The next day-Quartz Stadium-the last match of the quarterfinals.
After the announcer's introduction, everyone in Quartz Stadium's audience knew a little about Mio Takamiya and Ash Ketchum.
Finally, at the referee's command, the last match of the quarterfinals officially began.
Mio Takamiya and Ash Ketchum threw their Poké Balls at the same time.
"I choose you! Bulbasaur!"
"Come out, Pidgeot!"
The light faded, and Ash Ketchum's Bulbasaur and Mio Takamiya's Pidgeot appeared in the Battle Arena.
At the sight of Mio Takamiya's powerful Pidgeot, Ash Ketchum felt fired up, but Mio Takamiya threw cold water on his enthusiasm with her absolute strength.
Bulbasaur faced Pidgeot, but the enormous level gap, combined with the type disadvantage, left Bulbasaur suffering a crushing defeat against Mio Takamiya's Pidgeot.
Afterward, Ash Ketchum sent out Pikachu against Mio Takamiya's Pidgeot, employing his own unique battle methods.
Mio Takamiya was not quite used to them at first, allowing Ash Ketchum to gain quite a few advantages. If her Pidgeot had not been physically strong enough, and had not also undergone special electric shock training with Raichu to develop some resistance to electric shocks,
Pidgeot would have been defeated by Ash Ketchum's Pikachu.
With Pidgeot's stamina too depleted, Mio Takamiya switched in Nine-Tails.
As expected, Ash Ketchum sent out Squirtle. Although Squirtle did not fare as badly as when facing Blaine's Nine-Tails, Squirtle still fell before lasting five rounds.
Next, Ash Ketchum sent out Pidgeotto, hoping to use the advantage of flight to defeat Mio Takamiya's Nine-Tails.
In the end, however, Mio Takamiya's Nine-Tails still defeated Pidgeotto with Extrasensory.
At this point, Ash Ketchum had only two Pokémon left: Primeape and Charizard. In the end, he decided to send out Charizard.
Ash Ketchum and Charizard worked in perfect sync, finally defeating Mio Takamiya's Nine-Tails after a hard-fought