"Are you even listening Sal?" An exasperated sigh broke him out of his thoughts. He blinked, caught off guard, and Nero rolled his eyes, a fond smile breaking out on his face, "Honestly Sal, you're gonna make me old, grey, and grumpy with all the stress you give me."

Sal smirked as an image of his friend waving a cane around and shouting at kids to get off his lawn flashed in his mind, "You'd probably look better with grey hair, anything's an improvement to the way it is right now."

Nero gasped dramatically as he grabbed at his hair in mock offense, "You're just jealous that you're so short."

"That doesn't have anything to do with anything."

"Well, whatever, don't you wanna know why I called you here." It was stated as a fact, Nero knew his "little brother" enough to know that it would peak his interest.

And it did.

Sal frowned and crossed his arms as he waited for Nero to speak.

"Someone's been destroying rocket bases. Someone you might now."

Sal rolled his eyes, "Just tell me what's going on, stop beating around the bush."

Nero huffed, "You're so impatient! Seriously!" Sal's lips quirked up in amusement.

"It's the champion." His smirk fell.

"What?" he asked flatly.

"Yeah, everyone thinks it's your fault."

Sal took a deep breath and pinched his nose, "And you want me to deal with this?" One look at Nero's face told everything and he sighed, "Fine, but you're coming with me." Nero grinned,

"Aww you want me to come al-"

"I'll need a powerful trainer at my side," he said, cutting Nero off, "Come on." He hopped onto Aerodactyl's back, ignoring his friend's pouting as Nero returned Electivire and vaulted on behind him.

Aerodactyl pushed off the ground, letting his mega evolution form fade out as he soared into the air. When they were at a comfortable flying height, Sal spoke, "So, where to?"

"Headquarters, we had a report there was where they were gonna strike next."

Sal nodded and tapped Aerodactyl's right wing, steering him towards the right direction.

They arrived to a scene of chaos, fire was ranging, flying pokemon swarmed the sky, police pokemon and rocket pokemon clashed ferociously under them and right in the middle of things, was Cynthia, her garchomp blasting the hell out of everything it saw.

Sal swore under his breath and Aerodactyl pulled to a stop, circling as he allowed his trainer and passenger to survey the chaos unfolding below them. Before Sal could decide what to do, he heard a voice in his head, my child, use my power.

Sal froze, he hadn't heard that voice in years, Are you sure?

Yes, Rayquaza and I agreed, this is important for your future. I suspect your friend is getting the same information.

He glanced over at Nero. He looked completely shell-shocked, eyes wide and disbelieving. When the raven turned towards him, he nodded once and Nero grinned, giving a two fingered salute before he jumped off Aerodactyl's back, reaching into a pocket and tossing a ball out, a flygon appearing with a deafening roar, drawing eyes from every corner of the battlefield.

The last he could see of his friend was dark green starting to streak through his hair. He would be safe. Rayquaza would protect him. And I you. The feminine voice uttered and he nodded, closing his eyes and feeling for the power his patron offered him. The shadowy tendrils whispered to him and he grasped onto them for the first time in years. Giratina's image flared in his mind. I apologize, for everything. He heard the last whispered words before everything was drowned out by a rush of power.

His eyes, now red with a black sclera, snapped open, red streaks appearing through his midnight black hair. Sal felt the power surge through Aerodactyl as he mega evolved once again and added that power to the patron power he indulged in.

Aerodactyl roared and unleashed a stream of hyper beams through the police forces, sending multiple pokemon and their trainers flying, allowing the rockets a chance to push the attack. But this had drawn the attention of the most powerful threat on the battlefield.

Garchomp had launched itself into the sky, wheeling to face them as her trainer stayed safely on the ground, a gastrodon looming over her protectively.

No matter, Sal's blood-red eyes narrowed, with Giratina's power, they could win.

His hand's tightened on one of Aerodactyl's spine spikes as the pokemon felt his intent and rocketed towards the champion standing solitarily on the ground.

Garchomp let him pass, immediately tailing him once he passed and Aerodactyl landed in fron of the champion with a heavy thud, lips curling into a snarl and eyeing the circling garchomp warily.

A/N: Hey so I recently started a new choose your own adventure book over on webnovel that you guys can go check out if you want. It's called Pokemon: Son of Legend and it'd be great if you guys participated. I'm definitely not dropping this book but the idea just wouldn't go away.