Ichigo is finally battling his longtime rival: Grimmjow. Both trainers are fierce and strong and this battle will be their ultimate one. Grimmjow surprised Ichigo with his newest pokemon: Aerodactyl. Grimmjow took an early lead, but Ichigo was able to even the score. Grimmjow refuses to lose to Ichigo and feels that Ichigo is looking down on him, a feeling he hates. So Grimmjow is dedicated to win this battle and prove to Ichigo that he is the better trainer. This battle has only just begun.

Pokemon

Every trainer has a choice

To listen to that voice inside

I know the battles maybe long

Winners may have come and gone

I will carry on

Yeah, this dream will last forever

This dream will never die

We will rise to meet the challenge every time

(Advance challenge)

Yeah, this dream keeps us together

This shows that you and I

Will be the best that the world's ever seen

Cause we will always follow this dream

Pokemon

(Ichigo's voice): King of the Beasts

"This battle is heating up, folks. Grimmjow has called on his third pokemon. It's the mighty Hydreigon."

"Swoobat, be careful." Ichigo said.

"Swoobat."

'Swoobat has taken a lot of damage in that battle with Fearow. We've got to outmaneuver that Hydreigon or we're in trouble.' Ichigo thought. "Swoobat, start out with Air Cutter!" Swoobat started flapping its wings and unleashed the attack.

"Hydreigon, Tri Attack!" Grimmjow said.

"Hydreigon!" Hydreigon unleashed an attack of fire, lightning, and ice. It was able to blast through Swoobat's attack. Swoobat tried to dodge it, but still got hit by the flames.

"Avoiding Tri Attack can be difficult." Rukia said. "It could cause burn, paralysis, or freeze your opponent. That pokemon came a long way from the Deino when they first battled."

"That pokemon is a little scary." Orihime said as she didn't like where this was going.

"Now use Dragon Rush!" Grimmjow said. Hydreigon was surrounded by blue energy and charged straight at Swoobat. There wasn't any time to dodge the attack. So Swoobat took the full frontal of the attack and was smashed against the ground.

"Swoobat, no!" Ichigo called. The dust cleared away and showed that Swoobat was taken out by that attack.

"Swoobat is unable to battle. Hydreigon is the winner." The referee said.

"Hydreigon has taken out Swoobat. That looks like a tough pokemon. How will Ichigo beat that one?"

"This isn't over yet." Ichigo said as he pulled out his next choice. "Gyarados, I choose you!"

"RRRAAARGH!"

"Ichigo is now going with Gyarados. Looks like we're having a battle of pure power between these two."

"We'll beat that one too! Hydreigon, Flamethrower!" Grimmjow said and Hydreigon started breathing out flames.

"Gyarados, Hydro Pump!" Ichigo said. Gyarados used the attack and it blasted straight through the flames and hit Hydreigon. "Now let's give it a good shock. Use Thunder!" Gyarados used the electric attack and blasted Hydreigon with it and it appeared to have been doing some damage.

"That doesn't look good for Hydreigon. Normally, water and electric-type moves wouldn't be that effective against Hydreigon, but it seems to be this time."

"How come?" Orihime questioned.

"Because that Hydro Pump soaked Hydreigon." Chad said.

"Yeah and water and electricity never mix unless in this situation." Rukia said.

"You can take it! Give them a taste of your Dark Pulse!" Grimmjow said. Hydreigon pushed through the attack and blasted through with a dark beam and blasted Gyarados right in the face. "That's good. Now use Tri Attack!" Hydreigon unleashed the three-way attack and it was heading straight for Gyarados.

"Gyarados use Whirlpool to defend yourself!" Ichigo said. Gyarados generated the whirlpool and used it like a shield with it heading towards Hydreigon.

"A brilliant move using Whirlpool like a shield and it's about to catch Hydreigon."

"I don't think so. Hydreigon, Dark Pulse and shatter it!" Grimmjow said. Hydreigon used Dark Pulse again and it destroyed the whirlpool. "Now use Dragon Rush!" Hydreigon was surrounded by the energy flying straight at Gyarados.

"Here it comes! Get ready!" Ichigo said as Gyarados braced itself.

"What could Ichigo be thinking?" Everyone watched carefully as to what they're going to do as Hydreigon got close and closer.

"Now use Ice Fang!" Ichigo said. Gyarados was able to catch Hydreigon with his teeth and used the attack to deal some real damage. Gyarados tossed Hydreigon against the ground and was able to knock it out.

"Hydreigon is unable to battle. Gyarados is the winner." The referee said.

"Amazing." Orihime said.

"Yeah. That went really well. I can't believe Gyarados was able to catch Hydreigon with Ice Fang like that." Rukia said. Grimmjow brought Hydreigon back to its pokeball and did not look happy.

"Don't get cocky. This battle isn't over yet." Grimmjow said. "Bouffalant, take them down!"

"Bouffalant!"

"Grimmjow's fourth pokemon is Bouffalant. Let's see how this head smashing pokemon does against Gyarados."

"We'll take Bouffalant down as well. Gyarados, Ice Fang!" Ichigo said and Gyarados went for the attack.

"Head Charge!" Grimmjow said. Bouffalant focused energy in its head and charged right at Gyarados. The two of them collided, but Bouffalant had more power to it and knocked Gyarados back.

"Ouch. Gyarados was knocked back by Bouffalant. That Bouffalant must have one hard head."

"We're not quitting! Gyarados use Thunder!" Ichigo said. Gyarados used the electric attack and it blasted Bouffalant.

"Push through, Bouffalant and use Strength!" Grimmjow said. Bouffalant did its best to resist the attack as it charged in and was going to ram into Gyarados again.

"Not this time. Gyarados use Hydro Pump!" Ichigo said. Gyarados unleashed the powerful blast of water and it hit Bouffalant. Bouffalant was being pushed back as it hit against a rock.

"I've had enough of this. Bouffalant, Stone Edge!" Grimmjow said. Bouffalant was able to push through the attack again and smashed its hooves against the ground. It caused some rocks to rise out of the ground and smashed against Gyarados and did some real damage. "Gyarados won't be getting up after this attack. Use Wild Charge!" Bouffalant was surrounded by an electrical aura and was getting ready to charge.

"If Gyarados gets hit by that, we're in trouble. Gyarados use Hydro Pump again! Try and stop that attack!" Ichigo said. Gyarados used the attack again, but Bouffalant charged right in the attack and kept going.

"Bouffalant charged right into the attack! What's going to happen from this?!" Bouffalant kept going and jumped right at Gyarados with an explosion going off upon contact.

"What happened?!" Ichigo said as they all resisted the force of the explosion. The dust cleared away and both pokemon were knocked out.

"Both pokemon are unable to battle. This battle ends in a draw." The referee said.

"A draw! Imagine that!" Grimmjow was pretty shocked by this outcome. Both trainers returned their pokemon, but Grimmjow didn't look happy.

"A draw? You've got to be kidding. Bouffalant should have been able to take them down." Grimmjow said as he was getting annoyed. He looked into Ichigo's eyes and was getting that feeling again. "It doesn't matter! I'm still going to crush you!"

"You can be a real beast sometimes." Ichigo said.

"A "beast"?" Grimmjow said. "I think I like the sound of that. I won't just be any beast. I'll stand at the top like a king. I'll be the king!"

"You still need to win this battle! Cacturne, I choose you!" Ichigo said.

"Cacturne!"

"This one will be over quickly. Pyroar, take them down!" Grimmjow said.

"RRRROOOAAA!" His male Pyroar unleashed a fierce roar. This pokemon means business just like Grimmjow.

"Ichigo is using Cacturne and Grimmjow uses Pyroar. Grimmjow has the advantage, but will Ichigo pull out a win?"

"Let's try and have some fun. Pyroar use Crunch!" Grimmjow said. Pyroar charged right at Cactunre and was ready to take a large bite.

"Cacturne, Drain Punch!" Ichigo said. Cacturne had energy spiral around his fist and was able to counter Pyroar's attack with Pyroar being pushed back and some of its energy drained and transferred to Cacturne. Pyroar hit a rock, but was able to shake it off. "Now use Pin Missile!"

"Dodge it!" Grimmjow said. Cacturne unleashed a barrage of pin attacks, but Pyroar ran off and was able to avoid the attack. "Now use Hyper Voice!" Pyroar unleashed a mighty roar and blasted Cacturne. The sound was so intense that Cacturne was blown back and hit a rock.

"The sound alone was so intense that Cacturne actually got knocked off its feet."

"Now use Flame Charge!" Grimmjow said. Pyroar was surrounded by flames and charged at Cacturne.

"Get behind the rock and use it as a shield!" Ichigo said. Cacturne hurried over to behind the rock and braced itself.

"Like that will stop Pyroar!" Grimmjow said. Pyroar pushed through and smashed through and shattered the rock with Cacturne getting hit.

"Unreal! Pyroar smashed through that rock!" Chad said as no one could believe that. That attack had some power behind it with Cacturne getting knocked out by it.

"Cacturne is unable to battle. Pyroar is the winner." The referee said.

"And Cactrne is out just like that. Ichigo is down to only two pokemon now." Ichigo brought Cacturne back to its pokeball and could see he could be in real trouble with this one.

"That Pyroar is strong, but I've got a pokemon that can take it." Ichigo said. "Haxorus, I choose you!"

"Haxorus!"

"Now Ichigo is using Haxorus as his fifth pokemon."

"A dragon-type? Even that won't save you." Grimmjow said. "Pyroar, let's turn up the heat intensely with Fire Blast!" Pyroar unleashed a powerful blast of fire and it smashed against Haxorus.

"Grimmjow didn't wait around with a powerful attack."

"Now use Flame Charge!" Grimmjow said. Pyroar was surrounded by flames and charged right in.

"Not this time. Dragon Tail!" Ichigo said. Haxorus gathered energy around its tail and smashed it against Pyroar and stopped the attack.

"Get back in there and use Crunch!" Grimmjow said. Pyroar leaped at Haxorus and bit it around the neck. Haxorus was taking some damage, but Haxorus was doing its best to shake it off.

"Try using Rock Smash!" Ichigo said. Haxorus was able to shake Pyroar off and smashed one of its tusk against Pyroar. "Now use Dragon Tail!" Haxorus gathered energy around its tail and tried to smash it against Pyroar.

"Dodge it and use Flame Charge!" Grimmjow said. Pyroar jumped back from the attack and charge smashed against Haxorus.

"Dual Chop!" Ichigo said. Haxorus smashed against Pyroar and that put an end to this battle as Pyroar was taken out.

"Pyroar is unable to battle. Haxorus is the winner." The referee said.

"Pyroar is knocked out. That leaves both sides with only two pokemon remaining."

"Yes. Ichigo is close to winning." Orihime said as she saw this was going good.

"I wouldn't get my hopes so high." Rukia said. "That Aerodatyl Grimmjow has was strong. It also had plenty of time to catch whatever little breath it had. On top of that, Grimmjow's other pokemon hasn't battled yet."

"Neither has Absol." Chad said.

"That's true, but Haxorus just took some damage." Rukia said. "Ichigo better choose his moves carefully or he could still lose this battle." Orihime and Chad were still nervous about the outcome, but Ichigo was doing his best to stay strong. As this battle was going on, Ulquiorra was in the stands watching as well.

"Ichigo Kurosaki, let's see how plan on getting out of this. Let's see if there's really anything special about you." Ulquiorra said.

"Time to end this." Grimmjow said. "Persian, tear them apart!"

"Persian!"

"Persian?! That Meowth of his must have evolved as well!" Ichigo said. This battle is nearing its end and only one will be walking away.

These two rivals continue going at each other in a fierce battle. It's coming to its end soon. See who will walk away. Stay tune to see the end of this battle.

To Be Continued…