Who is the strongest?-Final

Family tournament - final

Evening

"Seems like that punk Charmelon is the finalist again " Weepinbell mumbled to Pidgeotto.

"Heh..seems like we need to work harder or newbies are going to make a large gap. Who do you think is winning this one? " Pidgeotto asked.

"Charmeleon no doubt. I agree that Clefairy is versatile and has a lot of moves but Charmeleon's raw power surpasses her every move.

In terms of speed, he comes after you so his chance of winning is more " Weepinbell said.

Darkrai and Gyarados too agreed with Weepinbell's assessment.

Charmeleon and Clefairy stood opposite each other waiting for the signal.

"This is the final match between Charmeleon and Clefairy" Aoki announced.

"Begin!"

Charmeleon dashed toward Clefairy while using Workup and immediately reached her due to his speed.

Clefairy pointed her arms forward and used Gravitational push but Charmeleon had already guessed her move and stabbed all his limbs to the ground.

Even then the power behind the attack was very high to have skid back a few meters till then Clefairy had already condensed five Shadow Balls aiming at Charmeleon.

Opening his mouth Charmeleon released his signature flamethrower destroying the shadow balls and dashing toward Clefairy with his arms coated in steel-type energy.

Water-type energy blasted out of Clefairy as she used water pulse at Charmeleon.

He increased his speed of dodging and started using Dragon Breath and Dragon rage a Clefairy which she occasionally countered with Ice beam and moon blast but the speed at which Charmeleon used his moves started to surpass her.

She could not dodge one attack and got hit by Charmeleon's Dragon breath paralysis her giving Charmeleon the chance to use Metal Claw and Iron tail on her dealing massive damage because of her fairy typing.

Clefairy cried out as water pulse mixed with psychic hit Charmeleon trying to deal the same about of damage but Charmeleon used Protect and Dragon coating to reduce the damage a lot.

Charmeleon increased his body temperature and used Fire Blast at Clefairy which she replied with another gravitation push which decreased the power of the move by half but still she got hit by the move talking damage as she could not use protect on time.

It was the time when the effect of reflect and light screen came off.

Reusing that move will take a few seconds making her vulnerable which she cannot afford while battling a Pokemon like Charmeleon.

As the battle went on Charmeleon started having the upper hand in the battle.

This was the longest battle out of all the matches that took place that day.

Both the Pokemons were bleeding from various parts of their body.

While Charmeleon had a lot of energy to spare, Clefairy was running out of energy. The raw firepower of Charmeleon was destroying her every move.

It felt like Charmeleon was having fun destroying her moves and making her suffer.

It could be said that Charmeleon was jealous of Clefairy as Aoki mostly used her as the core to hold the team in group battles so he was taking that jealously out.

He was not angry at Aoki but at himself for not being strong enough and being the core of the team.

Aoki looked at the expression of Charmeleon and knew exactly what he was thinking.

Since the day Charmander joined his team, he has been analyzing his behavior and character to bring out the best of him.

Aoki has made him realize that a person must have a level of power and use to earn a position.

Pidgeotto and Clefable both are capable of flying and surveying but the job is only done by Pidgeotto because she can fly faster.

The job of surveying a dense forest can be done by almost anyone but it's only done by Weepinbell because he knows the best.

Similarly, Clefairy has a wide vision and connects with the minds of others so she is the core in the team battle situation. Now that the language barrier is gone….all of Aoki's Pokemon have their eyes on the position of Clefairy to be the core of the team, especially Charmeleon.

Back to the battle.

Clefairy used a combination of mimic and copycat to return his moves back to him but that was useless too.

In between the battle, Clefairy started shaking her finger in a specific pattern for a few seconds.

Everything went silent as Charmeleon's instincts screamed at him to dodge but it was too late.

The entire battlefield sharted shaking vigorously as the ground cracked and released a large amount of ground-type energy.

Clefairy smirked as metronome took the form of earthquake of all moves.

Charmeleon did as much he could to defend himself by dragon-type energy coating but it was useless as the power and range of the earthquake were too much for him to take and it was too late to jump.

Moreover, Clefairy was using the last of her strength to hold Charmeleon down using gravity.

Chameleon took massive damage from Earthquake as the flame on his tail almost dimmed.

"Seems like it's over for Charmeleon" Shelgon commented.

"It's Clefairy who is taking the crown this time," Gyarados said.

"Nah just wait….."Weepinbell said.

"You both are wrong, look carefully the fire in his eyes has not gone, " Pidgeotto said looking at Charmelon who was pressed to the broken ground with Clefairy slowly approaching him while condensing a shadow ball.

"Admit defeat ….you cannot move anymore….don't make your injuries worse," Clefairy said with a broken voice as she was nearly exhausted.

"Me…Admit defeat ?! " Charmeleon started laughing loudly as the fire on this tail that was about to be dimmed instantly started burning vigorously.

Gyarados and Shelgon instinctively moved their eyes toward Charmeleon as they felt something big was about to happen.

'How many surprises am I going to get in a day huh? First Draco Meteor and now this ..'Aoki thought with a smile.

Charmeleon's eyes turned blue as a large amount of Dragon-type energy blasted out of his mouth taking the form of a snake-like Dragon reaching Clefairy.

"Darkrai use Protect. She will die if that move connects "

As soon as the dragon was about to reach Clefairy, a translucent screen appeared in front of her but the power behind the move broke apart the screen of Protect but after reducing the power by 70%.

Boom!

An explosion occurred as Clefariy blurred and crashed outside the battlefield.

"Clefairy is unable to battle Charmeleon wins "

Charmeleon stood up and gave a loud roar and started blasting the same energy into the air.

"Oi oI did he go insane !! " Weepinbell asked.

"No, what Charmeleon used at the last moment was Outrage, one of the strongest dragon-type moves that divided the energy gathered into three to four turns of energy bast.

The problem with this move is that the user cannot do use any other move till he uses up all the energy gathered in the moves"

After expending all his remaining energy Charmelen fell down with a satisfied grin.

'Sigh! They took it too far again '

Aoki fed both the Pokemon a bottle of potions and let Weepinbell heal them slowly.

*********

After a while, Misty returned to the place Aoki was and made a 'you're at it again' face seeing the level of destruction.

Aoki had started preparing dinner by then.

"So …who won ?" Misty asked.

"Charmeleon"

"Ho! This time too….

I can't wait to see the reaction of Nate when he sees the power of the Charmander that he threw away"

"Haha it will be priceless "

"Now so extra spicy food for him for the next seven days huh"

"Yes, I can manage for three days but we have to get to the Saffron city as fast as possible before our supplies run out.

We could not buy anything special in Lavender town after all. " Aoki said handing Misty and all the Pokemons their part of the food.

Misty was so engrossed in the delicious food of Aoki that she did not realize that the food was enhanced than yesterday.

It was due to Aoki mixing his aura into the food which enhanced the taste.

Charmeleon and Clefairy were awake but could not move a muscle because of fatigue so they were resting in one corner.

Both of them were scolded by Aoki for going too far but fortunately didn't give any punishment for showing so many improvements.

The two Gyarados had become good friends and happily chatted.

Darkrai continued to stare at Aoki waiting for the food to arrive impatiently.

Shelgon and Seadra formed a group due to their dragon type. Weepinbell, Pidgeotto, Nidorino, Starmie, Politoed, and Seadra chatted forming a group in which Aoki's Pokemons bragged about the battle they had.

"How did his training go? " Aoki asked pointing at the Psyduck happily munching on food.

"Difficult…..

Although Psyduck's water moves are stronger than Azumariil's, he cannot fight for more than a few minutes before stopping due to a headache. He can only use psychic moves when his headache reaches its peak" Misty said.

"So either water or psychic moves "

"yes , I have to work on him harder than others"

Azumarill was one of the oldest Pokemons of Misty and seeing all the newcomers surpass her was a bit disheartening for her but she was going to give up.

She knew that Misty loved her and never abandon her so she tries her best to make sure to return the love and become useful to her.

"You know the reason and the solution right," Aoki said.

"Yes, I know what to do. His headache is due to the abundant Psychic-type energy which he cannot control properly.

Psyduck may appear to be very troublesome to train but when he evolves into Golduck it would be worth it. " Misty clenched his fists.

"Did you find out about how his trainer treated him? "

"Yes, Slowpoke told me...

His last trainer brought him a few days ago from a Pokemon shop owned by the league so their bond was not so strong. He was attracted to me and my team because of water and psychic-type pokemon. " Misty said.

"It will be easier for him to accept you then," Aoki said.

"Yes"

Same as always Aoki gave all his Pokemons a massage and did a meditation session before going to sleep.

The next morning they restarted their journey toward Saffron City.

While they moves Aoki gave his Pokemons various commands.

Clefairy would climb on Pidgeotto applying maximum gravity and Pidgeotto has to fly at her max speed.

Shelgon needs to increase his speed so he has to keep running while following Aoki. The same command was given to Weepinbell.

The time when they made a camp, Aoki made Charmeleon and Darkrai have mock battles while Aoki's Gyarados tried to fly like Misty's.

After three more days of continuous traveling and crossing several small towns, they finally reached the largest city in the Kanto region.

The Saffron City.