Looking up, they could already make out figures on the horizon. If they did not leave now, it really would be too late.
Xiao Ran pulled Veranica onto Dragonite's back and took one last look at Darkrai and Cresselia.
"That's all I have to say. We really have to go now. Hopefully, we'll see you again someday!" After speaking, Xiao Ran patted Dragonite and left without the slightest hesitation.
"Ring?" Cresselia glanced at Darkrai and gave a puzzled cry.
Darkrai looked up at the figures approaching in the distance, then at Cresselia nearby, and finally in the direction Xiao Ran and the others had gone. At last, Darkrai lowered its head and gave a low growl.
Meanwhile, Xiao Ran and the others were riding Dragonite away at speed, heading in the opposite direction from the approaching Hall members. Unfortunately, Dragonite was slow to get moving. By the time they finally cleared the island and were about to accelerate, the Hall members had already arrived.
Xiao Ran glanced back just in time to see the two Pokémon return to Fullmoon Island through a Mysterious Moonlight Passage. He let out a small sigh of relief. Dragonite then accelerated, circled around, and continued toward the Hawaiian Islands.
"Elders, someone's leaving over there!" By the time the Hall members finally reached Fullmoon Island, nothing remained. A subordinate pointed in the direction Xiao Ran and the others had gone.
Darkrai and Cresselia had left right before their eyes. No one but those two could enter the moonlight passage leading to Fullmoon Island.
Meanwhile, Dragonite had left a long trail in the direction Xiao Ran and the others were fleeing. It was conspicuous enough to be spotted easily.
"That's the direction of the Solomon Islands. Go after them!" one Elder ordered grimly.
"But they're... riding a