“This is as far as I go.”
In the sparsely populated jungle next to Bai Tan Town, following the route Anne planned would allow for a shortcut directly to Bai Ke Gym.
Gui Ling, riding on Yveltal, waved to Anne.
“Remember! Send me a message no matter what happens!”
“Okay.”
Then Yveltal flapped its massive wings, carrying Gui Ling into the distance.
………
“Yveltal, it’s already night. Should we land and rest for a bit?”
“……… (Alright.)”
After landing, Gui Ling summoned everyone and spent some effort setting up the tent.
Since they weren't by a river, there was no grilled fish for dinner tonight. Yveltal ate the dried fish Gui Ling had bought earlier, Gui Ling himself ate compressed biscuits, and everyone else ate Pokémon food.
But tonight was different; everyone gathered around Kirlia, watching the stars with her.
“Kir-lu~ Kir-lu Kir-lu~”
“Don’t worry, everyone will always be here to watch the stars with you in the future.”
“Kir-lu…”
“……… (I heard that Gym Leader is a fortune-teller. She’ll definitely be able to cure your illness.)”
“Sound Wave!”
“Kir-lu?”
“Gengar~”
“……… (Me?)”
“Dangdang!”
“……… (Who knows? She wouldn’t use her prophecies to expose me, would she?)”
“You never know.”
“……… (As long as Kirlia’s illness can be cured, that’s all that matters.)”
“Frubbit.”
“……… (Even though I can transfer life force, I’m not proficient, and besides, it doesn’t cure illnesses.)”
“Frubbit…”
Kirlia, watching the stars and listening to everyone’s concerned words, was about to close her eyes when she suddenly saw a shooting star streak across the sky.
“Kir-lu! Kir-lu Kir-lu!”
“Wow, a shooting star!”
“……… (What’s a shooting star?)”
“Frubbit, Frubbit!”
“Dangdang~”
“……… (Oh, I see. So that means you can make a wish, right?)”
“Gengar, Gengar.”
“Sound Wave.”
“Then let’s all make a wish! Maybe it’ll come true!”
Then everyone pressed their hands together, closed their eyes, and began to make a wish.
Kirlia’s wish was: she hoped that after her death, everyone could continue to live happily together.
And everyone except Kirlia made the same wish.
They wished for Kirlia to recover.
At the same time, everyone also made their own dreams.
Greninja: To become the strongest swordsman in the world.
Gengar: To become stronger and surpass all others of its kind.
Banette: To always be with everyone.
Noivern: To take everyone soaring through the sky.
Yveltal: To be able to defeat Rayquaza, and for the current life to remain unchanged.
Gui Ling: For his family to be safe and sound, and to stop being so unlucky…
………
At the same time, inside Bai Ke Gym, under the night sky, the people there seemed to be performing some kind of ritual, floating in the air by Confusion, closing their eyes and beginning to Calm Mind.
Ge Ji Hua, who was at the very top, suddenly opened her eyes wide, terrified by the future she had foreseen.
Then Ge Ji Hua broke out in a cold sweat, gasping for air.
“Master! What’s wrong?”
“I saw it! I saw it!!!”
In the future Ge Ji Hua foresaw, she saw a Mega Evolved Yveltal clashing with Xerneas, and everything within a hundred miles was completely destroyed by Yveltal.
Ge Ji Hua screamed in horror, and after a while, she calmed herself down.
“I saw it! Death Wing descends once more, and an unprecedented war will break out between the Death God and the Life God!”
Ge Ji Hua further amplified her precognitive power, and the vision became more prolonged and clearer.
She saw it again, she saw a human standing beside Yveltal, and as the power intensified, the human’s face became clearer and clearer…
After the Life God and the Death God battled for a while, the Life God was completely defeated. As the two gods conversed, that human slowly walked over, with Yveltal following behind him.
Then the young man slowly spoke. Ge Ji Hua couldn't hear most of what he said, but she clearly heard the most crucial sentence…
“Xerneas, I want to make a deal with you.”
Ge Ji Hua thought for a long time, organizing the future she had seen, and finally came to a very surprising conclusion.
“Master, what did you see?”
“I saw it. The two gods battled because of a human, but the most perplexing thing is… Yveltal seems to obey that human very much.”
“Death God?! It can listen to humans?”
Then Ge Ji Hua projected what she had seen into the sky, and Gui Ling’s face was visible to everyone.
“This young man will be the fuse for this war!”
………
At this moment, Gui Ling was still unaware of his future, but his daily ‘pitfall’ was unavoidable. Just as he was about to set off, he fell into a pit again.
“This shooting star is useless!!!”
After tidying up, Gui Ling rode Yveltal and flew towards Bai Ke Gym again. After flying for half a day, he finally arrived in Anistar City. Gui Ling recalled Yveltal and summoned Noivern, then continued to fly towards Bai Ke Gym.
“Finally here! I’m exhausted!”
Gui Ling jumped down from Noivern, patted Noivern’s head, and summoned Kirlia.
“Kirlia, we’re here.”
“Kir-lu~”
“Let’s go.”
Gui Ling placed Kirlia on his right shoulder, Noivern followed on his left, and Gui Ling looked at the main entrance of Bai Ke Gym and pushed it open.
This movement attracted everyone. Originally, they thought it was just an ordinary challenger, but when everyone saw Gui Ling’s appearance, they froze in place.
“Hmm? Why does it seem like everyone is looking at us?”
“Kir-lu?”
“Sound Wave?”
Just then, a cry suddenly emerged from the crowd.
“It’s that person! The fuse for the War of the Two Gods!”
“What the heck?”
While Gui Ling was utterly bewildered, the people in the Gym summoned their Pokémon and immediately launched an attack on Gui Ling.
“What the heck?! What’s going on?!”
Kirlia rushed forward and used Reflect, but facing so many attacks, she still couldn't withstand them and was blasted away.
“Kirlia!”
Gui Ling caught Kirlia and looked at her with great concern.
“You’re asking for death!”
Gui Ling threw two Poké Balls, and Gengar and Banette appeared. Then Gui Ling touched the ite on his wrist, and the Mega Evolution ites on both of them also lit up.
“May the ghost of the End love and protect its body, granting it ‘Resolve’ that surpasses all!”
“May the spirit of resentment love and protect its body, granting it ‘Uproar’ that burns everything!”
After a flash of light, Super Genggui and Super Banette stood in front of Gui Ling, ready to attack.
Just as a major battle was about to erupt, a scolding voice came from the sky.
This voice even directly stopped Banette and Gengar. Everyone looked up to see Ge Ji Hua floating in the air, quietly observing the situation below.
At this moment, Ge Ji Hua suddenly widened her eyes. She saw Kirlia’s future.
This time, the scene was very clear: Gui Ling walked in front of Xerneas, with Yveltal obediently following behind him, and at this time, a Gardevoir lay in Gui Ling’s arms.
“Xerneas, I want to make a deal with you…”
“What?”
“Save her! Please save her!”
Xerneas looked at the Gardevoir in Gui Ling’s arms and could feel Gardevoir’s life force rapidly draining away.
“First, answer my question: why did you destroy me?”
““
…………
Then Ge Ji Hua completely understood what had happened, and then pointed to Kirlia.
“I saw her future.”
Kirlia tilted her head and pointed to herself. Gui Ling saw this and quickly asked.
“You must be Ms. Ge Ji Hua, right? Can you tell me about Kirlia’s future?”
Ge Ji Hua nodded, then told everyone to stop and return to their positions, while she slowly descended in front of Gui Ling.
“Can you answer a few questions first?”
“You ask. Anything, as long as you tell me what you saw!”
“First question, is there something wrong with this Kirlia?”
“life devouring syndrome…”
“I see… I’m very sorry. Then, second question, have you seen Yveltal?”
“I have.”
“Hmm, I see no surprise or unexpected expression on your face. I generally understand. Then, this is the last question, the third question.”
“Are you… Yveltal’s Trainer?”
At this moment, the air was as still as death. Everyone was watching the situation, and Gui Ling was staring at Ge Ji Hua with a serious expression.
“If I tell you, will you tell me Kirlia’s future?”
“Absolutely, I promise you.”
Gui Ling sighed. He really didn't want others to know about Yveltal.
“Yes.”
Then there was a deathly silence again. After nearly five minutes, Ge Ji Hua closed her eyes, tilted her head back, and exhaled. She finally knew what the future would be like.
“Is your purpose in coming to me solely because of this Kirlia?”
“Yes.”
“Then everything makes sense.”
Ge Ji Hua flew into the air again, with two Meowstic staying by her side with their eyes closed.
“I saw it, you made Yveltal cause widespread destruction to its surroundings. The purpose must be to draw out Xerneas.”
“Draw out Xerneas?”
“Yes, it’s because of Kirlia. At that time, she was already a Gardevoir.”
“So! You mean? Xerneas can cure Kirlia’s life devouring syndrome?!”
“Although I couldn’t clearly hear your conversation in my prophecy later, I could see Xerneas releasing its life force and enveloping Gardevoir. I think Xerneas wouldn’t make a move without confidence, so it’s highly likely it can be cured.”
Upon hearing Ge Ji Hua’s explanation, everyone finally smiled.
“Kirlia! You’re saved! We still have a chance!”
“Kir-lu~”
Gui Ling happily hugged Kirlia and spun around. After stopping, Gui Ling immediately bowed to Ge Ji Hua.
“Thank you, Ms. Ge Ji Hua!”
Ge Ji Hua smiled. She also knew that Gui Ling was not some heinous person, but merely wanted to save his Pokémon.
“But I still advise you, before making this plan, please try to find Xerneas first.”
“Yes… After I go back this time, I will search with all my might.”
“Oh, are you implying?”
“That’s right, I want to challenge Bai Ke Gym!”
Ge Ji Hua smiled again. Gui Ling thought it was because of Yveltal and then added.
“No, no, no, I won’t call Yveltal, otherwise it would be a bit too much bullying.”
If that’s really the case, then I’ll just give you the badge.
No, no, what are the rules?
Then Gui Ling took out two Poké Balls, and Frogadier and Yveltal were summoned. Everyone’s legs went a little weak when they saw the oppressive Yveltal.
Ge Ji Hua was even more amazed when she saw Yveltal. She had witnessed Yveltal's destructive power before, so she naturally knew how powerful it was.
…(Did she really use that prophecy to expose me?)
I feel like we're both pretty amazing, one's a jinx, and one's a jinx magnet.
…(You're the jinx!)
Then tell me, did she expose you or not?
…(Too lazy to argue with you.)
The referee on the side took a long time to react, and then began to explain the rules of the match.
“The rules of the match are doubles. Both sides send out two Pokémon to participate in a 2V2. Whichever side has all of their Pokémon lose their ability to battle loses.”
“A doubles battle, huh?”
Gui Ling snapped his fingers, then sent out Frogadier and Kirlia. The rest of them gathered around Gui Ling. Gengar and Banette had released their Mega Evolution states.
“Gengar…”
“Ding-dong!”
“You two are still complaining about why you didn't fight? What if you really fought? Did you two think about the consequences!?”
“Ding-dong…”
“Gengar Gengar…”
Then Ge Ji Hua sent out two Pokémon, a black and a white Meowstic.
“Meow!”
“Meow!”
“Kirlia!”
“Frubbit!”
Meowstic and Meowstic VS Frogadier and Kirlia
“Use Helping Hand, and then use Future Sight.”
The two Meowstic began to hold hands, then the male one injected a golden energy into the female one, while the female Meowstic released several blue Energy Balls into the sky, then disappeared into the void.
“Future Sight, huh? That reminds me of Eli’s Familiar ~”
“Oh no, I’m getting into Identity V.”
In a manor in another dimension…
Eli: “Achoo! Who’s talking about me? Is it the Nightmare?”
Gui Ling coughed and then remembered the main business, immediately commanding Frogadier and Kirlia.
“Frogadier Water Pulse! Kirlia Psybeam!”
Two attacks struck at the Meowstic, but the Meowstic's ears opened and glowed, then it used Confusion to lift itself into the air to dodge the damage.
“It can do that? So they can fly?”
But Gui Ling thought for a moment and suddenly came up with an idea.
“Frogadier Water Pulse! Kirlia Psybeam!”
“It's useless, use Light Screen.”
Two attacks once again struck at the Meowstic in the sky, and then the male one released two Light Screens to block itself and the female Meowstic.
But unexpectedly, Water Pulse and Psybeam directly curved, circled around, and accurately hit the two Meowstic.
“Kirlia~”
Kirlia’s eyes emitted a blue light, and she used Confusion to control the Water Pulse and Psybeam to hit them.
“Good idea.”
“I learned this from you. Now, Frogadier, use Quick Attack!”
“Frubbit!”
Frogadier rushed over, releasing Quick Attack from his right hand. The two Meowstic once again huddled together.
“Both use Psybeam!”
“Meow!”
“Go straight through!”
But just as Frogadier’s Quick Attack slashed down, the Psybeam curved like before, bypassing Frogadier and striking towards Kirlia behind him.
“Kirlia Reflect!”
“Kirlia!”
Then the Psybeam was blocked by Reflect, but another one bypassed it and attacked from behind.
“Frubbit!”
Just a second before the Psybeam hit Kirlia, Frogadier bravely ran over and blocked the Psybeam with Quick Attack.
“Kirlia!”
“Fro! Gadier!”
Under the pressure of the Psybeam, Frogadier, who was originally struggling, glowed with a blue evolutionary light all over his body, and his outline also became larger and larger.
“It evolved!?”
Kirlia looked at Frogadier, who was starting to evolve behind her, and then a flash of light, and Greninja successfully evolved.
“koo-gah!”
And at this moment, the Quick Attack in Greninja's hand slowly changed shape, becoming long and sharp like a blade.
“This shape… is it the shape of a tang katana?”
Gui Ling immediately drew his tang katana to observe, and found that the proportions were exactly the same.
Greninja slowly walked in front of Kirlia, and gently knelt on one knee like a knight.
“koo-gah.”
“Haha, he’s expressing his protection for Kirlia, just like a knight.”
After Greninja stood up, the colorful stone that he had been carrying appeared in his hand. As the outer shell of the stone cracked, a blue ite appeared in front of him.
“koo-gah!”
“So that's it, you've been carrying this stone because you felt it had extraordinary power? Want to bet? Bet this is your ite?”
“koo-gah!”
Then Gui Ling slowly reached for the keystone on his wrist, and Greninja clutched the ite in his hand. Both burst forth with a fierce evolutionary light.
“May the ninja’s blade protect his body, granting the ‘scabbard’ that guards all!”
After the evolutionary light dissipated, Greninja, compared to before, still had some barbs on his head, and a red mark at the very top was particularly eye-catching.
His hands and feet had several more diamond-shaped patterns, and his knees and shoulders also had four shuriken decorations. The shuriken patterns on his body also became larger and larger.
“There's a picture, let's see if it can be sent out.”
“Since that's the case, Greninja! Do you still want to learn my sword techniques?”
“koo-gah!”
“Alright then! Here we go!”
Gui Ling also picked up his scabbard, slowly aimed forward to charge and draw his sword. Greninja and Gui Ling's movements were synchronized, slowly drawing their tang katanas.
“Super Greninja? This is my first time seeing it. Then Meowstic, continue to use Psybeam!”
“Meow!”
Psybeam was used again. Greninja’s figure flashed, and he rushed over at an extremely fast speed, slashing forward with Gui Ling, cutting through the Psybeam in one go.
“Dodge the attack!”
Meowstic immediately flew into the air, moving constantly in the air.
“Kirlia, use Confusion to lift Greninja!”
Greninja once again charged up his sword draw, jumped up, and also flew up with Confusion, rushing towards one of the Meowstic.
“Psybeam! Dark Pulse!”
The male one used Psybeam, and the female one used Dark Pulse, sandwiching Greninja from both sides.
“Back-turn Slash!”
After hearing the command, Greninja and Gui Ling immediately leaned their tang katanas against their backs, blocking the Psybeam with the blade, then swung forward and upward with a backhand.
The tang katana once again cut through the Dark Pulse, directly hitting the female Meowstic.
The power of this Slash was immense, and Meowstic fell directly from the sky.
But at this moment, Future Sight activated, and six void holes surrounded Greninja and Kirlia, then Energy Balls flew towards the two of them.
Greninja quickly used his tang katana to cut down the Future Sight. Kirlia was still watching Greninja's highlight moment and didn't notice the arrival of Future Sight, so she was directly hit.
“Kirlia!”
Greninja suddenly felt the Confusion disappear. He ignored the fact that he was still in the air and looked back in a panic, but only thick smoke filled Kirlia's position.
“koo-gah!”
But at this moment, a fair hand suddenly reached out from the smoke. As the light of evolution dissipated, Gardevoir walked out of the smoke.
“Gardevoir? It evolved too!”
But compared to Greninja’s evolution, Gardevoir’s evolution made Gui Ling very worried, after all, the prophecy appeared in the form of Gardevoir, which meant that the onset of the life devouring syndrome was not far away…
“Gardevoir~”
Feeling Gui Ling’s worry, Gardevoir smiled and tried to comfort Gui Ling, while bowing to the still-descending Greninja, lifting her skirt.
Greninja nodded reassuringly, and at the same time adjusted his body and quickly fell down.
“Greninja Water Shuriken! Gardevoir Moonblast!”
“koo-gah!”
“Gardevoir!”
Water gathered around Greninja, and then the water slowly condensed into a large Water Shuriken on Greninja's left hand.
Gardevoir radiated a golden light around her body, and at the same time, a purple Energy Ball slowly gathered at her chest.
“Meow…”
Meowstic had already realized that it might be finished. It covered its eyes with its two ears, trying to comfort itself, and then it was blasted away by an electric cannon.
Gardevoir and Greninja came to Gui Ling's front, and Gui Ling scratched his head as he looked at the two Pokémon.
“By the way, do we have to evolve during battles? Ralts and Noibat were the same before…”
“Gardevoir~”
“koo-gah.”
“Sound Wave?”
…(Who knows? Should I say you're unlucky or lucky? You even got an ite.)
“Ding-dong?”
“Gengar Gengar!”
…(Oh right! We're lucky, Gui Ling is extremely unlucky! Hahaha!)
“I’m still here! At least show me some respect!”
Amidst the laughter of the crowd, the two Meowstic were recalled by Ge Ji Hua, who looked at Gui Ling with a relieved expression.
“Such a powerful Trainer who cares for his Pokémon, treats them as family, and can even control a legendary Pokémon. This child’s future is limitless.”
Ge Ji Hua sighed. She knew that she absolutely could not persuade Gui Ling, and the prophetic battle still had to happen.
“However, compared to this prophecy, Yveltal, the Death God, may not cause destruction anymore, which is of great benefit to both Pokémon and humans in the Kalos region.”
Then Ge Ji Hua walked over with the badge and personally handed it to Gui Ling.
“Young man, I know I can’t persuade you. The battle that is meant to come will still come. But I hope that if there is a disaster in the Kalos region, you can lend a hand.”
“Of course.”
“If you can truly do that, we will not blame you for the prophetic battle, and in the future, please bring the power of death to protect us.”
Gui Ling nodded and accepted the badge, swearing that he would not forget Ge Ji Hua's kindness and that she could call him anytime if she had difficulties in the future.
Then Gui Ling left the Bai Ke Gym and embarked on a journey with everyone to find Xerneas.