LOL What a surprise! Nobody reviewed my story. :P I was sort of expecting that. But I don't care, I'm continuing this story anyway. If I'm lucky, some person will take pity on me and review my story. Someone. Anyone. (PLEASE.)

Ha-ha.

Chapter 3 isn't done yet, but it will probably be done by this weekend.

Now, my sweet, lecherous Noctowl, Regis, will say the disclaimer.

Regis: Hullo, pretty ladies! Heh heh, why not come to my place and I'll let you lick a lollipop, heh heh heh.

Me: Disclaimer, Regis, and stop stealing from Lil' Wayne.

Regis: Shh. Don't say a word... Anyway, The Awesomness does not own pokemon. If she did, Ash Ketchum would've been murdered and eaten by Mightyenas, his remains turned into toilet paper, and you know what happens to toilet paper.

Me: Yes yes, very true. Now, onward with the story!

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/Roses Are Red/

Chapter 2

Chew Your Meat For You

Much to contrary belief, Drew was nervous also. He just didn't show it. He leaned against a wall, let his green hair fall in front of his eyes, and tried to appear nonchalant. It usually worked; nobody ever figured out how nervous he was. Breathe, in and out, he thought, trying to slow his beating heart. Roxie will do a good job, she will, she will, oh who am I kidding? We're fucked. It's not perfect, it will never be! She's just too, too—

"Hey Drew!"

He opened his eyes and glanced at May, who actually looked happy today. "What do you want?" he grunted.

"Oh excuse me for being nice. I just wanted to wish you good luck. So, good luck!"

"Yeah, good luck, now leave me alone."

"Do you think you'll do good?"

He smirked at this. "Of course! I'm Drew Hayden, I always do good."

"Right. So, how's Roxie? Where is she anyway?"

"She's still getting ready. She's pretty nervous; I tell her we'll do fine, but she never listens."

May shook her head. "Aren't you supposed to be comforting your pokemon?"

"She'll be fine. She's like this all the time. Now, can you shut your annoying mouth and leave me alone?"

She glared at him and made a Hmp! sound, turning around and leaving. Just as she left, Roxanne wandered over and stood next to Drew. "We'll do fine," she smiled at him, positive that she would do the combination right.

He sighed and shook his head. "Yeah, yeah."

"Everyone, welcome to the Eterna City Contest!" the MC exclaimed in the screen that hung in the room. "In this contest, you'll have the chance to win the Eterna Ribbon and one ribbon closer to the Grand Festival! Now, there are three judges: Mr. Satoshi, Mr. Oni, and our very own Nurse Joy! I am your MC, Hannah! Now, let's have the contest begin! First up is a very beloved coordinator from Littleroot Town, Hoenn, May Maple!"

May squeaked in surprise and laughed nervously. "I'm up first!" She ran out of the room. A second later she appeared on the screen. She took out a pokeball with a heart seal on it and yelled, "Come on out, Jerund!"

The pokeball burst open and a dratini appeared, flying around in a circle above the stage. As it moved, flames sprouted from its mouth and engulfed it as it still spun in a circle. The dratini then flew up, still engulfed in fire, and a sudden shield wrapped around it, forcing the fire away from the pokemon. It hovered in what looked like a fire cocoon before the shield burst the fire apart. Embers floated down as the audience cheered in excitement.

"And an excellent combination by May. She used Flamethrower and Protect to make a cocoon around her dratini!" May curtsied and she and Jerund left the stage.

"That's pretty good," Drew said softly to himself.

"We're better," Roxanne told him, with no response. She sighed. Sour puss.

"Now, our next coordinator is all the way from Blackthorn City, Johto, everyone please to welcome Halynn Rogers!"

A second later, a dark-haired girl about 17 rushed out onto the stage and threw her pokeball in the air. And out came spinning another roserade, smiling angelically at the audience. And Roxanne stared at her, mystified. She could hear Drew cursing next to her, obviously angry that another person was using a roserade, but she ignored him. That roserade looked like the most beautiful creature in the world, full grown roses on her arms and the perfect rose bud on top of her head, symmetrical. Roxanne's own roses were lumpy, and her blue one was bigger than the red, making her look awkward. But that roserade's roses were beautiful.

The roserade twirled about, sending flashes of light from her roses that illuminated the whole stage. Then, a small ball of light began to form in her roses. The roserade pointed her roses up to the sky, the ball of light becoming bigger and bigger. She launched it into the air and a beam rosed from the rose bud on her head, striking into the ball. The ball exploded and the stage became even brighter, so bright that it stung Roxanne's eyes. Soon, the light subsided and there stood the roserade, who bowed as the audience cheered. The girl smiled and bowed as well and the coordinator and pokemon ran off the stage.

"We're fucked," Drew said. But Roxanne ignored him, still in awe of the roserade.

"A fabulous performance!" MC Hannah exclaimed. "Now, it's one of the best coordinators yet, Drew Hayden!"

"Dammit, and right after that roserade too," he grumbled. "Come on, Roxie."

They entered the stage and the audience cheered in excitement. Drew, taking the persona of the arrogant bastard, smirked and flipped his hair. He launched the pokeball Roxie was in into the air. Roxie burst out of the pokeball as elegant as she could. She landed neatly on her "feet" and the sun began to glow immediately from outside the open ceiling. Now or never. She pointed her roses in the air and a powerful Hyper Beam shot out, overlapping the sun's light and glittering. As the beam began to come down, she created a power shield, making sure it wasn't misshapen. The glitters rain down on the crowd and the crowd cheered in approval.

"A wonderful display of Sunny Day, Hyper Beam, and Protect! It's fantastic!"

Roxie smiled and glanced at Drew, who only smirked, and she knew he was really pleased inside. As they left the stage, she leaned in and said, "I told you everything would be fine."

"That's because I made you work hard all day yesterday."

She sighed. I give up. They reached back into the back room as another coordinator was called out. They reached their original wall and both leaned against it, watching the screen again, with Drew still smirking.

"I bet we are making it to the next stage," Drew said matter-of-factly. "You did good, Roxie." She smiled. "But you're still not perfect." She glared at him. "We still need to practice harder."

"Hey, Ciao!" The girl from before walked up to him, a friendly smile on her face. The roserade was next to her, staring at Roxie and smiling a little as if she knew.

And from then on, Roxie was never the same again. Yep, you guessed it! She was officially fucked.

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