Lumeloch Festival Tournament

[pokemonleague]

Lumeloch spends the entire year preparing for this day. The opening tournament starts at 8am, the fields are set. The trainers are prepped. After two long rounds of battle. Eight contestants have made their way to the quarterfinals. The crowds have consolidated, and more people have started to gather at the Main Even field. The Sun is now high in the sky and the crowd whispers about the contestants and their pokemon.

The announcer comes on and presents the rounds. The constants faces showing up on the main screen...

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[pain_split]

Viktor chuckled, it was predictable who she would choose. Though he was almost expecting her Altaria, but no matter. This would be over quickly, "Go 'Magius, Confuse ray!"

"Mismaaaag" Viktor knew what was coming, obviously a rain dance. As long as he could delay it, the safer 'Magius would be. The distorted rays flew from her forehead into the water on the other side of the field.

[dudeihaveagym]

Lucky shook his head, trying to shake off the confuse ray. He swam backward quickly, trying to shake it off, and bumped into the bottom of the platform.

"Come on Lucky, it's okay, snap out of it!" Skyler said. She didn't want to give him a command yet - not until she was sure he wasn't going to hurt himself. But she really needed his Rain Dance.

At least she hadn't picked Typhoon. It would only be a gentle shower, not a torrential downpour. Still, the spectators began to get out their raincoats and ponchos. They knew what to expect by now.

[pain_split]

Perfect. The confusion had taken a solid hold. Viktor didn't bother to put up his hood, he was cocky like that, "Now Mismagius, Psychic."

"Maaaagius." Her eyes started to glow a lighter blue, suddenly Lanturn was covered in a blue light, "MAG!" she picked it up out of the water and then threw it against the platform skyler was on.

[dudeihaveagym]

"Turn!" Lucky said indignantly, flopping back into the water with a splash. Skyler winced at the impact he had made on the platform and the crowd let out a small 'oooh.'

"Don't worry about it, Lucky. Rain Dance!"

She couldn't afford to let Lucky take a beating while waiting for the confusion to wear off. Thankfully, the Lanturn appeared to understand what she had said, swimming around in tighter and tighter circles while the rain began to come down gently, only his glowing lure visible above the water.

Now they could really get started.

[pain_split]

Mismagius and Viktor sighed simultaneously, they both hated rain. Viktor pulled up his cloak and shook his head, "Again, Psychic, GO!"

"MAGIOUS!" she was not pleased that she was now soaked in rain. Her eyes again lit up blue, surrounding the Lanturn, she slammed him once against the platform and then flew in in close, "Mismaaaag." she said threateningly. She eyed him up and down, bobbing him up and down as she looked. She wasn't called the Mistress of Shadow for nothing.

[dudeihaveagym]

Lucky blinked slowly, his back fin twitching back and forth. "Laaaaanturn," he said, as lightning began crackling around his lure.

Clearly, he had snapped out of his confusion. Maybe it was having Mismagius leaning over him with that look on her face like she was completely superior, or maybe it was just one too many knocks to the head.

Whatever it was, Skyler was definitely going to take advantage of it. "Thunder!" she said.

"Turn," Lucky said smugly, as lightning crackled out of his lure and into the clouds. For a second it looked like he had missed on purpose - and then a blinding thunderbolt came lancing out of the sky.

[pain_split]

Viktor flinched as she was hit, it was strong. In the Rain it was impossible to miss and he sighed. His cockiness had obviously rubbed off 'Magius, and if it wasn't for that move she might have avoided and attack all together. No matter, "Ready 'Magius?"

She shook her head, trying to shakes off the sparks that were stuck to her. They wouldn't come off, "Come on! 'Magius, don't worry about it, you're fine!"

"MAG!" she was paralyzed. Viktor cursed under his breath. He depended on her speed. He cursed again and looked up at Skyler. The tables had just turned.

[dudeihaveagym]

The sparks clinging to Mismagius looked familiar to Skyler - they should have, since Bluegull had been inflicted with them for a good chunk of their last battle.

Skyler grinned. This was going to be easy. "Go on, Lucky, hit her again! Thunder!"

"Lanturn!" Lucky said, lightning fizzing around his lure again, lancing out directly at the Mismagius this time. He wasn't going to start showboating now, he was too close to winning.

[pain_split]

"Maaaaaaaag!" she was hurt. She was about to hit her limit, Thunder was strong. And in this rain she couldn't avoid it. The sparks around here body were still crackling, but she broke free for a moment and looked back and Viktor, her eyes read, Let me at him. Viktor simply nodded.

"MAGIOUS!" Her eyes lit up quickly, the light grew up around Lanturn and she picked him up, a little higher then before and slammed it into the platform again, hard.

[dudeihaveagym]

"Lanturn," Lucky said indignantly, turning to show Skyler that the scales on his side were turning purple with bruising.

"Well then get her," Skyler said, like it should be obvious. This would end the battle, and then she'd move on - she'd looked down the list and either of the opponents in the other bracket would be tough. Lucky should be able to manage them, though.

Lightning was still crackling around Lucky's lure, and this time he just twitched his fins and a bolt lanced down from the clouds to Mismagius's side of the platform. The light was so bright that Skyler had to shut her eyes, and she heard sounds of shock in the stands. That was one powerful Thunder.

[pain_split]

'Magious floated there for a second, completely scoarched, blinking for a moment she paused and then fell back onto the ground, "'MAGOIOUS!" Viktor jumped off the platform dramatially and picked her up in his arms, "You did a wonderful job 'Magious. I am proud."

"Maaag...magious." she passed out. Viktor pulled out the pokeball and returned her.

The Audience was flabbergasted. They were on their feet screaming for Skyler, the obvious underdog in the fight. The Mistress of Shadow was defeated, rarely could one say they had seen a battle like that. The rain stopped above them and the sun started to shine once more.

Viktor walked to the other side of the field, "Absolutely amazing Skyler."

[dudeihaveagym]

"Awwww, Lucky did all the work. He just doesn't like it when people get in his face like that," Skyler said sheepishly. Lucky swam up to her side, clearly tired and ready to return to his pokeball, but he still brightened under the praise.

She held out her pokeball and returned the Lanturn, tucking her pokeball on her belt. "Guess we'll see what happens in the next tournament, huh?"

[pain_split]

"Most definitely Skyler! That was just brilliant. 'Magious needed to be knocked down a bit. She's been getting a little too cocky for even my taste." He laughed, loudly and a little awkward. His true colors were showing. He looked around and nodded.

"Well," he put out his hand, "Congratulations Sklyer, I look forward to watching you in the Semi finals. Best of luck!"

[dudeihaveagym]

Skyler shook his hand with a grin - she was an easygoing type, after all, and didn't really care whether she won or lost most of the time. "Sure, thanks! We should be hitting the road after the tournament ends so I'll catch you then!"

She tapped her fingers on Lucky's pokeball as she turned to walk away. "Come on, let's get you healed up before the next round."

[pain_split]

Viktor turned on his heals, his cape making a whooshing sound as he turned. He was glad he lost, for a moment he was starting to feel on top of the world, and he couldn't have that. Perhaps he would contact his grandmother and see how the rest of his pokemon were doing in is absence...