The last fight of the round was ended impressively by a trainer team using an Espeon and an Absol. But now, the next round was here and just like last time, Ash and I were up first. We walked into view of the audience, along with the other team, a woman that basically looked like Juvia from Fairy Tail and a guy who looked like a stereotypical mobster with red hair named Rex. We got onto the field, but suddenly, we felt it shaking. "Whoa, whoa, whoa! Not so fast there, challengers! It's time for a change in scenery to give other Pokemon that can't handle this environment have a turn." The announcer said as the arena started lowering.
"What?!" I said, looking down as the arena started lowering to be alternated, grabbing Ash and pulling him out of the way, jumping off of the arena myself, the two girls not having gotten on in the first place. "Warn us next time!" I snapped.
"Sorry about that! I hope you brought water-friendly Pokemon, because it's time for a dip now!" The announcer said, a new arena with water and a few small floating islands raising up.
"I should've guessed they'd so something like this." I said.
"I like a challenge! Alright, Oshawott, let's go!" Ash said, tossing his Pokeball and releasing the small otter Pokemon
"Osha!" It said happily, jumping onto one foot and posing with the other limbs in the air.
"All things considered, I think I'll go with... Braviary." I said, throwing the pokeball and releasing the Eagle pokemon.
"Viary!" It shrieked, looking at the other trainer's pokemon, which was a Lanturn and a Poliwrath.
"Alright. You go after Lanturn, I'll handle Poliwrath." I said.
"Right." Ash agreed.
"Braviary! Comine Ariel Ace and Crush Claw!" I ordered.
"Brave!" It shrieked, flying in at high speeds with its talons glowing, crashing into Poliwrath before it could react and doing double the already intense damage, almost bringing it down in one shot, but it managed to survive the attack.
"You'll pay for that! Lanturn! Use Thunderbolt on Braviary until you hit it!" 'Juvia' ordered (I know, I'm getting lazy with the names).
"Turn!" It agreed, repeatedly firing at Braviary, who dodged every shot.
"Now's your chance." I told Ash.
"Right! Oshawott, use Aqua Jet!" Ash ordered.
"Wott!" It said, surrounding itself in water and rushing forward, slamming into it and knocking it down to one of the little islands.
"Perfect. Braviary, finish them both with Brave Bird!" I ordered.
"Viary!" It screeched, surrounding itself with energy and flying right into Lanturn and Poliwrath, knocking them out and back into the water.
"No!" They both shouted.
"Hey, you've each got one more. It's not over till it's over, even if it's really really close to over in your case." I taunted.
"and our next Pokemon will make you eat your words! Golduck!" 'Juvia' shouted, releasing a the psychic/water type on one of the islands.
"Floatzel!" Rex shouted, releasing Floatzel on the island beside Golduck.
"Well, hate to be a one-trick pony, but... Braviary! Brave Bird, again!" I said.
In a millisecond, Ash came up with an impressive idea. "Oshawott, jump on Braviary's back!" He ordered.
"Osha!" It complied, landing on Braviary's back before it barreled towards Floatzel.
"Goldcuk! Psybeam!" The girl said.
"Duck!" It said, shooting a beam of psychic energy out of its head jewel at Braviary.
"No!" I said, but too late. Braviary was moving too fast and so was the blast.
"Oshawott, use Aqua Jet!" Ash ordered.
"Wott!" It agreed, using the speed and momentum it gained from Braviary's Brave Bird to super-charge its own speed and momentum, slamming into Floatzel's face as the beam collided with Braviary, both Pokemon falling into the water, both unconscious.
"Aaah, Floatzel!" The dude said, shocked and horrified at the same time.
"Good job, Braviary. Return." I said, withdrawing it and looking at Ash real quick. "Not a bad move, I wouldn't have thought of that." I said, then looked back at 'Juvia'. "Well, where a Flying/Normal type will work, I'm willing to bet that a Water/Dark type will. Double-time, Sharpedo." I said, throwing an Ultra Ball and releasing the Brutal Pokemon into the water.
"Whoa, a Sharpedo! Haven't seen one of those in a while. Or one used by a trainer. I've only seen wild Sharpedo." Ash said.
"Elusive creatures, they are. You just gotta know where they are and gotta be determined enough to catch one." I said, then turned to the 4th wall. "Of course, using the wiki to find the game location and having an action replay with a '100% catch rate' never hurt, either." I said, before turning back. "Alright, here's the plan. You send Oshawott after Golduck and Sharpedo will secure the knockout with a surprise attack." I explained.
"Alright, then! Oshawott, use Razor shell!" Ash said as Sharpedo disappeared below the waves.
"Osha!" It replied, readying its shell and rushing at Golduck.
"Dodge!" 'Juvia' said, Golduck continuously doing so. It was going pretty well, Golduck constantly dodging and Oshawott always trying to connect, but after a few seconds, everyone seemed to have forgotten about...
"Sharpedo, use Crunch!" I ordered.
"Shar!" It complied, jumping out of the water and chomping down on Golduck, doing massive damage and taking it off-guard, allowing Oshawott to bring it down with Razor Shell.
"Impressive teamwork! Once again, our winners, Ash and Sai, give it up for 'em!" The announcer said as the crowd cheered for us once again as we waved to them after I withdrew Sharpedo.
"Wow, you're pretty good with your strategies." Ash said.
Well, I've seen some of your stuff, too. The way you beat that dude's Serperior by mixing Iron Tail and Electro Ball? Not bad at all." I said, nodding.
Next round...
"Here it is, folks! We are 4 rounds in! Not bad at all! And now, once again to kick off this round is Ash and Sai!" The announcer called, the fans roaring in excitement as we walked out.
"Man, we must be doing something these people like. Very few of the others were getting this kind of applause." I said.
"We're the only ones who have been using teamwork. The others have just been targeting one Pokemon and ignoring each other." He explained.
I gave a nod in consideration to this. "Good point." I said, remembering a couple of other victories where the trainers never bothered to help their partner.
"And their opponents! The fiery Vixen and the stone-cold Kronos!" He said as a girl who was dressed like a biker with spikes all over her outfit and hair in two big, puffy pigtails and a biker dude actually on his bike got onto the field.
"Now then! Release your Pokemon and let's see another battle, shall we?!" He asked as we all tossed our Pokeballs. Ash's revealed Snivy, Vixen released Blaziken, Stone sent out Gigalith and mine revealed Houndoom.
"Ah, so Sai's newly-evolved Houndoom has returned to battle, eh?" The announcer asked.
"You're bringing back Houndoom?" Ash asked.
"I figured it'd be appropriate for this fight. I've carefully watched and studied these guys. I already know what they plan on doing." I said, remembering their fighting strategy from every previous round, but in this case, I'll only show one example.
Flashback...
It was the first round, Vixen and Kronos were up against a couple that looked like the protagonists of Ruby and Sapphire, who released a Tangrowth and a Slowking. "I'll start this show! Blaziken! Use Sunny Day!" She ordered.
"Blaze!" It agreed, making the sunlight intense, which would give power to their fire type moves and weaken Slowking's water moves.
"Alright then! Gigalith! Stone Edge!" Kronos ordered.
"Lith!" It agreed, shooting a barrage of stones at Slowking.
"Protect, Slowking!" Brandon ordered.
"King!" It agreed, protecting itself in a barrier, defending against the deadly barrage.
"Alright, Blaziken! Wipe out Tangrowth with Blaze Kick!" Vixen ordered.
"Blaze!" It confirmed, rushing in with its feet on fire faster than the slow and bulky grass type could react, slamming its feet into it and knocking it down with one hit.
"Tangrowth!" Mai (it wasn't May) shrieked.
"Prefect!" Vixen cheered.
"Slowking! Bring down Blaziken with Hydro Pump!" Brandon ordered.
"King!" It said, throwing its head back, its mouth already filled with water.
"You clearly forgot about Gigalith and Sunny Day." Vixen said as Blaziken fought back with Flamethrower and was winning while Gigalith was glowing brightly.
"Lith!" It shouted, firing solar beam at Slowking, taking it down in one hit.
"Incredible! Let's here it for Vixen and Kronos!" The announcer cheered.
Back to now...
"Alright, Blaziken, you know the drill! Sunny Day!" She ordered.
"Blaze!" It complied, bringing on the intense heat.
"Ugh, not this again, it's too hot!" I said, now under a beach umbrella in a lawn chair with sunglasses and iced tea.
"Alright, then! Both of you, flamethrower on Snivy!" Kronos ordered, both of them readying flames in their mouth.
"I don't think so. Houndoom, take out Gigalith with Solar beam!" I ordered.
"What?!" They both said, shocked.
"Doom!" It agreed, quickly firing a beam of light from its mouth, which crashed into and brought down Gigalith in one shot, leaving Kronos, Vixen and Blaziken in shock.
"There's no way! Since when can Fire types learn Grass type moves?!" Vixen asked.
"Yeah, I know. That was my reaction the first time, too." I said.
"Snivy, trip up Blaziken with Vine Whip!" Ash ordered.
"Snivy!" She agreed, lashing out her vines, wrapping them around Blaziken's leg and bringing it to the ground.
"Nice. Houndoom, you're up! Hit it with Shadow Ball!" I ordered.
"Doom!" It agreed, jumping into the air and launching the ball of darkness at Blaziken, bringing it down with one hit.
"No! Blaziken!" Vixen said, but then growled and recalled it. "I'll make you pay for that! Heatmor!" She said, releasing the fiery anteater.
"Durant!" Kronos shouted, releasing the metal bug.
"You know those two are mortal enemies right? Not the best combo, like that team Plasma duo who had a Seviper and a Zangoose." I said.
"Oh, they'll put aside they're differences for this!" Vixen said.
"We'll just see." I said.
"Heatmor, flame charge on Houndoom!" Vixen ordered.
"Mor!" It agreed, surrounding itself in flames, charging at houndoom.
"Durant, use Iron Head on Houndoom!" Kronos ordered.
"Oh, come on! Pack mentality! Not fair!" I said, motioning for Houndoom to dodge, but there wasn't enough room.
"Oh, no you don't! Snivy, use Vine Whip on Durant!" Ash ordered.
"Sniv!" It agreed, wrapping the vines around Durant, lifting it into the air and throwing it down to the ground away from Houndoom.
"Alright! Houndoom, Shadow Ball!" I ordered.
"Doom!" It agreed, blasting away Heatmor.
"That reminds me, I haven't used my Heatmor too much. Gotta remember to do that in the future." I said to myself, pausing to think.
"Sai, later please!" Ash said.
"Huh? Oh, right." I said, turning back to the task at hand as Snivy was being tackled and bitten by Durant. "Houndoom, Flamethrower, please." I said.
"Hound-DOOM!" It agreed, blasting a stream of fire at the metal ant, easily K.O'ing it.
"Alright! Your turn, Snivy! Leaf Blade on Heatmor!" Ash said.
"Sni-VY!" It said, rushing in, its tail glowing green and slamming it into Heatmor, knocking it down once again.
"Alright, I think I got it from here. Humiliation! Houndoom! Finish it up with Solar Beam.
"Hound-DOOM!" It complied, firing the blast of sunlight at the recovering anteater Pokemon, blasting it and knocking it out.
"Unbelievable! Defeated with a type DISADVANTAGE! Simply incredible! Alright, you two earned a good rest." The announcer said.
"Oh, yeah!" I said, but then sighed as we went back to the hangout. "Man, I am gonna have to think a lot more to keep this series going." I said to myself, rolling my eyes.