"Aerial Eagle, press the advantage! Use Brave Bird again!" Seeing Brave Bird land successfully, Moe's eyes lit up, and she ordered a follow-up attack. Aerial Eagle responded once more.
"Honchkrow, Sky Attack!" Aerial Eagle had put tremendous force into its last Brave Bird, and Honchkrow had gone with the momentum, leaving a considerable distance between them. That distance was just about enough for Honchkrow to charge Sky Attack. Since both Pokémon had little stamina left after their fierce exchange, Liu Qing went straight for a powerful move.
Flames enveloped Aerial Eagle's body before transforming into a sky-blue radiance as it charged at Honchkrow. Meanwhile, a white glow gradually spread over Honchkrow. Just as Aerial Eagle approached, that glow blazed brightly, signaling that the charge was complete. Honchkrow accelerated into a white streak and flew to meet Aerial Eagle.
High in the air, the sky-blue and white figures hurtled toward each other, mere moments from collision. But just then, Honchkrow abruptly dropped, and the two Pokémon flashed past each other instead. Committed to its full-power attack, Aerial Eagle could no longer stop by the time it reacted. Honchkrow wheeled around behind it and swooped above it, trailing white light as its powerful Sky Attack struck Aerial Eagle squarely in the back. The blue glow burst apart, exposing Aerial Eagle's body, and before anyone could react, Honchkrow drove it into the battlefield with a boom, throwing up a huge cloud of dust.
"Aerial Eagle!" Honchkrow's dodge and counterattack had happened so quickly that Aerial Eagle had already crashed into the ground by the time Moe registered what had happened. Like most of the Pokémon Trainers watching, she stared in disbelief and cried out. At that moment, a dark figure shot out of the dust and stopped in front of Liu Qing, revealing