It was the night before the fifth round and Nils and Tana were having dinner while talking about their matches the next day.
"So you battled Xandra before," asked Tana.
"I did," answered Nils, "It was right after I caught Froslass who was Snorunt at the time." "I decided to test out Froslass while Xandra used her newly evolved Politoed." "At first, I had the upper hand with Attract but out of luck, Politoed used Perish Song which knocked them both out."
"I see," said Tana, "Then do you have an idea on how to beat her this time?"
"Not Really," answered Nils, "But I'm sure I can figure out a way." "What about you Tana, do you think you can defeat Arnold?"
"Well," answered Tana, "Before he left, Utara told me that he and Arnold battled each other five times and Arnold won three times which means he's really strong."
"Interesting," said Nils.
After dinner, the married couple got ready for bed, kissed each other goodnight and went to sleep while wondering how they will both do in the fifth round.
The next day after having breakfast, Nils and Tana went to the main stadium along with all of their friends. Once at the stadium, it was revealed that Nils' match was the first one of the day.
"Wish me luck guys," said Nils as he went to the battlefield while everyone else went to the stand.
When Nils entered the battlefield, he saw Xandra do the same thing and the two trainers then got ready for the match which would be a full six on six battle along with all of the remaining rounds.
"Go Froslass," said Nils and Froslass was sent out.
"Cool, your Snorunt evolved," said Xandra, "In that case, go Politoed," and the Politoed that Froslass had battled before appeared.
"By decision of coin toss, Nils will have the first attack," explained the referee.
"Use Attract," said Nils and Froslass started to use the move of choice.
"That's not gonna work this time," said Xandra, "Use Bounce to Dodge," and Politoed used the selected move which allowed him to dodge Attract and give some damage to Froslass.
"In that case, use Shadow Ball," said Nils and Froslass used the decided attack which hit Politoed who took damage and had his special defense lowered.
"Use Swagger," said Xandra and Politoed used the move that was chosen which confused Froslass.
"Try to use Ice Fang," said Nils who knew he needed time and thought of getting it by making Politoed flinch but when Froslass successfully used Ice Fang despite the confusion, Politoed froze after taking damage which would buy more time.
Nils then told Froslass to use Shadow Ball twice and both times the confusion stopped them from happening but on the third try, the confusion wore off and Froslass used Shadow Ball on Politoed who thawed out of the ice after taking damage.
"Use Hydro Pump," said Xandra and Politoed used the chosen attack which missed Froslass who dodged.
"Shadow Ball again," said Nils and Froslass used Shadow Ball yet again which knocked out Politoed.
"Politoed is unable to battle," said the referee, "Froslass wins."
"You did what you could Politoed now take a good rest," said Xandra as she returned Politoed, "Go Excadrill," and an Excadrill appeared. "Use Iron Head," and Excadrill used the decided attack which gave some super effective damage to Froslass who flinched. "Now Drill Run," and Excadrill used the chosen move which gave Froslass a bunch more damage.
"Use Attract," said Nils and Froslass used the selected move which didn't work because Excadrill was a girl.
Use Metal Claw," said Xandra and Excadrill used the attack of choice which knocked out Froslass and raised Excadrill's attack.
"Froslass is unable to battle," said the referee, "Excadrill wins."
"Not bad Froslass now take a good rest," said Nils as he returned Froslass, "Go Venusaur," and Venusaur was sent out. "Use Energy Ball," and Venusaur used the move of choice which hit and damaged Excadrill who also had her special defense lowered.
"Metal Claw," said Xandra and Excadrill use the chosen attack which gave Venusaur some damage and raised Excadrill's attack again.
"Petal Blizzard," said Nils and Venusaur used Petal Blizzard which gave Excadrill a good amount of damage.
"Iron Head," said Xandra and Excadrill used the attack of choice which gave Venusaur a lot of damage, because of the two Metal Claws, and also flinched Venusaur. "Use X-Scissor," and Excadrill used the selected move which gave a lot more damage to Venusaur.
"Energy Ball." said Nils and Venusaur used the move of choice which Excadrill dodged.
"Drill Run," said Xandra and Excadrill started to use Drill Run.
"Energy Ball," said Nils and Venusaur used the decided attack which damaged Excadrill who then attacked Venusaur with Drill Run.
"X-Scissor," said Xandra and Excadrill then used the move of choice which knocked out Venusaur.
"Venusaur is unable to battle," said the referee, "Excadrill wins."
"You did fine Venusaur now take a good rest," said Nils as he returned Venusaur, "Go Machamp and Machamp was sent out. "Use Dynamic Punch," and Machamp attacked Excadrill with the chosen move which gave Excadrill a lot of damage and confused her.
"Return Excadrill," said Xandra as she returned Excadrill because Excadrill had battled enough for the time being, "Go Weezing," and a Weezing was sent out. "Use Sludge Bomb," and Weezing used the move of choice which damaged Machamp and poisoned him which activated Machamp's ability, Guts.
"Use Strength," said Nils and Machamp used the attack that was decided which gave tons of damage to Weezing.
"Venoshock," said Xandra and Weezing used the move that was chosen which gave a bunch of damage to Machamp because of the poison.
"Dynamic Punch," said Nils and Machamp hit Weezing with Dynamic Punch which despite not being very effective, gave lots of damage to Weezing because of Guts and also confused Weezing.
"Try Shadow Ball," said Xandra but Weezing couldn't use Shadow Ball because of confusion.
"Low Sweep Machamp," said Nils and Machamp used the attack that was selected which gave some more damage to Weezing.
"Come on Weezing use Shadow Ball," said Xandra and this time, Weezing started to use Shadow Ball.
"Use Revenge," said Nils and after getting hit by Shadow Ball, Machamp used Revenge which gave Weezing so much damage that it was knocked out.
"Weezing is unable to battle," said the referee," Machamp wins.
"I'm sorry you lost because I couldn't anticipate Guts Weezing now please rest," said Xandra as she returned Weezing. "You're goog Nils but so am I, go Lickylicky," and a Lickylicky was sent out.
"Return Machamp," said Nils as he returned Machamp, "Go Zebstrika," and Zebstrika was sent out.
"Wring Out," said Xandra and Lickylicky used the move of choice which gave Zebstrika tons of damage because Licklicky was at full health.
"Thunderbolt," said Nils and Zebstrika used the attack of choice which not only damaged Lickylicky but also paralyzed it too.
"Use Slam Lickylicky," said Xandra and Lickylicky used the move of choice which gave some damage to Zebstrika.
"Use Wild Charge," said Nils and Zebstrika used Wild Charge which gave Lickylicky lots of damage but also damaged Zebstrika.
"Facade," said Xandra and Lickylicky used the move of choice which inflicted a lot of damage on Zebstrika because of the paralysis.
"Thunderbolt," said Nils and Zebstrika used the attack of choice which gave Lickylicky more damage.
"Slam," said Xandra and Lickylicky used the chosen attack which knocked out Zebstrika.
"Zebstrika is unable to battle," said the referee, "Lickylicky wins."
"You were great Zebstrika now take a rest," said Nils as he returned Zebstrika, "Go Ledian," and Ledian was sent out. "Use Focus Blast," and Ledian used the attack of choice which gave Lickylicky super effective damage.
"Facade," said Xandra but the paralysis stopped Lickylicky from attacking.
"Finally, a lucky break," said Nils, "Now use Focus Blast," and Ledian used another Focus Blast which gave Lickylicky evern more damaged than the last one because the last Focus Blast lowered Lickylicky's special defense and Lickylicky was knocked out.
"Lickylicky is unable to battle," said the referee, "Ledian wins.
"You did good Lickylicky now rest up," said Xandra as she returned Lickylicky, "Go Excadrill," and Excadrill was sent back out. "Use Iron Head," and Excadrill used the chosen move which damaged Ledian but didn't confuse him.
"Use Focus Blast," said Nils and Ledian used yet another Focus Blast which knocked out Excadrill who had been severely damage by Venusaur and Machamp.
"Excadrill is unable to battle," said the referee, "Ledian wins."
"You were awesome Excadrill now take a good ret," said Xandra as she returned Excadrill, "Go Shiftry and a Shiftry was sent out. "Use Hurricane," and Shiftry used the attack of choice which gave Ledian lots of super effective damage.
"Bug Buzz," said Nils and Ledian used the decided attack gave Shiftry lots of super effective damage as well.
"Hurricane again," said Xandra and Shiftry used Hurricane again which once again gave lots of damage to Ledian who also became confused.
"Try Focus Blast Ledian" said Nils but the confusion prevented Ledian from using the decided move.
"Foul Play," said Xandra and Shiftry used the move of choice which knocked out Ledian.
"Ledian is unable to battle," said the referee," Shiftry wins."
"Amazing job Ledian now take a rest," said Nils as he returned Ledian, "Go Machamp and Machamp was sent back out. "Use Dynamic Punch," and Machamp started to use the move of choice.
"Use Hurricane," said Xandra and Shiftry used the attack that was chosen.
The two attacks each landed on their targets which gave both of them lots of super effective damage and also confused both of them.
"Come on Machamp, use Low Sweep," said Nils but the confusion prevented Machamp from using Low Sweep.
"Use Hurricane again," said Xandra and despite the confusion, Shiftry started to use the attack of choice.
"Try Revenge," said Nils and Machamp managed to use Revenge after getting hit by Hurricane which knocked out Shiftry only for Machamp to get knocked out right after because of the earlier poison.
"Both Pokemon are unable to battle," said the referee as both trainers returned their Pokemon.
"Go Arcanine," said Xandra and an Arcanine was sent out.
"Go Grumpig," said Nils and Grumpig was sent out.
"Use Flamethrower," said Xandra and Arcanine used the move of choice which didn't do much damage because of Grumpig's ability, Thick Fat.
"Psychic," said Nils and Grumpig used the chosen attack which gave some damage to Arcanine whose special defense got lowered.
"Extreme Speed Arcanine," said Xandra and Arcanine started to use the attack that was selected.
"Use Bounce to dodge," said Nils and Grumpig used Bounce which made him dodge Extreme Speed and then inflict damage on Arcanine.
"Outrage," said Xandra and Arcanine used the move of choice which gave Grumpig lots of damage and then confused Arcanine.
"Power Gem," said Nils and Grumpig used the attack of choice which gave Arcanine extra super effective damage because of Psychic.
"Try to use Extreme Speed Arcanine," said Xandra but Arcanine couldn't attack because of the confusion.
"Psychic Grumpig," said Nils and Grumpig used another Psychic which gave more damage to Arcanine and also lowered Arcanine's special defense again.
"Use Outrage," said Xandra but Arcanine still couldn't attack because of the confusion.
"Power Gem Grumpig," said Nils and Grumpig used another Power Gem on Arcanine which inflicted even more damage than the last Power Gem.
Just then, Arcanine snapped out of confusion.
"Try Solar Beam," said Xandra and Arcanine started preparing for Solar Beam.
"Psychic once again," said Nils and Grumpig attacked Arcanine with Psychic yet again which once again lowered Arcanine's special defense.
"Release Solar Beam," said Xandra and Arcanine fired Solar Beam.
"Power Gem Grumpig," said Nils and Grumpig started to use Power Gem for the third time.
The two attacks then crashed into each other and caused an explosion which sent both Grumpig and Arcanine flying and made them both take damage. After the explosion, Grumpig recovered while Arcanine was knocked out.
"Arcanine is unable to battle," said the referee, "Grumpig wins which means the winner of this match is Nils.
"That was the most intense battle I've had," said Xandra after she returned Arcanine and went to Nils, "You've improved a lot since our last battle,"
"Thanks and so have you," said Nils, "So what are you gonna do now?"
"I'm heading home and start over from scratch," answered Xandra.
Later outside of the stadium, Nils was being congratulated by the gang for his victory.
"Well I'm up soon," said Tana who was looking confident.
"So am I," said Arnold who wa reminding everyone that he was Tana's opponent.
"Lot's of luck to both of you," said Ren who became excited after seeing Nils' match.
The gang then went back into the stadium to watch the next few matches while waiting for Tana and Arnold's match and then Rex and Obelia's match.
