Chapter 8: Round 1! VS Fier!:
Before Yuki even had a chance to answer, Max looked down to see a Vaporeon playing at his feet. Max smiled at the Vaporeon, before being taken away by its trainer; as she had done this, the battle in the area below had ended. Max looked up at the screen to see the matchup, he was to the right of the screen! Max stood up and swallowed hard, Eevee jumped up onto his shoulder. Max looked back as he opened the door to enter the colosseum, there was no turning back now, Max thought as he closed the door behind him.
Max continued walking into the roar of the crowd; he soon started to worry and found himself on the floor, then pulling himself up to his feet. He took his place at the end of the battlefield to see his opposition staring back at him, he didn't quite remember his name.
"The battle between Max and Fier, begins. Now!" Max heard the announcer call. He saw Fier throw one Pokéball up and into the air, to reveal his first Pokémon, a Gastrodon, West Sea to be precise. Max, threw one of his Pokéballs up into the air and revealed Fezzy, his Unfezant once again. Max and Feir's stare held up for a few seconds, until Gastrodon started off with a Surf, drenching Fezzy, but not dealing much damage at all, making a smile spread across Max's face. Until, Gastrodon leached onto Fezzy.
Max's smile soon disappeared as he yelled "Fezzy, use Fly!" out into the field as Fezzy cried out in agony. A bead of sweat developed on Max's forehead, he looked around frantically wondering what to do.
Max's smile soon returned though as he commanded "Fezzy use Detect and then Quick Attack from underneath." The Unfezant did as commanded, catapulting the Gastrodon high, up into the air. It soon landed back on the ground, and went it did so Fier commended:
"Surf, one more time!" Fier coaxed on. "C'mon Gastro, you can do this, I believe in you!" The Gastrodon soon got up and prepared to use Surf.
"Fezzy, Detect once more!" Max called out as the Unfezant set up the invisible barrier. The Gastrodon slid along with its waves once more, only to hit the barrier. Max commanded Fezzy to use Fly as the Unfezant flew out of the Gastrodon's grasp.
"You know what to do Gastro" Fier called out to the Gastrodon as a shot of panic shot through Max as a thin, beam of ice, shot from its mouth.
"Fezzy! Dodge!" Max yelled out to Fezzy, and then repeated it twice. After the third time, the Unfezant skilfully dodged. Fezzy reared up a launched herself at the Gastrodon, knocking it to the ground and out cold.
Max pumped his fist into the air as Eevee jumped up. Fier pulled out his next Pokéball and revealed his next Pokémon, a Jolteon. But this Jolteon didn't seem normal, it had a dark essence about it that made Max's blood run cold. The Jolteon poised itself, ready for battle.
"Use, Quick Attack Fezzy!" Max commanded and as Fezzy flew close enough to strike, the Jolteon had used Double Team, this made Max, Eevee and Fezzy alike all feel uneasy. They all felt that this Pokémon was not normal and that it seemed stronger than any other Jolteon any of them had ever seen before.
"Use Stomp Jolteon!" Fier called. About sixteen Jolteon all jumped onto Fezzy at once, sending her to the ground. The one Jolteon remained. Fezzy tried and tried to get to her feet, and as Max pulled out his Pokéball to return Fezzy, the Jolteon sprung into the air and used Thunderbolt, knocking Unfezant out cold. Even Fier looked at Jolteon unforgivingly as the crowd grew louder with excitement and distaste, the crowd had seen many things today, but not a Pokémon, using a brutal move without its trainers orders. Max returned the unconscious bird to her Pokéball, while drawing another. But, Eevee jumped onto the battlefield in front of Max, much to the latter's dismay. Eevee looked back at Max, wearing an excited look.
"Alright, you can fight, but if you get into any trouble, I'm getting you out of there. Understand?" Max said to Eevee. He nodded back. Max's stomach churned as he was worried about Eevee.