Origin Forme Giratina hovered in the sky.
A crushing pressure filled the space between heaven and earth. Heavy rain fell from the dark sky, making Giratina's presence feel even heavier.
"This pressure... it's incredible!"
The corners of Damian's mouth slowly curled up, revealing his teeth.
Facing Giratina, the strongest among the six ancient Pokémon tied to Sinnoh's creation, felt incredible.
He was genuinely excited.
A low, hoarse roar echoed through the sky. Origin Forme Giratina raised its fierce head high. A ball of extremely dense energy condensed in front of its mouth.
Giratina used Draco Meteor!
The Draco Meteor, like a burst of starlight, shot into the sky. When it reached its highest point, it exploded with a bang.
One after another, dragon meteors with short flaming tails fell from above. It looked like a meteor shower.
However, this meteor shower was deadly.
"Protect!"
Damian immediately gave the order. It would be foolish to clash head-on with Draco Meteor.
Primal Kyogre immediately raised a green Protect barrier.
At that moment, Origin Forme Giratina dived down, following right behind the falling dragon meteors.
"Psychic!"
Mega Shadow Mewtwo Y's eyes glowed with an intense blue light. It aimed a restraining Psychic attack directly at Giratina.
However, Giratina's figure became faint and illusory again. The Psychic attack could not catch it at all.
Mega Shadow Mewtwo Y could clearly see Giratina's shape, but attacks could not touch it. It was as if it did not exist in this space.
"Shadow Force. So this is how it works in the real world."
Damian narrowed his eyes. He stared closely at that illusory, menacing shadow.
This was undoubtedly Giratina's signature move, Shadow Force. There was no mistake.
In the games, Shadow Force is a stronger version of Phantom Force. Both are Ghost-type physical moves.
In reality, Phantom Force involves a Pokémon slipping into a hidden space and then appearing beside the opponent to strike.
But Shadow Force looked different here. When Giratina's figure turned faint, its outline could still be seen, but its real body had shifted into another dimension. Because of that, attacks passed right through its image.
This made the move extremely hard to deal with.
As long as Giratina wanted to, its real body could shift into that other dimension at any time. By switching between solid and illusory, it could avoid attacks while closing in to strike.
It was an unfair advantage.
Boom! Rumble!
The dragon meteors kept crashing into Spear Pillar. This site, already reduced to rubble long ago, was being bombarded once again.
The explosions did not stop. Violent airwaves swept out in all directions.
Uxie, Mesprit, and Azelf used their psychic powers to carry Cynthia and Caitlin backward to keep them away from the aftershocks.
Primal Kyogre stood above them. Its Protect barrier blocked one dragon meteor after another.
When Draco Meteor finally ended, the Protect barrier shattered. Primal Kyogre looked up. Giratina had already closed the distance.
A ghostly light flickered on Giratina's body. It was still using Shadow Force.
"Ice Beam!"
Primal Kyogre retreated quickly. Ice energy gathered.
Even though Primordial Sea was bringing down heavy rain, Giratina resisted Water-type moves.
Because of that, Primal Kyogre focused on Ice-type attacks.
Ice Beam shot toward Giratina in a twisting path. However, Giratina lunged forward heavily.
Boom!
Giratina slammed straight through the icy beam. Shadow Force forced Ice Beam back with raw power.
Then Giratina crashed heavily into Primal Kyogre's body.
Primal Kyogre cried out in pain. Its massive body was knocked back by the impact.
Giratina's eyes were cold and emotionless. Lightning began to gather on its body.
Giratina used Thunder!
"Dark Pulse!"
Mega Shadow Mewtwo Y quickly fired a wave of dark energy.
In an instant, Giratina's figure became illusory again. Dark Pulse passed right through Giratina's body.
One could clearly see the illusory Giratina turn its head. It began charging toward Mega Shadow Mewtwo Y.
Seeing this, Mega Shadow Mewtwo Y immediately retreated.
"This is just too much."
Caitlin, who was watching the battle, furrowed her delicate brows. This ability to become untouchable at any moment was completely unfair.
"As long as it senses the attack in time, almost nothing can hit it."
"Yes. It shifts from solid to faint instantly, and it doesn't seem to have any obvious limit."
Cynthia nodded. She had been watching carefully. Giratina's transitions from solid to faint, and from faint to solid, were both like this.
"I wonder how Damian is going to defeat it."
Caitlin looked toward Damian. In her heart, she still had complete confidence in him.
It had to be said that this Giratina was very different from Mega Rayquaza Shiny and Kyurem from before.
Mega Rayquaza Shiny and Kyurem were overwhelming because of raw power. Origin Forme Giratina not only had terrifying strength, but also an extremely troublesome battle style.
This was very hard to deal with.
"Mewtwo!"
The illusory Giratina rushed forward, getting closer and closer. But because Giratina was in a faint state, it was impossible to stop it with a direct attack.
Mega Shadow Mewtwo Y had no choice but to stop moving. It raised a purple-black psychic barrier.
Seeing this, Giratina immediately turned solid. The sharp spikes on the sides of its body glowed with ghostly light.
Giratina used Shadow Claw!
Giratina's massive body slithered through the air. It suddenly accelerated as it got close to Mega Shadow Mewtwo Y.
Screeeech!
The sharp Shadow Claws repeatedly raked across Mega Shadow Mewtwo Y's psychic barrier, making a series of ear-piercing scraping sounds.
However, Mega Shadow Mewtwo Y's psychic barrier was very sturdy.
Giratina swept behind Mega Shadow Mewtwo Y and instantly twisted its body, preparing to attack again.
Giratina could feel that Mega Shadow Mewtwo Y's psychic power was very strong. But even the strongest psychic power would eventually run low, especially when it was being burned this hard.
All Giratina needed to do was keep attacking and force Mega Shadow Mewtwo Y to spend more psychic power.
"Catch it with Psychic!"
The moment Giratina turned around, Mega Shadow Mewtwo Y immediately used Psychic, trying to pin Giratina in place.
However, as if it had expected that, a spatial rift opened in front of Giratina. Giratina dove straight inside.
Shadow Force!
"It knows what it's doing."
Damian could not help but raise an eyebrow. Even with Mega Shadow Mewtwo Y's psychic power, it would be impossible to completely restrain Giratina.
But it would have been enough to briefly disrupt Giratina's movement. That would have given Primal Kyogre a chance to attack.
However, Giratina gave them no opening.
Giratina was far too good at using its own advantages. It did not look like something that had been shut away since the beginning of creation.
But that made sense. Through the Distortion World, Giratina could observe the real world. It had seen countless battles there.
To be honest, if the fight in LaRousse City had been against Giratina, Damian might really have had to retreat.
Because simply raising power levels would not be enough to deal with Giratina.
"Be careful, Kyogre."
Damian's thoughts flashed by, and he warned Primal Kyogre.
Primal Kyogre looked around alertly. Very soon, a spatial rift opened behind it.
Giratina emerged from it and attacked Primal Kyogre.
"Behind you! Ice Beam!"
Primal Kyogre turned around quickly. An icy blue beam swept backward.
Giratina hit Primal Kyogre first. Kyogre let out a muffled groan, but it did not stop Ice Beam. The beam swept across Giratina's chest.
The Ice-type beam was super effective against Giratina.
Giratina immediately turned faint again to avoid taking more damage. Using that state, it pulled back and widened the distance from Primal Kyogre.
Damian, who had been about to let Mega Shadow Mewtwo Y attack, saw this and did not give another command.
Origin Forme Giratina cast a cold look at Primal Kyogre and Mega Shadow Mewtwo Y. Then, its gaze settled on Damian on the ground.
Giratina's eyes flickered slightly. It was impossible to tell what it was thinking.
"Giratina, I have no intention of continuing this fight with you. As long as you let Dialga and Palkia return to normal, I will leave this place immediately."
Seeing that Giratina did not continue its attack, Damian thought for a moment and spoke.
To be honest, fighting Giratina was much harder than fighting Kyurem.
This thing's Shadow Force was simply too much.
Giratina's gaze remained cold. It stared at Damian. It did not answer, but it did not reject the idea either.
"You are very good."
"?"
Damian raised an eyebrow. That hoarse, low telepathic voice belonged to Giratina. There was no mistake.
Was it praising him?
"An impressive human. Your power."
Giratina repeated itself, acknowledging Damian's strength.
Of course he was impressive. Even though the exchange had not lasted long, Giratina could judge it.
Primal Kyogre and Mega Shadow Mewtwo Y were both very powerful Pokémon.
"Thank you for the compliment," Damian replied politely.
"I can let them go, but..."
Giratina's telepathy stayed cold. It glanced sideways at Dialga and Palkia, who were still slamming into each other in the sky.
"You have to do me a favor."
Giratina continued.
The corner of Damian's mouth twitched slightly. As the ruler of the Distortion World and one of the three great dragons tied to creation, what could Giratina possibly need help with?
Damian could only think of one thing.
"Let me ask a bold question."
Damian thought for a moment, then asked directly.
"This favor you mentioned... you wouldn't be asking me to help you fight Arceus, would you?"
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