The Change Brought by Maxie

Slowly descending from the ozone layer back into the Pokémon World's atmosphere.

That was not a place where humans or ordinary Pokémon should remain, and the drain on Xia Yan's Psychic-type power had been somewhat terrifying.

"Where's Rayquaza?"

Xia Yan looked around.

They had returned, yet there was no sign of Rayquaza.

Without Rayquaza, stopping the two below, whose battle was only growing fiercer while Drake and the others struggled desperately to hold them back, would probably be impossible.

Given Groudon and Kyogre's destructive power, even the aftermath of their battle could turn the Hoenn Region, including the surrounding seas, into a complete mess.

"I don't know."

Darkrai was also unsure where Rayquaza had gone. It merely frowned as it stared below.

If it let those two continue causing trouble, then its earlier warning to Xia Yan would have been for nothing.

Although Darkrai sometimes caused all the humans and Pokémon in an entire region to fall into nightmares, that was a defensive reaction, not malicious intent.

Dense darkness spread around it as it prepared for battle.

"You're going down there?"

Xia Yan asked with a frown.

Darkrai did not answer, but its steadily gathering energy and blue eyes remained fixed on Groudon and Kyogre.

As they descended, the energy fluctuations Darkrai stirred up also caught Drake's attention below.

He instinctively looked toward the sky.

Then his brows drew together.

The distance was too great for him to see clearly what was in the sky.

But he recognized Darkrai and Latios.

As for Xia Yan standing on Latios's back, he could only make out a vague silhouette, unable to see his features clearly.

But since Drake knew Xia Yan possessed Latios, recognizing Latios was enough.

"Xia Yan? He came back?!"

A trace of joy first rose in Drake's heart.

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