Exclusive Z-Crystal (Three-in-One)

In a remote grand canyon somewhere in the Unova Region.

Few people ever came here, and countless wild Pokémon lived within it.

Surrounded by green mountains and murmuring streams, it was a magnificent paradise untouched by human influence.

Especially recently, not a single human had been able to approach.

"All right, you're a big kid now. Those two will be depending on you."

Xia Yan smiled helplessly and rubbed Meloetta's head.

"Melo..."

Meloetta pursed her lips, tears welling in her eyes.

Still, she bravely nodded.

Though she cast a rather unfriendly glare at Thundurus and Tornadus behind her.

Thundurus and Tornadus smiled sheepishly.

An angry Meloetta was terrifying.

She could make them cry if she wanted them to cry, or laugh if she wanted them to laugh.

Landorus being taken away by Giovanni had quite an impact on the Unova Region.

That made Thundurus and Tornadus especially important. They were the final safeguards maintaining Unova's natural balance.

Yet they could never fully restrain their destructive instincts.

Without Landorus, only Meloetta could keep them in check.

"I'll come back to see you before long," Xia Yan said fondly.

"Melo, Melo!"

Meloetta clutched Xia Yan's clothes.

Then you'd better hurry.

Xia Yan tapped her forehead, making it a promise.

Then he turned toward Zekrom and Reshiram, standing atop the canyon peaks against the wind.

Xia Yan had asked them when they would fall asleep again.

The twin dragons had said—

They slept whenever they got bored.

But they would not turn into the Light Stone and Dark Stone as they had before. It would just be ordinary sleep.

Xia Yan had established a bond with the twin dragons of truth and ideals.

But establishing a bond and fully capturing them were two entirely different concepts.

As someone they acknowledged, the twin dragons