Defeat?
"Heh, I didn't expect you to show up Rio. What happened to having something you were supposed to do?" asked Ash.
"I kinda am doing it. I was keeping an eye on you guys without you even knowing it." said Rio.
"Stalking isn't very nice." taunted Ash.
"I was stalking? I consider it looking out for my friends and I guess I was right to do so." said Rio.
"Looking out for your friends! Where were you when I was pounding them to a bloody pulp then?" asked Ash.
"Up in that tree watching the carnage. I expected Pikachu to murk you but since you got that unexpected power boost, he proved inadequate against you." Rio said calmly.
Ash charged toward Rio with a quick attack, just as he had with Senrui and Soryu, while saying. "You speak as if you can beat me."
He suddenly appears at Rio's back.
"I'll show you that you're wrong." He whispered in Rio's ear.
"Don't get too cocky just cuz you beat up your best friend." Rio said confidently.
Suddenly Rio disappeared from sight and an Aura Sphere was being sent straight toward Ash's back
"What the hell! How!" Ash gasped as he was hit by the Aura Sphere.
As Rio walked out of his hiding place he called out to Ash, "All I showed you just now was my Extreme Speed and my Aura Sphere, that's only two of my moves, by the time you see all of them you will be out cold!" Rio taunted.
"I refuse to believe you are that fast!" Ash screamed. "It must have been a trick!"
Rio appears behind Ash and put his hand on Ash's shoulder
"You sure about that buddy!" he said cheerfully. "I'm faster than you think."
Ash laughs a little
"What's so funny?" asked Rio.
"You! You talk as if you are all powerful! I'll show you you're not…" Ash taunted.
Ash releases a powerful Thunder attack that shortly stuns Rio. He then runs behind Rio and uses a Thunder Tail attack
Rio gasps in pain as the attack hit
"Nice move, but it's time for me to show my next move." He taunted as he disappeared from sight again.
From the shadows, Rio sends an Aura Sphere toward Ash
Ash dodges by jumping into the air
"I knew you'd do that!" Rio yelled.
"Oh Crap!" Ash yelled as he was hit from the back in mid air with a Shadow Claw attack.
As hate consumes Ash's eyes he charges toward Rio surrounded by electricity
Rio just simply side steps the Volt Tackle with ease causing Ash to just run into a tree
Rio walks up to Ash.
"You are probably wondering why I was able to dodge that last attack so easily. When you are controlled by rage and other emotions, your attacks become too broad. Sloppy! You won't hit me like that…"
"Who said anything about hitting you?" Ash said with a smirk on his face.
"Huh?" Rio gasped.
He looked up to see the tree that Ash hit starting to collapse on them. And down at Ash who is holding on to his feet.
"Too easy…" he said calmly
Right before the tree hits, Rio uses Dark Pulse on it, completely destroying the tree.
Ash mutters to himself, "So… that was his last move. I guess I'll have to resort to trickery."
He puts a confused face on, then says to Rio. "Rio? Where am I? What am I doing here?"
"Nice try Ash, but I am smarter than you think. Now I am going to finish this."
Suddenly both of Rio's hands are consumed by his Shadow Claws. He digs them under the earth and hurls Ash into the air as high as he can. He then charges up two Aura Spheres and fires them off one at a time to throw him higher into the air. After this he used Extreme Speed to run up and off of a tree to get to Ash's hight.
Ash looks at Rio in fright
"I told you, once you saw all my moves you would be out cold." Rio whispered to Ash as he used another Shadow Claw to send him straight back down to Earth.
Immediately after he used Shadow Claw the second time, he started charging up his Dark Pulse for a final attack. And right before Ash hits the ground he released it.
An explosion commenced! Dust clouded Rio's view on Ash.
"Dangit! Well if I can't see him, I'll sense him." Rio said as his aura sensors on the back of his head stood on end.
"Well… He is down for the count. Now for Team Rocket." Rio said as he looked around for the thieves.
All he sees is the obedience ball with a note on it.
Dear random Lucario,
I'm sorry we messed with your friend, but how about we make it up to you by giving you this ball. We just don't wanna blast off again.
Rio chuckled
"Looks like they have gotten smarter. Now I will finish this!"
And with one final Shadow Claw, the Obedience Ball was destroyed.