(Hello people! Please review! Um... yups, we have a special guest here to read the disclaimer. Atlantis the Suicune!
Atlantis: Cu, cune, cuuuas!
Me: ...Yeah, I don't own pokemon. Or the squirrel in my front yard. He's cute!)
Luna finished. Merope stared. "I..." She nuzzled her. "I love you. I never thought I'd say that, but I do. And it will be okay. You have to believe there's hope... you have to believe there's happiness..." Luna smiled, and hugged her. "We look good, huh?"
Luna wore a slightly longer version of a French maid's dress; the lace and front were in a deep red, almost black. Her purple streaks shone against her black hair. Her striped black and white stockings peeked out from legs covered by calf-high combat boots.
Merope wore spiked cuffs on her ankles, her piercings glimmered, the plugs were glowing neon, and a spiked collar glinted dangerously.
Merope roared, and they heard, "All contestants, please proceed to the Hall immediately. Thank you." Luna headed out. Salem saw her, and sucked in a breath. "God, Luna looks gorgeous." He found it hard to believe that foulmouthed brat he'd befriended was the same person as the one before him.
He must've said it out loud, for she saw him, grinned, then flipped him off. He shook his head, and laughed. Never mind. "Okay, helllloo and welllcome to the Hakumen Contest Hall! My name is Roderick, and I'll be and your MC! Now let's get started with Round One!" Luna sighed.
"Yes, let's."
"Okay, first up, we've got the lovely Miss Rachel Marisue performing with Bubbles the Marill!" She pranced out on stage and simpered, "Bubbles, gooooooo! Use bubblebeam!" "MAaarrriiillll!" The rat spat out a few hundred bubbles, and they exploded, showering the room with soapy sparks.
"Okay, now use charm!" The Marill purred, and everyone chorused, "Awww..." Luna rolled her eyes as the Marill stepped down. "Uck."
Roderick yelled, 'Next up, we have the lovely Amanda with her Leafeon, Sephira!" The other blond girl threw a pokeball. "Sephira, use Razor Leaf!" The Leaves shot out, and fell in a spiral in the Hall. Luna smiled. It was really quite pretty. "Okay, use Solarbeam!" Leafia blasted out a beam of light.
"Lovely! Okay, next up, we have Donna with her Pikachu, Zap!" "Thunderbolt!" She ordered. The Pikachu lit up the room. "Now Shock Wave!" The yellow rat fizzled. The audience cheered. Luna just spat.
"Lovely! Next, we have Salem Falcore, a new contender, with his Cyndaquil, Kita!" He nodded. "Okay, Kita, Smokescreen!" The whole audience was bathed in smoke. As it faded, they saw Salem yell, "FireFlowers!" "Quiiil!" The Cyndaquil surrounded herself with flames, which began to wave and shimmer. Then, like a flower opening, the flames peeled down in five petal-shaped streams, in the center of which was Kita.
"Amazing!" Roderick cheered. Luna blinked. "Hell yeah it was... jeez, Salem." A few more contestants went, until Roderick said, "And now, last but not least, we have Luna Ashforth, with her Absol, Merope!" Luna grinned. "Merope! Night Slash!"
Merope gathered energy into a giant claw-shaped covering. Her piercings glowed with energy. She roared, then slashed the arena floor. It split in two. Luna grinned. "Now use Aura Sphere!" She'd redone the technique, more to Merope's liking.
A soft aura began glowing darkly in her paws, and spread to the rest of her body. As the orb split, there was silence. Then the aftershock shook the entire hall. Luna grinned wickedly. "I love my life." Roderick was stunned. "Ahh... yes! That was Ms. Luna!" Merope smirked.
"Next up, Round Two; Accessories! Our theme this time is The Festive!" Luna grinned again as she led Merope backstage. Rachel was there as well, smearing makeup on her poor Marill. "Psh. Like you even know anything about festive." Luna clicked her heel, and discreetly sliced the back of Rachel's leg with the tiny knife that disappeared soon after.
"Red's quite festive, especially bloodred, I hear." She stalked off, boots clicking, as Rachel began to scream. "Nice." Merope purred. "I know, I'm a sadist. Come on, let's do this!" Luna stopped. "Ewww... I feel so dirty all of a sudden." Merope churred. "Weirdo."
Five minutes later... "And welcome back, to the third, and final round, appearance! First, we have Miss Rachel and Bubbles!" Rachel was wearing a gold sequined dress. Her Marill was bedecked in gold straps that crisscrossed to form a gown of sorts. She wore a few bracelets on each paw. Luna looked at her friends, grinned, and stuck her finger down her throat.
Salem laughed, and Merope smirked. "Oookay! Next, we have Amaaannnda!" The Leafeon wore a pink collar with fuzzy cuffs, along with a pair of glittering earrings. Luna sighed. What the hell was up with this pink obsession? Sweet Jeebus, there had to be other colors registered on these girls' palates... " "Now for Donna!"
The Pikachu wore a party hat, and carried balloons. "Next, we have Salem Falcore!" Kita was wearing a little black tiara balanced delicately on her flames. She also wore a tunic covered in beads and sequins. Roderick clapped, and then announced a few more Generic Grrlz. (A/N: Patent Pending.) Lisa, Mary, Jenifer... Luna rolled her eyes.
"You'd think that maybe their names might've had some thought into them?" Finally, it was her turn. Vita translated for Azrael Arael, as he called out to Salem. "Be warned." "Huh?" Salem thought. Then Luna and Merope stepped out.
"Oh. HOLYSHITWHATTHEFUCK??!" Merope was wearing a red velvet robe, akin to something out of the Elizabethan era, with black braid. Along with the original spiked collar and cuffs, her head was combed into little spikes jelled in red.
She wore silver bracelets that clinked together softly as she walked. Her rings shone, and her plugs glowed red with a little help from Luna. She stepped to the edge of the stage, and summoned a razor wind. Her robe blew open to reveal silver under robes similar to a kimono's. These had swirling black designs that literally moved and swayed.
She roared, exposing multicolored teeth. The audience was stunned, as they stalked catlike back to the wings. Luna grinned at Merope.
"Badass, hon." Merope shook her head. "Thank god for Panic! At The Disco and Shakespeare." Luna laughed. "Yeah." They got her out of the robes, (Luna kept everything else, because, well, damn. It was awesome.) and went back onstage for Roderick to announce the results.
"And heere's the moment you've all been waiting for! Out of our three categories, here are the winners! In the category of Most Accessorized, this ribbon is awarded to Rachel Marisue and Bubbles!" The head Generic Grrl got her ribbon, smirking at Luna.
"Next award for most Visually Stunning, this Ribbon is awarded to Merope and Luna Ashforth!" Luna cheered up, and put the shiny rainbow Ribbon in her pocket. Rachel glowered as Luna flipped her off.
"Okay, next, for best Appeal, we have Salem Falcore and Kita!" Salem blushed as he got his ribbon. "Freak. He looks like a tranny." Salem heard Rachel, and bit back tears. Luna snarled, and whispered, "You. Me. Outside, after the contest, you little cocksucker!" Rachel huffed, and flipped her hair.
"I guess I'll beat you twice; once here for All Around Best, and in battle, too." "Roderick took a deep breath. "And now, for the Best All Around Ribbon, we award this to a contestant who truly shocked us all with a dazzling display of darkness! The winner of this ribbon is Luna Ashforth and her Absol, MEEEERROOPPE!"
Luna and Merope were aghast, as Rachel fumed. Luna stepped up to accept the shining silver Ribbon, and put a safety pin through it, putting it in Merope's scythe. "We did it!" She screamed, getting her voice back. Luna nodded. "Yeah, you were badass."
The whole audience was cheering. Her pokemon were grinning like complete lunatics and crying. "You go, mofo!" Feraia screamed. Cybela yowled with Nyeros. Azrael yipped. Helalyn flopped her fins together. Vita gave the devil horns in salute solemnly. Luna began smiling and laughing—then Merope laughed, and the entire audience was silent to hear the rare sound. Merope smiled at that.
As they walked outside, Luna explained what happened with Rachel, and the events that transpired. "Fight her." Vita said bluntly. "Kick her ass." Feraia muttered. Luna nodded. She went to the back of the hall, where a small audience had gathered thanks to Rachel. "Ah. You're here with your tranny boyfriend! You guys should start your own circus!"
Vita flipped her off. Salem and Luna looked at each other. "Boyfriend?" "Girlfriend?" Luna blushed, but shook it off, pulling on her normal Skull fingertip-less gloves. Vita settled into her normal place on Luna's head, sticking her tongue out at the people who stared.
She yelled, "All six pokemon, okay?" Rachel just threw out a pokeball. "Go, Fluffy!" A snobby looking Skitty popped out. Luna sighed. "Wow. A new height of clichéd stupidity has begun. Take note, Mary-sues." She thought. "Hmm... Azrael hates fuzzballs of stupidity. So!"