Contest Arena
"Let the match begin!" Marina shouted
Jessalena had released her female Jellicent onto the field, while Fantina released her Drifblim onto the stage.
"Drifblim, amaze the audience with Psychic Fire!" Fantina shouted with a bit of a french accent to her voice.
Drifblim began her performance by using Will-O-Wisp, creating a flame of blue fire before using Psychic to not only multiply the flame into 9 of them, but also used Psychic to create a ring around itself, resulting in Jessalena losing a few points.
"Copycat!"
Fantina noticed that Jellicent had done a similar attack Drifblim used, except with Bubbles around Jellicent instead of fire, resulting in Fantina losing a few points as well.
"This is where the comparisions end. Jellicent release the bubbles!" Jessalena shouted.
Jellicent complied to her trainers command and released the bubbles into the sky. When they popped however, they released a combination of Hex and Ominous Wind into the air, creating illusions of ghost Pokemon like Dusknoir and Bannete in the air.
Fantina lost a bunch of points as a result of the attack.
"Drifblim use Ominous Wind!"
Drifblim's eyes began to glow as it fired its attack at the illusions with Will-O-Wisp mixed in, destroying some of the illusions and causing Jessalena to lose a bunch of points.
"Jellicent, use Rain Dance!"
Jellicent aimed her tentacles towards the sky as her eyes began to glow, creating rain as a result.
"What's so great about that attack?" Fantina asked.
Jessalena then smirked.
"Oh, you'll see."
"Finish this girl off Drifblim."
Drifblim charged at Jellicent with a combination of Will-O-Wisp and Psychic to create 6 circles of fire around itself.
"Try and dodge this attack!"
Drifblim was about to hit Jellicent with the rings, but suddenly stopped.
Fantina was confused at this. She didn't order her Pokemon to stop the attack.
The crowd was also confused at what just happened.
"Drifblim, what is going on?"
"Jellicent, show them." Jessalena said
Jellicent nodded her head in response as her eyes began to glow again, revealing what happened.
Drifblim was being restrained by a giant white tentacle, similar to one that Jellicent has and was unable to move.
The arena was covered in a giant pink circle with a large white pentagram in the middle, and on the edges of the circle were Gastly.
"Now Jellicent, I think it's time we end this."
Fantina was shocked, how could her Pokemon be trapped in this illusion, and how did she let it happen?
"Drifblim get out of there!" Fantina cried out.
But Drifblim was stuck, unable to move as Jellicent charged at Drifblim.
"Drifblim, Hypnosis!"
Drifblim may not have been able to move, but she could still use her attacks that require the use of her mind.
"If I can get Jellicent to fall asleep, then this illusion should end. She must be the one controlling it." Fantina said in her mind.
Jellicent tried to evade the attack, but she eventually succumbed to the effects of Hypnosis and fell asleep.
"That should do it! Drifblim finish her off!" Fantina shouted.
But Drifblim was still unable to move.
"But, I don't understand. That should have done it!"
Jessalena smirked again.
"You're right Fantina, that should have done it. But you forgot one little thing."
"Jellicent doesn't have any ability that prevents status conditions. You're losing it girl, just give up."
Fantina then took a look at Jellicent, and noticed that it was chewing something.
"What is it eating?"
"Before the match, I gave Jellicent an item that could come in handy."
Fantina then began to tremble.
"What item was it…"
Jellicent then woke up and began to float once again.
"Chesto Berry. This berry kicks in whenever a Pokemon falls asleep and it wakes up."
"Hypnosis!" Fantina shouted
"Not this time, Jellicent use Taunt!"
Both Pokemon fired their attacks at each other, but Hypnosis was negated as a result of Taunt's effect.
"Finish it off Jellicent with Machine Bubble Barrage!"
Jellicent aimed her two front tentacles at Drifblim and fired Bubble with Ominous Wind mixed in at rapid speeds, all of them hitting Drifblim in the process and Fantina losing a lot of points as a result.
"I can't believe it. This girl not only managed to avoid my attacks, but developed counters for it, and used it against me." Fantina said
She then looks back to the Sinnoh Grand Festival and remembers Jessalena's performances before smiling.
"She's come a long way since then."
But before Drifblim faints, the timer hits 0, and the illusion stops.
Marina walks on stage with a microphone in hand.
"That was an amazing battle you two. You both managed to take the Ghost Type and have spectacular performances with them. But in the end, one of you won the match, and that winner is Jessalena!"
The crowd roared in applause as the two Coordinators returned their Pokémon to their Pokeballs.
"Congratulations Jessalena, you have come a long way since the Sinnoh Grand Festival and I am glad to have faced a great Coordinator like you." Fantina smiled as she held out her hand.
"Thank you Fantina. That was a close one, and it could have gone either way." Jessalena smiled back and shook her hand.
Waiting Room
"That was amazing." Dawn said
"Absolutely." Zoey replied
"She's good, I guess." Suzy responded.
"Something wrong Suzy?" Dawn asked
"I hate Ghost Type Pokémon."
"Oh, I see."
The Black Greninja was by the males' restroom glaring at the TV screen.
"This girl's style is impressive. It will be an interesting fight in the ring if we compete against each other." The Black Greninja said in his mind.
Just then, Trish came out of the females restroom and saw The Black Greninja standing outside the males' restroom.
"Is something on your mind?" Trish asked.
"Trish isn't it? Nothing's on my mind. But I do need to talk to you about something."
Trish walked closer to The Black Greninja.
"How about you cut the act and tell Dawn what's going on with her mother: Johanna."
"Hang on, how do you know about it?" Trish asked
Black Greninja reached into his jean pocket and pulled out a newspaper from Sandgem Town.
"It really gets around, doesn't it?"
"Regardless, it's best you let her know the truth now so that she doesn't get hurt when she eventually discovers it."
"Why do you care?"
"You know why. If you don't tell her by the end of my match, then I will tell her."
Trish sighed.
The Black Greninja put the newspaper back in his pocket as he left for his match.
Dawn walked over to Trish.
"Hey Trish, what's wrong?" Dawn asked
"Dawn, I need to talk to you in private." Trish said in a sad tone.
Later
"The winner is The Black Greninja!" Marina shouted
The Black Greninja faced off against a Coordinator named Yuma, a brunette with a necklace and wore an orange shirt and jeans.
The match was quick, lasting only a minute as the Greninja defeated Yuma with a Gallade.
As he went back to the waiting area, he saw that Dawn wasn't there and Trish was waiting for him.
"I told her. She just went outside to calm down."
"Good."
Trish began to grit her teeth.
"How can you call that good? She was on the verge of crying! She could quit this tournament now that she knows!" Trish shouted.
At this point, May and her friends went over to Trish to try and calm her down.
"In the end, lying is worse than being honest. I don't care what happens to Dawn. If she can't handle that, then she shouldn't be here." The Black Greninja said crossing his arms.
Trish didn't say anything and just lowered her head.
"So you're the one that broke DeeDee. What gives you the right to do that?" Kenny shouted.
"She was our friend and if you think that you're going to get away with this, you're sadly mistaken." May said
The Black Greninja uncrossed his arms and pointed his right arm at May.
"If you value someone, wouldn't you want to make them happy May? Is that why you let Ash leave for Sinnoh without accompanying him?"
"Look, I had contests to deal with, and I was unable to join him." May responded in anger
"Sinnoh had contests; you could have joined him in Sinnoh, and competed in those contests."
"Ash probably doesn't even care about you. If that wasn't the case, he would have gone with you to Johto instead of going to Sinnoh."
May had no response to The Black Greninja's comment.
"She may not have Ash, but at least she has someone that can fill that void in her heart." Drew responded.
"At least she isn't lying to everyone by hiding their face like a coward."
"If you want to know what I really look like, then defeat me in battle." The Black Greninja responded before taking his seat on the bench.
"I can't believe that guy, he is so cruel." May said
"He'll get what's coming to him soon May." Drew responded putting his hand on her shoulder.
"Next up is Lila vs. Allegra!" Marina shouted on the screen.