Chapter 21: The Moone Pokémon and Hoenn Legend
It's been a few days since Chrom and Robin's wedding and things are settled down. Citizens went back to their daily lives, soldiers are training and improving their skills, and the Shepherds are having the time to relax, now that the war against Plegia was over. The only difference is the Pokémon, who became a part of their lives. Some civilians have Pokémon that are treated as pets or help them to get ready for work or deliveries. Most soldiers have Pokémon whom they trained with and joined the Shepherds in their Pokémon lessons with Reina, Meena, and Kai.
Speaking of Reina, she just woke up on her bed of the new day and did self-cleaning before she about to change her clothes. That's when Kai came in without warning. "Hey, Reina, there's something I want to talk… to… you." He says, but his eyes widen.
With her back facing him, Reina has her shirt about to pull down, leaving her underwear showing as she has her head facing towards him. Reina looks at Kai and her eyes widen and then her face turns red.
"P-PERVERT!" She screams as she raises her fist up.
Kai panics while blushing bright red. "N-No, wait! I didn't mean to-!" He stammers, but it is too late for him to explain when Reina punches him.
~Later~
In the Mess hall
Most of the Shepherds stares at Reina and Kai who are facing each other on the same table. They could see Reina having an angered look with her eyes closed as she eats and Kai with a closed eye, sheepish smile as his left cheek swollen red.
"H-Hey, Reina. Are you still angry?" Kai asks.
"Not really," Reina replies.
"But you're really scowling…"
"This is my normal look."
Then Lissa and Maribelle are walking together with food with and happens to see this.
"What happened?" Lissa asks.
"Kai went into Reina's room while she was getting dressed and getting punched to the cheek." Sumia replies.
"H-How dare he! He just went in there without knocking!" Maribelle exclaims.
"That explains the swollen cheek." Lissa states.
Reina then puts down the plate. "So," She starts and looks at Kai. "What is it that you want to talk about?"
"Do you remember how I told you that I caught amazing Pokémon over at Alola region?"
"Yeah."
"The Pokémon that came out from my Poké ball from a few weeks was one of them."
"I was wondering about that Pokémon. So what is it called?"
"That's Solgaleo. One of the two legendary Pokémon of Alola region."
From this statement causes everyone in the room to be silent and shock as they look at him.
"A legendary…" Reina mutters and leans in. "That's amazing! Not many trainers could catch a legendary Pokémon!"
"But Kai." Meena walks in happened to hear the conversation. "You said two right?"
Kai closes his eyes as he digs his hand into his pocket and takes out a Poké ball before enlarges it and on it was a moon sticker.
"This is the other one. But I want it to be a surprise for you, Reina." He says.
"For me?" Reina points to herself.
"It is coming up soon, right? Your birthday."
"…Huh?"
"Could it be… that you forgot?" Kai asks.
"Th-That's not it!" Reina shouts with an embarrassed blush. "It just that I was busy with the Shepherds when I got here and then Meena came and…" She then looks down before mumbling, "…What happened to you."
Kai widens his eyes slightly and calms down before smiling at her. "Now then." He says as Kai stands up, getting her attention. "Let's trade. You still have Fuko, right?"
"Yeah," Reina replies.
"Then it's perfect. But let's do it outside."
As per Kai's request, he and Reina go outside with Meena and the Shepherds following them and stops. Kai then pulls out a small metallic cube and presses a button that was on it before placing it on the ground and steps away. The cube then hums, surprising the Shepherds, except Reina and Meena as it transforms into a bigger machine. The machine has a suction cup at each ends with a screen having a Poké ball spinning on it in between them and a screen with a lever below it.
"Wh-What is this thing?!" Lissa asks.
"This is the Pokémon Link Transfer system. When two trainers want to trade their Pokémon, they use this machine to trade their Pokémon to each other." Meena explains.
"But why Fuko?"
"Fuko was originally Kai's Pokémon." Reina answers as she gets Fuko's Poké ball.
"'Originally'? You mean Fuko wasn't your Pokémon in the first place?"
"That sounds about right." The Pokémon archer replies as she and Kai walk towards it at either side of the machine. The two then place their Poké ball on each plate that is below each of the suction cups and Kai then approaches the lever.
"Pokémon link trade, start!" He says as Kai pulls the lever down, starting up the machine.
The machine produces electricity sparks from the suction cups to the Poké balls, causing them to slowly rise and eventually into the machine. On the screen shows two Poké balls showing up and switch places to one another sides. Soon, the sparks appear once again as the two Poké balls descend to the plate when the spark disappears.
"Looks like the trade is a success." Kai states and both he and Reina grab their traded Poké balls.
Lissa then walks behind her and see the Poké ball in Reina's hand. "I wonder what kind of Pokémon it is."
"Let's find out!" Reina throws the Poké ball into the air and it snaps open. Out from the ball is a large Pokémon that resembles a skeletal, legless bat.
"Let's find out!" Reina throws the Poké ball into the air and it snaps open. Out from the ball is a large Pokémon that resembles a skeletal, legless bat.
It has a short snout, dark pink eyes with white centers, and a deep blue area on its upper head that shows a constantly changing starscape. A rigid raised hood wraps around its head in a crescent shape and drapes around its neck as well. The outside of the hood is yellow, while the inner part that curves around its head is a pattern of deep blue and white streaks. Its torso resembles a ribcage with a slightly curved spike on each shoulder and three spikes extending from the bottom toward its tail. Its massive wings resemble a bat's wings with the skeleton exposed, except that its wings have a total of seven "finger bones": four running through each wing, one running along the edge to the outermost tip, and two pointing upwards that may act as claws that are more functional. The four "bones" through its wings are only visible in segments. The skin of its wings is an iridescent deep blue, and a light blue light source appears to glow from behind its ribcage. A large, pale yellow crescent connects the outermost tip of each wing to the next two inner tips, and the remaining two innermost tips are adorned by yellow, four-pointed stars. The bottom of its tail is also lined by a yellow crescent, with a ridge running up the middle of the tail towards the ribcage.
The Pokémon screeches out and descends down in front of the group.
"That's a big bat." Vaike says.
Reina turns to Kai. "Kai. What kind of Pokémon is this?"
"This is Lunala. The second one of the legendary Pokémon of Alola region." Kai says and looks at Reina. "And Reina. I'll leave Lunala to you. It's your Pokémon now."
"Lunala…" Reina moves her head from Kai to the bat-like Pokémon as Lunala looks down at her. "…is my Pokémon…"
For the moment, Reina and Lunala stare at each other when Reina slowly approaches it as the Pokémon leans down towards her.
"…Can I touch you?" Reina asks and in respond, Lunala leans its head closer as Reina raises her arms towards it and embraces as the two close their eyes with Reina has her head against Lunala's. "So warm… " For a few seconds, the two separate themselves as they open their eyes again. "I'm Reina. It's nice to meet you, Lunala."
~Two days later~
"Moonblast!" Reina's voice shouts and soon an explosion occurs. The soldiers who have partner Pokémon are watching their fellow soldiers battling Reina at the training field for practice. However, of all the Pokémon she has, Reina chose Lunala to battle. With just a few turns, she had already finished battling with the soldier as his Pokémon, a black hyena is lying on the field with swirls as its eyes.
"Phew. The battle's over. Good work!" Reina states.
"Pikachu!" Éclair says.
"Thank you very much!" The soldier replies as he walks towards his Pokémon while the Pokémon sits up and then the two look at Lunala. "Still, that Pokémon is beautiful and yet strong."
"If you think I'm giving it to you, then you're mistaken." Reina states as she walks towards her Pokémon and puts her hand on Lunala's large body.
"Pika pika." Éclair nods.
"Th-That's not what I meant, Miss Reina!"
"I see things are quite busy here." A familiar voice says causing everyone in the vicinity looks and sees Chrom and Robin are approaching them.
"Your Majesty!" All the soldiers gasp and straighten their backs in the Exalt's presence as Reina walks towards them.
"Pikachu!" Éclair immediately gets off from her perch towards them specifically to Robin.
"Chrom, Robin, you're back." Reina says.
"Yeah." Chrom replies as Robin picks up Éclair.
"We heard the news, Reina. That you got yourself a new Pokémon." Robin says.
"That's right." Reina replies.
Chrom looks at Lunala. "Is that it?"
"Yeah." Reina then turns to it. "Lunala!" The Moone Pokémon hears the call and hovers towards them at the call before stopping behind Reina. "Lunala, these are Chrom and Robin." She turns back at the two. "Chrom, Robin, this is Lunala. One of the legendary Pokémon of Aloha region."
"Legendary? Are they different from normal Pokémon?" Robin asks.
"Legendary Pokémon are a group of incredibly rare and often very powerful Pokémon, especially in legends and myths of my world. Many of them are worshipped as gods by some groups of people because according to legends they shaped the world."
"They shaped the world?!" Robin asks.
"That's all according to legends from my region and Sinnoh, another region. From what Kai told me, Solgaleo and Lunala are emissaries of the sun and moon from Alola region."
"Emissary…" Chrom starts.
"…of the sun and moon?" Robin finishes.
"I don't know the exact details but from what Kai told me the reason how they got their titles. For Solgaleo is the 'beast that devours the sun' and Lunala is the 'beast that calls the moon'. That's what Kai told me after reading a book of Alola's history."
"It sounds like there are more to that than what you told us, Reina." Chrom says.
"Even if you asked me, that's all I know. Plus, I've never been to Alola region before." Reina shrugs as she has her eyes closed.
"Well moving aside of the subject, we just want to congratulate you on the Pokémon."
"Thank you." Reina replies and notices the time. "I think it's about time for Meena and Kai to finish at their side."
"Do you have plans later today?" Robin asks.
"Yeah, something like that. If you like you two can join us." Reina offers.
"You don't mind?"
"Don't worry about it. Meena will agree with me on the subject."
"Then we'll accept your offer, Reina." Chrom says.
"Reina!" The group turns and sees Meena running up towards them with Kai behind her and stops in front of them. "Chrom, Robin, you're back."
"How was the honeymoon?" Kai asks.
"It was excellent." Robin replies.
"Hurry up, Kai. Or else, we'll miss the scenery." Reina tells him.
"Oh. Sorry, Reina." Kai says and walks to her side.
"Scenery?" Chrom and Robin repeat.
Then Kai takes out the Poké ball with the sun sticker and throws it into the air, releasing Solgaleo from its Poké ball and softly lands next to Lunala.
"Let's hop on!" Reina exclaims as she and Meena run towards Lunala as Kai goes to Solgaleo.
"Wait, Reina, Meena!" Robin calls out as she chases after the two and Chrom did the same for Kai.
Once three trainers get on the backs of the two legendary Pokémon, they help Chrom and Robin to get on Solgaleo and Lunala respectively. Then Reina and Kai looks at each other before nodding to one another and faces forward.
"Ready…" Reina starts as both Solgaleo and Lunala takes a stance.
"GO!" She and Kai shout and the two Pokémon flies up into the sky at a high-speed, surprising the two as they have their eyes closed from the wind of the speed and enter the clouds. On the other side of the clouds, Solgaleo and Lunala emerge with the trails of clouds behind them.
"Open your eyes, Chrom, Robin." Reina calls and the two did that as they are awe at the scene that they are seeing.
It is a beautiful sunset with the blanket of clouds dyed in orange as the half of the sun is shown.
"Isn't it amazing?" Meena asks.
"Yes." Robin replies.
"I don't think a pegasus would reach where we are." Chrom states. "Is this the power of a legendary Pokémon?"
"There's also another legendary Pokémon lives at the stratosphere." Kai states.
"Stratosphere?" Robin repeats at the foreign word.
"It's where the sky ends above us." Reina states as she has her head turn behind her where Robin is.
"It's really high up there." Meena adds.
"Is it really that far up?" Robin asks.
"Yeah. In order to get up there, we need special gears to breathe in at that area." Reina replies.
"That's impossible. How can a Pokémon live at a place like that?"
"Who knows. By the time we knew it, it was already there. Also, there are past records of spotting of the ancient past to the present." Then Reina's voice changes from serious to happy tone. "We'll tell you about the legend around it later. For now, let's enjoy the view."
"You're right." Chrom agrees and with that, the five, Solgaleo and Lunala enjoy the scenery as the sun goes down.
When the sun fully sinks down into the clouds, Solgaleo and Lunala bring the humans back down to the castle. After they land, Reina asks Chrom to gather the Shepherds to the garrison for Reina, Meena, and Kai to tell a story from their world. Once he did that, the Shepherds are gathered at the garrison for the three to tell the tale.
"Long, long ago, the world was overflowing with natural energy. Then two Pokémon, Groudon, and Kyogre fought in their original forms fought over that energy in endless clashes. In the face of their great power, people could do nothing. But one Pokémon, Rayquaza intervened, and its power overwhelmed that of the two Pokémon, and peace returned to the world." Reina retells the story. "However, thousand years later, a meteoroid hit the earth, causing cracks in the ground that unleased natural energy, causing the two Pokémon to rebattle each other. At that time, humans had a collective memory of how Rayquaza saved their race long ago, and that wish combined with the power of the meteorite allowed Rayquaza to chanced its form for the first time and calm the two from quarreling. After Groudon and Kyogre went back to slumber, Rayquaza return back to the sky."
"Wow… I never thought you have a history like that." Lissa speaks.
"So what happened to those two Pokémon now? Are they still sleepin' or something?" Sully asks.
"Due to recent event's back at our world, Groudon and Kyogre were awakened and battled once again at the present time. Just like the legend had been told, Rayquaza once again intervene and calmed the two Pokémon down and they now roam around the world on land and sea peacefully."
"So if they won't do anything when the humans don't disturb them?" Stahl asks.
"Yep." Meena answers. "To be frank, there are some Pokémon who are distrust towards humans for destroying their natural habitat causing them to not make contact with them."
"That's… understandable." Chrom frowns.
"Yes. I would get angered too if anything happened to the capitol." Frederick adds.
"So are there any questions?" Kai asks.
"I think you answer all of our questions." Robin replies.
"Then let's go to bed. I'm tired from all that training earlier." Reina says.
"Yeah. Let's all go to bed." Chrom agrees.
With that, the Shepherds file out of the garrison to their rooms in the castle to sleep for the night.