At midnight, inside a tent, a Gardevoir, wrapped like a mummy in bandages, slowly opened her eyes. Pain and weakness gnawed at her, and after her eyes adjusted to the bright light, she looked around.
“Garde…”
“Hey! Gardevoir sister, you’re awake!”
“Snivy!”
Diancie and Snivy saw Gardevoir wake up and immediately helped her sit up. Snivy rushed out of the tent, wanting to tell Gui Ling the good news.
Soon, Gui Ling and Ceruledge entered the tent. Gardevoir was stunned when she saw Ceruledge; she instantly recognized that Ceruledge was the former Charcadet, but the current Ceruledge had changed too much.
“Gardevoir, how do you feel now?”
“Garde~”
Ceruledge, standing beside Gui Ling, seemed unsure what to say until Gui Ling nudged his shoulder, and he finally mustered his courage.
“Gardevoir sister…”
“Garde?”
“Yes, I can speak now. This is all thanks to the power brought by Yveltal sensei.”
“Garde Garde~”
“Mmm… I want to apologize to you. I’m sorry… for getting so severely injured protecting me. And… thank you for giving me courage.”
Gui Ling nodded, looked at the moon hanging in the sky, and addressed everyone.
“Everyone should rest early today. Gardevoir, you sleep first. Tomorrow, we’ll go to Coumarine City to help you treat the remaining injuries. Don’t move too much these next few days.”
“Garde~”
Meanwhile, outside the tent, a dark figure stood on a tree branch, looking down at everything below.
“Hmph…”
As the black figure’s blue eyes glowed brightly, strange energy spread around. Except for Snivy and Phantump, who were still playing by the river, everyone instantly fell into a deep sleep.
………………
“Banette…”
Banette slowly opened his eyes. He was still wondering why it was so noisy around him when suddenly a ball of fire jumped onto his face and started burning.
“Banette!”
Banette tried to get up but found his body wouldn’t obey, so he just lay there quietly on the ground.
The surrounding environment was like a junkyard, and now this junkyard was engulfed in a raging fire, with terrifying flames spreading all around.
“Banette! Banette Banette!!!”
Banette was utterly terrified, for this was exactly what he had experienced before.
At that time, he was abandoned by his owner and thrown into a junkyard. After a long time, the junkyard became dilapidated. One day, a few mischievous kids accidentally commanded their Charmander to set fire to this abandoned junkyard.
The great fire consumed all the trash, and also consumed this junkyard. Fortunately, there were no trees nearby, otherwise the entire forest would have been ignited.
Banette, lying in the middle, could only watch as the fire slowly approached him, then gradually climbed onto his body and began to burn.
At the last moment, he transformed into Banette, thus escaping death. But this near-death experience became a nightmare he could never forget.
And the scene reappeared, but this time he couldn’t move. He could only watch as the fire slowly consumed his body, and the fear of death and unwillingness made him let out a desperate wail.
Ceruledge just opened his eyes and saw the most terrifying scene.
Everyone lay in pools of blood, even Yveltal was pierced by countless arrows, and before them, Pokémon Hunters were gathered in overwhelming numbers, covering the entire land.
Ceruledge’s killing intent reached its peak, and he immediately charged forward, starting a frenzied slaughter. He eliminated one Pokémon Hunter after another, while the only sound accompanying him was the Pokémon Hunters’ mockery.
The Pokémon Hunters in front of him were endless, but Ceruledge still swung his blade tirelessly. His anger slowly turned into grievance.
After an hour, he was truly too exhausted to keep fighting. Fatigue consumed his entire body, but he still didn’t fall until a Salamence the size of a mountain appeared before him.
Under Ceruledge’s terrified gaze, it stomped down, and everything before him… everyone, and the Pokémon Hunters, were all crushed to death by Salamence.
Ceruledge knelt weakly on the ground, tears wetting his face, and he cried uncontrollably, unable to accept what had happened.
Noivern and Greninja had the same dream; they dreamt of each other’s deaths, and finally, driven by resentment, they went to seek revenge on the enemy who killed their loved ones.
They ignored everyone’s pleas, their minds filled only with thoughts of revenge, but unfortunately, they fell into a ravine while everyone was chasing after them.
Their own recklessness had harmed everyone. What was a kind and harmonious scene yesterday had become a farewell today.
Diancie’s dream was of the Diamond Kingdom being destroyed, countless Carbink shattering into pieces, Gui Ling dying in her arms, and everyone else desperately resisting a giant black shadow.
As her companions fell one by one, Diancie rushed forward, using Sacred Diamond, wanting to help everyone withstand the damage.
But the large diamond in front of her didn't even last a moment, and just as the attack was about to fall on Diancie, Yveltal suddenly rushed over and blocked the damage.
“Go! Don’t look back!”
Gardevoir abruptly picked up Diancie and rushed out of the Diamond Kingdom, but the black shadow immediately followed. The moment the attack fell, Gardevoir threw Diancie away.
Diancie watched with her own eyes as Gardevoir was swallowed by the black shadow in front of her. Sadness and grievance consumed all her emotions, and she couldn’t bear it, bursting into uncontrollable sobs.
Gengar dreamt of himself when he was still a Gastly, being ostracized by all his peers because he was always strong and a different color, and he ran away from home.
And not long after he left, he bumped into Gui Ling.
“Do you want to come with me?”
Although Gastly didn’t know what was happening, he still nodded when he saw Gui Ling. Finally, he entered a Poké Ball.
But in the next second, countless of his peers surrounded them, starting to mock Gui Ling. Gastly immediately rushed out and stood in front of Gui Ling, staring angrily at the surrounding Gastly.
However, the surrounding Gastly were provoked into playfulness and used a Trash attack on Gui Ling. Although Gastly resisted furiously, when he drove all his peers away, Gui Ling was already on the verge of collapse due to poisoning.
He also had no ability to cure the poison, and could only watch his Gui Ling fall in front of him, never to stand up again…
Gardevoir’s dream was that she wasn’t healed by Xerneas. Originally, she didn’t feel any regret, but then she looked over and saw that Gui Ling had died on her body at some unknown point.
Xerneas used his power to eliminate the unsuspecting Yveltal, and under Gardevoir’s desperate gaze, he destroyed everyone.
As for Gui Ling, due to Yveltal, humans considered Gui Ling a symbol of misfortune, and one day they decided to hunt him down.
Two fists are no match for four hands. Gui Ling was finally defeated under countless attacks. Looking at everyone who had already fallen, Gui Ling reluctantly drew his tang katana, preparing for a final desperate fight.
Yveltal slowly flew past Gui Ling and charged towards the humans alone.
Accompanied by terrifying explosions, Yveltal used Oblivion Wing to perish with the humans, leaving only Gui Ling on the vast battlefield.
The surroundings were incredibly quiet, as if embodying his loneliness, and the tragic battle seemed to represent his already shattered heart.
“Why… did it turn out like this…?”
At this moment, Darkrai, still quietly observing Gui Ling and the others from the tree, was suddenly struck by a Hyper Beam, blasting him directly down from the tree.
As he slowly got up, he came face to face with the awakened Gui Ling and the others. Without exception, everyone’s faces were filled with anger.
“It’s you! It’s you, isn’t it!!!”
“What a terrifying nightmare… Why would you do this?!”
“koo-gah!!!”
“Sound! Wave!”
“Banette!”
“Gengar!”
“If Yveltal hadn’t woken us up, we would have really been played by you, you guy!”
Darkrai saw that the situation was bad and tried to fly away, but he was knocked down again by Boomburst and Water Shuriken.
“You think you can just leave after giving us nightmares? You’re dreaming! Get him!”
At this moment, Darkrai also flew up from the ground again, his eyes filled with anger.
“Human! Pay the price for your foolishness!”
“He spoke?”
Just as Gui Ling was about to charge forward, Ceruledge stopped him.
“Let me go, Master.”
“Alright, go! Psycho Cut!”
Ceruledge instantly unleashed a purple blade of light forward, and Darkrai used Shadow Sneak to block it.
“Sucker Punch!”
Darkrai used Shadow Punch to clash with Ceruledge. After a series of confrontations, he was ultimately sent flying.
Darkrai rushed forward again in disbelief, but he was sent flying once more by Ceruledge’s Bitter Blade.
“I… I’m actually weaker than him in terms of power? What’s going on…?”
Darkrai had always been undefeated, but this time, his perception was completely refreshed. He always believed he was invincible, but today, he was beaten by Ceruledge to the point of doubting his own existence.
Darkrai, unwilling to accept defeat, flew up again, looking down at Ceruledge below.
“If the opponent’s specialty is power, then there’s no need to clash head-on. My true advantage is speed. The fun ends here!”
Darkrai instantly dove forward and used Shadow Punch, but the Ceruledge in front of him vanished in an instant.
“Dodged?!”
Under Darkrai’s disbelieving gaze, Ceruledge appeared behind him and swung his blade down. Darkrai, who was hit, retreated repeatedly.
Then the two began a speed contest. Two blurs, one black and one purple, collided frantically. After a period of collisions, the two opposing blurs turned into a scene where the purple one chased and attacked the black one.
The aftermath of the colliding energies even caused cracks in the ground, and the surrounding trees began to collapse.
Ultimately, Darkrai was directly sent flying, crashing through several trees before finally stopping.
Darkrai was completely stunned, then roared unwillingly and unleashed his exclusive move, Dark Void. Dense Dark Voids flew towards Ceruledge.
But Ceruledge still calmly charged forward, cutting the Dark Voids in half one by one. Seeing Ceruledge pressing closer, Darkrai finally panicked completely.
“I… I’m invincible!”
But facing Ceruledge’s terrifying gaze, Darkrai took a few more steps back.
“It… it should be…”
As Ceruledge used Bitter Blade, a purple blade of light slashed across Darkrai’s body, and Darkrai finally fell, unwilling to accept defeat.
“Master, quickly throw a Poké Ball!”
“Oh? Oh!”
Gui Ling was also shocked by Ceruledge’s performance. Darkrai, after all, was a Mythical Pokémon, yet he was defeated so easily.
Moreover, based on how many Dark Voids he used at the end, he must be a Darkrai of considerable strength, which reminded him of the one from the previous movie.
And most importantly… this Darkrai can speak!
As the Poké Ball was thrown, Darkrai was sucked inside. After a flash of red light, the Poké Ball quieted down.
Gui Ling picked up Darkrai’s Poké Ball, shook it, and opened it, but the surroundings were enveloped in Haze, making it impossible to see anything.
After a while, things returned to normal, and Gui Ling instantly sensed movement behind him.
At the same time, the Haze began to gather, and Darkrai emerged from it, floating in the air and looking at Gui Ling.
“Trainer…”
Seeing Darkrai’s serious gaze, Ceruledge immediately stood in front of him.
“Still unconvinced? If you dare to defy Master, I’ll beat you until you submit!”
But Darkrai ignored Ceruledge and kept staring at Gui Ling.
“Did you make him this strong?”
“No, this is what he achieved through his own efforts.”
Darkrai suddenly used Shadow Punch and aimed it at Gui Ling’s face, but Gui Ling didn’t dodge or flinch, not even blinking an eye. The Shadow Punch stopped right in front of Gui Ling.
“Didn’t even blink an eye? This is what it takes to be my Master. I’ll follow you.”
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