Peering into Hearts: Xingye and Ogerpon

As the challenge rang out, Xingye exchanged a glance with Zoroark and gave him a slight nod. The two seemed to have a plan.

A moment later, as Miraidon descended, Xingye leaped onto his back. He intended to charge straight up, drag Ogerpon out from behind the mask, and knock some sense into him!

"Let's go! Fly as high as you can!"

"Cyclizar!"

Miraidon soared skyward with him. Below, Iron Leaves and Walking Wake immediately attacked, but Sprigatito and the others weren't about to let them interfere. Battle broke out in an instant.

With everyone gone, Raifort regained some strength after her bleeding was stopped. Marshadow's shadow still bound her, though, and even with him away fighting, she couldn't break free anytime soon. All she could do was watch the sky.

"I can't beat them... Looks like I won't be getting the Teal Mask this time. I got stabbed again, but at least it wasn't a total loss... Heh."

In the sky, the closer they came to the mask, the stronger its Pressure grew. Ogerpon's figure, wrapped in Tera Energy, gradually came into focus. Then a Terastal storm swept up around him.

But this wasn't Kitakami Hall. Electricity spread across Miraidon's body, forming a purple dragon that blocked Ogerpon's power and broke through it. Miraidon unleashed Electro Drift!

With a thunderous boom, they struck the shining, four-pointed Crystal on the forehead of the enormous mask that blotted out the sky. It was like an ant trying to shake a tree. Two seemingly kindred forces intertwined on impact, and the mask bounced Miraidon away without leaving a scratch on him.

"Cyclizar?"

"Our powers canceled each other out?"

Xingye hadn't expected that. But Ogerpon wasn't focused on him at all. Ogerpon had his sights on Zoroark. The instant Zoroark defeated a Walking