Ch 43: Round 2

"Welcome one and All to Day three of this years Grand festival. Today we have twenty-four contestants moving on to round two" Wallace said. "Twenty four? Wasn't there twenty-five" Max said. "I don't know I wonder what happened to them" Red said.

"In today's match-ups all contestants will use two pokemon and our match-ups will now be shown" Wallace said. In the contestants room Dawn and May were watching the screen. When the screen showed the twelve matchups for round two.

The very first match up shown was Dawn vs Harley. "Well look at that I'll have the pleasure of knocking you out of the grand festival myself" Harley said. Harley walked into the hallway toward the stage. "Good luck Dawn I know you can beat him" May said. "Thanks May" Dawn said. As Dawn walked toward the hallway that lead to the stage Drew was leaning against a locker near the doorway.

"Good luck Dawn I hope you win" Drew said. Dawn tried to hide the fact that she was blushing. "So Dawn has the first match of the day" Caroline said. "And it's against Harley" Ash said. After five minutes Harley stood at one end of the stage and Dawn at the other. "Are you ready to be knocked out of the grand festival" Harley said.

"I wouldn't know I think that's your expertise" Dawn said. "Hmp I chose you Cacturne, Octillery!" Harley said tossing two pokeballs. Harley's pokemon came out and took the stage. "I believe in you guys, go Pachirisu and Quilava" Dawn said. He pokemon came out and stood in front of Dawn.

"Let the match begin" Wallace said. "I want this to be short Octillery use watergun, Cacturne use pin missile" Harley said. "Quick Quilava use flamethrower" Dawn said. Quilava unleashed flames that stopped the pin missile but was put out by the watergun. Pachirisu was hit with watergun. "Pachirisu use spark" Dawn said.

Pachirisu charged up with electricity and the charge quickly went through the water and into Occtillery. "Occtillery!" Harley said. Both Dawn and Harley lost points, but Harley lost more. "That was very smart of Dawn" Felix said. "I won't let you make a fool out of me. Cacturne use sand attack. Occtillery use Aurora Beam" Harley said.

Cacturne whipped up a burst of sand Octillery unleashed Aurora Beam which cooled the sand and made it into hard rough solid objects. The icy sand scrapped across Pachirisu and Quilava inflicting great pain. "How creative" Nurse Joy said. "Very imaginative" Mr. Sato said. "I dissagree that is a little sadistic" Wallace said.

"Wallace was outnumbered by the other judges and Dawn lost a few points. "Geeze Harley's getting rough" Max said. "Now use poison sting and icebeam" Harley said. Cacturne unleashed poisonstings and Occtillery froze them into sharp and large icicles. "If those hit they could really hurt Dawn's pokemon!" Max shouted. "Pika!" Pikachu said sounding very concerned. "Dawn quick you have to do something!" Ash shouted.

"Quilava quick use inferno and Pachirisu use discharge" Dawn said. The massive burst of fire melted away the ice and burned through the poison. This allowed the discharge to move in and amoung the fire like a group of serpants. The discharge hit both Occtillery and cacturne causing Harley's points to drop.

"How dare you stop my lovely attack. Occtillery get them with hydropump and cacturne use spikes" Harley said. Occtillery unleashed a jet of water at quillava and pachirisu while cacturne shot out spikes into the water.

When the hydro pump hit both of Dawn's pokemon the spikes raked across them. Both quilava and pachirisu cried out in pain. "Quite a creative move" Mr. Sato said. "Very creative" Nurse Joy said. "But it's very intense. This kind of move isn't stylish it's sick" Wallace said. Wallace was once again outnumbered by the other judges and Dawn lost some points.

"Harley's taking this very seriously" Norman said. "I don't like how he's playing" Caroline said. "Geeze I knew Harley was creepy but he's just being sick" May said. "Come on Dawn you're better than he is" Drew said.

"Time to finnish you off cacturne use pin missile , occtillery use Octazooka" Harley said. The two attacks came Dawn's pokemon. "Guys move!" Dawn said. Both Quilava and Pachirisu moved out of the way narrowly avoiding the attack.

"Dam try again" Harley said. "No Quilava use smokescreen" Dawn said. Quilava covered the stage in smoke blinding Harley and his pokemon. "Pachirisu use sweet kiss" Dawn said. "Occtillery get rid of the smoke with blizzard" Harley said. Occtillery's blizzard wind blew away the smoke.

Just as the smoke vanished pachirisu appeared right in front of Cacturne and occtillery. "What!?" Harley said. Pachirisu winked then blew two kisses at Harley's pokemon. When the hearts hit them occtilery and Cacturne were both confused. "What a cute little pokemon" Nurse Joy said. "Seeing that Pachirisu use sweet kiss made my day" Mr. Sato said. Harley lost several points.

" Quick Octillery use hydropump, cacturne pin missile!" Harley said. Both of Harley's pokemon used their moves but none hit their marks because of their confusion. "Not very smart ordering an attack when your pokemon are confused" Wallace said. Harley lost a few points.

"Quilava use flamecharg, Pacharisu use discharge" Dawn said. Quilava set herself aflame and ran at her opponents. Pacharisu unleashed several bursts of blue electrical charges at both cacturne and occtillery. The discharge was enough to knock out occtillery. "Occtillery!" Harley said.

Quilava then hit cacturne with the full force of her flame charge sending cacturne back a few feet. When cacturne hit the ground he was knocked out. "Both of Harley's pokemon are knocked out we have our winner" The ref said.

"What I lost!?" Harley shouted grabbing his hair. "We did it we're moving on to round three!" Dawn said. Both her pokemon ran back to her and she lifted them up in her arms. "The winner of this round two match is Dawn of twinleaf town" Wallace said.

"She did it" Red said. "I guess all of Harley's dirty moves didn't work" Norman said. In the coordinator's room May was happy to see Harley lose. "I knew she'd win" Drew said to himself. Dawn walked back into the coordinators room and saw May waiting for her. "You did great out there Dawn" May said.

"Thanks May, that Harley is a real jerk I'm glad I knocked him out of the grand festival" Dawn said. "Well my match is up next so I better get out there" May said. After May walked out of the room Dawn went to take a seat. "That was quite a performance Dawn" Drew said.

Dawn tried to hide her red face from him. "Thanks" She said. "Harley is a disgrace to coordinators you did us all a favor knocking him out of the grand festival" Drew said. "Thanks Drew I just did my best" Dawn said. "Well you are a very good coordinator don't forget that" Drew said. He set a white rose down next to her then walked off.

Dawn picked it up and blushed even more. In May's match she was facing a young woman around her own age. The girl was dark skinned with light brown hair and blue eyes. Her name was Terra and she was from Fortree city.

May's match was already a minute in and she was behind. "Kadabra use telekinesis " Terra said. Kadabra's eyes glowed and Glaceon was hurled back into vulpix causing May to lose even more points. "No not again" May said.

"Medicham use hidden power" Terra said. Medicham put her palms together and shook her head as a dozen small spheres formed around her and launched at her opponents. "Glaceon use icy wind!" May said Glaceon opened her mouth and unleashed a powerful wind that cooled the hidden power and blew them away from their marks.

Each one burst in the air when the ice cracked. "Now Vulpix use firespin" May said. As soon as the wind faded the firespin impacted medicham causing Terra to lose a few points. "Alright Kadabra use double team" Terra said. Kadabra created a dozen copies of himself that surrounded Glaceon and vulpix.

"Vulpix use flamethrower, glaceon use ice shard" May said. The two unleashed their moves hitting the copies when Terra shouted, "High jump kick!". Medicham jumped directly over the copies and hit vulpix knocking her out. "Vulpix!" May shouted.
May's points dropped to the point where they were nearly depleted. "Wow that Terra is really good" Max said. "May needs to do something now or it's over for her" Norman said. "Don't give up May it's not over!" Ash shouted. PIkachu also shouted with him.

In the coordinator's room Dawn was very anxious "Come on May don't let her beat you" Dawn said. May returned Vulpix to her pokeball and tighened her fist "Thank you vulpix I won't let you down" She said. May looked back up at Terra "I'm not finished yet Terra" She said. "I admire your confidence May but i'm not going to lose. Kadabra use telekinesis" Terra said. Kadabra's eyes glowed as he raised his hand and lifted up glaceon.

"Glaceon use blizzard!" Mash shouted. Glaceon unleashed a frigid cold storm of wind and ice that hit both Kadabra and Medicham. Kadabra lost his focus and dropped glaceon causing Terra to lose some points. "Alright now Glaceon use sand attack!" May said. Glaceon smiled and whipped some of the snow and ice into Kadabra's and Medicham's eyes. The blizzard already obscured their vision; now they were practicly blind.

"Follow up with icefang!" May said. Glaceon ran at medicham and bit her with ice cold teeth causing medicham to faint. Terra's points dropped significantly, but she was still slightly ahead. "Quite a comeback I love her spirit" Wallace said. "That's it May keep it up!" Ash shouted. "May's confidence had spiked since she first started her career as a coordinator five years ago. She owes alot of that to you Ash" Caroline said.

"Medicham return, get some rest you deserve it" She said. "Kadabra let's do this for Medicham , teleport" Terra said. Kadabra vanished then appeared behind Glaceon. "Glaceon behind you use iceshard" May said. Glaceon quickly turned and unleashed iceshard toward Kadabra. "Teleport" Terra said.

Kadabra disappeared then reappeared at Glaceon's flank. "Keep using teleport" Terra said. Kadabra disappeared then reappeared again and again , confusing Glaceon. "Now quick confusion!" Terra said. Kadabra was behind Glaceon and then unleashed the metal attack on Glaceon bringing her to her knees. "Glaceon!" May said. "Quite an impressive tactic using teleport to confuse her opponent so she could come back for the win" Mr. Sato said.

Wallace turned to him and said, "May hasn't lost yet" . May's points dropped and were barely past zero. Ash and the others were almost shaking as they saw the timer reach thirty seconds. "May I believe in you it isn't over yet" Ash said. "Glaceon don't give up!" May said. Glaceon grit her teeth and was able to get to her feet despite the confusion on her. "Mirror coat!" May said.

Glaceon glistened like metal in the sun and Kadabra's confusion was redirected back at himself. When kadabra was hit he stumbled , barely able to stay on his feet. Terra lost a few points. Ten second remained in the match. "Glaceon use icebeam!" May said. Glaceon opened her mouth and unleashed icebeam with everything she had left.

"Kadabra quick use teleport!" Terra said. Kadabra tried but he was still recovering from the confusion attack. Glaceon's icebeam hit kadabra knocking him back a few feet. Kadabra struggled but got up. "Kadab ra" He said panting. "Glaceon" Glaceon said also trying to catch her breath.

The alarm from the timer went off signaling the end of the match. May and Terra looked up and saw five seconds were still on the clock. The buzzer had gone off because all of Terra's points were gone. "We did it we won!" May said. "We have our winner, May of Petalburg city!" Wallace said.

"Glaceon!" Glaceon shouted happily before May snatched her in her arms. "We did it glaceon we're still in this" She said. "Way to go May I knew you could do it!" Ash shouted. "Pika chu" Pikachu said happily. "Your daughter is very tough minded Norman you trained her well" Felix said. "I didn't train May Ash did" Norman said.

Felix turned to Ash. "That's my boy" He said. Back in the coordinator's room Dawn let out a breath of relief. "That was too close" She said. Even Drew was smiling "Good, I would have been disappointed for a rematch with May. She certainly hasn't lost her touch" Drew said.

Terra returned her Kadabra "You did amazing Kadabra don't forget it" She said. Terra shook hands with May. "congratulations May you deserve it" Terra said. "You're a great coordinator Terra you should enter again next year" May said. "Oh I plan to" Terra said.

Drew was the next coordinator up and won his match against a young man from Jhoto. After the matches for the day were concluded Ash and May were alone in Ash's room. Ash was laying down with May cuddled up next to him on Ash's bed with Pikachu above both their heads on the pillows. "May I'm so proud of you, when it looked like you had no chance of winning you stayed tough and showed what you were really made of" Ash said.

"Well Yes I am good aren't I" May said. She moved her head directly over Ash's."But let's be honest if anyone taught me how to stay confident in a situation like that it's you" May said. Before Ash could say anything else May pressed her lips against his. May put her arms around Ash's shoulders as she kissed him and Ash did the same.

Pikachu was smiling as he saw them until he heard the door to room open. "Pika!" He said. May's and Ash's heads shot toward the doorway to see Felix standing there. "Uh Dad we were just" Ash started. Felix smiled and said "You know what I think I forgot something in the lobby I could be a while". Felix shut the door and almost giggled "That's my boy" He said.

"Felix" Norman said. He turned and saw Caroline with Norman. "Is May in there we wanted to talk with her" Caroline said. "Uh , no I think they went out to get some coffee. By the way this hotel has a very excellent café near the lobby. Let me take you two we still haven't gotten to know each other much" Felix said.

"Alright why not" Norman said. Felix let out a breath of relief as they walked away from the room. "Are my parents out there?!" May said. "I think my dad took them somewhere" Ash said. "Oh good" She said then quickly resumed kissing Ash.