[Joint post with Gimmepie is complete. Prepare for the battle of your lifetime!]
Zayne <> VS. <> Yew
Yew nodded to Zayne as they exited the building, and led the group to one of the battlefields. This one, a personal favorite, was covered with ice, and various ice boulders stuck out at abnormal angles. Yew took up his position on one side of the battlefield, Tetra sliding out into position much as an ice skater would. Yew shouted across the reasonably long battlefield to Zayne, "Whenever you are ready, my friend!"
Zayne stood facing the other teacher with Aura, already on guard, standing in front of him. The ice would normally cause him to lose his footing but, thankfully, they were experienced at battling on ice fields due to their time competing in gyms and leagues.
"Calm Mind" commanded Zayne as a pale blue glow emanated from Aura, who seemed to be meditating.
"Now, let's get this show on the road"
"Hmph" the Lucario grunted its agreement opening its eyes as the glow diminished
"Slide towards her using the ice and use Dark Pulse!" Aura pushed off from his back foot skidding across the ice as he had done several times against gym leaders, they never really expected this. As the blue pokemon got closer to Tetra he formed a dark aura between his hands and then, at close range, he launched the powerful Dark Pulse towards her.
Tetra took the hit, sliding back on the slippery ice. Yew nodded, and said to Zayne, "An interesting combo! Let's see how you like the response. Tetra, you know what to do." Tetra nodded back to him, and used Hypnosis. The effects would make the Lucario pass out is mere milliseconds. Tetra then threw up a Light Screen to defend from further Dark Pulses. She finished up with Dream Eater, which both damaged Aura and regained health from the previous super effective attack.
Falling to one knee from the powerful psychic-typed attack Aura awoke with a jolt, a ferocious and competitive glare on his face. Zayne commented on the impressive move
"Not bad, and a good idea to use Light Screen whilst Aura was asleep. Unfortunately for you, Light Screen won't do anything to protect you from this; Aura, Extreme Speed!" In a a blur of motion Aura dashed to the side and then, springing off of one of the slippery rocks, was nearly invisible in his incredible speed as he repeatedly struck Tetra.
"I needed this" Zayne commented, a smile briefly appearing on his usually stoic visage.
Yew nodded politely, tryin to hide the growing anxiety in his gut. He looked at Tetra, and bluntly said, "Time for Psyshock." Tetra nodded, and a blast of psychic energy soon zapped at Aura, powerfully shocking him before he was able to do anything to retaliate. Tetra grinned slightly. Aura was a plenty worthy opponent.
The blast of psychic energy caught Aura square as he went in for another shot surprising both him and Zayne. Aura was impressed, Zayne could tell. The two were very well matched it appeared, which was making for an awesome battle.
"That is some impressive aim to hit him square whilst he's moving that fast" commented Zayne "let's be a bit more creative then. Aura use Psychic to hurl some of these icy rocks at Tetra. Aura acted instantly pushing himself off of his knees his eyes lit up an astounding blue as a similar light encompassed two of the rocks. Soon enough the obstacles were ripped from the ground and being hurled towards the opposing Gardevoir.
Tetra, without bein ordered, grabbed the two rocks with a red psychic energy of her own, making the aura around them an interesting purple. Soon enough, two other rocks began to fly at Aura from completely different directions while still holding the first two back. She then said gloatingly to Aura, Now, now. You of all people should know that you can't beat me in my own ball field...
The frozen rocks flew straight back at Aura. Zayne and Aura were well aware that Tetra's psychic abilities would exceed Aura's, but there was nothing like a challenge.
"I'm well aware of that" replied Aura as he braced himself for Zayne's commands.
"Extreme Speed!" called Zayne "Run straight past them". Aura once again hurtled towards Tetra at a high velocity.
He probably wan't expecting me to respond offensively guessed Zayne.
Tetra, who was still mentally controlling the rocks, brought them together directly in front of her, effectively blocking Aura off. This followed with yet another Psyshock, which not only hit Aura, but shattered the rocks into millions of sharpened ice shards, which would definitley hurt Aura a bit. Yew nodded, proud of his girl. Tetra looked back at him, grinning wildly, and said, This is more fun then I've had in a while!
Yew smiled back, and turned his attention to Zayne. He then shouted, "You ready to give up yet?"
"Not likely" replied Zayne has Aura fought back to his feet
Agreed Aura responded to Tetra. Zayne took in the field, pondering how he could use it to his advantage.
Got it he thought to himself.
"Aura, use extremespeed to slide across the ice, trip her over" commanded Zayne. With a brief run up Aura dropped to the ground, sliding across ice until he was next to his opponent before kicking his leg forward, knocking Tetra to the ground as he himself rose to his feet.
"Now, a close range Dark Pulse!" Aura hurled the dark aura at Tetra, it was unlikely the downed pokemon would be able to avoid the attack.
Tetra hit the ice, some cracks spiderwebbing from where her shoulder had impacted. Tetra took the attack with a slight grimmace before kicking the feet from under Aura in turn, getting her feet under her in the process. Hypnosis made sure that Aura stayed down, and a sharp jolt from Psyshock damaged her opponent. She smiled at Aura, and finished with dream eater, a reasonably effective strategy.
Aura twitched in his induced sleep, the Dream Eater doing some serious damage but thankfully the pain woke him up. Aura, still on the ground looked up at Tetra, he knew what was coming and it was not going to be pleasant for her at this close range.
"Aura Sphere" called Zayne. Aura thrust his hands upwards channelling his formidable aura related powers (hence his name) causing a glowing sphere of blue energy to form. Aura launched the attack, hitting Tetra head on and propelling her across the field into a near-by rock, the last one left since their battle had destroyed the others, and ow this one. Aura got to his feet preparing for a return attack.
"Looks like they both only have one or two attacks left in them" Zayne said to Steven "this is going to be a close one."
"I concur," Yew aid grimly. Things weren't looking good for Tetra. She got up quickly enough, but the fatigue was beginning to show. Her eyes angrily flashed a frightening shade of red as a burst of psychic energy hurtled towards Aura.
The ferocious psychic attack rushed towards Aura, but both he and Zayne were ready.
"Aura Sphere!" With a surprising roar from the effort he put into it Aura produced another sphere of the power for which he was named the blue ball much larger than the previous one. Aura launched the attack straight into the oncoming psychic onslaught. For a moment everything seemed to slow for Zayne, for a brief second nothing seemed to happen. Zayne's heart pounded in his chest
Come on. We're nearly there. Then, a blazing white light erupted where the two move collided, the world returning to normal for Zayne. The energy rushed out causing a massive explosion, smoke covering the entire battle field.
When the smoke cleared Zayne was forced to look in awe at the destruction the collision had caused. The icy field was in ruins, a huge crater at the centre that penetrated far past the ice dominated what was left of the field with the rest of the field was covered in deep cracks. At the centre of what was once the training field both Tetra and Aura laid, both completely exhausted and unable to continue after their ferocious battle. Zayne walked over to Aura, offering his pokemon a hand to help him get up. As Aura struggled to his feet Zayne simply said to him, "Incredible. You did an amazing job". Aura just nodded to his trainer as he was returned to his pokeball. Zayne looked over to his opponent, Steven Yew, a whole new respect for the man. "That was the best battle I have had in a long time," he said. "Thank you very much." He couldn't help but laugh. "Do you think they'll make us pay to repair the battle field? It looks like ground zero for a nuclear attack!"
Yew had quite the opposite reaction to the explosion than Zayne did. Everything seemed to speed up, leaving no mercy. He threw up an arm to sheild his eyes, the hot air from the explosion washin over him. When the smoke cleared, Yew was dumbfounded. A draw? How, in all his years of battling, did he come to a draw?!?
Bad thoughts aside, Yew walked out to the battlefield, tossing Zayne one of the revives that he kept with him at all times. He gave another to Tetra, who got back up slightly shakily. Yew then turned back to Zayne, and replied, "Hell if I know, but I agree. That was an EPIC battle!"
"Definitely epic. I'll be sure to give this revive to Aura soon, thanks for the generosity" he replied pocketing the object. Well with that over I should probably go and check out my lodgings, want to come along?"
Yew nodded, taking Tetra's hand in the crook of his arm. He replied by saying, "Sounds like a plan to me."
OUTCOME: DRAW
•Aura is now level 53!
•Tetra is now level 53!