Ash's Story (Part 4: Kanto and Unova)

Chapter 15

While we're traveling, Emerald fishes out a Mantine and captures it, getting the fourth Pokemon in his team. And now we have arrived at the getaway destination Chrysanthemum Island for May's next Pokémon Contest. Outside the Contest Hall, the registered Coordinators are preparing their prized Pokémon. And just as we thought, we find Drew.

"It's Drew!" May says while taking out a letter. "Did you send this to me?"

Drew is confused, and she says, "I like to be in a contest with you, but mark my words! This time I'm going to beat you."

"Except I didn't send that." Drew says. "Come on, that's not my style, you should know that."

"Really?" As we are still suspicious, Drew sighs, "Truthfully, I'm not going to be in the Contest."

"You're not?" Reisa asks.

"I'm been in so many contests that my Pokemon are wiped out. So I'm here on the Chrysanthemum Island for R and R."

"Go figure." May says. "But if you didn't send me this, I wonder who did?"

After Drew leaves, May begins to work on Munchlax and Blaziken's skills. Munchlax quickly lunges towards Blaziken with a Focus Punch but misses and continues on to nearly hit a bystander and crash into the soft sand.

"I'm sorry, are you okay?" May asks.

"Yeah, but I'm not sure about your Munchlax..." We are trying to pull Munchlax out of the sand.

"Hold on, are you May?" The girl introduces herself as Brianna and May is her idol. But then she sees me and Drew, she is much more excited. After a few quick words, the two shake hands and Drew wishes Brianna luck in the Contest.

"I am going to win their respect, which means I am going to defeat you." Brianna says to May as she is surprised.

"But why me?" May is surprised.

In the contest, the Appeals Round begins and the first contestant is Jessie with Mime Jr. dressed in Hawaiian attire. When Mime Jr. is sent out from its Poké Ball, it rotates on its upper head while Jessie performs a small hula dance. The crowd roars for Jessie's performance.

Next, May and her Munchlax take to the stage. May quickly directs Munchlax to unleash its Solar Beam, filling the stadium with a magnificent blend of lights and colors. Munchlax's next move is Metronome, so it begins moving its hands in synchronization. However, the move backfires, and Munchlax is put to sleep, having used the move Rest. After a few moments of hesitation, May throws a Pokéblock into the air. Munchlax instantly awakens and devours the Pokéblock in mid-air while rotating. On its descent, Munchlax comes down with a Focus Punch, gracefully landing on the stadium platform.

The third contestant is Brianna, with her Surskit. Surskit uses Ice Beam on the stage, allowing it to gracefully pirouette like an ice skater across the now-frozen performance stage. It finishes the performance with a high-velocity spin. The crowd cheers for Surskit's performance as the Contest Judges give approval of Brianna's performance.

The other contestants include Hoothoot, Hypno, Blastoise, and Castform. With the first round of competition ending, the results are revealed, and among the contestants are May, Brianna, and Jessie. The match-ups are then announced, with May to face Jessie in the first round of the tournament.

The stage is set with May and her Blaziken facing off against Jessie and her Mime Jr. Blaziken begins the battle with a Fire Spin, but Mime Jr. easily dodges and uses Mimic, sending an identical Fire Spin to Blaziken. The tricky move deducts more points than usual from May's score. Blaziken recomposes itself and rushes toward Mime Jr. with Quick Attack, and they both clash. Mime Jr. maneuvers itself in mid-air to begin tickling Blaziken, reducing a substantial amount of points from May. Mime Jr. follows up with another Mimicked Fire Spin, but as the flames engulf Blaziken, it recovers and gains power. Blaziken leaps through the ongoing Fire Spin and strikes Mime Jr. with a Sky Uppercut. Mime Jr. crashes to the ground defeated and May is declared the winner.