The Joy Family's Support

Tetsuya's eyes were filled with shock as he watched the Pokemon flying through the air not far away.

It had a streamlined body, a red rear half, wings like those of a jet, and fin-like feet.

A distinctive blue triangle marked its chest.

The upper half of its body was white, while its face was red. It had triangular ears and a white pentagonal marking on its forehead.

There was no doubt about it. This was one of the Eon Pokemon: the female Latias.

As a Legendary Pokemon,

the female Latias and the male Latios were the only Legendary Pokemon with genders.

This was one reason people had classified them as Eon Pokemon.

The so-called "Eon."

In the language of the Pokemon World, it also meant "to spend an eternity—an exceedingly long time—with the world."

This did not merely mean that the two Legendary Pokemon possessed exceptionally long lifespans.

It also meant that, like the Darkrai and Cresselia they had encountered in the Almia Region, they were two sides of the same whole.

Only,

the Nightmare Pokemon and the Dream Pokemon together represented the moon's complete power.

The somewhat more powerful Latias and Latios, meanwhile, represented the world's yin and yang.

Perhaps, to the world itself, yin and yang did not necessarily have anything to do with gender.

Yet the fact remained that Latias and Latios possessed genders.

In humanity's limited records,

whenever these two Legendary Pokemon appeared, they always appeared together.

Don't misunderstand.

They were not a married couple, but siblings—either brother and sister or sister and brother.

"Since Latias is here, where is Latios?"

Tetsuya impatiently activated Zero and scanned the area.

Unfortunately, he found no sign of the other Latios.

"Please cooperate with my work immediately!"

Up ahead,

Latias's "Trainer," clad in a trench coat, sounded displeased.