Pokémon Legendary: An Adult Pokémon Story
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Chapter 19
Action/Adventure Sex Story: Chapter 19 - An adult semi-erotic Pokémon story set in a more realistic and brutal Pokémon world. Follow a Pokémon Region Champion as he and his rivals race to unlock the secrets of Legendary and mythical Pokémon while facing an unknown threat unlike anything he's faced before. Our champion and rivals will put their lives on the line as they face lethal puzzles, god-tier Pokemon, a deadly stalker, an evil alliance, and the the most powerful trainers in the world. This story is not meant for commercial use.
Caution: This Action/Adventure Sex Story contains strong sexual content, including Ma/Fa Consensual Romantic Heterosexual Fiction Fan Fiction Cheating White Female Oral Sex Tit-Fucking Public Sex
The heat hit first. Real, physical heat.
The moment Solara completed her Mega Evolution, the air above the Solamira Sun Gym warped visibly. The stadium’s temperature spiked as if someone had dragged the sun closer to the battlefield. A bright golden orb appeared over the open stadium, and an orange haze settled over the battlefield with light sharpening and shadows shortening.
Dan Stevens barely had time to react.
“AMBER HAS USED MEGA EVOLUTION RIGHT OFF THE BAT! THIS WILL BE A NEW TWIST FOR ACE IN THE DIVINE CHALLENGE!”
“And Drought is now active thanks to Mega Charizard Y’s special ability!” Wallace said, leaning forward, eyes wide, “This isn’t posturing. Amber Pennebaker is establishing battlefield control immediately.”
Ace felt it in his lungs. The air was drier, heavier. Even breathing felt different.
Nessie shifted in front of him, massive body steady, eyes calm despite the oppressive heat. Lapras had weathered storms and oceans so sunlight alone wasn’t enough to shake her.
“Begin!” The referee shouted, dropping his arms.
Ace raised his hand. “Nessie, Confuse Ray!”
A pulse of eerie violet light shot forward, warping the air as it spiraled toward Solara. The crowd leaned in.
Solara didn’t flinch. At the last possible moment, the Mega Charizard snapped its wings and surged upward, the beam slicing harmlessly beneath her as she climbed into the glare of the sun itself.
“Confuse Ray MISSES!” Dan shouted.
Amber didn’t hesitate for even a breath.
“Solar Beam.”
Gasps rippled through the stadium. Under normal conditions, the attack would’ve needed time to charge but under this sun ... Solara opened her jaws and fired instantly.
A concentrated column of blinding green-white energy slammed into Nessie’s chest with a concussive boom. The impact skidded her backward across the stone, claws scraping for purchase.
Ace’s fist clenched.
“Nessie, hang on!”
The light faded. Steam rose from Lapras’s shell as she steadied herself, breathing hard but still standing.
Wallace exhaled.
“She TOOK that! Lapras hangs on!”
Ace didn’t waste the moment.
“Hydro Pump!”
Nessie reared back and unleashed a roaring torrent of water, the blast cutting across the field like a cannon shot. The first surge missed as Solara flew and twisted away midair, but Ace pushed.
“Again!”
A second blast followed, and this time it connected.
The water slammed into Solara’s side, driving her downward and kicking up a violent cloud of steam where it struck. The crowd erupted.
“She HIT!” Dan yelled. “DIRECT HIT ON THE MEGA!”
The steam cleared, however, and Solara was still airborne, wings beating and eyes burning.
Wallace shook his head slowly.
“Drought is cutting that damage down hard. That would’ve been catastrophic under normal conditions.”
Amber’s voice cut through the heat, calm and merciless.
“Overheat.”
Solara’s chest flared white-hot. The flames that erupted weren’t orange or red, they were blinding, sun-fed, and violent enough to make the air scream.
The firestorm engulfed Nessie completely, the impact echoing like an explosion. When the flames receded, Nessie stood frozen for half a second ... then her massive body sagged.
She collapsed to the stone with a heavy, final thud.
The referee raised his arm towards Amber.
“Lapras is unable to battle! Charizard wins!”
The stadium fell into a stunned roar.
Ace didn’t move. He stared at Nessie, jaw tight, chest rising slowly as the sun continued to beat down on the field.
Amber didn’t celebrate. She didn’t even smile.
Solara hovered behind her, flames rolling lazily from her wings as the sunlight continued to dominate the arena.
Dan Stevens’ voice cut in, reverent and shaken.
“JUST LIKE THAT, AMBER PENNEBAKER DRAWS FIRST BLOOD.”
Wallace nodded grimly. “That wasn’t a feeling-out round. That was a statement.”
Ace recalled Nessie, the red beam fading as the Poké Ball returned to his hand.
One Pokémon down. The sun was still blazing, and the world was already learning what kind of fight this was going to be.
“Welcome back to this fourth match of the Divine Challenge!” Dan Stevens said, greeting the audience after the commercial break ended, “Ace has lost one Pokémon so far in this match and now he’ll need to choose carefully if he wants to keep pace with Amber!”
“Ace thought Lapras’s typing and bulk would give him an edge, but Amber’s Charizard just had too much firepower,” Wallace chimed, “He’ll need to be a little more creative.”
“Draco, you’re up!” Ace said, tossing his Poké Ball.
In a flash of light, Draco hit the field like a descending storm. The massive Dragonite landed with a thunderous impact, wings snapping open as heat rolled across his scales. His eyes locked onto Solara instantly, posture squared, muscles coiled.
“Ace has called out Draco already!” Dan exclaimed, “I didn’t expect to see him this early in the match!”
“I hope Ace isn’t already getting desperate,” Wallace said, “If he is, then this battle is already over.”
“Begin!” The referee shouted.
Ace didn’t hesitate. “Draco, Fly!”
Dragonite launched upward in a violent burst of air, disappearing into the sun-bleached sky. The crowd tracked him instinctively, eyes shielding against the glare.
Amber didn’t look up. “Dragon Pulse.”
Solara’s chest flared again, a condensed sphere of draconic energy forming between her jaws. She pivoted midair, tracking movement Ace couldn’t even see yet.
Draco dove. The Dragon Pulse fired first.
The beam slammed into Draco’s torso mid-descent, detonating in a burst of violet-white energy that sent shockwaves rippling through the stadium air.
Gasps erupted.
Dan Stevens shouted, “DIRECT HIT!”
Draco crashed into the field hard, stone fracturing beneath him. For half a second, nobody moved. Then Dragonite pushed himself up with scales scorched, breath heavy, but still standing.
Wallace’s voice cut in fast. “Multiscale! That ability just SAVED Draco from catastrophic damage!”
Ace didn’t waste the window.
“Extreme Speed!”
Draco vanished in a blur. He reappeared in front of Solara like a missile, slamming into her chest with a concussive impact that rocked her backward midair. The Mega Charizard screeched as she struggled to stabilize, wings flaring wide.
The crowd exploded.
“That one LANDED!” Dan yelled.
The sun overhead flickered. The golden haze thinned. The oppressive heat began to lift.
Wallace caught it immediately.
“Drought is fading!”
Amber’s eyes narrowed, and she made the call without hesitation.
“Solara, return.”
A red beam snapped Solara back into her Poké Ball just as she steadied herself.
Ace exhaled slowly.
Amber’s next Poké Ball hit the ground with force.
“Go, Buster.”
Buster, the Arcanine, erupted onto the field in a blast of heat and motion, massive frame coiled low, muscles rippling beneath blazing orange fur. His mane burned brighter than the stadium lights as he threw his head back and roared.
Draco snarled back, wings spreading.
Ace’s eyes narrowed. “Draco—”
Amber spoke first.
“Extreme Speed.”
Buster vanished. So did Draco.
Two blurs collided mid-field in a violent crack of sound, shockwaves tearing across the stone. They separated, struck again, vanished, reappeared — speed stacking on speed in a brutal display that had the crowd on its feet.
Dan Stevens could barely keep up.
“THIS IS INSANE! BOTH POKÉMON MOVING AT EXTREME SPEED LEVELS!”
Draco skidded back, claws tearing grooves in the arena.
Ace opened his mouth, but Amber was already calling her attack.
“Outrage,” Amber said.
Ace froze.
Buster’s eyes ignited and he roared with wild draconic fury as he lunged forward, jaws glowing, the attack detonating with savage force as he slammed into Draco.
Ace’s heart jumped.
“Outrage?! Since when?” He thought.
He didn’t panic, though.
“Draco!” Ace barked. “Dragon Rush!”
Draco roared, aura flaring blue-white as he charged headlong to meet the attack.
The collision was violent.
Dragon Rush and Outrage crashed together in a deafening explosion of force, energy ripping outward in a blinding shockwave that forced the referee to shield his face. A critical hit.
The stadium fell silent. Smoke rolled. Then two massive bodies collapsed.
Draco hit first, wings slack, chest heaving once ... then still.
Buster staggered half a step, snarled defiantly, and dropped.
For a moment, nobody breathed. Then the referee raised both arms.
“Dragonite and Arcanine BOTH are unable to battle! Double knockout!”
The crowd erupted, split between shock and awe. Ace recalled Draco slowly, jaw tight. Two Pokémon down. Amber recalled Buster just as calmly.
Both trainers stood still across the battlefield, eyes locked. The sun was gone, but the real battle hadn’t even started yet..., and Ace was already down one of his best Pokémon.
“That may have been a double knockout, but it heavily favored Amber,” Wallace explained, “We know that Draco is one of Ace’s most reliable anchors and with him out of the match, that puts Ace in a bind.”
“One of Ace’s other Pokemon will likely need to step up if he’s going to find a way to win this!” Dan chimed.
“Solara!” Amber called, tossing her Poké Ball.
Solara returned to the battlefield in a blaze of fire.
The instant Amber released her again, the sun snapped back into existence overhead like a switch had been flipped. Heat surged across the arena. The shadows shortened. The light sharpened.
“SOLARA IS BACK!” Dan Stevens shouted.
“And with her return, Drought is active once again!” Wallace added. “Amber is reasserting environmental dominance!”
Ace didn’t flinch. He reached for his next Poké Ball.
“Go, Saur.”
For half a second, the stadium didn’t react.
Then Venusaur hit the field.
The reaction was immediate and visceral.
A ripple of disbelief rolled through the stands. Cameras cut wildly between the battlefield, commentators, analysts, and confused faces in the crowd.
Dan Stevens went dead silent for a beat.
“ ... Wait, what?”
Wallace leaned forward, incredulous.
“Is that...? That’s Ace’s Venusaur ... against a Fire specialist. In this sun.”
Online feeds exploded.
“What the fuck?”
“Is Ace throwing?”
“Is this a mistake? Dude just sent out a grass type against a sun boosted Charizard. SMH”
“WHY would he do that?”
Amber stared across the field, genuinely caught off guard for the first time all match. Her brow furrowed, eyes flicking from Venusaur ... to Ace.
“ ... Interesting,” she murmured.
Ace didn’t answer. Instead, he raised his Mega Ring.
“Saur,” he said calmly.
“Mega Evolve.”
The Mega Stone embedded in Venusaur’s flower ignited.
Green-white energy surged upward, vines thickening, petals spreading, the massive bloom unfurling like a living crown. The ground trembled as Mega Venusaur emerged fully transformed looking broader, heavier, and radiating raw vitality.
The stadium lost its damn mind.
“HE HAD A MEGA THIS WHOLE TIME?!” Dan shouted, “ACE TOMLINSON HAS BEEN SITTING ON A MEGA VENUSAUR?!”
Wallace shook his head in disbelief.
“And he’s never used it once during the Divine Challenge. Not against Mikaela, Anna, nor Chelsea. He waited until now.”
Even Amber’s composure cracked just slightly.
Ace locked eyes with her. That was when Amber did something no one expected.
“Return, Solara.”
The stadium erupted again, louder this time, confusion stacking on shock.
“WHAT?!”
“She’s pulling her Mega?!”
“Why would she...?!”
Dan Stevens was almost laughing in disbelief.
“Amber Pennebaker has withdrawn Mega Charizard Y in the middle of sun dominance! This match is WILD!”
Wallace’s tone sharpened. “That’s out of respect, caution, or both.”
Amber didn’t explain herself. She threw her next Poké Ball.
“Raya!”
Her Talonflame exploded onto the field in a streak of red and black, wings slicing the air as she circled fast and aggressive. The crowd recognized the threat instantly. Raya represented speed, aerial pressure, and priority.
Ace didn’t move.
“Saur,” he said evenly, “Sludge Wave.”
Mega Venusaur inhaled.
Then the battlefield erupted in toxic purple as a rolling wave of sludge blasted upward, clipping Raya mid-dive.
Talonflame shrieked, wings faltering as she struggled to stay airborne.
Wallace called it instantly.
“She’s poisoned!”
Amber snapped, “Flare Blitz!”
Raya screamed forward, body igniting as she slammed directly into Mega Venusaur in a violent explosion of flame.
The impact thundered. Saur slid back a step then planted himself. He didn’t fall.
Dan blinked. “He took that?!”
Wallace answered immediately.
“Thick Fat ability. Fire attacks are halved against Mega Venusaur. That was supposed to cripple him, and it didn’t because of its ability.”
Raya pulled back, breathing hard. Poison ticked visibly through her system, and scars layered over recoil damage.
Ace saw it, and smiled grimly.
“Saur,” he said, “Solar Beam!”
The sun overhead flared brighter. There was no charge or delay.
“Raya, FLY!” Amber shouted.
A column of blinding solar energy blasted from Mega Venusaur’s blooming flower.
Dan Stevens shouted over the blast.
“NO CHARGE UNDER DROUGHT! THIS IS FULL POWER!”
The blast missed Raya by inches.
“Keep at it, Saur!” Ace bellowed.
Saur took a second to track Raya’s trajectory and then fired another Solar Beam. This time the beam hit.
Raya went crashing to the ground with red feathers going everywhere.
“Saur Giga Drain!”
Raya yelled in agony as green light appeared around it, zapping its energy before the light flew back into Saur.
Some of the scars from Raya’s earlier Flare Blitz attack healed, as Saur regained HP.
Amber’s eyes widened.
“Raya, Brave Bird!”
Her Talonflame lifted up and lunged desperately, wings tucked, and its body accelerating. Raya’s body became engulfed in fiery blue light as it accelerated towards the Mega Venusaur, but then Saur launched another Solar Beam.
The beam swallowed Raya mid-flight, launching her backward in a burst of light and force. She hit the stone hard ... and didn’t get up.
The referee didn’t hesitate.
“Talonflame is unable to battle! Venusaur wins!”
The stadium erupted.
Ace had just knocked out a Fire/Flying ace with a Grass-type Pokémon under the sun.
Dan Stevens sounded breathless.
“This ... this isn’t madness. This is preparation.”
Wallace nodded slowly.
“He turned Amber’s sun into his weapon.”
Ace’s Mega Venusaur stood firm, flower blazing, breathing steady as let out a triumphant roar.
Across the field, Amber stared at him with a look that appeared to be calculating. For the first time in the match, the sun didn’t feel like hers anymore.
The broadcast returned from commercial to a stadium that felt different.
The sun still burned overhead, Mega Venusaur still stood tall at center field, and Amber Pennebaker hadn’t moved from her spot since her Talonflame fell.
The crowd buzzed with a new, dangerous thought: Ace Tomlinson was winning.
Dan Stevens leaned forward as the feed snapped back live.
“Welcome back, everyone. If you’re just joining us, Ace Tomlinson has turned this match on its head.”
Wallace nodded, eyes glued to the field.
“Mega Venusaur has already eliminated Talonflame under boosted sun. It’ll be interesting to see who Amber brings out next to slow his momentum.”
Amber finally moved. She lifted her next Poké Ball, with her expression unreadable.
“Garet, time to burn.”
She tossed the ball and it burst open in a roar of flame. Magmortar hit the field like a walking furnace with thick arms, cannon-like forearms already glowing, and heat rolling off its body in waves that distorted the air around it.
Dan’s tone sharpened. “Magmortar! That one’s got raw firepower! No finesse. No games.”
“And more importantly, special offense. This is the correct answer to Venusaur,” Wallace added immediately.
Amber didn’t waste time. “Fire Blast.”
Garet’s arm cannons ignited and unleashed a spiraling inferno toward Mega Venusaur.
Ace’s voice cut through instantly. “Solar Beam!”
The sun answered and Saur fired. A pillar of solar energy and a spiraling firestorm collided mid-field in a violent explosion of light and pressure. The shockwave rippled outward, rattling the stadium walls and sending a rolling boom through the stands.
The crowd screamed as smoke swallowed the battlefield.
When it cleared, both Pokémon still stood looking scorched, breathing hard, neither yielding.
Dan exhaled sharply.
“Neither one goes down! That was a dead-even collision!”
But above them, something changed. The blazing orb in the sky dimmed. The sun flickered ... and faded.
Wallace caught it immediately. “Drought has ended.”
Amber’s eyes sharpened.
“Now,” she said calmly, “Fire Blast.”
Without the boosted sun, Saur couldn’t fire Solar Beam without charging first. The Fire Blast attack landed clean.
Flames slammed into Mega Venusaur, forcing him back several steps as scorched vines snapped against the stone.
The crowd gasped. Ace didn’t panic.
“Saur,” he said evenly, “Sleep Powder.”
A cloud of pale green spores burst outward.
Garet roared and tried to power through, but then he slowed before staggering and finally collapsing forward with his flames dimming. The Magmortar dropped into unconscious sleep.
The stadium erupted again.
“HE GOT IT!” Dan shouted, “MAGMORTAR IS ASLEEP!”
Ace didn’t hesitate. “Giga Drain.”
Green energy wrapped Garet’s body as it sucked energy out of him and flowed back into Mega Venusaur. The crowd could see Saur recovering as his posture strengthened, and its flower bloomed brighter.
Wallace leaned back, stunned. “He’s healing in real time.”
“Again,” Ace said.
Amber’s jaw tightened. She weighed whether or not recalling Garet was the right move. If she recalled it now, then she’d have to deal with him being asleep later.
Another Giga Drain zapped Garet, and more of Saur’s health was restored.
Then suddenly, Garet’s eyes snapped open with a furious roar.
Amber shouted, “Garet, quick, Fire Blast!”
Garet immediately launched another Fire Blast and made another direct hit on Saur.
Flames washed over Mega Venusaur’s massive frame, but still he stood.
“SAUR IS STILL UP!” Dan nearly yelled.
Wallace answered fast.
“Thick Fat is really showing its strength here! Mega Venusaur is BUILT for this!”
Ace’s voice dropped. “Earth Power.”
The ground beneath Garet cracked open.
A violent surge of tectonic force erupted upward, slamming into Magmortar from below and launching the massive Fire-type backward. It landed hard and rolled once. Then it didn’t move.
After a moment, the referee raised his arm towards Ace.
“Magmortar is unable to battle! Venusaur wins!”
The stadium exploded. Ace had just taken the lead, 3–2.
A Grass-type Pokémon had eliminated two elite Fire-types on the world’s biggest stage.
Dan Stevens sounded unhinged with excitement.
“THIS IS UNBELIEVABLE! MEGA VENUSAUR, A GRASS-TYPE, IS DOMINATING THE MATCH!”
Wallace laughed once, shaking his head.
“This is one of the smartest strategic performances we’ve ever seen in the Divine Challenge..., and that’s saying something!”
Social feeds went nuclear.
“VENUSAUR IS A MONSTER!!”
“ACE TURNED THE SUN AGAINST HER”
“THIS IS WHY HE’S DIFFERENT”
“IS AMBER IN TROUBLE??”
Ace breathed steadily, eyes never leaving Amber. Then he noticed the look on her face. It was calm ... and dark.
Amber reached for her next Poké Ball. It was a Timer Ball. The stadium quieted seemingly instinctively. Amber didn’t raise her voice or posture.
She simply said, “Enough.”
Then she threw the ball and it popped open. The air changed. A metallic scream echoed across the arena as molten steel erupted from the light. Lava dripped and heat surged feeling deeper, heavier, and ancient.
A massive, iron-plated Pokémon slammed onto the battlefield, magma seeping from the gaps in its armor as glowing eyes locked onto Mega Venusaur.
The crowd didn’t cheer. They didn’t scream. They went silent.
Dan Stevens whispered, almost reverent. “ ... No way.”
Wallace swallowed. “ ... That’s ... that is Heatran!”
Heatran let out another metallic roar.
Amber Pennebaker had just revealed her ace, and the world understood, all at once: This fight wasn’t over. It was about to become something else entirely.
Social media erupted at the new arrival in the fourth Divine Challenge match.
HEATRAN???
AMBER CAUGHT A FUCKING LEGENDARY?!
AMBER MIGHT BE GOATED
IS AMBER STRONGER THAN ANGELINA?! HEATRAN IS A FUCKING LEGENDARY!!
I HAVE NO WORDS...
After being silent for a minute, the stadium was now in a frenzy.
“IS THAT HEATRAN?!”
“THAT’S CRAZY!”
“I JUST SHIT MYSELF!”
“SHIT, ACE MIGHT BE DONE.”
“BRO, THAT’S A FREAKING LEGENDARY ON THE BATTLEFIELD RIGHT NOW!”
“SERIOUSLY, CAN SOMEONE POINT ME TO THE BATHROOM?!”
All of the camera shots on the Jumbotrons were of Heatran from various angles.
“Ladies and gentlemen,” Dan Stevens called on the mic, “No, your eyes are not playing tricks on you. Gym leader Amber Pennebaker has just unleashed HEATRAN onto the battlefield. You are witnessing a Pokémon of legend live!”
“I’m not sure anyone even knew she had it,” Wallace chimed, “I wonder when she managed to capture such a powerful beast. Amber’s legend has elevated further with this reveal.”
The earlier sun dominance was gone now. Only the regular Solamira daylight shined, though Mega Venusaur stood tall anyway even in the face of this legendary adversary.
Ace’s jaw was tight. His hands didn’t shake, but his eyes sharpened.
“Saur,” he said, controlled. “Don’t let it bully you.”
Amber didn’t move nor smile.
“Go.” She said.
The referee’s arms cut down. “Begin!”
Ace snapped first. “Saur, Earth Power!”
Mega Venusaur roared. The ground under Heatran ruptured in a violent upward blast. Rock and dust detonated like a controlled mine, the force punching Heatran’s heavy body up and slamming it back down.
The crowd surged.
“EARTH POWER CONNECTS!” Dan yelled.
“That’ll do some damage, Dan!” Wallace exclaimed, “A Fire and Steel type like Heatran is very susceptible to Ground attacks!”
Heatran’s armor scraped stone as it steadied. It didn’t fall nor did it even look panicked.
It simply lowered its head like it was acknowledging the move ... and then deciding it didn’t care, super effective or not.
Wallace exhaled through his teeth.
“That would’ve ended most Fire-types.”
Amber’s voice stayed flat. “Magma Storm.”
Heatran roared, and the battlefield turned into a fire prison.
A circular vortex of molten fire erupted around Mega Venusaur with flames spiraling upward, not exploding outward. It was less a blast and more a cage, heat grinding into him from every angle.
The crowd recoiled.
Dan’s voice spiked. “SAUR’S TRAPPED!”
Wallace cut in immediately. “Magma Storm prevents switching! Ace can’t just withdraw Venusaur!”
Ace’s eyes narrowed. He understood the real threat instantly. This wasn’t about one big Fire hit. This was control plus attrition.
“Saur, Giga Drain!”
Green light flashed around Heatran as Mega Venusaur siphoned energy from it. Some health returned to Venusaur but not that much.
“Heatran has a double resistance to grass moves with its dual Fire-Steel typing. Wallace said, observing, “Giga Drain won’t be nearly as effective!”
The fire from Magma Storm didn’t stop. The vortex kept chewing.
Amber didn’t rush. She watched, looking measured.
Then she said, “Taunt.”
Heatran’s eyes flared. It barked a metallic snarl that felt like it hit Mega Venusaur’s brain more than his body.
Saur’s eyes darkened. It let out a roar as if Heatran had personally offended it.
Wallace’s tone sharpened. “Taunt! That prevents status moves! Sleep Powder is off the table now!”
That mattered because everyone knew Ace still had Sleep Powder up his sleeve but not anymore. Amber had just cut the legs out from under it.
Ace clenched his jaw. He didn’t look at the crowd or the cameras.
“Saur,” he said, voice hard. “Earth Power again!”
The ground erupted under Heatran a second time. Heatran grunted, and staggered half a step with its magma dripping brighter.
The crowd roared at the sight.
Dan shouted, “HE’S STILL HURTING IT!”
Amber’s eyes narrowed slightly.
“Flash Cannon.”
Heatran opened its mouth and fired a concentrated beam of superheated bright silver steel energy.
The attack hit like a sledgehammer made of metal light, slamming into Mega Venusaur’s torso, and detonating with a crack that echoed off the stadium walls. Mega Venusaur was shoved back hard, skidding, its claws scraping stone.
He stayed standing but then its posture changed.
Wallace said it bluntly. “That’s the turn. Venusaur’s now in survival mode.”
“Synthesis!” Ace bellowed.
Mega Venusaur roared, trying to maintain. Its body glowed and some of its wounds healed. The crowd was loud again, begging for the impossible.
Amber spoke calmly, like she was calling checkmate.
“Earth Power.”
Ace’s eyes widened a fraction.
Heatran slammed its claws down.
The ground beneath Mega Venusaur buckled upward then detonated from below. A brutal subterranean shock slammed into him, snapping his body up and crashing him back down in the same motion.
Mega Venusaur hit the stone once, then twice. Then his flower sagged. The Magma Storm finally dissipated, flames collapsing inward like a closing fist.
Silence.
Ace stepped forward without thinking, then stopped himself.
“Saur...?”
Mega Venusaur tried to rise.
His vines trembled. Then he slumped fully, unconscious. Saur reverted back to its normal form.
The referee raised his arm.
“Venusaur is unable to battle. Heatran wins!”
The stadium’s roar died into something stunned and sick.
Not because Venusaur was “exposed”, but because it wasn’t. It fought correctly, hard, and brilliantly..., and yet Heatran still took it.
Dan’s voice came out quieter.
“That’s ... that’s it for Saur.”
Wallace sounded grim. “And Ace just lost the centerpiece of his strategy.”
Ace recalled his fallen Venusaur slowly. The red light swallowed him.
When the Poké Ball clicked into Ace’s hand, his fingers tightened around it like he was trying not to show the weight of what just happened.
Across the field, Amber finally moved.
She didn’t smile or gloat. She just watched Ace like a woman who fully intended to earn the right to take Ho-Oh.
After the commercial break, the stadium and audiences worldwide still hadn’t quite recovered from Venusaur’s fall.
Mega energy still crackled faintly in the air as Ace’s Poké Ball snapped shut around the recalled Saur. The crowd noise didn’t rise or fall but hovered, uncertain, like everyone was afraid to exhale too hard.
Draco and Saur were both out along with Nessie.
Ace stood at his side of the field with his jaw set and eyes burning now with resolve.
He reached for his next Poké Ball.
“Lee,” he said quietly, “You’re up.”
The ball arced forward and popped open.
Lee, the Infernape, hit the stone in a burst of fire and motion, landing in a low crouch, flames flaring along his crown and shoulders. He cracked his knuckles once, eyes locked forward, chest rising and falling fast.
Dan Stevens latched onto it immediately.
“Ace is turning to Infernape! After losing Dragonite and Venusaur, this is pure fighter energy!”
Wallace nodded grimly. “Lee’s fast, adaptive, and dangerous up close, but he’s coming in against a trainer who has already shown she’s willing to trade damage for control.”
Across the field, Amber didn’t hesitate.
“Return, Heatran.”