The vast sky darkened, falling into a peaceful nighttime calm.
Anyone who looked up could see a sheet of twinkling starlight, brilliant and dazzling, like the Milky Way stretched across the heavens.
Suddenly, all the stars began to grow. The light intensified. Before long, they seemed ready to fill the entire sky. But then anyone still watching would realize, the stars weren't getting bigger. They were getting closer.
Gigantamax Mega Gardevoir floated in midair, her flowing gown bathed in moonlight. Her right hand raised high.
When the stars gathered behind her, she swung her hand down, pointing directly at Giratina.
In an instant, the stars fell.
Normally, the Z-Move Twinkle Tackle transformed the user into a star wrapped in Fairy energy to crash into the target.
Each condensed star, large or small, was roughly truck-sized.
But after going through Gigantamax amplification—
These stars gave off the impression of suns falling to Earth. Every single one could obliterate Mount Coronet!
'Who's the legendary here, me or you?!'
Giratina didn't hesitate for a second. It tore open a gateway to the Distortion World and bolted.
But the moment it turned around, just before it could slip through the portal, brilliant starlight suddenly burst from inside the Distortion World's doorway.
A massive star that should've been falling from the sky came flying out of the portal instead, shooting straight toward Giratina.
'How did it get in there—'
BOOM!
The explosion hit. In an instant, blinding starlight consumed Giratina completely.
Gigantamax Mega Gardevoir floated calmly in midair, totally in control.
Wave after wave of explosive energy rippled outward, covering dozens of miles of sky centered on Mount Coronet's peak.
The first explosion's shockwave instantly cleared away thousands of years of accumulated snow on Mount Coronet. Then, in less than half a second, the second terrifying shockwave warped space itself, leveling the entire mountain to flat ground!
Fortunately, every living thing on Mount Coronet had already evacuated. Whether Diamond Clan, Pearl Clan, Ginkgo Guild members, or wild Pokemon, even those who couldn't escape in time had been forcibly teleported over sixty miles away by Gigantamax Mega Gardevoir's Teleport.
Volo, "supervising" the battle from the sky, stood there with his jaw hanging open.
'Why do I even need Giratina's help? Just grab a Gardevoir and I could scatter Arceus to ashes!'
Without the Pixie Plate, Gigantamax Mega Gardevoir's Twinkle Tackle wouldn't have been nearly this devastating.
Gigantamax mostly amplified size and form, not raw power.
What gave Gigantamax Twinkle Tackle its apocalyptic damage output was the Plate's energy.
Still, witnessing this kind of destructive force got John thinking.
Among legendary Pokemon, quite a few were Dragon-types, like Latias, Latios, or Rayquaza. If he encountered them, he could open with a big move like this, definitely enough to seriously injure them, then use other Pokemon to wear down their stamina. Should be enough to capture them.
He could take this strategy even further.
Especially since he currently had no real way to beat Shadow Mewtwo...
He could have Gengar and Zoroark team up to create a similarly devastating combo move, then try battling Shadow Mewtwo.
"After this Hisui journey ends and Gardevoir's divine treasure is complete, I'll give it a shot." John made up his mind.
Giratina, who'd been preparing to retreat into its lair to rest up before round two, felt genuine shock ripple through it.
'This Pokemon's spatial manipulation, how is it this advanced?'
Its sharp senses quickly provided an answer.
'Why does it have their aura on it?!'
Giratina mentally cursed Palkia and Dialga.
Then something else occurred to it, and a hint of cunning flickered in its deep red eyes.