Pyros' Pokemon were all fighting random rocks and trees to test their power. Since Kyukon was testing her strength, her Drought ability activated, and caused the sun's rays to be even harsher, which may or may not affect the tournament building and the people there. She tested out her Psyshock and how it can move, her Solar Beam's charge up time and how fast she can pull it off, and getting accurate with her Fire Blast. She also tried to see how fast she can pull off Nasty Plot.
Ennewt was doing the same with Fire Blast and Hidden Power Ice, and practiced the range on Sludge Wave, and how fast she can hurl the Toxic. Chandela was doing the same accuracy and power check with Flamethrower and Shadow Ball, and was practicing the quickness of his Calm Mind and Substitute actions. Nokus was practicing the power in his Outrage, Earthquake, and Poison Jab (he only used Earthquake and Outrage when no one was around him), and also practiced the quickness of his Swords Dance. Since he had to consume his Persim Berry after getting confused, Pyros gave him another one.
Boto was practicing the power of his Outrage, Earthquake (again, when no one was around), and both power and accuracy with Iron Tail and Fire blast. Baku was practicing the power of his Draco Meteor and Dragon Pulse, as well as doing an accuracy check on Fire Blast, and how fast he can pull off Shell Smash. Since he had to consume his White Herb, Pyros gave him another one after the practice sessions were over.
With Kyukon, he practiced the power of her Firium-Z and ended up nearly causing a forest fire. He had to get Ennewt to "douse" it with her Hidden Power Ice. Once they were done practicing, he returned all of his Pokemon, hopped on Zarda and rode off towards the Pokemon Center to heal the exhaustion from his Pokemon. This had taken at least 30 minutes.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~[30 min time skip]~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Once he was done with that, and had himself and all of his Pokemon eat something, he headed off towards the Gym on Zarda's back. She landed just short of the door, and he had kissed her on her forehead. She grunted and affectionately nuzzled his cheek. Smiling, Pyros patted her on the neck and headed off towards the door where it would be time for him to participate. He put his ID card through the card slot, and since it was just about time for the battle, the doors accepted him. He walked through the corridor and ended up in the stadium, the stands looking down at him. The prospect of a battle was filling him up with glee and adrenaline.
As he made it to the center of the battle arena, he waved towards the crowd and bowed a little, before he made it to his side of the battlefield. Stror and Shade in the stands, now being accompanied by Zarda, rolled their eyes at their oldest brother, while Tika and Scarpia, now on their respective trainers' laps, were giggling in their chittering way, while Chu was squeaking in laughter and rolling her eyes. Angel and Zorro just chuckled as they watched, while they were sharing a bag of peanuts. They all watched with intent, when the opponent arrived.
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OOC: Permission from
@EnderTheFox to auto their character)
BIC: Rosalina White appeared on the battlefield and entered her side of the stage. Pyros could tell she's a shy one. She was quite short, too. Kukui came up on stage and introduced everyone to the contestants. "
Alola, everyone! Here on this side, we have Pyroshu Darastrix, the man of fire and dragons from North of Mt. Moon. Then on this side, we have Rosalina White from the peaceful town of Johto: New Bark Town. May the odds ever be in your favor! Now, send out your Pokemon!"
Pyros threw his Poke Ball in the air while smirking at Kukui's subtle-not-so-subtle reference, letting loose... His Chandelure. Seeing the huge crowd, Chandela cowered a bit, until he saw his trainer giving him a thumbs up and giving him a few encouraging words. A roar could be heard from the stands and saw Zarda roaring at them, with Stror and Shade waving at them. Chandela waved back and the little encouraging waves from Pyros' siblings really helped strengthen the Chandelure's courage. The lady let loose her Cloyster, and the Pokemon landed on the ground with a harsh thud. Seeing the large and intimidating Pokemon that was also a Water-Type, Chandela looked back at Pyros, who wasn't exactly expecting that either. He told Chandela that he will make sure the little chandelier didn't get hurt. Chandela nodded and put his full faith into Pyros' strategy.
The Cloyster, known as Glacier, was setting up for now, using
Aqua Ring to begin healing himself gradually, and then using
Shell Smash a couple of times afterwards to break his shell more and more to increase his speed and attack, while also decreasing the durability, and more-so his defenses quite considerably. The Aqua Ring was expelled by the Cloyster's inner mouth and was now washing over the Pokemon with healing water, floating around the Pokemon. He also smashed his shell a little with his inner body to make it easier for himself to attack and roll around. While Glacier was setting up, it left Chandela a chance to set-up, as well. He used
Calm Mind several times to raise his special attack and defense just a bit, this technique also helping him in staying focus and not becoming as scared. His mind was now calm and he could focus easier now. As soon as the Cloyster unleashed his attack, Chandela created a substitute. The Pokemon unleashed a jet of water at the chandelier, the attack known as
Hydro Pump. Thanks to Chandela's quick thinking, he immediately pulled up a
Substitute, creating a fake version of himself that got hit by the waters. This damaged Chandela considerably, but he was able to dash forward and get close to the Water/Ice-Type Bivalve Pokemon. Since this Pokemon species generally have lackluster defenses when it comes to energy projectiles, Chandela was able to attack. Since he was so up close, he let loose a powerful
Flamethrower.
The flames hit the damaged shell of the Cloyster, and the Pokemon was now getting worried. As per request from his trainer, he set off a
Hydro Pump to counteract the Flamethrower. Seeing the flame dwindling down, Chandela used his speed to get out of there as fast as he could. He quickly dodged and twirled a bit, and then unleashed a blob of shadows at the Pokemon. Luckily, the
Shadow Ball hit, and also caused the shell to weaken to further energy attacks. Sensing it was in danger, the Cloyster freeze dried particulates in the air to create sharp ice spikes, in which they immediately shot forward at the Chandelure. Because the Cloyster had Skill Link, an Ability that allowed
Ice Shard to hit the maximum amount of times which also showed how well the Cloyster can hit objects, Chandela was in trouble. He tried to dodge them, but he was grazed by one, which consequently aided him in getting pummeled by the Ice-Type attack. He was knocked down, but he wasn't out, yet. Dazed, he got up and the flames on his body evaporated the now melting ice. He took a few bites from his leftovers to heal himself a little and then dashed forward. Before the Cloyster could react, he sent four
Shadow Balls toward the Cloyster, side-stepping (or side-floating) to the side, so that the Shadow Balls would be harder to hit. Glacier unleashed another
Ice Shard quickly, and had hit all of the Shadow Balls, with one heading towards Chandela. Pyros was waiting for that. He told Chandela to use
Flamethrower, to which he did. The Ice Shard melted before hitting Chandela and the flame kept going towards Glacier.
Glacier, as per the quick request of his trainer, used
Hydro Pump again. The two energies met and caused steam to appear from them both. Both attacks ceased when they couldn't see each other anymore. Slowly and quietly, the floating chandelier sneaked up on the position of the Bivalve Pokemon, to which he knew he couldn't move too far away, right? Well, he was wrong when he couldn't find him in his usual spot. All of a sudden, a
Hydro Pump appeared from within the clouds of steam, catching Chandela off guard. The force of the hit was so much, it caused Chandela to get knocked back towards his trainer. He was severely weakened now. Pyros told him to move a bit, so the Cloyster wouldn't know where to hit and focus on using
Calm Mind until he couldn't anymore. Chandela nodded and did as he said, floating a little to the corner of the battlefield and then using Calm Mind. Now, his Shadow Ball and Flamethrower were even stronger.
Glacier was trying to hit with
Hydro Pump and
Ice Shard, trying to get a feel for where he is, while he healed up from the damage. When the steam dispersed, Chandela wasn't at the corner anymore, but was now on Glacier's side of the field. The quick chandelier came up behind Glacier and unleashed a volley of eight
Shadow Balls. The Cloyster got pummeled by six of the eight, with two reductions to his already lackluster defenses towards energy. Tired from using the same move, Chandela then used
Flamethrower, as he only had a couple of uses of Shadow Ball left. Since Chandela was at an awkward angle for the Cloyster, Glacier couldn't exactly maneuver to face him. He sent a volley of
Ice Shards at him, but all five shards melted as they hit the now beefed Flamethrower. The Pokemon, not having a resistance to the attack, almost melted from the sheer heat, and the sheer heat even dispelled his Aqua Ring. The merciless beat down by the chandelier left Chandela and Pyros victorious.
The chandelier rushed over to Pyros and gave him a long hug, happy to have won against a Water-Type. Pyros hugged back his ecstatic and loving part Ghost-Type and then kissed him on the flame sac, which was also his head. Kukui announced the winner, while also making a wince at Chandela's brutal flaming beat down. "
Ouch! Looks like Glacier melted into a lake. Glacier, the frigid Cloyster, is knocked out! Chandela, the cute, yet brutal Chandelure, is the winner! Give them a round of applause everyone!" Pyros put the Pokemon back in his Poke Ball while now smiling eternally at Kukui's hilarious statements and then sent out Nokus his Haxorus, the same time Rosalina sent back her knocked out Glacier and sent forth her Primarina.
Glad he didn't pull out any other Fire-Type, but he knew that most Water-Types knew an Ice-Type move of some sort, even if they weren't Ice-Types themselves. Nokus roared as he was introduced on the field while Cascade, the Primarina, didn't exactly bat an eye towards the intimidation. Since Nokus' Mold Breaker won't get rid of Cascade's Torrent, Pyros thought of a good plan. He told Nokus, who was surprisingly faster, to set up a little with Swords Dance. Nokus crossed his arms against his chest to calm himself, and then slashed his jaw scythes against the armor of his forearms, sharpening them as well as making himself generally stronger by flexing all of his other muscles during the little dance.
Quickly, the Primarina created a cryogenic ball in her mouth, and then let loose a stream of frigid energy at the Haxorus in the form of an
Ice Beam. Unable to move, Nokus thought he could tank the hit. After a moment of the beam hitting Nokus, he slowly moved from his bracing position. It didn't knock him out, but he was very injured from the blast. He shot forward, ignoring the muscles that he couldn't feel at the moment. His claws began to glow purple from the poison leaking from the claws and with draconic strength, found his opponent. The charging Haxorus caused Primarina to act without guidance, and use
Moonblast to get him away. He focused all of his power from the cosmos into his hands and then tried to hurl the large ball of cosmic energy at the dragon. Haxorus was able to land a hit at the opponent, but the cosmic energy exploded and damaged Nokus considerably. Although, the Swords Dance setup was enough to cause Primarina to collapse from the
Poison Jab's buffed attack, Nokus was at his last leg from the Ice Beam. They both collapsed near each other, the attacks knocking them both out. Seeing that both of the Pokemon had been knocked out at the same time, it was time for a draw breaker.
Kukui did the honors as usual: "
Both Nokus, the terrifying Haxorus, and Cascade, the gorgeous Primarina, are down for the count. Looks like this will be the tie breaker round! Everyone, hold on to your Mudsdales! This is about to get intense!"
The two trainers returned their Pokemon, with Pyros kissing his Poke Ball. He pulled out another one and sent it out. In a flash of red light, it was Salamence, Boto. Knowing that Vivillons weren't exactly the bulkiest kinds of Pokemon, he decided to let Salamence have some fun. He told Salamence to "
have at 'em", letting Boto free reign in the battle. The Vivillon tried to unleash a cloud of Sleep Powder from the wings, but Salamence flew right above it. His tail glowed with a steelish-grey color as the muscles in the tail hardened to a liking of steel in the form of an
Iron Tail. He flew downwards, twirling his tail around at the last second to hit the little butterfly, but it swooped downwards, using
Quiver Dance in the process. The butterfly danced about, avoiding the hits from the Boto's Iron Tail. It was only able to use the move once before Boto switched tactics. He used
Outrage instead. A draconic, royal blue glow started to cover Boto and he roared menacingly. He then rushed forward, trying to hit the Vivillon, but Faye kept dodging. It was only until she tried to use
Hurricane, did Boto get her. He flew right through the Hurricane, the partially buffed Hurricane almost knocking him out, but he pulled through, smashing into Faye with ungodly amounts of energy. The butterfly fell from the sky and her trainer returned her before she could land on the ground. Boto, now at the end of his attack, became a little confused from using the attack, and Pyros returned him before he ended up attacking something.
Kukui practically shouted into the mic clipped onto his lab coat's lapel, whooping and hollering with energy. "
That's it! The cute and serene Faye the Vivillon is down for the count! Boto, the silly-named, yet tough Salamence, is the winner! Pyros emerged victorious! Give these great battlers a round of applause! They did amazingly!"
Pyros gave a thumbs up to Rosalina before she left the stadium to heal her Pokemon. He waved at the crowd and bowed again before leaving.
Angel, Stror, Shade, and their Pokemon were in shock at the display and they cheered him on throughout the battle. When he won, they all stood up and Stror whooped and hollered. Pyros won! They left their seats to meet him in person and to congratulate him.
