Legendary PKMN: Judgment
-Part one: God takes a holiday-
There was a room on the twenty-seventh floor on the Hall of Origin. It was plain white like all the others, with gold pillars lining the edges. The room was circular in appearance, with white benches scattered along its sides.
Slowly, they all walked into this room. First came Arceus, followed by Darkrai, bowing his head. Next came his friends, Gardevoir, Gliscor, and his sister Cresselia. Palkia and Dialga came into the room next, and motioned for agents Blaze and Raptor to come in, they dragging a TV set behind them.
It had been a week since the Kurades disaster.
The Legendaries and Legendaries-in-training took their seats. Blaze plugged the TV into the wall.
"Let's begin." Arceus finally said. Darkrai simply nodded his head and stood up, walking to the center of the room. Blaze fiddled with the TV for a bit, and soon they had a signal. What appeared on the TV was a shadowed Pokemon, apparently wearing a black hat.
"Arceus." greeted the figure on the television.
"Neon-chan." greeted Arceus to the figure on the television.
"Please do not use that degrading suffix when addressing me." sighed the agent.
"Oh pish!" Arceus argued back. "And what's with the shroud! We can't even see you!"
"I have to make an example to my agents by being as secretive as possible." Neon replied.
"It's true! Even we don't know what he looks like!" Blaze pointed out.
"Not to get us back on track or anything…" Darkrai said calmly. "But can we get back on track?"
"Maybe." Arceus said. A pause. "Okay yes, let's begin the meeting." she decided.
"Finally." Darkrai rolled his eyes. "Alright, first off- what the heck is with this red seal that I can't see but everyone else can! And who is this Asmodeus guy!"
Everyone had questions, not just Darkrai. Hopefully, by the end of the meeting, there would be answers to these burning questions.
"I suggest we bring out Asmodeus." Neon proposed. "We shall interrogate him. Arceus?"
"Will do." With her eyes glowing lava red, the seal on Darkrai's hand became visible, shocking the prince of Darkness, who just now realized what was on his hand. In a couple seconds, a black mist formed from Darkrai's body.
Soon, the mist took the shape of a Pokemon who looked just like Darkrai, only older, stronger, and with red and blue eyes.
"Hey hey hey! What's up?" he grinned at them all, the usual cocky smirk plastered upon his face.
"Asmodeus…" Palkia growled lowly. Dialga held him back, though he too wanted to punch the guy in the guts. Not that it would do any good at this point, the Asmodeus before them was nothing more than an illusion…
"We shall start from the beginning." Arceus eyed Asmodeus, the demon not even fazed by her ferocious glare.
"Did that guy just come out of my body!" questioned Darkrai, stepping back.
"No sh*t." Asmodeus grinned at the prince of darkness. "You and me are like closer than brothers now…"
"By the beginning…" Arceus interrupted them with a loud voice. "I mean the story of how the seal came to be put on Darkrai's body." she said. There was a pause from Arceus, Mewtwo craning his head to listen in.
"The seal was put on Darkrai at his birth." at these words Palkia and Dialga looked at each other nervously. It was time to tell the story of how Darkrai was born.
"Whet do you mean at birth?" questioned Mewtwo.
"The truth is this." Arceus' eyes opened. "Darkrai,
You were born with a power level of five hundred thousand."
There was an audible gasp from everyone in the room. Darkrai merely gaped. Asmodeus chuckled. Darkrai had been born with a power level of five hundred thousand? Was such a thing even possible?
"Then… then I'm a class Five!" Darkrai questioned. Arceus nodded her head in a 'no'. Pokemon are all born with a power level of one to ten for a reason- if they were born with anything bigger, their power would overwhelm their body, which would produce disastrous effects. Namely, the body would be dissolved.
"And Darkrai had five hundred thousand…"
"What is going on here!"
Palkia roared above the noise, trying to restrain the overwhelming power coming out of the newborn child. The baby was crying an unearthly howl, his own energy inflicting tremendous pain upon him, and subsequently healing him in the process.
The power burst from every pore of his body, a body which was slowly being dissolved. The child had less than a minute to live. Palkia and Dialga did their best to restrain it, but they were no match for a class Five.
Darkrai wailed, his first minutes of birth was also going to be his last.
Arceus arrived. Without any hesitation, she applied advanced seals on him. She stopped time, she distorted space, warped dimensions, created the grandest seal she had ever forged in her life- a seal that would put a permanent cap on the overflowing power.
Many seals were tried, many of them failed, but one succeeded. It bound itself onto Darkrai's right arm and suppressed his latent power down to one EP.
The child stopped crying, too tired to scream.
"…I applied the seal as soon as I could." Arceus said. "I saved his life, saved him from being dissolved by his own energy. Until now we did not know the cause of why Darkrai had so much power. But…"
Arceus looked at Asmodeus. Instantly, all eyes were on the grinning demon. Asmodeus chuckled a bit. The supreme boss, agent Neon, politely asked for Asmodeus to elaborate.
"Well, since I've been in SUCH a good mood lately…" he laughed, earning a glare from Cresselia, Gliscor, and Arceus.
"…The story goes like this. Yeah, I died a hundred and fifty or so years ago. But, by then, I had already masterminded my greatest plan. My plan was to skip the reincarnation process and transfer my soul with all memories intact into another vessel!
It took me years to figure out how to do it. Years. But I did…and activated it the second I died!
While you all thought I had sealed my soul in the Distortion World, I was waiting between dimensions for my rebirth. I would have to enter a body similar to my own, and by chance, I did!"
Darkrai was gaping at Asmodeus story, unable to believe that he was related to this jerk. Everyone else shifted uneasily. Palkia and Dialga grimaced at him, the source of why their little brother almost died that day.
"So yeah, the second Darkrai was born my soul entered his body! And yeah, I'm the reason his body went all haywire in the beginning, because our souls were colliding with each other."
"He could have been killed if I hadn't been there!" Arceus shouted angrily.
"But you were." Asmodeus smirked. "And that's what I was counting on." Arceus glared at him with such force that the others could have sworn she would shoot lasers from her glowing red eyes.
"The second you created your seal, I combined it with my own!" Asmodeus announced. "Thus stabilizing Darkrai's body, and making it so my soul was safely transported!"
"Get out of Darkrai right now!" Gliscor shouted, angry.
"Nah." Asmodeus smiled. "I've been in here seventeen years and I happen to like his body! I think I'll keep it and take it for my own!"
"Like hell you will!" Darkrai shouted back. Suddenly, Arceus was next to Darkrai and Asmodeus. She glared with sheer rage at the latter. Asmodeus looked up, his illusional body unfazed.
"I am now going to destroy your seal." Arceus said. To this, the illusional form of Asmodeus laughed.
"Don't bother searching for the seal, I'll tell you where it is!" Asmodeus laughed, knowing they couldn't do a thing.
"His heart!"
Arceus' eyes widened, as did Palkia, Dialga, and all the secret agents. There was a dead silence in the air, the teenagers looking around nervously for what the significance of this meant. Asmodeus took full advantage of this and walked straight up to Arceus, knowing she was completely powerless.
"Checkmate."
It was simple logic. In order to destroy the seal, Arceus would have to destroy Darkrai's heart. In other words, in order to free Darkrai they would have to kill him as well. Arceus would not dare kill her own son. With this realization, they all knew that Asmodeus had utterly beaten them.
"Now now, let's all remain calm." surprisingly, the voice came from agent Neon. Arceus shot him an unbelievable look, as if he were kidding.
"Everyone, listen to what I have to say." the supreme boss of the secret agents settled the mood. "From what I can tell, Asmodeus poses no threat whatsoever."
"Hah?" Asmodeus smiled. "And who the hell are you?"
"Agent Neon, thank you very much." stated the shadowed figure on the television. "You see, and this is something I really must tell you, I saw the seal on Darkrai's hand and thought Asmodeus was indeed trying to revive himself. That is why I sent my agents to capture him, because I knew Arceus would not believe me without sufficient proof."
Arceus narrowed her eyes at Neon's statement. They would talk about that little mishap later.
"However, now that Asmodeus has given us information on what he has done, along with prior research on the type of seal he used, we can safely conclude that Asmodeus himself is powerless at the moment."
"Hm?" Asmodeus was ticked, frowning for once. Mewtwo shifted his eyes to Neon, watching intently. He naturally had a theory about how the seal was designed; would Neon prove him right?
"He may talk up a large storm, yes, claiming to take Darkrai's body for his own, but in the end it is all talk and nothing more. Yes, he has sealed himself into Darkrai's body, but only that is the extent of his abilities. He has trapped himself."
"…Go on." Arceus motioned, eying the frowning demon.
"Asmodeus said it himself- he has sealed his soul inside of Darkrai's heart. In other words, not his mind. You see, I was worried that if Darkrai's mind had been corrupted by Asmodeus, that he would succumb to the traditional mind control, which would have been easy for him to do.
However, Asmodeus instead chose the heart. In other words, because of this fact, Asmodeus has no influence on Darkrai whatsoever."
"But what about when he emerged from the fight with Kurades!" Gardevoir stood up.
"That was a rare exception, my dear." replied the agent calmly. "That event only occurred because Kurades' mind was dominant. And even then, Asmodeus had limited control. As long as Darkrai is the dominant mind of his body, Asmodeus can do absolutely nothing. And considering that by nature, Darkrai will always be the dominant mind in his body, it leaves Asmodeus helpless."
Everyone stared at Asmodeus and realized agent Neon had hit the mark. Asmodeus glared at the television screen with the utmost animosity. He had spoiled the mood Asmodeus had built up.
"You just watch." was all Asmodeus said. "I'm the greatest seals master of all time. I did the impossible by finding a way to get two souls inside of one Pokemon; I'll find a way to take over his body."
"I have a question for Asmodeus." Mewtwo looked at him with curious eyes. "While total control is out of the question, we cannot rule out the possibility that over the years Asmodeus may have influenced Darkrai's unconsciousness..." Mewtwo stated plainly, although is was obviously a question.
"Actually, I did have a minor role in shaping his personality…" Asmodeus pondered, not realizing before.
"Then let me ask you something." Gallade, who had been silent the entire time, stood up glaring at Asmodeus. "…were you the one who caused Darkrai to develop uncontrollable nightmare powers?"
Asmodeus stared at Gallade, his eye shifting as he realized everyone's eyes were on him. Gardevoir was a listening intently, breathing shallowly as she waited for the answer.
"Funny thing about that." he grinned. "I didn't. His nightmares powers are strong- admittedly, far stronger even than mine were. Cataclysm, the nightmare touch deal… those curses are all his. I had nothing to do with them. Like the guy in the TV said, I cannot control his body….
Those are his powers, and his alone."
At this point Arceus had enough of Asmodeus. Releasing her power, he slowly began to vanish. With the last words of "I'll be back…", Asmodeus vanished into the bewildered Darkrai.
"So in other words…" Darkrai said. "I have a dead guy living in my body?"
"Pretty much." grunted Malispite. "Sucks to be you."
"Why you-!"
"Mother…" Cresselia began, incepting the two. "Sometimes Darkrai's seal would become visible. Why is that?"
"As yes… that." Arceus said. She paced around the room. "I had no idea myself until Asmodeus just now gave the information we needed. The reason you see, is because if Darkrai and Asmodeus' souls are sealed, it forces the seal to work harder to contain them, thus the glow. And naturally, their souls would be at the most risk the moment before death."
Deoxys narrowed her eyes. That explained it- the seal never activated when Darkrai fought a powerful enemy- instead it would activate when Darkrai was near death, when souls naturally leave the body.
Darkrai stared at his hand, and Arceus gave him a moment of silence- this was a lot to take in after all, having a convicted class Four in your body among other things. Finally, Darkrai opened his mouth to speak.
"So if I remove the seal then will Lopunny think I'm sexy for having so much power!"
Everyone crashed into the floor at this remark.
"THIS IS EXACTLY THE REASON I DID NOT TELL YOU ABOUT IT!" Arceus stamped her hoof anyway. Darkrai was excited- having a power level of 500,000 was a sure-fire way to win girls over!
"We don't need him to release the seal again…" agent Neon remarked dryly. Mewtwo stood up at this point and looked over to the prince of darkness.
"Don't worry, I'll handle this." he assured them. Floating over to Darkrai, he spoke. "Darkrai… it would be really great if you had were a class Five instantly, right?"
"Right!"
"And Lopunny would definitely think you were sexy if you did, right?"
"Right!"
"But, consider this:" Mewtwo warned. "If you release the seal, then it would take approximately ten minutes at most before you died. In other words, Lopunny would only be able to love you for ten minutes at most."
Darkrai paused.
"And after that, you would blow yourself up and infect your beloved with a never-ending nightmare. Do you really want that?"
"…Got it, breaking seal bad." Darkrai said in horror. Everyone breathed a sigh of relief, Mewtwo went back to sitting next to Deoxys, who congratulated him.
"He can be logical when that girl is involved in the conversation." shrugged the male psychic. With that out of the way, Arceus immediately asked for Dialga's report on Reshiram and Zekrom. The two dragons had taken over Isshu, renamed it Unova, and now ruled the entire region.
"Well, the report of Reshiram and Zekrom…" Dialga said. "Tomorrow they will be captured. I traveled back in time to let you guys know that."
"That's good news…" Arceus breathed a sigh of relief. "…How much damaged did they do…?" she finally asked.
"They've renamed the entire Unova region's Pokemon…"
"WHAT?" Arceus shouted angrily. "WHEN THOSE TWO GET HERE I'LL-"
"Wait- What!" Darkrai and Cresselia said in shock and fear. "They're coming HERE!" the siblings quivered, knowing how bad they were.
"Don't worry…" Arceus was mad at the two dragons. "They'll be grounded…"
Cresselia further protested. "But that won't-"
"Inside the Dark Dimension of Ultimate Torture." concluded their mother. Mercifond cautiously raised her hand, asking what was inside the Dark Dimension of Ultimate Torture.
"AN ANGRY GOAT."
"Gasp!" everyone said in sheer terror. Arceus shook her head, sighing aloud.
"This really is too much for me…" Arceus protested against her fate. "Honestly, I have to deal with so many things now… Absolix, Reshiram and Zekrom, even Kurades is back…
Team Aqua, Team Galactic, Team Rocket, Team Jacob… millions of various evil organizations that crop up every minute… Oh my self…" Arceus shook her head. "Luckily, today is NABSUD."
Everyone paused.
"NABSUD…?" Gardevoir asked. "What is that?"
"Never Act Brashly Since Underwear Dies!" Ruby shouted.
Everyone paused again.
"I'm telepathic!" Ruby said before anyone commented. "I read your mind of course!"
"…Actually it stands for 'National Arceus Blows Stuff Up Day'." Arceus commented, a bead of sweat on her forehead. Ruby bowed her head in shame, as this meant she still was unable to activate her Telepathy ability.
"What the hell is that?" Darkrai asked, suspicious.
"It is a new holiday that I invented a week ago." Arceus announced.
"She can do that?" Malispite whispered to his sister, who replied "She's God!"
"You see…" Arceus paced around again. "Due to the fact that I have so many stresses, I have invented a holiday to relieve them."
Gallade raised his hand. "…Isn't that a bit selfish..?"
"I AM A SINGLE MOTHER WITH OVER FORTY CHILDREN!" Arceus shouted, tears around her eyes.
"Aren't you God though?" Dialga rolled his eyes.
"Oh yeah." Arceus remembered. "Anyway, in order to relieve some stress… I will blow something up with my Judgment attack."
"She'll do it on an area that is completely abandoned so that no one will get hurt." Palkia assured them. "Today she will blow up coordinates 3005-2008-1298. A completely deserted area next to Destiny City in the forest."
"Yes." Arceus said. "Now all of you leave, I have something to discuss with Neon."
"Make us!" Darkrai challenged, unwilling to submit to authority.
"JUDGMENT!"
AND THAT WAS THE STORY OF HOW DARKRAI WOUND UP GETTING EVERY BONE IN HIS BODY BROKEN
"You really shouldn't have done that…" Cresselia said, healing her dimwitted younger brother.
"I won't let her boss me around!" Darkrai roared.
"Well she just did." Gallade sighed.
"SCREW YOU GALLADE! ONCE I CAN FEEL MY LEG STILTS YOR NEXT!"
"What do you think they're talking about in there…?" Mercifond wondered.
"Probably something unimportant." dismissed Mewtwo.
"THIS IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT." Arceus announced. "How the hell do I get Giratina to love me?"
"Or Giratina." added the purple psychic. "…either way, I'm off to my room."
"I'll come with you." Deoxys smiled. However Mewtwo stopped her, stating that he needed some time alone.
"I need to… think about things." he gave her an reassuring smiled. Deoxys nervously blushed and let Mewtwo float away from them. To the stairs he flew, until he couldn't be seen by any of the group, where he frowned and began to think.
"…I can transform you into a real being. You would no longer be plagued by your insanity.
You could be real."
"So when does the plot start?" Malispite wondered, bored already of the movie. Everyone began to think about- what was the plot of the movie this time? Last time they had to stop an alien invaxion led by Deoxys' mother. This time though, everything seemed peaceful enough.
"Well…" Gallade thought hard. "The movie is title 'Judgment'… which can also mean 'Choice'…
…
…so that means…" Gallade deduced. "That Gardevoir must choose whether or not she marries me!" he knelt down.
"Um… no because I want to stay friends?" Gardevoir smiled nervously.
"Darn." Gallade snapped his fingers. "Well, I guess that means the movie is over then."
-END-
"Wait! Don't end the movie just yet!"
It was a voice that they hadn't heard in a long time. Soon, as everyone's eyes widened, she came up the door in a sudowoodo costume awkwardly walking to greet her beloved companions.
"Sudowoodo!" Ruby shouted excitably. "I'm so glad you're here! If only Kairi could also be here to see this!"
"I agree, we haven't seen her in a while." Cresselia noted. The sudowoodo smacked herself and took off the costume to reveal a brown haired human girl.
"Gasp!" everyone gasped. "I had no idea humans could learn Transform!"
'Later.' thought Kairi, sighing.
"I'm back!" Kairi hugged Ruby, reunited with her old Partner. Everyone smiled, Cresselia's Legendary Council was complete once again.
"Now we can end the movie!" Gallade said happily.
-END-
"No we can't end the movie!" Kairi yelled at Gallade angrily. "Guys listen!" the human spoke through her Styler. "I have something very important to tell you… let's go to a safer location because I have some really good news!"
"Malispite has a terminal illness!" Darkrai guessed.
"Darkrai has been nominated for girliest character in the series!" Malispite guessed.
"Gardevoir wants to marry me!" Gallade guessed as Malispite and Darkrai began to fight.
"…just come with me…" Kairi sighed, knowing that she couldn't reason with them. They would soon hear about the real good news she brought, news that would mean Pokemon worldwide could breathe easier.
Tomorrow, Mitsurashi Zero, the most feared human in the world, would be captured.
MEANWHILE WITH ARCEUS
"…Have they gone?"
"Yeah." Palkia said. "They left after hearing you scream like that."
"Good." Arceus looked over at the television, where Neon was already giving orders. Raptor and Blaze were ordered to leave the area immediately. The two agents looked at each other curiously, but obeyed without further questioning- in an instant Palkia transported them back to their base.
When this had occurred, two humans stepped forth from a previously hidden area. One was a short brown haired child, the other was a mature looking brown haired woman.
"So this is Trueman…" the figure in the television gazed. "And the mother, Katrina. Pleased to meet you both."
"Pleased to meet you as well." Katrina took a defensive stance beside her child.
"This is the last thing that needs to be discussed." Arceus stated, nodding at the brown haired adult human. "Trueman's encounter."
"Explain." Neon said through the television, at Trueman. The boy found his voice and spoke of what happened pone week ago. He told them about how he used his power to predict Darkrai's destruction, and how, trying to find Palkia, met up with-
"Zoroark…" Neon sighed. "I had not expected him to play a role in this. Not good."
"How the hell was I not able to track him when he was under our noses?" Palkia snarled at his inability.
"His illusion powers are very strong. I would be surprised if you did." Arceus said to her son. "I know this because unfortunately… this is not our first encounter with him."
"Mn. So you think so too?" the supreme agent asked. Trueman and Katrina looked at each other, before Arceus explained to them what they knew.
"From Neon-chan's analysis, Zoroark is most likely the leader of Disorder Thirteen." Arceus said. "But beyond that…
…he is also responsible for the murder of Latioux."
The two dragons gaped at their mother, and gaped at themselves. "So you're saying…!"
"We believe that Latioux's murderer as well as the leader of Disorder Thirteen both happen to be the Pokemon Trueman had an encounter with."
Silence filled the room. Instinctively, Katrina held her son tighter. "So my son met up with a murderer!"
"To put it blatantly, yes." agent Neon remained calm. "However, as Trueman's story indicates, Zoroark wants Trueman alive for some reason."
"…just to use my son for his power?"
"I'd assume so."
Trueman inwardly cursed himself. If only he did not have this stupid power, everything would be fine. Yet here he was, the boy cursed with an abnormal ability to practically alter reality at a whim.
"We can assure you that we are doing everything we are able to protect Trueman." Arceus said to Katrina.
"Well it apparently isn't enough." spat the brown haired woman angrily. Katrina gazed at Arceus fiercely, but turned away, muttering an apology.
"It's alright." Arceus noted. "I know what it's like to want to protect your children."
The group remained silent for some time. It was clear that this whole incident had disturbed them all in individual ways. The silence was eventually broken with a simple warning from Arceus.
"Do not tell anyone of Zoroark. Especially Latias or Cresselia." she said, knowing how the death of Latioux affected them tremendously. If Cresselia found out that Zoroark was alive, she would most likely be overwhelmed with fear. And if Latias knew of this…
There was know telling what she would do.
"Meeting dismissed…" Arceus concluded, stamping her hoof on the ground. Her green colored eyes gazed into nothing. Palkia warped Trueman, Katrina, and the television away.
"What about you?" the purple dragon asked. "What about… Kurades?"
There was no reply.
Palkia waited, but no words came out of his mother. He used his powers to transmit himself without another word. Arceus gazed into the abyss, eyes lost in memories.
"He was alive all this time…"
But Arceus knew Kurades intimately. She knew how far his evil influence extended, knew how deadly and dangerous he could be. She knew that despite any effort on her part, he was beyond redemption.
Arceus would have to kill him again.
This was an unfortunate fact.
Cresselia lead the group to their meeting place, floor five. Luckily, they had somehow managed to get Darkrai there without him being reminded about the height. Kairi excitedly ushered them all into the meeting place. There was Darkrai and Cresselia, Malispite and Mercifond, Gallade, Gardevoir, Gliscor and Ruby. All except Mewtwo; plus Deoxys had left, excusing herself to spend some time with her crush.
"Perfect! Let me begin!"
"So what's the good news?" Gliscor asked, arms crossed. Kairi smiled at him, and then began the explanation of her venture to the Ranger Union.
"As you all know, I had to leave to the Ranger Union for a little while…" Kairi paused at this. "By the way, what did I miss while I was gone?"
Everyone stared at Darkrai. "I have a dead guy living in my body."
Kairi paused.
"…can you explain that in a way that makes more sense?"
"No. That's honestly the best way we can explain it." Cresselia frowned. "Unless you want the really long explanation."
"…Er… Anyway… I went to the Ranger Union for a specific purpose- to get them to help in the capture of Zero!"
Mitsurashi Zero. The most feared human in the world. They had a brief encounter with him, or at least Darkrai and Kairi did, back when Xeno and Absolix had infiltrated Tajiri High. There, Zero had nearly won against Kairi and Ruby had Darkrai not shown up to turn the tables.
Darkrai in particular was disturbed by this encounter. Zero looked and even acted exactly like his childhood friend, sharing even the same name. However, Darkrai was unable to get a straight answer from Zero as to who he really was.
"If you defeat me I will tell you everything. Until next time."
"The meeting was all about my findings of Zero… and how, thanks to Darkrai, he will remain in Destiny City." Kairi grinned. "And now… Zero is finally going to be captured.
Tomorrow, all ten of the top ten Rangers will meet here tomorrow and finally capture Zero!"
There was a pause as everyone gaped at Kairi's words. All ten of the top ten Rangers! Not even Zero could fight all of them at the same time and win. This of course meant… that a major turning point was about to take place, and in no less than twenty four hours.
"That's amazing news…" Cresselia was awed. Finally, Pokemon everywhere could breathe easier knowing Zero would be locked up in bars.
"You said that you knew where he was…?" Gliscor questioned. Kari grinned again- they had managed to track Zero using highly sophisticated technology- true to her word, he was still inside the boundaries of Destiny City.
"He's west of here." Kairi said happily. "In one of the forests. We even have his exact coordinates- 3005-2008-1298!"
"Wow, that specific!" Mercifond said in awe. "Wait… haven't we heard that before?"
"Hm?" Kairi asked.
"Yeah we have!" Ruby said happily. "Those are also the coordinates that Arceus said she would blow up!"
"…come again?" asked Kairi, raising an eyebrow.
"My mom invented a new holiday…" Darkrai said gruffly.
"National Arceus Blows Stuff Up Day." Gardevoir added. "Apparently, it's a holiday where she completely obliterates an empty area to um… relieve stress?"
"Yes, and those were the coordinates chosen…" Cresselia remembered. The lunar swan then looked at Kairi, who was frozen stiff with fear. Kairi was completely intoxicated by horror, cold sweat beading down her forehead.
"Kairi…?" Ruby asked.
All at once, the rest of them put two and two together.
Coordinates 3005-2008-1298 were where Zero was currently stationed. Coordinates 3005-2008-1298 was the location of where Arceus' all powerful Judgment would be launched.
Zero was going to be killed.
"No…" Kairi said. "No! We have to stop her!"
"Yes!" Cresselia said in rush, floating up the stairs. However, she paused the moment she reached the stairs. "Wait, we can't! We can't possibly tell my mother about Zero- she'd kill him anyway!"
"Not good…" Gardevoir gasped. Kairi was panicking now- pacing impatiently about the floor and twisting her hair in the realization that Zero could be killed. Darkrai too was conflicted- he and Zero's business weren't finished.
"Wait, I'm not so sure about this." Gliscor said nervously. "I mean… Zero is the emeny of all Pokemon right? So if he's killed then we'd all be safer…"
Gliscor's words had an impact on all of them. Though all of them were almost ashamed to admit it on front of Kairi, most felt that Zero truly deserved to die. Perhaps not in this manner, but the safety of Pokemon worldwide was also at stake.
One of them was Gardevoir. She was the eldest of her three sisters, and she was absolutely horrified that the legendary Zero was in the same city as her two younger siblings. Gardevoir knew that the others felt the same way.
Kairi could not really blame them. They were after all, Zero's prime targets. Yes, Zero was her friend and she knew she could bring him back to the side of good… but yet it was also true that Zero was practically their mortal enemy.
"Well then it's clear what we need to do."
All eyes were on Malispite, who had spoken for the first time. "As strange as it sounds, we need to save Zero. Right now."
At first, they looked at Malispite as if he were crazy. Save their worst enemy?
"I don't know about that." Gallade spoke up. "I think the world would be better off if he were dead anyway. I say leave him…"
"Exactly my thoughts." The brown bat said, still leaning against a wall. "But… Zero is important to Kairi, right?"
All glanced at the brown haired human. She was practically in tears just by thinking about her former best friend being torn apart by a giant beam of light. Zero was still her best friend, and she wanted him back more than anything.
At this notice, most of the Pokemon hung their heads. Each of them was secretly thinking that maybe Zero's death would be better. However, if Zero was important to Kairi…
"Then we should save him for her sake." concluded Malispite, eyes closed.
"…my brother is right… unbelievably…" Mercifond said, Gliscor and several others nodding their head. "Kairi, we will help you get Zero to safety!"
"Plus, my score with him isn't settled yet…" Darkrai gruffly stated, holding out a fist.
Kairi could not believe the selflessness of them. She went to her knees, a couple tears here and there. As Cresselia assured her, that was what friends are for. Each and every one of them were prepared to fight for her sake.
"We'd need an entire army to take down Zero…" protested Kairi.
"Oh I assure you that I'll be enough." Darkrai smiled cockily. "He didn't stand a chance against me before, and he doesn't stand a chance now."
"Alright…" Kairi stood up, wiping the tears off her face. He smiled at them confidently. "Let's do it.
We will capture Zero ourselves!"