Beauty Contest

Today the gang relaxed in a Pokemon Center in Bonitaville. Brock was on a computer checking his email account while Ash, Tomo and Misty were having ice cream.

"Brock checks his email every time we enter a Pokemon Center." Misty said.

"Yeah it seems like he's eager to get a email from someone, but who?" Ash said.

"I don't know." Misty replied. "I don't think the email would be from his family because Brock prefers to contact them by phone. So I guess we will have to wait and see who the email will be from."

Just then Brock said that he finally got an email from Suzy.

"Do you mean the Suzy who gave you Vulpix Brock?" Misty asked.

"Yes she's entering a contest that's being held here in Bonitaville today." Brock said. "And she needs a Pokemon for it. Come on guys it's time to go."

"Who's Suzy?" Tomo asked Ash.

"She's a Pokemon breeder and she gave her Vulpix to Brock." Ash explained.

The gang left the Pokemon Center and went to find Suzy.

When the gang walked through the town to find Suzy, they noticed a lot of trainers with Pokemon all looking stylish. Some Pokemon had fancy makeup on; some had jewelry and ribbons on, some had cool looking decorations on and some had very well brushed fur.

"Wow look at all these stylish Pokemon." Misty said. "They must all be entering the contest."

"Seems to me that Suzy has some tough competition here." Ash said.

Brock, who had changed into a white tuxedo to look smart for Suzy, was looking for Suzy. He was carrying Vulpix in his arms; Suzy was going to enter the contest with Vulpix.

"Hey Brock." Ash said. "What's going to happen to Vulpix once we see Suzy again? I mean are you still going to keep Vulpix?"

"I'll be returning Vulpix to Suzy Ash." Brock replied. "Don't forget Vulpix never truly belonged to me in the first place. And I always knew that I would have to return Vulpix to Suzy one day. So I have decided to return Vulpix to her today."

Ash, Tomo and Misty nodded in understanding.

Just then Vulpix jumped out of Brock's arms and started to run off.

"Hey Vulpix, where are you going?" Brock asked, running after it.

Vulpix jumped into a woman's arms; it was Suzy.

"Oh Vulpix!" Suzy exclaimed. "I'm happy to see you again."

Ash and Misty saw Suzy and said hello to her.

"It's been a long time Ash, Misty." Suzy said.

"This is my little brother Tomo." Ash introduced Tomo to her.

Brock said hello to Suzy and gave her the roses.

"Thank you Brock." Suzy said. "And thank you for taking care of Vulpix. I can tell that you have taken care of her well."

"It was my pleasure Suzy." Brock said.

A young man with brown hair walked up to Suzy.

"Hey Suzy." He said. "I look forward going up against you in this beauty contest."

"Same with you Zane." Suzy said.

Suzy introduced the gang to Zane who had been her friend ever since nursery school.

"Ever since nursery school, Suzy and I have both dreamed of becoming breeders." Zane said. "And we both got a Vulpix as our starter Pokemon. I decided evolve my Vulpix into Ninetales some time ago."

"Seems to me Suzy that you and Zane have a lot in common." Misty said.

"We do." Suzy replied. "But we also have a lot of disagreements. The truth is, Zane cares about a Pokemon's beauty on the outside and I care about a Pokemon's beauty on the inside."

"You certainly haven't changed at all." Zane said. "Well Ninetales better go now and get ready. Good luck in the contest Suzy."

Then he left with his Ninetales.

"Zane hasn't changed either." Suzy said. "Even though he likes competing with me, he is still really nice."

Brock looked carefully at Suzy; he had a feeling that Suzy and Zane had feelings for each other.

Soon the beauty contest was about to start. Ash, Tomo and Misty took their seats in the audience section.

"What number is Brock and Suzy?" Ash asked Misty.

Misty had a schedule of the beauty contest in her hands and looked through it.

"It says here that Suzy and Brock are number 37." She said. "And it says that Zane is after them."

"This is going to be tough for Brock, Suzy and Zane." Ash said.

"I feel nervous, even though this contest hasn't started yet." Tomo said.

Brock, Suzy and Zane were in the back waiting for their turn. Brock and Suzy were brushing Vulpix's fur.

"Thank you for letting me take part in this contest with you and Vulpix Suzy." Brock said.

"It's my pleasure Brock." Suzy said. "Besides I also thank you for being here with me."

Zane was looking at Brock and Suzy with a jealous expression on his face. The truth is, he liked Suzy and he felt jealous about Brock being near her. But he didn't want to admit his feelings yet.

Just then two people in white jackets entered the room. They introduced themselves as Pokemon doctors and asked everyone to give them their Pokemon, so they could be checked out before going on stage.

"That's strange." Suzy said. "Nobody told us about this."

"Something about this doesn't feel right." Brock said.

The doctors led all the Pokemon out of the waiting room and into another room. The trainers wanted to be with their Pokemon, but the doctors wouldn't let them and just left with the Pokemon.

The truth is; the so-called doctors were actually Team Rocket in disguise and they led the Pokemon into a big metal container. Their plan was to steal all the Pokemon at the beauty contest.

"This plan of yours was a great idea Meowth." Jessie said.

"Of course. I always come up with great ideas." Meowth boasted.

"Whoever thought that there would be so many Pokemon at this beauty contest." James said.

"Geniuses like us of course." Meowth replied.

"Come on." Jessie said. "Let's make our way out of here with the Pokemon before anyone finds out what's going on."

Meanwhile the beauty contest had just begun, but no contestants appeared onstage.

"That's funny." Misty said. "The contestants should be onstage by now."

"Maybe something happened in the waiting room." Ash guessed.

Ash, Misty and Tomo got up from their seats to find out what was going on. Once they reached the waiting room, they noticed that the door was locked. Ash knocked on the door.

"Brock, are you in there? The door is locked. What happened?" He asked.

"Ash, is that you?" Brock replied. "Get us out of here."

Ash punched a hole in the door and ripped it off it's hinges. All the trainers came out of the waiting room.

"Where are those two doctors?" Zane asked. "They've got our Pokemon."

Suzy explained to Ash, Misty and Tomo that two doctors took their Pokemon for a check-up.

"Something about this doesn't feel right to me." Misty said.

Tomo's Growlithe began to bark and was looking up at the sky.

"It's Team Rocket's balloon!" Tomo shouted.

"Tomo's right." Misty said. "It is their balloon."

"I should have known." Brock said angrily.

Brock then released his Geodude from his Poke Ball.

"Geodude, use Rock Blast on the balloon." He ordered.

Geodude's body glowed white and white rocks appeared in front of Geodude before he fired the rocks at the balloon. The balloon burst easily after the rocks hit it and both the balloon and the big container landed on the ground.

"What happened?" James asked.

"I don't know, but someone is messing with our plan." Jessie said.

"You're right about that, Team Rocket." Brock replied.

Team Rocket noticed the gang and all the trainers in front of them.

"I should have known that you would ruin our plan twerps!" Jessie growled.

"Team Rocket." Brock growled. "You're not taking these Pokemon anywhere. Geodude free the Pokemon from the container."

Geodude used Rock Smash to break the lock on the container and freed the Pokemon. Suzy, Zane and the other trainers were happy to have their Pokemon back.

"Grr you twerps always get in our way!" Jessie growled.

"Team Rocket, if you think you're going to ruin this beauty contest for breeders you are sadly mistaken." Brock said.

Geodude waved his arms in the air and roared when suddenly he began to glow. Geodude evolved into a Graveler.

"That's great Graveler." Brock said. "Now it's time to teach you a lesson, Team Rocket."

"You teach us?" Jessie said. "Forget it twerp. Just because your Geodude evolved doesn't mean you will defeat us."

She released her Cloyster and James released Victreebel. Ash was about to release Mareep to help Brock, but Suzy and Zane stopped him.

"We'll handle this Ash." Zane said. "They are a disgrace to those who work with Pokemon, so we intend to teach them a lesson."

Together Suzy and Zane sent Team Rocket flying by having Vulpix and Ninetales use Fire Spin together. Team Rocket was caught in a flaming cyclone.

With them gone, the beauty contest resumed. Ash, Tomo and Misty were in the waiting room with Brock, Suzy and Zane.

"I thought that both Vulpix and Ninetales were wonderful in that battle with Team Rocket." Misty said.

"Yeah their double Fire Spin was amazing." Ash said.

"Thank you Ash, Misty." Suzy said.

"You know Suzy, I've been thinking." Zane said. "I've been thinking about you and me opening a Pokemon beauty salon together."

"I like that idea." Misty said. "I mean Suzy can work on a Pokemon's inside beauty and Zane can work on a Pokemon's outside beauty. That will be a great combination."

"Yeah go for it." Ash said. "Besides I believe that you and Zane will make a great team Suzy."

Tomo and Brock thought it was a good idea too. Suzy also agreed to Zane's idea.

So it was arranged. Suzy and Zane agreed to open a Pokemon beauty salon to work on a Pokemon's beauty inside and out. Brock returned Vulpix's Poke Ball to Suzy, meaning Vulpix was Suzy's Pokemon again. After the beauty contest ended, the gang said goodbye to Suzy, Zane and Vulpix then resumed their journey.