Hearing the Oda's voice of surrender, Axel was stunned hard.
Axel decided to give him some encouragement.
"Brother, listen to me, as long as you keep holding on, you won't necessarily lose."
"I won't!", Oda's tone was as firm as it could be.
Even such a fierce lord was scared away, how was he supposed to fight?
And judging by the flustered way that lord left, Axel was obviously a terrifying person.
Axel: "..."
'Why doesn't this guy listen to advice?'
Just now he still looked like he'd never give up unless he knocked Axel down, yet in the short time of a standoff he completely changed his nature.
Axel felt there had to be some catch in this.
Just as he was pondering, he suddenly sensed a familiar aura coming from behind him.
At some point, a cute thief cat had already appeared at his back.
It was sneaking a rope onto his belt.
On the other end of the rope, tied conspicuously, was a familiar stone.
Seeing Axel turn his head, the thief cat, feeling immensely guilty, skillfully put on a cute expression and gave Axel a sweet smile.
Before Axel could react, the little fellow had already shoved the Dark Stone into his hand and bolted away without a trace.
Axel: "..."
This orb was exactly the same as the Light Stone where the White Dragon resided, only the color was completely different.
If he wasn't mistaken, this should be the Dark Stone, the incarnation of the Black Dragon.
"Zekrom?"
["Yes, it's me,"] Instantly, a vast voice appeared in Axel's mind.
["Warrior, you have spoken my name aloud and passed the trial."]
["Now I declare that from today on, I am your Pokémon!"]
["I will be with you, realizing all of your ideals!"]
Axel: "..."
'Wait a minute, aren't the Unova Black and White Dragons all supposed to be super tsundere, violent, and ready to destroy the world at the drop of a hat?'
'How come one by one their trials are all this easy?'
Although Axel didn't reject divine beasts, considering that Black and White Dragons would start fighting the moment they saw each other.
Axel felt the Black Dragon's arrival would definitely make his team very disharmonious, and he could only smile bitterly and shake his head.
"My ideal is a little difficult to achieve, how about listening to it first before you decide?"
Hearing Axel's words, Zekrom raised the corner of his mouth and agreed right away, ["Of course, my warrior!"]
["As the Dragon of Ideals, I am willing to hear your ideals!"]
After speaking, the Black Dragon cheerfully lay down inside the Dark Stone's space, using Dragon-type energy to simulate a glass of champagne.
'This round, my champagne is popping for sure.'
'That measly White Dragon, so what if he flips me the middle finger?'
'I am the Dragon of Destiny.'
"Then I'll say it, though it might be a bit difficult," Axel gave the Black Dragon another dose of caution, "If you feel like you can't do it, I can have a Pokémon send you back to Dragonspiral Tower."
["Just say it!"]
Axel nodded, "First of all, my enemy is not in the Unova Region, to be exact not even in this space."
The Black Dragon froze slightly, 'Not in this space?'
'Then that must mean the enemy is Giratina?'
'That guy is not easy to mess with.'
But then Zekrom thought of Gardevoir and Rayquaza's terrifying combat power, and just casually swirled his wine glass.
'If I can't beat it, then I can't. At worst, I'll just cheer from the side, won't I?'
'With Rayquaza around, can some mere Giratina really turn the heavens upside down?'
["Don't worry, my warrior, as long as it's your ideal, I can crush any enemy."]
Axel blinked, "So Unova Dragons are this fierce, they can even fight Necrozma?"
["Pfft!"]
Inside the Dark Stone, the Black Dragon spewed out a mouthful of dragon-breath energy.
'What the hell?'
'Fight Necrozma?'
'Are you insane, brotha?'
'Do you even know what that thing is?'
'I'm out, I want out!'
Hearing the Black Dragon remain silent for a long while, Axel grinned.
Sure enough, the threat of a mule horse still had some effect. At least it scared the Black Dragon enough to stabilize harmony within his team.
"Alright, then I'll have a Pokémon send you back in a bit."
'Wait!'
Hearing Axel say this so casually, Zekrom instead felt something was off.
Since ancient times, those warriors who awakened him all very much desired his help.
Who ever gave up this easily?
Thinking further of Axel's lineup, Zekrom wavered even more.
Not to mention that super powerful Gardevoir, just Rayquaza alone could probably arm wrestle with Necrozma, right?
Because of his similarity with the Twin Gods of Sun and Moon, Zekrom had already investigated their situation before heading to the Crown Tundra.
Necrozma had two ways of unleashing its full power.
One was by absorbing a massive amount of light.
The other was fusing with Solgaleo and Lunala, just like Kyurem fuses with him and White Dragon.
As long as the enemy couldn't achieve those two conditions, they could totally fight it.
Thinking this way, Zekrom steeled his heart.
If he didn't want to be pinned to the ground and rubbed by White Dragon, he had no choice but to join the group in rubbing down Necrozma.
["My warrior, no matter what the situation, I will never retreat."]
["That mere Necrozma, as long as it's for realizing your ideals, I am willing to fight it!"]
"Hiss~", Hearing Zekrom's words, Axel felt a little touched inside.
'Truly worthy of being the Dragon of Ideals, actually this determined for my ideals?'
Axel decided to be honest, "Zekrom, we really aren't suitable."
Zekrom: o((⊙﹏⊙))o
'Wait, after I licked you this hard, you still don't agree?'
"It's not that I don't like you, it's just that I already have the White Dragon."
Hearing this, the cup in Zekrom's hand shattered with a crack.
'What the hell?'
'That thick-browed, big-eyed guy actually beat me to it?'
Axel continued speaking in his consciousness with the Black Dragon, "I know the grudge between you and White Dragon, right? You two have hatred?"
"So it's impossible for me to have both of you at the same time, otherwise you'd both feel uncomfortable..."
["Wait!"], Zekrom clenched his teeth hard, as if making some huge decision.
Right now White Dragon was the one who came first, and he could see that Axel didn't have too much enthusiasm for capturing both dragons.
If he let Axel keep speaking, he would definitely choose to keep White Dragon and just apologize to him.
Thinking this, Zekrom decisively spoke up, cutting off Axel.
["Who said it's impossible to have both of us?"]
["To tell you the truth, I actually really like being with White Dragon."]
["It's just that guy is too tsundere and refused my request."]
["But he's my little brother, and sooner or later we're meant to be together..."]
["Please, you must capture me, give me this chance!"]
Axel, and the just-awakened White Dragon: "???"
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