Fishing Contest

Today the gang stopped by a stream and Misty was training her Goldeen. Misty hardly had that much time to train Goldeen because usually she had been in towns, cities and other places that didn't have anywhere for Goldeen to swim. Misty's Goldeen was actually quite strong for a water type Pokemon; she battled really well in the water and she knew a variety of moves; Peck, Horn Attack, Fury Attack, Flail, Waterfall, Ice Beam, Agility, Supersonic, Horn Drill, Aqua Ring, Megahorn and Poison Jab. She also had the egg move Hydro Pump. So even though Misty's Goldeen didn't look like much, she was a good battler. Suddenly Goldeen started to glow and then she evolved into a Seaking.

"Wow Seaking." Misty said. "You look more magnificent than ever."

"I've got to say Misty." Brock said. "All of your water type Pokemon are looking greater every time you train them."

"Thanks Brock and I am proud of all of them." Misty said. Right now she had Staryu, Totodile, Seaking and her two Poliwhirl.

"Are you going to evolve your two Poliwhirl into Politoed yet Misty?" Ash asked.

"No, not yet." Misty replied. "I think they still need some more experience before they evolve."

Suddenly a Poliwrath came out of nowhere and punched one of Misty's Poliwhirl really hard.

"Hey, what did you do that for?" Misty demanded, tending to her Poliwhirl.

"Because your Poliwhirl is a wimp." A voice said.

The voice belonged to a boy with bluish-green hair and he was carrying a fishing rod.

"How dare you call my Poliwhirl a wimp!" Misty shouted.

"Well it is a wimp." The boy said. "And so is your other Poliwhirl, your Staryu and your Totodile. None of them have evolved yet."

"Hey, just because they haven't evolved doesn't mean they aren't great Pokemon." Ash said.

"That's right." Brock said. "Pokemon can be strong even without evolving."

"Whatever." The boy scoffed.

Apparently he was one of those trainers that believe that Pokemon are only strong when they evolve. Misty really wanted to battle him and teach him a lesson.

"I have other business to attend too." The boy said before walking off with his Poliwrath.

"That little brat!" Misty growled.

The gang was just about to head down a road when they noticed a lot of people with fishing rods.

"I wonder what's going on." Ash said.

"What's up?" He asked one of the fisherman.

"The Seaking Catching Contest is happening today." The fisherman said.

"Seaking Catching Contest, huh?" Ash mused. "That sounds interesting. Let's check it out."

Tomo, Misty and Brock agreed to the idea. The Seaking Catching Competition took place at a gigantic lake and lots of people with fishing rods were there. The man who was in charge explained the rules; 1. Those who were entering the competition were only allowed to use one Pokemon to help the fisherman catch the biggest Seaking they could find. 2. They could use any rod, reel, lure and bait they wanted to. 3. They only use one Poke Ball called a Lake Ball to catch the Seaking. The Lake Ball was a green, blue, white and yellow Poke Ball. 4. After the time was up they all had to have their Seaking weighed to see who wins. Ash thought this was almost like a bug catching contest, but different. The first place prize was a gold trophy and lots of chocolate bars.

Just then they saw the rude Pokemon trainer they met earlier. Apparently the trainer's name is Andreas and he had won the Seaking Catching Competition lots of times before. Misty wasn't impressed; she was still mad at him for insulting her Poliwhirl.

"I'm going to defeat him in this Seaking Catching Competition." She said. "I have been fishing ever since I learned to walk. And I am going to make that brat pay for insulting my Pokemon."

Misty signed up with one of her Poliwhirl and Ash signed up with Mareep. Brock and Tomo decided to watch Ash and Misty participate in the competition. They found a motorboat, got their rods ready and soon it was time for the competition to start.

Brock drove the motorboat to a fishing spot per Misty's instructions. She knew exactly where the perfect spots to fish were, having fished a million times in the past. So far Ash and Misty hadn't caught anything; fishing always took time. Andreas caught a big Seaking, but he let it go. What Andreas did after snagging a Seaking was release it and go after a bigger Seaking. Misty wasn't willing to give up; she was determined to defeat Andreas.

A few moments later the gang moved the boat to a different spot to fish. Misty said that the wind was picking up and that meant the Seaking would be swimming to a different spot in the lake. A minute later, Ash hooked a big Seaking and with Mareep's Thunderbolt he caught it easily. Just then Andreas hooked a massive Seaking and kept it; knowing that would win him the competition. Misty decided it was time to use her secret weapon; one of her four Misty lures. One lure had Misty holding out ten fingers, another looked like a normal lure, but with Misty's head on it, the third lure had Misty wearing a cape and the last one had Misty flashing a peace sign. After placing a Misty lure on her rod, she threw the line into the lake again. This time she hooked up a massive Seaking. With Poliwhirl's help, Misty caught it with her Lake Ball and decided to stick with it.

Soon time to catch Seaking came to a end. Those who captured a Seaking had their Seaking weighed to see whose was biggest. Those who failed to catch a Seaking got a medal with a picture of a Seaking on it. The final result was Misty and Andreas got the biggest Seaking at 55kg. According to the rules; if two fishermen got the biggest Seaking that weighs the same, they would have to face each other in a Pokemon battle with the Pokemon they registered with. That meant Misty would have to defeat Andreas and his Poliwath with her Poliwhirl to win the Seaking Catching Competition.

The battle took place on a field on the lake. Misty's Poliwhirl and Andreas' Poliwrath got ready to battle.

"I hope Misty will be okay." Brock said. "Her Poliwhirl is facing off with one of it's evolved forms and Poliwrath is also a fighting type."

"Misty will be fine Brock." Ash reassured him. "Don't forget she's one of the four leaders of the Cerulean Gym."

The Pokemon battle soon began.

"Use Bubble." Misty told Poliwhirl.

"Dodge and use Submission." Andreas ordered.

Poliwrath rolled towards Poliwhirl and hit him hard. Poliwhirl took a lot of damage, but wasn't calling it quits just yet. He remembered when Andreas and Poliwrath picked on him, his trainer and his other Pokemon friends this morning and wanted payback.

"Poliwhirl use Mega Punch." Misty said.

Poliwhirl jumped up and punched Poliwrath really hard.

"Now use Double Slap Poliwhirl." Poliwhirl slapped Poliwrath repeatedly.

"Mega Punch." Andreas told Poliwrath.

Poliwhirl easily dodged Poliwrath's punch.

"I think Poliwrath is in trouble Brock." Ash said.

"I think so too." Brock replied. "Poliwhirl might be Poliwrath's pre-evolved form, but Misty has trained her Pokemon well."

"I think Misty is going to win." Tomo said.

Tomo was right.

"Use Water Gun." Misty told Poliwhirl.

Not only was Poliwrath blasted into the lake, it was knocked out. So Misty won the Seaking Catching Competition and got the golden trophy and lots of chocolate bars.

Andreas congratulated Misty for winning the competition.

"Sorry for calling your Pokemon wimps." He apologized to Misty.

Misty sent her golden trophy to the Cerulean Gym and some chocolate bars to her sisters. Misty also sent chocolate bars to Brock's family, Delia, Prof. Oak and Tracey while keeping some for herself, Ash, Tomo and Brock. So today turned out to be a good day for Misty.