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"Pyroar! Noble Roar!" Steven commanded. Pyroar let out a powerful roar that made Andy's Hawlucha shudder in fear. It's attack and special attack harshly fell.
"You think lowering my stats is gonna stop me? You wish! Acrobatics, Hawlucha!" Hawlucha moved at rapid speed around Pyroar.
Although Hawlucha's stats were lowered, the damage to Pyroar had already been done. Steven watched as it fainted. "Heh heh heh. You don't need super effective moves to win!" said Andy.
"Oh yeah, I know, but it still doesn't hurt to have them!" said Steven "alright, Sylveon, you're up!" Steven let Sylveon out of its Pokeball.
Sylveon immediately took its battle stance "Oh yeah, been a while since I've seen some action!" "I gotta say, Steven, your "never give up" attitude is making this fun!" Andy complimented "but I'm still going to win this! Hawlucha, Flying Press!"
Hawlucha leapt up high in the air and quickly descended. "Dazzling Gleam!" Steven ordered. Sylveon unleashed dazzling gleam, it was a direct hit against Hawlucha, but it was undeterred, staying the course of its attack!
But instead of hitting Sylveon, Hawlucha belly flopped right onto the solid ground where Sylveon was just standing before it did its dazzling gleam attack.
"What the-!?" Andy exclaimed. "Now moon blast!" Steven then commanded. Right beside Hawlucha, Sylveon unleashed a direct hit Moon Blast! Instantly fainting Hawlucha.
Andy smirked, he was really having fun with this "Alright then, come on out Sigilyph!" and out came the strange glyph shaped flying type Pokemon.
Steven was bewildered by this new Pokemon. "Nobody expects me to use a Sigilyph!" said Andy "Now! Confuse Ray!"
Sylveon was all confused. It began firing moon blasts haphazardly. "Now, Psybeam!" Ordered Andy. A bright purple beam fired from the eye of Sigilyph.
One of the haphazard moon blasts made contact with the psybeam, causing the two beams to struggle against one another until both beams gave way and caused a shockwave that knocked out both Pokemon.
"Wow, that match up was a tie!" said Andy. "Although it was by luck, Sylveon was confused" said Steven, calling back his Pokemon.
"Well, whether or not that was a fluke, you're pretty good. Go, Archeops!" Andy sent out a prehistoric Pokemon. Steven switched out Sylveon for Palafin.
"Jet punch!" said Steven. Palafin, in Hero Mode, let loose a watery fist towards Archeops. But it was nimbler than it looked, dodging quite easily.
"Can't rely on type advantages to win every time!" said Andy "Dragon claw!" Steven didn't even need to tell Palafin to dodge, it had such battle instincts, it knew when to dodge.
Archeops was flying around the room "Palafin, Pursuit!" Palafin was engulfed in a dark aura and took off after Archeops and struck it from behind, knocking it down.
Palafin quickly pinned it down as soon as Archeops his the floor "Close range Jet punch!" Steven ordered. With one blow, Archeops was down.
Andy first growled in frustration but then began laughing "Well, look at you, got me down to my final Pokemon...well, I've saved the best for last...Braviary!"
Out came the powerful looking red white and blue Pokemon "This old boy has been my partner since I was a kid. And like me, he's not the spring Combusken he used to be, but he's still got plenty of fight left in him!"