Pokemon: Friends to the End
Chapter 27: Settling a Not-So-Old Score!
Pachirisu continues to suffer stage fright, running wildly around the stage.
Dawn pulls a Poffin out and tosses it into the air, the scent getting Pachirisu's attention.
The Pokémon jumps with an electrified Spark and catches it, saving her performance.
"Pachirisu, Discharge!"Dawn ordered.
After eating the Poffin, Pachirisu uses Discharge to create sparks around the stadium before using Sweet Kiss and creating a shower of small hearts.
The crowd applauds at her comeback.
"Pachirisu's Discharge lights the Floaroma Stadium!"Marian announced.
"Pachirisu's talent is really starting to shine through."Mr Contesta admitted.
"Remarkable all right."Mr Sukizo agreed.
"A bit of a shaky start, but a magnificent turn around."Nurse Joy stated with a smile.
In the Waiting Room...
"Yes!"Kenny said in joy.
"She's back on track!"Amy remarked.
Denise smiled in relief to see her twin got her comeback.
"But they still have lots of catching up to do..."She thought worriedly.
Then a man came in.
"Denise, your up next."He stated.
"Okay then."Denise replied with a nod.
The girl rushed to get to the stage.
"Hey Denise, good luck!"Kenny called out.
Amy smirked. "Let's see how this turns out."
In the Performance Stage...
"And now for our next coordinator is Denise!"Marian announced. "Winner of the Jubilife Contest!"
The crowd cheered as the curtains opened revealing Denise.
"All right, Eevee, stage on!"Denise stated with a smile.
The capsule ball opened causing bubbles to come out revealing Eevee.
"Eevee!"
"Eevee use Shadow Ball!"Denise ordered.
Eevee sent a Shadow Ball into the air.
"Now use Attract!"Denise said sweetly.
Eevee winked sending hearts at the Shadow Ball causing them to turn into adorable floating purple hearts.
"Okay Eevee, wrap it up with Thunder!"Denise ordered.
Eevee sent an electronic wave to the hearts causing them to form a diamond shape before they exploded causing purple and yellow sparkles and pink hearts to fell down on the stage.
The crowd cheered loud at the performance.
"Wow, Eevee's shadow hearts had brought an aura of mystery and romance into the stage!"Marian commented.
"I must say Eevee's creative moves were outstanding."Mr Contesta stated.
"Yeah, remarkable!"Mr Sukizo admitted.
"And seeing the attract connect with Shadow Ball with just so cute and adorable."Nurse Joy remarked.
Denise and Eevee bowed as the crowd cheered at them.
Afterwards...
It was now Amy's turn to perform.
"And now our next coordinator its Amy!"Marian announced.
"Okay, Pichu!"Amy stated with a smile and threw out her pokeball. "Time to perform!"
The capsule ball opened causing sparkles to come out revealing the Tiny Mouse Pokemon.
"Pichu!"
The adorable electric type landed on the stage.
In the Waiting Room...
"Aw, what a cute thing."Dawn said with a smile.
Denise checked Pichu in her pokedex.
"Pichu, the Tiny Mouse Pokémon."Denise's Pokedex said. "A pre-evolved form of Pikachu, the electric sacs in its cheeks are small, if even a little electricity leaks, it becomes shocked."
In the Performing Stage...
"Use Double Team!"Amy ordered.
Pichu smiled and created clones of itself.
"Now Pichu spin using Hidden Power!"Amy ordered sweetly.
Pichu and its clone leaped into the air and began to spin using Hidden Power causing them to collide each other in a ray of light.
"Incredible, Pichu's Double Team and Hidden Power are bringing a spark on the stage!"Marian announced.
"Now use Iron Tail with Thunder Wave!"Amy ordered.
Pichu leaped up as its tail began to glow white causing the Thunder Wave energy to connect with its tail creating diamond patterns.
Once it vanished, Pichu giggled and winked at the audience.
The crowd cheered loudly at the performance.
"What a thrill to see a coordinator and her electric type create a beam of sparkles, what a thrill!"Marian remarked.
"I must they the sight of cuteness of this performance was just fabulous."Mr Contesta stated.
"Besides remarkable!"Mr Sukizo agreed.
"And seeing the beauty of Hidden Power and Thunder Wave was just perfect."Nurse Joy admitted.
Amy laughed as Pichu jumped into her arms to hug her.
"And now here is the next performance!"Marian announced.
Other Coordinators perform before Jessie takes the stage disguised as Jessilina calling upon her Seviper.
In the Waiting Room...
Dawn relaxes nervously holding Pachirisu while Denise comforted her.
"They sure like their combination, I guess we really failed this time."Dawn said sadly.
Piplup and Pachirisu look at her worriedly.
"Don't worry Dawn, you did great that's what is important."Denise assured as she brushed Hoot Hoot's fur with a brush.
"Hoot Hoot."Hoot Hoot agreed softly.
The two sisters watched as the crowd cheered at Jesslina's Seviper.
"You did, good Dee-Dee same with you Neecy."Kenny admitted.
Dawn and Densie spotted Kenny and Amy looking at the screen.
"Kenny, Amy."Dawn said.
"I guess both of you knew, what you were doing using an electric and a normal type in your performances."Amy remarked with a smirk.
This sentence caused the twins and their pokemon to glare at her.
"You think your so smart."Denise muttered and stick her tongue out a little at her rival.
"You both better watch out, this Jesslina is pretty good."Kenny reminded. "She is showing off her Seviper and they like her too."
"I don't remember of you liking contests when we were kids."Dawn admitted.
"I curious, when did you start getting interested?"Denise asked.
"You just didn't notice."Kenny answered looking away.
Amy smiled and shrugged while the twins had confused looks on their faces.
Later on the Stage...
"Our next performance here we go!"Marian announced.
"Alakazam hit it!"Kenny stated.
The capsule ball opened causing flames to come out revealing Alakazam, a psychic type.
"Alakazam comes out in a fiery entrance!"Marian commented.
In the Waiting Room...
"Wow..."Dawn said as she opened her pokedex.
"Alakazam, the Psi Pokémon and the evolved form of Kadabra."Dawn's Pokedex stated."With the brain like a super computer, it possesses many different supernatural powers."
"I wonder how Kenny will do in this round."Denise admitted.
In the Performance Stage...
"Use Light Screen!"Kenny ordered.
Alakazam uses Light Screen to box itself in before using Shadow Ball to shatter the box and quickly using Teleport to escape.
It follows with Hidden Power to envelop it in a ring.
"Now that pokemon action is beautiful and powerful just like your watching a magic show!"Marian remarked.
Alakazam levitating up ending the ring with a fireworks appeal causing the crowd to cheer.
In the Waiting Room...
"Awsome."Dawn admitted.
"Kenny boy is been improving."Amy commented.
"Wow, I never expected this sort of performance."Denise said.
Jesslina frowned at the screen.
"No fair, he got a big cheer than I did."She mumbled.
Brock, Ash, Pikachu and Buneary were among the crowd.
"Kenny has been working hard showing off those moves."Brock stated.
"Yeah and Alakazam is very strong in battle too."Ash added.
"Okay that's it for the first round!"Marian announced. "And now let's make the judges do their things!"
In the Waiting Room...
"No need to worry."Dawn whispered. "No need to worry."
"Its okay Dawn, we'll be both fine."Denise assured with a soft smile.
"Hey, Dawn, Denise."Ash greeted.
The twins looked up and saw the Pallet Town trainer with Brock, Pikachu and Buneary.
"Come there is nothing to worry about, you both really wowed them in the end."Brock stated.
"The three judges love it and Pachirisu was so cute."Ash added.
"They are right, I'm sure we both gonna make it."Denise commented kindly.
"I guess so, thank you Dennie..."Dawn said with a smile.
"And now we're set!"Marian announced on the screen. "And here are the judges result on the first round, eight impressive will be moving on and here they are! Congratulations!"
The screen showed Amy, Kenny, Denise, Jesslina along with three other coordinators and finally Dawn!
Dawn and Denise gasped in amazement.
"See I told you two not to worry."Ash remarked.
"I'm in, I'm in."Dawn said with a relieved smile.
"We both are."Denise agreed.
Hoot Hoot, Pikachu, Piplup and Pachirisu chirped in happiness.
"Much more fun to be right."Brock admitted.
"Buneary."Buneary said with a smile.
Pachirisu jumped to its trainer's arms.
"We did it, Pachirisu!"Dawn said in joy.
"Time to find out the Round 2 match ups!"Marian announced. "And you know how we do that, the computer does the random shuffle!"
The computer randomly pairs up the Coordinators for the Contest Battles pitting Denise against Jessie in the first round.
"Looks like we're on the first round."Denise admitted.
"Hoot Hoot."Hoot Hoot responded smiling at his trainer.
"Just keep holding that thought."Ash reminded.
"Pika pika!"Pikachu said.
"And one of you will be able to win this."Brock assured.
"We will, cheer for us okay Buneary?"Dawn asked.
"Buneary."Buneary answered with a nod.
Then Kenny and Amy walked up to them.
"Hey, glad you both made it to the second round."Ash said.
"Yeah us too, thanks Ash."Kenny replied.
"Ash, we should get back to our seats."Brock reminded.
"I'll look for a great battle from all four of you."Ash said with a wave.
"Why thank you."Amy chuckled.
Ash and Brock leave, wishing Dawn, Denise, Kenny and Amy luck.
"It would be so good, if we end up beating against each other."Dawn stated.
"Yeah are you going to use Piplup?"Kenny asked.
"Yes and your using Prinplup?"Dawn asked.
"Of course and I'm going to win my first contest, Dee-Dee."Kenny replied with a smirk.
"Oh knock it off."Dawn muttered.
"Come on chill out."Amy assured and looked at Denise. "Either way, I'm looking forward if we do end up battling each other, Neecy."
Denise smirked. "So you and Kenny think we're both good then?"
"Yeah watching you both from the Jubilife Contest, so me and Amy thought if we entered this one, we ran into you two."Kenny explained.
Afterwards in the Performance Stage...
"Its time for our second contest battle!"Marian announced. "In just five short minutes, eight coordinators will show off their beautiful moves while taking their opponents points as much as they can! And now for our first match up its Jesslina one side and the other side is Denise!"
"I can't wait to see how Denise uses Hoot Hoot on battle!"Ash remarked.
"Yeah, but Jesslina was also in the last round, so we'll see."Brock reminded.
Jesslina and Denise glanced at each other.
"Like taking candy from a twerp."Jesslina thought.
"Watch closely, Kenny, Amy, I'll show you both how to battle."Denise thought.
"5 minutes let's go!"Marian announced.
5:00
"All right, Hoot Hoot, Stage on!"Denise stated sweetly.
She threw her capsule ball causing stars to come out making the Flying Type appear.
"Hoot Hoot!"Hoot Hoot said with a smile.
"All rightee Dustox is show time!"Jesslina said.
Her capsule ball opened causing a large heart to come out and Dustox appeared.
"Dustox!"
"Let's make it, a short night with Whirlwind!"Jesslina ordered.
Dustox flapped her wings to form a whirlwind.
"And Dustox uses a Whirlwind showing a starry scale!"Marian remarked.
"Hoot Hoot do a spin and use Peck!"Denise ordered.
Hoot Hoot jumps into the wind and spins in place, building up power for a Peck attack.
"Hey that's it!"Ash said with a smile.
Pikachu and Buneary cheered in happiness.
"Excellent just the right strategy for a Flying Type."Brock commented.
"Amazing how Dustox's scale makes Hoot Hoot's fur look beautiful, a great performance using her opponent's attack!"Marian admitted.
The move appeal robs Jessie of some points.
"No fair, how selfish can you get!"Jesslina said.
The whirlwind causes Hoot Hoot's beck to glow white and he flew above Dustox.
"And Hoot Hoot flies above Dustox!"Marian announced.
"Dustox use Poison Sting!"Jesslina ordered.
Dustox uses Poison Sting to force Hoot Hoot to stop attacking, dropping Denise's points.
"Now Psybeam!"Jesslina ordered.
Dustox unleashes multiple Psybeam attacks causing Hoot Hoot to fly up and dodging the attacks.
"Yeah, Hoot Hoot that's the spirit!"Ash encouraged.
Pikachu and Buneary cheered at him.
"But there's a limit that Denise has to attack."Brock said.
"Poison Sting!"Jesslina ordered.
Dustox fires Poison Sting towards Hoot Hoot.
"Hoot Hoot use Reflex!"Denise ordered.
Hoot Hoot creates a screen causing the poison stings to reflect back to Dustox.
2:30
"We're half way there!"Marian announced.
"Okay Hoot Hoot use Aerial Ace!"Denise ordered with a smile.
Hoot Hoot glows in a white glow and hits Dustox directly causing an explosion, slashing Jessie's points to half.
"What a hit!"Marian remarked. "Its that kind of shine and beauty that takes your breath away!"
In the Backstage...
"Alright!"Dawn said happily. "Look at those points!"
"Major damage since Dustox is a Bug Type."Kenny remarked.
Amy just huffed in response.
In the Battle Stage...
Hoot Hoot lands back in the ground and the smoke reveals that Dustox survived the attack.
"No way!"Denise said in disbelief.
"Oh come on, you think we're strangers to fireworks?"Jesslina asked. "Poison Sting!"
Dustox fires Poison Sting at Hoot Hoot.
"Now use Peck!"Denise ordered.
Hoot Hoot flies up dodging the attack and hits Dustox with Peck, knocking it out.
"What?!"Jesslina said in shock.
"And that's all she wrote for Dustox and Jesslina!"Marian announced. "Hoot Hoot and Denise are up in the final round!"
"Yes!"Denise said in victory.
Hoot Hoot flew to his trainers arms, who hugs him in joy.
"We did it, Hoot Hoot!"Denise remarked proudly.
"Hoot Hoot."Hoot Hoot said while blushing a little.
"Way da go, Hoot Hoot!"Ash cheered.
"Denise sure got the contest battle spirit."Brock commented.
In the Backstage...
"Yes, Denise made it!"Dawn said happily.
"Well that explains why she won her first contest ribbon."Kenny added.
"I've seen better."Amy admitted simply with her arms folded.
While Later...
It was Dawn's Piplup turn against an opponent's Bagon and they won.
Amy used her Eevee against a coordinator's Sneasel and they won even beating Denise's Hoot Hoot.
But when Eevee came up against Prinplup, she end up losing.
It was now Kenny against Dawn.
"All right, time for the final stage!"Marian announced. "And here are our dueling coordinators, its Kenny over here and Dawn over there!"
"The finals are always the best part!"Ash admitted.
"Well your right Ash, but its two childhood friends battling each other until the finish."Brock reminded.
Kenny and Dawn looked at each other.
In the Back Stage...
Denise, Amy and the other coordinators were watching the scene on the screen.
"Come on, Dawn win it for both us."Denise encouraged.
"I can't believe I'm saying this Neecy, but none us are in the final round."Amy stated.
"Hey come on there's always next time."Denise admitted with a smile. "But when that day comes, I'll be the one beating you."
Amy smirked at her rival. "We'll see about that."
In the Performance Stage...
"Our first battle together, no need to worry!"Dawn thought with a smile.
"My first ribbon and is beating Dee-Dee!"Kenny thought.
"And five minutes are on the clock, let's go!"Marian announced.
5:00
"Come on, Piplup, spotlight!"Dawn said.
Her capsule ball opened causing bubbles to come out revealing Piplup.
"Piplup!"
"Prinplup now, let's hit it!"Kenny stated.
His capsule ball opened making stars come out and Prinplup appeared.
"Prinplup!"
"There you go its Piplup vs Prinplup, a battle between pokemon evolution!"Marian announced.
"Piplup, BubbleBeam go!"Dawn ordered.
"Prinplup use BubbleBeam as well!"Kenny ordered.
Piplup and Prinplup both use BubbleBeam, canceling each other out and creating sparkles.
Both Kenny and Dawn lose points, but Dawn takes a bigger hit due to Prinplup's more powerful attack.
Piplup charges with Peck as Prinplup uses Metal Claw to catch and toss Piplup, dropping Dawn's points.
Prinplup stands in place, executing a Drill Peck as Piplup uses Bide, landing on Prinplup and spinning with Drill Peck, Dawn's points continuing to drop.
Prinplup tosses Piplup into the air as Piplup unleashes energy, hitting Prinplup and dropping Kenny's points.
"Piplup ends that Drill Peck with a powerful energy and give it right back!"Marian announced.
3:28
"Nice, Dee-Dee."Kenny remarked. "Now Metal Claw!"
Prinplup recovers and attacks with Metal Claw.
Piplup flip dodges and uses Whirlpool consuming Prinplup and dropping Kenny's points to half.
However, Prinplup uses BubbleBeam to destroy the Whirlpool, creating sparkles and setting Dawn's points even to Kenny's.
Prinplup uses Mist to cloak the battlefield, dropping Dawn's points more.
Prinplup comes down with Drill Peck, but Piplup uses Whirlpool and jumps into the whirlpool to dodge, droppings Kenny's points.
Piplup prepares Peck as Prinplup jumps into the whirlpool as well.
Prinplup's Metal Claw and Piplup's Peck connect, tossing both Pokémon out of the pool and dropping both points.
Both use BubbleBeam again, resulting in a cancellation.
00:00
"Times out!"Marian announced. "And the winner is..."
The screen reveals Dawn wins the Contest by just a small point difference.
"Wow, it's Dawn from Twinleaf Town!"Marian announced.
"We won, we won, we did it, Piplup!"Denise admitted as she Piplup twirled around in happiness.
"Prinplup, I'm sorry, I wasn't strong enough."Kenny said sadly and then looked at Dawn causing him to smile. "Maybe next time..."
Dawn accepts her first Ribbon from Mr Contesta as Denise, Amy, Kenny and the other coordinators watched.
"And now Mr Contesta will now present the Floaroma Ribbon to our coordinator Dawn!"Marian announced.
"Congratulation, I understand this is your first ribbon right?"Mr Contesta asked.
"Right."Dawn answered as she took the ribbon.
"We're expecting, great things from you."Mr Contesta stated.
"Oh thank you so much!"Dawn said kindly and held out her ribbon. "No need to worry now cause the Floaroma Ribbon is all mine!"
Piplup and Pachirisu cheered in victory and the crowd cheered at her.
Denise smiled to see her sister winning her first ribbon before looking down feeling a little bit sad.
"And that ladies and gentlemen is the end of our Floaroma Contest!"Marian stated. "Don't worry, we will be back here next year!"
Later that Evening...
Dawn and Denise talked to their mother.
"Mum, I won here is my first ribbon isn't it cute?"Dawn asked sweetly.
"Yes dear, I saw it in TV, great job Piplup you too Pachirisu."Johanna remarked.
Piplup and Pachirisu smiled in happiness.
"I know you told both of us not to call you, but Dawn just one her first ribbon like I did."Denise commented sweetly.
"Yes, but remember both you can't be satisfied with one ribbon, you both need to work hard until you and your pokemon are a real team."Johanna reminded with a smile.
"We will, don't worry mum."Dawn assured.
The screen turned off as the twins went back to their friends.
Dawn dried the tears that were coming out of her eyes.
"Dawn what's wrong?"Ash asked.
"They are tears of joy."Denise replied.
"I bet your mum must be proud of both of you."Brock admitted.
"And thank you for cheering us on."Dawn said. "Now its you and Denise against the Eterna Gym so its my turn to cheer for both of you."
"Great thanks a lot, Dawn."Ash remarked with a smile.
"Pika Pikachu."Pikachu said.
"I guess our next stop is Eterna City."Denise chuckled.
"Yeah!"Ash agreed.
Ash and Denise high fived each other.
Then Kenny and Amy walked up to them.
"Well looks we have to be on our way."Kenny admitted.
"And wish you both luck on your next gym battles."Amy commented.
"Sure thanks."Ash said with a nod.
"See ya later, Dee-Dee."Kenny joked.
"You too, Neecy."Amy added with a smirk.
Hearing those names caused the twins to glare at their rivals, who walked away laughing.
"I have a question, where did the names Dee-Dee and Neecy come from?"Ash asked with a cheeky smile.
"Don't ask!"Denise warned.
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Denise's Team:
Turtwig (Male): Quick Attack, Absorb, Razor Leaf and Bite
Eevee (Female): Water Gun, Shadow Ball, Attract and Thunder
Luxio: (Male): Spark, Night Slash, Wild Charge and Ice Fang
Ralts: (Female): Psychic, Double Team, Magical Leaf and Confusion
Hoot Hoot: (Male): Peck, Reflect, Aerial Ace and Hypnosis