Return of the defeated (on hold)

/Part 9/

"Pidgeot take flight." Solidad said as she called out her flying type. Pidgeot spread her wings wide showing off her pristine feathers shined in the stage lights.

"Blaziken take the stage." May tossed her poke ball in the air. Blaziken somersaulted in the air landing on the stage flexing her arms ready for battle.

"Ok start the timer and let the battle begin." Lilian called out above the cheers.

"Blaziken let's start this off use Flame Burst and make it halo." Blaziken launched the bursting attack in the air like smoke rings that surrounded Pidgeot striking the bird pokemon and caused Solidad's points to dip halfway between full and three quarters full.

Solidad smirked at the move and called out her counter, "Pidgeot into the air and use Swift into Feather Dance." Pidgeot flew up and released feathers that rained on Blaziken and Swift pushed the feathers harder into the blaze pokemon's chest. Blaziken was pushed back and could feel her power fall. She stood tall showing everyone that she was still able to battle hard for her trainer.

"Ok Blaziken we got this. Show them beauty use Will-O-Wisp and speed it up with Double Kick." Blaziken became surrounded by eerie blue flames which she kicked hard sending them at amazing speed into Pidgeot causing a severe burn. May glanced at the clock and noticed there was just over a minute left and both their points were just below half way. She knew she needed to act fast to take the rest of Solidad's points away. "Blaziken use Thunder Punch with Acrobatics." Blaziken quickly jumped into the air and began striking Pidgeot with electric punches and powerful kicks. Pidgeot had just managed to put out the embers from the previous attack and didn't have a chance to dodge the incoming attack. Solidad seen her points fall to zero and heard the timer buzz signifying the end of the round.

"Solidad has lost all her points which means that May has won the round and the Pewter City ribbon. Let's all give both the amazing contestants a big round of applause." May and Solidad each thanked their pokemon then met in the center of the battlefield and shook hands.

"Congratulations May, that was an amazing battle and your Blaziken looked stunning as well." Solidad complemented May.

"Thank you so much Solidad. Your Pidgeot is absolutely beautiful and her power is awesome." May replied. Lilian walked up to the pair smiling at both of them.

"Ladies and gentlemen give one more round of applause for these two and their pokemon. Now to prestpresent our winner with the Pewter City ribbon, Mr. Contesta."

"May that was a stunning performance and you have shown everyone the bond between your pokemon and yourself. Take this ribbon and strive towards the Grand Festival." he handed May the ribbon that was colored white with a silver border and a stone gray disk in the center.

May thanked the judges for their kind words then made her way back to the changing room to get back into her traveling clothes. She smiled as she placed her first ribbon in her ribbon case. 'One down and four more to go.' she thought to herself. She walked out to the reception area and met up with Ash, Brock and Lucy.

"Congratulations May that was amazing." Brock said.

"Yeah May, your Blaziken looked so good out there and Froslass moved so elegantly." Lucy complimented, everyone looked at Ash to see what he had to say.

"May you did so amazing up there and you looked amazing doing it. Blaziken and you looked totally in sink with each other." Ash said causing May to blush over his compliment.

"Thank you all so much that means so much to hear all that." May replied, still feeling the heat in her cheeks. The group left the contest hall and Ash decided that they should go out and eat to celebrate May's win. She argued saying it should be for him too, since he won his first gym badge. Brock and Lucy watched the pair knowing how much emotions they felt for each other. May and Ash finally agreed that it would be a celebration for them both so the set out to find a good restaurant to eat at. Brock made the suggestion of a sushi restaurant called The Happy Hariyama, which May excitedly agreed to and Ash said it sounded like good place. They all enjoyed a great meal sharing stories of past travels and laughing over old memories. When the bill arrived Ash refused to let May pay for herself saying he wanted to take her out because she won the contest. She relented after seeing how determined Ash was to treat her for her victory. They bid Brock and Lucy a good night, saying they would stop in and see them before they left in the morning. Once the reached their room Ash let May use the bathroom first to get ready for the night. After she finished and got into bed, Ash went and cleaned up and layed down scratching Pikachu behind the ears as he fell asleep on Ash's pillow.

"Good night, and sweet dreams May." he said as he turned off the lamp.

'They'll be of you.' she thought, "Goodnight Ash, thank you again for everything today it means more than anything to me." With that the two trainers drifted off to sleep.

This is my first attempt at writing a contest, let me know what you think and if you have any advice I'm all ears. Thanks for reading until next time.

Ash's pokemon: Pikachu, Lucario, Dratini, Combusken, Sceptile, Noctowl, Espeon, and Growlithe.

May's pokemon: Blaziken, Froslass, Swanna, Glaceon, Wartortle, Ninetales, Altaria, and Minncino