Darkness and Light, Into the Chaos!
"You first, Max." Andre called.
Max grimaced. "Blade, Fire Punch!" he ordered. It would mean trouble thanks to the Rocky Helmet, but it would still hurt Serpent.
"Use Grass Pledge." Andre ordered, the smirk in his voice evident. Serpent slammed his tail into the ground, causing the swirls of grass to stall the psychic-and-fighting type. "Aerial Ace." he added, Serpent leaping and diving for the trapped gallade.
"Blade, aim that punch directly above you!" Max called. To his surprise, and everyone else's, Blade ended up upper cutting Serpent with his fire-coated fist.
Andre tsked. "Not bad. Use Aerial Ace again!" he called. Serpent dove again, faster than before.
"Block it with Psycho Cut!" Max countered, his pokemon's arm glowing with a purple energy as he swung toward the regal pokemon. The two attacks clashed, causing a small explosion. "Find him and use Close Combat!"
"Serpent, Cut him, rapid fire!" The tell-tale clashing was heard throughout the arena until the dust faded to reveal both pokemon exhausted. "End this with Frenzy Plant!" Andre ordered.
"Use Fury Cutter!" Max countered. Another clash of moves, another explosion. This time Blade was down.
"Blade is unable to battle! Serpent wins!" the bot declared.
"Serpent, return." Andre called, his pokemon vanishing inside his ball. "Nice job. Be ready for when I need you later." he whispered. "Tails, your move." The vulpix hopped off her trainer's shoulder and into the ring.
"Balto, let's do it!" Max called, his mightyena appearing. Five minutes, and the two were ready. "Alright, Fake Out!" Of course Tails flinched at the move.
"Why does everyone start with that damned move?" Andre complained, pinching the bridge of his nose. "Use Flame Charge."
"Fire Dragon Iron Horn!" Tails called, slamming into the dark type. Andre didn't even have to give an order as Tails revved up for her next attack. "Fire Dragon Roar!"
"Dodge that and use Night Slash!" Max ordered. Balto managed to dodge the flames before his own claws were enveloped in a dark energy that slashed across Tails' side, causing her to cry in pain as she landed.
"Dig." Andre ordered quickly, Tails vanishing underground.
"Try to sense where she's coming from and dodge, then use Crunch." Max ordered. Balto nodded and closed his eyes, waiting.
"You're mine!" Tails shouted as she came up, intent on slamming into her opponent. To her surprise, Balto dodged and clamped down on her much-smaller body. Tails wailed in pain.
"Tails, you can't miss! Flamethrower to free yourself!" Andre called urgently.
Tails set her jaw and gathered her flame. "Fire Dragon," she began.
"Balto, release and retreat!" Max called frantically.
"Roar!" Flames engulfed the larger pokemon, both ending up knocked out due to the damage each had sustained.
"Both pokemon are unable to battle! Please recall and choose your next pokemon!" the bot requested.
Andre picked up Tails and smiled. "Good job, old friend." he whispered, pulling out one of his revival herbs. Walking over to Maria, who had been sitting on a bench against the wall, he handed the small fire type over and said, "Get her fixed up please."
Maria nodded, taking the pokemon and herb as Andre returned to the trainer box. "No more pulling punches." he whispered, waiting for Max to call his next pokemon.
"Alright Jirachi, let's go!" Max called, his wish pokemon appearing with a happy cheer.
"Frozen, your move." Andre countered, his kyurem appearing and the temperature dropping noticeably. Five minutes to strategize, and the battle was underway. "Use Glaciate." the black-clad boy ordered.
"Counter with Dazzling Gleam!" Max ordered. Jirachi was surrounded with bright lights as she charged, blowing through the ice type attack and slamming into the ice dragon. "Alright, now Future Sight!" the bolt shot into the air.
"Sync watches, Frozen." Andre called, counting under his breath. "Use Outrage." he commanded. Frozen's eyes glowed blood red as he charged, unleashing a furious baragge of attacks.
"Icy Wind!" Max commanded, his pokemon exhaling a frozen wind. Andre tsked as Frozen ran headfirst into the attack, still making contact with Jirachi. The two continued like this until Jirachi couldn't endure, the third blow of Outrage finishing her.
The bot was about to make a call when Andre tsked again. "Two, one. Crap." Future Sight struck Frozen, knocking him out cold.
"Both sides are unable to battle. Trainers, please send out your next pokemon." the bot requested.
"Nice job, Frozen. You did your part." he muttered, placing his dusk ball onto his belt and reaching for his third pokemon. "No more mistakes. Season, your move!" Andre called, his sawsbuck appearing in summer form.
"Blade, let's go!" Max called at the same time, his Gallade appearing. "Let's do this!" he called, pulling out his Pokenav and pressing the keystone hanging off of it. "Alright Blade, Mega Evolve!" Blade transformed, smirking behind his cape as he made a 'come on' gesture.
"Battle resume!" the bot declared.
"Seed him." Andre ordered coldly. Season nodded, launching a Leech Seed that ensnared Blade. "Now use Shadow Ball." the ghostly orb o energy flew at the psychic-and-fighting type.
"Stop it with Psycho Cut, then break free with Fire Fist." Max ordered. Blade nodded before charging one of his arm blades with psychic energy, deflecting the potentially super-effective move before his other fist burned the vines of Leech Seed away. "Alright, now use Close Combat!" Blade rushed the normal-and-grass type.
"Double shot Energy and Shadow Ball." Andre ordered. Season leaped into the air, firing the two attacks almost simultaneously. Blade saw them coming, but had too much momentum built to dodge them as they exploded on him, knocking him out.
"Blade is unable to battle, Season wins!" the bot declared.
"But how?" Max wondered, returning Blade and pulling another pokeball. "Alright Sacar, let's do this!" the bespectacled boy called, his sceptile appearing with a confident grin.
"Season, return." Andre called, his sawsbuck vanishing before Andre pulled another pokeball from his belt. "Serpent, your move." his own serperior appeared. Small intermission, and the battle was back on. "Aerial Ace."
"Counter with Dragon Pulse!" Max ordered frantically.
"Too slow." Andre commented, his pokemon vanishing before slamming into Sacar, who was still preparing his own attack. Sacar grunted in pain, but still fired off the attack, damaging the retreating Serpent heavily. "Still standing." Andre muttered. "Use Cut. If that doesn't put him down, follow up with Grass Pledge and Aerial Ace again." he ordered.
Serpent's tail glowed white as he once again vanished before slashing at the forest pokemon, causing him to stagger. "Don't just take it, use Bullet Seed!" Max ordered. Sacar took aim, firing but Serpent weaved around the seeds and slammed his tail into the ground, triggering Grass Pledge and knocking out the other grass type.
"Sacar is unable to battle, Serpent wins." the bot declared.
Max recalled his fallen pokemon with some comforting words before glaring at Andre. "Alright Cutter, let's show him what we're made of!" Max called.
Crap. Andre thought, glancing over at the bench. Normally I'd call out Tails to handle this, but she's already been eliminated. By my own rules, I can't bring her in again even if she got the revival herbs. Alright, think. Season and Serpent are out, being grass types. Frozen is already down. I don't want to use Black if I can avoid it. That leaves me with just one option. "Serpent, return." Andre commanded, recalling his grass type. "Be ready, I'll need you later." he muttered before pulling out another pokeball. "Alright Stoutland, your move!" Andre called, his big heart pokemon appearing with a bark.
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"Smart move." Brock muttered. "With Tails out of the equation, he's banking on Stoutland's ridiculous defensive power."
"Of course if he had sent Stoutland against Balto, Tails would have been raring to go against Cutter." Clemont added.
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The battle resumed and Max made the first call. "Use Bullet Punch." Cutter zoomed in, aiming the steel type attack at the normal type.
"Ora Ora Ora Ora Ora Ora Ora." Cutter joked, landing the hits.
"Hidden Power." Andre ordered. Stoutland grunted, but managed to obey as the spheres took form around him, knocking the scizor back. "Just an FYI, Stoutland's Hidden Power is a Fighting Type." the black-clad boy informed. "Now use Rock Smash rapid fire. You know you want to."
"Counter with rapid fire Bullet Punch!" Max ordered.(Anyone else see where this is going?)
Stoutland grinned as he leaped toward the bug-and-steel type, both unleashing a barrage of blows.
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Both trainers and their friends couldn't help laughing. Even Paul briefly chuckled. The two pokemon carried on like this for a good minute before backing off, both panting heavily. "Finish with Surf." Andre ordered. Stoutland stomped, a huge wave appearing behind him before moving toward Cutter.
"Use Agility, then Fury Cutter!" Max countered. Unfortunately, his scizor was too tired and couldn't build the speed, wiping out as he tried to break through the wave and falling to the ground unconscious.
"Cutter is unable to battle, Stoutland wins!" the bot declared.
Max sighed as he recalled his fifth pokemon. Max looked at the luxury ball on his belt and smiled. "If anyone can pull this off, it's you." he whispered, pulling the ball from his belt. "Alrigth Yui, let's finish with a bang!" the flareon appeared with a cheerful yip. The crowd "awed" at the adorable fire type.
Another intermission, and the battle was back on. "Surf." Andre ordered, hoping to end it quick. He really didn't want to hurt the peppy little eveelution, but this was a battle. Least he could do is get it over with.
"Use Flame Charge, hot as you can go!" Max ordered. Andre's eyes widened a fraction before he smirked. Yui smashed through the giant wave, steam covering her advance toward Stoutland.
"Not bad, kiddo." Andre admitted. He had made the greatest mistake any battler could. He underestimated his opponent. "Stoutland, Hidden Power to slow her, then use Strength."
"Got it!" Stoutland replied, the small energy orbs firing at the flareon, who had to slow down to weave around the attacks. Stoutland took his chance, slamming into the fire type.
"Owie!" Yui cried comically, rolling back across the field. Standing up and fixing the larger pokemon with a glare, she spat an Ember attack with a cry of, "I'll pay you back for that, meanie!"
"Yikes!" Stoutland gasped, getting burned by the Ember.
"Surf. End this now." Andre ordered. Burns were never fun to battle with. The wave slammed into the still upset Yui, knocking her out.
"Yui is unable to battle. Stoutland wins, which means the victory goes to Andre!" the bot declared.
Neither trainer much cared as Max rushed to his fallen pokemon's side, Andre making it there a second later while recalling Stoutland. Pulling some supplies from his pack, Andre checked the little fire type. "She'll be fine, just give me a moment." he declared, applying the Revive's salve and grabbing a hyper potion.
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About five minutes later, everyone was waiting for the last round of the Performance portion of the tournament, all but Andre wondering what exactly would happen.
Meowth took the stage. "Welcome one and all to da last round of da performance section! Now as a real treat, dis round is gonna be a two-parter. Ya dig?" Everyone looked confused, the crowd murmuring about what the talking pokemon could mean. "Here's how it's gonna work. Da first half is gonna be a free-style performance, the second is gonna be a battle. Now dis might make you wonder how the winner's gonna be decided. The answer is simple. By combining the votes for da performance and da points from da battle, the winner will be da one who has the most overall."
"I get it." Clemont gasped. "By doing it this way, even if the first round goes poorly for Dawn or Serena, they can make up the difference in the battle portion."
"Basically." Andre agreed. "I figured this would be a good way to wrap this up." Everyone nodded their agreement when Meowth introduced both Dawn and Serena.
Then the ceiling above the stage exploded.
Dun dun duuuuuuuu! Well, I'm an ass. So, what did people think? Too much? Not enough? Well written? Poorer than usual? Why the hell did I put in the Jojo thing?(Cause I could and fite me) Well, leave a review and find out what caused the explosion and what happens next, as the journey continues.