>>22188926"Deeeeeeeeeeeeeee!" Dedenne jumps up to reach Barbaracle's face, and in one fell swoop, delivers a shocking punch right into Barbaracle's face. The beast tries his best to seem unfazed by the attack, but the facade is easy to see through. Siebold's counter on the other hand, is not as transparent.
"The rat is close now, Barbaracle! Use Clamp to trap him in the middle of his punch!"
"Clampwhointhewhatnow?"
"Barr!"
Despite undergoing severe damage, Barbaracle somehow musters the power to counterattack during so. He uses Clamp to trap the punchy hamster in his face-hand, then squeezes him to wring the rest of his health out the hard way.
The resulting sight looks like something out of a movie. The electricity discharged from Dedenne's Thunder Punch shines through Barbaracle. But as strong as the punch is, Barbaracle seems even tougher, refusing to let go of Dedenne unless it's on his own accord.
Time reaches a standstill, and eventually Thunder Punch stops. Your heart stops for a brief moment. You were sure that a punch to the face like that would be enough to stop him, but it's starting to look like that may not be the case.
Siebold seems confident that you won't be interrupting him from here on out, and proceeds to end you on a flashy note, "Mm, that's enough Barbaracle! Dispose of him, Smack Down!"
"BAAAARAAAAAACLE!"
Barbaracle lets Dedenne go from Clamp, tossing him high up in the air. What few seconds you get to see of the hamster point toward a terrible fate, because as soon as gravity takes in effect, so does Smack Down.
"BAAAAAAAR!"
Dedenne falls back to earth. Timing his attack /just/ right, Barbaracle uses his hand-face to smack your ham-ham, launching him straight to the ground like a basketball. But whereas all balls bounce back..
Dedenne does not.
TO BE CONTINUED.