The Fairy Contender

by Insane Dominator

One day, Nic Pularis is drawn into a sub-dimension, where he encounters Legendary Pokemon. He is entrusted with Plates by Arceus, and send to the land of Fiore, where he encounters Natsu, Lucy, Gray, and Erza. He must go through multiple perilous journeys with his Pokemon and Fairy Tail, and triumph and endure hardships to master all eighteen Plates and save the universe. OCxErza.

84. Eternal Light

Chapter 84 – Eternal Light

Well guys, Insane Dominator is here, proud to announce the final fight chapter of The Fairy Contender. I want to thank everyone whose been reviewing and following along with the story. Let's be real here, the beginning wasn't so pleasing, but the more I wrote, the better the plot became, right? All of those fights finally boiled down to this finale, and each fight involving Lysandre had been blood boiling. This shall be the finale fight that shall not be forgotten.

And so, enjoy the second to last chapter of The Fairy Contender!

To Recap:

With all incapacitated, Nic, Future Nic, and their Pokémon followed the Legendary Pokémon into battle against the Dragons. Future Nic completely overwhelmed Future Rogue in his Legendary Force - Rayquaza, in which the same implied for the Legendary Pokémon against the Dragons. Nic was assisted by Dialga and Palkia as they were able to keep up with Lysandre. After the Dragons were killed, Lysandre had accumulated enough negative energy to kill Future Rogue, and manifest a void that swallowed up all f Erath Land, the Dark Legendaries emerged, and Lysandre became more powerful, becoming Ragnarok Lysandre. Acnologia arrived soon after, wanting revenge, but he was easily swatted down by the power of the Dark Legendaries and Ragnarok Lysandre, leaving him suspended like everybody else. Ragnarok Lysandre put Dialga and Palkia to sleep with Dark Void, leaving both Nics, their Pokémon, and the Weather and Tao Trio to keep on fighting for the future.

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Chapter 84 – Eternal Light

There was a violent intensity, one that left all speechless with paralyzed spines. The air was suffocating even through the spatial orbs incapacitating them. It was a battle of hatred against the only hope for all life amongst the stars. While the irony was that there were no stars. Pitch black swelled the infinite confines of space, and Arceus's eyes were hollow and desolate, almost like a corpse. His body had only a faint glow.

'Nic Pularis.' Arceus muttered. 'The rest is up to you. May you and your Pokémon fight for what your heart chooses.'

Both Nics were in the air, with the remaining Pokémon all roaring and snarling up at Ragnarok Lysandre and the four menacing Legendary Pokémon that dare to attempt to slaughter them.

"We're pushed, we'll admit that." Nic testified, holding up the wristband on his left wrist.

"So we'll hit you with all that we have." Future Nic added, his Mega Wristband showing.

Seeing the peculiar Key Stones and the Mega Wristbands, a majority of everyone watching had no clue what was going on. However, Fairy Tail was another story as they glanced in shock.

"Nic's gonna use it!" Sophie stated.

Ragnarok Lysandre's smirk intensified as he looked at the two synchronized, holding up their wrists to eye level. Down below them, Nic's Charizard spread his wings, as well as Future Nic's Garchomp stepping forward.

On que, both sprung up into the air with violent roars, bellowing and rattling the airspace around.

"You ready, Garchomp?" Charizard asked Future Garchomp as they ascended.

Future Garchomp heard the rhetorical tone and kept on ascending into the bizarre black skies. "Evermore!"

Both escalated higher and higher at unimaginable speeds. Just as both Nics tapped the Key Stones on their left wrists, both Charizard and Future Garchomp's bodies each emanated blue and purple light waves.

"Charizard!"

"Garchomp!"

Both Nics raised their Mega Wristbands, which became visible at will on Future Nic in his Legendary Force. They emanated light waves of their own that corresponded to Charizard and Future Garchomp as they shot right above them. "Mega Evolve!"

High in the dark skies of the beyond, Charizard and Future both had undergone the light of Mega Evolution. Their individual parts altered and manifested new power. The entire audience was feeling an excess amounts swelling within the two Pokémon. The Magic Council watching via lacrima-vision, as Lahar and Doranbolt, were all shocked upon seeing this 'power-up'.

Charizard and Future Garchomp both growled, with one giving off a devastating heat, as to where the other emanated a terrifying pressure. Both lights in the sky flashed and exploded, sending shockwaves all around in the air.

Mega Charizard and Mega Garchomp bellowed out hazardous and rock-melting roars. They reached a critical altitude and descended like fighter jets with streams of foul air following them.

"Mega Evolution. How predictable." Ragnarok Lysandre sneered. "Is that all?"

Rayquaza bellowed out, catching everyone's attention. "Do not mock the power of Mega Evolution!" He reprimanded, but the recipients only showed sinister smirks. "Perhaps we shall show you ourselves!" Rayquaza let out another screech as the circle on his head began to shine. Light waves began to exert out from him, and yet another, more potent, wave of power could be felt.

"You feel that? What unmatched power!" Jura marveled.

"I can't believe this." Lyon said. "That thing can undergo the same transformation?!"

Doranbolt could feel such an overwhelming power from Rayquaza, and he was trembling, almost panting. 'This ominous power alone, that's enough to leave us lying on the ground. But this…'

"Such raw force. These 'Pokémon' creatures, are they just about to show their true power?!" Lahar exclaimed.

Rayquaza's light waves burned with a bright light encasing him. Inside the changes occurred, and a barely conscious Acnologia watching growled as he saw what he recognized. Rayquaza's body had lengthened, and a majority of everything altered greatly. His image was faint, but many couldn't help but see his Mega Evolution.

The sphere exploded, and from the bright flash came a shockwave that rattled with so much intensity that buildings barely standing, or whatever was left of them, cracked from the overwhelming pressure.

Mega Rayquaza let out an earth-trembling roar, ripples and shockwaves running wild, but all persevered.

Kyogre and Groudon both roared in response to the Weather Trio Master's call to battle. A sudden pulse emanated from both the being of land and sea. In the seas, the waves were going wild and were splitting apart from the actual pressure being unleashed. The land beneath Groudon was no different as it actually began to crack and had lava red filling the gaps; steam becoming visible as the land was splitting apart.

Energy condensed around Groudon and Kyogre, making fields of red and blue. The two colors shined brightly, and Groudon curled up a little as the energy began to crystalize around him. What looked like trench water swirled inside the deep blue glass encasing Kyogre, while Groudon's was red with swirling lava inside. Both glass energy casings condensed further into floating gems of purple and dark blue.

Everyone, once again, felt yet another massive flow of power. This unimaginable force was unparalleled, even Jura and Makarov were astounding by this astronomical level. It's put any and all of the Wizards Saints and human beings of any Magic content to bitter shame. That's what happens when you feel the full wrath of the land and sea.

Yellow and blue intricate symbols as they did before, and the cores both cracked. When both shattered, shockwaves of heated red and cool-sea blue expanded out. The nearby sea levels arose to the point where the seashores were now water, and the land at Groudon's feet was a mound of lava.

Both Primal Legendaries let loose deafening roars, rattling the cracked and deformed earth all throughout Crocus and the mountains, as well as the raging dark waters that was the sea.

Vanessa looked at the carnage below. "Primal Groudon…Primal Kyogre…"

Kyurem raised his head and screeched out. At will, ice pillars arose in a variety of places. He signified his wrath, and he spread his feet apart. He adjusted his frozen appendages, pointing the translucent pointed tips at Reshiram overhead.

"Reshiram, give me your power." Kyurem demanded.

Reshiram looked down at Kyurem and looked very distressed. Zekrom felt the same way. Both never really liked doing what was implied. They'd rather have the other picked, and in Zekrom's case he was left the fortunate one.

"…alright, the truth hurts, but our fates rest on this outcome." Reshiram acquiesced.

The four pointed tips shot out of Kyurem like grabbling lines and were connected by a thick black thread. The spikes snaked upwards and faced Reshiram. Reshiram looked ready for what was to come. The four spikes all aimed and went at all sides of Reshiram.

Levy and other guild members and spectators cringed and looked away briefly as Reshiram's body was punctured. The white dragon let out a cry as his body was enveloped in a purple light, flames and heat from all around getting sucked inside. Actual heat waves were seen rushing inside the sphere of purple, and Reshiram looked as though he was in small pain as he curled up and became a flaming manifestation.

The manifestation of fire swirled inside the purple light, slowly shrinking altogether. The sphere became a dazzling display of orange and purple that continuously shrank until what became a smooth, round stone of pure white.

"Reshiram's form altered?!" Jet was left shocked.

"And that ice monster did that?!" Droy exclaimed.

The Light Stone descended downwards as the spikes all retreated into Kyurem, holding back in place and the wings adjusted back to their original structure. The Light Stone floated down and ended up at the base of the peculiar end of Kyurem's tail.

When the Light Stone inserted itself, it immediately transformed, becoming a fire orb. The orb dissolved into Kyurem's tail, and an orange light began to engulf Kyurem from the tail. The dragon suddenly spontaneously combusted, leaving many in question.

When the flames dissipated, Kyurem had become different. The legs were slightly shorter, but the middle toes had ice and had some more ice detailed. The tail was like Reshiram's but was attached by three gray skin marks. Four holes were horizontal on the tail. The torso was slimmer; the shoulders had squared of ice with two spikes each, which were the same that were of Kyurem. His arms were thin with two rings, with wings between the rings. The right forearm and wing were both frozen. The neck was upright with Reshiram fur. The ice underneath the jaw, allowing the mouth to move.

"Behold! White Kyurem!" The beast roared, sending waves of ice in his rippling bellow, but to the touch it was like a major burn, as if the attack was a complete polar opposite in one.

"White Kyurem?" Gray wondered. His eyes suddenly widened. "Hey wait, hold up a sec! Nic looked just like that when he shot out of Nirvana!"

"I never knew that these Legendary Pokémon had so many secrets." Erza stated.

Future Lucy looked in heavy desperation. It was one thing that the 'supposed' future was a lie, but Future Nic not telling her was an even greater shock. Why would he not tell her of the impending doomsday? Was he sparing her feelings? Was he keeping it a low profile so as not to leave her in hopeless despair? However the reason went, she felt sick in the stomach. Future Nic led her on, and there was absolutely nothing she could do.

'Nic, please. Please save the future.' Future Lucy thought. 'Make our final efforts count. You need to correct history…so we can see everyone again.'

Future Nic roared right beside Nic, his position altering. 'I won't have our sacrifices be for nothing. If history changes…' His eyes narrowed as his headpiece had begun shining brightly, getting Nic's surprise.

"You too?" Nic asked with wide eyes.

'This is what we all wanted!' Future Nic remained devoted, no matter what will happen if they somehow miraculously succeeded.

The Eclipse Gate had just opened, and Lucy and Nic stood in front of what was a massive light. The gates had a very odd power, and they felt some shrilled terror, and not just because Dragons were closing in on them from the skies. The domain they were in was the shambles of Mercurius. Nic stood in front, in silence.

"…"

"Nic." Lucy asked. "I don't know about this."

Nic glanced back at her. "You having second thoughts? Because I'm going, with or without you. I have to."

Lucy looked in despair and her gaze was down. She just lost her inspiration: Natsu. Her beacon's flame went out, and now with her guild and everyone gone, she was all alone. To add insult to injury…she only had the one left arm after a Dragon's fire cindered her arm.

Speaking of which, they only had a shirt amount of time as the alcove of shambles they hid from with the Eclipse Gate wasn't gonna keep their scents masked much longer. Dragons were roaming outside, waiting for prey somewhere.

"Nic…I don't know if we can do this." Lucy said.

Nic turned towards her. "Don't know? Or don't think?" He tried to sound calm, despite the little time and Magic Power the Eclipse Gate had left.

"I…" Lucy contemplated heavily, but her depression was a major drawback on how she was able to think properly. "I don't know anymore." Her body began to shudder as she began to tear up. Her tears dripped down her cheeks. "All I know is…that if we do this, history will change."

"But it'll be for the better. Better for all of us." Nic replied.

"But not for us." Lucy looked back up at him. "Nic, if we do change history…we'll all disappear from existence."

Nic remained stoic, aware of the risks. He was aware the first time when he came further back from the later future. He knew saying farewell to Erza and Vanessa was by far the most disastrous thought he went through. It took all of his willpower not to shudder and end up like Lucy.

It was when he placed his hands inside his pockets and gripped to his Poke Balls that he knew he wouldn't be in this alone. If history changed, yes, they'd indeed disappear. But if they disappeared, at least he will never be alone. He and his Pokémon shall make the upmost and selfless sacrifice to prove it.

"…yes, Lucy. If we do go through this. Everything in our timeline will change, and we'll disappear." He looked towards the Eclipse Gate, facing the golden light. "But, I don't care."

Lucy's eyes widened.

"If it means restoring the lives lost, and saving all that was destroyed, and bringing the stars back to the heavens, I'll risk my life. My Pokémon and I were fully prepared from the start and intend to end it this way. Natsu would've done the same.

"Nat…su…" The name mentioned made Lucy's eyes tear up further.

"You'd think he sacrificed himself just for you to die? No, he'd follow the resolve to change the future. Like it or not, we don't have a choice in the matter. It's either stay and die, or change history and disappear. To bring everything back to stability…we have to disappear."

As Dragons roared outside, Lucy was heavily in distressed, but the way Nic sounded was like this was the resolution set. This would be Natsu's will entrusted to her. This was her last chance to prove to her late hero that she was gonna try and change everything, no matter what sacrificed made.

With a face of rejuvenated hope and with a nod of confirmation, Lucy gave Nic her answer. "You're right. Everyone we know is gone. We have to change the future, and give our sacrifices meaning!"

Nic nodded. "I couldn't agree more."

As a Dragon stepped over the alcove, he caught sight of Nic and Lucy as the two looked in front of the gate as the doorway was flickering on and off, meaning the Magic Power was almost gone.

"Let's go." Nic ordered.

With that, the duo stepped inside the Eclipse Gate just before the light flickered away, rendering the gate unable to act before a Dragon's Roar obliterated it.

Future Nic served higher in altitude, tendrils emerging from the circular light on his headpiece. 'Us eight didn't come back to have it all taken from us! We'll sacrifice our lives and fall as one! For everything and everyone!' He let out a primal roar that bellowed outwards.

Mega Rayquaza stared with a neutral look as Future Nic's Legendary Force was enveloped in the sphere of what happened to him earlier. Nic looked shocked, as were all twelve of their Pokémon as they witnessed Future Nic's new transformation. The tendrils he grew were changing further on the jet-like protrusions he had, and his coat's tail had lengthened considerable.

The energy levels shot off the highest of charts, and the sphere exploded, releasing what was massively powerful shockwave that sent a ripple throughout the entire sky.

Future Nic had also become a Mega Evolution. His eyes were still black, but the eyes were solemnly red with black, sideways tree branch marking running along the sides, stopping before the ears. The edging on the lower protrusions, looking like the ones of Mega Rayquaza with the same tendrils, had yellow. The lower jaw and bare neck were now black. The edging on the coat wings became yellow instead of red. The upper jet-like protrusions of his headpiece had tendrils as well. The forehead had an intricate triangle marking with an oval, all underneath the yellow circle atop of the headpiece. The pants became a solid black with orange-yellow gems, two sets of two on the sides of the shins and thighs. The feet were still green with black underneath. The wings on his shins had also had the edging change from red to yellow. From the last 3-5 of the coat, which was a massively long tail, it looked no different from Mega Rayquaza's tail. The black shirt was the same, and the belt was black, with the coat still morally the same.

"Legendary Force – Mega Rayquaza!" Future Nic bellowed loudly, violently rattling the ominous airspace.

All trembled in their spheres at the feeling of this power. This was beyond a battle of titans in their vocabulary. What was happening was an actual battle of Pokémon. A last-man-standing Pokémon battle.

Nic took his shock and used it as fuel to his flame. There was no way his future self nor his regular self would ever give up. The demonic terror of even Satan has been tormenting him for so long, and even up to now they had an epic clash. From Lysandre HQ all the way to the other world, with the stakes far greater with every battle fought.

"Let me at 'em!" Mega Garchomp bellowed, flying at Mach speed through the skies.

"I wanna crush some bones too. These blind Zubat earned it, and then some!" Garchomp yelled, sailing right by his side and both racing along the still air.

Mega Charizard and Future Charizard roared as well, with the remaining eight Pokémon all declaring cries and roars of their own. The pressure each gave off was tremendous. Though not as grand nor formidable as the Legendaries, they had tenacity, durability, and endurance to back themselves up.

Giratina screeched outwards, his shrilled cry piercing the hearts of all and making every single creature suspended feel a heart attack. "The universe shall be ours to demolish! None shall stand in our way! Eliminate them all!"

Giratina flapped his shadowy wings, and he went flying in after Mega Rayquaza, who opened his mouth and fired Dragon Pulse. Unfortunately the attack was dodged, and Giratina continued on and ignored the multicolored explosion flashing in the skies behind. His golden claws got hold of Mega Rayquaza and went crashing into the earth beneath, creating a massive crater.

Giratina had a foot pressed on Mega Rayquaza when the dust settled, and his mouth had an Aura Sphere ready. The attack had an immense level of power that would leave a mark.

"Dual Chop!"

The sudden attack call was what suddenly got the attack sliced in two. Mega Garchomp was the revealed culprit as he sliced right through with glowing green claws.A blue explosion enveloped Giratina's face, but the ghostly dragon backed away and took flight once more.

Garchomp emerged from seemingly out of nowhere from a running start. He lunged up and used Crunch. His sharp fangs gripped onto the tail, making Giratina growl and turn around as Garchomp also had his claws and toes gripping onto the tail.

"Pests!" Giratina bellowed. With a single swing of his tail, he used the force of a wrecking ball and smashed Garchomp through a broken wall, but the raptor dragon creature remained his hold and his Crunch was super effective as it was.

Mega Rayquaza emerged from the crater and screeched up at Giratina head on. He brought his tail around and smacked Giratina's face, but Giratina backed away, all while swinging his tail underneath, finally making Garchomp fling off and slide along the ground, using his fins as anchors.

"Stubborn." He commented as Mega Garchomp looked up as well.

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Darkrai's speed was light that of a night shadow. Without a misstep in his dodging, he swerved around, evading Zekrom's Dragon Claw as the beast slashed with massive energy claws. Darkrai screeched into a pivot and looked back to fire a Dark Pulse. The attack landed right in Zekrom's center. The black dragon roared as he was engulfed in a dark explosion, causing him to falter backwards.

As the smoke settled, both Kecleon emerged with fierce lunges. "Say hallelujah!" Kecleon demanded.

Darkrai ascended and dodged. He watched as the two Color Swap Pokémon descended from their jump. He readied what was a sphere of darkness and was about to fire it down onto them. As he aimed, a suddenly Ice Beam hit the sphere of darkness head on.

"GAH!" Darkrai covered up from a mixture of a dark and icy explosion that sent a ripple around. Both Kecleon bellow were hit by the shockwaves and felt the shivering wave course through them. They did manage and landed on their feet, albeit a little rough.

Both looked up to see White Kyurem roaring from above. He opened his mouth and fired another Ice Beam. The Ice-Type move traveled towards Darkrai, but it was when his blue eyes flashed that a pressure swelled.

"I feed off of nightmares! The dread brewing is what gives me power!" He announced. He swiped both his arms, and a tempest of purple wind erupted. "Ominous Wind!"

The beams of ice hit the wall of purple dread. The passing wind was like the grim reaper's wailing cry for souls. A twister of purple and ice emerged from in between, and White Kyurem roared out.

The twister exploded, sending a massive wave of purple winds and ice in all directions. Although Darkrai was unfazed as the shockwaves went through him like a ghost, both the Kecleon, Zekrom, and White Kyurem faltered back from the unimaginable force.

Darkrai chuckled in amusement of their actions. "Heh."

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Both Mega Charizard and Future Charizard roared into the skies as they flew at unimaginable speeds. The startling development was that there were two figures on their backs and by their sides. A closer examination was the two Greninja flying on their respective Charizard, and the respective Staraptor were flying by their sides. They all had one target, as did Primal Kyogre: Hoopa.

Primal Kyogre opened his mouth, where a humungous mirror of water was seen. "Hydro Pump!" He let loose his monstrous cyclone of water. The pressure alone could turn the world's toughest metal into punctured scrap.

Hoopa put two of his six detached hands together and made a jumbled array of dark rings. "This fight was over before it started! Dark Pulse!" He fired his massive attack, in which it met Hydro Pump right in the middle. The result was yet another flashy light, with a mix of water and shadow erupting like two huge walls.

The rupture and smoke was the perfect cover. All six Pokémon charged in from a deep angle and shot like rockets. They dove through the smoke, and they saw Hoopa on the other end.

"Let 'em have it!" Greninja shouted.

Both Mega Charizard and Future Charizard opened their mouths. Blue and hot fire surged within their mouths. "Flamethrower!" They bolted through the dissipating smoke and their two Flamethrower attacks went blazing down onto Hoopa.

Hoopa didn't even move as two rings from two wrists lengthened and floated above. The rings made a spatial portal within and both Flamethrowers, no matter how powerful, went inside. They all saw the attack get swallowed up, and right underneath, two portals opened up and aimed for them. The Flamethrower went after them this time.

"Hang on!" Both Greninja yelled. They jumped off the two Charizard and fired two forceful Scald moves. The heated Water-Type attacks met the two Flamethrower, creating a superheated steam cloud that obscured everything.

With their eyesight. Staraptor and Future Staraptor glided at sharp angles through the steam and became blurs. "Aerial Ace!"

They both went at such speeds that Hoopa didn't get to see. He was passed by them both, and was enveloped in a small explosion from both sides. Both Staraptor glided around and took notice of Hoopa's sides. Their attacks didn't even leave a mark.

"Disappear!" Hoopa yelled. His eyes glowed blood red, and bot Staraptor were suddenly halted in their tracks. They were frozen stiff by Hoopa's Psychic, and they saw Hoopa's claws in two hands twitch, and both shot down harshly. The two Staraptor smashed into the sea, making geysers erupt.

"Staraptor!" All four bellowed.

"Begone! This universe lives in darkness and corruption alone!" Hoopa bellowed. He fired yet another Dark Pulse attack right at the two Charizard. Mega Charizard and Future Charizard alike flapped and diverged. They maneuvered with Greninja on their backs to escape the Dark Pulse that blasted through the air. The Dark Pulse tilted all around as Hoopa moved his hands, making it go and draw closer to where he could possibly get a hit in.

As it failed to reach either, Primal Kyogre roared, getting Hoopa's attention. The Dark Pulse began to falter and dissipate when Hoopa's focus was brought by Primal Kyogre.

"Ice Beam!" Primal Kyogre yelled. An orb of light blue surged from inside his open mouth, and from the icy sphere shot several zapping beams of icy blue. They traveled over the water, immediately turning it solid.

As the Ice Beam drew closer, the Staraptor both emerged from the water like rockets. Albeit shaken up some, they shot up and out just before the sea on the shore was turned to ice.

Hoop retaliated by putting his two hands together, making yet another Dark Pulse. Hoopa fired another Dark Pulse and it went traveling over the land, shattering and reducing rubble and debris to ash and dust. They both met at the point of land and sea meeting, and the two meeting created what was an immense explosion that shot upwards into the sky, rattling the land and sea alike.

The shockwaves even made the Staraptor, Charizard, and Greninja all barely hold their positions in the air, with their sturdy wings holding them in place.

"This day just keeps getting insane!" Mega Charizard yellowed through the roaring shockwaves.

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Mega Mewtwo put his arms forward, where an Aura Sphere was being formed. His eyes sharpened. "PERISH!" A massive ripple exerted outwards, shattering the airspace and the nearby ground. The Aura Sphere went zooming along as though it was a meteor, with thunder-like echoes.

Primal Groudon opened his mouth as green orbs encompassed the area around him. The energy spheres gathered intensively, and he fired his Solar Beam attack.

As Solar Beam traveled, both Arbok were using rubble as bunkers. He opened their mouths in unison on either side of the street. Silver lights swelled with power of its own right, and made black garbage bags with purple outlines. "Gunk Shot!" They both fired their Poison-Type moves at the same time.

The Gunk Shot attacks traveled alongside the Solar Beam, making the green beam have two purple comets traveling on both sides. The Aura Sphere met the three attacks in the middle. Another explosion erupted, this one rivaling an atomic bomb. A ball of sheer ruptures caused an earthquake, sending shockwaves that toppled the remaining buildings in Crocus, which was nothing more than ruins and dust.

Mega Mewtwo was unhindered from the explosion, but Primal Groudon used an arm and covered up from the shockwaves and earth-shaking explosion.

"Hang on!" Future Arbok yelled. He and his present day counterpart both prepared for a shockwave heading their way, and their bunkers only held up for a few moments before they were sent flying.

As the two Arbok went flying, rock shot all around. Their eyes opened up and their reflexes kicked in. Using their fangs, they snapped onto a large debris rock, and flung themselves and slithered from rock to rock as they escalated further, much to all, especially Cobra's, shock. Both Poison-Types managed to spring up to a high debris piece and landed on the same one as it hit the ground last. The debris piece shattered like glass, and both Arbok sprung and landed safely and pivoted around.

After that whole escape, they hissed back at Mega Mewtwo and went slithering through the debris field, becoming purple blurs that startled a lot.

When they got to a point where they were right by Primal Groudon's side, both raised their tails. "How about a tasssste of some fresh rock!" Both Arbok yelled, slamming their tails against the earth. The force was not enough for their Earthquake, but enough to make all the debris in the area from all over the streets to become airborne.

Arbok and Future Arbok whisked their tails around and batted rock debris in a furious fashion. Before Mega Mewtwo realized it, a whole storm of rocks was heading his way, and there were loads of them.

Primal Groudon opened his mouth, where lava could be seen inside. Molten rock fired like comets, via his Eruption attack.

Mega Mewtwo looked annoyed as he narrowed his eyes. He didn't bother moving his fingers as he levitated and his Psychic activated. Primal Groudon's molten rocks suddenly stopped cold in the air. To all that were amazed, the molten rocks had no way of advancing, and Mega Mewtwo didn't move as he reverted the attack back at the massive field of rock heading his way.

When the Psychic-enhanced Eruption attacked the field of rock heading Mega Mewtwo's way, a wall of fire erupted, almost lava-like. A massive wall of fire escalated horizontally, and then the combined fire power shot upwards, making a field of melting fire exploded further. The force made both Arbok scoot back and barely hold their ground as heat and burning shockwaves struck them, leaving their scales torched.

"Not good enough." Mega Mewtwo stated in a flat tone. He reached his arm out and fired yet another Aura Sphere at Primal Groudon, this one scoring what was a direct hit. The Continent Pokémon was engulfed in a pillar of blue and that earth rattled again.

As the explosion raged on, Mega Mewtwo smirked.

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In the skies raging above, you could've seen blood red, green, and royal blue sparks. The sparks went off consecutively, but the display was far from fascinating. Every spark and clash was like a lightning strike that even startled Laxus and Orga. The raw and destructive power erupting left all in shattering disbelief, with nothing to keep them from running or escaping.

If anyone knew that only a couple Dragon Dance moves would make Nic a blinding blur would they not have been surprised. According to some, they say natural lightning strikes 1/1000 of a second. Imagine having every second being at least fifty different parry and interceptions, creating clashes of Ragnarok Lysandre and the two Nics.

"HRAH!" Nic used Dragon Claw, which met Ragnarok Lysandre's Giratina claw, and he had to block and parry the Mega Mewtwo claw included, making him slash at two arm as they also used Dragon Claw. Future Nic was no different, only he was using his Extreme Speed and parrying Dragon Claw from the Hoopa and Darkrai arms.

The three zipped through the skies and ended up in the mountains, over the seas, and their clashes kept them all on their toes. Ragnarok Lysandre was relentlessly attacking them and they had kept him evading as they were parrying through every millisecond the battle takes them.

Ragnarok Lysandre's blood red aura palpitate, sending a volatile wave of shrilled terror all around. Both Nics saw this as a backfire and covered up as the shockwaves reached out. The gray waters of the sea split apart, and the ground cracked and broke apart, in which the molten lava in the cracks by Primal Groudon's work turned into dark purple and then became shriveled shadows, surprisingly.

Ragnarok Lysandre reached his claws out as the shockwaves left Future Nic and Nic both with burned up skin, but the decaying feeling wasn't a hindrance to them. They've felt much worse. All of his hands clenched and he smirked.

"For so many years, almost an entire century, the Dark Legendaries have been waiting for this chance, a chance to bring everything to zero." Ragnarok Lysandre announced. "Arceus, Dialga, and Palkia; they were responsible for their failed attempts so long ago, and for that time period, their anger and hatred boiled, becoming more than just Pokémon prowess, but a decaying manifestation of evil. That became power, power they have given to me and use to seek their retribution!"

"You were nothing more than a puppet to them!" Nic yelled. He opened his mouth and fired Dragon Pulse again. The attack raced after Lysandre, but he blocked with his Mega Mewtwo hand, and a spatial portal opened up, sucking up the move in whole.

A spatial portal opened up right beside Future Nic, but he swerved around the draconic blast and the Dragon-Type move continued on, making a multicolored explosion in the distance that flashed in the skies.

"I don't care! In the end, everyone is but a puppet! Humans can be manipulated into others bidding with ease. They're such a scared and frail kind. They'd do anything to maintain survival, even if it means making others puppets and seeking slaughter! It's how the universe works!" Ragnarok Lysandre announced. "That Princess was a perfect example of how foolish and naïve you all can be. Watching you all made me and the others sick to the rotten cores. You're all filled with false hopes, so how about we suck that hope away! Psycho Cut!"

The four detached forearms all swiped, covering a perfect 360 Degrees. Large, pink crescents went outwards and expanded to a hardly finite degree. The four crescents reached out like a huge pink ripple, and Nic and Future Nic dodged up in a flash. The Psycho Cut disappeared outwards. In a dark pink flash, rumbling was heard, and all around, the mountains were all severed entirely. It didn't matter how tall or wide. Lysandre's assault cut straight through the mountains and all. The upper half of the mountains were suspended but for brief seconds before reducing to dust and crumbled up bits.

"His power…it's greater than what it was in Tenrou Island." Erza said in shock.

Both Nics looked back as Ragnarok Lysandre's detached arms were cloaked in Shadow Claw and were fiercely chasing them down. They had little to no room to counter as they were evading two arms each, slashing and thrusting ferociously.

"Dialga and Palkia, they shall live the nightmare as they are now! I want them to see their hopes and dreams get maimed right in front of their eyes!" Ragnarok Lysandre yelled as his arms were still slashing away. "The others, Giratina, Mega Mewtwo, Hoopa, and Darkrai all want a few pints of blood themselves! They wanna taste blood and agony of all again, starting with the most powerful Pokémon that shall bring ruin with their own destruction!"

Nic barrel-rolled through the air and evaded the claws. He straightened out and jutted backwards. Out of instinct, as the claws were opened up and fired at him again, he reached outwards, surprisingly clutching them by the dark purple ring wrists. The clutching made the assault dissipate, but the issue now was that he had little resources to use.

'Lysandre's nothing more than a puppet and he has no mind of thinking otherwise.' Nic thought in strain. 'I gotta snap him into the light. To do that, I gotta break through that darkness!'

In a flash thanks to the immense Speed, he vanished and reappeared in front of Ragnarok Lysandre. His wings took an enormous flap. "Twister!" A twister suddenly went around the evil man, encasing him inside and leaving him open.

Nic shot up and twisted his body when reaching the highest point. He opened up his mouth, and Future Nic looked back to see the Twister. Using his tail to swat both the arms chasing him, he opened up his mouth.

"Dragon Pulse!"

Both launched their simultaneous Dragon Pulse at Ragnarok Lysandre. In a sudden second, the Twister ruptured and completely exploded outwards as purple, deadly winds expanded in all directions. The malicious assault made then double Dragon Pulse get overpowered with no contest. Both Nics gagged when the hurricane of Ominous Wind swallowed them up. The gory winds made them feel their skins decaying again. Any normal person would've been bone, but not for Nic thanks to his Plates keeping him stable and alive.

The massive tempest ended, and both Nics were battered up bad. The streets below and buildings were reduced to oblivion, as to where they had black steam corroding their cheeks and arms. Future Nic's wings were all cracked, some shattered. His headpiece also had some cracks running through it.

"I've had enough from before the labs!" Ragnarok Lysandre bellowed. "There is no world piece, for evil is as eternal as darkness! Ancient Power!" An image of himself had separated from his body. The image also had blood red aura. The image glowed and manifested into a swirling silver light with a blood red aura around it. Ragnarok Lysandre fired the attack, making a blood red shockwave echo. It was still so chilling that Gray and Lyon could feel the shockwave making their blood turn cold. This hatred and raw power was leaving them in the prospect of encased in solid ice, only they weren't. Fear was unconditional, and everyone, no matter how immense of a will, were left in a state of fear.

Ancient Power was suddenly spliced. Ragnarok Lysandre didn't even blink when he saw that Future Nic's Air Slash was so dense that it cut the attack in two. Air Slash went on towards Ragnarok Lysandre while the two Ancient Power continued onwards. Ragnarok Lysandre opened up portals in front and Air Slash went inside.

The same portals opened up behind both Nics and they swerved and vanished away, allowing the two to escape from the Air Slash and Ancient Power collision that made a silver ball of rupture emerged.

Watching the light fade, Future Nic growled like Mega Rayquaza would. 'Even as Mega Rayquaza I'm cornered.'

'Lysandre.' Nic thought. He began to recount the tales of their battles. They've had so many in the past. How it started from a few weeks after the events of Nirvana and how it ended up to this point if beyond any reasoning. 'Every battle we've had, your hatred is expressed for life. You've made your point thorough…now we're gonna express ours!' "Nic! Let's go!"

"Right!"

Both shot straight up into the grotesque air, having no end. They reached a high point, Nic and Future Nic both held up a clenched fist each, with Nic having his left one up, while Future Nic had a right claw up. They suddenly fist bumped, and their power began to swirl all around. Green mixed with draconic energy, creating a cyclone of enormous proportions.

"What?" Ragnarok Lysandre growled, his blood red fangs protruding outwards. "They're combining their power? HRAH!" Ragnarok Lysandre's forehead had a shining light blue ball of energy and shot like a rocket upwards, looking like a violet comet.

Both Nic went down as their fists were still bumped. They spiraled around with their connected fists being the epicenter. A tornado of draconic blue and green thundered ferociously downwards. Two massive comets went speeding and Ragnarok Lysandre bellowed outwards.

"Now!" Nic shouted.

Future Nic's fist opened up, his claws suddenly gripping Nic's wrist. With a spiral pivot, Future Nic shot Nic downwards, separating their energy. Nic let out a primal cry as he darted down in Dragon Rush.

Ragnarok Lysandre brought a Hoopa fist back and cloaked it in Slash. Lysandre brought his attack forward, but his eyes remained blank when he saw Nic's Dragon Rush passing him. He was caught shocked as Nic was beneath him.

"Maxus Legendary Arts – Dragon Ascent!"

His attention was caught as a flaw. It was too caught on Nic that he was a diversion. He turned back upwards to see a green blur.

"Dragon Rush!"

His attention was snapped back down below. It was a bitter taste for Ragnarok Lysandre as he didn't open any spatial holes in time. A green and draconic blur zipped from above and below, diving past him. Both Nics ended up on opposite side; one above and one below.

Ragnarok Lysandre's blood-curdling and heinous roars of pain bellowed as a mixture of green and draconic energy swelled within a huge explosion that overtook the skies again.

---

Down below just above the ruins of what was Crocus, Mega Rayquaza let out a blood-curdling roar of his own. Pressure was heavy within the roar and Giratina returned the same roar, only his was like sharp nails clawing a chalkboard, and the shrilled left all in fear.

On the ground, both Garchomp and Mega Garchomp let out roars, enough to make the nearby structures-in-ruin quake.

"Get some!" Garchomp yelled, running so fast along the streets that blades of wind exerted, slicing up more structures that were over five feet. He and Mega Garchomp both lunged up at Giratina and had a double Dual Chop ready.

Giratina screeched about and the blood red claws on his wings formed, making Shadow Claw. Giratina slashed at both. "Away with you!" He and the two Garchomp had their claw-related attacks clash, making green and dark static discharge all around. Both Garchomp grunted at the immense power being inflicted all around, and they only faltered a little.

A shockwave emitted again, but Giratina only scooted back a few feet while the Garchomp fell back down.

Mega Rayquaza used this chance and he swerved through the skies in a spiral. He got closer to Giratina and opened his mouth for a Dragon Pulse again. Giratina's murderous gaze was back at Mega Rayquaza and he opened his mouth, creating Aura Sphere. Aura Sphere fired at Mega Rayquaza faster than what Dragon Pulse did, and the blue sphere struck the Dragon Pulse as soon as it launched, engulfing Mega Rayquaza in an explosion. The massive dragon fell backwards and his roars defined his pain.

"You're not getting away!" Giratina yelled. His red spikes on the wings glowed yet again, this time becoming light blue for Dragon Claw.

Mega Garchomp and Garchomp both went up again, this time getting over Giratina. "Okay you cold-hearted centipede, let's see how you like a backstabber!" Mega Garchomp roared.

"Dual Chop!"

Both did Dual Chop again, this time landing their marks on Giratina's back, stabbing him. The dragon let out a screech, but it wasn't a screech of pain, but rather a screech of annoyance.

"Pests are always in my way." Giratina growled. He glanced and swerved his body around, the two Garchomp still clawed into his back. Mega Garchomp adjusted one blade with Dual Chop still and stuck it elsewhere on Giratina's back.

"Crunch!" Garchomp opened his mouth and the fangs glowed and elongated. He snapped down onto Giratina's back, making a shrilled roar bellow again. Giratina faltered towards the ground, where he crashed on his six huge legs, making a crater.

Giratina screeched outwards, sending ripples all around. The hazardous ripples signified his anger, and the earth trembled in absolute fear. Mega Rayquaza reeled away from the dark rippling roar, but both Garchomp barely persevered as the rotting shockwaves reduced the dust all around to oblivion.

Both Garchomp, no matter how strong, were no match for the hatred, and they were finally shot right off and hit the ground hard. The shockwaves had them trail through the ground until they smashed through a pile of debris, having it fall down onto them, making dust cover everything on the ground.

Giratina arose through the dust cloud and flapped his wings. Mega Rayquaza roared out to him again, and he and Giratina thus went at it again. They both went flying into another, making another shockwave immediately dissipate the dust.

The dust dissipating showed that debris was still piled on, but the ground severely cracked around the debris pile. The cracks continued, and then the ground shattered apart.

"Dig!" Both Garchomp yelled. They emerged from underground and their force sent street debris flying beneath as they soared upwards and went for a double uppercut.

Giratina looked down as he was still butting heads. His eyes glowed and Mega Rayquaza and the two Garchomp could see the actual anger and heat within his bloody, venomous gaze.

---

"HRRRAAAAHHHH! Psychic!"

Hoopa's wrath outlined Primal Kyogre, generating light blue all around the sea creature. Primal Kyogre found himself unable to move and he was smacked down into the shallow sea head first. The harsh impact was brutal, and Hoopa watched with a monstrous smirk as Primal Kyogre sank into the shallow water, his image fading.

Hoopa's attention turned towards the Water Shuriken coming from the side. The culprit was Future Greninja and Greninja actually held upside down by the two Staraptors' talons. They flawlessly got the shuriken upside down, but they all were for naught as Hoopa didn't even move his limbs or anything for his Psychic to completely nullify and petrify the shuriken in all. And the saddest part was that they were all mere inches from his face.

A faint roar came from above, and the temperature actually felt hot. The intensity boiling up to where Hoopa had no choice but to look up.

An orange and black duo roared as they descended with the air around them either blue or red from their heat. They descended so fast that the sound barrier was broken yet again. "Fly!" They both shouted. They brought their feet down and landed right on Hoopa's face, making another shockwave erupt. Hoopa slowly began to fall backwards, thudding against the ground and ending up in a crater.

Both Mega Charizard and Future Charizard roared in success. The two Staraptor swung their feet and the two Greninja tucked their knees and flipped. "Bounce!" They both had a leg out and down, soaring downwards towards Hoopa.

Hoopa saw the two frogs head his way, and his chaotic eyes narrowed. He reached out and made a ring appear with a spatial portal. Both Greninja went wide-eyed as they were heading right for the portal.

The two Charizard hurried and snagged the two Greninja by the arms and hauled them through and around the skies in a long arc, saving them from ending up who knows where.

"Thanks for the save." Greninja thanked Mega Charizard, flipping onto his back.

Future Greninja parroted the movements. "We were overzealous. We can't be reckless with those rings."

Future Staraptor had Staraptor in toe as they circled around the sea, taking note how Primal Kyogre appeared yet again through the water. He screeched out at Hoopa, who roared back out, showing no fear.

"This is very cumbersome pickle." Future Staraptor noted.

---

Zekrom roared up into the skies, where lightning surged. He looked out at Darkrai and bellowed out yet again. "Thunder!" The massive and ground-splitting Thunder went zapping downwards onto Darkrai. The Pitch-Black Pokémon looked up at the incoming bolt and didn't show much appeal. He moved so fast that he was unable to be seen. Thunder went on and struck the ground beneath.

A dome of thunder and lightning crackled, and it was so gigantic that it could be seen miles away, covering almost a fifth of Crocus. The explosion of lightning dissipated, showing the cracks that shaped like bolts of lightning that began from a crater.

"Poor aim!" Darkrai chided. "Your bolts of lightning mean nothing to me, for I shall engulf you all in my own hellish force!"

He swiped his arms, sending what was another Ominous Wing that went surging around like crazy. A maelstrom of purple winds went surging around, rapidly expanding the area until it engulfed what would've been the size of Magnolia, of which would've been desecrated as such as well. The overwhelming hurricane of Ominous Wind made Zekrom and White Kyurem roar as they were flung around like ragdolls.

Darkrai chuckled as the two were helpless, despite their electrifying and ice powers. The hatred and desire for blood embedded in the Ominous Winds came from Darkrai's will, the same will that drives the others. As he watched Zekrom and White Kyurem's faces contort with a burning pain, the anger turned into a sadistic satisfaction, but it was nowhere close to what he wanted.

A sudden, ear-splitting Screech bellowed from below, making Darkrai cover up his ears as his head was hurting from the red shockwaves echoing from down below. "Gah! What is this confound tune! They challenge the wails of nightmares created?!"

He looked down, realizing how both Kecleon were down below, but their Screech reached up to Darkrai's high height, and that left his Defense to drop significantly. "You…"

"Dragon Claw!" Zekrom came from behind as Darkrai was still victim to Screech as it only affected the enemy it targeted…if so it seemed. Zekrom brought his claws back and then slashed forward, scoring a startling hit on Darkrai and sent his tumbling backwards in the air.

"HRAH!" Angered and aggravated, Darkrai emitted a dark shockwave all around again. He angrily erupted outwards, darkness rippling out. Zekrom and White Kyurem roared again and they covered up. White Kyurem opened his mouth to use Ice Beam, but to his disbelief, the Ice Beam turned pitch black and the orb in front of his mouth shattered like rock.

"What?!" White Kyurem screamed in pain as he was caught in the shockwaves.

Both Kecleon below were blown away, and barely got footholds on the ground as dark shockwaves left their scaly skin tingling with a rotting sensation. It burned, but so did their desire to defeat them once and for all.

---

Future Arbok swatted his tail, and then in a sudden swift motion he recoiled it so it wouldn't be caught by Mega Mewtwo's open palm. He used the back of his hood and got Mega Mewtwo's shoulder, but he didn't budge, no matter how much strength he had.

Arbok came from above with a tail slam on the head, making a direct hit. The tail colliding with the skull made the ground beneath give in. a fifteen-foot wide crater emerged and debris shattered from the raw power impact.

Primal Groudon raised an arm and brought it forward. He brought it down and then the ground got immensely heated. So heated that the small debris almost immediately melted. "Precipice Blades!"

In a furious linear fashion. Precipice Blades jutted up from the ground. Both Arbok sprung up and retreated away as lava-coated blades of stone finally reached and stabbed Mega Mewtwo, engulfing him in a massive eruption of lava and rock. Both the eruption and shockwave generated almost immediately melted and destroyed what was left of nearby structures, leaving molten rock all around.

Steam overtook everything, and everyone watching was left in shattering awe.

"My god, this is a battle of otherworldly creatures." Darton said with wide eyes.

Arcadios had similar shock. "This was not even what was told. This was all a hidden farce. This was the true destruction of our world? And the universe?"

Hisui's eyes shuddered as she watched the explosions from Precipice Blades reduce Mercurius to ash. "I can't…believe I'm witnessing the apocalypse."

Primal Groudon stepped forward, with every step filling the cracked earth with molten rock and lava. Red glistened beneath as he and both Arbok peered from seemingly out of nowhere, they too having some charred scaled from the heated shockwaves.

"Issssss that all…?" Arbok sounded alert as the steam cleared.

Future Arbok hissed out. "…no."

Mega Mewtwo was seen standing on the sizzling ground. His body had a glow to it, and his injuries weren't even visible.

"Not even a scratch?" Primal Groudon growled.

Mega Mewtwo's body had a dark aura around it, and that was never a good sign. His eyes began to glow, giving off an intense energy that put Acnologia to shame, hence the Dragon King growling in distaste in his sphere.

---

The smoke cleared out, revealing Ragnarok Lysandre with his body having a few bruises. His bloody aura was veiling him heavily, and his four hands were clutched tight. Both Nics converged in front and a fair distance away. Their eyes were wide as his insidious frown bared bloody canines.

Slowly, his body was generating a yellow glow, his few scrapes on his body beginning to regenerate. Future Nic and Nic both cursed mentally as they saw their foe use Recover. The injuries on Ragnarok Lysandre's body were fully healed, and his frown turned to a snicker.

"You pathetic fools." Ragnarok Lysandre sneered. His bloody aura began to palpitate profusely, making ripples of darkness pulse out. Both Nics had to cover up. "You honestly believe that you could defeat me? ME?! I AM RAGNAROK LYSANDRE!"

His roar echoed outwards through the entire atmosphere, bellowing and being heard all throughout Earth Land.

"I AM THE BLEEDING SCORN THAT MAKES HELL'S GUTS ROT! BLOODY MURDER AND CATACLYSMIC TERROR IS NOTHING! I AM THE TRUE TERROR THAT SHALL SENT EVERY LIVING EXISTENCE TO THE NORM AND BECOME NOTHING! NOT EVEN DARKNESS SHALL EXIST! YOU ALL SHALL HAVE YOUR GUTS SHRIVEL IN FEAR!"

A blood red pillar that had the diameter of Mercurius engulfed Ragnarok Lysandre. His power was far beyond Satan. Shockwaves pulsated outwards. A massive wave of evil and wailing dread pulsed through the area.

Everything of Crocus was no more. The dark waters were all caught in raging tsunamis going out at sea. The nearby mountains and onwards were reduced to piles of rubble in an instant. The Legendary Pokémon in the area were all hit by the shockwaves, causing them all to get pushed back. Both Nics' Pokémon were caught in the shockwaves.

All twelve screamed in violent pain as they felt their skins burn with bitter force from the shockwaves.

The hurricane of evil left both Garchomp to tumble through the air, and Giratina fired a single, large Aura Sphere that pulsed outwards. Both Garchomp were hopeless as they were struck hard, engulfed in explosions of blue and flew into the earth, the ground shattering completely.

Darkrai made a massive jumble of Dark Pulse, and the attack was launched straight down, creating a field of pure darkness that was seen from space. Both Kecleon screamed in pain as they were swallowed up in the attack.

Mega Mewtwo tensed up and made a force field that expanded outwards. The assault had huge and millions of comets. The attack reached out, obliterating the debris beneath. While still flying back, both Arbok barely had time to process and try to block with their tails, but ended up failing as Psystrike was too powerful, and they screamed in pain as they were shot some ways back.

Hoopa made several rings at once as both Greninja, Charizard, and Staraptor were all hopelessly distraught after the shockwaves of Ragnarok Lysandre and Hoopa fired Dark Pulse through all six rings from his six arms. The attack struck all six in simultaneous fashion, engulfing them all in another Dark Pulse.

Both Nics screamed as they were unable to hold themselves. They both shot outwards and fell down from the sky. Both Nics grunted in searing pain and were unable to control themselves through the shockwaves. The disaster in front bellowed up as he saw them both either try and flap or swerved into a steep angle. They did manage, but they both glowed and was engulfed in rainbow light, undoing the Legendary Force.

Both Nics, now reverted to normal, tumbled and thudded against the ground until they landed on their sides, blood spilling from the sides of their mouths. They could only groan and cough as Ragnarok Lysandre bellowed out above.

---

An image of the desolation of Crocus was seen, and the Magic Council was standing. They were afraid, their heart rates surging. Gran Doma heard of Zeref and Acnologia, but this evil was not even close to them and his bellows could be heard all over Earth Land. They had to rid of him. Now.

Gran Doma slammed his stave down. "We can't hold back anymore. This power shall be averted from us. These Pokémon have cursed us long enough, and made this man their bringer of doom on our heads. We won't accept this!"

Org nodded. "Now shall we eradicate?"

"Yes. The Etherion Cannon is fully charge." Gran Doma said. "Sadly those lives must be sacrificed, but if it's to lift the burden worse than Zeref, we must do so." His eyes intensified. "FIRE!"

---

High above the pitch black, blood red, and dark purple planet known as Earth Land, the Etherion Cannon, having been fully charged, made a bright light. Ragnarok Lysandre glanced up, seeing something penetrating the darkness in the skies above.

All he did was raised an arm, and snapped his fingers. "Sacred lights…how hopeless."

The snap of his finger echoed up. The sacred light went from white to black just like that. The black light suddenly imploded, and the entire cannon was reduced to a whirling wreck that was sucked inside of itself from the negative particles collapsing.

Gran Doma and all of the Magic Council's eyes widened. Gran Doma was so shocked he dropped his stave and almost collapsed. "It can't be…"

"Our scared light…reduced to darkness. The purest of all Magic energy, and it was pitch black in a snap of fingers?!" Another cried out.

Org couldn't even swallow. "This is impossible. A second time by these creatures…"

Gran Doma's eyes dilated. "No…no! I won't accept this!"

"Neither can I!" Another Councilmen stated. "We have to deploy every weapon if it means annihilating the threat who's gonna destroy our world!"

Another Councilmen looked hostile at the screen in front. "This evil is making my bones rattle…"

Suddenly in a flash of pitch black, all of the Councilmen, let alone every single resident in Era, were in a pitch black void out of no warning.

"What?!" Org exclaimed.

Everyone was caught in a panic as they suddenly were in dark pink orbs and were floating in the sky above Era. Not only them, but to all residence in Era, and among all in Fiore, were in dark pink orbs.

Ragnarok Lysandre growled hysterically. "Let's have an audience. HRAH!" he raised his arms as his blood red aura concentrated. It seemed denser than before.

All across Earth Land, every single life form was suddenly cloaked in pitch black and lifted into the sky in dark pink orbs. It could've been a wild animal, or an unknown demon, or whatever; everything in Earth Land ended up suspended just like all in Crocus. Not one living being or ghost was excluded.

They all had a shrivel run through their spines, and they saw a vision of what was happening in Crocus. They were all confused, but the fact was that it was real, and not even the mightiest of Mages or beast could stay composed at this eternally dark force that had them incapacitated.

"What's happening?!"

"We're all gonna die!"

"What are those creatures?! Are they…monsters?!"

"What sorcery?! This doesn't even feel like Magic! It's darker!"

"Is that man there, the cause?"

Ragnarok Lysandre's bellow echoed, making the Dark Legendaries screech out. Future Nic groaned and shifted towards his back. The thud was like nails prodding. He wiped the corners of his mouth and panted. 'He's the strongest, I admit that much.'

'Lysandre…' Nic sat up and groaned in pain, but persevered and began to stand up. He and his future-self supported the other as they had little endurance left after that cataclysmic despair. Everything all around was a wasteland of debris, but this didn't stop them. 'By no means will we fall…'

Ragnarok Lysandre chuckled as he looked down at the two. "Those stoic and composed expressions of yours make me sick. You still think that you can save the universe? I tainted and destroyed the only light this world had. You're next."

"We don't believe such a thing." Future Nic stated.

"You can throw the punches to fall a mountain range. You can break a man's spirit with just the thought of you. But what you cannot do, is make us believe we have no hope." Nic retorted.

"Your bonds are meaningless!" Ragnarok Lysandre bellowed. "You think that even an Arbok or a Kecleon can stop a dark beast that threatens life?!"

Both Nics narrowed their eyes. "My strength is their strength, and they know what's at stake. You can take a limb or a fang from them, but you won't break them!" Nic announced.

Future Nic took the lead. "Because our love for one another is stronger than family! And family never falls when we work together!"

---

Mega Rayquaza shook his head as he was still dazed from the dark shockwaves. It was like a deterring force that left him vulnerable. "What…?" He looked around, realizing that his opponent was gone. He turned around and about, but his dark energy was still present and yet he was not there. "Where did he go?"

A sudden crack behind him got his attention. He turned around, only for space to shatter like glass and reveal a dark force of pure negativity within. Giratina rushed out. "Shadow Force!"

Engulfed in black antimatter, Giratina screeched and struck Mega Rayquaza. The dragon screamed as the force was destructive and overbearing to the point where he fell backwards and smashed into the ground. Mega Rayquaza gagged as the shock from the attack left him stunned. He growled as he was on the ground, trying to wiggle.

He did manage to get up, but was immediately slashed back down by Giratina when the beast swatted Mega Rayquaza with his tail. The dragon hollered and smashed his head back down onto a debris pile. Mega Rayquaza's weakened roar of pain left a mournful tune as Lamia Scale and Mermaid Heel were left despairing.

Giratina's six legs were on the ground. He snarled as he closed the distance slowly as Mega Rayquaza tried to get up, but was too weak to do so. Giratina closed in, his form towering over Mega Rayquaza.

"Now let me make your last moments as corrosive as I can." Giratina pressed a foot down on Mega Rayquaza's neck, holding him down as his right wing made a Dragon Claw. The Dragon Claw was held back as Giratina glowered down. "This universe shall…die!"

Mega Rayquaza grunted and was unable to get up. All he could do now was wait for what shall be the final blow to the face that will also end him.

Giratina slowly brought Dragon Claw down…

"HEY!"

Giratina stopped advancing with Dragon Claw and looked up.

"YOU!"

Everyone watching said battle gasped at the sudden cries. All attention and shock was diverted to what was turning around the corner down below. Everyone around the world saw the vision of the battle, and they were just as shocked.

Garchomp and Mega Garchomp were both running along the ground, panting as they had more than a few red stains on their bodies. They ran fast and lunged forward. "BRING IT OOO~N!" Both bellowed at the exact same time. They lunged ahead at Mach speed, their blades making debris mounds split apart.

They opened their mouths for a unison Crunch. They used Mega Rayquaza's side as a stepping stone and jumped onto Giratina. They both gripped hard, and Giratina twisted and turned to try and snap mouth jaws onto them, but only they had found themselves on his back and snapping Crunch down.

"You!" Giratina wailed. "Get off me!"

"Dragon Pulse!" A sudden blast of draconic energy was launched. The culprit was revealed to have been Mega Rayquaza, who was able to get up. The Dragon Pulse went along and struck Giratina's side, causing the monster to stumble of to the side. Both Garchomp and Mega Garchomp jumped off and became airborne before Giratina hit a debris mound.

Mega Rayquaza used Giratina's shock and swerved on over, whacking him along the side with his tail, making the beast falter away while both Garchomp used Dual Chop and stabbed into Giratina's back.

The violent action caused Giratina to yelp a demonic howl and pivoted. The back of his wings swatted them both away, sending them crashing through some glass still intact of a window.

Giratina angrily turned towards Mega Rayquaza and both roared out at the same time. Giratina made Shadow Claw through his blood red spikes again and slashed at him. Mega Rayquaza evaded away and used his claws to shove Giratina back, albeit only a few feet to gain momentum. Both Garchomp suddenly jumped out of the broken window and they attacked with Crunch, snapping down on the gold claws on the ribs. The roars they emitted were equal with the thuds of Giratina's feet when he stumbled away. With Giratina distressing with the two Garchomp on him, he was again distracted for another Dragon Pulse to strike him down. Both Garchomp escaped by jumping off and watched as Mega Rayquaza's Dragon Pulse made another hit, making another draconic burst that sent him stumbling into another debris mound. The debris went flying upon the impact and Giratina fell down with a thud on his side.

"Grrrrrrrrr!" Giratina hastily got back up, only for both Garchomp to lung back up and latch onto his face. Both used Crunch and snapped their jaws on his crown, making Giratina bellow in annoyance again. The biting all around was aggravating and he whipped his head, sending them flying off him. "You're all annoying me-!"

He was cut off by Mega Rayquaza whacking his tail into him again, causing him to fly backwards again towards the ground with a thud.

Both Mega Garchomp, Garchomp, and Mega Rayquaza roared outwards as Giratina's bloody gaze exerted more pressure when trying to get back up.

"Choke on this you swine!" Garchomp lunged ahead with Mega Garchomp after Giratina to attack further, disregarding their murderous injuries.

---

Hoopa yet out a loud roar that bellowed dark ripples. His arms extended forward, and humungous waves arose. The water on either side of Primal Kyogre was manipulated and made giant swirling pillars of dark water all around.

"Perish!" Hoopa screamed. Sending his two top arms down, the two huge water pillars arched down. The tips became pressurized like massive spears. The two spear pillars of water diverged and diffused, becoming an astonishing huge amount of hundreds of smaller spears of super compressed water.

Primal Kyogre looked up at the massive flow that was gonna rain down on him, and he had no control. The seashore water was shallow and that left him barely able to maneuver. He could only wait as the hundreds of spears of water went down onto him.

"Heat Wave!" A massive hurricane of blue winds of the most cindering of heat went scorching from above. The giant tempest made Hoopa scream as the heat was charring up his body.

The Psychic was halted due to the lack of focus, and the spears all lost their pressure, becoming what was a light rain coming down on Primal Kyogre, who was surprised to say the least. His exhausted form looked on as he saw the Heat Wave end.

Hoopa reeled backwards. His tail swerving. "Who dares…?!"

"Steel Wing!" A sudden pair of steel-hard wings went smashing against Hoopa's head from behind. A metallic explosion made his head get all hazy before the culprits were seen as the two Staraptor.

"Get 'em!" Future Staraptor shouted.

"For the future!" Both Greninja shouted on either side of Hoopa. As Hoopa regained focus, he realized the assault had fallen upon him, but he was very short on time. "Scald!"

Both Greninja unleashed boiling hot water in massive volumes, indicating the two Greninjas' exhausted forms from the battle and Ragnarok Lysandre. The boiling water got Hoopa on both sides, making him scream in pain as steam and mist flared from the impact.

Both Greninja landed and immediately backed away as Hoopa emerged from the mist cloud, his anger seemingly greater. "You'll all pay for that!"

"You'll try!" Future Charizard shouted. "But we have a future to salvage, and you're not part of it! Dragon Claw!" Future Charizard made light blue claws and he went soaring in a slant after Hoopa.

Hoopa had a claw out. "I don't care for you all! I'll spill your blood! Psychic!"

Future Charizard suddenly was outlined in light blue energy and he felt a crushing force. Gravity seemed to be against him. He fell straight down head first. It seemed disastrous at first as he quickly closed the distance between himself and the ground, but he was far from a quitter.

"Heat Wave!" Future Charizard managed to flap his wings, sending an enormous tempest of hot flaming winds down on the desecrated ground. The hot winds were like a counterbalance and the Heat Wave not only began to melt what was left of the ground, but the Heat Wave also went outwards. Future Charizard slowed down greatly as Heat Wave went in all directions, getting Hoopa's feet in the process.

Hoopa felt the cindering waves hit his feet and he backed off. "Curses!"

Future Charizard was still compressed by Psychic, but he did slow down thanks to Heat Wave and got his feet underneath. His landing made a massive crater in the ground, sending a hot wave around. Embers showered down and Future Charizard smirked.

"This is for trying to flatten my future-self! Dragon Claw!" Mega Charizard went flying in at an amazing speed at a low altitude. His Dragon Claw was much wider and larger, and the exerted force when made and extended made a quick blast that reduced rubble to small bits. He flew on in behind Hoopa and slashed. Scoring a gruesome blow to the back.

Hoopa screamed as his back was engulfed in a light blue explosion.

"Hydro Pump!" Primal Kyogre suddenly jumped out of the sea, making water shift everywhere. He opened his mouth, where an unimaginable torrent of huge water pressure blasted Hoopa, sending him flying backwards and skid along the shattered remains of the ground, smashing into a debris mound.

---

Darkrai looked annoyed to a great degree. "Damn you all." He said, looking at Zekrom and White Kyurem. "You're just annoying me. This universe was made for darkness, born from it, and you dare stand between it?!" He looked down and saw Dialga and Palkia still in distress as they were still asleep in craters on the ground, their bodies suffering more than a few injuries and wounds from being tossed around like ragdolls from Ragnarok Lysandre's demonic shockwaves. Seeing them in distress made Darkrai feel satisfied again. He then turned back towards Zekrom and White Kyurem. "How's about you join them as well!"

"What are you saying?" Zekrom asked.

"I think I know. Prepare yourself!" White Kyurem yelled.

Darkrai raised his right arm, making dark matter and turning it into a sphere mixed with crimson. "Sleep your way through the void of despair! Never shall you wake up!" The dark sphere expanded and he reached forward with it. "Dark Void!"

The singular sphere became two, and the Dark Void went speeding after their targets. White Kyurem roared outwards and he ascended and swerved towards the right, barely missing the Dark Void. Zekrom, however, was not so lucky.

He roared outwards and Thunder was used. "We shall not fall into the void! Thunder!" Lightning crackled in the sky, but the massive bolt that went shooting down as before missed the Dark Void asit was too fast. "What?!"

"Zekrom! Move!" White Kyurem yelled, but it was too late.

Dark Void struck Zekrom, and many faces all over Earth Land were in desperation as they saw Zekrom get engulfed in a sphere of perplexing darkness. The lightning dragon roared as all he could hear was deafening silence, and pitch black took up his vision.

His eyes grew hazy, and he sadly began to close them until he finally fell asleep.

Darkrai snickered in satisfaction and watched the sphere dissipate. The slumbering dragon fell from the sky and descended downwards, crashing down on some debris.

White Kyurem looked back at Darkrai and vice versa. Darkrai slowly raised an arm out towards him, another dark matter conversion happening. "And now it's your turn…"

"BONZAAAAAAAAIIII!"

Darkrai's eyes widened and he turned to hear the battle cry. He was met with two Kecleon who had scorned and hellish bruises all over their body. The Dark Pulse they took should've killed them, but durability was one thing they stomached. They used Thief, and they dealt a kick to Darkrai's face. The intense force made a ripple bellow, and Darkrai began to falter backwards from mid-altitude.

"The starving children shall be fed! HYAH!" Kecleon used Slash and passed Darkrai in midair, leaving a white trail that went through his waist. Darkai's shrilled grunt was music to their ears.

"The leaves will change color as they always do! HRAH!" Future Kecleon came down from above, delivering a Thief in the form of an axe kick right atop of the head. Darkrai recoiled back and grunted from the pain.

"GRAH!" He looked around and looked disgusted at the two Kecleon, but to his exasperation they were gone. His eyes widened again when he looked around, but no sight of them anywhere. "Where'd they…?"

"Birds gotta fly, but you're going down! Shadow Sneak!"

The unison cry from behind made Darkrai turn and look back, but only saw nothing. He could barely make out the red stripes still present. Two shadows stretched out from underneath and were so fast Darkrai didn't keep track. He turned around, sensing the shadows but was struck in the waist with a double Shadow Sneak. The Shadow Sneak assault stretched up in a long slant over the two Kecleons' heads.

Darkrai gagged and jerked away from the arching Shadow Sneak, but was left a target for White Kyurem. "Dragon Pulse!"

Darkrai jerked out of the way, barely, as a draconic beam had a mouth and tried chomping down on him, but instead got a debris pile, sending a multicolor blast upwards.

"For the new tomorrow!" Both Kecleon shouted, tilting their heads. They both jumped and went back on the attack. "And for a feast of knuckle sandwiches for you!"

---

Primal Groudon slid backwards and was unable to hold his ground as Mega Mewtwo's force field expanded outwards, and hundreds of thousands of small comets blitzed, engulfing Primal Groudon in another earth-rattling explosion.

A surge of massively huge explosions occurred in the area, putting any Dragon's roar to shame. The land and shadows in the ground went everywhere, and Primal Groudon found himself hunched forward, groaning and facing the ground. Many were just as baffled as the mightiest. The dark evil was surpassing the Primal Groudon, and the toughest of Mages and darkest in nature were left petrified indeed.

Mega Mewtwo held his palm out. An Aura Sphere was made, and it grew in size. Mega Mewtwo took aim at a struggling foe. "Goodbye."

A sudden silence came and went. A dead silence. Primal Groudon and everyone else looked shocked; Cobra and Kinana sharing the same shock.

Mega Mewtwo was suddenly immobile, yellow static around his body The Aura Sphere dissipated, leaving him frustrated. "What…?" He struggled to look behind, but he managed and was shocked when there was Arbok. Arbok's pattern was glowing red, meaning he used the trick up his sleeve to stop him – Glare.

"Paralysis. Damn you!" Mega Mewtwo turned around and angrily readied to force a palm out, but Future Arbok slithered out of the blue and his Ice Fang was massive.

"No you don't!" Future Arbok lunged out and attacked. Mega Mewtwo glanced over at the incoming purple blur and emitted a shockwave. Future Arbok grunted and shot backwards, but his ice didn't break. A broken pipe was behind him, and he caught note of it. Using his tail, he used it and made a sharp turn back towards Mega Mewtwo, lunging again with greater momentum than before.

Mega Mewtwo's waist was bit into, making him grunt in pain as cold ice bit into him. Mega Mewtwo's body began to tense up with a dense pressure, one that made the ground beneath make a crater, a large one, but the pressure did not deter Future Arbok as he had his Ice Fang still on him.

"Get losssst!" Future Arbok threw Mega Mewtwo out, sending him flying.

Mega Mewtwo straightened out and had his hands out as he shot back. "You snakes will pay for that…!" He felt a huge heat coming from behind, and he felt another intense pressure. He turned around while slowing down, finding Primal Groudon firing Eruption at him. The molten rocks went his way, and Mega Mewtwo instead focused fire on that instead. "You're angering me-GAH!"

His body was covered in yellow sparks, leaving him stunned and unable to move. He completely forgot of Arbok's Glare, which paralyzed him. "Damnit!" He couldn't even shield himself as the molten rocks met their mark, making a lava-like explosion.

Mega Mewtwo was seen falling into the ground, thudding profusely until slamming into a debris mound.

---

Ragnarok Lysandre looked around, seeing as how the tides was beginning to change thanks to both Nic's Pokémon. "What?! This can't be! They're on par with my Masters?! Inconceivable! How?!"

"We told you." Nic said, standing straight up with confidence.

"Our strength is their strength. We'll keep getting up until you finally fall." Future Nic said.

A sudden pulse came from their bodies, which felt like a heartbeat. The pulse echoed through the whole area, reaching up to Arceus in space.

Arceus gasped.

"What was…that?" Ragnarok Lysandre questioned. The pressure he was feeling was generating from both Nics, and it was starting to energize as another pulse came from them. This pulse was stronger, and it had a funny sensation, like something tickles you.

"You feel that?" Mira asked.

"I think Nics got one last trick guys." Elfman mumbled.

Both Nics felt their Plates vibrate with a vivid fire. This one was so intense that the particles in the atmosphere around them were glistening with a brilliant intensity. The pulsing kept escalating, and both felt the fire in themselves keep on growing.

"You may say you're fear, but no matter what, evil and cold hearts don't mean anything to us. We strive for a better tomorrow, no matter what!" Nic declared again.

Jellal's eyes were wide. He again felt this intense power growing from Nic. 'This power, the power of the stars…what is Nic doing?'

If both were honest, they weren't sure what they were doing, but the stronger they willed on, the more vibrant this reaction was. The Plates inside were palpitating, pulsating at astronomical levels.

The rippling pulses reached out at Arceus again in space, and the darkness in his frail and dead gaze had come back. 'This…this power…Nic Pularis has…'

"What's happening?!" Ragnarok Lysandre bellowed. Dark waves went from all around, beginning to swerve towards the two Nics. The dark waves soon became slightly brighter as they encased the two. The darkness became what was a bright pink, and an aura could be seen inside.

Giratina turned around, feeling this power. 'Is this…?!' He was struck hard with his thoughts turned away and Mega Garchomp used Dual Chop, slashing and stabbing at his front.

Ragnarok was feeling a light energy, one that was equally defying his dark powers. "What's going on?! Don't you dare bring the light back! I shall bring everything to pitch black!" He extended his arms out, and the dark pink suddenly became a pitch black and blood red.

Ragnarok Lysandre smirked again, but then everyone grew curious as glistening cracks could be seen through the cocoon. All eyes widened, and the cracks continued to increase until a glistening light could be seen inside.

The cocoon exploded, creating a shockwave that made Ragnarok Lysandre hold his hand out, using Barrier to stop the shockwaves, but to his shock and horror, piercing light rays caught him by surprise, and he screamed as he shot backwards.

He snarled back, but when the dazzling display vanished, it revealed both Nics having a pink aura around themselves. What they had was a faint glow around their bodies. Their V-necks were white, and the pants were a dark pink. The shoes were pink, but the undersides and soles were dark pink. The laces were white. The belt was dark pink, with the buckle being a Heal Ball. The coat was white with pink edging. The emblem and ring on the back were also pink.

"No way…" Gray mumbled. "They both have…"

Erza's eyes were fixated with disbelief. "They've done it."

Future Lucy and Lucy couldn't even fathom this pure force they were feeling. Atlas Flame and a wounded Acnologia both had the same foreboding power. It was all pure positive, and there was no explanation as to why or how. Everyone watching all over Earth Land, the mightiest and weakest, felt something light in their hearts.

Darkrai looked away as he barely dodged a jab from Kecleon. "No."

"This can't be." Hoopa said.

Giratina's blood boiled profusely, his anger escalating. "Nic Pularis! Slaughter him! NOW!"

Ragnarok Lysandre eyes dilated with the foulest of frustration and his four arms made four large spheres of aura. The immense energy in the four each had a huge gravity wave, and the pressure was immense that it made the two Nics feel weighed down. All four spheres were fired at them, traveling and shattering the land beneath.

Both Nics put their own hands together, their bodies giving off a valiant aura of pink. Their hands created a pink sphere, and the lunar energy converged heavily into them.

Their eyes widened in unison as they pushed forward. "Moonblast!"

They fired both Fairy-Type moves at the same time, making the ground beneath them shatter as well. Six trails in total expanded and met in the middle. A blast of pink and aura erupted into the skies, making rippling shockwaves high into the atmosphere.

The smoke dissipated with Ragnarok Lysandre swiping his Darkrai arm, and he snarled out. "You'll both get gutted alive!"

"You'll try!" Both Nics yelled in unison, their bodies engulfed in pink sparkles.

"We're but united people! We're the contenders that were realized within!" Nic announced.

"This Pixie Plate we've unlocked symbolizes how much everyone means to us. Ruining their future is what we'll eradicate. The light of tomorrow will come, and your darkness shall be gone!" Future Nic announced.

Ragnarok Lysandre snarled. "Contenders that are fairies, you say? Well then I'll rot off your wings, Fairy Contenders!"

The three all were seen back in the skies, with a blood red and two pink comets zigzagging furiously. Each clash again had sparks and fireworks of dark and light alike. The intense force of the blasts given off rattled the airspace, and the energy levels were far beyond any charts, even the suspended Magic Council was in awe at this raw force. No words were needed as they were all witnessing the battle of the future generations.

"Fairy Wind!" Nic swiped his arm high in the air, sending winds of pink sparkles at Ragnarok Lysandre. The intricate attack managed to make hi cover up, grunting in annoyance.

High above in flight, Future Nic's fists were coated in a dark pink. His legs were also coated in the energy. "Play Rough!"

He went zooming down like a light ray, blitzing and appearing above Ragnarok Lysandre's head. The recipient glanced up and saw Future Nic about to deal a vicious amount of blows. "Shadow Claw!"

Future Nic's punches and kicks were parried from above, pink flashes clashing with a double Shadow Claw from the Hoopa and Giratina claws. Each attack was the speed of light, ferociously parrying every cosmic blow and making pink and shadow punches become flashes.

Nic rushed from ahead, his limbs cloaked in Play Rough. Ragnarok Lysandre saw the attack and he used the Darkrai and Mega Mewtwo limbs and began to parry and block with Shadow Claw there.

"HRRRAAAHHHHH!" Both let out cries as Ragnarok Lysandre's furious display of slashing and punching was starting to lose momentum as both Nics were driving themselves further. The enemy looked up and down, looking distraught and angry as both punched and kicked all the way.

'This can't be.' Ragnarok Lysandre thought. 'I am the bleeding void that eradicates life! How am I being overpowered?! Is it…because he's unlocked the eighteenth Plate?!' Veins appeared on his forehead, and he was about to let out another venomous scream, but he only started before both Nic s drove a pink uppercut and fist on the chin and top of the head at the exact same time. The bone shattering and pink blast wave reached out, and all was caught in a shrilling suspense.

Giratina and the Dark Legendaries were caught in the pink blast wave, losing momentum and faltering over from damage taken.

---

In space, the pink wave reached out at Arceus, The Alpha Pokémon's pink was starting to gain color again, and the darkness all around him was beginning to fill with stardust again. "This power." His voice returned. "He has done it…"

The eighteen Plates were all unlocked, and Arceus was feeling the energy swell from them all. The eighteen Plates that he feeds on have finally unleashed their unison power, and his body began to glow.

"Nic Pularis…he's ascertained my power at long last." The light all around him began to get brighter and the darkness all throughout space was beginning to get engulfed in a bright light.

---

Ragnarok Lysandre and all people in the world of Pokémon and Earth Land looked up, and the natural disasters were showing some star with a shining meteor shower expanding and brightening up the dark skies. The glow was as bright as the sun.

"What?! This isn't happening!" Ragnarok Lysandre bellowed. "ARCEUS!"

"Dazzling Gleam!"

Ragnarok Lysandre turned back down to see Nic floating and exerted a bright, piercing light. The Fairy-Type move went at Ragnarok Lysandre, but he put his hands forward. "I can taint the purest of light, fools!" True to his sinister words, the Dazzling Gleam heading for him, no matter how pure, became pitch black in a flash and dissipated.

As the pitch black faded, a pink sphere that was Moonblast went shooting from Future Nic and towards Ragnarok Lysandre. The pink sphere was traveling at the speed of light, and Ragnarok Lysandre was engulfed in a pillar of pink that rattled the city ruins.

"So much evil against light." Atlas Flame muttered.

"Impossible." Mavis muttered. "This infinite evil, it's being parried by this infinite light. How…?"

Giratina angrily looked up at the two Nics as they had bright light surging around them. The bright light in the skies meant that by unlocking the last Plate, the darkness they worked so hard to achieve in spreading was dissipating.

"Kill Nic Pularis!" Giratina shouted. Out of control and bellowing, he flapped his wings and ascended into the skies after them. He drew near, but was cut off when Mega Garchomp appeared in front with Crunch.

"Too slow you overgrown centipede!" Mega Garchomp sneered. He opened his mouth and snapped down onto Giratina's crown. The dragon screamed as Mega Garchomp snapped on him again, and he violently shook, but at the cost of Mega Garchomp coming off was the end piece of the crown he latched onto.

The beast let out an unsubtle scream, leaving him open for Mega Rayquaza and Garchomp above.

"Okay you swine, you're grounded!" Garchomp bellowed.

"Giratina, it's the end of the line!" Mega Rayquaza bellowed.

Both either were outlined in green or draconic energy exerted from the head appendages. The draconic flow and green mass began to swirl in the skies above, catching Giratina by surprise. Giratina only looked up just to stare at the sun-like light. His eyes burned and he looked away.

"Dragon Rush!"

"Dragon Ascent!"

Both massively brutal Pokémon let out strong roars as they became a combination of green and draconic energy. The fusion force made the sky above Giratina look like a green meteor shaped into a beastly dragon. Giratina looked up and screamed out the most ear-splitting roar he could.

"NO! THIS WAS OUR TIME! OUR TIII~ME!"

A boom was all that was heard before the two attacks made contact, striking Giratina. The entire land and sea alike, as far as the eye could see, was engulfed in a cataclysmic shockwave, obliterating any vapor around and leaving green and dragon energy to whirl around all throughout the skies to whip around light a hurricane, albeit both Nics and Ragnarok Lysandre undeterred.

Giratina screamed within, swallowed up from the attacks. His screech dissipated as he fell downwards, vanishing into the dust and debris.

---

Darkrai looked around and then up, the light burning him and his eyes. He growled and became a shadow. "Damn Arceus!" He scowled as his white top vanished into the shadows.

The shadow suddenly prodded up, uppercutting Darkrai with a thick Shadow Sneak. Darkrai howled in pain as he was sent flying right out from the ground and in midair.

Future Kecleon tilted her head. "Now, the finishing touch."

Kecleon went lunging out from out of nowhere, her claws thick and glowing. "Slash!" She was high above and dove right down, her claws leaving white trails as she fell onto Darkrai. She spun in the air for upmost momentum and slashed at him, making him cry out as she passed him.

A sudden Slash came again with Darkrai feeling Kecleon pass again. He fell down with a thud, with Kecleon on a knee and posing with her claws becoming normal again.

Above Darkrai as he struggled, there was an odd orange light. Looking up, Darkrai saw that both Kecleon were retreating. When he looked up, he saw that White Kyurem was around a spherical red-purple aura that burned, and yet it froze. Darkrai felt the frost all around the area begin to emerge, and when it was underneath, it was like touching small embers. He tried getting up, but was of no use as both Kecleons did a number on him.

"The shadows shall freeze in the burning anguish you brought onto yourselves! Ice Burn!" White Kyurem fired all around what were reddish-purple beams that blazed through the skies, all converging and heading for Darkrai.

Darkrai's eyes widened as he screamed, seeing nothing and feeling only a burning chill.

---

As an icy, orange explosion shot into the sky, rattling the earth. Hoopa looked up at both Nics and roared. He looked pissed, and he made the rings all around him expand and make spatial portals. Six rings appeared underneath the two, but they paid no heed and instead kept on fighting.

"Say goodbye!" Hoopa announced. He nudged his body forward at the rings, but when he tried moving his hands, he couldn't for some reason. "Huh?"

Turning his body around, he felt all of his limbs have an immense pressure that had them pinned. It really hurt for some odd reason. "Grrr! What is this-?!"

He turned and looked around, realizing that all of his limbs were all pinned to the street ground by the Nics' Pokémon. All Greninja, Staraptor, and Charizard used their hands, claws, and sturdy wings to hold them all down.

Hoopa looked enraged. "Get off!" He deployed Psychic, and Nics' battered creatures were feeling a negative force try and push them away. It was like gravity was smiting them away from the arms, and the two Greninja were the only ones unaffected and persevered.

Future Staraptor grunted. "Gnnnngh! We won't…!"

"NEVER!" Staraptor mustered up every ounce of her physical prowess and used her talon to grip onto the arm she had. "Close Combat!" She violently slashed and swatted her body, though not wildly, through the Psychic, creating a fearsome burst of winds that left Hoopa shocked. She let out a scream as she delivered all of the wing jabs and single talon strikes she could possibly dish out. Making her look like a gray and brown blur of a speed faster than lightning. "HRRRAAAAHHH!" She showed no cowardice, savagely pounding at Hoopa's arm. Each blow could've crushed a human bone, and there were hundreds of thousands of strikes on the arm.

Hoopa screamed in violent agony as his one arm had felt as though it was gonna fall apart.

With Psychic weakened in doing so, Future Staraptor followed her counterpart's example. Close Combat was also fired, and Future Staraptor let out a predatory bird's caw as she dealt with blowing through the force of Psychic with all her might, reaching the arm and jabbing and clawing in consecutive lightning fashion.

Mega Charizard opened his mouth. "Burn away your power! Let's go beyond that extra mile! To the heavens! Flamethrower!" Using his pure muscle from all those boulders and trees he's lifted from the years of hardship, it all came to reality. He held down the arm and opened his mouth. What was an eruption of blue fire completely exploded all around, melting the earth completely. The arm was point-blank, a range that left Hoopa to scream and gawk as he almost lost any and all feeling as the arm was cindered.

With his Psychic further reduced, Future Charizard roared as he used one clawed hand and suppressed the heavy arm. Veins were clear, and he brought his arm back. "Dragon Claw!"

Hoopa again roared in agonizing pain as Dragon Claw stabbed his arm, leaving him distraught. Hoopa was thus stunned and the two Greninja nodded at the other.

"Scald!" With Psychic completely dissipated, Scald's boiling water swamped the two remaining arms with mist, completely leaving the whole six arms in agonizing pain, some parts of each arm unrecognizable. Hoopa had no way to act as his mouth hung open, spacing out and left for Primal Kyogre to deal the final blow.

"Thanks to you all! Now let's bring it on home! Origin Pulse!"

As distraught as Hoopa was, he glanced over, only for blue beams to close on in and engulf him.

---

Mega Mewtwo fired Aura Sphere at Primal Groudon, the intensity strong enough to level Magnolia. The bomb went blasting away, but then two huge garbage bags or raw Poison-Type went flying like missiles and met at the 8 and 4 positions of the incoming Aura Sphere. The combined attack made an explosion and Primal Groudon didn't bother covering up as he instead swatted it all away.

The smoke dissipated, and Mega Mewtwo was seen aggravated. His body was cross-armed and another force field was beginning to emerge. "I've had enough of you all-!"

"Tremble you basssssstard!" The slithery cry came from above.

Primal Groudon looked up, as did Mega Mewtwo, but all Mega Mewtwo got were two purple tails.

"Earthquake!"

When the two Arbok slammed their tails onto Mega Mewtwo, the momentum smacked to the head of the psychopath. Mega Mewtwo gagged when he suddenly was within the ground. All around, a violent tremor arose. The ground waved with another violent shockwave by the Arbok duo. All across Crocus and through the mountain did the tremor erupt. The shockwave violently shook through what was remaining of the mountains, shattering every massive boulder. The whole layer of Crocus debris was turned upside down. Nics' Pokémon across Crocus all jumped and leapt from flying rock to flying rock without a single misstep, perfect accuracy.

The dust settled, and Primal Groudon grunted as the dust on him was shrugged off just from turning back. In front was a near hundred-foot wide crater, which was extremely deep. In the center were the two Arbok as they hissed. Their tails had a few bruises from going full force on the double Earthquake, but they were undeterred from their goals.

Seeing Mega Mewtwo cringe on the ground, they hissed and slithered away surprisingly. Mega Mewtwo had a dazed look in his eyes, but the haze in his eyes narrowed, and he saw why both Arboks retreated.

"Precipice Blades!"

As the lava-covered incandescent blades went for Mega Mewtwo, ground was burning, and all Mega Mewtwo did was go wide-eyed and screamed in the most blood-curdling way that bellowed. The scream was then muffled by a massive lava explosion mixed in rock, which both Arbok slithered away from and watched from the edge of the crater with a scornful hiss.

---

The thundering below settled, and Ragnarok Lysandre had wide eyes as his fellow Masters were all amongst the debris, groaning and looking defeated. His disbelief made his anger spike. "No…no, no NO! NO! THIS UNIVERSE SHALL BE TARNISHED!" He angrily turned towards the two Nics, who had a bright glow. "YOUR LIGHT SHALL DIE!"

The bright glow around them was turned pitch black, and they both kept pouring out the light with every ounce of focus and will they could pour on. Pitch black and negative energy began closing in.

Both Nics remained silent as Ragnarok Lysandre's power was dimming out their light.

---

Arceus eyes glowed. "Nic Pularis…use it." His eyes glowed brighter than before, and magnified the intense light rays all throughout space.

---

The light in space was getting brighter, and Ragnarok Lysandre covered up as the light was burning up. The dark and negative energy all around him was tarnishing, rotting away. Shrilled wails could be heard from the shadows being burned away.

"What?! Arceus?!" Ragnarok Lysandre bellowed. "Impossible!"

Both Nics glared at Ragnarok Lysandre viciously. "Our trust goes beyond measure! Trust and loyalty is what defines friends, not that it would matter to you anyway!" Nic announced.

A light ay beamed downwards through the pitch black world, and everyone felt the unimaginable wavelengths the beam of light had.

Future Nic didn't move with his counterpart. "I've lost precious things from my time. I lost my guild, my home, my sister, my lover, and I am not going down like this." He and Nic both kept forward, but Ragnarok Lysandre looked shocked as a light beam shot down onto them. "Because what we've been through…" He reached into his pocket, clutching something.

Nic looked back, seeing that Future Nic was holding onto his phone and earbuds within his pockets, but it was even more shocking how he just let his grip go, ignoring the items completely.

"The past is the past. That's what I've learned. And I can't change my own past, but I'll change everyone else's!"

Nic blinked, but it all made sense. Future Nic found something, something more meaning. Nic did as well, and they both held onto it. It was that strength of those mementoes of the first two people to show them love in the world that gave them the fortitude to find someone they can love.

Nic and Future Nic held up their right arms as the beam hit them, engulfing them. The light all in the sky began to converge down onto the two Nics. They were in a bright flash, one that was so potent that Ragnarok Lysandre couldn't even become shadows as he could get burned. He could only cover up as all citizens and residence of Earth Land saw the bright light from space.

Gran Doma's eyes were wide. "This…this light."

Makarov stared out at the white norm. "Is that…?"

Vanessa stared in disbelief. "…Nic."

All of their twelve Pokémon looked up at the sky, seeing their trainers take in the light that was full of power and cosmic distortion.

Ragnarok Lysandre looked back as the beam of light had faded. Ragnarok Lysandre looked astonished, as were all people around the world. The energy felt could even reach the confines of space, where the stars were glimmering very weakly again.

In a majestic glow, two figures were seen. Both Nics had red pupils, and green outlined their eyes all the way around. Their heads had a massive headpiece; the forehead was a gold front, with white horns on both sides. The mane went backwards with a gray striated underside. The neck was completely white, but the chin and face was left sound. The neck had white ridges on either side. The t-shirt was gray, and the pants were a pure white. The shoes were white, but the laces and soles were gold. The coat was white, and the edging and the buckle were gold. The buckle was instead a cross-like wheel with green dots. While back of the coats had nothing, a large golden cross-like wheel floated right behind them both.

The two Nics had an Alpha look in their gazes, and they had a golden light all around them.

"You feel that?" Gray asked.

"Is this…infinite power?" Mavis shuddered. "…infinite possibilities…a god…"

"Nic, is that…really him?" Lucy asked.

"He's…?" Future Lucy couldn't find the words.

Acnologia was inside his sphere, still in bleeding pain. He growled again, feeling this god-like power.

"It…can't be." Org mumbled.

The glow around them increased, making Ragnarok Lysandre growl. "Who are you?!"

"Alpha Legendary Force – Arceus." Both announced confidently. They held their arms out, white were normal. They both widened their eyes before emitting a strong cry. At that instant, every ounce of debris beneath Ragnarok Lysandre shot up, defying all common knowledge of gravity. The debris from all across Crocus shot all across from miles away, bombarding and encasing him and his wails in a gravitational field that had a huge planet-like sphere of rock in the air.

The sphere in the sky was still, as both Nics narrowed their eyes. They knew Ragnarok Lysandre had more fight in him, and they were right as the core of the gravity field was seen inside. The core was Ragnarok Lysandre, and blood red and dark purple was seeping through the cracks.

A large explosion erupted from the ball in the sky, shattering and rotting debris away like it was nothing. The little pieces were reduced to ash as Ragnarok Lysandre appeared and had only a few scratches on him, but using his Recover move then and there dissipated the efforts.

"Your little display means nothing, granted." He scowled. "I am the bringer of hell, and I'll taint you all I shall!" He extended his arm out, where blood red and pitch black swelled. "Do not even think of bowing! I want to slaughter you!" He fired blood red and pitch black at the two Nics, but both dodged, almost like teleporting in a golden light.

The blood red beams and pitch black spears traveled outwards until they weren't seen. A few glints were seen before the entire eastern hemisphere was within an explosive hurricane of darkness that obliterated rock and abandoned wildlife. All lives flashed before everyone's eyes as they all closed their eyes, but the distortion of the dark pink spheres shielded them.

Both Nics appeared behind. "You're a disgrace to all humans and Pokémon! HRAH!" Both emitted a bright pink flash behind Ragnarok Lysandre, and the monster screamed as he felt a burning sensation as he shot forward. He looked back with a scowl, seeing the two now no longer having gold, but instead a bright pink. The gray underside of the mane and shirt were also dark pink.

"The Pixie Plate active? The shining beacon is so cliché." Ragnarok Lysandre taunted. "Shadow Claw-!"

"BEGONE!" Both exerted a pink force field outward, stopping Ragnarok Lysandre's Shadow Claw and made him shoot back.

"GRRRRR! NO YOU DON'T!" Ragnarok Lysandre recovered from the pink field and became a bloody shadow. He reappeared behind the two, with his arms swiped. "Psycho Cut!" He unleashed four massively huge crescents at the two Nics, but all they did was turn around and swipe their arms, dissipating Ragnarok Lysandre's attack. "No!"

"He's completely overwhelmed." Makarov noted.

"…that power. It truly is infinite." Mavis said.

"Ragnarok Lysandre. You are indeed the most powerful and most hateful creature in the known history and existence, but might and anger alone is never enough to reign." Both Nics' voices sounded so different, in fact it wasn't even theirs.

Cobra's eyes widened. "A pure voice, through telepathy?"

"That who I think it is?" Gajeel questioned.

Natsu's eyes widened. "No way…"

Ragnarok Lysandre's eyes widened. "Arceus?!"

"Yes, Ragnarok Lysandre. It is I, using the power of these two noble men who share the telepathic link and powers of my own." Arceus announced. "This bloodthirsty power that you seek for eradicating all life as you know it, has led you to overlook one piece of evidence. True power evolves from the union of others."

"I CAN'T BELIEVE THIS!" Ragnarok Lysandre bellowed.

"You, who has been the controlled by Giratina, Hoopa, Darkrai, and Mewtwo, need to understand! Your power evolved from your anger and revenge that you sought so badly for, which was a desire of no heart and a rotting behavior that destroys life with no ideal for you. Nic Pularis, however, had a very unfair child abuse brought down onto him, but he still has the heart of gold, because he sought to hold his dear sister close from harm's way. Love and loyalty is what defines these young men, one of which came from the future of ruin that you brought down onto the universe. He's the heart of a man, and the soul of Pokémon; the years he's been through, he chose his own path of hardship, but never went through it alone. The Pokémon of Greninja, Charizard, Kecleon, Staraptor, Garchomp, and Arbok had all found a place to call home within each other's hearts. It was Nic who bound them for all eternity, and their true strength was revealed to us today. You all turned your back on what great power comes from the heart! You have all sealed your fate for the bitter worse!"

Ragnarok Lysandre's bloody gaze looked feral, and he looked as though was gonna bleed from the mouth. The corners of his mouth dripped with pitch black blood. "You can't be anymore wrong, Arceus! Blood and anger drives everyone! Strength doesn't come from a heart! It's an organ that must be ripped out of weak and pathetic insects throughout the universe! NO ON EDESERVES TO LIVE OUT OF LIVE AND BONDS! THEY ARE THE GREATEST OF INSECURITIES FOR ALL!"

"You will never understand that no amount of hate and rage will be enough to annihilate the singular power that links humans and Pokémon together! You are an imperfection, whose time is up!"

Both Nics raced through the skies above. "This is for all the bonds that everyone share! We'll make them a reality!" Nic yelled.

Pink stardust glistened from all around them, spreading all around them. The stardust fell to the ground, and Dialga, Palkia, and Zekrom all slowly opened their eyes, looking up in slight awe at the two Nics.

The wheel on their backs shined brighter than before. Light gathered from around them, and the backs of the wheels had a stomach and lower body of Arceus, giving both Nics a tail of Arceus and a centaur look. They had a golden glow as the two 'Arceus' galloped upwards into the pitch black sky, their golden glow making small specks of stars seep through the darkness in the sky.

"The stars…" Levy had hands over her mouth.

"They're coming back to life." Droy said.

"And after all these years." Jet stated.

Both Nics were high above, and the weakened Dark Legendaries groaned as they laid on the ground. Hoopa and Mega Mewtwo were both back in their original forms, and they looked startled and confused.

"…Arceus?" Giratina questioned.

Both Nics made a singular motion. They bowed their heads and held a single hand up each. The wheel each had shined, and a pink orb of phenomenal power beyond astronomical appeared in their hands. The two orbs combined, creating a singular dense pink orb.

"Thy judgement has been casted, and your stand shall fall forevermore. The sickening pain sought and created shall be cast out, and thy holy relic shall be the light beyond purity to see to that calling card of justice!"

Both launched the pink orb in the sky, a dark pink falling behind it. It went up into the pitch black sky, disappearing.

"It can't be…" Ragnarok Lysandre trailed off.

"Alpha Legendary Arts – Judgement!"

The pitch black sky suddenly began to brighten up. The entire sky was filled with endless to millions of meteors. All saw what was heaven itself. The entire array of bright meteors fell down from the sky. Their sheer numbers were off millions. Streaks of pink were clearly visible. The massive heavenly barrage was far worse than Jellal's Grand Chariot. The millions upon millions of pink meteors of pure light went falling downwards, and Ragnarok Lysandre already felt his body burning from the bright lights.

"YOUR WORDS MEAN NOTHING! I WILL NEVER FALL TO YOU! NEVEEEEEE~R!" He was enveloped in blood red, dark purple, and pitch black. Everyone again felt their bodies give in. The sheer power felt was of no level in its own right. The Dark Legendaries bellowed out in their weakened states before collapsing into unconsciousness, leaving Ragnarok Lysandre to unleash a massively huge blast of pure negative energy.

The entire blast wave colliding could be seen from space again. The top half was light and the bottom half was pure hell. A clash of heaven and hell.

Ragnarok Lysandre let out a blood-rotting shriek as his vermilion pupils dilated to a feral extent. He screamed violently as his darkness was giving in. The darkness that was turning the meteors pitch black and into nothing was outnumbered. The millions to possibly billions of pure pink lights closed in.

'No! NO!' He grunted as the comets were closing in. 'Infinite power?! INFINITE?! That can't be! I am the Satan killer himself! I make the underworld look like a happy place! How is the light casting out my darkness?! BONDS ARE NOTHING! NOTHING! GYYAAAAAAHHHHHHHH!'

Ragnarok Lysandre was hit by the billions of pink meteors set solemnly onto him. His body went limp as his blood red aura was pelted like a puddle and began to evaporate. The man's figure was engulfed in a pink light, and his eyes turned blood red and his skin cracked with blood red.

Ragnarok Lysandre finally let out one final scream, so loud and corrosive that it bellowed like someone getting bloodied and slaughtered. All the anguish in known existence and hatred and pain was let out, and it made some people go deaf.

An atomic explosion erupted. A thick and bloody wave of negative and boiling elements of wailing demons and unknown energy flew right over everyone's heads. The wave of negative energy bellowed and roared and the tsunami went in all directions. The infinite evil violently screeched out as it was burned away and scattered through space, the light of the real Arceus in space burning away the evil, every trace of it, leaving not even a molecule of it. It was destroyed and erased from existence, completely.

The pitch black and distorted sky above and all across the world and of the world of Pokémon began to fade away into nothing. The darkness and natural disasters stopped as of that instant, everything settling down just like that. The seawater returned to being blue, and the skies in some parts all returned to being blue, with the moon shown again. The best part was that the stars in the sky were all visible once more.

"They…they did it." Lucy looked relieved.

"Lysandre…" Happy said.

"He's…defeated." Wendy said.

Mavis looked distraught. "Not even the great Fairy Law or Lumen Histoire could hold up against Lysandre…but that did."

Everyone who was despairing could breathe again, and the rotting feeling in their bodies had been eliminated, gone. Erza was the first to smile, followed by Vanessa. Future Lucy began to streak a tear as the whole world and everyone – who felt like it and not distraught – cheered. The cheers were all over, and they were loud as the greatest evil was defeated.

Both Nics slowly descended towards the ground. As they did, the original gray and gold returned to their forms. They both had serious but relieved looks on their faces. They looked on as a figure could be seen floating in front of them.

It was Lysandre; his soul.

He was his normal self. Not his tainted and corrupted self, nor Ragnarok Lysandre. He was himself from all those years ago, back when Team Flare was a thing.

"So, this is where my last stand fails." He remarked. He looked morosely at the two Nics with a grin. "My path of expunging all that was wrong in the universe has failed. Every time, you were always in the way. Team Flare, and now me. My road has crumbled. The bonds of life…are they really for eternity?" He chuckled. "This, I guess, is where I should thank you, for being the noble being who dared to dethrone me and change my chosen destiny…farewell."

Lysandre's soul floated upwards, fading away into ill-existence. Both Nics looked up silently; though deluded, he did have the respect of being the greatest threat Nic has never known. Their eyes narrowed, finally taking in that he was no defeated…for good."

Both Nics looked down, seeing everyone to be a wasteland. They gave a morose look and they remained silent. "…" They dared say nothing. Gladly no casualties, but the damage done was gonna have to be fixed.

When they descended, the soles of their shoes emitted golden ripples across the land and sea, spreading out far and wide. The world of Earth Land was within this golden ripple. The ripples kept expanding, and as they did, the buildings and landmarks were all repaired. The seas were rejuvenated, and Mercurius was repaired. The hemisphere and all of the Crocus and mountain range was returned to normality, as though nothing happened.

Gasped were heard, and shock piled on. But people cheered loudly as the dark pink spheres holding them were descending back to the ground. Natsu and everyone else all cheered loudly, as did Atlas Flame. They all ended up on the outskirts along the southern mountains just outside of Crocus, as to where everyone else all over the world was safely put back where they were. The dark pink orbs popped like bubbles, and the cleansed air returned.

Natsu looked around. "Hey! It's all back to normal!"

"He did it! They did it! Whoever they are did it!" Happy cheered.

Lily gave a cocky smirk. "Well done."

Everyone felt joy in their hearts as they saw the work of gods. All of Fairy Tail cheered, and Vanessa and Sophie hugged, and Juvia clung to Gray after so long. Future Lucy nearly dropped to her knees almost crying.

The beings known as the two Fairy Contenders gave off a golden glow of purity, and they reverted back to themselves. Mega Charizard and Mega Garchomp all reverted back to the way they were. Kyurem and Reshiram separated, and the Weather Trio roared out as their transformations reverted back to normal.

"Nic!" Both Nics turned around, shock and smiles falling on their faces as they saw their Pokémon converge as fast as lightning. They all looked so happy and proud.

"We have won, Nic-ssssama." Arbok said.

Kecleon tilted her head, as did her counterpart. "Evil has exited stage right." She remarked.

Charizard smirked. "Now that sure left a mark or two."

Garchomp looked over. "Big deal, a couple of scrapes never keeps me down."

"Neither myself." Staraptor said.

Greninja stood with crossed arms. "It looks like Lysandre is…"

Nic nodded. "Yeah…but it's finally over. We've won."

"And won you've have." All fourteen looked back behind them, where they saw the Legendaries all present, with Dialga and Palkia towering above them. It was Dialga who spoke.

"Dialga." Future Nic said.

"You all, all fourteen of you." Dialga started. "What you did was something that no one could have ever possibly attempt. The universe and Arceus would've been lost to succumb to the fate that fell Lysandre."

"The courage you all displayed was too great. The strength and heart has broken the unbreakable." Palkia said.

Rayquaza roared, his body swerving in a circle before correcting. "That was a huge surprise."

Zekrom looked down at the fourteen. "The void and forever wailing darkness that Dialga, Palkia, and myself were in, we escaped thanks to you."

"We can't thank you enough." Dialga said. "However…"

They all looked back, seeing the Dark Legendaries all unconscious and right next to the other. They all had that maleficent energy, which was like a rotting feeling of hatred.

"We must deal with them accordingly." Palkia said. "Nic Pularis. Greninja. Charizard. Kecleon. Staraptor. Garchomp. Arbok. You all showed the binds you've forged. You have saved the universe. Allow yourselves to be relieved, as the fate of all existence has been saved."

The fourteen looked at each other and smiled happily over their victory.

Dialga and Palkia both roared out. The pink pearls on Palkia glowed again, and spatial tears were seen all around. The energy went into the pink marks on his neck, and the Dark Legendaries were all encased in dark pink spheres of their own, unable to move in their unconscious state.

Kyogre swam towards the tear closest towards him. "After that, I shall once again go dormant. Farewell, Nic Pularis." He dove into the tear, swimming into the trenches of the dark waters he calls home.

Groudon looked perplexed at first at the two Arbok, but the nod he gave was of their own hissing in return. The Arboks bowed, hissing in respect over the ally gained. Groudon turned towards the tear with a magma chamber and went inside.

Reshiram screeched, as did Zekrom. The turbines in their tails all churned, and streaks of orange and blue lightning could be seen in the sky as they curved and flew into tears in the sky. Kyurem took the one that led him to Giant Chasm, as he went back home to go dormant with everyone else.

Rayquaza was the last to follow. He swerved through the skies and let out a roar of acknowledgment as he departed back for the Ozone Layer in the respective world. Through the tear, the Ozone Layer was pure again.

Dialga and Palkia both roared again, flying into the skies. A single huge tear was in the skies, and all of the Crocus residence saw the beings of time and space enter. Dialga entered the tear, with Palkia flying in tow with the Dark Legendaries captive. They all followed behind, and the tear faded away.

Acnologia roared outwards, catching Atlas Flame off guard. The Dragon King turned his back and headed into the skies.

"Hey, get back here!" Natsu shouted, but Lucy put a hand on his shoulder.

Lucy shook her head. "Natsu, no."

"Even he knows to turn tail and run after that dark power." Future Lucy said.

Acnologia, despite his new scar and damages, was able to fly. He wasn't steady, but be managed and flew off into the night sky. All of Crocus watched him fly off, scorn on their faces as he retreated.

Future Nic turned towards his Pokémon, all mournfully smiling at the other. 'We've finally did it. We've won…'

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In a matter of minutes, the fourteen were seen on the cliffs of the mountains, in front of their guild and the others that were in the Grand Magic Games. Hisui and the Rune Knights had established themselves back in Crocus at the time being, and the citizens were all making progress down the mountains. Lahar and Doranbolt were elsewhere, contemplative on the infinite power displayed. The Magic Council itself was in a unique uproar about every single living and ethereal being seeing a calamity. It was a memory that was burned into their minds and souls.

Macao held up an arm. "Alright! Wait a go, buddy!"

"You've finally kicked that guy's ass for good!" Wakaba cheered.

Elfman beamed proudly. "You're beyond the manliest of men! Even manlier than me!"

Mira was clasping with smiles, Sophie was right beside her with smiles and cheers, and the remaining members like Kinana, Juvia, Laxus, Levy, Gajeel, and everyone gave respects in their own rights. Both Nics and their Pokémon were swamped with overzealous praising. They were covered in dirt, scrapes, bruises, and blood, but they were resilient enough to hold out. A few of the girls cheered with tears running down their face.

Vanessa went up to Nic and gave him the biggest hug in the world, a small tear running down her cheek. "Nic…you're okay." She quietly thanked Arceus of all gods that he was alive after that.

Nic returned the embrace, holding his little sister close. "It's okay, we're all alive. We've made it."

Future Nic looked at the two embrace, his half-grin hollow.

"Nic." Everyone cleared way of Erza as she was still in bandages and supported by Sophie. She managed to hold herself up when she was carried far enough. She stood in front of the present Nic, her smile of great satisfaction.

Nic stared at her, his grin full of warmth. "Erza…"

Erza embraced forward, joining Vanessa as the two girls in Nic's life were back with him. There were no words needed for what Erza felt. She was happy to say the very least, but felt relieved as her lover was alive. They were all alive, and it was thanks to their noble efforts. Her long red hair touched Nic's cheek, and he felt his smile grow.

Yet again Future Nic gave a mournful smile. 'The past has been changed. That's good…'

Makarov stepped forward, having Erza and Vanessa break away from the embrace with Nic. Makarov was in his ceremonial cloak and looked up at the two Nics and their Pokémon. "Nic." He started. "Well one, to you both. No matter what time period you came from, you have came back to change what was the end. You and your Pokémon showed us all the true strength your kind possesses. To that, we couldn't ask for a better savior. You can be the being of infinite power now, but your heart has been revealed to us. You're beyond a fairy. You are Fairy Tail's greatest example. More so; you've all stood up, showing that you are indeed Pokémon in your own right."

Future Nic smiled down at Makarov. "Master, thank you." He looked back towards the faces of everyone else, all smiling with glee and cheers. "Everyone…"

A twinkle of glow was seen from Atlas Flame. "Hm?" He realized that his whole body was glowing and giving off golden lights. "This light…"

"Huh?" Natsu looked up at Atlas Flame. "Uncle?"

Everyone looked back to see Atlas Flame in the glow. They saw him stare down at them, mainly Natsu.

"Due to history being corrected, I guess this would mean I am returning to my own time."

"That makes sense." Mira pointed out. "Time and space have been restored, so that means everything corrected and warped through a broken time current must be sent back."

"So he's really heading back 400 years into the past?" Carla said.

Atlas Flame was engulfed in a golden light entirely. "Nic Pularis and Pokémon, I shall never forget what I saw. And to you, Natsu Dragneel…I shall never forget you…"

With those final words, Atlas Flame became a bright light, reducing to sparkles of gold. Natsu stared up as the sparkles all glistened and burned like those of embers. He breathed in and out, a small grin on his face. "Thanks for everything…Uncle."

Everyone had a moment of silence before Freed found out a point.

"Question to ask." He asked Future Lucy and Future Nic, who were seen side by side. "Now that the future has been corrected for the better, what shall happen to you eight?"

Lucy turned towards them with a blink. "Uh, hey yeah. He has a point."

Gray smiled. "I guess since we're all still having beating hearts, we live, right?"

Juvia had hearts and wiggled her hips. "Our two hearts can be beating together!"

"Yeah, it would make sense that we didn't die after all." Wendy pointed out. "Since everything is salvaged, that means you can return to your time and see us again, right?"

"…"

Future Lucy and Future Nic had mournful smiles, their silence breaking the hopes of everyone.

"Nic?" Happy asked worriedly. "You okay?"

Natsu tilted his head, smirking. "Come on, don't tell us you can't travel to the future again. Come on, we all get revived or something, right?"

Again, a mournful silence fell. This made everyone now lose their smiles.

"Nic? Lucy?" Mira asked.

Nic looked to himself, having a worried gaze of his own. "What happens…?" He trailed doff when a speck of gold came from Future Nic. The same glow came from his Pokémon, catching the present day six in a startling shock.

"The time hasssss finally arrived, Nic-ssssama." Future Arbok bowed his head.

Future Nic nodded in understanding. "Yes, it is."

"Time for what?" Natsu asked.

Nic looked to see his future-self mournfully looking ahead, as with the others.

"Our time in this world…ends now." Future Nic said. "We have to say goodbye…for good."

Eyes grew wide, and everyone looked like they were seeing ghosts. Erza turned towards Future Nic with a shock. "What do you mean?"

"The future you guys think, it'll never happen." Future Greninja said. "That's not how it works. Time is a very hard concept, and when we came here, there was a bitter price to be paid."

Future Garchomp took over. "Our time is up. Now that Lysandre is no more, the future changes so that everything is a memory. That means everything that was before us must disappear." His body glowed with everyone else's, which got brighter with more sparkles.

Future Kecleon mournfully frowned and tilted her head. "He'll disappear from history…and be no more."

Everyone felt another wave of shock with them. Cana's mouth gaped open. "You guys…"

"No…way…" Lisanna covered her mouth.

Nic looked with equal shock, but suppressed any gasping or worry. If he was honest with himself, he'd probably understand himself. It was a lot to sacrifice. As long as the stars are in the skies, and everyone's alive, that was the true goal. "So, you're all going to…"

"…perish." Garchomp followed.

Staraptor looked ahead, a steel gaze on her face. "So this was your fate, and you took it head on."

Future Staraptor nodded. "No fear; no retreat. If it means saving the universe, we'd gladly sacrifice ourselves along with Nic. This is was we came here to do."

"It's true." Future Lucy said, a mournful smile as she saw her present day-self look sad. "We'll disappear from existence."

Lucy stepped forward. "Wait, no! You're joking, right?! You're all gonna…" Her body shuddered. "This is what you were chosen to do…?"

Future Lucy looked sad as well as she frowned. "I know how you feel, but everyone is dead. They can't come back, no matter ow hard you try."

"This is what we decided on." Future Nic said, the glow around his body getting brighter. "We came here fully prepared for that sacrifice. Besides…" He looked away from Nic and towards Erza and Vanessa, their mournful looks fueling Future Nic's need to hold back misty eyes. "I've kept my own sister and Erza waiting long enough."

Erza looked down and her eyes began to mist. Vanessa was no different, only she had a hand over her mouth and had some tears running down her face.

All of Nic's Pokémon stared at their future-selves. They all had the same calmness, as they expected, but fighting alongside themselves was an experience and bond they shall forever cherish. If they were honest, it was a heartbreak in their own right. You get to know yourselves and others only to see them take the biggest leap of faith towards death.

Noc stood in front of his future-self. He stared calmly forward, seeing as how this was something he could not repair. Future Nic smiled at his present-day self. "Nic, Greninja, Charizard, Kecleon, Staraptor, Garchomp, and Arbok. Thank you all for everything. This couldn't have been accomplished without you."

Nic shook his head. "No, the real heroes today are you guys."

Future Nic snickered. "Guess this day belongs to all of us then. I was glad that my final battle was alongside myself and the Pokémon who I call closer than family. We finally did it, we actually won, and it was because we believed in each other. Thank you for that."

Kecleon looked towards her future-self. They both had mournful looks, but deep down they knew to stay strong. In unison, they both blinked twice and tilted their heads in the same directions.

"Thanks for sharing the stage with me." Kecleon said.

"You were the best actress out there. The spotlight shift to you now. This is where…my final curtain falls." Future Kecleon said, choking back some tears but smiling. "You have so many great co-stars. Please, give more performances, for all of our sakes. The show…must go on."

Charizard looked at Future Charizard. "So, I guess this is your green mile." He said.

Future Charizard snickered. "Ironic, huh? We got that extra mile, and now we hit that mileage." He sounded a little bitter, but he kept a smirk. "Say, you got something to prove, like me. You gotta leave an example. Don't ever turn your back on what you've done…because we can't go any further."

Charizard mournfully smiles. "Because we reached the peak."

Future Charizard held up his fist. "Damn right. But I have reached the peak, as for you, reach for the stars."

Charizard fist bumped his future-self, returning the same smirk. "I can do that." He said, but the words pained his heart to say.

The two Arboks hissed at one another. Arbok lowered his head. "I wasssss glad to have come thisssss far. Thisss wassss never possssible without you all. Arbok, you are beyond loyal to your family."

Future Arbok smiled mournfully, his eyes holding back the mist they had. "Assss are you. Thessssse monssssterssss aren't nothing without sssomeone with a sssslithery backbone to Glare them down." Future Arbok said. "We did it. That'ssss for sure. We gave Arbok a good name. We've had a good run too, literally. All thossse tree-jumping exxxxercccisssssessss and thossse long day runsssss…I wanna do more of thossse…forever with Nic-sssama and Greninja, and everyone."

Staraptor was spoken to by her future self. "Stay strong. You got a will to make."

"I already made one. My will…is to keep going with my family." Staraptor said to herself. "We refuse to turn our backs on any challenge that dare stand in our way of life."

Future Staraptor stared at her present day-self and had a silence. Both saw the fierce look of predators they gave off. They were both fierce predators and sworn combatants…but it was super hard to see yourself fall. This was what all they had to say.

Future Garchomp growled at Garchomp. He returned the growl, baring his claws and teeth. They sneered at another for a few more moments until they settled down in a snap. In unison, both smiled.

"Tch, still got it." Future Garchomp said.

Garchomp looked down. "As crazy as this is, ripping a giant beast apart with myself may be the greatest thrill in my life."

Future Garchomp nodded. "Me too." They both reached out their claws and shook them. They both stared ahead at another…and then their heads butted in a flash. They both weren't testing another's strength, but instead…their heart.

Both Garchomps closed their eyes, smiling as they were holding back the tears they had.

"Live long, and rip holes through scum for me." Future Garchomp stated.

Greninja looked at his future-self. Both said nothing. They only stared as the Future Greninja had a glow. They only stared, but the looks in their eyes showed it all. It was the look of hurt and will. They were both crying on the inside, hard. They could see the other was recounting their tales of combat, from start to finish. To see Greninja's future to become dead with the others, it was heartbreaking, but it's better than dying off alone.

Future Greninja held his hand out and nodded. "Well done. Thank you, for the last thrill ever."

Greninja shook the hand, holding back the mist in his eyes. "Farewell…and prosper in the beyond…with family."

Future Greninja nodded. "Live long, and prosper with each other."

Future Nic looked at his present day-self. "Nic…"

Nic pulled off a smile, despite how it hurt. "I want to thank you for sharing a proper ending."

Future Nic reached into his pockets, and he held up his earbuds and phone. He smiled back. "I wouldn't have wanted it any other way."

"Nic…" Erza looked at the several characters. They were all painfully saying farewell, and she could only do the respectful thing and standby with a strong look.

The light around the eight all got brighter until they began to get engulfed in spheres. Future Lucy teared up. "I miss Fairy Tail. It's my family. Finally, I'll get to see them again."

Future Nic lowered his head. "Grandma and Grandpa."

Nic's eyes widened.

"Remember what they said? Someday, we'll find something and someone more precious to remember them…" He looked towards Erza and smiled. "And we found it."

He looked back at Nic and smiled sincerely. "So, live on…and continue to see the sun rise, for the greater good…"

With those final words, the eight all stared at themselves with strong smiles and their spheres glowed brighter. Nic and his Pokémon all had strong and will-bound looks as they saw their images fade. The eight spheres all met at the same time high all above Crocus, where there was a gold Fairy Tail symbol, with a purple Poke Ball symbol around it. The sparkles all faded away, leaving them to disappear.

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There was a light breeze blowing. Nic could feel it on his face. Nic saw what was a blue sky with partly clouds covered. They went over his head. He blinked. "What…?" He sat up and felt his hands feel something that felt like grass. He looked down and saw what was a field of gold grass, with petals flowing in the winds. "Is this…?"

"Nic?" Nic turned to see Lucy, sitting up at the same time.

"Lucy…! Your…" Nic was looking at her right arm. It was there. Lucy gasped as she saw that her arm was back, but more importantly her prized Fairy Tail emblem. Nic turned towards his left, seeing his Pokémon all there as well, all shocked as he was. "Everyone."

Greninja looked around. "Where are we?"

"I'd rather not say." Charizard said.

Nic and everyone else got up as a light breeze went past them again. They were on a hill. They weren't sure where they were exactly, but the air was pure and tranquil. It was peaceful. It was heaven.

They all looked at each other before deciding to head downslope…

"Lucy! Hey!"

"Nic!"

The two familiar voices got their attention. Everyone stopped moving and turned around, looking upslope. They saw a crowd, but the crowd was really all of Fairy Tail with proud smiles. The most noticeable figures standing out were four of them.

Nic and Lucy's eyes widened when they saw Natsu, Happy, Erza, and Vanessa all out front.

"Everyone's waiting, slowpoke!" Happy said happily.

Lucy's eyes began to mist as she gasped.

Nic's eyes widened further when he saw Erza and Vanessa. "Erza…Vanessa…"

Natsu ran down with a smile towards Lucy, where he extended a hand out towards her. "Come on Lucy, the adventure continues!"

Lucy was startled to say the least. She felt tears drop and she finally smiled. "…okay." She accepted Natsu's hand and Natsu pulled Lucy along. Both had big smiles as they ran up the hill, with Happy laughing with them all reunited.

Erza ran down the hill, with Vanessa in tow. The two had proud smiles on their faces when they finally met Nic, who was stunned beyond comprehension. The three was stared at each other, though Nic's was more wide and had misty eyes.

Tears shed down Nic's cheek. He was met with a passionate hug by Erza. Her red hair shifted in the breeze in front of his face. He was feeling more tears swell.

Erza pulled back from her embrace and smiled warmly. "We've waiting for you. We're so proud of you."

Vanessa smiled. "Let's go."

Nic smiled happily. He's waited for this reunion for so long, and his emotions just went out. Tears went down his face, but not just him. His Pokémon all had tears down their faces, every single one of them. Garchomp, Charizard, Arbok, Greninja, Staraptor, and Kecleon had tears of joy as they all made it.

With nothing left behind them, Nic turned towards his Pokémon and they all had tears fall at the same time. They all then turned back towards the hill. Erza grabbed Nic by the hand and the two ran side by side with the Pokémon right by Nic's left. All of them followed Vanessa up the hill, with Nic, his Pokémon, and Erza all having smiles as the adventure continues on.

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Wendy was being comforted by Mira as the Dragon Slayer cried for their death. Laxus and the Thunder God Tribe looked down at the ground, mourning in shame for what happened. Gray and Juvia had their heads hung, and Sophie and Gajeel were no different. Wendy was really the only one crying, and Lucy was hugging Natsu as he held her while keeping a straight face.

It was a time of mourning, and all heads were towards the ground in mourning. All of Fairy Tail took a blow, as the future heroes that came back had gone and made the ultimate sacrifice.

Makarov faced forward, his straight face filled with grief.

As Vanessa turned away with tears silently running down her cheeks, Erza's eyes were misting up bad. "I didn't know…they'd die…"

She looked back at Nic and his Pokémon. All of their backs faced them. They couldn't see their faces, nor did they have the right to. Erza looked away as her eyes were still misting up.

Nic, Greninja, Charizard, Kecleon, Staraptor, Garchomp, and Arbok all had blank facial expressions as they recalled the final words preached towards themselves. As they all echoed, they stared into the starry sky, out towards the sea. The sea was all they could hear, as their loss was whisked away like the tide.

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By far, the longest chapter I have ever accomplished. I didn't wanna make this into another chapter, so I made it into a massively huge chapter. This was A LOT to take in, but it happened. Roughly 24K, a new record!

When you also think about it, the whole time ideal was similar to the Pokémon Mystery Dungeon Explorers of Time/Darkness/Sky. That was the connection I made. I actually watched the Temporal Tower and aftermath walkthrough to run by that concept and sad stuff. I swear, every time, that game makes me cry!

In light of all this. The next chapter shall sadly be the final chapter. You'll see what happens after all of the chaos has been sorted out. However, how was the big battle? Did you give respect to Nic's Pokémon? I know Kecleon and Arbok in particular are Pokémon who aren't given much credit in anime and games, but I made them stand out indefinitely in this story.

I'm gonna be honest, I was crying a bit as I was writing the goodbye scene. It was hard to see all those characters just die. Comment if you got the feels badly like I did.

I also want to thank everyone who had been loving this story and the Nic VS Lysandre confrontations from start to finish. As well as his character development. Comparing from the start, I made him grow in character immensely, so that's an achievement.

Please Favorite, Follow, & Review this story and/or chapter if you guys are looking forward to the final chapter or epilogue, and if this was the most insane battle you've ever witnessed.

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Next Time: With You Forever