Kiki giggled at the pokemon, utterly enjoying herself.

"Time for the ultra mondo super climactic finishing attack! With extra awesomeness! Birdy! Hit with QuickAttack!" Kiki shouted. Birdy chirped and dived, glowing with normal energy, powering through theair at Shiva as hard as he could.

Shawn shook his head. Once again, Birdy had been getting faster. Well, no use in waiting...

"Shiva, use Withdraw." Shiva nodded, retreating into her shell. As she closes up, her shell seems to get harder and glossier.

Birdy screeched loudly as he was clipped, hitting the ground again. He shook his head before resuming his confident smirk. Confusion had worn off! Finally. He flapped his wings and took off, flying very low to the ground, catching an updraft and circling higher, about waist height when Kiki cried out the following words. "Double Team!"

With that Birdy created more echoes, which flew in every direction.

Shawn saw his chance. He can finish Birdy off with one, maybe two, moves. Shawn smiled, hoping this will play out right.

"Shiva, Tackle attack, now!", he called out to his partner. Shiva turned her back to Birdy and concentrated, using a blast of cold wind to blast her body at Birdy.

Birdy chirped happily as he slammed into the shield and flew off. What a strange bird... Did he enjoy hard, tough fights? But one thing was bad, he was still confused! Still, Kiki had no items, so all she could do was cry out her commands.

"Birdy! Double Team!" she shouted. Birdy chirped and went to use the move, but he seemed to suddenly forget how to fly for an instant. He squawked and screeched, tumbling down and landing painfully on the ground, her wings flapping weakly. He leapt up, trying to get airborne once more.

Shawn was stunned, seeing Birdy evolve that quickly. He saw the attack, and saw Shiva was worried. No matter, he thought. I know how to stop this.

"Shiva, use Protect!", he cried, seeing the bird barreling down on his Shellder. Shiva nodded and closed her shell, concentrating to create an invisible barrier before the foe hit her.

Kiki shook her head angrily, but Birdy, despite all expectations dodged three of them! Of course, the fourth one hit him in the wing and he lost some altitude. He squawked angrily and flapped his wings wildly to get some height, glowing brightly. Kiki grinned. He was evolving! Soon, he was replaced by a Staraptor, and he circled up high again. But... While he was stronger and had more endurance, evolving didn't make him any less hurt, nor did it remove confusion. Kiki knew this, but she didn't care.

"Birdy! You are so big and strong now! Get him! Use Wing Attack!" she cried. Birdy chirped fiercely and blasted down, his wings glowing white, ready for another pass with a battle cry of "Staravia!"

Shawn smiled, seeking that Birds had been slowed down a little. Shiva's shell prevented some damage and was still fresh in the game. Now was their chance.

"Shiva, try another Icicle Spear!" he called out. Shiva, knowing that confusion was successful, summoned up a volley of four spears, firing them out as rapidly as she could.

For all his evasion, Birdy seemed to have terrible luck. He looked down out of distraction and flew int a low branch. With an annoyed chirp he shook his head and took off, his flying a little more unfocused. Kiki KNEW he was confused.

"Hm... Quick Attack!" she cried. Birdy chirped and circled around and soared down at him, chirping happily, loving the battle.

Shawn racked his brain trying to find a way to counteract the double team move she used. No moves Shiva could do would stop Birdy from evading its attacks. Unless...

"Let's try...Supersonic!" he said, hoping it would work. Shiva channeled energy from within and burst forth with a stream of sound at the ring of enemies, sustaining it as long as she can. He hoped to hit Birdy enough to confuse it. After all, what else could he do?