AN: I really do need help with Yang's pokemon jokes and puns. Can you guys please help? Hope you guys enjoy! Don't forget to review, favorite, and/or follow. Although, there is one thing I am curious. What are YOUR guys' favorite part of the story so far? Just curious.

Chapter 44

Where we last left off, Weiss has won the first round of the Pokemon Showcase with her unique and dignified style with Tilly. Now it is Blake's turn to show her fashion sense in the Pokemon Stylish theme performance. Blake prepares herself and hopes her own style will woo the audience.

The audience wait in anticipation for the next round of performers. Yang and Ruby are eagerly waiting on the edge of their seats.

"Remember our bet, Ruby." Yang reminds her little sister of their bet.

"I know, I know." Ruby is already aware of the bet they made yet is too focus on the stage.

The lights come on the stage and shows the next round of performers. Blake is there with her Frogadier along with Dawn with her Piplup and Ariel with her Swellegant.

"What is that?" Yang says when she sees a new pokemon that Ariel has. She pulls out her megadex to see what it is.

"Swellegant. The swan pokemon and the evolve form of Ugling. Swellegant are considered one of the most beautiful Pokémon species in the world. They are very popular with rich people who want to impress others."

"Guess that little duckling evolved." Ruby says after hearing that.

"Well, at least Blake's pokemon isn't Ugling. Eh?"

Ruby just ignores her.

"Darn it!"

"Well that thing might be a distant cousin of the Swanna." Ruby tries to make an educated guess about the relations between the Swanna and Swellegant.

"Now then performers, please enter the gazebos to have your pokemon stylize."

The three performers enter the gazebos to prepare their pokemon on the fashion walkway. Blake is working on an all black coloring for Frogadier's outfit that fits Frogadier's persona. Dawn is working on a cute outfit that goes well with Piplup's cuteness. Ariel is working on making her Swellegant elegant and also trying to work on something that will really shock people. The timer ticks away and the audience are in anticipation on what they get to see.

"Oh hey you two." says a voice behind Ruby and Yang. They turn around and it turns out to be Franklin standing behind them.

"Franklin?" Ruby says in shock. "What are you doing here?"

Yang is also surprised. "How long have you been there?"

"I just got here." He sits down and leans over to talk. "I heard that two of your friends are in this. Plus I wanted to see these Showcases. I have seen them in Kalos and they are quite interesting. Reminds me of the Pokemon Contests, minus the battle parts. Speaking off, there is a contest coming up soon."

"Really?" they say in unison.

"Time is almost up!" says Monsieur Pierre as the hologram of the hourglass is almost done and the outer lights of the gazebos have gone out. "Now is the time for the secret finishing touches!"

Blake is finished with Frogadier's outfit and hopes it looks good. Dawn finishes with a few pink pom-poms for Piplup to hold. And Ariel is done and admires her work.

The last bit of sand has gone down on the holographic hourglass which means time is up. "Time is up! Now let's see what the performers have made! The first to show off their fashion is, Princess Dawn!"

The door to Dawn's gazebo and reveals Piplup wearing a cheerleading outfit. He is wearing a golden band around his head with a red feather. He is wearing a red jacked with large white feathers on the back with a golden chain holding the collar along with having black pants with yellow outlines of the pockets. Plus, he is also dual wielding pink pom-poms. Everyone adore how cute Piplup is as Piplup starts doing a cheerleading dance across the walkway.

"That's the way to get Piplup up! Eh?" Yang tries another pun.

Franklin just lean away from Yang for making a terrible pun with Ruby being too focus on how cute Piplup is.

"Darn it...again!"

Piplup continues to dance and cheer along the walkway. Overly excited on being on stage and shows off his cuteness. When they made it to the end, Piplup shoot out a bubble beam up into the air while doing a twirl. The bubbles go up, and they go pop with little bits of water droplets on the audience which gives them a refreshing sprinkle. After that, they walk back. Dawn decided to use her contest abilities to show off her pokemon.

"What an adorable and refreshing way to show off Piplup's cuteness and wining the hearts of the audience. Now let us see Princess Blake's fashion is."

When Blake's gazebo door opens, a huge plume of smoke came out.

"Ce que les blazes?" Pierre says in confusion.

What comes out of the smoke is Blake and Froagdier, dressed as ninjas. All black, covering their mouths with black cloth, and even have a belt with needles on them.

"Ma parole! This is new! Just what does Princess Blake have in store for us?" The audience is wondering too.

"Use bubble!" Blake ordered. Frogadier uses bubble as multiple bubbles are spewed into the air. "Now use quick attack!"

Both Blake and Frogadier attack the bubbles with both speed and grace as they make their way towards the end walkway.

"What is she thinking?" Yang says and is unsure about what Blake is doing.

Ruby covers her face. "She's gonna lose." Then uncovers. "Oh wait, I might win the bet."

At the end of the walkway, Blake and Frogadier take a bow and quickly dash back to their position while leaving after images.

"That was incroyable! This is an unexpected surprise! But it would subtract points for being too fast for the audience to see." He's right. Frogadier was too fast for the audience to see Frogadier's outfit. "Despite that, Blake has shown not only fashion but function. Frogadier's speed and maneuverability hasn't damage a single thread on his outfit. That would give her some points. And now, for Princess Ariel!"

The door to Ariel's gazebo opens and the audience are introduce to an aqua jet. The aqua jet burst over the audience and flies in circles. What happens next is that the aqua jet dissipated into little water sprinkles to reveal Ariel and her Swellegant. Her Swellegant is wearing frilly blue and white outfit that is similar to Weiss' except given a more aquatic and aerodynamic design that shows how majestic, dignified, and graceful Ariel's Swellegant is. Ariel is sitting sideways while dress as a princess with a matching outfit riding Swellegant.

What happens next is Swellegant using heal bell that lights her body blue-green and giving off blue-green waves that effect the water droplets into a prism effect with rainbows lighting up the whole room. The audience are in total awe and are taken in by Swellegant's majesty. Even Monsieur Pierre is speechless by such a sight. Then Ariel and Swellegant land on the walkway and do their walk up until the end. Then turn back and walk elegantly to their gazebo.

Monsieur Pierre clears his throat. "Let's get a round of applause for Princess Ariel and her magnificent Swellegant! That is a beautiful outfit for such a wonderful pokemon! Now audience, please cast your vote with your glowcaster on who has the best fashion."

Everyone grab their glowcasters and cast their votes. Ariel is blue, Dawn is pink, and Blake is dark purple. Lots of three colored orbs flew across the air and into the holographic hearts above the heads of the performers. The hearts get filled for every orb that gets absorbed. After a few seconds and every single orb gets absorbed, the tally is in.

"For the next performer that will head to the free-style performance..."

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"Princess Ariel!"

Ariel has won the theme performance and gets to move on to the free-style performance. Dawn is a little sad that she didn't make the cut. Piplup tries to cheer is trainer up by giving her a hug.

"Looks like I won the bet!" Ruby jumps for joy.

"Alright, fine." Yang is being a soar loser.

Blake just sighs. "Oh well. Better luck next time, I guess." She heads back to the dressing room along with Frogadier. She walks beside Dawn on the way back. "Sorry you didn't make it." Blake tries to sympathize with her.

Dawn wipes away the last of her tears. "Don't you worry." now she sounds confident. "With the Pokemon Contest coming up soon, I will win for sure!"

"There's a Pokemon Contest coming soon?"

Now it is Weiss turn to shine. Will she get the second princess key and advance to the Master-class? Or will she lose? And what exactly is the bet between Yang and Ruby? Find out next time!