(V.I.P Box)
"This is no longer a tag battle. This is a two-on-one battle!" Steven exclaimed, watching Pakura react to another one of Clefable and Beautifly's attacks directed at Jynx, while simply asking their Pokemon to dodge Dragonite's attacks. "They are ignoring Dragonite, just dodging or deflecting his attacks, and only went offensive for Jynx! Pakura ended up doing all the work!"
"Yeah, what are they trying to do?" Cynthia wondered.
"Who knows?" Alder shrugged. "Maybe because Lance is too powerful, and went for Pakura, since they don't know the extent of her battling skills?"
"Will they ever learn? I thought they figured out by now that Pakura is a better battler than even Lance." Phillip asked in disbelief at the front row seats.
"May isn't one of the smartest unfortunately." Ash replied. 'And from what I heard, Whitney has a tendency to cry and throw a tantrum when she loses. Such a kid. Wait, I'm turning into Iris. I'm not that Dragon Master Wannabe. How should I phrase this? Oh yeah. Quite immature for her age.' He talked to his Pokémon via telepathy, as it would look odd talking to them verbally in front of the other Elites who don't understand Pokéspeech.
Pikachu and Lucario sniggered as they received his telepathy message.
"At this rate, Pakura's going to get angry that Lance is not helping!" Jude cried.
"Let's end this quickly. Clefable, Ice Beam at Jynx!"
"Help out Clefable by firing a Shadow Ball in Ice Beam!"
"Dragonite, twister!"
"Jynx, fire a Hyper Beam in Dragonite's twister."
The two combined attacks clashed in the middle, and Ash watched as Pakura and Lance's combined attack overpowered May and Whitney's in a short time, and both combo attacks hit Beautifly and Clefable. They were knocked out in an instant.
"Beautifly and Clefable are unable to battle. Green Trainers, send out your last Pokémon."
(Back to the V.I.P Box)
"There goes Round Two." Shauntal commented. "Just one more to go."
"Pakura can definitely win this with her Jynx alone, although Jynx is her weakest Pokémon." Rosaline said confidently.
"I don't know. It's well known that Whitney's strongest Pokémon is Miltank, and I bet my Elite status that that is her last Pokémon." Phoebe replied with doubt in her voice. Sure enough, when Whitney sent out her last Pokémon, it was a Miltank, while May sent out her Munchlax.
"There must be a way to hit them even if they keep asking their Pokémon to dodge, but how?" Lance was getting frustrated. "I have to find out a way."
"You know what? I distract them and you hit them when their attention is away from you." Pakura folded her arms.
"Sounds like a plan." Lance answered. "Ok, let's try."
"But be careful of where my Pokémon is before you call an attack."
"Yeah, alright."
"Munchlax, use Metronome!"
Metronome turned out to be Fairy Wind, although only Pakura knew what move Munchlax just made.
"Jynx, dodge and use Psychic, followed by Perish Song on Miltank!" Jynx jumped, and her eyes glow light blue, preventing Miltank from escaping. She then released crimson soundwaves from her mouth at Miltank hitting it. It looked like Miltank wasn't affected once it got hit, but everyone knew Miltank only had three moves before it faints.
"Munchlax, use Shadow Ball on Jynx!"
"Now, Dragonite! Use Aerial Ace on Munchlax!"
"What? Lance, no!" Pakura saw that if Munchlax dodged, it will hit Jynx since Jynx is directly in front of Munchlax, so she tried to stop him, but it was too late.
"Dodge, Munchlax!" Sure enough, Munchlax dodged, and the Aerial Ace hit Jynx on the head, sending her flying, and against the wall. She now had swirls for eyes.
"Jynx is unable to battle!" Evan declared.
"Alright!" Whitney and May hi-fived.
Pakura stared at her fainted Jynx in silence, before returning her to her Pokeball without another word. She turned to her partner with an unreadable expression.
"Before the battle, I said, watch out for my Pokémon's position before you call out an attack. And look what you did." She sighed. "You are really no help, you useless deadweight." The funny thing is, Pakura said this tonelessly, and no one could tell if she is really angry or not.
Lance looked at her, dumbfounded. Did she just call him useless deadweight?
"I'm not useless!" He spluttered, when what she said finally registered. Who calls a Leader of Kanto Elite, Champion of Johto Elite, and member of G-men useless anyway?
"Yes you are." Pakura shot back. "You did nearly nothing to take down their four Pokémon."
"Is it my fault they are aiming their attacks at you?" Lance was ticked off.
"Yes, because you didn't do anything to help, and you even fainted my Jynx when you tried to help. If that's not useless I don't know what is." Pakura replied bluntly.
There was absolute silence the moment Pakura called Lance "useless deadweight". Most of them, including Ash's Elite, and Ash himself, were stunned. All of them were thinking, 'Wow she is pissed off.'
"Ouch, that's gonna burn!" Will broke the silence by laughing at the new nickname Lance got.
"You got that right!" Lucian was also snickering. Shauntal was giggling as well.
"Well, I can't blame her. I'd be angry too, if my partner who is supposed to help me instead fainted my Pokémon by calling out a move without looking at where my Pokémon is." Wallace remarked.
"Hey! Keep your words to yourself! Lance didn't do anything to harm you!" Aaron shouted to the battlefield. Although Lance didn't hear him, Pakura did, thanks to her physical enhancements.
Pakura ignored him, and was about to say more, when Sylveon's feelers wrapped around her arms, and she sent a serene aura into her. She could almost hear Sylveon's pleas for her to stop. Pakura calmed down, but still frowned at her partner.
"Are you finished, Princess?" Evan asked her, when she fell silent.
"Yes, Evan." Pakura replied calmly, and turned to her opponents. "Now you really made me mad. Come on out." She brushed her hair aside, and her hidden Skitty hopped out onto the battlefield.
"Hey! Is that my Skitty?" May cried out, enraged.
"No." Pakura raised an eyebrow.
"You liar! That is my Skitty, isn't it? Give her back!" May demanded.
"Just because you owned one doesn't mean I can't own one too." Pakura said monotonously. "Skitty, use Play Rough on Munchlax."
May didn't call out an attack, expecting Skitty to have second thoughts, but Skitty attacked Munchlax without hesitation leaving her shocked.
"That's not very nice!" May wailed. She was sure this is her Skitty. How can her Skitty turn against her?
"You deserved it after what you did to Ash!" Skitty hissed.
"Dragonite, use Thunder Wave on Miltank to intercept it!" Lance had decided to attack Whitney's Miltank.
"Miltank, use Rollout to dodge!"
"Now! Use Wing Attack!"
"Defence Curl!" The Wing Attack clashed with Miltank's Defence Curl, and managed to slam Miltank to the ground.
"Use Dragon Pulse!"
"Miltank, dodge and use Body Slam on Skitty!" However, as soon as Miltank executed the move, she glowed red, and fell to the ground with swirls in her eyes. Everyone had evidently forgotten that Jynx's Perish Song was still in effect.
"Miltank, No!" Whitney was in the verge of tears.
"Miltank is unable to battle."
"Oh, what's this? Jynx's previous Perish Song is clearly taking effect, which led to Miltank's downfall! Smart move on Pakura's part." Ken commented in the mic. "Oh look! PAL Princess Pakura and Hoenn Princess May are still fighting it out!"
"Munchlax, Solar Beam." May sounded reluctant to hit Skitty, but she is the only one left in the battle.
"Skitty, use Ice Beam on the ground!" Munchlax slipped and misfired the Solar Beam, and Skitty finished it off with Assist, which turned out to be Brick Break, which is Super Effective against Normal types.
"Munchlax is now unable to battle. The winners are Champion Lance and Elite Pakura!"
Whitney, as usual started crying, while May tried to comfort her. Pakura looked at her in disgust.