Chapter 3 – A Battle for Centuries to Come, Part II
Red's Pika stared defiantly at Cynthia's Milotic, who was hit by Stealth Rock just a couple of seconds before. It looked like it did nothing to it, however. After a few seconds, Pika ran towards Milotic, but quickly dashed to the side. When Milotic did nothing, Pika let out a bolt of thunder.
"Mirror Coat!" Cynthia said.
Her Milotic glowed with a golden aura and sent the attack back at Pikachu, who narrowly dodged it.
The small rodent made five almost transparent clones of itself, before all of them charged at their opponent.
"Milotic, listen and hit the real one with Hydro Pump!" Cynthia commanded.
Her Pokemon close its eyes and listened, before opening its eyes in shock. It saw all of them scratching themselves while running to it.
'He had his Pikachu scratched itself to block the noise.' Cynthia thought. "Use Haze!"
Dark, black smoke formed out of Milotic's mouth, and spread all around the field. By the time it cleared, there was only one Pika, which surprised Red. Milotic cloaked its tail with water and slapped Pika with it. Pika held on tight to it as Milotic was swinging it. Suddenly, Milotic stopped in place.
"It worked!" Red said. "Thunder!"
Pika let loose a giant zap of electricity that hit Milotic head-on. When the attack was finished, Milotic didn't seem to be affected much, however.
"One more time!" Red yelled.
This happened one more time, but still, not much happened to its opponent.
'He still hasn't caught on." Cynthia thought.
Pika ran towards the huge water snake and used a quick attack on the center of its body. Milotic looked down on it, and soon, it was put to sleep. Pika chanted its name quietly and sleepily before putting up a clear pink shield. It chanted its name again before its fist glowed white. Milotic aimed a beam of ice at it. Even though Pika was sleeping, it still managed to put its fist in front of the beam of ice. The two attacks were now colliding as ice shards were falling to the ground.
"UNBELIEVABLE! PIKACHU'S FIST COLLIDED WITH ICE BEAM!" the announcer said.
Milotic canceled its attack and unleashed a tsunami behind it, which was charging at Pika. It had just woken up, which excited Red.
"Now!" Red said.
His Pokemon's eyes glowed for a brief second before it unleashed a beam of ice from its mouth, freezing the enormous tidal wave.
"I didn't know Pikachu could learn Ice Beam." Dawn said from the stands.
"That must have been Mimic." Brock said.
"Mimic?" Ash responded.
"It copies the last move that was used by the opponent." Brock said.
"But the last move it used was Surf." Dawn said.
"Right, but it's highly possible that Mimic was done in its sleep." Brock replied.
Pika jumped on the peak of the now frozen wave and slid down towards Milotic while its tail was scratching the surface, rendering Milotic unable to concentrate. When Pika was almost at the bottom, it cloaked its body with electricity and crashed towards Milotic, causing a huge explosion. When it cleared, Milotic appeared to have been damaged, but still not much. Meanwhile, Pika seemed worn out from the recoil damage by Volt Tackle.
"What? Still not enough damage?" Red said, shocked.
"Its Marvel Scale ability allows it to take half damage while afflicted with a status condition. I got rid of the poison in the beginning so you'd never suspect it." Cynthia explained. "Recover."
"Taunt." Red said, as Pikachu made a face at Milotic.
Milotic's wounds were still there when Red recalled Pika and sent out his Poli. Milotic slithered towards its opponent, trying to wrap itself around it. Poli was wagging its fingers, and when Milotic was inches away from it, an icy wind, followed by a huge block of ice came out of the swirl on its belly, engulfing its opponent. The huge block of ice around it soon broke, and it fell to the floor.
"MILOTIC IS UNABLE TO BATTLE, THE WINNER IS POLIWRATH!" the announcer said.
Cynthia returned her Milotic, cursing her bad luck, before sending out Roserade. Poli released a gust of icy wind from its belly, which was coming towards Roserade. In defense, it jumped into the air and aimed a Shadow Ball at Poli. It used Focus Punch to collide with it, causing smoke to engulf the battlefield. When it cleared, Poli was holding a sleeping Roserade. The tadpole looked like it took a little damage from the Shadow Ball, but it just shrugged it off.
"Do it!" Red said.
Poli grabbed it tighter and started to roll with it before jumping. At the peak of its jump, it slammed its opponent to the ground, and then aimed fierce psywaves at it, sending it crashing to the ground. By the time it was finished, Roserade was unable to go on.
"ROSERADE IS UNABLE TO BATTLE, THE WINNER IS POLIWRATH ONCE AGAIN!" the announcer yelled to the top of his lungs.
Cynthia returned her fainted Roserade and sent out a Pokemon that looked a bit similar to Lapras, except that it was mostly pink and brown, and it had a circle on its head.
"Go, Gastrodon!" she yelled.
"Poli, can you still go on?" Red asked, and Poli gave a nod.
Both opposing Pokemon stood their ground, ready to battle.