...I swear this isn't becoming a habit. Yes, another chapter uploaded early. Why? Because I have a very busy day tomorrow and won't get chance to upload it, so here it is, a day early. My treat. Consider it a mini celebration for reaching 20 chapters :D
As usual, thanks goes to Imperishable Soul, EliteLuther, HollowKU, senpen banka, and Kimmy-1016. And of course to anyone who's reviewed this fic :)
"Flamethrower on Alakazam!" Ash yelled into the air, into the waiting ears of the smirking fire and flying type. Charizard wasted no time in expelling a torrent of scorching flames down towards the battlefield,
"Use psychic to tear through the flames," Green retaliated coolly, overconfident in his Pokémon's abilities. Alakazam charged the attack, sending out psychic pulses of energy that tried to grab and contain the powerful flames. But to Alakazam's horror, he was mentally singed by the extreme heat of the flames; his mind's eye being blinded by the bright fire.
The flames continued their path towards the vulnerable psychic type, and Alakazam braced itself for a powerful hit. He heard the crackling of the flames come closer and closer, until they suddenly stopped.
The psychic type uncovered his eyes, seeing yellow fur obscuring his vision. He took a step back, realising that Electivire was stood in front of him, his whole body cackling with excess electricity as he propelled a powerful thunder attack to counter the flames.
Eventually, Charizard let up the attack, huffing out of annoyance. Electivire stopped the attack, panting slightly from overexertion; countering that flamethrower used up a lot more energy than the electric type initially thought it would.
"Alakazam use Ally switch." Green ordered the same attack as before, which dealt horrific damage to Latias. Alakazam once again disappeared, just as Charizard began shimmering whilst the dragon was still airborne. This time, Ash had a counter attack.
"Fire spin on the ground directly below you," he said calmly. Charizard spat a stream of fire directly downwards, as the shimmering began to intensify around his body. The flames circled the floor upon impact, before they began rising up into the air in a giant tornado of fire.
Just as the flames began lapping at Charizards feet, the dragon disappeared, reappearing next to a waiting Electivire. Alakazam reappeared where Charizard was, falling head first into the flame vortex, and immediately sustaining considerable damage from the immense heat.
"Alakazam use teleport to get outta there!" Green frantically yelled. He hadn't thought Ash would have come up with a counter for that move. Using whatever psychic energy he had left, Alakazam expelled most of it into the surrounding flames, dissipating them instantly in a bright flash of light, as Alakazam sifted through the psychic realm and reappeared safely on the ground.
"Thunder punch, Electivire!" Gary growled. Electivire swung a fist cackling with electrical energy right at Charizard, but before the attack connected, Electivire's fist met what felt like a solid wall to the electric type. Looking down, he saw Charizards claws curled around his own electrically charged fist, slowly pushing back his fist. Despite the electricity leaping from his body to the fire and flying type, Charizard was still smirking at Electivire, as if the electricity was a mere tickle to the dragon. Horror in his eyes, Electivire thrust as much force as he could into that attack, desperately trying to stop Charizard, but the dragons claws wouldn't budge.
"Flamethrower." As soon as the attack was commanded, Charizard opened his jaws, exhaling a brilliant mix of yellow and red flames directly into the face of the shocked electric type. Electivire screamed in agony at the burning flames, falling backwards and clutching his face in pain. Charizard nodded his head, satisfied he'd dealt enough damage for now, before returning to Ash.
"Electivire, you ok?" Gary asked. The fire engulfing the electric type died down, revealing a heavily burnt Pokémon with a look of anger and pain etched onto his face. Electivire slowly got to his feet, growling under his breath at Charizard, just as Alakazam returned to his spot next to the angry electric type.
"Alright Electivire use Thunderbolt," Gary said. Electivire smirked, as he gathered as much electrical energy as he could, wanting some revenge. He fired the electricity straight up into the air, where it arced through the sky and towards the airborne fire type. Despite the type mismatch, and the devastatingly powerful attack, Charizard was grinning; he always loved fighting tough opponents; it made knocking them out so much sweeter.
"Charizard use dragon rage, follow up with air slash and direct it towards Alakazam." Ash replied to their attack calmly, ordering Charizard to use his counterattack. Charizard opened his muzzle, and spewed out a jet of green flames bristling with draconic energy; Garchomp would be proud of the fire and flying type.
The attack tore through the thunderbolt arcing its way towards the orange dragon, rendering it mere static electricity which converged through the air particles. The dragon breath continued forwards, whilst Charizard flapped his wings powerfully, sending two scythes of compressed air flying straight through the dragon rage attack. When they reappeared, they continued their arc towards the startled Alakazam, trails of dragon fire echoing in the attacks' wake.
"Psychic!" Green grumbled. Alakazam complied, extending his psychic reach towards the incoming draconic scythes. The arcs of dragon charged air began wavering, but Ash had other plans.
"Fire spin around the air slash!" Always quick to improvise, Ash ordered the attack. Charizard inhaled deeply, before exhaling a potent stream of fire that circled the air slash perfectly, propelling the attack faster. With all the flames swirling around, Alakazam couldn't get a mental grip on the air slash, and resorted to an attempt at diving out of the way, but the flames reached him quicker than the air slash, surrounding him. All the psychic type could do was watch in horror as the scythes of draconically charged air came closer and closer. This would be it if he couldn't get away.
"Future sight!" Green seemed to realise what Alakazam had, so why not martyrdom? Using all the remaining power he had left, Alakazam charged the attack, suspending the psychic energy in an invisible force field which surrounded the entire field. In a few minutes time, the force field will break and Charizard will take the attack.
Just as the last remnants of his energy was suspended from his body, the scythes arced their way in, making contact with Alakazam's side and exploding due to the impact; that much draconic energy swirling around the already powerful attack was enough to create an explosion which tore apart the fire spin attack.
Green knew instantly that Alakazam hadn't survived the attack. The explosion was too powerful, causing even Charizard to retreat higher up to avoid the remnants of energy escaping the blast; a pulse that sped across the field and knocked over Electivire. The pulse didn't really do any damage to Electivire, but it still carried enough force to lift the electric type off his feet.
When the explosion finally ceased, Charizard flew low and used his wings to blow away the smoke, and all three trainers were able to identify the body of Alakazam lying limply on the field.
"Alakazam is unable to battle. Will Green please select his final Pokémon?" Professor Oak proclaimed. Green returned the fallen Pokémon, a smile on his face at how tough his Pokémon was; being able to knock out not just a pseudo legendary Pokémon, but an actual legendary too. Granted, they both didn't have much experience, but it was still an impressive feat for any Pokémon. Silently, he withdrew his final pokeball, knowing full well that if one of their Pokémon was knocked out, the other would soon follow. Alone, Ash could easily annihilate their entire team; the fact they'd made it this far was from their incredible teamwork.
"Go," he said, throwing the pokeball onto the field. With a brief pop, the ball snapped open next to Electivire, and the crimson beam inside fled onto the field, stretching out as the Pokémon began to materialise. The long, snake-like body was formed, and when the light retreaded back into the ball, a snarling Gyarados was hissing at Charizard, cutting the fire types attack in half.
"Ash, since our last battle, Gyarados has been dying for a little revenge. Think Charizard can beat him?" Green said cockily. Ash replied with a blank look on his face, remaining completely silent; he didn't think he could win, he knew he could win. The raven haired boy had full confidence in the fire dragon's abilities.
"I think we'll start this time. Gyarados use rain dance!" Opening his enormous jaws, Gyarados fired an orb of concentrated water energy high into the air, disappearing within the mysterious psychic ceiling being generated over the field. Moments later, a torrential downpour ensued. Charizard huffed; fighting in the rain always brought bad memories up for the fire and flying type, from when he was just a Charmander.
"Charizard, you know what to do," Ash sighed, recognising the strategy Green was using. It wasn't going to work twice though, and this time, Ash had a plan to counter. Sure enough, Charizard flew higher and higher, above the recently formed rainclouds until the psychic ceiling prevented any further ascension. Satisfied with the altitude, Charizard began flapping his wings, dissipating the clouds.
"Thunder." Out of nowhere, a bolt of electricity came thundering down on the unsuspecting dragon. Charizard shrieked in pain and desperately flew lower to avoid any further shocks. So much for that plan.
"Good work Electivire. Green, your turn." Gary turned to his brother, awaiting his attack.
"Gyarados, lets cool Charizard off with a Hydro pump," he said. Gyarados began contracting his snake-like body, building the energy within, before exhaling the powerful jet of water directly at Charizard.
"Flamethrower," Ash said. He wasn't too worried about the battle, still confident in his Pokémon's abilities. After all, this was the same Charizard who'd dedicated several years of his life training to be the best of its species. Without disappointing, Charizard opened his jaws and fired a stream of red hot flames that cackled and hissed as the rain tore through it. The flames still met with the Hydro pump successfully, and a cloud of vapour exploded from the attacks, shrouding the entire field in seconds. Charizard used this to his advantage. Without orders, he flew around behind both enemy Pokémon, waiting for the order to attack. But unfortunately it didn't come from Ash.
"Thunderbolt behind you Electivire."
"Hydro pump Gyarados." Miraculously, the brothers ordered the attack through the thick steam enveloping the field. Charizard didn't have time to react as a jet of ice cold water powered into his stomach, winding him severely and knocking the fire type back considerably. Moments later, a shocking pain coursed through all of his joints and muscles, as the thunderbolt attack scored a direct hit. Charizard opened his mouth, shrieking in agony at the double attack.
"Charizard steel wing to break free!" Ash yelled. This seemed to be the first time the young trainer was worried about the fire dragon. Charizard, through the sheer pain continuously coursing through his body, prepped the attack despite his screaming muscles begging him to surrender. Determination surged through his eyes, and with one quick swing, Charizard slashed two steel-like wings through the two attacks, cancelling them out, before hastily retreating back to his side of the field. The dragon was smoking from the amount of electricity that coursed through his body, but he was determined to fight. After all, he'd had plenty of practice withstanding electrical shocks thanks to a certain yellow mouse Pokémon.
"Are you ok?" Ash asked as Charizard touched down to rest his wings. The beast turned and winked at Ash, comforting the raven haired boy; this battle was far from over.
"Come on Ash, I thought you'd use a different strategy than that. The whole 'hiding behind the enemy team' has already been done," Green teased. So that's how they knew where Charizard was? Through sheer guessing?
"Face it Ash, you're getting tired. Your moves are becoming very predictable. Just give up and tell us what's happened. Maybe we can help you. That's what pals are for, right?" Gary said. Ash shook his head. He wasn't about to give up. He could still win this. Charizard is his most powerful Pokémon, there's no way it can lose.
"Charizard use flamethrower on Electivire." Ash needed to buy some time to think of a winning strategy against them, so launching basic attacks should do just the trick. Charizard obediently spat out a torrent of flames that tore through the rain still pouring down to the field, reducing his power slowly.
"Waterfall!" Green was the first to counter. Gyarados channelled water energy towards the floor, and within seconds, the force of the water propelled him off the field and into the air. Gyarados continued to ride the waterfall over to meet the flamethrower attack in the centre of the field, and soon after, another cloud of mist blossomed over the field.
"Flare blitz." Out of the steam, Charizard emerged coated in a raging fire as he sped towards the slowly growing waterfall. In one quick swoop, he charged straight through the towering water, knocking Gyarados back to the floor in pain as the water showered over the field. Finishing the attack grunting slightly, Charizard returned airborne, defiantly battling the rain that still tore through the air, continually weakening the vulnerable fire type.
On the ground, Gyarados was frantically thrashing around, attempting to wriggle back to Electivire to regroup. Charizard was too high for the water snake to attack, and any electrical attacks from Electivire would be easily avoided. They had to get in close somehow.
"Gyarados use your tail to launch Electivire!" Green shouted, suddenly formulating an attack. Electivire hopped onto Gyarados' enormous tail, before the water snake launched the electric type high into the air.
"Thunder!" Gary yelled. Whilst airborne, Electivire charged up the attack, sending volts of electricity crackling through the sky towards Charizard. The fire type instinctively ducked lower to avoid being hit by the electricity; being part flying type meant he couldn't risk taking the attack.
"Hydro pump!" From the ground, Gyarados launched another hydro pump attack straight towards the unsuspecting fire type. Charizard was propelled higher into the air by the blast of ice cold water striking him in the stomach, sending pain veering through his body. This was madness, how could Ash expect him to fight two perfectly synched brothers and their powerful Pokémon, at a double electricity and water type disadvantage on his own? Gritting his teeth, Charizard pulled away from the hydro pump, circling back to land next to his trainer. Ash didn't look particularly worried though. If anything, he looked rather calm. Strange, considering he had a huge disadvantage.
"Charizard take flight and use flamethrower on Electivire." He spoke eerily calm considering how badly he was losing at present. Nonetheless, Charizard took flight, not hesitating to charge a powerful flamethrower straight at Electivire. The electric type had just landed, and was in no position to counter attack.
"Ice beam!"Gyarados immediately sprang into action, firing three jagged beams of ice energy straight at the flamethrower. Ordinarily, fire dominates ice, but not when the attack is coming from a different angle. Just as Charizards flamethrower began lapping at Electivires' head, the ice beam collided with his wing, knocking him painfully out of the sky as he struggled to stretch his frozen wing out. Time wasn't on his side, and Charizard thudded against the ground. It only took a few seconds for the determined dragon to stand back up though. He was going to win this, for himself and his trainer. He would prove he was the strongest fire type in the world. These thoughts swirled around his head, until his rage built inside. Like a demon, Charizard exerted his fire type auras, as Blaze kicked in. His tail flame burned brighter, whiter, and enlarged to thrice the size it normally was.
Charizard snapped his eyes open, glaring daggers at the two suddenly frightened enemy Pokémon. He smiled, feeling the fire burning powerful within. Ash smirked, he knew it was only a matter of time before Charizard got mad enough to activate blaze. One of the perks of the vigorous training Charizard had endured was that now to activate blaze, the dragon had only to get mad enough, no matter how much damage he'd taken. He was extremely surprised that Blaze could be utilised like that, but it was a welcome surprise nonetheless.
"Let's show them our true power. Flamethrower!" Ash yelled smugly. Charizard's mouth snapped open and he shot a barrage of white hot flames directly at the enemy. Before the attack reached halfway across the field, Gary and Green could feel the extreme heat of the attack.
"Waterfall Gyarados!" The attack worked before, so why not now? Gyarados began climbing a wall of water that formed on the field, stretching to meet the vicious flames in the centre. Just when impact was about to be made, Charizard pumped even more energy into the searing flames, intensifying their power. The flames evaporated the water immediately, before consuming the shrieking water snake in their burning grasp.
"Thunder Electivire, quick!" Gary yelled. Electivire charged up the attack, firing it high into the air. A second passed, before a bolt of powerful electricity shot down straight on top of Charizard. Surprisingly, the dragon didn't even flinch as the super effective attack sapped away more of his health. If anything, it made the beast madder. He halted the flamethrower attack, and instead blasted out a wave of intense heat which knocked Electivire to his side, inflicting some serious burns on the electric type.
Gyarados tumbled to the ground helplessly, crashing into the centre of the field in a large plume of dust. Charizard smirked at his handiwork; a fall-damaged water snake, and a heavily burned electric type. Electivire grit his teeth, trying to conceal the pain from the burns as he glared at Charizard. The orange dragon had sustained considerable damage, but was still fighting strong. He wasn't sure if they could win against the seemingly unstoppable fire and flying type, despite them having the advantage.
"Electivire use brick break to jar loose some rocks!" Gary exclaimed. Electivire slammed his glowing fist into the ground, sending rocks flying high into the air.
"Gyarados use hydro pump to catch the rocks!" Green finished. Gyarados fired a torrent of high powered water across the field towards Charizard. As the rocks fell from the sky, they were caught up in the beam of water, being propelled towards Charizard for a combined rock and water type move.
"Dodge." Ash ordered. Charizard flew higher, out of reach of the attack.
"Use thunder on the water to reach Charizard!" Gary ordered. The electric type fired a jagged beam of electrical energy straight into the stream of water still tearing its way across the field. The water conducted the electricity, and the powerful attack leapt into the air, connecting with the startled dragon. Charizard howled in pain as he endured yet another super effective hit, before flapping his wings to disperse the electricity. He was panting heavily now, and wouldn't last many more attack.
"Use fire spin around the field!" Ash yelled into the throbbing ears of the beast. Charizard spewed out a jet of flame that tore across the entire field, rising higher and higher into the air. He had just transformed the entire field into a fire tornado! From within, the howls of Electivire could be heard as the heat burned him even more than before. Gyarados was more or less unaffected by the heat, being part water type.
"Thunderbolt Electivire!" Gary yelled desperately. His Pokémon couldn't handle being in the fire for much longer. Steeling himself, Electivire let loose yet another rod of electricity which shot through the air towards Charizard, but the fire and flying type merely dodged the attack, diving in and out of the flames surrounding them to evade.
"Gyarados use ice beam on the field around you and Electivire to cool down!" Gyarados fired a three-pronged jagged beam of ice energy directly at their feet, but despite the extreme chill of the attack, it was being melted almost instantly due to the sheer heat around them. Wiping his brow, Green ordered a second attack.
"Hydro pump on the flames!" Gyarados switched attack effortlessly, firing a blast of cold water to combat the consuming flames. Steam wafted around the field from where the flames were cooled by the water, and over time, Charizard had to fly higher to avoid the blasts of water dispelling his fire spin. He wondered why Ash wasn't ordering to attack, but then again, his trainer had some very unique strategies for winning.
Once the flames had been extinguished and the last remnants of the steam dispersed, the trainers could see the extent of their pokemon's injuries. Gyarados and Charizard remained relatively unburned, however Electivire was panting heavily as his body glowed bright red. Tufts of fur had been completely singed away from his body, revealing patches of pink skin. He'd definitely need a burn heal after this match.
"Electivire use Thunder! Finish this off!" Gary ordered, casting aside his concerns for his pokemon temporarily in favour of the battle. His burns didn't dissuade Electivire as he charged up the attack. He fired a blast of electrical energy, but unusually, it wasn't arcing through the sky like it normally did. He pumped more power into the attack, wondering why his attack wasn't working, until a loud shriek broke his concentration. He glanced across at Gyarados, and saw the water and flying type coated in an electrical field that was continually shocking his body.
"Gyarados no!" Electivire cancelled the attack immediately, and took a step forward to help his friend. The splashing water around his feet slowed his movement down, wait, water?
Electivire glanced down, seeing their side of the field coated in a large puddle of water. So that's why his attack hadn't worked; the water conducted the electricity directly towards Gyarados! Had Ash planned this all along? Did he know that Gyarados would use ice beam on the floor?
Another roar from the heavily shocked pokemon snapped Electivire out of his thoughts. Gyarados was hurt badly, but he was still in…but not for much longer.
"Charizard give it everything you've got; Flare blitz!" Ash yelled. Charizard's tail flame grew massively, burning brightly as the fire type became enveloped in a blindingly bright flame. Charizard shot across the field, burning brighter than a block of magnesium.
"Hydro pump!"
"Thunder!" The two trainers ordered their attacks most powerful attacks. Using the last remnants of their energy, Gyarados unleashed a torrent of icy water, which was immediately electrified by a powerful blast of electrical energy courtesy of Electivire. The combo attack tore across the field towards the incoming sun known as Charizard, and the two attacks met. Miraculously, Charizard tore straight through the jet of electrified water and shot straight towards the startled pokemon. The brothers didn't even have time to call out a dodge before Charizard rocketed in, exploding on impact with the ground in between Gyarados and Electivire. The explosion tore through the psychic battlefield, and the violent winds that followed was enough to knock over every human present. A cloud of smoke covered the battlefield, hiding the results of the last attack. It looked grim for both sides, that was an extremely powerful attack.
All three trainers watched in agonising anticipation as the smoke slowly began to dissipate, and through the smoke, two silhouettes could be seen standing tall, while one was lying on the ground in a heap.
I only finished this chapter up last night, so I apologise if there are a lot of spelling mistakes. It's been a very busy week for me this week.
And thus concludes part 4 of the battle against the brothers! Who is the victor? For that, you'll have to wait for next chapter...
...Which is going to be very difficult to write xD I'll try as always to upload it on time, but I'll leave a note on my profile if it's going to be late.
Charizard is a tank! Despite a type advantage, he still put up a very good fight. My reasoning; he's been in brutal, vicious, horrible, strenuous, (insert more words here) training regiment for the past several years. Of course he's going to be a tough cookie :P
Well, until next time!
Trainer Theta