Okay, if you thought things were getting good, you haven't seen nothing yet. Max has a BIG trick up his sleeve in this one!
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Chapter 9

"Go Mightyena!" Butch shouted.

A huge gray dog appeared on Butch's side of the field.

Butch then smirked as he got an idea. "How about this? For now, Cassidy and Misty don't make any moves. Just you and me until you knock out my Mightyena. I'll warn you though; it's quite powerful, so it won't be easy. Do you accept?"

"I accept this challenge!" Max said.

"You're gonna regret that, kid! Mightyena! Use Bite!"

Mightyena charged right at Umbreon with its mouth wide open.

"Umbreon! Double Team!" Max commanded.

Umbreon made a copy of itself and Mightyena hit the fake. Umbreon then made many copies of itself and surrounded Mightyena.

"Now, use Quick Attack!"

All of the copies ran right towards Mightyena at full speed.

"Use Counter!" Butch said.

An orange aura surrounded Mightyena, and Umbreon went flying back once it hit.

"Umbreon!" Max shouted with concern.

"Now, finish this! Poison Fang!" Butch shouted.

Mightyena's teeth started to glow white, and it then bit Umbreon on the head.

The poison over took Umbreon and it fainted in three seconds.

Though shocked, Max smiled at Butch. "You've done it now. Take a look at your Mightyena." He said.

We now see that Mightyena is suffering as well.

"Wait! What's going on?" Butch asks.

"It's Umbreon's special ability." Max explains. "When some sort of problem happens to my Umbreon, it happens to the opponent. So when you poisoned my Umbreon, your Mightyena got poisoned as well."

"What? No!"

Mightyena then fainted.

"You did great, Umbreon! Return!" Max said as he returned Umbreon for a long rest.

"Fine! But you won't win against this pokemon!" Butch said as he took out another pokeball.

"Hold it!" Cassidy shouts.

Butch face faults. "What is it now?" He shouts.

"Well, you had your fun, so I want mine now."

"Fine! We'll wait!"

"Okay! Misty, as soon as you knock out two of my pokemon, your partner can resume helping you."

"Humph! That will be easy! Gyarados, Dragon Breath!" Misty says.

A green beam was launched from the blue serpent's mouth. Houndoom was engulfed in it and was knocked out.

"Houndoom return!" Cassidy said.

Houndoom was returned to its pokeball. Once it was returned, the orange light that engulfed the place disappeared.

"Now, for the water battle of the century. Go Cloyster!"

A giant shell appeared on the field. It then opened up to reveal a face that had an evil smirk.

"Gyarados! Dragon Breath!" Misty shouted.

Gyarados launched a green beam from its mouth.

"Use Ice Beam!" Cassidy said.

Cloyster countered with a stream of ice. Both attacks collided and a small explosion erupted from the field.

End Chapter 9
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Didn't expect Syncronize, did ya?

That's the reason no one tries to beat Umbreon with a Stats effect, unless they're playing really smart. (Or, in Butch's case,is really dumb.)

Next one Monday. See ya.