Hearing Gardevoir's words, Zekrom agreed without the slightest hesitation.
'That beating was worth it.'
'Gardevoir's master, that means the same master of Gardevoir, Glastrier, and Rayquaza together?'
'If this time I can become the chosen Pokémon of that man, then wouldn't I be able to press the white dragon to the ground and rub it in?'
Thinking that, Zekrom grew completely excited.
Ever since the Dragon God split apart, the other Reshirams and Zekroms fled far away, while only Kyurem guarded the cave, forbidding the two of them from leaving Unova.
With no other duties for the Dragon of Ideals, Zekrom, and the Dragon of Truth, Reshiram, and with the twin princes who were once their masters falling into disagreement, the white and black dragons became enemies.
For thousands of years, he and the white dragon had kept choosing heroes, endlessly igniting battles.
Their struggle had long since sunk into their very bones.
In Zekrom's eyes, as long as he could press the white dragon down and rub it in the dirt, even being killed by Gardevoir wouldn't matter.
Just imagining the other side would capture either him or the white dragon made Zekrom so excited that he got up from the ground.
His vast consciousness energy left Dragonspiral Tower, spreading out to search across the Unova land.
By time, a month later was supposed to be the day they could emerge.
But with some means, it was entirely possible to come out ahead of time.
He had to be born before the white dragon, to become Gardevoir's master's Pokémon.
———
[Unova region, in a Certain Mine]
Some workers wearing safety helmets were busy digging up ore, one man using his shoulder to wipe away sweat.
"Brothers, let's give it our all. This batch of ore has already been reserved by a regional Champion."
"Boss Colress said it, if the buyer likes our goods and we make a long-term deal, then everyone's wages will be doubled!"
"Good!", The men in the mine all grew excited, each commanding their Pokémon to work faster.
Not long after, an Trapinch who was digging ore with Dig suddenly looked up in surprise toward the deeper part of the mine.
Its trainer, holding a pickaxe, came forward and patted Trapinch's head, "If you're tired, rest a bit, I'll do it."
"Once our pay goes up, I'll improve your meals, maybe you'll even evolve into a Vibrava one day."
Trapinch blinked. Suddenly, a thick dragon energy appeared on him.
The next moment, dazzling evolution light filled the whole cave.
When the light faded, a Vibrava stood before the worker.
On Vibrava's back, it carried a pitch-black orb like ink.
["Human… in a few days, your Pokémon will come back to you on its own."]
After a vast voice sounded, Vibrava quickly flew out toward the outside.
'Target, Dragonspiral Tower!'
———
[Dragonspiral Tower]
Axel gently held Gardevoir's body, waiting quite a while before she regained consciousness.
"What just happened?"
Gardevoir stuck out her tongue lightly, the fierce look she had inside the black dragon's statue now completely gone.
["Felt like there was a living Pokémon inside… so I went to check for you…"]
Axel scraped hard at Gardevoir's nose, "Without saying a word, you left your body with your consciousness, that's too dangerous. Next time you're not allowed to do that."
Hearing Axel's concern, Gardevoir nodded hard, looking like a little woman in love, ["But isn't it fine since you're here…"]
Seeing Axel's serious face, Gardevoir added weakly, ["Okay okay, at worst I'll tell Master first next time."]
"That's better," Axel nodded, not continuing to press her.
Actually, he didn't need to ask to know, Gardevoir must have triggered an Extreme tag, helping him check the time the black dragon would emerge.
But he didn't want Gardevoir to carry everything on her own shoulders.
After all this time, he already had the ability to face everything together with her.
"If there's nothing else here, let's go back to school first."
"Just now Flint messaged me, right now Gholdengo and the others have already gotten their ranking into the top ten. Tomorrow we can challenge the Elite Four."
"We need to get General his evolution materials earlier, and we still have to go to Sinnoh…"
Gardevoir nodded heavily, sending her words into Axel's mind through telepathy, ["Master, after this trip, can we come back again in a month?"]
"Alright!", Seeing Axel agree, Gardevoir grinned.
Thoughtfully, she put the other Pokémon back into their balls, leaving Axel's last few days in Unova for Iono.
Iono pursed her lips, her big eyes watching Axel, took a deep breath, and bravely spoke, "Axel, I just bought a yacht online called the Love, do you want to go play a day on the sea next to Blueberry Academy?"
Axel: "???"
'Buying a yacht online?'
'Is this really how rich women live their lives?'
"Sure, since the match is tomorrow, we can go relax a bit."
Iono buried her head in Axel's chest, her face flushed red, "Then you have to come with me to pick out a swimsuit first…"
Axel swallowed hard.
'Wait, this escalated to such an exciting part already?'
"Um… a guy going into that kind of store isn't great, right?"
Though Axel had gone before, back then no one knew him.
Now, he was at least somewhat well-known in the school circle. If he ran into a female student, he'd easily get mocked.
Iono blinked, "Then let's go to Sister Elesa's mall, I'll just buy a few of her shops."
Axel once again felt the power of the rich woman, and sighed up to the sky.
'Gholdengo, we still need to work harder…'
———
After Axel and the others left, the white dragon statue's eyes suddenly opened, the corner of its mouth curving with a strategist's smile.
"The black dragon… got beaten?"
"And there's the black dragon's aura… is he trying to emerge early?"
As the black dragon's rival, the white dragon understood him even better than Zekrom himself.
He instantly figured out what the black dragon wanted to do.
That guy definitely wanted to emerge early, choose his master early, and then press him to the ground and rub it in.
Thinking that, the white dragon sneered.
'With that impatient temper of yours, do you really think someone would wait for you in Dragonspiral Tower?'
'Rushing out recklessly, when you come back you'll only find nothing left.'
'This round… I, the white dragon, will likely get ahead of you.'
'The battle between us two will ultimately end in my victory!'
Thinking that, the white dragon's consciousness instantly left Dragonspiral Tower, drifting across Unova to search for the Light Stone's trace.
Very soon, the white dragon's consciousness fell upon a museum in Necrene City.
'Found it!'
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