Chapter 3 Contest Battle
Ash and Alice are now heading towards the Viridian City for Ash's first contest. Alice asks, "So what are we doing here? We could have gone to Viridian City a few minutes ago."
"I have a friend I have promised to find, it is right there." Ash says. they see a battle between Pidgeot and Fearow, each Pokemon fighting fiercely as the couple can only watch in surprise.
"They are still fighting?" Ash can't believe his eyes. "I mean, it was 8 years..."
"You know them?" Alice asks him as he nods.
Ash says, "In fact, the leader was once my Pidgeot." This causes her to gasp. "She is the first female Pokemon I caught."
"Okay." Alice says. "Should we help them?"
"We might as well." Ash says as he yells, "Pikachu, use Thunderbolt." Pikachu fires the attack and it hits Fearow.
Pidgeot notices the trainer as she doesn't know why he helps him, but Fearow is mad that the trainer attacks him, so he tries to give him a Drill Peck, but Pikachu dodges the attack and then takes out the fires the Electro Ball, causing it to fall down to the ground.
"Go, Pokeball." Ash then throws the Pokeball and captures the Fearow. But the action causes the Spearow to be more aggressive.
Pidgeot says, "I don't know who you are, but leave the rest to me."
Ash says, "Okay, but try this." He throws the Pidgeotite to her, much to her surprise, but then she nods as Ash presses the Key Stone on his glove. "Mega Evolve!"
As Pidgeot changes her form, it lands the Hurricane on the rest of his goons, causing them to fly away from the Route as soon as possible.
Pidgeot lands in front of the two humans and she says, "Thank you, human. They have been annoying us these years."
"It is no problem. In fact, I want to apologize for not finding you these years." Ash says. "It has been a while, Pidgeot."
"Wait...Ash? Is that you?" Pidgeot starts to form tears as she hugs him. "You are finally back..."
"I am sorry." Ash says. "I should have come back for you, but something happened that I couldn't. Oh, and meet my girlfriend Alice."
Pidgeot is surprised that Ash has a girlfriend, but she bows to her as Alice says, "It is nice to meet you."
Ash says, "So Pidgeot, do you want to return back to my team?"
"Of course." Pidgeot says, but before she assigns the new leader to protect the forest. After that, Ash captures her. Once the Pokemon is in the ball, Ash smiles and says, "Now we should leave this place."
Alice says, "Yeah."
As they continue their journey, they see a hunter chasing 2 Butterfree, with one of them being pink colored.
"Oh no, those Butterfree are in trouble." Alice says in horror.
"Not if I have something to say about it." Ash says in anger. "Nobody messes with my Butterfree and his mate."
"Wait, that is your Butterfree?" Alice asks in surprise.
"It is the first Pokemon Ash has ever caught." Pikachu says.
Ash then charges forward with Charizard being sent out. And it uses Fire Spin to block the hunter.
"Who are you?" The hunter asks in horror after seeing the Charizard.
"I am here to stop you. That is all you need to know." Ash says coldly.
"I am not going to leave until I catch that Butterfree, don't get in my way!" The hunter yells.
"Too bad, I won't let you capture them." Ash says as Charizard fires Flamethrower and knocks out both the hunter and his Pokemon.
Once the hunter is sent to the police, Ash turns to Butterfree. "Hello, Butterfree, we meet again."
The regular Butterfree says, "Ash!" He and the female pink Butterfree fly around him.
"Thank you for saving us." Pink Butterfree says.
"No problem." Ash says. "Let me introduce you to my girlfriend, Alice." Ash says as the two Butterfree fly around her.
"It is nice to meet you as well." Alice says. And the two Butterfree decide to join Ash and Alice together.
"Cool, I have 2 Butterfree." Ash says after they catch the Pokemon.
"Yeah, I am sure both Pokemon are going to do well in our journey." Alice says with a smile.
They arrive at the Viridian City, where they see a lot of people taking part in the Contests. Alice says, "So this is what a Contest looks like?"
"Yeah. It is a good thing that I am able to register this early. Now you just have to watch me win this whole thing." Ash says.
"You sure are confident. But then again, it is what makes you adorable." Alice says with a smile.
"I don't think adorable is used on me, but I accept your words." Ash says as he goes backstage for a change. He decides to wear formal clothes that consist of a blue jacket and blue jeans that make him fashionable. Not only that, he has his hair combed, and the fact that he isn't wearing his hat.
In the contest battle, Alice is watching the show with Eevee, who is sitting on her lap. "So that is how the first round work...what if we are able to do those performances?"
Eevee yelps in agreement, and then they hear the MC says, "Finally, we have a new contestant here, and it is no other than our World Champion! Please welcome Ash Ketchum!"
Just as Ash comes out to the stage, he says, "Butterfree, I choose you."
Once his pink Butterfree appears on the stage with sparkles that show like stars, the crowd is starting to get excited. "Now Butterfree, let's show them how we work together. Let's get started with the Silver Wind, combine them with the use of Gust."
The Silver Wind is already beautiful, but with the Gust causing it to spread, it shows amazement. "And now let's finish this with the colorful Air Slash."
The shurikens of the Air Slash are now colored by the Poison Powder, Sleep Powder, Rage Powder, and Stun Spore, causing them to sparkle and it ends the performance.
"It seems like a milky wave. An astounding performance." Mr. Contesta says.
"Remarkable." Mr. Sukizo says.
"Indeed. I can feel that I am one with the Butterfree. The show is very spectacular." Nurse Joy says.
Ash gets a lot of scores in this contest, and he is surprised to see Alice backstage waiting for him. "Ash, you did great." Alice smiles at him and Eevee is jumping up and down. "How did you do that?"
"You see, during my journeys, I have been helping out with the practice of the contests as well." Ash says. "And I am glad that all the efforts are worth it."
"That's true." Then they see on the screen that Ash has advanced to the next round. "Now go and finish the next round."
"Sure." Ash says.
In the next round, Ash decides to use his Pidgeot to battle. His first opponent is a Jigglypuff, who is trying to land the Sing attack. But Ash says, "Pidgeot, try to stay awake by using your Gust upwards.
With the wind blowing in the eyes, Pidgeot manages to stay awake. And the points his opponent loses a little. "Now use Hurricane." Ash yells, and Pidgeot just shoots out the twister gracefully and knocks the Jigglypuff back.
"The time is up, the one with the most points is Ash Ketchum! Who will advance to the final round." The MC says.
Alice has been taking notes of the contests and she says, "So not only there is a knockout, when the five minutes are over, the one with the most points will advance to the final round."
She then looks at Ash, who is shaking hands with his opponent. "And it must be very hard to stay beautiful while using those moves at the same time."
In the final round, Ash's opponent is using the Magneton, which has a disadvantage for Pidgeot. But Ash manages to save some points in the battle so that it is still a tie in the one-minute countdown.
At the same time, Goh and Chole are just walking outside of the Viridian City, until Chole asks, "Hey, isn't that Ash?"
Goh looks at the screen at the contest hall, he says, "Yeah, is he entering the Contest? And since when did he get a Pidgeot?"
Then Ash decides to show the big guns by Mega Evolving his Pidgeot and then uses the Heat Wave to finish the opponent.
"Since the opponent is unable to battle, the winner of this Viridian Contest goes to Ash Ketchum!"
The crowd cheered at Ash, who smiled and jumped for joy. Alice says, "Look, Eevee. Ash won!" Eevee also has stars in her eyes after seeing the win.
In the end, Mr. Contesta takes out a ribbon and hands it to Ash.
"Congratulations on your win." Ash gets it and thanks him. Then he goes to find Alice, who is waiting outside.
Alice hugs him for his win and he hugs back, then Alice says, "You know, after seeing how you do it, I want to try it out as well."
"I am sure you can try it." Ash smiles. Just then, they hear two voices calling to him. He turns around and sees Go and Chole.
"Go, Chole. It is great to see you again." Ash says as they greet one another.
"You did a good job in the contest, though I never knew you are the type." Goh says.
"Well, I did promise Mr. Goodshow that I have to get a ribbon cup." Ash says. "And by the way, this is my girlfriend Alice."
"You have a girlfriend, that is unexpected." Chole says as they introduce themselves.
"So what are you doing here?" Ash asks.
"We are just having a vacation." Goh says. "And you?"
"Mr. Goodshow is giving me a list in order to achieve my dream of becoming a Pokemon Master." Ash says. "And I am doing it."
"Good for you. I hope you succeed." Goh says. "Why don't we talk some more in the Pokemon Center?"
"Sure." Then they all head towards the Pokemon Center to rest and chat.
Once they are there, the two boys are talking about their Pokemon together. And Chole decides to ask, "So how did you two become a couple?"
Alice blushes a little and she says, "Well, as you can see, we met when we are five years old. At that time it was snowing, and I got lost with my parents. I decide to sing and dance in order to cheer myself up, and that is when Ash found me. But after singing, I was already out cold, but Ash still brings me out of the forest on his own."
"So you loved him because he saves you like a prince would do to a princess?" Chole asks with a little tease.
"Well...I guess...but we have to separate because my parents are the gym leaders in the Kalos Region. At that time we are only 7 years old, but we made a promise." Alice says.
"What promise? Can you tell me?" Chole decides to ask further, but her loud voice is heard by Ash and Go, Ash smiles and he wraps his arms around Alice. "It is not a big deal about the promise. It is just that we confess our love back then and we aren't going to forget about each other. And we didn't forget about it."
"So she is the reason why you didn't notice any other girl who has been eyeing you when we were being assistants together?" Goh asks. "Because you have your heart for her?"
"Is there a problem?" Ash says, "All that matters is that I remember her and I am not going to let go this time."
"And that is why we are together now." Alice says.
"That sounds romantic. I just hope Go is like that as well..." Chole says the last sentence with a whisper.
"What is that?" Go asks, obviously didn't hear it.
"Nothing." Chole says with a little blush as the couple looks at them with a bitter laugh.
Here is a new chapter, and in this chapter, Ash wins his first contest ribbon. Not only that, he captures four Pokemon, with two of them originally his. I hope you like this chapter and the next one is going to be facing the Pewter Gym.
