The room was nearly pitch black, just the way He liked it. It suited Him and felt tranquil, nothing like the loud, bumbling outside world. He stuck His hand in his pocket, took out a lighter, and lit His cigar. He then took a big puff and exhaled slowly out, leaving the smoke to waft throughout the room. He repeated this multiple times until this tranquility was interrupted by the blinding light from the hallway as one of His subordinates entered the room.

Normally, one in His position would end their miserable life on the spot, but He wasn't like those other power-hungry psychopaths. He knew better, though that's not to say He wasn't ambitious in His own right. Just that He knew their individual worth. There's no conquering the world without something to stand on.

"What is it?" The Man demanded to His aforementioned subordinate with another puff of His cigar. "You should know better than to interrupt me without knocking, so this had better be good."

The subordinate visibly flinched, which made The Man internally smirk; not that He'd ever dare show such emotion to His inferiors.

"S-sorry sir, but..." The underling regained her composure before continuing, as to not make a further fool of herself. "Sir...your "Business Partners" are within range of long-term communications. You no longer have to rely on those backwinded messages."

Even The Man, with all His composure, could not resist the grin that crept up His face at hearing that. "Finally."

"Leave me," The Man said with a wave of His hand. "I have much work to do."

The subordinate bowed and left while closing the door behind her, leaving the room back in tranquil darkness.

"Now then," He said as He pulled out a little remote from His pocket. He pushed a button, making a large holographic screen appear. The screen flashed and a dark figure barely illuminated by the crystals attached to its arms appeared. With a smile and one last puff, He put the cigar out and flicked it away. "Let us begin."

Kalos Region, scene of the Team Flare Disaster.

"NO! MOVE! IT'S NOT OVER YET, NO!"

A young boy with dark, scruffy hair looked at the red wasteland before him. A colossal green titan of unimaginable strength floated above what used to be a giant red imitation of the Legendary Zygarde and the man Lysandre who was mere moments away from destroying the world. The titan, the true form of Zygarde, now splitting apart back into its hundred cells, dispersed across the world, now having completed its duty of restoring order to the world.

"Zygarde…" The young boy said out loud in deep thought.

"Ash!" The consecutive voices of two girls and another boy yelled enthusiastically to him.

The boy, now named Ash, turned his head with a wide grin greeting his friends as he waved to them.

"Serena, Bonnie, Clemont! Hey!"

"Ash, did you see that?!" The younger girl, Bonnie, shouted enthusiastically, "Squishy was all like "ZOOM" and "WOOSH" and "KABOOM!""

Bonnie continued to make several more noises of the sort while flailing her arms around, amusing the others into small laughter.

"Hehe, yeah. Squishy- no, Zygarde- was sure something out there, wasn't he?" Ash humored her.

A high-pitched, nasaly voice rang out to them. "Friends!"

The group turned their heads to see the single remaining Zygarde Cell: Squishy.

"Squishy!", Bonnie cried ecstatically as she ran toward her friend and embraced it in a loving hug. "You were awesome out there, Squishy!"

"Yeah, you saved us", Serena agreed gratefully.

"Mm-hmm" Agreed Clemont, "You really got us out of a sticky situation.", Clemont piped on.

Squishy shook his head. "No, friends. It was you who saved me. Were it not for you, I would have condemned this world to a fiery demise. I owe it to you for for saving me from myself and that monster Lysandre" The Cell looked up to his holder. "Especially you, Bonnie."

The young girl's face erupted into a massive grin and hugged the cell even tighter at hearing that.

"So, Squishy", Ash said, "What happens now?"

To answer this, Squishy started glowing and slowly floated out of Bonnie's grip. "Now...now I must follow my comrades and prepare for the next imbalance."

"Squishy!" Bonnie yelled up to her friend, "I'll never forget you!"

Squishy's friends all stared at their friend and comrade as he flew into the sky and disappeared in a green streak across the red sky.

The four heroes stood proudly looking at the sky where their friend once was, pride etched on their faces. Despite Squishy being gone, none of them felt an iota of sadness for some reason. Perhaps it was because they might meet each other again one day. They could only guess.

"Ash, Serena, Clemont, Bonnie!" A voice shouted.

The four turned to see a man in a Blaziken outfit followed by a Mega Blaziken came running towards the group, tackling Bonnie and Clemont in a hug.

"You two...I'm so proud of you…"

"Uh...thanks?" Clemont hesitantly said.

The Blaziken Man seemed hurt before his face brightened in realization and he broke into a chuckle.

"Oh, haha, right. You don't recognize me. Well, I suppose now's a good a time as any."

The Blaziken Man released the children from his grasp and began to take off his mask, revealing a familiar face.

"DAD?!"

"Yeah, sorry for not tellin' you guys earlier, but you never know what someone might do with this information, haha!"

The interaction was interrupted by the roar of a familiar Charizard, followed by the beats of helicopter propellers and Blaziken Man furiously attempting to pull his mask over his face once more to protect his identity.

"Hey, guys!" Alain yelled with one of his rare smiles plastered on his face.

"You guys okay?" Alain's...friend Mairin cried out, holding her Chespin looking worse for wear in her arms.

Out from the copters came a veritable army of Pokemon and their respective owners. The four found themselves surrounded by praise and congratulations to them and each other. Ash and the gang found themselves trampled by their Pokemon in bone-crushing hugs.

"Gyah hah ha!", A large man with a beer belly cried out, "This calls for a celebration!"

"That can come later, Wulfric", The Psychic Seer Olympia replied, her tone becoming serious. "Our first objective should be to make repairs to the damaged cities."

Ash piped in, having finally escaped from the grasps of his happy Pokemon, though his trusty Pikachu now found himself perched on his shoulder once more, where he belonged. "We'll help too!"

"Pika!", His trusted partner agreed.

"Me too!" Serena chimed happily.

"As will I", Clemont agreed.

Alain, to everyone's surprise, jumped in. "I'm to blame for all this. I could've stopped Lysandre from doing all this, but instead...I betrayed you all." He clenched his eyes shut and gripped his hands to the point where Ash could've sworn he was on the point of drawing blood. "I NEARLY GOT EVERYONE KILLED DUE TO MY SELFISH ACTIONS AND COWARDICE! I COULD HAVE STOPPED LYSANDRE AT ANY POINT, BUT DIDN'T DUE TO ONE DAMNED DEBT!" He released his grip and hung his head, darkening his eyes from view. "...I will take responsibility. I will help the recovery...and you can feel free to punish me for my treasonous actions in anyway you see fit. Just leave my Pokemon out of this; they were only following orders."

Everyone simply stared at the broken trainer. Some dumbfounded, some cautious as they saw him with Lysandre, but most just stood there looking at Alain sympathetically. Ash took no time in reassuring his friend and rival that he was not to blame.

"Alain, it's fine. It's okay.", He put a hand on Alain's shoulder. "You're not our enemy. You've already proved that to me...to us. You never betrayed us, Alain. I saw you struggle with your conscience while I was trapped. If anything, you betrayed Lysandre! If you didn't help me, we would all be dead for sure."

"That's right!" Added Serena, "You were the one that ended up pulling out that other Zygarde's energy source, right?"

"That's right!", Mairin cried, "You may have been grumpy and mean at first, but now you're a great guy! You saved Chespy!"

"Trust me," Piped in the fire-type specialist of the Elite Four. "You're nowhere close to being to blame for all of this. I was much more involved in Lysandre's plan than you ever truly were. I'll be answering for my sins soon enough as well, but you're an astounding trainer with limitless potential. Don't let yourself get beat down by something like this."

"Malva…"

"I should say so," The voice of a woman spoke through a loudspeaker from behind them as she pulled up in her signature blue Jeep. Officer Jenny hopped out of her vehicle with an Arcanine and a Pyroar behind her. "Former Elite Four Malva, you are being arrested on accounts of high treason to Kalos, along with the attempted murder of billions and the destruction of Lumiose City. Your other Team Flare compatriots have already been arrested and are on their way to life behind bars. Come quie-"

"Shut up." Malva spat, "Spare me the speech, I was planning on giving myself up anyways."

Malva walked past Jenny's dangerous fire-types without batting an eye and let herself into the back seat of the vehicle.

Jenny stared dumbfounded, debating on whether that display was considered compliance or disrespect, but shook her head and simply decided not to think on it now that her job was done. She pressed the lock button on her keys just in case Malva would make a run for it, not that she thought she would. But one could never be too careful in the world of justice.

"In any case," Jenny said as she turned her glare to Alain, "Malva isn't the only one who's committed this heinous crime against nature."

Alain visibly flinched at this, but expected it to come eventually. The trainer sighed and held out his hands in acceptance as Jenny got her cuffs ready.

"Actually," Champion Diantha intervened, "This trainer was one of my personal spies in the effort of taking down Team Flare."

"Wait wha-" His voice was silenced by Mairin jumping up and covering his mouth with a "Shh!" in his ear.

"Oh, is that so?" Jenny said with surprise, "This boy must be incredibly loyal if he was willing to be arrested to remain in secret."

"Just so," Champion Steven piped up, catching on to Diantha's little scheme. "Yes, a loyal young trainer like him deserves the utmost praise for sticking to his act until the very end."

"But I-" Alain pleaded, now having gotten Mairin off of him only to be tackled to the ground by his signature Charizard.

"Haha, even now he sticks to his character." Diantha said with a painfully obvious fake laugh that somehow went unnoted by Officer Jenny.

Jenny looked awestruck. "Well, my apologies, Mr. Alain, I had you all wrong."

Bonnie deadpanned. "This is who our police force is?"

Alain's response was a look that showed him feeling less than stellar about this whole situation, not that Jenny could see from her angle.

"How do you keep him so loyal?"

"Well," Diantha shot a smug look toward Alain, "Let's just say he owes me a few favors."

Alain audibly groaned in displeasure at hearing that, making the group, and Jenny, laugh.

The reconstruction of Lumiose City seemed to be going well enough. Alain and his Pokemon were helping as much as possible, partly due to his extreme guilt at playing a major hand in its destruction and watching as it happened before his very eyes...but mostly due to the little "incident" with Diantha. No, that was one debt that would not soon be forgotten. Though, on the opposite side of the spectrum, Ash and the gang were happily willing to contribute to their fullest in that regard.

Ash's Greninja could be commonly seen hopping into collapsing buildings to rescue people while his Talonflame escorted them to safety. Clemont had his Bunnelby digging through crushed rubble or to just knock over buildings that were damaged beyond use. Bonnie had her Deddene and Ash's Pikachu going around and attempting to give power back to facilities around the city.

Ash looked up at the tower that had nearly cost him his life after he plummeted to his near death after attempting to reason with Professor Sycamore's enraged Garchomp. Ahh, memories.

"Reminiscing, Ash?" Clemont asked from behind.

"Yeah. By the way, I've finished all my daily repairs." His glasses gleamed in the sun with a smirk plastered on his face. "And speaking of repairs,.."

Clemont's robot friend, Clembot, appeared behind him, looking shiny and unscathed.

"Clembot!" Ash greeted with a smile, "You're back!"

The robot simply stared at Ash blankly.

"Clembot?"

Clemont frowned and shook his head. "This isn't the same Clembot…" He walked over to NEO Clembot's side. "I managed to give him a consciousness once more, but...the original was unrecoverable."

Before Ash could offer his condolences, he was interrupted with a wave of Clemont's hand and his cheery attitude returned. "But that's not necessarily what I wanted to talk to you about, Ash."

"Oh, what didja want to talk about then, Clem?" Ash asked.

"I wanted...one last rematch with you, Ash. I figured you'd be leaving Kalos to continue your adventures, so I wanted to settle the score, ya know?"

Ash's signature grin returned. "Yeah, I figured you would. Hey, Pikachu!"

Ash's partner peeked his head out from behind Lumiose Tower where he'd been giving his excess electrical power to try and revive the Gym. "Pi?"

"Clemont here wants a battle before we hit the road! Whaddya say, buddy?"

Ash's response was his mouse partner running up and jumping onto the ground in front of his lifelong friend.

"Pi, Pika-Pi!"

"Let's make this one to remember, Ash." Clemont sent out his first partner Bunnelby.

"I'll make sure you never forget it!" Ash retorted. "Pikachu, Quick-Attack!"

In compliance, Ash's partner blitzed towards the grey rabbit he was opposing and rammed into him full force.

"Mud Bomb!"

Bunnelby righted himself midair and used its powerful legs to jump off the building it was flying towards and hucked two balls of mud at his yellow adversary which exploded on contact, sending the mouse flying backwards.

"Pika-a!" He cried.

"Pikachu, Iron Tail!" His best friend ordered.

Eagerly, he complied, making his tail glow silvery-gray and rushed towards his opponent.

"Dig, now!"

Bunnelby wasted no time in following orders, just barely saving himself from getting whacked by the powerful attack as he burrowed underground.

"Change course and carry your momentum into the ground!" Ash ordered.

Pikachu spun around and planted his arms on the ground, letting his heavier iron backside spin and carry him upward where he did a flip, smashing his metallic tail into the ground with a massive shockwave that nearly destroyed the battlefield.

"Bunnelby, use the force of the attack to jump out!" Clemont retorted.

Just as ordered, the grey rabbit used the force of the Iron Tail to propel himself out of the ground high above Pikachu.

"Now use Dig on Pikachu!"

"What?!"

Bunnelby maneuvered his body headfirst towards Pikachu and did a full-body tackled into Pikachu from above, sending them both hurtling deep into the ground.

"Fight back with everything you have, Pikachu!" Ash ordered, "You can take it from here!"

Needless to say, Clemont was taken aback by this command...why hadn't he thought of that?! Without hearing the commands, Clemont couldn't counter them!

"You're on your own too, Bunnelby! I can't give you orders anymore!"

Many large eruptions of dirt and stone followed suit in rapid succession until a voice could be heard from underneath.

"Chuuu Pi-KA!"

Both trainers had to shield their eyes as massive amounts of dirt erupted from the battlefield from what could only be deducted as Pikachu's Iron Tail. When the dust settled, a massive crater deeper than either could see the bottom of was all that could be seen of either Pokemon. It wasn't until minutes later that two brown ears could be seen trudging out of the crater.

"Bunnelby?!" Clemont and Ash simultaneously yelled.

"...No, wait...IT'S PIKACHU!" Ash cried with joy.

Pikachu came strutting up out of the crater with the scruff of an unconscious Bunnelby in his hand raised triumphantly above him.

"Piiiiiiii!"

"Bunnelby!" Clemont cried as he ran up to his fallen partner, who'm Pikachu happily handed off.

"Nice job, Pikachu!" Ash complimented as he ran up to his own respective partner who jumped into Ash's arms in a celebratory embrace.

Clemont sighed as he acknowledged his defeat and walked over to his friend with his Bunnelby unconscious in his arms.

"Nice job, Ash. I guess I couldn't hope to defeat you after all, knowing all you've accomplished."

"What?!" Ash demanded, "No way, you were amazing out there! I was shaking the whole fight!"

"Hehe, I'm just surprised I lasted that long. I expected to just get batted away."

"Heh, were you going easy on him, Pikachu?" Ash asked his partner, to which he shook his head and ran up to the side of Lumiose Tower and pulled out a large wire from the side and released a Thunderbolt into it, lighting the tower for a few seconds to signal what he had been doing before the fight.

"Oh, so you were just tired from powering buildings all day, huh buddy?"

"Pi, Pika!" was his proud answer.

"Oh, so he was tired," Clemont deduced, not so much with sadness or disappointment. More just like testing out the thought or concept.

"Yeah, sorry about that. We can have a rematch later if you want."

Clemont shook his head. "Nah, there's no point in that. You beat me when you were weakened. I wouldn't stand a chance against you at full power."

A genuine smile appeared on Clemont's face. "And besides, all I wanted was a battle to remember anyways. And that was one battle I'm sure neither of us will be forgetting soon, right?"

Ash's smile matched Clemont's. "Right. That'll be a battle for the ages."

Clemont nodded and looked up at the night sky. A whistle escaped Ash's mouth as he caught on as well.

"Gettin' late, huh? I got a long trip tomorrow back to Kanto, so I'd better be gettin' some sleep."

Clemont chuckled, "Haha, alright Ash. Let's get ready for bed."

After a long day of work and a battle, sleep seemed like heaven for the two young trainers. After all, one of them had a large flight tomorrow and the other had a gym to run...and repair...but as the two were walking back to their apartment they were renting, Ash's Greninja hopped off a building in front of them and motioned for them to follow before hopping away once more.

"What's his deal?" Clemont asked.

"Dunno, but he looked pretty serious about it."

Serena and Bonnie came running up behind them, probably having completed their work for the day.

"Hey," Serena said, "We just saw Greninja come and go like that."

"Yeah, what happened?"

"Dunno," Ash replied, "Let's go find out."

As the four left the city, they found themselves in a dark forest nearby.

"U-uh Ash?" Bonnie pleaded, "I don't like this…"

"Yeah, I can feel something really bad out here," Serena agreed.

Almost on cue, a giant blackish-red tentacle erupted from the ground, causing Serena to scream, only to be immediately cut down by Ash's Greninja.

Serena let out a relieved sigh. "That nearly gave me a heart attack…" She said with her hand on her chest.

"Greninja," Ash said, " So this is what you were telling me…"

"Indeed," A voice spoke out from behind the trees.

Out from the trees came Zygarde himself in his serpentine form. It stared deeply at each trainer before continuing.

"As you can see, even though the Megalith Zygarde that monster Lysandre created is completely destroyed, its tentacles still remain. No matter how many you cut down, more come in their place."

True to its word, more tentacles erupted out where the first one was killed.

"Greninja, let's go!" Ash ordered, to which Greninja nodded. The two performed multiple hand signs in sync which acted to merge the minds of the two. Both trainer and Pokemon could begin to feel what the other felt; see what the other could see. In no time at all, Greninja stood on its hind legs, grew a red cross-like figure on his forehead, and bangs on the sides of his neck.

"YEAH!"

"GREN!"

Ash-Greninja reached behind their back and pulled out a giant water-shuriken that had appeared on their back and threw it like a disc at the tentacles, only for several more to grow behind them. Ash-Greninja acted as if he threw another one toward the new tentacles, signaling the Water-Shuriken to whizz back around like a boomerang and slice the new tentacles around. Even more tentacles surrounded them as the others died.

In response, Ash-Greninja summoned a second Water-Shuriken and started spinning them in every which direction, cutting down any tentacle that dared get near to this force of nature...that is, until one managed to duck underneath an incoming shuriken and ram into Ash-Greninja, sending him flying and making them disoriented. They winced as another one tried to strike.

"Braixen, Flamethrower!"

A streak of fire cut through the incoming tentacle and burned it to cinders.

"Serena, nice work!" Ash commented.

Serena blushed at the praise from her crush. "Thanks, Ash, but it's not over just yet. Braixen, Flamethrower once more!"

Braixen complied in the form of another swerving Flamethrower that cut and burnt through many more tentacles. Seeing their chance, Clemont and Bonnie sent out their Pokemon too.

"Dedenne, Thunderbolt!"

"Magneton, Discharge!"

The two Pokemon went back-to-back and fired off electric bolts every which way. At that point, Ash had jumped back into the fray and tentacles were now falling left and right. It took what seemed like hours before the tentacles stopped coming.

"Is...hah...is that the last of them?" Ash asked, his legs wobbling from feeling what his Greninja felt.

"I dunno...it seems to be that way tho-"

Serena was interrupted by the ground itself shifting to make way for hundreds of erupting tentacles.

"N-no way…" Bonnie said in disbelief and sheer fear.

Clemont scowled. "There's still more?!"

"I'll take it from here," Zygarde finally said.

The green order-keeping serpent raised its mighty head and raised a massive multicolored ball above its head.

"DRAGON PULSE!"

With the swing of its head, hundreds of the corrupted tentacles were completely obliterated, leaving seemingly no trace of any of them as they disintegrated into less than dust.

The four trainers and their respective Pokemon stood mouth-agape at the sheer overwhelming power of Zygarde. This was the power of a Legendary Pokemon.

"Did...did you get them all?" Serena tentatively asked, shaken at this display of power.

"For the moment, yes. My power acts as an antithesis of these tentacles, so their root should be sealed off. But that only means its attacks on other areas will be more brutal and I will have to use more and more of my Cells to repel an attack in a single area while others are being completely destroyed. My point being, Ash, ...that I would like to recruit your Greninja temporarily so that I may divide my powers and still achieve similar results."

"Recruit Greninja?"

Zygarde nodded. "It would be of great help if you would."

Ash turned to his secondary partner. "If it's alright with Greninja, it's alright with me, but...our power can only be fully unleashed when we're together."

Zygarde shook its head. "Your bond is everlasting. At this point, your Greninja should be able to initiate the transformation at will. It might not be quite as powerful as it would be should you be together, but it will be enough."

Ash once again turned to his partner, who in turn transformed into his Ash-Greninja form to prove Zygarde's point.

"Greninja...is this truly what you want?"

Greninja nodded, as serious and determined as could be.

Ash's friends expected Ash to be angry. After all, his destined partner was leaving him for his own purposes, however noble those purposes may be. But to their surprise, excluding Zygarde and Greninja, Ash simply smiled happily.

"Then go for it, buddy."

The two best friends engaged in one last hug before Ash turned away and motioned for his friends to follow. Ash turned back to see his friend and Zygarde one last time only to see that the two were already gone.

On the way back, no one dared say a thing for the longest time, unsure to touch up on what they thought to be an incredibly touchy subject at the moment until Serena finally mustered up the courage to gingerly touch Ash on the shoulder.

"You...you okay, Ash?"

To her surprise, Ash turned around with a bright smile plastered on his face.

"Me? Never been better!"

"What? But Greninja just left…"

"And I couldn't be prouder. He's made this choice for himself. I know I'd do the same in his shoes."

"Wow...that's surprisingly mature, Ash…"

Ash nodded, "He's made this choice for himself, so all I can do is support him through it."

Serena smiled at this. She knew there was a reason she liked this boy so much.

The next day at the Lumiose City airport, now that is was fully operational once again, Ash and Co. were readying for their separate departures. Ash was heading back to Kanto for a temporary break, Serena was heading to Hoenn to try her hand at Co-ordinating, and Clemont was staying behind to continue what little repairs there were left...mostly what was the result of his and Ash's final battle, and to run the Gym like he was supposed to. Maybe he'd find a way to restore Clembot's memories later on. But for now, he had friends to say farewell to. First came Serena.

"Serena, take care," Clemont said to her.

"Yeah, and don't you ever let one defeat bring you down," Ash cheered, "You'll do great out there, I just know it!"

"You'll always be a big sister to me, Serena!" Bonnie chirped happily as Serena descended down the escalator to her flight.

Serena giggled with a blush, "Thank you all! I'll never forget you!"

But something felt...wrong...what was she doing?! She wasn't done with Ash just yet. With a smirk on her face, she rushed back up the escalator and stared Ash deep in the eyes before planting a full blown kiss on his mouth as she tiptoed to reach him. Ash stared dumbstruck while the rest had either dumbfounded or ecstatic looks on their faces. Yep. Now...now she was satisfied. She gave him one last bright smile before running out of sight to her flight.

Ash sat in his flight seat in deep thought about what had transpired. He was friendly enough with her, but he'd never suspected she'd felt that way about him. Then again, he never was apt at figuring that stuff out. After all, two other girls had kissed him in a similar way before and he never thought anything of it before or after. But this one bugged him. Not in a bad way, mind you, but this one felt...weirder than the others. Eh, he'd think about it later. As for now, he had a very tiring night and desperately needed sleep. Eventually, fatigue overcame him and forced his eyes shut.

Ash stretched his arms above his head as he stood on a hill overlooking his hometown, his first partner and best friend perched on his shoulder.

"Phew...we're finally home, buddy."

"Pi, Pika-pi" His partner agreed.

The two started their trek back home until they heard a familiar voice yell behind them.

"Is that…?"

Serena came running up to them with the brightest smile Ash had ever seen plastered on her face.

"AAAAAASSHH!"

Serena jumped into Ash's arms and fully embraced him in a tender kiss while Pikachu cheered in the background.

HALL OF ORIGINS

In an empty space in a place far beyond human comprehension, the Alpha Pokemon Arceus himself stood in front of every Legendary Pokemon currently known.

"Might I have thine attention?" He bellowed, silencing his crowd.

"Today we commemorate the achievements of Zygarde, the keeper of order. He, along with my chosen one and his companions, fought off total world extinction."

Some of the smaller more childish Legends cheered, such as Mew, Manaphy, and Victini happily while the larger, more prideful Legends simply nodded in approval.

"So, where are they?" Groudon asked, "Did they not bother to show up to their own accolades?"

"Zygarde is currently split into thousands of cells spread across Kalos, continuously fighting off the the remnants of his adversary. Even now, he cherishes order and peace above all else."

Again, the smaller Legends cheered.

However, one Legend merely scoffed at that. "Is that all?" Demanded the lord of the Distortion World, Giratina, "I tire of this meaninglessness."

In response, Arceus stamped his foot into the ground, creating a shockwave that made everyone else in the room, even the likes of Giratina and Yveltal, flinch.

"Stay your tongue, usurper." He commanded. "Zygarde has done more for us in a single day than you have in your entire existence! You have no right to be criticizing Zygarde after all you've done."

In return, Giratina stamped one of his tentacles into the floor. "You stay your tongue! Was it not I and my brethren who had to stop you from destroying the world after you were beaten by the humans?!"

The Legends flinched, instinctively making themselves seem smaller to avoid their divine father's wrath. Against the expectations, Arceus didn't threaten to erase Giratina on the spot for his insolence. Instead, his glare softened and eventually died down.

"...You are correct in that regard, my son. However, that is no excuse to belittle Zygarde's achievements this day."

The Beast of the Seas, Lugia, nodded. "What Lord Arceus says is true, Giratina. There is no point in starting needless conflicts. It serves no purpose but to start chaos that will only end up hurting us later on."

"By the way," Mew piped up, "Your grammar's wrong, Tina. You should've said "My brethren and I" instead of "I and my brethren."

Giratina's eye visibly twitched, but knew better than to argue with Mew. Instead, he just simply growled and excused himself back to his eternal banishment, the Distortion World, muttering, "Annoying brat," under his breath. At least there, it was more silent than anywhere Mew had any part of.

That comment didn't escape Mew, who merely let out an amused giggle in response. "You're so boring these days, Tina."

Arceus simply bowed his head and sighed. "Very well. I suppose this meeting is over, so the rest of you are excused as well."

The Legends bowed and complied, disappearing from their perches through a designated portal behind their seats. However, one stayed behind. It was the DNA Pokemon, Deoxys.

"Milord,' He started with a bow.

"Oh?" Inquired Arceus. "You usually don't speak unless spoken to, Deoxys. What has you speaking now?"

Deoxys paused, unsure how to bring up his problem...their problem.

"Milord...you do know the circumstances of my appearance here, correct?"

"Outside of the fact that you came from a meteor, no, I never pried for more information."

Deoxys looked down at the white floor, humming to himself in thought. "Milord...I believe that I can no longer keep that secret any longer…"

"And why is that?"

"Because it is no longer my problem alone."

This raised an eye of interest from the Alpha Pokemon. "Oh?"

"It is now time for me to fully tell you the story of my appearance here...long ago, my planet was a flourishing warrior race. We were unrivaled due to our psychic powers and the ability to change between two forms...but one day, our planet was ransacked and destroyed by a space pirate and his crew."

The DNA Pokemon's face contorted with rage at the memory of what happened. "They completely obliterated us. One of his sentinels alone, a monstrous dark creature that consumed everything it laid eyes on, destroyed a fourth of my entire race with ease before the leader himself decided to show up and obliterate us himself."

Deoxys pictured a figure cloaked in black, prismatic armor. Two white crystals jutted out of its arms. "Our combined psychic power was NOTHING to him. He reversed our psychic power with ease and made our minds implode with his sheer power. Had I not hesitated due to my cowardice, I would have been killed as well. I escaped by condensing my body into a dense, red triangle and escaped on the debris of my decimated planet. After thousands of years, I finally approached this planet."

Arceus closed his eyes, humming in thought. "And that is when you met Rayquaza when he attempted to intercept you, correct?"

Deoxys nodded. "Precisely. When I awoke, I attacked Rayquaza in fear, and the rest is history."

"So why," Asked the Alpha Pokemon, "Are you telling me this now?"

Deoxys looked back up at the Pokemon god, a look of terror evident in his eyes. "Because...he is on his way here at this very moment. I can feel his sheer power despite being galaxies apart...I fear that when he arrives, he will do the same to our planet."

Arceus narrowed his eyes. "Deoxys… what is his name?"

"...Necrozma…"

Author's note.

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