"I need something to eat" Hikari thought to herself, as she arrived at a small town. As Hikari walked into a local cafe, she noticed a sign. "Pokemon Ringer Competition!" it said. Hikari was excited.
"Something warm" Hikari told the maiden taking orders, as a tall dark haired man sat at her table. "Give me the bill" he said as he went to shake Hikari's hand. Hikari looked shocked. "Name's Marshall" he said with a smile, Hikari shook his giant hand. Well that wasn't fair. His hands weren't giant, Hikari just felt smaller in comparison.
"Hikari.." she replied back. As the maiden gave them their refreshments, Hikari looked at the PokeRinger competition on the poster. "You entering?" Marshall said with a smug look. "Yeah" Hikari said. She knew another Ring would be healthy. Hikari and Marshall walked down to the competition, Hikari noted a total of 32 people were entering. This was going to be tough. As the announcer called Marshall first, he winked at Hikari. "Watch my trick".
"Marshall vs RedDog" The announcer yelled, as Marshall sent out Swellow and RedDog sent out Peliper. "Begin!"
"Peliper, water gun go!" RedDog yelled, trying to take Swellow from the start. "Ariel Ace!" Marshall yelled, the fast bird avoiding the water as Swellow was able to grab the ring first. "Peliper we are the only thing standing between Swellow and the Win, Don't let him past!" RedDog yelled. marshall glanced at Hikari and forced Hikari to lipread over the cheering crowd. "Watch"
"Swellow, Double team" Marshall yelled, As Peliper's water gun hit a clone as Swellow Ariel Aced to the pole. The crowd roared. "Marshall and Swellow move onto the Top 16!" the announcer yelled.
"Wow.." Hikari thought from under her breath. There was no way she could compete against that. Hikari needed to master that technique, and fast.
"Hikari vs Lenty" The announcer yelled, Hikari sending out Staravia as Lenty sent out Lediba. "A bug type.. This should be easy" Hikari thought. "Begin!"
"Ariel ace" Hikari yelled to Staravia, Lediba quickly on the scene from behind. "Stun spore" Lenty yelled. "Haha.. You don't think I use a bug type against Birds for the fun of it do you?" he laughed. Hikari growled. She didn't have time for this. "Staravia, double team is based off splitting, try splitting apart" Hikari yelled, the stun spore not helping. Lenty was laughing in tears. "You total newbie! hahaha" he laughed. "Staravia, use your wings to blow the ring off.." she said in a cold sweat. The wing was unable to move, But repeatedly, Staravia was able to flap it's wings, blowing the ring onto the floor of the pole, where Staravia crashed from paralysis. Lenty in shock. "Dammit" he yelled. Hikari knew that was a close one.
Maybe splitting wasn't the answer, she probably needed to see again how Marshall was able to pull it off.
"Hikari is the winner! Top 16 member" The announcer yelled.
Hikari thought about it. It was Lenty's turn, she was going to see exactly how he made Swellow perform double team. It was about time Hikari won another Ring.
"Marshall vs Osis" the announcer yelled, the Top 16 match heating up with the crowd's massive numbers.
"Come on out Spearow" Osis yelled. "Now.." Osis yelled, but was to late. Swellow had Ariel Aced it to the Ring and back, Hikari furious that she didn't get the chance to see how he does it.
"Marshall moves onto Top 8!" the announcer yelled. Hikari's match was next.
"Hikari vs Fingle" the announcer yelled, Fingle sending out Delibird. "Shit" Hikari thought. "Begin!"
"Go, Delibird!" Fingle yelled, as Hikari quickly commanded Staravia to Ariel Ace it, taking the lead. "Icy wind" Fingle yelled, trapping staravia in a mini ice storm, but also managing to take down the ring as the icy storm made it's waves, Staravia quickly catching it as it hit the ground with a frozen wing. "Hikari's the winner, Top 8!" The announcer yelled. Hikari sighed. She had heard that so many times, and still she had failed to get a Ring.
"Marshall vs Getto" the announcer yelled, as Getto sent out Golbat. "Ariel ace" Marshall yelled, the usual routine by now. "golbat, supersonic on the ring" Getto yelled. "Dam" Marshall yelled. If he had shot that sonic blast anywhere, Swellow could have dodged it. But by focusing on the ring, Swelloe has to risk it all on this one move. "Double team go!" Marshall yelled. Hikari glared at his eyes. It was definately a type of splitting. Maybe Swellow was in two places at once. Hikari knew this was the only chance she'd get to master the move. "Golbat, Crunch!" Getto yelled as Swellow took the ring, successfully popping the clone as the ring fell towards the ground. "Yes" Marshall yelled, as the ariel ace to the finish secured Marshall a place in the top 4.
"Hikari vs Digi" the announcer yelled. Hikari sent out Staravia as Digi sent out Driftblim. Now or never.
"Driftblim follow from behind" Digi yelled as Staravia ariel aced it to the Ring. As Hikari turned around Staravia was given quite the scare as Driftblim lay right in front of the bird. "Shadow ball Driftblim!" Digi yelled, Hikari screamed! "Double Team! Just like Swellow!" she yelled as the shadow ball burst through the newly awakened clone, Staravia landing the ring on the pole. "YES" Hikari screamed. Digi looked shocked. "Nice mastery of a move during battle, you're a risk taker i'll give you that". Hikari smiled. She wasn't in the mood to be in a bad mood, after all Staravia had just learned a skill she could use to get the Ring's she never could. Hikari was pumped.
"The Top 4 lineup will be Hikari vs Marshall and Amor vs Ginji" the Announcer yelled, the crows cheering.
In fact, the crows cheered so loud that it could be heard in the next town over, a small town with two individuals meeting.
The man, identified as Buck from Carribean's crew had just gotten on shore. "Dam you Hikari" he said from under his breath. "So you know each other?" the myserious person said. Top Ranger Ross was closing in.
"Wingull!" Buck yelled, as the bird was caught in the flames of Ross's "Justice". "Arcanine, burn the bird" Ross said firmly, as Wingull was burnt alive. Buck went into tears. "You're no better than the criminals you catch!" Buck yelled. Ross smirked. "You're a criminal, whether you live or die, and no matter what I do to you, I am always reported as the hero who caught you." Buck said. "Arcanine, silence this completely loud and dreadful person" Ross said, as the flames of 'Justice' burnt Buck alive. Ross turned to look at the town over, the one that had announced Hikari's name. "Hikari, you're next" Ross said.