pokemon adventure

chapter eighty

Chapter 80

Purika Contest,

A proud day for Meowth

And Sidney

Today the gang was on a boat that was taking them to Izabe Island, where the next pokemon contest was. It was to be held in a city called Purika City. May was training with her Bulbasaur on the boat; she had decided to use Bulbasaur this time. "Okay Bulbasaur," said May "last time you and I didn't do so well in the contest and lost. But this time you are ready for contests and we will win this contest together". Bulbasaur nodded in agreement.

Just then a teenager boy, about the same age as Brock, with purple hair came up to May. "Are you entering the Purika contest?" asked the boy. "Yes I am," answered May "and I'm entering with my Bulbasaur". The boy introduced himself as Harley and said that he would be entering the contest too. Then he took out a green pokemon that looked like a big cactus plant.

May looked at the pokemon on the pokedex: Cacturne, the scarecrow pokemon. The evolved form of Cacnea. It rarely moves during the day, but is active once the temperature drops at night.

"Wow what a pokemon" said May. Harley didn't seem a bit pleased that May didn't know about Cacturne. He returned Cacturne to the pokeball and he walked away. 'I can't believe her," he thought 'not knowing a thing about Cacturne. Well I'll show her by beating her in the contest'. It seemed Harley was one of those people with a sour puss attitude.

By the next day, the gang had made it to Izabe Island and Purika City and May signed up for the contest at once. Ash couldn't enter because there were no more applications for him to enter the contest. So May was the only one entering the contest. Right now they were waiting for Max; he had gone off to the bathroom but he hadn't turned up yet. Just then Max turned up with Harley. "Where have you been Max?" asked May. Harley explained that he and Max were just having a quick chat with each other and he started to walk to the waiting rooms. Ash stared at Harley; there was something about him that he didn't like. "Come on guys we better get to our seats and May better get to the waiting room" said Brock. "Hold on, May and I need to have a quick talk," said Ash "Brock, Tomo and Max you go on ahead". So Brock, Tomo and Max went to the seats while May and Ash had a talk. "What's wrong Ash?" said May. "I had a look into Harley's mind and he is the lying type and the picking on people type," warned Ash "so May be careful around him and watch out for his lies". May couldn't believe that Harley was that type of boy, but she knew that Ash was never wrong when he read people's minds and agreed to be careful.

Now it was time for the contest. Vivian did the normal introductions and showed off the Purika Ribbon. The Purika Ribbon was pinkish red with a yellow outline.

May went out first in the appeal rounds and called out her Bulbasaur. She ordered her Bulbasaur to use razor leaf and then use vine whip to hit the leaves. The audience was impressed when Bulbasaur whacked the leaves with her vine whip attack. Mr Contesta and Mr Suziko, who remembered May's Bulbasaur, could see that May and Bulbasaur were really in sync with each other now. There were some other great performances after May; there was a Camerupt, a Surskit, an Azuril and a Tentacruel. Until at last it was Harley's turn and he called out his Cacturne. The audience, including May, thought Cacturne looked scary. Harley ordered his Cacturne to use bullet seed on the ground, and Cacturne fires bullet stage on the ground while moving around. The yellow glowing seeds made a big picture of skull and crossbones on the ground. Both the audience and judges loved it. It was obvious to May that Harley was a good coordinator.

The results soon came and this time only four trainers got into the battle round. May and Harley were in the battle rounds and so were other two male trainers. May and Harley had to battle the other two male trainers first before they could face each other. The trainer that Harley had to face was Bob; the trainer with the Azuril. May's opponent was Kent; the trainer with the Surskit. Harley easily defeated Bill in a couple of seconds thanks to Cacturn's bullet seed attack. May congratulated Harley on his win; being a good sport. "I'm sure you will easily defeat your opponent May because Surskit are really slow pokemon" said Harley. That of course was a lie because Surskit was one of those speeding pokemon especially on water and ice.