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B. Be enraging. Bruno needs to get angry to stand a chance. Not full of self-pity.

The Rhydon swings upside-down Bruno around and starts slapping him about to the delight or the crowd.

Rhydon: "Rhydon Rhydon Rhydon! " (I'm the greatest son of a Growlithe that ever lived!)

You: "Magikarp! Magikarp Magikarp!" (Bruno! You have to fight back! Stop letting them push you around! Harness all your rage and use it!)

It isn't working. Rhydon is flicking Bruno's face to amuse the crowd. Bruno and you have made direct eye contact. It almost feels like he can understand you.

You think for a moment. How did your brothers used to make you angry? Oh yeah they were all bigger than you and pushed you around. Not helpful. You can't think what to say.

You: "Magikarp MagikarpMagikarp!" (Bruno you've got to get mad! You must be angry!)

Bruno: "Why would I be hungry when I'm getting killed!? Why would you even say that at a time like this!? WHAT THE HELL IS WRONG WITH YOU!? Aaaaarrrghhh!"

With a screaming roar Bruno kicks Rhydon in the side of the head with his good leg. Before Rhydon hits the ground, Bruno frees his other leg, spins and punches Rhydon In the jaw.

They both start thrashing about in an uncoordinated meele that resembles two sentient busses repeatedly crashing into each other.

An irresistible force meets an immovable object as the two lock arms and start start grappling. Trying to overpower the other.

They're both grunting and It looks like an evenly matched dead heat until Bruno's horn stabbed leg gives way and he drops to one knee while grimacing.

Rhydon now has leverage and pushes Bruno onto his back.

Blaine: "Yes Rhydon! Finish him off!"

The crowd starts calling for it "Horn Drill! Horn Drill! Horn Drill!"

Rhydon starts bringing his head down for horn drill directly in Bruno's face when at the last moment Bruno grabs the base of the horn with both hands.

He then starts twisting and the Rhydon screams in a high pitch you did not think it was possible of reaching. Bruno twists even harder and pulls back. Ripping the horn right off the Rhydon's face with a terrible fleshy tear.

You can tell that Yenke and Biran aren't in the crowd because no one is laughing now.

The Rhydon backs away, grabbing its face where its horn used to be but Bruno is already back on his feet, well foot. He's hopping on one leg and starts smacking and stabbing the Rhydon around with its own horn.

You: "Magikarp Magikarp?" (Okay maybe that's a little too angry?)

Bruno hoists the Rhydon above his head and hurls it at Blaine. With a thunderous impact they crash into each other. Blaine is left flat on the floor, legs sprawled with the Rhydon next to him and his cane in pieces.

Blaine: "Will you people stop ruining my things!? EEEEEEK!"

Blaine screams like a little girl as Rhydon's sharp horn lands between his legs with a loud thud, sticking out of the ground an inch away from his pokeballs.

Rhydon fainted.

Bruno waves his arms at the silenced crowd.

Bruno: "Are you not enter-" then stumbles over his wounded leg, falling onto his face again. "Aggh, I'm bad at this..."

Blaine: "You.... You're despicable! You think you can come to my Island! While the whole town is out! And humiliate me in front of everyone I know?"
Bruno: "Yeah pretty much, I mean that is the gist of it."

Blaine: "Grrrr.. You think you've won don't you!? You truly have no idea. I still have one Pokemon left and i-"

Bruno: "Ohhhh what is it? A Rapidash? An Oddish? Oh! Maybe an Accelgor? Pfft, look what I just did to your Rhydon. On one leg too! Whatever you got is going to be a Gastly in 5 minutes."

The crowd all start stamping their feet In anticipation. The whole gym starts to vibrate making you slosh around helplessly in your bucket. They all know something you don't.

Blaine: "Well Bruno. You may have been an elite. But me? I've always been a LEGEND!"

He throws his last pokeball and in a crimson blaze of fire that hurts your eyes just to look at, a Moltres appears in all its glory with a proud squawk.

Before you could say it's name, it's zipping around the air. It does loops, spins, corkscrews and spreads jets of flame into marvelous patterns as it soars above the arena. It's 4 times as fast as the Ponyta ever was.

The entire crowd all stomp, clap and chant In unison. "Molt-res! Molt-tres! Molt-res! Molt-tres!"

Bruno: "Huh... that's a big bird..."

Moltres: "Moltres." (Omae wa m shinde iru)

Bruno: "Nani?"

It swoops down, faster than the wind and generates a gargantuan tsunami of fire that engulfs everything around it, including Bruno. For a few moments the whole arena is red as fire washes over it.

The entire crowd gasp in shock and awe. Nothing is left of the arena grounds after the attack has finished except mounds of ash and dirt. You find it fortuitous that you were already in water.

It's super effective! Everything this bird does is super effective!

Blaine: "And that's the last anyone ever saw of that guy. And there was much rejoicing."

Some of the ground starts to shift until you can't believe your eyes when you realize it's Bruno, covered head to toe in ash and dirt as he crawls back to his feet.

Bruno: *Huff puff* "Meh, your daughter hits harder than that."

Somehow, someway, Bruno is still in there. He's acting tough but he's badly burned and breathing heavy. You are overwhelmingly relieved that his pants were fire resistant.

Blaine: "Impossible!!! No one has ever withstood an attack from Moltres before!"

Bruno: "I am not no one. I am an ELITE!"
Blaine: "That doesn't even make sense!"
Bruno: "I've lost a lot of blood."

Blaine: "Oh to heck with this charade! Moltres! Stop showing off and just end this! Now!"

Moltres is preparing for another attack.

What do you do?

A. Go Bruno! Attack it now!
B. You can't beat fire with your fists Bruno. You need a strategy. Use your head!
C. Withdraw Bruno. Up and at 'em Trainer!(injured)
D. Withdraw Bruno. Legendary flame is no match for my Splash
F. M-m-m-moltres!? Run! Flee! Surrender! Evacuate! Get outta here!

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