Deadly Drowning Craze (part 2)

Azelf and Lunala bands together to attempt to stop Kyogre.

"Alright, so what type are you again?" Azelf asked as she kept running, pulling the newcomer by her hand.

Lunala was able to keep up without tripping. She stared at the girl in front of her, nevertheless. "...Psychic and Ghost."

"Ah... well, whatever." The two continued on their way. "Say, you're a bird, right? With those beauti... um, wings of yours..."

"...a bat..."

Azelf blinked. "O-oh. Sorry. But, okay, you can fly!" Azelf saw the swimming pool out the same window she previously came from and smiled. "Right! So, Lunala! You can fly!"

The Alolan legendary nodded. "...yes."

"Good! You see that super tall diving board?" Azelf asked and pointed outside. Lunala nodded. "Kyogre's at the top, and she's going to throw someone down! You just need to catch that person, then go up and convince her to calm down and stop killing everyone!"

Lunala stared at the blue-haired girl in front of her. She wanted to open her mouth and say that maybe Kyogre wasn't killing her fellow legendaries, but nothing came out and she ended up nodding. "...I'll try."

"Alright! Let's do this!" The two sneaked outside and, rather than hiding at a bush besides the pool that Kyogre can easily see, they stayed way behind the diving board's ladder so Kyogre wouldn't even see them from above- unless she looked behind her, of course.

Azelf looked up and narrowed her eyes. "Hm... she's already got another victim... wonder who that is she's holding..."

Lunala stared. "...I think... depression person..." she said.

"Depressing? ...Darkrai?" the willpower embodiment asked. Her partner nodded. "Ah. Her."

The two watched Kyogre in silence as she started lifting Darkrai up, the latter seemingly starting to panic.

"...maybe we can let this one happen," Azelf muttered. Lunala stared at her, incredulous. "J-just kidding. She's about to throw Darkrai- Fly!" she commanded.

Lunala nodded and spread her wings. Then she saw Kyogre mercilessly throwing Darkrai down like a javelin towards the pool. ...scary. Somehow or another, seeing such ruthlessness made the Moone Pokémon freeze next to Azelf, the duo watching uselessly as Darkrai screamed before she was silenced by an eruption of water.

"...scary," Lunala muttered.

"...understandable," Azelf added. Then she pulled Lunala. "H-hide! She's gonna see us when she comes down!" They rushed back into the hallway and peered outside the window.

Kyogre slowly made her way down, said something cheerful to her three victims in the pool, then skipped away to another part of the mansion.

Probably in search of more victims.

Azelf gulped. "I- I think she's gone crazy..." she whispered. Lunala nodded frantically.

When Kyogre was gone, Azelf slowly tiptoed her way to the pool again, Lunala following. The two stared at the three bodies in the pool.

"...w-we should help them before they die," Azelf said.

"...okay..."

The two used their psychic powers to pull each fainted legendary towards them, then pulled them out of the pool.

Each three bodies were laid on the pool's sides neatly, facing up.

"...G-Groudon?" Azelf whispered.

"...urgh..." the Ground-type moaned. Then she weakly opened her eyes. "A... Azelf... hurry... r-run..."

"D-don't talk, Groudon..." Azelf said. "Don't talk..."

Groudon gave her a sad smile. "S-she's gone crazy... please... stop her..."

"G-Groudoooooon!" the lake guardian screamed.

Lunala blinked. This place is full of weirdos, she thought.

The two then looked to Terrakion's body.

"...n-no good, she's out cold..." Azelf said.

Then Darkrai stirred. "U-ugh..."

Both their eyes widened. "Darkrai!" Azelf exclaimed. "A-are you okay? ...though you probably deserved it..."

The Dark-type opened her eyes and coughed. "W-wasn't that last part unnecessary...?"

Azelf shrugged. "Either ways... w-what'd you do to Kyogre!?"

Darkrai stared at her. Then she sighed. "...actually... she's just..." Then she coughed again. "Ack... that's it for me... good bye."

"D-Darkrai! Not you too!" Azelf shrieked.

Lunala blinked again. Full of really weird people.

Azelf sighed, getting up. "Oh well. I know the real solution for this problem!" she said.

"...?" The Alolan legendary stared at her, expecting to hear the answer.

The blue-haired lake guardian grinned. "We've got Arceus here for a reason! She can stop Kyogre's madness. Let's go find her!"

Sighing, Lunala followed after the girl.

Arceus stared. "Hello, Kyogre. How's your day going?" she asked.

The Water-type flashed a huge smile. "I-it's going great! Really great, actually. I- I think I might have gotten along better with Groudon!"

Hearing this, the Normal-type widened her eyes. "Oh! Is that so? I'm glad to hear that!" She chuckled and petted the humanized orca. "Keep it up, Kyogre."

Kyogre nodded. "Say, I want to get along better with you too!"

"O-oh, I see." Arceus blushed slightly, touched by her creation's thoughts. "Then... then I guess we should!"

The Water-type smiled. "Please come with me, Arceus. I... I know a great well to help you feel great!"

"Well, alright then! I'll trust you to help me enjoy my day!"

Panting, Azelf came to a stop and tried to catch her breath. She had to lean against a wall to keep herself from falling. "T-that's odd..." she muttered. "I can't find... Arceus anywhere..."

Lunala patted her back. "...it's okay."

"T-thanks..." the tired legendary wheezed. She calmed herself and did some stretches.

Feeling at ease again, she turned to Lunala.

"Well, I can't be down about it forever. I guess we'll just have to take things into our own hands!" Azelf pointed back towards the direction they escaped... uh, came from. "Let's confront Kyogre ourselves!"

"..." Lunala grimaced. Azelf saw the expression on her face, clearly saying she'd rather not.

"Come on, Lunala... we've got to save everyone before we might be next too, you know?" She clutched her fists tightly, determined. "Even if there is no hope, I won't give up! Because I'm the embodiment of willpower!"

And suicide, apparently... Lunala added in her mind.

Smiling, Azelf gently took Lunala's hands. "Come on, now. Kyogre's not that scary- besides, I'm here with you, aren't I?"

Lunala stared. We'll both die. But giving into the girl's wishes, she sighed. "...okay."

"Alright! Let's go back and stop Kyogre!" the lake guardian said. Then she marched towards the direction they came from- again.

The Alolan bat legendary just shook her head whilst she followed the girl.

Azelf had looked more excited than worried about this... 'murder mystery' of Kyogre's.

Weirdos, the bat thought.

"Oh, hey Azelf."

The two stopped in their tracks and saw Celebi approaching them, holding Mew's hand. "...my, you two are close," Azelf said with a snicker.

Celebi blinked, then stared at her hand holding Mew's hand. "...w-wait!" She turned back to her sane friend, face flushed red. "S-stupid! I-it's not what you think, I'm just k-k-keeping her from doing stupid things! Ugh, stupid! Idiot! S-stupid!"

"You repeated that last one," Mew said.

"Well, whatever. Have you two seen Kyogre?" Azelf asked.

The green-haired Grass/Psychic-type shook her head. "Yeah, not long ago. Did you need her?" she asked.

Mew sighed. "Sorry, Celebi here was too busy keeping me as her 'prisoner'," she said as she air-quoted the last part.

The lake-guardian grinned again, this time wider than before. "Your 'prisoner', huh? Sweet, Celebi."

"G-gah! Stop being stupid!" Celebi exclaimed.

Lunala clapped her hands together, getting their attention. She cleared her throat. "...we're... saving everyone."

"...say that again?" Celebi asked. "Oh, and um, hi. You're... Lunala, right?"

"...yes."

Azelf scratched her head. "You see, Kyogre seems to have gone crazy and is trying to kill everyone."

Celebi blinked. "...really?"

"Yes! Lunala and I both saw her exterminating Darkrai!" Azelf said.

"...nobody likes Darkrai."

"She also got rid of Terrakion!"

"...Terrakion's a jerk sometimes."

"She destroyed Groudon!"

"They never get along."

The lake guardian pulled her hair. "Arceus! You don't believe me at all!" She looked around. Then she grabbed Celebi's hand. "I'll just take you to the crime scene myself!" Then she also grabbed Lunala's hand again, and pulled them both. As Celebi was still holding onto Mew's hand, she effectively pulled the New Species Pokémon along.

"Sounds like fun!" Mew exclaimed.

The group of four stared at the pool, horrified by the new body floating alone.

"I-is that..." Celebi whispered. She didn't finish her line.

Azelf ran over to the side of the pool. "Arceus! Noooooo!"

The green-haired humanized fairy fell to her knees. "You were right... we're all doomed..."

Lunala nodded sadly, praying to... well... I mean, their creator is dead. She mentally grieved.

Mew, meanwhile, blinked as she stared at the scene. Then she noticed someone approaching them from behind. "Uh, guys...?"

The three turned to her, and saw Kyogre smiling and waving at them. They paled immediately.

"H-hey, everyone! I was just looking for more people!" Kyogre said, oddly in an innocent way.

Azelf leaned to Celebi. "What're we going to do?"

Celebi glared at her. "H-how would I know? W-what about, um, you, Lunala!?"

Lunala shook her head. "...scary."

I know, right? they thought.

Mew smiled. "Hi, Kyogre!"

The Water-type fidgeted with her hands. "I- I was just thinking... would you four be, um, interested in relieving your stress...?"

Azelf, Celebi and Lunala exchanged glances.

Mew nodded. "Sure! We'd all love to try that!"

Then they glared at the pink-haired girl.

Suddenly a new battle unfolded between the three- who shall sacrifice themselves first?

They exchanged glances again.

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