Well, here's chapter 3. I hope you all enjoy it. It's getting a little angstier in this chapter. Oh, and the reviewer who asked about Deoxys, I cannot include every legendary in every chapter. There are 33 of them after all. But, she will be making an appearance in this chapter! BTW, the disclaimers only come every other chapter.

Disclaimer: I do not, in any way, shape, or form, own pokemon.

Mesprit floated on a circle around the small, magenta egg being safetly held in its incubator. 'I wonder how much longer I have until it hatches. I wonder what its personality will be like. I wonder what being a parent will be like...' she thought as she completed another circle around the egg.

Suddenly, she heard a noise coming from the mouth of the cave. She gasped before flying forward, ready to protect the little life form still growing inside of the egg. Her narrowed eyes softened when she saw who was making the noise.

"Hello, Manaphy. What brings you here?" she said as the small blue legendary waddled his way over, a small blue egg with red and yellow patches held in his flippers.

He took a deep breath. "The ocean is a big place and I can't swim well enough to avoid danger if I'm weighed down with this egg and its incubator. So I came on land so both me and the egg would be safe. But I'm helpless on land so I figured I could stay with Azelf so that we'd be safe. But he's not home because he's following Mew around to make sure she stays out of trouble. So I found a river that lead to this area and here I am!" he said, gasping for air as he concluded.

Mesprit shook herself out of the trance she had went into listening to Manaphy's long explanation. "So you want to stay here so that you and your egg can be safe?" she asked.

The prince of the sea nodded.

"Okay then. You can stay here until your egg hatches. You can sleep in one of the big puddles in here," she said, smiling to her new cave buddy.

He returned the smile. "Thanks a bunch Mesprit!"

-ooo-

Kyogre swam through the wide open sea, the water feeling wonderfully brisk against her navy blue skin. The incubator containing her future apprentice was tied to one of her ribbon-like tail fins. She was on her way to see Groudon, one of her best friends.

Finally, she had arrived. She surfaced and saw the huge, red lizard lying on the sandy beach, sound asleep. His egg was nearby, close enough so that he would wake up if anybody got close to it.

She couldn't help but giggle a little. He looked so cute and harmless in his sleep. None the less, she still needed to ask him a question. She raised one of her huge, wind-like fins out of the water, dipped half of it back in and pushed it forward rapidly. The result of her actions was the ground lizard getting splashed.

His golden eyes snapped open and he sat up quickly. He spotted Kyogre grinning at him from the water. "Ky! You KNOW I hate it when you do that!" he spluttered as he rubbed the water off his face.

She grinned even wider. "I DO know. That's why I did it."

He gave her an annoyed look. "What are you here for anyway? Shouldn't you be off doing a snack food commercial?"

She smirked at him. "Shouldn't you be off doing some stupid car insurance commercial?" she retorted with a laugh.

He raised an eyebrow. "Touche. So did you come to do something other than splash me and have a battle of the wits with me despite the fact that you're better armed than I am?"

She smiled. "Yeah. I came to ask if I could hang around here until the egg hatches. The ocean's a big place and I have almost no way of holding onto it as I swim. Besides, it's a good idea to have two people to watch over eggs so that they are guarded even when one is eating or sleeping."

He scratched his chin. "You have a good point there. Sure you can hang around! You know, as long as you don't splash me anymore."

Kyogre laughed. "Okay, okay. I promise not to splash you, ya big wimp!"

He rolled his eyes as he laid back down.

"Have a good nap, big guy," she whispered as he closed his eyes. "I'll make sure that nothing messes with eggs.

He smiled. She could be annoying, but she was a good friend and he'd trust her with his life. So of course he trusted her to watch the eggs while he slept. "Thanks Ky," he muttered nearly incoherently as he slipped into dream world.

-ooo-

Darkrai entered his cave, grumbling as he floated over to his sleeping area. The red and black striped egg was nestled in its incubator, which was cradled in his arms. He carefully set it onto his soft bedding before heading outside to gather grass, leaves, and fruit.

Never letting the mouth of the cave out of his sight, he quickly gathered what he needed and floated back inside. He set the fruit on a rock before spreading out the leaves and grass on the ground to form a much smaller version of his bed. He sat the egg on it and returned to the cave's entrance.

He grabbed the rock that was placed near the the entrance and pulled it over until he was nearly sealed inside. Only a small ray of light broke through, but his nocturnal eyes quickly adjusted. Very few pokemon had the strength to move that rock, so he used it as a door to keep people out when he was sleeping.

He floated back over to his bed and dropped onto it, his exhausted mind and body overpowering his will to not sleep. He looked over at the egg and sighed.

'Damn Arceus. Doesn't she realize that one of the only reasons I haven't killed myself is because I know that if I'm dead, someone else will get stuck doing my job? I can handle it, but I wouldn't wish it on anyone. Why did she have to insist on taking away one of the only comforts I have?' he thought to himself as he got closer and closer to the realm of sleep.

He cast one more glance at the black and red egg, wishing it didn't have to be there. "I'm sorry you got stuck with me," he whispered to it as sleep took over his weary body.

-ooo-

Heatran approached his home at Stark Mountain, the little red egg tied to his back. As he got closer, he saw a Lairon paissing in front of the entrance of the mountain. He smiled. She was a friend of his. "Hello Ronda!" he called to her.

She turned when she heard his voice and smiled back. "Hey Heat! Glad you're back. And speaking of backs, what the hell is that thing tied to yours?"

"Oh, it's an egg. Arceus gave them to us at the meeting because she said we needed someone to take our place if we were to all died," he replied.

Ronda had a troubled look on her face. "What's wrong?" Heatran asked, his voice showing his concern.

She snapped out of it and looked kind of ambarassed. "Oh, it's nothing. I was just thinking."

He gave her a stern look. "Ronda, your thoughts are not nothing, Please, tell me what troubles you."

She sighed. "It's just your choice of words. I don't like thinking about people I care about dying, so the thought of loosing you kinda upset me," she said with a blush rising to her steely cheeks.

Heatran couldn't help blushing a little as well, but his red skin did a good job of hiding it. "I'm happy to know you care. You're a good friend. Not many people seem to like me, so it's good to have at least one awesome friend who cares for you," he said.

She smiled. "I don't see why; you're awsome! They just need to get to know you is all. If they want to judge someone without getting to know them, they ain't worth your rime anyway."

"Thanks, Ronny," Heatran said with a smile as they walked into their mountain home.

-ooo-

Latias flew to her garden home and landed on a soft, grassy area. She sighed and placed both incubators in the grass. The first egg was red and the second was blue, the same shade her brother was. She felt the tears coming.

'Dang, if I'm sad just looking at is color,imagine how I'll be when that baby Latios hatches. I still can't believe that I have to train both my apprentice AND my brothers. Then again, I shouldn't be too surprised. He obviously can't train his own...'

She felt a tear slide down her face. She started to wish she wouldn't have told Cresselia that she wanted to be alone instead of letting her come with her. She could really use a hug right now. Too bad Bianca was away at collage. She missed her. At least SHE would be coming back.

She sighed and looked up at the sky as another tear escaped her golden eyes. "Latios, my brother, I wish you were here," she whispered softly as she watched the sky and the clouds, their colors reminding her even more of her beloved brother.

-ooo-

Mewtwo paissed back and forth, his amethyst tail swishing back and forth behind him.

'What was Arceus thinking?! I barely belong in this world, let alone raise someone to take my place after I am gone. What right do I have to it? Hell, I'm technically not even a true legendary, just a clone of one!'

He turned and looked at the sky from the entrence to his cavern home in the side of a mountain. He leaned against the wall and crossed his arms.

"Hello Mr. Serious! What are you being all angsty about this time?" a voice called out from nearby.

The fur on the back of Mewtwo's neck stood up. He recognized the voice, but he couldn't help being startled.

"Where are you Deoxys?" he called to the mutated space virus, his mind's voice sounding irritated by both the surprise of the sudden company and the fact that she was teasing him.

She flew down from the ledge above the cave entrance. "Right here! Did I scare the mutant kitty cat?" she asked with a mocking voice. If she had had a mouth, it would have been smirking.

He rolled his violet eyes. "No, you did not frighten me. I simply wasn't expecting company. Thus, your sudden arrival surprised me," he replied calmly, his tail still twitching back and forth in irritation.

"Dude, you sound like a fricken computer. You need to learn how to chillax. Being all serious all the time isn't good for your health," she said, crossing her arms and giving him a stern look.

"So the mutant virus is going to lecture me about my health. What next? Is Palkia going to lecture Dialga about table manners? What are you doing here anyway? Where is your future apprentice?" he retorted.

"I had Zapdos watch it while I came to check up on you. By the way, the first three sentences of your comeback were kinda funny! You should say more stuff like that. See? Even YOU can be funny if you'd just loosen up a bit!" she laughed.

Mewtwo narrowed his eyes. "I don't see why you should even care. Why do you give a damn anyway?"

She shrugged. "Eh, I don't really know. I think it's just that you and I are alike in many ways. Besides, everyone needs somebody to watch their back. Anyway, you try to be less serious and I'll go relieve Zapdos from baby-sitting duty. See ya later, Two!" she said before zooming off.

Mewtwo sighed and sat on his bed beside his indigo egg. 'Why does she have to be so confusing?' he thought to himself as he rubbed his head.

Well there was chapter three. I hope you enjoyed it. Please press the button below these words and review!