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Chapter 1
"Alright Sceptile, use Leaf Blade!"
A green blur dashed across the grassy field, gliding over the surface as it raced towards his still opponent. As he drew closer towards his target, the two leaves on each of his wrist elongated and combined, forming two glowing green blades. Leaping into the air as he skilfully dodged an incoming Ice Beam, Sceptile drew his arms back, preparing to strike his formidable opponent.
"Darkrai is unable to battle, Sceptile wins!" declared the referee, raising the green flag indicating Ash's first win over Tobias' infamous Darkrai.
It was the semi-final match in the Lily of the Valley Conference. Having just beaten his rival Paul in the Quarter-finals in their long awaited duel, Ash had moved to the semi-finals and was facing against Tobias and his undefeated Darkrai. The match so far has not been favourable for the young teen, with his first three pokemon being knocked out in only a couple of moves, whilst only doing minimal amounts of damage to their opponent.
"Great job Sceptile, I knew you could do it!" Ash yelled to his pokemon, overflowing with confidence from his small victory. With Darkrai's defeat, Ash knew he still might have a chance of winning this match, no matter how small it may be. That win was crucial for Ash, as he knew that if Sceptile had lost this fight, he would've had little to no chance of victory. A 2v6 upstart win would be theoretically possible, but Ash wasn't willing to take that chance, especially considering it was a match for a position in the finals.
The stadium was abuzz with excitement, as this victory over Tobias was the first one anyone in the tournament had accomplished insofar. For the first time since the elusive trainers' first appearance, the onlookers would get a peek at what other powerhouses Tobias had in his team.
"One down, five more to go. So who's next?" Ash asked his opponent, still brimming with confidence over being the first known person to knock out Tobias' Darkrai in the Sinnoh League.
"You've definitely proved that you earned your soft in the semi-final round. To think I'll be using my second pokemon," Tobias said calmly, as he returned his Darkrai. Suddenly, a smirk broke through his emotionless face as he grabbed one of the pokeballs on his belt, and threw it into the air. "Let's finish off this match once and for all!"
In mid-air, Tobias' pokeball opened and released his second pokemon, a Latios. Upon its release, the Latios swooped down towards the battlefield, circling the fringes of the stadium floor as it elegantly displayed itself for the entire crowd to see. Making one final loop, the Latios gently settled itself in front of Tobias, ready for battle.
'Crap,' Ash thought to himself as he looked at the second legendary he would face. He knew when he was selecting his team that he would have to pick the pokemon he knew had what it took to face off against legendary pokemon.
Looking at his Sceptile on the field, Ash pondered whether or not he should continue with him. Sceptile had only suffered one direct hit from Darkrai, so he was still in considerably good condition. Thinking over the pros and cons over keeping Sceptile in play, Ash decided it would be better to save him for later. Even if he couldn't beat the Latios with just Pikachu and Swellow, he could always use him as a late-game sweeper to finish off the job.
"Sceptile, return!"
"I'm surprised Ash. I never thought you'd be one to back down from a challenge." Tobias taunted. Latios was a formidable foe; any trainer would be weary in facing one.
"Who said anything about me backing down? I'm just getting warmed up," Ash retorted. Grabbing his next pokeball, Ash tossed it into the air in a similar manner to that of Tobias. "Swellow, I choose you!"
"It looks like it's going to be a Sky Battle between Swellow and Latios! It'll be an aerial battle to see you'll end up on top!" the announcer blared through the speaker, stirring up the crowds anticipation over the upcoming battle.
"Swellow, use Quick Attack."
With blinding speed, Swellow closed the gap between herself and the Eon pokemon. As she grew within striking range, the Latios flew up, causing the attack to miss. Without missing a beat, Swellow arced upwards in hopes of pursuing her foe, but ended up being pursued instead. Circling around, diving at each other, outpacing one another. The two pokemon in battle took full advantage of the large expanse of the sky, with both pokemon trying to outdo the other in order to score a critical hit.
With Latios in pursuit, Ash's Swellow took a dive bomb towards the ground, flying at insane speeds in order to throw Latios off her tail. Following in pursuit, the Latios took after the agile bird, slowly closing the gap as they drew closer to the battlefield floor. At the last moment, right before crashing into the grassy field, Swellow pulled up, however the Latios skilfully avoided the collision to the ground as well.
Though the manoeuvre failed to cause fall damage to the Latios, it wasn't all for naught, as Swellow managed to put a significant amount of distance between the two.
"Now Swellow, use Aerial Ace! Take down that Latios."
"Luster Purge, Latios! Knock her out of the sky!"
Once again dive-bombing towards the ground, Swellow shrouded herself within a bright light, charging up the necessary power and speed for an Aerial Ace to take down the Latios. However, as the Swellow drew closer and closer, the Latios; situated right at the floor of the stadium began forming a Luster Purge, its signature technique.
Before Swellow was even half way towards Latios, the enemy's Luster Purge was fired towards her, a sickeningly purple beam that could signify her defeat. Just as the opponent's attack was about to make contact, the blue avian corkscrewed around the beam, picking up speed as it descended. Within the timespan of a couple of seconds between the launch of the Luster Purge, Swellow closed the distanced and landed a decisive hit on Latios' underbelly.
As the Latios flinched from the direct hit, Swellow circled around to gain momentum for another attack. As she charged the Latios with an Aerial Ace once again, the Latios regained its bearings and charged at the Swellow with its own move – a Giga Impact. As the two fliers collided, a resulting explosion occurred, obscuring the view of who was the victor of the two pokemon were the referee, judges and trainers. As the debris cleared, the winner between the two beasts of the sky was obvious to all who watched.
"Swellow is unable to battle, Latios wins!" the referee declared, signalling the defeat of yet another of Ash's pokemon.
Up in the crowd, mingled among the thousands of other onlookers watching the first semi-final match, sat Dawn, Brock and Barry. Ash's travel companions and one of his rivals looked down at their friend with worry, knowing how hard it was on him, facing off against legendary pokemon.
"On man… I really thought that Ash had a chance," Dawn whined, knowing how much this match meant to her friend.
"Yeah! What's Ash doing? Isn't he supposed to be trying to win?" Barry complained as well. He had mixed feelings in watching the match, especially considering he was sidelined to the stand, instead of out there winning the Sinnoh League.
"There's no need to worry guys. Though it may not look like it, but Ash has faced off other legendaries before and came out as the victor several times in the past." Brock assured, trying to alleviate the worries of the two young trainers.
"Don't you guys think it's unfair, bringing a legendary pokemon like Darkrai to this conference?" Dawn asked, not knowing whether or not there were rules against such pokemon.
"Well officially, trainers can bring whatever pokemon they want to bring. That's what makes this tournament a challenge, as trainers face off others of various difficulties. That way trainers can grow stronger," Brock said to Dawn, answering the question she posed. "In the case of legendary pokemon, there aren't any rules against bringing such pokemon, as trainers owning pokemon of such calibre are quite rare."
"Hey look guys! Looks like Ash's going with Pikachu in this round!" Dawn said, as she turned her attention back to the match at hand. "Go Ash! You can do it!"
"Hey Ash, if you lose, I'm going to have to fine you!"
"Ash! You can win!"
"I must say, you have battled well so far – you've earned my respect. However, if you really think you can defeat my Latios with a mere Pikachu, you're sorely mistaken."
"It may not look like it, but Pikachu is one strong pokemon. We'll win for sure! Pikachu, use Quick Attack!"
"Pika!" With blinding speed, Pikachu dashed forward, darting side to side as it picked up speed, leaving behind a white trail of light as it moved. Nearing Latios, the light fully enveloped Pikachu as he attacked his foe, aiming once again for Latios' underbelly.
Swiftly as ever, the Latios dodged Pikachu's attack with ease, but was however caught off guard by the sudden Iron Tail Pikachu pulled of mid-air, grazing Latios. As Pikachu landed after his partially successful attack on his opponent, he spun around to face Latios again, charging at his enemy as electricity started to cocoon around his nimble body.
Seeing the Pikachu charging at him once again, Latios attacked in return, once more preparing for another Giga Impact to end this futile battle. The two pokemon collided once again, with Latios brushing off Pikachu's attack as if it was nothing.
Shaking itself after being tossed aside by Latios, Pikachu once again dashed across the grassy field, using Agility to increase his speed. As he dashed around the stadium, various after images appeared around him, causing the Latios to be confused over which copy was its real opponent.
"Good job Pikachu! Looks like you learned Double Team!" Ash exclaimed in happiness. "Now, Pikachu! Use Double-Edge!"
"Let's respond in turn Latios! Giga Impact!"
Changing course in response to his trainers command, Pikachu cancelled his Double Team and charged full force at Latios, glowing yellow as the power of his Double-Edge accumulated within. Latios once again saw Pikachu charging at him and responded in turn, hoping to end this fight once and for all.
For the umpteenth time Latios smashed headfirst into his opponent, and once again, knocked them out due to his superior size and power. Suddenly, Latios cried out in pain, as electricity coursed through his body.
"Well, would you look at that folks! It looks like Latios was paralysed by Pikachu's Static ability! Is this the game changing event Ash needs to secure his victory?!" The announcer's voice blared through the speaker, stroking the crowds' anticipation over this battle.
"Alright!" Ash exclaimed. "Pikachu, this is your chance! Use Quick Attack and then Iron Tail."
Pikachu charged at full speed towards the Eon pokemon, closing the distance between the two in a matter of seconds. As he drew closer, Pikachu's tail started to harden, turning into a metallic colour as the tail hardened to match the strength of metal. With a spin to add more force to the already Quick Attack-boosted attack, Pikachu's Iron Tail landed a critical blow on Latios with a resounding smack.
Due to the paralysis, the Latios was not able to the dodge the attack, thus suffered one of the few clean hits it received whilst in play. Though he couldn't move fast enough to dodge, the paralysis didn't stop him from firing a close-ranged Luster Purge at Pikachu as it hovered vulnerably in the air after landing that powerful blow.
As the close-ranged attack made contact, a huge explosion occurred, throwing Pikachu across the field. Landing heavily by Ash's feet, Pikachu lay unmoving; giving no indication whether or not he was able to continue to battle.
The whole stadium went deathly silent, as everyone was held in suspense over the fate of Pikachu.
"Come on Pikachu, get up! I know you can do it." Ash cried out as he gritted his teeth in anticipation, wondering whether or not his partner was alright. Even after having been travelling with him for so long, the fact of the matter was that Pikachu couldn't take too many hits.
Though Ash was beside himself with worry, Pikachu had dealt a significant amount of damage to the Latios. It was only a matter of whether or not his long time friend would be the one to finish the legendary off, or would Sceptile be used to avenge his fallen comrade.
Over on the other side of the field, Tobias looked over at the battlefield as well, displaying no emotion over the result of the latest confrontation. He knew that both the Swellow and the Pikachu had dealt a significant amount of damage to his Latios, enough that a couple more clean hits might take it down. Having never lost a single pokemon throughout the tournament till now, the thought of losing his second legendary in the semi-finals was something he wasn't going to allow to happen.
"Pikachu is unable to ba-"
"P-Pika~!" a soft yet firm voice broke out from the field, interrupting the referee. On the field as he panted heavily, Pikachu lifted his battered body off the floor, resuming a battle ready stance. He wasn't going to give up yet whilst he still had the strength to fight.
"Latios! Descend and use Luster Purge!"
The command from his opponent broke Ash out of his stupor, reminding Ash that he was still in a battle. As the Latios descended from the heavens, a Luster Purge half-formed at its mouth, a risky plan emerged from Ash's subconscious.
"Pikachu, dodge then jump on Latios!"
The devastating beam was fired from Latios with pinpoint accuracy, hitting the spot where Pikachu had laid a few moments ago. As Latios glided across the floor of the stadium, Pikachu landed perfectly on its back, having jumped to dodge the Luster Purge whilst simultaneously timing his landing to coincide with Latios passing underneath.
Feeling the sudden weight difference, Latios flew high into the sky, performing various aerial manoeuvres in order to get Pikachu off his back. Sharp turns, accelerating and decelerating, barrel rolls and corkscrews, no matter what Latios tried to pull off, Pikachu wasn't letting go.
As Latios was put Pikachu through his paces, Pikachu did his best to compose himself well enough to fire off multiple Thunderbolts, hoping to take down the beast of a pokemon. Pikachu managed to put out two successful, full-powered blasts before Latios put up a Light Screen to reduce the amount of damage the electric mouse was dealing out.
After racing across the stadium once again, Latios took off straight into the sty, performing a vertical climb. Tucking its arms and folding its wings, Latios' speed increased, making it more difficult for Pikachu to hold on. A sudden dead stop and a quick U-turn back towards the ground threw Pikachu off Latios' back, causing him to flail helplessly mid-air.
Positioning itself under the prone Pikachu, the Latios began gathering energy to once again use Luster Purge, blasting his opponent out of the sky. Seeing the familiar purple glow coming from Latios, Pikachu slowly positioned himself mid-air before blasting towards his foe surrounded in a field of electric energy.
Pikachu's Volt Tackle was met head on by the Luster Purge, but Pikachu did not back down. Pawing the air in a way to gather momentum, Pikachu slowly cut its way through the Luster Purge till it was right in front of Latios.
"Now Pikachu! Use Iron Tail!"
Still enveloped with electricity in the midst of Latios' signature move, Pikachu's tail began to glow, hardening once again. Flipping over, Pikachu stretched out as far as he could, hoping to land his last move against the opposition.
An explosion from the resulting attack filled the arena with dust and smoke, obscuring the field once more. Dark clouds were blown in every direction, forcing both trainers to look away. The resulting shockwave from the Pikachu's attack was strong enough to temporarily knock out the power system, cutting off the power in the stadium. The crowd waited in anticipation, hoping to see the victor of the last bout between the two pokemon.
"Pikachu and Latios are both unable to battle. Red Trainer, release your next pokemon. Green Trainer, release your last pokemon," declared the battle judge, looking down at the two unconscious pokemon.
Ash ran across the field, picking up the electric mouse pokemon as Tobias returned his legendary. "Great job Pikachu. Have a long rest now," Ash consoled his friend quietly as he made his way back to his side of the field.
"Sceptile, I choose you!" Ash yelled, releasing the green bipedal lizard onto the field once more.
"It seems like I've severely underestimated you Ash, you've truly earned your place here in the semi-finals. However, this is the end of the line for you. Suicune – finish this!" With a thunderous roar, Suicune made its presence known on the field, readying itself for battle.
"It seems like its crunch time for Ash! How well will his Sceptile face against yet another legendary pokemon? Will he be able to pull off yet another amazing win over Tobias?!" the announcer bellowed out, excitement oozing out of his voice for all to hear.
"Sceptile, Leaf Storm full power!"
"Suicune, use Calm Mind before following it up with Ice Beam."
Glowing leaves appeared all around Sceptile, growing bigger and bigger as more and more leaves clustered together. With a roar, Sceptile launched the mass of leafy blades towards his opponent, overflowing the field as more leaves followed after the incoming projectile.
Steadying itself for the attack, Suicune closed its eyes, focusing its energy within. A soft purple glow began to envelop Suicune, boosting both its offensive and defensive prowess. Opening its eyes as the Leaf Storm approached, Suicune leapt into the air, dodging the attack sent to him before he retaliated in return with his own move.
Sceptile dashed forward, closing the distance between the two fighters whilst dodging the super effective move. Within moments, Sceptile narrowed the distance significantly. Leaping into the air, Sceptile prepared a Leaf Blade to hit his foe as it slowly made its way downwards as it was still prone after its attack.
As Sceptile drew closer, a blue force field surrounded the legendary beast. Suicune's Protect not only repelled Sceptile's attack, it also knocked him off balance. Seeing an opportunity to deal significant damage, Suicune fired off and landed a critical Ice Beam on the grass starter.
With grace, Suicune landed perfectly on the battlefield, watching as its foe landed harshly on the other side. Once again taking the initiative, Suicune formed yet another attack – one swirling with a kaleidoscope of colours. Sceptile, who was still lying prone on the floor as the Aurora Beam was fired, rolled out of the way and stumbled as it tried to regain his footing.
Ash gritted his teeth as he watched the precarious situation Sceptile was in. Though he technically had the type advantage over Suicune, Sceptile had fought a Darkrai earlier as well as the fact that like most water-types, Suicune knew its fair share of ice-type moves.
"Suicune, keep up the pressure! Ice Beam!"
Crystal blue energy formed at the tip of Suicune's mouth, causing the surrounding air growing colder as the temperature in the immediate vicinity dropped to properly form the super effective attack. Seeing the Sceptile heavily injured across the field, Suicune unleashed his Ice Beam, aiming to end this once and for all.
As the beam raced across the field towards Suicune's prone foe, an explosion occurred just as it was about to finish Sceptile off. As the smoke cleared, a frozen wall of leaves stood in front of Sceptile, his body engulfed with a green aura.
"Ladies and gentleman would you look at that! At the very last second, Sceptile unleashed a near instantaneous Leaf Storm as a make shift shield! This power must be the result of Sceptile's amazing Overgrow ability. Although Overgrow may only work when Sceptile's endurance is low, it makes all of Sceptile's attacks overwhelmingly powerful!"
"Hey Brock, will Sceptile be alright? Overgrow sounds a lot like Blaze…" Dawn asked her friend; worried that Sceptile might react like Infernape had under the influence of his ability.
Brock nodded. "Both Overgrow and Blaze have the same effects in that they increase the strength of the pokemon's moves. However, if you're worried that Sceptile wont be able to control it, don't be. Infernape was a unique case, as it was forced into that state before it was ready to control it. Usually, pokemon develop control over their natural abilities as they grow – Sceptile is no different. He has complete control."
"Overgrow sounds a lot like the ability Empoleon has, Torrent. Huh, who knew there were so many abilities that are so similar?" Barry piped in, knowing that this boost in power was exactly what Ash needed. Barry hoped Ash would be able to use this to his advantage, as this could be his last match in the Sinnoh League. He didn't want Ash go out without giving it his all.
Sceptile, still surrounded by a green hue, leaped over the frozen Leaf Storm, agilely increasing his speed as he dashed towards the Suicune. Forming Leaf Blades that extended far longer than before, Sceptile made his way to foe, capitalising on his temporary boost as much as possible.
Before Suicune could form an Ice Beam to deter Sceptile's movements, Suicune was barraged by an onslaught of mini super effective projectiles, courtesy of Sceptile. Using Bullet Seed, Sceptile not only dealt damage to his foe, but he also broke the concentration needed to form any response, as it dealt critical damage to Suicune.
Swiping back and forth a Suicune, Sceptile tried valiantly to land a blow, but the nimble legendary beast dodged every attempt Sceptile made. Swiping again once more, Suicune jumped over Sceptile's Leaf Blade once more, only to be struck with a close range Leaf Storm from underneath, a devastating blow from Sceptile's end.
On and on this cat and mouse game went. Sceptile charged at Suicune to gain a hit with his Leaf Blade but Suicune dodged or protected itself. Neither side gave in even as Suicune was limited to a defensive position.
"Enough of this! Suicune, end this match with Blizzard: full power!" Tobias ordered, knowing that if this continued on, there was a chance that he may lose yet another pokemon to the young trainer.
"Sceptile, form a barrier surrounding yourself using Leaf Storm! Don't get hit!" Ash responded in turn.
Breaking off from as they tried to put some distance, both pokemon performed as ordered. With a loud howl, icy wind and snow left Suicune, traveling towards the grass-type lizard. In turn, Sceptile began generating as much power to create a solid barrier to block out the incoming ice-type move.
Ash was forced to look away as the incoming snowstorm beat down upon his last pokemon, cold harsh winds almost forcing Ash to take back. With such a strong move as Blizzard, it was a wonder that Tobias didn't simply end it straight away.
As the strong ice-type move slowly dissipated, the crowd looked towards the field. A large column of ice stood where Sceptile was, with on indication of Sceptile fate. As the audience waited in baited anticipation, a soft yellow glow could be seen from within the icy spire.
Suddenly, a giant beam of light rocketed out of the crystal structure, shattering it into millions of pieces as a Solar Beam raced across the field, nailing Suicune in the midst of its recovery. A loud thud cold be heard, signifying the sound of a pokemon fainting.
"Sceptile is unable to battle. Since the Green Trainer has lost all six pokemon, the Red Trainer, Tobias is the winner!" declared the referee, seeing the collapsed form of Sceptile from the giant hole in the pillar of ice.
"It seemed like Sceptile tried to take Suicune down with him with his last breath but wasn't strong enough to do so. With that, Tobias is declared the winner and will move to the final match in the Lily of the Valley Conference!" the announcer declared, officially signalling the end of the match.
With a heavy heart, Ash returned Sceptile to his pokeball. He knew that Sceptile did his best, almost taking down two legendary pokemon in a single match. However, knowing how close he was to being in the finals was somewhat of a bittersweet moment. Ash made his way to the centre of the field, acknowledging that this was the end of the line for him.
Across the field, also making his way towards the centre of the arena, Tobias thought about how close the last match was. By the time he had returned Suicune to its pokeball after the battle judge it the winner, Tobias finally gained a sense of how close he was to losing. If Sceptile hadn't fainted straight after his attack, it could have ended with another tie or worse, in Suicune defeat.
However, his near loss made him think about the first three pokemon Ash used in their battle. It was obvious at the time that though the pokemon had great potential, they weren't trained to use their full potential. But what if his original judgement was wrong?
Meeting at the centre of the field, both trainers shook hands, signifying no hard feelings between the two, a sign of respect between the two trainers.
"Ash, that was a good battle. It's been a while since I last fought that hard, and for that, I thank you." Tobias said curtly to the young trainer.
"This is the furthest I've gotten in any major tournament so far. I learnt a lot from our battle, so I should thank you. Good luck in the finals." Ash replied. As both trainers made their way off the field, a comfortable silence filled the air, as each trainer pondered over the events of the last battle.
"If I may be so bold to ask, Ash…" Tobias began, breaking the silence between the two. "But I noticed in our fight you used pokemon from various regions. However it seems like they vary in strength greatly, even though they seem to have the potential for all of them to be strong. Is that a matter of preference?"
"Well no. I mean, I love all my pokemon equally… its just that some prefer doing their own training whilst others don't." Ash replied, rubbing the back of his head as he did so. He too also noticed the gap of power between some of his pokemon, but never really gave any thought to it.
Tobias stopped. "Have you considered rotating your party to train all your pokemon equally?" Tobias asked once more.
"Well… I've never really thought of doing that." Ash replied, after giving the question some thought. "Whenever I go to another region, I start off fresh to you know? To get that feeling of 'starting my adventure for the first time' again. I guess I thought bringing some of my old pokemon with me would break the illusion."
Now that he looked back, having some of his older pokemon could have helped make some situations he was in much easier. With pokemon with more experience by his side, it would've been easier to teach moves to his newer pokemon that his older pokemon knew.
"Well, every trainer has their own was of doing things." Tobias answered back after a moment. "Just know this, your pokemon could've been a lot more stronger if you trained them constantly – you might've even had the chance of beating me."
With that Tobias walked off, leaving Ash behind to ponder his parting words. Tobias knew that whatever decision Ash would make here and now may make a difference for future battles. Hopefully one day, Tobias hoped, he would be able to fight Ash at his peak... to see who would be the victor between the two.
Hey guys, SpeculativeWriter here :)
I hope you enjoyed the first chapter of the first fanfic I wrote. Any useful tips and/or constructive criticism you have would be nice, as any advice that'll help improve my writing would be appreciated.
I know there wasn't much content in this chapter, but it serves more of a prologue… I think. The story should start picking up from here on out.
Most of my knowledge and experience of Pokémon comes from playing the games, so I'll probably be basing this story more off of that than rather than the anime. Any other knowledge I put comes from my research using Bulbapedia, like so many other people.
I tried to make the fight a close as possible to the anime, using the movesets of each pokemon that Ash and Tobias used that were listed in Bulbapedia in the Latios vs. Swellow & Pikachu matches, so that's why the battle wasn't as good as it could've been. I think this chapter will be one of the closest Anime-based chapters I'll do, so hopefully the battles would be more diverse from now on.
1) Pikachu used Double-Edge against Ritchie's Butterfree in episode 79 of the Indigo League 'Friend and For Alike', so it's a legit move known by Pikachu in the anime… he just doesn't use it anymore.
2) The announcer's description of Overgrow comes from the anime episode 'Once More with Reeling' in Ash's battle against May's Blaziken. Although the anime states it boosts ALL of its attacks, Overgrow has a different mechanic in the games- only boosting grass-type moves.
3) Sceptile learned Solar Beam against Spencer in the Battle Frontier episode 'Ka Boom with a View!' Sceptile's ability to fire off a Solar Beam comes from two things. 1. Latent energy from charging up the Leaf Storm barrier still stored within him and 2. By drawing heat from the air around him then storing it in his body as energy. However, by doing this, Sceptile decreased the temperature around him, thus causing him to be knocked out after firing off his last attack as it sucked out all the remaining heat and energy he had to pull of the last move.
If you have any questions, feel free to ask. Reviews would be appreciated. Thanks.
