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After battling Arven, we rushed to the school to see if we could find Cassiopeia.
We were blocked by Director Clavell on our way through!
Not sure what "disguise" Director Clavell was talking about. He didn't think his "Clive" thing can fool anyone, right?
Wait, what? The Director is Cassiopeia? That didn't add up!
Well, if that was the case, then we had to fight Director Clavell in a Pokemon battle!
Team Star would officially disband if we beat Cassiopeia, Director Clavell!
Let's see who will win! Grudge or wisdom!
Oranguru seemed unimpressed by Elderberry!
Elderberry doesn't really excel in offense, and Oranguru was quite a bulky Pokemon!
*Yawn* This was so early in the morning it made me ... kinda ... sleepy ...
Any-*yawn*-way ... Oranguru gone ...
...zzz...
Oh right! We could not fall asleep mid-battle! The next matchup was Redcurrant vs Abomasnow!
I didn't study a lot, but I surely knew a lot about Grass-type Pokemon! We used Abomasnow's crippling weakness to Fire to our advantage!
Director Clavell's next Pokemon was Gyarados, which is normally quite intimidating, but not for Lime!
Honestly, Water-type Pokemon never worry me.
Guava would fancy a cuppa!
Guava broke Polteageist's teacup with Night Slash!
Director Clavell sent out Amoonguss, another Grass-type Pokemon! I didn't know Director Clavell also likes Grass-type that much!
Don't let Persimmon see this!
I don't like this, but Redcurrant is mostly in charge of burning other Grass-type Pokemon now.
Fruit poisoning!
It hurt my heart to beat so many Grass-type Pokemon up, but we had to do it for Operation Starfall!
Redcurrant was getting worn down by her poison, which was bad because we needed her to stay in!
Operation Starfall would end after we knocked Skeledirge out!
Oh no! Skeledirge Terastallized into Fire-type and thus Crunch was not super effective!
Um ... excuse me ... I didn't make that song request!
Redcurrant ate her Sitrus Berry, though that was probably not going to help much ...
Skeledirge was way too bulky for Crunch to hurt it much!
Skeledirge sang its Torch Song again and roasted Redcurrant even under the rain! The bigger problem was its doubled Sp. Attack!
Well, all of our remaining Pokemon were weak to Fire, so this was not looking great for us.
Never mind, Coconut's Earth Power was enough to finish Skeledirge!
Victory is ours! Team Star is formally gone!
Not trying to brag, but I am now a Champion trainer myself!
What? After all that trouble? So we still had the big boss to take down?
I guess Director Clavell was just hoping we wouldn't need to face Cassiopeia ...
I will not let you down, Director! I will take down Cassiopeia!
Uh-oh.
*Sigh* That's why I don't like going to school. I guess it's time for me to flee.
Well, I guess I could take a nap before going to battle Cassiopeia.
Let's hope the fight against Cassiopeia go as smooth as the one against the Director!
Cassiopeia was waiting for us in the school yard as promised! I noticed they were wearing an Eevee backpack ...
Penny is the big boss of Team Star, Cassiopeia!
The whole "supply unit" thing was just an excuse for Penny to stay close to us!
We had to take down Penny to disband Team Star for good!
We were challenged by Penny, aka Cassiopeia! We had never battled her before so we should be careful about her!
Penny led the team with an Umbreon, which was at Level 62 ! That might mean that she got some strong Pokemon!
Umbreon used Baby-Doll Eyes, which has a high priority, so Umbreon lowered Guava's Attack before he could move!
Because of Umbreon's high Defense and Guava's lowered Attack, Play Rough didn't do that much!
Umbreon used Baby-Doll Eyes again! (BDE counter: 2)
Guava would not be able to do much when Umbreon kept using Baby-Doll Eyes, so we had him come back!
We sent out Quince, who was unbothered by Baby-Doll Eyes! (BDE counter: 3)
Quince used Dazzling Gleam, but Umbreon got even better Special Defense so the move didn't do much!
Quince took a Dark Pulse in its face!
This was a little bit earlier than I hoped for, but Quince triggered Seed Sower and his Grassy Seed!
Well, Quince was probably frightened by this "big boss" figure here.
Luckily Quince could do Dark Pulse pretty well and he didn't flinch twice, so he managed to finish Umbreon off easily.
Penny's next Pokemon was Flareon! Honestly that thing is horrifying despite its fluffy and innocent appearance!
Even with his raised Defense, Quince couldn't take Flare Blitz at all!
Flareon is a Fire-type Pokemon with high Special Defense, so we had to come up with a way around it.
We couldn't waste time messing around Flareon and Double Edge is always effective handling foes resisting Grass!
The only drawback of Double Edge is its recoil damage. Which was totally worth it against Flareon!
Penny sent out Leafeon next! I saw a pattern in her team selection! (BDE counter: 4)
Sometimes I wonder if Redcurrant hates her fellow Grass-type Pokemon.
Penny's fourth Pokemon was Vaporeon, which should not be a big problem for Guava!
Well, we predicted Vaporeon's Baby-Doll Eyes, and we had a strategy against that! (BDE counter: 5)
Flower Trick's guaranteed critical hit worked around Guava's lowered Attack!
Next up was Jolteon, who should not be able to do much to Coconut!
(BDE counter: 6)
Your Baby-Doll Eyes won't stop us from destroying the Earth!
Pin Missile? Why would you have that!
That did way too much!
Jolteon did more than I hoped for, but it was gone anyways.
Penny's final Pokemon was Sylveon! Sylveon is a strong Pokemon so we had to be extra careful!
Sylveon glowed with pink lights and Terastallized into a Fairy-type!
Sylveon used Baby-Doll Eyes ... (I've lost count)
Hawthorn's raw power was not as strong after being hit by Baby-Doll Eyes!
You can make a guess what Sylveon just used. (Gave up counting already)
Sylveon is more Special-oriented, so Baby-Doll Eyes did balance its bulk pretty well!
Hawthorn! Don't be so ... horny
Never mind, Hawthorn managed to knock Sylveon out! And victory is ours!
It's finally over!
Cassiopeia was talking to the rest of the Team Star bosses by hacking their phones too!
Penny never showed up to their meetings, but she decided to take full responsibility after the Team Star incident!
But all those would become history, since the big boss of Team Star had already been defeated.
... Every Team Star boss answered this question with the same answer. I guess Team Star truly was their greatest treasure.
Director Clavell explained why he approached us as "Clive". He is honestly such a good teacher.
All the Team Star bosses were actually there observing our battle and they met Cassiopeia for the first time!
The academy owed Team Star a sincere apology and the Director was here to deliver!
Team Star no longer needs to be disbanded!
We might've wasted at least 7 battles to take down Team Star, but this is probably the best ending we can hope for.
Oops! When I say happy ending, I didn't say there would be no punishments involved.
Training facilities? More Team Star battles? Count me in!
That was a busy night! We needed some sleeps after that!
We had to talk to the Director after that!
Honestly, Penny was pretty tough to beat, if she could adopt another strategy other than spamming Baby-Doll Eyes.
Oh ... so I have been using illegal LPs.
Well, I was on my way to see Nemona. I guess we could talk to Penny first.
Hacking the League Point system was probably not the thing to do, but I guess it proved her talents in the technology sector?
There we go! She just needs to do some volunteer work for the League!
Penny gave us a TM for Draco Meteor as a thank-you gift! That should be good enough for Melon, since Dragonfruit doesn't really need this. And it's not like we're getting more Dragon-type Pokemon, right?
Oh right! We need someone good at tech stuff for Area Zero! I think Penny would be a good companion for that trip!
I was sorry to keep Nemona waiting, but we were finally ready for a Champion-level battle!
Oh, and there were so many spectators around, including all the Elite Four members!
We challenged Nemona for a battle with our greatest mights!
Our greatest battle of all began with Coconut versus Lycanroc!
Coconut shattered the Earth and almost knock out Lycanroc in one hit!
Lycanroc set up Stealth Rocks on our field! That would make switching around difficult.
Anyways, we used Earth Power again and finished Lycanroc up!
We sent out Hawthorn to stand against Goodra!
Goodra looks really gooey, but we had Hawthorn use Play Rough anyways!
Not only is Goodra covered in goo, it is also covered in sludge! Hawthorn was almost knocked out by Sludge Bomb!
Double-Edge was a safer option to clean Goodra up because of its 100 accuracy!
Though that meant Hawthorn took recoil damage and probably couldn't stay for long!
With Stealth Rock around, we would not be able to send Hawthorn out again. So, we let Hawthorn stay and put his final effort!
Never mind, Pawmot had Quick Attack just for this!
Luckily Coconut does not mind switching around even with pointed stones on the ground.
We shattered the Earth once more for Pawmot!
Nemona's next Pokemon was Dudunsparce! A three-segmented one too!
Dudunsparce could be scary if it boosts itself several time with Coil!
I think Dudunsparce should slow things down and take a rest!
Dudunsparce has really good defenses and didn't take that much from Power Whip!
Dudunsparce could take some more Earth Power too!
Dudunsparce woke up and unleashed its anger with Hyper Drill!
Coconut couldn't take Hyper Drill after Dudunsparce boosted itself!
But Coconut brought Dudunsparce down with him!
And then we had Quince versus Orthworm!
That was my bad. Earth Power would indeed not be super effective because of Orthworm's Earth Eater!
Orthworm had Body Press! This was looking bad for Quince, who couldn't do much!
That might not have been a great time for Seed Sower, considering that Orthworm just got healed from the Grassy Terrain.
Sorry Quince! You went down because of my terrible decision!
Redcurrant was a much better switch-in, as she is able to roast Orthworm!
We got to end the fight with a battle between the starter Pokemon!
More importantly, this was a showdown between Terastallized Pokemon!
Quaquaval could not take a Flower Trick at all and went down immediately!
It felt like time was frozen. Everyone was so nervous.
I did it! I beat Nemona even at her full force!
I've proven my strength! Even against another Champion-ranked trainer!
I'd love to have a round two, but not today please! I was tired from that battle!
I have completed my dream of being a champion-ranked Trainer. It was finally time to explore Area Zero with Arven!
We had two other allies helping us as well! I hope they love battling too!
The gate to the Great Crater of Paldea is around Medali!
We didn't hesitate to rush to the gate!
Maybe we would find more about Koraidon in Area Zero? We still don't really know Koraidon all that much after all these times.
And we'll have two new teammates to meet too!
Considering we needed a strong trainer for fighting the strong Pokemon around, I was not surprised to see Nemona!
And Penny was here for tech support! So all the people I was helping are here in Area Zero now!
Oh, and we forgot Penny doesn't like talking that much ...
Well, us helping people around pays off! That's how you secure teammates for exploration!
We weren't expecting robots to scan our bodies for identification!
Never mind, it was just Professor Sada, who asked us to get to the deeper of the Great Crater of Paldea.
Will we know more about Arven's relationship with his mother? I'm deeply concerned about Arven's reaction when he heard his mother's voice.
Anyways, we all rushed to open the gateway to Area Zero!
To get to the deep parts of the Great Crater of Paldea, we would need to glide using Koraidon.
Go Koraidon! Lead us to the wilderness of Area Zero!
Oh no! Koraidon was not feeling comfortable with gliding!
Hey! Shouldn't we check up on Koraidon first?
This has got to be unsafe! But I guess we had no other choices if we wanted to make it to the end alive!
Phew! My heart almost stopped pounding from that free fall!
The mission to help Professor Sada was important, but so was exploring Area Zero!
You know, I really didn't like how the Professor worded that. My body was still shaking from that descent!
Our goal was to visit four research stations and turn them off! It surely sound like playing video games, which is not my forte but I'll try my best!
We had been warned of the dangerous Pokemon lurking in Area Zero, but we fear nothing!
So far we had been finding giraffes and moths!
Moths are, indeed, highly dangerous and venomous.
We were not able to use Koraidon to travel! We had to make our goal on foot!
Speaking of Flying Taxi, I think I saw something behind me ...
AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
At least the flowers in Area Zero smell pretty nice!
Being a Champion has always been my dream! And now that I've achieved that dream, I'll aim for something even higher!
Hey, do you know? White flowers are usually used to symbolize death!
There are always something ruining the great view of flower fields. We just can't take a moment to appreciate the beauty of the wild.
Maybe the White Floette was symbolizing death after all!
The death of Hawlucha!
I thought we were travelling with three companions, not four? Was this Girafarig trying to steal my fruits?
We spotted one of those research stations! It wasn't really that difficult to find!
It was one of those gemstone flowers that Ms. Geeta uses! Did she catch it in Area Zero?
Glimmora looks like a pretty flower, but it is actually poisonous!
You can tell Glimmora is not a real flower, because it went down from Drill Run, a move that real plants can take easily!
Glimmora is certainly a rare Pokemon you don't see everywhere! That made me wonder what kind of rare Pokemon we might find here?
Jumpluff is not a rare Pokemon, but I love seeing them in the wild!
Well, it was finally time to get into the Research Station!
We made our way to the first research station without any incidents, as noted by the Professor. I can't tell if the Professor wants incidents to happen or not!
This place looks much dustier than I expected! But even a dusty bed can be a good place to rest!
We still had no idea why we were doing this, but we should disable the locks of the Zero Lab!
Have you ever read the blue books in the research stations?
Nope, not this run
We disabled the first lock! Time to find more research stations!
Outside the Research Station, we immediately ran into a Copperajah, which we know Kiwano can handle!
Raichu and Copperajah, name a more iconic duo.
I guess it is not easy being a famous professor's son ...
Arven told us his experience of battling the monsters residing in Area Zero! Honestly I was both excited and nervous hearing that!
Well, I'm sure what Arven saw was not this Garganacl, with how non-crazy/violent it is!
We are not doing the Snow Slope Run again.
Well, thanks to the slippery slope, we found the second research station faster than expected!
We found a Jigglypuff ... ? I'm not an expert of Fairy-type Pokemon, but something looks off.
Whatever we found was much more hostile than Jigglypuff! We were getting attacked!
Hawthorn and Umbreon went against the fake Jigglypuff, Scream Tail!
Whatever Scream Tail might be, Double-Edge would be a safe choice to choose!
Naturally, Scream Tail is using Fairy-type moves just like a Jigglypuff.
Umbreon's Dark Pulse did some ok damage on Scream Tail. It seems to be a rather bulky Pokemon!
Anyways, we managed to defend ourselves with the aid of Penny!
Well, Scream Tail definitely does not feel like a regular Jigglypuff! But it also does not seem ferocious enough to heavily damage Arven's Mabosstiff! So, that must be more dangerous Pokemon around!
Well, we entered Research Station No.2, which really is just a replica of Reserach Station No.1.
Arven theorized that Scream Tail is one of the "Monsters of Area Zero" recorded in his book, with another such Pokemon being the Titan Great Tusk.
Well, there are so many Pokemon in the world. Not all of them are going to be cute and friendly. I guess Scream Tail is just a more aggressive species of Jigglypuff?
Professor Sada solved the mystery! Scream Tail seems to be an ancient Pokemon that should belong to the distant past!
It seems that Professor Sada has invented a time machine that connects to the past! Would we be able to see more ancient Pokemon?
Well, I couldn't wait to see the time machine! Let's hunt down more of these research stations!
Before we moved on, Arven decided to give me his Scarlet Book!
Nemona, Penny and Arven had been chatting a lot, but I just wanted to rush to the next stop!
We found the third Research Station! Let's see if we would get attacked again!
We were attacked by a Great Tusk this time! I guess they do live in Area Zero naturally, instead of the Asado Desert!
Arven and I had experiences handling a Great Tusk before! This should not be a problem either!
We know that Great Tusk is a Ground-type Pokemon, so Horn Leech would be supereffective!
Well, we could clearly see that Mabosstiff is back to full health! It took a Brick Break and knocked Great Tusk out!
So the Titan Great Tusk we saw somehow escaped from Area Zero and got to Asado Desert?
Penny got a point here! Great Tusk was rolling around Asado Desert causing troubles!
Research station No.3, as expected, looks the same as the previous two!
Speaking of roaming around, have we been roaming around with an ancient Pokemon too?
Professor Sada was the one who asked us to keep good care of Koraidon! So they must be related in some sorts!
Well, Professor Sada always answers our questions when we need her! She brought Koraidon from the past and discovered that it is an ancient Cyclizar!
According to the Professor, there should be another Koraidon lurking around! I don't know how to feel about this!
We disabled the third lock! Just one more left to go!
Right outside Research Station No.3, we found another weird-looking Pokemon!
Flutter Mane is probably an ancient version of Misdreavus!
Seems like Misdreavus from all time have low Defense!
We found a wild Scream Tail! Though this one was not as aggressive!
One thing I noticed was Scream Tail has more sharp fangs than Jigglypuff!
It kinda made me wonder what made Scream Tail gradually evolve into the modern Jigglypuff!
One thing that didn't change is how Scream Tail screams!
Guava tried to learn Leaf Strom, but we're not getting rid of Flower Trick with that!
This cave looks really bright and pretty with all the brilliant crystals around!
I'd love to get to the bottom of the cave! Would we really be able to find treasures here?
I guess there are two sides of the story ... ?
Stop pretending to be a flower! I know you are a Glimmora!
Penny thinks that something bad happened to Koraidon. I think she has a point!
We found the final Research Station!
Woah! The final Research Station looks much messier than the other ones!
Professor! What are you sorry for?
Huh? This is getting really creepy! What is happening?
Well, let's press the button and get to the Zero Lab as soon as possible!
Professor, please explain what just happened!
I still feel uncomfortable from transmission! Let's meet the Professor in person to ask for more details!
Let's make our way down to the Zero Lab!
We saw some building down there! There is probably where we needed to go!
We needed a quick way to get down!
With the power of our Rotom Phone, we made to the ground within seconds! Not sure how my friends would catch up with me!
Look at me and my doppelganger!
The one notable building here is in fact the Zero Lab! All mysteries would be solved if we could open the gate!
No wonder why this place is full of glimmering crystals! They provide the same energy as a Terastallizing crystal!
All the dangerous Pokemon reside in the Zero Lab right now, and they would be released if we open the gate!
However, we must not fear the danger! We must reach Professor Sada by opening the gate!
I almost pressed the button, but Arven asked me to hold it!
Koraidon would probably know how to battle ancient Pokemon properly, but it had not been feeling well ever since we got to this place!
We still had not seen Koraidon revert back to its full form! So I was not sure if it could do any battling.
I guess we still should let Koraidon out just because it is still one of our precious allies.
Our Koraidon was not too happy seeing another Koraidon!
The other Koraidon definitely looks more aggressive than ours!
Koraidon seemed to be scared! Poor thing! At least the other Koraidon didn't challenge us to a battle!
It's easier than done! There must be some reasons why our Koraidon could not go to its battle form!
Uh-oh.
We were surrounded by ancient Pokemon! But more importantly, we saw what I assumed to be ancient Amoonguss!
We needed to take out these ancient Pokemon! Thankfully I have my firends to help!
At this point, we knew a lot about Great Tusk just by fighting so many of them!
What we found was that Great Tusk is a Ground/Fighting-type Pokemon, which is way too much for Lycanroc to handle!
But it is certainly something Kiwano can handle! Leaf Blade almost knocked it out in one hit!
Even our bulky Kiwano took quite a lot from Close Combat! Great Tusk is a terrifyingly powerful Pokemon!
Goodra took out Great Tusk with Muddy Water! Though Kiwano got dirty in the process too!
I knew we could trust Nemona in taking down more ancient Pokemon on her own!
I was honestly really excited to see what ancient Amoonguss are like!
We got into a fight with Brute Bonnet! Its eyes certainly look more mean-spirited than Amoonguss!
Penny still had the same strategy per usual, which is to use Baby-Doll Eyes!
Brute Bonnet is probably also Grass-type, so Kiwano would not be able to do much without some setups.
Brute Bonnet was kind enough to feed Kiwano some nutrients!
Kiwano hit Brute Bonnet with a Rock Slide at +2 Attack, but even that didn't do much! Brute Bonnet must be a bulky Pokemon!
Brute Bonnet was kind enough to offer us another +1 Attack!
Even with the extra Attack buff we couldn't quite knock out Brute Bonnet!
I guess we should just let Umbreon take Brute Bonnet out.
Modern Amoonguss is much friendlier than Brute Bonnet! The ancient past must've been brutal for Grass-type Pokemon to survive in!
The only ones left are Flutter Mane! Arven and Mabosstiff joined us this time!
Flutter Mane is a fast and strong Pokemon! It definitely shows how scary ancient Pokemon are!
Flutter Mane is still a ghost after all, and ghosts can't take physical moves very well! Not that I know anything about Ghost-type Poekomon!
Well, Flutter Mane was gone after getting sliced by a Leaf Blade!
Well, I always know Arven and I are good at fighting together! Even Mabosstiff agreed on that one!
I always know Arven doesn't like Koraidon much. But even Arven went and cheered Koraidon on! Let's hope that Koraidon can get into its fighting spirit soon!
Before we move on, let me smell more of these mushrooms first.
The gate leads to a long, dark tunnel!
Were there no human present in the Zero Lab before I arrived?
Thank you for everything too, Professor! Though you also left me with many questions!
The other Koraidon belongs to Professor Sada too!
That explains why our Koraidon was so scared of the other Koraidon! So the other Koraidon is basically a bully!
We actually have been talking to an AI created by the Professor, instead of the Professor herself!
Um ... I don't know how to explain that one to Arven ...
So the Professor had herself killed trying to protect our Koraidon? The other Koraidon must've been super strong!
Well, I still thank you for everything, "AI Sada".
AI Sada wants us to turn off the time machine! Probably because it has caused too much damage to the people and the environment in Paldea!
Booster Energy? I wonder what kind of Pokemon would be boosted by this.
We followed AI Sada into the lift!
We still had several questions to ask. So here we go.
We learned that AI Sada possesses the same knowledge and memories as the original Professor, which is only possible in the Zero Lab. Area Zero is such a mysterious and creepy place!
Well, I'm sure Arven would want to know his mother's whereabout.
Professor Sada's biggest wish was to retrieve ancient Pokemon from the past. She was so determined to protect ancient Pokemon that she sacrificed herself!
Well, the true question was what does AI Sada want from me?
Ancient Pokemon were supposed to bounded by the barriers around Aera Zero, but we've seen Great Tusk escaping from this area!
The ferocious ancient Pokemon would destroy the peaceful ecosystem of Paldea! Imagine all the plant Pokemon getting annihilated by Scream Tail and Flutter Mane!
We are a Champion-ranked trainer now. We need to use our power to stop Professor Sada's dream!
The time machine was not as grand as I was expecting ... But that doesn't matter, we were here to stop it!
AI Sada was programmed to battle us if we attempt to shut down the time machine!
Did you include me too in your analysis?
We placed the Scarlet Book on the time machine, attempting to shut it down!
The time machine was able to identify us as an intruder!
As expected, AI Sada lost control of herself and was forced to attack us!
I'm sorry for Professor Sada, but we had to crush her dream!
AI Sada initiated a battle and sent out what seems to be a Volcarona!
I felt like I was directly talking to Professor Sada!
Modern Volcarona is bad enough for us to see. I can't imagine what an ancient Volcarona can do to us.
U-turn didn't do much, but we needed to send someone else to fight Bug-types!
Lunge did so much even though Redcurrant is not weak to it!
Ancient Pokemon are so powerful! We must not let them roam around Paldea!
We could not afford switching around, so Redcurrant bit the bullet!
We had to trust Lime!
Fortunately Slither Wing is not a Fire-type, so we were able to burn it!
Lime was able to take hits better thanks to Slither Wing's burn!
Slither Wing should just take two Thunderbolt to take out!
Low Sweep didn't do that much, but the Speed drop was unfortunate.
Slither Wing was able to outspeed Lime and knocked it out with Leech Life! We were 2 Pokemon down!
We sent out Coconut, but his Dazzling Gleam did not do enough!
Hey, I'm a Champion-ranked trainer. I know how to improvise my strategies mid-battle!
At least Slither Wing was taken out by the Rocky Helmet! We took out one Pokemon with two of our Pokemon gone. This reminded me of something terrible.
Next up was Scream Tail. We had some experiences fighting this one, so Hawthorn should be able to handle it!
Shouldn't you be screaming instead of punching?
We paralyzed Scream Tail to slow it down.
Hawthorn stabbed Scream Tail with Horn Leech!
Scream Tail could not move from paralysis and we stabbed it again!
I didn't know Scream Tail is a punching master! This time it threw an Ice Punch at us!
Double-Edge is actually much stronger than Horn Leech, so we used that finish Scream Tail up!
Flutter Mane was up next and we know it is another powerful Pokemon!
Flutter Mane did so much with Mystical Fire, even though Coconut has a high Special Defense!
It also came with a secondary effect of lowering our Special Attack!
Good night, Flutter Mane!
Coconut's Power Whip brought Flutter Mane to yellow health!
Flutter Mane was still in a sweet dream.
Phew! Spore was certainly helpful there!
Kiwano was up fighting a wacky Magneton, Sandy Shocks!
Sandy Shocks should still be an Electric-type Pokemon, which is a great opponent for Kiwano to set up!
Well, Flash Cannon still did quite a lot ...
We couldn't waste any more time and had to remove Sandy Shocks as quickly as possible!
There's a fungus among us! We had to take on Brute Bonnet!
That caught me off guard! Brute Bonnet has such a strong Sucker Punch!
Rock Slide did not do that much ... Even after our Bulk Up earlier.
We had to switch Kiwano out! If Brute Bonnet was using Sucker Punch, Guava should be fine.
Well, I did not expect that, but Guava could still take that no problem.
Oh sure, now you are using Sucker Punch.
From my observations, Brute Bonnet seems to be a Dark/Grass-type like Guava, which means it is super weak to Bug!
Huh, Professor calculated that? Seems like she still had a strong Pokemon on her side!
Roaring Moon! If I learned anything from my Treasure Hunt, it is that dragons are annoying to deal with!
Uh-oh. Roaring Moon certainly looks like it has a great Attack already. This was looking real bad.
Hawthorn did not make it.
Guava did not make it.
Coconut did not make it.
Kiwano did not make it.
I did not make it. I failed Paldea.
But we must not give up. The fate of Paldea lies in our hand. We need to defeat Professor Sada.
We made some adjustments to the team and trained against wild ancient Pokemon. We had to rethink our battle strategies!
This time we must stop the time machine!
We must defeat AI Sada. No, we must defeat Professor Sada!
This time we led with Raspberry to fight the nasty bug Slither Wing!
Raspberry captivated Slither Wing with his Charm! That should be pretty effective at lowering its Attack!
Slither Wing tried to bite Raspberry and drain his life force!
Slither Wing might look like a beefy bug, but it could not fight our little Raspberry!
Next up we had Lime versus Scream Tail!
We knew Scream Tail has Ice Punch, but we trust that Lime could take it well!
No freezing punch for you, you must burn instead!
This thing really should be called Punch Fist instead.
Ancient Jigglypuff was not Normal-type, so we could use Shadow Ball to hit it!
With us doing the same thing as last round, Scream Tail went down.
Next Pokemon was Flutter Mane, which is a tough Pokemon to fight but we knew Coconut can handle it!
Eek! Did Flutter Mane get even stronger this time?
You cannot possibly calculate critical hits! Are we seriously doomed?
Just like last time, we put Flutter Mane to sleep!
Flutter Mane went down with two Power Whips! Three Pokemon down for her, things definitely got better the second time!
We had Guava out against Sandy Shocks! This thing should not be a problem as we saw that it was weak to Grass-type!
Guava pulled off his best Flower Trick! Professor Sada probably didn't enjoy the show much!
Ok, I did calculate that critical hit.
Next up we had Brute Bonnet, the one Pokemon I don't mind seeing!
We've learned a lot about Brute Bonnet already! It just uses Sucker Punch most of the time!
And that it is a Grass/Dark-type Pokemon, which is four times weak to Bug!
We just had Roaring Moon to deal with and we still had our full team! Hopefully thing would work out this time!
Roaring Moon boosted its Attack yet again. But we had the snow boost our Defense too!
We really did not need that critical hit! Cloudberry was knocked out before he could set up Aurora Veil!
Our Aurora Veil plan failed, so we needed to come up with a new strategy!
Even our Raspberry couldn't outspeed this monster. Luckily, we avoided Stone Edge this time.
Raspberry is probably too charming for Roaring Moon to handle!
Even with its Attack harshly lowered, Roaring Moon managed to knock out Raspberry in one hit!
If all of our plans fail, we can still trust Guava to set things right!
Our training paid off! Guava was faster than Roaring Moon this time!
Roaring Moon was really threating offensively, but it could not take our Play Rough at all!
The Professor has been defeated! Paldea should be safe now!
The time machine did not look like it was shut off ...
My friends were here to help me! Not sure if we have any "baddies" to beat in this situation though.
I couldn't tell if this was the real Professor or the AI!
Somehow I feel like both the real Professor and the AI feel sorry for Arven ...
Suddenly everything turned red! Did Professor Sada have a backup plan as well?
The time machine has a fail-safe protocol to prevent us stopping it!
What? How could we fight if our Poke Balls were getting locked?
No! AI Sada lost control of herself again! She would probably fight us again!
No! What did you do to AI Sada?
We were directly challenged by the Paradise Protection Protocol!
The Protocol had only one Pokemon, but it was the dreadful bully Koraidon!
Our Pokeballs were all locked! I couldn't send out my Pokemon!
We couldn't even battle without Pokemon on our team!
My poor Pokemon were are locked inside their Poke Balls! How could they battle for us?
Not even a Revive could be used!
And my friends had their Poke Balls locked as well! No one could do anything!
I was sure Guava would be able to handle that Koraidon, but I couldn't let him out!
This IS cheating! All trainers need to fight fair in trainer battles!
Wait a second ...
Right, I have Koraidon's Poke Ball! And Koraidon should be registered to Professor Sada's ID!
Koraidon was our only hope in this fight! We had to put our faith in it!
Our Koraidon changed to its battle form as well! It looks so much stronger in this form!
We had never battled with Koraidon before, so we needed to learn along the way! Koraidon's Orichalcum Pulse sets up sunlight and boosts its Attack at the same time!
We were taunted by the opposing Koraidon, but we were angry enough to begin with!
Koraidon has a cool move called Collision Course, which looked like it burned the opposing Koraidon alive!
The fight was still looking pretty rough for us. We knew the opposing Koraidon had beaten our Koraidon down before!
We now know that Koraidon is actually a fire-breathing dragon! If I knew that before, I probably would not let it touch my dear Grass-type Pokemon!
How determined was Professor Sada in her dream? She was protecting the time machine even after she passed!
Oh no! The opposing Koraidon bulked itself up! We needed to defeat it before it got too strong!
Our attacks were not doing that much! We could not threaten the opposing Koraidon like this!
We couldn't be defeated here! Not after all the hard work we've been through!
I refuse to believe that! I, Leif, will be the best trainer in Paldea, and even in the whole world!
Our poor Koraidon was getting bullied again!
Yes, Koraidon! You must hang in there! We have to fight for Paldea!
But we were still at a massive disadvantage! The opposing Koraidon had so much more health than ours!
Arven's cheer boosted Koraidon's Attack sharply! We might have a chance at this!
With the Attack boosts, we finally managed to bring the opposing Koraidon down to yellow health! We got closer to our goal, but we needed more than that!
Oh right! We could Terastallize! Maybe we really could turn this around!
And our friends gave us even boosts! Koraidon's stats rose, most importantly its Attack and Speed!
Our Koraidon has a Dragon Tera-type! We should be able to hit the opposing Koraidon's weakness!
Let's show them what a true dragon looks like!
We gave the opposing Koraidon a powerful Tera Blast!
We did it! We defeated the Terastallized Professor with our own Terastallization!
The Paradise Protection Protocol has been removed!
With four of us here and Koraidon managing to knock out the other Koraidon, the Protection Protocol should be gone for good!
And it seems like we saved AI Sada as well! Our determination brought peace to Paldea!
We should no longer be trapped by the past. We must look forward to the future!
Our journey would've been so different without you. So, I thank you too, AI Sada!
Wait, no! What does that mean? Can we not save AI Sada from the time machine?
Everyone has a different journey and a different treasure to find. My treasure is just to help everyone I see!
AI Sada gets to set off for a journey as well! I hope she can find her own treasure!
I guess AI Sada is fond of the ancient past, just like the original Professor was.
We were supposed to have a warm family reunion, but we ended up saying goodbye ...
The time machine would not be able to bring AI Sada back to the present, so this was farewell for us ...
We still have Arven to worry about. But we are all here to show him support!
Maybe Koraidon should give Arven a cute nudge to cheer him up!
You know what, never mind.
We shouldn't feel too down about this! We saved Paldea and AI Sada is finally free from this place!
Let's go home! We all need a good rest from this!
Not only do plants grow better in sunlight, people do too!
Life isn't all sunshine and rainbows, but your friends can be your sunshine when you need them to!
Here, have a cute Hoppip pot!
Thank you, everyone!
We were told to go to the Director's Office! That usually does not mean good things in a school!
We are now able to change Koraidon to its battle form. We are not doing it though since I cannot use non-Grass-type Pokemon!
My friends were all waiting for me! We might be in a big trouble!
Oh? Director Clavell looked like he was in a good mood!
We were praised for our bravery in shutting down the time machine!
We shouldn't have entered Area Zero without a permission, but the Director decides to let it slide.
We were rewarded a Master Ball, which would allow us to catch any Pokemon without failure!
But more importantly, we got the Hall of Fame Badge, which made us the role model of our fellow students! I should influence more Trainers to take on the Treasure Hunt with a type of Pokemon they like!
We are all sorry for Arven's loss. I promise I will be there whenever he needs me!
Well, I can't offer any help on his academic progress ...
Woah! We are holding a whole-school celebration for my Champion rank!
I'd love it if that means we get more battling to do!
Yes! The contest would be supported by the Pokemon League, which would mean we can gather strong trainers!
I knew that Mr. Jacq developed the Pokedex app, so he must know a lot about Pokemon! And we have a former Gym Leader as well! There are so many strong trainers hidden in the academy!
Yes! I'd love to battle staff members as well!
Ms. Geeta is the chairwoman of the school board as well, so she should be able to convince teachers to join the contest!
Ms. Geeta had appointments that she must attend to. I'm more than willing to help if that means we can get our battle contest!
We were asked to inspect the Gym Leaders in Paldea! We had to make sure they are still fulfilling their duties!
Basically, we would need to challenge each Gym Leader for a rematch!
Now that I am Champion-ranked, they might bring more powerful Pokemon for the fight! I am not worried though, since we also get a lot stronger than last time we saw them!
Seems like Penny has her own mission too! Everyone would have something to do to make the battle contest a thing!
Though something tells me Penny doesn't like her job that much ...
I think it's a great time to re-visit the Gyms anyways!
We had to re-visit the 8 Gyms again! I think I would just follow the order I took last time!
But before that, we had something more important to do!
I'm not too obsessed with ancient Pokemon like Professor Sada was. I'm just fascinated by ancient Amoonguss!
It is a little weird to use a Pokemon from the ancient time. I guess that's why it is called a "Paradox Pokemon".
Let's welcome Tomato the Brute Bonnet! To be honest, I feel like it might be more of a Calm Bonnet than anything.
Thanks to our Hall of Fame Badge, we are now able to judge our Pokemon's ability!
I think all Pokemon has great potential regardless of their individual abilities, but some of my Pokemon are doing great!
After catching Tomato, we immediately went to Cortondo for the Gym inspection!
What I miss the most about this town is all the rolling olives!
Visiting the Gym as a Champion instead of as a rookie trainer feels very different! I hope we would be treated sweet pastries again!
Katy was not ready for the Gym Inspection! Maybe we should give her some time to prepare? I'd love to fight her with her full power!
No one understands olive better than I do!
Well, we came to this Gym as the first one because it is so close to the Academy!
So Ms. Geeta asked Katy to take it easy on trainers because most trainers visit her Gym first just like me!
I was excited to see Katy challenging us with her full power!
The sweet sweet victory will still belong to me and my Pokemon!
We led with Redcurrant and she led with Lokix!
Lokix used Lunge, which is a strong move that also lowers our Attack!
We were trying to set up sun to let Redcurrant sweep!
Plants grow faster and hit stronger in sunlight, especially for fiery plants!
Next up was Forrestress, which shouldn't be a big problem for a Fire-type like Redcurrant!
Oh no! Forrestress managed to take the hit thanks to Sturdy!
Of course Forretress had Stone Edge! That cut our sunny day sweep short!
Forretress was barely hanging on, so any attacks would be able to knock it out.
Next up we had to face Heracross! Cloudberry would not be able to take it down but we needed his help!
Cloudberry took a Megahorn from Heracross! Not by much but at least he didn't go down in one hit!
None of our Pokemon would be able to take hits from Heracross so we needed Aurora Veil so much!
Well, I didn't really expect Cloudberry to do much with 37 HP left. Especially against a Heracross.
Quince can always save us in clutch situations, so we sent him out next!
Quince took a hit with some health left, and he got to boost his Defense with the Grassy Seed!
And Quince's Dazzling Gleam would be able to knock Heracross in one more hit!
Even with Grassy Terrain healing Quince, he couldn't take another hit. So down he goes.
What we needed was a fast attacker to clean things up, so we had Guava do his work!
Spidops should at least be easier to handle than Heracross!
But Spidops' Silk Trap blocked our attack! That was annoying!
Spidops went for Silk Trap yet again! Attacks would not work very well against this thing!
But Will-O-Wisp went through the Silk Trap and burned Spidops!
Spidops finally gave up Silk Trap! That allowed us to zap it with Thunderbolt!
Spidops is full of defensive tricks! Skitter Smack lowered our Special Attack on top of dealing damage!
Spidops' stalling tactics wore out our Aurora Veil!
Two Million Silk Traps Later ...
Spidops was eventually fried by Lime!
Well, perseverance also happens to be my strength!
Katy's final Pokemon evolved from Teddirusa to Ursaring!
Ursaring is actually pretty bulky and we were not able to use Grass-type attacks effectively!
Well, I was not excited to Play Rough with Ursaring!
Well, time for Guava to U-turn his way out!
Um ... I did not order this!
Well, Fury Cutter was boosted by the Tera Jewel and turned Lime into dried fruit.
Well, I guess Guava would U-turn his way back in and clean Ursaring up!
Bug bear lost. Grass cat won.
Just like Pokemon, us trainers evolve from time to time too!
That was certainly a sweet battle! I'm so glad I agrreed to inspect the Gyms fo Ms. Geeta!
And Katy would make her Gym Challenge more difficult in the future! I guess she would enjoy her job as a Gym Leader even more!
The next place we went to was the place filled with Sunflora statues!
Um, call me Champion Leif, you fake Grass-type lover.
Sir, I am not here for art. I am here to beat you again. Would you just let me battle you?
I assume that is a "yes".
How about let my dear Pokemon blow you up in a battle?
I do not understand a single thing he is saying.
We finally got to challenge Brassius for a rematch! We led with Raspberry and he started with Lilligant!
As someone who uses Grass-type Pokemon, I know that Grass-type Pokemon don't do well against Flying-type Pokemon!
Light Screen should not be a big problem for Raspberry, but that might come back to bite us later!
Anyways, Lilligant was knocked out by one more Acrobatics.
Next up we had Cloudberry against Tsareena!
Cloudberry is so bulky under snow it managed to take a High Jump Kick!
Your High Jump Kick powered up our Avalanche! And Tsareena stood no chance against that!
Next, we sent out Dragonfruit to fight Breloom! Hopefully she would be able to stand the snowy weather!
Breloom used Mach Punch, which was not enough to stop Dragonfruit from dancing!
Though it was rather irritating that Mach Punch nullified our raised Speed.
Breloom's frail defense means it could not take an Acrobatics at all!
And Light Screen wore off! That would mean we could start using Special Attacks again!
Dragonfruit had her stats raised, so it would be a smart idea to let her stay as long as possible!
Arboliva isn't actually as bulky as it looks, so it went down with a powered-up Acrobatics!
The good thing was, we triggered Seed Sower to set up a Grassy Terrain!
Sorry you Arboliva fainted. But I can let you join the Arboliva Believers Club if you are interested, I guess.
For once, Brassius said something I agree with! It is not easy to uproot plants! Just like how we are not easily giving up for our dreams!
Oh come on, not this imposter tree again.
Sudowoodo is actually made of hard rocks, which is why it took Acrobatics easily!
Well, I was not expecting Ice Punch from your rocky tree! Dragonfruit went down!
Well, it's getting warmer here, isn't it?
How about we heat thing up even further with Redcurrant!
Oh, did I tell you Redcurrant really does not like her fellow Grass-type Pokemon? Your Tera Sudowoodo counts too.
We were declared the superior Grass-type trainer yet again.
I'd like you more if you can talk about Grass-type Pokemon more instead of art. This would not go well with your Gym inspection.
Time for us to get back to big city Levincia!
I'm not an expert at Ionoese, but I guess she was expecting Ms. Geeta for the inspection!
I hope my new Champion title would bring in more fans!
Our second battle stream with Iono started with Cloudberry vs Kilowattrel!
Iono started the fight by setting up Tailwind! Electric-type Pokemon are pretty fast anyways, so we weren't really trying to outspeed them!
Wind Power, on the other hand, was much more terrifying as it gave Kilowattrel a power boost!
As per usual, Cloudberry set up an Aurora Veil to start the battle!
Hurricane wouldn't do enough to knock us out anyways, but Aurora Veil halved the damage it dealt!
We blew their wind back at their face with Blizzard!
Our Blizzard charged up Kilowattrel, but it couldn't use that power after fainting!
Next up was Electrode! Let's hope it would not go Ka-boom!
I'd rather you set up Grassy Terrain, but at least Electric Terrain wouldn't hurt us much.
Well, I was expecting Electrode to use attacking move. Avalanche is not that strong if it is not boosted.
Magnet Rise on a pure Electric-type Pokemon is a smart strategy, but we weren't using Ground-type moves anyways!
The bomb was successfully defused!
Our plants would be able to grow faster without wind blowing on their side!
It was finally time for Coconut to shine! He should have no problems in this match!
Unfortunately, Coconut isn't really a powerhouse. He was so close at knocking out Luxray in one hit!
I wasn't really expecting to take an Ice-type move! That could've been really bad for Coconut!
Guys, this is why you need safety precautions! Rocky Helmet has been really helpful in finishing our foes!
Coconuts don't grow well in snow! Time for a warmer weather!
Next up was Iono's signature Pokemon, Bellibolt! We could've let Coconut stay, but I wanted Dragonfruit to try something!
Never mind, Dragonfruit put on a Substitute to fight Bellibolt instead!
That was unfortunate! Bellibolt is a pretty bulky Pokemon already, and it used Reflect to further boost its Defense!
Just dance, gonna be ok. Dadadoodoom~
Thunder was probably not even close to finishing Dragonfruit's Substitute! With Electric Terrain gone, this should be even better!
Just dance, spin that record baby. Dadadoodoom~
Thunders sometimes knock out trees, but not for our dear Dragonfruit!
Our defensive barrier was gone, so it was time for us to start getting offensive!
Grav Apple still didn't do much after two Dragon Dances, but the lowered Defense should be helpful!
Bellibolt is a Pokemon that loves getting attacked as it can charge itself with Electromorphosis!
That critical hit was probably why our Substitute faded!
Well, one substitute gone, but we could still set up another Substitute to tank Thunders!
With Reflect gone, our attacks should do much damage!
After what felt like an eternity, Bellibolt finally went down!
Not my fault that my Pokemon are all so brilliant!
Just like last time, Iono's final Pokemon was a Mismagius! We predicted her to Terastallize Mismagius!
Which is why we Terastallize Dragonfruit as well! Time for us to show the world the true power of Grass-type!
As epected, Mismagius wore a giant lightbulb and turned into an Electric-type!
Our flower shined better than your little lightbulb! Mismagius went down without being able to do anything!
Do not underestimate our newfound Champion-ranked ability!
Iono really focuses on her streaming career more than her Gym leader title. We can't report that to Ms. Geeta though, since Iono's viewers would probably burn me alive.
Well, that was a fun stream! I don't do streaming, but I do post regularly on a place called smogon.com if you are interested!
Our first remark about the Cascarrafa Gym is the never-ending sandstorm around!
But we all know Kofu is probably one of the nicest Gym Leaders out there!
Though I was there to judge whether he is posing enough challenges to Trainers, not how nice he is.
Seaweeds are not exactly plants, but I still know quite a lot about them!
We officially challenged Kofu for a rematch, and he led with his signature Veluza!
Veluza might look like a regular hake, but it actually possesses psychic powers!
But Veluza wasn't sharp enough to cut through our Defense!
Vaultin' Veluza? More like Vaultin' Arboliva!
Unfortunately, we had to give up our boosted Defense on Quince!
Next up Kofu sent out Pelipper, which brought in rain as well!
Pelipper's Hurricane would've been disastrous for our plants, but Lime took care of that!
We had Quince out again to fight Clawitzer!
I didn't expect Clawitzer to fire Aura Sphere with its claw! Quince went down from that!
Well, we had Kiwano slice up the shrimp with Leaf Blade!
Kofu's next Pokemon was Wugtrio!
Wugtrio couldn't really do that much to Kiwano!
Wugtrio also couldn't take a hit, especially a supereffective STAB Leaf Blade under Grassy Terrain!
Wugtrio went down in one hit, but unfortunately, it also stuck some goo on Kiwano's body!
The Grassy Terrian was gone! But Kofu should have only one Pokemon left!
The final matchup was a fight among Ice-type Pokemon! Cloudberry versus Crabominable!
The snow was just a ruse! We Terastallized Cloudberry into pure Grass-type!
The snowy crab was also just a ruse! Kofu's Crabominable is actually a water crab!
Cloudberry dropped a huge wood hammer on Crabominable!
Cloudberry was the superior Ice-type, although both Pokemon removed their Ice typing!
This rematch was, as expected, a piece of cake for our team!
I think Kofu did a great job here, considering he has such a massive disadvantage against us!
I'll always treasure Pokemon and friends that stay by my side!
I treated myself a nice meal before we continued our Gym inspection!
Larry also gets ordered around by Ms. Geeta a lot. So it didn't take much time to explain the situation to him.
This would be our third time battling Larry!
Normal-type might sound boring and unremarkable, but their powers are not to be underestimated!
Our rematch against Gym Leader Larry began with Dragonfruit versus Oinkologne!
We tried to use the Substitute strategy again, but Oinkologne's Body Slam broke our Substitute immediately!
We had to give up Dragon Dance, and just start attacking Oinkologne!
That meant we would take slightly more damage and we would be prone to paralysis from Body Slam!
But Dragonfruit was able to break through Oinkologne's defense!
Larry is a Flying-type expert as well, so I was not surprised to see a bird or two on his team!
Which is why we always have Lime ready to zap giant birds!
Mr. Larry's third Pokemon was Dudunsparce!
Dudunsparce's signature move is the powerful Hyper Drill! Quince managed to take it and boosted his own Defense on top of that!
Dudunsparce is a rather bulky Pokemon, but Quince did over half damage to it anyways!
I was glad Hyper Drill didn't land any critical hits!
And Dudunsparce was safely removed by Energy Ball!
The next Pokemon was Komala, who is still constantly drowsing even in battles!
Quince's health was getting low, but he was hanging in there!
To be frank, I am quite jealous of Komala because it's always holding a wooden log!
Though sometimes I wonder if the wooden log is the reason why Komala is always drowsing ...
Anyways, Komala was also safely removed by Energy Ball!
We battled Larry for three times, and he used a Staraptor every time!
Just like our first fight, Mr. Larry Terastallized his Staraptor into a pure Normal-type!
This was why I was so worried about this fight! Lime is the only Pokemon that can take a Brave Bird!
Lime even managed to take a critical hit Brave Bird! That also meant Staraptor took critical recoil damage!
Since Staraptor lost its Flying-typing with Terastallization, it took normal damage from Thunderbolt!
Grassy Terrain worked against us this time, since Lime couldn't heal from the terrain!
And the grass went away anyways.
Lime went down from a Tera-boosted Facade! This turned really bad for us, but we must not show our worries to the opponent!
We needed a faster and stronger Pokemon to handle Staraptor, so we sent out Guava and had him Terastallize!
Guava finished Staraptor off with his Flower Trick!
Mr. Larry is truly a great opponent! But we ended up the victor yet again!
You know, I definitely prefer fighting the Normal-type expert Larry over the Flying-type expert Larry!
Mr. Larry is incredible for working so many jobs with so many unusual titles. Yet, he seems to be fond of the standard Normal-type. I think Ms. Geeta made a great choice here because no other person would be able to bring out the charm of Normal-type like Mr. Larry does!
We travelled back to the haunted town, Montenevera!
I appreciate the invitation, but I'm no good at rap battles!
I might not be a veteran trainer, but I've been getting stronger and stronger!
Well, it was more like a month ago.
Please do not burn too much. I don't want to catch fire!
Our rematch against Ryme was a Double Battle, just like our first battle!
I will show everyone I'm worthy of the Champion rank!
Cloudberry tried to warn us about the snow, but it was already snowing!
Quince took a hit and boosted his Defense as planned! The Grassy Terrain would probably be even more helpful in a Double Battle!
Icy Wind is a really annoying move as it lowers our Speed!
Speaking of great moves in Double Battles, Aurora Veil gave us twice the protection!
Quince used Dazzling Gleam to damage Banette and break through Mimikyu's Disguise at the same time!
Mimikyu continued to use Play Rough on us, this time on Cloudberry!
Banette used Phantom Force, which allowed it to dodge incoming attacks!
Time for us to take revenge! First up we served them a chilling Blizzard!
Next we had a boosted Energy Ball from Quince! Mimikyu couldn't take the double hits and went down!
Houndstone was the next one sent in, and it decided to vanish immediately!
Phantom Force is a pretty strong move, but Cloudberry has too much Defense under snow and Aurora Veil!
But the moment Banette returned to reality, it got banished by Energy Ball!
We felt pressured by Spiritomb's entrance! But this ghostly plant(?) was not going to stop us!
The haunted spirits could not touch Quince, so they kept bullying Cloudberry!
Time for us to leash out our grassy power! Wood Hammer on that dog!
Spiritomb tried to put a curse on us!
Quince's Dazzling Gleam is one of the few things that can Spiritomb for super-effective damage! Too bad that was not enough!
Cloudberry was cursed to lose some of his health every turn!
Houndstone vanishing into the phantom dimension allowed it to dodge our attacks again!
But at least Spiritomb stayed here and got knocked out by Dazzling Gleam!
Cloudberry was still cursed, and the field was no longer covered in grass! This was getting worse for us!
Uh-oh! Plants need bright lights to grow!
Toxtricity showed off its ghostly vocals by Terastallizing into Ghost-type!
Cloudberry was severly worn down by Spiritomb's Curse, and he could not take a Sludge Bomb at all!
Quince is not afraid of ghosts! You can't touch him with your Phantom Force!
It took us several turns, but Houndstone was finally gone!
We sent out Coconut next for the poisonous and electrifying Toxtricity!
Coconut couldn't aim well in the shadowy darkness!
Quince got hit by Sludge Bomb and set up Grassy Terrain again! You don't see Seed Sower triggering twice every day!
With the help from the terrain, we should be able to overwhelm Toxtricity with Grassy power!
Coconut might not be a strong attacker, but his Power Whip is fierce in Grassy Terrain!
We made it through the chilly night and brought sunlight back to the grassy field!
That's ok! I know I can prove my strength!
Ryme certainly puts up interesting fights with Double Battles. I think this would be really cool for Gym Challengers!
Time for another emotional battle!
Thank you, Ms. Tulip! I do believe hanging around in the nature makes my skin look better!
Ms. Tulip told use she doesn't like Ms. Geeta all that much. I guess I'm glad to be the one doing the Gym inspection this time!
I can't be a Champion-ranked trainer without training against all the Gym Leaders!
Let's revisit our emotional Treasure Hunt by rematching Ms. Tulip!
Snow Warning + Aurora Veil has been such a helpful combo that gives us boosts in defenses!
You would've thought a giraffe would be resistant to wooden logs, but that wasn't the case!
The only problem was Farigiraf eating Cloudberry's leaves!
We dropped another Wood Hammer and Farigiraf was gone!
Ms. Tulip sent out Gardevoir next! And I sent out Coconut!
We preyed on Gardevoir's low Defense with Power Whip!
Gardevoir knows Mystical Fire, which would've been bad for our team! Luckily Coconut managed to take that!
Gardevoir went down with another round of Power Whip!
Next up we had Lime versus Gallade!
The only thing I dislike about Will-O-Wisp is its shaky accuracy!
Gallade used Close Combat and lowered its defenses! That should give us a great opportunity to attack!
We went for a Shadow Ball this time, and it was close in knocking Gallade out!
Gallade went for Close Combat again, but Lime had enough bulk to take that!
With -2 Sp. Defense and just a little health remaining, Gallade was defeated by Thunderbolt!
Ms. Tulip still had two Pokemon remaining, and our Aurora Veil wore off already!
Espathra was up next! It is a strong and fast Pokemon that can wear us down easily!
That Sp. Def drop from Psychic was really unfortunate! Coconut would not be able to take much more!
A large ostrich is the safest when it is sleeping.
Esapthra sleeping gave us time to do damage!
Putting birds to sleep is a great strategy!
The final showdown was between the real flower and the fake flower!
This was also a battle of Terastallization! Let' see which one is better, Grass power or Psychic power!
We predicted the Terastallization of Florges and landed a super-effective Florges!
Moonblast would've been close to knocking Guava out if it weren't for us Terastallizing into pure Grass-type!
We removed the imposter flower, Florges and showed them who's the boss! Maybe you should Terastallize into a Grass-type too next time!
Ms. Tulip's Psychic team isn't too threatening, but her Gym fight would give young trainers great life lessons!
The final Gym Leader uses Ice-type Pokemon, so we needed to get more well prepared for the fight!
Some move adjustments and item changes.
We will climb to the highest point of Paldea!
Well, I'd rather not do the slope run again.
I was surprised to find out Grusha remembered my dream! Maybe he isn't as cold as he seems to be?
Fighting Ice-type Pokemon is rough enough, but it will be worse with the snowstorm!
I feel sorry for Grusha, but I can't just let him pass without battling. He still needs to prove his worth!
Our final job for the Gym inspection! Rematch against Grusha started with Guava versus Frosmoth!
Guava won despite having a massive type disadvantage, thanks to Power Gem!
Grusha sent out Weavile, which made Guava a little bit pressured!
Guava didn't like Weavile that much, so he U-turn and went back to me!
If there's anyone who can take the cold, it would definitely be Cloudberry!
Weavile was actually using X-Scissor and landed a critical hit!
Weavile used X-Scissor and landed a critical hit again! It's like X-Scissor has a high critical hit rate or something!
Unfortunately for Cloudberry, we really needed him to set up Aurora Veil.
Without Cloudberry by our side, our Grass-type Pokemon had to embrace the cold snowstorm!
We know Guava can outspeed Weavile and strike first! Weavile went down!
Next up we had Redcurrant against Cetitan! We had to show Grusha we don't mess around!
Redcurrant used Flamethrower, but it didn't do as much as I expected! Cetitan was quite heat-resistant!
We saw that Cetitan trying to use Bounce, which would be terrible for Redcurrant! We switched her out since she wasn't really doing that much anyways!
Lime, on the other hand, didn't care much about Bounce or the paralysis chance!
Come on, Lime. We really need you to hit Will-O-Wisp!
Missing Will-O-Wisp meant Lime had to take an Ice Spinner in return!
Well, Lime probably enjoys blowing Leaf Storm more and it knocked out Cetitan in one hit!
Grusha's fourth Pokemon was Beartic, who barely survived a Flamethrower from Redcurrant!
Beartic managed to take out Redcurrant with a critical hit Icicle Crash! We should not underestimate the power of this polar bear!
Our Aurora Veil wore off! Not that it was helpful against that critical hit!
Ugh! We tried to finish Beartic off, but Guava couldn't see Beartic clearly in the snow!
Hang in there, Guava! You are the center of our team! We need you!
Luckily for us, Guava never misses whenever he performs his Flower Trick!
I mean, I don't like the heat either, but I'd rather not freeze!
Just like last time, Grusha brought in his Altaria as the last Pokemon!
Altaria removed its annoying Dragon/Flying-typing and Terastallized into an Ice-type!
Finally! Lime burned Altaria with Will-O-Wisp!
I'm not getting hotheaded and I don't want to get cooled down, thank you!
Lime couldn't take a powered-up Ice Beam at all! That was too chilling for us, and we only had 3 Pokemon left!
We sent out Hawthorn, hoping he would save the day! Double-Edge did around half of Altaria's health!
Altaria hit us with a Hurricane! Hawthorn barely hanged in there!
Oh no! Hawthorn was too blown away by the Hurricane and he got confused!
Hawthorn managed to strike through confusion and defeat Altaria!
Hawthorn went down, like a hero!
We defeated Grusha! That meant we won all rematches against the Gym Leaders!
Grusha is a really competitive trainer! I guess that would make him a good Gym Leader, since he poses as a great challenge to challengers!
Ms. Geeta called me and check for our progress! The good thing was we were done already!
The Gym Leaders reported to Ms. Geeta already, and now it would be my turn!
Ms. Geeta met us at the school hall, but she didn't know I don't like studying!
Um ... I don't actually stay in this room that often!
Well, Kofu's Water-type team didn't do so well against my team!
Grusha is definitely the strongest Gym Leader, both in the first match and the rematch!
Well, I like all Gym Leaders, but I said Mr. Larry just so he has a chance to get a raise or something.
Ms. Geeta gave us a King's Rock, which would be helpful to make opponents flinch!
Yes! Ms. Geeta would be joining us for another round of battling!
And the day arrived, the day we held the Academy Ace Tournament!
I'll win this School Battle Brawl! I'll show the whole school my power!
We would not know who our opponents would be! They could be any students or teachers!
All I understood was that I need to win all matches to be called the winner of tournament!
Four battles! It's like we are going through the Elite Test again!
Count me in!
They announced my new Champion-rank to the whole academy!
I started to feel some pressure, since everyone would expect me to show impressive power as the new Champion!
Battle Brawl, here we go!
Our first Battle Brawl opponent was Arven! We've battled against and along each other, so we know each other pretty well!
Arven's specialty is his cooking skills, but he is actually a decent trainer too!
Champion Leif and Buddy Arven's battle started with Guava versus Greedent!
Guava took the first hit and dropped a flower on Greedent's head!
Greedent used Body Slam and paralyzed Guava!
Guava was still faster than Greedent after getting paralyzed, but he couldn't move!
Greedent! Get off my cat!
Guava really didn't like that and knocked out Greedent!
We had a mirror match with two Scovillain on the field!
Scovillain might be a Fire-type itself, but it still can't take Flamethrower too well!
Arven's Scovillain knows Fire Blast! Maybe we need to teach Redcurrant that too!
Redcurrant is too hot for Arven's Scovillain to handle!
Arven's next Pokemon was Garganacl, who avoided Coconut's Power Whip!
That gave Garganacl time to set up Stealth Rock!
Power Whip has a shaky accuracy, so we went with Earth Power instead! However, that wasn't quite enough!
Garganacl tried to Body Press us, and got punished by Rocky Helmet!
One more Earth Power and the rock salt tower was gone!
We sent out Cloudberry against Toedscruel! But Stealth Rock took out some of his health!
You aren't a poisonous jellyfish! You shouldn't use Sludge Bomb!
But Cloudberry took the Sludge Bomb like a pro, and lashed out with Avalanche!
Hello, Cloyster!
Goodbye, Cloyster!
Arven's final Pokemon was, of course, his partner Mabosstiff!
Arven Terastallized Mabosstiff to boost up its Dark power!
Lime used Thunderbolt, but that did around half only!
Mabosstiff heated things up with a Fire Fang! That was not something I'd like to see!
Lime had not been doing that great lately! This time it missed Leaf Storm!
Don't try to eat us, please!
This time Mabosstiff crunched us without the hot fiery flavor, and Lime couldn't take it!
We needed someone who could handle Mabosstiff, and we know we can always trust Hawthorn!
Hawthorn knocked out Mabosstiff with his iconic Double-Edge!
We defeated Arven, which meant we passed the first round of the Battle Brawl!
That was a great battle! And a great start to the Battle Brawl!
I'd definitely recommend everyone to do the Gym Challenges!
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Mr. Jacq was our opponent in the second round of the Battle Brawl!
Mr. Jacq is the one who made the Pokedex App, so he should know a lot about Pokemon!
Right off the bat, we had to face an intimidating fire dog!
We couldn't do that much to Arcanine, so we had to go with Power Gem!
And since we couldn't finish Arcanine, we were punished by a powerful Flare Blitz! Oof!
That critical hit probably didn't matter, but it sealed the fate of Guava!
Good thing was Arcanine was severely worn down from using Flare Blitz! Coconut should be able to pick it up!
Indeed, Coconut outsped the speedy dog and struck it with Earth Power!
Not sure why Mr. Jacq sent out a living stomach next, but Coconut should be able to handle this thing too!
Swalot has pretty good defenses, and it didn't go down with just one Earth Power!
Who would've expected Swalot to throw an Ice Punch at us? Luckily, Coconut took the hit and damaged Swalot with his Rocky Helmet!
This time we made sure Swalot got knocked out!
Mr. Jacq's third Pokemon was a Slowbro! I'll just say marine biology is not my forte!
The only thing I know about Water-type Pokemon is how they are weak against my Grass-type Pokemon!
I was surprised to see Mr. Jacq using a Lurantis, but I guess it is indeed a great Pokemon for biologists to research on!
Anyways, I know a lot about Lurantis too and I hit right at its weakness!
Next up we had Lime versus Mudsdale! Don't let Mudsdale's large body scare you!
Lime cut through Mudsdale's stamina with Leaf Storm!
Lime harshly lowered its Sp. Attack, but it was a small price to pay!
Mr. Jacq's final Pokemon was Farigiraf! I guess this is his ace Pokemon!
Of course, as an instructor of the Academy, Mr. Jacq showcased the power of Terastallization!
We turned the table by having our peppers eating the giraffe instead!
Farigiraf's Psychic packed quite a lot of firepower, but it wasn't enough to knock Redcurrant out!
One more Crunch and Farigiraf was gone!
I was glad to get a chance fighting my homeroom teacher, and more importantly, I won the second round!
I'm not too opposed to that idea! I don't mind teaching people how great Grass-type Pokemon are!
Well, the Director didn't like that! Anyways, if I were to teach others, I would not do that in the academy!
Two rounds done! We were halfway through the Battle Brawl!