Tana went into the battlefield for her sixth round match against Soren and she was determined to win against the son of one of the Gym Leaders that she defeated.
"Go Ursaring," said Tana and Ursaring was sent out.
"Go Spinda," said Soren and a Spinda was sent out.
"By decision of coin toss, Soren will have the first attack," explained the referee.
"Spinda, use Psychic," said Soren and Spinda used the attack of choice which gave some damage to Ursaring whose special defense was lowered.
"Use Hammer Arm," said Tana and Ursaring used the attack of choice which gave Spinda lots of super effective damage.
"Return Spinda," said Soren as he returned Spinda, "Go Chandelure," and a Chandelure was sent out. "Use Psychic," and Chandelure used the chosen attack which did the exact same thing as Spinda's Psychic except Ursaring took a bunch more damage.
"Use Shadow Claw," said Tana and Ursaring used the decided move which gave Chandelure a bunch of super effective damage.
"Use Fire Blast," said Soren and Chandelure used the selected move which knocked out Ursaring because of the severely low special defense.
"Ursaring is unable to battle," said the referee, "Chandelure wins."
"Nice job Ursaring, now take a rest," said Tana as she returned Ursaring, "Go Hippowdon," and Hippowdon was sent out.
"Return Chandelure," said Soren as he returned Chandelure, "Go Lapras," and a Lapras appeared on the battlefield.
"Use Stone Edge," said Tana and Hippowdon started to use the chosen move.
"Psychic," said Soren, and Lapras used its own Psychic which inflicted damage on Hippowdon whose special defense got lowered while Lapras took a bunch of super effective damage from Stone Edge.
"I'm starting to think all of Soren's Pokemon know Psychic," said Nils who was watching the battle with Ren, Libby, Firenze, Rex, Obelia, Dean and Gunter.
"That makes sense considering his mom is Sabrina," said Dean.
"I think I now know your strategy Soren," said Tana, "So I think I'll try it too, now use Earth Power, and Hippowdon used Earth Power which gave some damage to Lapras whose special defense was lowered.
"Sing," said Soren and Lapras used the move of choice which put Hippowdon to sleep.
"Wake up Hippowdon," said Tana but Hippowdon wouldn't wake up.
"Hydro Pump," said Soren and Lapras used the attack that was decided which gave Hippowdon lots of super effective damage because of Psychic.
"Hurry Hippowdon, wake up," said Tana and Hippowdon miraculously woke up, "Great job, now use Earth Power," and Hippowdon used another Earth Power which gave even more damage to Lapras than the last Earth Power because of the lowered special defense and also lowered Lapras' special defense again.
"Use Blizzard," said Soren and Lapras used the move of choice which knocked out Hippowdon.
"Hippowdon is unable to battle," said the referee, "Lapras wins."
"You were awesome Hippowdon now take a good rest," said Tana as she returned Hippowdon, "Your strategy is to lower special defense with Psychic, which all of your Pokemon know, and then finish off the opponent with powerful special attacks, isn't it Soren?"
"You're not the first one to figure that out easily Tana," explained Soren, "But that doesn't change the fact that it's a very effective strategy."
"Well it won't work on a Dark Type, go Zoroark," said Tana as she sent out Zoroark, "Use Focus Blast," and Zoroark used the selected move which gave a lot of super effective damage to Lapras because of the two Earth Powers.
"Use Sing," said Soren," and Lapras used the decided move which missed Zoroark who dodged easily.
"Dark Pulse," said Tana and Zoroark used the move of choice which inflicted a bunch of damage on Lapras who flinched from the attack. "Now another Focus Blast," and Zoroark used a second Focus Blast which knocked out Lapras.
"Lapras is unable to battle," said the referee, "Zoroark wins."
"You did good Lapras now rest up," said Soren as he returned Lapras, "Go Dustox," and a Dustox appeared, "Use Signal Beam," and Dustox used the move of choice which Zoroark dodged.
"Dark Pulse," said Tana and Zoroark used another Dark Pulse which gave damage to Dustox who flinched just like with Lapras, "Now use Aerial Ace," and Zoroark used the decided attack which gave Dustox a bunch of super effective damage.
"Bug Buzz," said Soren and Dustox used the move of choice which gave Zoroark a bunch of super effective damage.
"Use Night Slash," said Tana and Zoroark used the decided move which knocked out Dustox.
"Dustox is unable to battle," said the referee, "Zoroark wins."
"You did your best Dustox now rest up," said Soren as he returned Dustox, "That's one impressive Zoroark, but this next Pokemon should handle it, go Aromatisse," and an Aromatisse was sent out.
"Return Zoroark," said Tana who knew Zoroark had battled enough, "Go Scizor," and Scizor was sent out.
"Use Psychic," said Soren and Aromatisse used its own Psychic which inflicted little damage, which wasn't that effective, on Scizor whose special defense remained the same.
"Use Iron Head Scizor," said Tana and Scizor used the move that was selected which gave lots of super effective damage to Aromatisse who flinched from the attack. "Now use Steel Wing," and Scizor used the move that was chosen which gave Aromatisse a bunch more super effective damage.
"I guess we'll have to do this the hard way, use Thunder," said Soren and Aromatisse used the decided attack which gave some damage to Scizor.
"Use Iron Head again," said Tana and Scizor used the selected attack which gave plenty more damage to Aromatisse who didn't flinch this time.
"Moonblast," said Soren and Aromatisse used Moonblast which caused a bit of damage to Scizor.
"Steel Wing Scizor," said Tana and Scizor used another Steel Wing which knocked out Aromatisse.
"Aromatisse is unable to battle," said the referee, "Scizor wins."
"You did fine Aromatisse now get some rest," said Soren as he returned Aromatisse, "Go Chandelure," and Chandelure was sent back out.
"Return Scizor," said Tana as she returned Scizor, "Go Blastoise," and Blastoise was sent out.
"Use Psychic," said Soren and Chandelure used the attack of choice which damaged Blastoise but didn't lower his special defense.
"Use Water Pulse," said Tana and Blastoise used the move of choice which gave Chandelure some super effective damage and also confused it.
"Try Psychic again," said Soren but the confusion prevented Chandelure from using Psychic.
"Hydro Pump," said Tana and Blastoise used the attack that was chosen which knocked out Chandelure who had taken a lot of damage from both Water Pulse and Ursaring's Shadow Claw.
"Chandelure is unable to battle," said the referee, "Blastoise wins."
"You did fine Chandelure now it's time to rest," said Soren as he returned Chandelure, "Go Noivern," and a Noivern appeared. "Use Psychic," and Noivern used Psychic just like Spinda, Chandelure, Lapras and Aromatisse which damaged Blastoise whose special defense got lowed.
"Ice Punch," said Tana and Blastoise hit Noivern with the move of choice which gave it lots of super effective damage.
"Air Slash," said Soren and Noivern attacked Blastoise with Air Slash which inflicted extra damage because of Psychic and also made Blastoise flinch. "Now use Dragon Pulse," and Noivern used the selected attack which gave a bunch of damage to Blastoise.
"Use Ice Punch again," said Tana and Blastoise used another Ice Punch which gave a bunch more damage to Noivern.
"Hurricane," said Soren and Noivern used the decided attack which gave Blastoise a lot of damage and also confused Blastoise.
"Blastoise, if you can hear me, use Ice Punch yet again," said Tana and luckily, Blastoise used another Ice Punch which not only gave a lot more damage to Noivern but also froze it.
"Not good," said Soren.
"Alright," said Tana, "Now use Skull Bash," and by luck again, Blastoise used Skull Bash which knocked out Noivern.
"Noivern is unable to battle," said the referee, "Blastoise wins.
"You were great Noivern now rest well," said Soren as he returned Noivern, "Go Spinda," and Spinda was sent back out.
"Use Double Edge," and Spinda used the selected move which gave enough damage to Blastoise for his ability, Torrent, to activate.
"Use Hydro Pump," said Tana and Blastoise, who snapped out of the confusion, used Hydro Pump which gave Spinda so much damage.
"Use Dizzy Punch," said Soren and Spinda used the move that was chosen which knocked out Blastoise.
"Blastoise is unable to battle," said the referee, "Spinda wins."
"You were amazing Blastoise now take a well deserved rest," said Tana as she returned Blastoise.
"You know," said Soren, "It's true I rely on special attacks with my other Pokemon, but Spinda is used to surprise my opponents with physical moves along with the traditional Psychic.
"Well then," said Tana, "I know just the Pokemon to use, go Altaria," and Altaria was sent out. "Use Cotton Guard," and Altaria used the move that was chosen which increased its defense.
"In that case," said Soren, "Use Psychic," and Spinda used the selected attack which gave some damage to Altaria whose special defense was lowered.
"Sky Attack," said Tana and Altaria prepared for Sky Attack.
"Psychic again," said Soren and Spinda used another Psychic which gave more damage than last time to Altaria whose special defense got lowered again.
Altaria then attacked Spinda with Sky Attack which gave Spinda a lot of damage.
"Psychic once more," said Soren and Spinda damaged Altaria with yet another Psychic which didn't lower Altaria's special defense this time.
"Dragon Pulse," said Tana and Altaria used the decided attack which missed Spinda who dodged.
"Copycat," said Soren and Spinda used the selected move which made it use Dragon Pulse which gave so much super effective damage because of the first two Psychics that Altaria was knocked out.
"Altaria is unable to battle," said the referee," Spinda wins."
"You were great Altaria now take a well needed rest," said Tana as she returned Altaria, "Go Scizor," and Scizor was sent back out. "Use X-Scissor," and Scizor started to use the move of choice.
"Dizzy Punch," said Soren and Spinda gave Scizor a little damage with Dizzy Punch which stopped X-Scissor and confused Scizor.
"Try to use Steel Wing," said Tana but the confusion prevented Steel Wing from being used.
"Double Edge," said Soren and Spinda used Double edge which gave a fair amount of damage to Scizor despite not being very effective but also damaged Spinda.
"Acrobatics please," said Tana but Scizor still couldn't attack due to the confusion.
"Double Edge again," said Soren and Spinda used another Double edge which lead to the same result.
"Come on Scizor, use Iron Head," said Tana but Scizor still couldn't attack.
"Psychic," said Soren and Spinda used the move of choice which gave some damage to Scizor whose special defense got lowered and also had its ability, Swarm, activate and then Scizor snapped out of confusion.
"Alright," said Tana, "Now use X-Scissor," and Scizor started to use an even more powerful X-Scissor.
"Psychic again," said Soren and Spinda knocked out Scizor with Psychic while getting knocked out by X-Scissor at the same time.
"Spinda and Scizor are both unable to battle," said the referee, "Since Tana still has Zoroark, she wins the match."
"I did it," cheered Tana.
"You were amazing in that battle Tana," said Soren as he walked over after returning Spinda, "My mom was right when she told me you could be strong against even the Elite Four."
"Sabrina really thinks I can be that strong," asked Tana.
"She does," answered Soren, "And after that battle, so do I.
After Tana's match, the gang were all at the Midnight Hotel celebrating for Nils and Tana making it to the Semi Finals.
"I can't believe that both of us made it to the semifinals," said Nils happily.
"I know," said Tana who was also happy, "At this rate, one of us will win the whole thing."
"Unfortunately," said Firenze, "The two of you will be battling each other in the semi finals."
"Are you two ok with that," asked Ren.
"It was bound to happen eventually," explained Nils, "We're just glad it took this long to happen."
"He's right," said Tana, "And we promised each other that we will hold nothing back."
Shortly after the conversation, everyone went to their hotel rooms and Nils and Tana prepared for the Semi Finals which would happen the next day along with the Finals.
