Rayquaza Vs. Groudon

It was now dusk.

However, for the present day where the sky had been completely covered in dark clouds, time had already lost its significance.

"Wow-!!!"

The dark clouds that tumbled with lightning corresponded to the sea with huge waves.

"Guh!"

At the same time, some fine bubbles gradually rose to the surface from the depths of the sea, followed by a trace of heat, light.

"Goo..."

The sea was gradually boiled by the heat that passed up from beneath the sea floor.

"Boom!"

The hot light carried a thick smoke flickering from beneath the icy cold sea water until pillars of hot lava rose above the sea.

The hot lava vaporized the icy waters.

The column of lava rose a hundred meters above the sea, hot and brilliant as if it was a giant firework.

Even the huge waves could not melt its heat.

The sea wind and waves were forced to stop for a while by the heat of the lava, and the magma spread rapidly under the pillar of lava, occupying a territory above the sea.

"Boom!"

Subsequently, the pillar of lava that surpassed a hundred meters directly shattered into a sky-wide rain of lava.

As the hot raindrops sprinkled down, a huge figure loomed from the place where the pillar of lava was originally located... It used the magma that was constantly spreading underneath its feet as its landing place, and actually stood so dashingly and domineeringly above the boundless sea.

"Roar!"

It was as if the roar of a mangy beast also resounded through the dark cloudy sea.

Groudon's figure finally surfaced under the scorching smoke - its limbs, torso, and head were inscribed with deep and arcane black lines, and brilliant blue light flowed through these lines and overflowed on top of the giant beast's body.

"Roar-!!!"

... ...

Looking out across the sea and the earth, the thing Aisha was most worried about had indeed happened.

"Groudon and Kyogre are going to awaken..."

At this time, Steven's phone call with Aisha was still in a state of connection - the former, who had returned to Rustboro City on the back of a fully-powered Metagross, had re-contacted the latter in order to obtain more valuable information.

"Did they wake up already?"

Steven asked Aisha's words back in disbelief.

"No."

Aisha denied Steven's words and said, "What you're talking about is also only the first stage of awakening, which belongs to the awakening of the physical body."

"Physical awakening?"

On the other side of the phone, Steven's voice was a bit confused.

Apparently, he didn't know that there were still so many secrets about Groudon and Kyogre's awakening.

"Well, Groudon and Kyogre came out of the 'Undersea Cave' and 'Mt. Chimney' under the call of the 'Red Orb' and 'Blue Orb' and awakened from these two sleeping places and gradually came to the earth and the sea, that is, the northern part of the Hoenn region which is mainly land and the southern part of the region which is mainly sea, respectively, to carry out a period of time of activities, just like a king's tour..."

"This..."

It was the first time Steven had heard of such a thing.

"You've probably also noticed that the last time Groudon and Kyogre awakened, although they continued to operate according to the closest distance to each other, the line of travel was still a bit strange before they met."

"Indeed."

Nestled on top of Metagross' head, Steven followed Aisha's words and pondered for a bit, coming to the conclusion of "That's true".

"These two Ultra Ancient Pokémon will gradually find a sense of control over their bodies as they continue to move forward, and at the same time, they will continue to influence the changes in the climate and weather of the Hoenn region, completing the awakening of their physical bodies."

The logic of their march was as if they were relying on the characteristics of Drought and Drizzleto set the stage for their duo to fight.

The entire Hoenn region had turned into a gladiatorial arena for Groudon and Kyogre.

"As their bodies awaken, they continue to regain their fighting instincts. Then the next thing to do is to complete their spiritual awakening."

"Spiritual awakening..."

Steven was like a professional cudgel, as Aisha said one thing and he picked up on it.

Aisha didn't spit out much, and explained what "spiritual awakening" was in a concise manner, saying, "The manifestation of this is that Groudon and Kyogre's battle consciousness is gradually rising, and the destination of their advancement is becoming clearer and clearer.

"And during this process, they will reverse their consciousness and gradually transfer it to 'Red Orb' and 'Blue Orb', controlling the person who holds them as their puppet, and also finding ways to summon these two. find ways to summon these two precious orbs to their side to further replenish their energy."

"That means Maxie and Archie have..."

"Right."

Aisha agreed with Steven's words.

"It's not bad if the two of them conceded and didn't take the two orbs, if they're still ambitious enough to take them, then they're probably walking corpses by now, controlled by Groudon and Kyogre."

"Horrible..."

Above the cold sea, Steven raised his hand, shielding himself from the splashing water and the increasingly hot sunlight in the sky.

The horizon of the Rustboro City had gradually come into his eyes.

"Last time, something probably went wrong with the awakening of Groudon and Kyogre, so much so that the physical and spiritual awakening didn't take place thoroughly, and after Rayquaza interrupted their battle, during this time, they were probably building up their strength and preparing to start their second awakening."

Standing on top of the altar of the Dragon God and preparing for the battle, Aisha also bathed in the raindrops pattering in the sky, and made some guesses about Groudon and Kyogre having been hibernating in the shadows for a long time.

"Then next, after the physical body and spirit are fully awakened, there is only one thing they will do... That is to fight!"

"Aisha-kun, can you tell me what their destination is?"

"Rurouni City."

Aisha responded to Steven's inquiry and said, "They will come to the same place they fought in the ancient time, use all of their strengths, and engage in a super duel in which only you and I will live or die!"

"Things have come to this point, and the battle is finally unavoidable!"

Saying that, Aisha's tone was even a lot higher and more excited.

"Steven, I'm going to trouble you to arrange the blocking battle between Groudon and Kyogre next, I'll bring my Pokémon to block Groudon first, so I'm going to trouble you to come a little bit faster with your support!"

"Wait, Ai..."

Aisha left such a sentence, after which he hung up on Steven.

"Caterpie, it's time."

"Mee!"

Aisha and Caterpie looked at each other, both seeing a touch of fervent battle intent from the depths of each other's eyes.

"Having you by my side is my greatest peace of mind."

Revealing a smile, Aisha looked in the direction of the land and said, "We've really waited too long for this battle."

It was as if his eyes had seen through the distance and saw Groudon over there.

Aisha wouldn't be afraid anymore.

"It's good to have a big fight, Caterpie!"

"No." Laughing a little, Aisha also corrected herself and said, "Rayquaza!"

[System assistance begins.]

"Buzz-!!!"

A bright light instantly wrapped around the Caterpie's rather large body.

This time, the light of evolution came to be even more brilliant and sparklingly eye-catching than any other time in the past.

"Roar!"

The heart-shattering roar of a dragon roared out from within the light, resounding through the vastness of the clouds.

Aisha's hair was wet from the heavy rain.

However, he revealed a pleasant smile.

Even in the midst of evolution, he could clearly perceive that Rayquaza's strength was much more powerful than the previous two times... That was the result he and Caterpie had acquired after working night and day.

"Roar-!!!"

Following the dragon's roar, Caterpie's body rose into the sky and disappeared behind the dark clouds that were drizzling heavy rain.

"Boom!"

Lightning was tumbling, and deafening thunder even interrupted the descent of the heavy rain.

"Lulli?"

"Ow!"

"Pult?"

Azurill was staring eagerly at the evolving Caterpie above the sky, while Charmander and Dragapult were a bit confused.

Vaguely, they saw the Caterpie's figure rapidly elongating, expanding, and morphing within the dark clouds.

In just a few seconds, its original body that was only a meter out transformed into a huge figure that exceeded a hundred meters and was enough to cover the sky and the sun.

The torso belonging to the Legendary Dragon emerged from between the dark clouds.

"Boom-!!!"

First, there was the torso that carried a golden-colored glowing pattern, followed by the sharp and strong claws of the dragon, and lastly, there was the dragon's head that was so powerful that it could not be described...

The dark clouds of the gods of the sea had disappeared to nothing.

The sky was restored clean.

"Roar-!!!"

Rayquaza descended here!

"Next, it's safer for you two to stay inside the Poké Ball." Unable to hold back the smile that spread across his face, Aisha retrieved the excited Azurill and the bewildered Charmander, and then looked at the nearby Dragapult, who had a dumbfounded look on its face and seemed to be lamenting that it had actually received Rayquaza Juvenile's 'Dragon Ascend' earlier, and said, "Dragapult, are you going to follow me first, or are you going back to Rustboro City to find Summer by yourself now?"

"Anyway, I have a feeling that Summer is already busy out at this moment, and you won't be able to find her when you get to Rustboro City."

"Pult!"

Dragapult pondered for a little while, and finally chose the former - not to mention whether or not it would still find Summer by going back to Rustboro City right now, the master herself had asked it to stay by Aisha's side at all times.

Moreover, based on Dragapult's knowledge of Summer, she would definitely choose to face the same enemy as Aisha.

In that case, if one followed him, one could still end up bumping into the master...

"Good!"

Aisha pulled out the Poké ball and retrieved Dragapult, after which he twisted his head to look at Rayquaza, which was perched above the sky, its huge body had even strangled the clouds.

"Rayquaza, let's go!"