Groudon's Blockade

In Rustboro City, as soon as Steven, who was piloting Metagross, landed at the harbor, his assistant and butler at the Devon Co greeted him in a hurry.

"Young Master Steven!"

The butler handed over a tablet and told of the current situation, saying, "We have just discovered that the Earth Vein energies in the entire Hoenn region are now being drained, and they have converged into a vortex-like energy tide, as if it were a running army of Sandslash, and it is now advancing in one direction."

"Earth Vein..."

Steven rubbed his aching brow.

"Groudon?"

"We found a massive reaction of life within that vortex of energy, and there is only one, and the only being with those characteristics is the one within the legend that rules over the earth and lava... As you said, that is the only possibility right now." The butler responded to Steven's words.

"Its destination is also Rustboro City..."

Looking at Groudon's route of advance, Steven was already thoroughly convinced of Aisha's words.

"Hurry up and contact Elite Lance and Elite Summer for me, and come together inside the company's conference room to discuss the battle plan!"

Steven made the order, and then ran to the parking lot in the lead.

"Yes!"

... ...

"Roar..."

Above the sea, Groudon was roaring low.

Groudon opened his heavy legs and walked step after step on top of the wide ocean.

The spreading speed of the magma under his feet was always one step faster than Groudon, ensuring that this giant beast representing the land could firmly step on the "earth" he had created with every step.

It kept moving, dragging out a path of lava.

Thick smoke filled the sky, and underneath the dark clouds, light and heat gradually covered the dark sky, bringing extreme heat.

"Roar!"

Groudon's sight was known to be locked in one direction... It knew that there was the presence of its arch-enemy, Kyogre.

"Shoo-!!!"

Suddenly, a beam of purple light containing the energy of a dragon tore through the dark clouds in the sky without warning, and mercilessly blasted above Groudon's chest.

"Boom!"

"Roar-!!!"

Groudon, who wasn't fast enough, was caught off guard by this blow, and its huge body stumbled a few times on top of the magma path before it was able to stabilize itself.

It raised its huge head and looked towards the sky.

At this time, the dark clouds above the sky had dissipated quite a bit, and a mighty green dragon had arrived at the scene with his trainers, soaring above the vastness of the sky, looking down on it from above.

"Yo, doesn't this not know how to fly?"

Above the Rayquaza's head, looking at Groudon who was walking within the magma, Aisha also revealed a smile.

"Roar-!!!"

Groudon, who originally did not have much of a reaction, after hearing Aisha's provocation that was filled with mocking intent, it was as if it was being poked in pain, and with open teeth and claws, it let out a roar that resounded through the clouds.

Scorching hot breath converged within the beast's bloody mouth.

Accompanied by the blossoming of light, a wide beam of Flamethrower flew out of Groudon's mouth and rushed straight towards Rayquaza and Aisha, who were soaring above the sky.

This stance, as if it was going to knock the two of them down...

"Rayquaza, dodge with Dragon Dance!"

"Roar!"

Aisha calmly gave the order on top of Rayquaza's dragon head, and Rayquaza meticulously executed it.

"Swish-!!!"

Along with the harsh sound of breaking air, Rayquaza's body that surpassed a hundred meters swiftly circled for a few weeks above the sky where the dark clouds had already dissipated quite a bit.

Brilliant light also covered its strong body.

Not only did it successfully dodge Groudon's jet flames, but it even gained a boost in strength and speed - Aisha had already commanded Rayquaza to perform Dragon Dance a few times in advance on his way to this place, and if it wasn't for the lack of time, he would have stacked up Dragon Dance's enhancements before appearing in front of Groudon.

"It's our turn to counterattack, Ice Beam!"

Aisha still chose an attribute-restricted move to use as a priority.

"Roar!"

Rayquaza straightened its chest, and rays of light carrying frost gushed out from within its giant mouth.

However...

With Aisha's hint, Rayquaza didn't directly spray the Ice Beam on Groudon's body, instead, it first struck the surface of the sea around Groudon, freezing those icy seawater before proceeding to freeze the large portion of magma that the lava beast was using as a landing place.

Groudon, who had taken a defensive stance thinking Rayquaza was going to attack him, was just blocked from moving.

"Okay, next is Hydro Pump!"

After that, the thick and raging stream of water countered and smashed right on top of Groudon's claws that were protecting his head and chest.

"Boom!"

The tremendous impact immediately knocked Groudon down.

"Boom-!!!"

Accompanied by the smoke from the explosion, the behemoth's body collapsed on top of the frozen sea, smashing the solid ice and sinking itself under the icy waters...

"Roar-!!!"

For Groudon, who hated seawater, Rayquaza's attack had clearly driven it mad.

It roared madly, and after pulling its body out from inside the seawater, it opened its mouth and spat out a large-word burst of fire with a diameter of over ten meters, attacking Rayquaza without mercy.

"Protect!"

Rayquaza made a hovering motion under Aisha's command, and its shield that shone with a glowing green light blocked Groudon's move - its Drought trait had already been revoked by Rayquaza's Airlock trait, and the fire-attribute move didn't have the corresponding power bonus.

"Boom!"

After that, Rayquaza's Icy Wind quickly blew away the smoke from the explosion again, crashing into Groudon's subsequent use of Rock Tomb.

"Boom-!!!"

Canceling each other out, both sides failed in their attempts to lower each other's speed by one level.

"Not bad..."

Standing underneath Rayquaza's dragon head, Aisha also looked down on the flightless Groudon and expressed his satisfaction with the current battle situation.

Groudon did not have any more serious injuries.

Rayquaza, however, had even less injuries...

The battle between First-level Legendary Pokémons has never been a situation where victory or defeat can be determined overnight.

Especially now Rayquaza and Groudon's strength is actually not much difference, although this led to Aisha and Rayquaza sitting in front of Groudon is not so quickly routed, but want to quickly defeat this guy is still the sky is the limit.

"You guys, come on quickly."

Right now, its and Rayquaza's task was to stop Groudon's advance as much as possible.

After Groudon met up with Kyogre, they would only be more difficult to deal with...