A Celebi that had no energy left to return to the Spacetime Tunnel.
If Heiduo had any designs on this one, he could have caught it outright. The GS Ball could be dealt with later; after all, he could take apart the Ho-Oh Feather Garment and pluck Salted Fish's feathers.
Unfortunately, Heiduo had no interest in an arrogant old hag who had lived who knew how many years. Or maybe it was an old man.
Besides, Celebi's strengths lay in time travel and nurturing plants. As for fighting... unless it was in that darkened state from the movie, it usually either did not fight or could not be bothered to. It would rather take a beating than lift a finger.
What a brat.
"Lafi."
Seeing that it had been found out, Celebi did not struggle. Through the shared memories between its companions, it already knew exactly what kind of person Heiduo was. It was plainly impossible that he would harm it.
Moreover, the information shared by its companions had already made Heiduo's character and personality clear to it, so it was not afraid of what he might do.
Though he would probably try to extort it.
"One Key Stone, and I'll let you recover once."
Heiduo said it without blushing or missing a beat, utterly unaware that he was asking for an outrageous price. He did not know how Celebi had left in the original story, but since it had fallen into his hands, it could forget about running.
This Celebi had followed Ruby from Johto all the way to Hoenn, which meant its Spacetime Tunnel was in Johto.
There was no Spacetime Tunnel for it in Hoenn.
"Lafi!"
Celebi's eyes widened. It did not really care much about something like a Key Stone; it was simply displeased with Heiduo's