"Milotic, Luvdisc, on stage!" Wallace threw his Pokéballs into the air. For Luvdisc, it opened with big pink hearts surrounding it, and becoming one big heart before dispersing into pink sparkles while it levitated itself gracefully. Milotic's opened with many blue bubbles flying away from the Pokéball, and she landed on the ground with the bubbles supporting it, before disappearing.
"Togekiss, Skitty, time to shine!" Pakura threw her Pokéballs into the air, and both of them opened with pink and purple petals surrounding them, before intertwining as they fall, and exploding in a blast of red fire, turning the petals into tiny confetti that fell to the ground, creating a beautiful effect. When the effect is over, Skitty and Togekiss can be seen on the battlefield.
"There is five minutes on the clock, battle begin!"
"Milotic, use Whirlpool. Luvdisc, use-" before Wallace could finish his command, Pakura already gave a command. "Togekiss, use Aura Sphere on Skitty. Skitty, use Double Edge, followed by Fake out!" The Aura Sphere mixed with the white aura of Double-Edge made Skitty glow blue, and when Skitty reached her opponents, she used Fake out on both Milotic and Luvdisc, and blue waves emitted from her hands, which hit both of them, dealing damage and making them flinch.
"Skitty, Assist, Togekiss, Shadow Ball, and use Dazzling Gleam." Assist turned out to be Iron Tail, and when the Shadow Ball hit the Iron Tail, it turned into a dark purple tornado, as Skitty spun the Shadow Ball with her tail. Togekiss used Dazzling Gleam to distract her opponents, and while they are distracted, Skitty fired the tornado Shadow Ball, hitting them, and exploding into purple sparkles.
With one and a half minutes past, Wallace had already lost 1/3 of his points, while Pakura lost none.
'She's fast at giving commands, and can react instantly the moment I open my mouth and give my commands.' Wallace thought. 'No wonder she hardly loses points during Contests.' "Milotic, Blizzard, Luvdisc, Sweet Kiss!"
"Skitty, Disarming voice, Togekiss, Flamethrower." The Disarming Voice managed to break the Sweet Kiss before it mixed with the Blizzard, and the Flamethrower went in between the pink ring lined with hearts of the Disarming Voice, and melted the Blizzard, turning it into water droplets that looked like sparkles. Furthermore, the hearts touched the flamethrower, turning it into flaming hearts, and hitting Milotic, exploding into orange glitter. Wallace lost more points for failing to perform a move and being hit by the opponent. He realised half his points were already lost, and there's only two minutes left to the clock.
Meanwhile, the Eevee from earlier was watching the match in admiration. If only she can perform beautiful moves like these too!
"Skitty, use Assist again, Togekiss, Aura Sphere." Assist turned out to be Moonblast and it mixed with the Aura Sphere, hurtling towards Wallace's Pokémon.
"Milotic, Luvdisc, dodge, and use double Ice Beam!"
As they both levitated into the air to avoid the pink-blue sphere and charge an Ice Beam, Pakura gave another command. "Skitty, jump on Milotic!" Skitty used her tail to spring on Milotic, who struggled to get the small Pokémon off it, misfiring the Ice Beam.
"Luvdisc, quickly aim Ice Beam on Skitty!" As Luvdisc took aim, Pakura gave another order.
"Togekiss, Fairy Wind to manoeuvre the sphere." Togekiss controlled the Moonblast-Aura Sphere attack, and hit Luvdisc, who fell towards the ground, and caused the Ice Beam to miss its target, and Pakura got Skitty to use Thunder on Milotic. Milotic took direct damage, causing Wallace to lose more points as a result of the misfired Ice Beams and the damage taken by Milotic.
"There is one minute left on the clock, folks!" Aetna announced.
"Milotic, use Attract, Luvdisc, Hidden Power!" Milotic winked, and pink hearts flew out, while Luvdisc used Hidden Power to try and make the hearts glow blue.
A split second later, Pakura also gave her command. "Togekiss, use Yawn." The Yawn bubbles was headed towards Milotic.
"Milotic, Safeguard!" Milotic used Safeguard to protect itself from the Yawn.
"A mistake, Wallace. I wasn't aiming for Milotic."
"What?"
"Togekiss, use Fairy Wind on the bubbles."
Togekiss sent the Yawn bubbles towards Luvdisc and the Yawn bubbles popped into Luvdisc's face, and it started to feel sleepy. Luvdisc fired the Hidden Power, but missed the Hearts. Soon, it fell asleep.
"Togekiss, use Aerial Ace. Skitty, Assist."
Assist turned out to be Psybeam, and it hits Togekiss as she uses Aerial Ace, and Togekiss glowed in a rainbow aura that hit Luvdisc as it fell towards the ground, asleep.
Eevee was at the side admiring the beautiful moves Pakura has executed during the exhibition match.
"30 seconds left on the clock!" Aetna announced.
"Milotic, use Twister on Togekiss!"
"Togekiss, use Psychic to return it back to its owner. Skitty, use Wake-up Slap on Luvdisc." While it dealt double damage, Luvdisc also woke up. Milotic was hit with its own Twister thanks to Psychic.
"Milotic, use Scald once more! Luvdisc, Toxic!" Scald and Toxic mixed to become one purple boiling liquid.
"Skitty, Hyper Voice. Togekiss, Metronome." Metronome turned out to be Hyper Beam, and it dispersed into circular shockwaves that followed Hyper Voice. Both of them clashed, and exploded into orange and purple fireworks. Both of them lost points as a result.
It was kept like that until Aetna announced the time was up. Both of them looked over to the scoreboard, and while Wallace lost 2/3 of his points, Pakura only lost a few.
"And the winner is Princess Pakura!" Aetna said, and everyone cheered.
'She's as good as they say. Not even I can take 1/4 of her points from her.' Wallace thought. 'If anything, she lost at most 1/8 of it.'
Eevee's eyes was shining in admiration as she watched Pakura return her Togekiss, thank her for her hard work, and let Skitty hop onto her shoulder. Eevee looked on with slight envy. She wants to be that close to Pakura too.
"Wow, she hardly lost any points. Can you believe it?" Rosaline exclaimed. "It's so worth it to come just to watch this amazing display."
"Yeah. Pakura's reaction time is way too fast for Wallace to catch up." Jude replied. "She is also able to ruin his combinations easily. I must say, it's a great performance!"
They watched as Wallace extended his hand for her to shake, and Pakura hesitated for a few seconds, before shaking his hand as well.
"You were awesome, Pakura!" Wallace said.
"Wallace, you too. Not many can take points away from me." Pakura replied.
'Hmm….now I think of it, Pakura doesn't like human contact. I wonder why….' Ash thought. He made a mental note to investigate this as well. He sighed. He has much more answers to find out than he thought.
"Wow, she's stunning!" Pikachu commented. "This is the most beautiful display I've ever seen!"
Just then, Phillip's Pokéball opened and out came Pachirisu.
"She's definitely better than Johanna, Dawn's mum." Pachirisu agreed. "I bet in a Coordinating battle, Pakura would beat her by a mile!"
"Pachirisu, you can stay out, but make sure the traitors don't see you. They are probably here for the Contest, especially your former owner." Phillip warned her.
"Yes, sir!" Pachirisu saluted.
(With the traitors)
"She must have cheated! There's no way she can defeat Wallace that badly!" Dawn exclaimed.
"Yeah, she made Wallace look like an amateur. There's no way anyone can beat the Hoenn Champion in Contests!" May said angrily. She also realized that the Elite's wearing the same dress that she wanted, which just made her more livid. First she stole her Skitty, and now she took the dress she wanted. What else would she take next? Her fans? May almost wanted to scream as the crowd was actually drooling over her, and calling her Princess. They should be showing their support to her! The Hoenn Princess!
"By the way, where's Max?" Cilan asked. "He left to follow Rosaline, and never came back!"
"Isn't Rosaline over there?" Iris enquired, pointing to a girl sitting at the front row at the other side of the Contest Hall who was chatting with her friends.
"Wait, if that is so, Max must be nearby." Misty said, scanning for Max, but he's nowhere to be found.
"Do you think something happened to him?" Brock suggested.
"Oh no!" May cried. "What if Rosaline did something to my precious little brother?"
"Don't worry, Trip and I will go look for him. You guys just do your best in the Contest, ok?" Brock offered.
"Ok, thanks, you guys." May nodded, as both left to go look for Max.
Ash watched as Pakura yawned at most of the appeals. Those appeals are beautiful, yes, but they lacked originality, since he knew she had seen so many of those on TV before. Can't those people think up of their own ideas and not get some rip-off from a previous Contest?
She actually fell asleep at Dawn's appeal, which consisted of Mamoswine using Ice Beam to make an ice structure, and Quilava would use Flame Wheel to ride along the ice beam's path, creating an ice slide. However, since Mamoswine is much heavier than Buneary, the Ice Slide actually broke when it is riding down.
"This is getting old." Pikachu commented. "It's so similar to the appeal she used in the Sinnoh Grand Festival."
Ash nodded. "I agree. Look, Paku's fallen asleep." They looked, and sure enough, Pakura had her head on her arms, with her eyes closed. That stance usually meant that Pakura was so bored she actually fell asleep. Wallace had to wake her up to tell her it's over so she can watch the next appeal.
Ash then noticed everyone was distracted with the Contest, and beckoned to Pikachu and Lucario.
"Guys, let's go, I'm going off to prepare for the date. I'm planning a nice show finale as well. I'm sorry you'll have to miss this."
"Ok, sure." Pikachu shrugged, hopping onto his shoulder.
"Besides, we want to see what you have in store for her." Lucario snickered, making Ash blush.
Ash took silent steps towards the door that lead to the lobby of the Contest Hall. Since he was at the end of the bench, it was easy for him to slip away unnoticed. Once he reached outside, he teleported to an unknown place.
"Max? Max?" Trip was shaking an unconscious Max.
When Max didn't wake up, he turned to Brock. "What happened to him?"
"I have no idea." Brock checked his pulse, and his temperature. It seemed to be normal. Who could have done this to him? Last he saw of Max until now, he had headed out to follow Rosaline, if that is so, this means Rosaline might have done this to make sure he doesn't follow her.
But the question is, how did she do it? Via Espeon? No, sleep inducing moves only lasts for so long, and Pokémon with Bad Dream Ability can only activate it on a target when it's out of the Pokeball, and the only Pokémon with that Ability is Darkrai. Rosaline is a Psychic specialist, so it's highly unlikely she owns a Darkrai. Unless Rosaline herself performed the Ability.
He shook his head, and gave Trip a reassuring smile. "Don't worry, I'm sure Max just needs rest."
"If you say so."
But deep inside, he started to shake in fear, as he came to one conclusion.
The PAL Elite are no ordinary trainers.
Should he tell them to give up on following the other PAL Elites? No. It's highly unlikely the PAL Elite are actually allowed to kill them.
He never knew that if they continued, they would fall, one by one.
"Cynthia? Isn't it time for your date with Ash?" Phillip enquired. Cynthia was distracted by the Appeals of the Contest Round, and chatting with the Elite at the same time.
"Eeks! I forgot!" Cynthia jumped up, earning stares from the crowd. "I better go!" With that, she rushed out of the Contest Hall, preparing for her date.
"Hopefully, we bought enough time." Jude smirked.
"Yeah." Rosaline nodded in agreement. She turned back just in time to see Drew start his appeal.
Unbeknownst to them, Pakura had heard everything thanks to her good hearing. She suddenly had a splitting headache. Not the headaches people usually have from too much work, it's those headaches that renders her dizzy and unable to stand, and need to lie down.
"Are you alright, Pakura?" Wallace asked in concern, seeing Pakura grit her teeth slightly.
"I'm fine, Champion Wallace." Pakura replied. "I'm just fine."a