The grief-stricken Noivern cried helplessly. At that moment, its powerful body seemed so useless. Its speed that could carry it a thousand miles a day, its razor-sharp claws, its unparalleled fighting prowess-all had become mere decorations.
Cheng Tian, a family member and companion more important than a father, had died before its eyes just like that, and it could do nothing. It had been powerless from beginning to end.
Togekiss and Noivern carefully lowered Cheng Tian from the stone spike. Noivern kept crying, enormous tears falling from the corners of its eyes. It seemed to have returned to its days as a Noibat, weak and helpless.
Cheng Tian lay lifeless on Togekiss's broad back. The horrific wound in his abdomen was still bleeding, yet his eyes remained fixed on the darkened sky.
"Noivern... use Air Slash on the stone spikes below..."
The sharp Air Slash cut a smooth, flat surface into the layer of stone spikes below. Noivern carefully carried Cheng Tian down and laid him on it, rubbing its enormous head against him over and over as it whimpered.
"Noivern... Greninja and the others are still down below... please, take Cheng Tian to Greninja." Su Han's voice had turned utterly cold. Her tears had stopped flowing.
Standing beside Cheng Tian's body, she closed her beautiful eyes again and bent down for a deep kiss. Then she rose with unprecedented resolve and turned toward Giratina.
Between heaven and earth, Giratina was still attacking wildly. The wind from the moves whipped her hair into a frenzy, but she no longer closed her eyes. Instead, with her tiny frame, she faced the rampaging Giratina from afar.
"Roar!" Noivern cried, as though asking a question.
"I'm going to finish something," Su Han said without looking back. "That beast owes me far, far too