" Ivysaur !"

With a shout, Ivysaur fired a solar beam from its bulb that overpowered the solar beam.

"Magmortar, Teleport into Flamethrower!" Paul commanded as Magmortar disappeared and appeared behind Ivysaur as he launched a wave of flames toward Ivysaur.

" Sludge Bomb," Austin commanded Ivysaur launched a glob of poison at Magmortar's flames as they exploded.

Magmortar suddenly disappeared with teleported as Austin clicked his tongue.

" Protocol Teleport !" Austin exclaimed as Ivysaur used a power whip behind himself creating a trench in the ground causing the audience to wonder what he was doing.

Paul frowned in confusion before his eyes widened when he realized that his opponent had essentially cut off the range of teleported in half. Teleport's 360° range around Ivysaur would be reduced to 180° due to the trench being a hazard to teleport in, Magmortar couldn't even teleport away from the trench as he would be out of boundless and removed from the battle.

" Fire Plume !"

"Slamming Edge!" Austin commanded as Ivysaur ate an Energy ball before launching his combo of a body slam and double edge a white aura engulfed the grass starter as Ivysaur rammed straight Magmortar, causing a cloud of dust to fly.

When the dust cleared, out came Magmortar, who was being pushed back near Paul. Ivysaur stopped when Magmortar's feet. Meanwhile, Ivysaur eyes were spinning wildly before they crashed into the ground.

Knocked out.

Paul returned Magmortar to its Pokeball. "Thanks, Ivysaur, now take a rest!" Austin said as he returned Ivysaur to its Pokeball. Austin and Paul threw their next Pokeballs.

"Torterra! Stand by for battle!"

"Scizor! I choose you!"

Both trainers exclaimed as they threw their Pokeballs. On Paul's side was a gigantic turtle with a large tree on its shell. On Austin's side was a crimson humanoid covered in metal with crab-like claws for hands.

Scizor recognized Paul and Torterra immediately before a look of absolute seriousness took him

"Torterra! Frenzy Plant!" Paul commanded.

" Dance Mania," Austin commanded causing Scizor's eyes to glow crimson as it used Laser focus in conjunction with agility.

Torterra's body was outlined in green before stomping its foot, sending large green thorns from the ground toward Scizor.

Under the eyes of everyone, Scizor dodged every single Frenzy plant with minimal effort.

"Aerial Wing."

Austin commanded as Scizor crashed into Torterra with Life orb-enhanced combo attack, but Austin knew that that was not gonna be enough against Torterra as even though their attack managed to hit Torterra on the head, it didn't do much.

"I bet Paul will move Torterra after this. Scizor! Aerial Wing and aim for the tree!" Austin commanded. Paul looked in shock, as Torterra's tree was in its weak spot. "Torterra! Leaf Storm NOW!" Paul exclaimed.

Scizor was engulfed in strips of white light, while Torterra fired a cyclone of leaves from its tree. It hit Scizor, head on but Scizor managed to overpower through and eventually hit Torterra at the tree, causing great damage and pain to Torterra.

"Now let's do a Bullet Punch on Torterra's tree!" Austin commanded.

Scizor got close and attacked Torterra's tree repeatedly, causing great pain to Torterra. "Err...Get that bug off with Leaf Storm!" Paul shouted. " Pursuit!" Austin commanded.

Torterra fired a cyclone of leaves, but Scizor disappeared into the shadows as he managed to dodge just in time.

"Combo 10!" Austin commanded as Scizor emerged from the shadows before shooting out like a bullet toward Torterra

Paul knew that if it hit Torterra's tree, Torterra is finished.

He needed to stop it.

" Earthquake."

Torterra's foot crashed into the ground causing a shockwave to spread throughout the battlefield and causing Scizor to jump up immediately dodging the attack.

" Frenzy plant."

Torterra's giant roots attacked the airborne Scizor whose steel wing and dual wingbeat sliced apart everything.

Scizor reared his claw back before attacking Torterra's head with a bullet punch.

( ~ Boom ~ )

Scizor's claw shook as it pressed against Torterra's head.

" Hey, there boss looks like I can finally battle you," Scizor said causing Torterra's eyes to widen.

" Scyther ?"

Scizor's claw opened revealing a silver orb as a flash canon engulfed Torterra.

Paul's eyes widened as he saw his starter knocked out.

Scizor meanwhile looked at his claws.

He didn't know what to feel.

He thought that once he defeated Paul and his invincible starter it would feel amazing but currently Scizor felt nothing; no joy, no anger, no nothing.

" Scizor."

Hearing his trainer's words, Scizor turned to Austin.

To Scizor, it didn't matter if he proved to Paul that he was stronger. All that mattered was that he was strong enough to protect his family.

" Are you okay ?"

Scizor in response just smiled.

"Ursaring! Stand by for battle!" Paul exclaimed as he threw a Pokeball and out of it was the large brown bear, and also one of the Powerhouses in Paul's Team.

" You want to continue."

Scizor nodded while Paul put on a bored face, as he knew that Scizor should be finished off soon. He could see that Scizor was getting weaker with every single turn.

' Maybe it is due to an item ?' Paul thought.

"Aerial Bullet!" Austin commanded.

Scizors ran with lightning speed and punched Ursaring in the gut with a bullet punch, sending Ursaring backward.

" Combat Combo!"

Scizor's dodged Ursaring's hammer arm with detect as he launched a superpower directly on Ursaring's face before hitting the bear with a one-two combo of brick break and bullet punch, sending Ursaring dazed temporarily.

Ursaring's eyes and body were covered in crimson aura while roaring as its Guts activated with the status "Drowsy".

'Oh no! With Guts activated, its Attack Power is increased!' Yellow thought while Paul gave a command.

"Ursaring! Hammer Arm!"

" Reversal!" both trainers commanded. Ursaring's arms glowed white, Scizor tanked the attack before hitting the bear right on the jaw, sending Ursaring flying into one of the rocks scattered with Rock Tomb, causing dust to fly. When the dust cleared, Ursaring was knocked out.

It couldn't survive Scizor's Life orb-enhanced attacks.

"Murkrow! Stand by for battle!" Paul exclaimed as he threw the Pokeball, and out of it was the bird Paul used earlier.

"Honchkrow! Dark Pulse!" Paul shouted.

" F- Turn."

Murkrow fired a purple beam of circles from its beak but Scizor's greenish aura light body appeared in front of Murkrow as Scizor's bullet punch crashed into its face before it went into its Pokeball with U-turn.

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[ Austin's Pokemon Team ]

[ Butterfree: Compound Eyes ]

[ Moves: Bug Bite, Gust, Harden, String Shot, Tackle, Supersonic, Confusion, Poison Powder, Sleep Powder, Stun Spore, Psybeam, Whirlwind, Air Slash, Safeguard, Bug Buzz, Tailwind, Rage Powder, Quiver Dance, Psychic, Solar Beam, Giga Drain, Double Team, Aerial Ace, Rest, Roost, Energy Ball, Substitute, Giga Impact, U-turn, Hyper beam, Protect, Rain Dance, Shadow Ball, Bug Buzz]

[ Combo Moves :

Chemical Warfare ( Posion powder + Sleep Powder + Rage Powder + Stub spore )

Aerial Impact ( Aerial Ace + Giga Impact )

String Works ( Psychic + String Shot )

Quick Sand ( Psychic onto the soil )

Aerial Turn ( Aerial Ace + U-Turn )

Aerokinesis ( Air Slash + Psychic) ]

[ Ultimate Move ]

[ Day Time Dragon ( Psychic )

Prep Time: 30 minutes ]