"'xie! Com'on...!" I cried in desperation as I walked after my fuming mate. "Don't be like this."
She replied with a grunt and once again, picked up her pace.
I sighed. I've already spent the last twenty or so minutes trying to apologize to her. We were already inside the cave and were already heading towards the gem, where the trio of legendaries: Mew, Bi and Darkrai, were leading us there.
The cave was very dark, but Mew and Saur provided some light for us to see around. The cave held an old atmosphere, with stalactites and stalagmites all around. There were also cave-dwelling Pokémon living here, yet none of them bothered us.
...probably because I kept on breaking the silence with my apologies. "'xie, please..." I begged her again, but she just ignored me and marched on. If Mew wasn't a few meters ahead, I'd probably be on the receiving end of her glare. My two ears drooped as I sighed. This was one of the reasons why I was afraid of being in a relationship.
Mew occasionally looked back at us ever since we started traveling inside the cave. At first, she was teasing me and Vixie, but after a few minutes, she stopped, and looked like she wanted to apologize. But I think Vixie's glare was keeping her from trying.
Bi, at first, was scolding the pink legendary, and was convincing her to apologize. Now, she doesn't know what to do.
Darkrai probably thought that it was best not to say anything.
Behind 'xie and I were our friends. They've grown tired of hearing me apologizing to my stubborn mate. I wasn't sure if they were tired of hearing my apologies, or tired of 'xie ignoring me.
After another failed attempt, I sighed, walked after her, and jumped in front of her. She was quick to walk aside, but I grabbed her tail with both paws.
She growled and finally gave me a glare. "Let go," she said quietly yet frighteningly.
"No," I said, tightening my hold on her tail. I countered her glare with a tired stare. "Vixie... I'm sorry, okay?"
"I'm not angry at you, you dolt!"
I blinked.
She turned her head and glared at the three waiting legendaries. She let out a small growl.
I sighed. I let go of her tail, walked beside her, steeled myself, and licked her cheek.
She regarded me with a quick glance before glaring back at Mew.
I sighed again. "'xie, let it go. She was just teasing. And even if she wasn't, she won't take me..." I flashed her a tired yet hopeful smile. "Yes, I may like her—" that caught her attention, "—b-but that was just only me being a fan! Believe me."
She kept on glaring at me.
"What's a fan?" I heard Fay's whispered question.
"You're asking the wrong guy," Shock whispered back.
"It means someone who greatly idolizes a well-known person," came Darkrai's calm reply. "Like Mew who idolizes—"
"Shh!" Mew glared at him, blushing.
Darkrai blinked, probably confused. I know I am.
Vixie's sigh caught my attention. She sat down and scratched her ear with a hind paw. After that, she stood back up, and looked tiredly at me. "...and me?"
I blinked. I smiled, and lightly touched her nose with my own. "...I thought it was obvious?"
She smiled. And then she quickly bit my nose.
I yelped in pain.
She growled at me. "That's a warning, Jay," she glared at me with a smile.
I tearfully stared at my painful nose as I rubbed it with both paws. "...i-if—" I bit my tongue. There won't be a next time, right? I ignored Shock's chuckles as I stared back at my mate. I smiled. "A-at least I wont be leaving without you forgiving me..."
She immediately frowned at that.
Darkrai cleared his throat. "Ahem... About that," he turned.
We turned, and I noticed a faint glow up ahead. I looked around and noticed that the cave now looked like some sort of tunnel.
"I'm sorry," Mew whispered. I turned, and saw her floating a few feet in front of 'xie and I. I didn't even notice her approach, even though she was glowing to provide some light. "I was...just teasing you guys..." she chuckled nervously. "You can't blame me for being jealous, right?"
"Jealous?" I blinked.
She turned to me and nodded. "When I see couples, I get jealous for not being with any of my mates..."
"Oh..." Vixie said, her glare slowly fading. "Well, I guess I understand."
"I'm curious," I said, hoping that I just misread her. "Who's your mate?"
Mew's features brightened. "Oh! There's so many, I don't know where to begin!" She looked up and started saying names I don't recognize, and telling me where and how she met them in different parts of the globe, and how she fell in love with each one of them with their 'peotic words' of watchamacallit. Nope, I didn't mishear it...
After she told us a sixth name, I turned to Vixie, whom was now faking an interested smile.
"She's worse than Lithe," Shock whispered behind me.
"Mew," Bi groaned, thankfully catching her friend's attention. She was rubbing her forehead. "We have a job to do."
"Oh, right!" She giggled and turned to us. "Sorry! I got carried away!" She then floated back to the two other legendaries, and we resumed our walk.
"From the sound of it, you really are easy to be 'carried'..." I mumbled, earning a giggle from 'xie. I smiled at her, and she reflected it back. I noticed that there were a few Pokémon around the closer we got to the light.
When we got even closer, Saur and Mew stopped letting out light, and after my eyes adjusted, I finally could see a very big crystal-like base of a towering gem up ahead, which was fluctuating with light.
We walked out of the tunnel-like cave, and now found ourselves in a big dome-like part of the cave, where the center-most of the ceiling was pierced by the ever-so-big-and-ever-so-tall crystal gem. It looked purplish at first, but it faintly changed color to green and then to orange and to other colors. The giant base of the gem stood on a small island-like ground, which was surrounded by shallow waters.
My friends and I gasped when we saw familiar faces by the foot of the gem. A Surskit was on the back of a Chikorita. Both were looking worried over a struggling Eevee, whose paws and mouth were tied up with vines.
Hovering above them were the Eon legendaries: Latios and Latias. The two's ears twitched from our gasps, and turned to us.
Latios groaned. "Finally! About time you showed up!"
"Brother, relax," Latias said, looking at him.
He gave her a glare. "I'll relax when that Arceus-forsaken Eevee returns the power back!" He then sharply turned back to us, and as soon as he did, his face was already inches away from mine.
I yelped, and stumbled back.
"Now give it back," he snarled.
'xie growled and jumped in between us, glaring back at him. Shock, Fay and Saur stood by her, making a shield in front of me.
"Guys, guys!" Bi called out, hovering to us. "Let's not fight, please!"
Latios growled, and a faint blue aura surrounded him. He hovered higher, while kept that death-glare aimed at me. Suddenly, a reddish aura enveloped over the blue, and the legendary's features softened, for the tiniest bit.
"Brother, please," Latias said quietly, floating beside him. "You're scaring them."
"L-l-look," I said, standing back up as my friends eased up. "I'm willing to return...it...?" I actually don't remember what it was called. Evolution power? Evo-aura? Nen?
Latios was still glaring at me as he and his sister gently floated back down. "I sure hope so, for your sake."
I winced, and 'xie growled.
"Then let's get this over with," Latios announced, eyes glowing white.
I yelped after I was levitated up in the air. "Wait wait wa—"
"What?!" Latios snarled.
"C-can I ask a few questions first?"
"No!"
"Brothe—"
"F-fine..." He dropped me back down. "What do you want to know?"
"C-can I ask your sister instead?" I quickly shot Fay a glare, stopping her giggles. "And zip it, Fay."
"Killjoy," she pouted.
Latios grunted and flew to Darkrai and Mew, hopefully to calm himself down.
Latias sighed while staring at her brother. "I apologize for my brother's behavior," she said, turning to us with a small yet gentle smile. "He's just nervous and worried about me and our baby."
... ...my mind needed some time to reset itself. "W-wa-wait, what? You and him?" I finally noticed that her belly was slightly...bigger. I took a quick glance at xie's.
"Too bad. She's already taken," Fay giggled.
I shot her a glare before turning back to Latias. I bit my tongue. What they...erm...did was kinda taboo back home, but who am I to judge them if things here are different, right? Right! "So..." I instead turned my curious eyes on Krystal, who was still struggling to set herself free. "W-what happened to Krystal?"
Shock nodded. "I've been wanting to ask that as well. Why's she all tied up?"
Latias took a breath and sighed. "She tried to flee, and attacked us even after we captured her."
"That's not right," Fay said. "That doesn't sound like Krysie at all."
"Apologies to ask, but," Latias said, "are...are you aware that she's...well..."
"A human?" I finished for her. "Yeah, we all knew. She was very willing to help the last time we saw her."
Latias shook her head. "I'm not sure what happened to her, but from what Cyan told me, she suddenly had a change of heart and tried to get away, even managing to hurt him and his friends: Pyra and Scythe. And...she claims to be—"
"Levie?" I finished for her, while trying to kick this growing headache I was having.
My friends turned to me.
I shrugged. "Hey, I just know, okay?"
"Shadow's memory," Latias whispered, catching our attentions again. "I'm worried that he might—"
I suddenly felt cold. Too cold. My vision of Latias zooming out, like a television screen being pulled away from me, and the surrounding areas of that vision was nothing but darkness. I shivered from the cold, but at the same time, I didn't. I can still feel my body, yet at the same time, I couldn't!
I began to panic, and tried to shout for help, yet I heard no voice come out from my mouth. I gasped and tried to touch my mouth with my paws, but I don't see anything. I couldn't feel anything.
...what's going on?