The Fight for the Throne (part 2)

Chaos continues at the mansion.

Arceus stared at the store her Willpower Pokémon wished to enter again. She then looked at bluenette herself. "...so...?"

Azelf pointed to the sign in front of the store. "It costs human currency, and I don't have any, so before I go bother them again... I'll make my own money! Somehow. And repay them for last time too!"

The Alpha Pokémon smiled. "Aw. You're a good Pokémon." Then she rubbed her chin. "When did you learn how to read their language though?" she asked, pointing to the sign as well.

"Uxie taught me several years ago when we were bored."

"I see." Arceus then looked around curiously. "Well, while you do that... I'll look around and plan for something I'm working on, I suppose. Inspirations can take on many forms."

"Uh, sure." Azelf watched as her creator uncharacteristically skipped away happily, humming a rather ominous tune that didn't even fit their humanized appearances at all. Then she looked back to the store, and her fists tightened. "Alright, so first I'll have to find a way to make money here..." Her gaze turned towards the streets of Lumiose City.

She suddenly spotted a nearby ice cream vendor pulling his cart. As much as she hated the thought of asking a human for help, she felt it was necessary to return the favor the stylist did for her, so she ran over to the ice cream vendor. "E-excuse me!"

"Hm?"

Azelf breathed in and out. "I, uh... I need to make some money! W-would you please help me?"

Uxie groaned and pushed herself up. She seemed to be in her Pokémon form again, and realized this as it looked at its hands. "(I... I was unconscious,)" it muttered.

Magearna smiled. "...awake?"

The Knowledge Pokémon looked behind her and saw the humanized Magearna sitting where she had been lying.

In human terms, it seems she had been giving it a lap pillow while it was unconscious.

Uxie grunted and shone brightly, morphing into its humanized form again. She smiled. "Yes, I'm awake," she finally answered. Magearna's smile widened at this.

"N-never mind that... be careful..." Diancie's voice came from behind. Uxie turned around again and saw Diancie peering outside their territory. Uxie then looked around and registered the fact that she, Magearna and Diancie were hiding behind a broken section of their large dining table.

"...I feel like I would not like to know what is going on," Uxie muttered.

Diancie looked back at the blonde. "W-well, um... war... broke out."

"...!?" For once Uxie wasn't sure how to interpret that detail.

Magearna chuckled. "...started fighting," she said and pointed behind their shelter.

Uxie nodded and carefully crawled out so that part of her head stuck out. She observed a battle unfolding in front of her closed eyes:

Most of the table's broken fragments were scattered randomly across the room, her fellow legendaries hiding behind them, while two fragments in the center had a pair of certain Unova dragons tossing food at each other. "...them?" Uxie muttered, promptly remembering that Reshiram and Zekrom were basically the Groudon and Kyogre of Unova.

"Go and burn in hell!" Reshiram exclaimed as she threw several berries from a plate fallen near her.

Zekrom dodged them and glared. "No, you!" she retorted and threw her own set of berries.

Reshiram dodged those, and growled. "Shut your mouth and stand down! I'm the one fit to be the leader and lead all you crazy idiots to sanity!"

"You just want to rule over us and treat us like servants!" Zekrom exclaimed.

"Why would I even do that!?"

"Because I said so!"

Uxie retracted her head. "...all those berries being wasted... Azelf would be so mad."

Diancie and Magearna chuckled. "I guess... we can only wait until those two are done?" Diancie asked.

"I'd suppose so," Uxie said.

Magearna wondered how long that would be.

Celebi silently wept, hands covering her face. Or, well, she wasn't actually crying, but just questioning how they got into this situation in the first place.

Mew, peering out their shelter from besides her, snickered as she observed Reshiram's and Zekrom's food battle. "Hey, Celli! You're missing great stuff!"

The green-haired Time Travel Pokémon looked at her companion. "...you're starting to feel more like Hoopa," she muttered.

"Hoopa's fun." Mew then rubbed her chin. "I'm also fun. We're both fun!"

Hiding behind the same table fragment as the two, Registeel and Necrozma simply observed the two.

Celebi eventually decided it felt a bit too unsettling. "...h-hi."

The humanized duo simply nodded.

Crud. They're too quiet. Celebi wondered what she should do- converse with them? What topic? Would they even talk? Should she even try? Ah, whatever. The girl tilted her head curiously as she eyed them. "...you two are friends?"

Registeel nodded. "...hard. Sharp. Like steel," she said.

"I... I see."

Necrozma didn't say anything, but nodded as if agreeing to the same about her friend.

"Registeel likes."

Celebi's eyes widened. "Wh... h-huh?" Her face became pink as she stared at the two, who stared back at her with absolutely no emotions on their face. A-are they.. did she just...? The girl then started to feel like some sort of third wheel. Registeel likes Necrozma! She... she...!

"Necrozma good friend."

Oh. Celebi stared. The two stared. She nervously laughed. Right, it was a misunderstanding... she thought. Of course, why would those two even know anything about love? ...wait, love? Celebi frowned. Why did she know what love is!?

"Hey, Celli. You alright?" Mew asked. "Your face is red."

"Huh? N-no, I'm fi..." the Time Travel Pokémon made to reply, but her voice died as she stared at Mew's face.

Mew frowned. "...is there something on m-"

"...n-no, nothing."

Registeel and Necrozma exchanged confused glances.

Cresselia peeked outside her hiding spot. "...Arceus, how long can they go at it?"

Mesprit floated behind her in its Pokémon form, snacking on some berries. "(Who knows? Kinda hilarious though.)"

Behind them, Heatran sat and scratched her head. "Why're you in your real form?" she asked.

The levitating lake guardian snickered. "(Smaller body, better eating experience. It's the perk of being a small powerful Pokémon.)"

"Oooh... do you think it'd work for me too?" the Lava Dome Pokémon asked.

Cresselia stared. "Your real form is bigger than your human form."

"...oh..."

"Are they still not done fighting?" Uxie asked. She was starting to feel irritated by the Unova legendaries' berry war.

Diancie glanced out their area. "...n-no."

"Do we even have that many amount of berries?" Uxie asked. "If I recalled correctly, Rayquaza's food is Minior shells, and Necrozma's is some bits of compressed light, and... why are there only berries being thrown around?"

Magearna suddenly pulled out a plate of nowhere- another plate of nuts and bolts, that weren't pelted with water by a certain group of three buffoons earlier. "...everyone... protected food... fast."

The Knowledge Pokémon then understood from that that the Artificial Pokémon meant everyone was wise enough to grab their plates before they became ammunition.

Then she looked outwards along with Diancie. "...Arceus. They need to stop."

Diancie nodded, but then noticed her blond-haired friend glowing. "U-Uxie?"

"Do not worry. I believe I know how to solve this dispute," Uxie replied and aimed her hand towards Reshiram and Zekrom. She focused on her psychic powers and carried out her plan- as the two Unova dragons kept pelting each other's tables with smashed berries, they suddenly floated up.

"W-what the-" Reshiram squeaked.

"Who's doi-" Zekrom started.

Then, the two were forcefully pulled together, leading to a painful crash in the middle of the room.

Uxie stared. "With that, I believe they can now peacefully talk it out and solve their rivalry without needless berry wars."

Diancie gulped. "U-uh... Uxie..."

The blonde looked at her pink-haired friend, confused.

The Jewel Pokémon simply stared at her with a look that obviously said: I think you made it worse.

Unsure of what she did wrong, Uxie looked back to see Reshiram on top of Zekrom.

It was a rather... awkward scene.

The white-haired dragoness stared down at the black-haired dragoness, unsure of what had happened. But after getting rid of their moans of pain- yes, moans of pain, not something else- their eyes met and they realized their current positions.

"...umm..." Zekrom voiced. "T-this is... uh..."

"...I, uh... well, this is embarrassing," Reshiram said.

"...you can say that again..."

Suddenly, a gasp from somewhere in the room. Everyone who wasn't hiding turned to a table that shielded Jirachi and Shaymin.

Shaymin seemed particularly fascinated by the scene. "A-are you two going to kiss!?"

From that loud question, even more gasps surfaced.

And then more faces popped up from tables.

"They're going to what!?" Zapdos said.

"Reshiram and Zekrom!? Kiss!?" Terrakion said.

"Absolutely disgraceful chaithethefthumph!?" Thundurus said. Yeah, I don't know what she said either.

"Whoa, great progress!?" Rayquaza said.

Several stares surrounded the two dragonesses, who were pretty much shocked and petrified. They then realized they were still in their really... awkward... embarrassing position, the Vast White Pokémon atop the Deep Black Pokémon.

"G...guh! Ggabthbwath- get off!" Zekrom finally shrieked.

"F-fwathuhgh- you get off!" Reshiram shouted back, despite being on top.

The two nevertheless got away from each other and stood up, dusting themselves. Man, I really love making characters shout random mumbojumbo.

Anyways, the two quickly dusted themselves clean and looked around. "I-it wasn't... w-we weren't..."

"Aw, shy fellas," Rayquaza snickered. "If only Kyogre and Groudon got along like you two," she teased.

"S-shut up, you... gah!"

Groudon frowned from somewhere else in the room. "Wait, what was that supposed to mean?" She wasn't answered.

Mesprit, from her hiding space, back in her human form, suddenly smiled. "My, Uxie. That was amazing, you just showed me something really interesting."

Uxie blinked. "...I do not think I... what?"

Their small exchange was a terribly idea, however, as they forgot to speak telepathically and chose to talk with their humanized forms' mouths instead. Thus, it was easily heard by the two victims of her plan.

The two dragonesses glared in Uxie's direction. "T-t-that was your doing!?" Reshiram roared.

Uxie stared. "...indeed?"

Zekrom gritted her teeth. "Y-you... you're going to regret that!"

From behind, Diancie shuddered."U-Uxie..."

Magearna pulled Uxie back and the three hid together, embracing themselves for whatever assault the two dragonesses were going to plan. "...uh oh..."

The Emotion Pokémon blinked. "...I believe I have made a terrible mistake."

"T-thank you, please come again!" Azelf said and waved to an elderly woman with her son. She sighed, relieved.

The man who employed her grinned. "Not bad, missy. I think the locals here like ya!"

She smiled and shook her head. "R-really?"

"That's right. Probably ya being so nice and polite and all! They even tip ya extra, all of them who came to buy some ice cream!"

Azelf wasn't sure what a 'tip' is, but apparently she figured it was the action of paying more than required. No wonder everyone paid her a bit more than the ice creams costed- she thought she'd have to track everyone down and return their extra money later. What a relief.

The girl bowed. "T-thank you!"

The man then counted the money they received together. "Hm... lassy, I think ya have enough the the stylist shop now. Maybe this is a fine point to stop?" he asked.

Awed, Azelf nodded. "I see... t-thank you very much!" she said as she spread her hands out, the man handing her a bag of coins and some bills.

"Ya lookin' quite good too, not sure what ya'd want to change, but go have fun in there!" the man said.

She smiled. "T-thank you, again! I'm really grateful!" she exclaimed and waved to him, departing from her first experience with working as a human.

Feeling rather excited, and proud of herself, the girl skipped merrily towards the stylist shop from before.

She promptly stopped in front of it, curious to how things were going back at their otherworld mansion.

"I wonder if they're all having fun right now..." the humanized Willpower Pokémon muttered.

They probably were.

Notes:

|| No, the story won't be as epic as the arc title tries to imply.