Author's note: My classes began again recently. I'll try to keep up this weekly publishing format, but if I'm a taaaaaad late (like I was this week) you'll know why.

Enjoy!

Chapter 97: A completely normal battle PT3

Tinkaton thought about Pawmot- remembering how easily he went down made her grip on her hammer even tighter.

"You…" Slaking said. "I remember you. You attacked me…You have to pay. You have to PAY!"

Slaking roared loudly, the force of which blew a violent wind against Tinkaton, who stood her ground.

"I'm going to make you pay for what you did to Pawmot…!" Tinkaton roared.

"Tinkaton versus Slaking," Geeta said. "Let the battle begin!"

Tinkaton glared furiously at her opponent.

"Slaking, use sky uppercut!" Larry cried.

"Tinkaton- you have to dodge it, no matter what!" Kai cried.

Tinkaton nodded, and the instant Slaking moved, his body disappeared in a blink of an eye and then re-appeared in front of her. The uppercut to the pink Pokémon's stomach was so powerful that spit flew out of Tinkaton's mouth before she was sent flying. Her back slammed into the ceiling before she fell onto the ground. She felt her vision blur as her consciousness was beginning to fade.

The last thing she heard before almost passing out was Kai crying out, "Tinkaton, return!"

The moment Tinkaton was returned into her pokeball, all she saw was black, and she felt her body floating in the air as though it were underwater. The pain that she felt earlier had completely stopped, as though someone or something had given her mercy.

Even when she opened her eyes, Tinkaton saw nothing but darkness. This was normal for any Pokémon that was put into their Pokeball, but she knew how to do something most others didn't: How to break out of her Pokeball.

Despite the pain not being present, Slaking's attack had still severely weakened her. And so, it took Tinkaton more time to break out. But when she finally managed to break free, a bright light shone in the darkness she saw.

Her body was suddenly flung into the air, and she barely managed to land on the ground below her with a crouch. When she raised her head, she saw Kai watching the battlefield in disbelief.

In front of her and her trainer lay the unconscious body of Houndstone, and standing over him was Slaking, who was slamming his fists on his chest.

Tinkaton suddenly felt the sting of her injury which felt like a mixture of a burning sensation, and a terrible stomachache that brought her back to her knees. Kai turned his head.

"Wha- What're you doing here...?" Kai asked.

Tinkaton couldn't even speak- the pain was too much. Almost immediately, Kai worriedly crouched to her.

"Kai-" Geeta said. "You have to bring out a Pokémon. If you plan to heal Tinkaton, you cannot do it for free."

Kai's head spun to Geeta, and Tinkaton could see the sweat on Kai's face. She could see her trainer's chest rising and falling very quickly. After a bit, Kai stood up.

"Tinkaton- return."

In that instant, Tinkaton was back into the sea of darkness. The pain went away at once, but Tinkaton was stubborn. Very stubborn. She didn't care that the pain would return the moment she got out, she wanted vengeance, and she wanted it now.

Tinkaton yelled at the top of her lungs, attempting to move her limbs as though they were constrained. After a while, Tinkaton was able to move her arms and legs, and the bright light that came felt like an award for her efforts. The moment Tinkaton broke free of her Pokeball, she saw Kai returning an unconscious Quaquaval into his Pokeball.

"The round goes to Slaking." Geeta said. "Kai...you're down to just two Pokémon left. Your Tinkaton clearly can still fight. However- if neither her or your Charcadet are willing or able to fight, then you lose."

What?!

Every other Pokémon on her team save for Charcadet and herself had already fainted?! What happened!? How long had she been gone?!

That was when Tinkaton heard someone whimpering. It wasn't Kai, the voice of the whimpering was too baby-like. No- it was Charcadet, who was shivering in fear while hugging Kai's leg from behind.

"Wha- What're you doing!?" Tinkaton cried. She groaned as she limped over to Charcadet. She fell to her knees while grabbing at her stomach.

"I'm scared…" Charcadet said.

"Why!?" Tinkaton cried. "You- You were able to go toe-to-toe with that guy before..! Why are you afraid!?"

"I-I didn't think…he-he'd be back…now- he's…not lazy…and- he wants to hurt m-me…"

"C'mon, Charcadet...!" Tinkaton groaned... "You remember what Kai said to you durring our...strategy meeting..? He said that... you're his trump card! How can you be a trump card...if you aren't even battling!?"

"Kai- What will you do?" Geeta asked.

Kai gasped a bit, as though he were suddenly shaken awake from a dream. Tinkaton turned her head up and made eye-contact with her trainer. They didn't even need to say a word, they both nodded to each other.

"Tinkaton can still fight," Kai said, turning to Geeta.

Geeta nodded as Tinkaton took the hammer that had lied beside her since she had released herself from her Pokéball, put it over her shoulder, and turned her back to Charcadet.

"Charcadet…" Tinkaton said. She turned her head over to the boy, and he shook. "If you don't do something, I won't forgive you."

Tinkaton walked to the battlefield, clenching her hammer tightly as she entered a battle stance. She glared at Slaking, who had a few peck marks on his chest. The only Pokemon on her team who could manage to do something like that was either Quaquaval, or Bombirdier. Tinkaton knew that Quaquaval wasn't the pecking type. Those marks had to be from Bombirdier.

There were no other visible wounds on the Slaking, so Tinkaton assumed that Bombirdier was the only one able to stand up to him.

Save for Charcadet. The moment she thought of Charcadet, Tinkaton began groaning in frustration. Never mind that, she thought. She had to focus.

There was only one thing that had to be done, Tinkaton knew it, and Kai knew it.

"Tinkaton…" Kai said, "I'm counting on you."

Tinkaton didn't even look back. "Do what you have to do," Tinkaton said, clenching her hammer. "I'll endure anything he throws at me."

"Tinkaton versus Slaking!" Geeta cried. "Let the battle begin!"

"Slaking! Use Close Combat!" Larry cried.

Slaking roared at the top of his lungs, creating a gust of wind that threatened to blow away the tiny pink Pokémon, but she stayed still.

The instant Slaking did this, Kai grabbed his backpack and pulled out an item: a Revive.

Meanwhile, Tinkaton saw Slaking appear right in front of her as though he teleported- and then unleash a barrage of punches. Tinkaton cried out with pain as Slaking threw out a final punch which made her fall unconscious.

When Bombirdier opened his eyes, he saw Tinkaton's unconscious body on the ground, and Slaking roaring in front of it. Bombardier groaned as it went up to its feet, eyeballing his trainer, who returned Tinkaton to his pokeball.

"You are a poor excuse for a trainer if this is how you battle," Bombirdier said. Kai sighed as though he understood him.

"No he's not..!" Charcadet cried. "Kai's a good tra-"

"I outright refuse to hear a single word you have to say," Bombirdier said, narrowing his eyes with annoyance at Charcadet. "If you want to put your two cents in, I suggest you lift a finger to fight first." Charcadet frowned. "That's what I thought," Bombirdier said.

"Bombirdier probably said something mean about me, huh, Charcadet?" Kai said, crouching to Charcadet and patting his head. "It's okay. I deserve the insults. I messed up, bad. I have to fix this, and I can't do it without you, Bombardier."

"You owe me," Bombirdier said with a grumble as he walked ahead.

"Thank you," Kai said.

"I'd surrender if I were you," Larry said, scratching the back of his head. "There's no shame in it. It's not worth getting your Pokémon angry because you let them faint over and over again."

"Hey, Larry?" Kai said.

"What's that?"

"You don't know a damn thing about me and my team. So do me a favor: shut up and fight. No offense."

Larry raised his eyebrows. He sighed. "All right, suit yourself," he said

Bombirdier started laughing the instant he heard what Kai said. "You know what, after hearing you say that, maybe I won't hold this against you," Bombirdier said.

"The next battle will begin. Slaking versus Bombirdier!" Geeta roared. "Begin!"

Bombirdier took flight as Slaking balled his fists, focusing intensely.

"Bombirdier, Hyper voice!"

Bombirdier let out a screech loud enough to send shockwaves to Slaking, who covered his ears.

"Slaking, fight back with your own Hyper voice!"

Slaking began roaring at the top of his lungs right back at Bombirdier- and the two blasts of sound collided. Sand and dust flew into the air as both trainers covered their ears, and the rest of the spectators did the same.

Slaking's entire body became even more red as he let out a louder roar. Kai saw as the soundwaves coming from the normal type were inching closer to Bombirdier, and immediately, he pulled his backpack out again and pulled out Tinkaton's Pokéball along with a Revive item.

Slaking's Hyper voice broke through Bombirdier's attack and slammed against the flying type, who squawked in pain and fell to the ground.

"Bombirdier is unable to fight!" Geeta said. "The battle goes to Slaking."

A bead of sweat fell down Kai's face as the now-revived Tinkaton stood up, dragging her hammer with one hand, and clutching her arm with her free hand.

"Tinkaton-... you don't have to do this…!" Charcadet cried. "Just- just run away… I don't want to see you get hurt…"

"If you don't want to see me get hurt, then look away," Tinkaton said.

Tinkaton didn't stand a chance. Kai knew that, and Tinkaton knew that. But they both knew that she would last the longest against Slaking due to being a Steel and fairy type.

"Tinkaton is unable to fight!" Geeta said. "The battle goes to Slaking!"

Tinkaton went down so that Bombirdier would be revived, but Bombardier didn't stand a chance.

"Bombirdier is unable to fight!" Geeta cried. "The battle goes to slaking!"

Charcadet watched with widened eyes as instead of Tinkaton going out, it was Quaquaval, who shared a nod with his trainer, wordlessly understanding what was going on, and going into the fight.

"Why..!?" Charcadet cried before the water type went into battle, "Why are you still fighting!?"

"Because I'm Kai's partner," Quaquaval answered.

Quaquaval never stood a chance.

"Quaquaval is unable to fight!" Geeta cried. "The battle goes to Slaking!"

Houndstone was next. He said the same thing when Charcadet asked why he fought.

It was because he was Kai's partner.

"Houndstone is unable to fight!" Geeta said later. "The battle goes to Slaking!"

After being revived, Pawmot said the same thing Quaquaval and Houndstone said before facing Slaking once again.

"Pawmot is unable to fight!" Geeta said later. "The battle goes to Slaking!"

Charcadet began tearing up as he watched Bombirdier dragging himself toward the battle. Each time another member sacrificed themselves, Bombirdier had another chance to fight back.

"Why..!?" Charcadet cried. "Wh-Why do you keep trying to fight him..!?"

"Shut. Your. Mouth." Bombirdier said, turning his head to Charcadet with rage. "You don't have the right to say a word. Do you want to know why I'm still fighting? It's because Kai did the same thing, when he fought against me. He never stopped. No matter how many times he went down. I knew that if a battle like this came, I'd go through the same thing, and I was ready for it. If you don't understand…then you don't deserve to be Kai's Pokémon."

A shadow loomed over Kai's eyes. "Bombirdier, ignore Charcadet. Keep going," He said.

"You finally said something I agree with," Bombirdier said with a scoff.

Geeta eyed the Charcadet hiding behind Kai. "That little guy hasn't moved at all…. Maybe Kai should replace him if he isn't cut out for this yet."

"Bombirdier," Kai cried, "no matter what I need you to keep your distance! Don't let him hit you!"

"Yeah- I can do that," Bombirdier cried, raising its wings high.

"Bombirdier versus Slaking. Let the battle begin!"

"Slaking. Use Thunder punch." Larry said.

"Bombirdier- double team!" Kai cried.

Bombirdier began moving so fast that several afterimages formed beside him. Slaking leapt with his fist extended to punch, and his fist flew right past Bombirdier like the flying type was a ghost.

Bombirdier began circling the Slaking, who looked back and forth in confusion.

As Kai saw this, he breathed a sigh of relief. Then, he looked down at Charcadet.

"Y'know, Charcadet," Kai said with a sad smile. "I'm scared, too."

Charcadet's head lifted to him.

Meanwhile, spectators were watching in complete silence, not because of the intensity of the match, no, to the spectators, the match was already decided.

"That boy's just delaying the inevitable…" One spectator said.

"He's making his Pokémon go through so much for no reason…" Another spectator said.

"He should give up and just try again next time.."

Aeon clenched his fists in rage upon hearing the whispers of the spectators. Arven put his hand on Aeon's shoulder. Aeon turned his head.

"You thinking what I'm thinking?" Arven said.

Aeon turned to him, and his eyes widened as he saw that Arven had the pom-poms that Tinkaton dropped in his hands.

"I really can't believe I'm saying this.." Penny moaned, approaching Aeon from his other side, "Give me the pom poms you have in your pocket."

Nemona approached Aeon from behind Arven. "I have no idea what's going on, but if we're cheering, I'm in."

Aeon's eyes widened before he smiled and nodded.

"Everyone's afraid." Kai said. "Quaquaval, Tinkaton, Houndstone, Pawmot…even Bombirdier's afraid. I've told you before that you reminded me of my old self, so I'll skip that speech."

Kai crouched down to Charcadet, and placed a hand on the tiny Pokémon's shoulder.

"You and I have one thing in common. We both have a flame inside of us that'll never go out. Once you learn how to harness that flame inside of you, no one, and I mean no one, can stand a chance against you. The reason why I let my entire team go down over and over again wasn't to chip at that Slaking and have him fall. No- It was for you to build up the courage to fight. You are the strongest Pokémon in my team. I believe in you."

Bombirdier's unconscious body slid across the ground toward Kai and Charcadet.

"Bombirdier is unable to fight!" Geeta cried. "The battle goes to Slaking!"

Slaking slammed his fists against his chest wildly as Kai returned Bombirdier to his Pokéball without turning away from his Charcadet.

"Charcadet," Kai said, "I don't have any revives left. You're the only one left. I need you."

Charcadet continued to tremble.

"GO- GO- CHARCADET!" Arven, Aeon, Nemona, and Penny began cheering in the background. "GO, GO, CHARCADET! GO GO, CHARCADET!" The rest of the crowd around looked at each other.

"Yeah- go Charcadet!" A spectator cried.

"You can do it, Charcadet!" Another spectator shouted.

The entire spectator crowd began cheering for Charcadet in unison.

"GO, CHARCADET, GO GO!" they roared.

Charcadet felt chills run down his spine as emotions rose within the fire type. Finally, he took a deep breath, and then started walking past Kai, and toward Slaking.

Slaking began to smile wide, steam came out from its mouth as he began chuckling. His voice was deep, almost like a demon. Characdet's heart began to race, even as the entire crowd began cheering his name even louder.

He wanted to run. But then he remembered what Bombirdier said. What everyone else said.

They did what they did because they were Kai's partners. Kai's Pokémon. Charcadet clenched both of his fists hard. He didn't want to be deadweight anymore. He didn't want to watch his friends get hurt anymore.

He remembered what Tinkaton said. "If you don't want to watch me get hurt, then look away." That's when he realized it: Charcadet didn't want to look away. He wanted to protect her. He wanted to protect all of them.

He wanted to show that he deserved to be Kai's Pokémon. Kai believed in him- and now all Charcadet had to do was believe in himself.

A flame erupted around Charcadet.

"I'm…not afraid of you..!" Charcadet cried. "I'M… NEVER…GOING TO BE AFRAID…EVER AGAAAAAAAAAAAIIIIIIIN!"

Charcadet's entire body became white at that moment as he roared at the top of his lungs. The flames around him erupted even larger.

The crowd around stared in disbelief, their cheering had stopped.

Geeta's jaw was dropped. Larry's eyes widened. Even Slaking looked surprised.

The Pokémon that emerged from the rampaging flames, which died down immensely with sheer control over its power, quietly stood tall. Its golden armor had a brilliant sheen to it.

Charcadet, the tiny fire Pokémon was now gone. But in its place, Armarouge, the fire warrior Pokémon with blazing blue eyes was finally born.

"Wait- Armarouge isn't supposed to have blue eyes, right?" Arven asked.

"Yeah, they're supposed to be red," Penny said. "Did- did he become a Shiny Armarouge?"

"N…No…" Aeon said, completely shocked. "He- He didn't…"

"What do you mean?!" Penny cried. "If he's not a shiny, then why are his eyes blue?"

"Pokémon don't evolve and become Shiny Pokémon," Nemona said, her eyes shining with sheer wonder and awe. "Armarouge…He's awoken to Flow."

"A Pokémon…can awaken to the power of Flow!?" Geeta cried in disbelief.

Armarouge stared at Slaking with unmoving determination.

"...Slaking…" Larry said, shaking his head to compose himself. He had to remember, that Pokémon evolving during a match was normal. But in the back of his mind, Larry wondered if he was starting to panic. "Slaking- use Close combat!" he cried.

Slaking roared, sprinting after Armarouge who didn't move a single inch. The giant ape Pokémon landed several punches on the Psychic/Fire type Pokémon's chest. The entire time, Amrarouge didn't move a single inch. He just stared and watched Slaking punch him rapidly. After Slaking took steps back and breathed heavily, Armarouge began dusting off his armor with his hand.

Even Larry began sweating. "This isn't normal…" He said. "This… isn't normal…"

"Armarouge…" Kai said, smirking. "Why don't you show him what a real punch is like?"

Armarouge stepped forward, cloaking its fist in flame before driving it into Slaking's stomach. The power of the attack was so great that it sent Slaking flying.

"Don't let him off, Armarouge!" Kai cried.

Armarouge moved so fast that it disappeared from sight. Slaking's still-sent-flying-body twirled like a torpedo. Armarougue appeared in front of Slaking with his back still turned before he flipped and slammed his knee onto the normal type's stomach. Spit flew out of Slaking's open mouth before they landed on the ground, which caused an eruption of dust to leap into the air. Once the dust faded, Armarouge pulled himself off of Slaking before turning his back to the normal type.

"Slaking- get up!" Larry cried.

Slaking took the time to stand up, and still, Armarouge didn't move. He simply turned his head to his opponent.

"Follow your trainer's orders at your own peril," Armarouge said. The blue blaze in his eyes expanded.

Slaking roared at the top of his lungs and slammed his fists against his chest.

Larry gritted his teeth as he pulled out his Terestal orb. It shone with normal-type power before he threw it onto Slaking. The Terestal energy shone outward, and blasted like a geyser around Slaking, and after it disappeared, it revealed a white crown with large white jewels on top of the normal type's head.

"Gather as much power as possible and end it with one shot!" Larry cried.

Slaking's body began shining as the normal type Teresetal energy surged around him.

"I..WILL.. FINISH YOOOOOOOOU!" Slaking cried.

Armarouge wordlessly turned around to face Slaking.

"You'll faint trying," He said.

"Armarouge…" Kai said. "You're just like me, so I know exactly what you're thinking…Go on and use it..!"

Armarouge put his hands together, and the shoulder pads on his armor moved to his hands. forming a cannon. Flames began gathering in front of him.

"Don't tell me- he's…!" Penny cried.

Kai shot his fist out. "Armarouge- Armor cannon!"

"Giga impact, Slaking!" Larry shouted.

Slaking roared as he leapt forward with his fist extended.

Armarouge's eyes flared.

A massive explosion rang out- and both Pokémon were obscured by dust. Everyone in the crowd shielded themselves.

Everyone was quiet, so much so that they could even hear a pin drop. No one could see even a shadow of who was still standing in the end because of the dust being so thick. Larry wiped sweat off of his brow, while Kai took in a deep breath.

Then, the dust settled, revealing Slaking lying on the ground, and Armarouge completely unharmed. He looked down at Slaking, and then…just like his trainer, started dusting his hands as though he finished an easy job.

"THAT'S. WHAT. I'M. TALKING ABOUT!" Kai cried. "LETS GOOOOOOOO!" Kai ran over to Armarouge and tackle-hugged the fire type. Armarouge didn't fall over. he immediately hugged Kai back, who started laughing with joy and relief.

Geeta watched in sheer shock. "I…It- It seems that… Slaking is unable to fight… The battle goes to…Armarouge…"

"I'm so proud of you..!" Kai cried. "I knew you could do it- I just knew you could do it..!"

"It's all because of you..." Armarouge said. His eyes slowly reverted back to its normal color: a fiery red.

"You guys did so good..!" Aeon shouted. He came running in and hugged his boyfriend and his boyfriend's pokemon at the same time.

"YOU DID IIIIIIIIT!" Arven shouted. He came in and joined the hug.

Penny came walking in from behind Arven. "Uh…I'm not going to lie, I'm not for group hugs.." Penny said.

"Oh- come here, you-" Arven said. Penny began blushing as Arven pulled her into the group hug.

Larry approached everyone from behind. "I'm sorry to interrupt, but the battle isn't over yet."

Everyone in the group hug pulled away. "WHAT!?" They all cried.

"My Smeargle used Baton pass before leaving. It's still conscious, so the battle is still on" He said, "But I will say this…. I surrender. Smeargle is far too weak to bring down your Armarougue. I'm not like you and your team- I believe there's no reason to fight a battle that's already lost. Maybe that difference between you and I lead to my defeat." Larry reached into his pocket, and pulled out the Plain Badge. "Here you go. This is for you." He said.

Kai took the badge, and smiled as he held it tight. "I did it… I finally did it- I have all eight gym badges…! YES…!" Kai cried.

Geeta's clapping made Kai and everyone else turn to her as she approached.

"Well done, Kai," Geeta said. "But you know it isn't over yet."

"Yeah," Kai said. "It isn't. Not till I become champion, right?"

"Yep," Nemona said, approaching from behind everyone. Everyone spun to the pony-tailed girl whose eyes were glued on Kai. "But…there's one more obstacle in your way. Me."

"You?" Kai said.

"That's right," Geeta said. "Before facing me, you have to beat Nemona in a battle. If you don't, I won't consider you worthy of my time."

"What?! She's not a gym leader..!" Kai protested.

"She might as well be," Geeta said. "Besides, I make the rules. You fight Nemona first, and that's final."

"...All right then, fine," Kai said, turning to Nemona. "What's one more obstacle…? My team and I can handle it."

"Heh…" Nemona said, smirking. "I can't wait…why don't we start right here, right now?"

"I can start as soon as I get my Pokémon healed up- that'll take like... I dunno, Four minutes? Three if I run."

"All right, sounds like a pla-"

"Yeah- no." Aeon said. "We're going to celebrate first."

"Whaaat?" Kai and Nemona said at the same time, turning to Aeon.

"Yeah, we're definitely celebrating first," Arven said. "You just got your last badge, Kai! We've gotta savor it!"

"Yeah!" Penny cried.

"But-" Nemona said, frowning. "I- I wanna battle him noww…"

"That can wait!" Arven shouted.

"I wanna battle her now, too…" Kai said with a frown.

"All right guys, we planned for this." Arven said, turning to Penny and Aeon. They all shared a nod.

Arven and Penny moved over to Kai and dragged him away, while Aeon dragged Nemona away by himself.

"NOOOOO!" Kai cried, reaching out to Nemona.

"I WANNA FIGHT HIM NOOOOOOOWWWWWW!" Nemona cried, reaching out to Kai.

Geeta watched all of this and sighed with a smile. She walked over to Larry.

"You did good," Geeta said.

"Just doing my job," Larry said.

Geeta's smile widened. "Keep this up, and I may even give you a raise." She said.

Larry's eyes lit up. "Really?"

"We'll see," She said, smiling and walking off. Larry sighed. He knew what that 'we'll see' meant, it meant, 'Work harder, then I'll think about it.'

Larry looked on as Kai and Nemona were dragged off by their friends. One thing was certain to the gym leader:

This battle was anything but normal.

Author's note:

Here's a scene that I removed because it was a bit too comedic for the moment:

"Bombirdier versus Slaking. Let the battle begin!"

"Slaking. Use Thunder punch." Larry said.

"Bombirdier- double team!" Kai cried.

Bombirdier began moving so fast that several afterimages formed beside him. Slaking leapt with his fist extended to punch, and his fist flew right past Bombirdier like the flying type was a ghost.

Bombirdier began circling the Slaking, who looked back and forth in confusion.

As Kai saw this, he breathed a sigh of relief. Then, he looked down at Charcadet.

"Y'know, Charcadet," Kai said,

"OH GOD- OH JEEZ HE'S TEARING ME APART!" Bombirdier shouted as the sound of Slaking absolutely pulverizing the flying type echoed.

"I'm scared, too." Kai continued.

"Slaking, use Body slam!" Larry cried.

The sound that came out was like a meteor had struck the earth.

"OOOOOOOOH GGGGGOOOOOOOOOOODDDDDD HELP MEEEEEEEEEEEEE-" Bombirdier shouted.

"But you know what? Inside of you, there's a flame," Kai said.

"Throat chop, now!" Larry shouted. "Follow it up with a Mega Punch! Then a Mega Kick!"

The sound of Slaking beating Bombirdier up intensified.

"AAAAAAAAAIIIIIIIIEEEEEEEEEEE-" Bombirdier squealed. "PLEASE, ARCEUS IN HEAVEN PLEAAAAAAASEEEEEE- NOT THE FACE, NOT THE FAAAAAAAAAAAAAAACE!"

"You know why I'm making my Pokémon go through this?" Kai said, "it's for you. All of it's for you," Kai said.

"Use body slam again, Slaking!" Larry cried.

"NONONONONONONONO- NOT AGAIN, NOT AGAIN-"

The sound of a meteorite striking the earth sounded out again.

"MAAAAAAMA MIIIIIIIAAAAAAAAAA~" Bombirdier screeched out before falling unconscious.