Tamer Gothic – Book Two – The Shadow Lord
Part 48
The Beach - Coast City
"You wanted to see me" I said to the gentlemen who had called me at the hotel less than half an hour ago.
I'd found it odd that the man representing Playpoke magazine had contacted me and then requested that I met him down at the beach, but I hadn't been worried. The location was far too public for anything shady, and I had wisely told Tom, who had by now caught up with us, where I was going so I knew he would follow to make sure I was safe.
The man was barely any older than I was and he wore an unbutton shirt and shorts, add to the the sunglasses and it was clear he thought himself very cool. Also he was drinking some fruity cocktail despite the fact that it was breakfast time, so I guessed that he was still somewhat hung over from a night spent partying.
"You must be Gothic!" he greeted while shaking my hand in a very enthusiastic way "I've heard literally tons about you and I know your a stand up guy. Which is good cause I need a favour".
If this was some pitch for money I was so out of here. The last thing I needed from my wife May was another lecture on wasteful spending.
"What do you need" I inquired.
I couldn't decided if this guy was fake or if he just really loved his job, because he looked really happy to met me. Still even if he was trying to get access to my wallet there was no harm in just hearing him out.
"It's like this bro" he explained "We had three judges for the Best Miss Tamer Bikini Contest. But one of the dudes cancelled on us so I want you to take his place".
When that sunk in I wasn't sure if I should be laughing or crying. I was against this contest and now I was being asked to take part.
"I know some people entering the contest" I informed the event organiser "So it wouldn't be fair if I was a judge".
Then for some reason a pokegirl in a one piece bathing suit handed me a drink with a tiny umbrella in it. I tasted it and wondered how much rum they put in these things.
"No problem my man" the guy in sunglasses assured me "If your girls in the contest then you give her five points and it I'll still be fair because the other judges might not like her as much as you do".
That actually made sense. If there were three judges then me giving out lots of points would matter very much if the others didn't.
"I mean you have to give the most points to your girlfriend" he added.
At this point I felt the need to be totally honest.
"Girlfriends" I corrected "Three in fact and they all signed up".
One of the guy's eyebrow rose up so high I could see it above the darkened lens of his shades.
"Man you Tamers get all the babes".
Given that he seemed to be have a small army of pokegirls around I didn't think he was actually jealous as they had to work for the magazine and that meant he had to be Taming at least a few of them. On the other hand he did have a point as being a Tamer was a lot like being a rock star, if you were popular then you could have all the pussy you ever wanted.
"But it is no probs" the coordinator "I mean your judging the girls for their hotness so as long as you give all three of your ladies the max amount of points you can give, which is five FYI, then you're telling them they're all equally sexy".
To us males that sounded perfectly reasonable, but I had the horrible feeling that I was somehow going to get into trouble. On the other hand I really did want to see a load of sexy Tamers in skimpy outfits, as I was a randy bugger, and as a judge I'd have a decent view of many a fine ass.
"Okay I'll do it" I decided.
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The Beach - Coast City
Hours later it was finally time for the contest to begin. A man, who somehow managed to look good in an Hawaiian shirt, walked up to a microphone and he addressed the crowd that had gathered down here at the beach. Tom, Gary and Jayden might have been in the audience but I couldn't tell due to how many people there were out there.
"Welcome to the tenth annual Best Miss Tamer Contest!"
The man's announcement was greeted with many cheers. I found it to be deafening and was I also a little freaked out by how many Japanese men there were with cameras. I felt racist for noting it, but given that they'd been snapping shots of my girlfriends I didn't feel too guilty as I had a right to be upset about people perving over my hotties.
"Now before we begin let's meet our judges!" the announcer then said.
We three judges were already siting at a table that had three sets of placards on that numbered from one to five. Which made it really easy to figure out how we awarded points.
"First we have the Gym Leader. Miss Daisy Leaf!" the announcer informed the crowd "Readers of our magazine will remember her as the winner of this contest three years okay".
And she'd done the naked photo shoot. I knew that because I'd seen it, and I had a signed copy, so had a lot of other young men if the applause was anything to go by.
"Also judging will be Mayor Goro".
Clearly being the leader of this city was a job that came with perks. The man was older than me or Daisy and I didn't think he had anything to do with Taming but he seemed well liked by the locals as a lot of people clapped when he was mentioned.
"And finally we have Gothic, the Shadow Lord of Tamers who kindly volunteered when he heard we needed a replacement so give him a big round of applause".
That wasn't exactly what had happened, but since the crowd was very happy to see me I didn't care. If anything I was a little embarrassed by all the attention I was getting.
"Okay" the announcer said "it looks like we are ready to begin. Each competitor will get one chance to impress the judges, and she will receive a score between 1 and 15. The Tamer with the highest score will win the competition and then receive ten thousand SLC!".
Then there was even more cheering. People were very happy around here I was starting to wonder if anyone in audience was even sober.
"Also if she's willing you will get see her without the bikini in the summer special issue of playpoke magazine!".
At the this point only the males in the crowd cheered.
Let's meet our first contestant, Illyria!"
Amy was using her Tamer name and she stepped out in front of the judges wearing the red bikini she had gotten yesterday. She then walked around the catwalk and blew a kiss at the audience. Which was cute.
Naturally I held up a five, while Daisy held up a two for some reason and the Mayor gave her a three, which was an okay score.
"That's a 10 total. Not a bad score" the announcer said "Now on to our next contestant!"
As Amy left the stage she winked and waved at me. I knew she was grateful for the five I'd given her.
Next up was a young woman called Jasmine, who was the gym leader in a place called Olive City, which was somewhere in the League I assumed. She stepped out in front of the judges wearing a Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polka Dot Bikini. Which contrasted her dark skin rather nicely I thought. Plus she had nice big tits.
I gave her a four, because she was sexy. Daisy again gave a two but the mayor was far more generous he gave her a four which meant she equalled Amy's score.
Quite a few girls came by and showed off their swimsuits, but none of them were able to able to get more than a three out of me. They either looked too young or just couldn't compare with the young ladies who had already displayed quite a bit of flesh.
Then came Sabrina, a gym leader who trained magic using pokegirls like I did. I'd played a very odd game with during the Shadow Island Tournament . Her hair, which was now green for some reason, matched her green outfit.
I gave her a four cause she'd given me a star chip. Daisy had to have hate for Sabrina as she only gave her a one which with the Mayor's three meant she had the lowest score so far. Sabrina teleported away upon getting it and that impressed me more than her body had.
When Nikita came on to the stage she almost got an even lower score as she did not look that confident. I still gave her a five because I wanted to have sex with her again at some point in the future and Daisy gave yet another two while the leader of the city went with two as well. Which meant she did do slightly better than Sabrina had, but not as well as Amy had which must of stung because Niki didn't even look at me when she walked off the stage.
Last of all was Misty, who had put on the mircobikini which got her a five from the mayor and of course from me despite the fact that I was more than a little peeved right now. Daisy gave a four, which I assumed was because she liked Misty, and that gave her the highest source of all.
"Now, the crowning of the winner" the announcer stated "Gothic if you wouldn't mind doing the honours".
I took a crown from a pokegirl who held the accessory on a velvet pillow and then I placed it on Misty's head as she was handed a bunch of flowers by yet another nearly naked pokegirl.
"This year Best Miss Tamer Contest Champion is Misty Waters" the announcer exclaimed.
That was when the crowd cheered even louder than they had before.
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The Beach - Coast City
By the time the sun had set there was a massive bonfire going and lots of people having fun. I however was not enjoying the party as I was upset that Misty was going to a naked photo shoot for Playpoke magazine, and she hadn't even bothered to ask how I felt about it.
Nikita was just sad that she had come in second to last so she was sulking big time while Amy was also a little down in the dumps about scoring so low. I attempted to comfort both of them.
"That Daisy was mean to both of you" I said "She should have given you more points".
They ignored me. It seemed to be happening a lot this week. But I knew that once we got back to doing Tamer things that they'd start to listen to me again because we were a team. But it would take some time as all girls need to feel attractive and losing the contest had really hurt Amy and Nikita's feelings. To make things worse they hadn't even scored that high.
"I gave you all five points" I reminded them "cause you are all very, very pretty girls".
"Well I'm going to say thank you for my five point" Misty said as roasted some marshmallows in the fire we'd started.
Thankfully she had changed after the contest, which was good due to how much the temperature had dropped since the sun had gone. Showing off her body aside I had been worried she'd catch a cold.
"But later tonight" the gym leader then added.
When she looked at me she could tell that I wasn't in the mood to have any fun with her so she came up and hugged me. Which didn't fail to get a reaction out of part of my body as she back in those shorts again.
"Aww whys my man so grump?" she asked.
For once it looked as she was actually going to listen.
"I don't want you to get naked for people who aren't me" I explained.
Misty then frowned.
"I don't need your permission" she said,
That wasn't really the issue. At least not with me.
"But you didn't even check to see if I was okay with it" I told her "Its nice to be consulted about these sort of things".
Amy heard that and she wrapped one of my arms around her body.
"I should have checked too. I'm sorry" she apologised.
Nikita then decided to make it a four way hug and suddenly I was warm.
"Yeah me to" she said.
I was liking this hug. A little too much actually. Misty noticed that and started to slowly rub against me.
"You know I only want to do the centrefold because this is my last chance to be in spotlight" she said to me "I mean once I squeeze out our kid I'm not going to have time for this kinda thing".
She did have a good point there.
"And I'm gonna be the size of a house before too long so I just want one last chance to be all sexy".
She was being all reasonable now. I hated it.
"I guess" was all I said on the matter.
Misty made a thoughtful face for a few seconds and then she smiled in a way that told me see had come up with a solution for this issue, or at least some sort of compromise.
"How about you give me your blessing to do the shoot" she said "And after I get your name tattooed on me so if any guy does she me naked then they'll know that I really belong to you".
That did sound really hot.
"Okay I'm on board" I decided.
I had been about to suggest going back to the hotel but then I discovered that the discussion was not yet over.
"Oh I could do that too" offered Nikita "As long as it was tasteful like on my shoulder with some fancy writing".
Misty had other ideas.
"I was thinking lower on my back" the Gym Leader said "but it would be weird if we had in the same place, it's not like were getting branded".
Misty knew very well that my pokes were branded so I knew she had used that word on purpose.
"Yeah who want that!" Niki said a little too loudly.
Then there was a sudden silence until Amy spoke.
"Fine. You talked me into it" she said "I'll get inked up too".
It was then that I remembered that tattoo removal was really easy in this world as there were spells pretty much anything as long as you could afford to pay a magic type to cast it for you.
Well actually it wasn't that simple, but I could recall reading about a potion that when applied to skin could remove scars and other marks. It wasn't cheap but when compared to have a tat removed with acid or a laser it was pretty cheap and quick.
"Okay let's go to bed" I said "It's get late and tomorrow we have to decided where we are going next".
It was all go for Team Gothic.