Cerulean Contest

It wasn't long before the gang made it back to Cerulean City and they were given a big welcome by Misty. Ash showed Misty his Knowledge Symbol.

"How's your gym doing Misty?" Ash asked.

"I'm swamped with trainers wishing to battle me for a badge." Misty said.

The Indigo League was in progress again and trainers were collecting badges for it.

"You ready for the Pokemon contest Ash, May?" Misty asked.

"We are, but we better go and register for it." Ash said.

The gang ran over to the contest hall to sign up.

Since Ash and May were competing in the contests in the Kanto region, they were given Kanto passes and new ribbon cases. May was given a orange case and Ash had a blue case.

"Oh there is something I forgot to tell you." Misty said.

She explained that her sister Daisy was entering the contest.

"Is Daisy planning to become a Pokemon coordinator?" Brock asked.

"Not exactly, she just wants to show off at a Pokemon contest for once you know what my sisters are like." Misty replied.

So Ash and May had a rival to deal with as well as each other in their first Kanto contest.

Soon it was time for the Pokemon contest. The announcer was a woman named Lillian, and she was Vivian's sister so she looked like Vivian only with shorter hair. Just like the Hoenn contests the three judges were Mr. Contesta, Mr. Suziko and Nurse Joy. Lillian presented the Cerulean ribbon, which was yellow with a light yellow outline. The ribbon looked different than Ash and May's Hoenn ribbons; it was a pin with two ribbon tails dangling from the pin. The rules were different too; the challengers get to choose different Pokemon for each round.

Brock, Tomo and Max sat in the stands with Misty, who wanted to watch the contest too. Misty's other sisters Violet and Lily were taking care of the gym today. In the waiting room Ash and May met up with Daisy, who was happy to see Ash again because she hadn't seen him for a long time. Daisy explained that she saw Pokemon contests on TV and though they were fun, so she wanted to try it out.

"Brace yourselves Ash, May, because I won't be going down easy."

"Neither will I." Ash replied.

"Me neither." May added.

The contest was soon underway and Daisy was up first. She called out a Ludicolo; she borrowed it from Violet.

"Ludicolo it's Rain Dance time." Daisy said.

Ludicolo started to dance.

"That Ludicolo seems like a pretty good dancer." Max noted.

"The truth is, Violet takes her Ludicolo's to dance practice with her since Ludicolo is known as the dancing Pokemon." Misty said.

"That's true because my Ludicolo likes to dance too." Brock commented.

Brock didn't have his Ludicolo with him. He left it at the Pewter Gym because his siblings loved it so much. In fact Brock left many of his Pokemon at the Pewter Gym; he had Mudkip, Forretress and Nosepass with him. Ludicolo soon made it rain, but it only rained on Ludicolo and not the whole arena.

"Okay Ludicolo time for Sunny Day now." Daisy said.

When Ludicolo used Sunny Day, the rain still stayed but the sun's rays made the rain drops glisten and it also created a rainbow. The audience loved it and clapped and cheered.

"Your sister's quite good at this Misty." Max said.

"Daisy practiced this with Ludicolo for ages since she found out about the contest." Misty said.

"I must ask Misty." Tomo turned to her. "Do you use any of your sister's Pokemon for the gym battles?"

"Yes but I often have to ask them first." Misty responded. "Because they are mostly used in my sister's shows."

Other performances went on after Daisy's and then it was Ash's turn. He called out his Primeape and told him to use Focus Punch. Primeape's body glowed red and he started to show off his muscles. Then a boulder came onto the stage. Ash had asked to use a boulder on the stage and contest halls always had things for coordinators to use if they needed them.

"Okay Primeape use Strength." Primeape pumped up his muscles a bit and then he lifted the boulder with no trouble. The audience and judges were impressed with how strong Primeape was.

"Wow I wonder what Primeape did to make himself that strong." Misty said.

"He trained himself with heavy weights that Prof. Oak kept at the lab for fighting type Pokemon. Prof. Oak told us that." Tomo said.

"Okay Primeape let's end this with Close Combat." Ash said.

Primeape punched and kicked the boulder repeatedly until the boulder broke into little rocks and Primeape then struck a pose. Lilian and the judges were impressed by that.

Next up was May and she called out her Bulbasaur.

"Bulbasaur let's show them our combination of Razor Leaf and Petal Dance." Bulbasaur fired Petal Dance into the air and then followed it up with Razor Leaf. The Razor Leaf and Petal Dance collided with each other in the air and it looked like a bouquet of flowers.

After all the performances were over, the results for the battle round came up. Ash, Daisy and May passed the round with five other coordinators.

"Ash and May better watch out for Daisy when they battle." Misty said. "Daisy may not look like it but she can be a tough opponent."

The battle rounds were soon up. For the battle rounds Ash, Daisy and May used a different Pokemon; Ash used Meganium, May used Starmie and Daisy used her Milotic. They each defeated their opponents in the first round, but in the second round May had to battle Daisy.

"May is going to have a hard time in this round." Misty said, concerned.

She was right; Starmie was no match for Daisy's Milotic. Even though May had her Starmie use Thunderbolt, Daisy's Milotic took it out with Twister and Hydro Pump.

Ash defeated his second opponent who used a Hitmontop. Then it was his turn to face Daisy in the finals.

"Do you think Ash will find it difficult to defeat Daisy too?" Max asked.

"Yeah, as he's never battled Daisy before." Misty said. "But then again Ash's Meganium has more battling experience than Daisy's Milotic."

Ash and Daisy called out their Pokemon and the battle soon began.

"Milotic let's go with Ice Beam." Daisy said.

"Dodge that and use Energy Ball." Ash said.

Meganium managed to dodge Ice Beam and hit Milotic with Energy Ball. Ash had to be careful because Meganium was weak to the ice type.

"Use Petal Dance." Meganium fired Petal Dance from her flower and the attack struck Milotic.

"Quick Milotic use Recover." Daisy said.

Milotic glowed yellow and healed itself.

"Wow Misty, you were right about your sister being a good battler." Brock said.

"My sisters may only care about their looks and don't like battling." Misty said. "But they do know how to battle."

Ash saw that Daisy was a tough opponent.

"Okay Meganium use Solar Beam." He said.

Meganium stored in energy to get ready to use Solar Beam.

"Use Hydro Pump Milotic." Daisy said.

Milotic fired Hydro Pump and Meganium fired Solar Beam. Meganium's Solar Beam was stronger than Milotic's Hydro Pump and it broke through the attack hitting Milotic. Milotic took a good amount of damage from Solar Beam and fainted. So Ash was the winner of the Pokemon contest and he hugged Meganium. Daisy returned her Milotic and said that it did it's best.

Ash was presented with the Cerulean Ribbon.

"I know you will do great performances here in Kanto like you did in Hoenn Ash." Mr. Contesta said. He remembered Ash.

"Thank you sir." Ash said.

He was happy to have earned his first Kanto ribbon.

After it was all over, Daisy and Misty said their goodbyes to the gang. They had to go back to the gym. Daisy said that even though the contest seemed fun, she prefers the life as an actress model because it involved no battles.

"You all take care and do well in other Pokemon contests."

"You do well in your Frontier battles Ash." Misty said.

Then Daisy and Misty went back to the gym. May decided she was going to practice some more with her Pokemon and get more Pokemon.

So with the Cerulean contest over, the gang headed to their next destination Saffron City.