Round 1: Hugo Calloway vs The Pirate Queen
It was a loud morning in Driftveil Stadium. Full of emotion as the spectators cheer and the two challengers take the stage. On the one side, the eccentric Pirate Queen stretched her muscles with a huge smile on her face that hadn't faded away since she made her entrance; on the other side, veteran Hugo Calloway gave the crowd a wave as the two trainers made their way to the center of the stadium. This was the largest crowd Hugo's seen in years, and he was eager to put on a show for them.
"Teehee, you look like you been at this for a while. Arr, this looks like fun already!" Pirate Queen cheered, preparing to throw her first PokéBall to the battlefield. "Head-to-wind, Pom-Pom, let's do this!"
"Not my first battle, let's give the people what they paid for, Aerodactyl you're up," Hugo replied, throwing the Pokeball containing Aerodactyl into the battlefield. Aerodactyl came out of the ball, hovering in flight in front of Hugo, ready to follow out his trainer's command.
"You know the drill, start out with a Stealth Rock," Hugo said. Aerodactyl obliged, and deployed a bunch of pointed rocks around the battlefield, ready to hit any Pokemon switching into battle.
"Pom-Pom, Quiver Dance!" The yellow Oricorio started dancing in her own place, fluttering her wings with grace as static started forming around her feathers. Once she finished dancing, Pirate Queen didn't order Pom-Pom to stop, opting to have the bird boost herself even more, but focusing on Hugo's Aerodactyl, waiting for him to make his move.
"Aerodactyl, Stone Edge." The Aerodactyl flew up in the air, before aiming in the direction of the Oricorio, flying down at full speed, head first before reaching impact, barreling into the smaller bird.
"Aerodactyl, Fly." Aerodactyl received the message, and took off high up in the arena, circling overhead the battle.
Pirate Queen smiled, looking down at the Oricorio, who swiftly got up from the ground.
"Go up!" she said.
The bird nodded, swinging her wings above her head as a strong wind picked her up. She started spinning at great speed, making the Tailwind she just summoned transform into a Hurricane, which propelled her upwards. Using the force of the wind, she managed to get closer to Aerodactyl, barely clinging to his tail, with static electricity still coming out of her feathers.
"C'mon, time to shake her off," Hugo said, looking at Aerodactyl, who looked down at his trainer then flew up further, gaining speed as he did so. Pom-Pom maneuvered and circled both of her legs around Aerodactyl's tail to become able to move her wings freely, and started rustling together the fluffier ends of them, generating more electricity and discharging it on Aerodactyl as she let go off the tail.
Pom-Pom somersaulted away from Aerodactyl's possible falling spot, and back to her trainer, taking the time to boost herself once more with Quiver Dance before backflipping back to her PokéBall, leaving a ball of energy behind which was then absorbed by Dott the Shiftry, who stepped on the Stealth Rock on entrance. She didn't seem to mind the damage much, though.
Dott picked up the wind from the Oricorio's Tailwind and formed another Hurricane with it, which was violently thrown towards Aerodactyl.
"Fly back down." Hugo kept his cool, still a lot of time left. Aerodactyl came crashing down, the speedy Aerodactyl able to close the gap and both Pokemon colliding in the air, altering both Pokemon's flight path. Aerodactyl was able to recover control without slamming into the ground. Aerodactyl turned to face Dott, who had also managed to land back onto the ground.
"Fly some more," Hugo said, and his Aerodactyl listened, taking back off high into the sky.
Dott swiped her hands upwards, altering the course of the wind once more and making the air temperature rise. She used that change of trajectory to her favor, kicking the air at great speed to literally ride the wind and lift herself up until she got close enough to Aerodactyl and blasted another powerful Heat Wave at the flying Pokémon, this time with offensive purposes.
Aerodactyl was able to shake off the Heat Wave, and flew up higher to gain the aerial advantage, before flying back down into Dott, pushing the Shiftry back down towards the ground. Hugo directed his Aerodacytl to attack again, this time with Stone Edge, hardening the stone on his head before slamming into Dott, knocking the Pokemon further back down to the surface, not without Dott striking the Aerodactyl with Sucker Punch first to take the Pokémon to the ground with her.
Dott got up from the ground, the wind from her side had already calmed down, but it didn't matter anymore. The Shiftry looked worn down, but had enough energy for a final blow at Aerodactyl. She started rising wind around herself, with a bunch of leaves coming out of her wooden body. Dott leaped backwards, aiming her attack at the Aerodactyl in front of her and blasting him off with a full power Leaf Storm.
Aerodactyl was hit by a barrage of leaves, bringing the flying pokemon down to the ground, breathing heavily while on the ground. "Aerodactyl, Roost." Aerodacytl sat on the ground, a faint light blue aura forming around him, and Hugo could see the Pokemon's regain its composure, but it also left Aerodactyl exposed to an attack.
Pirate Queen grinned. "Dott, set sails!" The Shiftry cackled, opened her arms, and flittered the fans on her hands, making the added Tailwind revitalize her energy a little bit. The fallen leaves started rising and moving forward as the wind picked them up, and Dott waited for her signal.
"Fire!"
A final wind-powered Leaf Storm swallowed Aerodactyl, making it impossible for him to fully recover. Dott got on her knees, visibly weakened by that attack, but then she shook her white mane. She still had it in her to keep fighting. Aerodacytl was unable to get back in the air, clearly weakened by the Leaf Storms, so Hugo had no choice but to recall Aerodactyl. But the Shiftry should be quick work for his next choice, Camerupt. The large fire type was released from his ball, ready to battle.
"Sunny Day," was the first move Hugo wanted Camerupt to use. A ball of yellow light surrounded Camerupt, and then the ball spread outwards, the end result being the sun beaming down on the battlefield much more intensely than it had before.
Pirate Queen saw that as an opportunity to have Dott blast a Heat Wave at the Camerupt. She didn't expect to see Dott using said Heat Wave to both attack and get closer to Hugo's Pokémon, however.
Predicting an incoming attack, the Shiftry lunged forward, covering herself in Dark type energy, using the wind on her favor to strike Camerupt directly with Sucker Punch. She clung herself to the protrusions on Camerupt's back and started heating her body up.
"Eruption." Camerupt started heating up himself, before letting out a large volume of molten lava out of his back, knocking the Shiftry off with the lava, but Shiftry managed to still get its explosion back, releasing a large blast of energy, the shock wave knocking Camerupt off balance, not quite a full cow tipping as Camerupt was able to settle back in, but enough to leave a mark. Dott however, ended up in worse shape than Camerupt.
As the smoke went down, another PokéBall opened on Pirate Queen's side and the silhouette of a Perrserker appeared on the battlefield.
Purrserker intentionally stepped on the Stealth Rock, as he charged at blinding speed towards Camerupt, enduring the heat from the burning floor and flashing his claws at Camerupt's face, using the time during which his opponent flinched to Dig a hole underground. Camerupt used this time to set up Fire Spin, a spinning vortex of flames that will move around the field, which will find its way to Purrserker. Hugo just had to wait for Purrserker to surface again to use Eruption again.
Purrserker came out from hiding, appearing behind Camerupt. Once he saw the Fire Spin approaching from far away, he dived back underground to dig another tunnel and approach the attack directly from below. Purrserker stood firm, barely moving an inch as Camerupt's attack swirled around him, Enduring all the damage he's gotten. Then suddenly, he opened his mouth wide and he started glowing a bright red, aiming and firing a beam as strong as the combined damage he's taken since stepping on the battlefield to then go back to hide underground.
"Earth Power," Hugo commanded his Pokemon. Camerupt stomped on the ground with significant force, ripping up the ground towards where Purrserker was burrowing, the travelling disruption ripping up the ground Purrserker was burrowing through, launching the Pokemon back to the surface, and face planted on the ground. From there Camerupt launched another Eruption, the second one weaker than the first but enough lava was still pushed out to surround the field, landing on Purrserker, hitting the hardy steel type with a ripping hot batch of lava.
Purrserker managed to use Endure just in time to receive Camerupt's Eruption. He got half of his body up from the ground, growling as he scratched his head. He hissed at the Camerupt and started charging another Metal Burst, firing a beam with even more destructive power now, that even the Perrserker was sent backwards due to knockback. He slowly got up and started approaching the Camerupt as fast as he could, but he ended up going underground once more.
As Purrserker went back underground, Camerupt went to work in order to bring Purrserker back out. Camerupt used Earth Power again, ripping up the battlefield even more towards the tunneling Purrserker. Purrserker was brought up from the ground again, but using Endure he was able to stick the landing perfectly, and responded by using the move flail. Purrserker charged at Camerupt full speed, swinging his claws at Camerupt. Camerupt was getting weakened by the flailing, staggering and stumbling on the field.
Hugo had Camerupt use Eruption again, less lava came out than the previous two Eruptions, but it was more than enough to push Purrserker off of him, sending the cat like Pokemon flying back.
Purrserker was visibly weakened now. He dug underground a final time, but this time almost immediately coming back up, attacking Camerupt from below. The moment his claws reached Hugo's Pokémon, he turned himself into a ball of energy and returned back to his PokéBall.
Pirate Queen had one Pokémon left now and the Tailwind had dissipated once again. Pom-Pom landed on the battlefield once more, grimacing and chirping in pain once she stepped on the Stealth Rock. She stopped for a second to take a good look at the battlefield, processing the mess before her, but then she just nodded and jumped inside one of Purrserker's holes. A second later, a Hurricane attack came out from the hole under Camerupt.
Camerupt was knocked back by the hurricane, rolling down onto his side. Camerupt struggled to get back up but was still able to stand upright. Hugo had his Pokemon switch it up, delivering a Flamethrower attack, breathing a large gust of flames back through the same hole in the ground where the hurricane came out, flushing Pom-Pom out of the hole, singeing the Oricorio's feathers. Hugo had to be quick, Camerupt didn't have much left.
The Oricorio managed to get back up and started boosting herself with Quiver Dance once again before shooting another Hurricane Camerupt's way. The Camerupt was blown back by the attack, being knocked to the ground, this time not being able to get back up. Hugo was forced to recall his Camerupt, as he was no longer fit to fight, and send in his last Pokemon, Raichu.
"Let's start off with a Thunderbolt," Hugo said, motioning his hand towards Oricorio. Raichu clenched her body, charging up electric power before dispersing a bolt of electricity at Pom-Pom. The attack was a direct hit, knocking Pom-Pom out of the air and down to the ground.
Pom-Pom got back up and used Quiver Dance once again. Using the added speed to get closer to Raichu, rustling her wings together before discharging a Revelation Dance attack on her before moving underground once more, where she attempted to attack once again with Hurricane. The attack came through one of the exits to the underground, and Raichu was not able to get out of the way in time, getting thrust into the air by the Hurricane.
Raichu was able to recover from the attack, floating in the air scanning the arena for her opponent, who was stuck underground. Not being able to see Pom-Pom, Raichu used Psychic, channeling into her psychic powers to find and inflict damage on Pom-Pom. It worked, although Pom-Pom was barely able to dodge the attack in time to not receive too much damage. She flew her way out of another hole, barely staying on her feet and used Revelation Dance once more on Raichu.
She used her last attack as a distraction to fly back to her trainer once she called her name, dodging the Stealth Rock with a clumsy maneuver that had her trip to the ground.
Before Hugo could call for the next attack, Pirate Queen stepped into the battlefield and took the weakened Oricorio in her hands.
"Teehee, I lose," she smiled. "I knew you were strong, that was a close one!"
"Thank you for the battle miss, I was very impressed, you trained your team well. Good luck with your next battle," Hugo replied, shaking the Pirate Queen's hand, before the two went their separate ways into the dressing rooms.
Teams Used:
Hugo Calloway:
The Pirate Queen:
