"You've come this far son, Now go and become the Champion." Mr. Coleman said with a thumbs up. "Bliss bliss ey!" Florence cried. "You can do it son." Liam's mother said with the smile that all Joys seem to wear when they aren't mad. Looker, who took a seat down with Liam's parents and Shiranui gave Liam a thumbs up. "Aerodactyl!" Steven called "Jiriya!" Liam's Greninja took his spot on the stage. [color=ed1c24]Liam[/color]-vs-[color=00a651]Steven[/color] [s][color=ed1c24]Hitmonchan[/color][/s]-1-[s][color=00a651]Skarmory[/color][/s] [b][color=ed1c24]Greninja[/color][/b]-2-[s][color=00a651]Claydol[/color][/s] [s][color=ed1c24]Dusknoir[/color][/s]-3-[s][color=00a651]Carabink[/color][/s] [s][color=ed1c24]Sylveon[/color][/s]-4-[b][color=00a651]Aerodactyl[/color][/b] [color=ed1c24]?[/color]-5-[color=00a651]?[/color] [color=ed1c24]?[/color]-6-[color=00a651]?[/color] "Water Shuriken!" Liam called. "Iron Tail!" Steven replied. Aerodactyl's Iron Tail swatted away the water projectiles. "Now Thunder Fang!" Steven replied. "Substitute!" Liam called. "Speed up and get there first with Tailwind!" Aerodactyl sped up and drove its teeth into Jiriya, giving him a bad shock and KO'ing him. "Jiriya! No!" Liam cried. Liam recalled Jiriya and next called on Scarlet the Delphox. [color=ed1c24]Liam[/color]-vs-[color=00a651]Steven[/color] [s][color=ed1c24]Hitmonchan[/color][/s]-1-[s][color=00a651]Skarmory[/color][/s] [s][color=ed1c24]Greninja[/color][/s]-2-[s][color=00a651]Claydol[/color][/s] [s][color=ed1c24]Dusknoir[/color][/s]-3-[s][color=00a651]Carabink[/color][/s] [s][color=ed1c24]Sylveon[/color][/s]-4-[b][color=00a651]Aerodactyl[/color][/b] [b][color=ed1c24]Delphox[/color][/b]-5-[color=00a651]?[/color] [color=ed1c24]?[/color]-6-[color=00a651]?[/color] "Sunny Day!" Liam called. The sunlight grew intense. Aerodactyl used Rock Slide, which Scarlet evaded by using confusion to throw them back at Aerodactyl, who smashed them with Iron Tail. (sun 1 of 8) "Solar Beam!" Liam ordered. The power grass move instantly fired and hit Aerodactyl square in the chest, KO'ing it. Steven next sent out Aggron. (sun 2 of 8) "Blast Burn!" Liam called. The most powerful fire move, amped up by the sun's rays rocketed across the arena and made a direct critical hit. Aggron survived due to Sturdy. "Sandstorm!" Steven called. the sun was swapped from a sandstorm and Scarlet took some damage. (sand 1 of 5) Scarlet had to recharge and was hit by Earthquake, dealing major damage. (sand 2 of 5) Being hit by the sandstorm, made Scarlet become envloped in a red light for a moment, which than faded. Blaze activated. "Fire Blast, straight up!" Liam called. The sand surrounding them was was burnt up, effectively ending the sandstorm. "Very clever." Steven said. "But this is where your Delphox falls." He turned to Aggron, "Earthquake!" "Flamethrower!" Liam called. The jet of fire and the quake connected in unison, causing another double knockout. The Pokémon were recalled. "I'm truly impressed with the skills you have shown here today Mr. Coleman." Steven said. He grabbed his final Pokéball. "But, this is where it ends." He tossed the ball and a shiny Metagross emerged. "Goodra!" Liam called. [color=ed1c24]Liam[/color]-vs-[color=00a651]Steven[/color] [s][color=ed1c24]Hitmonchan[/color][/s]-1-[s][color=00a651]Skarmory[/color][/s] [s][color=ed1c24]Greninja[/color][/s]-2-[s][color=00a651]Claydol[/color][/s] [s][color=ed1c24]Dusknoir[/color][/s]-3-[s][color=00a651]Carabink[/color][/s] [s][color=ed1c24]Sylveon[/color][/s]-4-[s][color=00a651]Aerodactyl[/color][/s] [s][color=ed1c24]Delphox[/color][/s]-5-[s][color=00a651]Aggron[/color][/s] [b][color=ed1c24]Goodra[/color][/b]-6-[b][color=00a651]Metagross[/color][/b] "Metagross, Hone Claws!" Steven called. "Dragon Dance Goodra!" Liam ordered. Both Pokémon pulled a buff. "Iron Claw!" Steven called "Dragon Tail!" Liam ordered. Both attacks hit, since Steven only had one Pokémon left, there was obviously no switch. Steen smirked as he pressed his keystone on his lapel and Metagross Mega Evolved. [color=ed1c24]Liam[/color]-vs-[color=00a651]Steven[/color] [s][color=ed1c24]Hitmonchan[/color][/s]-1-[s][color=00a651]Skarmory[/color][/s] [s][color=ed1c24]Greninja[/color][/s]-2-[s][color=00a651]Claydol[/color][/s] [s][color=ed1c24]Dusknoir[/color][/s]-3-[s][color=00a651]Carabink[/color][/s] [s][color=ed1c24]Sylveon[/color][/s]-4-[s][color=00a651]Aerodactyl[/color][/s] [s][color=ed1c24]Delphox[/color][/s]-5-[s][color=00a651]Aggron[/color][/s] [b][color=ed1c24]Goodra[/color][/b]-6-[b][color=00a651]Metagross (Mega)[/color][/b] "Hyper Beam!" Steven called. "Dragon Pulse!" Liam said. The attacks negated one another in center stage. "Flamethrower!" Liam called. A jet of fire licked Metagross while it recharged. "Metor Mash!" Steven called. "Iron Tail!" Liam called. Goodra blocked Metagross' signature move with Iron Tail. The battle continued on with no clear winner for several minutes, though both Metagross and Goodra were getting tired. Everyone was so focused on the battle they did not notice two small cube falling from the air, as if thrown from the stands toward the battling Pokémon, and another two from the air. The cubes hit and each of the battlers was encased in an energy cube. Cackling came from stands as two figures leapt to the arena floor, while two people and a Meowth leapt down from a hot air balloon. Liam recognized the ones from the balloon as a couple of Rockets. He saw the other duo had a capital red "R" on their uniforms as well. "[color=fdc68a]What are you three doing here!?[/color]" One of the other duo asked. "[color=ed145b]I could ask you the same thing![/color]" Jessie fired back. Liam cleared his throat. "Is our [i]CHAMPIONSHIP BATTLE[/i] interrupting?" The four looked at him and told him to pipe down. Both duos began to do their own mottos, but they kept inerrupting the other. "[color=0076a3]A Champion wannabe should be prepared for trouble[/color]" "[color=92278f]The Champion himself should make it double.[/color]" "[color=fdc68a]To infect the world with devastation.[/color]" "[color=ed145b]To [i]protect[/i] the world from devastation![/color]" "[color=0076a3]To blight all peoples in every nation.[/color]" "[color=92278f]To [i]unite[/i] all people in [i]our[/i] nation.[/color]" "[color=fdc68a]To denounce the goodness of truth and love[/color]" "[color=ed145b]To denounce the [i]evils[/i] of truth and love[/color]" "[color=0076a3]To extend our wrath to the stars above.[/color]" "[color=92278f]To extend our [i]reach[/i] to the stars above![/color]" "[color=fdc68a]Cassidy[/color]" "[color=ed145b]Jessie![/color]" "[color=0076a3]And Butch of course. [/color]" "[color=92278f]James![/color]" "[color=fdc68a]we're Team Rocket, circuling the globe all day and night.[/color]" "[color=ed145b]Team Rocket, [i]blasting off at the speed of light[/i]![/color]" "[color=0076a3]Surrender now, or you will surely lose the fight.[/color]" "[color=92278f]Surrender now, or prepare to fight![/color]" "Meowth! that's right!" "Wooobafett!" "[color=fdc68a]Enough of this! Aggron! Houndoom![/color]" "[color=0076a3]Charizard! Hitmontop![/color]" The four Pokémon appeared. "[color=ed145b]Gorgiest! Seviper![/color]" "[color=92278f]Inkay! Carnivine![/color]" The Rocket duos began to squabble amongst themselves over who go to take them to the boss. "How about neither of you!" Liam's father yelled. "Alakazam! Break those cages open with Psychic!" He called as he tossed a ball out. "Florence help Alakazam with Focus Blast!" James and Cassidy both tossed a cube at one of them, Cassidy hitng Alakazam and James hitting Florence. One was also tossed toward Numeru. During the scuffle, Meowth used slash to rip the key stone from Steven's lapel, so hat they would give their boss mega evolution.