Arc 1: Super Tag Hide-and-Seek

Mew invites Azelf and the others to play a game.

It was a bright morning when all the mythical deities- save for Arceus herself- were gathered together in their mansion's huge ass dining room. In the center was the dining table, to which Arceus said was to let the Pokémon gathered here be able to eat in peace and in similar manner to how humans seem to enjoy their evening meals.

Standing atop that very sacred dining table was the humanized form of Darkrai.

"Ahem. I ask, is everyone here?" she asked. Everyone around her, who were politely not standing on the table and instead on the ground like a normal living being, nodded. That didn't exactly tell her anything, but the Dark-type ultimately decided they were all probably here anyways. "Alright then. Let's get down to business."

Now, she was sure that this important meeting can properly start.

What was this important meeting about? Well, it involved this entire mess that Arceus had suddenly enforced on her creations.

That was also why Arceus definitely wasn't invited.

They were going to discuss how to oppose their current predicament, and more importantly, how to rebel against Arceus and not be killed or erased.

Of course, only Darkrai knew that. After all, she couldn't waste time explaining anything to her fellow brethren now, could she? It was the gathering that's important, not the explaining. Basically, she's the only one intent on rebelling. Probably.

Oh, and Cresselia also wasn't invited. For reasons.

Anyways, one of the members attending this questionable meeting was Azelf. Having previously been sleeping peacefully, she had been dreaming of visiting this Alola region that the newcomers were going on about. Within the dream, Tapu Fini was showing her around the islands, when she said she had a surprise for the bringer of willpower. Curious, she had asked what it was- when Darkrai's face was suddenly planted onto the Alolan fairy, telling her to come to the meeting.

Needless to say, she didn't wake up peacefully.

Mesprit and Uxie weren't in their bed by then, though, so she assumed Darkrai was waking everyone individually and not simultaneously showing up in everyone's dreams. Why did the Dark-type do that, though, was what she wondered. After all, Darkrai could've just... oh.

Damn dream peeper, Azelf thought.

Speaking of Mesprit, the pink-haired humanized lake guardian waltzed up to her. "Had a nice dream?" she asked.

"No. Someone's face showed up and ruined everything," the willpower bringer said.

Mesprit chuckled. "I didn't as well. Someone's face showed up and ruined everything."

Exchanging a small chuckling session, the two eventually directed their glares toward the oblivious Darkrai, who clapped her hands together.

"Alright, everyone, quiet down. I'd like to address a serious issue we all know would've come eventually," she said. Everyone seemed to listen to her, albeit somewhat doubtful of the productivity of this meeting. "As you call can see, we've been cursed into living in this humanity-inspired mansion, in these disgusting human forms. And you all must have complaints. And that's why I'd like to say, right here, right now..."

Everyone stared. Was she about to actually say something they could agree on? Something serious? Something that made sense?

Her mouth opened. They focused hard.

"...I have bigger boobs than most of you suckers!" the Dark-type said smugly, fondling her own chest. Immediately her brethren pulled random items from nowhere and began pelting her with them. She quickly paled and ran away, leaving behind a loud obnoxious laughter that seemed to mock them further.

Thus the Grand Darkrai Hunt began, somehow.

With that, only few uninterested legendary Pokémon were left in the room.

"...should we get started with breakfast?" Azelf asked. All those that remained in the room nodded, deciding they could deal with Darkrai's bullshit later.

After putting the dining table back where it rightfully belonged, Unown began floating from nowhere to prepare their meals. Oh, did I forget to mention? Unown over here were like... maids and butlers or something. They weren't humanized nor given the ability, so Azelf felt it would forever be an odd sight for her, seeing a bunch of floating letters bringing meals to humanized deities like a buffet.

Azelf was having a plate of berries, also provided with a cup of honey. She had her meal in silence, wondering what she should do today to pass time. After all, whilst they were allowed to leave the mansion anytime, she didn't particularly had anything to do back in her cave. And being spotted by humans and causing an uproar wouldn't be fun... unless, of course, she went in her humanized form.

But what was the point anyways? It wasn't like there was something made by humans that could entertain her, were there?

...going to Alola might be nice though.

She clasped her hands together. "Thanks for the food," she said, and pushed herself off the chair. Looking around, it was evident that many still hadn't return from their hunt for Darkrai. Speaking of Darkrai, that blasted speech of hers... Azelf curiously glanced at her own chest. "...hm."

"Some humans believe that you can rub them to make them grow bigger," Uxie said.

"W-whuh- hey!" Azelf shrieked, face turning red. "I- I wasn't thinking of that! W-w-why would I care anyways!?" she said. How'd she...?

The blonded smiled, slightly amused. "It's alright, Azelf. Some people simply feel defeated when others have bi-"

"I'm telling you, that's not it!" Azelf retorted. Inside her head, she was fuming and screaming. "I was thinking about other things, s-stupid!" It's like she's reading my mind...

Again, Uxie chuckled. "It's just so easy to read your expressions."

The bluenette sighed. Until she realized what her counterpart said. "...wait, what? But your eyes are always closed, how are yo-"

"Azelf! Uxie!" a third voice interrupted cheerfully. It was Mew, the typical hyper child of the mansion. "Want to play with us?" she asked.

Azelf raised an eyebrow. "Play... play what?"

"Super Tag Hide-and-Seek!" Mew said. "Me and Celebi were just going to show Diancie and Magearna how to have some fun!"

"Mew, I think that's a bad idea," Azelf said. She does know, after all, what wild ideas the Kantonian legendary can come up with.

"Well I say it's a good idea," Mew retorted. "Anyways! Play with us!"

Sighing, Azelf reluctantly agreed to play. "So what's this... Super Tag Hide-and-Seek?"

"Well, it's tag. Mixed with hide-and-seek! The 'Super' is just there to sound cool."

The bluenette blinked. She had no clue what those were.

Uxie tapped her shoulder. "Tag is a human game where one individual is labelled 'it' and must chase all other participants. Whoever gets tagged by the 'it' will become the next 'it', and the previous 'it' joins the other participants from escaping the new 'it'."

"...sounds scary," Azelf said. At the same time, she thought it sounded quite fun- lots of running or chasing, that's for sure.

"And hide-and-seek is another human game where one individual is labelled 'it' again, and must count to a set number while all other participants hide. Then they must seek every one of them- the last participant to be found wins and becomes 'it' of the next round."

How do humans come up with these at all? Azelf wondered. She remembered doing fun small chases with her counterparts a number of years ago, whenever they hung out with each other, but this was a game on a whole new level. (For her.) She gulped- she was starting to get excited. "Wow. Alright then, so when do we start?"

Mew laughed. "Not yet, silly. This is a mixed game I made, so let me explain!" she said. "Some years go I went to observe some human children playing and these games came from them. I want to be original, though, so! Super Tag Hide-and-Seek is like hide-and-seek, but even if you find a hiding person, they can keep playing until you tag them!"

Azelf blinked again. How is that original...? "Uh... okay then."

"So let's get started! Rock paper scissors!"

To her surprise, literally everyone else there threw out their hands. In a moment of panic, she threw out... a paper.

Her jaw dropped when her vision registered everyone else's choices- Uxie, Mew, Celebi, Diancie and Magearna all threw scissors. "What... but..."

"Haha! Azelf's 'it'!" Mew said. "You, go count to a hundred!"

"A hundred!?"

The pink-haired humanized Pokémon nodded. "Meanwhile we'll go hide somewhere. Got it? Got it! Good! Let's go!" She grabbed Celebi and Diancie by the hand, running out the room as Uxie and Magearna calmly walked after them.

Azelf stood still. "...what the hell..."

Notes:

|| I guess I'll eventually draw what I imagine of these humanized fellas, so I'll just skip explaining their appearance. It's just a huge bother lel.