Aoki sat on the ground, and Darkrai floated beside him, slowly recounting his experiences to Aoki.
Just as Aoki had predicted, the Mismagius he had previously captured was once, or rather, its previous incarnation, also a Darkrai, and could loosely be considered siblings with the Darkrai Aoki had just captured.
They were born together in an unknown chaotic corner of an unknown space and time. Darkrai stated that he couldn't remember anything about their birth.
He only knew that since birth, they had lived together. The brother was responsible for fighting and protecting his sister, while the sister primarily used their unique talent, dream creation, to help Pokémon who might encounter danger.
Because Darkrai are naturally able to sense the arrival of danger and disaster to a certain extent, whenever they appeared in a place to protect the people or Pokémon there, they were always mistaken for the cause of the disaster, which was attributed to their arrival. This is quite similar to Absol, the Disaster Pokémon.
The brother grew stronger through countless battles, while the sister honed their unique dream-creation ability to a very high level. If she wished, she could make all living beings in an entire city enter the same dream, whether it was a nightmare or a pleasant dream.
However, both Darkrai were inherently kind. Although they were known as the Nightmare Pokémon, the dreams they created were often beautiful and peaceful.
They cooperated in this way, appearing together where disasters occurred. The brother was responsible for defeating the destructive people or Pokémon, while the sister comforted the frightened people and Pokémon by creating dreams.
Although they were misunderstood by people, they lived quite comfortably, doing what they considered to be very meaningful things.
This cooperation lasted for an unknown period, and their strength also slowly improved. Their innate potential meant they only needed to focus on growing and developing, without worrying about encountering any major obstacles.
However, this situation changed later.
They inadvertently stumbled into the incident involving Giratina, who was wreaking havoc in the Pokémon world at that time.
Darkrai, as the brother, engaged in a fierce battle with Giratina, but Giratina was, after all, Giratina. As a true legendary Pokémon, the Renegade Pokémon, its strength was truly terrifying.
Moreover, Giratina specialized in various bizarre attacks. If Darkrai hadn't been a Dark-type Pokémon, which is super effective against Ghost-type, he probably wouldn't have been able to fight Giratina for so long.
During their battle, Darkrai, as the sister, did not forget her responsibility and created dreams to comfort the frightened humans and ordinary Pokémon.
But precisely because of this, Giratina took notice of their abilities and wished for them to become his subordinates, to help him spread nightmares and allow more darkness to appear in everyone's hearts.
However, this went against the original intentions of the two Darkrai, so they resolutely refused.
But on that day, both the brother and the sister were severely injured by Giratina's overwhelming power.
Some humans who witnessed this scene didn't even feel pity or heartache for them.
Because in their eyes, both the Renegade Pokémon Giratina and the Nightmare Pokémon Darkrai were evil Pokémon, and whichever one was defeated would be a good thing for humanity.
Thus, Darkrai and his sister were imprisoned by the Renegade Pokémon, who hoped they would change their minds.
But this imprisonment lasted for an unknown number of years.
Giratina was banished from the Pokémon world by Arceus, and the Darkrai were thus forgotten by everyone.
Many years later, the strengths of the two Darkrai were, after all, different. The sister was the first to give out, becoming a newborn Misdreavus, with all her memories lost.
Darkrai, as the brother, watching his sister disappear before his eyes, the pain was unimaginable.
He even thought of dying more than once, but he was still unwilling. The desire for revenge against Giratina surged wildly, becoming his only goal to keep living.
In these years, he had also seen through things.
Humans were a species with too many inherent flaws. Especially after he had witnessed too much deception, he had truly given up on humanity.
Until Aoki appeared before him again, bringing with him the grown Mismagius.
This instantly touched the deepest, softest chord in Darkrai's heart, which is why he agreed to become Aoki's Pokémon.
However, it was more of a perfunctory agreement. It wasn't until today that he truly accepted Aoki's existence and accepted Aoki as his trainer.
Fighting alone is too tiring. If you can find a reliable partner, it's definitely much better than fighting as a single Pokémon.
After listening to Darkrai's story, Aoki felt a bit emotional.
There is nothing more painful than watching the person most important to you leave without being able to do anything about it.
Aoki didn't know how to comfort Darkrai, but given that he had come this far and was able to face Mismagius, he believed that Darkrai must have already accepted this outcome.
He gently patted Darkrai's shoulder without saying anything.
Sometimes, silence speaks volumes.
The relationship between the human and the Pokémon was initially harmonized at this moment, which is how a trainer and their Pokémon should be.
"Rest for a while first, get used to your current body. From now on, you won't be fighting alone. Isn't it just Giratina? I've seen more than one or two Legendary Pokémon. Just fight him!" Aoki said with a smile, as if Giratina wasn't a powerful Pokémon at all.
Hearing this, Darkrai was startled, then nodded with determined eyes.
"And... who knows if all these messes happening now have nothing to do with him? This is a guy who single-mindedly wants to destroy the Pokémon world, whose goal is extremely simple, but whose methods are very numerous," Aoki murmured, narrowing his eyes.
Aoki wasn't the only one who felt the current situation in the Pokémon world, which was calm on the surface but turbulent underneath.
Many people must have had this feeling.
It's the calm before the storm!
After returning Darkrai to his Master Ball, Aoki walked out of the Distortion World and immediately collapsed onto the bed in his room. Within a minute, steady snoring could be heard.
Even he found it difficult to cope with three consecutive days of high-intensity work.
After a short rest, the challenges and troubles ahead might become increasingly significant.
The Kanto branch family almost affected the entire Alliance.
The cult has become increasingly active during this period, and no one knows their true objective, but they will definitely get involved in the Kanto branch family matter.
And... Team Rocket's Mewtwo is also nearing completion.
It feels like all these things are happening at once.