As Starmie fell to the ground, Mio Takamiya learned just how strong Moltres was.
Mio Takamiya recalled Starmie and glanced at Raichu beside her.
"Raichu, I'll leave this to you."
"Rai!"
Raichu stepped straight forward and looked up at Moltres in the sky, its eyes filled with fighting spirit and not a trace of fear.
"Raichu! Use Thunderbolt!"
At Mio Takamiya's command, electricity lit up all over Raichu's body, gathering into a powerful electric blast that shot toward Moltres.
Moltres turned sideways, narrowly avoiding Raichu's Thunderbolt, but it could sense that this Raichu's Thunderbolt was already on par with that of Zapdos, a fellow Legendary Pokémon.
Just then, Moltres swooped down and used Flamethrower on Raichu.
"Raichu! Use Iron Tail!"
As Mio Takamiya finished speaking, Raichu's lightning-shaped tail took on a metallic sheen.
Raichu leaped up and swung its tail, actually smashing Moltres's Flamethrower apart.
Then Mio Takamiya continued issuing commands. "Raichu! Use Thunderbolt!"
Raichu had just scattered Moltres's Flamethrower when it heard Mio Takamiya's command. Golden electricity lit up its body again, and a powerful Thunderbolt shot straight toward Moltres.
Moltres clearly had not expected Mio Takamiya's Raichu to be able to smash its Flamethrower apart with Iron Tail.
Seeing Raichu's Thunderbolt right before its eyes, Moltres hurriedly climbed higher.
But Raichu's Thunderbolt still grazed its body, and this time, Moltres showed a hint of discomfort.
Although the electricity had only grazed it slightly, Raichu's Thunderbolt rivaled Zapdos's, so even that graze caused Moltres some pain.
Seeing Moltres climb higher, Mio Takamiya could only have Raichu keep attacking it with Thunderbolt, since Raichu could not fly.
Like an electric tower, Raichu kept using Thunderbolt on Moltres from the ground.
Moltres kept dodging in the sky, but fighting this way made it very uncomfortable. After all, it was a legendary