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Once again, Ash tuned out the announcer's praise as Tobias tossed his next Pokeball onto the field. "Slowking!"

Slowking's Pokeball reacted slowly, bouncing twice on the ground and rolling for a few feet before it finally opened. Slowking absently moved its tail as it came out, flicking the Pokeball towards Tobias, who deftly caught it.

Ash knew that Corphish wouldn't be able to defeat Slowking after the direct hit from Giga Impact, but it was against the rules to switch Pokemon. Instead, both trainer and Pokemon put on a brave face as they waited for Slowking to make the first move, Pikachu cheering from Ash's shoulder.

Something changed in Slowking's stance, and a wall suddenly separated Ash and Corphish. "It's Trick Room!" Ash called through the barrier. "Slowking's slow, so in Trick Room it'll move faster than you!"

Corphish nodded, and turned to face the blurs that were Slowking. A sudden barrage of glowing rocks impacted its head, and it shook itself, dazed.

Ash had a sudden brainwave. "Corphish, I can't think of anything! I need some help, try to come up with something!"

Corphish looked back at Ash unbelievingly, and reacted slowly to the next shower of rocks. The result was that they missed entirely. Corphish didn't notice.

"Don't give me that look! How am I supposed to know what we're dealing with? You're the one inside the room!"

"Cor corphish!" the lobster replied indignantly, blurring to avoid a Thunderbolt aimed at its head.

"You're not doing a very good job then, are you?"

"Pikachu Pika pikapi chu!"

"Corphish!"

The barrier dropped, revealing a visibly shaken Slowking and its equally upset trainer. Ash chuckled, getting back to his feet; he hadn't honestly noticed sitting down.

"How did you do that?" Tobias demanded.

"I made Corphish react slower so it could react quicker," his opponent explained matter-of-factly.

"But that's not how it works!"

"But that's how it did work! Corphish, Bubblebeam!" Ash retorted, cutting off the conversation.

"Power Gem!"

As the shower of white rocks collided with the bubbles, Ash nodded. "I knew I'd seen that move before," he told his partner. "Corphish, Slowking's open without the Trick Room! Use Crabhammer to get close!"

With a battlecry, Corphish slammed both pincers on the ground, then dragged them backwards fast enough to launch itself at Slowking's head.

Then it stopped.

"Shadow Ball," Tobias called through the Trick Room. Corphish, already flying through the air, wasn't slow enough to dodge.

"Block it with Crabhammer!" Ash commanded, but the light that followed wasn't centred on Corphish's claws, and instead of Corphish, the powerful purple orb impacted a slightly bigger Pokemon.

When the light of evolution was dim enough for the trainers to squint at the battlefield, Slowking stood, scratched but otherwise unharmed, over the clearly unconscious Crawdaunt.

Ash returned Crawdaunt to its Pokeball with a heartfelt thanks, already thinking about his next Pokemon. Slowking was obviously powerful; that Shadow Ball hadn't been very effective against the dark-type Crawdaunt, but even as stubborn as it was, Crawdaunt was still knocked out by the attack.

"Pikachu, who do you think we should use?"

"Pichuka, Pikapi pikachu," his partner reasoned, and Ash grabbed the corresponding capsule.

"Snorlax, I choose you!"

Snorlax's battlecry was much more formidable than Corphish's had been, so a show of destruction wasn't especially necessary to put the fear into the hearts of his challengers.

Snorlax did it anyway.

The ground rumbled as the bear Pokemon jumped, arcing towards Slowking, who barely made it out of the way in time. "Impressive," Tobias complimented them, smirking. "Sending out a Pokemon who's immune to Shadow Ball."

"Thanks, but that's not why I sent him out. Snorlax, Body Slam again!"

Snorlax sprinted at a slightly amusing pace towards Slowking, but before he got there, the walls of Trick Room pulsed into existence once more.

Snorlax kept going.

"Curse!" Ash yelled. Snorlax sped up.

"Curse again!" Faster.

"Again!" Faster.

"Again!" And faster.

Then Body Slam hit.

The Trick Room didn't stand a chance, and for that matter, neither did Slowking. With his attack and defense augmented, Snorlax stood like a brick wall as Tobias recalled the psychic-type.

"Gengar! You're up!"

Ash was interested now. Before this point, Tobias had only called the name of his Pokemon, and he'd seemed almost bored. Now there was a gleam in his eyes that Ash associated with his rivals. Tobias was fully invested in the battle.


I've had this sitting around for a good few days, and decided that I can't continue properly without going into a new chapter.

Next time, Snorlax vs Gengar! I'm thinking two 'X vs Y' fights is a good standard (Sceptile vs Darkrai and Corphish vs Latios for last chapter, and Corphish vs Slowking and Snorlax vs Slowking for this one), so I huess I'll continue with that.