Garchomp tilted her head back, her eyes filling with tears before she even realized it.
This Dragon-type Pokémon had never cried, no matter how badly she was hurt or how desperate her situation became.
Now, at last, she shed the first tear of her life.
She had competed with Lucario for over a decade, yet neither had ever come out on top.
Garchomp had thought that, in the days to come, they would keep competing endlessly, just as they always had.
Until the years wore their teeth down and their bodies grew old, until they no longer had the strength to raise their claws or unleash their moves.
She had even imagined that, in their twilight years, they would follow the example of their elders, lounging together on a large rock as they watched the younger Pokémon chase one another and grow day by day.
Then, in some quiet moment, they would calmly greet the end of their lives.
But today, her old rival, her longtime companion who had always insisted on proving which of them was stronger...
Had become one of the Shadow Pokémon they had once despised so much.
After the grief came a fury fierce enough to burn everything to ashes. Garchomp abruptly turned toward Terrakion, whom she had sent flying.
"Chomp!!!"
Her earth-shaking roar declared that this terrifying beast had reached the peak of her rage.
Blood surged through her body, the muscles beneath her skin instantly tensed, and the ground beneath her feet shattered under her tremendous strength.
Garchomp shot forward like an arrow loosed from a bow.
Layer upon layer of cyan energy coated her claws as she charged straight at Terrakion with unstoppable momentum.
"Terra!"
A Sacred Sword more than ten meters long swung out and collided violently with her Dragon Claw. A