The next day, Nils and Tana prepared for their Semifinals match and when they were both ready, they headed to the main stadium along with Firenze, Ren, Libby, Gunter, Dean, Rex and Obelia who would all watch their battle from the stand.
"Ready Tana," asked Nils to his wife.
"You know it Nils," answered Tana to her husband and the both of them entered the battlefield for their match which would be the first of the two Semifinals matches.
"Go Machamp," said Nils after he and Tana took positions and Machamp was sent out.
"Go Blastoise," said Tana and Blastoise was sent out.
"By decision of coin toss, Nils will have the first attack," explained the referee.
"Use Dynamic Punch Machamp," said Nils and Machamp started to use the selected move.
"Use Water Pulse," said Tana and Blastoise used the chosen attack which stopped Dynamic Punch and damaged Machamp who also got confused.
"Try Low Sweep Machamp," said Nils but Machamp wouldn't attack because of the confusion.
"Skull Bash," said Tana," and Blastoise used the decided move which gave a bunch of damage to Machamp.
"Strength please," said Nils but Machamp still couldn't attack.
"Hydro Pump Blastoise," said Tana and Machamp took a bunch more damage from Blastoise's Hydro Pump and then snapped out of the confusion.
"Try Dynamic Punch again," said Nils and Machamp used another Dynamic Punch which Blastoise dodged.
"Ice Punch," said Tana and Blastoise used the selected attack which gave more damage to Machamp who then froze. "Now use Hydro Pump," and Blastoise used another Hydro Pump which knocked out Machamp.
"Machamp is unable to battle," said the referee, "Blastoise wins."
"You did what you could Machamp now it's time to rest," said Nils as he returned Machamp, "Go Froslass," and Froslass was sent out.
"Return Blastoise," said Tana as she returned Blastoise, "Go Hippowdon," and Hippowdon was sent out.
"Use Ice Fang," said Nils and Froslass used the move of choice which gave some super effective damage to Hippowdon who didn't freeze or flinch.
"Use Crunch Hippowdon," said Tana and Hippowdon used the selected move which gave a bunch of super effective damage to Froslass whose defense got lowered.
"Ice Beam," said Nils and Froslass used the chosen attack which gave a bunch of super effective damage to Hippowdon.
"Use Crunch again," said Tana and Hippowdon used another Crunch which gave Froslass even more damage than the last Crunch because of the lowered defense and Froslass' defense was lowered again.
"Try Ice Fang again," said Nils and Froslass used another Ice Fang which gave more damage to Hippowdon who froze this time, "Shadow Ball," and Froslass used the attack that was chosen which gave a fair amount of damage to Hippowdon whose special defense was lowered. "Now use Ice Beam," and Froslass used another Ice Beam which gave Hippowdon more damage than the last one because of the lowered special defense and then, Hippowdon thawed out.
"Use Stone Edge," said Tana and because of the two Crunches, Froslass took so much super effective damage from Stone Edge that she was knocked out.
"Froslass is unable to battle" said the referee, "Hippowdon wins."
"You were great Froslass now get a good rest," said Nils as he returned Froslass, "Go Venusaur," and Venusaur was sent out. "Use Petal Blizzard," and Venusaur used the move of choice which knocked out Hippowdon who had taken lots of damage from Froslass.
"Hippowdon is unable to battle," said the referee, "Venusaur wins."
"You were great Hippowdon now rest up," said Tana as she returned Hippowdon, "Go Zoroark," and Zoroark was sent out.
"Return Venusaur," said Nils who returned Venusaur because he wanted to save her for Blastoise, "Go Zebstrika," and Zebstrika was sent out.
"Interesting," said Tana, "We're now battling with the Pokemon we got as Eggs from the Unova Festival." "Anyway, use Dark Pulse," and Zoroark used the attack of choice which gave some damage to Zebstrika who also flinched. "Now use Focus Blast," and Zoroark used the decided move which gave a bunch of damage to Zebstrika whose special defense got lowered.
"Thunderbolt," said Nils and Zebstrika used the selected attack which inflicted tons of damage on Zoroark who got paralyzed.
"Dark Pulse again," said Tana and Zoroark used another Dark Pulse which gave Zebstrika more damage than the last one because of the lowered special defense but Zebstrika didn't flinch.
"Wild Charge Zebstrika," said Nils and Zebstrika used the chosen move which gave Zoroark so much damage and also damaged Zebstrika.
"Use another Focus Blast Zoroark," said Tana and Zoroark damaged Zebstrika with another Focus Blast which once again lowered Zebstrika's special defense.
"Wild Charge again" said Nils who knew he needed Zebstrika's best move and Zebstrika used another Wild Charge which lead to the same result as the last one.
"Night Slash," said Tana but the paralysis prevented Zoroark from attacking.
"Now Thunderbolt," said Nils and Zebstrika used another Thunderbolt which Zoroark managed to dodge.
"Try Dark Pulse," said Tana and Zoroark used another Dark Pulse which gave more damage to Zebstrika than the last one and Zebstrika flinched. "Now use Night Slash," and Zoroark used the move that was decided which knocked out Zebstrika.
"Zebstrika is unable to battle," said the referee, "Zoroark wins."
"You battled bravely Zebstrika now take a well needed rest," said Nils as he returned Zebstrika, "Go Ledian," and Ledian was sent out. "Use Bug Buzz," and Ledian used the chosen move which gave Zoroark a bunch of super effective damage and also lowered Zoroark's special defense.
"Use Aerial Ace," said Tana but the paralysis stopped Zoroark from using Aerial Ace.
"Bug Buzz again," said Nils and Zoroark took more damage from Bug Buzz than the last one, because of the lowered special defense, and was then knocked out.
"Zoroark is unable to battle," said the referee, "Ledian wins."
"You did well Zoroark now rest up," said Tana as she returned Zoroark, "Go Altaria," Altaria was sent out.
"Return Ledian," said Nils as he returned Ledian, "Go Grumpig," and Grumpig was sent out.
"Use Moonblast Altaria," said Tana and Altaria attacked Grumpig with the attack that was selected which damaged Grumpig whose special attack was lowered.
"Try Signal Beam," said Nils who wanted to try to confuse Altaria and Grumpig used the move that was chosen which gave little damage that wasn't that effective but also confused Altaria like Nils hoped.
"Try Moonblast again," said Tana who wanted Grumpig's special attack to be as low as possible but the confusion stopped Altaria from attacking.
"Use Psychic," said Nils and Grumpig used the move of choice which gave a bit of damage to Altaria whose special defense got lowered.
"You can do it Altaria, use Moonblast," said Tana but Altaria still couldn't attack.
"Now Use Power Gem," said Nils and Grumpig used the attack of choice which gave Altaria a bunch of super effective damage and then Altaria recovered from the confusion.
"Use Moonblast," said Tana and this time, Altaria was able to use another Moonblast which lead to the exact same result as the first one.
"Another Power Gem please," said Nils and Grumpig used a weaker Power Gem which still gave some super effective damage to Altaria.
"Now Sky Attack," said Tana and Altaria prepared to use Sky Attack.
"Power Gem again," said Nils and Grumpig damaged Altaria with yet another Power Gem.
"Attack now," said Tana and Altaria used Sky Attack which gave so much damage to Grumpig.
"Use Bounce," said Nils and Grumpig used Bounce, which wasn't affected by Moonblast because it was physical, and Altaria was knocked out.
"Altaria is unable to battle," said the referee, "Grumpig wins."
"You were great Altaria now rest up," said Tana as she returned Altaria, "Go Ursaring," and Ursaring was sent out. "Use Shadow Claw," and Ursaring used the attack of choice which inflicted enough super effective damage to knock out Grumpig who had taken tons of damage from Altaria.
"Grumpig is unable to battle," said the referee, "Ursaring wins."
"Now they're both down to two Pokemon and none of them have taken any damage," said Libby.
"I think the rest of this battle will be very interesting," said Dean.
"Go Ledian," said Nils and Ledian was sent back out. "Use Focus Blast," and Ledian used the attack that was chosen which inflicted tons of super effective damage to Ursaring whose special defense got lowered.
"Use Strength," said Tana and Ursaring used the selected move which gave a bunch of damage to Ledian.
"Focus Blast again," said Nils and Ledian used another Focus Blast which inflicted even more damage on Ursaring than the last one because of the lowered special defense and Ursaring's special defense was lowered again.
"There's no choice Ursaring, use Thrash," said Tana and Ursaring used the chosen move which gave Ledian so much damage and then confused Ursaring.
"Use Giga Drain," said Nils and Ledian used the move that was decided which gave a bunch of damage to Ursaring and healed some of Ledian's damage.
"Try to use Thrash again," said Tana and Ursaring managed to start using another Thrash.
"Attack with Acrobatics," said Nils and Ledian inflicted a bunch of damage on Ursaring by using Acrobatics while taking tons of damage from Thrash at the same time which wound up knocking out both Pokemon.
"Both Pokemon are unable to battle," said the Nils returned Ledian and Tana returned Ursaring.
"Go Blastoise," said Tana and Blastoise was sent back out.
"Go Venusaur," said Nils and Venusaur was also sent back out.
"This means one of us will end their journey with the same Pokemon they used to start it, doesn't it Nils," asked Tana.
"It seems like it does," answered Nils.
"Anyway," said Tana, "Use Ice Punch," and Blastoise used the decided attack which inflicted a bunch of super effective damage on Venusaur who also froze. "Now Skull Bash," and Blastoise used the chosen move which gave more damage to Venusaur. "Use Ice Punch again," and Blastoise used another Ice Punch which gave even more damage to Venusaur who thawed out.
"Use Energy Ball Venusaur," said Nils and Venusaur used the attack that was chosen which gave a lot of super effective damage to Blastoise whose special defense was lowered.
"Water Pulse," said Tana and Blastoise used the selected move which gave a bit of damage that wasn't very effective to Venusaur who became confused.
"Try Sludge Bomb," said Nils and Venusaur successfully used the attack that was decided which gave a bunch of damage to Blastoise who then got poisoned.
"Ice Punch." said Tana and Blastoise used yet another Ice Punch which gave lots more damage to Venusaur who didn't freeze this time.
"Energy Ball Venusaur," said Nils but the confusion stopped Venusaur from attacking.
"Ice Punch once more," said Tana and Blastoise used yet another Ice Punch which lead to the same result as the last one.
"Petal Blizzard please," said Nils and Venusaur managed to start using the move of choice.
"Skull Bash," said Tana and Blastoise prepared to use Skull Bash which decreased the damage Blastoise took from Petal Blizzard.
"Try energy Ball," said Nils and Venusaur, who snapped out of confusion, used another Energy Ball which gave Blastoise more super effective damage than the last one because of the lowered special defense but this time, Blastoise's special defense did not get lowered.
"Attack with Skull Bash," said Tana and Blastoise released Skull bash and started to charge to Venusaur.
"Use Double edge," said Nils and Venusaur inflicted damage on Blastoise and herself while also taking damage from Blastoise's Skull Bash.
It was just then, Venusaur's ability, Overgrow, and Blastoise's ability, Torrent, both activated.
"Water Pulse," said Tana and Blastoise started to use another Water Pulse which was powered up by Torrent.
"Use Energy Ball," said Nils and Venusaur used an Overgrow boosted Energy Ball which gave tons of damage to Blastoise while at the same time, Venusaur got damaged by Water Pulse and became confused again.
"Use Hydro Pump," said Tana and Blastoise used Hydro Pump which gave so much damage to Venusaur despite not being very effective.
"Use Petal Blizzard," said Nils but the confusion stopped Venusaur from using Petal Blizzard.
"Hydro Pump once more," said Tana and Blastoise used another Hydro Pump which knocked out Venusaur.
"Venusaur is unable to battle," said the referee, "Blastoise wins which means the winner of this match is Tana."
After returning their Pokemon, Nils and Tana went to each other and hugged.
"That was a great battle Tana," said Nils, "I'm glad that if I had to lose to anyone it's you."
"Thanks Nils," thanked Tana, "And of course I would have preferred it If I had lost to you over anyone else here as well."
"Best of luck to you in the Finals," said Nils to Tana and then they both left the battlefield to join their friends and watch the other Semifinals match.
Later, the winner of the other Semifinals match was revealed and it turned out to be the girl who caught Tana's bouquet at the wedding.
"I was hoping to battle either you or your husband after I caught the bouquet," said the girl to Tana after the match, "I'm Suhana by the way."
"It's nice to meet you Suhana," said Tana, "I hope we have an excellent battle that is worthy for the Finals."
"I hope so too," said Suhana and she then left for the battlefield for the final match.
"Be careful Tana," warned Gunter, "I saw some of her matches and she only revealed five of her Pokemon and must be trying to keep her last one a surprise for the Finals."
"I'll do what I can," responded Tana, "I'm not going to lose after making it this far." "I'll also win for all of you," and she then went to the battlefield herself.
"Let's all hope Tana can win," said Rex and then everyone went to the stand to watch the final battle of the Pokemon League Tournament.
