Theme: 79. Starvation
Pairing: Implied RayquazaxLatias (DracoShipping)
Summary: His pride forbade him from apologizing. Unfortunately, his stomach suffered for it.
Rating: K plus for minor swearing
Picks up from: Chapter four (Tower)

AN: Holy jeebiez, I should have finished this a LONG time ago. Back to my original plans of legendaryxlegendary!

His stomach rumbled. He tried to ignore it, but it was becoming a damn nuisance.

Rayquaza was not amused. Ever since he snapped at Latias and drove her away from the Sky Pillar, he hadn't been eating very well. Normally the little eon dragon would come by every day to share a meal with him, but not anymore. The sky king would never admit it, but the guilt of snapping at Latias was taking a toll on him. Every time he tried to eat, his stomach would turn over and his appetite would diminish in a flash. Of course, in the same manner, he was starving himself and that wasn't good for his health either.

"Dude, just apologize to her."

"What the-" Rayquaza's head snapped up. "Who's there?"

"I'm your conscience, mofo."

"No you aren't. My conscience isn't a loud voice that sounds psychically transmitted," Rayquaza snapped. "Come out of hiding."

There was a pause and another dragon came into sight. He looked like Latias, except he was blue with a red triangle and red eyes.

"Latios..." Rayquaza groaned inwardly. "What are you doing here?"

"What else, mofo?" Latios snapped. "Latias has been so unhappy ever since you snapped at her. I know all about what you said. I read her memories," he added.

"What should I apologize for? For being concerned? For reprimanding her for doing something as stupid as disguising herself as a human and trying to communicate with them? For something as small and insignificant as a berry?"

"How about for being an insensitive jerk? For not considering her feelings? Yeah, I'm not too happy with her risking herself either, but at least I wouldn't yell at her for it. And she got out safely," Latios pointed out.

"And what if she does it again?" Rayquaza countered. "And gets caught? You, of all pokemon, should understand my concerns."

"Concerns? You just don't want to be blamed!" Latios roared. "Apologize to my little sister, mofo, or I'll pulverize you."

"You? Challenge me? Pfth." Rayquaza sneered.

The next thing he felt was an icy blast and consciousness slipping away. Latios had hit him with a powerful Ice Beam attack, taking advantage of Rayquaza's double weakness to ice moves. He then used Dragon Claw to carve a message in one of the walls and left the tower.

When Rayquaza awoke later, he clutched his head and groaned. "Curse you, Latios. CURSE YOU!" But it was his fault. He had let his damned pride get in the way again and Latios got him when he was gloating.

He noticed the message on the wall and frowned at it. Latios had to get his way, didn't he?

APOLOGIZE TO MY SISTER.

MOFO.

Rayquaza realized he couldn't let this go on. If all he had to do was apologize to get his appetite back and Latios off his back, he would do it. He would have to swallow his pride and do it.

He wasn't sure if he could admit he did miss Latias, though.

The sun was already set and the moon had begun to climb into the sky. That was fine for Rayquaza. He enjoyed nighttime flights. Rayquaza only had one annoying thought nagging him as he flew to Southern Island.

"Will she forgive me?"

Oh derp, I didn't like this one much. Maybe it's because I've written a lot of long ones recently, but I just don't like this.

Then again, it was a hard theme to do. :/