Lavender Contest

Today the gang made it to Lavender Town. Tomo, May and Max were surprised there was a little mist in the town, but Ash told them it was natural for Lavender Town to have mist. Tomo had never been to Lavender Town before so he was glad Ash was with him; he found misty places to be a little scary. Just as the gang entered Lavender Town, Ken ran up to Ash. He had called Ken when they were still in Silver Town and let him know they were coming to Lavender Town for the Pokemon contest.

"It's great to see you again Ash." Ken said. "I saw you on TV during the Indigo League, the Orange League, the Johto League and the Hoenn League. And I also watched you at the contests on TV; you are doing well for yourself."

"Thank you Ken." Ash said.

He introduced Ken to Tomo, May and Max.

"It's great to meet new friends of Ash and it's also nice to see Ash's new brother." Ken said.

Ash told him about Tomo after his mom adopted Tomo.

"So Ken, how have you been doing?" He asked.

"Great and just to let you know I'm planning to travel around Johto." Ken said.

"Yes you told me that you planned to go out on a journey and enter a Pokemon league." Ash said. "Oh and you also told me that your Poliwag is a Politoed now."

"That's right." Ken nodded. "I saw trainers with Politoed on TV and I decided to have a Politoed instead of a Poliwrath. Oh and get this; in the Pokemon Tower new ghost type Pokemon had made their home there."

Ken explained that groups of Misdreavus, Shuppet and Duskull had started to live in the Pokemon Tower.

"Well at least the Gastly, Haunter and Gengar have new friends to play with." Brock said.

Ken led the gang to the contest hall of Lavender Town and Ash and May signed up right away.

"I can't wait to see you two participate in the contest." Ken said. "This time I will be watching you in the contest hall rather than on TV."

"If I win this contest I will be getting my third ribbon." May said.

"This one will be my second ribbon." Ash said.

"Good luck to both of you." Ken said.

The Lavender contest was soon underway with Lillian giving the usual introductions and showing off the ribbon. The Lavender ribbon was designed like the ribbons in Hoenn; a bow with a pin in the middle. It was dark lavender colored with a light lavender outline. Ken was sitting in the audience with Brock, Max and Tomo.

"It feels nice watching a contest in here rather than on TV for once." Ken said.

"It's always best this way." Max said. "And it's great seeing the Pokemon leagues at the actual stadiums too."

The Pokemon contest started and Ash was up first. He called out his Misdreavus. The audience started cheering when they saw Misdreavus. Ken explained to Max, Tomo and Brock that everyone in Lavender Town likes ghost type Pokemon.

"That means Ash will be popular if he wins this contest." Brock said.

Ash told his Misdreavus to use Shadow Ball and Misdreavus fired multiple Shadow Balls into the air.

"Now use Power Gem Misdreavus." Ash said.

Misdreavus fired Power Gem at the Shadow Balls and the balls expanded creating purple and red fireworks.

"Icy Wind." Ash said.

Misdreavus blew a icy wind at the fireworks and it made sparkly particles appear next to the fireworks. Ash and Misdreavus got a lot of applause from that. A few more coordinators went after Ash and then it was May's turn. May called out her Squirtle.

"Okay Squirtle Water Gun on the stage." Squirtle sprayed water onto the stage forming puddles.

"Now Rapid Spin Squirtle." Squirtle spun around in his shell and skipped across the puddles like a skipping stone.

"Now finish it with Bubble." Squirtle stopped skipping on the puddles and blew a few bubbles from his mouth to finish.

"Ash and May are good at this." Ken said. "It's funny though because I never figured Ash to be the type of person to enter Pokemon contests. He always liked Pokemon battles, so I was surprised when I saw Ash performing in Pokemon contests on TV."

"When Ash entered his first contest in Rustboro City, he thought they were fun and decided to continue performing in them." Brock said.

The battle rounds came up and four coordinators could pass. Ash and May were two of them. Ash and May were up against the other two coordinators first, but they had to face other in the battle rounds. Ash was using Gengar and he defeated his opponent's Kadabra easily. May was using Bulbasaur and she defeated her opponent's Corsola. Now May and Ash had to face each other.

"Sorry to have to say this, but May isn't going to win." Tomo said.

He was right; as Gengar knew Fire Punch and Icy Wind, Bulbasaur didn't stand a chance against it and fainted in a matter of minutes. So Ash was the winner and received the Lavender ribbon.

The gang stayed over at Ken's house and they met Ken's Politoed.

"Well Ash, I hope you see me on TV when I participate in the Johto League." Ken said.

"Of course." Ash said. "Let me know when you get to the Silver Conference and I will watch you then."

So both Ash and May had two Kanto ribbons and only three left to obtain.