It was time for the next match. Liam was facing Drake. This was a match up that had happened in the Dragon Cup. "Hello, 'Dragon Master'" Drake began. "In their natural state, Pokémon are wild living things. They are free. At times, they hinder us. At times, they help us. For us to battle alongside Pokémon as partners, do you know what it takes? Do you know what is needed?"
"If you don't, you will never prevail over me!"
"Altaria!" Drake called.
"Goodra!" Liam called.

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[color=ed1c24]Liam[/color]-vs-[color=00a651]Drake[/color]
[b][color=ed1c24]Goodra[/color]-[/b]1-[b][color=00a651]Altaria[/color][/b]
[color=ed1c24]?[/color]-2-[color=00a651]?[/color]
[color=ed1c24]?[/color]-3-[color=00a651]?[/color]
[color=ed1c24]?[/color]-4-[color=00a651]?[/color]
[color=ed1c24]?[/color]-5-[color=00a651]?[/color]
[color=ed1c24]?[/color]-6-[color=00a651]?[/color]

"Ice Beam!" Liam ordered. Altaria's right wing was hit, making it crash to the ground. "Dragonbreath!" Drake ordered. The attack hit Goodra for a fair amount of damage.
 "Draco Meteor!" Liam called. The most powerful Dragon move rained down on Altaria and KO'd it. Next, Drake sent out Dragalge.

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[color=ed1c24]Liam[/color]-vs-[color=00a651]Drake[/color]
[b][color=ed1c24]Goodra[/color][/b]-1-[s][color=00a651]Altaria[/color][/s]
[color=ed1c24]?[/color]-2-[b][color=00a651]Dragalge[/color][/b]
[color=ed1c24]?[/color]-3-[color=00a651]?[/color]
[color=ed1c24]?[/color]-4-[color=00a651]?[/color]
[color=ed1c24]?[/color]-5-[color=00a651]?[/color]
[color=ed1c24]?[/color]-6-[color=00a651]?[/color] 

Dragalge used Dragon Pulse. Goodra was in poor shape. "Draco Meteor!" Liam called. A weaker version of his last attack was fired and hit the poison/dragon. Sludge Wave finished Goodra off. Liam switched Goodra for Jiriya.

[hr]

[color=ed1c24]Liam[/color]-vs-[color=00a651]Drake[/color]
[s][color=ed1c24]Goodra[/color][/s]-1-[s][color=00a651]Altaria[/color][/s]
[b][color=ed1c24]Greninja[/color][/b]-2-[b][color=00a651]Dragalge[/color][/b]
[color=ed1c24]?[/color]-3-[color=00a651]?[/color]
[color=ed1c24]?[/color]-4-[color=00a651]?[/color]
[color=ed1c24]?[/color]-5-[color=00a651]?[/color]
[color=ed1c24]?[/color]-6-[color=00a651]?[/color] 

"Water Shuriken!" Liam ordered, The move hit four times. Drake called for a Thunderbolt.
"Dodge with Agility!" Liam ordered. Jiriya began acrobatic manuvers to avoid the crashing bolt of electricity. 
"Sludge Wave!" Drake called. 
"Use Gunk Shot!" Liam called. He minimized the damage, and negated the chance of sludge wave poisoning him, but gained no other edge from this round. 
 "Spikes!" Liam called. a set of spikes scattered on Drake's side of the field. Drake called for Dragon Pulse, which did a fair amount of damage. Liam called for another layer of spikes. This time Drake called out Hydro Pump. Jiriya was on his last leg. Liam called out for Blizzard, which finished Dragalge off, Drake next called on Kingdra, who took some damage from the Spikes.

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[color=ed1c24]Liam[/color]-vs-[color=00a651]Drake[/color]
[s][color=ed1c24]Goodra[/color][/s]-1-[s][color=00a651]Altaria[/color][/s]
[b][color=ed1c24]Greninja[/color][/b]-2-[s][color=00a651]Dragalge[/color][/s]
[color=ed1c24]?[/color]-3-[b][color=00a651]Kingdra[/color][/b]
[color=ed1c24]?[/color]-4-[color=00a651]?[/color]
[color=ed1c24]?[/color]-5-[color=00a651]?[/color]
[color=ed1c24]?[/color]-6-[color=00a651]?[/color] 
     [color=00a651] Spikes: 2[/color]

Jiriya put out a layer of poison spikes before falling to Kingdra's Ice Beam. Liam next called on Sylveon.

[color=ed1c24]Liam[/color]-vs-[color=00a651]Drake[/color]
[s][color=ed1c24]Goodra[/color][/s]-1-[s][color=00a651]Altaria[/color][/s]
[s][color=ed1c24]Greninja[/color][/s]-2-[s][color=00a651]Dragalge[/color][/s]
[b][color=ed1c24]Sylveon[/color][/b]-3-[b][color=00a651]Kingdra[/color][/b]
[color=ed1c24]?[/color]-4-[color=00a651]?[/color]
[color=ed1c24]?[/color]-5-[color=00a651]?[/color]
[color=ed1c24]?[/color]-6-[color=00a651]?[/color] 
     [color=00a651] Spikes: 2, Poison Spikes: 1[/color]

Sylveon used Fairy Wind, doing a good deal of damage to Kingdra. Drake ordered for Kingdra to use Yawn.
 "Push it back with Iron Tail!" Liam called. The ribbons on Sylveon began to glow white as the bubble was knocked back into Kingdra's face. Kingdra fired Hydro Pump and Sylveon used Draining Kiss. It hurt Kingdra badly who than went to sleep. Liam called Sylveon back and called on Grimm.

[color=ed1c24]Liam[/color]-vs-[color=00a651]Drake[/color]
[s][color=ed1c24]Goodra[/color][/s]-1-[s][color=00a651]Altaria[/color][/s]
[s][color=ed1c24]Greninja[/color][/s]-2-[s][color=00a651]Dragalge[/color][/s]
[color=ed1c24]Sylveon[/color]-3-[b][color=00a651]Kingdra[/color][/b]
[b][color=ed1c24]Dusknoir[/color]-[/b]4-[color=00a651]?[/color]
[color=ed1c24]?[/color]-5-[color=00a651]?[/color]
[color=ed1c24]?[/color]-6-[color=00a651]?[/color] 
     [color=00a651] Spikes: 2, Poison Spikes: 1[/color]

"Gravity!" Liam called. Kingdra was still sleeping.
(Gravity 1)
"Hex!" Liam called. The attack did extra damage since Kingdra was asleep and KO'd it. Flygon came out next. Due to Gravity, Flygon was forced onto the ground, while the two sets of spikes and poison spikes took their toll.
(Gravity 2)

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[color=ed1c24]Liam[/color]-vs-[color=00a651]Drake[/color]
[s][color=ed1c24]Goodra[/color][/s]-1-[s][color=00a651]Altaria[/color][/s]
[s][color=ed1c24]Greninja[/color][/s]-2-[s][color=00a651]Dragalge[/color][/s]
[color=ed1c24]Sylveon[/color]-3-[s][color=00a651]Kingdra[/color][/s]
[b][color=ed1c24]Dusknoir[/color][/b]-4-[b][color=00a651]Flygon[/color][/b]
[color=ed1c24]?[/color]-5-[color=00a651]?[/color]
[color=ed1c24]?[/color]-6-[color=00a651]?[/color] 
     [color=00a651] Spikes: 2, Poison Spikes: 1[/color]

(Gravity 3)
"Ice Punch!" Liam ordered. Flygon took a good deal of damage from the manuver. Flygon used Screech to distract Grimm and followwed it up with Boomburst.
(Gravity 4)
 "Another Ice Punch!" Liam called. This was a critical hit, that due to the poison, finished off Flygon, Drake next called on Haxorus. Liam sent Sylveon back out.

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[color=ed1c24]Liam[/color]-vs-[color=00a651]Drake[/color]
[s][color=ed1c24]Goodra[/color][/s]-1-[s][color=00a651]Altaria[/color][/s]
[s][color=ed1c24]Greninja[/color][/s]-2-[s][color=00a651]Dragalge[/color][/s]
[b][color=ed1c24]Sylveon[/color][/b]-3-[s][color=00a651]Kingdra[/color][/s]
[color=ed1c24]Dusknoir[/color]-4-[s][color=00a651]Flygon[/color][/s]
[color=ed1c24]?[/color]-5-[b][color=00a651]Haxorus[/color][/b]
[color=ed1c24]?[/color]-6-[color=00a651]?[/color] 
     [color=00a651] Spikes: 2, Poison Spikes: 1[/color]

(Gravity 5)
"Moonblast!" Liam called. the blast of pink energy barraled toward the dragon and hit it in the gut. Haxorus used Iron Tail and got a direct hit on Sylveon.
(Gravity subsided)
"Draining Kiss!" Liam called. Sylveon's ribbons wrapped around the dragon's head and pulled it down to Sylveon, who than planted a big wet kiss on it, draining a good chunk of health. Poison zapped a bit more of Haxorus' health away. Liam sent Grimm back out, and Grimm was hit by Poison Jab. Haxorus just barely survived the poison.

[color=ed1c24]Liam[/color]-vs-[color=00a651]Drake[/color]
[s][color=ed1c24]Goodra[/color][/s]-1-[s][color=00a651]Altaria[/color][/s]
[s][color=ed1c24]Greninja[/color][/s]-2-[s][color=00a651]Dragalge[/color][/s]
[color=ed1c24]Sylveon[/color]-3-[s][color=00a651]Kingdra[/color][/s]
[b][color=ed1c24]Dusknoir[/color][/b]-4-[s][color=00a651]Flygon[/color][/s]
[color=ed1c24]?[/color]-5-[b][color=00a651]Haxorus[/color][/b]
[color=ed1c24]?[/color]-6-[color=00a651]?[/color] 
     [color=00a651] Spikes: 2, Poison Spikes: 1[/color]

"Gravity!" Liam called. The gravatationl pull powered up again and Grimm was KO'd by a critical hittng Shadow Claw. Sylveon went out again, Haxorus now succumbing to the poison, and swapped for Salamance, who became poisoned.

[color=ed1c24]Liam[/color]-vs-[color=00a651]Drake[/color]
[s][color=ed1c24]Goodra[/color][/s]-1-[s][color=00a651]Altaria[/color][/s]
[s][color=ed1c24]Greninja[/color][/s]-2-[s][color=00a651]Dragalge[/color][/s]
[b][color=ed1c24]Sylveon[/color][/b]-3-[s][color=00a651]Kingdra[/color][/s]
[s][color=ed1c24]Dusknoir[/color][/s]-4-[s][color=00a651]Flygon[/color][/s]
[color=ed1c24]?[/color]-5-[s][color=00a651]Haxorus[/color][/s]
[color=ed1c24]?[/color]-6-[b][color=00a651]Salamance[/color] [/b]
     [color=00a651] Spikes: 2, Poison Spikes: 1[/color] 

(Gravity 1)
Drake made a comment about expecting no less from a "Dragon Master", but this was still going to be when Liam fell. He activated Mega Evolution and used Zen Headbutt.
 "Protect!" Liam called the green shield saved Sylveon from the move.
(Gravity 2)
"Thunder Fang!" Drake called.
 "Draining Kiss!" Liam replied. As Salamance charged in with an electrified jaw, Sylveon used the chance to kiss the dragon, taking about as much healing as it did damage.
(Gravity 3)
Salamance was on it's last leg and used Crunch. Sylveon threw a Shadow Ball in its face, KO'ing it.

"Superb, it should be said." Drake commented. You deserve every credit for coming this far as a Pokémon Trainer. You do seem to know what is needed. Yes, what a Trainer needs is a true and virtuous heart. It is through their contact with Trainers that Pokémon learn right from wrong. The influence of their Trainers' good hearts helps them grow strong!"
"Go! Go onward 'Dragon Master'! The Champion is waiting!" Liam got his Pokémon healed and had them all out along the sidelines, giving them a pep talk before Steven got there for the battle.