Me: Hey,hey!! Sorry,for the late update,i was kinda stuck in the story and i had a big project for school and yeah...i guess you guys know what i"m talking about...anyway...today we're gonna follow Paul on his path (kinda... a little) and we're gonna have the appeals round of the contest. Ow and people, VOTE ON THE POLL!!
Dawn: And vote on me!!
Me: You can't command people to vote on you...
Dawn: Why not? I read the law... and it said i could!
Me: How can a stupid piece of paper or whatever it is say something?
Officer Jenny: You get a ticket!
Me: Why?
Officer Jenny: You called the law stupid!
Me: Oops...Let's get on with the story before i get another ticket...
Dawn: -snickers-
Chapter Eight: Appeal's part I
Today,was just like any other day. Boring, normally he would train his pokémon. But those pathetic creatures can't take anymore so he decided to let them rest. So he is bored, but anyway, he would walk further even he was so much in front of his rival and his friends. It was already noon so he stopped to eat. He let out all his pokémon and took out his lunch which was rice-balls, water and bread. He didn't want to eat so much because he wasn't really hungry, but he's not heartless, so he let his pokémon eat peacefully. What he understand under 'peaceful' is shut up, hurry up and listen.
"Hurry up, we're gonna be late!" our favorite lavender-haired trainer said.
"Mag-mag mar magmar mag-mar," he's such a jerk, how do you guys keep that up?
"Tor-terra tor-tor terra-ter," He's not like that all the time.
"Mur-murkrow Murkrow murk?" Then when he isn't?
"Stop talking, eat and hurry up!" the trainer commanded. The pokémon finished their 'lunch' and were returned back in their pokéballs. The lavender-headed trainer walked to the nearest town and to his surprise, Ash, his rival, was there too. Why was he surprised? Normally he isn't so fast in walking especially with that troublesome blue-haired girl. Unfortunately for him, Ash had good eyes, spotted a purple spot and yelled the purple spots name.
"Hey, Paul!" Ash yelled on top of his lungs.
"What d'ya want?"
"Are you here for a gym-battle?"
"No, and if i were would it be hard because it's closed today because of the contest," Paul said kinda rude to Ash.
"I knew that, a couple of friends of mine are going to compete," Ash said.
"Are you still sticking with your so called friends,"
"Unlike some people, i do have friends,"
"Friends are just useless,"
"You say that because you don't have any friends,"
"Whatever, is troublesome going to compete?"
"Troublesome?"
"That blue-haired so called friend of yours,"
"Why? Are you interested?" Paul blushed the slightest, almost invisible blush when his rival said that. But Ash saw it anyway.
"N-no!"
"Of course you aren't,"
"Believe what you want,"
"Uhu, and the answer to your question, she is going to compete, what else do you need to know? Where she is? Her favorite color? What underwear she wears?"
"Ew, Ash! That's disgusting! You don't say that to people even if it's Paul!" a voice said coming out of nowhere, it was Keiko.
"You know him?" Ash asked her.
"Yes, i do, i was training at the park then he came ...," she began and continued. Paul, being the uninterested one walked away, leaving the two, who were talking about how they met him.
Our purple-haired trainer is going to the contest hall, not because of the contest, but because someone is going to compete. And we all know who that someone is, do we? Only one tiny problem, he doesn't know... he's to stubborn to realize he's feeling something for her. Okay, maybe he's not feeling something for her...yet. We are gonna give him a little push in the right way...
Me: -pushes Paul-
Paul: What the hell was that for?
Me: didn't you follow the story? I said : give a little push...
Paul: -.-'
He arrived at the contest-hall and sat down at a random place. It was still a little while before the contest began, so he went to the locker room to see who are going to compete so he would have a picture on how many people are going to compete and whatnot. He saw a familiar face, actually five: Ash, Brock, Troublesome, that girl named Keiko and a girl he thought he knew from somewhere... on the screen he saw that the judges took their place, that means that the contest is going to begin any minute, so he went back to the audience and took his place, not much later Ash, Brock, Misty, Evelyn and Keiko sat next to him.
"Hey, Paul, i didn't know you watched Dawn's contests," Keiko said, who noticed Paul first.
"I'm not watching anyone's contest, i am just watching A contest," the trainer told her.
"Oh, i'm so sorry," Keiko said sarcastically.
"So... who do you think will win?" Misty asked.
"Since when am i a fortune-teller? Do i have weird clothes? Do i have a crystal sphere?" he spatted annoyed.
"Gee, i'm sorry," she said without meaning.
"Whatever," Paul said and after that there was a silence. And Paul was enjoying it.
"Hey, Paul," Ash said suddenly, breaking the silence.
"What," he snapped.
"I wanna battle you, right here and now!" Ash said excited.
"Hey, Ash, that's not gonna happen, one: we're in a contest-hall, two: the contest is about to begin and three: we promised the guys to watch them," his girlfriend pointed out to him.
"Ow, yeah, that's right, i forgot a second about that," he said and gave a faint laugh.
"What about after the contest, behind the contest hall, on the battle fields," Ash asked. But before Paul could answer, Marian came on stage and the lights dimmed.
In the locker room
"I hope i don't have to go first," Dana said with a shaky voice.
"Don't worry, they said that the best begin, so you would be last, on my guess," Kenny said.
"That's not funny, Kenny, i'm already nervous!" Dana said.
"Hey, Dana, no need to worry!" Dawn said pepped up.
"Dawn, please don't say that, you know that's when we worry the most!" Tarra said. Dawn stuck her tongue out.
"Wow, Dawn, that was soo mature, your more mature then my little eevee who just hatched from her egg," Dana said.
"Your egg hatched?" May asked.
"Yeah, and she's soo cute!"
"I know what you mean, i had an egg too and it was also an eevee!"
"was?"
"Yep, you'll see,"
"People and pokémon, performing side by side creating all kinds of emotions... Ladies and gentlemen! The magic moment you've all been waiting for, and that moment taking place in this stadium right here and now! For our first round, the coordinator will use two pokémon for an exciting double performance! But the second round is a double battle, that's beauty times two, battling times two, double the fun, no matter how you slice it!" the MC named Marian said, pepping the crowd up.
"Hey, isn't that Drew?" Dawn asked.
"Ready, May?" Drew asked coming out of 'nowhere', May shrieked.
"Damn, don't sneak up on me like that, and of course i'm ready! What did you think?"
"Yep, that's Drew," Calypso said, also coming out of nowhere, making Dawn shriek this time.
"What's with people today? Everybody sneaking up on others and shrieking..." Dana said to Tarra.
Back in the crowd
"Hey, guys, did we miss something?" Gray, Marco and Max asked and sat next to Ash.
"No, they still have to begin," Evelyn answered.
"Now, quiet everyone!" someone in the back said.
"Now,whoever wins this contest, wins also this beautiful ribbon!" Marian said holding a pretty green ribbon in her hand.
"And now, let hear some words from our judges!"
"first off, Mr. Contesta!"
"Thanks, a real pleasure, i hope the coordinators are as excited for these double performances as i am!" the judge said.
"Second, Mr. Sukizo!"
"Remarkable!"
"And last but not least, our own Nurse Joy!"
"One coordinator and two pokémon! I can't wait to experience all the brand new combinations!" the pink haired nurse said.
"Alright! Is everybody ready?" Marian yelled over the stadium. The audience sure cheered very loud.
"Now, to begin our contest, is our first coordinator, from La Rousse city all the way from Hoenn, Drew!"
in the locker room
"Hey, Drew's first!" Dana said. May frowned, wondering what new combs he came up with.
On stage
"Go, Roselia! Flygon!"
"Rose-lia!"
"Flygon!" the two pokémon came out of their pokéballs.
"Roselia, petal dance!" Drew commanded. Roselia jumped on Flygons back and shot beautiful pink petals out of her flower (hands).
"Good job, Roselia! Flygon, Steel wing!" Drew yelled again. Flygon heard his command and his wings glow white and spun around the petals from Roselia, making them split and glitter. The crowd cheered wildly. Marian came back on stage,
"That was amazing! Let's see what the judges say!"
"It was amazing how pokémon and coordinator worked perfectly together and showed of speed and beauty," Mr. Contesta said.
"Yes and it was Remarkable!" Mr. Sukizo said.
"And you could just see how healthy the pokémon are just by watching their beautiful performance!" Nurse Joy said.
"Okay, this was Drew, from the Hoenn region and our first competitor, give him a big applause!" Marian yelled over the stadium.
"Next off, Lina!"
"Okay, it's now or never," Lina thought. She threw two pokéball in the air en they released pretty shining stars and out one pokéball came out Gardeboir, and out the other came out a Milotic!
"Pretty good choice of Lina to use a Milotic in a contest especially because it's the most beautiful pokémon in the world and it's pretty powerful too," Brock said to his neighbours.
"Yeah, Dawn may have really good competition but she'll get trough... i guess... i hope..." Misty said.
"Yes, i mean, she lost so many contest, it's time she win another ribbon!" Keiko said.
"How do you know she lost many times?" Ash asked.
"There were people who invented a square machine and it's called a television!" Keiko said. The others snickered.
"Shh! She's going to start!" Evelyn said.
"Ready?" Lina whispered to her pokémon. The two pokémon nodded.
"Okay then, Milotic, use water gun!" Lina told her pokémon.
"Gardevoir, Psychic!" she yelled again. Milotic spit very much water in the air and Garvoir, using it's Psychic, held the water in the air. The crowd cheered for her because Gardevoir made really pretty figures using the water of Milotic and it's own Psychic attack. Now, the water had a form of a flower.
"Milotic, Water pulse!" Lina told the water-pokémon. Milotic formed a blue sphere in its mouth and shot it towards the flower. When it reached the flower, it exploded, giving the crowd pretty blue glittery sparkles.
"Wow, that was amazing!" Max said.
"It sure was, i hope May and Dawn and all will get trough..." Gray said more to his self then to Max.
"Okay, people, that was impressing! Let's see if the judges are as impressed as i am!" the MC said trough her microphone.
"She used a very good strategy in her performance, she showed off her pokémon really well," Mr. Contesta said, being proud on the girl.
"That was remarkable!" Mr. Sukizo said... like always...
"Her performance was really pretty and i can tell like no one else can, she raised her pokémon well!" the pink-haired Nurse Joy said.
"Okay, next is... Tarra Kumori from Twinleaf Town!" Marian yelled.
In the locker room
"Lina, you were great out there!" May said to Lina when she came in.
"Thanks!"
"Tarra, you're up, girl, good luck!" Dawn told her cousin.
"Thank you," with that Tarra ran off to the stage. ''kay, Tarra, you can do it, just relax," Tarra inhaled deeply and was relaxed.
"Go!" She yelled and threw two pokéball in the air. The balls released two fox-like pokémon which were Eevee and Vulpix. By the looks of it, the two pokémon were ready to perform.
"Eevee, Shadow ball!" the little brown fox-like pokémon made a purple ball in its mouth and released it in the air.
"Now, Vulpix, Will-O-Wisp!"
"Vul-pix!" the fire-pokémon cried while it shot blue flames at the purple ball who floated in the air. The flames reached it, but didn't hit it, instead, they danced around the ball and that was a funny and a pretty tiring.
"Vulpix, Ember!"
"Vulpix vul-!" the little pokémon released little red flames who also are dancing around the ball and the other flames. After a second or ten, she called Eevee.
"Eevee, use another shadow ball!"
"Vee!" it released another purple ball, only bigger this time, when it reached the ball it hit the other floating things in the air and sucked it up. The crowd was speechless and the MC also, they've never seen anything like it.
"Vulpix, Finish it with Fire Blast!"Tarra yelled on top of her lungs. Vulpix released the most powerful fire attack and hit the shadow ball, making beautiful blue, red, orange and purple fireworks.
"That was amazing! I'm speechless!" Marian said.
"That was truly amazing, it was like watching a magic show like you were a kid! I won't forget this for a long time!" Mr. Contesta said, impressed.
"Very remarkable!" Mr. Sukizo said.
"The pokémon are very well-trained and eevee and vulpix may look cuddly but they're also very strong," Nurse Joy said. Tarra smiled very brightly and headed back to the locker room. When she reached it, her friends ran immediately to her.
"Tarra, that was great! I didn't knew you were such a good coordinator!?" Dana said really fast.
"Uhm... i didn't catch that but thanks for whatever you said" she answered.
"Heh, sorry, i was just so impressed by your performance that it made me all excited for mine!"
"I see..."
When the girls were all talking to Tarra except for Dawn, who looked slightly depressed. Zoey saw this and walked over to her.
"Dawn, what's the matter?" she asked, she was worried.
"Nothing! No need to worry!" she said fast so Zoey could not see what was going on.
"Dawn, i know you long enough to know when something is up!"
Then the rest came over to her, because they were done talking.
"It's just, someone's out there, watching the contest and i don't want to fail in front of him!" Dawn explained.
"Oh, i get it, it's that boy where you have a crush on!" Keiko said, popping out of nowhere, making the girls shriek except Dana, Dawn and Zoey.
"Damn, Keiko, don't scare us like that!" Tarra said.
"Yeah, you have to stop that!" May said.
"If you already get scared of that, then i have no idea how you survived Harley," Drew said, standing next to the group of girls, watching the screen, it was Kenny's turn to perform.
Me: Hey, guys, i'm sorry, that i let you wait so long for this chapter and it's not even a good one... T.T
May: Aw, don't cry...
Me: T.T
May: I SAID DON'T CRY!
Me: Okay,okay, you don't have to yell at me!
Paul: Is someone actually reading this crap?
Me: It's NOT crap! And i don't know... if you DO read this, then REVIEW!!
