A Dragon's Tail
Intermission I: Freya's Tail - Arrogance
Intermission I-2: And Then There Were None
A group of twelve Pokemon, which consisted of a Hakamo-o, a Kingdra, a Dragonite, a Goodra, a Shiny Haxorus, a Mega Charizard X, a Garchomp, a Latias, a Latios, a Flygon, a Draconic Lapras, and a Type: Null, stood in front of the shrine that they were taking a refuge during the whole time after the event of Dragon Massacre, and all of them were gazing at the landscape that was unfolding before their eyes. While all of them had experienced the cruel and tragic event of Dragon Massacre, especially half of them were even there during the final and the cruelest moment of the massacre, and all of them were able to grasp what would happen to the whole Hidden Village of Dragon after that event, they all were still in the state of shock and denial once the truth had been shown in front of their eyes.
"What kind of… madness is this?" One of them spoke up.
"…The madness… Within the heart of living creature." Another of them answered.
Hidden Village of Dragon, a place that was once a peaceful settlement hidden in the inaccessible valley named Valley of No Return, and it once served as a home to many Dragon type Pokemon who lived together in harmony, was completely fallen into the grasp of destruction.
"…"
As they looked up above, they could see the sky being dyed red, as if the blood that spilled during the battle had splashed into the sky and painted them crimson. As far as they looked, they could still see the opening on the roof that covered the entire Valley of No Return. As they looked through the roof, they could see that the mist that always veiled over the opening had completely disappeared, leaving the opening clear for them to see the sky above. However, their view was obstructed by something that looked like a blurred glass. Nevertheless, it wasn't a real glass. It was the barrier that covered the entire Valley of No Return, which was still existed and will continue existing for a few hours…
"…"
Twelve dragons slowly walked from the shrine that they were hiding to the village that were located north of the shrine. As they continued walking, the image of the village in ruin gradually moved closer to them, indicating that what was happening wasn't either a dream or a nightmare, but it was a truth…
"…
At last, twelve Pokemon had arrived at the place that was once the Hidden Village of Dragon, with was now no more than a ruin. The once-glorious buildings and houses were destroyed, leaving them in the state of ruins. The once-blooming flowers and trees withered, as they were already in the possession of the death. Moreover, the street of the village that was once full with many Dragon type Pokemon that lived here was now full with the corpses of the very same dragons who once walked on this street when they were alive. Their bodies were pierced, cut, burnt and frozen, marking the fate of the brave warriors that all perished honorably in the battle. The red liquid that once flown through their body ran down from their body upon the land, painted the land crimson, and some even was splashed on the wall of these ruins buildings, marking that the grim reaper had already visited this place that took almost everyone who were living here with them to the afterlife.
"…"
Twelve dragons slowly walked on the dying street of the place that once known as Hidden Village of Dragon, like the survivors of the war that emerged out after the battle was already over, leaving the victory in their grasp. However, none of them felt like they were the winners. In fact, all of them felt like they were… the losers. Their heart wasn't filled with joy and happiness, but was filled with sorrow and agony. While their body still functioned as it was commanded, the souls inside those bodies was being crushed, as if all of them were dying inside after the heart-aching sight unfolded in front of their eyes.
"…"
As they reached the place that was once the center square of the village, everyone decided to split up to check the condition of the village, despite all of them already knew that this was pointless…
So, why did they have to do this?
It's because they had to suppress the little hope they all have left in their hearts.
"…" Rachael was looking at the large field that was once the agricultural field, where everyone in the Hidden Village of Dragon planted their crop for eating, and it was the place where Rachael was working during her one-week stay in the village. She could remember the sweat and laughter from the labor in the field. While her body was tired, her mind was full with spirit and happiness while working here. However, right now, while her body wasn't tired at all, she felt like her mind and spirit spoke otherwise…
"Everyone…" Rachael mumbled as she slowly moved around the agricultural field, looking at the berry trees that were planted here. Normally, the first moment that Rachael stepped into this field, all she could see was the berry trees being planted everywhere in the field, making the whole field look like a tiny forest. The gentle morning breeze made the trees sway left and right, as if they were dancing to greet the Latias who came to visit them. The morning dewdrop that was left on the leaves and the ripped berries sparkled as Rachael moved along the field. It was a breathtaking sight to see that always warmed the heart of the Latias. But now, those sights could never be found here anymore, as they were replaced with a barren wasteland full with dying trees and withered flower. Some were trampled down, and some were burnt down into nothing but a pile of ash. She could see many corpses of Dragon type Pokemon scattering around the field, and their blood dyed the field crimson.
For some reason, while Rachael really wanted to cry, she couldn't. The feeling that lingered in her heart right now wasn't the feeling of sadness and grief, but it was a feeling of desolation and miserable. The closest feeling that she ever had the feeling she had right now was the feeling she had on the night before she departed from Principality of Leafburg, along with two other Pokemon.
"… Is it… true?" Rachael mumbled to herself. "Is it true that the madness has already consumed the world?"
'Rachael…' Ilia's voice echoed through the mind of the Latias.
"I… I am confused…" Rachael continued speaking. "I… I thought that Onii-chan and I finally found a place where both of us could call home… But…"
'…' Ilia said nothing as she was listening to the Latias.
"At first, Onii-chan and I… Back when we were in the world of human, there's no place for us that we could call home…" Rachael continued speaking. "When we came to this world, I finally found the first place I could call home, which was the Paradise Farm, where mother and I were living… But in the end… Madness had consumed my mother's life, and I have to leave. This led me to reunite with Onii-chan, but we have to continue travelling… And at last, we have found this place, which was the second place where I could call home… But… But…"
'Rachael…' Ilia spoke with a gentle voice.
"Why? Why can't we find a place that we could call home?" Rachael continued speaking. "Why? I… I don't understand… Maybe… Maybe there's no place for Onii-chan and I… Maybe both of us have to continue wandering around the world for eternity, with no place to call home…"
'Rachael, don't say such a thing like that…' Ilia spoke up. 'If you say something like this, it would mean that you have lost all hope and dream that you have.'
"…" Rachael said nothing after hearing the words of the Mega Latias.
'Rachael… You can shed tears as much as you like…' Ilia continued speaking. 'But after the last drop of your tear dried up, you have to keep moving. You still have a future, a future that you and your friends can shape by your own hands.'
"…Ilia…" Rachael mumbled, and several teardrop started flowing out of her eyes. However, she didn't waste away those teardrops. Instead, she slowly moved toward a withered flower closest to her and let her teardrop pour on the flower, giving it a bit of life that was lost in the massacre, as well as to the Latias herself too.
'…I am sorry, Rachael.' Ilia spoke to herself as she observed the Latias quietly crying. 'I can't undone the mistake I did in the past, but I can and I will protect you… I promise…'
Richard was standing alone at the place that was once the center square of Hidden Village of Dragon, as everyone else had already split up to look around the village. For the Latios, on the other hand, he could barely stand the sight of several corpses being scattered everywhere around the village, including around the place he was right now. This very sight almost made him faint, as this is the first time that he had experienced such a significant bloodshed like this.
"What… is this?" Richard tried to look away from the sight of corpses around him. However, he couldn't because the corpses would still exist every time he turned his head away from one direction to others.
"Why… Why did all of this happen?" Richard lowered his head down and mumbled to himself. "How could this be… I… I don't…"
'Richard, what's wrong?' Holmer spoke up using telepathy. 'You didn't normally act like this, and a while earlier… While I was in the shrine…'
"I… I never thought that it would be this bad!" Richard answered with a panicked voice, completely losing his usual cool demeanor and returning to his true self. "I… I never think at all that we would be in a situation like this! I… I thought that I have finally found a place where Rachael and I could live together in peace and harmony! I thought that we finally found a place to call home… B… But now…"
'…' Holmer said nothing after hearing the words of the Latios.
"I… I once promised Rachael that we would find a place to call home together… And I did tell her that this place is that place…" Richard continued speaking. "But now… I… I can't fulfilled her promise… And I… I don't know what to do… What should I do? I don't know anymore!"
'… In a time like this, there's only two things that you can do.' Holmer spoke up. 'You can choose to run away from everything, or you must turn back and stand up against those who made you and your sister suffer!'
"… I can't…" Richard slowly spoke up. "I can't stand up against them… I… I never wish to do this… So I think I should—"
'No!' Holmer scolded. 'You have already come too far to run away, Richard! The only real choice you are having right now is to fight!'
"I… I can't!" Richard said. "I… I lack two important qualities that a warrior must have, power and courage! I am too weak! I… I can't even wield a weapon like everyone else! A… And I'm also a coward… I… I am afraid of this…"
'Don't be such a stupid in a time like this!' Holmer said. 'It may be true that you don't possess the power and courage like everyone else, but you possess wisdom! Did you already forget that wisdom is power? Wisdom and knowledge can be your weapon, even if you don't have anything else to protect yourself.'
"But…" Richard said. "Would it be… enough?"
'Enough or not doesn't matter.' Holmer said. 'You can run away all you like, but one day, you will meet a dead end, where the only way out is to turn back and fight. You can fight right now, or you can wait until you hit the wall. Your choice, and I am sure that you are smart enough to figure out which one is better.'
"…" Richard said nothing for a while before he spoke up again. "… Thanks, Holmer."
'Finally…' Holmer mumbled. 'You are finally able to grasp my name…'
"Now, I need to find Rachael." Richard said. "I shouldn't leave her alone in the first place. Rachael, I'm coming!"
After finished speaking, Richard started moving in the direction where the agricultural field was, and Holmer ended his communication with the Latios for now. However, he also kept his last sentence to himself.
'… All of this was my fault…' Holmer mumbled to himself alone. '… But I will never say the word sorry. Instead, I will use my power and wisdom to do anything to assist and guide you, Richard.'
"…"
Claura was gazing at the river in front of her, which was the river that surrounded the Hidden Village of Dragon, as well as the place where the battle to defend the east side of the village took place during the Dragon Massacre. Claura was among the dragons who joined these battles too, but in the end, the defend line was overcome by the enemy, forcing everyone to retreat to the center square of the village, and the rest of the story was history…
"… What do you think about it?"
"Hm?" Claura turned her attention to someone who had just appeared and was now standing beside her. This Pokemon was the Draconic Lapras, Snow.
"Snow?" Claura said the name of the Draconic Lapras, who was the Pokemon that she didn't get any chance to speak with very often. "What do you mean by that?"
"… While being a proud Dragon type Pokemon, you are also a Water type Pokemon, right?" Snow continued speaking. "So, you could feel them, right?"
"… Aren't you a Water type Pokemon too, Snow?" Claura asked.
"…" Instead of answering the question of the Kingdra, the Draconic Lapras just spaced out at the river in front of them. "While I couldn't remember much about my past, I could still remember the sound and feeling of water that echoed in my ears… But now…"
"Hm?" Claura looked at the Draconic Lapras. "Don't tell me that you can't hear the sound of the wave anymore?"
"… With this, I could only think of one reasonable explanation." Snow continued speaking. "… It means that I am no more a Water type Pokemon."
"…" Claura continued looking at Snow. True, Snow didn't look like a normal Lapras, not even a bit, because of his Draconic appearance. This, however, gave Claura an idea that…
"You are now a Dragon type Pokemon." Claura said.
"Hm?" Snow turned his attention to the Kingdra.
"Your Water type was replaced by a Dragon type." Claura continued speaking. "I don't think that your Ice type was distorted too, so, right now, I am sure that you are an Ice and Dragon type Pokemon."
"... I don't mean to doubt you, dame Claura." Snow spoke up. "But… Is something like this even possible?"
"I know. I was shocked too after I learned about this." Claura said. "But my grandparents once told me about this."
"Your grandparents?" Snow repeated the words of the Kingdra.
"Right. They told me that they knew someone who faced the same fate as you, Snow. That Pokemon was once a Psychic and Flying type Pokemon, but she was turned into a Dragon and Flying type Pokemon instead." Claura answered. "I don't know what's the cause of that Pokemon's type changing, but in your case…"
"… It has something to do with this…" Snow said as she slowly looked at his own scaled body. "… Isn't it?"
"…" Claura said nothing as she shifted her attention from the Draconic Lapras back to the river in front of her. She then tried to let go of her feeling to the stream of water in front of her, as if she wanted the river to wash away her lingering feeling in her mind. However, that's impossible, not because the river itself was unable to wash away the feeling, but because the river was contaminated too much by the madness and blood of the Dragon Massacre… Which meant that the river was no longer clear, just like before…
But now…
The entire river was as red as blood… Or it could be said that… The river itself was turned into the river of blood….
"…"
Meanwhile, near the entrance of the village, a Dragon type Pokemon was standing there alone. This Pokemon was also one of twelve Pokemon who survived the Dragon Massacre. Right now, he was gazing from his standing point to the Valley of No Return in front of him without saying anything.
And then…
"Hm? What a strange sight…"
"?" The Pokemon who was gazing at the Valley of No Return turned his attention back and saw another Pokemon there, who was also the Pokemon that survived the Dragon Massacre along with him.
"This is the first time I see you without that Garchomp, Diego." Xavier said as he slowly walked up to the Mega Charizard X. "You two normally stay together, just like those Lati siblings."
"Tsk… Such an eccentric creature…" Diego grumbled. "I don't know if you are being stupid or impertinent for saying those words at a time like this."
"…" As if knowing, Xavier didn't say anything as Diego paused his words for a moment before he resumed his talk.
"… Moreover…" Diego continued speaking. "I think it's best to leave Zetarus in his thought in a time like this."
"…" Xavier still said nothing after hearing the words of the Mega Charizard X.
"During the battle, the enemy general from Dustorm Empire said something about Zetarus' past." Diego said and looked at his body. From the faint like that shone from the sky above, the orange tattoos on his body were visible. "And… If my guess is right, then it seems like the reason behind Zetarus' cruel past will be similar to mine."
"Predictable." Xavier spoke up again. "After all, you and Zetarus are like the mirrored version of each other, because both of you are similar but not completely same to each other. You two also act like you were soul mates or something like that."
"… If I'm in the normal situation, your head would roll on the ground after you split those words out from your mouth." Diego said as he turned his attention from Xavier to the Valley of No Return in front of him.
"…Why are you gazing at the Valley of No Return?" Xavier asked.
"… That black dragon… Baromyteus… He went into this place a while ago. He said that he will go to retrieve the corpses of dragons that died during the battle there, including the corpses of Dimitri and—"
"?" Xavier looked at Diego as he noticed that the Mega Charizard X suddenly stopped speaking at this past, and judged by the former words of his sentence, Xavier could conclude that…
"… Hey, Diego." Xavier spoke up, making the Mega Charizard X turn his attention back to him again. "Why don't you go and find Zetarus?"
"I told you that it would be best if I left Zetarus alone with his thought right now." Diego said.
"Didn't you say that Zetarus' in his tough spot right now?" Xavier continued speaking. "And aren't you the one who say that Zetarus' past is similar to yours? If you have already encountered that tough spot that Zetarus' facing right now, you should know how it feel."
"…" Diego said nothing after hearing the words of the Dragonite.
"Moreover…" Xavier said as he turned his back to Diego and the Valley of No Return in front of him. "Aren't you his boyfriend? Shouldn't you go to comfort your lover right now? Isn't that what a good boyfriend would do?"
"You bastard…" Diego grumbled as he clenched his fist together after hearing the words of the Dragonite, but he didn't move from the spot he was standing right now or attacked the Dragonite. "If you still value your life, do not speak sxxt to me AGAIN!"
"Well… Sorry to disappoint you that I am someone who don't really value his life that much." Xavier said.
"Hm! Fine!" Diego said as he decided to start walking from the entrance of the ruined village into the ruined village itself. "With that dumb brain, Zetarus should still be in the area of the village, so all I need to do is find him."
"Hm?" Xavier looked at the Mega Charizard X again. "You also know where Zetarus would be in the time like this? You are really his b—"
The word of the Dragonite was cut off when a sharp blade of a Naginata was pointed at his neck, making the Dragonite immediately stop speaking.
"Hm!" Diego withdrew his Silver Naginata from Xavier's neck before he continued walking into the deeper area of the ruined Hidden Village of Dragon without saying anything else to the Dragonite.
"… I know that you will thank me later for this, Diego." After seeing that the Mega Charizard X had already gone far that he was out of his hearing range, the Dragonite spoke up again. "In the time like this, as much as Zetarus needs your support, you also need Zetarus' support too, just like how Claura and I need each other's support, even back when we were children…"
"…"
Like Claura and Snow who were at the east river of Hidden Village of Dragon, there was also someone at the west river of the very same village too. Like Claura, this Pokemon was also having something on his mind. However, the thing he was having in his mind right now wasn't about the current condition of Hidden Village of Dragon, but to the minor event that occurred during the Dragon Massacre, which greatly impacted his mind.
"…" Zetarus stared at the river in front of him, which was blood crimson, just like the east river where Claura and Snow were. He then shifted his attention to the other side of the river, which was the place where the Fireview Army and the Dustorm Army fought against him, Diego and their fallen comrades during the Dragon Massacre…
"…Your heart… is trembling."
"?" A voice suddenly echoed from somewhere behind where the Garchomp was standing. Zetarus slowly turned his attention back and saw another Pokemon there. This Pokemon, like Snow who approached Claura, was also one of twelve Pokemon that survived the Dragon Massacre.
"…You." Zetarus said as he realized that the Pokemon who spoke up earlier was… a female Goodra. "… What are you doing here?"
"… I was walking around this… place when I saw you here alone." Anastasia answered with a soft and gentle voice.
"And where's that… brother of yours?" Zetarus continued asking. "He always stays by your side, and he always glared at me or other male Pokemon who tries to approach you."
"I… I am sorry for my brother's action." Anastasia said. "We were separated at birth, so when we were finally reunited, he became a bit too… overprotective to me."
"Separated by birth?" Zetarus repeated Anastasia's words that caught his attention.
"Right…" Anastasia said as she slowly walked toward the west river. "When he was born, they said that my brother was a bad omen that will bring upon the destruction, so, as a mean to protect our hometown, he was exiled from the place where we were born since when he was just an infant, where he was forced to live alone."
"…" Normally, Zetarus would turn away from a long story, but this time, the Garchomp carefully listened to the Goodra's story.
"Several years later, I was born." Anastasia continued her story. "However, just like my brother, I was forced to leave my home at a very young age too."
"You were exiled too?" Zetarus asked.
"No." Anastasia shook her head. "There was an incident occurred in my hometown. And in order to protect me, my father…"
"…" Zetarus turned his face away from the Goodra as she mentioned the action that her father did to save his child, which contrast to the action his father did to him…
"Oh!" Realizing the effect that her words had to the Garchomp, Anastasia quickly apologized. "I… I'm sorry! I didn't mean to hurt your feeling!"
"It's fine." Zetarus answered. "My heart is already dead in the day I was born. The reason I am still alive here is because I have to kill that person. No matter how much pain I get, I will never die unless I am able to kill that bastard."
"…I'm sorry." Anastasia said and lowered her head down.
"For what?" Zetarus asked.
"..." Instead of answering the Garchomp's question, Anastasia just stared at the river in front of her with a gloomy face full with melancholy.
And then…
"Zetarus!"
Another voice called the name of the Garchomp, which made both Zetarus and Anastasia turn their attention back to the path that would lead them to the center square of the village, where they saw another Pokemon approaching them.
"Diego?" Zetarus said the name of the Mega Charizard X that was approaching him.
"What are you doing here?" Diego asked. "And what's that gloomy look on your face? Don't tell me that you are thinking of 'that' again?!"
"..." Zetarus said nothing and turned his face away.
"Sigh… You're hopeless." Diego said. "Come on, Zetarus. We have something to do."
"What?" Not only the Garchomp, but the Goodra also turned her attention to the Mega Charizard X after hearing his words.
"Anastasia, your brother is heading into Valley of No Return to retrieve the corpses of those who fell in this battle." Diego said. "And so, I think that, at least, we should give a proper burial to everyone."
"That's… a great idea." Anastasia said. "How considerate!"
"… Since when did you get such an idea like this in your head?" Zetarus said. "I thought that a gladiator like you only live to kill…"
"Would you stop your fxxxxxg blabbering already?!" Diego said impatiently.
"Fine…" Zetarus said. "But only two of us and Baromyteus wouldn't do anything good with so many corpses here…"
"I will help too." Anastasia said. "And I will ask others to help too. I am sure that Claura, Xavier and Snow will be happy to help."
"… Convincing Rachael and Richard is more tricky, as both of them are prone to faint upon making contact with the dead body." Diego said.
"And for Freya and Korben… Considered that Hakamo-o's current state, I think it would be best to leave him out of this." Zetarus said. "And for Freya… I think it would be best if we leave her with Korben, as she seems to be the closest to that Hakamo-o among us."
"Then, let's go." Anastasia said. "Let's tell everyone about this, so that we all would prepare the final requiem for the brave souls of dragon…"
Far from the ruined Hidden Village of Dragon, in the area known by the outsiders as the inaccessible valley, but its real name was Valley of No Return, there was a small plain that seemed to be the area of no importance, but this place was actually the place where two important events occurred in the past. The first event was the moment when eight Pokemon from the outside world met up with five Pokemon from Hidden Village of Dragon, and the second event was a decisive battle against the corrupted justice…
While the corrupted justice was eventually defeated in the battle, the whole battle was not without a price, and the price was not even worth the whole battle…
"…"
Baromyteus stood in the middle of the plain alone. He slowly looked around the plain, which was the battlefield between him and the corrupted justice earlier. In his feeling, the battle was just about several hours ago, but in the real time, how much time has passed since the end of the battle? He didn't know. However, there's one thing that he knew. It's the reason why he came back to this place alone.
"…You bastard."
Baromyteus looked at the two corpses in front of him. One of them was a Haxorus like him while the other one was his pre-evolved form, a Fraxure. However, evolution chain wasn't the only thing that Baromyteus had with both deceased Pokemon.
He also shared the surname of 'Drawyvern' with them too…
"Why… Why did both of you let yourself get killed like this?" Baromyteus mumbled as he lowered his head down. "Damos… You were such a great leader and warrior when the crisis is right before our eyes… And Dimitri… You always escape the death from me… Why didn't both of you survive until the end! You bastards!" RRRRRAAAAAWWWWRRRR!"
The roar of the demonic Haxorus echoed throughout the whole Valley of No Return, as if the one who let it out wants it to signify his feeling of grief and melancholy he was having right now.
"…Tsk." Even after letting out the roar, Baromyteus still didn't feel any better, so he slowly walked up toward both corpses before he gently picked both of them up. The red blood that spilled from both corpses wasn't dried up yet, so Baromyteus' demonic armor was painted crimson with Damos and Dimitri's blood as he picked them up.
But then…
"…!"
Baromyteus suddenly sensed the presence of another living creature behind him, so he quickly turned back to face it, before he found that the creature that appeared out of nowhere and was now standing behind him right now was no other than…
"…" Behind the Shiny Haxorus, a Type: Null was standing there, looking at Baromyteus in front of it with an unnoticeable expression on its face due to being concealed behind its mask.
"… Why are you here?" Baromyteus spoke up with a cold voice to the Type: Null.
"…" Sirius said nothing to the Shiny Haxorus.
"… To tell the truth, you are either very brave or very stupid for following me here." Baromyteus continued speaking. "From what I have heard, you are the creature that massacred many dragons near the entrance of the village, as well as the beast that killed Elder Baldr in front of everyone and rendered their will to fight disappear, causing us to lose the battle. And so… I considered you… my enemy."
"…" Sirius still said nothing as Baromyteus slowly walked toward it. The Shiny Haxorus was also holding the corpses of Damos and Dimitri with his arms too.
"But that was in the past…" Baromyteus continued speaking as he walked passed the Type: Null. "I heard from others that you were the one who brought that brat to safety. During that scene, the only Pokemon with you were Rachael, Richard, Snow, Freya and that brat that was unconscious. The power of all of them combined couldn't be compared to the beast that had slain a group of the most powerful dragons of Hidden Village of Dragon… So… If you are still our enemy, Rachael, Richard, Snow, Freya and that brat would be dead by now."
"!" Sirius looked at Baromyteus as he walked passed it with an unexpected expression on its face, as if it couldn't believe in what it had just heard.
"… But don't you dare to think of yourself ahead, beast." Baromyteus continued speaking without looking back to the Type: Null. "No good deed could be used to wash away the crime that one has committed, so no matter how much you atone for your sin, your sin will never go away and it will be branded onto your body for the rest of your life. And remember this, I still do not trust you, as well as everyone else among us that aren't that Latios and Latias. If you dare to betray us, your fate will be worse than the fate of Hidden Village of Dragon right now."
After finished speaking, Baromyteus continued walking toward the direction of Hidden Village of Dragon without saying anything or looking at Sirius again.
"…" Sirius looked at Baromyteus silently as the Shiny Haxorus was walking toward the direction of Hidden Village of Dragon, before it started following the Shiny Haxorus back to the village…
Meanwhile, in front of the ruin of a building that was once belonged to Elder Baldr, the elder of Hidden Village of Dragon, two Pokemon were standing there, looking that the place that they were staying until today, when the cruel battle broke out and turned their 'home' into no more than a pile of rubble.
"… Korben…" One of two Pokemon said as she looked at another Pokemon who stood beside her, who had been saying nothing since when they stepped into the area of the village, and after everyone split up, this Pokemon quietly walked toward the place that he once lived with his grandfather. And now, he was gazing at the ruin in front of him silently for several minutes without saying anything.
"…This is… not a dream." Korben slowly spoke up. "Everyone… is gone…"
"…" The Pokemon who stood beside the Hakamo-o silently looked at the Hakamo-o.
"Everyone… is gone…" Korben continued speaking. "And now… I am alone… I am the only one left…"
"…No." The Pokemon who stood beside the Hakamo-o spoke up. "You are wrong."
"Freya…" Korben turned his attention from the crumbling building in front of him to the Flygon who stood beside him.
"You are not alone, Korben." Freya continued speaking. "You still have us with you. We all are here with you, and all of us are ready to support you."
"… That won't work." Korben turned his attention away from the Flygon as he spoke again. "You all are the outsiders from the world outside this valley. You are not one of us… I… I can't trouble you all any further…"
"… It's true that we all aren't one of your kind…" Freya continued speaking. "But… Korben… You are one of us…"
"One… of us?" The Hakamo-o turned his attention back to the Flygon again.
"Right now, we all are facing the same crisis, and all of us had survived it together…" Freya continued speaking. "In the time of crisis, if we rely only on ourselves alone, we may not survive, but if we work together, I am sure that we will overcome it together…"
"Freya…" Korben mumbled, and then he turned his attention back to the crumbling building in front of him. The Hakamo-o then slowly approached the ruin and kneeled down before he started digging through the pile of rubble using his paw, as if he was trying to find something.
"!" Knowing what the Hakamo-o was trying to do, Freya approached the ruined building and stopped beside the Hakamo-on, and then she kneeled down and started digging too!
"Freya…" Korben paused digging for a moment as he saw that the Flygon was doing the same thing that he was doing right now, and then a faint smile appeared on his face before he resumed what he was doing.
And then…
"Crackcrick…"
"Cruckcruck…"
"Hm?"
Korben and Freya suddenly heard the sound from somewhere beside them. Both of them then looked beside them and realized that two more Pokemon had shown up, and both of them were now digging into the crumbled building too!
"Geez… What do you think both of you are doing?" The Pokemon who was digging at the left of Korben said. "This work is too much for both of you to do!"
"Diego is right." Another Pokemon who was digging at the right of Freya said. "If you want to do this, why don't you just call us first?"
"Zetarus! Diego!" Freya said the name of both Pokemon who had just joined them. "Y… You would help us?!"
"Can't you see what we are doing right now?" Diego said as he threw a small rubble out of his way.
"Now just leave this to me!" Zetarus said as he stopped digging and stood up. "DI— Ouch!"
Before the Garchomp could use the move Dig, a small rubble suddenly hit his head. However, it wasn't the rubble that fell from the crumbled building, but it was the rubble that was thrown by someone else.
"You idiot…" Another Pokemon spoke up, making Zetarus, Diego, Korben and Freya turn their attention to him and found that he was none other than Richard, and beside the Latios stood his younger sister, Rachael. "Don't tell me that someone have ripped your brain out and stuffed those rubbles into your head instead…"
"Hey!" Zetarus said with an impatient voice, but he didn't seem to be angry with the Latios. "What was that for?!"
"Don't you remember what we are doing?" Richard said. "If you use the move Dig, the ruin may crumble more than this, and everything that we are doing will be in vain."
"Onii-chan is right." Rachael spoke up. "Zetarus, can you be more gentle than this?"
"Geez…" Zetarus crossed his arms. "You said that 'we' are doing, but I don't see both of you do anything to help—"
"Zetarus, watch out!"
"Wha— Ah!" Zetarus turned his attention back to the crumbled building that he and others were digging into after hearing the voice of the Mega Charizard X before he saw a huge rubble flying toward him! Luckily, the Garchomp was fast enough to dodge the rubble!
"What was that?!" Zetarus looked at the huge rubble that almost hit him, which was now crashed into the group, but while it was flying, Zetarus could notice a glowing blue aura that surrounded the rubble, indicating that…
"Richard!" Zetarus said and turned his attention back to the Latios again after he realized what was happening.
"Don't blame me." Richard said as he used his psychic power to move a rubble out of the way. "You were agitating me, causing me to lost my concentration on my psychic power, so you can't blame me for this."
"Geez… Again with those hard words…" Zetarus mumbled as he crossed his arms.
"Zetarus! Stop lazing around!" The voice of Diego scolding echoed into the ears of the Garchomp. "Now get your axs moving and help us here!"
"Don't order me around, Diego!" Zetarus said, but he still walked back to the crumbled building and continued digging too.
"Everyone…" Korben mumbled as he looked at everything that was happening. "Why do they…"
"It's because we are together, Korben." Before the Hakamo-o could say the whole question, Freya answered. "We all know what you are doing, and all of us are willing to help you with this."
"T… That's not what I want to ask…" Korben said. "I just don't understand… After everything that happened, how could everyone still smile and joke around like this? I don't understand…"
"I don't know what everyone is thinking, so I can't say for sure about what they have in their mind right now…" Freya answered as she continued digging. "But I am sure that everyone is as heartbroken as you right now, Korben."
"They… did?" Korben said.
"Hm." Freya nodded to the Hakamo-o. "Like you, everyone is sad for everything that happened, as all of us share the same sorrow. This is all I can say. If you want to know everyone's feeling right now, why don't you ask them individually?"
"Then… I want to hear from you, Freya." Korben said. "After everything that has happened, how can you still keep smiling?"
"It's because I don't want everyone to be sad, especially you, Korben." Freya answered. "You have endured such a painful ordeal much enough. I don't want you to indulge yourself any further into this sorrow. That's why I am trying to cheer you up."
"Freya…" Korben said after hearing the answer of the Flygon. However, before he could say anything more, a voice of the Garchomp caught his attention.
"Hey! I think we finally found that!" Diego said and pointed at the hole that was caused by removing the rubbles out of the way, which led into the area under the crumbled building. This hole, however, was quite small, too small for the Mega Charizard X to enter. "But I am too big to enter this hole."
"It's because you are too fate, Diego." Zetarus said.
"I… I AM NOT FAT YOU BASTARD!" Diego roared at the Garchomp.
"But this hole is, as Diego said, quite small." Richard spoke up. "I don't think I can enter this hole too. Rachael, can you?"
"No!" Rachael said. "T… That hole is so dark and scary, and inside that hole…"
"… Don't worry about it, everyone." Korben spoke up. "I will enter this hole by myself and brings him out. After all, this is what I should do."
After finished speaking, Korben walked toward the hole and slowly crawling into it. While the hole was small, it was still big enough for a Hakamo-o to enter without much problem.
Several minutes later, the Hakamo-o emerged from the hole back to the ground again. This time, however, he was carrying something with him too. It was…
"Oh..." Freya said after she realized what the thing that Korben was carrying was. It was a corpse of a Drampa, which was none other than Elder Baldr, the elder of Hidden Village of Dragon, as well as Korben's grandfather. "Korben…"
"… Grandfather…" Korben said as he gently placed the corpse of the Drampa on the ground. "Please forgive me for not being able to protect you… Please forgive me for not being strong enough…"
"…" Rachael, Richard, Zetarus, Diego and Freya said nothing as they looked at the dead Drampa in front of them and let the silence conquer the area around here, as if they all were mourning for him. This continued for a few minutes until a sound of footstep broke this silence.
"Hm?" Rachael, Richard, Zetarus, Diego, Freya and Korben heard the sound of footstep from somewhere south of where they were right now, followed by the appearance of four more Pokemon. They were a group that consisted of a Kingdra, a Dragonite, a Goodra and a Draconic Lapras.
"How is the thing here?" Claura asked as she appeared.
"We have just retrieved the corpse of Elder Baldr." Richard answered. "And I believe that this is the last corpse."
"Not the last one, Richard." Xavier spoke up. "There are two more corpses that we haven't retrieved yet.
"Wait…" Korben spoke up. "What are you guys talking about?"
"Well… We are gathering the corpses of everyone here…" Anastasia answered. "We have retrieved the corpses of everyone and brought them to the open area between the village and the shrine, and then we plan to give them a proper funeral."
"I… see…" Korben said. "That's… very nice of you."
"Right." Snow said. "Everyone had already fought hard and long to protect what they hold dear, so the least we could do for them is to give them a proper repose."
"And now…." Claura spoke up. "We have already finished retrieving the corpses of everyone in this village, except for three corpses. One of them is the corpse of Elder Baldr here."
"And who are other two?" Korben asked.
"They are—" Xavier was about to answer the question of the Hakamo-o when everyone heard the sound of another footstep from north of where they were right now. And as they all turned their attention to the source of the sound of footstep, they all two more Pokemon walks up to where they were. One of them was carrying two lifeless bodies of a Haxorus and a Fraxure. As they walked closer, Korben immediately recognized that the Pokemon who was carrying both corpses was none other than Baromyteus, and both corpses that Baromyteus was carrying were…
"Dimitri! Uncle Damos!" Korben cried as he saw the corpses of his best friend and his best friend's father.
"…" Baromyteus said nothing as he placed the corpses of Damos and Dimitri on the ground at the spot beside where the corpse of Elder Baldr was, letting the Hakamo-o to kneel down in front of them and.
"I… I don't understand…" Korben slowly spoke up. "Dimitri… Uncle Damos… Both of you are much stronger than me, and yet… Why? Why did both of you have to die?! WHY?!"
"…" Baromyteus said nothing as he lowered his head down. Unbeknownst to everyone else except for his sister, his mind was also greatly troubled by the picture in front of him, as he was the one who's responsible for their death…
"…" While Korben was crying in front of the corpses of Damos and Dimitri, Rachael and Richard noticed the presence of the other Pokemon who was following Baromyteus, which was none other than Sirius. However, considered the current situation, Richard signaled the Type: Null to hide behind him and his sister in order not to let Korben noticed its presence.
After several minutes of mourning to his best friend and his best friend's father, Korben stood up and spoke up. "Everyone… Let's go. I… I want to give grandfather, Dimitri and everyone a rest…"
After finished speaking, Korben picked the corpse of his grandfather up and turned his attention to Claura and Xavier. He then gave them a small nod as a sign that he was ready. Xavier and Claura then nodded back to the Hakamo-o before they started walking to the south of where they were right now, and then Snow and Anastasia followed both of them. Korben, with the corpse of Elder Baldr in his arms, slowly followed too, with Freya by his side.
"…" Seeing that everyone was heading south, Baromyteus got himself ready to move by picking the corpse of Dimitri up. He then was about to pick the corpse of Damos up too when someone else spoke up.
"… Let me do this part, Baromyteus." Diego spoke up. He was now standing right next to the corpse of Damos.
"…" Baromyteus said nothing and nodded to the Mega Charizard X before started walking to the south of where they were, indicating that…
"… Thanks." Diego said and picked the corpse of Damos up, and then he, along with Zetarus by his side, followed the Shiny Haxorus.
After seeing that everyone had already left, Rachael and Richard looked at Sirius who was hiding behind them. Both Latios and Latias then nodded at him, before all three Pokemon started walking to the south too.
A Few Minutes Later…
In the small area located between the residential area of Hidden Village of Dragon and the shrine, twelve dragons were gathered here. Other than them, there are several more dragons here too, in the form of lifeless corpses…
"… There."
Baromyteus placed the corpse of Dimitri down on the ground beside the corpses of three other Pokemon, who were an Altaria, a Deino and a Noibat. Among all of them, the corpse of the Altaria and the Deino suggested that they were killed by some sort of sharp weapon while the corpse of the Noibat was burned, as if he was burned alive.
"Lyzia… Unos… Noctus…" Korben spoke with a shaking voice as he kneeled down in front of the corpses of his best friends together, along with the corpse of Dimitri. "All of you… also left me…"
"…" Other eleven dragons in this area fell into silence as the Hakamo-o started mourning for his lost friends again. While their grief couldn't be compared to Korben's, everyone else also felt that their heart had been torn apart as they saw the corpses of all residents of this village.
"This is… just like when mother…" Rachael mumbled to herself.
"I… I can't…" Richard said.
"What… What is this feeling? Why do I feel like this?" Zetarus mumbled.
"…I have already killed so many people, and yet… Why am I still…" Diego mumbled.
"…It's… just like that day… When…" Claura mumbled.
"…" Xavier said nothing.
"Your heart…" Anastasia said softly as she looked at the crying Hakamo-o.
"… Damn it…" Baromyteus cursed.
"…Korben…" Freya said as she stood by Korben's side.
"… I have this feeling before… But I… I can't remember…" Snow mumbled to himself.
"…" Unlike others eleven Pokemon here, Sirius was hiding from Korben's sight, as, with this feeling in its heart, it was unable to face the Hakamo-o like this.
"… Everyone…" Korben said as he stood up and slowly turned himself to face other ten Pokemon here (Not counting Sirius). "I… I have just one request for you all… Please… hear me…"
"…" Everyone nodded to the Hakamo-o after hearing what he said.
"I… I want to arrange a funeral for them in the traditional way of our village…" Korben said. "So…"
"Okay." Baromyteus said. "If this is what you want, then all of us will gladly do it."
"T…Thanks…" Korben said.
"Then…" Richard spoke up. "Tell us what we must do."
"Well..." Korben said. "Because of the limited space, we don't bury the corpse in the ground. We also don't burn them because it's bad for the environment, especially for the area with only one opening like this. And so… We will do the funeral for everyone by playing them the Final Requiem."
"F… Final Requiem?" Anastasia spoke up.
"Right." Korben said. "It's a requiem with a mysterious power that could erase any regret and attachment of the dead person to this world, so that we would be able to send them to the afterlife with ease."
"…You said that you play this song to erase the regret and attachment of the dead person so that they can move one…" Xavier spoke up. "Then… What would happen if we don't play this song for the dead person?"
"If that's so, then their spirit would still linger in this world and unable to depart to the afterlife, trapping them in the eternal cycle of torment." Korben said.
"R… Really?!" Rachael asked with a shocked voice.
"…Actually, I don't know." Korben said. "That's the lore that has been passed down through each generation of the resident of this village, and so, we always follow this tradition without questioning."
"… Whatever." Baromyteus said and approached Korben. "Well then… Do you know the lyric and the tune of this final requiem?"
"…No." Korben answered.
"What?!" Baromyteus said.
"I… I am sorry about this, but I don't remember much about this requiem." Korben said. "I only heard this song a few times when the funeral occurred in this village, nothing more."
"But didn't you say that the lore regarding this song was passed down through each generation of the resident of this village?" Claura said. "Then, wouldn't the song being passed down too?"
"… Like the lore, the song was passed down too." Korben spoke up again. "However, not everyone know this song, as the lore was passed down from the founder and the savior of this village, Bahamut."
"Wait…" Baromyteus said. "Don't tell me that…"
"Right… Only the members of the Drawyvern Family know this song, and this includes…" Korben said and ended his speech by glancing at the corpses of Dimitri and Damos.
"Sigh…" Xavier said. "There are only two Pokemon who know the lyric and the tune of this requiem, but both of them are now the one who will listen to this requiem instead. What a pain…"
"… Baromyteus…" Korben turned his attention to the Shiny Haxorus. "… Do you know the lyric and the tune of this requiem? After all, your surname is also Drawyvern…"
"Just because my surname is also Drawyvern doesn't mean that I have what you seek." Baromyteus said.
"Then…" Korben said. "What should I do?"
"…Um…"
"Hm?" The voice of another Pokemon called for the attention of the Hakamo-o, as well as everyone else in this area. The owner of the voice was the female Goodra who was standing behind her elder brother.
"What's wrong, Anastasia?" Baromyteus asked as his younger sister approached Korben, but kept a bit distant in order not to let her brother get angry with the Hakamo-o.
"… If we don't have the lyric and the tune of the requiem you seek, would another requiem work?" Anastasia asked.
"Hm…" Korben said. "I'm not sure, because the requiem we sing here is a magical song, not an ordinary song…"
"If it's a magical requiem, I know one too." Anastasia said. "Moreover, this song would actually fit to be the final requiem of the dragons who fought valiantly to protect their home…"
"H… Hey, Anastasia!" Hearing the words of his younger sister seemed to make Baromyteus flustered and restless. "D… Don't you mean that you will play 'that' requiem?"
"Right. That one." Anastasia answered.
"What?! Anastasia, what are you thinking?!" Baromyteus said. "That song won't help at all! It would only bring upon the pain and agony upon the fallen souls!"
"No! You are wrong!" Anastasia said. "This song is the one that's played to calm the wrath and erase the pain of the fallen souls! Haven't we seen this before 30 years ago?!"
"Tsk!" Baromyteus mumbled as he turned his face away. "Fine. Do whatever you want."
"T… Thank you, brother!" Anastasia said to her brother before turning her attention back to Korben. "Then, I will play my requiem for everyone here."
"T… Thank you, Anastasia." Korben said.
"Now…" Anastasia said. "Before I play this requiem, what I must do first?"
"First, Anastasia, I want you to stay here, in the middle of everyone…" Korben said as he pointed his paw to the spot in the middle of every corpse here. "By standing here, everyone will be able to hear their final requiem."
After speaking to the Goodra, Korben turned his attention to everyone else. "Everyone, please stand in a circle around Anastasia."
"But…" Rachael spoke up. "We don't know anything about the requiem that Anastasia—"
"I didn't say that everyone must sing the requiem." Korben continued speaking. "Only Anastasia alone is alright, but I want everyone to stand around Anastasia just to pray for everyone who had died."
Everyone then nodded to Korben after hearing what they must do, and then everyone (Except for Anastasia and Sirius) gathered in a circle, with Anastasia stands in the middle of this circle. Sirius, on the other hand, was standing behind Rachael and Richard in order to hide from the Hakamo-o.
"It seems like everything's ready." Baromyteus said before he turned his attention to his sister who was standing in the middle of the circle. "Well then… Anastasia…"
"Hm." Anastasia nodded to everyone as she picked up her Tenor Harp. "Everyone… Thank you for your hard work… Now… Please rest well… And let me play you the last requiem as a lullaby for your eternal repose… Let this requiem be the melody for the dragons who have fallen… Let's begin… Requiem of the Fallen Dragon…"
After finished speaking, Anastasia started playing her Tenor Harp and released a slow and graceful but also sorrowful song, while she was also singing using her heavenly but also melancholy voice and performed a majestic but tragic dance using her body, generating a requiem for the fallen residents of Hidden Village of Dragon. Although the lyric of the song she sang was in a strange and exotic language that was understood by almost no one, somehow, all twelve Pokemon who was here were able to grasp the meaning of the song's lyric.
Jade leaves fall from a newborn tree
Falling free to a bottomless chasm with no return
The stream of time, I want it to flow back
But it's impossible; the god of time will punish me...
The future of the world is bright
God of ideal gave us a civilized world of light
The world walks forward every day goes by
But yet it abandoned me behind...
The ocean waves, created by the god of sea, are like a love
Sometimes they cry, sometimes they calm, and sometimes they crash
No matter what happens, they always end gracefully
But why for me, the ending is so cruel...
My wrath is more than the erupting volcano
Both can destroy, dispose and devour
Although they plead for the god of truth's mercy
But for me, they stir my rage...
"… Hey, Zetarus."
"Hm?" Zetarus turned his attention to the Mega Charizard X who was standing beside him. Right now, after singing the fourth verse of the song, Anastasia stopped singing for a bit, but she still continued playing her Tenor Harp, meaning that the song wasn't over yet. "What's wrong, Diego?"
"This song…" Diego said as he looked at Anastasia, who continued playing her Tenor Harp. "I think we have heard this song from somewhere before…"
"You think so?" Zetarus said. "But I can't remember where and when did I hear this song before…"
"Me too…" Diego said as he continued looking at the Goodra. "Now come to think of it… Anastasia and Baromyteus… Haven't we—"
"E… Everyone!" Rachael's voice turned the attention of everyone (Except for Anastasia) to herself. "L… Look!"
"!"
Everyone was suddenly surprised when they saw what was happening right now. Now, every dragon corpse here was starting to glow with a mysterious light purple aura, and slowly, one by one, each corpse started dissolving into a small sphere of glowing faint purple light!
"W… What's this?!" Snow said with a shocked voice.
"I… It works!" Korben said with a shaking voice as his eyes started to become teary again. "This… This is just like when the Drawyverns played the final requiem for everyone who dies!"
"Wow…" Rachael said as she watched each corpse slowly dissolved into the ball of light. Like everyone here, she was speechless by what's happening right in front of her eyes.
"Amazing…" Richard said. "T… To think that dead would be this… beautiful…"
"SHINNGGG!"
"!" Everyone's attention, except for Anastasia, was shifted from what's happening around them when the sound of swords being drawn from their sheath was generated by someone who stood among them.
"B… Baromyteus?" Claura said as she and everyone else shifted their attention to the Shiny Haxorus in the demonic armor suit.
"…" Baromyteus said nothing as he approached his younger sister who was still playing her Tenor Harp before he started performing an aggressive sword dance using his blades. When Baromyteus started doing this, the song that Anastasia played became faster and more aggressive, and so do her dance, before the Goodra continued singing the second half of her song.
The god of absence's betrayal was harsh...
Like the snow that melts away and reveals its true form...
But it is still acceptable, unlike me...
He will never forgive me, and I will never beg for his mercy...
Time passed, everything changed
I lurk under the stream of time, from the ancient era
I wait for the day, since the birth of the realm by the hand of an Ancient God.
The day I will get a chance of revenge...
Struggle in the endless cycle means nothing
Like the busy life of steel, never last long
Just end everything, and leave them behind
I will devour your soul, free you from the torment...
I am the cursed blood who betrayed my own kin
I have taken countless lives, all with no mercy
Even it seemed cruel and heartless, I have no regret
That is me, this is my life…
"!"
As Anastasia and Baromyteus performed the second half of the requiem, each sphere of light that appeared out of the dissolved corpse started flowing toward the only opening on the roof above the entire Valley of No Return, before all of them, one by one, slowly disintegrated into countless glittering dust of light, which soon disappeared as they slowly fell down toward the ground.
By the time that Anastasia and Baromyteus finished the last part of the requiem, the last sphere of light had just disintegrated into countless dust of light, which soon disappeared from everyone's sight, meaing that…
"… The funeral… is over…" Korben said and turned his attention to Anastasia and Baromyteus while his face was still teary. "B… Both of you…"
"D… Did we do a right job?" Anastasia asked after seeing the tearing face of the Hakamo-o.
"Yes… Both of you have done such a wonderful job…" Korben said as he wiped away his tear. "I… I don't know how to thank both of you…"
"Don't sweat it." Baromyteus said as he put away his swords.
"I… I can't do that…" Korben said. "After all, everyone is equa—"
"… If you want to do something for us so much, then shut up the rant about equality of yours." Baromyteus said.
"R… Right." Korben said as he wiped away his tear again, before he felt a warm paw touching his shoulder. As he looked back, he could see another Pokemon standing behind him and looked at him with a gentle smile on her face.
"Are you alright, Korben?" Freya asked. "Do you want to take a break?"
"N… No, Freya." Korben answered. "I… I am fine. After all… The funeral is already over…"
"Right." Richard spoke up. "The funeral is already over, and no one else is left behind…"
"However…" Xavier spoke up too. "Our work isn't over yet."
"Hm?" Everyone else turned their attention to Richard and Xavier who were standing next to each other, and both of them didn't look at anyone else, as their attention was on something else…
"What do you mean by that, Xavier?" Claura asked.
"Everyone… Look at the sky." Xavier answered.
"Hm?" Everyone turned their attention to the sky above the Valley of No Return. However, their sight was limited because the sky above Valley of No Return was covered by the incomplete roofing. The only open spot where they could see the sky was the opening on the roofing, where they could see the sky clearly without anything obstructing their sight…
But…
"T… That…" Rachael spoke up. "Isn't there…"
"The barrier." Claura said as she looked at the sky. "The barrier had already disappeared."
"Right. The barrier that protected Valley of No Return since the end of Dragon Massacre has already disappeared…" Richard spoke up again. "… And the time and space of Valley of No Return has just connected to the time and space of the world outside, meaning that…"
"It's now possible for anyone to travel between Valley of No Return and the world outside." Xavier finished Richard's sentence. "And if my foreshadowing is right, we should expect to see someone from the world outside this valley soon—"
"You are right, young Dragonite."
Suddenly, a loud calm but also authorized voice could be heard by all twelve Pokemon who were in the Hidden Village of Dragon. However, the owner of the voice was none of them. Instead…
"!" Suddenly, something appeared right in front of everyone's eyes. It looked like a giant glowing sphere of light, not like the sphere of light that appeared from the dissolved corpse earlier, but this time, the sphere of light slowly formed into a glowing body of a Pokemon!
"W… What?!" Everyone said as the sphere of light formed in a shape of a Pokemon in front of them. The body of this Pokemon soon stopped glowing, appearing as a real Pokemon before everyone's eyes.
This Pokemon was a human-like Pokemon with a long tail and light purple body. They were wearing a sacred and majestic robe that a high-ranked priest or sage wore. The specie of this Pokemon was… a Mewtwo.
"W… Who are—" Korben was about to ask the identity of the Pokemon who had just appeared in front of him and everyone, but his words were cut off when the Goodra and the Shiny Haxorus who were standing beside him spoke up first.
"I… Iris?!"
To Be Continued…
Dragon of Vale: I am very busy this semester, so I wouldn't be able to update as often as before. And so, I am truly sorry.
Well… For this chapter… Honestly, I felt very depressed while writing this chapter, considered what happened in this chapter… And for what happened… It's just as the name suggests… And then there were none… But… At the end… I guess that there weren't 'none' anymore…
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