"Ho-Oh, you're finally here! Quick, come and help me!"
Damian shouted to Ho-Oh in surprise.
But in reality, Ho-Oh didn't even notice what that shameless human was shouting.
This was because its eyes and mind were already completely overwhelmed by what it saw.
To the left, Origin Forme Giratina was pinning down Origin Forme Palkia and beating it.
To the right, Kyurem was similarly sitting on top of Complete Forme Zygarde, relentlessly breathing ice at it.
In the sky to the left, Stellar Form Terapagos and Shadow Lugia were blasting each other wildly.
In the sky to the right, Dialga and Primal Kyogre were clashing fiercely.
In the middle of the sky, Shadow Mewtwo Y and Shadow Rider Calyrex were also firing energy at each other.
A bit farther up, Mega Rayquaza Shiny and Mega Rayquaza were locked together in the air.
Ho-Oh was completely stunned.
Who am I? Where am I?
Could it be that Arceus had finally had enough of this world and let these Legendary Pokémon start killing each other? Was the end of the world coming?
Ho-Oh froze in place.
Heavens above, it had lived for so many years, but it had truly never seen such a massive, chaotic scene in its entire life!
What on earth was going on?
"Ho-Oh! What are you doing?"
Suddenly, a familiar human voice reached it, finally causing Ho-Oh to snap back to its senses.
"Stop spacing out and come help! That Evil Hoopa has been chasing me. It's too dangerous!"
But as soon as it came back to its senses, Ho-Oh made what it thought was the wisest decision.
It flapped its wings, turned around without a second thought, and flew away.
"Huh? Ho-Oh! Don't run!"
Damian was shocked. What was the meaning of this shiny oversized Fearow running away?
"Ho-Oh? Ho-Oh!!"
However, Ho-Oh turned a deaf ear to Damian's "heartfelt" shouts and simply kept accelerating.
Damn it!! This cursed brat! I knew nothing good would happen if he looked for me!
Ho-Oh cursed wildly in its heart. The first time it was Mega Rayquaza Shiny, the second time it was the three-way fusion Kyurem, and this time he wanted a world war, didn't he?
Is this something a human should be doing??
What kind of place was this? Ho-Oh could see several heavy hitters with just a casual glance, the kind that could pin it to the ground and beat it up.
Could it enter that mess?
Impossible. No way. Absolutely not.
Even though it had warned him a thousand times last time—telling this human not to look for it if he ran into this kind of trouble—he still did it!
Fine, fine. If you're going to be this shameless, don't blame me for looking out for myself! We are never meeting again!
"Ho-Oh?! Wait a moment!"
Ho-Oh didn't reply; it just sped up its escape.
It had made up its mind: it would absolutely not look back. Even if it died, it wouldn't look back.
And then...
"This Ho-Oh is way too lame," Hoopa Confined said, watching in a daze. It was the first time it had seen a Legendary Pokémon like Ho-Oh turn tail and run like that.
"Tsk. Hoopa, scoop it back. Since it's already here, there's no way it's leaving that easily." Damian clicked his tongue twice.
At the same time, he commanded Shadow Lugia to tie up Evil Hoopa for the moment and buy them some time.
Otherwise, Evil Hoopa would keep chasing them relentlessly, and he wouldn't have time to talk to Ho-Oh.
"You got it!" Hoopa Confined immediately took out the last gold ring it could still use for "scooping."
Whether it was Hoopa Confined or Hoopa Unbound, the number of Legendary Pokémon they could summon was related to the number of gold rings they could use.
Because Hoopa Confined could only control three gold rings, it could only summon three Pokémon at once.
It had already used two rings before to summon Kyurem and Mega Rayquaza Shiny.
In fact, normally, the summoning slot for Mega Rayquaza Shiny should have been saved, because the smaller Rayquaza could use its "Father, come help me" method.
But Damian was worried that Mega Rayquaza Shiny wouldn't arrive in time and would be targeted by Evil Hoopa first.
However, it didn't matter now. The current lineup was enough.
"Hoopa... Scoop!"
As Hoopa Confined performed the scoop, the gold ring expanded, and a completely confused Ho-Oh flew out of it.
The moment it passed through the ring and saw that shameless human, Ho-Oh's bird face immediately turned sour.
"Human!!!"
Ho-Oh gritted its teeth. This time it didn't run, because it knew it would be a waste of effort.
"Ho-Oh, I really need your help this time. Don't you see? That big evil guy is hunting us down."
Damian looked very sincere.
"I won't help. Send me back now!" Ho-Oh was very decisive.
"Ho-Oh, you said that as long as it didn't go against your will..."
"Human! You have already seriously gone against my will!"
Ho-Oh's telepathic voice was so high-pitched it almost cracked. It pointed its wing toward the battlefield in a very human-like way.
"Look at those ones fighting! You want me to go fight them? I'll be beaten to death, you jerk!"
Ho-Oh never imagined in its dreams that one day it would be dragged into a free-for-all between so many top-level Legendary Pokémon.
It was just a little Ho-Oh. If you asked it to carry a camera and film these Legendary Pokémon fighting, it might barely accept that.
But asking it to join the fight? How could it possibly be qualified for that?
"You won't, Ho-Oh. I believe in you."
"Do I have to thank you for that? I'm not going. Send me back."
Ho-Oh's attitude was extremely firm. Its eyes were steadier than ever before.
"Ho-Oh, you are a Legendary Pokémon full of mercy. How many people admire and believe in you? Do you have the heart to watch Hoopa get hurt by something like that?"
Damian's words were earnest.
Hoopa Confined cooperated perfectly, looking at Ho-Oh with teary eyes.
"Heh. You're afraid of it hurting Hoopa, but you aren't afraid of it hurting me??" However, Ho-Oh just let out a cold laugh.
It wasn't falling for it at all. It had seen through this shameless human. You want to trick it into being a shield?
Dream on!
"Tsk. Ho-Oh, you kidnapped my brother back then!"
Damian had no choice but to use moral blackmail!
"That wasn't my original intention! Besides, human, I've already helped you twice!"
However, Ho-Oh's righteous response left Damian momentarily silent.
This wasn't right. How did Ho-Oh become this hard to deal with?? It wasn't like this before.
"Ho-Oh, it's not good to break your promise like this, is it? This is already the last time."
"I'm not breaking it! Our agreement back then was that it shouldn't go against my will. Not to mention, it should at least be within my power, right?"
Ho-Oh argued its case. It firmly refused to admit it was breaking the agreement; rather, someone was simply making things difficult for it.
"Wow, you big turkey, do you have no shame?"
"You shameless human! You're clearly the one with no shame! You're even riding Yveltal!"
Ho-Oh glared at Damian. Calling it a big turkey—this person was too much!
Yveltal: "???"
Yveltal had been minding its own business, watching the drama. Hearing this, its gaze toward Ho-Oh suddenly became unfriendly.
What did this big turkey mean?
"Do you know who I am? I am..."
Damian decided to bring out his trump card.
But right then, a chill ran down Damian's spine. He immediately patted Yveltal.
Yveltal flew up on instinct.
Ho-Oh was still wondering what Yveltal was trying to do, but in the next second, a giant black wave of energy suddenly filled its vision.
Ho-Oh turned pale with fright. That damn Yveltal!!
Ho-Oh immediately tried to dodge, but it was just too sudden!
Boom!
Evil Hoopa's Dark Pulse exploded heavily against Ho-Oh's body.
Ho-Oh let out a cry of pain. Its entire body was blown away by the Dark Pulse. It hurt so much!
Even with Ho-Oh's special defense, this Dark Pulse made it feel intense pain. Evil Hoopa's attacks were extremely powerful.
"That guy is sneak attacking again." Damian licked his lips, looking at the distant Evil Hoopa, which was glaring at them.
Shadow Lugia was also quite injured at this point. After all, Shadow Lugia had to deal with Stellar Form Terapagos's attacks while also trying its best to intercept Evil Hoopa.
This was still too much for it.
Rainbow flames burned on its body. Ho-Oh raised its head and looked silently at the sky. Life was too bitter.
"Ho-Oh, are you okay?"
"Human, to use a human saying, I must have owed you in a past life."
After taking a Dark Pulse from Evil Hoopa, Ho-Oh didn't seem quite as agitated.
Well, in Damian's view, the big turkey had just been a little too worked up earlier, which was why it had been so rebellious.
"Ho-Oh, you have to believe in my character. I am someone who has received a gift from Arceus."
Damian took out the Azure Flute, using his trump card directly.
"???"
Ho-Oh's eyes widened as it looked at the Azure Flute in Damian's hand. Then it looked at Damian, then back at the flute, back and forth.
Ho-Oh fell into silence. It looked like it wanted to say something but stopped. Its eyes were blank.
Arceus... does it have cataracts?
"Fine. For Arceus's sake, I'll help you one last time." Ho-Oh finally compromised.
Its tone was sorrowful. It only hoped it wouldn't be beaten to death.
"Don't worry, I don't need you to fight those Legendary Pokémon. You just need to help us block Evil Hoopa."
Damian put away the Azure Flute with a face full of smiles. He had to admit, this thing was really useful!
"Once Kyurem and the others finish their opponents, you can retire with honor, Ho-Oh."
Damian promised Ho-Oh.
"I hope so." Ho-Oh took a look over at Kyurem's side.
Complete Forme Zygarde was being pinned to the ground and beaten by Kyurem. It was covered in frost everywhere.
It was easy to see how miserable Complete Forme Zygarde was.
However, Ho-Oh wasn't surprised. After all, it had personally experienced how powerful Kyurem was.
"Good! Now, use Light Screen and Reflect first, then go, Ho-Oh!"
Damian was very satisfied with Ho-Oh's resolve.
However, Damian still reminded Ho-Oh first. Without Light Screen and Reflect, Ho-Oh might truly be beaten to death by Evil Hoopa.
Evil Hoopa really didn't hold back with its strikes.
Ho-Oh actually didn't need Damian's reminder. Now that it had plenty of experience being a punching bag, it was very professional at this.
Once Light Screen and Reflect were finished, Ho-Oh let out a loud cry. Rainbow flames burned around its body as it launched a fearless charge toward Evil Hoopa!
Ho-Oh had entered the fight!
Seeing Ho-Oh charging at it, Evil Hoopa roared in anger. Three spatial gold rings formed in front of it.
Hyperspace Fury!
Three fists wrapped in black light punched hard toward Ho-Oh. Ho-Oh immediately stopped its movement, and surging rainbow flames met the fists.
Sacred Fire!
However, the moment the two attacks collided, the rainbow flames were torn apart by Hyperspace Fury.
Bang!
Hyperspace Fury slammed heavily into Ho-Oh. The barrier of Reflect lit up, weakening the damage of the move.
Even so, Ho-Oh still let out a cry of pain. Its entire body was knocked back, and it took a lot of effort just to steady itself.
The sharp pain coming from its chest made Ho-Oh's face twitch.
"With Ho-Oh as a shield, there's no need to worry too much anymore."
Seeing this scene, Damian felt much more at ease. Although it was impossible for Ho-Oh to completely distract Evil Hoopa...
With Ho-Oh's interference, it would be much easier and more convenient for Yveltal to dodge Evil Hoopa's attacks.
So, for the most part, there wouldn't be any more danger.
Once Kyurem and the others finish off Complete Forme Zygarde and Origin Forme Palkia, they could come to help.
How could he lose?!
Damian let out a satisfied sound. With Kyurem, Mega Rayquaza Shiny, and Origin Forme Giratina on my side, who in the world can stand against me?!
"Disappear! Disappear!! DISAPPEAR!!!"
Evil Hoopa roared violently. Its aura became more and more crazed.
Its hateful gaze stared directly at Hoopa Confined and Damian, who was holding it.
Feeling Evil Hoopa's deep resentment, the crimson light in the eyes of all the Legendary Pokémon controlled by Evil Hoopa grew thicker and sharper.
Their auras became more violent in sync. Their fighting styles became increasingly crazed, as they began to shamelessly trade injuries with their opponents.
"Gess~"
The Tera Starstorm pushed back Shadow Lugia. Stellar Form Terapagos let out a high-pitched cry and looked at Damian, its eyes flashing with a strange light.
Time and space began to fluctuate. There were not only ripples of time and space, but a streak of golden light appeared from nowhere, wrapping around the ripples and twisting their path.
"Eh? Damian? Damian??"
Hoopa Confined suddenly felt the space behind it go empty. It turned around and was shocked to find that Damian, who had been behind it, had suddenly vanished.
Wait! Where was Damian?!
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