Kalos King- Pokemon Xyz X Male Reader “Performing with Confident and 100% Pure Love.” – 27

Hey! Buckle up and get something to eat because it’s going to be a long one! This has taken me three days to write so I hope its good! It also could’ve taken three days because I have covid again, but worse, lets hope I don’t die! Also, I’ll have all of the links to the music I think work in the chapter linked, so you all can listen to some of my favourite songs too. Hope you enjoy!

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Reader POV

Today was the day I finally showed the world who I truly was. I’m not Y/n the flop, I’m Y/n the fantastic. I had my team lined up in front of me.

“Today things change, we have to prove to everyone that we can win! We aren’t kids anymore. Coumarine city was the Amuse bouche, Dendemille Town is the main course.” I said, looking over the city as the sun rosed. I smiled, “And they’re about to get served.”

As we approached the Dendimille town theatre, I noticed a lot of people staring at me. I knew they were laughing at me inside, but I knew that they had a huge storm coming. As I walked, I bashed into another person.

“Watch it you!” The person turned to me and stared down at me. “Pfft! Its you! You have some real nerve showing your face around here after that shambolic performance in Coumarine city.”

(Once again, made on picrew because I can’t draw. Also this character is Non Binary and is based on one of my dear friends, so if you could just please respect their pronouns it would be great thx!)

“Oh really? Well that was then dear.” I chuckled. “I would ask your name but I’ll probably forget it after I win this key and you slip into the cracks of being first to leave the stage.”

“That’s a bit harsh don’t you think Y/n?” Ash remarked.

“I’m obviously joking Ash, that’s called reading.” I chuckled, the person in front of me high fived me. “Reading is something we do when we want to throw shade at someone, it’s basically jokingly making fun of people.”

“Couldn’t’ve said it better myself.” The person said. “My name’s Leo. I know your’s is Y/n.”

As the others introduced themselves I noticed a strange pokemon crawl around his shoulder. I instantly noticed it and cowered in fear.

“Please! Put it back in its pokeball! I beg you Leo!” Leo chuckled at me.

“Banette isn’t such a bad pokemon y’know.” Leo got their banettes’ pokeball out and put it back in its pokeball.

“Thanks so much.” I regained control of myself. “I’ve had bad experiences with Banettes in the past, they scare me.” 

“Thats a shame.” Leo frowned. “Anyways, it’s time to head on inside.”

“Good luck you guys!” Ash said.

“You’ll do well Y/n, just keep on doing what you do best.” Clemont. “Which I believe is serving realness, the house down boots?”

I burst out laughing at Clemonts response, I gave him a huge hug and thanked him. I was then heckled into the dressing werkroom. (No that’s not a spelling mistake)

The first challenge was one which I had some experience in, Pokepuff baking. As I wasn’t the first set of three contestants, I managed the think about what I could create. I had the idea, and I was going to pull through with it. I had on a stylish, but comfortable outfit to bake, I had on an apron which had my pokemon embroidered on. After the second round went, it was now my time to shine. I was using Floette and Pampour for this, because I knew they had moves which could really help out. As I got called by the producer, some nerves kicked in but I quickly kicked them out. 

“Here are our next set of performers, baking up a storm for us.” Aria said, as my platform was raised up, I heard barrels of laughter and people holding up glowing signs with glowing blue eyes on them. I phased them out of my world and kept on with the plan. “Performers! Begin!”

I looked around for the ingredients at hand. I looked at Panpour.

“You know what berries are good to eat, use your ability and find the ones which will be perfect for this win!” I chuckled. “Floette, you know what to do!”

“The way that Y/n is working with his pokemon is something I’ve never seen before, using Panpours ability, Gluttony, to help find the best berries for the job is very unique.” One of the judges remarked. “Just like my brother would do with his Panpour back in the Unova region.

“Time is up everyone! Performers, put down your spatulas!” Aria said.

As my pokepuffs had gone round, Floette had used aromatherapy to make them smell just as good as they tasted. As the judged took bites out of mine they asked for my inspiration.

“The inspiration behind my pokepuffs were my pokemon, three different flavours to match the three different personalities of my team. Floette as my sweetheart and Panpour as my more tasteful and more prominent members of my team.” I spoke.

“The taste is everything, the flavour pallet is stunning.” All the judges told me. One had a negative critique. “However, they are very monotone colours, blue on blue can sometimes be a little bit boring.”

“And now! Audience! Cast your vote! Our winner will receive a total of 15,000 pokecoins. Second place is deemed as safe, and third place will unfortunately have to leave the stage.” Aria said as the votes flooded in.

I noticed the guy beside me had gotten a lot more votes than I did, it slightly worried me. Suddenly, I appeared in a white light. I looked to that same guy who lit up in a golden light. I heard the other man beside me break down due to being eliminated, I felt bad.

As I was about to leave the stage, one of the judges said. 

“Y/n, I thought you would’ve learned from the previous showcase, you rested on your laurels on that challenge, wake up.” The cruel judge spoke.

“Oh I am awake.” I said, as I exited the stage. Once I got into the werkroom I started to prepare for the runway, fantastic farming.

“You’re really gonna wear that?” One of the other performers mocked my outfit. “You might as well pack your shit up and go home already.”

“I don’t need your input on what I wear.” I quickly touched up my eye makeup and fixed up panpours hat and scarf.

When it was my time to walk the runway I adorned my farming runway attire. I was dressed in a traditional western cowboy outfit, but with my twist to it. I had a gingham red shirt, tied in a knot at the front, with a pair of dark-washed denim chaps to match, underneath the chaps I had a normal pair of black shorts. I had cowboy boots on, which clanked with every step due to the metallic accents I paired with the outfit. On top of everything, I had a cowboy hat to boot.

Panpour had a custom made cowboy hat, the same as mine. It also had a red gingham handkerchief, made out of the leftover fabric I used for my costume. We had matching wheat sheafs which were placed in our mouths before going on stage.

“You know the drill panpour.” I said. “Let’s go out there and show them this fabulous costume we made.”

As I stepped out onto the runway the stage lit up in those dastardly blue eyes. I smiled and strutted down the runway like I was born for this shit. 

“Panpour! Use attract!” I tossed my hat into the air and panpour jumped off of my shoulder and caught the my hat. It used attract, creating thousands of hearts and landed back on my shoulder. The crowd lit up in a multitude of cheer, once I got to the back of the stage, it was next time for the critique. The winners of the pokepuff challenge were next to us too. As I was last, it took some time for my Critique.

“And now we have Y/n.” Aria said, the spotlight was on me.

“This outfit, its very western, like you’d definitely see Clay from Driftvale city wearing this.” The first judge chuckled. “But its really cool, and the way you created a similar look for Panpour was amazing.”

“This is a real step up from the previous showcase Y/n. Incredible.” Pierre smiled, the total validation was what I truly needed, and I felt like I was almost there. “As the younger kids would say. You stepped your pussy up, and I’m proud.”

“However, this look. Just like the last time. Your look is too hyper-feminine, this is the princes cup, not the princess cup.” The judge from before spoke.

“I don’t care! It still looks good!” Pierre remarked. There were murmurs from the panel of judges. “SILENCE! It is time to decide.”

“Judges! Who shall be moving into the freestyle performance.” Aria announced.

“………Leo……..Y/n….” Pierre spoke, I only took two names into my brain, the other contestants didn’t matter to me. Leo was starting to become a rival to me and I was determined to win against him.

After returning backstage, I had to get ready for the freestyle performance. I had put on my suit, however I had modified it slightly, for an unexpected surprise. I had my pokemon dressed in their correct outfits. Panpour had a dark blue bowtie with gold accents and Altaria had a long tail-bow in the same colour pallet as panpour. I was excited but extremely nervous. Immediately my pokemon clocked it. They got closer to me and hugged me. We were then called out for our performance.

It was so nerve wrecking being underneath the stage, as Aria called my name, the platform rose up. I was turned away from the audience, my pokemon were hidden away for now. As the platform stopped. My music began to kick in. 

(100% Pure Love by Crystal Waters was also the same song that Denali and Kahmora lip synced too.)

When the beat dropped I spun around to face the audience and hustled my way around the stage, voguing every chance I got. However, thing really heated up when those lyrics kicked in. 

Instead of dancing around some more, I started to lip sync the words, to add my own flare to the song. I pointed towards the audience and the judges. Nothing mattered but me, It was my stage and I was going to use it fully. As soon as the chorus started, I tossed my hat up into the air. Panpour sprung forth from it, showering the stage with many hearts. Panpour had also released Altaria out of its pokeball too. Altaria had flown around the stage creating a beautiful sight. When we regrouped in centre stage, the bridge kicked in, this was when I did it, I ripped my trousers off and threw them to the side, it reveal a fully tucked bathing suit style bottom half. I heard gasps from the audience, it was fantastic to hear.

“Alright you guys! Kick it into high gear!” I shouted.

My team understood my command, as I continued to lip sync the legendary song, above me, many things were happening. Panpour had used Ice beam to create an icy spectacle behind us, Panpour then used Ice beam on Altaria, but before It could hit, Altaria had used Dragon rush to offset the ice beam, which created a beautiful explosion of sparkles, I kept dancing from the ground, getting every word perfectly, it was amazing. As the bridge ended I pulled out my hand fan I had behind me and clacked it. 

“Altaria, lets give them the show they dreamed of! Mega evolve!” I shouted. Beams of light showered the stage, lighting up every inch of the place. As mega Altaria burst through the light, we continued to dance, the three of us. Giving a high energy routine, to one of the best songs out there. As the of the song was near, my pokemon decided to give it one last stunning exit. Panpour jump from my shoulder, using acrobatics and Hydro pump at the same time. Many particles of water were suspended in the air. As panpour came gracefully to the ground. Altaria used Solar beam on the water particles, exploding them as they fell down. Altaria came down beside us. As the last part of the song came to a finish, I gave a little comedic moment and did a front split. 

The crowd was silent, I started to panic, no one spoke. Suddenly, an out roar broke out. I started to cry, I had gotten a full standing ovation from every member of the audience and the Judges, apart from one, it was amazing. My pokemon hugged me as happy tears fell from my face. As the cheer subsided, Aria spoke.

“Judges, what do we think of that performance!?” Aria smiled widely.

“For the contestants in the werkroom watching this. That is what you call a Pokemon Showcase Performance!” The judge clapped for me. “Stunning, the way that you moved with your pokemon was so good, and that tearaway, fantastic, absolutely fantastic.”

“Well, it was something. If your performance was going to be like this last week, I might have changed my opinion about you.” The mean judge yawned. “You overshadowed your pokemon, its not about you Y/n.”

“Phenomenal Y/n.” Pierre stood and clapped for me. “That last move was incredible, please tell me where you got it from.”

“It came to me when I was in a battle, the battlefield lit up the stage and it made a beautiful scene.” I chuckled. “The guy I was battling was so wise, he gave me some pointers as to how I can perfect my craft.”

“Amazing, thank you Y/n.” Aria chuckled and sent me to the back of the stage. “Now! The time has come for the Audience to cast their vote as to who shall be taking home the princes key! Remember, judges votes are worth twice as much as audience member votes! With that said, raise your glow casters and release!”

As the multicoloured orbs flew in, I had noticed a lot of blue orbs flew in my direction. On closer inspection, there were many blue orbs coming towards me, they were all absorbed into the brooches we had on, my colour was blue. I also noticed that two out of the 3 judges votes went to me, which was thrilling. Out of the 5 contestants who were left in this showcase I was a front runner.

“And now to announce our winner.” Aria said. 

My heart began to skip beats, because I knew that I worked so hard to get here and that it took a lot for me to grow, and to not win this would only be another setback, which I was willing to face. I reflected on all the things that had happened to me over the course of the past 2 months. 

“The winner of the Dendimille town Princes Cup is….Y/n!” Aria shouted, the audience shouted for me. “Congratulations, you have won a grand total of 20,000 pokecoins!”

I screamed in joy as I heard the words, it was amazing to finally feel something again. It was such a good feeling.

“Do you have anything to say to that Y/n?” Aria asked.

“Yes, many things but ill condense it to just a few.” I started. “After Coumarine city, people knew me as the flop and the butt of the joke. But now that this has happened, I’m looking forward to competing and leaving a legacy.” 

Everyone clapped for me, and we returned back to the werkroom, the other performers clapped for me. We looked back at the monitor in the werkroom and Pierre spoke to us.

“Thank you performers for competing in another Pokemon Showcase!” Pierre spoke. “Now, our next Showcase is in the mystical Anistar City! This freestyle performance is also themed, based on musicals! Bring your best musical song to dance to, and bring your best Pokemon Celebrity personation for the Snatch Game! Our runway theme will be; Seven Deadly Stuns! Creating a look inspired by one of the seven deadly sins which closely represent you. Au revoir!”

As I left the theatre, with all of my pokemon, everyone ran towards me and hugged me, they all seemed so happy for me.

“You did so well Y/n!” They all cheered.

“Thank you guys.” I chuckled.

“Where’s the next showcase then?” Bonnie asked.

“Anistar City.” Serena, who won the princess cup showcase, and I both said.

“Great.” We all said, and headed towards the pokemon centre as the sun set.

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Thanks for reading the chapter! Really appreciate it and sorry about the wait! I’ve been on and off it for three days because I haven’t been feeling the best, but I’m doing better now!

-Potato

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