"ahhhh..."
Ness and her pokemon had just finished eating breakfeast at the Pokemon Center and were outside enjoying the nice cool day. Ness was a little tired from reading the Pokenav instruction book the previous night.
"Ok, so.. according to the map.. the contest hall here should be just around the corner." Ness said.
Ness turned the corner and saw before her a large building. She walked inside and saw many trainers with their pokemon getting ready to perform. Ness found the registration counter and asked, "When is the next contest going be?"
"The contest schedules are post on that wall over there." the woman pointed.
"Ok thank you." Ness replied.
Ness walked over to the wall and found that the next contest, a cute contest, was going to be the next day.
Oh no! I thought I would have more time... hmm.. ok! Ill need to work with Pachirisu really hard today!Ness walked out of Gadsbury town, and into the nearby forest.
"Come on out Pachirisu!"
Pachirisu was out in a flash.
"Ok buddy, we only have the rest of today to train for tomorrows contest. Lets get to work! The first thing we need to do is figure out everything that you can do. So.. show me everything you got Pachirisu! Ill give you poffins as rewards, all good and sweet just like you like em'!"
Pachirisu jumped excidedly up and down. Then he got serious.
Pachirisu's first move was a thunder attack, then he growled. His next move was a fast attack that Ness barely saw. He finished with a cute, loving look towards Ness.
"AWWWW!!" Ness handed a poffin to Pachirisu.
"Hmm... ok.. so.. If Ive got this right, you know Thunder, Growl, Quick Attack, and Charm.. Hmm.. I dont know how to make those moves work..."
Ness remembered something that Prof. Oak had told her about Coordinators.
"Being beautiful with Pokémon, that is a Coordinator."hmm... how do I make those move beautiful.. or.. I guess cute in this case.. well... Pachirisu's Growl is very cute.. and Charm is a keeper.. What can I do with Thunder and Quick Attack though... Ness left Pachirisu and came back with some pebbles.
"Pachirisu, when I throw these up I want you to use Quick Attack to build up speed, then try to do some flips and use Thunder on the pebbles. We'll how that looks and go from there."
"Pachi!"
Ness threw the pebbles in the air.
Pachirisu started gaining speed and made a giant leap a few feet away from the pebbles. He flipped as Ness had instructed and used thunder on the pebbles. The pebbles floated in the air for a few seconds and then fell down to the ground.
Oh.. that was pretty cool.. but I need something that looks cute..."Good job Pachirisu. Too bad we can't really use in the contest tomorrow..."
Hmm... we need to battle. Maybe Pachirisu will learn something from battling other pokemon.Ness and Pachirisu went through the forest and battled many different types of pokemon.
"Butterfree
It evolves from Metapod. It is the final form of Caterpie.
It loves the honey of flowers and can locate flower patches that have even tiny amounts of pollen."
"Caterpie
It releases a stench from its red antenna to repel enemies. It grows by molting repeatedly."
"Kakuna
While awaiting evolution, it hides from predators under leaves and in nooks of branches."
"Pidgey
It is docile and prefers to avoid conflict. If disturbed, however, it can ferociously strike back."
"Seedot
When it dangles from a tree branch, it looks just like an acorn. It enjoys scaring other Pokémon."
"Lotad
It looks like an aquatic plant and serves as a ferry to Pokémon that can't swim."
Ness and Pachirisu had returned back to where they started and were resting.
After giving Pachirisu water and more poffins, Ness asked, "Ok Pachirisu, so what did you learn from all those battles?"
Pachirisu gave Ness a dirty, exhausted look. He picked up a berry seed and threw it at Ness' face.
"Ouch! Pachirisu! I know that was a lot of work.. but.. think of how great you'll feel when you win a contest ribbon! Everyone will look at you and take pictures and think, 'Oh that Pachirisu is so amazing' and other stuff like that. Plus-" Ness stopped...
"Oh.. no.. Pachirisu.. I'm sorry.. I never asked you if you wanted to be a contest Pokemon. I sort of just.. assumed... I'm sorry... Pachirisu, would you rather go for gym badges instead of ribbons?"
Pachirisu looked down. He had a serious, thinking face on. A few minutes had passed when finally Pachirisu stood up and sat in Ness lap.
"Pachi-risu!" He smiled up at Ness.
"Does that mean you want to go for ribbons?"
He nodded.
"Oh YAY! Thank you Pachirisu!"
Ness kissed Pachirisu on his head.
"OH!!! Thats it!"
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It was the next day and a crowd of people were at the contest hall, eagerly waiting for the contest to begin.
Ness looked out at all the people, sighed, and went into a dressing room to get ready.
"Come on out Pachirisu. Are you ready?"
Pachirisu nodded.
"Hello everyone and welcome to the Gadsbury contest hall!
Here are your contestants for today's Cute Contest!"
"Contestant number 1: Cassie and her Buizel!
Contestant number 2: David and his Lotad!
Contestant number 3: Riven and his Magikarp!
and finally, Contestant number 4: Ness and her Pachirisu!"
"The first event is the performance event! Good luck to all the contestants"
Cassie came out on stage with Buizel and tossed a ball out in front of her. Buizel hopped onto the ball and performed Water Sport.
David brought out a tiny pool and had Lotad act as a boat and carry around baby toy Pokemon, as well as perform a light water gun attack making the whole place sparkle.
Riven used the same pool David had used and had Magikarp use Splash.
Ness came out with Pachirisu.
"ok pachirisu, remember what we practiced yesterday. this is it, let's show them what we got." Ness whispered to Pachirisu.
Pachirisu stood atop a small stool. There was a box next to the stool with a "?" on it. A hoop was placed in front of Pachirisu and lit on fire.
"Ok Pachirisu! GO!"
Pachirisu made a great leap up high, and landed a few inches in front of the stood. The crowd laughed.
Pachrisu quickly jumped into the box and jumped back out in a few seconds. He was dressed in a Squirtle outfit and pretend to use Water Gun.
Pachirisu then jumped out of the costume, and ran in quick circles around the hoop. The wind made by Pachirisu's speed blew out the fire and Pachirisu jumped through and landed on the stool on his front paws. He pushed off and did a flip, and landed with his back toward the crowd. He turned half-ways back and blew kisses at the crowd with his cutest baby face.
The crowd cheered and awed at Pachirisu. It was certain that Ness and Pachirisu had won this round.
"Alright! Now for the last part of today's contest. The pokemon will dance for us!"
Buizel came out and gracefully danced across the stage with a long ribbon.
Lotad clumsily moved about, and Magikaro used Splash again.
Pachirisu came out and was bursting with energy. He danced all over the stage and blew kisses and did flips. He was so hyper he even finished off by running quickly in a circle and using the wind generated to jumped high and perform a giant flip in the air.
The crowd cheered again for Pachirisu.
"Well judging from the crowds reaction I'd say we have a winner here! Lets look at the results to make sure!"
A screen popped up and showed the judges scorings.
Ness grew excited as she saw Pachirisu's ratings go up.
"Our winner is, Ness and her Pachirisu!"
"YYYYEEEEEEESSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!" screamed Ness.
"We did it Pachirisu! We won our first contest!!"
Ness was presented with her first ribbon.
Ohh.. I cant believe this is happening! Im so happy!****************************************************************
Ness, Pachirisu, and Eevee were walking back toward the Pokemon Center to spend the night once more in town before leaving.
It was dark out and they were walking pass an alley. They were almost around the corner when Eevee stopped and perked up his ears, he then ran back towards the alley.
"Hm? Eevee?" said Ness.
Ness walked back to where Eevee was and bent down to talk to Eevee when she heard,
"You useless Pokemon!"
*CRACK*
"Shoulda gotten rid of you when you were a baby, then at least you'd still be with your mother!"
*CRACK*
Ness whinced.
"Come on! Just leave it here, before someone comes and sees us!"
"Just one more..."
Ness peaked into the alley and saw two shadowy men standing over a tiny fox-like pokemon. One had a whip in his hands. Ness began to panick, and then looked down at the injured pokemon. She got mad and looked at both Pachirisu and Eevee. They had the same angry expression on their faces. Pachirisu jumped off Ness' shoulder and stood next to Eevee waiting for Ness to give orders. Ness ran into the alley and tackled one of the guys. She jumped back.
"Pachirisu! Thunder!! Eevee Bite!!"
Eevee ran first, and used Bite on the man with the whip. Then Pachirisu used Thunder on both men. They got up and Pachirisu used Thunder again.
"GO AWAY!!" Ness yelled at them.
They ran after getting up from Pachirisus last attack.
"You better watch out kid!" they shouted as they ran.
Ness turned toward the pokemon on the ground and tried to pick it up. The pokemon woke up and fire came out of its mouth right on Ness' right hand.
Ness felt the stinging pain immediately. She let go of the pokemon but before she did the pokemon had bitten the hand it had just burned.
"Oww" Ness cried. Ness grabbed her right hand and felt tears start to flow out of her eyes.
The pokemon started to run but Eevee had caught up with it and knocked it down. Pachirisu paralyzed it with a shock of electricity.
Ness opened one eye and saw the pokemon unconcious on the ground. She took out a special pokeball Prof. Oak had given her.
"Go... heal ball..." Ness whispered.
She tossed it at the pokemon and saw it shake one last time before she fell over.
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Pachirisu was shaking Ness, and Eevee was licking her face. Ness finally woke up and forced herself to sit up. She looked at her Pokenav.
1 a.m .... UGH...Ness felt the pain in her right hand again. She managed to get up and picked up the Heal ball with her left hand. She attached it to her belt and walked back to the Pokemon Center, with Pachirisu and Eevee on both sides of her.