The Arcane Tournament

Champion Versus Champion

Gold had a feeling that Selene wasn't going to spend her break moping and would instead spend it on regrouping. Her Kommo-o still hadn't come out and it was a major threat, given what it had done to Red's team.

Still, his planning was paying off and some of her most devastating Pokémon had been brought down. Gold could hardly believe the ground he was gaining, so he was eager to keep pushing his advantage and wrap up the fight as soon as possible.

He returned back to the battlefield and took in the new arena they'd be fighting on. The field was made up of flat stone that was decorated with numerous cracks and holes. It can't be that simple. Gold concluded and his conclusion was proven correct when a searing hot water geyser shot into the air from a hole on the field and died down a few seconds later.

"That's right everyone! We're back! And with a brand new field! Our final battle has a simple but effective gimmick, geysers! I'm sure those will go off only when it's perfectly convenient to! Now let's get into the second half of this battle!" Andy announced.

Selene sent out her Kommo-o and Gold brought out Weavile to counter it. "Weavile run in and use Ice Shard! Now use Ice Punch!" His Pokémon dashed across the field and tossed several wads of ice into Kommo-o.

The projectiles didn't seem to have much of any effect on Kommo-o but Weavile still moved to punch her in the gut. "Use Dragon Dance!" Weavile punched Kommo-o in the chest while she channeled energy through her body. "Now it's Ice Punch time!" Selene shouted.

"Block it with Night Slash!" Weavile summoned a purple blade and blocked the mighty frozen fist from his foe. The powerful punch kept pushing until Weavile was knocked off his feet and sent back. "Use Double Team!" Gold's Pokémon created numerous copies of himself and ran back in. "Now get her with Night Slash!"

The Weavile all surrounded Kommo-o with weapons in hand. "Get rid of them! They're not real!" Selene shouted and Kommo-o started to swing its limbs into the army.

Clones started to fade away but the real Weavile was standing back. Kommo-o finished sweeping the army of fakes and then noticed its target was standing nearby. "Ice Punch!" Kommo-o jumped out to strike Weavile and at that moment, the geyser right in front of Weavile exploded and launched Kommo-o into the air.

Gold grinned, another trick in the hole. "Now use Ice Punch!" Weavile threw himself into the air and slammed his fist into Kommo-o. The dragon was flung down onto the field again. "It's time to finish this! Night Slash!" Weavile drew its blade as it began to fall.

Kommo-o was still recovering from the previous attacks as Weavile neared its head with his sword. "Sky Uppercut! GO!" Selene's Pokemon suddenly snapped into action and forcefully uppercut Weavile.

The Pokémon's attack was interrupted and he soared into the air before crashing onto the field unconscious. Gold returned his Pokémon and tried to think of a new strategy on the fly.

A geyser exploded while he ran through his team members and the hot water gave him an idea. Electabuzz appeared on the field and faced down his foe.

"Use Thunder!" Electabuzz unleashed a powerful electric blast the slammed into Kommo-o. The beastly dragon shook off the blow and Gold sighed. "Thunder Punch!" Electabuzz ran in and punched his opponent in the face.

Kommo-o shrugged off the blow and Selene smiled. "Now use Sky Uppercut!" Her Pokémon predictably uppercut Electabuzz and flung him back. "Now use Ice Punch!" The dragon jumped up and its fist started to free as it fell.

Gold's mind began racing. "Dodge it and use Brick Break! Just roll out of the way!" Electabuzz rolled across the floor and swiftly got to his feet while Kommo-o crashed its fist onto the ground.