Chapter 3: A Flashback
The monk gazed sharply down both sides of the field. The massive crowd had packed the stadium to the brim, and their united silence had made the tension palpable. The beasts at opposite sides of the kilometer field stared each other down. One's bright yellow draconic eyes promising a cruel end to its foe, who's gray orbs stood unflinchingly and defiant, not giving an inch of submission to its draconic opposition.
The monk raised both of his hands before sending one more glance down the sides of the field, where atop of raised platforms two trainers were locked into their own contest, daring each other to break. "Cardinal Mills Of Canalave, are you ready?" The male with fiery red hair gave a grinning nod which the monk returned promptly. "Sister Shirona, are you ready?" A curt bow was all the monk needed. He escalated his own platform, until he rose above both competitors and shot his arms downwards.
"The final bout of the 21st Championship Challenge begins now!"
Mills took the first step of the dance, "Behemoth, Shift and Lance!" On command, the Aggron dropped to the floor on all four armored feet and its iron plates slide downwards and cover its outer hide, and shifting its skull plate straight, so sharp it gleamed. A brief glow covers the plates, leaving them shiny and lustrous before the dinosaur charges down the field with speed not befitting its size and weight.
"A textbook strategy from Mills, combining Iron Defense, Rock Polish, and Autotomize, counteracting the typical tradeoffs of just using one of the three, causing a major increase Speed and Defense!"
Shirona quickly took the next, "Sirius, Shatter!" The monstrous Garchomp flexed its clawed arms into the air and sunk them into the hard dirt of the field. The field began to rumble and quake as portions of the field begun to sink and rise randomly.
"Another devastating strategy employed! Sirius is known for its devastating ranged attacks and maneuvers and his ability to control field elements to his own advantage to disrupt and overpower opponents!
"Drive straight through, Superpower!" Behemoth swelled as its muscles tensed and strained and picked up more speed, blasting through entire sections of packed earth that made up the field like a runaway train, headed straight towards its opposition.
"Brace and Sink!" The Garchomp froze, sticking its claws deeper into the earth, nigh on all fours.
"There's no bracing Behemoth, Horn Drill" The charging Aggron's metal horn began rotating, slowly accelerating until a miniature whirlwind had appeared at the dinosaur's apex.
"Has anyone ever told you that brute force doesn't solve all problems?" Behemoth's charge suddenly escalated as the land suddenly rose under the dinosaur's feet. The Aggron tried to step up and over the plate, but suddenly more land rose under its back and rose.
Mills starred in surprise as his thousand ton dinosaur was promptly flipped over, and instead of hitting solid ground and righting itself, promptly sunk into the seemingly solid dirt which had once been there.
Shirona didn't waste any time after her trap had been sprung. "Enclose!" The land over where Behemoth had disappeared suddenly lost its underlying gleam and solidified as the Garchomp remained with its opponent out of sight.
Silence and underlying confusion filled the arena, wondering if this was the Challenger that had swept the Elite Four and taken the Champion to her last Pokemon.
"Give up, your beast is trapped and suffocating"
"If you think that a couple pounds of dirt is all Behemoth can take before he cracks, its your mistake."
As if it was a response, pebbles from the Garchomp's previous seismic display of power, had begun vibrating.
"Fissure!"
The field violently split open through the middle. A chasm only revealing a dark void below it dominated the entire field, stopping just before the Garchomp's two feet.
"Rock Climb!"
"Dodge!"
Like a bullet train through a tunnel, Behemoth reappeared and delivered a monstrous uppercut to the spherical on Garchomp's forehead. The dragon flew backwards, before crashing into the dirt, its heavy body and propelling force kicking up dirt around its landing.
"Don't let up, Body Slam!"
The Aggron rushed the prone dragon and crudely slammed its sides into the Garchomps' backside. A pained cry emerged as the beast tried to right itself upwards and defend itself.
"Iron Claw!"
"Dragon Claw!"
The Aggron's claws glowed white behind it as it rushed still downt dragon. The Garchomp flipped over and threw itself into a gleaming Dragon Claw, its arm appendage dazzling. The attacks met with a resounding clang and more followed.
"Iron Head!"
Behemoth broke up the clash and mixed up, by executing a quick headbutt for the Garchomp's chest. The Dragon leapt over and flipped in the air, its tail gleamed shortly before slamming it into the Aggron's skull plate.
The hit sent Behemoth to the floor, and a pile of dust accompanying him. The Garchomp quickly followed up with another Dragon Tail, forcing the Aggron into staying stomach first into the ground to defend itself.
"Once more Garchomp!"
"Catch it!"
Garchomp roared in challenge and flipt once again, bringing its weighty tail downwards to slam into the Aggron. Behemoth quickly righted itself and took the hit on one of its iron plates to minimize the damage, and grabbed the Garchomp's tail before the dragon reset from its flashy attack.
"Spin!"
Behemoth gripped the tail with both claws and spun around. The dragon resisted but the risk of its tail being pulled off was too great and eventually gave in. Aggron begun to speed up, the Garchomp fully lifted off the ground and whirling through the air.
"Slam and Toss"
Behemoth lifted the tail over his shoulder and slammed the Garchomp into the cold hard earth, before rotating once more and lifting the Garchomp over its head.
The Aggron faced Shirona and roared.
Shirona's apparent confusion just made Behemoth angrier.
Behemoth threw the Garchomp into the chasm.
Shirona screamed.
Mills' jaw dropped.
The audience's gasp broke the prior silence like a knife through a tightrope.
Then Behemoth tensed once again, and brought its hands together.
The chasm closed with a enormous crash.
Shirona's scream sounded again.
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"See Typhus, that's the kind of battling I want to do, no tricks, no cut corners, just plain and straight fights!" In response, the Mudkip glanced at Rodney, examined him closely, and decided it would rather continue eating its food.
"Do I have to get the baseball bat back out asshole?"
The Mudkip's cheeks swelled and this time Rodney struck first.
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(A/N)
Smh why did I decide to pump this chapter out
I have to wake up in like 3 houuuuuuurs
What am i doing
User Kintsugii literally fueled me to do this chapter alone, his fucking review was so crisp I just had to pump out another for him yk.
If anyone's confused about this chapter, there's some hints that leave it behind whether its a flashback or a flashforward, but I just wanted to give you guys a sneak peek of the way I write Pokemon Battles.
Also give me some reviews on if you want me to add or not add Announcers for official matches such as Cardinal Challenges which are gonna be this series' version of Gym Battles essentially with some key differences which tie in to the way Sinnoh is right now and why exactly.