The Reign of Kyogre and Groudon Chapter 6: "History"
"Children, I can sense you have not been made familiar with Kyogre and Groudon. So now it is time for you to know exactly what you're up against." Lugia said telepathically.
Lugia and Ho-oh then combined their powers to create a sort of "virtual world" in which everyone on the summit of Mt. Pyre would see the events of the past, and at the same time not be harmed by them.
Flashback
Everyone could see a prehistoric world in which some of the most ancient Pokemon were still wandering the lands. Omanyte, Kabuto, Aerodactyl, Anorith and Lileep were in sight, though it was clear that Omastar, Kabutops, Armaldo and Cradily parents were in nests nearby. The trees were very tall and leafy, and quite a few lakes were in immediate sight.
"This is the same world as you live in now, 5 millennia ago. This was the time of the ancient Pokemon whom you only see in fossils now."
They then saw several humans trying to hunt and forage for food.
"Humans also lived during this time. They obviously were nowhere near as technologically advanced as humans today, and they struggled just to survive."
Another image appeared before them which looked like a birds-eye view of the landmass they were looking at a second ago.
"The world back then existed on one spanning continent. Everyone was perfectly happy with things, but…"
An image of Lugia and Ho-oh's ancestors appeared before them. "Our ancestors knew that if people and Pokemon were going to become stronger as species, then some changes were going to have to be made."
"What sorts of changes, Lugia?" Ken asked with great curiosity.
"Mainly changes to the landscape. In order for a creature to grow stronger, it must be allowed to be separate from all others of its own species. The only way to do this, in our ancestor's eyes was to make drastic changes to the landscape. However, they lacked the power needed to complete this task. So they needed to find something which would help them out."
They began to watch as Lugia and Ho-oh took flight, hoping to find just what they needed to bring about change. It took quite awhile, but they found a cavern which looked ordinary on the outside, but everyone could tell that both Lugia and Ho-oh could feel something unusual within the cavern. Inside the cavern, it looked very much like a cavern should; dark, damp and lots of stalactites hanging from the ceiling. Once they got to the end, however, there was something unusual waiting for them; two pillars of pure energy rising from the ground. One was red and the other was blue, but it was clear that this was no ordinary energy.
"These pillars of energy were very powerful and could bring forth the change our ancestors wanted. The red pillar contains the power of land, and the blue one contains the power of the sea."
One other thing that was very noticeable was that the pillars seemed to not want to be near the other. So as soon as the energy left the ground, it repelled the other energy, resulting in a very strange formation with curved pillars going toward the ceiling of the cavern.
"Naturally, these energies oppose each other, because the sea drives back the land, and land reduces the size of the oceans and seas."
"But, then, why use these energies? Weren't there any other options?"
"I'm afraid not, Martin."
Martin looked a little shocked for a moment before he remembered that the only reason Lugia could be talking to them in their minds was that it was a psychic, and a common power of psychics was to read minds.
"If there were other choices, then maybe what you're about to see would never have happened…"
Suddenly, the two ancient birds began firing their own energy into the pillars. Lugia aimed at the blue pillar and Ho-oh the red one. After a short time, the mixture of energies began to turn white, as if something was being created. In fact, the energies were starting to form definitive shapes.
The white light became blinding for a second, and suddenly two creatures stood before them; a giant red biped creature and a humongous whale-like creature. Right away, even though the children had never seen them before, they knew who they were and were instantly terrified.
Lugia could sense the fear in the children almost immediately. "Children, as you have probably guessed, these are the instruments of destruction from long ago, Kyogre and Groudon. Our ancestors thought that if the two creatures of opposing energies never knew of the other's existence, things would be okay, and the creatures could be returned to their energy form after their task was complete."
A couple of seconds later, Lugia and Ho-oh's ancestors created a blinding light. It was an ancient form of Teleport that also took their created creature with them. In other words, Kyogre went with Lugia and Groudon with Ho-oh.
The psychic view suddenly switched to the surface as Groudon appeared with Ho-oh on the edge of the landmass, and Kyogre with Lugia appeared in the middle of it. Almost instantly, the two creatures set to work as if by instinct.
Groudon created small earthquakes and minor lava flows. The results of these actions were new canyons and islands just off the coast. On the other hand, Kyogre used its control of water and the sea to force water up from under the continent. As a result, new lakes and rivers were formed in its immediate location. As Groudon went inland, it used it power over the land to create new mountain ranges, plateaus and other natural landmarks. As Kyogre went out to the sea, it used its powers to create waterfalls in rugged areas, rapids in even more rugged places and ponds.
It would seem that all was well with the world and that everything was going to be fine. That is, until the creatures looked at each other for the first time. Almost instantly, they attacked each other. Groudon launched an Earthquake at Kyogre while Kyogre attacked with Ice Beam. The attacks hit both Pokemon hard and the Earthquake broke up the local landscape. However, after the initial cringing from the force of the attack, neither one appeared any worse for the wear.
"One thing that was highly remarkable about these creatures is the fact that because they were made of opposing energies, they almost have a will to outlast the other." Lugia noted. "As a result, these creatures could take much larger amounts of damage than any other Pokemon."
The battle raged on, with each new attack being more intense than the last. A massive Eruption hit Kyogre and left a large patch of land barren. Kyogre used a Water Spout to lift Groudon into the air. Of course, it came crashing down to Earth seconds later. Because of Groudon's massive weight, it created a large crater as well. Groudon then used Earthquake to attack Kyogre. Because of the land already being weak, the single continent broke up into several pieces. Kyogre splashed down and with it came a massive wave which hit Groudon and washed up with it several Pokemon, including Relicanth.
"Ho-oh and I thought that the battle couldn't get any worse until they realized their full potential."
Before Groudon attacked again, it used some sort of special power to make the weather become extra sunny. It then launched a very painful Solarbeam at Kyogre. As usual, it cringed, and then retaliated by using some power within it to make it rain, and then use Hydro Pump. The attack was much larger than normal, and then it hit for lots of damage. Groudon still looked like it was ready for more. The children could plainly see that the war would clearly take its toll on the world.
"When Ho-oh and I saw that happen, we knew that something had to be done quickly, or else there wouldn't be any living creatures left, just a barren wasteland."
Their view changed to watching the two legendary birds in low flight over what was formally one landmass, now divided into 7. A glint in their eye caught their attention, as they saw a sort of ritual involving two orbs on two raised platforms. The ceremony was taking place on what would eventually become called Mt. Pyre.
"Are those the orbs that were destroyed by Groudon and Kyogre?" Ken asked Lugia.
"Yes. Those are, indeed, the orbs of legend which were used originally to seal the two creatures' power away."
The ritual had plenty of people gathered around the orbs in the hopes of finding some salvation from the events of recent days and what they believed were the bringers of the apocalypse.
Lugia and Ho-oh landed behind those gathered at the ceremony and immediately caught the attention of the ancient "priest".
"Look everyone, it's the guardians!"
Everyone looked at the two legendary birds in awe. Normally, these two would be quite happy at the admiration, but today was completely different.
Lugia spoke telepathically to the priest, "We need to borrow those orbs from you."
The priest looked back at the orbs. He was bewildered as to what the guardians could possibly want with the orbs.
"These orbs are made out of Mythril, are they not?"
The priest was surprised by the sudden question. "Well… uh… yes. They are made out of Mythril."
"Then let us borrow them. They may be the only way to save the world."
At first, the priest didn't know what to say. After about thirty seconds, "Fine. I will allow you to take the orbs."
"Thank you. I promise we will bring them back when we're done with them."
"Fine with me."
And with that, Lugia and Ho-oh flew over the congregation and grabbed the two orbs. After grabbing them, they flew in place for a moment to get an idea of where Kyogre and Groudon were at the moment.
Then they took off toward the north-west. The psychic image changed again, viewing once more the destruction that Kyogre and Groudon were creating. Lava and water columns surrounded the two creatures. The sky was a completely black. With every passing attack, the land that Groudon was standing on became less and less inhabitable. The water Kyogre was swimming in also became rougher every time it was attacked.
Suddenly, Lugia and Ho-oh flew in from the south-east. The two Apocalypse creatures didn't notice them at first, because they were too enthralled with destroying each other. When the two legendary birds got close enough, they used the orbs power to launch a powerful attack at the creatures. Just before they were hit, Kyogre and Groudon turned to see the birds and the orbs.
The attack hit and both Kyogre and Groudon screamed in real pain as their power was drained from them. The attack lasted for about thirty seconds, after which the orbs took their red and blue colors. Both creatures were completely exhausted, having all their energy stripped from them. They collapsed on the spot.
The next thing for the legendary birds to do was to return the two Orbs to their owner. They knew that Groudon and Kyogre were not going to be able to recover very quickly from that attack, if at all. So they flew back to the southeast toward Mt. Pyre. After a couple of minutes, the birds were back at Mt. Pyre. The people had left with no ritual to complete because of the absence of the orbs.
"I can feel a serenity that hasn't been present in the world for a few days. You must have done the job, and that must be why the Orbs are a different color than they were when I let you borrow them."
"That is very perceptive of you, priest. We are here to return the Orbs to you and to ask you something."
"What would you like to ask?"
"These Orbs have become far more important than you can ever imagine. As such, we wish to ask you to protect these orbs from all who would try to reawaken Kyogre and Groudon."
"Won't I need a little help?"
"Relax. First of all, the Pokemon of this place will be helping you protect the orbs."
The newly formed Ghost Pokemon, created from the spirits lost in the battle that was, Banette, and Dusclops appeared alongside the priest. The priest looked at both of them, and Banette and Dusclops nodded at him approvingly.
"And second of all, we will give you some extra powers to assist you."
Suddenly, Lugia and Ho-oh began to glow brightly, as if trying to launch an attack. Instead, the priest also began to glow brightly. After a few seconds, the glowing ended and the priest fell to the ground, holding his head in obvious pain.
"Don't be alarmed, priest. The pain you feel is simply your mind being opened up to a new perception."
The priest wanted to scream, but didn't. After a couple of minutes, he stood up.
"I can feel all the energies of the world now. How is this going to help?"
"Once you do some training on your own, you'll be able to use your new-found psychic powers to further augment your ability to guard the Orbs."
"Thank you Lugia, Ho-oh."
"You're welcome. One suggestion, though."
"What's that?"
"You're going to be guarding those orbs for a long time, so I would suggest taking a wife soon, so that you can have a child to pass down the bloodline over time. Ho-oh and I will leave a latent energy within the mountain. In that way, all your children will become enlightened."
"You mean any children I have will experience the pain I have?"
"Not right away, only when it becomes necessary for the child to become enlightened, most often when the previous generation is no longer able to protect the Orbs."
"Well, I can live with that."
"Thank you, priest. We shall be going now."
And with that, Lugia and Ho-oh took off back to the site of Kyogre and Groudon's battle.
There was one more task at hand for the legendary birds. The knowledge of this apocalyptic event was not to live on except where it needed to be, in the minds of the birds and the minds of the priest and his eventual wife. In order to hide this battle from the masses, it was necessary to bury them in the Earth.
The question was, where could they hide the creatures while leaving as little chance as possible that they could be found again?
So while Lugia and Ho-oh were flying back to the site of the downfall of Kyogre and Groudon, they were looking for places which were naturally shielded from the world. They found what they were looking for over a set of domed islands in an archipelago near a landmass going east. The landmass is, of course, what would eventually become known as Hoenn.
The reason they liked these islands so much was because the only way in was through a deep underwater tunnel, nearly making it impossible for anyone to enter the island. The better part was that on the outside, the islands looked completely inconspicuous. The birds continued to the north-east and found Kyogre and Groudon still unconscious. Lugia and Ho-oh landed on the apocalypse creatures and used Teleport to go inside the islands. They deposited the creatures into their "tombs" and teleported out again.
End Flashback
At this point, the psychic images ceased as all was out in the open. The children and even the psychic humans were shocked at what they saw.
"How come we never knew about the whole truth before, Lugia?" Calvin asked angrily.
"It was necessary to only allow you to know the partial truth. You see, knowing the whole truth was not necessary for you to guard the Orbs, so we left out parts of the truth in order to safeguard our ancestors."
Martin interrupted them. "Excuse me. I know you're angry, but don't we still have a job to do?"
Calvin and Lugia stared at each other for a moment, but then eased up. "The child's right. Our argument will mean nothing if the world is destroyed, will it?"
Lugia spoke telepathically, "You're right."
Lugia turned toward the children. "Now, children, you need to know a few things before you can decide if you think you're up to the task."
"What more is there to know?" Ken asked. "We go and find some more of those Orbs, and then eliminate Kyogre and Groudon!"
"If it were that simple, Ho-oh and I would have completed the task without needing to ask for help. However, the material used to create them, Mythril, was depleted by ancient humans long ago. It has not been seen on the surface for many years."
"Then how are we supposed to get some?" Sheila asked with a hint of panic in her voice.
"Relax, Sheila. There are still two veins of Mythril remaining on the planet. First, is the Cave of Origin, which is located on Sootopolis Island to the east."
"Well, then we should just go to Sootopolis and get the Mythril, right?" Ken asked.
"There are two problems with doing this. First, the Cave of Origin is guarded and it would be hard to enter. Second, the Mythril emits an energy which naturally attracts Pokemon toward it. And since Kyogre and Groudon's prisons were not far to the northeast…"
"They would be attracted to the Mythril and will soon be over the island." Martin noted.
"Correct. Therefore, we shall go to the other known vein in the world, near our home in the Sevii Archipelago."
"The Sevii Archipelago? Where's that?" Sheila asked with curiosity.
"The Sevii Archipelago is to the south of the Kanto region. Where we're looking for is another set of islands within the Archipelago, known as the Tanoby Ruins after the discoverer of the ruins. Within those ruins exist the Unown, mysterious creatures from another world."
"Wait… I thought I read in school that the Unown were said to live somewhere in the Johto region." Ken said.
"That's true, Ken. However, that's their secondary colony on this world. Their primary colony is around a vein of Mythril existing in the Sevii Archipelago. You see, the Mythril can strengthen their psychic link to their world."
"So what makes you think we can get some Mythril?" Martin asked with great interest.
"The Unown can sense whether your intentions are pure or not. They are also aware of the disaster so many years ago. So it should not be as much of a problem for you to get the Mythril as it would be for someone in Team Aqua or Magma."
"Maybe. But, once we get the Mythril, what do we do with it?"
"The knowledge of crafting Mythril has obviously been lost over the centuries. However, Ho-oh and I have allowed 1 human to keep the knowledge alive, in case something like this happened. We will take you to him when the time comes."
"The questions now remains… will you help us to save this world?"
For Ken, the answer was simple, "Yes. If I don't help, then this world may be destroyed, and we can't allow that to happen!"
For Martin, the decision was also simple. "I agree with Ken. We must do something to stop our destruction!"
For Sheila, however, it was not so simple. "I'm not so sure about this. What if I don't have what it takes to help out? I'll just be getting in your way…"
"Sheila, if you don't help us now, this world may not live to see tomorrow."
"Ken's right. Although I don't really want to be with anyone, I do think our chances of succeeding are better if we band together against Kyogre and Groudon."
"Besides, Sheila, don't you want to be known throughout all time as a hero?"
These words got Sheila thinking again about her merits. After a few minutes, she was ready to give her answer. "If we're together, then there's nothing we can't do. I'll come with you."
Lugia and Ho-oh spread their wings and crouched to the ground. "Fine. Then get on our backs. We will take off for the Sevii Archipelago at once."
Martin chose to climb onto Ho-oh, and Sheila onto Lugia. Ken also got onto Lugia because of how scared she had seemed moments before. They all took off at once and flew to the east. Beatrice and Calvin were waving until they got out of sight.
The children have accepted their task. However, it's a long journey to re-seal Kyogre and Groudon. Will they be able to retrieve the Mythril before the two creatures destroy the world? Find out in Chapter 7: "Danger".
When the children were out of sight, Beatrice and Calvin were very tired from the images they saw. Suddenly, several Pokemon gathered around them, looking very angry. The humans could tell that the Pokemon felt betrayed in some way for allowing Team Magma to get their hands on one of the Orbs.
Calvin put up a psychic barrier as Vulpix attacked. She hit the barrier quite hard. Duskull and Shuppet both launched Shadow Ball attacks at the barrier simultaneously. The strain to keep the barrier up was too much on Calvin and he blacked out. Beatrice looked over at her husband, and Chimecho used Hypnosis to knock her out. Defenseless, the Pokemon took out all their rage on them, and killed them.
-Ever Grande Island-
Suddenly, a femalevoice cried out, "Nooooooooooooooooooo!"
