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FIC!
Almost like some type of horrific nature documentary, Groudon shoveled clawful after clawful down his maw, eyes closed- to keep from getting carnage into them, of course- as he grabbed a series of objects blindly off of the table, earning disgusted glares from the legendaries around him. Mew, who had been unfortunate enough to try and reach over to grab a bowl of Oran berries before they met their consuming end, was suddenly swept into the two red and black shovels, and gave a loud wail as he tried to avoid the sharp teeth that had mistaken him for food.
"Ah! Oh god! Hey! Groudon! Please! I'm not food!"
Azelf darted out of her seat and grabbed the feline by his long tail, tugging with all of her might to get him out of the predicament, while Celebi attempted to get the legendary of earth out of his eating trance. Kyogre, who was carefully and daintily- as well as she could, considering she didn't have, er, hands- enjoying her own plate of berries, shot her counterpart a disgusted glower, golden eyes narrowed into slits. As the orca spotted that the time traveler wasn't succeeding, the legendary of the ocean knocked her counterpart over the head with a weak Water Gun, as it was the only thing she could really do.
"Hey!" The reptile growled, that one moment of snapping into reality enough for Mew to finally be released from his near-death experience. The legendary of children shuddered, attaching himself to Azelf's twin tails, blue eyes specks as his ruffled pink fur shivered. The Being of Will looked at her friend, golden eyes slightly worried by his rattled state, while Kyogre only started her typical rant.
"You pig!" The blue and white Pokemon snarled, her roar echoing off of the walls of the Guild's wreck hall- which somehow managed to fit everyone. "Can't you at least attempt to have something resembling manners?! I'm ashamed that I'm your counterpart you over-sized mass of... of..." She trailed off as said 'mass' started eating again, glare flickering with anger as she flapped her fins like an enraged seagull. "Listen to me when I talk to you, Barney!"
"Raikou! Stop playing with your food!" Entei barked, while Suicune only rolled her eyes and continued to chat with Celebi about the usual things, despite the fact that they were thousands of miles away from the Hall of Origin. The thunder tiger looked up from the berry he had been rolling around with one large paw, purple eyes childishly annoyed. "Just because we aren't at home doesn't mean that we ditch our ways. Understood?"
The golden-furred legend stuck his tongue out at his counterpart, blowing a raspberry. "Please! You're such a stick in the mud, Entei! Think of this as a vacation! No thunderstorms to create, no volcanoes to control..." Raikou grinned goofily, long fangs glinting in the light. "So why don't you stop being so strict, even Mewtwo is making some attempt at conversation." The lion only growled, resting his grand head on his large paws.
As Raikou had observantly noted- somehow- the genetic legendary was discussing with Uxie and Giratina about the extent of the curse, as they were the only one's that knew about it. "We've lost all of our abilities, that much you've stated." The 'feline' started, dark violet eyes narrowed in thought, "However, how extensive is this? Does that mean that every special ability we've ever attained has vanished?"
Giratina paused, "Well. I think you're pondering over this too deeply, Mewtwo. It's simple, really. I'll give you a demonstration." The dragon turned her neck, wine eyes searching for a certain legendary, before spotting exactly who she was looking for- whom happened to be yelling at her counterparts. Again. It was times like this when Giratina was glad that she was the one who did the yelling in her trio. "Registeel!"
"What? I don't have time for your redundant chatting." The steel type snapped back, as she was one of the few legends that didn't find the dragon of death intimidating. Her two counterparts exchanged 'glances' behind her, and while Regice knew it would be smartest to say nothing and back away to talk to Heatran or take cover behind Dialga, Regirock didn't- seeing it as another chance to give a snide remark he would ultimately regret.
"Considering the fact that we don't eat, I don't see where our time is going, eh, Regice?" The rock type asked to his frozen counterpart, who had- somehow in those few seconds despite the fact that he practically walked on stilts- taken refuge behind a snoozing Dialga, trying to look anywhere except at his rock type kin. It would most likely be in vain, considering that the steel type's temper being lit ended in a chain reaction that would end up with him used in soda anyway.
"Um... I don't know you." The iceberg legendary replied, ducking behind the metal fan on the temporal legendary's back.
Meanwhile, Registeel had managed to ignore her arrogant counterpart, and was now staring blankly at Giratina, arms folded in her usual pose of annoyance. The serpent resisted the urge to roll her wine eyes and instead took on a deadpan expression once again, ignoring the curious looks that Uxie shot her. "I give you permission to Flashcannon Regirock in the face with no punishment. As many times as you want." A surprised pattern flashed over Registeel's maroon eyes, and she hesitated.
"Whoa, whoa, whoa! Wait a second!" Regirock started, rock arms flailing. "You're not serious!"
Registeel was still puzzling over the offer, expression as distant as it could be. Regice peeked over Dialga's back, golden eyes flashing in confusion as Regirock continued to argue with Giratina, who looked bored. Mewtwo was trying to pretend like he wasn't part of the scene, while Deoxys chuckled silently behind him. The ice type paused, then inquired to no one in general: "Er... she's, um, thinking about it? Normally Regirock would be gravel by now..."
Regirock abruptly stopped his flailing at Giratina, and everyone who was part of the conversation of sorts turned their heads to look at the steel type, an imaginary question mark floating over their heads. Then, before anyone could even dare to wonder if she had suddenly grown morals, the robotic legendary then inquired, voice eager:
"As many times as I want?"
Giratina have a curt nod, while Regirock just gave a groan. The dragon turned her head to look at Uxie and Mewtwo, face stern like she was teaching a lesson. "Now watch."
"Wait! No! Don't watch! Stop her!" Regirock yelped, trying to shield himself with his arms, as running would only result in him falling over. As he cowered, Registeel clasped her hands together, eyes glowing the same shade of silver as she attempted to form the usual ball of silver energy that could easily break through diamond. "I don't wanna die!" Regice, shaking his head- or in his case, his entire body- only sank behind cover again, wondering how it would be if the Regi trio suddenly lost its arrogant member. It would be a lot quieter, at least...
"... Huh."
Giratina gave a knowing sigh as Registeel's ice quickly stopped glowing, and the small sphere flickered and went out. "See? Nothing. If Darkrai tries to use Dark Void, nothing will happen. In this, he can't give nightmares, Cresselia can't do Lunar Dance or give dreams and you, Uxie, cannot wipe anyone's memory by locking eye contact." The rock type hastily straightened, giving an echoing laugh that caused his steel counterpart to blink her eyes in annoyance.
"Heheh, so you're just an over-sized paperweight, huh, Steely?"
Regice tapped one ice arm to his face and gave a sigh as Registeel gave a growl- once again connecting her fist to the side of her rock typed counterpart's head without mercy. Sometimes he wished he had sane counterparts, like Moltres did. As the ice type turned his golden eyes to look at said trio- Zapdos was yelling at Moltres while Articuno held her back- he quickly changed his mind. It seemed like all trios had... problems.
Meanwhile, Giratina's last comment had caught Mesprit's attention, as she floated closer to Uxie- who frowned deeply at her closeness. Ignoring his twitching, the Being of Emotion folded her arms in front of her pale blue, furry chest. "You can open your eyes, she just said that, didn't she?" The Being of Knowledge hesitated, then gave a very slow nod. "Then, why don't you? Aren't you curious?"
"I suppose..."
Mesprit's breath caught as she waited anxiously, paws now clasped as her counterpart's eyes started to slide open. Using logic, his eyes would probably be the same color as hers and Azelf's- though Azelf's were a few shades darker than hers- but the pink-headed Pokemon couldn't help but imagine if they were a different color, like blue. Despite the fact that they did turn out to be gold- a shade lighter than Azelf's but still darker than her's- the sprite couldn't help but feel excited as his gaze locked with hers.
There came a tense silence, in which even Groudon stopped his eating.
"I imagined you to be thinner."
A dumbfounded expression crossed Mesprit's face, before it was quickly replaced by one of pure rage. "Y-you!" Her paw curled into a fist and with an angered cry she punched her counterpart in the jaw, earning a cheer from Azelf and Mew- who had gotten over his trauma of nearly being eaten. The golden-headed legendary spun in the air before straightening, rubbing his jaw with one paw, shooting her a glare now that he could. It was way more satisfying than just frowning, he suddenly realized, dropping this thought when the female spirit towered over him, face dark and foreboding. "You had to go and ruin a perfectly deep moment, didn't you?!"
"Er..."
Giving a huff, the small fairy turned around and floated off to the other side of the hall, leaving a dumbfounded Uxie and laughing Azelf in her wake. Suicune only shook her head, tsking under her breath, while Groudon resumed his feasting and Latios and Latias exchanged shrugs. Cresselia resumed her conversation with Shaymin about nothing in general, while Darkrai sulked over his dinner, wondering if his island had burned down yet in his absence.
"You are the most arrogant creature I have ever met!"
Ho-oh stopped pruning his vibrant feathers, eyes sliding up to look at his silver counterpart, crimson eyes bored with her presence. The serpent of the sea glared at her counterpart with irritated navy-silver eyes, tail thrashing against the ground. "Seriously! We're in a situation like this and you're more concerned about your appearance?" The rainbow legend shrugged his shoulders, golden crest shifting from the movement.
"Well, I have to." He said, like it was the most obvious thing in the world. "You notice that we're being watched by the locals everywhere we go? Why, it'd be a crime for me to look awful. However-" He eyed her ruffled feathers with disdain and his voice dripped with disgust. "I suppose it wouldn't concern you, Lugia." Said female dragon narrowed her eyes, wishing that she could have her powers back, if just a second- so she could Aeroblast her counterpart to another dimension.
"This is going to be messy."
Haku turned to look at his team, face determined and serious. The Rhyperior nodded his head, bulky shape shifting as he took on an expression of thoughtfulness, while the Roserade only turned away and gave a scowl. The team was sitting around in the entrance room of the Guild, as the rest of the building was rustling with excitement. "You realized this before or after half of the market place was trashed?" She inquired, voice heavy with scorn, and the Gallade's serious expression turned into one of sheepishness- while Nero just gave a giant grin.
"What's the matter? It's a big adventure! You know, just a little... different."
The Roserade only gave a growl in reply. "It's not that I don't want to do this, but..." She turned her head slightly to look at her two male teammates, maroon eyes blank. "Remember that one time when we had to guard the nursery when those bandits came? And we had a harder time keeping the kids from doing anything stupid than defending them?" Identical nods were her only answer; none of them liked to talk about that. "Well, this just reminds me of then. Only..." She broke off as there came a loud crash from the wreck room, and expression still deadpan, she continued. "I wonder if we can handle this well."
"Aw, Rade, you're actually worried?" Nero teased lightly, earning a glare in reply. The rock type gave a sheepish laugh, shielding himself with his giant claws. "Everything'll be fine, I'm sure. We're Team Raider, after all- we didn't earn the master rank the easy way. Of course if we fail we'll probably be booted into-" he shuddered, "-diamond rank." His face suddenly turned anxious. "Holy crap, you're right. I don't wanna be diamond rank again! It took ages for us to rank up! Haku!" He turned his head to look at the Gallade, who was musing over his cup of coffee, eyes closed. "What the hell are we gonna do?"
The psychic slowly opened his vibrant red eyes halfway, staring distantly out the window. "We've been challenged like this before. Is it really that different?" His calm gaze slid to look at his friends, amused. "Calm down. It'll be difficult, but as long as we work together, it can be done." His eyes widened innocently as he spotted their skeptical and paranoid looks. "What?"
"We're going to have to babysit more than thirty once gods that seem to cause destruction wherever they go and you're completely calm. That's what." Nero replied, while Rade leaned over the table and leered at the cup in his grasp.
"What's in the coffee?" The Roserade interrogated, earning nothing more than an annoyed sigh from her leader. The psychic leaned back in his chair, took another sip from his cup and then closed his eyes, going back to his musing. "There's no way you can be calm about this! You're usually the one freaking out!" The poison type waved her roses in front of his face, "At least give us some type of order, so when everything goes wrong and the town explodes we can blame you." One of his eyes twitched at this, but the rest of his countenance remained passive.
"Fine. Rade, you're in charge of guiding everyone staying at our base there. Nero, you do the same to everyone in the Guild. I'll take care of the Do'jo." Haku paused, eyes sliding to look at them again. "It's going to be a long night, so I recommend preparing for it. Who knows what'll happen, considering." That didn't do much to calm any rattled nerves. "In the morning, once everyone wakes, we can go ahead and figure out what to do to keep them entertained. Understood?"
"Yeah..."
"Sure, whatever."
With that, the team rose from their seats, and headed into the battle that was the wreck room.
Arceus growled.
The Being of Creation pushed aside the heavy, frost covered stone door that locked the age old tomb into place, golden hooves clicking against the frozen ground as she made her way down the hall. Despite her thick fur, the Goddess shivered slightly, a cloud of steam blowing out from her mouth as she gave a small, annoyed and hurried sigh. She didn't want to be here, she never wanted to be here, but she had no choice. She needed help, and with all of the legends... busy, she had no one else to turn to.
Arceus entered into the largest room of the ancient building, stopping in the center as her eyes fell on the single form that stood taller than she was, frost clinging to its gold and white surface, yet moss untouched by the frigid claws. She sighed again, prancing slightly on her hooves, nearly turning around and fleeing to the Hall again. The white Pokemon only stopped herself as she realized that if she didn't get help, she'd keel over from trying to do too much at once. She may have been the Creator of everything, but even she had her limits.
"Regigigas."
There came a long pause. The Creator twitched one sea-green eye.
"Regigigas! Arise!" Arceus stamped one hoof against the ground, and the crack of gold meeting stone echoed throughout the entire building, causing her to flinch slightly. Her temper flared as the figure remained motionless, and she stamped her hoof against the floor once more. "Regigigas you useless idiot, get up before I blast you!" Before the Being of Creation could fulfill this threat, there came a loud rumbling, and the titan's black eyes flickered on, massive hands shifting and flexing as he tugged from sleep. The Goddess couldn't help but feel slightly awed as he focused into reality again and said his first words for the first time in thousands of years...
"Dammit, Arceus... You still have a temper."
... Before shaking awake and remembering that it was Regigigas, one of the most infuriating legendaries she had ever created, ranking higher on the annoying scale than Mew and Azelf combined. The white and black legendary gave another growl, stamping her hoof against the stone floor once more, green eyes narrowed and blazing with anger. "And you're still useless!"
He gave a noise that might have been a yawn, but possessing no mouth, Arceus couldn't tell. "You say that all the time. Then why did you create me?" The titan looked as nervous as he could as a small smile crept over the Goddess' face, and he instantly started to regret the question. Arceus didn't smile unless it was for the sick pleasure of causing some awful event- or at least that's how he looked at it. The legend of creation lifted her head, trying to make eye contact with him- which was difficult for so many reasons- before speaking, her voice light.
"I'm about to find out."
The Goddess turned around and started towards the center of the room again, voice business like as she started to explain the situation to the titan. "All of the other legends are incapable of doing their jobs, and I can't do them alone. So make yourself useful." Regigigas went to defend himself, but the glare received stopped him in his tracks. "Ho-oh's rainbow dance is due in Kanto, the Creation Lake needs to be purified, and there's so much to do that it makes my head hurt." She paused, then continued: "I understand that you can't do this with your current abilities, which is why I'm granting your their powers."
Her glare intensified, "Misuse them and I will kill you. Slowly."
The titan would have gulped- if he had the body parts to do so, before giving as much of a nod as he could, black eyes flickering against the frigid air. "Alright, alright, I get it, Goddess." He replied, voice dripping with irritation. "No need to go all power crazy on me. I just want to go back to sleep-"
"Stop being such a bum!" She snapped in reply, eyes glowing. "Now come on, we have work to do."
Well, considering that I usually make Regigigas a complete idiot, I decided to do a personality change for the sake of change. So... next chapter... probably Thursday- thanksgiving!- or sooner. Maybe. This is me. Well, SU out! :D