Semi finals


On the battlefield


Pokemon for this round

1. Butterfree

2. Aron

3. Raichu

4. Charizard

5. Sylveon

6. Petra


Ash and his opponent Sho climb onto their respective platforms, with Raichu hovering behind Ash.

"On the red side, we have Red from Pallet, and on the right side, we have Sho from Golden Rod!" The announcer introduced

"Begin!" the referee announced.

"Butterfree, I choose you!"

"Ariados, I need your assistance!"

Just as they arrived on the battlefield, the action started.

"Poison jab!"

"Dodge it and use it, Quiver dance!

Ariados coated his horn in poison and lunged towards Butterfree. Butterfree danced out of the way and increased his special attack, special defense, and speed.

"Night shade!"

"Butterfree, Quiver dance!

Ariados launched a beam made of ghostly energy at Butterfree. Butterfree again danced out of the way and increased his special attack, special defense, and speed.

"Dig, and use swords to dance underground!"

"Quiver dance!"

Ariados dug underground, and Butterfree again danced and increased his special attack, special defense, and speed.

After some time of waiting, Ariados came out of the ground, poison dripping from his horn, lunging towards Butterfree.

"Psychic!"

The bug stopped mid-air with a pink aura surrounding him and Butterfree's eyes glowing pink.

Butterfree slammed Ariados on the ground again, again, and again. Butterfree slammed the other bug on the ground.

"Ariados is unable to battle; Butterfree is the winner!" the referee declared.

Ariados's image went gray.

"That was quick. Ash muttered to himself, but everyone heard it.

"Quick... I'll show you quick Steelix!" Sho growled and tossed a pokeball, revealing his Steelix. Steelix's image appeared under Ariados's.

The giant rock snake appeared on the battlefield. Steelix is a long, serpentine Pokémon with a silvery-gray body made up of rock-like sections, which can possess chips and scrapes from fights and tunneling. Three of those sections have long rock spikes coming out of them on either side. It has a massive head, mainly made up of its large, wide jaw with sets of large, square teeth inside. Along its bottom jaw are ridges; there are two pairs of ridges on a male Steelix, while there is only one pair on a female. Several small, square lumps cover the underside of its lower jaw. Its eye sockets are slightly deep-set, and the eyes themselves are red. Its head has two long ridges going from the eyes up to the top of its head. The tip of its tail is conical with a blunt tip. It was then revealed that Steelix can also mega evolve; Steelix has a mega stone attached to his head. and Sho was wearing a mega ring.

"Butterfree, bug buzz!

The bug-type move did quite a bit of damage, and Steelix winced.

"How?" Sho questioned

"Tinted lenses!" Ash replied

"Steelix Mega Evolution, Stone Edge!"

A white sphere of energy covered Steelix, and cracks appeared on the sphere. The sphere broke, revealing Mega Steelix.

As Mega Steelix grows, its body becomes longer, almost doubles its mass, and gains more features. Mega Steelix's eyes turn blue, and its lower jaw becomes more heavily armored with a round, curved shape. Additionally, a third pair of ridges appears on its bottom jaw, as well as two sharp, flat structures consisting of three conjoined projections on each side. The gray, rock-like spikes and their tail point have transformed into prism-like crystalline spikes; the segments from which the spikes protrude are much larger as well. In between the head and individual spiked segments are smaller units, now adorned by a black spot with a blue hexagon on each side. Several metallic-looking scraps constantly rotate around its neck; these scraps react to Mega Steelix's movements and change position when attacking. The cells within its body, crystallized by the energy produced from Mega Evolution, are stronger than any mineral and able to withstand any temperature. It moves incredibly slowly, but its strengthened body is also impervious to damage, and it lashes out at foes without flinching.

Not giving Butterfree time to react, several sharp, jagged rocks impacted Butterfree, and Butterfree quickly got back up.

"Butterfree, return! Aron, I choose you!"

Ash returned his Butterfree and let out his ancient Lucario; Aron's image appeared under Butterfree's.

"WHAT THE HELL IS THAT?" Aron exclaimed

"That is a mega-evolved pokemon. Ash stated dryly:

Aron shot Ash, a glare

Humm, size doesn't matter. Aron stated

Yes, you're right. No matter how large and hard your snake is, we'll take it down! Ash mocked

"Arrg, enough of this Steelix, Iron Tail!"

"Extreme speed, to dodge!"

Mega Steelix slammed his tail on the battlefield, and a dust cloud whipped up. After the cloud settled, Aron was nowhere to be seen.

"Aron, close combat!

"Where is he? Sho growled

It was then revealed that Aron was on top of Mega Steelix's head. Aron barraged Steelix with a series of punches, kicks, knee strikes, and elbow strikes. Mega Steelix used Iron Head on the still-attacking Aron and flung Aron high up in the air.

"Aron, Aura beam!"

As he was in the air, Aron covered himself in a blue aura. He put his paws together and launched a bright blue beam of aura as wide as his own body that impacted Mega Steelix's body. Mega Steelix's body impacted the battlefield with a boom and made a crater as he fell and returned to his normal state. Aron fell as well; he used almost all of his aura in that last move, and now he is unconscious as well.

"Both Pokemon are unable to battle; this is a tie!" the referee declared.

"Aron, return! You did really good. Ash returned Aron to his pokeball.

"Steelix, return!" Sho recalled his Steelix.

"Umbreon, I need your assistance!"

"Sylveon, I choose you!

Both evasions appeared on the creter-filled battlefield.

"Sylve!!!" Sylveon greeted her happily.

"Umbre!!!" Umbreon scoffed

"Umbreon, Iron Tail!"

"Sylveon, Dazzling Star!

Sylveon made a big pink glowing star and launched it at Umbreon. Umbreon used an iron tail to destroy the star, and as it got slashed in half, a blinding pink light came out of the star, damaging the dark type.

Sylveon giggled, and Umbreon growled at that.

"Umbreon, Swift!"

"Counter it with your own!

Both sent out swift stars that collided with each other.

"Umbreon, take down!"

"Sylveon, take it down!"

Both solutions collided with each other, dealing equal damage to each other.

"Use your feelers to capture him and use the draining kiss!"

And Sylveon did just that. Sylveon captured Umbreon in her feelers and kissed him on the nose. Umbreon blushed and slumped unconscious. Sylveon glowed, regaining her health.

"Umbreon is unable to battle; Sylveon is the winner! The referee declared

"Quagsire, I need your assistance! Sho let out his water and ground type after recalling his Umbreon.

Quagsire is a light blue, bipedal, amphibious Pokémon. Its head is broad and round, with a little neck to distinguish it from the rest of its body. It has a wide mouth and tiny black eyes. A wavy purple stripe runs down its back. Along its spine is a dark blue fin, which is larger on the male than on the female. Quagsire's hands and feet both have three digits. Its outer layer of skin is slimy and slippery. Quagsire is seemingly related to Clodsire.

"Great job, Sylveon, now return! Ash recalled his answer: "Petra, I choose you!

"Quagsire, Surf!"

"Agility, fly high!

Quagsire surfed on a large wave coming towards Petra.

Petra was high up in the sky in seconds, avoiding the wave completely.

"Quagsire, Ice Beam!"

"Petra, ancient power!

Quagsire, Sent an ice-cold beam at Petra; Petra intersected the attack with a floating rock; the rock froze over and fell on Quagsire, trapping him in the icy rocks.

"Brick break, break the rocks!

Quagsire smashed the rocks trapping him, a bit damaged but okay.

"Petra, Supersonic!"

Petra sent supersonic weaves at Quagsire, confusing him.

"Quagsire, Blizzard!"

"Petra, iron skin!

Using the iron head to cover his whole body and using it like iron armor, Petra reduced the damage from the ice move, then deactivated the iron skin as his skin turned normal.

"Petra, Giga Impact!"

Petra covered himself in a pink bubble with orange lines and rammed himself into Quagsire.

Petra got up, revealing that Quagsire was unconscious and in a creter.

Petra came near Ash, and Ash rubbed his head.

"Great job, now return! Ash said so and recalled Petra.

"Quagsire, return!" Sho recalled his Quagsire while glaring at Ash. Ash smirked at him, and he glared harder.

"Electivire, I need your assistance!"

Electivire is a large, humanoid Pokémon covered in yellow fur with black stripes. It appears to lack a neck and has red eyes, a black spot on its forehead, and a pair of antennae with bulbous tips. A pattern on Electivire's back resembles an electric outlet. The fur on its cheeks and shoulders is spiky and ruffled. It has two black tails with red-rounded ends, resembling open electrical wires. Electivire has black feet with three clawed toes and five black fingers on each of its hands.

"Charizard, I choose you!

"Rain dance!"

"Charizard, dragon dance!

Electivire flung a ball of water into the sky. Charizard boosted himself, expecting his next move as the rain started.

"Thunder!"

"Charizard, use a metal claw on your feet!"

A large bolt of lightning struck Charizard. Before it could hit him, Charizard coated his feet in matel and dug them slightly underground. The pain was immense, but not something he couldn't handle, and because of the metal claw on his feet, it was even easier to handle. As the attack ended, Charizard snorted some smoke out of his nose, as if saying, That's it.

"Charizard, sunny day, fly high!"

"Thunder bolt!"

Charizard flew high in the sky, dodged all the thunder bolts, and flung a ball of sun light in the rainy clouds, and the rain disappeared and the sun shone brightly.

"Electivire, rock slide!

"Dragon dance!"

In the sky, as Charizard boosted himself, Electivire summoned several large rocks above Charizard. Charizard, without a word from Ash, created a protective barrier to protect himself from the rocks, but still, Charizard landed on the ground with a thump.

"Thunder punch!"

"Let it come close."

Electivire's fist started sparking and he ran towards Charizard. Charizard just waited, knowing Ash's plan.

"Earthquake!"

Just before the punch landed, Charizard stomped his foot and used the massively powerful ground type attack, defeating the pure electric type.

"Electivire is unable to battle; Charizard is the winner!"

Electivire's image went gary

Charizard landed behind Ash, high-fiving, and Raichu hovered on the battlefield.

"Great job out there, Charizard. Ash congratulated

"Zard!"

"Ninetale, I need your assistance!"

Ninetales arrived on the battlefield.

"Do I even have to say it? Ash questioned

Yes, yes, do. echoing Raichu's mental voice

"Raichu, I choose you! Ash said sweat was dropping.

"How about Ash? I choose you! Echoing Raichu's mental voice, everyone's sweat dropped.

Ok, how about we focus on the battle? Ash suggested

"Oh yeah, that, I'll finish it quick!

Raichu activated the Lightning Shroud and

I used a very electrical surf.

"Ninetales is unable to battle Raichu, and trainer Red moves on to the finals!" the referee declared.

Sho, without a word, walked away.


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