There seems to be something wrong with these Pokémon

The hem of her skirt swayed gently with Fujino Sakura's footsteps, and as the prelude of a famous dance music played, the lights on the stage became soft and dreamy.

The girl's long orange hair was draped over her shoulders, and her burgundy dress looked particularly elegant under the dim light.

After a while, she slowly closed her eyes and took a deep breath.

When she opened her bright eyes again, the first drum beat of the dance music fell.

The girl lifted her feet lightly and began her dance with such grace that she barely touched the ground.

The most shocking thing is that every time the girl raises her heels, a few petals bloom!

The petals seemed to be summoned by her dance steps, spreading a floral path across the stage as she moved.

"Excellent control!" An audience member muttered in a low voice, his eyes fixed on the stinky flower dancing with the girl, "The petal dance... unexpectedly has this magical effect."

Accompanied by the lively rhythm of the dance music, Fujino Sakura moved to the center of the stage.

Then push your waist forward slightly, using your toes as the axis, and rotate lightly and beautifully.

The burgundy skirt spreads out as she spins, like a blooming rose.

What made the audience unable to take their eyes off was that every time the girl completed a rotation, a circle of petals bloomed under her feet.

At the same time, another Pokémon appeared on the stage, wearing a black dress and hiding behind Fujino Sakura.

It beat its drumsticks on the floor in time with the girl's spinning movements.

With waves of earth-shaking sounds, each circle of petals spread outward, forming a petal vortex that surrounded her figure.

Every turn and jump of her dance steps is full of power and beauty.

The long skirt drew charming arcs in the air, intertwining with the petals on the stage.

Fujino Sakura moved to the edge of the stage through dance moves, then slowly stopped and raised her arms.

On the other side, Galagala, who had already moved to the edge of the stage, raised his bone stick and swung it handsomely.

Fujino Sakura also took a rose from her hair, covered it with both hands, and blew into her clenched fists.

When she opened her palms again, the gorgeous red rose had been replaced by a short cylindrical stick.

Fujino Sakura held one end of it and drew a beautiful semicircle in the air.

The short cylindrical stick stretched and changed color at a speed visible to the naked eye until a complete magic wand remained in her hand.

Then, Fujino Sakura raised her wrist and pointed it in the air.

A waterfall made up of petals fell continuously from the place she touched.

Flying down three thousand feet!

At the same time, the original soothing dance rhythm changed, and a wild and powerful song reached the ears of the audience.

"It's coming, gala gala, stinky flower!"

Fujino Sakura shouted and threw the magic wand in her hand into the air.

Galagala on the other side also threw the bone stick in his hand like the girl.

Two rod-like objects drew graceful curves in the air.

When I came to my senses again, it was Galagala who was holding the magic wand.

On the other side of the stage, Fujino Sakura was holding Gala Gala's precious bone stick.

Before the audience had time to applaud this tacit scene, they saw Galagala on the stage raise the magic wand above his head and strike it into the air.

A dark green firework then bloomed above the stage.

"exchange!"

As Fujino Sakura threw the bone stick into the air again, Gala Gala also threw out the magic wand at the same time.

Fujino Sakura, holding a magic wand, did the same thing in the air.

What was different from the gala gala was that as the girl moved, what bloomed in the sky were actually orange and yellow fireworks!

The host holding the microphone suddenly reminded, "Dear audience, please don't get too close to the stage! The paralysis powder and sleep powder above the stage are also effective on humans! Be careful not to get hurt by mistake!"

Several reporters who were about to squeeze onto the stage shrank back in fear when they heard the words and hurried back to their seats.

On the other side, Galagala, who had taken back the bone stick, raised it high and then smashed it hard to the ground.

The petals scattered on the stage were now washed high into the sky like a fountain.

The drum beats of the background music also fell.

"Exchange!" Fujino Sakura reminded again.

According to the stage that Izumi Yuu had originally envisioned, there should not have been this line that made the play go awry.

However, during the rehearsal process, Gara Gara always gets lost in the complex movements and is unable to achieve perfect coordination with the trainer.

After all, three days is too short a time for these people and Pokémon who have never been to a grand competition.

So Izumi Yu gave the suggestion of "prompt words".

When Fujino Sakura asked worriedly if it would seem awkward...

The experienced Izumi Yu patted Fujino Sakura on the shoulder and said with a smile, "As long as your performance is flawless, the audience will only admire your momentum even if it's just a few harsh screams."

"But if you make a major mistake during a performance, no matter how you try to make up for it, the audience will only remember your embarrassment when you fell."

"A flawless performance is a responsibility to the audience, to ourselves, and to Pokémon."

Fujino Sakura, who had dropped the bone stick countless times during rehearsal, silently clenched her left hand, which was already covered in sweat, but still smiled and used a gentle voice to encourage Galagala and Stinky Hana, who were just as nervous as she was.

"For the last time, gurgling!"

Galagala nodded and finally threw the magic wand in his hand.

But the moment the magic wand slipped out of his hand, cold sweat suddenly broke out all over his body.

It can feel, as if for the last time...

Too much force!

Its attention was almost entirely attracted by the magic wand, whose trajectory was obviously higher than the bone stick, and it did not notice that the bone stick was not far above its head and was about to fall.

"Focus, ga-ga-ga!"

Fujino Sakura's voice immediately brought Galagala back to his senses.

Its pupils gradually focused, and it raised its right hand and steadily caught the bone stick thrown by the trainer.

But due to my own mistake, the magic wand flew a little further...

Fujino Sakura locked her eyes on the magic wand flying backwards, rehearsing in her mind where it would land.

You can reach it!

The audience held their breath and watched intently as the magic wand flew over the girl's head and continued to fly backwards.

Was there a mistake?!

The reporters' fingers were on the shutter buttons, eager to move.

However, the next second, the center of the magic wand was firmly locked by slender and elegant fingers!

The audience looked along one end of the magic wand.

The girl stretched out her arms almost in a difficult backward movement and grabbed the magic wand in a very dangerous way!

There was a deafening applause from the audience.

Fujino Sakura on the stage also breathed a sigh of relief, and grasped the magic wand again but was not in a hurry to take it back.

Instead, he improvised a few spinning dance steps to the beat of the music.

While adjusting its position, the magic wand, which had turned back into a rose, was shown to the audience again and then tucked back into the hair.

Finally, Fujino Sakura and the two Pokémon stood in the center of the stage and bowed to the audience who were still applauding.

Just as the audience was expecting how Fujino Sakura would leave the stage, a black shadow suddenly flew in from behind the curtain.

I saw that the Cool Music logo actually grew Pidgeot wings!

At this moment, the trademark was hanging in the air in front of Fujino Sakura. After she took her seat and waved to the audience, it flapped its wings again and flashed behind the curtain.

"Oh my god...was my vision blurry?" A viewer rubbed his eyes and said in disbelief, "Has Cool Music become a spirit?!"

"Did you take the picture?!" a reporter who missed the photo asked his colleague.

He didn't breathe a sigh of relief until he got a positive answer, and murmured, "Oh my God, didn't Cool say in the official announcement that Izumi Yuu is a...coordinator? He's obviously a magician, right?!"

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Backstage, Galagala, with a lonely look on his face, grabbed Fujino Sakura's calf, and tears fell from his eyes that were protected by his skull.

Although Fujino Sakura was also sad about this mistake, she still calmed down and comforted Galagala who was even more upset than her.

Until a figure passed by her.

"Well done." Izumi Yu used his cane to push the monocle fixed on his left eye. "You have done a very good job. With such outstanding talents, if there is a chance in the future, I will definitely take you to Hoenn to participate in the gorgeous competition."

He raised his left hand and pointed at the three figures squatting on the ground with the end of his cane.

"Fujino Sakura, Gala Gala, Stinky Flower."

Then he raised his feet and walked towards the stage.

Behind the curtain, Fujino Sakura watched the boy walk towards the spotlight and hugged Vileflower and Galagala tightly, her heart still beating wildly with the long-lost excitement and excitement.

"Me...?"

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To be honest, compared to the previous appearances, Izumi Yu, the central figure of this performance, seems too ordinary.

He simply appeared from the side curtain, holding a magic wand decorated with roses, and the hem of his windbreaker swayed with his steps until he stopped in the center of the stage.

But none of the audience members dared to underestimate this unknown coordinator, and they all waited quietly for his move.

Izumi Yuu stuck his cane on the ground, slowly looked up at the stage ceiling which was still painted in dark green and orange, and shook his head helplessly.

"Really? You should have cleaned up before leaving."

After that, he bowed to the audience and said, "Excuse me, everyone. It seems that we still need to do some cleanup work before the real performance begins."

Amid the sounds of shutter clicks, Izumi You slowly raised his right hand, overlapped his thumb and middle finger, and snapped his fingers.

In an instant, a wave like a tsunami rose from behind him, collecting the sleeping powder and paralysis powder left on the stage by the previous performer.

Fine shimmering powder blends into the waves.

As Izumi Yu pointed with his cane, the waves immediately changed shape, as if they were living things, and people could actually recognize their movements and emotions!

It is like the middle of the wave is bulging outwards while the upper and lower ends are shrinking.

It's just like when a person leans back in a chair with a bulging belly after having eaten a full meal!

The imitation is very lifelike!

Many audience members laughed and recorded this scene.

Then, Izumi Yu's expression changed.

As he raised his hand and clenched his right fist, the sound from the audience suddenly disappeared.

It seems that the audience disturbed the performance of the people on the stage...?

But the next moment, a smile appeared on Izumi You's face again.

As his clenched right hand opened, countless bubbles surged from behind him.

The bubbles in the sky glowed with five colors under the colorful lights, hovering in the air and floating with the wind.

In the center of the stage, Izumi Yu's figure gradually became clear from the bubbles.

He wandered out of the bubble, stick raised high.

Then, a water cannon shot out from the center of the stage.

Izumi Yu frowned slightly, and his raised left arm trembled slightly, as if he was fighting against something invisible.

As veins popped up on the boy's neck, his cane drew clockwise circles in the air as he moved.

What stunned the audience was that the next moment, the water cannon that was shooting straight into the sky seemed to be carried away by the boy, and it turned around and stayed above his head, and as he turned his wrist, it circled in the sky, forming a water ring.

But the shocking isn’t over yet!

Before the audience could applaud this wonderful scene, another figure appeared in the bubble.

Like Izumi Yuu before, he walked in the bubbles until his figure was completely exposed to the audience.

"hiss--!"

The sound of people sucking in a breath of cold air resounded throughout the venue.

The person who came out looked exactly like Izumi You who was holding up a cane!

Whether it's the curvature of the hair, or the left hand tightly holding the cane, or the lens with a trace of water stains...

It's like looking in a mirror!

The audience decided to temporarily call the later-coming Izumi Yuu "Izumi Yuu No. 2".

[Izumi Yuu No. 2] glanced at Izumi Yuu's movements with the corner of his eye and imitated them neatly.

Raise your left arm as well, and spin it in circles in the air.

I saw that the water ring that was originally above Izumi Yu's head seemed to be pulled, and after a brief struggle it was split into two equal halves!

Half of it stayed where it was and continued to circle along with Izumi Yu's movements.

The other half fell on top of [Izumi Yuu No. 2]'s head and also circled with his movements.

The two Izumi Yuu frowned their brows almost at the same time, as if they were competing with each other.

Izumi Yuichi waved his hand and transformed the water ring into the appearance of [Stinky Flower].

[Izumi Yuu No. 2] waved his hand and turned the water ring into [Galala].

The water ring controlled by Izumi Yuu stayed above the audience's heads.

[Izumi Yuu No. 2] then manipulated the water ring to stay in front of the audience.

About two minutes later, Izumi Yu shook his cane again, and the water ring above his head changed into the shape of a Zubat.

However, on the edge of Zubat's wings, a small [? ] stood out.

[Izumi Yuu No. 2] also shook his cane.

However, what appeared on top of his head was a soft mass, and it was impossible to tell what shape it was.

It wasn't until an invited trainer in the audience suddenly realized what was going on and shouted, "It's Ditto!"

As the words fell, [Izumi Yuu No. 2] gradually faded away, and in the blink of an eye, a pool of purple Pokémon appeared in front of everyone.

It is exactly the same as the [Ditto] formed by the water above the head, just the color is different.

Suddenly, the familiar background sound sounded again.

dong dong dong-

Like the beating of war drums!

That is--!

A bone stick flew out of the bubble, circling over the audience's heads like a boomerang, and then flew back, just in time to be caught by Galagala who rushed out of the bubble.

It pointed the bone stick behind it and moved sideways to make room.

A graceful figure was walking out on the petals.

"Stinky flower, petal dance, flying leaf knife!"

"Psyduck, Freeze Ray!"

Two voices sounded at the same time. At this moment, Izumi Yu and Fujino Sakura, who were on the stage together, looked at each other, and smiles appeared on the corners of their lips at the same time.

The special move that combines the Flying Leaf Blade and the Petal Dance, with the help of the Freezing Ray, forms an ice bridge.

One end landed on the stage, while the other end stopped in the audience.

Everyone turned to look at the other end of the ice bridge.

I saw Sakutani Ye and Kitazawa Reiyuu, who had left the stage long ago, appeared in the audience seats at some point!

From the surprised expressions on the faces around them, it could be seen that even the people who were so close to them did not notice.

It's like real teleportation.

Shuo Gu Ye stepped onto the ice bridge, and the slightly curled hair at the end fell between her eyebrows, looking particularly soft under the reflection of the ice bridge.

Only after he and Kitazawa Reiyuu landed on the stage one after another did Sakuya Ye raise his magic wand and say.

"Ditto, Fire Vortex!"

Fujino Sakura and Kitazawa Reisuke raised their magic wands at the same time.

"Gargh, gargh, bone boomerang."

"Stinky flower, solution!"

Finally, Izumi Yu held up his magic wand.

Under everyone's gaze, he opened his lips.

"Psyduck, bubble ray!"

The four special skills converge and merge in the air.

As the confrontation between the flames and the foam gradually subsided, the dissolving liquid enveloped both.

Finally, the bone stick hits violently on the surface of the dissolving liquid.

The dissolving liquid blossomed like a flower bud, and the vortex of fire inside flapped its wings vigorously for the last time, just like petals trembling in the air!

The bubbles gathered in the center of the vortex of flames, like flower stamens, presenting a flower of water and fire called the Gorgeous Competition to all the audience present!

There is no doubt that the long-lasting applause from the audience is the best proof of this performance!

Soon after, the names of Cool and Izumi Yuu became known throughout Kanto.

The flower of water and fire, the song of flower and splendor, blooms forever!