Rigorous Relationships

Battle of Blazing Beauty

A red haired woman in an elegant sleeveless suit walked out to the center of the stadium and stood on the battlefield. Raising a microphone to her lips she addressed the audience gathered for the nearing contest.

"Ladies and gentlemen! Welcome to the first ever Crystal Cavern Contest! I'm your host Miss Jubilee and these are our three judges!" Miss Jubilee spread her free arm forward gesturing towards the people seated behind three box shaped podiums.

"First up we have the Contest director Mr. Contesta! To his left is our city's very own Nurse Joy!  And due to unfortunate circumstances, the crystal guru could not attend. But thankfully his grandson Ferric was available to fill in the position as our third and final judge!" The audience gave the three judges a courteous round of applause in recognition of their merit and duties.

"Without further ado, let's get this contest underway!" This statement earned a much louder and joyful chorus of whooping and cheering.

"In the first round we have the all female team of Dena, Diana, and Serena! These lovely ladies might just be to hot for their opponent to handle. Let's hear it for them folks."

"You three got this in the bag!" Cal and Ash cheered as their friends walked onto the field. The three girls waved at the crowd as they were whooped at and cheered on. With nervous smiles blooming across their faces they took their position on the left side of the field.

"Speaking of their opponents!" Miss Jubilee turned to the other side of the field "This family of sibling is sure to give our beautiful maidens a run for their money! Please put your hands together for Jordan, Rachel, and Alex Schatten!"

The audience began cheering again as the three trainers strolled onto the right side of the field. From one glance anyone could gather that these three belonged to the same lineage. They all shared the same mischievous blue eyes and rugged auburn hair. The only features that distinguished one from another was the build of their bodies and the way they wore their hair.

"Looks like we're all set folks. Now let's start up the five minute timer and let the battle commence!"

The flatscreen above the field lit up displaying two large yellow circles for each team and a countdown timer set to go off in exactly five minutes.

Serena gave her allies a determined look asking them if they were ready to go. Reviving grins filled with the same zest she bore, they sent out their Pokémon.

"Lets give our all Braxien!", "It's showtime Torchic!", "Rise and shine Vulpix!"

The three fire types emerged from their Poké Balls and struck a pose as they landed on the field. As soon as they appeared a bright light formed above the field. Vulpix's ability drought had caused the entire battlefield to be drowned in harsh sunlight.

On the other side of the field their opponents released a Lairon, Parasect and Graveler. The type advantage was in our heroines favor until the rock and ground type Graveler was called to battle.

"Torchic, let's start this off right with Fire Spin!" The flame chick Pokémon jumped up and threw a spinning spiral of flames at the enemy Lairon.

"Lairon, fight it off with Ancient Power!" Lairon stomped on the ground and had five well sized rocks levitate up from the soil. It then proceeded to line up the stones into a floating wall of rock to dissipate Torchic's flames.

The encounter between the two moves ended with a small explosion and slight reduction of points for Dena's team. With only a slight pause between attacks the girls assessed that the battle would be more challenging than they had originally thought. The moment of reprieve pasted as the two other siblings made their move.