With Solrock's capture, our heroes continue their journey as they head to Mitsuki City. Right now, they've all stopped in a small town. Ichigo's using the time to train his Solrock before his gym battle comes up.
"Solrock use your Gyro Ball." Ichigo said.
"Solrock!" Solrock spun around with the attack and it seemed powerful.
"Looking good." Ichigo said.
"Guys, check it out." Orihime said as she stood by a bulletin board and saw a poster for a pokemon talent star happening right in town.
"A pokemon talent star competition?" Rukia said. "Isn't that what Rose said he competed in?"
"Can we go see it? Pretty please?" Orihime said as she sounded excited to see it.
"It couldn't hurt." Chad said.
"I guess." Ichigo said. All of them went to the building to see what it was all about. None of them notice a Roselia step out from a bush and saw the poster as well.
"Roselia!"
I wanna be the very best
Like no one ever was
To catch them is my real test
To train them is my cause
Pokemon
Gotta catch'em all, it's you and me
Pokemon
I know it's my destiny
Pokemon
Yeah, you're my best friend
In a world we must defend
Pokemon
Gotta catch'em all
Gotta catch'em all
Gotta catch'em all
Pokemon
(Orihime's voice) The Talent Dream Begins
They all went to the stage for the show and people were already taking their seats. All of them hanged in the back so Solrock and Absol doesn't become a bother to those who are watching.
"Wow! This must be a bigger deal than I thought!" Ichigo said.
"I think it's a great way to show off the best qualities of your pokemon." Rukia said.
"Yeah. Rose did make it sound like it was interesting." Orihime said. "I can't wait to see it." The lights went off and they all took that as a sign that it was starting. Spotlights shined down on the stage.
"Welcome one and all to another glorious pokemon talent star." A smokescreen went off and through the smoke came man in a blue tuxedo with brown hair. "It is a great pleasure to have all of you join us here. For those who don't me, my name is Varon and I will be your host throughout this competition. I will be giving you all the play-by-play of what will happen here. To all our showmen, I wish you the best of luck for each one of you. I know all of you will do your best and the one who stands above all shall win this talent star medal." He held out a gold medal that was about two inches wide with a star engraved and had a white diamond in the center.
"So that's what one looks like." Orihime said as she seemed fascinated by all of it.
"You seem to be very into this." Rukia said and Orihime didn't even deny it.
"Let us get started with our first showmen. Here's Pier." Varon said as he cleared away and lifted the curtains for a trainer named Pier to run out.
"Honedge, let's go!" Pier said and he released his Honedge.
"Honedge!"
"Honedge use Slash!" Pier tossed some wood into the air. Honedge unsheathed itself and tossed the sheath into the air. Honedge slashed against all the pieces of wood perfectly down the center and held the blade up with the sheath going perfectly down and covering it.
"Wow! Imagine the training it must have took to get that!" Ichigo said.
"Rose said the first round is where you show off the best quality of your pokemon." Rukia said. "This guy showed off the fact that Honedge greatly resembled a sword."
"That was impressive." Varon said. "Now I like you all to turn your attention to the screen. Our judges in the V.I.P. room will bring up Pier's score out of fifty. The higher the score, the better your chances of making it to the second round." The score was being dialed up and it ended up being 46. "A forty-six. That's an impressive score."
"I think I'm starting to see how this works." Orihime said.
"Solrock!" Both Orihime and Solrock seem interested in how this all works. Trainers and their pokemon went one after another and it was a great show.
"What a great display we've all seen." Varon said. "Now we shall be seeing who will be moving to round two."
"Roselia!" The show was interrupted as the Roselia from before came on the stage and started dancing and twirling.
"What is that?" Orihime asked.
"It looks like a Roselia, but what is it doing?" Rukia asked.
"Excuse me, but you can't be here." Varon said as he tried to move Roselia out of the way, but Roselia jumped and shot out a Stun Spore that Varon got caught in.
"Uuuhhh….they'll be a brief intermission." Varon said.
"That isn't good." Chad said.
"Let's go." Ichigo said as they all went to try and help him. Solrock hanged back for it wanted to see more. "Solrock, let's go." Solrock snapped out of the trance and went with them.
…..
Varon
Varon was taken to his private room. Once there, he was given some medicine that helped him a lot and he could move a lot better.
"That's great. Thank you." Varon said. He heard a knock on the door. "Come in." The door opened up and Ichigo and the others came in.
"Varon, are you okay?" Ichigo asked.
"Yes. Who are you?" Varon asked.
"My name is Ichigo and this is Absol and Solrock."
"Absol."
"Solrock."
"I'm Orihime."
"My name is Rukia."
"I'm Chad."
"We were all seeing what a pokemon talent star is all about for the first time." Orihime said. "I take it that Roselia wasn't suppose to be part of the show, was it?"
"No. Actually that Roselia has been appearing in a few other shows." Varon said. "We don't know why it's been showing up like this and we keep getting interrupted by it."
"That's really strange." Rukia said.
"I love to stay and talk more, but I need to get back on the stage. Enjoy the rest of the show." Varon said as he went back to work.
"It's strange. Why would that Roselia do all that?" Orihime said.
"I'm not sure, but it's not our problem." Ichigo said. "That Roselia seems to have gotten away and could be anywhere."
"Solrock!"
"Solrock? What is it?" Ichigo asked. Solrock was trying to tell them all to look behind them. All of them turned around and saw the Roselia was standing right there.
"There it is!" Orihime said.
"Roselia, what is it?" Ichigo said. Roselia had its eyes on Ichigo's keystone. Roselia went in and jumped up to Ichigo's arm and grabbed the ring and pulled it right off and ran with it. "Hey! Absol and Solrock, get it!" Absol and Solrock went after Roselia, but it turned to face them.
"Roselia!" Roselia shot out some energy scythes. Absol moved out of the way, but Solrock got blasted and hit the floor.
"What was that?" Orihime said.
"Magical Leaf." Rukia said.
"Solrock, return." Ichigo said as he brought Solrock back in its pokeball and Roselia ran off with the keystone. "Now Roselia made it our problem and made it personal as well!" Ichigo was mad and went after it.
"Ichigo, wait for us!" Rukia called out as the others followed him. All of them went after Roselia and followed it into the woods, but that was when they lost sight of it.
"Where did it go?" Chad asked.
"It couldn't have gotten that far and I'm going to find it and get my keystone back." Ichigo swore. "Let's split up and find it." All of them agreed and went off in different directions.
…..
Orihime
Orihime looked around through the woods to try and find Roselia. She wasn't making much progress on her own and saw she needed some help.
"Sylveon, come on out." Orihime said.
"Sylveon!"
"Sylveon, help me find Roselia." Orihime said and Sylveon agreed. Both of them kept an eye out to find Roselia.
"Roselia!" Both of them heard Roselia and it sounded close. Both of them hid behind some bushes. They found Roselia by a pond and continued to dance around with it wearing Ichigo's ring.
"There it is." Orihime said. She and Sylveon were about to make a move, but held back as they continued to watch Roselia dance with the ring. Orihime thought Roselia was a graceful dancer and was beginning to wonder something. "Does Roselia want to dance for others to see?" Orihime enjoys Roselia's dance and she loved the talent star. She wanted to see more of it and become part of it. Orihime made a step, but it broke a twig and it spooked Roselia in to running. "Wait!"
…..
The Others
Ichigo, Absol, Rukia, and Chad regrouped and none of them had any luck on finding Roselia.
"Nothing?" Ichigo said.
"No." Chad said.
"Sorry, Ichigo." Rukia said. Ichigo as getting frustrated, but Absol sensed something and they all saw Roselia come out.
"There you are! Give me back my keystone right now." Ichigo said.
"Guys, hold on." Orihime said as she was able to catch up with all of them. "I want to catch that Roselia." That was a piece of information none of them was expecting.
"You do? Why?" Rukia said.
"I figured it out. Roselia interrupts those shows because it wants to dance for others." Orihime said. "After seeing all that amazing stuff on stage, I want to become part of it."
"You want to be a showman?" Ichigo asked.
"That's right." Orihime said. "I never saw anything more amazing and I feel like that's where I belong. Roselia, I know it's what you want to." From the look on Roselia's face, it seemed Orihime was right about it. "Please, come with me and we both can do it."
"Rose." Roselia was wondering if it really should. Roselia took the Mega Ring and tossed it to Ichigo. It then dared Orihime to come and get it.
"I think Roselia wants to battle first. I think you have to earn its respect first." Ichigo said.
"Fine. Sylveon, I need your help." Orihime said.
"Sylveon!" Sylveon stepped forward and was ready to battle.
"Orihime, Roselia is part poison-type. Fairy-types like Sylveon are weak against them. You have to avoid poison attacks." Rukia said and Orihime understood. Roselia started with it firing purple needles. "Like that! That's Poison Sting!"
"Dodge it and use Quick Attack." Orihime said. Sylveon avoided the attack and slammed against Roselia.
"Orihime, be careful. Roselia's ability might be Poison Point." Rukia said. "If you make direct contact, Sylveon could get poisoned." Roselia kept the battle going with Magical Leaf and Sylveon got hit.
"Sylveon use Fairy Wind." Orihime said. Sylveon stretched it's ribbons and unleashed the sparkling wind with Roselia getting hit. "Now Moonblast!" Sylveon formed the pink orb and shot Roselia with it.
"Now try the pokeball." Ichigo said and Orihime took one out.
"Roselia, I want to try this. I see how beautiful it is with pokemon and trainer working together. So please come with me!" Orihime said as she tossed the ball and Roselia went in. The ball shook around and all of them waited to see if it would be catch. The ball stopped moving and there was a ding. "I did it!" Orihime's never been this happy for she caught a pokemon. "I actually caught a pokemon!"
"That's great." Ichigo said.
"Orihime, are you sure this is something you really want to do?" Rukia asked.
"It is." Orihime said and she let Roselia out and lifted Roselia in her arms. "Roselia, I know we'll be great friends and we'll do well in talent star."
"Roselia!"
With Roselia joining them on the journey, Orihime has her sights set on pokemon talent star? With that, more adventures are to come on our heroes' journey and pursue new dreams.
To Be Continued….