Chapter 26
"Welcome to the Intermediate Championship Battle with Drake Smith and Derek Aaron Risque! This will be a full battle with no substitutions! Let's get started!" boomed the announcer. The crowd cheered as Derek pulled out a pokeball and threw it out on the field. He released a ghost type Pokemon: Gengar. It floated above the ground before landing and stared at Drake.
"A Gengar, well let's go Kadabra!" Drake yelled. Kadabra came out of the pokeball, twisting his spoon in a military fashion, and then pointed it at Shadow. The two pokemon stared at each other; the trainers sensed a rivalry between the two. Drake knew that the Gengar family and the Alakazam family didn't get along, but he didn't know it was like that.
"Shadow, use Destiny Bond," Derek ordered the ghost type, revealing its name. Shadow's eyes glowed and a dark circle formed around its feet and the circle moved under Kadabra's feet. Drake had a confused look on his face and Derek saw it.
"Destiny Bond is a move that benefits me, if you knock Shadow then your Kadabra is knocked out too," Derek said. Drake looked at Kadabra and knew that Shadow would use that move on every pokemon, so he had to defeat it the first time.
"Kadabra, use Confusion and see what it does," Drake ordered, not knowing a strategy. Kadabra's eyes glowed pink as he attempted to pick up Shadow, but the move failed. Shadow grinned and looked at its trainer.
"Shadow finish this with Shadow Ball." Derek ordered. Shadow put its hands in front of its face and created a Shadow Ball, sending it towards Kadabra. Kadabra jumped in the air to dodge the attack, only to be hit by it in the back. Shadow had controlled the Shadow Ball and redirected it towards his back, sending him to the ground.
"Kadabra, use Ice Punch!" Drake yelled. Kadabra punched the ground to help him get up and stood on his two feet. His fist was covered in a deep layer of ice as he lunged at the Gas pokemon. Shadow dodged every punch with grace and landed in front of Derek.
"Time to use Sludge Bomb," Derek ordered in a decisive tone. Shadow put its palms outward and balls of sludge flew at Kadabra, who was a few inches away.
"Quickly use Confusion and send them back," Drake quickly ordered. Kadabra's eyes radiated pink as he controlled the flying Sludge Bomb attack, sending it crashing into Shadow. Shadow took the hit but stood its ground, smiling its evil smile. "Hurry and use Fire Punch and Thunderpunch," Drake ordered, hoping to get an effective attack in. Kadabra took the moment of surprise and lunged, fists pointing at Shadow, hitting it with both attacks.
Shadow did a backwards roll and barely took any damage. It smiled again, irritating Kadabra. "Shadow, use Shadow Ball again!" Derek yelled. Shadow created another Shadow Ball and sent it towards the Psi pokemon.
"Use Confusion again," Drake ordered, knowing that the combined mental powers of the two pokemon will make the attack explode and that is when he will use the elemental punches. Kadabra used Confusion to stop the Shadow Ball in its tracks. The attack was being pushed by each pokemon and neither one of them was giving up. The Shadow Ball exploded, forcing a huge cloud of smoke to make the visibility of the field nearly impossible.
"Hurry and use the punches all in one!" Drake yelled. Kadabra charged through the smoke and combined all of the elemental punches into one super powerful punch that had fire and electricity under a layer of ice. Kadabra found Shadow through the smoke and smacked it hard enough for Shadow to crash into the wall.
"No! Shadow hurry and use Curse!" Derek yelled. Shadow emitted a dark purple aura as it got a painful look on its face. A stream of the dark purple energy connected with Kadabra, and then disappeared. Kadabra and Shadow stumbled back to their trainers, obviously taking a lot of damage.
"Use Shadow Ball once more," Derek ordered. Shadow floated up in the air, sending yet another Shadow Ball at Kadabra, but this time it split into three different Shadow Balls. Kadabra looked up and saw the powerful attacks heading for him.
"Kadabra, use one of your punches to knock the Shadow Balls down!" Drake yelled. Kadabra formed a Fire Punch on one fist and a Thunderpunch on the other and punched down two Shadow Balls. The third one hit Kadabra in the stomach and smashed him in the wall. Kadabra was barely able to stand up and then he got a purple aura around him, Drake concluded that the aura was hurting him and diminishing his energy. Kadabra fell on both knees and couldn't move.
"Shadow, use Sludge Bomb!" Derek yelled, building the momentum of the battle. Shadow sent a flurry of Sludge Bombs at Kadabra, aiming to knock its target out.
"Kadabra! No!" Drake yelled. Kadabra raised his spoon making a colorful psychic beam launch from it, overpowering the Sludge Bombs and hitting Shadow. Kadabra fell to the ground, knocked out. Drake saw Shadow fall as well. The first battle ended in a draw. The trainers recalled their pokemon and complimented each others battling skills.
"Let's go Zorro!" Derek yelled. His pokeball revealed a metal pokemon with magnets that connected three Magnemite: Magneton. Zorro floated above the air and glared at Drake.
"Magneton is a Electric/Steel type, so I'll use Charmeleon," Drake said to himself. Drake picked Charmeleon's pokeball off of his belt and threw it up in the air. "Go Charmeleon!" Charmeleon came out of the ball spitting flames at the ground, standing his ground against Zorro.
"Zorro, use Flash Cannon," Derek ordered, making the first move like always. Zorro started pulsing energy to its magnets, blasting the energy towards Charmeleon. Charmeleon thought he could take the hit until Drake ordered an attack.
"Hurry and use Flamethrower!" Drake shouted. Charmeleon released a powerful stream of flames that stopped the Flash Cannon in its place. The attacks pushed back and forth until Flash Cannon broke through and hit Charmeleon. Charmeleon took the hit and he stood, barely affected.
"Show them what really power is, use Flame Burst!" Drake yelled. Charmeleon was engulfed in flames and sent the fire to Zorro. Although, Zorro moved to the left and dodged the attack, Zorro was very fast for a steel type pokemon.
"Zorro hurry and use Thunderbolt while it's not paying attention," Derek commanded. Zorro released a powerful blast of energy from its body and struck Charmeleon hard. Charmeleon stumbled backwards, falling over in the process. "Finish it with Sonicboom!" Zorro's magnets began to glow, pulsing powerful energy towards Charmeleon.
"Charmeleon use Dragon Rage and then charge it with Fire Fang!" Drake yelled with intensity. Zorro wasn't as fast as Charmeleon in close combat, so Charmeleon would definitely hit. Charmeleon made his Dragon Rage clash with Sonicboom, creating a cloud of smoke. Charmeleon took the opportunity and ran through it with his Fire Fang ready to go. Charmeleon found Zorro and bit onto one of its heads. Zorro was engulfed in flames and cried in pain, taking a ton of damage.
"Zorro get it off of you with Thunderbolt and then use Tri Attack to finish this!" Derek yelled, wanting to win this battle and not end it with another tie. Zorro knocked Charmeleon off with a powerful Thunderbolt, forcing him to crash into the ground. Charmeleon looked up and saw Zorro form a beam of ice, fire, and electricity from each one of its outer magnets, firing them towards him.
"Charmeleon quickly use a defensive Flame Burst!" Drake yelled, hoping the new strategy would work. Charmeleon was covered in flames and stood up. He used the flames to knock down the ice and fire beams, but the electric beam hit him in the chest and knocked him back down. Charmeleon's eyes burned intensely and his tail flame burned, bringing the flame around his body burning hotter and more powerful than ever.
"Take them down with one last Flame Burst!" Drake yelled. Charmeleon jumped in the air and used his ability, Blaze, to blast a super powerful Flame Burst at Zorro. Zorro took the hit and fell to the ground, knocked out. Derek took out a pokeball and recalled his fallen pokemon.
"Those were some nice moves, that defensive Flame Burst was impressive," Derek complimented. He took out another pokeball and tossed it onto the field. Drake didn't know what Pokemon he would send out next, but he knew that it wouldn't be a simple Rattata. Drake was in the biggest battle on his journey yet, fearing that he wouldn't come out as the winner. Drake looked at his Charmeleon, who was radiating the determination and will to win. This helped Drake regain his confidence. He knew he could win this battle.
A/N- Sorry, for the really late update. I am now going to udpate once to twice a week. I will always update on Friday, but I will also sneak a chapter in on Tuesday's too. Thanks for all of y'alls support, when I get writers block all I do is read my reviews and that makes me feel so much better. I want to make a special thanks to Retro Charizard and Zack143 for giving me so much support. I also want to thank ArchXDeath for being my Beta Reader. Oh yeah, and another special thanks to Retro Charizard for proof reading this for me while my Beta was out. Please Review! Thanks:)