating blobs of water with musical notes flying around them. "Ready guys?" Ariel looked at her Popplio and Ugling and they both gave her a nod. "Then let's go!" She jumped up into one of the giant water bubbles and swims in it along with her two pokemon. Meditite's body is glowing as he floats up into the air while maintaining his focus on everything that is going on. Ariel then jumps up, out of the bubble, then shouts, "Aqua jet!" Popplio and Ugling use aqua get to move from bubble to bubble while knocking the musical notes out.
Back in the prep-room, Weiss and Blake watch the television and see Ariel's performance as they are captivated. "She's good." Blake stated. "Indeed. And by the way." Weiss looks at Blake, "Are you sure about having your ears out?" "Everyone will think its part of my outfit." "Weiss. You're up next."
Back on stage, Ariel then finishes up by jumping out of one of the bubbles and shouts, "Big finish!" Meditite splashes everything together with all his might as Popplio and Ugling use aqua jet to create a flashy watery explosion that sprinkles the audience. The four took a bow as the audience cheered. "Tre magnifique! Beau! What an interesting way to show off water pokemon!" "Talk about tough competition." Yang states, "That Ariel girl is pretty good." "I hope all that effort is worth it."
"And now, please welcome our next performer. The princess of snow and lover of cute things, Weiss!"
Yang: "Here we go."
Ruby: "Hang in there!"
The spotlights shine on Weiss who shows off her gorgeous outfit and she is with the Oswald, Billy, Tilly, and Reginald. "Now then, let's begin! Billy and Tilly, use helping hand!" Billy and Tilly use helping hand and they start to sparkle. "Reginald, wing attack!" Reginald flies into the air with his wings glowing. "Oswald, water gun! Billy and Tilly, quick attack!" Oswald uses the water gun to jump in the air while Billy and Tilly use quick attack and combine with Reginald's quick attack. The three combine to form some sort of glowing spiraling comet with Weiss dancing with Oswald jumping to avoid the incoming combine attack.
"So far so good." Ruby says while watching. "Yeah, but not exactly that flashy." "Now use withdraw!" Oswald then retreats into his shell as Weiss catches it. But before she knew it, before anyone knew it, Oswald started to evolve. "What?!" Weiss says in surprise after she tossed him up in the air. After a few seconds in the air, Oswald evolved into Wartortle. "That was random." Ruby pointed out. "No kidding." Both Eevee and Reginald land on Weiss as the newly evolved Wartortle use aqua tail. Because of that, he forgotten withdraw. Oswald uses his new move to hover over Weiss and encircling them in a ring of water. Weiss just smile and pose along with the other pokemon as the crowd cheers. "That was...something." Yang stated. "Yet it did draw the crowd in with an unexpected twist." After Weiss's performance, Blake is up next.
"Next, give it up for our final performer. She is beautiful, she is mysterious, please welcome: Blake!"
Yang: "You go get'em, Blake!"
Ruby: "Let's see what she can do."
Blake is wearing her yukata with her ears poking out behind her a large black fan hiding her face as the spotlights shine on her. Yet no one can see her pokemon. She raises her hand and signals, "Bubble!" Jellicent and Frogadier jumped out of the shadows and blew bubbles all over the stage as Blake performs an elegant oriental dance with her fan. "Now use stun spore!" Spewpa appeared from the ceiling by hanging on with a string and started covering the bubbles with stun spore. The audience are drawn closer to the mysterious performance and want to know what's going to happen next. Ruby and Yang sat in silence without making any comments about Blake's performance. "Now use swift!" Blake says as she continues to dance. Minior appeared right behind Blake and shoots stars at all the bubbles. The swift stars are now blue with golden hues and pretty sparkles.
"String shot!" Spewpa jumps off the string and landed on Blake's head and started rounding up all the stars in one place. Blake then use complicated hand performances while shouting. "Water pulse! Night shade!" Frogadier fires a energized ball of water while Jellicent focuses a pink, hypnotic pattern-like aura to where the stars and water pulse is and what happened was a beautiful display of pink, gold, yellow, and blue fireworks. The crowd is in total awe as Blake finishes her dance and her pokemon dance along with her. At the end, she and her pokemon take a bow as the spotlights quickly turn off for one second then turn on. Blake and her pokemon has mysteriously vanished but leaving a black rose in their place. The crowd clapped and are still awestruck by Blake's performance. Ruby and Yang just remained silent and cheered along side the crowd.
And now, the judging.
"Ladies and gentlemen, please pull out your glow casters and cast your vote on who will be the winner of Cambrian City's Pokemon Showcase and receive a Princess Key." Ruby and Yang pulled out some wand devices from their chairs. "So that's what they're for?" Yang asks while examining the glow caster. "I think so." Ruby says while looking at the buttons, "Which one is Weiss's?" "I think Weiss is the white one...obviously. I think Blake is the purple one." Ruby then looks at the three performers on stage and sees the heart-shaped keys on their outfits and see Weiss having a white one, Blake with a dark purple one, and Ariel with a red one. "Oh I get it!" Ruby then realizes, "The colors of those heart things. That's their colors and that's how we vote." Yang squints her eyes to get a better look. "Oh, okay. Now I get it."
"Alright, cast your votes. Un. Deux. Trois!" Everyone casts their votes as three different colored luminous balls fly their way towards the keys. The heart shape holograms over their heads start to fill up with their respected colors. Ruby voted for Weiss while Yang voted for Blake...obviously. As the last of the lights are cast in, "And the winner of the Cambrian City Pokemon Showcase is..."
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"Princesse Weiss!"
Looking at the hologram hearts, it was a very, very close call. Weiss has only just won by one vote with Ariel and Blake coming in as a tie. Weiss started to crack a smile and shed tears of joy for winning. Monsieur Pierre approaches Weiss with Klefki holding her prize. "Congratulations, Weiss. You have one your first Princess Key and are one step closer to enter the Master-class." Klefki gives Weiss the Princess Key into her hands, then she grasps it tightly. "Thank you, very much." Then she raises the key high above her to show-off and the crowd cheers for her victory.
"Oh well." Ariel says in a relaxed and accepting tone, "At least I had fun." Then she looks at Blake, "Did you have fun, Blake?" Blake turn to her, "Indeed. And it is the first time I've done this." Blake smiles at her then looks at Ariel's outfit. "By the way, *looks up and down at the outfit* I can't believe you actually wear such a thing in front of the audience." Ariel chuckles, "Same with you and your ears. By the way, *looks closer at Blake's ears* where did you get those? They look realistic." Blake just turns away.
As the sun sets, Ruby and Yang wait outside for Weiss and Blake to come out. They did and back in their regular outfits. "Way to go, Weiss!" Ruby jumped for joy. Yang places her hand on Blake's shoulder, "Don't worry, Blake. There is always next time." "Don't worry about it." Blake smiles and rolls her head, "I had a lot of fun." "Same here, so come on. Let's head back towards the Pokemon Center."
Yang: "To be honest, I expected the two of you to lose and we have a way to cheer you up."
Weiss: "Oh please, we Schnee's never lose."
Ruby: "Says the one who loses at board games."
Weiss: "Hey!"
Blake: "What really matters is that we have fun. That's all I care about."
Yang: "Well let's go back and prepare for tomorrow."
Weiss & Blake: "Fossil hunting?"
Yang: "Heck yeah! And the VIP trip to the theme park!"
With Weiss being victorious at the Pokemon Showcase, they're going to prepare for tomorrow's events. Stay tune next time for an archaeology hunt at the Rushgold Dig Site! Who knows what type of fossil pokemon they will revive.