Dragonite saw the (real) Groudon!
Dragonite thought it was facing a (fake) Groudon!
Dragonite charged forward!
Dragonite moved peacefully!
Bang!
Following Dragonite scaring itself silly and fainting in front of Groudon, the scene fell into dead silence.
Ga... Ga... Ga...
A few Pelippers flew by, bestowing their good blessings to Dragonite.
Groudon lowered its head, staring intensely at Dragonite.
Forget Milotic, forget Kyogre; they were all pushed to the back of its mind.
It now only wanted to know... how this Dragonite dared to do such a thing.
Not only did it fly in its face, but it also dared to hit its head?
And 11 times at that?
Was there some hidden meaning?
Although Dragonite seemed to have fainted at this point, Groudon was considering whether it should land another blow to put it out of its misery.
It looked toward Fang Yuan.
Fang Yuan, "It just had an unsuccessful confession, its spirit is a bit abnormal."
"It's plagued by love; after all, it's a pitiful dragon. Let it go."
The other Pokémon nodded in agreement, feeling that Dragonite had suffered enough for today. Let's leave it be.
We all owe Dragonite an apology.
"Roar..."
Groudon pondered as it gazed at Dragonite.
Love?
Back in the day, it too...
Alas, the past is unbearable to reflect upon.
Groudon shook its head, then turned its gaze back to Dragonite.
It had already thought this Dragonite was not the brightest, and now it wondered if it had finally broken down.
Old Solid's gaze was piercing.
"Roar!! (Death penalty can be spared, but punishment cannot!)"
"Groudon!! (I considered it while resting, and my 'Aerial Sword Stream' needs a sparring partner. This will do!!)"
Groudon congratulated itself on its intelligence.
In consideration of Fang Yuan, it decided to make Dragonite its training partner.
Groudon had been lamenting the lack of a Flying-type sparring partner, and now Dragonite had delivered itself right into its lap.
Although Dragonite wasn't very strong, Groudon still acknowledged its flying skills.
The flying speed and prowess of Fang Yuan's Dragonite, though not as good as Rayquaza in Groudon's hazy memory, were definitely among the top-ranked for an ordinary elf.
With Dragonite as the sparring partner for its 'Aerial Sword Stream,' Groudon felt it would improve at extraordinary speed.
Next time, it wouldn't be Kyogre getting chopped, but Rayquaza instead.
"Great!"
Fang Yuan's expression was one of surprise.
Dragonite had just landed a Legendary Pokémon as a sparring partner for free, and what's more, it was the ancient Legendary Groudon. Wasn't this a pie in the sky?
It looks like silly dragons have silly luck!
Though the process might be a bit painful, the outcome was certain to be good.
"Then, it's settled!"
Fang Yuan instantly sold out Dragonite.
"Groudon, it's in your hands now."
Fang Yuan didn't bother to seek Dragonite's opinion.
Who could be blamed? It was Dragonite's own fault for not judging properly before going up to punch Groudon.
It's a pity, they hadn't managed to record it.
After all, that might have been the peak of Dragonite's life.
Should it have kids one day, they would brag with honor: Back in the day, your dad whacked Creator of the Earth Groudon's head more than a dozen times; that gentle tapping sound was crisp, cooked to perfection, you could tell straight away it was a Legendary-level head.
"Groudon!! (Well said!!)"
Groudon extended its arm, grabbed Dragonite, and tossed it onto its shoulder, waiting for it to wake up.
Seeing this, Eevee and the others began praying for Dragonite's well-being, without a hint of envy.
It was then that Groudon finally remembered why it had woken up.
It turned towards Milotic, who was watching it and Dragonite from the water, with a puzzled expression.
That's right... why was there a trace of Kyogre's power fluctuation on this Milotic?
Groudon fixed Fang Yuan with an inquisitive look.
"About Milotic,"
Fang Yuan too looked at Milotic, with an utterly bored expression.
And spoke in a disdainful tone, "We happened upon a site where Kyogre's Primal Reversion failed."
"Out of curiosity, we studied it a bit, and now it seems, Kyogre's power is so laughably weak. It pales in comparison to you."
"With such a feeble power, could it really defeat you?"
Milotic: ...
Milotic: ╮(﹀_﹀")╭ (When you were leeching off the Prince of the Sea's resources, you didn't say that.)
Eevee and the other Pokémon looked dumbfoundedly at Fang Yuan. Prince of the Sea is crying in the bathroom, okay!
And whatever happened to those lines in the script you weren't able to deliver before?
If you can talk, talk more. Groudon's face is blossoming into a chrysanthemum now.
"Groudon!!!"
Groudon, with its face radiant with the joy of spring, nodded its head. Indeed, Kyogre was far inferior to itself.
Groudon never dwelled on things for long and was soon soon attracted by something else.
It turned back with a quizzical look towards the Monferno, or rather towards the direction of the Ditto.
"Roar?? (That treasure bead??)"
"Busy busy?!"
The Monferno with the Ditto on its head startled and hastily spewed out a bead it was enveloping with its body.
This bead was, of course, the Red Beads previously formed from the Natural Energy absorbed by Groudon.
Indeed, it was with this bead and a scale of Groudon's, along with Victini's enhancement, that the Ditto could mimic the aura of a real Groudon nearly perfectly.
But even though it was a partial simulation, the color of the Red Beads had almost faded completely now.
"Roar!! (You've used up so much Natural Energy so quickly??)"
Groudon looked at Fang Yuan like one would look at a spendthrift child.