The Pressure King

"Hey-ho," Kingdra endured the stabbing pain coursing through its body as its poisoning flared up for the second time. It felt utterly miserable. It was not fatal, but its entire body felt as though it were being pricked by needles. Its thick scales offered no protection; poisoning was internal damage.

"Poliwrath, Rain Dance..."

"Rain Dance? Could it be?" Upon hearing Rain Dance, Brother Storm saw dark clouds instantly gather overhead and guessed Yu Hai's intentions.

If nothing unexpected happened, Poliwrath's Ability might be the same as Kingdra's—an Ability that increased speed in rainy weather.

He would neither stop it nor stand idly by and watch Rain Dance take effect. Instead, he shouted, "Kingdra, Dragon Pulse..."

"Hey-ho!" Kingdra opened its mouth and fired a multicolored dragon-shaped beam of energy at its opponent.

"Poliwrath?" Yu Hai looked toward Poliwrath and saw that it had finished using Rain Dance. Ignoring the drizzle beginning to fall from the sky, it had already leaped away with Waterfall. The spot where it had stood exploded with a boom, rainwater and shattered stone scattering everywhere.

"Nice one, Poliwrath. Use Drain Punch..."

"Yoru!" Poliwrath swiftly jumped to Kingdra's side and threw a backhanded punch at it, but Kingdra dodged again.

"Kingdra, Dragon Scale..."

"This is bad, Dragon Scale." Yu Hai looked toward Poliwrath. Both Elite-class Pokémon were at the end of their ropes. Given Poliwrath's current condition, it was hard to say whether it could endure Kingdra's Dragon Scale burst until the end.

"Poliwrath, dodge. If you can't dodge, use Protect..."

"Yoru!" Seeing Kingdra's eyes turn blood-red, Poliwrath immediately leaped away with Waterfall, evading the attack Kingdra spat out.

But in the rain, Kingdra was no slower than Poliwrath. If Poliwrath had not been able to burst forth, it would have been caught long ago.

As one chased