Silver Town Contest

The gang finally arrived in Silver Town and Ash and May were getting ready for the contest. May decided to use Squirtle for the appeal rounds and Combusken for the battle rounds. Ash decided to use Espeon for the appeal rounds and Corviknight for the battle rounds. Ash was looking something up on his Pokenav.

"What's up Ash?" Brock asked.

"Well there is a Pokemon contest coming up in Lavender Town." Ash said. "So I'm trying to figure out where we should go after this contest is over."

The next battle facility, the Battle Dome was near Lavender Town but Ash wanted to check and see when the Lavender contest would be held.

"Okay we'll head to Lavender Town first for the Pokemon contest and then we'll head to the Battle Dome." The others liked the idea.

It was soon time for the Silver Town contest. Lilian did the usual introductions and showed off the Silver Town ribbon. The ribbon had two blue ribbons with a white outline dangling from the pin. May, Ash and the other coordinators were ready for the contest to start. Suddenly a man wearing a smart business suit came running in.

"Sorry, I hope I'm not late for the contest." He said.

The man's name was Jeremy and he was a salary man and a contestant in the contest. Ash and May were surprised to know that a salary man was participating. Brock, Max and Tomo were surprised too.

"Do you think that man will be okay?" Max asked. "He doesn't look like the type of man that would enter a contest to me."

"Well we shouldn't judge appearances." Brock said. "So we'll have to see what he can do."

The appeal rounds would soon commence. There was a Bellossom, an Exeggutor and a Farfetch'd. May was next and she called out Squirtle. As soon as Squirtle came out of his Poke Ball he used Ice Beam while spinning, which created a rain of sparkles as he landed on the stage. The audience liked it. Then Squirtle used Bubble and created lots of little bubbles and a big bubble. To finish it off Squirtle used Ice Beam which burst all of the small bubbles and then it burst the big bubble but it created a ice sculpture after the bubble burst. Then Squirtle landed on the ice sculpture to finish.

Ash went next and he released Espeon.

"Espeon use Swift." He said.

Espeon fired a lot of stars from her mouth and then used Confusion to move all the stars around. She made shapes and patterns with the stars and the judges thought it was a work of art. Then it was Jeremy's turn, but he was wearing a rock star style outfit; a black leather jacket and black trousers, a pair of shades and a pair of black gloves. He called out a Butterfree and told it to use Stun Spore and Poison Powder. It created a wave of purple and orange pollen. Then he told Butterfree to use Safeguard. The light from Butterfree's Safeguard made the orange and purple pollen light up like the northern lights. Everyone was amazed with Jeremy's performance.

"It looks like we have a tough rival on our hands today May." Ash said.

"I agree." May added.

Suddenly a woman and a boy came up to the stage.

"Stop it!" The woman shouted. "This has gone on long enough."

The woman's name was Mandy and the boy's name was Nicholas and they were Jeremy's wife and son. Mandy and Nicholas were not happy with what Jeremy was doing; they thought he was being childish competing in a Pokemon contest. Jeremy tried to reason with them, saying that he has wanted to enter a Pokemon contest for ages. Mandy still didn't care and ordered Jeremy to come home immediately. Ash and May thought Mandy and Nicholas were being unfair and decided to help.

"Hold on a minute." Ash said.

"Let him finish this contest." May added.

Mandy told them not to interfere since this was a family matter.

"May and I are Pokemon coordinators and we understand Jeremy's desire to enter a Pokemon contest." Ash said.

"That's right." May added. "Jeremy, continue competing in the contest. Otherwise you'll just be miserable later on."

Jeremy stared at Ash and May and agreed with them. He told his son and wife that he was going to continue participating in today's contest. Lillian, the judges and the audience wanted Jeremy to continue too. Mandy saw that she was outnumbered and couldn't stop Jeremy.

So Jeremy continued participating in the contest and he got to the battle rounds with Ash, May and another coordinator. May had to face the other coordinator while Ash had to face Jeremy. May easily defeated her opponent's Exeggutor with Combusken's Flamethrower. When it came to Ash and Jeremy, well Ash had a real challenge on his hands. Jeremy was using a Venusaur while Ash used Corviknight. But Jeremy's Venusaur was no pushover; it was slightly bigger than a ordinary Venusaur and it wasn't weakened by any of Corviknight's flying type moves. Ash could tell right away that Jeremy's Venusaur was really strong; so strong in fact that not even his Venusaur would stand a chance against it. Finally Ash lost all his points and the round, so May had to face Jeremy in the final round.

Unbeknownst to Jeremy, his son Nicholas saw the battle and he was impressed with his dad and Venusaur. Nicholas ran to Mandy, who was about to leave the contest hall.

"Mom, dad was amazing." He said. "His Venusaur, who is usually asleep most of the time didn't break a sweat against Corviknight."

Mandy sighed.

"Well your dad went through a lot with Venusaur ever since it was a Bulbasaur." She said.

She explained to Nicholas that back when she and Jeremy were younger; Jeremy was the leader of his own rock and roll band as well as a Pokemon trainer. Back then his Venusaur was an Ivysaur. Jeremy had told Mandy about all the times he traveled around as a trainer but had to stop because he was busy with his band. But his Ivysaur had grown pretty strong.

"It's strange, I haven't thought about the past for years." Mandy finished.

Nicholas was amazed by this because his parents had never told him about their pasts like that before. Mandy and Nicholas decided to stay and watch Jeremy until the contest ended.

Now it was time for May and Jeremy to battle. Jeremy called out his Venusaur and May called out Combusken. Ash was sitting in the seats with the others.

"May's going to have a rough time." Ash said. "Jeremy's Venusaur is no pushover."

"I agree Ash." Brock said. "Especially since your Corviknight didn't stand a chance against it."

They all looked on worried. Jeremy started things off having his Venusaur use Razor Leaf. May ordered her Combusken to use Flamethrower. Flamethrower burned through the leaves but as it was about to hit Venusaur, Venusaur broke the Flamethrower apart with Vine Whip. Everyone was surprised by that.

"I don't know how long Jeremy has had that Venusaur." Ash said. "But he has trained it really well."

"Yeah, I fear May might not win." Max said.

Jeremy made his move; he told Venusaur to use Frenzy Plant. Frenzy Plant was the strongest grass type move and only the fully evolved grass type starter Pokemon like Venusaur, Meganium and Sceptile knew it.

"Oh no, this is bad for May." Ash said.

His Venusaur and Meganium knew Frenzy Plant and he was aware of how powerful the move was. Venusaur made lots of spiky roots come out of the ground and one of them struck Combusken. May was in trouble now; she was losing more and more points.

"May take a look at Venusaur." Ash called out.

May looked at Venusaur and saw it was tired now; after using Frenzy Plant the user had to recharge.

"Okay Combusken, Quick Attack." May said.

Combusken charged at Venusaur with Quick Attack and then started pecking Venusaur. Jeremy could see that Venusaur was getting creamed and decided to go for broke; he told Venusaur to use Frenzy Plant again. Combusken was hit by the spiky roots again, but he managed to strike Venusaur with Sky Uppercut. Venusaur was defeated by that attack and Jeremy lost.

So May was the winner of the Silver Town ribbon and Nicholas and Mandy thought Jeremy and his Pokemon were great. Jeremy was happy to have a great time in the contest. The gang was happy that all went well for Jeremy and his family. So May now had two Kanto ribbons.