Chapter no.182 Against a Goliath part 5

Returning Charmeleon into his PokeBall , Austin couldn't help but sigh.
Even after throwing all of that at Garchomp, she still stood up.
Could he even defeat Garchomp ?
Austin looked at the sand beach while contemplating if he should give up or not.
" Pika "
Hearing Pikachu's cry , Austin glanced to his shoulder as Pikachu gave him a determined look.
What was the reason they trained like hell under Cynthia ?
Was it too loose ?
Was it to just give up ?
Pikachu's look made Austin's mind filled with a lot of thoughts as doubt vanished from his eyes.
Taking out a PokeBall that was shaking violently. Austin didn't even need to choose.
Throwing the pokeball out , Fearow appeared on the battlefield with a prideful screech.
Garchomp snorted at Fearow's screech as she stomped on the beach and released a roar the silence the entire beach.
Austin sweat dropped at Garchomp's way of asserting dominance.
" Aerial Wing !"
" Garchomp stance 1."
Cynthia calmly said causing Garchomp to lay on the ground on her stop like a crocodile waiting for its prey to come near it.
" Dodge !"
Hearing his trainer's words , Fearow snorted but ultimately obliged by turning towards the sky.
A blueish flame washed over Garchomp's body as the Will-o'-wisp Burn was eating away at her health but suddenly the flames seemed to decrease more and more.
This was stance 1 , a move that made everyone believe that that Garchomp is waiting for the perfect opportunity to attack but in actuality Garchomp was hiding itself by this facade that she was going to attack while she healed herself with Rest.
Pikachu's eyes narrowed before he pointed forward and exclaimed ," Pika , Pika !"
Austin glanced at Pikachu before his eyes widened when he saw Garchomp's burns being healed.
" Feather Dance !"
Fearow spreads its wings and both of them glow white. He then shoots glowing white feathers at Garchomp.
Each feather hit Garchomp's body as a white aura radiated from Garchomp for a second indicating the Fearow's Feather Dance had lower Garchomp's attack power.
Garchomps' eyes opened as she rose up. Outstretching her fins , Garchomp roared before slamming her fins on the beach erupting a sandstorm all around the beach but the surrounding sandstorm didn't affect Fearow's vision.
" Substituting Flash Clones !"
Hundreds of Fearow's appeared in the sky as if it was a flock before each copy of Fearow disappeared from sky charging into the sandstorm.
Inside the sandstorm, Garchomp silently stood in one place as she waited for her prey to attack her.
Suddenly she found herself being surrounded by hundreds of Fearow but there was not a hint of surprise on Garchomp's face as she non of these Fearow's was the real one.
Fearow's double team vanished the moment they touch Garchomp's body.
Garchomp closed her eyes as she focused on feeling the surrounding sandstorm.
There was something fast moving in the sandstorm.
Come !
Garchomp thought as she twisted her body and with a Dragon claw confronted a fearow's drill run.
The stalemate last only for a second before Garchomp overpowered through and caused Fearow to be slammed into the ground.
The embedded Fearow began to evaporate like a cloud of smoke.
From the back of Garchomp, the sandstorm split open revealing Fearow covered by a spiralling blue aura.
Garchomp quickly tried to twist her body to counter attack but Fearow was faster.
Fearow's sky attack just before it landed on Garchomp's gut , a redish aura emitted from Garchomp's eye before a giant smoke cloud covered the beach.
Austin sighed as he looked at the smoke cloud.
' Did Arceus made it so that a giant smoke cloud would appear every time a loss has to be shown .'
The dust cleared revealing a knocked out Fearow on the ground with Garchomp standing over him in a daze.
Seeing the confused Garchomp, Austin immediately returned Fearow as he glanced at his buddy.
" Ready ."
" Pika !"
Pikachu ran along his trainer's shoulder and with a giant leap , he landed infront of the confused Garchomp.
" Fake out !"
Pikachu closed his eyes as his paws glowed with white energy.
Bringing his paws together , an omnidirectional piercing sound was released.
" Nasty Plot !"
" Garchomp, snap out of it."
While Garchomp shook her head to get rid of her confusion, Pikachu's body was enveloped by a dark type aura as his eyes glowed red for a few seconds.
" Grass Knot !"
Pikachu slammed his paw on the ground as a wave of omnidirectional grass energy moved through the entire beach.
Garchomp was too late to dodge the Grass Knot. Even with taking the full brunt of the attack , Garchomp wasn't that damage.
" Quick Draw !"
Austin didn't want to give Garchomp a chance to attack as Pikachu combined quick attack with iron tail to attack Garchomp.
" Iron head ."
( ~ Boom ~ )
Garchomp's iron head and Pikachu's iron tail clashed with one another but Garchomp's bigger body was able to effortlessly handle the force behind Pikachu's attack.
" Outrage ."
" Magnet Rise !"
Cynthia and Austin called out their respective moves as Garchomp's body was engulfed by red aura while Pikachu hurriedly used Magnet Rise to dodge but unlike many other types of trainers , Cynthia had trained Garchomp in such a way that she could direct all the releasing Draconic energy into fighting against an opponent that tries to dodge it by chasing after it.
A similar game of cat and mouse entailed as a menacing Garchomp charged towards the flying pikachu.
Pikachu tried it's best to dodge every close call he had.
Meanwhile Austin's mind was racing to think of a strategy against that monster.
An idea popped into Austin's head as he exclaimed," Flash !"
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𝐎𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐩𝐨𝐤𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐧 𝐉𝐚𝐩𝐚𝐧 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐡 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐧 𝐒𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐒𝐡𝐨𝐭, 𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐂𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐩𝐢𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐞 𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐥 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠. 𝐖𝐞𝐞𝐝𝐥𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐞 𝐚 𝐰𝐞𝐚𝐤 𝐟𝐢𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝐬𝐢𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐚𝐫 𝐭𝐨 𝐜𝐨𝐭𝐭𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐬𝐨𝐥𝐞𝐥𝐲 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐞𝐱𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐬. 𝐖𝐮𝐫𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐞 𝐚 𝐬𝐦𝐨𝐨𝐭𝐡 𝐬𝐢𝐥𝐤𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐡 𝐢𝐬 𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐨𝐮𝐜𝐡, 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐞 𝐒𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐤 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐀𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐝𝐨𝐬 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐞 𝐚 𝐩𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐟𝐮𝐥 𝐚𝐝𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐯𝐞.
𝐅𝐨𝐫 𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲, 𝐡𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫, 𝐧𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐬 𝐯𝐚𝐥𝐮𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐚𝐬 𝐂𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐩𝐢𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠. 𝐅𝐨𝐫 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐛𝐞 𝐮𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐲, 𝐭𝐨 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐬, 𝐨𝐫 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐚 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬, 𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐟 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦 𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐯𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐟𝐞𝐰 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐥𝐬. 𝐎𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐟𝐢𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐦𝐚𝐝𝐞 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐨𝐜𝐜𝐚𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐮𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐞𝐥𝐬𝐞𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞, 𝐭𝐲𝐩𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐢𝐧 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐡 𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐞 𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐤𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐕𝐢𝐫𝐢𝐝𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐂𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐭𝐬 𝐚𝐝𝐣𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐕𝐢𝐫𝐢𝐝𝐢𝐚𝐧'𝐬 𝐩𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐚𝐬𝐤 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐤𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐬, 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐢𝐭 𝐫𝐞𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐬 𝐞𝐱𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐯𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐟 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐟𝐞𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐮𝐠 𝐩𝐨𝐤𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐧 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫-𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐬𝐩𝐫𝐚𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐦𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐛𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐝, 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐦𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐚𝐯𝐨𝐢𝐝 𝐛𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦 (𝐬𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐞𝐰 𝐥𝐮𝐜𝐤𝐲 𝐞𝐧𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐭𝐨 𝐚𝐟𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐝 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐬) 𝐚𝐬 𝐞𝐯𝐨𝐥𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐰𝐞𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐧𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐟𝐢𝐭𝐬 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐧𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐛𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐡𝐢𝐠𝐡.
𝐈𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐚 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐠 𝐂𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐩𝐢𝐞 𝐟𝐚𝐫𝐦𝐞𝐫 𝐧𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐝 𝐆𝐢𝐨𝐯𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐢 𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐠𝐚𝐦𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞. 𝐈𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐚𝐢𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐨 𝐡𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐩𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫, 𝐂𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐩𝐢𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐥𝐨𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐩𝐨𝐤𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐧 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐡 𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐜𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐨𝐛𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐜𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧.