"Remember to come visit next time."
Xia Yan bid farewell to the Legendary Pokémon one by one.
Just seeing off the guests alone took an unknown amount of time.
Once the Legendary Pokémon—whether close to him or not—had all left, only the wreckage covering Desert City and Groudon, sitting dejectedly amid the ruins, remained. For a while, the scene was utterly silent.
It was not that Groudon lacked the bearing of a Legendary Pokémon, sitting wronged in the rubble like some chubby child.
Rayquaza had simply hit it far too hard earlier.
Rayquaza had already been affected to some extent by the Emotional Toxin. Its temper had been exceptionally volatile, and then it had run into Groudon, who kept provoking it again and again.
Come to think of it.
Groudon really never learned its lesson.
Every time it faced Rayquaza, there were always a few familiar stages.
Taunt—get beaten up—Primal Reversion and taunt again—get beaten up again—
It was just that.
Previously, it had always been beaten up alongside Kyogre.
This time, Rayquaza had focused solely on Groudon, beating it relentlessly. It truly was the worst beating Groudon had ever received.
Getting beaten up was one thing.
Everyone else had patted themselves off and flown away, leaving it all alone.
How was it supposed to get home?
Staying in Kalos did not seem possible either.
Zygarde kept sweeping its gaze over it from time to time, looking as though it would send Groudon on its way if it refused to leave.
To Zygarde, which protected order and balance, the most reasonable arrangement was for Groudon to return to Hoenn Region and keep Kyogre in check.
If it stayed in Kalos Region.
Would Kalos not then have two blockheads, Yveltal and Groudon?
Yveltal alone already gave it enough of a headache.