248. First Time

Another extra chapter I missed.

Have a good day.

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This time Ash had once again gathered all the Royal Starter Pokémon, but from the Hoenn Region instead of any other.

According to his plans, Ash teleported his Growlithe back for some time, who was now finally ready for his training, so Ahs handed it over to his Entei and Houndoom for training.

Ash believe that with his own talent and potential, coupled with the Fire Stone synthesized by his System, his future Arcanine looked very promising.

Three days passed in a flash, now it was finally the day of their Pokémon Contest!

Ash and his party had already completed the registration, but Jessie missed it by just a few hours, so this time they were just doing some business close by.

"Ladies and gentlemen's, we have made you wait for a long time. Now the Hoenn Region Slateport City Pokémon Contest is about to officially begin!" The host of the Hoenn Region Contest is a curly-haired young woman with a nice name and body, Vivian.

Ash felt something by seeing her, but decided to just let it go for now.

The winning and losing rules of a standard League Pokémon Battle are very simple. Whoever has all their Pokémon knocked down and loses the ability to fight loses the battle.

But in Pokémon Contest it's different, they need to showcase the charm of their Pokémon, not just their strength.

"The first one is of course our director of Pokémon Contest, the strict but fair Mr. Contesta." The middle aged man was all dressed in red suits and look full of energy.

"Next is the President of the Hoenn Region Pokémon Fan Club, Mr. Sukizo!" This uncle was relatively small, had a round face, and looked to be very wise and welcoming.

"Then there's of course our Nurse Joy from the Slateport City Pokémon Center! In terms of care and love for Pokémon, it is well known that there are hardly any better than Nurse Joy!"

"Of one of you lucky contestants win the Slateport City Pokémon Contest, you will be awarded the beautiful Slateport Ribbon, which will representing your victory here over your opponents!"

"At the same time, Coordinator's who manage to get five different Ribbons from five regional Pokémon Contest will be eligible to participate in the Top Coordinator event, a large-scale Pokémon celebration, known as the Grand Festival!"

May, who was waiting to come on stage and was at the backstage now, was very nervous which showed in how her body was trembling all over. It made Ash really worried, "May, calm down, you have your Pokémon's with you!"

"Pokémon's?" May stopped shaking.

Beautifly thoughtfully landed on top of her head. Such contact would make May feel that it was by her side.

"After you get on stage, you must remember that the only one your Beautifly can rely on is you, so no matter what happens, you must have a calm heart." This is what Ash has been doing ever since he came here into this new world.

He believes that Trainer is the main support behind Pokémon, so they must stay calm at all times so that their Pokémon's can exert their full powe.

"Yes, I know that!" Although she didn't know whether she could do it well, May nodded seriously.

"This is your first time participating in the Contest. You must keep a calm mind. You have made rapid progress during this period, but after all, you have only been training for a month. Don't worry even if you lose. Just use your full ability. Understand?"

As the experienced one, Ash really cared about May, not only as a friend but also as a romantic interest.

"I understand, thank you so much Ash!" May said with a heavily blushed face but the one filled with determination.

A Pokémon Contest is divided into two stages. The first round is about the charming performance. Pokémon and Trainer are here to reveal their beauty of their unique moves that they worked together to practice.

"Next is entry number 24, this should be Drew's appearance!"

The young green-haired guy came on the stage. As expected, he sent out his Ace Roselia, using her improved Petal Dance to show of her charms both visually and mindfully. Then she used her Stun Spore and Magical Leaf to add sparkling background special effects to herself, which was mesmerizing for the most part.

It added a bit of a perspective of a drunken guy, well that's what Ash saw.

This is one of the few performances that has made a shine so far. As expected, the score was also quite high. The three judges could each give out ten points, and Drew's total score was a impressively high 29.45 points.

This was the highest score so far.

Then Ash took to the stage as he was the 25th one.

With his Ralts sitting on his shoulders, he walked under the bright spotlight.

"Next is the handsome Ash and his adorable Ralts. This is so cute that, look at the the way Ratls is sitting on Contestant Ash's shoulders. As soon as they came on stage, they showed the closeness between a Trainer and their Pokémon!" Vivian explained. She is indeed a very experienced conference host.

However thsi is as her real thinking, 'I really want to sit on him too!"

"Ralts, let's begin our show with a dazzling Disarming Voice!"

Ash's eyes flashed with a pink light, and his Ralts was sent into the air by his own Psychic. His Ralts danced in the air and sang a charming song while acting like a pixie.

Dazzling notes surround her body, and it seems that many of herself have joined her dance thanks to Double Team. This kind of adorableness is something only a few can take.

"It's so cute, all the Ralts's are dancing in the air!" Vivian joined in to say what everyone else was seeing at the same time.

Ash's eyes flashed with another pink light, and the corner of his mouth curled up slightly, 'Be careful.' He said telepathically.

That's right, Ash can now use Telepathy, but only for a short time as it is still too taxing on his mind.

"Now let's set this up beautifully, use Draining Kiss!"

After the dance, Ralts raised her hand and blew a kiss towards the audience. For a moment, countless hearts floated up from the audience, forming a huge pink heart in the air.

"Oh my god, the audience is going absolutely going crazy, Ralts is so cute, so cute!" Vivian was also a member of the audience who had their eyes full of hearts. She looked up at Ralts with eyes full of love.

Not only that, she also had eyes for Ralts's Trainer, Ash.

"It's time to finish it!" Ash was almost ready to end this thing, "Disarming Voice!"

It was at this moment that the huge heart once again dispersed into countless small hearts, flying around Ralts, forming waves of sound along with the charming singing, which was a stunning sight to behold.

"Yeah! Yeah! Yeah!"

"I'm dying!"

"Help me! Someone help me!"

The audience were all very excited, cheering and applauding strongly!

"Coordinator Ash put out an amazing show with his Ralts. What's going to be score of this absolutely cute little Ralts?" It took Vivian a few seconds to come back to her senses and continue her hosting work.

It took several seconds for Xiao Zhi's score to pop up.

Mr. Contesta gave a score of 9.95 points.

Mr. Sukizo also gave out a score of 9.95 points.

Nurse Joy actually gave Ash and Ralts's a perfect score of 10!

This means that Ash and his Ralts scored an outstanding 29.9 points!

This is a high score that has rarely been seen in the Hoenn Region Pokémon Contest since its inception. The audience once again burst into thunderous applause for the two of them!

In the waiting room, Drew and May watched Ash's performance together. Drew was more than convinced of Ash's prowess, "Ash is really something else. May, is he really just here for fun? And is he really pouting most of his time in preparing to challenge the Gyms to participate in the Ever Grande Conference?"

May was also immersed in Ash's beautiful performance and couldn't extricate herself from looking at h. When she heard Drew's question, she said leisurely, "Yes, Ash is really the best!"

Hearing this, Drew felt a little unconvinced of his own prowess as a Pokémon Coordinator.

After Ash, there was a blond guy named Robert, and his partner Pokémon was a Milotic!

This Pokémon is known as the most beautiful Pokémon, and it is indeed very popular in this kind of format. Ash was watching this Milotic from the nearest distance from the contestant side.

Robert made his Milotiv use Safeguard, which covered its body with a green halo all over. The already good-looking appearance added a mysterious charm to the Milotic, which made people feel peaceful.

Ash also couldn't take his eyes away.

He really wanted a train up a Milotic for both Gym Battles and Pokémon Contest, just like his Ralts!