"This... what's going on?"
"Why would the three legendary beasts come to the Orange Archipelago? This is unscientific!"
May's expression was flustered as she muttered to herself.
"The three legendary beasts? What are the three legendary beasts?" Riku was taken aback.
"This is information that ordinary people can't obtain. I only heard some things about the three legendary beasts by chance before."
"The beautiful and graceful blue Pokémon we saw at the beginning was Suicune, one of the three legendary beasts."
"The remaining two—one with a golden cross on its forehead and brown fur all over like a lion—is Entei, another of the three legendary beasts."
"The other one, with fangs and yellow fur with black stripes, very much like a tiger, is Raikou, the last of the three legendary beasts."
"Those three are the legendary three legendary beasts!"
Riku's eyes lit up. "Should we try to catch one? If..."
"No ifs, Riku, are you crazy?" May exclaimed in shock.
"The three legendary beasts are all Legendary Pokémon! All the Pokémon I have wouldn't be able to withstand a single one of their attacks even if they all went at once!"
"Moreover, legend says the three legendary beasts were burned to death in the fire of the Burned Tower and were later revived by Ho-Oh to become Ho-Oh's messengers to observe humanity."
"No one has seen Ho-Oh in person to this day; it's a legendary divine bird!"
Riku said longingly, "The three legendary beasts, Ho-Oh... if I could catch just one, wouldn't I be able to moonwalk in the Pokémon world?"
"Impossible," May shook her head.
"Don't say such things in the future. People will laugh if they hear you. Let's think about why the three legendary beasts would suddenly come to the Orange Archipelago."
Riku said worriedly, "I've seen the power of those two legendary Pokémon last time."
"If the three legendary beasts cause trouble in the Orange Archipelago, I'm afraid..."
"Don't worry!" May smiled. "Our Orange Archipelago has the three legendary birds protecting it."
"And behind the three legendary beasts is the sky's body, Ho-Oh, while behind our three legendary birds is the Lord of the Sea, Lugia."
Riku was taken aback. "That's not right."
"Didn't you say before that the big fish that almost caused the tsunami was the Lord of the Sea? How come another Lord of the Sea has appeared now?"
May explained, "Lugia and Kyogre are both legendary Pokémon living in the sea. Actually, it's not a problem to say either of them is the Lord of the Sea."
"After all, legends are legends, and we don't need to delve too deeply."
"Speaking solely in terms of manipulating the ocean, Kyogre is closer to the title of Lord of the Sea, while Lugia is more like a 'god living in the sea'."
"It possesses the astonishing power to suppress the raging sea and has the destructive power to blow away houses with a mere flap of its wings. To avoid harming the islanders, Lugia has chosen to live in seclusion in the deep sea for many years."
"This, of course, earns it more respect from the people than Kyogre, who casually floods land."
Riku was a bit annoyed. "So that big fish is so bad! No wonder it wanted to cause a tsunami before!"
As soon as Riku said this, Kyogre, who was taking a nap in the deep sea, suddenly sneezed a rare sneeze, and a chill inexplicably ran through its body.
And Riku also realized a truth.
So it turned out that even legendary Pokémon formed factions.
The three legendary birds and Lugia were clearly in one group.
The three legendary beasts were in a group with Ho-Oh.
Now that one faction had rashly entered the territory of another, something big was about to happen!
"We don't know about the legendary Pokémon's affairs," May sighed.
"Right now, we just hope the three legendary beasts leave quickly."
"The Orange Archipelago was just invaded by Team Magma, and then there was the great battle a few days ago."
"Although it has subsided and the archipelago hasn't suffered much damage, it will ultimately deter some well-intentioned Trainers from coming to travel."
"On the contrary, those Trainers with bad intentions might come to the Orange Archipelago to try their luck."
"Gah—"
Boom!!
Suddenly, a bolt of lightning thicker than a thigh fell from the sky, directly striking the three legendary beasts gathered on the large rocks.
Riku felt that the cry sounded a bit familiar, but when he looked up, he didn't see anything.
Without knowing when it started, dark clouds covered the sky, as if it was about to rain heavily.
Pitter-patter
The heavy rain started as soon as it was said, even mixed with hail.
Riku and May quickly found a large tree to take shelter under. Unexpectedly, the three legendary beasts that had been standing on the large rocks just now had disappeared without a trace.
"Roar roar roar—"
"Gah!!"
The earth shook and the sky trembled!
The sounds of angry roars and fighting came from the distance.
May trembled with excitement. "It must be! It must be the three legendary birds making a move!"
Riku was taken aback. "How are you so sure? Didn't we not see anything just now?"
May's expression was serious. "The three legendary beasts suddenly came to the Orange Archipelago. It's clear they didn't come with good intentions."
"No matter what they want to do, the three legendary birds will definitely protect their territory."
"It seems... this is a great battle! I just hope it doesn't affect the Orange Archipelago."
While Riku and May were talking, the sounds of fighting in the distance became even more terrifying.
May pondered slightly and then took Riku's hand. "Let's go! This place is not safe to stay."
"The battle between legendary Pokémon is not something we can interfere with!"
Riku was truly confused.
He came with a blank look and returned with a blank look.
After being taken back to the island by Blastoise and after May left, Riku immediately went home.
Seeing that none of the three silly birds were there, and only Groudon was lying there sleeping, Riku was speechless.
"Where are the three dumb birds? Why are you the only one watching the house?"
"Roar—"
Groudon was woken up and was clearly a bit unhappy. "Master, didn't you say we had to leave one behind to watch the egg?"
"The three birds went out to do something I don't know about, so I had to reluctantly lie here and sleep."
"Then continue," Riku said helplessly, and started cooking because he was a bit hungry.
A full two hours later, the three birds flew back to the small wooden house, covered in dust.
As soon as he saw that the feathers on zappy and snowy were a bit charred, Riku exclaimed in shock, "What happened to you? I seem to smell something burnt."
Zappy and Snowy exchanged a glance and suddenly stretched out their wings, pointing to the ceiling.
"Master, didn't you hear such a big thunder?"
"We were just unlucky and got struck by lightning."
Riku was speechless. "Struck by lightning, and you can still come back alive?"
"Oh right, don't get so close to zappy on rainy days in the future. This guy's feathers look like they're good at attracting lightning!"
"Gaa gaa gaa—" zappy squawked angrily.
But even though it cursed, it still didn't dare to tell Riku the truth.
It was also fortunate that they had been training with Riku all this time and had eaten many fruits, otherwise the three of them really wouldn't have been able to do anything to the three legendary beasts.
It was even less likely that they would only suffer such minor superficial injuries and beat the three dumb dogs into stray dumb dogs, driving them out of the Orange Archipelago.
It was just that today's matter was a bit strange.
The three dogs definitely wouldn't have run to the Orange Archipelago for no reason; it should have been Ho-Oh directing them from behind.
Thinking of this, the three legendary birds suddenly felt extremely annoyed.
They were now living well, eating well, and improving every day.
Of course, they didn't want their beautiful tranquility to be disturbed by the three silly dogs.
Suddenly, the three legendary birds regretted not daring to go all out just now.
---Support with power stones