Episode 182: The Blaze of Battle
Where we last left off, Sora had entered the a tournament known as the PokéBrawl and not by choice. The tournament itself is styled after the Battle Royal Dome introduced in the Alola region. Sora had already bested the first and second rounds along with Tai and a trainer calling himself Blaze Man. Sora had to best the semi-finals in order to win the tournament.
The crowd roars as the event continues on as the tournament now has sixteen participants left. Sora, Tai, and Blaze Man are counted among the sixteen remaining.
Blaze Man is now facing off against a young karate fighter, a biker, and a schoolboy. Darmanitan is already out in the ring.
"Ladies and gentlemen! The semi-finals of PokéBrawl is about to begin! The Blaze Man is facing off against Po, Spud, and Jimmy. Which ones are they gonna send out?" Rufus announced.
Po, Spud, and Jimmy each took out a Pokéball and threw them.
"Go forth, Machoke!" Po called out.
"Go! Weezing!" Spud shouted.
"Go! Mr. Mime!" Jimmy shouted.
The Pokéballs opens and Machoke, Weezing, and Mr. Mime all enter the ring against Darmanitan. Blaze Man smirked as the blazing Pokémon shared its trainer's expression.
"Now that the stage is set, we're about to begin!" Rufus announced as the bell rings to start the battle.
"Machoke! Start up with Mega Punch!" Po ordered.
"Weezing! Headbutt!" Spud ordered.
"Mr. Mime! Use your Double Slap!" Jimmy ordered.
"Darmanitan! Fire Punch!" Blaze Man ordered. Machoke landed a Mega Punch onto Weezing before it could land a headbutt as Darmanitan lands a powerful Fire Punch onto Mr. Mime before it could land a slap.
"Darmanitan and Machoke both landed a blow onto Weezing and Mr. Mime before they could land a blow!" Rufus announced.
The crowd roars as Darmanitan and Machoke then turn to each other. Their eyes sparkled a bit.
"Looks like Machoke respects Darmanitan," Masked Royal announced. "They must saving each other for last after taking out the rest of the competition!"
"I can see that as well! I'm at the edge of my seat!" Rufus announced.
"That Darmanitan is saving that Machoke for last?" Davis asked confused.
"Just like Masked Royal said, he respects Machoke," Kairi said.
"Yeah," Mina agreed.
"The battle between them is going to be fierce; just like when he comes up against Sora or Tai later," Mallow said.
Mr. Mime and Weezing had both been taken out. The remaining two combatants stare into each other. Darmanitan raises his arms into the air before slamming his fists onto the ring. Machoke didn't even flinch.
"Darmanitan must be trying to scare Machoke off, but it doesn't seem to be working!" Rufus announced.
"Machoke doesn't look like the type to be frightened off that easily!" Masked Royal announced.
"Machoke! Use Dual Chop!" Po ordered. Machoke charges towards Darmanitan with its hand out. Machoke was to going to land one on Darmanitan, but he stops Machoke's chop attack just by grabbing it.
"Darmanitan stops Machoke's attack just by taking it by the hand! What could the Blaze Man be planning?!" Rufus exclaimed.
"Darmanitan! Body Press!" Blaze Man ordered. Darmanitan slams into Machoke using its entire body. Machoke tries to fight back, but Darmanitan was just too strong. Machoke was down for the count and the bell rings signaling that the battle was over.
"And the Blaze Man wins once more!" Rufus announced.
"It's just plain impossible! How was Darmanitan was able to overpower Machoke like that? Machoke should have been able to push it off!" Izzy proclaimed.
"I don't believe it either, but that's what happened," Duke said.
"Blaze Man's Darmanitan must have been given some kind of a special kind of training that would allow it to overcome its stronger opponents," Bakura said.
"That would make sense. Machoke are well known for their physical strength, but it doesn't mean they don't have their moments of weakness," Joe said.
"Isn't Tai up next?" Sophocles asked.
"He is. He's going to be up against some rich kid along with some other girls," Susumo said. "Flame, Drake, and Dracaena shouldn't have a problem."
Tai entered the ring taking his place, holding his Pokéball tightly. Next is a teenaged boy wearing a red shirt and a pair of blue jeans, and wore a pair of sandals. Next is a girl with short green hair wearing a pink dress, while the second girl has long blonde hair and she wore a red dress and is carrying a small umbrella.
"Next, is Tai versus the boy billionaire Morton St. Cloud, Gabrielle, and Christa! Two of which being the opposite sex, but only one will be walking away a winner!" Rufus announced.
"Go! Flame!" Tai shouted as Flame roars upon entry.
"Go! Decidueye!" Morton shouted as he let out his Decidueye.
"I choose you, Golduck!" Gabrielle shouted as her Golduck had entered the ring.
"Go! Clefable!" Christa shouted. Her Clefable entered the ring and does a little twirl. The bell rings.
"And there's the bell!" Rufus announced.
"Decidueye! Spirit Shackle on that Charizard!" Morton ordered. Decidueye takes an arrow quill from its wing and fires it right Tai's Charizard. The arrow explodes.
"Morton isn't wasting time here! His Decidueye gets right to the point!" Rufus announced.
"He really wants this to be over pretty fast. I know detemination when I see it!" Masked Royal announced.
"Golduck! Blizzard!" Gabrielle ordered.
"Clefable! You use Magical Leaf!" Christa ordered.
Golduck fires a blizzard right at Decidueye, but it dodges Golduck's attack. Clefable fires multicolored leaves right at Flame.
"Flame! Block that with Flamethrower!" Tai ordered. Flame unleashes Flamethrower and the attack burns the leaves and hits Clefable right on the mark.
"Decidueye! Use Your Leaf Storm!" Morton ordered. Decidueye creates a sotrm of leaves and they go everywhere. The attack takes out both Golduck and Clefable. The girls were shocked when they witnessed their Pokémon taken out by a singal attack. Flame just blocked it with his wings.
"Did you just see that?! Clefable and Golduck had been taken out, but Charizard is still standing!" Rufus exclaimed.
"Morton must be disappointed to see his plan to take down all of his opponents all at once seems to have backfired!" Masked Royal announced. Tai's parents and sister smiled when they saw Flame was still standing and blocking Leaf Storm wit his wings.
"What the hell is going on?! That Charizard was supposed to be taken out with Leaf Storm! I had my servants work hard to make it happen!" Morton exclaimed in his thoughts.
"Flame! Flamethrower at full power!" Tai ordred. Flame fired a powerful Flamethrower and it strikes Decidueye hard and it knocks out the arrow quill Pokémon. The bell rings.
"Tai had once again blew away the competition! If I was Morton, I would be kicking myself for losing like that!" Rufus announced. Morton cried like the spoiled child that he is having to lose the battle like that.
Tai left the ring just in time for Sora to come in.
"Knock 'em down, Ketchum," Tai said.
"I'll give it everything I have," Sora said.
"Up next! Sora versus Catherine versus Leo versus Ralph versus Alan!" Rufus announced. Sora and his opponents came to the ring. Catherine has long blonde hair and blue eyes. She wore a red dress and red dress shoes. She took a glance over to Sora and her heart melted at the sight of him. Ralph came in and he wore a red shirt and brown pants. Alan wore a stetson hat and blue overalls and a white shirt. "Is young Sora going to make it to the finals or is he going to be knocked out of the game?" Many of the crowd cheers on for Sora to make the win.
"Here we go again," Hapu said.
"Looks like a lot of people is rooting for Sora no matter what," Joey said.
"Mostly the girls in here," Téa said.
"We pretty much got a good look at that when those girls in Goldenrod City gave Sora quite a chase," Jun remembered. Kairi's cheeks puffed up in jealousy when Davis's sister brought it up. Yuuko turned to Kairi.
"So, your boyfriend is quite popular with the ladies, isn't he?" Yuuko questioned in a playful tone. Kari laugh a bit.
"He really is. Mimi flirted with him when we met him," Kari said, making Mimi blush at the memory.
"But, he has eyes only on Kairi," Sara added.
"Seriously? Those girls would go gaga for Sora just like that? He's got to teach me how to pull it off," Joey said.
"I don't think it works that way, Joey," Yugi told him. Zeraora nodded in agreement.
"He's right. Try as many times as you want, but the results will only be the same," Mai said. "You must know I'm way out of your league."
"Hey!" Joey bellowed.
"You shouldn't feel alone, Joey. My brother Davis is pretty much the same," Jun teased.
"Hey, who asked you, Jun?!" Davis snapped at his older sister.
"Everyone pipe down! The battle is about to start," Hapu said. Sora takes out a Pokéball as did the rest.
"Go! Heracross!" Sora shouted as Heracross is let out to battle.
"Go! Vaporeon!" Catharine shouted. When Vaporeon is let out stars swirls around it. This Vaporeon is purple and the fins are dark yellow.
"Go! Kingler!" Ralph shouted. Kingler clamped its pincer twice upon entry.
"I choose you, Pinsir!" Alan shouted. Pinsir clamps its horns three times as it entered the ring.
"Sora had chosen Heracross, Catherine has chosen Vaporeon, Ralph had chosen Ursaring, and Alan had chosen Pinsir! Another interesting battle this will be!" Rufus announced.
"Telling how this looks, this match could go either way with them!" Masked Royal announced.
"Is anyone seeing that Vaporeon out there? It's totally a different color," Joey said.
"It's a Shiny Pokémon. But, I'm more concerned about that Kingler and that Pinsir in the ring with Sora's Heracross," Illima said.
"Me too. Normally, Heracross and Pinsir get along with each other, but there'll be no friendly competition here," Lillie said.
"No," Mina agreed.
"Kingler! Begin with your Crabhammer!" Ralph ordered.
"Pinsir! Quick Attack!" Alan ordered.
Pinsir ran right into Kingler when it was getting close to Heracross.
"Vaporeon! Ice Beam!" Catherine ordered. Vaporeon fired Ice Beam and it struck both Pinsir and Kingler solid.
"Whoa! Kingler was about to land a blow onto Heracross, but Pinsir had stopped it with Quick Attack, and now both Kingler and Pinsir are frozen!" Rufus announced. "I'm getting the chills just by watching this!"
"Same here! Heracross is sparred from Vaporeon's wrath; at least for now," Masked Royal announced.
"Now Vaporeon! Use Liquidation on Pinsir and Kingler!" Catherine ordered. Vaporeon forms a sword of water and swung it at both Pinsir and Kingler.
"Heracross! Get in some of the action with Megahorn!" Sora ordered. Heracross charges towards Vaporeon with his horn glowing light green and growing in size. Heracross strikes Vaporeon on the spot. "Now use Arm Thrust!" Heracross repeatedly strikes Vaporeon with his claws. Heracros strikes Vaporeon three times. Vaporeon just shook it off like it was nothing.
"First Heracross strikes with Megahorn and then it moved right in with Arm Thrust! Sora isn't messing around here!" Rufus announced.
"Catherine must have gotten careless when she was handling Pinsir and Kingler by forgetting about Sora and his Heracross. That's a huge mistake that's gonna cost her," Masked Royal announced.
"What is that girl doing down there? She wasn't even focusing on Sora at all," Mallow said.
"It's almost like Catherine has a crush on him or something?" Serenity guessed. Kairi gritted her teeth in jealousy.
"I'm pretty sure that's what it is," Matt said.
"I honestly hope not, because Kairi isn't liking it one bit," Kari pointed out.
Togepi, Seel, Steenee, Sunflora, Sentret, and Hoppip kept cheering on Sora for the win.
"Pinsir! Use your Revenge on Vaporeon!" Alan ordered. Pinsir's eyes glows red and it ran towards Vaporeon. Pinsir swipes at the Water Type Eeveelution leaving a trail of orange energy.
"Pinsir just made a devastating blow with its Revenge! That deals major damage especially when struck by an attack!" Rufus announced.
"Alan wasn't happy about getting his Pinsir turned into a popsicle. And I don't think Ralph is gonna have any warm fuzzies about it either," Masked Royal announced.
"Kingler! Use Brutal Swing!" Ralph ordered. Kingler moves in to grab Vaporeon with its large pincer. Catherine wasn't going to let her Vaporeon get hurt by the crab Pokémon.
"Vaporeon! Dodge and use another Ice Beam!" Catherine ordered. Vaporeon fired Ice Beam and the attack froze Kingler's large claw. The cold became too much for Kingler to handle.
"Kingler doesn't look too pleased about having its large pincer frozen like an igloo," Masked Royal announced.
"I know I said I got the chills before, but now I'm even chillier just by looking at this!" Rufus announced. Pinsir moves right in to strike Vaporeon, but Heracross comes swooping in with another Megahorn. "What is this?! Heracross had just horned right into Pinsir, saving Vaporeon in the process! I was not expecting this to happen!" Nancy was amazed by what she just saw.
"That Heracross is much stronger than I remember. It put up a much better fight than it did against Whitney's Miltank. I wonder if battling against an Ultra Beast has anything to do with it," Nancy said in her thoughts.
"Pinsir! Forget about that Vaporeon and focus on that Heracross instead! Revenge!" Alan ordered. Pinsir started to run towards the single horn Pokémon to land a devastating blow.
"Heracross! Cancel out Revenge with another Megahorn!" Sora ordered. Heracross came at Pinsir and lifted Pinsir up into the air and gave it a good toss.
"Wow! Heracross has literally gave Pinsir a lift! Now all is left is the landing!" Rufus announced. Pinsir lands on the ground and is knocked out from the assault. "A graceful start, but a little rough on the landing! Pinsir is out out the match! Now only Kingler and Vaporeon are left to deal with this Bug and Fighting Type Pokémon!"
"Kingler! Crabhammer on Heracross!" Ralph ordered. Kingler moved in to land a blow onto Heracross.
"Dodge and use Brick Break!" Sora ordered. Heracross dodges Crabhammer and lands a hit onto Kingler as a heavy blowing chop. Kingler was down and out.
"Now it's Kingler that had been taken out! Now only Sora and Catherine are left in this battle!" Rufus announced. Catherine takes out a towel and threw it. "Wait a minute, folks! Am I seeing what I think I'm seeing?! Catherine had just thrown in the towel!"
"Wait. She's forfeiting?" Davis asked.
"I guess she didn't want to see her Vaporeon get hurt again," Lana said.
"That might be it; or more," Riku said.
Catherine looked over to Sora and calls back her Vaporeon.
"Why are you just pulling out?" Sora asked confused. She just smiled.
"I only just wanted to meet you once, Sora. I was quite impressed by your battling skills. What I heard about you was true. You're commanding and kind at the same time. And that's what I admire about you," Catherin said. Sora was about to ask her what she meant, but she takes her leave in such a rush.
"Ookay," Sora said in his thoughts.
Sora takes his leave of the ring just so as the next one can begin. The battle taking place is a young man wearing a wreslter's outfit, the same as the Masked Royal, but is yellow and blue. A Feraligatr, a Rhyhorn, and an Arcanine all had lost to a blue Pokémon that looks like an octopus. Its face has a design that is similar to masked wrestler that is yellow in color, with 2 light blue eyes. Its tentacles are black on the underside and have yellow suckers on them. This Pokémon has 4 tentacles as arms, 1 wrapped around its belly as a belt, and 3 as feet. Its head has small jet at the side.
"And The Brusier had wiped out the competition! That Grapploct is a force to be reckoned with!" Rufus announced. The crowd roars Brusier and Grapploct had high-fived each other.
"That's a real tough Pokémon," Sora said, taking out his Pokédex. "What does Dexter has to say about you, Grapploct?" Sora points it at the new Pokémon.
Grapploct, the Jujitsu Pokemon
The evolved form of Clobbopus
Type: Fighting
Grapploct has a body made up of nothing but muscle makes the grappling moves this Pokémon performs with its tentacles tremendously powerful. It's always searching for an opponent to test its skills against, so it emerges onto land. Once the battle is over, it returns to the sea.
"Man, with those tentacles, it's going to be a tough on to beat," Sora said.
"Pika, Pika," Pikachu agreed.
"If you're saying Tai and that blaze guy are just as tough, then you would be right, buddy," Sora said.
The finals had finally come. Sora knew Tai and Blaze Man was going to make it to the final round with their skills. He was expecting Brusier to make it to the final round as well. There was a new rule placed into the mix since being the finals.
"Now that the finals had arrived, there will be a brand new rule we had added. The finalsts will be using two Pokémon each for their battles. We will be using it in a style of tag team wrestling!" Rufus announced. Everyone was slightly confused by this new addition. "Perhaps I shall allow the Masked Royal explain this new rule to this round." Masked Royal stood up.
"How this works is this. We will be doing the same tatic on our battles. As Rufus had already explained, both trainers will be using two Pokémon for each team. And like in tag team wrestling, the Pokémon shall tag out when the siutaion has become too extreme and its teammate comes in for the save. Or it's to help finish what the teammate had started. But, if one of those Pokémon on the team is eliminated during the battle, then that team automatically loses the battle!" Masked Royal explained.
"An automatic loss if one is taken down. It's not as easy as I thought," Sora said in his thoughts.
"Pika, Pika," Pikachu said.
"Looks like it's going to get much harder at this point," Ken said.
"I'm with him. Sora and Tai had come this far and they'll have to give it their all at this point," Yugi said.
"Don't any of you forget about Blaze Man. He's going to a tough one if the big-hair pair faces him at once," Mai said.
"I agree with Mai. There is also the trainer with the Grapploct. I am curious to see what other Pokémon he has besides that one," Illima stated.
The first round is Sora against three other boys. One has dark blue hair and blue eyes. He wore a white bandana. The second boy has light green hair and he is wearing a pair of glasses and Chinese-style clothes. The third boy has short blonde hair and he wore a black shirt imprinted with a skull and black jeans.
"The first round of the finals has started off with Sora Ketchum, Manny, Jackie, and Bryan taking the first battle! These four young trainers have made it so far to get here and there's no way for them to turn back now!" Rufus announced.
"These four had gone through so much since it started and only one of them is heading into the final round after the other four battles. And you can bet who has my eye," Masked Royal announced.
"Well, let's hope for the best! Now the four trainers will have to choose their Pokémon for this tag team battle!" Rufus announced. Sora had taken out two of his Pokéballs.
"Go for it, Ursaring and Primeape!" Sora shouted. Ursaring and Primeape had come out of their Pokéballs. Sora looked over to Primeape. "Okay Primeape. You can start things up." Primeape nodded and entered the ring. Manny and the others had taken out two each.
"Go! Rhydon and Donphan!" Manny shouted. The Pokéballs had opened and both Donphan and Rhydon had come out. Rhydon enters the ring.
"I choose my Scyther and my Forretress!" Jackie shouted. Forretress had entered the ring.
"Go! Raichu and Electabuzz!" Bryan shouted. Raichu and Electabuzz had both come out of their Pokéballs. Electabuzz enters the ring.
"Sora has chosen his Ursaring and his Primeape! And it looks like his Primeape is taking the lead. Manny's Rhydon does the same as his Donphan takes the bench for now. Forretress takes the first step until Scyther is good and ready. And finally Bryan had chosen two Electric Type Pokémon and his Electabuzz gives Bryan a jumpstart!" Rufus announced.
"These four had made some pretty good choices. Bryan is going to have a hard time with Rhydon since being a Ground Type Pokémon. Hope Bryan is ready for whatever punishment Manny's Rhydon can deliver. Also Sora's Primeape will rock Rhydon's world if you know what I mean," Masked Royal announced.
"Primeape is a pretty good choice against that Rhydon. The same way Rhydon has the edge over Elctabuzz," Izzy said.
"Just hope Sora isn't too worried about what kinds of tricks that Forretress has," TK said.
"Forretress! Begin with Rapid Spin onto Rhydon!" Jackie ordered.
"Rhydon! Block it with Iron Tail!" Manny ordered.
"Electabuzz! Use Karate Chop on Primeape!" Bryan ordered.
Forretreess spins right towards Rhydon, but it blocks just by swinging its tail giving off a metallic glow. Forretress goes flying across the ring. Electabuzz heads right towards Primeape to give him a chop on the head.
"Primeape! Dodge and use Dual Chop!" Sora ordered. Primeape gives multiple chops on Electabuzz with his hand. Forretress heads right towards Electabuzz and Primeape; both Sora and Bryan saw it coming.
"Dodge it!" Sora and Bryan shouted. Primeape and Electabuzz turned to see Forretress spin right towards them and they both jump out of the way and onto the ropes.
"That was a close shave for Electabuzz and Primeape! They avoided Forretress's spin drive just by jumping on the ropes to safety!" Rufus announced.
"I can give them both some points for that kind of quick thinking! Just hope Forretress doesn't get too out of control out there!" Masked Royal announced.
Rhydon stops Forretress just by catching it and spinning around on its finger like a basketball. Forretress is then tossed and lands right back to Jackie.
"Forretress! Tag out!" Jackie called out. Forretress tags out and Scyther goes right in.
"Looks like Scyther is being sent in now!" Masked Royal announced.
"And not a moment too soon, if I may add! It didn't look like Forretress was going to last much longer out there, so Scyther is filling in for its comrade!" Rufus announced.
"Scyther! Move in with your Vaccum Wave!" Jackie ordered. Scyther swings its syches and sent a blade of air right at Rhydon. That causes heavy damage onto the bipedal rhino-like Pokémon, making it fall to the ropes. Donphan comes and tags Rhydon out.
"Now Donphan is swicthing in! And with Donphan's armor, Scyther is going to have such a hard time with this Pokémon!" Rufus announced.
"Donphan! Move in with Fire Fang!" Manny ordered. Donphan's tusks emits fire and heads right towards Scyther.
"Use Light Screen!" Jackie ordered. Scyther forms a protective golden yellow barrier and Donphan is stopped by the screen of light, but it tries to get through with its tusks burning fiercely.
"Scyther saved itself by using that Light Screen to protective itself! If it was too late, it would have been TOO hot to handle!" Rufus announced while laughing. The crowd all just groaned just by how lame that joke was.
"Electabuzz! Use Karate Chop on Primeape again!" Bryan ordered. Electabuzz jumps off the ropes and heads right towards Primeape.
"Primape! Use Power-Up Punch!" Sora ordered. Primeape jumps off the ropes and lands a fast punch onto Electabuzz. The Electric Type Pokémon falls to the ring. Bryan had to think fast and switch with Raichu.
"Tag out, Electabuzz!" Bryan shouted. Electabuzz tags out and Raich comes in. "Raichu! Use Wild Charge!" Raichu comes right at Primeape with its body surrounded by electricity. The attacks lands onto Primeape. Ursaring comes an they tag out. The bear Pokémon comes right in.
"First Raichu fills in for Electabuzz, now Primeape switches in for Ursaring! How will these make all the difference?!" Rufus announced.
"Ursaring! Slash!" Sora ordered. Ursaring slashes right at Raichu and is sent right at Donphan still trying to break through Scyther's defense. Donphan falls right over. Donphan tags out and Rhydon comes in. Ursaring is stopped when Rhydon comes right in front of the bear Pokémon.
"Rhydon is back in the ring and it's not too happy about Raichu being sent into its buddy like that," Masked Royal announced.
"Looks like it'll be payback on Donphan's behalf!" Rufus added.
"Rhydon! Use Dynamic Punch on that Ursaring!" Manny ordered. Rhydon threw its fist right at Ursaring. Sora knew what was gonna happen when it lands a hit.
"Duck!" Sora called out. Ursaring ducked our of the way before Rhydon could land a punch. "Now use Metal Claw!" Ursaring swipes at Rhydon with his claws. "Nice one, Ursaring! Now tag-out!" Ursaring tags out and Primeape moves back in. "Okay Primeape! Power-Up Punch!" Primeape lands a strong punch onto Rhydon and it falls back. Raichu moves out of the way and Rhydon is down for the count.
"And Manny is the first to be eliminated in the finals! Too bad, because if Raichu hadn't bounced into Donphan in the first place, he would still be in it!" Rufus announced.
"Man! My Lightning Rod plan just blew a fuse!" Manny groaned.
"Raichu! Wilod Charge at Primeape!" Bryan ordered.
"Scyther! Night Slash on Primeape as well!" Jackie ordered. Richu comes at Primeape with its body covered with electricity and Scyther comes at the pig monkey Pokémon with its scyche covered in a dark aura.
"Dodge it!" Sora called out. Primeape manages to dogde Raichu's Wild Charge, but wasn't enough to dodge out of Scyther's Night Slash. Ursaring held out his paw and Primeape tags out. Ursaring comes right back in.
"Looks like Ursaring is back right in there! Can Ursaring hope to win it?!" Rufus exclaimed.
"Hope so. Ursaring will have to last for as long as he can," Kiawe said.
"Ursaring! Use Feint Attack!" Sora ordered. Ursaring starts to pretend he's looking for something. He looks to the left and to the right. Raichu and Scyther stares at Ursaring oddly. Both the mouse and mantis Pokémon just looked at each other and shrugs their shoulders. Ursaring lands a hit onto Raichu and lands right on Scyther. "That was great! Now Play Rough!" Ursaring jumps right at Scyther and Raichu as a dust cloud picks up. Ursaring pummels both of his opponents silly. The dust cloud had subsided and Ursaring dusts off his paws as the bell rings.
"Sora had taken out both of Jackie and Bryan! He'll be moving on in the final round of PokéBrawl!" Rufus announced.
Tai, Blaze Man, and Brusier had mopped the floor with their opponents and all four of them are now facing off with each other.
"Now here is what you have been waiting for! The final round of the PokéBrawl tournament! This will be a battle to remember!" Masked Royal announced.
"How right you are, Masked Royal! Just who do you have eyes for in this final round, Masked Royal?" Rufus asked.
"Judging by how far these four trainers had come, this final round could go either way for all four of them! Sora is clearly the favorite or this one, but the way I see it, Blaze Man and Brusier are what is keeping him from winning the winner's cup! But, I'm not couting out Tai and his Dragon Warriors as he would put it forward. That Charizard and Dragonite of his had come through during the finals and the same can be said for Blaze Man's evolution team and Brusier's Grapploct. And like I said before, this could either way for all four of them," Masked Royal announced.
"Now we only need the trainers to choose their Pokémon and come out battling!" Rufus annoounced. Sora had made his choice. He knew he was going with Flame and one of his Dragonite, so he figured Pikachu would be a way to go. He takes out a Safari Ball.
"Come on out, Kommo-o!" Sora shouted. The Safari Ball opens and Kommo-o stands right next to Sora. "I'll be going with you and Kommo-o, Pikachu. I know you'll pull through for me when I need you."
"Pikachu," Pikachu nodded.
"Great! You'll be going in first," Sora said. Pikachu enters the ring. Tai smirked.
"Knew you were going with Pikachu for this one, Ketchum. Flame and Drake are my best bet," Tai said as he threw both his Pokéball and Ultra Ball, letting out his chosen Pokémon. Flame enters the ring as well. It was obvious Blaze Man was going with Darumaka and Darmanitan, so he sends in Darumaka in first. And finally, Brusier was going with his Grapploct and Golisopod. Bruiser sends his Golisopod in first.
Hiroaki and his crew were recording every inch of the action and Nancy was sitting anxiously as she waited for the match to begin.
Up in the stands, Kairi, her Pokémon, the Pichu, Riku, Naminé, Eevee, Azurill, Kari, her parents, her and her brother's friends, Yugi, Zeraora, and his friends were watching the final match to begin. Everyone only waited for the bell to ring to make it official. The bell rings as the final battle begins.
"And here they go!" Rufus announced.
"Darumaka! Begin with your Fire Fang on Pikachu!" Blaze Man ordered. Darumaka comes towards Pikachu with its teeth on fire.
"Pikachu! Dodge with Quick Attack!" Sora ordered. Pikachu uses his speed to avoid Darumaka's attack. The zen charm Pokémon began chasing after Pikachu.
"Flame! Mega Punch on Golisopod!" Tai ordered.
"Golisopod! Block the punch!" Bruiser called out. Golisopod blocks's Flame's attack just by taking him by the hand. "Poison Jab!" Golisopod's claws glows purple and lands a hit onto Flame.
"Blaze Man's Darumaka chases after Pikachu to land a Fire Fang while Bruiser's Golisopod lands a devastating blow onto Charizard! This battle is really heating up from the word go!" Rufus announced.
"Pikachu! Iron Tail!" Sora ordered. Pikachu's tail gives a metallic glow and swings right at Darumaka, landing a hit. "Now use Thunderbolt!" Pikachu fired Thunderbolt to land a hit onto the Fire Type Pokémon.
"Dodge it!" Blaze Man called out. Darumaka simply dodges just by jumping out of the way just by jumping. Darumaka tags out and Darmanitan came in. "Fire Punch!" Darmanitan's fist emits fire and it lands a burning hit onto Pikachu.
"I can bet that just burns Sora up having to see that happen to his Pikachu!" Rufus announced.
"I don't think one little punch is going to let it stop him! Sora had been in some tight spots during the Indigo Plateau and this is no different!" Masked Royal announced.
"Pikachu, tag out!" Sora called out. Pikachu tags Kommo-o and enters the ring in Pikachu's stead.
"Looks like Pikachu had tagged out and Kommo-o comes right into the fray," Masked Royal announced.
"Kommo-o! Breaking Swipe!" Sora ordered. Kommo-o swings his tail right at Darmanitan and it hits him good. Darmanitan slams right into Golisopod. Flame and Golisopd turns to Kommo-o. The scaly Pokémon gestures his opponents to come right over.
"Flame! Mega Punch!" Tai ordered. Flame came right at Kommo-o to land a punch onto him.
"Golisopod! You use Throat Chop!" Bruiser ordered. One of Golisopod's hands gets surrounded in purple energy. Golisopod's lunges its hand right towards Kommo-o.
"Dodge and use Dragon Claw!" Sora ordered. Sora dodges both attacks and swipes at both Flame and Golisopod. "Now use Clanging Scales!" Kommo-o folds his arms then unfolds them as he lets out a big roar, sending blue shockwaves towards all of his opponents.
"Kommo-o has hit all of its opponents with Clanging Scales! Talking about ear-splitting!" Rufus announced.
Golisopod ran towards Grapploct and tags out, having enough. Flame stayed in as did Darmanitan.
"Grapploct is now in! Golisopod has had enough!" Masked Royal announced.
"Grapploct! Use Octolock on Kommo-o!" Bruiser ordered. Grapploct grabs Kommo-o and wraps him in its tentacles.
"Darmanitan! Get Grapploct off of Kommo-o!" Blaze Man called out. Darmanitan gets to the wrestling octopus-like Pokémon and manages to get Grapploct off of Kommo-o, but it came with a price. Darmanitan got tangled by Grapploct's tentacles instead.
"Flame! Use Slash!" Tai ordered.
"Kommo-o! Sky Uppercut!" Sora ordered. Kommo-o and Flame both came right at each other to land a hit. Flame tried to land a hit on Komm-o, but he ducked at the last minute and gave the Charizard an uppercut on the mark.
"Ooh! Sky Uppercut has taken a pretty good hit! Is Tai going to let his Charizard stay in it or is he gonna tag out for Dragonite?" Rufus asked. He got his answer; Flame is stayin in the ring. "Looks like it's a clash between dragons here!" Drake smirked, knowing how he was inexperinced to him when it comes to evolution.
"That wasn't half bad, Ketchum. You know Flame's not going to be taken down that easily! Flame! Slash!" Tai ordered. Flame comes right towards the scaly Pokémon and swipes at him. Kommo-o raises his arms to reduce the damage.
"Looks like Tai is sticking Charizard for now. Charizard is giving Kommo-o such an assault, but Kommo-o barely even feeling that," Masked Royal announced.
Darmanitan and Grapploct both headed for Flame and Kommo-o for each one of them to land a blow.
"Darmanitan! Use Fire Punch!" Blaze Man ordered.
"Grapploct! Use Ice Punch!" Bruiser ordered.
Darmanitan landed Fire Punch onto Flame and Ice Punch landed on Kommo-o. Grapploct's Ice Punch landed a heavy blow due to his weakness to ice.
"Kommo-o! Tag out!" Sora called out.
"Pika, Pika!" Pikachu also called out.
"That won't work!" Bruiser called out. "Once Octolock takes hold, your Kommo-o is good as stuck as long as he's out. And he's not going anywhere!" He grinned. "Grapploct! Fire Octazooka!" Grapploct forms a ball of ink and fires right towards Kommo-o, hoping it'll land a finishing blow. Kommo-o was right in its path.
"Grapploct has fired Octazooka and it's heading right towards Kommo-o! Looks like it's all over for Sora in the PokéBrawl!" Rufus announced. Kairi covered her eyes, not wanting to see it while everyone else was still watching. Davis covered his ears, Joey covered his mouth, and Sophocles covered his eye just like Kairi. It looked like it was all over. Flame suddenly grabs Kommo-o and tosses him out of the way and he takes the blow for the scaly Pokémon. Octazooka hits Tai's Charizard on the back and he fell to the ground. Yuuko and Susumo were astounded by what their son's Charizard had done. Hiroaki and his crew was surprised by the very sight. Nancy was just as surprised as her ex-husband when she witnessed it. "Wow! Did you see that, everyone! Tai's Charizard had taken the hit for Sora's Kommo-o!" Kairi uncovered her eyes when she heard Kommo-o was alright. Kari was just as shocked as her parents.
"Looks like these two has a friendly rivalry and it doesn't look like he wanted it to be like that!" Masked Royal announced. "Can Charizard keep going after taking that blow in the back?" Flame manages to barely stand up. Drake holds out his claw. Flame reluctantly tags out and Drake enters the ring. "Looks like Dragonite is going in now! And it looks like Tai wants to avenge his Charizard's sacrifice!" Tai clutched his fist.
"Drake! Giga Impact on Grapploct!" Tai ordered. Drake charges towards Grapploct with his whole body surrounded in a purple aura with yellow stripes of aura spiraling around the purple aura.Drake lands a blow onto the wrestling octopus Pokémon and lands on the platform faced down. Grapploct tried to get back up, but fell back down due to heavy damage.
"And Dragonite had taken down Grapploct with a pretty epic Giga Impact! Bruiser had been eliminated! And i had such high hopes for him too!" Rufus announced.
"Now Bruiser had been knocked out, that just leaves Sora and Blaze Man left to contend to!" Masked Royal announced. Kommo-o tagged out and Pikachu had entered the ring.
"Looks like Pikachu has come back out to play! Can Pikachu handle playing with these big boys?" Rufus asked.
"Sora knew very well his Kommo-o had taken enough of a beating from the others, so it looks like he wants to finish this the way he started," Masked Royal announced. Blaze Man smiled as Pikachu had come back.
"Pikachu is the one Pokémon I wanted to battle against. Pikachu is the only one that I had my eye on out of the others Sora had sent out to battle in this competition. And I know Darmanitan is anxious to have that battle as well. Darumaka only softened it up a little," Blaze Man said in his thoughts. Drake was about to move in on Darmanitan as Pikachu was heading right for him as well. He ordered, "Dodge and use Zen Headbutt!" Darmanitan dodges and heads head down right at Drake. The attack had taken Drake and he fell to the platform below. "Now use Fire Punch!" Darmanitan gave the Dragonite a burning punch.
"Pikachu! Thunderbolt now!" Sora called out. Pikachu fired Thunderbolt shoking both Darmanitan and Drake. Drake had taken heavy damage and fell back down.
"Now it's Tai that is down and out! And it looked like he was so close!" Rufus announced. Darmanitan had taken heavy damage and transformed into its Zen Mode. "It looks like Darmanitan has taken heavy damge from Pikachu's Thunderbolt as well! That Zen Mode it's in will be a hard nut to crack!"
"Whoa. So, that's Zen Form. I never seen anything like this before," Kairi said.
"I only read about it in books. It takes effect when Darmanitan as its stamina is down by half. I think it's going to be even harder for Sora since Darmanitan is in that form," Lillie said.
"How's that? It just looks like a statue. So, statues don't move," Joey stated.
"True, but I have to agree with Lillie. Even in Zen Mode Darmanitan will be difficult for Sora to handle," Yugi stated.
Sora stares right at Darmanitan in his Zen Mode and then right at Blaze Man. He knew he wasn't going to have Darmanitan tag out even when Darmanitan is in Zen Mode. But, he had to take him out fast.
"Pikachu! Thunderbolt!" Sora ordered. Pikachu fired Thunderbolt right at Darmanitan. He sensed Pikachu's attack and moved just by rolling out of the way.
"Looks like Darmanitan isn't going to be an easy opponent for Pikachu, since it's just rolling like a round smooth stone in a river! What does the Blae Man have planned for Sora?" Rufus asked.
"Zen Headbutt!" Blaze Man ordered. Darmanitan levitated into the air and headed right down at Pikachu like a heat-seeking missle. Sora knew this wasn't going to be pretty.
"Hurry Pikachu! Out of the way!" Sora called out. Pikachu dodges Darmanitan's attack. Darmanitan goes up and then dives back down again. Pikachu kept dodging and dodging and Darmanitan kept coming right down at Pikachu.
"Darmanitan is darting right into Pikachu and not giving up," TK said.
"Is that what that Blaze guy had in mind right from the start?" Tristan asked.
"That's what is looks like. Blaze Man must have wanted to battle Pikachu and no other Pokémon," Duke said.
"That would make sense. Its common knowledge that Pikachu are the most recognizable Pokémon there is. Also, Pikachu are not indigenous to the Unova region," Illima said.
Darmanitan kept coming down right at Pikachu like a missle and Pikachu kept dodging the attacks. Sora knew Pikachu was going to slip up eventually and even if he had tagged Pikachu out for Kommo-o, it wouldn't matter since Kommo-o had taken loads of damage during the tournament. Pikachu had slipped just as Sora knew he would.
"uh-oh," Sora said. Darmanitan was cming down right at Pikachu.
"Darmanitan is coming down with that Zen Headbutt! Now it looks like it's all over now!" Rufus announced.
"Pikachu!" Sora called out. Pikachu jumped into the air and got onto Darmaintan's back. The crowd was amazed by what they were seeing.
"Talking about a miracle leap! Pikachu had jumped onto Darmanitan's back and he's riding on its back!" Rufus announced.
"Pikachu had heard its trainer's voice and now it's holding on tight!" Masked Royal announced. Blaze Man gritted his teeth as he wasn't expecting this to happen.
"No! This wasn't supposed to go down like this!" Blaze Man exclaimed.
"Pikachu! Thunderbolt!" Sora ordered. Pikachu gave a real powerful Thunderbolt right at Darmanitan. The sparks of the electricity went everywhere, Hiroaki and his crew had ducked to prevent themselves from being shocked. Darmanitan fell to the ground with his eyes swirling as Pikachu is standing on right on top of him. The bell rings indicating both the battle and the tournament is now over.
"Sora had won PokéBrawl! Sora had won PokéBrawl! Sora had won PokéBrawl!" Rufus exclaimed as the crowd had roared. Kairi smiled, knowing her boyfriend would pull through when it mattered to him the most.
Back in Porta Vista, the staff had started to celebrate Sora's victory. Over in Pallet Town, Sora's family, Terra, Aqua, Lea, Isa, and Kairi's grandmother were proud of Sora for winning the tournament.
Cameras flashed as Sora, Pikachu, Kommo-o, Ursaring, Kangaskhan, Primeape, and Heracross stood in the winner's circle. Rufus had present him the winner's trophy for first place. Nancy and some other journalists had bombarded Sora with loads of questions as he was being interviewd. Hiroaki and his crew were recording it all as were many. Sora even went through a meet and greet with many of his fans. Tai and Kari's parents even got the autgraph they wanted from him.
"Got it!" Yuuko said, happily.
"Gotta hand it Tai, he gave it his all in this," Susumo said.
"He did. I am proud of him. I couldn't be even prouder of him for everything he had," Yuuko said.
Weevil and Rex fumed with rage over the fact they didn't get their revenge match against Sora.
"I can't freaking believe we both got our asses handed to us on the first round!" Rex roared.
"And it was thanks to that big-haired goon!" Weevil added. "The next time we see him, he's toast!"
The two teens had sworn revenge on Tai as well for their defeat just the same as they had on Sora, Kairi, and Lana.
Once the competition's closing ceremony had concluded, Sora, Kairi, Riku, Naminé, Pikachu, Togepi, Eevee, Azurill, the Pichu, and the Alolan nine all head for the Pokémon Center to have his team healed up from their battles. Sora then gets an email from Professor Oak.
"Professor Oak must be congratulating me," Sora said. At the same time, he figured it had something to do with the red Gyarados he caught in the Lake of Rage. He made contact with the Pokémon professor as soon as he checked in Pikachu and the others.
"Sora, good. You've got my message! I'm glad we could talk like this," Professor Oak said smiling. Sora also smiled.
"Me too, professor. I'm going to guess you, my mom, Kairi's grandma, Lea, and Isa were watching," Sora guessed.
"Sure have. Your relatives along with Terra and Aqua have come all the way from Porta Vista as soon as your mother contacted them. They are mighty proud of you, Sora!" Professor Oak said. He took a deep breath. "There is another reason that I wanted you to talk to you."
"I figured as much. Would it have something to do with my red Gyarados, professor?" Sora asked in a sly tone. The professor laughed.
"Looks like you've caught me, Sora. I will admit, it does have a lot to do with your Gyarados. I am requesting that you refrain from adding your Gyarados into your team for a short time. I know, it sounds very irregular, but it's just I wanted to do some research on its unique coloring. But, only of if you're alright with it. I'm sorry to ask you for such a thing," Professor Oak said. Sora grinned.
"Why not? I had a feeling you were going to do something like that. I guess I can stick with my other Pokémon for a while until I hear it's okay to use my Gyarados again," Sora said.
"I was hoping you would be so understanding, Sora. But again, I am sorry to ask for such a selfish request," Professor Oak said.
"It's not a problem, professor. I just hope you would get what you need by the time I get to Blackthorn City," Sora said.
"I promise it won't take long, Sora," the professor assured the young Pokémon trainer. "I'll send you an email to confirm that it's going to be alright for you to use your Gyarados again. I wish you luck on your way, Sora."
"Thank you, professor. Goodbye," Sora said.
"Goodbye," Professor Oak said, hanging up.
Sora hung up as well and he rejoined his friends.
"So, what did the professor wanted to talk to you about, Sora?" Lillie asked.
"Two things, Lillie. He wanted to congratulate me for winning PokéBrawl. Also, he wanted to do some research on my Gyarados for a little while," Sora said.
"He seriously asked you for that?" Hapu asked.
"He did," Sora said. Riku blinked twice.
"You mean he wanted to have a look at that red Gyarados you caught at the Lake of Rage?" Riku asked.
"Yeah. I have plenty of other Pokémon to use and he promised it wasn't going to take very long," Sora said.
"I'll have to admit, I was shocked when I saw it with my own eyes," Naminé said.
"You're not the first one, Naminé," Acerola said.
Sora had picked up Pikachu and the others. He accessed his Pokédex and he exchanged Heracross, Kommo-o, Ursaring, Primeape, and Kangaskhan for Meganium, Typhlosion, Feraligatr, Noctowl, and Silvally. Sora figured he would have Silvally with him just in case of any Ultra Beasts decided to show up.
On the very next morning, Sora, Kairi, Pikachu, Togepi, the Pichu, and the Alolan nine said their goodbyes to their friends and continued on their way to Blackthorn City. So, many more adventures were on the way soon.