Special Chapter 11 Slice Of Ralts' Life #4
"Here are rules. Each Pokemon would get a chance to use a move, the judges will give you a number between numbers 1 to 10. We will do this for 4 rounds. At the end of each round, the order in which who goes first is based on the number of points gained in the previous round. Once all rounds are completed the team that has the highest amount of points in total wins,*
'Isn't that a mouthful,' Leona thought.
"So let us begin with Team 1,"
Team 1 was Beauty trainer Lisa and her Eevee that was wearing a straw hat.
"Alright Eevee, use Celebrate,"
'Huh?' Leona doesn't recall this move.
[Celebrate, the user congratulates the target on their special day]
'And that's a move how!?' Leona said baffled.
[...]
Eevee jumps and made a backflip in the air, her straw hat getting thrown up into the air. Upon landing, Eevee cried out.
*cheers*
*ding* *ding* *ding*
8 - 7 - 7 = 22/30
'That's good!? Then don't all I have to do is say hi and I will get 10 in everything?'
[Answer: That's thanks to Overload Cuteness youn-host]
'You were going to call me young mistress, weren't you,' Leona didn't expect that even the System got affected by her cuteness.
[...]
"Next up, we have Team 2,"
Team 2 is Actress, Rebecca and her Plusle in a scarlet dress. Plusle stood in front of Rebecca elegantly, with a hint of pride but this pride only complemented Plusle's cuteness.
"Plusle, use Play Nice,"
'How does this one work?' Leona asked half expecting a nonsensical description.
[Play Nice, the user, and the target become friends]
'...'
[It has a charming effect... probably]
Plusle shook her waist and put her hand into her dress pockets and pulled out pom-poms and began to shake them elegantly as she danced around.
[Hersey]
*cheers*
*ding* *ding* *ding*
9 - 7 - 8 = 24/30
'If we're going by cute, Eevee's own should be better,'
[Blatant favoritism thanks to Play Nice... However, this is a legal move]
'Then I just need to use Charm or Baby-Doll Eyes to win,' Leona said ignoring the System's emotional outcry.
"Next up, we have Team 3,"
Team 3 is Bird Keeper Smith and his Swablu. Swablu looked at everyone timidly wanting to immediately hide behind her trainer.
"Come on Swablu, let's show them who's the best... second best," he said after glancing at Leona.
"Alright, Disarming Voice,"
In front of her master, Swablu opened her mouth to sing.
*cheers*
'Finally, someone normal... ish,' Leona sighed.
*ding* *ding* *ding*
6 - 5 - 4 = 15/30
'Huh? What going on here?'
[Answer: It wasn't good enough to break them out from Play Nice]
"Next up, we have Team 4," shouted the commentator.
*cheers*
'I didn't even start yet...' Leona thought bitterly.
"Leona, are you ready?" Erika asked.
"Wish I wasn't,"
"Okay use Psychic," Erika said.
"...What?" Leona asked dumbfounded.
"Magical Girl, Leona-tan," Erika explained.
[System request permission to access video recorder]
'Refuse!'
[Permission granted from creator]
"Start Leona-tan," Erika said.
*cheers*
Gritting her teeth, Leona walked further in front of Erika and smiled at the audience whose cheers raised sharply.
'This is getting ridiculous,'
Psychic energy formed into a magic wand in her hand.
"This is your friendly neighborhood magical girl Leona-tan," Glitter formed from Psychic twinkled around her.
"I'm the magic lady that protects the world in the moonlight and the one that enjoys life at daylight," Psychic bubbles formed around her as she floated in the air.
A pink mini dress manifested on her and the wand she wielded began to take a true physical form.
'What!?' this isn't what happened the last time she did this.
[Innate ability received]
[Magical Girl Transformation, boosts the power of the user all around. Attacks released through the wand are amplified significantly and all attacks' cuteness has improved]
*CHEERS*
"Magical girl, Leona-tan!" Leona shouted trying her hardest to hide her embarrassment.
*Ding* *Ding* *Ding* *Ding* *Ding* *Ding*
The sounds of judges constantly submitting their answers and the cheers from the crowd were frightening to Leona.
'Perverts,' said Leona who unawaringly had a smile on her face.
10 - 10 - 0 = 20/30
"What!?" Leona shouted surprised. How could someone give her a 0?
Looking back at the judge who was getting berated by the audience, the commentator and fellow judges thanked him silently in their hearts. All of their hopes that this failure would make Leona try harder, all of them only wanted her to show her full potential.
"Calm down Leona," Erika said hugging Leona tightly, her transformation vanished.
"But, he..."
"Oh, but I thought you didn't care," Erika said.
"I-I... humph," Leona decided she would just try harder, not believing that bastard man didn't like her performance.
And so the order changed.
Team 2, Rebecca and Plusle - 24/30
Team 1, Lisa and Eevee - 22/30
Team 4, Erika and Leona - 20/30
Team 3, Smith and Swablu - 15/30
...
"Plusle, Electro Ball," Rebecca said
Plusle plays with Electro Ball by bouncing it on her head before headbutting it high into the air where it exploded into electric sparks.
*cheers*
*Ding* *Ding* *Ding*
7 - 6 - 7 = 20/30
...
"Eevee, Attract," Lisa said.
Eevee ran forward and jumped, a red heart shape flew towards the judges and burst apart spreading onto them.
'What's cute about that?' Leona complained.
*cheers*
*Ding* *Ding* *Ding*
9 - 10 - 10 = 29/30
...
"Leona use Teleport," Erika said.
'Why is she keep giving me such moves?' Leona said dispiritedly.
Entering her Magical Girl form, Leona Teleport in the same place constantly, each time she appeared back she stood or laid in a different position.
*CHEERS*
*Ding* *Ding* *Ding*
10 - 10 - 3 = 23/30
"Grrr," Leona growled, nearly attacking the judge out of anger.
...
"Swablu use Sing," Smith said.
Unlucky for him, he's behind Leona who would've unintentionally charmed the judges. Thanks to this, the power of Swablu's cuteness along with singing wasn't as good as he could've gotten.
*cheers*
*Ding* *Ding* *Ding*
6 - 6 - 7 = 19/30
But now the judges are likely to give a half *ss score in the next round.
...
Team 1, Lisa and Eevee - 29/30
Team 4, Erika and Leona - 23/30
Team 2, Rebecca and Plusle - 20/30
Team 4, Smith and Swablu - 19/30
...
"Eevee, Growl," Lisa said.
Eevee cried out a cute shriek, which although cute didn't manage to awake the judges from their drowsy status.
*cheers*
*ding*...*ding*...*ding*
5 - 4 - 6 = 15/30
...
"Leona use Magical Leaf," Erika said.
'They are pretty close to falling asleep and you want me to show them magic tricks?' Leona thought, baffled.
"Get up folks! Leona-tan is going to show off!" Leona shouted, jumping right past the magical girl transformation scene.
The judges lazily looked at who the contestant was and one by one they were fully awake.
"Gates of Magical Leaf!" Leona shouted, her wand raised into the air and Magical Leaves magically began to appear above her.
All of them flew high above the audiences' head and broke apart into tiny pieces that fell like glitter before disappearing after making contact.
*CHEERS*
'As expected of myself,' Leona thought raising her head proudly.
*Ding* *Ding* *Ding*
10 - 10 - 5 = 25/30
'Note to self, give that judge a good beating,'
...
Meanwhile, from the judges' perspective. 3 judges are sitting beside a table, an old gentleman, a young teenage girl, and a young Ace trainer.
*cough*
"Judge Daniel, are you alright?" The teenage girl asked worriedly.
"It's fine," the young Ace trainer, Daniel, coughed.
'You cannot break me, you cannot break me,' Daniel chanted.
To him being affected by Cuteness Overload is a weakness. Emotions should not have any sway in his decision making and all decisions must be made through facts.
.
However thinking of how strong the effect is with how low-level Leona is, he really hopes to recruit her, but at the rate things are going, he will be charmed. He will no longer aim for his goal and do his best to keep her safe.
*cough*
'Disgusting,' he refused to be defeated like this not when he's so close to accomplishing his goal.
...
"Plusle, Discharge," Rebecca said.
Plusle began to release a massive amount of electricity into the area. Soon Plusle ran out of energy and began to breathe out tiredly, possibly aiming for this tired scene of frailness and cuteness.
*cheers*
*Ding* *Ding* *Ding*
7 - 8 - 7 = 22/30
...
"Swablu used Cotton Spore," Smith said.
Swablu flapped her wings causing cotton to spread into the air. However, there was a little too much...
*cough*
Swablu released out a petty cough that blew away a few Cotton Spore away from her. Embarrassed, Swablu hurriedly hid behind her trainer.
*CHEERS*
*Ding* *Ding* *Ding*
9 - 9 - 8 = 26/30
...
Team 3, Smith and Swablu - 26/30
Team 4, Erika and Leona - 25/30
Team 2, Rebecca and Plusle - 22/30
Team 1, Lisa and Eevee - 15/30
...
"Swablu use Round," said Smith.
Swablu lands on top of Smith's head and once more began to sing. Unlike the previous one which was smooth and made one get drowsy, this one felt more like your child singing happy birthday to you.
The cuteness didn't get cheers from the crowd but got an 'awww' from them.
*Ding* *Ding* *Ding*
10 - 10 - 10
The usage of the move was perfect. If this wasn't used at the beginning, one wouldn't have felt it was good. Even Leona silently praised Swablu.
'Oh, it's my turn now,' Leona thought.
"Alright, Leona let's go all out, Baby-Doll Eyes,"
'Hahaha, we have won!' Leona thought but then quickly recall that bastard judge that's purposely giving her low scores.
'All-out then,' Leona activated Cuteness Overload.
"Did I... do good?" Leona asked worriedly.
...
Daniel's POV.
"Alright, Leona let's go all out, Baby-Doll Eyes," Erika said.
Baby-Doll Eyes is has a charming effect on those who looked at the user's eyes. So all I need to do is not look into her eyes, but that's the same as accepting defeat.
My pride refuses to accept defeat and so I stared into her eyes.
I want to pamper her and protect her from all evil...
*thump*
No! Impossible! How could I ever say that!?
*thump*
"Did I... do good?"
*thump* *thump* *thump*
This distasteful feeling... Damn, it!
Quickly putting in my answer and slapping the red button, I stood up and leave.
...
Team 3, Smith and Swablu - 30/30
Team 4, Erika and Leona - 30/30
Team 2, Rebecca and Plusle - 10/30
Team 1, Lisa and Eevee - 5/30
Team 2 and 1 were unlucky to go after Leona.
***
1st Place. Team 4, Erika and Leona - 98/120
2nd Place. Team 3, Smith and Swablu - 90/120
3rd Place. Team 2, Rebecca and Plusle - 76/120
4th Place. Team 1, Lisa and Eevee - 71/120
And here I was thinking Lisa could have come in 2nd.