Deoxys, a Mythical Pokémon from outer space.
Psychic type.
Including its Normal Forme, it had a total of four forms.
In the movie, it had even beaten Rayquaza to a pulp.
Looking at how Rayquaza still had quite a bit of its essence left unrecovered…
Could it be that Rayquaza had lost so much of its essence back then because it fought Deoxys?
Thinking of that, Grey felt it made a lot of sense.
"So what does that have to do with the meteorites?"
Rayquaza scratched its head, not quite understanding how this Pokémon from outer space could have that much to do with meteorites.
It knew that Pokémon called Deoxys.
Back then, it had also come riding in on a meteorite.
But it could only control one meteorite. It was nothing special.
Rayquaza did not take Deoxys seriously.
It felt Mewtwo was making a big deal out of nothing.
"No, I think Mewtwo's concerns are right. Rayquaza, what exactly did you do to that Deoxys back then? You didn't swallow it or anything, did you?"
The current timeline was a bit of a mess.
Grey could not figure out what Rayquaza had done to Deoxys.
But considering Rayquaza treated Minior as snacks, he was genuinely afraid that it had swallowed Deoxys too.
"Uh… Nothing much. I just scattered quite a lot of its essence…"
Rayquaza scratched its head with its tail, and even its tone started sounding guilty.
Essence was extremely important to Pokémon.
Thinking about what it had done to that Deoxys back then…
It seemed…
That Deoxys's family coming to settle the score was actually quite reasonable.
But still.
Rayquaza had been protecting this planet's safety.
If it had allowed a meteorite to fall for no reason, would that not have caused countless living creatures to suffer?
Rayquaza felt that it had done nothing wrong.
If it had ignored Deoxys and let the meteorite fall to the ground, the damage would definitely have been much worse.
Rayquaza still had a brain.
Although Deoxys really had suffered quite badly.
But in the end, it was an invasive species. It was not even the kind that came from another region. It was a Pokémon from outer space!
"I'm not blaming you either. We're just discussing it and figuring out what happened."
Grey waved his hand. He did not think Rayquaza had done anything wrong.
"So, human, have you thought of a way to deal with this? Or should the eight of us first-tier Legendaries charge straight into outer space and destroy those meteorites?"
After recovering most of its strength, Rayquaza saw so many peers around and suddenly felt that even without relying entirely on itself, they had more than enough confidence to smash those meteorites apart.
"Wait. You said one thing wrong."
Kyogre spoke up and reminded it, "It's seven first-tier Legendaries charging into outer space."
Groudon: "???"
Damn it, Kyogre, do you have a problem?!
At a critical moment like this, when things were already hanging by a thread, you still had to specifically point out that I can't fly? Are you deliberately trying to pick a fight with me?!
Groudon started cursing on the spot and immediately began trading insults with Kyogre.
Grey: "…"
Grey could not stand watching anymore, so he directly recalled Kyogre.
Only then did Groudon's expression improve a lot.
"Brother, I owe you a huge favor this time."
Groudon felt Grey had handled that well. He was a pretty sensible human.
In any case, it already owed him so many favors. Owing him a few more was not a problem.
Grey waved his hand and gestured for Mewtwo to continue.
"Mewtwo, aside from that message from outer space, did you sense anything else?"
"No. That cluster of meteorites is being controlled by that Psychic-type Pokémon. If we want to resolve the crisis, confronting it is inevitable. Even if we find the Pokémon called Deoxys, it won't help."
Mewtwo shook its head.
The emotions it had sensed in that message were violent and frenzied. It was clearly too furious to accept what had happened and wanted to go all out against Rayquaza.
"Hmm… Mewtwo, can you use your psychic powers to contact it? You only need to establish contact with it. I'll handle the rest of the negotiation."
Grey looked around at the Pokémon present.
It seemed that other than Lugia, the resident softhearted good guy Pokémon, the others would really have a hard time communicating with Deoxys.
"I'll try, but I can't guarantee I'll be able to reach it."
Mewtwo did not dare speak too absolutely.
If it were Mewtwo One, maybe it really could establish contact.
Unfortunately, Mewtwo One was still acting together with Team Rocket.
Mewtwo Two felt regretful about that too.
Out of everyone it could have followed, why did it have to follow Team Rocket?
Mewtwo did not think too much about it. It immediately gathered its psychic power and followed the energy trail still lingering in the air, sending telepathy toward Deoxys in the depths of space.
Boom!
The first time, Mewtwo's telepathy successfully touched the target, but the connection was forcibly severed in an instant.
Mewtwo frowned slightly and sent a thought to Grey. "It isn't working very well. Deoxys's current emotions are full of violence. If I connect recklessly, I'm afraid it may cause the meteorites to arrive early."
Grey raised an eyebrow and asked, "Can you borrow my Aura and see if that helps at all?"
"All right. I'll try."
Mewtwo understood and nodded.
As a warm blue glow rose around Grey, Mewtwo fused that well-meaning Aura with its own psychic power and once again sent a communication signal toward the depths of the universe.
After a long wait, a faint ripple of energy finally pierced through the atmosphere and brought a response.
"Who… are… you?"
The response consisted of only those three words.
Grey let out a breath of relief.
It seemed Aura was still pretty versatile.
At the very least, after it allowed the other party to sense his goodwill, the other side was not as violent.
Thinking of that, Grey quickly introduced himself. "I am a human from this planet. May I ask what you have come to our planet to do?"
Mewtwo transmitted those words over.
After a while, a reply came back in pieces.
"I am… a Pokémon… from outer space…"
"Deoxys."
"My… younger brother… was shot down by a flying green serpent from your planet… His vital signs are weak… He is on the verge of death."
Grey raised an eyebrow, then continued asking, "Then did you come to our planet to save your younger brother?"
"Yes… and no… Aside from saving my younger brother… I also have to make that green serpent pay the price."
"I assume… you won't… stop me, correct?"
Deoxys sent back a question.
Grey fell silent.
Stopping it felt wrong, but not stopping it also felt wrong.
What exactly should he do?
Grey looked at Rayquaza.
The meaning was very obvious.
Rayquaza scratched its head and asked Grey, "Can you ask that Deoxys if it can come over without bringing so many meteorites? Or at least cut the number in half. There are way too many. Otherwise, it might even smash its own brother to death along with everything else."
Grey repeated those words to Deoxys.
"Of course…"
"Not."
Grey: "…"
Bro, if you want to refuse, just refuse directly. What's with stopping halfway like that?!
Wasn't that just pure madness?!
Grey did not lose his temper. He asked, "Aren't you here to save your younger brother? If you bring that many meteorites over, and if we fail to block them, your brother will suffer too. His situation is already pretty bad. If he gets hit by that impact again, something really may happen."
"Mm… You are right… But I cannot swallow this anger."
Deoxys controlled its emotions.
It could sense the goodwill Grey was giving off.
If others respected it, it would respect them too.
But that was only as long as they did not go too far.
As far as Deoxys was concerned, Rayquaza had been far too ruthless back then.
It had later tried to come looking for its younger brother as well, only to be intercepted by Rayquaza each time.
So.
The current Deoxys had already endured as much as it could.
It had to settle things with Rayquaza.
"Ugh."
Grey exhaled heavily.
He shrugged at Rayquaza. "There you go. It's dead set on fighting you. There's no room to turn this around. What now?"
"No idea. How about I find its brother, send him into outer space, then threaten it into throwing the meteorites somewhere else?"
Rayquaza thought its suggestion was excellent.
Since they were going to fight anyway, it would just fight Deoxys.
But still, it should not throw the meteorites.
If you insist on throwing them, then I can't guarantee what'll happen to your brother.
I have plenty of first-tier Legendaries here. If you want to make a move, you'd better think it through.
Rayquaza felt its idea was very good.
There was only one difficult point in actually carrying it out.
Where should they go to find that Deoxys that was about to kick the bucket?
"Speaking of which, when Deoxys appeared back then, aside from the meteorite, were there any unusual natural phenomena?"
Grey recalled Deoxys's appearances in the movies, anime, games, and manga, then asked Rayquaza.
Rayquaza thought for a moment, then answered, "I think there was an aurora. But there are auroras around snowy mountains everywhere. I've been to all of them and didn't find any related meteorite."
"Then we won't search places like snowy mountains."
Grey slapped his thigh.
It sounded simple when he said it, but how could a natural phenomenon related to auroras be that easy to see?
Nowadays, if an aurora usually appeared, it was either because a Pokémon was using Aurora Beam or Aurora Veil.
A proper natural aurora was extremely rare.
At the very least, Grey had really never seen one.
Hmm…
Perhaps there was someone who could give him a good suggestion?
Grey thought of someone.
Lorelei!
She happened to be an Ice-type expert, so maybe she knew some information related to auroras.
Thinking of that, Grey sent Lorelei a private message.
Dojo Annihilape: Miss Lorelei, do you know where I can find an aurora somewhere that isn't related to snowy mountains? I don't mean move-based auroras, but natural auroras.
On the screen, Lorelei's name changed to "typing."
Very soon, she sent a message.
Ice Lorelei: Gym Leader Grey, you asked the right person. There are natural auroras on Birth Island in the Hoenn region. It's just that the frequency of the auroras has decreased quite a lot recently. If you're interested, you may still make it in time if you head there now.
Ice Lorelei: Location.
Ice Lorelei: Here, this is the island. Take a look.
There really was information!
Dojo Annihilape: Thank you, Elite Four Lorelei. I'll treat you to a meal when I have time.
Ice Lorelei: You're welcome. Have fun.
Grey said goodbye to Lorelei, then immediately said to Rayquaza, "Let's go. We're heading to Birth Island. The Deoxys you beat into a rock is there. Judging from the current situation, it really is in pretty bad shape."
Rayquaza nodded and set off with Grey toward Birth Island.
Grey leaped up and landed directly on top of Rayquaza's dragon head. At his command, Rayquaza let out a sky-shaking dragon roar and flew toward Birth Island.
It even used Dragon Dance to stack speed boosts.
Reshiram, Kyurem, Mewtwo, and Lugia all followed one after another.
Groudon: "???"
"You bastards, wait for me!"
Groudon was on the verge of tears.
This world was still far too cruel to it.
However.
Grey definitely had not forgotten Groudon.
He took out the Master Ball and directly recalled Groudon.
…
…
Birth Island was covered in primitive vegetation, and thick moss blanketed its rocky cliffs.
It was said that the island had been named because an important Pokémon had once been born there.
As for what Pokémon it was, nobody really knew.
"So this is Birth Island. But where is Deoxys?"
Grey jumped down from Rayquaza's head and looked at the chaotic environment around him. This place was really…
Far too primitive.
He could only look around and see if there was anything connected to Deoxys.
Very soon, Grey's gaze landed in the center of the mountain peak.
A mysterious triangular gem was floating there quietly, giving off a soft, rainbow-colored glow.
Pokémon: Deoxys, Mythical Pokémon.
Type: Psychic.
Level: 80.
Ability: Pressure.
Moves: omitted.
Description: Its essence was scattered by Rayquaza's attack, and now only its essence gem remains. If it is not treated in time, it will die.
Death.
This was the first time Grey had seen the system use the word death.
It was clear that after Deoxys was beaten into this state by Rayquaza back then, its injuries had not recovered at all.
"This guy is about to die."
Everyone present could sense Deoxys's condition.
If they really left it alone, it would pass away.
"So what do you say? Are you going to save it?"
Rayquaza moved closer. The Deoxys gem's flashing first became a little more rapid, then slowed again.
"Let's save it. We can't just watch it die. When the time comes, we'll all go into space together. If we bring this guy with us, maybe that Deoxys really will hold back a little."
Grey did not think Deoxys would truly choose not to attack. At most, they could reduce the threat as much as possible.
"That works."
Rayquaza was not some bloodthirsty dragon. Since they were going to save it, they would save it.
It had no objection.
Grey transferred a little Aura over, just enough that it would not harm him.
But it was only a drop in the bucket. It did nothing.
Grey frowned.
Crap. It looked like relying only on Aura would not work. Even if it drained him dry, he still would not be able to fully save Deoxys.
Fine. It seemed they still needed to call in reinforcements.
"Lugia, do you think there's any chance you can call Ho-Oh over right now?"
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