Either way, it was Flaradillo, Riley's last Pokemon. Whether she knew or not, it wasn't the ideal Pokemon to face her with. Riley clenched his fists, scared of losing this important battle. Could he risk Saburr being damaged again? He would have to. He ordered Saburr to use Crunch!
"Kala! Mon-mon!" Maskalmon screeched as it flopped on the ground, in critical condition! It restored some of its health though, both from its Aqua Ring and its Leftovers. It used Hydro Pump again, but Saburr dodged it just in time! The water jet nearly hit Riley's feet and he had to jump back to avoid it!
Saburr used Crunch one final time. It would have to be the last time, or the entire battle could be risked! Saburr looked exhausted from all of its pressure! Riley hadn't noticed it until now, but Maskalmon's thick, hard facial scales were hurting Saburr as it attacked. This was the result of its Ability, Rough Skin. How could he not have noticed!?
One more attack. Just one more. Saburr crunched down on Maskalmon until it felt its spine on its sharp teeth. Then, it let up. Maskalmon twitched as it fell unconscious, now unable to battle.
"Okay, Riley, you're pretty good. But I've saved my secret weapon for last." Azura sent out her Pokemon!
"Shii?" it squealed, muttering. It shook its head, tired. It looked at the big, terrifying, intimidating Saburr and started panicking. Its cry was loud and long. That's when Riley heard a rumble reverberate through the entire tunnel!
The little blue Pokemon looked to calm down as the rumble got louder. What was making the cave vibrate? The door burst open as nearly a hundred fish, identical to Azura's, poured in like an army! Riley couldn't help but scream!
The fish formed a school, and when it was complete, a giant titan of a Pokemon swam in the air above everyone. Riley gulped and clenched his fists even harder than they were, his fingernails digging into his palms so hard he felt warm blood stain them!
Saburr shivered. It was terrified. But it would have to- No. No, Riley couldn't force Saburr to fight an enemy like this when it was so scared. He checked up on Corvekt, who had had a little bit of time to recover. He let it out of its PokeBall. It was still terribly weak, but it jumped at the chance to help the team! Riley gave it the last remaining helping of Oran Berry Pie that he had, making sure it was in top shape to fight this intimidating army of foes!
"Wishiwashi, use Hydro Pump!" With Azura's command, the giant school of fish-like Pokemon, Wishiwashi, sent water jets to the mouth of the beast they'd created. It built up, and then fired at Corvekt! But Corvekt managed to dodge the attack!
Corvekt sighed. It used a brand-new move that it had never learned before. It tensened its muscles. It was using Bulk Up! It increased its drive to attack so much that its next attack might do up to double the damage more than usual!
Wishiwashi used Bubble Beam! The school of Wishiwashi each shot bubbles at Corvekt that formed a beam! But it did little damage to Corvekt, even with all the power of the team! Corvekt slashed its Leaf Blade faster than any of the Trainers, or any of the Wishiwashi could see! It was behind the army of water-types before anyone noticed it had moved!
Several of the fish swam away, making the school of Wishiwashi shrink! This was good news! The school used their tanky vessel's tail to smash into Corvekt! Aqua Tail! Corvekt took so much damage that it immediately went into critical condition!
Riley ordered it to use one more Leaf Blade, so it did! This brought the Wishiwashi to just over half its health. Then, Azura had the Wishiwashi school use Bubble Beam! The attack caused Corvekt to faint! Riley panicked!
"Dillo!?" Flaradillo shrieked, seeing what it was up against! It tried to calm down, but could barely bring itself to. It tried using its strongest move, Flame Wheel, on the Wishiwashi school but it did minuscule damage!
Then, Azura pulled out a tactic Riley could never have seen coming! She was laughing evilly as she thought of it. Rolling up her grey sleeve, Azura revealed a stone-textured bracelet which had a sapphire jewel forged into it.
"Wishiwashi, now! Hydro Vortex!" Azura yelled, filled with excitement! The energy from her was delivered to her own Wishiwashi, which was at the core of the beast its school had formed.
Water filled the room so high that even the Trainers were submerged. Then, the Wishiwashi school swam harshly into Flaradillo! The water in the room turned into a whirlpool that surrounded the poor fire-type Pokemon, and Wishiwashi continually attacked it as it was trying to stay afloat in the vortex!
"Flara... di-" Then, poor Flaradillo fainted from the terrifyingly strong and super effective attack!
Gasping, Riley quickly withdrew Flaradillo's unconscious body back into its PokeBall! He looked down at his PokeBalls clipped to his belt. Only one left glowing with white light: livelihood. Saburr.
Kissing the PokeBall's shiny red hemisphere, Riley sent out his final hope of winning this battle! "Burr-awr!" Saburr roared, ready for battle! Ferocious mist poured from between its vibrating, growling teeth.
It jumped right into the mouth of the Wishiwashi school's beast formation! It latched onto the leader, Azura's Wishiwashi, in the core of the school of fish! It yelped and whimpered as it was mauled by Saburr's ice-coated fangs! This was, without a doubt, delivering critical damage to it!
As the Wishiwashi school felt all the pain that their leader did, they split! The beast slowly shrank until there was only one Wishiwashi left: Azura's! Ripping it with its fangs, it launched the Wishiwashi to the side, where Azura had to dive to catch it from hitting the ground and injuring itself even more! Riley, proud of himself for tackling two greatly difficult battles in a row, withdrew Saburr after petting its chin tenderly.
"Poor little guy..." she sighed. She looked at Riley, then, with a flush of upsetness on her face, at the place where the legendary Pokemon was. Where the legendary Pokemon that had spoken to Riley had been trapped in a beam of light, now a regal-looking bow hovered.
"So, the Legendary Bow is finally ours. This will be greatly helpful," Azura smiled lightly, "in summoning the Legendary Pokemon, Crowlican'l, who will help us better the lives of Pokemon around the world substantially!"
She looked at Riley, a little desperately. "I give you one last chance." Her face went serious, her voice lowering to suit the mood. "Will you join us?"
Confidently, Riley shook his head.
"I'm afraid," Azura sighed, grabbing the Legendary Bow, of which had been made by depowering the Legendary Pokemon that had given Riley his Medallion Piece. "That if not part of our team," she snarled, drawing back the bowstring as an arrow made of pure light formed inside, tipped with one of Angellion's own metal feathers. "You're better to us dead than alive!"