Pokémon: My Titles Know No Limits! [264]

Rayquaza roared at August.

The sound was deafening, making August’s head buzz.

Clearly, Rayquaza didn’t appreciate August’s "friendly" greeting very much.

Off to the side, Gary couldn't help but mentally grumble: You woke it up from a sound sleep with an attack — how could you expect it to be friendly?

[GardevoirSupremacy]: "I heard that."

[Gary: ....]

Crap. I forgot we’re still linked telepathically...

Gardevoir, who had been observing the whole time, glanced between August and Gary.

Seeing both of them accidentally broadcast their inner thoughts through telepathy, if she hadn’t known better, she might have suspected some kind of blood relation between the two.

By now, Rayquaza’s menacing roar finally faded, and its cold, piercing gaze locked onto them.

From its open maw, a ball of energy began to form — Rayquaza was gathering power for an attack.

Seeing this, Zinnia felt not fear, but excitement.

The Dragon God is about to punish these intruders! she thought triumphantly.

Once Rayquaza defeated August, she would surely regain her freedom.

Or so she believed.

Just as Zinnia was ready to watch August get obliterated, she realized... something was wrong.

It seemed like... she was inside Rayquaza’s attack range too?

The thought barely flashed through her mind before the golden energy sphere at Rayquaza’s mouth flared violently—

And a blazing yellow beam shot forth.

Zinnia froze, staring blankly at the oncoming attack.

She was about to be hit.

At the last second, Mewtwo waved its hand, yanking her body sideways with psychic force, just barely dragging her out of the beam's path. The attack zipped past, its searing heat curling the ends of her hair.

"If I hadn't saved you," August said coolly, "you’d be dead by now."

Zinnia stood frozen, her mind blank.

Why...?

I’m a Draconid... we’re supposed to be allies...

August’s voice interrupted her stunned confusion. "You're wondering why, aren’t you? It’s simple. To Rayquaza, you and I are no different — we’re just intruders who disturbed its slumber."

Zinnia turned to look at him — only to find that August wasn’t even looking at her.

His eyes were locked onto Rayquaza, brimming with excitement.

Mewtwo and Gardevoir stood silently by his side.

The blue gleam of [Aura] lit August’s pupils as he rolled up his sleeve, revealing the mark formed by [Mewtwo's Cells] on the back of his hand.

Without turning, he said, "Gary, take the prisoner and fall back."

"From here on... it’s my battle."

August raised his hand toward Rayquaza.

"Become my Pokémon, Rayquaza!"

"Rooaar!"

Rayquaza stared coldly at the human who dared make such an outrageous demand.

Without hesitation, it responded — not with words, but with action.

Its emerald body whipped around, stirring the surrounding air into a frenzy. Blades of compressed wind formed and slashed toward August.

"As expected, we’ll have to fight first," August said calmly. "Mewtwo!"

Buzz.

Mewtwo, standing beside him, swung its psychic spoon.

The spoon, wrapped in a gleaming aura, whirled through the air, slicing apart the incoming air blades and dispersing them into harmless breezes.

Seeing this, Rayquaza’s gaze shifted to Mewtwo.

It clearly hadn’t expected this strange, unfamiliar Pokémon to so easily counter its attack.

But Mewtwo wasn’t done.

August issued his next command without missing a beat. "Mewtwo, [Psychic]!"

Mewtwo floated higher, raising its hand as blue light flared from its eyes.

Buzz.

Reality itself seemed to ripple. An overwhelming wave of psychic power crushed down toward Rayquaza.

Sensing danger, Rayquaza roared — a serious roar this time — and its body’s golden markings began to glow faintly. It opened its maw and unleashed a ferocious gust of wind.

In midair, the gust rapidly spiraled into a cyclone — a [Twister] — and slammed into Mewtwo’s [Psychic] attack.

Crackle crackle crackle—

The air was filled with a fine, crackling noise as Dragon energy and Psychic energy collided, eating away at each other.

August frowned.

With his [Aura] perception, he could clearly sense that Mewtwo’s [Psychic] was starting to falter under Rayquaza’s assault.

It’s stronger than I expected.

And this was just Rayquaza in its normal form...

No wonder it’s called the ruler of the skies...

Without hesitation, August sent a third command via telepathy.

At the same time, he raised his wrist, pressing his hand onto the [Keystone] embedded there.

"Is that...?" Zinnia, watching from the side, gasped.

She hadn’t expected August to have access to [Mega Evolution]!

Though in recent years [Mega Evolution] was no longer an exclusive secret of the Draconid People, coupled with August’s previous knowledge of her tribe...

It made her revisit an earlier suspicion: Could August really be a descendant of Draconid exiles?

But August paid no attention to her reaction.

He was entirely focused on Mewtwo.

"Mewtwo — [Mega Evolve]!"

Mewtwo’s body was engulfed in blinding light.

Without Mewtwo’s psychic support, the [Psychic] wave collapsed instantly, and the [Twister] roared toward the glowing sphere.

Then— a slender arm emerged from the light.

It waved lightly toward the approaching storm.

Boom!

The tornado exploded into fragments!

Zinnia was completely stunned.

"That’s Mega Mewtwo Y!" Gary exclaimed.

He had once sparred with Mewtwo’s Y form — and while he’d been thoroughly beaten back then, seeing Mega Mewtwo Y now, he only felt overwhelming reassurance.

High in the sky, the slender form of Mega Mewtwo Y faced Rayquaza without the slightest fear.

Of course, from Rayquaza’s perspective, that fearless gaze was nothing short of a provocation.

With its territorial instincts burning, Rayquaza could tolerate weaker beings wandering its domain... but a Pokémon on its level?

Never.

"Rooooaaar!"

Rayquaza roared again.

Its coiled body uncurled and launched upward, swirling air around it. The golden markings on its scales lit up, gathering a mysterious, intense power.

"Is it using... [Dragon Dance]?!" August's eyes narrowed. "Mewtwo — stop it!"

Before he even finished speaking, Mewtwo had already shot forward.

A shimmering blue barrier surrounded its slender frame, and its psychic spoon elongated, lashing out toward Rayquaza.

Rayquaza, however, had no intention of stopping.

Its body kept weaving through the air, gathering winds into a raging storm that shielded it from Mewtwo’s attack.

Hurricane!

The turbulent winds made Mewtwo’s spoon hard to control.

Mega Mewtwo Y had abandoned brute strength for unparalleled psychic power — but at this moment, that specialization was a weakness.

Seeing the situation, August immediately ordered a change. "Forget the spoon — use [Psyblade]!"

A surge of psychic power condensed into a tangible blade in Mewtwo’s hand.

With a swift strike, it tore through Rayquaza’s wind barrier like a knife through paper.

The [Psyblade] slashed across Rayquaza’s body.

"Raaagh!"

Rayquaza roared in pain — but August didn’t relax.

Because, even as the [Psyblade] struck home, Rayquaza’s [Dragon Dance] had completed.

In August’s [Aura] vision, Rayquaza’s strength and speed had surged dramatically.

With a murderous glint in its eye, Rayquaza lunged.

Whoosh!

A green afterimage flashed across August’s sight.

In the next instant, Rayquaza was right in front of Mewtwo.

Its tail, wrapped in dense Dragon-type energy, whipped toward Mewtwo.

Mewtwo hadn’t anticipated Rayquaza’s sudden speed boost — it had no time to dodge.

BAM!

CRACK.

Two sounds rang out in quick succession — first Mewtwo being smashed through the air, and then the shattering of its protective psychic barrier.

Mewtwo barely managed to stabilize itself using psychic force, looking grimly at its cracked shield.

Seeing that one hit wasn’t enough, Rayquaza bared its claws and lunged again.

This time, it intended to rip the shield apart directly!

But Mewtwo was ready now.

Blue light flashed in its eyes, and its speed spiked sharply — [Agility]!

Mewtwo blurred into a streak, dodging Rayquaza’s claws and counterattacking from behind, ramming into Rayquaza’s side.

Rayquaza staggered slightly in the air but quickly recovered, spinning around and swiping again.

They clashed midair — green and blue figures entwining, separating, crashing together again and again.

Down below, Gary gleefully recorded everything with his phone.

If Mewtwo Y is fighting Rayquaza evenly... and I once sparred with Mewtwo Y... then doesn’t that mean I’ve basically fought Rayquaza too?!

Meanwhile, Zinnia could only stare in shock.

She never dreamed that the strange Pokémon by August’s side could battle the Dragon God to a standstill.

No words could express her awe.

Only August remained serious.

Through their telepathic link, he could tell: Mewtwo wasn’t doing well.

The problem wasn’t power — in terms of special attack, Mega Mewtwo Y was more than a match for a non-Mega Rayquaza.

The problem was stamina.

Compared to the ancient Rayquaza, Mewtwo, who lacked centuries of experience and endurance, was burning through its strength too quickly.

If this dragged on, Mewtwo would lose.

And Rayquaza seemed to realize this too.

It suddenly charged up a glowing golden orb at its mouth — and fired!

A beam of energy sliced through the sky, splitting the clouds apart.

You can’t take that head-on!

August immediately ordered, "Dodge and use [Shadow Ball] for cover!"

Mewtwo zigzagged through the air, flinging dark spheres toward Rayquaza, trying to throw off its aim.

But Rayquaza was too experienced — despite Mewtwo’s desperate dodges, it still landed a few glancing hits.

Mewtwo’s stamina dwindled fast.

Meanwhile, Rayquaza, despite taking several [Shadow Balls] to the body, looked as vigorous as ever.

We can’t keep this up.

August exhaled.

I didn’t want to resort to this... but Rayquaza’s too strong. Time to fight dirty.

He glanced toward Gardevoir.

Sensing his look, Gardevoir nodded at once.

"Naai~!"

With a shimmer of light, a tablet floated from Gardevoir’s arms toward Mewtwo.

Mewtwo, still weaving through the air, blinked in surprise at the object suddenly beside it.

"Borrowing this. Give it back later!"

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T/N: yeeees this is how powerful rayquaza should feeeel

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