James Davy

Pokémon Galar

"Talk about throwing me in the deep end," Shiranui commented, having to think about not just having his Pokémon look good, but making himself look good and his own part of the choreography.

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"Those elements being?" Shiranui pressed. He realised he'd be at a disadvantage due to not being eligible for competing at the Kalos Pokémon Showcases.

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"If you can get them, absolutely. Otherwise, the town chef offers to be one of the judges alongside this town, Local Nurse Joy and maybe one other," Fuyu said as Glacé was returned to her Poké Ball. As Fuyu stretched before leading the way to town, her Sawsbuck carrying the accessories box behind then with help from Weavile. "You're a contest legend among my clan Shiranui, many of our clan watched you in contests and left to join contests or the Pokémon Showcase. Glacé herself is very interested in it all, Sinnoh has one of the biggest Pokemon Contest fan gathering in the world" She told him.

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"Expect to see Liam and I in the Sinnoh Contest circuit when we both take on their League Challenge," Shiranui replied, knowing that the coordinators there would likely be good, "I'm glad to have inspired some of your clan to pursue their dreams in the contest circuit." His phone pinged notifications for tweets from not just Raoul Contesta, but Mr. Sukizo and Wallace as well. "Well, colour me surprised!" he exclaimed, "It turns out that Wallace, Contesta and Sukizo are on a tour of Galar as Rose and Leon have submitted bids to host the next Wallace Cup."

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"I like those terms, Fuyu," Shiranui agreed, "Challenge accepted, Hoenn-style!" He pulled out his Rotom Phone and tweeted the contest challenge at Freezington as an offering to the harvest god. "Do we need to get the local Nurse Joy and Messrs Contesta and Sukizo out here to judge this contest?" he asked.

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Shiranui shook his head at Peony running after his daughter before addressing Fuyu. "Well, Fuyu, it's time we proceeded with our battle," he stated.

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"This battle will be a one-on-one single battle with no time limit," announced the Rotom Drone, "Begin!"

Peony sent out a Copperajah and Shiranui responded with his Mudsdale, Tsuchi. Both Pokémon opened with High Horsepower, their charging shaking the ground enough to cause a magnitude-3.5 earthquake. Their attacks landed with both Pokémon body checking each other. Tsuchi fared better and his Stamina ability made him more resilient.

"Copperajah, Play Rough!"
"Tsuchi, shake things up with an Earthquake!" Tsuchi raised a mud-coated front hoof and with enough strength to wreck a truck, stomped it on the ground to start a real earthquake, shaking the charging Copperajah into a knockout.

"Copperajah is unable to battle," the Rotom Drone arbitrated, "The winner of this PWCS-sanctioned battle is Shiranui Tsukiko. Shiranui, your victory has increased your rank to #33." The Rotom Drone flew off.

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Shiranui shrugged his shoulders at Liam, also clueless as to how someone can get so acclimated to the cold that they consider the cold of the Crown Tundra to be too hot. "Questions for later," Shiranui noted to himself as the Rotom Drone arrived and had Peony and Shiranui take their positions for battle.

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"Which one has oni-chan (Big sister) Kamala?. I've missed her since we were separated"

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((Onii-chan actually means "big brother" used as a direct address. The address for "big sister" is onee-chan.))

"お前は忍びの冬でしょう。そうですか。*" Shiranui noted to Fuyu.

* Translation: You must be the Winter Ninja. Am I right?

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"I'm on it," Shiranui volunteered.

"You there!" he called out, "Peony, I presume? I'm Shiranui Tsukiko and I'm here for your challenge."

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"No doubt," Shiranui agreed, "Arguing uses up a lot of energy. They'll freeze to death from exhaustion if they don't cease."