134 Chapter 134

In contrast to the previous three pokemon I sent out to face against Lance's monster of a Dragonite, the reception for Fearow was rather lacklustre.

Before there were gasps of awe, shock or excitement. Fearow himself merely received a bevy of blank looks and near silence beyond a few mutters.

"…Is he out of powerful pokemon now then?" I heard one of the reporters mumble to a cameraman beside him.

"Must be, I mean, kind of a lame follow up right after those three," the camera toting man agreed, "Well can't really expect another crazy pokemon right after those three, impressive as the kid is, he's still a kid."

I barely resisted scowling, and it took a supreme effort not to tell him to shut the fuck before I shove that camera so far up his ass he'll be able to give himself a colonoscopy.

The audible cracking of my knuckles as I flexed and clenched my fingers into a fist was not something I held back on though.

Fearow to my surprise, merely puffed his chest out proudly and ignored their useless chatter.

A bit odd to be honest, I'd think with how prideful he can be he'd take extra insult to their words, but no, it was like rain water splashing against a boulder and sliding off.

In contrast to the extra's though, I noted Professor Oak giving Fearow a neutral look, one eyebrow raised, while the other Professor, Chloe's dad was cupping his chin and examining my try hard bird.

At least they knew better.

"Quite the size that Fearow has," Lance commented, bringing my attention back to him, "If you chose it to come after Dragonite and Milotic, and especially in a battle like this, then it must be quite the battler."

"Fearow is the second pokemon I caught," I replied, crossing my arms and smirking at him in approval, Lance wasn't an idiot like those npc's and could see the greatness that lay within my pokemon, "Beyond my starter he's been with me the longest and that reflects in his strength. Hell, before I even caught him, he was the leader of a flock of Spearow that numbered over a thousand."

Fearow preened smugly at my words, tilting his long beck up a bit and jutting his massive beak out proudly.

"Stronger than the three amazing pokemon you've already used?" Lance raised an eyebrow in interest.

"Much." I nodded simply.

Fearow was try hard bird number two for a reason after all.

Lance's lips transitioned into a massive grin, "Then this should be fun," he barked out with a laugh, raising one hand towards Fearow, "Dragonite, fire off a Thunder!"

Once more a burning orange aura of crackling lightning exploded into existence around the Dragonite high in the sky above us, the thick powerful smell of ozone assaulting my senses again.

That was the sheer power that Dragonite could call upon within a split moment, of an elemental attack not even its type.

Saying it had power in spades, was putting it lightly and then some…and a half and more.

Dragonite unleashed the attack and a massive pillar of crackling lightning descended through the air towards Fearow.

Unlike Milotic though, I didn't bother giving him the order to dodge. Nor did I even give him any order.

We had after all, long since came up with a way of dealing with electric attacks. The only reason Milotic wasn't able to do it, was because I hadn't gotten around to teaching her the attack she needed for it yet.

Silver light erupted into existence along Fearow's wings as he spread them wide and promptly buried them in the ground, just a split moment before the massive pillar of lightning slammed into him.

Where before the sheer power and force contained within the massive electrical blast had torn the battlefield asunder against Milotic, this time, it did nothing of the sort.

As Fearow took it head on and diverted the massive charge of lightning safely into the ground.

Due to the sheer size of it, it took Fearow a little longer than it usually would, but even still, within a few seconds it was done and the Thunder attack was safely diffused.

Stunned silence met us moments later and I saw Lance staring gobsmacked at me, actually wide eyed.

Perhaps the first true shock he'd had of this battle. Sure I'd taken him by surprise a few times, but not truly shocked him.

"How…did you do that?" Lance asked, goggling at me and Fearow.

"That's for me to know, and you to…dot dot dot," my smirk widened as I uncrossed my arms and thrust a hand up towards Dragonite, "Fearow, Razor Wind!"

Fearow tore his wings from the ground, the silver glow replaced by a light blue and he whipped his wings out, scything them through the air and unleashed a pair of large energy sickles that shot up through the air, followed by another set and another, his wings scything through the air back and forward in a blur, at such speeds it sounded like multiple cannons were going off.

In the span of a breath, dozens of energy sickles were tearing through the air towards Dragonite.

The dragon pokemon twirled avoiding two, then beat its swings and accelerated, swerving through the air like a zooming jet, outpacing the barrage of attacks easily even with its slowed speed from being paralyzed.

But as with many things that had happened so far in this battle. That was fine.

Because I only wanted to get a feel for its speed now.

And now I know.

And-

"Chase it down Fearow!" I ordered.

Firing off one last pair of energy sickles, Fearow's wings pulled back as they did with the attack and he used the momentum he'd built up to thrust himself into the air with a powerful jump and beat his wings, taking off at maximum speed.

The wind rumbled like thunder was generating above, but in fact, it was just Fearow's speed.

Without any Tailwind, without any quick attack, without any Agility or anything like that, Fearow broke the sound barrier with his own raw unenhanced speed.

Fearow ascended into the air with all the speed of a fighter jet and was hundreds of feet in the air before anyone even realised what was happening and was upon Dragonite in moments.

"Dragonite, turn and Dragon Pulse!" Lance quickly countered.

Just as Fearow was approaching Dragonite from behind, his beak beginning to glow with white power, the huge dragon whirled around, multi-coloured energy forming in its maw.

"Protect!" I shouted.

Dragonite unleashed a massive beam of multi-coloured power that swept over Fearow's form, spreading out wide enough it covered an expanse that was easily fifty feet wide.

The massive beam of power didn't last long though as Dragonite grimaced, body going limp mid-air and beginning to lose altitude.

I grinned as the power faded away to reveal Fearow safely hidden within the confines of a spherical green barrier.

It shattered a split moment later, just that quick instance of Dragonite's attack being too much for it.

But it was enough.

"Toxic!" I declared, glee filling me.