The crowd "ooh"ed and whistled, expecting much from this round, alone. None knew if it would last a few minutes or a few hours. The trainers' explanation only made them more curious and eager for the battle. It was going to be a battle between two of the top trainers in Hoenn's history.

Flygon twisted in place. Sand lifted from the ground and swirled around his body in a wicked grace. It wasn't quite a sandstorm, but it was enough to activate his Sand Rush. His large body then rocketed toward Aggron head-on.

Aggron's body shone with a sharp rip. At the moment before Flygon would make contact, a reverberation burst from under Aggron's metal plates. The sound, itself, splashed sand away from Flygon and he stumbled a bit. 

But their hands were in a lock. It was clearly a Metal Claw against Dragon Claw. So much had already occurred in just a few moments, and it had hardly begun. Neither could push the other back. Flygon had put the momentum of Dragon Rush behind his Dragon Claw. Along with his increased speed in the sand around him, there was a great force coming down upon Aggron. 

However, With Aggron's Iron Armor and Metal Sound performed just before contact, he was just as unmovable. The Metal Sound didn't do too much, but there was set-up needed in order to defeat this Flygon.

In this situation, Aggron needed to break the lock and take advantage with a ranged attack that they'd practiced quite a bit despite having little talent in special maneuvers. The armored Pokemon's head sliced through the air and made a sound as if it was slicing through metal. A huge crash exploded between them, pushing them in opposite directions. Black smoke spewed from between them until each was pushed through the cloud due to the force of the impact.

With Dragon Rush still active, somehow, the Iron Head was largely neutralized. But, through the blackened cloud of metal ash shot a white stream that pierced the air with a sharpness and toward Flygon at an amazing speed. But Flygon wouldn't be caught off guard.

The Flash Cannon was countered with a Dragon Pulse close to Flygon, himself, but not close enough to cause any damage from the explosion from this particular contact. However, several orbs were then hurtled toward Flygon. They arched around him and then burst in small, but painful, explosions across Flygon's body despite the attempt to run away. The Magnet Bomb wasn't expected and dealt the first real blow of the round.