Here's part 3.
For those of you paying attention, yes Tobias' Suicune in an alternate color, and knows moves used by the promotional shiny Suicune given away to tie in with the Zoroark film.
Same disclaimer as the other chapters; I do not own Pokémon, its characters etc. It's all owned by Nintendo etc. See first chapter for full disclaimer.
Now on with the show!
Round 3: Versus Suicune
"This battle is a job for Pikachu for sure." remarked Dawn.
"Don't be so sure." said Brock "Pikachu does have a type advantage over Suicune, but Suicune also has immense power. I think Ash has another Pokémon in mind for Suicune."
Down on the field, the red pouches on Pikachu's cheeks crackled with electricity, signaling Pikachu's anticipation to battle.
Ash did not notice, and instead grabbed another Pokéball and threw it.
"Sceptile, I choose you."
"Tiiiile" hollered Sceptile when the Pokémon that resembled an overgrown, bipedal gecko appeared.
"A grass type." said Dawn, knowingly.
"And a powerhouse." added Brock "Sceptile was with Ash for his entire adventure through the Hoenn region, and the Battle Frontier. It's a very powerful Pokémon and it's also a perfect match for Suicune in terms of type."
"Sceptile, use Leaf Storm."
Sceptile dropped down onto all fours, aimed its leaf-covered tail forwards and shot a spiral of glowing leaves towards Suicune.
"Aurora Beam."
A beam of chilling energy that resembled the aurora borealis shot from Suicune's mouth, through the spiral of leaves and struck Sceptile straight in the face.
The spiral of leaves continued forward unabated and tore at Suicune's flanks.
As Suicune howled in pain from the cutting leaves, Sceptile reeled in agony from the Aurora Beam attack.
"What happened?" asked Barry.
"Aurora Beam is an ice type attack." explained Brock "And it's a super effective counter to a grass type like Sceptile. This battle just got a whole lot more difficult."
"Suicune, Aqua Ring."
Millions of water droplets formed around Suicune's body and quickly combined together in three blue rings of water which surrounded Suicune's body, beginning to heal it.
"We can't let it heal." Ash muttered to himself before calling out loud "Sceptile, Leaf Blade."
With an intimidating cry, Sceptile reared up again and held its arms out wide. The leaf-like nodes on its elbows extended and glowed green and Sceptile charged forward, preparing to slash its opponent.
"Use Roar."
Suicune fixed its gaze upon Sceptile and let out an almighty roar. The grass type Pokémon froze in its tracks, reverted to red energy and returned to its Pokéball on Ash's belt as another opened.
"Hera!" cried the weakened bug/fighting Pokémon as it took to the battlefield once more.
"And Suicune's Roar has forced Ash's Sceptile to retreat, and a very weak Heracross has been made to take its place. How will this affect the battle?"
Ash gritted his teeth in frustration, and then gasped.
Heracross had a greenish-yellow glow surrounding it.
"And Heracross' swarm ability has been activated. Swarm increases the power of bug type moves in battle. Tobias and Suicune better act quickly, or this could cost them."
Tobias intended to do exactly that.
"Suicune, ExtremeSpeed."
"Endure."
In a blur, Suicune charged across the field towards Heracross, who drew its arms in a cross in front of itself and its shell solidified.
Suicune crashed into Heracross, but Endure prevented it from losing its one bit of health.
"Heracross use Megahorn."
Before Suicune had a chance to retreat, Heracross' horn shone white and gained a vicious-looking red tint to it. Heracross slammed its horn into Suicune and threw it across the field.
"Sheer Cold."
Suicune's body glowed light blue, and with a howl from the Pokémon itself, the glow spread out quickly, freezing everything in its path.
"Endure!"
Heracross drew its arms across itself, its shell solidified, and Sheer Cold passed by without effect.
Ash grabbed Heracross' Pokéball and made the switch.
"Quick Attack."
Sceptile reappeared on the battlefield and shot forwards at high speed, the ice adding a nice boost.
"ExtremeSpeed."
With a defiant cry Suicune charged towards the oncoming Sceptile.
Ash grinned before calling out "Dragon Pulse."
Still running towards Suicune, Sceptile opened its mouth and an orb of blue energy formed within. The orb began to pulsate as it shot forward and then crashed into the rapidly approaching Suicune, striking it right on the head and causing it to tumble over.
"Leaf Blade."
The nodes on Sceptile's arms glowed green and elongated into leaf shapes. Using speed it gained from Quick Attack, Sceptile struck Suicune along one flank before turning on the spot and repeating the same action along the other flank.
Sceptile came to a stop on its knees right in front of Ash, head down.
Behind it, Suicune whimpered on the ground.
Suddenly millions of water droplets appeared in the air and were absorbed by Suicune as Aqua Ring once again healed some of its health.
"Well that's the damage done by your Heracross and Torkoal healed up." remarked Tobias "Now to end this; Suicune; Sheer Cold!"
The blue glow pulsed out from Suicune's body towards Sceptile"
"Sceptile!" yelled Ash "Look out!"
But Sceptile could not move. The ice was approaching too fast.
"Sceptile!"
The blue glow passed, and where Sceptile had once stood, now there was only ice.
Everyone waited with held breath, trying to catch a sign of Sceptile.
Aqua Ring kicked in once again to heal Suicune some more.
"Sceptile!" yelled Ash frantically "Sceptile, if you can hear me, use Dragon Pulse."
All was silent for a few moments, and then a section of the ice glowed an eerie blue then shattered as the attack from beneath it blasted its way through.
Shards of ice rose high into the air before falling at a rapid rate and pummeling Suicune. Sceptile leapt from the hole it had created in the ice and landed on the surface, looking no worse for the wear.
"It survived." gasped Dawn.
Brock nodded "Sheer Cold can be a devastating move, but if the opposing Pokémon is of a higher level, the attack always fails to do anything, even in a situation where the move should be super effective."
"So Sceptile is more powerful than Suicune?" asked Barry.
"Perhaps by as little as one level." said Brock "But it is enough. Don't forget, in the past Tobias has usually relied on Darkrai for everything. Therefore it stands to reason that his other Pokémon are not as powerful as Darkrai."
"Sceptile, power up." yelled Ash.
"Sceeeeeh." the grass type Pokémon growled as it began to absorb the sunlight.
"Suicune, Aurora Beam."
Suicune charged up the attack and fired.
"Unleash Solar Beam."
A bright beam of sunlight shot from Sceptile's mouth, blasted through Aurora Beam and slammed into Suicune, sending it flying.
"Now use Leaf Storm."
A rapidly swirling vortex of glowing leaves shot towards Suicune and slammed into it where it lay.
The force of the attack flipped Suicune over several times before the large, blue Pokémon hit the ground in a heap.
The referee raised his flag "Suicune is unable to battle. Sceptile wins."
"Unbelievable! Ash and his Pokémon have now defeated three of Tobias' legendary Pokémon, with only Torkoal being defeated. This is rapidly turning into one of the greatest battles ever seen in the Lily of the Valley Conference."
"Well done, Sceptile. You were great."
"Tiiile."
"He's doing it." exclaimed Dawn "Ash is actually doing it."
"Ash, if you don't wanna get fined, you're gonna have to keep winning." yelled Barry.
"Hmm, yes that was a job well done by you and your Sceptile." remarked Tobias "But let's see how you do against this."
He threw the Pokéball.
A/N: And I'm going to be mean and leave it there. What is Tobias' next Pokémon? Will it be Latios or maybe something else? You'll have to wait until next time.
See ya!
