"Blaziken, try another Blaze Kick!" Yelled a young girl. Her Blaze Pokemon jumped up and furiously kicked through a Raichu, an electric mouse Pokemon, with a flaming clawed foot.

The girl flipped her deep brown hair out of her face and put on a smirk. "Finish it Blaziken!" Shouted the girl again.

Blaziken grabbed the Raichu and spun it around by its lightning bolt tail and slammed it to the ground. The orange rodent tried desperatly to get back up but eventully fell back to the ground.

A panel of judges were watching the whole battle quietly. The minute the Raichu hit the ground, the judges put x's on a little screen on their stand.

"After another great battle, May and Blaziken win again! That means they'll both go on to the finals!" Shouted the beautiful announcer, Vivian, her orange hair waving from running back and forth across the stage, watching the battle carefully.

May's sapphire blue eyes seemed to be lost in thought for a moment but then she heard the announcer and smiled at her well trained blaze Pokemon.

On another stage, two trainers were also finishing up a battle. A quiet boy and his Flygon would also be going to face May in the finals.

Back on May's stage, May hugged her Blaziken. The soft feathers of her Blaziken made her want to stay in the postition forever. She was proud of her Blaziken for doing so well, in fact, its battling skills seemed better than usual!

The crowd behind her cheered too, but who wouldn't? Blaziken put on an impressive display!

May exited the stage and went back to the lobby to find out where the next battle was to be held.

"The finals will take place on stage two, good luck!" Said the lady at the front desk.

May walked through the long hallway. She already knew where stage 2 was and wanted to get there quickly.

May was about 15 or 16 years old. She wore a red poke ball bandanna, red T-shirt, black biker shorts, and had a white sweater wrapped around her waist. Also tied to her waist, was a yellow fanny pack in which she used to carry around her ribbons and pokemon. May had experience with contests before, so this one was easy, at least, that's what she thought...

May entered stage 2. The ground was dirty from previous battles but you could see a little bit of green peaking out, a panel of judges were on a wall close to her, and all around her was a crowd of cheering fans.

The strange boy came out from the other side of the stage. He had green hair and green eyes. He wore a black long sleeved shirt under a short sleeved purple jacket, and he had light blue jeans.

"We'll put five minutes on the clock as always. Now start the match between May and Drew!" Called Vivian.

Drew quietly sent out a red and white poke ball. Out of the ball came Flygon, a mighty dragon pokemon, who's red and green scales shone in the bright lights. It waved its strong wings a little, kicking up a little bit dust on the stage.

May got a little tense, but sent out her poke ball as well. Blaziken came out. It noticed the crowd and decided to show off a roared and shot flames out of its wrists.

The crowd was impressed by the two strong looking pokemon, as they clapped in approval.

May hesitated at first but then called, "Blaziken, Flamethrower!" Blaziken shot red hot flames out of its beak at sand dragon.

Flygon beat its large wings swiftly and rose a few feet in the air and dodged the Flamethrower. "Flygon, Hyper Beam," Said Drew calmly, flicking a stand of his emerald green hair out of his face.

The fighting fowl pokemon took a direct hit and fell to the ground. The score board showed May's points drop dramatically.

May was a little entranced by the boy. He was a kind of cute and did have an awesome Pokemon. "Flygon dodged Blaziken's flamethrower without its trainer's command!" Said May to herself.

Flygon released another Hyper Beam at Blaziken. It tried to dodge, but it was too late and Blaziken fell once again.

"Come on Blaziken! I know you can do it!" Screamed May.

Blaziken tried as hard as it could to get back up, but eventually gave up and fainted. Once again, the judges put x's on their screens.

"And the judges have called 'Battle off'!" Announced Vivian.

The scoreboard showed Drew and Flygon's picture with the words "WINNER" below.

"Drew and Flygon have won the Abouto contest! Please some accept your ribbons!" Exclaimed Vivian.

Drew walked up to Vivian and that's all May got to see. She queitly walked off stage. This was the first contest she had lost in a long time!

Back on the stage, Drew placed a ribbon on Flygon and proudly showed his to the cheering crowd. Drew walked off stage as well and noticed May.

"Nice battle!" He said with a friendly smile.

"Shut up!" Snapped May.

"What a sore loser, besides I've seen a Magikarp fight better than that!" Said Drew.

May didn't reply, but pouted instead. "You didn't do much better!" Growled May.

"Well at least I won this ribbon," Said Drew and walked out.

May knew she lost because she was thinking more about Drew's looks than his fighting skills.

"Even if that jerk is in the next contest, I know I'll beat him!" Yelled May.

She walked out into the freash air, the contest had gotten her all fired up. May had parked her bike next to the contest hall and went to get it. She wanted to get to the next town. She took a deep breath, remembering to stay calm.

May got herself on her red bike and began to peddle down the road.

"I wonder if Drew really is in the next contest? I'd really like to see him again, I want to beat him good!" Said May to herself. "What am I thinking! I just met him and now I want to see him again?" Yelled May slapping herself with her gloved hands.

May seemed to have forgotten that she couldn't ride her bike without using both hands and crashed into a large tree.

"Ow, that really hurt." May whimpered.

"You ok?" Said a familer voice.

May looked up. It was Drew. He has a worried expression on his face, he had obviously seen May fall.

"Yeah, I'm fine now," Said May.

Drew helped her up and got on his green bike and drove away.

"I never knew a guy could be so nice, especially him," Said May a little dumbstruck.

Before she got on her bike again, she looked at her map to see how to get to the next contest.

She got back on her red bike and started riding towards the sunset. She couldn't stop thinking about Drew, he was a weird kid, but he seemed nice.

The sun was setting and May knew she would have to try and find a Pokemon Center and soon!

A green and purple tent lie just ahead. May thought she was dreaming.

"Maybe the person in that tent knows where a Pokemon Center is!" Exclaimed May.

May rode her bike up to the campsite. A fire still blazed in front of the tent. May parked her bike on a nearby tree, and walked up to the tent, not knowing what might lie ahead...