Seeing Rayquaza in that berserk state, Cynthia couldn't help but part her lips in surprise.
Except for that time Dialga tried to steal the show, Rayquaza had always been emotionally very steady.
She was now quite puzzled, 'What on earth did Giratina say to Rayquaza?'
It actually managed to make Rayquaza so angry.
Axel tugged at the corner of his mouth and told Cynthia what he had just heard through his psychic link, and she couldn't help laughing.
Why did Axel's arrival make those lofty Legendary Pokémon one by one turn into goofballs?
The black-and-white dragons looked like squabbling heirs being scolded by their old father.
The Space-Time dragons, once arrogant, also turned into obedient captives at the sight of Axel.
Now Giratina had been knocked senseless and was making unreasonable demands.
Since meeting Axel, it felt like this Champion had suddenly become easy to handle.
Or put another way, since Axel showed up, the whole Sinnoh League ecosystem, aside from the Gym Leaders, had become quite workable.
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Shraa!
Rayquaza's dragon claws flung out in succession, tearing the air and space, slamming hard into Giratina.
Watching Rayquaza's rampage, Giratina was already stunned.
Its eyes were full of confusion and terror. It couldn't comprehend how Rayquaza could continuously use such instant-release moves.
'We're all dragon gods; why the hell are you the only one showing off like this?'
If it were an ordinary Pokémon, Giratina might have assumed Rayquaza's training methods were just extreme.
But, created directly by Arceus, Giratina knew far more than other Pokémon.
Rayquaza's actions completely violated Arceus's laws of creation.
Under these circumstances, Giratina lost all desire to fight.
Unlike its previous arrogant posture, it only wanted to break free of Rayquaza and slip back into the Reverse World.
It could sense that this black Rayquaza was different from the Space-Time dragons.
This one could truly crush it.
Unfortunately... Rayquaza had already latched one dragon claw firmly around it.
No matter how it struggled, its body couldn't get out of Rayquaza's attack range.
["Rayquaza, you'll regret this!"]
Giratina, seeing it couldn't escape Rayquaza, let a brutal gleam flash through its eyes.
It decided to abandon divine pride and attack Rayquaza's Trainer directly.
Reverse power condensed on its tail and was whipped out, forming in midair a seemingly tangible shadow dragon that flew toward Axel and Cynthia.
ROAR!
Seeing their Trainers attacked, Garchomp let out a great roar and dove with the force of a Dragon God, recklessly charging to intercept the shadow dragon, intending to block it midair.
Dragon energy and the shadow dragon's form collided violently, producing a massive explosion in the sky.
Purple Dragon energy smashed and burst against the murky Reverse power, forming a huge mushroom cloud.
As the world's top Garchomp, Cynthia's Garchomp completely had the ability to clash with a god.
Although Giratina was terrifying, a mere apparition could not possibly harm Axel and Cynthia behind it.
After two consecutive failures, Giratina's mind was already blank.
'What the hell is going on?'
'Exiled for years, now I'm the younger brother?'
'First I ran into a Gyarados that masters space, then an instant-skill Rayquaza.'
'When I finally try the decapitation plan, along comes an over-the-top Garchomp?'
Seeing Axel safe, Rayquaza slapped Giratina.
["Old geezer, give up or not?"]
["Not giving up!"], Giratina bristled, refusing to believe the world was full of such formidable Pokémon now.
'If you've got the guts, bring another one!'
["You looking for me?"], The moment that thought passed, a cold voice suddenly echoed by its ear.
Before Giratina could turn, a bone-chilling cold already wrapped its body.
At the same time, nearby Dragon energy was drained by Rayquaza, and the stream of consecutive Dragon moves paused briefly.
Almost instinctively, Giratina split off a shadow dragon form, biting apart Rayquaza's restraining claw, and its body was about to slip into the Reverse World.
Seeing Giratina trying to flee, Gardevoir's lips curled, and she vanished into midair.
When she reappeared, she was already at the gateway Giratina had just opened.
Her long spear thrust without hesitation, an extreme, icy aura pouring from the sky and spreading into the portal, freezing both worlds almost simultaneously.
Seeing Gardevoir's reaction, Giratina frowned deeply; its desire to destroy rose again.
'Getting beaten by Rayquaza is one thing, but now a Gardevoir dareds to interfere?'
'Even that quasi-deity Garchomp only dared to block my power to protect its Trainer.'
This Gardevoir wanted to stand in its way.
'Do you think riding a white horse makes you some kind of queen?'
Giratina gathered massive Ghost-type energy in its maw, planning to blast Gardevoir's ice crystals to pieces and crush her in the process.
With so many watching, the Dark King Dragon had to keep some face, right?
He could retreat today, but he would never let the world look down on him.
With a furious roar, Giratina sent Shadow Balls and the earlier shadow dragon apparition crashing toward Gardevoir with full confidence, eyes on the crowd.
'People of Sinnoh, tremble before my power!'
Suddenly, Gardevoir's spear flashed; its dazzling white turned pink.
The sky's ice and snow changed shape, all turning into pink butterflies.
Giratina instinctively felt something wrong; its fierce eyes widened, looking somewhat dazed.
It tried to use Protect to cover its retreat into the Reverse World.
But it was too late.
Before its shield could form, a bright, large moon appeared in the sky, radiating dense moonlight.
That moonlight seemed tangible, thickening the air.
Both the shadow dragon and the Shadow Balls it had just launched quickly withered away, shrinking as if melted, until they vanished into nothingness.
Giratina felt as if it were being seared by flames every moment; pain penetrated to its soul.
["Yo-you also have that kind of power?"], Giratina watched Gardevoir in terror.
It sensed that Gardevoir possessed a power similar to Rayquaza's, also able to release skills instantly.
["What... what are you people?"]
The mocking look in its eyes vanished; it stared at Gardevoir in horror.
Enduring the pain, it dove for the Reverse World without daring to counterattack, afraid that any delay would let Rayquaza catch it.
Giratina was truly panicking. Every day it had dreamed of escaping the Reverse World, stepping on the Space-Time dragons, and running rampant in the Pokémon world.
But now it seemed the Reverse Space wasn't a prison.
It was clearly its paradise.
The Pokémon outside were just too perverted.
"What the?"
"This works too?"
"Too strong!"
As Giratina fled into the Reverse World, it indeed heard surprised voices from others.
"Phew~", Giratina let out a light breath.
Although it lost, it still considered escaping before so many top fighters not a bad result.
'They should be impressed by my strength, right?'
But very soon, a rough voice shattered all of Giratina's illusions.
"I swear, I thought the fabled god of Reverse Power would be terrifying, didn't expect even Lord Axel's Gardevoir to beat it?"
Giratina: "???"
'Looking down on Gardevoir, huh?'
'If you've got the nerve, come and try!'
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