Capítulo 249: 249. May vs. Drew
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"Next, there is only the last contestant left in the first round of the Slateport City Pokémon Contest! The entry number is No. 50, Contestant May!"
Finally it was May's turn to appear on stage for the first time in her career.
She cheered herself up and stood next to Vivian while holding her Beautifly's Poké Ball.
"This is May's first time participating in a Pokémon Contest, so let's wish her the best in her first Pokémon Contest!" Vivian also introduced May this way as this was May's debut!
Unlike Ash, where he had a huge record behind him, even if in wasn't for Pokémon Contest; many people, including Vivian, recognized Ash almost instantly.
The audience cheered and hyped May up.
But May was still very nervous. After all, she was only 16 years old with no prior experience.
Dhe wasn't like Ash or the others who are much more excited to be able to perform so easily without any problems. She hasn't gotten used to it like they have after all the things they went through in their careers.
She took a deep breath and thought of Ash's encouraging words and his smile towards her. Yes, Ash was right, she still had her Pokémon accompanying her!
"Okay, come on, Beautifly!" She summoned her Beautifly with style. After their long period of training together, her Beautifly has become much more mature and confident about herself.
As soon as she appeared on the stage, she spread her brightly colored wings vigorously, and all the scale powder spread around herself to make it look like there was a star show happening. This was the natural charm of a Beautifly.
As her debut, it was enough to make most people shine.
"Beautifly, use String Shot!" Beautifly has not learned many skills yet. May wants to find ways to show of the skills she doesn't know as much as possible, so outside items are essential for this.
Her pink Frisbee appeared again and was thrown towards Beautifly by May, and Beautifly's String Shot was used like Vine Whip and the Frisbee was pulled back to her. The String Shot shined with a beautiful white light under the Bering spotlights, which in turn made it seem beautiful!
"Splendid!"
Vivian promptly used her commentary to highlight May, "May and Beautifly have a brisk look to each other, showing how they have a such a high-level understanding of each other!"
May's performance got better and better as time went by, and she finally understood what Ash had initially said to her, as long as Pokémon is by her side and they trust each other, there will be no problem they can't solve.
"It's time to finish it, Beautifly, use Silver Wind!" After their long period of training in this, Beautifly has learned the basics of Silver Wind, and May has also upgraded on this basis to make it look better for Pokémon Contests.
They all saw Beautifly maintaining the Silver Wind and starting to rotate around, which made it seem to be surrounded by a silver whirlpools, which looked particularly dazzling under the bright light.
This is the best they could do with their current Silver Wind dance so far. In the end, May can be said to have performed exceptionally well for her fist time at this.
The ending was also very exciting. Beautifly stretched out her gorgeous colorful wings and landed on the head of May who was posing in a bow. The two cooperated well and complemented each others styles.
Even the arrogant Drew praised, "Finally doing something well~."
Ash stood beside him, "So you really did pay attention to that new May, right? She will be your strongest opponent in the future. You have to watch out for her."
"Hmph, I won't lose to a newbie!" By saying this, Drew had already admitted that May was now his rival from here on out, "Ash, just who are you?"
Drew finally figured out why Ash felt so unfathomable to him. The bond between him and his Pokémon was so terrifying. They had absolute and unconditional trust in each other, even though most of his Pokémon's had only recently been caught by him.
Hearing this, Ash smiled and said, "I am just Ash Ketchum from Pallet Town, the person who will become the greatest Pokémon Master the world has ever seen!"
In the end, May was affirmed by the three judges. It was already very good for her debut, and her score reached 25.9 points!
For May, who is participating in the competition for the first time, this can be said to be a good result that exceeds her own expectations. Of course, it is not comparable to Ash's almost perfect score but it was still a very good one.
"Okay, the first round is now officially over. Please wait a moment. The candidates for the second round will be announced soon!"
May finally breathed a sigh of relief and sat down, "I wonder if I can participate in the second round."
At this time, a bright red rose was handed to May, "Great performance!"
What girl doesn't like bright flowers? "Is that for me? Thank you Drew. You are actually being a decent friend for once."
Looks like they are all friends now.
However, the arrogant Drew said, "It's not for you, it's for Beautifly. As for you as a Pokémon Coordinator, I think you still haven't learned enough!"
May is so angry that she wants to hit hit I'm one the face, "And I take back what I just said!"
When she around, she found Ash coming in her direction with a black rose in his hand, "Here's your gift, from me."
"Ash thanks, but you have to make the decision for me! How do you think I did?!" She said with a big blush in her face.
She quickly hugged Ash. Ash was confused when he saw her like this, and then smiled and said, "It seems that you have adapted to the stage. It would be great if you can enter the second round, but that's already a given considering how well and how many points you got!"
"Uh-huh!"
"Okay, I kept you huys waiting for a long enough, these are the contestants who passed the fest round!" Vivian announced the list of the second round from the TV in the backstage. Ash, Drea, May and Milotic's Trainer Robert were all among them.
These eight Trainers will be randomly paired up for a Pokémon Contest style battle. This is what Ash is best at, battling. He mainly came here for this, hoping to get some extra Exchange Points.
But the reality had such a coincidence that May's opponent was non other than than Drew, while Ash's opponent was a just someone who managed to pass to the second round thanks to luck.
According to the way the battle structure works, the winner of the battle between May and Drew would then face against Robert or the other Trainer, and then there is a huge chance that the winner of the right side will face against the winner of the left side, which is the side Ash is one.
"This arrangement is quite good for me!" Drew looked very relaxed by his opponents, "Ash, let's have a good fight!"
Hearing this, May, who was deliberately ignored by him, looked at Drew with furious intent, "I will definitely not lose to you like that. I am the one who will fight Ash!"
Seeing this, neither of them paid much attention to Milotic's Trainer Robert. On the contrary, Ash was the one looking forward to battling against Milotic and Robert the most.
The rules of the Pokémon Contest battle are of course a little different from those of the League Tournaments. It is timed for 5 exact minutes. They have to see who can use the most Contest tricks to reduce the opponent's score in just 5 minutes. The side with the higher score after the timer ends wins, pretty simple.
Obviously the time part is the most exciting part of this new format, so Ash was already very eager to try it out.
"Then let's start the first battle!" The first battle was between May and Drew!
Both of them are very familiar with each other's partners as they saw and had simulation battles against Ash.
Both Roselia and Beautifly appeared in their most Contest postures.
In terms of typing advantages goes, the Bug-type and Flying-types Beautifly has the much better advantage, but in these kind is Contest battles, the advantage in types has been weakened a lot and the advantage of control was greater than ever.
Moreover, Drew's Roselia was much higher in level than the recently evolved Beautifly.
Drew also learned well and no longer used strong moves like Petal Dance right from the start, instead using weaker but decent moves like Magical Leaf.
"Beautifly, use Gust!" May chose to use Gust to respond back to the Magical Leat of Roselia, which seemed to blow away the leaves away!
But May probably still doesn't understand or know that Magical Leaf is a very special attack skill in that it can't be just blown away by the wind or something along the lines.
The Magical Leaf that had been blown away hit Beautifly back after a few seconds. This change immediately stunned May but Ash and Drew looked like they expected this from the beginning.
In this moment of confusion, Magical Leaf hit and Beautifly was hurt, which means May's score was also deducted by a lot.
Both from the damage and because May and her Beautifly couldn't react to it.
"Roselia, use Stun Spore!" This Stun Spore was like a golden mist. The powders were shrouding Beautifly, and May points were deducted again at a quick rate.
May was already in a panicked situation right now, "Beautifly, use String Shot!"
She wanted to use String Shot to restrict Roselia's movements, but Drew easily destroyed her plans with a with Magical Leaf, and that Ahs also deducted a lot of points from her again.
"Damn it, Beautifly, use Silver Wind!" After her hit failed again and again, May decided to increase her attack range. Silver Wind was a Bug-type skill, which was very effective against Roselia, a Grass-type Pokémon: additionally, it was also a pretty good-looking attack.
"Roselia, use Petal Dance!"
The Petal Dance not only defeated Silver Wind, but countless petals also headed towards May's Beautifly.
Seeing that Beautifly was affected by her previous injuries and was now also affected by the Petal Dance, Drew immediately issued his killing order, "Roselia, use Solar Beam!"
It's time for his Roselia to truly shine.
Solar Beam needs time to prepare. This is a good opportunity for a quick attack. May quickly ordered, "Beautifly, use String Shot!"
Ash was thinking something else by seeing this form the TV, 'The speed of that String Shot is too slow, you should play Silver Wind at this time. But alas…'
Sure enough, the String Shot hadn't arrived on time yet, and the Solar Beam was ready to be launched. The Solar Beam was shot through Roselia's special roses, which made a colorful light appear that looked like a rainbow, which was very eye-catching.
The three judges praised it one after another, and the audience cheered. Even Ash nodded his head in acknowledgment. That Solar Beam was definitely a attack they needed to train together for a prolonged time.
"The Grass-type ultimate move had completely destroyed Beautifly!" Vivian explained the obvious.
May's points were almost deducted to zero, and there was not much time left. Beautifly was bruised and unable to fly, and could only fall to the ground.
The three judges judged that Beautifly to have lost her ability to fight, meaning Drew won the battle without losing much or any points.
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