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Separation

Twenty-four year old Laura Toradan gazed at the sunset as she stood on the patio of her Fortree home. She had sent her seven year old son, Comet, to bed earlier, so she was the only person awake at the moment. A shadow briefly crossed the patio, making Laura turn her head to the sky.

Most people would have freaked out at the sight of the thirty foot long serpent that hung in the air in front of her. Laura was not one of those people, as she lightly stroked the ridge above its right eye, the enormous head reaching up to her hand. Laura smiled as the Pokémon closed its eyes in bliss, a soft purr more reminiscent of thunder coming from its throat.

"Come inside Ray, I don't want my neighbors to look up and freak out. The last thing I need is for someone to try and capture you," Laura told the Pokémon, her hand leaving the eye ridge. She closed her eyes and yawned, stretching her arms above her head. That being said, she didn't notice the flash of light that coincided with the sunset.

Opening her eyes, Laura was greeted by the sight of a tall, gangly man who appeared to be in his late teens. He had on blue jeans, a faded green shirt, and a gold chain with a small green gem hanging from it. Laura however, was busy gazing into the deep green eyes that were above a yellow, tattooed stripe on his nose and cheeks, as well as being partially obscured by a mop of dark golden hair.

"I thought we were going inside," the man said, his voice in good humor as he playfully reprimanded Laura. "I know I'm attractive and all, but I'm sure that you don't want to freeze."

Laura gasped. Blushing, she went over to the door and opened it, ushering the man inside. Once the two of them were inside, Laura closed the door and locked it. Walking over to the couch in the decently sized living room, Laura sat down sighing, her face showing fatigue.

The man sat down next to her, his arm placed around her shoulders as Laura put her head on his shoulder. "What's wrong? You seem more tired than usual," he said, his face etched with worry, and with the sharp angles that made up his face, looked menacing rather than comforting.

Laura looked into the man's green eyes. "Ray, I can't do this anymore," her voice showing signs of fatigue. "I can't keep battling like I'm seventeen, and I can't take Comet to a battle even if I wanted to. Ray, maybe you can take him for a while. I mean, you like being human right?"

The man, now known as Ray, looked at Laura in shock. "Laura, I can't do that! It's not that I don't want to raise Comet full-time-trust me, I do-it's just that, between my old home, keeping Groudon and Kyogre from killing each other, and random summons from maybe Ho-oh, Comet would be alone most of the time and I can't trust Latias or Mew with looking after him and not tell anybody," he told her, his arms waving about.

Laura was about to tell Ray a piece of her mind when Ray stiffened up. "Ray," Laura tentatively asked, "what's wrong?"

Ray tilted his head to the floor, not meeting Laura's inquisitive stare. Laura tilted her boyfriend's head to look into his eyes. "Ray," she said sternly, "what's going on? Groudon and Kyogre going at it again? Because if so, take me with you," Ray looked at her alarmed, "because I want to knock some sense into them myself, and Arceus help you if you try to convince me otherwise." One look at Laura's face told Ray that she was adamant about this and sighed. He knew it was pointless to try and argue with a mother. Not to mention his trainer.

"It's not that," he told her. Laura lifted an eyebrow. Ray looked her in the eye. "Latios is dead. Palkia just told me. I'm to go to the Hall of Origin to attend his funeral." He looked down, his face falling into a look of regret. "I'm going to have to help Latias cope with the loss."

Laura looked at him in sympathy. "Ray, it's all right. I know what you have to go through."

Ray shook his head. "Laura, if I go, they will notice that I'm trying to reach you every chance I get. They might find out, and what if someone tries to catch me? They'll find out that they can't, and even a Ditto can put two and two together."

Laura let out a forced chuckle. "Well, looks like it's time, eh?" She looked into the young man's eyes with sadness.

"Yeah," Ray said, his voice showing the emotions that he couldn't use his face for.

Together, the two of them got up and walked to the patio. Once they were at the railing, Laura took out an ordinary pokeball; a pokeball that, until that moment had held a Legendary inside it. Pointing it at Ray, Laura nodded. Ray nodded as well, his form blurred by a green light that seemed to come out of his pores. Seconds later, a bright flash blinded Laura. When she finally did recover, Laura saw the serpent from earlier hovering in the air.

"Pokeball, release!" she cried out, her voice cracking. The pokeball emitted a burst of blue light that enveloped the serpent for a moment and soon dissipated. Sighing, the dragon nudged Laura softly, sadness in its now golden eyes as it turned and flew away into the night sky.

"Goodbye Rayquaza," Laura said, tears running down her face. "I love you."

:_/:

Somewhere above the world, a dragon cried.