The Fight for the Throne (part 3)
After humiliating Reshiram and Zekrom, Uxie goes crazy.
"Blue Flare!" / "Bolt Strike!"
Those were the last words Uxie heard before she felt the mixed blast crashing against her from behind, turning their already-fragmented table into... well, nothing. She guessed from their rage that they'd probably shoot her with one of their signature moves, so she had Diancie and Magearna step aside so they wouldn't get involved.
Sadly, to her, the combined blast was a lot more powerful than expected. Not that she'd ever experience it.
So the Knowledge Pokémon was sent crashing into the walls of the mansion.
Everyone stared.
Reshiram and Zekrom panted. "Damn, human bodies are weak..." Reshiram muttered. It took a heavier toll on her human body than on her real form.
Zekrom sighed. "Well... ha! And there you have it- don't mess with us!" she screamed at Uxie.
The blonde's body stirred. Then she slowly floated up and turned to them.
Her eyes were still closed, but everyone could tell she was sending the two Unova dragons a death glare.
"...would you care to die?" Uxie asked.
"...uh oh," Mesprit muttered from her area.
Reshiram and Zekrom exchanged glances. Then they laughed together.
The very next second, they were thrown out the window with psychic powers. Many supposed it was a flaw of remaining in their human forms given by Arceus- weight wasn't a problem, so using psychic powers to lift them was a much easily done task.
But now everyone gulped and realized Uxie might be a danger to them.
Uxie then grinned. "I believe the best decision right now is to put me in charge of everyone here," she growled.
"A-as if we'd let you!" Thundurus shrieked, then jumped out of her hiding area. "E-everyone! Join forces together to bring that crazy ass girl down!"
Suddenly, most of the hiding legendaries shouted in agreement and began running towards Uxie, afraid of what a mad Uxie would do.
Mesprit frowned. "What's up with this development...?" she mumbled.
Heatran snickered. "It's like we're in a terrible story or somethin'!"
"...you know what a story is?"
"Yeah, Palkia showed me some books once. They were boring so I ate them."
"...?"
Meanwhile, amidst all the rushed chaos now happening in their dining... breakfast... thing room, Mew's group were chilling and wisely chose to stay out of this madness.
"Man, and I seriously thought they were gonna kiss," Mew muttered.
Celebi glared at her pink-haired friend, albeit her face was slightly red. "W-why, did you want to see that?"
"Maybe," Mew replied. "I mean, imagine how funny it'd be to see them getting along for once!"
"..."
Registeel tilted her head. "...Mew interested?" she asked.
The New Species Pokémon shrugged. "Well, a bit. Humans and Pokémon do it all the time. It's supposed to be about love, apparently."
"O-of course it's a sign of love!" Celebi exclaimed. "I-it's been that way for ages, and it's really beautiful and full of passion! It's what shows one how much they are loved!"
The three stared at Celebi.
"...Celebi knows lot," Registeel commented.
"H-huh? I...n-no, it's not that!" Celebi quickly denied. A bit too quickly, one would suppose.
Mew raised an eyebrow, grinning. "Not what? We didn't say anything yet."
Celebi panicked more. "I- I, no! I didn't say anything, b-but- huh!?"
The pink haired girl snickered. "What, do you use time travelling to watch people kiss in the past?" she joked.
To her surprise, the Time Travel Pokémon's jaw dropped slightly as her face became redder than Groudon.
Mew blinked. Then she scratched her head. "Huh. Um. Wow. Didn't think you'd... wow. Okay." She turned turned back to observe Uxie throwing a majority of the humanized legendaries with her psychic powers. "...okay."
Celebi grabbed the girl's shoulders. "N-no, wait! It's not like... it's not like I like it!" she quickly shouted. "I- I just happened to see it one time and it looked really nice and passionate and I just thought I wanted to understand why they do it and basically I just coincidentally find more and watch them and observe them and not like them at all okay!?" she yelled without breathing. Then she panted tiredly, completely red in the face, unsure of what the hell she had just said. And hoping Mew wouldn't start spreading around stuff like Celebi being into kissing or whatever.
Registeel and Necrozma stared in awe at her fast shouting. "...wow..." they said in unison, applauding the girl. She ignored it.
Mew stared. Then she smiled. "You want to try kissing?"
"...huh?" Celebi stared.
Mew smiled.
Celebi stared.
Mew smiled.
Celebi stared.
Mew smiled.
"DadadadadamnitMeeewwww!" the Time Travel Pokémon screamed, reverting to her Pokémon form and somehow retaining her extremely red face, then floating away and disappearing into a time portal she quickly created.
Mew blinked. "...just kidding?" she said, unsure of what the heck just happened.
Registeel and Necrozma exchanged glances, before shrugging it off.
"All the way here again for another scrunchy?" the stylist asked, then chuckled. "You're a weird one."
Azelf blushed slightly. "S-sorry. I just... think it's really cute."
"Aw. You sweet girl." Petting the humanized Pokémon's head, the stylist handed over what the girl wanted and smiled. "Say, I never did catch your name last time. I don't suppose you'd mind telling me?"
The Willpower Pokémon blinked. ...it should be fine, right? But then again, having the same name as a one-of-a-kind Pokémon that is worshiped would sound weird no matter what the case was. Azelf wondered what she should call herself temporarily. "...I'm Valor," she decided.
Holy hell, name myself after my own lake. Original much, she thought.
The stylist smiled. "Valor, huh? That's a nice name. Fitting for a cutie like you!" More head petting.
She had a feeling the woman was just being polite, but she blushed more nevertheless. Getting along with humans sure felt nice...
...Azelf then remembered that Arceus might be waiting for her. She wasn't sure what the Alpha Pokémon came here for, after all, but she got what she wanted so she should probably go out and wait for her creator. "T-thank you. And thanks again for the... scrunchy." She bowed politely and made to leave.
The woman smiled. "No worries. Although maybe next time you should let me style your hair again," she said and snickered. "Wasting money on a scrunchy instead of hair is just a waste. I'm sure I can make you look even cuter!"
Azelf smiled. "A-alright!" She wondered if she should start coming to the real world more often.
Walking out the store, she then looked around.
"Hmm... oh, there she is." The girl spotted Arceus standing under a lone tree. The Alpha Pokémon seemed to be reading a book. Azelf headed over to the girl, wondering in her mind again how the others were doing back at the mansion.
Uxie blinked. Now that she had calmed down, the blonde looked around. Wait, no, it's more like she sensed her surroundings with her psychic powers. Her eyes were, after all, always closed. She sensed around and realized a couple of details.
1. The entire mansion was in shambles. Rubble and debris were everywhere.
2. It was almost afternoon in this dimension.
3. A majority of her fellow legendaries were lying and groaning on the ground. Few sat and relaxed as if they were camping.
4. Celebi was nowhere to be seen.
The girl stared. "...Why, I do believe we are the most dysfunctional group of Pokémon ever," she muttered.
Near her, Cobalion moaned in pain. She slowly pushed herself up, rubbing her head. "Speak for yourself..." the Iron Will Pokémon muttered.
"No, I am the most normal within those who inhabits this mansion," Uxie said. "I am wise and logical, after all."
Palkia popped out from underneath some rubble. "You're crazy, that's what you are..."
Diancie tugged on Uxie's shirt. "U-Uxie... what're we going to do...?"
Uxie sensed around again. It would be virtually impossible to rebuild their mansion. However, from her quick thinking, she figured a way they could restore it before Arceus and Azelf returned. "...perhaps Dialga can revert time on the mansion and restore it to its prime condition...?"
"That's... a good idea," Palkia said. "So? Dialga, how about it?"
Said Temporal Pokémon rubbed her chin thoughtfully. "Hm. I think I can do that, but it'd take some time."
Giratina frowned. "Can't you just freeze time and then fix the place?"
"That takes a lot of energy, alright. I don't want to tire myself."
Mew smiled. "What if Celebi helped you?"
"No, she's just a time traveling Pokémon... she doesn't control time," Dialga said.
"What about spacial control?" Mesprit asked. "I really doubt controlling time could fix this..."
Palkia blinked. "Well, it's either we use Dialga to revert time on the place, or use me to... hm. Create a new mansion with space manipulation?"
"I say you two should work together to quickly fix this place," Uxie said.
The two Sinnoh dragons glared at her. "And whose fault is it that the mansion's in shambles in the first place?"
"...I'm sorry."
"But well, I guess I'm fine with that." Dialga grinned and stretched her arms. "I'd probably be able to go all-out in my real form though."
Palkia groaned. "Working with you? Sounds like a pain, but alright."
"Shut it, ugly."
Giratina blinked. "..." She decided not to say anything, since she already knew Palkia's natural retort for anything she says.
Palkia stared at Giratina, expecting something. When nothing came, she smirked. "Giwatina."
"Go to hell!" Giratina exclaimed and jumped at the Spatial Pokémon, who gladly dropped her responsibilities to fight again.
"Arceus, you two are hopeless," Dialga muttered. Right as she began glowing to revert to her real form, a piece of rubble was thrown at her head. "Ow! Hey!"
Amidst the battle, Palkia managed to grin at Dialga. "Whoops! My hands slipped! It was probably Giwatina!"
"You just said that you did it!" Dialga roared, then also forgot her task and jumped at the bickering duo.
Mesprit sighed. "And there goes our only hope of restoring the mansion."
Suddenly, Thundurus popped out from some rubble. "Foolish fools! While you all are busy with your stupidity, I shall rebuild this mansion myself!" she exclaimed.
Most legendaries stared at her.
Then Thundurus smirked. "It can't be that hard. And when I'm done, I'll be the one deserving to be in charge of you all!"
"...I don't think she'll manage," Mesprit whispered.
"I- I doubt it too..." Diancie said.
Uxie felt someone tug her hand. She suddenly saw... uh... sensed Magearna standing behind her. "Hm?"
The Artificial Pokémon smiled and pointed behind her- while most were staring at the arguing creation trio and the boasting Thundurus, the Alolan legendaries had begun to attempt to rebuild the mansion themselves. They didn't seem to be too into interacting with the other, older legendaries yet so far. Uxie realized they may still feel out of place and not so used to them.
She decided to ignore the bickering buffoons and walk over to the hardworking legendary Pokémon. "...do you need help?" Uxie asked.
They stared at her, unsure of what to say. They did just witness her rampage not long ago...
...but then Lunala smiled. "...okay..." she whispered.
The others became slightly alarmed, but unwilling to cause a scene. Solgaleo quickly pulled Lunala asides. "W-wait, are you sure about that...?"
Lunala nodded. "She's... a friend of Azelf's. I think... I can trust her."
"That other flying elf, huh..." Solgaleo muttered. "W-well, if you're sure then... I guess." The girl turned to Uxie. "Umm... okay, we'll... gladly take your help. I suppose."
"Ooh, hey Uxie!" Mew exclaimed, appearing out of nowhere. "Making new friends?"
Uxie stared. "Mew. Where's Celebi?"
The pink-haired girl shrugged. "She flew away and disappeared when I teased her a bit."
"Tease? About what?"
"Uh..." Mew wondered if she'd be a terrible friend if she explained Celebi's habits. Probably. "...maybe I'll tell you some other time."
Uxie stared. "...okay."
Solgaleo blinked. "...um... you're... Mew, right?"
Mew nodded. "That's right! Girl, we are so going to get along!" she suddenly exclaimed and wrapped Solgaleo with one arm, laughing happily.
The Alolan lion didn't know what to do, so she just nervously faked a laughter alongside the humanized... pink... cat... thing.
"So... you're Azelf's friend," Uxie asked as she began using her psychic powers to help carry debris. For whatever reasons.
Lunala nodded. "Azelf... is a nice Pokémon."
"Indeed." Uxie waited for responses. She didn't get any. Well, this is awkward.
Lunala herself wasn't sure what else to say. She still didn't know much about the bringer of knowledge.
Someone else walked past them, scoffing. "Bah. If you have time to be talking, put more effort into working!" Thundurus shouted.
Uxie blinked. "You're helping rebuild too?"
"Yeah, duh. I told you, I'm going to become the one in charge by putting everything back together."
Lunala tilted her head. "...everyone... agreed?"
Thundurus grinned. "Eh, who cares? Obviously if I put in the most effort, I'll be worthy of controlling you all."
"..." Uxie pushed the Forces of Nature member away with her psychic powers, ignoring her surprised scream. The blonde smiled and looked at her new Alolan friend. "I guess we should hurry and get to work, shouldn't we?"
"...I guess," Lunala replied. She still wasn't sure if she could get along with Uxie, but at least that was something she could agree with.
"Ooh, are we competing now?" Mew said. "I want to be in charge too! Team Mew go!"
Once again hugged by the pink haired girl, Solgaleo grimaced. "U-uh, yeah... Team Mew..." she mumbled.
Mesprit observed the scene as more legendaries became motivated to once again become the temporary ruler, but this time by contributing the most to rebuilding the mansion. "...this is a really weird development."
Then she stared towards Dialga's direction. The three creation trio members had by then stopped fighting and decided to help rebuild the mansion too.
...just use your time powers, damn it. Mesprit sighed, then shrugged it off.
It wasn't like Azelf and Arceus were going to return soon anyways.
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