Chapter 25: The Sun Rises Again
The man woke up, entire body sore and memory scattered. He looked around and noticed somethings. First was the fact bits of land were floating in what seemed like a void. The second was that there seemed to be hundreds of human like wisps floating around aimlessly. The Distortion World, he thought. If I'm in the Distortion World… he looked down and confirmed his suspicions. He was dead. He tried to think of how he died, but nothing was coming to mind. Then, he heard a screech that made him look around. He saw a Pokemon flying over him, and it floated right in front of him. It screeched again before it said, "Hello mortal. I am Giratina."
The man's memory was starting to come back around this Pokemon and he remembered something about all legendaries fainting, and Giratina was a legendary. Before he could ask, Giratina said, "Yes, all of us legendary Pokemon did faint in your world. But, a part of our power remains in our places of power, to retain balance. This is how a legendary can faint in battle, and what they watch over is not destroyed. This is how Dialga can faint, but time keeps going. This is how Xerneas can faint, but all lives remain. This is how…"
"Okay, I got it," said the man. Giratina then lowered its head and said, "Climb on."
The man stepped onto Giratina and his memories slowly started to come back. He couldn't remember his name or anyone else, but he could remember some faces and some events that happened. When the man sat down, Giratina flew off. The man saw orbs in the sky that showed some events of his world. One showed a man and a woman, both looking really familiar, battling with a shadowy Arceus and a golden Mew with Arceus' plates floating around it. Before he could focus too much, Giratina suddenly dodged. Just as they moved, a shockwave suddenly appeared where they had been. "Those two are tearing this world apart," Giratina said.
"What was that?" the man asked.
"Every time Mew and Arceus clash, it sends shockwaves in this world. If one could beat the other, then it would be fine, but I fear they are to evenly matched that they will just tear this, and inadvertently your, world apart."
"Is there anything we can do?" the man asked.
"Yes, that is why I found you," Giratina replied. Giratina then flew up to the orb with the two battling and said, "If you touch this, you will be sent back to your world, alive and with all your memories. You will be able to help the girl win."
The man reached forward and stopped. "What's the catch?"
"Nothing. I'm not trying to pull anything. There are so many dead right now, sending one back is fine." The man reached forward again but Giratina said, "Wait!"
The man stopped and Giratina continued, "Before you go, a gift." Suddenly two items appeared in front of him. One was a crystal and the other was a wrist ring with a Z on it. He looked at his wrist and said, "I already have one."
Giratina replied, "Those are not for you. They are for the girl." The man looked at the crystal, remembering they were called Z-crystals, and noticed there was a picture of Mew's face on it. "It is called Mewnium Z. It is Mew's Z-crystal. With that and the power of all the legendaries trapped in the plate of their type, Mew should be able to defeat the corrupted Arceus."
The man said, "I remember Z-crystals have a pose for them to work. What is this one's?"
Giratina replied shortly, "The same as Psychium Z."
The man reached forward again and stopped. "Why did you pick me to do this?"
Giratina said, "Because you are different than the rest. You still have purpose in your world, the others do not."
The man blinked, holding on the Z ring and crystal, he reached forward and touched the orb.
Lille was battling Calem with everything she had, her Mew was even using the signature moves of other legendaries, such as Roar of Time, and the Arceus was weakening, but so was Mew. She heard Calem laugh and say, "I never would have expected to ever see you this angry."
"Shut up," Lillie growled. Gladion was next to Lillie watching, looking like he wanted to help, but there was nothing he could do. Calem said, "Years ago, if you had told me, you two would have been my biggest problem, I would have been able to end you two so quickly."
"You three…" came a voice behind them. Everyone turned and saw a man standing, glaring at Calem. Calem's eyes widened and he said, "You should be dead!"
The man smiled and said, "Surprise."
Lillie and Gladion were staring at the man and Lillie said, "Sun?"
Sun grinned wider and said, "Come on, you really think I would stay down?"