Florian felt like he couldn't keep watching the match.
He almost turned away to go back to the dressing room.
But he didn't that wasn't something that he would have done before but he was willing to watch out the rest of Oort's contest.
He did end up losing without much of a fight after Dondozo overpowered an Electro Ball then picked up and flung Rabsca with Crunch letting Swanna pick it off with Air Slash. From there, Gumshoos was unable to compete with the two water types.
So it was against Julianna's friend Cherry in his second match.
Cherry was talking with Nashi and Oort who looked extremely comfortable.
"Do you know what that was all about?"
"Well, things are still kinda icy since the Team Star incident so I think she's still upset about that, especially with Nashi and Oort talking so much"
"So I imagine that she's not so fond of me right now"
After a few days of rest, it was time for Julianna's sixth gym battle.
For the first time, she would be fighting in a double battle.
To make it just a little more stressful it would be in front of a large crowd,
As a four-on-four, she would be leaving Armarouge out because of his ghost weakness.
She would be starting off with Clodsire and Tinkatuff as Ryme sent out Banette and Mimikyu.
"Toxic Spikes! and Knock Off!"
"Counter with Will-o-Wisp and Phantom Force!" Mimikyu disappeared by diving into a portal of purple ghost energy avoiding the Knock Off letting Banette strike her with Will-o-Wisp but giving Clodsire free to set up Toxic Spikes.
Mimikyu appeared behind Clodsire striking her with Phantom Force.
"Use Poison Tail and Flash Cannon!"
"Both of you use Phantom Force!" both of the ghosts disappeared into the background leaving Julianna's team alone.
"Clodsire! Tinkatuff back up against each other"
Tinkatuff walked up against Closdire as Mimikyu and Banette struck with Phantom Force.
"Now Poison Jab and Flash Cannon!" both attacks hit their mark as the ghost came up from Phantom Force breaking Mimikyu's Disguise ability causing its rag to flop down and sag.
"Use Icy Wind and Wood Hammer!" Banette launched an icy breeze slowing the other two down and letting Mimikyu strike Clodsire with Wood Hammer.
"Poison Tail and Flash Cannon on Mimikyu!" Clodsire struck Mimikyu with Poison Tail sending it flying into Tinkatuff's Flash Cannon knocking the Disguise Pokémon out. Meanwhile, Banette vanished with another Phantom Force as Toxtricity came in absorbing the Toxic Spikes.
"Poison Tail and Play Rouge!"
Ryme immediately swapped out her ace for Houndstone well Banette struck Tinkatuff with Phantom Force so Houndstone only took a Poison Tail from Clodsire.
Deciding to keep her ground types for Ryme's ace Julianna returned Clodsire in favor of Quaquaval now that Mimikyu was gone.
"Use Icy Wind!" Banette launched another Icy Wind slowing Julianna's team.
"Aqua Step!" Quaquaval launched a flurry of steps at Banette to counter the Icy Wind speed drop.
"Use Last Respects!" Houndstone launched two lavender orbs at Tinkatuff doing extra damage now that Mimikyu had fainted knocking Tinkatuff out.
"Ayuda Vamos!" Toedscruel landed on the field ready to go.
"Use Ice Fang!"
"Block it with Aqua Step!" Quaquaval blocked the Ice Fang meant for Toedscruel with Aqua Step although it didn't do a lot because of Houndstones Fluffy ability.
"Use Will-o-Wisp!" Banette launched another Will-o-Wisp burning Quaquaval.
"Spore on Houndstone!" Toedscruel fired the orange-green powder on Houndstone putting the ghost dog to sleep.
"Aqua Step and Earth Power!"
"Use Phantom Force!" Banette disappeared again well the sleeping Houndstone took the Earth Power.
"Get ready for Banette!" Banette appeared again behind Quaquaval striking with Phantom Force.
"Now Acrobatics!" Quaquaval slammed down onto Banette with Acrobatics sending it to Toedscruel.
"Now Giga Drain!" Toedscruel launched an orb of red-green energy onto Banette absorbing its energy back to herself knocking the Marionette Pokémon out.
"Use Phantom Force!" Houndstone woke up vanishing into the purple void.
Ryme sent out Toxtricity as her last Pokémon.
"Toxtricity why don't we ryle up this crowd? time to Terrestalize!" the crowd started screaming and cheering as Toxtricity became enveloped in shards of purple and the ghost Tera Crystal appeared over its head.
"Phantom Force on Quaquaval!" Houndstone appeared again with Phantom Force striking Quaquaval
"Use Boomburst!" Toxtricity launched a loud burst of sound from its chest damaging Quaquaval and Toedscruel.
"Spore on Toxcricity!"
"Hounstone take it" Houndstone jumped in the way of the powder putting it back to sleep.
"Aqua Step and Giga Drain!"
"Toxtricity get behind Hounstone!" Toxtricity jumped behind Houndstone with only Toedscruel's attack doing significant damage since Houndstone's Fluffy and the burn meaning Aqua Step did little.
"Now Boomburst again!" Toxtricity let out another Boomburst sending them flying back into each other Quaquaval being knocked out.
Julianna sent out Clodsire making it a two on two.
"Alright, Toedscruel let's terastilize ourselves" Julianna hurled the tera orb at Toedscruel creating a burst of green crystals and the grass Tera Crystal appeared over her head.
"Use Tera Blast!" Toxtricity fired a ball of pale purple crystal energy.
"Giga Drain!" the Giga Drain and Ghost Tera Blast canceled each other out.
"Now Mud shot!" instead of going for Mud Shot Clodsire slammed down onto the ground with her new move Earthquake damaging everyone on the field although Toedscruel's resistance let her get off with little damage.
"Use Sludge Bomb and Last Respects!"
"Clodsire use Earthquake!" Clodsire slammed down on the ground with an Earthquake.
"Jump Toedscruel!" the extra force from the Earthquake was able to propel Toedscruel over Toxcrity's Sludge Bomb.
"Giga Drain! On Toxtricity!" The tera-boosted Giga Drain was able to get Toedscruel a good chunk of health back.
"Use Ice Fang on Toedscruel!" Houndstone lunged at Toedscruel bitting down with Ice Fang although Toedscruel was able to take it due to lack of a quad weakness and health regained from Giga Drain.
"Use Tera Blast and Last Respect!"
"Giga Drain on Houndstone and Earthquake!" the ground and grass attacks connected the Giga Drain followed by Earthquake taking out Houndstone Well the Tera Blast from Toxtricity knocked out Clodsire leaving only the Terastlized Pokémon standing.
"Use Sludge Bomb!"
"Take the attack then Spore!" Toedscruel was able to survive the attack thanks to her high special defense putting Toxtricity to sleep.
"Earth Power!" Toedscruel fired the Earth Power well Toxtricty stayed asleep.
"Giga Drain"
"Use Tera Blast!"
Toxtricity woke up firing their Tera-boosted attacks at each other.
When the purple and green crystals cleared and moved to her feet the health gained from Giga Drain well Toxtricty remained on the ground and didn't get up.
After winning her ghost badge Julianna noticed that she had a suspicious amount of missed texts.
Before she could read through them she had an incoming phone call.
Florian was up for his second match against Cherry.
It was Tauros and Naclstack against her Wugtrio and newly evolved Aromatisse.
When the whistle Tauros didn't immediately charge in so Florian tried commanding an attack.
"Both of you use Stone Edge!" Tauros and Naclstack fired a Stone Edge at Cherry's team.
"Ice Beam! And Charm!" The two attacks canceled each other out in a burst of brown white and pink.
"Tauros use Raging Bull on Naclstack!" Tauros charged and tackled Naclstack sending him flying towards the opponent.
"Use Salt Cure!"
"Aqua Jet!" Wugtrio slammed into Naclstack knocking her back.
"Now Moonblast!" Aromatise fired the ball of pink energy further damaging Naclstack causing her to miss the Salt Cure.
"Use Flame Charge on Aromatise!" Tauros attacked with Flame Charge sending Aromatisse into the air.
"Use Stone Edge!"
"Use Ice Beam!" The Stone Edge overpowered the Ice Beam striking Wugtrio although it allowed Aromatise to float down harmlessly.
"Use Charm!" as she landed Aromatisse charmingly stared at Tauros with a ring of pink hearts lowing his attack.
Enraged Tauros went for Raging Bull without listening.
"Naclstack use Headbutt!" Naclstack and Tauros crashed against each other with their attacks colliding into Cherry's teams.
"Use Driple Dive! And Thunder Bolt!" As Wugtrio became coated in water Aromatisse struck it with Thunderbolt striking Florian's teams.
More enraged Tauros simply kicked with Double Kick sending Wugtrio flying back.
By now Tauros was completely no longer listening to Florian.
"Naclstack use Iron Defense" As Tauros went for another Raging Bull The Iron Defense ignited setting Naclstack ablaze.
"Now use Headbutt" Naclstack surged forward with the flamming Headbutt.
"Use Stomping Tantrum on Aromatisse!" Stomping its body against the ground Wugtrio launched Aromatisse into the sky.
"Use Gyro Ball!" Aromatisse spun rapidly towards Naclstack with a high advantage letting Aromatisse overpower Naclstack sending her falling back to the ground well Aromatiss landed on her feet.
It was over by this point Florian's final gambit hadn't worked out and to no one's surprise, Cherry ended up winning.
Naclstack with the help of Arboliva was able to win Florian's final match which meant he advanced into the next and final rank where he was allowed to use Terastilization.
Well, he was waiting for the rest of the battles to conclude when he noticed a long string of texts on his phone.
Julianna looked at the screen to see it was Nashi calling her.
"Hola"
"Hey Julianna um we are in a bit of a situation"
"What situation"
"Well um, Arven found the next Titan" Nashi ducked over something rolling above him.
"He didn't want to disturb you guys so he just asked me to come with him wow!" his Yanmega blocked a Wild Charge with Protect.
"So we went out to the desert forgot what it's called"
"The Asado Desert!"
"Yes, that's the one!" Arvan's Scovillian was sent flying back with a High Horsepower well Nashis Dudunsparce attacked with a Flamethrower.
"So we find the Titan and well how do I describe it? It looks like a Donphan but with Copperajah armor I don't know but it's something"
"Are you in trouble!"
"Well, that's why I'm calling you" The creature went for Iron Head which Yanmega and Dudunsparce countered with Hyper Drill and Bug Buzz.
"Arven just kind of broke down when he saw it I've been trying to get to him but he's on the other side of the Donphan"
The creature let out a cry that sounded like warped vocoded Donphan.
"I got to go by!"
Since Julianna's whole team aside from Armarouge was fainted or weakened and would need to recover after the gym battle there were only two people she could ask.
And one of them was someone she wasn't talking to.
End Credit Song-Yes I'm A Mess by AJR
One more Chapter of these two then it's back to Ash-focused that's all I've got for notes aside from the DLC.
The DLCs will be a sort of season 2 after the current plotlines are done so stay tuned for that.