"Gengar."
Gengar floated to Lucas's side, quietly waiting for him to continue.
"Shall we go find Celebi in a bit?"
"Gen gengar?"
"Has it arrived?"
Gengar looked around but didn't see Celebi anywhere.
"It hasn't come; this time, we're going there to find it."
Lucas tugged at the corners of Gengar's mouth and said with a smile.
Gengar's eyes rolled around as it mumbled its agreement.
Seeing this, Lucas stood up and walked toward Cynthia.
"Lucas, do you want to go to Galar? I can send you there for a trip."
Lugia's voice echoed in Lucas's heart.
"We'll see."
Lucas waved his hand without looking back.
Lugia: ————
Hmph, if you don't want to go, then don't. Who cares.
"Really not considering it?"
"I can accompany you the whole way."
"Think about it, how majestic it would be to ride on Lugia's back—"
"I know already! I'll go sometime. You're so annoying."
Lugia: ————
That wasn't your attitude when you called me over to help.
Lugia only dared to grumble silently in its heart.
——
Lugia, seeing that its good life was about to begin, didn't bother arguing with Lucas. On the contrary, it even said thank you to him.
Sitting beside Cynthia, Lucas watched the fireworks in the sky with her. He casually grabbed one of Ninetales' tails and held it in his arms to stroke. Hearing Lugia's thanks, he was stunned for a moment.
Beside him, Cynthia, who was continuously stroking Ninetales' head, asked, "What's wrong?"
Lucas gave an irrelevant answer, "Look, it even wants to say thank you to us."
"Lucas, I ***"
Lugia suddenly flapped its wings, blowing Lucas away, and then rose into the night sky.
"I'm going back first. Just call me at the seaside when you head over there."
As soon as it finished speaking, Lugia disappeared into the night sky where fireworks were blooming.
Gengar floated under the tree and waved goodbye to Lugia.
[Another Agreement: Lugia is fed up with being harassed by the Legendary Birds of the Galar region. For this reason, it has made an agreement with you. It will accompany you to the Galar region, and after you help it solve the problem of the Legendary Birds, it will present you with a generous gift.]
"Lucas, those three—"
Cynthia hesitated to speak.
"Lugia was talking about itself."
Cynthia: ???
Lucas turned back and looked at the beautiful face close at hand. His heart began to pound. Seeing that Cynthia didn't move her head away, he gritted his teeth and began to explain.
Feeling the hot breath blowing against her face and the itchy sensation it caused, Cynthia's neck turned pink again, and the blush quickly spread behind her ears.
Seeing this, Gengar gave Darkrai a wink. Then, Gengar floated to Garchomp's side with some snacks to distract it, while Darkrai stood guard behind the two with a cool expression that said no one was allowed to approach.
Baron Alberto walked into the courtyard and looked around. After spotting Lucas's location, he was about to walk over.
"Luc—"
Darkrai sent him to sleep with a point-blank Dark Void.
Darkrai turned back and nodded to Gengar.
Darkrai: Done.
Gengar: ( )
After Lucas finished explaining, Cynthia nodded thoughtfully.
"No wonder—"
Cynthia murmured to herself.
When she snapped out of it, she found Lucas staring at her, and she tilted her head.
"What's wrong?"
she asked softly.
Lucas continued to give an irrelevant answer, "Cynthia is the best in the world."
"....."
The pink behind Cynthia's ears began to spread to her fair cheeks.
With a racing heart, Lucas reached out and grabbed Cynthia's hand. Cynthia made a symbolic attempt to pull back, but when she couldn't, she gave up.
Lucas's face leaned closer and closer. Feeling the increasingly hot breath, Cynthia closed her eyes.
"Luc—"
Ash's voice rang out. Darkrai, who was watching the scene, hurriedly conjured a Dark Void and released it right in Ash's face.
"Lucas!!!"
Ash's voice echoed throughout the courtyard.
Gengar: ??? ∑(°△°)
Darkrai: ??? ∑(ǒAǒ)
Lucas and Cynthia both pulled their heads back.
Lucas coughed twice and looked at Ash, but he still didn't let go of her hand.
Garchomp: "kao!"
"You're no good, little brother. You can't even seize the opportunity when it's given to you."
Gengar: "What happened to you, bro?!" (△)
Darkrai: "I'm innocent! Such a big Dark Void was useless against him!!!!" ∑(°A°)
Ash walked up to Lucas and rolled up his sleeves. "Lucas, let's have a battle."
Surprisingly, Lucas didn't refuse this time.
"Sure."
His voice was extremely gentle.
Ash didn't suspect anything, but Wallace, who was nearby, had already covered his eyes.
"I choose you, Infernape."
Infernape breathed fire toward the sky.
Lucas still had a smile on his face.
"I choose you, Darkrai." (Grit teeth)
Darkrai narrowed its azure eyes and made a grand entrance.
Ash: ?
Infernape was KO'd in one move.
"Pikachu, go!"
"Latias."
Lucas threw something to Latias, then he held the wooden plaque on his chest.
"Latias, —"
The courtyard began to erupt with an extremely intense and brilliant light.
Wallace: ?
Gengar: ??
Darkrai: ???
Gengar pounced over and hugged Lucas, "Gen gengar—"
"Nooooo—"
Then it also looked at Darkrai and Gothitelle.
Gothitelle simply closed her eyes.
"I can't clean up the mess today."
Darkrai went up to Ash and frantically threw Dark Voids.
"Sleep! Just sleep! Go to sleep for me—"
Finally, Ash could no longer resist the sleepiness and fell to the ground with Pikachu, snoring loudly.
Lucas put the wooden plaque back inside his clothes and looked at Dawn and Brock. "Take Ash and Pikachu back to sleep."
Dawn nodded like a woodpecker.
"Yes!"
Then she and Brock dragged Ash back to his room.
Pikachu, lying in Dawn's arms, opened one eye slightly and glanced at Lucas. Seeing Gengar looking at it with a grin, it quickly closed its eyes and rolled over.
"Pika—"
"Ah, I'm unconscious—"
"Lucas was so scary just now—"
Dawn said in a low voice.
Brock thought back to what had just happened and scratched his head. "I feel... next time, we should probably hold Ash back a bit—"
Dawn nodded in deep agreement.
"That damn Ash, I almost got to see it, to see Lucas and Champion Cynthia—"
Dawn's face turned red unconsciously.
On the other side, Cynthia was sitting under the moonlight, looking at Lucas with a smile.
Lucas returned to Cynthia's side and sat down. "I'm going to Celebi's place with Gengar and the others in a bit."
"Hmm?"
"....."
"Celebi probably used up a lot of energy this time. I'm going to go take a look."
"Besides, Celebi has always been the one coming to find me. I should at least go visit it for once."
Cynthia looked at the side of Lucas's face as he leaned back on the lawn, gazing up at the sky. An unconscious smile played on her lips. "Do you want me to accompany you—"
"Do you want to go together, Cynthia?"
Cynthia was stunned for a moment, then her eyes rippled like water.
She gave a soft "Mm."
"Okay."
Lucas looked back and saw that Wallace had returned to his room long ago, while Alice and Connie had also gone out on a date.
Lucas clapped his hands and stood up. "Well then, everyone, let's go find Celebi."
"Gen gengar—"
"Lilli~"
"Xiu."
"Gothitelle."
"Lun."
"Bye-bye."
Darkrai waved its hand.
Lucas gripped the wooden plaque tightly. "Duo Gods of Time and Space, please send us to Celebi's side."
As his voice fell, the power of time and space began to fill the entire courtyard, and a mirror-like surface of flowing water appeared in front of Lucas.
Lucas took Cynthia's hand and walked in.
"Taking Cynthia on a cross-time-space journey!"
Lucas thought to himself.
Then, a second before the mirror shattered, he reached out and dragged Darkrai, who was still waving goodbye, inside.
"Want to run? Not a chance."
Darkrai: ???
In the empty courtyard, only the fireworks in the sky continued to bloom incessantly.
In an inconspicuous corner, a certain forgotten person and a Lickilicky were sleeping soundly.
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