Chapter 25 – The One Who Walks Beyond Time

The night sky outside Celadon City shimmered with silence. A gentle breeze rustled the leaves as if whispering ancient lullabies to the stars. Misty had long since fallen asleep by the fire, wrapped in her blanket. Psyduck lay drooling on her lap. Blaze snored softly, his tail flame crackling rhythmically. Riolu was curled against his side, content. Frogadier perched on a rock, motionless, watching the woods like a sentinel.

Kai sat awake.

He couldn't sleep.

Not because of restlessness, but because something called him. Not a sound, not a thought—something older than both. A thread wrapped around his aura, gently tugging.

Gardevoir stood beside him without a word, sensing the same pull. Her eyes glowed faintly.

"You feel it too," she said in his mind.

Kai nodded once.

And they walked.

Beyond the campfire's glow, into the trees, until the air itself stilled.

Then—

Everything stopped.

The leaves froze mid-fall. The wind halted. No rustle. No bird. Not even a heartbeat.

Time had been silenced.

A golden ripple shimmered in the shadows.

Then light.

Not just light—but presence.

Above the forest floor, something emerged from nothing. A shape of radiance, floating. Hoops of light spun around its form like planetary rings. Arceus.

The Origin of All.

His cosmic body emitted a silent hymn, a resonance deeper than sound.

Kai dropped to one knee. Gardevoir followed, lowering her head in reverence.

> "So we meet… earlier than fated."

The voice came from everywhere—above, within, beyond.

Kai looked up slowly. "Arceus."

The deity's gaze fell on him, deep as galaxies.

> "You seek answers about the egg. And you ask why I chose to place it in your path."

Kai nodded, his voice quiet. "Yes."

> "I stepped out of time's current," Arceus said. "Because you, Kai… and the child who will come from your future… she is not ordinary."

Golden dust swirled around them as the stars bent inward. The forest itself faded into void.

> "That egg is my avatar. A piece of me—not a clone, not a legend, but a divine splinter. Born for your daughter alone."

Kai's breath caught. "For her?"

> "Her heart will shape it. Her innocence will guide it. And when the stars fall… she will be the one to rise."

Arceus's voice was calm. Eternal. Weightless and yet world-shaking.

> "I am not born into the universe."

> "The universe is born within me."

Kai stood still.

> "I did not emerge from creation. Creation emerged from me. Before Dialga ticked, before Palkia stretched, before Giratina wept—I existed."

> "Yet… in your world's tale, I failed. A meteor came, and I could not stop it."

Kai frowned. "Yeah… that was always strange."

> "Because it is incomplete."

> "That meteor was not an accident."

Lightning flickered behind Arceus. Not thunder—divine memory.

> "It was a fragment of a universe I made… in boredom. A creation without balance. A mistake forged by apathy. That meteor was not breakable by avatars. Not by clones. Not by will. Because it was never meant to shatter."

Gardevoir's eyes widened.

> "But now… comes the change."

> "You and your daughter… are not bound by this universe's limits."

Kai's system flashed silently.

> [System Notification: Administrative Source Detected]

> [System Root: Arceus – Creator Verified]

Kai blinked. "You made the system."

> "Yes. A tool. A bridge. A test. A way to guide you—to shape you into the guardian of what comes next."

> "But this truth is not to be shared. Not now. Not with Misty. Not even with her."

Kai bowed his head. "I swear it."

From Arceus's core, a glowing sigil emerged. It floated toward Kai, embedding itself in the pendant at his neck—the one gifted by Sabrina.

> [System Notification: Divine Integration – Passive Aura Link Strengthened. Mental Stability Enhanced. Universal Sync: Initiated.]

Power flooded through Kai. His aura shimmered, then steadied. He could feel the beat of every leaf, every particle of stilled time.

Arceus began to fade into the light.

> "Your journey is far from over. But when your daughter calls me… I will answer. For she has given me a name."

Kai whispered, "What name?"

> "She looks at me not with fear. But wonder. She sees not a god—but a friend."

The world around them began to return. Color. Sound. Time.

> "She calls me… Shiny Moon."

And with that, Arceus was gone.

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Kai awoke at the campfire.

Misty still snored, wrapped in blankets. Psyduck was now on her stomach, twitching.

Blaze stirred slightly.

Gardevoir stood beside the flames, watching him. "He froze time," she said softly.

Kai sat up, the pendant glowing faintly at his neck.

"Shiny Moon…" he whispered.

And he smiled.

Because no matter how vast the universe became, no matter how powerful the beings they'd meet… his daughter's voice would always be stronger.

Stronger than fear.

Stronger than legend.

Even Arceus would kneel… to "Shiny Moon."

> Chapter End

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