Chapter 32

Ruby Rose is walking down the halls with Weiss Schnee giving her advice about stage fright so she can focus on the contest. "Just take a few deep breaths, focus on the task at hand, and you need to block out the crowd or imagine the crowd as something else." Weiss gave advice to Ruby as they approach the door to the stage. "Like what?" she asks as they stop. "I don't know." Weiss shrugs, "Picture them as practice dummies?" Ruby then takes a deep breath and faces the exit, "Right. Okay. Here I go." Ruby steps out with one foot forward before she hears the crowd cheering. "Welcome to the Mikoto City Pokemon Contest!" the announcer says through the microphone. "I am your announcer, Lilian Meridian! Here is how the Pokemon Contest works."

The rest of Team RWBY in the prep-room pay close attention at the screen along with many other coordinators. "First we have the Performance Round. Coordinators have their pokemon deliver a showcase to charm and appeal the judges. The objective is to show off your pokemon in a visually impressive manner which involves an array of moves to demonstrate their skill and style while simultaneously highlighting their appearance. And here are the judges!" Lilian show the three judges. "Our first judge from The Pokemon Activities Committee, Chief Jordan!"

"Greetings!" Jordan says to everyone while waving, "It is good to be here!" "Our second judge from the Pokemon Fan Club, Mr. Sukizo!" "Mikoto City, remarkable!" "And our final judge, Mikoto City's very own, Nurse Joy!" "Thank you very much for having me."

"Wait, wait, wait." Yang says as she watched the introduction of the judges. "She's a judge too?" "Now let's give a cheer for our first coordinator, from parts unknown, Ruby Rose!" The crowd cheers as spotlights shine on Ruby in her contest outfit she got from Central City from Weiss. However, she marches forward nervously and walk up to the stage. She took a deep breath as she pulls her pokeball. "Just relax." she whispers to herself. Then throws her pokeball, "Go, Pinky!" Pinky, the Lavenbelle, pops out from her pokeball and surrounded by cherry blossom petals thanks to the capsule sticker. Pinky winked while showing off her charm. "Ruby has chosen a Lavenbelle, and it is adorable!"

Ruby then ordered before the blossoms hit the floor and fade, "Use fairy wind!" Pinky unleashes a gust of pink glittery wind at the cherry blossom petals and swirl them around in the air. Pinky then jumps in to keep the petals in the air. "Now use magical leaf!" Pinky spins around in mid-air while unleashing glowing white leaves that destroyed the cherry blossoms. Pinky then dance around in the air with pink gust and magical leaves spiral around. "Now use absorb!" Usually, absorb is used to drain the health of opposing pokemon. But here, Pinky absorbs the pink gust and magical leaves into her body and her body glows in a pinkish white coloration in a flashy pattern. "Now unleash your power with energy ball!"

Pinky focuses the energy she has gathered into a single ball over her head. The ball is usually green. However, the energy ball is pink, green, and white as Pinky shoots it up into the air. Once in the air, the energy ball detonated and creating what appears to be a fireworks display with pink, green, and white fireworks along with falling pink leaves. After that, Ruby and Pinky bowed as the audience cheers for their performance. "Not that's how you open up a contest! Let's see what the judges say!" The judges score: 27.8!

Jordan hoped from his seat, "What a beautiful sight and a great opening!" Then Mr. Sukizo, "Remarkable." (Seriously, that's all that guy says.) Then Nurse Joy, "The flashy coloring and the way that Lavenbelle dance is similar to a Hopip in spring." After that, Ruby calls back Pinky and heads back to the prep-room. Once she opens the door, her teammates congratulate her. "Way to go, sis!" Yang pats Ruby on the back. "That was great, Ruby." Blake expresses her gratitude. "That was...an adequate performance." Weiss says to Ruby.

However, Ruby wasn't feeling good and ran towards a trash can and threw-up. The three then gave deadpan expressions while Ruby throws up.

The contest went on with three more coordinators until it is Weiss's turn. "Things are heating up! And now give a hand for our next coordinator, Weiss Schnee!" The crowd cheers as Weiss walks elegantly towards the stage and prepares her pokeball. "Come on out, Elisa!" Elsa, Weiss's Amaura, pops out and elegantly poses as snowflakes sprinkle around her. "Look at that pose! Now that's an elegance of an ice-type!" "Use powder snow!" Weiss ordered.

Elsa covers the entire area with powdered snow and elegantly dances in the blue cold sparkles. "Now use thunder wave!" Elsa unleashes rings of electrical energy around herself and the rings electricity attracted the water particles in the powdered snow which turned them blue. Then Elsa jumps through the icy blue electrical rings effortlessly and with grace. "Now finish it up with rock throw!" Glowing white rocks appeared around Elsa as she goes through the hoops again that the rocks caught on the rings to create icy and electrical rocks that she throws up into the air and creating an electrical fireworks display. Then Elsa finishes off with a pose.

"How do you like that folks?! Elegance, grace, and an electrifying finish! Let's see what her score is!" The judges score: 28, even! Jordan hoped from his seat again, "Wonderful! Simply wonderful!" Then Mr. Sukizo, "Remarkable." Then Nurse Joy, "I have never seen electric, ice, and rock-type moves use in such graceful fashion. That Amaura has been trained well."

Then three more coordinators went on with their pokemon until it is Blake's turn. "Now give up to our next coordinator, Blake Belladonna!" Blake just walk regularly with her eyes exposed and wearing the same outfit she wore during the Pokemon Showcase. At the stage, Blake pulled out her pokeball and throws it, "Go, Minior!" Minior pops out with stars thanks to the star sticker. "What a starry entrance!"

"Now Minior, use swift!" Blake ordered with her fan in one hand. Minior's body glows as golden stars appear and swirling outward from Minior and gives Minior a somewhat galaxy look. "Use rollout!" Minior uses rollout and rolls all over the stage in the air while using swift. "Now use confuse ray!" Golden orbs appear and spiral around Minior along with swift. Minior stops and all the stars and orbs spiral into the air. "Finally, use ancient power!"

Minior's body glows white and it creates a silver energy ball over its head then launches it into the swirl of golden stars and orbs that created a display of gold and silver fireworks and dust which is awe inspiring to the audience. Then the crowd cheers and applause to Minior's performance. "That was, awesome! Haven't seen anything like that before in my life! And I have been to countless contests! Now for the judges score." The judges score: 27.9!

Jordan, once again, jumps up from his chair, "Fantastico! I felt like I went to outer space!" Then Mr. Sukizo, "Minior, remarkable." Then finally Nurse Joy, "Minior's movement and the use of its moves makes me feel like I went out of this world to the starry void of space." Then three more coordinators went on with their pokemon until it is Yang's turn.

"Now give a warm welcome to Yang Xiao Long!" Yang then walks down to the stage in her own way and attracts the attention of all the teenage boys that some whistle at her. "Wow! Looks like the crowd really dig this coordinator. But lets see her pokemon are as talented as her looks." Yang pulls out her pokeball, kisses is along with getting a wink, and starts to throw it. "Go, Chimmy!" Chimmy comes out of his pokeball with a few fiery surprises that he punches. "Now, use flame wheel!" Chimmy spins in the air and started to become engulf in a wheel of flame. Then he starts rolling over the field.

"Now come out of there and use mach punch!" Chimmy then starts coming out of the flame wheel while the flame wheel still going. His fists started to glow as he punches it. But what happens next didn't disperse the flames or create a fancy explosion. No, the flames encompass the mach punch to give it an appearance of a fire fist.

What happens next is that Chimmy slams his fists together and both fists become on fire. "Show them what you got!" Yang ordered. Chimmy does a few punches with his fiery fists of fury for a few seconds. "Now use flamethrower on the ground!" Chimmy slams his left fists on the ground while using flamethrower that gives it an appearance of a fire pledge move. "Again!" So again, Chimmy did the same thing twice for an encore for the audience. "Big finish!" Chimmy uses flame wheel and combines it with flamethrower to create a giant flaming discs for a few good moments and explodes to unleash golden flaming sparkles. Then he does a muscular pose as a finish as the crowd cheers.

"Now that was a fiery finish! A unique combination of passion and physique! Now let's see what the judges have to say." Judges score: 27.6! Jordan, once again, jumps from his seat, "That was a wonderful and fiery performance! I can feel the heat from here!" Then Mr. Sukizo, "Remarkable." Then Nurse Joy, "Monferno has quite the physique. And the coloration and brightness of the flames means it is in good health."

At the end of the first round, Team RWBY wait patiently for the results. After an hour, Vivian comes on the television and announce the next group of coordinators that will proceed to the next round. They look on the screen and see that all four of them are going to the next round, but there is a little complication. Blake and Ruby are gonna have to fight each other. Will Blake win? Or will Ruby? Find out next time!