[IC] Pokémon Battle Frontier

[bowtiesrcool86]

After a while, Liam returned to the Pokémon Center and had Jiriya healed up after the training session. Once Jiriya's healing was done, it was late and Liam went to get some sleep for the contest.

[James Davy]

The next morning, Shiranui woke up to see the main zipper on his bag open on its own and a Mimikyu jump out. It had been stowing away in Shiranui's backpack since the Battle Dome. Shiranui scanned the stowaway on his Pokédex. "Mimikyu, the Disguise Pokémon. Its actual appearance is unknown. A scholar who saw what was under its rag was overwhelmed by terror and died from the shock." He let Titania out and had the Gardevoir establish a mind link.
"You're a long way from home, Mimikyu," commented Shiranui.
"I longed to see the world and get close to people and other Pokémon so I stowed away on a couple of ferries and hid away in the building where a lot of them were gathered to watch stage performances. When I saw you compete, I followed you to the dome near the cool-looking tower, hid away in your bag and slept during the day happy that I was in the company of really good people."
"I'm impressed with how you managed to escape detection from your home all the way to here so I have a proposition," Shiranui offered, "If you let me catch you, I can help you develop your stealth skills."
"You didn't even have to ask," Mimikyu accepted, pulling an Ultra Ball out from under its rag, tapping it to get it ready for capture and tapping it again to draw itself in. The ball immediately pinged shut and Shiranui now had a new friend.
"It goes to show what lengths anyone would go to when they have the determination to meet their goal," commented Titania. Shiranui nodded in agreement as he named his new friend Bakeru.

[bowtiesrcool86]

Liam, having not been present for Shiranui's capture, went to the Contest Hall. He checked in and went to sit in the Green Room and began polishing the balls that held the Pokémon he was going to use before placig them into the ball capsules and putting the seals on.

[James Davy]

Shiranui arrived in the green room and went to work polishing his Poké Balls and preparing their respective Ball Capsules.

[Mike the Bloodwolf]

Mike and Sashia took their place in the stand to watch the two boys complete once again for their next ribbon. Sashia would be hoping that both of them would get though to the grand festival.

[bowtiesrcool86]

Liam was contestant #1. He called on Grimm the Dusknoir. Grimm used a combonation of Night Shade and Mean Look to make a scarry image of a pair of glowing eyes staring out from pitch black. "Now, finish with Astonish!" Grimm suddenly leapt out from the shadows like a monster in a horror movie.

"That was quite a scarry appeal, and was honestly unexpected of you. But, sometimes that is the right appeal to make."
"Dusknoir is reamrkable!"
"Your Dusknoir has clearly been very well trained."

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9
9
Total: 28

[James Davy]

"Kage would be proud of that one," commented Shiranui to himself.

Shiranui was contestant #9. He sent out his Manectric. Manectric used Electric Terrain to electrify the stage and Electro Ball to send ball lightning floating around the stage. Electricity was arcing between the Electro Ball and the Electric Terrain. Manectric had Mega Evolved before using Eerie Impulse to dazzle the audience and then finishing the appeal with a Discharge that miraculously didn't overload the electrical equipment.

"Your appeal was electrifying."
"Mega Manectric is remarkable!"
"Your Manectric has exceeded expectations."

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9
10
Total: 27

[bowtiesrcool86]

Drew made a performance with his Absol. It involved Razor Wind and Night Slash.

"I can tell that you and Absol have a close bond."
"Absol is Remarkable!"
"Absol's coat has a nice shine to it. YYou are doing a great job raising it."

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8
9

Total: 25

1 Liam Coleman/?
2 RP/?
3 RP/?
4 RP/?
5 Drew/?
6 RP/?
7 RP/?
8 Shiranui Tsukiko/?

Liam used his Dragonite and defeated his opponent's Noctowl. Drew used Roserade and beat the opposing Wormadam.

1 Liam Coleman/Dragonite
2 RP/Noctowl
3 RP/ Tentacool
4 RP/Arbok
5 Drew/Roserade
6 RP/Wormadam
7 RP/?
8 Shiranui Tsukiko/?

[James Davy]

Shiranui used his new friend Bakeru and the Mimikyu swiftly floored his opponent's Gabite.

[bowtiesrcool86]

1 Liam Coleman/Dragonite
2 RP/Noctowl
3 RP/ Tentacool
4 RP/Arbok
5 Drew/Roserade
6 RP/Wormadam
7 RP/Gabite
8 Shiranui Tsukiko/Mimikyu

Liam was surprised. He had no idea where Shiranui got that Pokémon from. Dragonite defeated the Tentacool, whose rhythum was shooken up when it evolved into a Tentacurel, and its coordinator got excited.

1 Liam Coleman/Dragonite
2 RP/Noctowl
3 RP/ Tentacruel
4 RP/Arbok
5 Drew/Roserade
6 RP/Wormadam
7 RP/Gabite
8 Shiranui Tsukiko/Mimikyu

[James Davy]

Shiranui's battle with Drew was similar to the one he had with May in the last Contest as both coordinators traded blows to each other's points. Bakeru's Disguise was busted one minute in, but the Mimikyu in that time had given Roserade a burn and a Curse. Roserade threw a Shadow Ball and Bakeru cast a Destiny bond on the Roserade before bracing himself for a hit. The Shadow Ball struck home and Bakeru was down. The Mimikyu glowed with a crimson aura and Roserade fainted as well. The judges ruled Bakeru as the winner as he instigated the Destiny Bond.

[bowtiesrcool86]

1 Liam Coleman/Dragonite
2 RP/Noctowl
3 RP/ Tentacruel
4 RP/Arbok
5 Drew/Roserade
6 RP/Wormadam
7 RP/Gabite
8 Shiranui Tsukiko/Mimikyu

Liam had checked his Pokédex for info on Mimikyu. In his rush, he accidentily missed the part about Mimikyu being a fairy. Liam took his place and when the contest battle started, sent Dragonite out as a bolt of lightning due to the seal Liam was using.

[James Davy]

Shiranui sent his Mimikyu out in response. Black smoke poured out of Bakeru's Ultra Ball and coalesced to form the Mimikyu, which was one order of magnitude smaller than the Dragonite.

[bowtiesrcool86]

Liam did know about the Disguise, and told Dragonite to use Thunder Punch in an attempt to break it so he can get serious.

[James Davy]

"Bakeru, Charm!" The Mimikyu gazed at Dragonite, looking as adorable as it could be before receiving an electrified fist that caused his "head" to fall limply to the side. Dragonite suffered a harsh drop to his Attack stat and both coordinators lost some points.

[bowtiesrcool86]

"Good counter." Liam said. "But, now I can get serious. Dragon Rush!" Dragonite began to zip around the stage to build momentum before slamming into Mimikyu.

[James Davy]

"Counter with Play Rough!" Bakeru wasn't affected by the Dragon Rush, but he did use the moment to latch a couple of shadowy claws onto Dragonite and do some roughhousing with his tail.

[bowtiesrcool86]

Liam was shocked when he saw the Dragon Rush do nothing to the Mimikyu, and Liam's points took a sharp drop between that blunder and Shiranui's counter. "Grab it with Iron Tail!" Dragonite attempted to improvise a wrap attack with Iron Tail so that it would work, and be Supper Effective no less.

[James Davy]

"Turn on the Charm!" Bakeru wowed the audience as he used Charm to weaken Dragonite's Attack even further before being wrapped up in an Iron Tail that did minor damage.

[bowtiesrcool86]

Liam lost more points the timer had whiddled down to :45 "Sky drop into Brutal Swing!" Dragonite attempted to carry the Mimikyu high up while it was wrapped up in his tail, and to than thrust it downward.