Shout out to Gnarlee, of DeviantART, for their artwork above!

Trevor tosses the Pokéball into the air and out came a large, avian Pokémon with dark red feathers on its back and dark blue feathers on its underside. Its tail feathers are red, turning to yellow, and then blue at the tips. Braviary's legs are long and thick with yellow feet that each have a digit facing backward, and three facing forward. Each digit is tipped by a short, thick, black claw. It has a long, thick beak with a blue cere. On either side of the cere, there are Braviary's eyes, which are black with small white pupils. Sprouting from above the eyes, there are three large, white feathers. At the base of the feathers, there's a red, three-pointed design that is spread across all three feathers. On each side of Braviary's face, sprouting out from behind the feathers on its forehead, are an additional three white feathers pointing horizontally and downward. Behind the three feathers, on its head, is a large plume of white feathers, extending most of the way down its neck. The valiant Pokémon squawked a frightening cry, as it's gazed at his opponent.

"A Flying type. Huh?" Ash stated as he reached down for his second Pokémon. "In that case, I'll go with a flying type, as well! Staraptor, I choose you!"

Ash threw his Pokéball into the air to reveal his next Pokémon. When the light, from the Pokéball, dimmed, a grayish-brown, avian Pokémon had appeared, hovering in front of its trainer. It has small, red eyes and a thin, yellow beak with a black tip. There is a circular white patch on its forehead, which meant that it's a male. Larger white markings cover the front of its throat and chest, separated by a black ruff encircling the shoulders. A red-tipped, black crest extends over its head, nearly reaching the tip of its beak. Staraptor is fussy about the shape of this comb. It has large wings, five black-tipped tail feathers, and yellow feet with black talons. The predator Pokémon squawked an intimidating cry, as it eyed its flying opponent with a determined look, in its eyes.

Both flying Pokémon gazed at each other, with nor fear being expressed in their eyes. They were ready to battle, as Ash called the first move.

"Staraptor, use Quick Attack!" Ash yelled out.

Staraptor began to fly towards Braviary, at a fast speed, as a white trail of energy is forming behind it. Braviary didn't seem intimidated by the fast incoming attack.

"Stay still, Braviary!" Trevor commanded, which made Ash surprised by his opponent's move.

Following its trainer's instructions, Braviary didn't attempt to dodge the Quick Attack and allowed Staraptor to tackle it. As the attack made contact, both the valiant Pokémon and its trainer smirked and chuckled. Ash then realized what they are about to do.

"Staraptor, get out of there!"

"Superpower! Go!" Trevor shouted out.

Suddenly, Braviary's body became surrounded in a light blue aura. It strikes a blow onto the predator Pokémon's head, with its wings, which sent the Pokémon crashing down into the ground, while causing dust to cover the battlefield.

"Staraptor! Are you alright?!" Ash shouted out, looking to hear a listen from his flying type.

When the dust settled, it revealed a still conscious predator Pokémon, as it let out an intimidating cry that's echoing throughout the stadium.

"Good, Staraptor! Can you still battle?" Ash asked, as the predator Pokémon turned back to look at its trainer, while giving him a nod, to show that it still wanted to battle. Ash nodded back as they both turned back to their opponent.

"Your Staraptor is gutsy." Trevor compliments his flying foe. "But guts won't help you win this fight, Aaron!"

"We'll see about that!" Ash responded back, as he's about to call out his next attack. "Quick Attack again, then into Close Combat!"

"Dodge that!" Trevor commanded.

Braviary flew upward to avoid the incoming speed attack, but only for the predator Pokémon to chase after it.

When Staraptor got into a striking range between it and its opponent, the white trail of energy, behind the flying type, vanished and Staraptor began to repeatedly kick, peck, and hit the valiant Pokémon with its wings, at a fast speed. The final blow hit the opponent, in the chest, pushing it backward, but only for it to regain its composure in the air.

Trevor grinned at Ash's move, as both trainers called out their next attacks at the same time.

"Brave Bird, Braviary!"

"You too, Staraptor!"

Both flying types pulled in their wings, as they dive down towards each other, like a missile, their bodies were bursting into flames. Then, they pulled out their wings, their bodies became surrounded by a blue aura. The attack collided, resulting in an explosion that sent both Pokémon flying across the battlefield.

When the cloud of smoke vanished, it showed that both flying types had light blue sparks running up on their wings, as they each took recoil damage. They were breathing heavily, out of exhaustion. Both trainer's thoughts were racing about the condition of their Pokémon.

If we get hit with one more attack, Braviary will be knocked out. Our next attack needs to be a strong one.

Whatever attack that Trevor may throw our way, we'll need to dodge that and strike back with a counterattack.

"Giga Impact! Finish this!" Trevor shouted out.

"Staraptor, use Quick Attack to dodge. Then, use Brave Bird!"

The valiant Pokémon flies into the sky and its body became surrounded by orange streaks. A purple energy then appears from the top of the streaks and envelops Braviary's body. It then flies towards the opponent, but only for Staraptor to quickly fly upward, while leaving behind a white trail of energy.

Watching the predator Pokémon dodged their strongest attack, both Braviary and Trevor gasped in shock.

"Now, do it!" Ash commanded his flying type.

The predator Pokémon then dive down, while its body was covered in a blue aura, and made contact above the body of the motionless valiant Pokémon, as it slams Braviary hard into the ground.

As the predator moved away from the crash site, it showed a knocked out Braviary.

"Awesome! Great work, Staraptor!" Ash praised his Pokémon, as the predator Pokémon landed in front of its trainer. Light blue sparks were running upon its wings, taking recoil damage from using that risky flying type move. It let out a soft cry of victory while breathing heavily.

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The group was watching the battle, at the edge of their seats because of intense battling that has been displayed so far in this matchup. Everyone couldn't turn their eyes away from the battlefield below. Even the champions found the ongoing battle to be intense too.

Serena was smiling at the fact that Ash took out Trevor's second Pokémon, and he hasn't lost one yet.

"Looks like Aaron's doing well against Trevor. Isn't he?" Serena stated turned to Brittany, who was sitting next to her.

"Maybe, Serena. However," Brittany began to respond. "What Aaron doesn't realize that those two were just a warm-up. Now, the real battle is about to begin."

Her comment changed the expression on Serena's face, from happy to worried, as she turned back and looked down upon the battlefield below. Her eyes made their way to the masked trainer, as thoughts of concern appeared in her mind. Don't get cocky, Ash! Trevor is no pushover! Please, be careful.

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Trevor returned his fallen flying type back to its Pokéball while praising it for the effort that the valiant Pokémon put up, during the battle. Trevor then unclipped a Pokéball, from his belt, before hearing his opponent's comment about him.

"You don't seem that tough! I just defeated two of your Pokémon, while I still have all of mine!"

Trevor smirked and chuckled at Ash's remark. "Oh Aaron, you seem to be confident that you'll beat me here today. However, don't get too confident, just because you knocked out my first two Pokémon! Like what happened to Macbeth, overconfidence can lead to one's downfall."

"Yeah, sure. Now then, bring out your next Pokémon!" Ash shouted out.

Trevor grinned as he extended his right hand while holding a Pokéball in it, out, which was pointing towards Ash and his Staraptor.

"My next Pokémon just happens to be the one that I started my journey with!" Trevor yelled out, as Ash and Staraptor felt a lump in their throats about the Pokémon that Trevor is going to use next.

"And now, you're about to face him! I'm counting on you, Charizard!"

Once the light, from the Pokéball, faded away, it revealed Trevor's loyal partner who he started his journey with. Standing before Trevor, was his own Charizard. When the flame Pokémon came out, it let out a powerful and loud roar that sent chill up the crowd's veins, as they witnessed Trevor's long time and strongest partner appeared, right before their eyes.

Ash and Staraptor stood in shock at the beast, right in front of them, as it gazed towards them. Ash took a back down, due to feeling a bit nervous about facing Trevor's powerful partner that began his journey with.

Trevor noticed Ash's nervous look in his eyes and responded, with a voice of great authority, "You may have won the first few battles, Aaron, but the war is far from over! Now the true battle is about to begin!"