I don't know what happened but my creativity decided to have a massive boost temporarily, so here it is ANOTHER chapter only two days later!

(I was supposed to be studiyng for chemistry)


Agathon's graveler was fighting Acacius's tyranitar.

Acacius ordered Dark pulse from Tyranitar, bur Agathon's graveler rolled out of the way.

Alexander was observing the fight with caution, never taking his eyes off the battle for a single second; Lucario and the others rested beside him.

Graveler used bulldoze on tyranitar, who tanked the damage and knocked graveler to the ground as soon as it recovered itself.

Graveler used rock blast but before reaching his foe, Tyranitar used Iron defense.

The attack hit four times, with Tyranitar blocking each hit with its arms crossed. As soon as the assault ceased, Tyranitar pushed Graveler back by opening his arms and roaring.

"This isn't even about fighting strategy anymore," Augustus commented, "This is about status. If you stop to think about it, Graveler stands little to no chance."

"That's not a nice thing to say…" Lucario said, "I mean, Graveler still has a good defense right?"

Tyranitar used earthquake.

"Oh boy…" Draco said

The attack was super effective, and while the attack was still ongoing, the two trainers held themselves in order to stand still. Augustus didn't even bother and kept paying attention.

Graveler was almost fainting, struggling to stand up.

"Fine, be that way…" Agathon said, "Superpower!"

Graveler used two of his arms to propel him forward, and delivered a devastating blow with the other two, dealing four times the normal damage directly into his opponent's face.

Tyranitar almost fainted aswell; stumbling backwards and shaking its head.

"Good," Acacius said, smiling slightly, then turned to his pokémon and commanded: "Crunch."

Graveler couldn't dodge that attack. Tyranitar rushed to his foe, who tried to roll away, and bit it firlmly, lifting his opponent upwards and tightening his jaw even more, before throwing it the other way with a rapid movement.

Graveler bounced and rolled across the environment, lying defeated on the ground, fainted.

"Didn't he go too harsh on him?" Melissa asked.

"It's wasn't as bad as it looks," Augustus said, lifting himself from his seat, "The more you get hurt, the more your body adapts to it."

"Is that how you're so strong?" Draco asked.

"Maybe…" He said.

Agathon seemed very disappointed with himself for losing. For a moment he thought he could win.

Augustus was walking in front of Agathon, telling him: "Never get cocky in a fight. You're smart; you should know that. Keep that in your mind for now."

Agathon nodded.

Alexander reached to the graveler and casually lifted it with one arm, resting it on his back and walking towards the border of the slit. Agathon followed.

Melissa reached to Draco and whispered: "Doesn't that thing weight a hundred pounds?"

"He exploded that huge gap in the slit that's right in front of us; what did you expect?" Draco whispered back.

Augustus carefully put Graveler down between some rocks; Agathon sat beside his pokémon, resting his hand on its forehead.

"I guess it's our turn for now," Augustus said, looking at Lucario.

Lucario got up; he was excited.

Acacius was also resting with the trainers, his tyranitar was panting. Acacius put his hand on his pokémon's shoulder and smiled slightly. Tyranitar appreciated his trainer's comfort, but he was still tired.

"I'll pass this one," Melissa said, still tired about her hours of training.

Draco looked at his charizard, smiling, excited about being the first one to try Augustu's training skills. Charizard sighed impatiently; he just wanted to get this over with.

"C'mon, lets-" Draco turned to look at the tall man but he saw nothing. Augustus was already on the center of the slit, waiting. "Allright…" Draco said, walking towards the center.

Augustus kneeled to warn his Pokémon.

"He's a flying fire type. Get ready," Augustus whispered.

"I know. Just don't be stupid and maybe I'll be fine," Lucario answered.

The man chuckled and got up, clenching his fist.

"Read his aura. See what he's planning," Augustus ordered.

Charizard attacked first, using flamethrower, but with a simple thought, Augustu's aura changed. Lucario red his master's aura and dodged with perfect sync.

"Swords dance," Augustus whispered.

Lucario's ear twitched, receiving the message.

"Get ready," Draco told his charizard, who adjusted its feet, ready to leap into the air.

Lucario focused and closed his eyes, increasing its attack sharply.

Charizard took advantage of his superior base speed and leaped towards his foe, opening its mouth filled with fire ready to use another flamethrower.

"Extreme speed," Augustus whispered.

Lucario rushed at an extremely advanced speed, jumping when he was beneath his foe and kicking its lower jaw, closing its mouth.

"Grapple," Augustus said.

Lucario used his momentum to grapple Charizard's neck from his back.

"Flare blitz!" Draco shouted.

Charizard cloaked itself in fire and aimed his back directly to the ground.

Augustus forgot about that move, and immediately told his pokémon to let go, but it was too late.

Lucario crashed to the ground, being stuck between the charizard and the floor, gasping and taking heavy damage, for it was super effective. Thankfully, it didn't have the full effect since it was not a direct strike. He let go of his grip and Charizard lifted himself from the crated formed in the impact. There were still small flames twinkling around the small crater.

"Get out of there!" Augustus shouted.

"Follow him and use heat wave!" Draco shouted shortly after.

Lucario backflipped to gain distance but as soon as he looked forwards his opponent was extremely close, at near point blank range.

"Get behind him and use quick attack," Augustus said.

Lucario jumped above his opponent at the last moment, dodging the heat wave and striking quickly with his elbow.

Charizard broke his own momentum with its wings, turning around quickly.

"Swords dance," Augustus ordered again.

Lucario increased his attack even further.

"You have more control of your aura than me. Close your eyes and rely on your senses," Augustus commanded.

Lucario hesitated, but obeyed.

Charizard used scary face, in an attempt to lower Lucario's speed. It had no effect, because Lucario's eyes were closed, and with the reading of his aura, he could see exactly what Draco was planning.

"Swords dance, once more," Alexander ordered.

Lucario clenched his jaw and paws whilst raising his attack to its maximum potential.

"Here we go," Lucario said, with seemingly bigger psyche.

"How the hell is he doing this?" Melissa said. "He's amazing!"

"Weren't you the first to doubt him back in that campfire we made?" Agathon asked.

"Shut your mouth," Melissa demanded.

"His strategy is to use priority moves that deal normal type damage," Acacius explained, observing the man fight, "His attacks will always come first even though Charizard is faster, besides, he increased his attack potential to its maximum, and Charizard has no special resistance to normal attacks."

"But he'll be in trouble if he gets hit," Melissa commented.

"That's why he told Lucario to rely on his senses," Agathon said, "It's far better than using your vision, besides, you can feel what your opponent feels, giving you a certain hint of what he will do next."

"Isn't that an advantage?" Melissa asked.

"In this particular case, yes, "Agathon answered, "It's a lucario, after all."

"What do you think would happen if it was Alexander fighting with his current power?" Melissa asked her father.

Acacius chuckled and said: "I have no idea…"

Draco had an idea; he reached to his pokémon and whispered him a command.

Charizard looked at his master, surprised, for he knew that move only as a charmander. He turned around and prepared.

Lucario saw his feelings of confidance, and decided to pay attention to charizard's stance.

"They feel confident," Lucario warned his master.

"Then I know what he's planning," Augustus said.

Lucario looked at his master, confused.

"Feign quick attack but use dragon pulse instead," Alexander whispered.

Lucario was still confused.

"Wait for a bit then go," Alexander whispered again.

Lucario nodded and waited.

Charizard also stood immobile.

The aura pokémon realized that if he didn't attack, nor would the charizard.

"Quick attack!" Alexander shouted.

"Flamethrower!" Draco shouted.

Charizard inhaled, charging a flamethrower, according to Draco's commands, while the lucario charged at his foe with all his might, trusting his master.

Just before charging dragon pulse, Lucario noticed that charizard's stance seemed familiar; he had the stance of a Counter move. He then understood why his master ordered dragon pulse.

Lucario charged his dragon pulse on his back with two paws, then released it in front of him, witnessing his foe's surprised expression.

The attack connected perfectly, sending charizard flying for a few meters back.

Draco cursed. He thought at least this would be able to land.

Lucario's repeated attacks had weakened Charizard greatly; Charizard was on a pinch.

"God damnit!" Draco said.

"Do you want to end this right now?" Alexander asked the other trainer.

"Not yet!" Draco said, "Stay with me Charizard! We just need to land another hit, he's vulnerable against us!"

Charizard snarled. He wouldn't give up as well.

"Sometimes it is better to just-"

"Not here, and not when confronting the leader!" Draco interrupted the man's speech.

Alexander closed his mouth; saying anything would be of no use.

"To the skies Charizard!" Draco ordered.

Charizard leaped to the air, stabilizing himself and keeping his eyes on his opponent from above.

Lucario was at half health thanks to Flare Blitz ad his opponent finally realized where he would have the advantage: In the air.

"Finally." Augustus looked to his lucario, "You'll have difficulties from now on."

"Oh wow, thanks," Lucario said sarcastically, "I had no idea."

"Flame burst!" Draco ordered.

"Bigger area of effect," Agathon commented.

Lucario red his opponent's aura to compensate for his inferior base speed stat and the splash damage of flame burst's attack, barely dodging his attacks as he repeatedly threw flames at Lucario.

"Quick attack," Augustus whispered.

"Got it!" Lucario said, jumping above one of Charizard's projectiles to hit him.

"Evade!" Draco commanded.

Charizard's speed allowed him to dodge just in time. His opponent flew by him.

"Flamethrower!" Draco ordered.

"Dragon pulse," Augustus calmly commanded.

Lucario charged his attack mid air just as his foe charged his. Both released each other's attacks at the same time; the attacks clashed in the air, exploding shortly after, making a cloud of smoke big enough that it reached the ground. However, a little bit of flamethrower's power escaped and hit Lucario in the shoulder, damaging him slightly.

Lucario landed perfectly on the ground, holding his shoulder because of the minor injury. Charizard kept flying, behind the dissipating cloud of smoke.

"Extreme speed, quickly," Augustus said, "He can't see behind that cloud, but you can."

Lucario's ear twitched once more, and he ran straight into the cloud of smoke. Once inside, he braked and leaped high above the ground, even higher than Charizard's current height.

Draco was nervous; once the cloud dissipated, the opponent pokémon was nowhere to be seen. Charizard was confused as well, looking everywhere on the ground beneath him in order to find his foe.

Alexander chuckled; the fight was over.

Lucario hit Charizard in the back of the head with both of his lower paws, sending him to the ground at a high velocity. Alexander leaped forward and landed Charizard on his arms, stopping his momentum with his legs as he carefully held his fallen foe on his arms.

Once he stopped, he was kneeling beside Draco, holding the boy's pokémon in his own arms, lifting himself slowly as he turned around to face his defeated opponent.

"You did well," Alexander said.

Draco was speechless. "How come you defeat someone who had a massive advantage over you?" Draco asked.

"I've been studying battles since I was a child." Augustus started walking to the border of the slit whilst still holding the Pokémon; Lucario and Draco followed.

"I trained my senses and body to surpass what any human could possibly do," He continued, "That Lucario right there was my partner for the whole journey. He's almost as strong as me now," He explained.

'Not even close' Lucario thought.

Augustus carefully laid down Charizard on the rocks; He opened his mouth, about to suggest fighting Melissa next, but Acacius's expression made it obvious it wasn't an option for him, so he closed his mouth and kept silent.

"So…" Lucario clapped his palms once and held them together, switching his vision across the trainers. "…we rest?"

"We rest," Agathon said.