Bottom-tier trainers in the Pokémon world

"Don't be stubborn, I'll be back soon, Latios, be good! Protect Ono."

Xia Yan's voice became somewhat serious.

Latios shrank its neck; it was still a little intimidated when Xia Yan was angry.

Seeing this, Darkrai appeared behind Xia Yan, grabbed his shoulder, and continued upwards, enveloped in the thick black mist.

Ono and Latios watched them ascend from where they were.

"Latios, have we become a burden?" Ono murmured.

"Os!"

"You're right, let's go back quickly then, so as not to distract Xia Yan."

Upon hearing this, Latios folded its wings and quickly flew towards a remote corner of the Hoenn region.

As Xia Yan ascended within Darkrai's package, he secretly breathed a sigh of relief upon seeing Latios and the others return.

I looked up at the sky.

The distance to the stars is getting closer and closer.

And you can also see Darkrai's red, tooth-like appendages around his neck.

“Darkrai, why are you doing everything you can to stop this disaster?” Xia Yan suddenly asked.

Its blue eyes lowered slightly, briefly meeting Xia Yan's gaze.

After a long silence, the voice finally rang in Xia Yan's mind.

"do not know."

Then he asked in return:

"What about you?"

Xia Yan was slightly stunned, then a smile suddenly appeared on his face.

"I do not know either."

Perhaps it was to save some people and some elves, perhaps it was to show off, perhaps it was to fulfill some promise, or perhaps it was to gain some benefit.

At a time like this, who can still consider gains and losses, and goals so clearly?

He's not a robot.

I did it because I felt I had to.

It's that simple.

Darkrai's lips curled up slightly upon hearing Xia Yan's reply.

Speaking of which...

Actually, Xia Yan and Darkrai do look quite alike.

They all believe that their existence represents "evil".

He always acts from his own perspective, whether it's the nightmares that accompany Darkrai's appearance or Xia Yan's belief that he's considering things from a "profit-first" standpoint.

However, the choices they make in some areas inevitably differ from their self-perception.

"I can feel it!"

Darkrai suddenly said.

at this time.

They have left the planet's boundaries and are about to enter the vast universe.

If it weren't for Darkrai's help, Xia Yan felt he wouldn't have been able to survive for more than ten seconds in such an environment.

When they set foot in this area, they finally saw Rayquaza again.

But then I saw...

Rayquaza is actually battling a Pokémon in space!

Although Rayquaza had the upper hand, its opponent possessed a peculiar ability to freely change its form, making it rather troublesome to defeat it in the short term.

"Deoxys!"

Xia Yan's heart sank slightly.

I was wondering why Rayquaza disappeared after it left; I never expected it would come to space to fight Deoxys.

Watching the meteorite fragments of all sizes scattered around them as they fought.

You can probably imagine it.

It's likely that the meteorite that Deoxys inhabited approached Rayquaza's airspace, which Rayquaza perceived as a provocation, and thus destroyed the meteorite.

But this angered Deoxys, who lived inside the meteorite.

So the two elves started fighting.

The fact that the battle was difficult to determine for the time being prevented Rayquaza from intervening in the fight between Kyogre and Groudon.

after all.

For Rayquaza, Deoxys was an invasion of its territory, while Kyogre and Groudon were just fighting on the ground and had no effect on it.

For it, it was clear that the intruder Deoxys was more important.

"But at this very moment, everything just happened to come together."

Xia Yan knew that there were constant conflicts between Pokémon like Rayquaza and Deoxys, and that battles between them had appeared more than once in the original work.

It cannot be said that what is depicted is all of Rayquaza's battles against Deoxys.

After all, there isn't just one Deoxys.

Perhaps, in many unknown circumstances, Rayquaza has intercepted countless meteorites and countless Deoxys that almost entered the Pokémon world.

But how long will this fight last?

Xia Yan noticed that Deoxys's eyes were constantly flickering, and couldn't help but ask Darkrai, "Is it saying something?"

“It seems… it received a signal from its companion, somewhere… down there,” Darkrai said haltingly.

"A signal from a companion?"

Has a Deoxys already landed in the Pokémon world?

"This can't go on."

A decision must be made.

This choice is not difficult.

Xia Yan understood the priorities of the matter.

"Do you have any way to put it to sleep?"

Deoxys is a Psychic-type Pokémon, while Darkrai is a Dark-type, giving them a type advantage.

Although attribute advantages and disadvantages don't have a huge impact on mythical beasts and mythical beasts, they still have some effect to some extent.

Moreover, the difference between Dark and Psychic types is not simply a matter of being super effective against them.

Should we put it to sleep?

That's what I meant...

"I'm not sure, but I can give it a try."

And then we met.

Darkrai spread his arms, and a huge black hole continued to expand in front of him.

Then.

One by one, spherical black energy balls shot out from it, transforming into new black holes.

Dark Cave!

Deoxys, who was fighting Rayquaza, failed to notice Darkrai and Xia Yan's arrival.

The suppression of superpower perception by dark energy also played a certain role.

When the already somewhat exhausted Deoxys noticed the danger approaching and switched to Speed ​​Mode, it was still too late.

To ensure a higher success rate, Darkrai deliberately increased the amount of "Dark Holes".

One of them struck Deoxys head-on.

Its consciousness became somewhat confused; although it did not fall asleep, its movements were noticeably slower.

Rayquaza stopped what it was doing and looked at Xia Yan and Darkrai expressionlessly.

Xia Yan's voice echoed in its mind.

"Rayquaza, Groudon down there says you can only fly, so you should go fight it on the ground."

Groudon: ? ? ?

Deoxys, who had already been fighting Rayquaza for a long time, was now completely exhausted.

Sleepiness and fatigue came at the same time, and my eyelids started to droop.

Another "dark hole" enveloped it.

After the effects of the two "dark holes," Deoxys finally succumbed to sleepiness and slowly closed his eyes.

But before it closed its eyes completely, its gaze landed squarely on Xia Yan and Darkrai not far away.

"It seems... it's got its eye on you," Xia Yan murmured.

“No, it’s us,” Darkrai emphasized.

Xia Yan: "..."

"But this time it'll be enough for it to sleep for a long time. Even if it wakes up and wants to enter the Pokémon world again, it'll still have to ask Rayquaza if it agrees," Darkrai reassured it.

Xia Yan opened his mouth.

In the end, he left a message for Deoxys through telepathy.