Though he still found it hard to believe, Sato accepted the fact that Lugia could reproduce when he saw the silver-white Pokemon Egg in Gardevoir's hands.
Still, Sato had doubts about whether Gardevoir truly intended to take Lugia's Pokemon Egg away.
He soon got his answer.
Gardevoir gently placed the Pokemon Egg back where it had been, then turned to look at the unconscious Lugia again.
"Momo, the unconscious Lugia will wake up soon, but it won't attack us again. Remember to ask for some benefits when it does."
Telepathy rang out. Before Sato could react, Gardevoir was already enveloped in a warm pink glow.
Next, the pink light quickly separated from Gardevoir's body, turning into a bright but not dazzling ball of light.
The ball of light merged into Lugia's body, rapidly repairing its internal injuries.
The ultimate healing move, Healing Wish!
At the cost of collapsing itself, it perfectly restored all of a teammate's abnormal conditions and stamina.
When the pink ball of light completely merged in, Gardevoir seemed to lose all its strength as well and fell to the side.
Prepared for this, Sato rushed up in a single stride and caught Gardevoir in his arms.
Gardevoir had fallen, while Lugia slowly awakened.
"Yiya..."
The awakened Lugia instinctively hid the Pokemon Egg behind itself before looking at Gardevoir in Sato's arms with complicated eyes.
Although Lugia could not learn the ultimate recovery move Healing Wish, it had seen other Pokemon use it more than once over the course of its long life.
More importantly, although this Lugia did not possess the Sea God's divinity, not just any move could take effect on it.
And an Elite Four level healing move was precisely what it urgently needed right now.
Having just laid a Pokemon Egg, it was incomparably