After repeatedly assuring everyone that what had just happened was merely a "Sword Immortal Eevee aftereffect," Leafeon began seriously recalling Ye Lan's condition at the time.
"Bui, bui!"
After moving him into several poses, Leafeon looked at Ye Lan and nearly punched herself again.
Ye Lan was now down on one knee, both hands on his waist, staring resolutely ahead. Wasn't this the freaking transformation pose from the tokusatsu show she had been watching lately? She had completely mixed things up!
Think again. Think again!
Was it like this...?
No, that was the entrance pose from One-Punch Eevee!
No, that was the pose from Battle Through the Pokémon Chronicles when someone came demanding an explanation!
"Bui!"
Leafeon collapsed helplessly to the ground. Why was her head filled with nothing but anime and novel plots?!
Boom!
A moment later, while Leafeon was still racking her brain without any idea where to start, the Protect barrier finally gave way under Mega Charizard's relentless assault and shattered completely.
The pitch-black pillar of flame surged straight toward Ye Lan. Rillaboom and Serperior wanted to stop it, but maintaining the Protect barrier had exhausted them. They could only watch it happen.
"Bui!"
In front of Ye Lan, Leafeon swung her Leaf Blade to block the incoming attack. Yet the black flames did not slow at all. The moment they touched the Leaf Blade, they exploded, engulfing both Ye Lan and Leafeon.
When the black flames dispersed, Ye Lan and Leafeon lay unconscious on the ground, their bodies charred black.
Beside them, Serperior was also unconscious. Large patches of scales on her belly had carbonized and fallen away, leaving her just as grievously injured.
At the last instant before the explosion, Serperior had used a burst of speed to throw herself in front of Ye Lan