"Cynthia? Is this Champion Cynthia?!"
"Ahhh! Who is this man! Dammit! Why is he allowed to hold Cynthia!"
"Waaaah, Cynthia actually has a boyfriend. Is my youth ending just like that?"
"Impossible! Absolutely impossible!"
"Curse him! I want to duel him! I want to kill him, argh! How could Champion Cynthia kiss him!!"
Damian looked at the comments from the people on the forum. They were losing their minds. His mood suddenly became very good.
It felt great!!
As he expected, it had to be a popular female Champion like Cynthia. She was the goddess in the hearts of many Sinnoh men.
He wondered how these people would react when Cynthia got pregnant.
Damian smirked and thought about it with a lot of interest.
They would probably be extremely shocked, right?
The next morning, Damian and the others returned to the villa in Lilycove City.
"Damian!!"
As soon as they returned, Zinnia immediately came to meet them.
"Do you know where Rayquaza went?"
Zinnia spoke quickly. She was busy training her Pokémon yesterday afternoon and did not check her phone. But when she came back, she saw the news.
The battle of legendary Pokémon in LaRousse City had destroyed the city completely.
There were a few photos in this report. Although they were blurry because they were taken from far away, Zinnia recognized them immediately.
Among them were Rayquaza and Kyogre! And Damian had caught Kyogre.
"How would I know that? Why didn't you come play with us?" Damian shrugged.
"And Caitlin called you yesterday afternoon too, but no one answered."
"Argh! I was training!"
Zinnia wailed. The chance to meet Rayquaza was right in front of her, and she missed it.
"It's okay, there will be other chances," Damian comforted Zinnia.
"Haven't you already prepared the Key Stones?"
Key Stones were not difficult for Damian to get. Zinnia actually had many Key Stones now.
Summoning Rayquaza would not be a problem.
"But I'm still a little worried."
Zinnia grabbed her hair and looked troubled. The closer she got to this moment, the more nervous she felt.
What if her prayer did not make Rayquaza come?
"If even you don't believe in yourself, how will you succeed?"
Damian felt a bit speechless.
To be honest, he felt that Zinnia's prayer could not fail. Not only did Zinnia succeed in the original story, but in this world, Aster had died in battle. Rayquaza could not forget that.
When a new successor appeared and prayed for it, Rayquaza could not ignore it. It would definitely descend.
"...If I fail..."
However, at this moment, Zinnia still felt a bit of hesitation and confusion. She did not dare to imagine the scene of her failure.
She carried the mission of her whole clan. She inherited Aster's Pokémon and Mega Anklet. She carried Aster's blood. She had reasons why she could not fail.
"We will all support you. Feel free to try," Damian smiled and encouraged her.
"You are the most excellent member of the Draconid people, Zinnia."
Damian's gentle voice reached Zinnia's ears clearly.
"Even if Rayquaza does not descend, just leave those missions you carry to me. I will solve them for you."
"Don't feel any burden, Zinnia. We are a community in the same organization. Since you trust me and joined Team Rocket, then I can also carry the weight of your life."
Damian patted Zinnia's shoulder to help her relax.
The Mega Rayquaza Shiny had not recognized him as its trainer yet, but they had a relationship. Damian believed that if he asked, the Mega Rayquaza Shiny would destroy a meteor.
Besides...
It was just a meteor. Even without Rayquaza, a powerful Primal Kyogre could easily break it.
Hearing these sincere words from Damian, Zinnia was stunned. She stared at the young man in front of her. She felt very warm and happy.
"What's wrong?" Damian noticed Zinnia's strange behavior and asked.
"Nothing. You really know how to say nice things."
Zinnia came back to her senses and turned her head away. Her voice seemed much lighter.
Yes, she was no longer alone. She had these reliable companions.
This feeling was very good.
"Anyway, you should prepare well first. Just tell us when you want to go to the Sky Pillar."
"Okay!"
Zinnia showed her energetic and fearless smile.
Caitlin wore a soft smile. Damian...
Over the next few days, Damian accompanied Lillie around Lilycove City.
And he also confirmed one thing.
"It seems the Viridian Power can make this little guy's consciousness clear for a while."
Damian looked at the purple crystal on the table. It was the stone where Jirachi slept.
"Yes, yes! That energy of yours makes me feel so comfortable."
Jirachi's pleasant and cute voice rang in Damian's ear.
"Can you give me a bit more? I don't have enough energy and I can't move," Jirachi said with expectation.
"Who told you to send all your energy to Forina?" Damian said.
Every time it woke up, Jirachi would absorb comet energy. When Jirachi fell asleep, its energy would be sent to the land of Forina.
That was why the Forina area was so full of life.
But because all the energy went to Forina, Jirachi did not have enough energy for itself.
Its body had turned into stone. Now it did not have enough energy, so it could not wake up completely.
Only when the Millennium Comet arrived and its energy shone down could Jirachi's body recover.
"Because Forina needs me!" Jirachi answered innocently.
"Forina is already growing very well. It would be the same even without your energy." Damian did not know how to describe Jirachi's selfless giving.
But this was also one of the charms of Pokémon.
"My Viridian Power is also limited. I will give you a little more every day. You can sleep now."
Damian once again sent some Viridian Power into the stone.
Viridian Power affected his mental strength. It could not be used infinitely. If someone used too much Viridian Power, they would feel dizzy or faint.
Damian's Viridian Power was high, but he could not give the huge amount of energy Jirachi needed quickly.
"Mmm... Damian is so cold." Jirachi sounded sad. It had woken up with great difficulty.
"When you wake up, you can play whatever you want."
"Then can you let me ride Kyogre? I've wanted to ride the big fish for a long time!" Jirachi was full of longing.
"?"
Damian tilted his head. He thought Kyogre would not like that.
On a small island in the sea, Steven and the others landed while riding their Pokémon.
"The last location is here."
Steven looked at the map in his hand. It was a very messy map, but the location was confirmed.
"Yeah, let's go in."
Leon looked at a cave in front of them. If they could not find Groudon here...
That would not be good news for them.
The group walked into the cave. It was not cool inside. It was actually very sweltering.
As they went deeper, that sweltering feeling became stronger.
The inside of the cave was complex. Steven and the others explored for about an hour before they found a path to the deepest part.
"It's too hot!"
Wallace wiped the sweat from his forehead. Looking at the reddish walls, he felt like he was in a furnace.
Wallace loved Water-type Pokémon, so he did not like this hot environment.
"It should be a dormant volcano. We are already very close to the center," Giovanni said in a low voice.
"Everyone! Look ahead!"
Steven, who was walking at the front, shouted to Cynthia and the others behind him.
Cynthia and the others quickly ran out of the path. The area ahead was very large. At the front was a pool of boiling magma.
But the important part was the Pokémon sitting in the magma!
It was a fiery red giant beast that looked like a huge monster. Its eyes were closed. Its two huge arms were in front of its body. Half of its body was in the magma.
It was sitting in the magma.
"Groudon!!"
Leon and the others were excited. Although it was their first time seeing Groudon, they knew it was the right one.
This was the legendary Lord of the Land, Groudon!
"We finally found it!"
Wallace was also very excited. They had gone to many places and looked in many caves.
But the result was good. They finally found Groudon.
This was the legendary Pokémon of the land.
"So what do we do now? It seems to still be sleeping."
Giovanni looked at the Ground-type legendary Pokémon with interest.
"And it seems to be sleeping very soundly," Nemona looked at Groudon. It did not realize that people had entered its home.
They were talking loudly, but Groudon did not wake up.
"According to what Tabitha said, the power of the Orb should be able to wake Groudon up." Steven thought.
"But we don't have the Orb." Leon looked at Wallace.
"Dammit! That evil Team Rocket actually used my name to steal and lie!"
Wallace's face turned red with anger. He got angry whenever they mentioned this. He felt he was elegant and pure.
They used his name to trick an old couple out of the Orb. He thought this was a terrible thing to do.
If news spread that he tricked elderly people, he could not stay in Hoenn.
He wondered why they did not use Steven's name.
"Groudon, we want to ask you to help us! Groudon?"
Steven shouted at Groudon for a long time, but Groudon did not react at all.
Steven's throat felt dry because the place was too hot.
"What now? We can't wake it up," Nemona asked.
Steven felt like his head was growing very big. They found Groudon, but it was sleeping deeply.
"Let me try?"
Wallace wiped his sweat again. His white cape was wet with sweat.
If this continued, he would really be a Water Prince.
"Since shouting can't wake it up, we can only try a physical method."
Wallace was serious. He took out a Poké Ball and released Milotic.
"Ah?"
"Is this okay? What if Groudon thinks we are enemies?" Cynthia frowned.
"Don't worry, everyone. My Milotic can control its strength. We must wake Groudon up."
Master Wallace waved his hand confidently.
"It is indeed worth a try. If we can't make Groudon wake up, our efforts will be in vain," Giovanni agreed.
"Alright, then I'll leave it to you, Wallace." Steven agreed.
"Of course. Steven, you can always trust me!"
Wallace spoke calmly. He did not believe Groudon could keep sleeping after getting water on its face.
Steven: "..."
"Milotic! Use Water Gun!"
Milotic shot a small stream of water at Groudon's face.
However, when the water touched Groudon's body, the heat turned the water into steam.
Groudon: zzzZ~
Steven and the others: "..."
Wallace: "Eh?"
Master Wallace was stunned. He wondered how high the temperature of Groudon's body was.
Wallace did not believe it.
"Milotic! Use a more powerful Water Gun!"
"zzzZ~"
"Milotic! Use Hydro Pump!"
"zzzZ~"
"Milotic! Use Hydro Pump with all your strength!"
Milotic's powerful water column hit Groudon's face. A lot of steam filled the air.
The Pokémon that cannot fly finally had a small reaction. It scratched its face with a claw, then turned to its side and went back to sleep.
It probably thought a mosquito was biting it.
zzzZ~
"This is too much!!!"
Cynthia and the others looked at him strangely. Wallace's face turned red from the heat! He could not believe it.
He felt that Groudon's reaction was an insult to him.
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