Rayquaza was already furious from the very beginning, now this barrier had only made it worse. It broke the higher level of protective barrier that was surrounding it and launched a crazy blitz of attacks on Deoxys.
It smashed Deoxys down with a burst of destructive Hyper Beam that was very reminiscent of the one he used years ago on it and its friend, then rolled it up on his and hit the ground hard with it. The powerful psychic barrier that enveloped the whole of LaRousse City was completely shattered by this single attack to Deoxys main body.
The signal were almost immediately restored and the guard cube machines inside fi the city were also back in operations again.
Rayquaza roared in his victory, but Deoxys launched a counterattack at the time he wasn't looking behind him!
Deoxys was a very special Pokémon, as it had four different forms, each focusing on different aspects of its power.
Covered in rubble, it could be seen that it had changed from its previous sturdy defensive form to a much more thinner attack form that focused more on its attacks.
A very powerful Psychic-type attack hit Rayquaza straight in its face, which was one of the strongest Psychic-type moves of all time, Psycho Boost!
This attack was also the signature attack of Deoxys. It uses all its power to attack the opponent by turning all that energy into a single sharp slash. The price of this powerful skill was also a significant one, it heavily reduces its own Special Attack my a large chunk.
But this move knocked away by the very angry Rayquaza.
"RAY!"
The answer to the last attack was the dragon roar of Rayquaza, Dragon Rage, as one would imagine. According to the legends left behind by these two Pokémon's, both of these Legendary and Mythical Pokémon's have extremely strong physical strength and endurance, something that is often considered a danger. If the battle between them was allowed to develop any further like this, there may be no results even if it lasts for another few days and few nights. But one thing was very certain, this high-tech city will become history, completely. There was no doubt about that.
Even though Rayquaza was the stronger one of the two, Deoxys was still able to put up this good of a fight because of all of different forms it had; especially the Recover move it spams whenever it gets hurt.
Rayquaza unfortunately didn't have this luxury, it he needed to heal, he needed to use Rest, a very bad move choice for this battle. If he did for some reason, he would become a literal sleepinv target for all of Attack Form Deoxys' attacks. Unless he had Sleep Talk, that would completely change the game.
This was the most important reason that Rayquaza hadn't been able to defeat Deoxys.
———
After the green core Deoxys was resurrected, he came to the battlefield alongside of Ash.
This one's character seemed to be much gentler than the one with purple core. Although Deoxys was considered a genderless Pokémon, the one with green core looks more like a female and the lover of the purple core one.
Ash took the opportunity to check the compatibility between the three mythical beasts in front of him and himself.
It was an unexpected and unfortunate moment for him.
The compatibility between these two alien Pokémon from outside of the galaxy and Ash was not high, and their max would just be passing the 150 points marks—which unfortunately does mean that there would not be any possible chance of them competing their Bonds Evolution form.
Another thing to be noted was that Deoxys will not evolve, so it is even more difficult to improve the compatibility and Bond Value, especially as they were Mythical Pokémon's.
Ash worked very hard on this matter, and now the only two of his Legendary team who can complete their Bond Evolutions are his Latias and Suicune.
With his Raikou, Zapdos, Entei being around the 200 points mark. Only his Latios had gotten over that barrier with a 225.
Although these two Mythical Pokémon's were both very powerful, they don't seem to like fighting at all. If Rayquaza hadn't been the one to repeatedly taunt and attack them, the purple core Deoxys would not have chosen to fight back. And same goes for the green core Deoxys.
Otherwise, with the power they wield on their body, they would not have been trapped inside of whatever they were for 4 years, and the other would not have had its body destroyed by Rayquaza, and it also would not have taken it a full 4 years to regenerate if it truly did try.
They prefer the kind of life without fighting against the world and roaming around in the universe and being able to see new things.
This does mean that Ash will have no chance to catch these two Deoxys, although he could be very good friends with them and maybe even be able to pinpoint and summon them when he needs.
Even if they were forcibly caught by him, it will be very difficult to train with them and more importantly bond with them.
The main issue wasn't even that, it was that these two very powerful Pokémon's can be very dangerous for his other weaker Pokémon's.
But what surprises Ash was that Rayquaza, the Legendary Pokémon that he has wanted for so long, actually matches him by a full 255 max compatibility.
Ash at this moment was also reminded about the Legendary Jade Orb he had received from Jirachi a few months ago. With that item with him, he can get an additional 40 points of Bond Value from the very beginning, which meant that after using the Jade Orb in his hand, his Bond Valur with Rayquaza can reach a very powerful 240, as it was currently already 200 because of their high compatibility with each other.
And as long as the degree of compatibility was relatively high, which it is in this case, their Bond Value can be increased with time.
Regarding this, Ash felt even more ready about the Rayquaza in front of him.
The purple core Deoxys was still able to suppress Rayquaza for now and fired another Psycho Boost at him. The green core Deoxys next to Ash teleported over and changed into its defensive form to make sure the powerful attack from its fellow Deoxys doesn't hurt Rayquaza.
Looking at the Rayquaza in front of him, Ash realized that this guy's body length seemed to be a little smaller than he remembered from that Kalos Hoppa movie with that Shiny Rayquaza. Could it be that this one was still just a teenager compared to the one he remembers?
[Yep! Congrats my favorite person ever, you're right. That's a young one, but also one with too much potential to be wasted on that fish and that dinosaur.]
No wonder it was bold and energetic, and its temperament was even more powerful than its much older, stronger and wiser form. Even after defeating them on its own territory, it had still been holding the same old grudge for over 4 years, and now it has to come over to finally settle the accounts.
The two Deoxys finally met after being separated for 4 years, they were finally able to feel each other again.
Purple and green aurora appeared above their heads. As they moved closer to each other, the two aurora merged together like they did. The purple and green aurora appeared in the sky of LaRousse City, constantly changing colors into a more majestic version.
This scene was something really beautiful, and also something that would have been a great date spot if it's wasn't in the middle of a battel between 4 extremely strong creatures.
In fact, this was their way of communication. The auroras blending together are actually them chatting and catching up to each other after so long.
However, there was still the youngster trying to destroy it.
Rayquaza, who was still not willing to let go of his anger, was very furious even though it was himself that was being saved by the green core Deoxys. He roared and rushed out of the ground that hit them, and used his extremely destructive Hyper Beam at the two Deoxys still taking to each other.
The aurora disappeared, and the two Deoxys in their defensive form were unscathed in the smoke. However, facing the charging Rayquaza, they no longer had the intention to fight any longer, they finished what they came here for. So the pacifist duo ran away and took Rayquaza for a ride in the city sky.
"Stop it, Rayquaza!"
Looking at the once very beautiful city that was being destroyed by Rayquaza's destruction Hyper Beams, Ash shouted loudly, and took out his Jade Orb!
They all saw the emerald green orb releasing a dazzling and beautiful green light and projecting towards Rayquaza's long and majestic body.
Then Rayquaza gave up chasing the Deoxys and headed towards Ash to destroy him.
Even if he felt a strong connection towards this human boy, he won't let him disturb his fight. Never!
[ASH! WATCH OUT! PLEASE!]
Ciel was very worried about her master, the only being that she ever cared for, and the only person she will ever care for.
"So this is how it's going to be!"
Looking at the deadly light of a Hyper Beam directed at him, Ash couldn't help but get ready for teleporting out for the upcoming battle. Ash saw the two Deoxys transform into streamlined speed forms, fly over and take him to safety. Even though it wasn't necessarily needed, as Ash was just about to teleport out of there, it was a welcome change.
"Wasn't this Jade Orb supposed to help me connect better with Rayquaza? Why is it attacking me now?" Now being protected by two powerful Deoxys, Ash knew that he was in a safe position, and he had time to study the Jade Orb while being to close proximity to Rayquaza, something he previously wasn't able to do.
"What I sensed just now was definitely correct; it was clearly murderous intent toward me!"
Ash had absolute belief in his intuition and perception. There was no doubt about it.
[Thank god you're alright. I wouldn't know what to do without you.] Ciel seemed very happy now that her future "husband" was fine.
'Don't worry, Ciel. I won't ever leave you, ever.' Ash said with pure love to her.
Yes, love.
Ash knew what he felt towards his once monotone System and now his partner was true love. Nothing less than that.
They didn't need to tell the other they loved each other, they just knew that, it was very simple.
Ash promised to himself that once he deals with everything here, he will spend some quality alone time with his newest lover.
———
Rayquaza clearly wanted to attack him just now, despite knowing what he held on his hand.
"No, there is something else behind it!"
But then what Ash found out was that it didn't make sense. The Jade Orb could indeed summon Rayquaza, but unlike Lugia and Ho-Oh, Rayquaza was a very prideful Dragon!
A very powerful Dragon at that!
There was no way Lugia would be able to hear or come here on time to help him battle against Rayquaza, even if she had heard the Tidal Bells sound power, she will definitely not be able to come here, especially with leaving her child all alone.
She needed to at least find that boy again for hiding Silver with him and the come to the Hoenn Region from the furthest part of the Johto Region. It will take some hours, even with her Legendary powers over being extremely fast underwater.
Ash also does have a very good relationship with the three Legendary Beasts, so good in fact that he had even caught all three for his team, but Ash knew that Ho-Oh would not come out to help him, specially because they haven't met for a long time now.
Now Ash only obtained this Jade Orb thanks to Jirachi's ability. Even if the compatibility was very high, the Bond Value became extremely low from their initial 200+40 Bond Value.
[Love, this is because Rayquaza was more annoyed than anything. Just prove how wrong he is and it will be back to normal.] Ciel said off-handily.
It was all because Rayquaza wanted to test Ash to see if he was worthy of leading his strength to.
If a person who is not capable tried to summon Rayquaza via this orb, it would be weird for Rayquaza not to attack that unworthy person.
In other words, how could someone who would be killed by a single attack ever be qualified to command Rayquaza?
Rayquaza knew this, so this was the first test he set for Ash to see if he was truly worthy.
After thinking about it over again, Ash understood it. Now there is just only one thing he has to do.
"Rayquaza!" Ash was suspended in the air with his own Psychic and with the two powerful Deoxys floating behind him, and all he did was to take out his only Master Ball.
Such a battle was not just about Trainers capturing a Pokémon, but also the process of the Pokémon recognizing its possible future Trainers.
Ash will do his best to make sure Rayquaza recognize him before he could truly catch It!
"Come on, I challenge you to a battle! If I win, you're mine!" He said very confidentlyz