DC002

==Synopsis==
Justin begins his challenge against the Hoenn Elite Four.
==Summary==
Justin awakens in a hotel at the Battle Resort Island with Eevee at the end of the bed. Both Pokemon and Trainer quickly get out of bed, excited for the day's battle. 
At the Battle Resort stadium, several journalists are reporting the upcoming battle between Justin, the winner of the most recent Ever Grande Conference and Sidney, the first member of the Hoenn Elite Four. News outlets discuss Justin's odds and mention that he has won each of the seven Battle Tent challenges before officially announcing his intent to face the Elite Four in a bid to become the next Champion of Hoenn.
The stadium is steadily filled with a large audience that include Summer, Andrew, Evyr, Connor, Justin's parents, and Yazmyne, Justin's little sister. Carrie is particularly nervous about the battle and already shouts Justin's name in a cheer even though the battle has not even started. 
After a long wait, Champion Steven and three members of the Elite Four: Phoebe, Glacia, and Drake sit at the top of the stadium atop of thrones. The emcee gets the audience's attention and calls out Justin, the challenger, who emerges from the left entrance to the sound of applause. Sidney is then called next, and he's excited to face Justin.
The emcee announces the rules, which are similar to the final rounds of the Ever Grande Conference. Justin and Sidney will compete in a Full Battle on a designated field, a grass battlefield, that will change after one side loses three Pokemon. Both sides are allowed one swap in the first and second halves of the battle. As both sides understand, the battle begins. 
Sidney starts the battle with Skuntank and Justin chooses Swellow. Swellow opens by firing pellets of Hidden Power. Skuntank counters with Flamethrower. Flamethrower devours he Ice-Type Hidden Power, but Swellow dodges the flames and dives toward Skuntank with Aerial Ace. Skuntank matches Swellow with Night Slash for an explosive collision. Justin orders Swellow to swerve back into a second Aerial Ace, but Swellow begins to fly very erratically, disturbed by something. Sidney reveals his Skuntank has the Stench ability. When struck by a physical attack, his Skuntank releases a powerful odor that disturbs the attacker. Sidney adds that the ability exposes them as well, which allows for Skunkank to torch Swellow with Flamethrower. As Swellow descends from the powerful attack, Skuntank leaps toward him with Night Slash. Swellow recovers in time to swerve around Skuntank and land a U-Turn. Swellow immediately returns to his Poke Ball, and Justin calls out Gardevoir. 
By the nature of U-Turn, this swap does not count as an official swap for the battle. Sidney considers his options and decides to keep Skuntank on the field. He has Skuntank unleash Flamethrower, which Gardevoir quickly dodges. He then lands a powerful Moonblast. Gardevoir goes for a Hypnosis to put Skuntake to sleep, but the latter sprays Flamethrower wildly. The wild flames releases small embers in the air that blind Gardevoir to prevent his Hypnosis from taking full effect. Skuntank then leaps into a Night Slash. Justin emotionally connects to Gardevoir, who senses his trainer. With Justin's direction, Gardevoir is able to dodge Skuntank in time despite his eyes being closed. Gardevoir continues to read Justin's direction and blast Skuntank again with Moonblast. Sidney quickly reads that Skuntank will not be able to endure another attack, so it ignites itself with Explosion. 
Once the smoke from the explosion clears, Skuntank is unable to battle, but Gardevoir is revealed to have lessened the damage by instinctively erecting a barrier of Reflect. Sidney recalls Skuntank, and his second Pokemon is a Gyarados. Andrew acknowledges Sidney using a non Dark-Type Pokemon on his team, but argues that while a trainer can specialize in a particular type, they can throw off a challenger's game by using other types. Connor also believes that since Gyarados is also a Flying-Type Pokemon, it can defend against Fighting-Types who have an advantage over Dark Pokemon.
Gyarados and Gardevoir fire Hydro Pump and Moonblast, respectively for an explosive collision, but Gardevoir's attack proves stronger and blasts Gyarados. Gardevoir follows his attack with Psyshock. Instead of dodging, Gyarados takes the hit and empowers itself two boosts of Dragon Dance. With its new speed, Gyarados lunges toward Gardevoir with Crunch. Gardevoir is stunned by the speed, but narrowly dodges. Gyarados immediately transitions into an Iron Tail. Gardevoir is unable to evade and must block the attack with Reflect. While Gyarados keeps its pressure on Gardevoir, it blasts Gardevoir with Hydro Pump. Gardevoir is pushed back but keep himself in contention. Before Gardevoir can completely regroup, Gyardados speedily slithers toward Gardevoir and bashes him with an Iron Tail to send the Embrace Pokemon crashing into the stadium wall and unable to battle.
Justin recalls Gardevoir and sends Plusle into battle as his third Pokemon. Gyarados slithers toward Plusle preparing Crunch, but Plusle is able to dodge and match Gyarados's speed with Agility. Sidney has Gyarados compensate by using a third Dragon Dance. Justin remembers that Sidney was willing to have Gyarados take damage to execute Dragon Dance, so Justin has Plusle jump onto Gyarados before the Dragon Dance completes. While connected to Gyarados, Plusle blasts the Atrocious Pokemon with Thunder. Gyarados is resilient and digs its tail into the ground with Iron Tail, which acts as a conductor to redirect the electricity. Gyarados tries to shake off Plusle, but Plusle holds on and rubs her cheeks against Gyarados with Nuzzle. Nuzzle paralyzes Gyarados, which briefly disrupts Gyarados's Iron Tail. This opening allows Plusle to use another doubly effective Thunder to knock out Gyarados.
Sidney recalls Gyarados and sends a Shiftry into battle as his third Pokemon. Shiftry unleashes a Leaf Storm, but Plusle bypasses with Agility. Plusle closes in on Shiftry and intends to paralyze it with Nuzzle, Justin planning on recalling Plusle after. When Plusle gets close, Shiftry traps her with Extrasensory. Shiftry levitates Plusle and smashes her onto the ground before throwing her in the air. Shiftry jumps and strikes Plusle with Rock Smash, but Plusle latches on Shiftry's arm following the attack and shocks it with Thunder. Shiftry endures the attack and smashes Plusle on the ground with Rock Smash to knock her out.
Justin recalls Plusle and returns Swellow into battle. Swellow moves first and dives toward Shiftry with Aerial Ace but Shiftry intercepts with Sucker Punch to send Swellow crashing across the ground. Shiftry follows its attack with Rock Smash, but Swellow manages to get off the ground before being struck. Recovered, Swellow fires orbs of Hidden Power. Shiftry uses Extrasensory to "catch" the orbs and fire them back onto Swellow, who scantly dodges and dives back into an Aerial Ace. Shiftry intercepts Sucker Punch again, but Swellow swerves to continue his attack and strike Shiftry in the gut. Shiftry struggles to bounce back from the attack, allowing Swellow to pellet Shiftry with Hidden Power. Swellow dives to end the battle with Brave Bird. Shiftry retaliates with Leaf Storm, but Swellow cuts through the attack and explodes onto Shiftry. When the dust settles, Shiftry is shown unable to battle. 
Sidney is the first to lose three Pokemon, so an intermission is held as the field changes to what becomes a water battlefield. Justin subsequently recalls Swellow. is relieved that Sidney was unable to call on Gyarados since it would have proven even more difficult to defeat in the water.
After the fifteen-minute break, the battle resumes, and Sidney calls on a Sharpedo while Justin has Eevee join the battle. Sharpedo proves far too difficult for Eevee to face in the water, establishing sharp control of Aqua Jet to strike Eevee from any direction while avoiding Iron Tail and Shadow Ball attacks. When Sharpedo nearly drowns Eevee with Surf, Justin recalls Eevee for Walrein.
==Major Events==
*Six months have passed since the Ever Grande Conference
*Justin is revealed to have won each of the Battle Tent challenges once each
*Justin begins his challenge against the Hoenn Elite Four
*Justin begins his Full Battle against Elite Four Sidney at the Battle Resort
*Carrie, Yazmyne, Andrew, Summer, Connor, and Evyr support Justin during the challenge
*Zinnia comes to watch the battle
*Justin's Gardevoir is revealed to have learned Reflect
*Justin's Plusle is revealed to have learned Thunder
For a list of all major events in this anime, please see Major Events/Delta Crisis. 
==Characters==
===Humans===
*Justin
*Yazmyne
*Carrie
*Duane (cameo)
*Andrew
*Evyr
*Connor
*Summer
*Sidney
*Steven
*Phoebe
*Glacia
*Drake
*Announcer
*Referee
*Audience
===Pokemon===
*Eevee (Justin's)
*Gardevoir (Justin's)
*Plusle (Justin's)
*Swellow (Justin's)
*Walrein (Justin's)
*Aipom (Andrew's)
*Skuntank (Sidney's)
*Gyarados (Sidney's)
*Shiftry (Sidney's)
*Sharpedo (Sidney's)
Category:Delta Crisis