No. I do not own them.
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"Wow. That's kinda scary," Dawn noted as she watched Syrus and Atticus prepare for the Contest.
"You're right. I mean, look at them!" Drew exclaimed. They were referring to the difference in the personalities of the two duelists—Syrus was a nervous wreck, while Atticus was as calm as can be.
"Syrus, chill out!" Dawn attempted to calm Syrus down. "Just remember what I told you!"
"Yeah, yeah…" Syrus seemed to calm down, but his panic meter immediately shot back up. "What did you tell me again?!"
Dawn sighed. "Piplup. Bubblebeam. Peck. Remember?"
"Oh, right!" Syrus began to rummage through his bag. "And use this…AH! Where is it?!"
Dawn rolled her eyes and held up the Ball Capsule Seal she had given Syrus before the Contest. "Right here, Sy."
"So you're all set, then?" Drew asked Atticus as he crossed his arms.
"That's right!" Atticus gave Drew a thumbs up.
"You remember the trick I taught you, right?"
"No worries, Drew-dude." Atticus tapped his head. "It's all up here."
That's what I'm worried about… Instead of voicing his thoughts out loud again, however, Drew ran through the checklist. "You got the Ball Capsule Seal?"
"Yup."
"The juggling balls?"
"Check."
"Your outfit?"
Atticus glanced down at himself; he was dressed in the outfit he had worn when he dueled his sister last year over the whole "show biz" thing—dark blue suit with a white undershirt with ruffled cuffs and one large white ruffle coming over the collar, held in place by a green/blue gemstone. "What do you think?" It normally wasn't Atticus's nature to be sarcastic, but he couldn't help it.
"Just making sure that was what you were actually wearing. What about Skitty?"
"…"
"You did remember your Pokémon, didn't you?"
"Of course I did! Now if you'll excuse me, I have to, uh, go to the bathroom." Atticus zoomed out of the room and was back a few minutes later, holding a Pokéball.
"Hey, guys! We forgot something!" Dawn exclaimed. "Your Pokétches!"
"Pokétches?" Atticus asked.
"Yeah!" Dawn cheered. "All the top coordinators have them, see?!" She and Drew held up their wrists (and Drew rolled down his sleeve), revealing pink and blue watch-things, presumably Pokétches.
Drew reached into his bag and pulled out yellow and blue Pokétches. "We called ahead and asked Brock to get them for us before we got to Pewter City. We just told him colors that matched your clothes. Hope that's okay."
"Hey, thanks!" Atticus said as he took the Pokétch from Drew's hand.
"Yeah," Syrus agreed as he took his. "Thanks a lot, guys. But…uh…what's it do?"
"All kinds of things!" Dawn cheered. "But we'll tell you after the Contest; it's not like you'll need it before then."
Dawn straightened out Syrus's overly-large bow tie (the only difference in his costume from his regular clothes) and put his Ball Capsule Seal on his Pokéball for him. "The contest's about to start; we'll be watching from the stands! I know you guys can do this!"
Drew was already halfway out the door; Dawn hurried to catch up to him. Then Syrus had another panic-attack and it was up to Atticus to get him to "CALM THE HECK DOWN, SYRUS!"
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After Lillian Meridian, the Kanto Contest Announcer, introduced the judges (Contesta, Mr. Sukizo and Pewter City's Nurse Joy) they began to compete. Since it was a small contest, only four people went on from the second round. Eventually, it was Atticus's turn…
"Wow 'em, Skitty!" Atticus yelled as he tossed his Pokéball. Skitty popped out of the ball in a flurry of hearts, thanks to the Ball Capsule Seal.
"An adorable start!" Lillian announced as the crowd cheered (half because of Skitty's cuteness, half because of Atticus's).
"Alright, Skitty!" Atticus threw the juggling balls to Skitty one by one. "Blizzard!"
One by one, Skitty froze the balls in midair. As they came back down to earth, Atticus commanded that it use Double-Slap. Soon, Skitty was juggling frozen balls with its tail.
Drew grinned and nodded his head approvingly as he watched.
"You told him to do that, didn't you?" Ash asked as he studied Drew's expression. "The Double-Slap trick—May's move."
Drew smirked back at him. "She didn't patent it, did she?"
"Remarkable!" Mr. Sukizo (predictably) commented.
"An amazing display of Skitty's cuteness, not to mention a great way to exemplify its Blizzard move." Contesta nodded approvingly.
"Absolutely adorable!" Nurse Joy cheered.
Atticus winked. "I'm not done yet."
Drew's eyes widened. "What?!"
"Skitty, give them back!" Skitty slapped the balls back at Atticus, who caught them easily. "Use Blizzard again—on the stage!" Skitty did as instructed.
"Amazing!" Lillian gasped. "He's turned the stage into a giant ice rink!"
"Now skate!" Atticus commanded. Skitty attempted to do as instructed…it just didn't turn out that way—Skitty obviously didn't know how to ice skate. Lillian and the judges sweatdropped.
"Uh…that's all, folks!" Atticus sweatdropped as well (out of embarrassment), returned Skitty, and hurried off the stage.
"It's no surprise he failed like that," Drew told the others. "We practiced that Double-Slap/Blizzard combo to perfection—he added that ice rink trick in there completely erratically; these things need to be rehearsed."
"So he won't move on?" Jesse asked dejectedly.
"Oh, no, he'll move on," Dawn assured them. "His first few minutes assured him of that. But that falter's gonna cost him."
A few moments later, it was Syrus's turn. "G-go, Piplup?" Syrus stuttered it so nervously, it sounded like he was asking Piplup whether or not it wanted to come out. The Ball Capsule Seal's bright blue bubbles surrounded Piplup as it made its entrance. When Syrus saw how awesome that looked, his confidence was slightly boosted…at least enough that he would stop stuttering and sounding like he was asking "Am I doing this right?"
"Bubblebeam, Piplup!" Syrus said (he was too nervous to shout it). The pale blue of Piplup's natural bubbles mixed beautifully with the brightness of the manufactured ones surrounding the Pokémon. "Now, use Peck!" Piplup popped all the bubbles as the crowd cheered and Lillian and the judges sung their praises.
"Isn't that what you did your first Contest, Dawn?" Ash recalled.
"That's right," Dawn asserted. "Drew and I figured that it would be easier for their first Contest if they didn't have to think up their own combos, especially since they've never even seen a Contest before."
"Didn't Syrus do awfully well, Zane?" Bastion asked.
"…" Zane just stared straight ahead without answering.
Finally, the first round was over and the spectators could catch up with Syrus and Atticus backstage.
"You guys did great!" Jaden cheered. "That was so awesome!" Syrus blushed sheepishly while Atticus grinned.
"Hey!" Drew interrupted. "I think you mean that Syrus did great." He turned to Atticus. "That stunt you pulled may have cost you the ribbon."
"Oh, come on," Atticus scoffed. "They loved it!"
"Yeah, before you turned the stage into a giant ice rink and had your Pokémon trip and fall all over the place!"
"Can't you just shut up for two seconds?!" Chazz yelled angrily. "This may have cost him, sure, and you've learned your lesson, right, Atticus? You can yell at him some more if he doesn't go on to the next round, alright?"
"Fine," Drew said begrudgingly.
"Look!" Dawn pointed at the large screen displaying the stage, almost hitting Drew in the mouth. "They're announcing the people who moved on!"
"And the final four are as follows…" Lillian shouted as she pointed to the display screen. First, a picture of a girl wearing a Sherlock Holmes-style hat popped up onscreen. Then, it was a boy in a baseball cap that covered his eyes. The third person was…Syrus!
"Sy, you did it!" Dawn squealed, hugging Syrus, who was still in shock. "I knew you could!"
Atticus and Drew eyed each other, then stared at the screen again. Unbeknownst to either of them, they were both thinking the same thing:
Come on, let him/me go on…
After what seemed like forever, Atticus's picture appeared onscreen.
"Alright!" Atticus cheered.
Drew scowled. I don't care what Chazz said…I'm chewing his head off, even if he did move on.
"Hi, there!" The group turned around to see the girl in the Sherlock Holmes hat.
"Hey, you're the girl who moved on, correct?" Bastion asked. "The one with the Jynx."
"That's right!" The girl held out her hand. "I'm Alyssa. I'm a Pokémon Detective."
"Charmed," Bastion held out his hand and shook her hers. He took note of her brown cloak, which matched her peculiar hat. "This is Zane, Aster, Jaden, Chazz, Jesse, Jim, Axel, Adrian, Ash, Brock, Dawn, Drew, and Max. You've already seen Syrus and Atticus in action."
"That's right. I can't wait for the second round—it's why I'm here. The more people I battle, the better." Her eyes darted left and right and she lowered her voice to a whisper. "I learn more that way. Of course, I learn a lot either way, cause I'm…psychic. I can get a reading on your mind, but I can't see your thoughts."
"Psychic? Really?" Truthfully, Bastion didn't believe this girl, but he figured it was best to play along.
"Yeah…" Alyssa stared at Bastion for a beat. "Dude, you're weak."
"Pardon?" Bastion asked, insulted.
"Are your other friends less weak?"
"Well, I'll have you know—" Alyssa darted away before Bastion could finish.
"You're Drew, right?" she asked Drew, getting in his face so much that their noses were touching.
"Um, yeah." Drew took a large step back.
"You're extremely vulnerable. Only a little weak though: you fought back, but accepted it when you lost he battle…" Alyssa pulled out a notebook from his pocket and scribbled some words down.
"Excuse me?!" Drew put his hands on his hips and scowled. "Who do you think you're talking to?"
Alyssa ignored him and moved onto Max and Aster. "You're Max and…?"
"Aster…" Aster replied warily.
"You two are easily fooled, but you aren't vulnerable or weak," Alyssa diagnosed as she wrote more down and turned to Chazz.
"And you are?"
"The Chazz."
You're vulnerable, but not very weak…"
"What?!" Chazz exploded as Alyssa turned to Zane. "You…" she trailed off as Zane gave her a death-glare. "Never mind."
"You seven." Alyssa pointed at Syrus, Atticus, Jesse, Jim, Axel, Adrian, and Brock. "You aren't fooled, vulnerable, or weak. But you don't have any powers. You're kinda…neutral."
Finally Alyssa turned to Jaden and Ash. She got as close to their faces as she had to Drew's. "Ash…Kid in Red…you two have powers. Especially you. What was your name again?" She poked Jaden's nose.
"Uh…Jaden…"
"Jaden," Alyssa whispered. "You have great untapped power…"
She backed away and glanced at Syrus and Atticus. "See you in the final round." She waved and skipped away.
"That…was weird," Zane commented after she left.
"No kidding." Drew turned back to the screen. "Hey, guys. You'll be up soon. Look, there's who you're battling."
Indeed, the matchups were up. The first round was Atticus vs. Alyssa, then Syrus vs. Baseball Hat Kid.
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Jaden…Alyssa thought as she made her way to the stage. You have so much untapped power…we must have it.
Alyssa entered the Contest arena and saw Atticus, blowing kisses to the audience as they cheered for him. He's a born entertainer, that one…looks kind, too. Too bad that I'll have to destroy him to gain access to his friend's power—it's the only way to release that power inside him…I just have to get Jaden angry enough, get him doubtful enough to unlock the power lying deep within him…
First Atticus, then the shrimp, Alyssa decided. Syrus seems to be the closet to Jaden—if destroying Atticus won't do it, destroying him will. Then, after I win the Pewter Gym ribbon, Jaden Yuki's power will be at my disposal and TEAM LIGHT WILL RULE THE WORLD!
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Dun, dun, duuun!
IMPORTANT!!!!!
Just to clear a few things up, Alyssa is a disguised Team Light member (that's how she knew Max's name) who can tell if people have been in Team Light, have powers useful to (or the downfall of) Team Light, accepted being a member of Team Light, or were tricked into believing in Team Light. This is her code-thing:
Vulnerable: Has been brainwashed by the Light of Destruction before
Weak: Has accepted being a part of Team Light/Society of Light
Easily Fooled: Self-explanatory
Powers: Can defy destiny
Also, Alyssa is a POKÉMON CHARACTER OF THE DAY! AFTER THIS CONTEST SHE WILL NEVER APPEAR AGAIN!
And, after two requests, I gave in. Jaden's untapped power…well, let's just say you can guess if you've seen GX Season 3 (coughSupremeKingcough)