Xiaoyu left the room, and only after a long time did she return, holding an exquisite little box.
For a moment, everyone's eyes focused on the box.
The box had clearly been cleaned and now looked as good as new.
Under their gazes, Xiaoyu opened the box, allowing Xia You to see what was inside.
A bell the size of a fist rested on the cushion inside.
Unlike an ordinary bell, though there was nothing unusual about its shape, it was made from some unknown material. Despite its somewhat earthy yellow color, it was actually translucent!
Sakura asked curiously, "Is this the Clear Bell?"
Apart from Xiaojuan, Xiaotao, and Xiaoyu, everyone was seeing it for the first time. Even Xiaomei and Sakura, despite knowing their family history well, had only just learned that their family possessed such a thing.
Xiaoyu nodded, then slowly began telling Xia You and May a story from the distant past.
The story began seven hundred years ago, when Ecruteak City built two towers, one in the east and one in the west. These towers were built for the friendship between humans and Pokémon, and the views from their summits were magnificent. The eastern tower awakened Pokémon, while the western tower put Pokémon to sleep. Ho-Oh and Lugia lived atop the two towers respectively.
However, a hundred and fifty years ago, a bolt of lightning struck the western tower, instantly engulfing it in flames. The fire burned for three days and nights. Although a heavy rain finally extinguished the flames, little remained of the tower, and three unidentified Pokémon had burned to death inside. Ho-Oh then descended from the sky and used a mysterious power to revive them.
This was the familiar story of the birth of the Legendary Beasts, but that was not all Xiaoyu