Pokemon: Friends to the End
Chapter 27: Settling a Not-So-Old Score!
Pachirisu continued to suffer stage fright, running wildly around the stage.
But then Dawn pulled a Poffin out and tossed it into the air causing the scent to get Pachirisu's attention.
The Electric Type Pokémon jumped with an electrified Spark and catches it, saving her performance.
"Pachirisu, Discharge!"Dawn ordered.
After eating the Poffin, Pachirisu used Discharge to create sparks around the stadium before using Sweet Kiss and creating a shower of small hearts.
The crowd applauded 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 Capsule Ball."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 Pokédex.
"Pichu, the Tiny Mouse Pokémon."Denise's Pokédex buzzed."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 herself.
"Now, Pichu, spin and use Hidden Power!"Amy ordered sweetly.
Pichu and her clones leaped into the air and began to spin using Hidden Power causing them to collide each other in a ray of light.
"Incredible!"Marian commented."Pichu's Double Team and Hidden Power are bringing a spark on the stage!"
"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!"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 looked at Dawn worriedly.
"Don't worry, Dawn, you did great, that's what is important."Denise assured as she brushed Hoothoot's fur with a brush.
"Hoot Hoot."Hoothoot 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.
Denise glanced at Kenny.
"We're curious, when did you start getting interested?"Denise asked.
"You just didn't notice."Kenny answered looking away.
Amy smiled and shrugged while Dawn and Denise had confused looks on their faces.
Later on the Stage...
Kenny went on the stage to do his performance.
"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...
Dawn, Denise, Amy and the other Coodinators watched Kenny perform.
"Wow."Dawn murmured.
Dawn opened her Pokédex to scan Alakazam.
"Alakazam the Psi Pokémon and the evolved form of Kadabra."Dawn's Pokédex stated."With a 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 Pokémon action is beautiful and powerful just like you're 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...
"Awesome."Dawn admitted.
"Kenny has been improving."Amy commented.
"I never expected this sort of performance."Denise stated.
Jesslina frowned at the screen.
"No fair."Jessilina complained quietly."He got a big cheer than I did."
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...
Dawn was getting worried now that the first round ended.
"No need to worry."Dawn whispered. "No need to worry."
Denise placed her hand on Dawn's to calm her down.
"It's okay, Dawn, we'll be both fine."Denise assured with a soft smile.
"Hey, Dawn and Denise."Ash greeted.
Both Dawn and Denise looked up and saw the Pallet Town Trainer with Brock, Pikachu and Buneary.
"Come on, there is nothing to worry about, you both really wowed them in the end."Brock stated.
"The three judges loved 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."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.
Hoothoot, Pikachu, Piplup and Pachirisu chirped in happiness.
"Much more fun to be right."Brock admitted.
"Buneary."Buneary said with a smile.
Pachirisu jumped to Dawn's arms.
"We did it, Pachirisu!"Dawn giggled in joy.
"Time to find out the Round Two 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 Jessilina in the first round.
"Looks like we're on the first round."Denise admitted.
Hoothoot smiled at his Trainer.
"Hoot Hoot."Hoothoot tweeted.
"Just keep holding that thought."Ash reminded.
"Pika pika!"Pikachu agreed.
"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 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 you're 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."Kenny agreed."Watching you both at the Jubilife Contest, so me and Amy thought if we entered this one, we'll meet up with you two again."
Afterwards in the Performance Stage...
It was time for Denise's battle against Jessilina.
"It's time for our second round Contest battles!"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, it's Jessilina one side and the other side is Denise!"
"I can't wait to see how Denise uses Hoothoot on battle!"Ash remarked.
"Yeah, but Jesslina was also good in the last round, so we'll see."Brock reminded.
Jessilina and Denise glanced at each other.
"Like taking candy from a twerpette."Jessilina thought.
"Watch closely, Kenny and Amy."Denise thought strictly."I'll show you both how to battle."
"Five minutes on the clock!"Marian declared."Let's go!"
5:00
"Alright!"Denise chuckled."Hoothoot, stage on!"
Denise threw her Capsule Ball causing stars to come out, making the Flying Type Pokémon appear.
"Hoothoot!"
"All rightee!"Jessilina remarked."Dustox, it's show time!"
Her Capsule Ball opened causing a large heart to come out and Dustox appeared.
"Dustox!"
"Let's make it!"Jessilina sneered."A short night with Whirlwind!"
Dustox flapped her wings to form a whirlwind.
"And Dustox uses a Whirlwind showing a starry scale!"Marian remarked.
"Hoothoot, do a spin and use Peck!"Denise ordered.
Hoothoot jumped into the wind and spins in place, building up power for a Peck attack.
"Hey!"Ash commented."That's it!"
Pikachu and Buneary cheered in happiness.
"Excellent just the right strategy for a Flying Type."Brock commented.
"Amazing!"Marian admitted."Dustox's scale makes Hoothoot's fur look beautiful! A great performance using her opponent's attack!"
The move appeal robs Jessie of some points.
"No fair!"Jessilina complained."How selfish can you get!"
The whirlwind causes Hoothoot's beck to glow white and he flew above Dustox.
"And Hoothoot flies above Dustox!"Marian announced.
"Dustox use Poison Sting!"Jesslina ordered.
Dustox used Poison Sting to force Hoothoot to stop attacking, dropping Denise's points.
"Now Psybeam!"Jesslina ordered.
Dustox unleashes multiple Psybeam attacks causing Hoothoot to fly up and dodging the attacks.
"Yeah!"Ash cheered."Hoothoot that's the spirit!"
Pikachu and Buneary cheered at Hoothoot.
"But there's a limit that Denise has to attack."Brock commented.
"Poison Sting!"Jesslina ordered.
Dustox fires Poison Sting towards Hoothoot.
"Hoothoot use Reflex!"Denise ordered.
Hoothoot creates a screen causing the poison stings to reflect back to Dustox.
2:30
"We're half way there!"Marian announced.
"Okay!"Denise giggled."Hoothoot use Aerial Ace!"
Hoothoot glowed in a white glow and hits Dustox directly causing an explosion, slashing Jessilina's points to half.
"What a hit!"Marian remarked."It's 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 frowned and huffed at Denise's battle.
In the Battle Stage...
Hoothoot landed back in the ground and the smoke revealed that Dustox survived the attack.
"No way!"Denise said in disbelief.
"Oh, come on! You think we're strangers to fireworks?"Jessilina asked smugly."Poison Sting!"
Dustox fired Poison Sting at Hoothoot.
This caused Denise to lose points.
"Now use Peck!"Denise ordered.
Hoothoot flew up dodging the attack and hits Dustox with Peck, knocking it out.
"What?!"Jessilina said in shock.
"And that's all she wrote for Dustox and Jessilina!"Marian announced."Hoothoot and Denise are up in the final round!"
"Yes!"Denise said in victory.
Hoothoot flew to Denise's arms, who hugged him in joy.
"We did it, Hoothoot!"Denise remarked proudly.
Hoothoot blushed."Hoot Hoot."
"Way da go, Hoothoot!"Ash cheered.
"Denise sure got the contest battle spirit."Brock commented.
In the Backstage...
Dawn and Kenny were pleased at Denise's success.
"Yes, Denise made it!"Dawn cheered happily.
"Well."Kenny chuckled."That explains why she won her first Contest Ribbon and how she defeated Zoey."
"I've seen better."Amy admitted simply with her arms folded.
A 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 Kenny's Prinplup, she end up losing.
It was now Kenny against Dawn.
"Alright, time for the final stage!"Marian announced."And here are our dueling Coordinators, it's Kenny over here and Dawn over there!"
"The finals are always the best part!"Ash admitted.
"Well you're right Ash, but it's 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 neither of 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.
Dawn's Capsule Ball opened causing bubbles to come out, revealing Piplup.
"Piplup!"
"Prinplup, now, let's hit it!"Kenny stated.
Kenny's Capsule Ball opened making stars come out and Prinplup appeared.
"Prinplup!"
"There you go, it's Piplup vs Prinplup!"Marian announced."A battle between Pokémon evolution!"
"Piplup, Bubble Beam go!"Dawn ordered.
"Prinplup use Bubble Beam as well!"Kenny ordered.
Piplup and Prinplup both use Bubble Beam, 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 charged with Peck as Prinplup uses Metal Claw to catch and tossed Piplup, dropping Dawn's points.
Prinplup stood 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 tossed 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 recovered and attacked with Metal Claw.
Piplup flipped dodged and used Whirlpool, consuming Prinplup and dropping Kenny's points to half.
However, Prinplup used Bubble Beam to destroy the Whirlpool, creating sparkles and setting Dawn's points even to Kenny's.
Prinplup used Mist to cloak the battlefield, dropping Dawn's points more.
Prinplup comes down with Drill Peck, but Piplup used Whirlpool and jumped into the Whirlpool to dodge, droppings Kenny's points.
Piplup prepared 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 the Water Type Pokémon used Bubble Beam again, resulting in a cancellation.
00:00
"Time's up!"Marian announced."And the winner is..."
The screen revealed Dawn wins the Contest by just a small point difference.
"Wow!"Marian announced."It's Dawn from Twinleaf Town!"
"We won! We won!"Dawn cheered in delight."We did it, Piplup!"
Dawn and Piplup twirled around in happiness.
Kenny looked at Prinplup.
"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 accepted her first Ribbon from Mr Contesta as Denise, Amy, Kenny and the other coordinators watched the scene.
"And now Mr Contesta will now present the Floaroma Ribbon to our winning Coordinator Dawn!"Marian announced.
Mr Contesta showed the Floaroma Ribbon to Dawn.
"Congratulations."Mr Contesta praised."I understand this is your first ribbon right?"
"Right."Dawn answered.
Dawn took the Floaroma Ribbon.
"We're expecting, great things from you."Mr Contesta stated.
"Oh thank you so much."Dawn thanked gratefully and held out the Floaroma Ribbon."No need to worry now cause the Floaroma Ribbon is all mine!"
Piplup and Pachirisu cheered at their victory.
The crowd applauded Dawn for her success.
Denise smiled to see her older twin sister win her first ribbon before looking down feeling a little bit sad that she didn't win her second.
"And that ladies and gentlemen is the end of our Floaroma Contest!"Marian declared. "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.
"Yes, dear, I saw it on TV. Great job."Johanna answered and looked at Dawn's Pokémon."Piplup, you too, Pachirisu."
Piplup and Pachirisu smiled in happiness.
"I know you told both of us not to call you, but Dawn just won her first Ribbon like I did, mum."Denise exclaimed."Now we both have one Ribbon."
"Yes. But remember both you can't be satisfied with one Ribbon."Johanna reminded."You both need to work hard until you and your Pokémon are a real team and reach the Grand Festival and the Sinnoh League."
"We will."Dawn assured."Don't worry, mum."
The screen turned off as Dawn and Denise went back to their friends.
Dawn dried the tears that were coming out of her eyes.
"Dawn, what's wrong?"Ash asked.
"They're tears of joy."Denise replied with a smile.
"I bet your mum must be proud of both of you."Brock admitted.
"She is and thank you for cheering us on."Dawn remarked."Now it's you and Denise against the Eterna Gym so it's my turn to cheer for both of you, Ash."
"Great."Ash chuckled."Thanks a lot, Dawn."
"Pika pikachu."Pikachu responded.
"I guess our next stop is Eterna City."Denise assumed.
"Yeah!"Ash agreed.
Ash and Denise high fived each other.
Then Kenny and Amy walked up to the heroes with their backpacks on.
"Well, looks we have to be on our way."Kenny admitted.
"And we wish you both luck on your next Gym Battles."Amy commented.
"Thanks, Kenny and Amy."Ash said with a nod.
"See you later, Dee-Dee."Kenny joked.
"You too, Neecy and Ash."Amy added with a smirk.
To make Denise angry and as a way of saying see you later, Amy gives Ash a big kiss on the cheek.
Hearing those names and seeing Ash get kissed caused Dawn and Denise to glare at their rivals, who walked away while laughing.
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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
Hoothoot: (Male): Peck, Reflect, Aerial Ace and Hypnosis