“Ah! I can't take it anymore!!!”
Gui Ling had searched through all the forests in the Kalos region, but not only had he not found Xerneas, he hadn't even seen a single deer hair.
Nearly a month had passed, and their originally ample supplies had run out. Gui Ling continued to search for two more days on an empty stomach, until he saw that everyone was truly exhausted, and only then did he give up the search.
“He can really hide! How did that little guy Diancie find him back then?”
“………(Who?)”
“It’s nothing, just a pink diamond princess.”
“………(What do you mean?)”
“We’ll talk about it later, let’s find Xerneas first.”
“………(You, day after day… Sigh, I don’t even know what to say to you. Gardevoir’s illness certainly needs treatment, but your body is getting worse day by day. If you keep searching like this, your body will collapse.)”
Gui Ling slowly leaned against a tree, and Yveltal quietly landed beside him. Both of them looked up at the sky.
“I know, but time waits for no one.”
“………(If you can’t find it, then forget it. Let me lure Xerneas out.)”
“Are you sure?”
Gui Ling closed his eyes and basked in the sun. The long period of mental strain and travel had already left him physically and mentally exhausted. All he wanted now was to rest for a while.
“………(We are both Aura Pokémon. Fairy Aura and Dark Aura, we can sense each other’s location.)”
“Is that so… Let me sleep for a bit, then let’s go buy something to eat in town.”
“………(Okay, let’s go buy something to eat.)”
Watching the sleeping Gui Ling, Yveltal's mood was somewhat complex. The scenery and Pokémon they had seen these past few days held no interest for anyone, and even Yveltal felt a hint of panic and worry.
This was an emotion it hadn't felt in hundreds, even thousands, of years…
“……….”
Yveltal also transformed into a cocoon of destruction, quietly resting by the tree.
The experiences during this period could be said to be the most bizarre time in Yveltal's life, and also the time when its personality changed the most.
In the past, whenever it appeared, everything around it would surely be annihilated. After this journey, it now understood what Helping Hand was, what sharing was, and what determination was.
It had existed for such a long time, never truly interacting with humans, and yet it had changed so much.
………………
As people say, one never knows when an accident will strike; everything happens too suddenly…
“Professor Platane! How is Gardevoir?!”
Gui Ling rushed into the laboratory from outside, his face full of panic. At this moment, Gardevoir looked pained, and all the researchers were extremely distressed.
“The life devouring syndrome has started to act up…”
“I thought it would be early, but I didn’t expect… it would be at this moment!”
Gui Ling, who had just returned from the wild, was about to buy some essentials to re-enter the forest to search for Xerneas when several Trainers blocked his path, saying they wanted a Pokémon battle.
After finally finishing all the battles with great difficulty, Gui Ling was about to go shopping when he discovered that Gardevoir’s Poké Ball began to shake uncontrollably, and a bad premonition immediately arose in his heart.
Gui Ling brought Gardevoir’s Poké Ball back to the laboratory, which led to the scene that followed.
“Then… the prophecy… right! The prophecy!”
Gui Ling suddenly remembered the prophecy Ge Ji Hua had mentioned earlier. He immediately picked up Gardevoir in a princess carry and rushed outside, then summoned Noivern to take him to a desolate wilderness.
Noivern flew at full speed, not daring to stop for a moment. Upon reaching their destination, Gardevoir’s pain became increasingly obvious. Gui Ling then summoned all his Pokémon.
“The prophecy has begun… Whether Gardevoir can make it through depends on us!”
Yveltal sighed. It had known this would happen. From the very beginning, it had planned to use its Dark Aura to attract Xerneas, but Gui Ling insisted on following Ge Ji Hua’s advice to try and find it first.
“………(Let’s begin. Is everyone ready?)”
“koo-gah!”
“Sound Wave!”
“Gengar!”
“Dangdang!”
Yveltal nodded and began to flap its huge wings, flying upwards. With a roar, its eyes turned from blue to purple, and the surrounding lake water slowly turned black.
Dark Aura deployed.
“Dark Aura will increase all Dark-type moves. Gengar, Banette, I’m counting on you two.”
“Dangdang!”
“Gengar!”
At the same time, on the other side of the forest, a deer with rainbow-like antlers on its head looked up in Yveltal's direction.
Then it started to move, rushing towards that direction with all its might.
This chapter is a bit watered down, it's really too uncomfortable, I can't write anymore. The author has the flu right now, and my head is a bit messy.