Lulu chugged her pop down, then quickly followed Josh to the contest outside, people beginning to show up already. Her face lit up and her tail wagged with excitement at all the colorful ribbons that adorned the stage and such.<br/><br/>Suddenly, someone from the crowd noticed them, and the darker skinned man quickly ran up and took Lulu's hand, making her jump. "You are just a ray of sunshine on this gloomy day." His eyes glinted, but Lulu didn't seem to get it. "There isn't a cloud in the sky..." she muttered, looking up. He seemed slightly struck down, but opened his mouth for another pick up line to come out, but all the came was an "Urk!" and he looked down to see a little Vulpix had nipped his leg. "Vulpix! What did I tell you about interrupting me when I was about to get someone's number!"<br/><br/>Lulu cocked her head again, "Number for what?" The man sighed, picking up the Vulpix, who Lulu now noticed had a pretty blue bow around its throat. "I'm Brock, I'm the leader of the Pewter Gym. You two here for the PokÃ©mon Contest?"