"Come now…don't be so frightened." Ein chuckled quietly at Kayla and Lore. "Does my presence strike fear into you? Heheh…."
"I fear nothing." Lore spoke confidently. "Not even a denizen of the darkness such as myself would dare quake in fear that the mere mention of your name."
"What…?" Despite his shades one could see that Ein was clearly confused by the words that came from Lore's mouth. That aside, he pulled out two pokeballs and tossed them up, calling forth his Lanturn and Alakazam, which had an anklet attached to its right leg, holding a Mega Stone on it. "No matter…I shall settle this matter quickly."
"As if!" Kayla tossed a pokeball forward, calling out her Togekiss. "Togekiss, I choose you!"
"Sceptile, it is time for battle!" Lore tossed out a pokeball to call out his Sceptile, both of them posing quite awkwardly once summoned.
"Well…It's Ein, captain of Johto vs. Kalos' Lore and Kayla! Which way will this battle go!?" The host asked.
"Battle…BEGIN!" The referee threw down his hand to signify the beginning of the battle.
"Sceptile, Bullet Seed on Lanturn!" Lore commanded. Sceptile opened its mouth, releasing a flurry of seeds in Lanturn's direction, looking for super effective damage off the bat.
"Togekiss, Water Pulse on Alazakam!" Togekiss gathered water in front of its mouth in the shape of a sphere; once it gathered enough energy it shot the sphere directly towards the Psychic type.
"Hm…" Ein slightly adjusted his glasses. "I see…very well then. Lanturn, Thunderbolt. Alakzam, Shadow Ball." Lanturn fired off a thin beam of lightning towards the incoming Water Pulse, cutting it off completely and breaking through to strike Togekiss; Alakazam unleashed a glob of shadows that collided with the Bullet Seed and caused an explosion on the spot.
"Togekiss!" Kayla showed some concern for her pokemon, but it seemed to be fine after taking the Charge Beam. Lanturn's body shone briefly to signify that its Special Attack went up after using Charge Beam. "Ah…"
"This is going to be tough…" Lore admitted.
"Ein was a very annoying opponent…" Rui let out a heavy sigh, recalling Wes' battle long ago in the Chiper Lab. "All of them were, now that I think about it…"
"What's his battle plan…?" Ash questioned.
"You're about to find out." Wes spoke quickly, as though he were telling Ash to shush.
"Lanturn, Rain Dance." Ein lifted his hand up slowly. Lanturn let out a small cry and dark gray clouds slowly started to form above the arena, creating a somewhat vicious downpour on the battlefield. "Now…Thunder." With the rain up, Thunder was always guaranteed to hit its target! From the clouds above, a powerful bolt of lightning dropped down on Togekiss for massive damage!
"Ah…!" Kayla's eyes widened and Togekiss fell to the ground, panting heavily after taking that damage.
"Now, Alakazam, Psybeam." Ein was relentless in his assault. Alakazam pointed its spoons forward, unleashing a rainbow beam of kinetic energy towards the downed Togekiss.
"Leaf Blade!" Sceptile rushed forward with an emerald blade protruded from its forearm. Quickly stepping in front of Togekiss, the grass type slashed through the Psybeam. "Frenzy Plant!" Sceptile roared before planting its hands on the rugged ground, causing it to tremble before gigantic vines suddenly rose from the ground in large numbers, aiming to constrict and squeeze its two targets.
The vines proved troublesome to maneuver around in for Alakazam and Lanturn. Ein merely grinned at this and chuckled quietly. "I see…this will be a great chance to test out Mega Evolution then. Alakazam…surpass evolution!" Ein brought his hand up to his shades, pressing the Mega Stone on the side of them. A bright light shone from within the mass of vines and several kinetic beams shot forth, completely blowing through them. Mega Alakazam was here and it managed to keep Lanturn safe.
"No way! Alakazam has Mega Evolved!" The host exclaimed excitedly.
"This just keeps getting better doesn't it?!" Kayla was very annoyed but wasn't about to give up yet. "Togekiss, Steel Wing!" Togekiss flew forward with its wings shining brightly, aiming to slam right into Alakazam.
"Psybeam." Ein's voice didn't hold so much care now. The multiple spoons floating around Alakazam spun around before unleashing rapid fire beams of kinetic energy towards Togekiss that it had to dodge before slamming into Alakazam, managing to knock it backwards. "Hm…"
"Sceptile, Dragon Claw!" Sceptile lunged at Lanturn, clawing at it with its draconic claw to send it flying backwards into Alakazam. "This isn't so bad!" Though, once they saw how damaged Lanturn and Alakazam were from their attacks, which was not very, that confident expression soon faded. "Oh…"
"It doesn't look like they've done much damage at all…!" Kasumi's voice was filled with shock. "Even after all those hits…"
"That was a nice little warm up…but I suppose it's time to bring this to an end now. "Lanturn, Thunder!" Once again, Lanturn dropped a powerful bolt of electricity down towards Sceptile…only that was not the intended target. The target was the ground, which quickly became a high voltage danger zone with no safe spot to stand in!
"Hop on…!" Kayla instructed Sceptile to hop onto Togekiss' back and it did just that as the fairy flew into the air, safe from the electrical ground. "Any ideas…?"
"Get Sceptile to that Lanturn." Lore nodded slowly.
"You heard him, Togekiss! Go!" Togekiss dove down towards Laturn.
"Charge Beam!" Laturn released several rapid fire beams of electricity, its Special Attack continuously rising with each shot. Though it missed and Togekiss grew closer and closer…
"Now, Leaf Blade!" Hopping off of Togekiss' back, Sceptile formed two emerald blades from its forearms, diving towards Lanturn. In the next instant it slashed the water type while sliding past it, coming to a halt. Lanturn fell over with swirls in its eyes to signify its KO.
"Laturn is unable to battle!" The ref called out. Just as Lanturn fainted, the rain started to disperse.
"They might have a chance!" Rui grinned.
Ein returned Lanturn without a word before shrugging his shoulders. "Impressive teamwork…" The scientist admitted. "But you won't be defeating Alakazam. Focus Blast!" Alakzam unleashed not one…but TWO Focus Blast in rapid succession. Both of them striking Sceptile and Togekiss before either trainer could issue a command for them.
"Sceptile!"
"Togekiss!"
"Now, let's bring this little battle to an end. Psybeam." The multiple spoons floating around Alakazam began to spin in a clockwise motion before multiple beams shot forth once again. Only this time the beams converged and turned into a giant rainbow beam that rushed towards Sceptile and Togekiss. This enlarged Psybeam was a direct hit and a large explosion occurred on contact…when the smoke from the explosion cleared, Togekiss and Sceptile were defeated.
"Togekiss and Sceptile are unable to battle! Therefore, Ein is the winner and both Kayla and Lore are eliminated from the tournament! Ein also advances to round three!" The refree exclaimed and the crowd went wild from such a great battle.
"Agh…" Lore let out a heavy sigh. "It seems we were overwhelmed in the end…despite that, fantastic job Sceptile." Lore then returned Sceptile as Kayla did Togekiss.
"I hope you enjoyed that little lesson. I am far beyond your league…" Ein chuckled quietly, pleased with the results as he began to walk off.
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Next Time: Girl Power!
