"Electrivire use Ice Punch" Dylan yelled across the field while Electrivire swung her fist at the lockdown Flygon who was trapped in position because of the battle of their tails. Electrivire swung its icy fist in an uppercut motion and knocked Flygon in the jaw and sent it sprawling across the field and landed right in front of Drake, unable to battle. Drake recalled his downed Pokemon then sent out his mighty and majestic Kingdra with battle-scarred skin showing experience but that didn't stop the Stealth Rock.

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"Just like him to hide the finishing move until the last minute" Ash said shaking his head. "Well you've got to admit that it is more theatrical that way" Gary retorted to Ash who shrugged his shoulders. "But it would've been easier to win if he used Ice Punch earlier" Ash replied.

"Not really, he had Dual Chop and a few other moves, saving a finishing move until last was a good idea" Gary replied to Ash who shrugged But now he's got Kingdra and even though it's a water type, advantage is gone" Ash stated while Gary nodded. "But he's still got Dual Chop" Gary said as they turned their attention back to the battlefield.

"Kingdra, use Dragon Pulse" Drake commanded aloud while Kingdra shot a powerful Dragon Pulse at Electrivire. "Meet it halfway with Focus Blast" Dylan countered while Electrivire put her palms together and slowly opened it, a ball of energy there. Electrivire then sent it out to counter the Dragon Pulse. The Focus Blast stopped the Dragon Pulse and they created an arena of smoke through the arena.

"Evenly matched" Dawn said while Ash, Gary, Paul and Shaun all shook their heads. "Nope" Paul said out loud as Dawn looked at him curiously. "Not evenly powered, Focus Blast is a harder and stronger technique then Dragon Pulse, if Focus Blast matched Dragon Pulse then that would mean that Kingdra is stronger than Electrivire at the current moment" Paul said while Dawn nodded her head.

"So it's like if a Water Gun matches a Hydro Pump, then the Pokemon using Water Gun is technically stronger" Dawn elaborated for herself while everyone present nodded their head.

"Thunderbolt" Dylan said while Electrivire whirred its arms at a rapid pace before firing a powerful bolt of lightning at the Kingdra once the smoke lifted. "Twister" Drake shouted. Kingdra began to cause a giant spiral of high pressure air in the arena. By the time the Thunderbolt reached the Twister, it was already 50 feet in the air and absorbed the Thunderbolt which was visibly in the Twister which now had sparks of yellow shooting though it.

Kingdra let go of the Twister which made its way over to Electrivire and sucked him into the vortex with a screech from Electrivire. After several seconds, the Twister died down while Electrivire was on the ground, panting in pain and trying to catch its breath.

"Electrvire, use your Thunder" Dylan said while Electrivire let loose a powerful bolt of Electricity at Kingdra who couldn't avoid the attack and was blasted with the electric bolt of lightning that caused Kingdra brutal damage. Electrivire dropped to his knees after the attack because of overexertion.

"Kingdra, end this with Ice Beam" Drake said while Kingdra blasted a beam of at the downed Electrivire, who couldn't dodge the attack and took it, fainting in the process. Dylan returned the Electrivire to her Pokeball before he replaced it with one on his belt. Dylan looked at the Pokeball before throwing it. Out came the ferocious Croconaw from his Pokeball.

"Croconaw Dragon Dance" Dylan said calmly while Croconaw began doing a weird dance on the field while it was covered in purple energy, making the Water Pokemon stronger and faster. "Kingdra, use Dragon Breath" Drake shouted while Kingdra sent a beam of energy towards the dancing Croconaw.

"Dodge it then use Dragon Dance again" Dylan said while Croconaw leapt out of the way of the oncoming attack that the Kingdra had sent his way. He then started dancing again. "Kingdra, Surf" Drake said while Kingdra soon majestically was atop a giant wave that was making its way towards Croconaw.

"A HM move, didn't know people still used them. Croconaw use Mimic" Dylan said while Croconaw soon rode atop a wave that was going to meet the one that Kingdra was using. They kept Surf up until they both collided with each other in the middle of the field and created a ferocious collision of water which went in every direction, which would've got the audience wet if not to the psychic barriers in place thanks to the Alakazam.

"Croconaw, Ice Beam" Dylan swiftly commanded while Kingdra was still regaining his bearings from the colliding Surf attacks. The attack hit Kingdra but didn't do as much damage as an ice type move should to a dragon because of his water typing.

"Kingdra use Dragon Pulse" Drake said while Kingdra shot a ball of energy at Croconaw who was waiting for the oncoming order. "Cancel it out with Hydro Pump" Dylan said while the attack by Kingdra was cancelled out by the torrent of water that zoomed into the Dragon Pulse.

"Kingdra, Scald" Drake said as Kingdra released a blast of boiling water at Croconaw. "Croconaw dodge with Dig then use Ice Fang" Dylan said while Croconaw dug into the ground swiftly to avoid the oncoming attack who shot over the hole where Croconaw once was. Before Kingdra could cut off the attack and prepare to dodge, Croconaw shot out of the ground and bit the Kingdra on its head and clenched down hard with his icy jaw.

"Kingdra, use Substitute" Drake said while Kingdra disappeared from where he was and Croconaw was biting the head of a fake Kingdra. "Alright Kingdra, use Hyper Beam" Drake said while Croconaw was still biting the substitute and shot a beam of raw energy at Croconaw.

"Croconaw Mimic" Dylan yelled with desperation despite the fact that it didn't drip into his voice. Croconaw shot his own beam of raw energy at Kingdra whose beam got in the way. The Hyper Beam's met in the middle of the field and caused a massive explosion as they exploded upon contact.

"Croconaw, barrage of Ancient Power, don't stop" Dylan said to Croconaw who began to use Ancient Power to shift parts of the earth and throw them throw the smoke, hoping to hit Kingdra. It took a good half minute before the smoke cleared enough and Dylan was sure that he'd hit Kingdra at least thrice.

An Ice Beam shot through the field as soon as he made out the silhouette of Kingdra. The Ice Beam struck Croconaw on his chest and was sent hurtling back in pain. After a few seconds, Croconaw was back on his feet, despite the pain he was in.

"Croconaw, Blizzard, surround the whole field, don't let it escape" Dylan said while Croconaw used a Blizzard across the whole field and hit Kingdra who writhed in pain but stood high and mighty. "Croconaw, walked forward and close the spread of Blizzard" Dylan said as Croconaw made his way towards Kingdra who couldn't move and slowly made Blizzard just cover Kingdra who began to be covered in Ice Crystals.

Once he was in close proximity of the Dragon Pokemon, Dylan let loose another order, "Croconaw, end this with Ice Beam" Dylan said while Croconaw shifted the Blizzard into an Ice Beam. Soon the Kingdra couldn't take the intense cold and was knocked out mere seconds later. Drake recalled the downed Dragon Pokemon and replaced with the foreign Dragalage who took Stealth Rock damage.

"Croconaw, Iron Tail" Dylan said while Croconaw closed the distance between the dragon and sent his iron-coated tail at the Dragalage. "Counter with Dragon Tail" Drake barked while Dragalage swung and spun his body so he could counter the oncoming Iron Tail, which he did not only countered but avoided completely and still hit the Croconaw who was sent hurtling backwards due to the attack.

"Croconaw, use Ice Beam" Dylan said Croconaw sent a blast of Ice towards the Dragalage on the other side of the field. "Dragalage, counter with Thunder" Drake said while Dragalage shot a bolt of electricity which not only cancelled out the Ice Beam but overpowered it and hit Croconaw, sending him on his knees.

"Dragalage Sludge Wave, then Focus Blast and Rain Dance" Drake ordered while Dragalage opened its mouth and spewed sludge at Croconaw who couldn't avoid the attack as he was still getting up. Then Focus Blast was sent straight into the gut of Croconaw and was sent backwards but despite all the punishment, still managed to shakily get up when the rain started to patter along the floor of the stadium.

"Thunder" Drake said before Dylan could say anything a bolt of lightning was sent down from the sky and hit Croconaw who was knocked unconscious from the bolt of lightning and was slightly charred on parts of his body. Dylan returned him, knowing Croconaw was knocked out. Dylan then released one of his first Pokemon. Gallade.

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"Gallade is out, we are about to see one of the most amazing techniques ever created" Shaun said while everyone looked at him. "Dylan has created quite possibly the most versatile technique with Gallade here. It is such a complex move that it took them three years to master and no one on earth has ever created this technique and I guarantee no one ever will without his help" Shaun said while they all looked at the Gallade inquisitively.

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"Gallade, Future Sight then Teleport with Elemental Combat" Dylan said while the eyes of Gallade glowed blue before they stopped. Then he teleported to right behind Dragalage and began to use Close Combat with a mixture of other moves that combined using fists and feet of Gallade.

"Dragalage, Twister" Drake said forcing Gallade to retreat or be sucked into the Twister but Gallade still did damage thanks to the Elemental Combat. "Vacuum Wave" Dylan ordered while Gallade created its own tornado-like attack and the met in the middle of the field, but the surprising thing was that the Vacuum Wave sucked in the Twister and continued to make its way towards Dragalage who couldn't dodge the attack.

"Dragalage use Shadow Ball" Drake said while Dragalage shot the dark ball at Gallade. "Counter with Shadow Sneak" Gallade dodge the attack and jumped into the shadows and appeared behind Dragalage who couldn't avoid the hit.

"Gallade, use Ice Punch" Dylan said and Gallade used his last move that placed him in an advantageous position who slammed an icy fist into the head of Dragalage who let loose a cry of pain as the attack made contact on him.

"Dragalage, Draco Meteor" Drake said while Dragalage charged its energy and released it into the air and landed down all over the arena. Despite this, only two of them hit Gallade. "Gallade, use Ice Punch" Dylan said while Gallade teleported behind Dragalage and copped an Ice Punch to the back of the head.

"Dragalage, use-" Drake was cut off when the Future Sight was sent into the arena and engulfed Dragalage, who couldn't take the punishment and was knocked out. Drake returned Dragalage before he looked at the Gallade. Strongest one he's ever faced, considering it wasn't even panting. Drake then released his Haxorous who looked battle ready and that didn't change after Stealth Rock

"Gallade, this is it. Swords Dance" Dylan told Gallade who nodded before a bright light glowed around Gallade and after a few seconds he appeared with two swords in his hands, ready to battle.

"This is what you were talking about" Gary said, whose mouth was ajar as was everyone else in the crowd. "Yes, he manage to change swords dance from a stat raising move to summon to swords itself. It is a very masterful technique, like I said, never been used" Shaun said smiling slightly.

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"That is an amazing technique there mate" Drake said with a hearty laugh though he was still as surprised as the rest of the crowd. "That's not the last of it, Gallade use Ice and Fire Punch" Dylan said while Gallade summoned the types of the attacks into the swords. He was left with a pure white sword and a blazing red sword.

"Go Gallade" Dylan said while Gallade ran at Haxorous who awaited orders. "Haxorous, use Dragon Pulse" Drake said while Haxorous shot a ball of energy at Gallade who front flipped over the attack. Gallade then closed in and started fighting the Haxorous on close quarters. This is where both of their trainers stopped giving commands to their Pokemon and looked observantly at the battle at hand. They could do nothing but let the Pokemon tak over with their instincts.

Haxorous let loose a Dual Chop at Gallade who spun around it and swung his right sword – fire – at Haxorous who took the hit on the right side of his body and roared in slight pain but mostly rage. Haxorous used Slash and caught the right arm of Gallade but ignored it and swung his icy sword at Haxorous who took that to his left foot.

Gallade then drove his right sword forward and into the chest of Haxorous who took a few steps back before roaring into battle with Dragon Claw which countered his right sword which was aimed for his right arm. Gallade then swung his left sword and caught Haxorous on his left shoulder, who roared in pain but kept up the Dragon Claw before slipping into an Outrage.

Gallade took a few steps back as to prepare for the raging Haxorous. He dodged the first strike by crouching then spinning on his back and slicing his feet with the ice sword. Causing Haxorous to slightly tumble, but regained balance moments later.

Haxorous head-butted Gallade who stood up from the attack and was sent hurtling back. Haxorous then rushed Gallade and swung its right claw at Gallade who countered with his left sword and slammed his right sword into the right arm of Haxorous. He writhed in pain and snapped out of his Outrage while Gallade jumped back to Dylan's side of the field while Haxorous awaited Drakes order.

"Haxorous, Giga Impact" Drake said while Haxorous charged at Gallade in a blinding white veil of light. "Gallade counter with Vacuum Wave" Dylan said but rather than Gallade using Vacuum Wave normally, he placed the two tips of his swords together and used the Vacuum Wave to charge at Haxorous and the momentum caused Gallade to spin. They veil of white met the one of red and white causing an explosion which caused both Pokemon to be set flying backwards.

Once both Pokemon regained footing, they then launched at each other with Dragon Claw from Haxorous and a Leaf Blade from Gallade. "Grass Know" Dylan said quickly and quietly while the eyes of Gallade glowed blue and then Haxorous fell into the ground face first, then took a Leaf Blade from Gallade.

Haxorous was sent sprawing towards Drake who looked at the unconscious Pokemon before recalling him. He looked at his last Pokeball with a smile on his face. He released it, and to no one's surprise, out came the amazing form of Salamance. It was considered the strongest Salamance in the world for a reason, so Dylan needed the three Pokemon advantage. Salamance still had to take Stealth Rock damage

"Gallade, teleport and Ice Punch" Dylan said while Gallade teleported onto the back of Salamance and brought an Ice-cold fist onto the back of Salamance. "Salamance, get it off" Drake said calmly. Salamance used Dragon Tail to knock the Gallade of his back as Gallade fell to earth with a thud.

"Gallade, use Ice Punch" Dylan said while Gallade jumped so high that it managed to reach Salamance which surprised everyone in the stadium. Gallade used the momentum to drive an icy uppercut into the jaw of Salamance who roared in fury and pain.

"Salamance, Zen Headbutt" Drake barked at Salamance who swooped at Gallade and knocked the Dual Type back into the ground. Gallade slowly rose out of the ground and glared at Salamance. "Spam with Shadow Ball" Dylan said while Gallade released Shadow Ball after Shadow Ball until almost the whole sky was painted black. Even though only a few of them hit Salamance, that wasn't the point as they stayed in the sky above the Salamance.

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"Why the hell did he waste all the energy Gallade had left to have Shadow Ball's everywhere" Dawn asked while everyone turned to look at Shaun. "Relax and enjoy the show, you'll see why in a few seconds" Was all Shaun said with a smile dancing on his face.

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"Gallade, you know what to do" Dylan said while Gallade started to use Vacuum Wave from right underneath Salamance. It wasn't aimed for Salamance who was looking at the Gallade but what it did do was suck all the Shadow Balls towards Gallade due to the Vacuum Wave. But due to the position of the mouth of the Vacuum Wave, the Shadow Balls blasted Salamance it the back. Every last Shadow Ball disappeared in the next twenty seconds but Gallade had collapsed due to exhaustion from the attack and passed out.

Dylan returned Gallade to his Pokeball after whispering a word of thanks. A burst of light and a dragon of his own appeared on his field. A Dragalage of his own was on the field. "Dragalage, Twister" Dylan said while Dragalage let loose a powerful Twister that made its way at Salamance who took the attack and looked unfazed.

"Dragalage, Sludge Wave" Dylan said while Dragalage shot sludge at the giant dragon who took the attack again, and looked unfazed yet again. "Alright old friend use Dragon Claw" Drake said while Salamance flew down towards Dragalage.

"Dragalage, take the hit and use Toxic" Dylan said while Salamance charged at Dragalage and hit him with his powerful Dragon Claw but didn't remain unscathed now thanks to Toxic. All he needed to do now was by time for Toxic to take effect and defeat Salamance.

"Salamance, use Heat Wave" Drake said while Salamance let loose a blazing wave of fire which hit Dragalage who was knocked back but didn't stay down for long. "Dragalage, Hydro Pump" Dragalage shot a high pressured blast of water at Salamance who took the hit and surprisingly, recoiled from pain, though it was very slightly.

"Dragalade, Twister, Water Pulse and Dragon Pulse" Dragalage blasted a Twister at Salamance who evaded the attack but unfortunately, that was a gauge so Dragalage could use Water Pulse with accuracy as it hit Salamance. Salamance winced so he couldn't dodge the Dragon Pulse. Dragon Pulse hit Salamance who took damage and it looked like that.

"Iron Wind" Drake said to Salamance using one of their many secret techniques. Salamance shot down at Dragalage with the power of Tailwind behind him and swung his current Iron-clad tail at Dragalage who was hit and sent hurtling backwards.

Dragalage barely managed to get up. "Thunderbolt, Shadow Ball Sludge Bomb and Dragon Pulse" Dylan said while Salamance tried to dodge these attacks but couldn't due to immense accuracy of Dragalage and was hit with all the attacks that were shot. Salamance recoiled in pain from the attack.

"Salamance, end this now, DRAGON RUSH" Drake said with dramatic flair while Salamance flew into the sky then downwards and right at Dragalage, whilst covered in blue dragonic energy. "Dragalge, Play Rough" Dylan said while Dragalage and Salamance collided. Dragalage was knocked out cold but Salamance didn't escape unscathed due to the fairy move.

Dylan recalled Dragalage before he threw his final Pokeball. Zangoose appeared on the field. Arms crossed and ready for battle, Zangoose looked up and glared at the Salamance who glared back.

"Zangoose, Ice Beam" Dylan said while Zangoose let loose a bolt of ice at Salamance so fast and with such precision that it hit Salamance before he could even move. Shocked, Salamance didn't brace itself for the oncoming damage and took the attack full brunt.

"Salamance, Flamethower" Drake told Salamance who was circling Zangoose, who hasn't moved arms still crossed, in the sky. "Counter with your own" Dylan said while Zangoose craned its neck and shot out a blast of fire, cancelling out Salamance.

"Dragon Claw" Salamance swooped towards Zangoose with a purple claw. "Counter with Ice Punch" Dylan said while Zangoose held Salamance in place while they fought over a battle for dominance between Ice Punch and Dragon Claw.

"Rock Slide" Dylan said, effectively trapping Salamance. If he backed out, Ice Punch hits. If he stays then Rock Slide hits. He chose Rcok Slide. After the barrage of rocks stopped, Salamance flew into the sky for safety, out of reach of Zangoose.

"Salamance, Dragon Rush" Drake said while Salamance dove from the sky and towards Zangoose at a hurtling speed. "Take it" Dylan said coolly. Salamance slammed into Zangoose who remained unmoved, arms still crossed, all that happened was he was pushed backwards, dragging them through the dirt.

"Revenge" Dylan said, with a slight hint of malice. Zangoose then started to glow gold and shot a beam at Salamance who took an immense amount of damage with the hit. "Salamance, Steel Wing" Drake said while Salamance flew just above the ground with metallic wings.

"Blast it with Ice Beam" Dylan said while an Ice Beam shot from the mouth of Zangoose, whose arms were still crossed. The Ice Beam made its way across the field and slammed into Salamance who was sent flying backwards a few feet before regaining control.

"End this, on its back and Elemental Combat" Dylan commanded Zangoose who merely jumped and avoided the attack and landed on the back of Salamance. Zangoose then began beating Salamance with his Elemental Combat. His consisted of Fire Punch, Ice Punch, Thunder Punch, Power-Up Punch and Dynamic Punch.

"Watch its tail" Dylan shouted while Salamance tried to sweep off Zangoose like he did Gallade but didn't manage when Zangoose grabbed Salamance by the tail and used Ice Beam to freeze his tail to his back which was a winning move because Salamance couldn't fly and crashed into the ground, and was knocked out by it.

Dylan returned Zangoose after nodding in encouragement. Dylan was declared the winner by the referee who left shortly after while the crowd was in an uproar.

"That Zangoose was brutal" Gary said as he reminisced on what that Zangoose did to Salamance. "Yeah, it makes me glad not to be Salamance" Ash admitted. "Actually that was nothing, you should see how it usually fights. Dylan doesn't let him fight often due to the brutality of him but when he does, in gives people ideas for torture" Shaun winced whilst speaking.

"Just don't get on his bad side" Dylan said while he chuckled at the poor soul who got on his bad side, yeah it wasn't a good thing to piss of a crazy Zangoose who could torture people so badly that death itself would wince.

"Enough about Zangoose, who is battling next" Dawn asked while everyone looked around. "If I'm not mistaken it's my brother who is battling next but I want to see Gold battling. He's meant to rival the power of Red" Paul said while everyone agreed with him on that. They then made their way to the stadium Gold was battling in and along the way, picked up May went with them as well.

As they entered the stadium, it was clear the stadium would be full. It was going to be a great battle with Gold taking on Hoenn Elite Four member Sidney.

Gold appeared on the field with a Pokeball in his hand, as well as Sidney. Sidney threw his Pokeball on the field revealing a Shiftry. Gold on the other hand released his Water Pokemon…