Vs. Sidney
Days have passed since the Hoenn League Competition and our heroes have now returned to the quiet town of Littleroot, where our new Hoenn League Champions; Beka and Edgar; are now training their Pokemon for their shot at the title of Champions of Hoenn…
"Go Flygon, use Rock Smash!"
"Raiden, help out with Thunderbolt!"
Upon a dirt trail that winded its way around the town of Littleroot stood Beka and Edgar, tag-team battling a couple and their Pokemon: a Vigoroth and a Sealeo; who had challenged them to a battle. Beka's Flygon, opening its mouth, unleashed a powerful starburst pattern of brown light out toward the male opponent's Vigoroth, while Edgar's Manectric, Raiden, began to glow in a yellow wave of electricity and sent out a stream of powerful light out toward the female opponent's Sealeo.
"Vigoroth," called out the male opponent, "dodge and use Slash on Flygon!"
"Sealeo, Protect from Thunderbolt!"
Vigoroth, seeing the oncoming Rock Smash attack, leaped over the Fighting Element attack and charged on forward toward Flygon, with its long white claws now beginning to gleam in a flash of white light; while Sealeo raised up a golden aura around its blue and cream colored, pudgy form in order to deflect off Raiden's Thunderbolt.
"Now Flygon, use Dragonbreath on Vigoroth!"
"Raiden, let's try Thunder on Sealeo!"
Flygon, opening its mouth, unleashed a powerful stream of green draconic flames out and the Dragon Element attack slammed into Vigoroth, causing the Normal Element to be sent back toward its side of the field; while Raiden, with its body glowing again in a flash of yellow light, sent out a much more powerful blast of electricity out toward Sealeo.
"Sealeo, Protect again!"
Sealeo began to form another shield of golden light around it, but the Protect this time had failed to form up to capacity and thus the Thunder roared through and blasted into Sealeo, causing the Water/Ice Element to have its HP stripped down to a red sliver and for it to be paralyzed. The couple gasped at their near defeated Pokemon, calling out:
"No, Vigoroth!"
"My dear Sealeo!"
"Hey Edgar," said Beka, turning to her battle partner, "I'm going to end this battle in a 'shaky' matter…if you get what I mean…"
"Read you loud and clear Beka!" smiled Edgar and then called out: "Raiden, bound into the air!"
"Flygon, use Earthquake!"
Flygon arose into the air, doing a somersault in the sky, and then coming back down to Earth with its long green tail aimed for the ground, while Raiden lowered itself on its haunches and then bounded high into the air, just in time to miss Flygon's massive blow to the ground. The shockwave of Flygon's action caused a massive blast of white light to streak across the ground and slam into the two opponent's Pokemon; causing them to faint.
Edgar and Beka cheered for their victory and high-fived each other while their Pokemon came over to their trainers to receive praise.
"Flygon," said Beka, "you were so awesome, thanks for the battle!"
"Fly!" said Flygon, its blacks closed in a happy expression as Beka hugged its long green neck.
"Great battle Raiden," said Edgar, "I'm proud of you!"
"Mane!" Raiden barked out as Edgar scratched the top of its head.
"Well," said the male of the couple, "we were most certainly proven that you two are truly the champions of the Hoenn League…congratulations to both of you and good luck to you both on your future battles…"
"Thank you very much," Beka and Edgar said in unison, bowing in respect as well to the couple.
0o0o0o0o0o0
"Man, what a workout!" said Edgar, stretching his arms out to the gleaming sapphire sky.
"Yeah," said Beka, "that battle we faced was a very good one at that!"
The two trainers, now on the road toward Professor Birch's Research Center, began to chat amongst themselves as they proceeded down the dirt road toward their destination.
"However," the raven-haired trainer said, "that battle will be nothing compared to our next battle against the Elite Four!"
"Yeah," the phoenix-haired trainer agreed, "it's going to be a tough series of battles to face off against."
"Oh yes!" exclaimed Edgar, fists clutches at his sides and baring a wide grin on his face, "I just can't wait until I taste the sweet victory of Hoenn Champion! After I'm crowned Champion of Hoenn, I'll be one more step closer into fulfilling my destiny as a Pokemon Master!"
Beka simply smiled at the now excited trainer beside her. She then heard Edgar ask:
"How about you Beka? Want to be crowned Champion of Hoenn…or should I say, Queen of Hoenn?"
Beka laughed at Edgar's complement and said:
"Well, yes I would, Sir Edgar Knight."
The two trainers laughed at the last compliment delivered and continued their way down the path. Just then, Edgar asked Beka:
"So Beka, what are your plans after the Elite Four and Champion battles?"
"Well," said Beka, adverting her hazel eyes to the bright clear sky, "I would like to travel to the Battle Frontier and see what that region is like…"
"Oh man," said Edgar, "you'll just love it there Beka!"
"Really?" asked Beka, turning to Edgar, "You think so?"
"Yes, most definitely!" exclaimed Edgar, "They are battles and events that go on all year round at that place! In fact, I've even been to the Battle Frontier so I know first hand almost everything that occurs there!"
"Really? That's so awesome!" said Beka, now wanting to go even more and see this region.
The two trainers had now made it back to Professor Birch's Laboratory and Edgar, being a gentleman, opened the door for Beka to proceed in first. Giving a thankful bow, Beka walked inside; only to be knocked to the ground and have a white mass over her face, calling out:
"Cast-form!"
"Ugh! Castform!" cried out Beka, her voice being translated from muffles, "I'm glad to see you too, but please get off my face!"
"Castform," called out Professor Birch, who had come in to see what was going on, "now you know better than that!"
Castform gleefully got off Beka's face and levitated around its trainer as she pulled herself up to her feet.
"Hey, you okay Beka?" asked Edgar, seeing if Beka needed a helping hand.
Castform, seeing a stranger getting near its trainer, made a powerful Tackle into Edgar's chest; sending the male trainer to fall to the tiled floor of the Pokemon laboratory.
"Ed!" exclaimed Beka, "Are you okay?"
"Yeah," said Edgar, holding his right gloved hand to where Castform had hit him, "I'm okay…ugh…that's one powerful Castform you got there Beka…"
"Yeah, I'm sorry about that," said Beka, taking Castform's Pokeball, which was given to her just now by Prof. Birch, and held it up to the Normal Element and called out: "Castform, return!"
In a red beam of light, Castform went back into its Pokeball for safety measures. Edgar, who had now gotten up, said:
"No need for the apology, but tell me this Beka…when did you get a Castform? You never had it on your Pokemon team."
"True," said Beka, "I caught Castform back at the Weather Institute when Prof. Aeries thought it be best that this Castform was to battle and let it's rouge nature be put out to the test. After defeating it, Prof. Aeries allowed me to have Castform and so I gladly received it."
"I see…" said Edgar, and then was interrupted by the pair of doors being banged opened and for Brendan and May to run inside.
"Brendan, May," said Prof. Birch, "where have you two been?"
"We just went into town for a few moments Dad," said Brendan, "and we have something important to give to Beka and Edgar."
"What is it?" asked Beka, a little curious at what she had gotten.
"Here," said May, handing out two white envelopes to both Beka and Edgar, "a representative from the Hoenn League bumped into us in town and asked us if we knew you and Edgar. We say 'Yes' and then the person gave these letters to give to you guys. After that, they left…"
Immediately, Beka and Edgar ripped at the envelopes and pulled out what appeared to be a cream colored card with golden border lines along the edges of the card and with the symbol of the Hoenn League etched in gold foil upon the cover of the card. Opening up the card, fancy curve writing was printed on the inside of the card, saying:
To the Champion (in this case, Champions) of the Hoenn League:
Congratulations on your victory on becoming victor of this year's Hoenn League Challenge. However, you have a long way to go to be recognized as Champion of Hoenn and even longer as a Pokemon Master. We, of the Elite Four of Hoenn, have recognized your potentials as trainers and are will to give you a one chance shot into battling your way to become one of the few Champions of Hoenn. When receiving upon your letter today, your battle will commence tomorrow at Evergrande City at 9:00 AM, sharp. We hope to see you there and may you battle strong. Good luck opponents.
Sincerely, the Elite Four and Champion of Hoenn:
Sidney, Phoebe, Glacia, Drake, and Wallace
"Wow," said Beka, awed that the Elite Four and Wallace were now ready for her and Edgar's challenge.
"Oh man," said Edgar, with a big grin on his face, "this is going to be SO AWESOME!"
"Just be careful not to get over excited Ed," said Brendan.
May just laughed and turned to Beka and asked:
"So Beka, ready for your new challenge against the Elite of Hoenn?"
"Yeah, I am," said Beka, "but I still have a lot more battling to get into between now and tomorrow morning."
"Just try and not over due it too much Beka," said Benen, who had just walked into the laboratory from a door within the room, "other wise not only you, but your Pokemon as well will be put under so much straining…"
"Yeah, I understand," nodded Beka, "but still, I need to get back to training!"
"As do I as well," said Edgar, and then turning to Beka, "we need to figure out how we can become a more powerful and experienced double-battling team…"
"Yeah," said Beka, "come on, we need to get busy…"
"Right," said Edgar, who was now following Beka out of the laboratory toward an open field near Birch's research center.
The rest of the group had watched out the open door as the two trainers were making their way toward the field. With a smirk, Prof. Birch commented:
"I guess those two really want to have a good battle when the face the Elite Four. They will need the training anyways because the Elite Four are much more powerful than the Gym Leaders that are scattered around Hoenn…"
"That's true Dad," said Brendan, "but I've seen Beka and Edgar's battling and I think that they have a chance within this line of battles…"
"Yeah," said May, "their showdown in the Final Two was hair-raising…I thought Beka would have lost to Edgar's Aurora, but her Blaziken wasn't going to go down that easily…"
"And Aurora will be an added bonus to Edgar's Pokemon team since it is a Legendary…" added in Brendan.
"Well," said the professor, turning to the group of three, "whatever may come to those two tomorrow, I just hope you all will be there cheering them on…"
"Well I certainly am!" exclaimed May, with her fists clenched toward her chest in a look of determination.
"And I as well," added in Benen.
"Count me in and it makes three!" said Brendan with a smile.
Prof. Birch nodded with a soft smile upon his face, seeing that his son and his son's friends will be there for both Beka and Edgar.
0o0o0o0o0o0
The new morning was cool and bright upon the clear ocean's surface as the five trainers rode upon their aerial Pokemon back to Evergrande City and to the hosting of the Elite Four. Beka was upon her Flygon, both Brendan and May upon Brendan's Skarmory, Edgar on his Charizard Inferno, and Benen on his Salamence Azlueblaze; as the trainers neared the island that housed Evergrande.
"There she be upon the horizon!" called out Brendan in a sea-man's tone, "Evergrande City, the beauty of her…uh…beauty!"
The trainers and their Pokemon just let out a small sweat-drop at Brendan's remarks that ran down the backs of their heads and sighed as well.
"Nice speech Birch!" exclaimed Edgar with a grin and a sarcastic tone.
"Want to come up and say that to my face Poliwag?" said Brendan, a little annoyed at Edgar and plastered on a toothy grin.
"Alright! That's it Birch!" exclaimed Edgar, and then told Inferno, "Inferno, get up close to that Skarmory!"
With a flap of its blue and orange wings, Inferno glided toward Skarmory; now right up into the Hoenn trainer's face. Brendan, seeing that Edgar had really come up to his face and was blaring a deep cold sapphire glare into the soften brown and ruby-hinted eyes of Brendan, was now sweat-dropping and said:
"Uh…hi Ed…"
"I said…nice speech Birch…," said Edgar in a low cold voice.
Then, the black-haired trainer tapped on Inferno's side and told it to fly on forward. Beka and Benen, who had been flying against one another and had saw what had occur and sighed.
"What a way to start the morning huh?" Beka commented.
"Indeed," said Benen.
Soon, the trainers had made it to Evergrade City and landed at a large building, that was far from the Hoenn League Collsseum, that stood about twelve stories high and had finely polished exterior walls on the outside of the building. Beka gazed out toward the front of the building and saw that there were fields of flowers everywhere and that a bricked road was paved out toward the direction of a large line of mountains. Japanese shrine-like structures arched over the road and were made out of the finest of materials; resembling silent gatekeepers toward the Elite Four.
"That is Victory Road…" came Benen's voice, making Beka turn to see the trainer stand beside her and gaze out upon the scene with his deep hued eyes, "…it is the pathway taken by many who have their hopes set out into battling the Elite Four of Hoenn."
"Amazing," said Beka, seeing the pathway before her in real life.
"Come on Beka and Benen," said May, who was hold open the door for the two trainers, "we got to get inside before it's too late!"
After absorbing in one last glance of the scenery, Beka and Benen proceeded into the building. The building was huge, large enough to host a Pokemon Center and a PokeShop all in one hallway. Then, a man dressed in a blue uniform with a white Pokeball symbol on his chest proceeded up to the visiting guests. With a bow, he said:
"Welcome to the Elite Four of Hoenn Building."
"Hello," the group said, making their bows as well.
"Now, may I ask which ones are Miss. Beka and Mr. Edgar?"
"I'm Beka," the hazel-eyed trainer stepped out.
"And I'm Edgar," followed the blue-eyed trainer.
"Very good," said the stranger, who was an instructor to the building, "you have both made it in time. Now, please proceed to our Pokemon Center and Shop and prepare for your battle please."
After the instructor had finished his sentence, both Beka and Edgar proceeded to the Center to heal their Pokemon. After a few quick seconds of healing and a thank you to Nurse Joy, they then went over to the Shop and picked up a few items.
"Hey Beka," said Edgar, "I got an idea…how about I pitch in to buy Full Restores and Revives while you can pick up some Full Heals."
"Are you sure don't need some extra money for those items?" asked Beka, calculating the cost of the items Edgar would have to spend; which would be more than her costs.
"Naw, I'm alright…got plenty of green!" grinned Edgar as he laughed and thus caused Beka to laugh with him.
After their moment of humor and the purchasing of their items, Edgar and Beka placed the miscellaneous objects together into their backpack/ messenger bag and then waited for the instructor who welcomed them to tell them were to go next. He reappeared and told them:
"Now, before your challenge begins, let me lay down the rules. First, since this is a double battle, you both will choose three Pokemon each and use them in your battle for together they complete a whole team. Second, you may both switch Pokemon whenever you feel like, but you can't use each other's Pokemon in this battle and that includes if one trainer's three Pokemon team is knocked out. Third, you're battles will not be timed, so you may all battle for as long as your Pokemon can take. Fourth, you all can not go back the way you came, you can only go forward once you walk through the double doors into the Elites' Rooms."
The instructor then spoke:
"There, those are the rules of this battle," then turning to the others, he said: "You may all join your friends to watch them battle, but please do not get in the ways of the Elite Four battles that will commence…"
"What does he think we are pre-schoolers?" mumbled Brendan under his breath, followed by a knock to the head by May's ball up hand, "Ow…"
"…and now," the instructor continued, "that the rules have been given, Miss. Beka and Mr. Knight, your battles will proceeded in the following rooms head of you. Good luck to you all and may you rein victorious!"
"Thank you," Edgar and Beka thanked the instructor and bowed to him.
The two trainers, with their friends following behind, walked up to a pair of huge double doors that had the Pokeball symbol engraved in the center of the doors. They stopped for a moment and then turned to one another, with looks of readiness, yet concern, in their eyes.
"Well," said Beka, "ready Ed?"
"Yeah, I am," Edgar nodded.
Then, each grabbing the door's two brass handles and pulled the doors opened and proceeded inside. The rest followed inside with them and when everyone had gotten in; the doors closed shut and locked. Darkness had now taken over the room. Then, the sounds of clicks were heard up ahead of the group and they saw that two lines of white circular lights began to come alive like sudden fireflies. They both illuminated a flight of marble stairs that lead up to what appear to be an upper level of the floor they were on. Seeing the stairs, the group began to make their way up the flight to only reach another pair of doors; which appeared to have been painted black with a purple Pokeball emblem embedded on the wood.
"This is the first door and the first Elite to be battling against, Sidney…" said Brendan, with a look had held deep in his brown and ruby-hinted eyes.
"Then let's go in…" said Beka, pushing the doors in forward.
With a heavy sighing of the doors, the room was revealed to the group. It was a large room and looked just like a Gym Leader's battlefield, with the tile floors being a light tan with white square marks upon the tile squares, yellow. There were also black lower floors that showed by the sides of the field and a white marked floor with a brown and gray Pokeball symbol marked in the center. The trainers gingerly proceeded inside and then once they had all entered the room, the doors behind them creaked shut and locked. A voice, so sudden, made the trainers turn to hear:
"Welcome to the Elite Four my fellow trainers…"
A man, about in his twenties, stood before the group with his arms crossed and a smile upon his face. He had peach-toned skin with a bald head that housed a single strand of flame-like orange hair, sort of like how Egyptian princes had their hair shaved except for it was near the forehead and not the side, and he also had black eyes. His attire consisted of a long-sleeved red shirt with the collar poking out over a black vest that covered the top of the shirt, tan khakis, and black shoes with red soles.
'That must be Sidney…' thought Beka, recognizing the Dark Element trainer of the Elite Four.
"…I am Sidney of the Elite Four," Sidney continued on with his sentence, "and I am here to deliver a battle you won't forget!" A soft laugh passed out of him and then he said: "Okay, now which two of you trainers will be my opponents today?"
"We are," said Beka and Edgar in unison as they stepped out of the group, letting the rest go and sit over by a bench away from the field.
"Oh," said Sidney, "don't you two make quite the couple?"
Snickering was heard from Brendan as Edgar shot him out a death glare before everything returned back to normal.
"Okay then, you know the rules trainers," said Sidney, taking in two Pokeballs into his hands, "then let's this battle begin!"
Throwing out his two Pokeballs, Sidney called out:
"Mightyena, Absol, go!"
The two Pokeballs popped opened and Sidney's Mightyena and Absol appeared on the battlefield in flashes of white light.
"Might-yena!" howled out Mightyena in a series of growls and barks.
"Ab-sol," Absol said in its low voice.
Beka took her first Pokeball into her right hand and threw it, calling out:
"Blaziken, I choose you!"
With an outburst of white light flaring upon the field materialized Beka's Blaziken.
"Blaz-I-ken!" Blaziken bellowed out with its fist flaring in fire from its wrist.
Edgar, taking his first Pokeball into is hand, threw it up into the sky and called out:
"Inferno, come on out and help us out!"
In another flash of white light, Inferno appeared upon the battlefield beside Blaziken.
"Char-I-zard!" bellowed out the draconian call of Inferno as a flash of fire blasted from deep in its throat.
Battle Situation:
Beka's Blaziken and Edgar's Charizard, Inferno, vs. EF Sidney's Mightyena and Absol
BATTLE BEGIN!
"Let's get this party started!" exclaimed Sidney and called out: "Mightyena, use Bite on Charizard! Absol, Water Pulse on Blaziken!"
Mightyena began to charge at Inferno, teeth bared and glaring in a dark hue; while Absol, with its black scythe blade being illuminated in a watery blue aura, swung its blade down and sent out a blast of three watery supersonic rings toward Blaziken.
"Blaziken, dodge Water Pulse and use Ember on Mightyena!"
Lowering itself upon its long legs, Blaziken leapt into the air and turned toward Mightyena while the Water Pulse hit and empty target. Opening up its red beak, a shower of orange and golden aura blast of flames shot out toward Mightyena.
"Absol, use Blizzard on that Ember!"
Opening up its mouth, Absol released an icy blast of snow, wind, and ice that slammed into the Ember and protected Mightyena from the attack. A soft growl pressed against Beka's lips as she saw Mightyena coming in closer to Inferno. Edgar saw Beka was trying to protect Inferno from Mightyena and then called out:
"Don't worry Beka, I got it! Inferno, use Brick Break on Mightyena!"
Curling up its left orange claw, Inferno awaited Mightyena's coming with its fist glowing in a red-brown aura.
"Mightyena, stop and use Taunt on Charizard! Absol, use Calm Mind!"
Mightyena stopped before Inferno and then sat up upon its back legs and began waving its black paws toward itself in front of Inferno, causing Inferno to have a red pressure mark appear on the side of its face and for it to have anger over its face. Meanwhile, Absol closed its red eyes and began to focus on its chi, with waves of pink light dancing around its white form like mist and caused its Special Attack and Defense to arise.
'Inferno is now only allowed to use attacks that cause damage,' thought Beka, scanning the battlefield at the events that were occurring, 'and Absol is gaining status raises to itself…'
"Blaziken, use Earthquake!"
Raising up its left leg, Blaziken slammed its foot into the battlefield and caused a massive shake up to occur and thanks to Inferno taking flight, the Fire/Flying Element was not affected by the Ground Element attack. A powerful blast of white light shot out from the ground before Blaziken and blazed down toward the field to the two Dark Elements.
"Mightyena, jump and use Crunch on Charizard! Absol, dodge and use Return on Blaziken!"
The two Dark Elements, lowering themselves to the ground, sprang up and evaded the oncoming Earthquake. Then, while in the air, Mightyena aim itself toward Inferno and bore out its teeth in a deep gleam of black light, while Absol, aiming itself toward Blaziken, ready itself for its Return attack.
"Blaziken, let Absol come to you!"
"Inferno, use Overheat on Mightyena!"
Blaziken, hearing and trusting its trainer's words, stood in a ready stance and keep its blue and yellow gaze at the oncoming Absol. Inferno, seeing Mightyena coming up at it, craned its neck down toward Mightyena and opened its mouth, releasing a powerful blinding streak of red, orange, and yellow light tied together by white rings of fiery light toward Mightyena.
"Mightyena, Protect!"
Mightyena's body began to glow in a golden line of light and the Overheat deflected off the protective shield and didn't cause harm to the Dark Element.
"Blaziken, use Sky Uppercut!"
Since Sidney was focused on the well being of his Mightyena, he forgot his Absol, who was still coming down at Blaziken, and it would cost him. Lowering its right arm, Blaziken's fist was glowing in a bright light and was brought up and slammed into Absol, causing the Dark Element to be sent back to his side of the field.
"No Absol!" exclaimed Sidney.
"Now Blaziken," said Beka, "let's use Body Slam on Mightyena!"
Blaziken, now seeing Mightyena still coming down back to the field to land, charged at the Dark Element in preparation of the full blow attack.
"Absol, use Iron Tail to stop Blaziken!"
Recovering from Sky Uppercut's blow, Absol came after Blaziken with its black tail now glowing in a metallic light.
"Inferno, use Double-Edge!"
Suddenly, coming out of the sky was Inferno as it slammed into Absol's side and caused a major hit to the white Dark Element. With Absol out of the way, Blaziken slammed into Mightyena with its Body Slam attack.
"Mightyena, Shadow Ball!"
While Blaziken was pulling out from Mightyena, the wolf-like Pokemon had opened its mouth and formed a ghostly sphere of black energy. The Shadow Ball was then sent out and slammed into Blaziken's chest, causing the Fire/Fighting Element to be sent back toward the battlefield.
"Inferno, help out Blaziken with your Body Slam!"
Inferno dove down at Mightyena and slammed the Dark Element into the ground with its own Body Slam. Seeing the damage done, Inferno took flight again and returned to its side of the field and waited for what was to come next. Both of Sidney's Pokemon had fainted.
"Mightyena and Absol are both unable to battle," called out the referee, "Blaziken and Charizard are the winners!"
"Great job Blaziken!" cheered Beka to her Blaziken.
"Blaz," Blaziken said, giving its trainer the thumb's up.
"That was an awesome battle Inferno, great work!" called out Edgar.
"Char!" Inferno bellowed out and unleashed a blast of flames to the air.
Sidney recalled back his fallen Pokemon, thanked them, and turned his gaze back to the battlefield and said:
"Wow, now that's a first…my Pokemon have been the first to fallen to my opponents. Interesting…now, let's get moving on…"
Sidney took a hold two more Pokeballs and threw it up into the air and he called out:
"Crawdaunt, Sharpedo, go!"
In another two flashes of white light came out Sidney's Crawdaunt and Sharpedo before the battlefield.
"Craw-daunt!" called out Crawdaunt in a deep voice.
"Shar-pe-do!" called out Sharpedo in also a deep, yet rash voice as it levitated upon the battlefield since water wasn't present.
Edgar held out his Pokeball and called out:
"Inferno, return!"
From the Pokeball came out a thin line of red light and pierced into Inferno, which caused the Charizard to become one with the light and to return back into the Pokeball. Edgar then placed Inferno's Pokeball back on his belt and threw out a new Pokeball, calling out:
"Blade, come on out and help us out!"
In a flash of white light materialized Edgar's Sceptile Blade.
"Scep-tile," called out Blade.
Battle Situation:
Beka's Blaziken and Edgar's Sceptile, Blade, vs. EF Sidney's Crawdaunt and Sharpedo
BATTLE BEGIN!
"Crawdaunt, begin with Crabhammer on Blaziken! Sharpedo, use Rage on Sceptile!"
Crawling upon the battlefield on its crab-like feet, Crawdaunt charged its way toward Blaziken with its pincers glowing in a blue light; while Sharpedo, with a red pressure mark on the side of its head, came toward Blade in a charge of fury.
"Blaziken, use Protect!"
"Blade, Leaf Blade on Sharpedo!"
Blaziken raised up its arms across its chest and created a golden barrier around it that protected it from Crawdaunt's attack; while the leaves on Blade's arms began to glow in a green blade-shaped aura and swung the attack toward the oncoming Sharpedo.
"Sharpedo, switch to Agility!"
Sharpedo, stopping Rage, suddenly disappeared and left Blade to swing at an empty target. Sharpedo reappeared on the other side of the field that was far from the Grass Element.
"Crawdaunt, use Ice Beam on Sceptile! Sharpedo, use Focus Energy!"
Crawdaunt, opening up its left pincer, formed a sphere of icy-white light from within the claw and the light then shot out toward Blade in the form of dancing white-blue light; while Sharpedo began to glow in a bright orange light as it began to focus on building up its attack strength.
"Blaziken, use Flamethrower to cut through Ice Beam!"
Blaziken opened its mouth and a powerful blast of orange and golden flames shot out and slammed into Ice Beam, incinerating the attack.
"Thanks Beka," said Edgar, "I owe you one! Okay Blade, use Bullet Seed at Sharpedo!"
Blade opened its mouth and a brigade of green illuminated seeds shot out toward Sharpedo.
"Sharpedo, Agility again!"
Sharpedo disappeared again and easily evaded Bullet Seed as the Grass Element attack slammed into the empty target. Sharpedo then reappeared behind Blaziken; causing a surprisement to both Beka and her Pokemon.
"Now Sharpedo, use Water Pulse on Blaziken!"
Sharpedo opened its teeth filled mouth and sent out a watery sphere of light toward Blaziken.
"No Blaziken!" Beka couldn't help but say until:
"Now Blade, use Leaf Blade!"
Blade, who had an amazing speed thanks to its Sceptile reflexes, got right in between Blaziken and Water Pulse. Once there, the leaves on its arms glowed into green blades of light and then it charged at Water Pulse. With a single swipe of its arms, Blade cut through the Water Element attack and slammed the Grass Element attack upon Sharpedo. Sharpedo crashed to the ground after the attack, but was able to then get back up and "swim" back to its side of the field. Blade winced for a second, taking damage from Sharpedo's Rough Skin ability, but was able to continue on battling.
"Thanks Ed," said Beka.
"Sure, no problem!" said Edgar, giving a thumb's up.
"Crawdaunt, now use Brick Break on Blaziken! Sharpedo, Leer on Sceptile!"
Crawdaunt, with its right pincer glowing in a reddish-brown aura, charged at Blaziken; while Sharpedo shot out a sight-piercing gaze toward Blade with its ruby eyes.
"Blaziken, use Thunderpunch on Crawdaunt!"
"Blade, evade Leer with Quick Attack!"
Blaziken balled up its right fist, with it now glowing with tiny dancing sparks of electricity, and charged at the oncoming Crawdaunt; while Blade simply leapt into the air in a blaze of light and evaded the haunting gaze of Sharpedo's Leer. Sidney, seeing Blaziken and its oncoming Thunderpunch attack, smirked and called out:
"Now Crawdaunt, use Protect!"
Crawdaunt stopped when it heard Sidney's call and immediately sent out a golden aura around its lobster-shaped form. Blaziken slammed its fist into the golden shield and was immediately sent back flying toward its side of the field due to the back lash of Thunderpunch's force. Beka gasped at how powerful the backlash was, but Edgar decided to save the day and called out:
"Now Blade, stop Blaziken!"
Coming out of nowhere, Blade dove behind Blaziken's back and caught the Fire/Fighting Element in its green arms and was able to stop the movement of going back. Once the two Pokemon had landed safely back on the battlefield, Blade let Blaziken go while Blaziken turned and gave a thumb's up and a thank you to the Grass Element.
"Hey," said Beka, pressing a smile upon her face, "thanks again Ed."
Edgar turned to see the smiling female counter part beside him and softly blushed; knowing how much he loved to see her smile.
"Sure, anything to help out a friend…" Edgar replied, but then switched to thought: 'Because I am willing to do anything for you Beka…'
"Okay children," came Sidney's voice, "let's continue…Crawdaunt, attack with Return on Blaziken! Sharpedo, use Bite on Sceptile!"
Crawdaunt began to charge at Blaziken with its Return attack powering up as it got closer to Beka's Pokemon; while Sharpedo, baring its razorious white teeth, charged at Blade as its teethy glare began to glow in a faint black aura.
"Blaziken, use Brick Break on Crawdaunt!"
"Blade, use Leaf Blade on Sharpedo!"
Blaziken, curling up its right fist which now sparked in a brownish-red hue, charged at the on coming Crawdaunt as Blade, with the leaves on its wrists glowing into scythe shaped light, came down toward the oncoming Sharpedo.
"Got you!" said Sidney, and he called out: "Now Crawdaunt and Sharpedo, switch to Water Pulse and Ice Beam!"
Crawdaunt then sent forward its left pincer and from it came forth three watery ring blast of its Water Pulse toward Blaziken while Sharpedo, with its mouth still opened, switched from a dark aura to a pale blue sphere of light that grew in-between its teeth and unleashed flashes of Ice Beam upon the oncoming Blade.
"Blaziken, Protect!"
"Blade, Protect as well!"
Hearing their trainers in time, both Blaziken and Blade halted in their charged and crossed their arms, causing shields of golden light to surround them and protect them from the oncoming attacks; which simply negated off of them. Sidney smirked softly, seeing that he was going to enjoy this battle…
"Crawdaunt, use Sludge Bomb on Blade! Sharpedo, use Return on Blaziken!"
Crawdaunt opened up its left pincer again and this time, it unleashed a powerful toxic mess of Poison Element sludge toward Edgar's Sceptile; while Sharpedo began to make a charge down at Beka's Blaziken.
"Alright Blaziken, let's use Rock Tomb on Sharpedo!"
Blaziken raised up its left foot and slammed it into the ground as it unleashed a powerful cry. The ground began to shake and suddenly, a wall of rock surrounded Sharpedo, as if it were a trap, and captured the Water/Dark Element. Rock Tomb, also being in-between Blade and Crawdaunt's oncoming Sludge Bomb, slammed into the rocky mound and ended its flight though the air.
"Nice one Beka," said Edgar, and called out: "Now Blade, use Solarbeam on that Rock Tomb!"
The yellow seeds upon Blade's back began to glow in a bright yellow light and seemed to be collecting sunlight from an unknown source since the room was enclosed with no windows. Then, its mouth opened and unleashed a powerful flash of blinding white light and slammed it into the Rock Tomb, causing massive damage to Sharpedo and caused the shark Pokemon to faint.
"Sharpedo is unable to battle," called out the referee, "Blaziken and Sceptile are the winners!"
"Yes!" cheered Edgar, "Nice one Blade!"
"Scep!" Blade called out to Edgar.
Sidney recalled back his Sharpedo and thanked it for a job well done. He was very impressed on how a couple of teenagers were able to battle him with grace and skill, something he hadn't seen in the Elite Four for years. He then took out his fifth Pokeball and threw it into the air, calling out:
"Cacturne, go!"
In a flash of white light upon the battlefield stood a Cacturne, a Dark/Grass Element that looked like a scarecrow cactus with a light green body, dark green diamond shaped spikes that alined along its front, its arms, along the sides of its legs, and around its neck, a large dark green triangular hat upon its head that lower over its face to conceal a snowman-like face with piercing yellow eyes from within the shadows of its face.
"Cac-turne!" called out Cacturne in a harsh and raspy voice.
Battle Situation:
Beka's Blaziken and Edgar's Sceptile, Blade vs. EF Sidney's Crawdaunt and Cacturne
BATTLE BEGIN!
"Crawdaunt, use Taunt on Blaziken! Cacturne, use Hyper Beam on Sceptile!"
Crawdaunt, using its left pincer as a hand, began making a gesture of 'Come and get me' at Blaziken, causing Blaziken to become intimidated at the Water/Dark Element; while Cacturne held out its arms and in-between them, it formed a ball of golden energy that was then shot out toward Blade in the form of a siring blaze of golden light.
"Blaziken, let's use Secret Power on Crawdaunt!"
"Blade, evade with Quick Attack!"
Blaziken, with its right arm extended out toward Crawdaunt, opened its right claw and a spiraling blaze of tiny white and yellow triangles blasted out of its hand; while Blade, seeing the golden blast coming toward it, leapt in a blaze of light into the air and easily evade the Hyper Beam.
"Crawdaunt, Protect!"
Crawdaunt sent up another golden shield around its body and caused Blaziken's Secret Power to negate off.
"Now Blade, use Bullet Seed on Crawdaunt!"
Blade, who was now still in the air, opened its mouth and unleashed a shower of green splitting seeds down toward Crawdaunt.
"Cacturne, get in front of Crawdaunt and take that attack!"
Cacturne moved over between Crawdaunt and Blade and took Blade's Bullet Seed attack without much damage occurring to its HP.
'Drat!' thought Edgar, 'How are suppose to…'
His thought was cut short when he heard:
"Blaziken, now use Aerial Ace!"
Edgar turned to see that Blaziken had now vanished in the air as its aerial attack was playing out. Beka then turned to him, her emerald gaze piercing into his sapphire eyes, and said with a smile:
"Does Blade know that attack?"
"Yup," smiled Edgar and called out: "Blade, follow Blaziken's lead and use Aerial Ace as well!"
Blade nodded and then the Grass Element as well vanished into thin air. Then, the two Pokemon of Beka and Edgar suddenly reappeared behind Crawdaunt and Cacturne.
"Crawdaunt, Protect again!"
Crawdaunt had tried to set up another shield, but proved futile since Protect's effect wore and caused Blaziken and Blade to slam into the two Dark Elements. Blaziken's Aerial Ace slammed into Cacturne and sent most of its HP level down into the yellow while Blade's was a critical hit and cause Crawdaunt to finally faint.
"Crawdaunt is unable to battle," called out the referee, "Blaziken and Sceptile are the winners!"
"Yeah!" exclaimed Edgar, "Another nice job Blade!"
"Scep!" Blade called out to its trainer.
"Blaziken," praised Beka, "good job to you as well!"
"Blaz!" Blaziken said, giving a thumb's up.
Sidney recalled back his fallen Crawdaunt and praised it for a job well done. He then turned up to see his opponents and said:
"Well, you two got me on the run…but I'm not going down without a fight!"
He grabbed his last Pokeball and threw it out, calling forth:
"Shiftry, go!"
In a flash of white light materialized Sidney's last Pokemon named Shiftry.
"Shif-try!" called out Shiftry in a deep voice.
"Hey Beka," called out Edgar, making her head turn toward him, "let's do this!"
"Right!" Beka smiled and prepared for the final round.
Battle Situation:
Beka's Blaziken and Edgar's Sceptile, Blade, vs. EF Sidney's Shiftry and Cacturne
BATTLE BEGIN!
"Shiftry, use Sunny Day! Cacturne, use Cotton Spore on Sceptile!"
Shiftry, raising its leaf-like hands to the ceiling of the room and giving out a cry along with an orange aura that illuminated its body, created its Sunny Day move through the power of the illusions of sunlight dancing along the room's ceiling; while Cacturne stuck out its left arm and white blasts of cotton like spheres shot out toward Blade.
"Blaziken, burn that Cotton Spore with Flamethrower!"
Blaziken opened its red beak and shot out a blast of orange and golden colored flames toward Cotton Spore, incinerating the attack and blazing toward Cacturne.
"Now Shiftry, Protect to block Flamethrower!"
Shiftry, getting between Cacturne and Flamethrower, set up a golden shield around its form and negated off Flamethrower from its side of the field.
"Blade, use Screech!"
Blade opened its mouth and unleashed a high-pitched, ear-splitting cry from deep in its throat toward its opponents and causing both Grass/Dark Elements to wince at the attack; but since Screech could only effect one's Defense statuses in a double battle, Cacturne's Defense lowered dramatically.
"Shiftry, use Brick Break on Blaziken! Cacturne, use your Toxic on Sceptile!"
Shiftry came at Blaziken with an amazing leap with its left foot glowing in a red-brown light, while Cacturne placed its hands close together and from the gap that formed between the hands came forth a toxic purple sludge that shot out toward Blade.
"Blaziken, use Flamethrower on Shiftry!"
"Blade, use Safeguard!"
Blaziken, seeing the oncoming Shiftry, opened its beak and unleashed another orange and golden blast of fiery light toward its oncoming opponent while Blade, crossing its arms, raised up an invisible shield around its side of the field and caused Toxic and other health effects to be cancelled for the time being.
"Shiftry, dodge!"
Shiftry, seeing Flamethrower coming down toward it, made a giant leap in the air and evaded the oncoming blast of Flamethrower. It then landed back on the field near Cacturne and awaited its next move.
"Okay, now Shiftry and Cacturne, use Cut on both opponents!"
Both Shiftry and Cacturne leapt at their opponents, with their hands glowing in bright hues of white light as they neared their targets.
"Blaziken, use Fire Blast!"
Blaziken, positioning itself to face the two opponents head-on, opened its mouth and unleashed an orange and golden hue star blast of fire toward the on-coming opponents. Seeing Fire Blast coming toward his two remaining Pokemon, Sidney called out:
"Now both of you! Evade that Fire Blast!"
Hearing their trainer's command, both Shiftry and Cacturne leapt into the air and evaded Fire Blast. However, this lead out to:
"Blade, use Hyper Beam on Cacturne!"
Blade opened its mouth and unleashed a powerful blast of golden hyperactive light toward Cacturne. It seemed like the end for the Grass/Dark Element until:
"Cacturne, Counter that Hyper Beam and redirect it toward Blaziken!"
Cacturne's body began to glow in a burnt orange hue and was struck with Hyper Beam, only for the attack to bounce off it and to come blazing down toward Blaziken.
"Blaziken, Protect!"
Blaziken, crossing its arms, created a golden shield around it. Hyper Beam slammed into the Protect and thanks to its doubling of strength, Protect broke under Hyper Beam and Blaziken was hit.
"Blaziken!" exclaimed Beka.
Once the light died down, Beka saw Blaziken on the ground on its back and fainted.
"Blaziken is unable to battle," called out the referee, "Shiftry and Cacturne are the winners!"
Sidney gave out thanks to his two Pokemon as they smiled for the praise. A look of embarrassment and hurt showed upon Edgar's face and pulled the rim of his League hat down over his eyes.
'Oh man,' Edgar thought, 'I really screwed up…Beka…I'm so sorry…'
"Blaziken, return!" called out Beka, holding out Blaziken's Pokeball.
A thin red beam of light shot out of the Pokeball and hit into Blaziken, causing the Fire/Fighting Element to become one with the light and to zap back into the Pokeball. Beka then pulled the Pokeball up to her face and said:
"Blaziken, I am very proud of you…take a long rest my friend."
She then turned to see the Edgar, who was still having the brim of his hat over his face. A look of concern filled her emerald eyes and thought:
'Poor guy…he must be blaming himself for this…well, I'll put an end to that!'
"Edgar!" Beka shouted out.
The call of his name made him turn to his partner.
"Edgar…it wasn't yours or Blade's fault that Blaziken fainted. You both are doing excellent jobs and without you…we won't have gotten this far in the Elite Four Challenge!" Beka's complement made Edgar flush with a soft pink blush as Beka ended: "So let's give it our all Ed!"
"Right!" said Edgar, with a look of confidence upon his face and determination in his voice, "Let's do this!"
'Thanks Beka,' thought Edgar with a soft smile, 'you just know how to give someone the confidence they need…'
Beka then took her next Pokeball into her hand and threw it into the battlefield, calling out:
"Salamence, I choose you!"
The Pokeball popped opened and from a flash of white light materialized Beka's Salamence upon the battlefield.
"Sa-la-mence!" bellowed out Salamence and threw out a blast of its Dragonbreath into the air.
"Heh," chuckled Sidney, "I guess your Salamence love to show off, now does it Beka?"
"I'll do more than just show off Sidney!" said Beka, pressing a smirk upon her face.
Battle Situation:
Beka's Salamence and Edgar's Sceptile, Blade, vs. EF Sidney's Shiftry and Cacturne
BATTLE BEGIN!
"Shiftry, begin with Rock Smash on Sceptile! Cacturne, use Hidden Power on Salamence!"
Shiftry opened its mouth and sent out a reddish-brown blast of the Fighting Element attack out upon Blade as Cacturne, glowing for a brief moment in a white outline of light, began to have tiny spheres of white light begin to dance around its scarecrow form and when they reached their full strength and mature size, Cacturne unleashed the attack upon Salamence.
"Salamence, use Aerial Ace to evade!"
"Blade, use Leaf Blade on Rock Smash!"
Salamence, spreading out its giant red wings, took to the air and did a graceful loop before it disappeared, causing Hidden Power to hit its multiple yet empty targets. Blade, with its wrists glowing once again in a blaze of green light, charged at the Rock Smash attack, slammed right through it, and sliced away the Fighting Element attack; like if was a sword cutting through grass. Salamence then reappeared behind Cacturne and was about to deliver its Flying Element attack when Beka heard:
"Cacturne, use Counter!"
"Salamence, now switch to Flamethrower!"
Cacturne's body began to flash in a burnt orange hue in order to redeliver Salamence's Aerial Ace, but since Physical attacks are only effect by Counter, the Special attack of Flamethrower slammed into Cacturne's back and caused serious damage to it. Salamence then glided back to its side of the field and awaited its next order.
"Shiftry, use Body Slam on Salamence! Cacturne, use Hyper Beam on Sceptile!"
Shiftry began to charge at Salamence with a quick agility in order to perform its Body Slam while Cacturne, with its hands coming close together, created a sphere of golden energy in-between its grasps and then unleashed the hyperactive golden blaze toward Blade.
"Salamence, Dragonbreath!"
"Blade, use Protect!"
Salamence opened its mouth and with a flicker of green light from deep within its throat, a massive stream of green draconic flames spewed out toward the on-coming opponent, while Blade, crossing its arms, created a golden shield around its green lizard form and Hyper Beam deflected off.
"Shiftry, leap over Dragonbreath and continue Body Slam!"
Shiftry, lowering itself toward the ground in its run, leapt in the air and evaded the blast of Dragonbreath. Beka saw that Shiftry was now right overhead of Salamence and was about to call out her next attack when she heard:
"Blade, use Quick Attack on Shiftry!"
Out of nowhere, a flash of white light slammed into Shiftry's side and caused the Dark/Grass Element to crash back on its side of the field. Beka saw the light fade and Blade had now landed back on their side of the field. Salamence gave out a growl of thanks to Blade while Blade simply nodded its triangular-green head.
"Hey," said Beka, turning to Edgar, "thanks Ed."
"Sure, no problem Beka!" smiled Edgar.
"Shiftry, use Hyper Beam on Salamence! Cacturne, use Faint Attack on Blade!"
Shiftry, opening its mouth, unleashed its own version of Hyper Beam out toward Salamence while Cacturne slowly began to disappear from sight in a dark cloud of fog.
"Salamence, take to the sky with Fly!"
Spreading out its broad red wings, Salamence leapt into the air and easily evaded the oncoming Hyper Beam of Shiftry.
"Blade, brace yourself for Faint Attack!"
Blade, hearing Edgar, braced itself upon the field and closed its yellow eyes as if to detect changes within the atmosphere around it. Then, all of the sudden, Cacturne came up behind Blade and slammed the Dark Element attack into Blade's back, knocking the Grass Element to its knees.
"Blade!" exclaimed Edgar.
"Now Cacturne, use Body Slam on Sceptile!"
Cacturne, now being close to Blade, leapt in the air and with its underside aimed toward Blade's back the Dark/Grass Element began to make its move down upon Blade, until:
"Now Salamence, grab Blade with Aerial Ace!"
Out of nowhere, the blaze of a blue dragon swept in-between Blade and Cacturne and in a blink of an eye, Blade was gone and had caused Cacturne to crash upon the field and make a hard landing upon the empty target. Sidney looked up to see that Salamence had grabbed Blade and was gingerly holding the Grass Element in-between its front claws. Edgar was amazed too to see that his Sceptile was safe with Beka's Salamence.
"Fine," said Sidney, "if that's how you want to play it…Shiftry and Cacturne, take them both out with Shadow Ball and Hyper Beam!"
Shiftry, holding its leafed-finger hands toward each other to form a gap in-between them, formed a shadowy spark that grew within its hands in the form of a black sphere and then shot it out toward the aerial duo with black and purple electricity crackling around it; while Cacturne sent out another stream of golden Hyper Beam out toward the duo. The two attacks came together and seemed to form a haunting comet that streaked across the battlefield toward its opponents.
"Salamence, use Dragonbreath!"
"Blade, use Solarbeam!"
The two dragon Pokemon opened their mouths and unleashed their attacks toward the attacks below; Salamence unleashing a dazzling blaze of green draconic flames while Blade sent forth an illuminating streak of sunlight. These two attacks, just like their opponent's attacks, came together to form a majestic beam of light that was danced with Dragonbreath and serene with Solarbeam. Then the two fusion powered attacks slammed into each other head-on, causing a massive explosion that completely left the battlefield in a thick haze of smoke. Seconds later, the smoke began to let up and the battlefield cleared, showing that everything was now at a stand-still. Shiftry and Cacturne were both still standing on their sides of the battlefield while Salamence and Blade had landed back on their side of the field and waited for what was to come next.
"Now, Shiftry, use Façade on Salamence! Cacturne, use Hidden Power on Sceptile!"
Shiftry came at Salamence with hopes of hitting the Dragon/Flying Element with its Façade attack, while Cacturne began another wave of its Hidden Power attack that was sent out toward Blade.
"Salamence, use Flamethrower!"
"Blade, use Bullet Seed!"
Salamence opened its mouth and unleashed a powerful stream of red, orange, and yellow light of fire toward the oncoming Shiftry while Blade opened its mouth and unleashed a series of green flashing seeds that broke and popped the Hidden Power spheres.
"Shiftry, as before, evade and continue the attack!"
Shiftry slide to its right, evading the Flamethrower, and then reappeared meters away from Salamence.
"Okay Salamence, now switch to Protect!"
Salamence stopped its Flamethrower attack and replaced the attack with a golden shield of defense around its dragon form, causing Shiftry to be unable to send out the full-force of Façade and then leapt back to its side of the field.
"Okay, Shiftry, use Double Team! Cacturne, use Return on Sceptile!"
Shiftry, illuminating in a flash of white light, was then surrounded by copies of itself on the battlefield while Cacturne charged at Blade with its hopes of attacking it with its Return attack.
"Salamence, use Swift!"
"Blade, use Secret Power!"
Salamence opened its mouth and a flow of shooting golden stars came out, slamming into the Shiftry illusions and cutting a sliver of Shiftry's HP, while Blade opened its mouth and a spiraling blaze of white triangles of light flowed out and slammed into Cacturne, causing a critical hit to the Dark/Grass Element.
"Let's finish this on up Beka!" said Edgar, turning to his partner.
"Right!" Beka nodded and then called out: "Salamence, use Dragon Claw on Cacturne!"
"Blade, use Brick Break on Shiftry!"
"Alright you two," Sidney called out to his Pokemon, "Shiftry, evade Sceptile's moves and Cacturne, use Faint Attack on Salamence!"
Salamence, taking up upon its red wings, flew toward Cacturne at a fast rate while Blade came charging at Shiftry with graceful agility toward Shiftry with its right fist now glowing in a red-brown light. Shiftry, seeing Blade coming toward it, evaded the Grass Element as it came in for the attack.
"Don't give up Blade! Chase after Shiftry!"
Blade nodded and began to make chase at the Dark/Grass Element. Meanwhile, Cacturne, seeing Salamence coming toward it, disappeared in a haze of darkness.
"Salamence, when I give the word, unleash Dragon Claw!"
Salamence nodded and closed its thin black eyes, as if it was patiently observing the atmosphere around it. Then, a dark flicker was caught in Beka's emerald eyes and saw that it was coming from Salamence's left side.
'Cacturne is going to unleash Faint Attack,' thought Beka, 'but I won't let it strike…'
"Now Salamence, attack with Dragon Claw to your left!"
Salamence blazed its eyes opened when it heard the signal from its trainer. Lifting up its left front claw, which now glowed in a pale green aura, Salamence swung toward its right side and slashed the attack across Cacturne. Meanwhile, Blade had finally caught up to Shiftry and with a powerful swing of its right fist; it slammed the Fighting Element attack into Shiftry. The two final blows from the opponents caused both of Sidney's Pokemon to faint.
"Shiftry and Cacturne are both unable to battle," called out the referee, "Salamence and Sceptile are the winners! The victory of this battle goes to Beka and Edgar!"
"All right!" exclaimed Beka, "We did it!"
"Yeah," said Edgar, walking up to Beka with his black-gloved hand in the air, "we sure did!"
The two trainers high-fived each other and held the hand gesture in a mid-air grasp for a brief moment before letting go. Brendan, May, and Benen; along with Salamence and Blade, had reached the trainers and surrounded them: giving congrats or praises. Then, a clapping of hands was heard and the group turned to see it was Sidney; applauding to the trainers after he recalled his Pokemon.
"Well," Sidney smiled, "that was a delightful battle. Congratulations on moving on to next stage of the Elite Four, but don't expect an easy match from the next three Elites and then finally the current Champion himself."
"Don't worry," said Beka with a smile, "I'm not excepting nothing more but some tough and great battles to come!"
"Count me in as well!" smiled Edgar, laying his arm across Beka's shoulders and giving out a peace sign.
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Next chapter is the showdown between Phoebe of the Elite Four and her Ghost Element team…
