[IC] Pokémon Hoenn: α and Ω

[James Davy]

"Night Slash!" Zoro charged at Obsidian with his claws glowing pitch black, ready to deliver a devastating strike. His substitute took Obsidian's Charge Beam and held up.

[bowtiesrcool86]

Liam lost some points when the attack hit. "Confuse Ray!" Liam called.

[James Davy]

"Show off your Night Daze!" It was a clash of light and darkness as Zoro conjured a dome of dark energy and Obsidian let off a bright flash that didn't affect the Zoroark due to his Substitute still being present.

[bowtiesrcool86]

"Grass Knot!" Obsidian tried to trip up the fox Pokémon.

[James Davy]

"Feint Attack!" The Grass Knot landed, but all that was left was a broken decoy and a Zoroark that was nowhere to be found until he reappeared behind Obsidian winding up for a powerful attack.

[bowtiesrcool86]

Obsidian was hit by the Super Effective hit. "Flash! into Bounce!" The black pearl on Obsidian's head gave off a bright light to blind Zoro, while it couldn't see, The Spoink would bounce up high to be out of sight for the next move.

[James Davy]

Shiranui lost points from the flashy move. "Zoro, Hone Claws and follow it up with Protect!" Zoro's Accuracy stat was dropped back to normal from Obsidian's move, but Zoro brandished his claws again, boosting his Accuracy back up. A green shield formed around the Zoroark in time for Obsidian's Bounce attack to land.

[bowtiesrcool86]

Protect had ruined what Liam had planned for the rest of the move and Liam just let Spoink crash down to finish he attack ,that Protect had negated the damage to.

[James Davy]

"Zoro, Night Slash/Fling Combination!" The Zoroark proceeded to show off his Night Slash by slashing a 'Z' in the air. He then grabbed the 'Z' and used Fling to throw it at Obsidian with a high velocity.

[bowtiesrcool86]

"Power Gem!" Liam called. the Rock-type beam blasted forth and collided with the flung move. "Time!" Vivian called. "Once the smoke clears, we will see who the winner is!" Once the dust settled, both Pokémon were still standing. Shiranui's bar had just a hair more points left. "The winner is Kalos Champion, Shiranui Tsukiko!" The crowd cheered. The judges all praised both co-ordinators, talking about the things they liked about each of their performances, such as Liam's clever idea to use Simple Beam to stop Zoroark's illusion. Vivian gave Shiranui the ribbon, and Vivian said the next contest was in Sootoplis City.

[James Davy]

Shiranui thanked Vivian and was soon in the Pokémon Centre waiting for Zoro to heal. He knew they would take on the gym there after beating the Mossdeep Gym.

[bowtiesrcool86]

Liam arrived at the center and handed Obsidian's ball over so he could be healed as well. "I should have known you two would be here." Said a familiar voice behind the heroes. Looker walked up to the heroes.

[James Davy]

"Hello Looker," Shiranui greeted back, "I gather from your presence that either one or both of the Teams are around here."

[bowtiesrcool86]

Looker confirmed Shiranui's theory as he had seen a submarine bearing Aqua's logo going into a cave just outside of town. He also said that we need to make a final stand and that they should both bring their A-game teams.

[James Davy]

"Will do," replied Shiranui, "Liam, the first thing we'll need to do is send in Kage and Plasma to do some reconnaissance."

[bowtiesrcool86]

"Sounds like a good idea." Liam agreed. He in a hushed tone told Shiranui that "A-game" or not, it may not be a good idea to bring legendaries into this mess.

[James Davy]

"I fully agree with you," Shiranui whispered back, "We'll only spur them on in their plans." In his normal voice he continued, saying, "We can take Titania and Gallade to help with interrogation and any heavy resistance they throw at us. Plasma can shut down their alarm system as well as help in battle; and Kage and Kinoko can provide incapacitation."

[bowtiesrcool86]

"Jiriya may will also prove useful." Liam added. Joy brought back the healed Pokémon. Liam thanked her and went to rearrange his team.

[James Davy]

Shiranui altered his team after Liam was done. "Ready to kick some Aqua tail?"

[bowtiesrcool86]

"You know I am!" Liam said. Looker than took the heroes to the entrance of the cave.