The Arcane Tournament

Round Three Ferocity

Red faced down Andy and waited for the tournament organizer to send out his first Pokémon. They were on a dry battlefield with the heat cranked up considerably. Andy called out his Blissey onto the battlefield. Just like I expected! Here we go! Red sent out Ivysaur and the battle began.

Use Toxic! Ivysaur fired a ball of purple venom into its opponent and Andy blinked. "Oh crap! I forgot about the mind thing! That I was hearing my own thoughts... well, I'm in trouble." What is he..? Whatever! Now use Vine Whip!

Green vines shot out from Ivysaur's sides and struck their target. "Body Slam!" Andy snapped out of his trance as Blissey was damaged by the poison. She threw herself into Red's Pokemon but the Ivysaur held strong. Sludge Bomb! Ivysaur unleashed a barrage of poisonous blasts into the enemy Pokémon.

"Ugh! Use Protect!" Blissey backed away and blocked the last few poison attacks and was then damaged by the Toxic yet again. "Use Softboiled!" Blissey suddenly began to glow green and restored some of its health before being damaged by poison yet again.

That Toxic is going to start to stack up soon! Use Solarbeam! Red's Pokémon began to charge a powerful attack in its bulb and Andy tried to think of a plan. "Protect! Wait no dammit!" His Blissey created another shield and was damaged by the poison again. Fire!

Ivysaur pointed its bulb at the enemy Pokémon just as the barrier faded away and fired a massive bright laser into its opponent. The light died down and Blissey was completely done in.

Andy sent out Dracovish but Red called out his Snorlax and prepared for round two. "Fishious Rend!" The fossil Pokémon lunged at Snorlax and slammed into the hefty Pokémon's stomach.

Hit 'em with Body Slam! Snorlax recovered from the blow and threw its stomach into Dracovish. The dragon was pinned down underneath Snorlax and struggled to escape. Ice Punch!

Snorlax drew back its fist as it became coated in ice and then slammed the meaty paw into the trapped opposing Pokémon. "C'mon Dracovish! Use your Dragon Rush!" Dracovish exploded with purple power and rammed into the stomach of Red's beast.

The former Champion was surprised to see his Pokémon partially blown back but the battle was all but over. High Horsepower! Snorlax dashed across the barren field and slammed its foot into the opponent with a drop kick.

Dracovish tumbled back and collapsed. With the second battle decided, both trainers returned their Pokémon again and Red sent out Wartortle while Andy sent out a Larvitar.

The stubby Pokémon growled at Wartortle and Andy started talking to it. "Alright David, this is like your home turf so it's time to pull off something crazy!" Start off strong with Hydro Pump!

Wartortle unleashed a high velocity spray of water that slammed into the opposing Pokémon. Larvitar got back up and Andy grinned. "We've got this! Rock Slide time!" Stones began to fall from the sky and Red's mind started to turn. Climb up with Rapid Spin and then use Hydro Pump! Wartortle retreated into his shell and started to spin.

The shell jumped into the air and bounced off of the falling stones until he had a good vantage point. Wartortle then unleashed another powerful water move that decimated the target.

Larvitar collapsed and just like that, Andy had been dethroned. He sighed and returned his Pokémon. "Guess that proves it. You're tough stuff." And he walked off.

Everything was going wrong in Wally's battle against Sam. The battlefield contained a bit of rainfall which limited the power of fire attacks. That meant that his Camerupt had been the first to fall. Sam's Lucario had taken it down and Wally had planned on using him later in the fight.