"Wailord is unable to battle, Garchomp wins and the victory goes to Benga!" announced the referee. The group was shocked on how he swept his match 3-0.
"So there are some really strong trainers here." Said Max. the look of concern showed on Gary's face again as it did before.
"Well the rest of the matches won't be until the afternoon, so let's go back to the pokemon centre for lunch." Suggested Brock.
So as a group Ash, Misty, Brock, Tracey, May, Max, Dawn, Iris and Gary all walked back to the pokemon centre. Brock started to feel concerned as he now realized that he would have to cook for 8 other people. He knew he would have a long day ahead of him. When they arrived back they saw Tyler having nurse Joy exchange some of his pokemon. They walked over to him to see what he'd been up to.
"Hey Tyler, your battling today to right?" asked Ash.
"Yeah, I've spent all morning get ready to battle an elite 4 member." He replied.
"You sound pretty confident. Good luck in your battle." Said Dawn with a smile.
"But first, how about some lunch?" announce Brock.
Everyone enjoyed eating Brocks cooking while exchanging battle strategies for the tournament. All of them dreamed of bringing back the PWT trophy and how they were going to use the 1 million dollars. Soon enough they were back at the Driftveil stadium and were about to watch their new friend Tyler in his battle.
"Sigilyph go!" called Caitlin as here 1st pokemon took its place.
Tyler grasped a pokeball in his hand and glared at it, then he throw it. "go!"
Out of the pokeball came a red pokemon with a white robe with a blackbelt on.
Iris spoke up. "Hey why is Tyler using Throh, a fighting type is at a huge disadvantage against a psychic and flying type."
"So? Brock did the same thing and he still won." Replied Dawn.
"Even so, it's still a bit of a gamble." Said Misty.
Sigilyph use psychic!
An telekinetic force surrounded Throh, but it didn't seem to feel it.
Use focus blast!
Throh put its hands together and a light blue ball materialized. It then throw the ball at Sigilyph. It made direct contact but Sigilyph didn't seem fazed.
"Like I said, a fighting type move will barley do a thing against Sigilyph! He is such a little kid." repeated Iris.
"But what about psychic, it didn't do anything to Throh." Said Max confused.
"Hm, I wonder…" Gary thought to himself.
Sigilyph use air slash!
Sigilyph swirled around its wing and formed a spinning ball of air, which it throw at Throh.
Dodge it!
Throh jumped out of the way.
Now use Night Slash
Throh's hand was surrounded by a shadowy claw and slashed Sigilyph.
"I never knew Throh could use that move." Said Iris surprised.
"I don't think Throh can use that move." Said Ash.
Iris spoke up again. "But it just used it Ash, duh. You're such a little kid." Ash just sank lower in his seat.
At this point Gary's jaw dropped as he figured out what's going. "That's not Throh." He said. Everyone gasped as they turned to look at Gary for an explanation.
Sigilyph flash cannon!
Sigilyph formed a silver ball in front of itself and fired a silver beam of light. Throh was hit directly by the blast and started to glow in a purple aura. It then started to transform and reappeared as a Zorarork.
"What, Just happened?" asked May.
"I'll tell you, it was Zorarork's ability illusion. It lets Zorarorkcome out disguised as another pokemon in his party." Informed Brock.
"Wow, what a handy ability." Said Max excitedly.
"Hey Tracey, is that the Zorarork that was back in Pallet town?" asked Ash.
"Yeah, we were researching the way that it can change its appearance." Replied Tracey.
Now Sigilyph, ice beam!
A blue ice stream shot toward Zorarork.
Dodge and use Night Daze!
Zorarork evaded the ice beam and and hit the ground with its black glowing forearms. A black/purple pulsating wave grew larger and larger until it hit Sigilyph, throwing it off balance.
Shadow ball!
Zorarork quickly launched another attack landing a critical hit on Sigilyph knocking it to the ground and out.
"Sigilyph is unable to battle, Zorarork is the winner!"
"Wow, he won." Acknowledged May.
"He's beating an elite 4 member, this guy is really good!" yelled Max excitedly.
"He's definitely one skilled trainer." Said Gary, impressed by the young man.
"My 2nd pokemon will be Metagross!" cried Caitlin. A big blue 4 iron legged pokemon now stood imposingly in the battle field. It had 2 red eyes and a grey cross on the front of its face.
"Zorarork return!" Tyler said has he put the illusion fox away for later. He gabbed another pokeball from his belt and threw it. "GO Houndoom!."
Tyler had chosen a fierce looking black hound with 2 white horns on the top of its head and a long black tail.
"Who is that pokemon?" Dawn asked as she pulled out her pokedex. Houndoom the dark pokemon and the evolved form of Houndour. The flames it breaths when angry contain toxins. If they cause a burn it will hurt forever.
"Hurt forever? Sounds like a dangerous pokemon." Said May.
"But why didn't Tyler stick with Zorarork? A dark type has an advantage over a psychic type." Said Iris.
"True, but Metagross is also a steel type. So a fire type would be the right choice." Explained Gary.
"And besides, Houndoom is also a dark type." Added Ash.
Houndoom flamethrower!
Houndoom opened its mouth and fired a wave of flames at Metagross. Metagross took the flames as if it didn't feel it.
Use hammer arm!
1 of Metagross's legs glowed in a red light and it lifted its other 3 legs and started to levitate. It flew forward and swung its leg at Houndoom.
Dodge it!
Houndoom jumped of the leg, evading the attack.
Nasty plot.
Houndoom started to simulate bad thoughts in its head.
"What's nasty plot do?" asked Misty.
"It sharply raises the uses special attack power." Answered Brock.
"The next time Houndoom uses flamethrower, it's going to be a lot more powerful." Said Gary.
Use bullet punch!
Metagross's legs all lit up and it charged at Houndoom rapidly spinning. It hit Houndoom directly but did not do much damage.
Houndoom dark pulse!
Houndoom fired a line of purple rings at Metagross from its mouth.
Block it.
Metagross raised its 2 front legs and crossed them in front of its face. The rings bounced off its hard iron body.
"That's some great defence." Gary making his opinion heard.
Flamethrower!
Houndoom fired flames from its mouth that was a lot bigger than last time.
"That flamethrower had a lot more power than last time." Acknowledged Brock
Use giga impact!
Metagross was surrounded by a purple and grey aura and charged through the flames and smashed into Houndoom.
"Houndoom is unable to battle, Metagross wins!"
"Not only defence, that Metagross has a lot of power as well." Said Ash.
"No need to worry. It's still 2 against 2." Dawn said trying to sound encouraging.
"So who will he use next?" wondered Iris.
"Go Golurk!" he yelled as throw another pokeball.
"So he's going to use a Ghost type, smart strategy." Said Brock.
Use night slash!
Golurk's massive hand started to glow dark as it slashed across Metagross.
Ha, use hammer arm!
"Why would she do that, Golurk is a ghost type." Said Dawn confused.
Gary gasped. "That's it!" he yelled as Metagross's leg crashed into Golurk knocking it out.
"How the hell did that happen, fighting type moves should not affect ghost type pokemon." Wondered Max.
While lying on the ground, Golurk's body transformed into the familiar Zorarork.
"So it was Zorarork again." Said Gary.
"That was so fast. And now Tyler only has 1 pokemon." Interjected May.
"And he was doing so well at first." Said Misty.
"Then it all comes down to this." Concluded Ash.
They all looked down to the field to see who would be Tyler's last pick. He grabbed a ball of his belt, looked at it and shut his eyes as if he were meditating a bit. His eyes shot open and there was a new flame of determination in them. He threw the ball that contained his last hope to proceed to round 2.