First off, I want to sincerely thank Condor-K for pointing out mistakes and missing elements on this chapter, you've truly helped me out here!
Secondly, SaiyaStyles, the name is actually spelled correctly.
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"Rhydon, use Stone Edge!" a young woman in her early twenties bellowed. She had light blue hair that went a little past her shoulders, parted in the middle with slightly longer bangs. She wore a dark jacket with a purple shirt underneath, and less dark cargo pants, and green shoes with blue laces and trims. She had her Pokéballs on her belt, the way most commonly seen, and wore a green purse with yellow trims on her left shoulder. She wore sunglasses, but they were on top of her head.
The Drill Pokémon flung sharp rocks at a weakened Altaria.
"Aria, get high!" her opponent countered frantically, a slim male trainer in his mid-twenties with subtle muscularity, he had semi-long, lightly curling, dirty blond hair with a bright blue stripe, a white stripe, a bright red stripe, with dark tips, parted in the middle. He wore a navy blue, unbuttoned shirt over a black t-shirt, with a print of an Absol's silhouette on a bright moon. He wore a bandolier, which held his Pokémon's Pokéballs. He wore blue jeans, and red and black sneakers with an icy blue trim. On his right hip was a small, dark brown satchel attached to his belt, which held a few extra Pokéballs and Super Potion for quick use, and a black/grey/white camo patterned backpack with grey trims on his back.
The Humming Pokémon, unable to react to its trainer's command in time, received the full blow of the super effective Stone-type attack, sending it flying several yards through the air, unconscious when it landed.
"Altaria is unable to battle! The winner is Rhydon." the referee yelled and lifted the flag indicating that the female trainer's Pokémon won the battle, earning both cheers and boos from the spectators.
"Aria, return!", the defeated Pokémon was enveloped in a red beam then returned to its Pokéball, "You did well, Aria, take a rest" he spoke to his Pokémon.
The big center screen showed that both trainers were down to their third and last Pokémon.
"You know Christoffer, for a first timer, you're not so bad." the female trainer complimented.
"You're not so bad yourself, Sara." the male trainer, now known as Christoffer, replied with a slight grin.
"But you're going down, there's no way you can defeat my Rhydon!" the female trainer, now known as Sara, said confidently.
Christoffer snickered at her confidence a little, then picked a silver and white Pokéball off of his bandolier like belt and asked his Pokémon, "You ready, Blaze?". The Pokéball glinted slightly in response, the Pokémon signaling to its trainer that it was ready, "Good." he grinned slightly.
"Sorry to burst you bubble, though, but I'm not new at this at all!" he then said and tossed his Pokéball high in the air and adopted a type battle stance, "And you are the one going to lose!" he finished with a confident grin.
"Blaze!" the male trainer shouted, "Merge!".
The silver and white Pokéball shone brightly and snapped open, letting out a bright, white beam of light that struck the male trainer.
Everyone watched in surprise as they didn't they expect the beam of light to hit the trainer, let envelope him. "What is going on!?" the MC asked in confusion, which just confused Sara to begin with. She didn't realize that the beam didn't even hit the ground.
The light began to take form of a Pokémon, then dissipated after a few seconds, revealing a Blaziken where the trainer once was, however, the Blaze Pokémon's coloration were darker in some areas, and lighter in others. When opened, one of its eyes resembled the trainer's to a degree, it wore the same bandolier like belt across its chest as its trainer, but without the Pokéballs, and an Expert Belt around its arm. Its long head feathers seemed to be tied into a ponytail resembling "feather"style.
"Blaziken!", the Blaze Pokémon jumped into the battle arena and adopted its battle stance.
Everyone but Sara was surprised by the sudden turn of events, she couldn't see much anyway because of the Blaze Pokémon blocking her view.
Sara just smirked and shook her head, then confidently ordered her Pokémon, "Time to Dig, Rhydon! Show that bird what we're capable of!".
The Drill Pokémon grinned and quickly 'dove' underground, vanishing in a puff of sand, gravel, and dirt.
The female trainer grinned, "What are you going to do now, there's no way your Blaziken can hit my Rhydon now!" she said mockingly.
The Blaziken just smirked and jumped high in the air with a roar of its name.
Then the female trainer's eyes opened wide, noticing her opponent was no longer in his place, "What the!? He's gone!".
She quickly looked up when she heard the Blaze Pokémon's battle cry as it fell towards the ground headfirst shortly after, flipped, and stomped the ground upon landing with a mighty roar, creating a massive earthquake that shook the whole stadium.
"O-Oh no! Rhydon!" the female trainer stammered but later sighed in relief and grinned when she noticed the ground bulging rapidly behind the Blaziken, Blaze.
Blaze quickly noticed jumped out of the way, but didn't get far enough away when Rhydon shot out of the ground and slammed into it, causing Blaze to skid several feet back.
Sara smiled when Rhydon's attack landed, but that smile vanished when she realized she wouldn't be able to counter probably if she couldn't hear her opponent's orders. "I've got to foresee its attacks somehow!" she thought to herself, she did note that both Pokémon were panting a bit.
"Hold on" the MC suddenly spoke, "I just got words that Christoffer is a Pokémon trainer that knows how to merge with his Pokémon. Only five have been recorded to be able to merge with their Pokémon, which makes Christoffer a very rare type of trainer! This match has certainly gotten a lot more interesting!" the MC finished. There was a roar of excitement all around.
The Blaziken smirked at their reaction then Bulked Up, getting a little more power from the move, and adopted its battle stance again.
"Rhydon! Use Bulldoze!" Sara ordered in an attempt to get the upper hand.
The Drill Pokémon lunged at the Blaze Pokémon at high speeds like a bulldozer.
The Blaziken just barely dodged the attack at the last minute by jumping to the left of the Rhydon, it then went in for a quick Rock Smash.
"Quick, Iron Tail followed by Surf!" Sara ordered in response.
The Rhydon quickly spun around, its tail shining bright, and hit the Blaziken square in the stomach, causing said Pokémon to skid several yards to the side and fall onto one knee, panting. Rhydon then spewed a massive torrent of water, creating a giant wave that roared towards the Blaze Pokémon.
The Blaze Pokémon slowly stood up as the sun intensified greatly, Sunny Day was in effect. The Blaziken then quickly charged up a powerful Solar Beam in its mouth and shot it at the tidal wave.
The Blaziken smirked as it watched the weakened tidal wave quickly dissipate and evaporate. That smirk quickly vanished when it saw the Rhydon coming straight for it with a Dragon Rush, Sara must've issued an attack over the roar of Surf's tidal wave.
The Blaziken quickly charged up and fired another Solar Beam at the Dragon Rush charged Rhydon. Rhydon was only slowed due to the Dragon typing in Dragon Rush.
It appeared to slowly come to a stalemate as Rhydon slowly made his way through the Solar Beam with only a few feet to spare, then the two colliding attacks exploded and covered the field in smoke, obscurring the view for everybody to guess who won.
It was five painstaking minutes for the trainer, she was hoping that her Pokèmon would be the one standing once the smoke cleared, but her dismay, both Pokèmon were barely standing their own, barely having enough energy for one final strike.
"This is it, folks! Both Pokèmon can barely stand now, the next strike will most likely end the match! But who will strike first? Sara's Rhydon, or Christoffer's Blaziken?" the MC asked nobody in particular.
"Rhydon! Bury that bird!" Sara ordered her weakened Pokèmon.
The Rhydon slammed the ground and four pillars of stone shot out of the ground around the Blaziken right as it charged up yet another Solar Beam, it fired its attack through one of the stone pillars, earning a direct hit on Rhydon, knocking it unconscious, as well as breaking itself free from the super effective attack.
"Rhydon is unable to battle! The winner is Blaziken! This match goes to Christoffer!" the referee yelled as he lifted the red flag, pointing to the male trainer's side of the battlefield, causing most of the crowd to cheer and the rest to slump in their seats, some even booed.
A beam of light shot out of the back of the Blaziken, it hit the ground where the male trainer, Christoffer, once stood, materializing him in front of everyone before dissipating.
"Incredible! Christoffer had merged with his Blaziken to gain the upper hand, but were almost defeated quickly! And when everything seemed bleak for our Blaziken, it broke through the Rock Tomb with its Solar Beam and scored a direct super effective hit on Rhydon, winning a most spectacular match!" the MC bellowed in marvel, "He'll be moving on to the quarter-finals!".
The victorious Pokémon jumped back and stood by the side of its trainer, while the audience cheered loudly for them. They left the arena shortly after Christoffer shook his opponent's hand, hearing the MC introducing the next battlers in the background.
You may wonder how Christoffer and his Blaziken were able to merge like that, well that's a story I'd be more than happy to tell you. But first, let's go back 5 years or so, before Christoffer began his journey.
This is my first attempt at a published fan-fiction and I'd like to know what you think of it, so please leave a review, it would help me greatly. Please do be constructive though, as just saying "It's bad!" doesn't help in the slightest since I wouldn't know what would make you deem it bad.
See you in the next chapter!