Destiny of Understanding PG

Sorry for being so delayed on this chapter, at least now it's up... I've made sure toexplain more about the way Katar feels about Kitsune, but I'm sure it's still vague enough to mislead people.

Chapter 9:Would have been better off dead?
(From the perspective of Katar, the Absol)
?Katar, come out now??

The voice of my master beckoned, though her voice sounded angrier than normal, this was not surprising since it was the first time we had run from battle. Her voice seemed to echo in my mind. Soon I would have to face that anger as I could only hear her voice because I was already beginning to emerge from my ball.

In a Poke Ball there was no way to tell how much time passes, normal senses do not exist within a Poke Ball as nothing of me really exists when inside it. It always seemed that there was always just enough time to think, no more, no less. When there was nothing to think about days could pass seemingly instantly, though in those circumstances the sudden hunger after being let out was always hit hard. When there was plenty to think about, time was endless. It was a great thing when trying to gather one?s thoughts just to go into a Poke Ball for a second or two.

If only I could have another moment to cleanse my mind of the fear caused by her anger things would be much easier, but it was too late for that and my body was already reforming out of reddish energy.

?Why did you fail me?? she hissed, though hissing like she did wasn?t natural for a human or all of them would do it, ?you got distracted, letting your guard down just because of an attractive ninetales. Really it?s unlike you, unlike a Pokemon that I?d want to have with me. You were the only way to take down that girl. You saw the sort of skill she possessed to control her Pokemon in a way that could not be detected; no one can be that good, especially not one so young. I will not allow myself to be replaced, and I will prove that I am greater than her, but it will not be with you.?

??? I tried to speak, but she had somehow gotten her hands round my throat and began to crush it. Perhaps I could have avoided it, though her training had proven resisting her in any way just made things worse. I instinctively tried to look for help in the only other one around: the rapidash. It was pointless, in all the time I?ve been around that rapidash has never said a word and has never been referred to by any name. That rapidash hadn?t even flinched when the ninetales broke its leg. He had been completely broken in by the training.

Yes, the ninetales had distracted me. But who wouldn?t be distracted once sensing the path of destruction that lay in her wake, and that she would bring in times to come? Absol are sensitive to such things, though it rarely shows up in living things, only in things like earthquakes. She was something to watch carefully from a safe distance, nothing more.

My master lifted me with one hand and slammed me against a tree. With her other hand she pulled out some device that appeared to be two pieces connected by a single piece of wire, and she tossed it at the tree. Though I could not see what it did, it was easy to guess as wire quickly bound me to the tree, and she caught the ends and one loop of it.

Grabbing one of my unresisting front paws she twisted it round. Even if I could howl out in the pain it caused, I was trained to resist pain. I could feel myself getting weaker, but she was still doing quite a poor job of strangling me. Of course that was probably on purpose, she would never really risk losing me, would she?

Upon my neck she forced my twisted paw, forcing my claws to extend out into my neck. It was then that she let go of the loop of wire, and pulled on the ends. I couldn?t breathe. The wire had tied my paw to my throat tight enough to block off my breathing completely.

?Now it ends, goodbye Katar,? my master spoke bearing her teeth, as she dropped a Poke Ball to the ground, my Poke Ball,. I heard the crunch as she stamped on it, shattering it. She turned to the rapidash, ?Say goodbye to Katar.?

The rapidash walked up to me; the broken leg seemed to have no effect on the way he walked. Perhaps he?d finally talk, tell me that this was all a joke. He suddenly turned away, carefully getting good footing with the one of his front legs that wasn?t broken. I could feel the warmth of my blood drip down my neck. He lifted both his back legs off the ground and kicked, the hooves coming right for my head?


Pain. It filled my head. I felt too weak to open my eyes to see where I was, but the comforting feeling of the claw marks on my throat healing through means of a potion probably meant I was at a Pokemon Centre. The prior events were still in my mind, it was clear that I had been abandoned. I had no master, I was lost without a purpose, but I could not rest, two female human voices in the room made me want to stay awake to listen; perhaps they would reveal things weren?t as bad as it seemed?

??looks like the Nurse Joy from Oldale was right to be suspicious of Lilac. Most would have assumed she just had a rich family that had foolishly given her a powerful Pokemon to start her off on her journey. Of course the way she has a mightyena tamed in less than a day, when even experienced trainers can?t managed it in years, proves she is a lot more than she seems.?

?They must be talking about the girl?

?Still, Jenny, I disagree with the wild conclusions some of your subordinate police officers are jumping to. I don?t mean it?s not possible that she?s a Pokemon pretending to be human with some sort of psychic illusion or just transforming like a ditto. What I mean is the actions they want to take to test it are cruel and against the law. Anyway if she was a Pokemon in disguise, then the bite wound on her hand would?ve healed by now.?

The girl was human, I would?ve known if that wasn?t the case, though I understand how paranoid humans should be of Pokemon taking over from them, it?s the sort of thing that keeps them on top.

?Nurse Joy, I do not approve of any of the drastic actions that they have suggested, nor do I care if she?s human or not?actually I do if she happens to have fake I.D. saying she?s human when she?s not?, what I am concerned about is her being corrupted by Team Magma or Aqua. Luckily I?ve already contacted someone to help her not do anything crazy just because she?s so much better at Pokemon training than other people. He should meet her before she gets to Rustburo. ?

Suddenly there was the sound of trolleys full of medical equipment being pushed over. I forced open my eyes to look upon the scene?

?I?ve got to see you do that part of the check up procedure on a conscious Pokemon,? it was the white ninetales speaking, and she was out the corridor on the other side of the two humans. She had pinned a chansey to the ground and her tails were wagging furiously, ?the chansey in Oldale said that small Pokemon have the option go going through it with no antistatic, and that is something I just have to see.?

?I don?t care what the chansey in Oldale said,? The chansey said firmly, even though she was clearly at the disadvantage, ?doing such a thing is never done here, and most certainly not because some sadistic ninetales wants to see it done.?

?Weird, but it probably would make more sense if I knew what procedure they were talking about?

?Sorry about that!? the girl, Lilac, called out as she came rushing down the corridor, ?I really shouldn?t have let her watch Omega get a full examination, still she was curious about it and I didn?t think it could do any harm. Um? Okay, I suppose technically I should have made sure it was okay with you first, but when I asked you took it as a joke.?

?Glad you?re here, we were just about to go looking for you,? One of the female humans, assumedly Officer Jenny, said, ?everything you told me about this mystery lady and her attack against you checks out, and it certainly helps us with quite a number of cases. It?s amazing how many crimes she has committed in the past, but the info you gave us will help with her capture? also Nurse Joy needs to speak to you about her absol you brought in.?

?Yes, I do need to speak with you about him,? Nurse Joy spoke, beaming at Jenny as clearly things were moving too fast for her liking, ?you seem to be a skilled trainer and I?m sure you?ll be able to help him adjust from his previous master. The only other option is to put him through extensive testing to see if he is suitable for release or a less experienced trainer, both of which are unlikely. If he can?t get a home I?ll have to put him down??

?I?? Lilac unconfidently started, though the ninetales interrupted.

?Come on,? she barked, leaping off the chansey, ?this is just too perfect: we need to know more about that Lady in order to prepare ourselves for when she attacks again, since I doubt those humans interested in her will be able to catch her. Just please let us take him, I?m getting bored with only the company of those who I can?t take out my aggression on. Well I could take it out on Omega, but that?d make him think he?s worth my time.?

Great, death or being tortured for information I don?t have. What?s worse is I don?t get to make the decision?
 
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Chapter 10:The nature of Lilac?s past.
From the perspective of Kitsune, the Ninetales
?No?? it came as a surprise to me, not even a human could possibly fail to see Katar?s importance. Knowledge of an enemy provides a great advantage, and it would be vital if we were to avoid any traps that we could face in the future.

?Wait, Lilac!? I barked; I could feel my tails had gone limp and it felt like the worst of it was yet to come, ?we need him for us to give us a good advantage, I promise he won?t suffer too much. In fact if it has to be, I?ll get him to talk without causing any harm at all by making him fall in love with me. After we?ve finished with him I?m sure we?ll find a nice trainer to give him to and everything? Anyway Omega feels a bit lonely since he can?t understand you and I hate him, though I won?t hurt him because you wouldn?t like that. He could really do with someone to talk with.?

?I can?t take him with me, Kitsune,? she looked as though she was about to cry, ?I can?t even handle controlling you or Omega, certainly not both of you at the same time. I freeze up in battle becoming hopeless to provide any assistance, and we could have been killed out there against that fiend. At least without me, you wouldn?t have to worry about her coming after you. I don?t want anyone to die because of me.?

I stood there shocked, barely noticing her run out the door, picking up her bag as she went. She had left, and I hadn?t even seen it coming. All the power a ninetales is meant to have, and all the power I had already learned to control, failed to give me enough of a door into her mind to spot her suffering like this.

At least Nurse Joy and Officer Jenny were as speechless as me. Tracking Lilac would be easy. Nose to the ground I headed after her. I stopped. A ninetales walking by itself nose to the ground would be an embarrassing situation to be caught in, we are meant to be better than that. My species were meant to wait for prey, not track it down. Omega would have to do the tracking then.

I turned and dashed through the Pokemon Centre, quickly finding Omega lying still sedated on a bed. Waking him could have been much fun, but being quick was more important. Fun and quick was still possible. I bit into his tail, quickly jerking away, thus pulling him right off the bed. The bite awoke him but he was still too dozy to make much of a yelp or brace himself for hitting the ground.

?What was that for?? He yawned as he got up onto unsteady feet, the affects of the sedative hadn?t worn off yet. ?I was having the most bizarre dream. It was snowing and Lilac, that absol, and I were snuggling together to sleep out in the middle of it. You were no where in sight, and your scent was no longer even on Lilac?s clothing? I know it sounds boring but it was about to get good.?

There was no time to consider the meaning of dreams, especially of a creature that would never have premonitions of any sort, ?Lilac has run off because? well that evil lady upset her, and I doubt seeing that absol again helped. You better start tracking her scent or I?ll run off without you too.?

He started off slow, warbling towards the door, slowly shaking the remaining effects of artificial sleep. He was still too out of it to question my orders. It?d be hard to look dignified while following him, but I had to try. I stretched my tails out, and held my head high in the air, and took up a very strutting walk style. We soon headed straight out the door unobstructed.

?Let them go and don?t send any police to make sure Lilac is okay,? I heard Nurse Joy say as we left the Pokemon Centre, presumably to Officer Jenny, ?this is a matter best left with her Pokemon, it?ll help develop better bonds of friendship between them.?

Omega dashed sleepily though the streets with me close behind, though his progress was much slower than I would have liked. The trail led us right out of town, and into the sparse area of trees that covered the local landscape.

?So, how are we going to cheer Lilac up?? Omega finally asked, it was a question that felt too important to be asked by one whose nose was in the dirt but a grubby dog like him couldn?t have known any better, ?when any of my siblings were upset they usually just took it out on me, but Lilac seems too weak to do such a thing. For one thing she isn?t dominant over anyone, so she?s more likely to be picked on. You wouldn?t drag us after her if there wasn?t an easy way to fix the problem.?

?First off let me do all the talking,? the answer wasn?t an easy one to come up with, and it was just something I was hoping I wouldn?t be asked. Such questions are always the more important ones, ?when we find her you just sit back and try to look guilty about her feeling upset. That should bring some comfort to her, though I?m sure I?ll be able to talk to her about what happened to help her out. Afterwards I?m sure she?ll be in a playful mood for a bit, giving us both a chance to make a better impression on her than we have in the past.?

?For a moment I thought you would suggest one of those barbaric human sports like gym battles,? Omega was showing more knowledge on human culture than expected of him, ?I have heard rumours about them and how humans crave for the small objects that are given for completing them. It?s said that it involves putting a human?s Pokemon against several unnaturally strong ones? usually with devastating results.?

We continued in silence, Omega picking up that I didn?t want to hear more almost telepathically. The pattern of my walk probably went out a bit, and his hearing could have picked this up. There was no way anything else could have tipped him off.


There Lilac was, sobbing under a tree. Pink petals fell from it, drifting harmlessly around her. Oddly enough, the flowers were only in bloom right above her, none of the rest of the tree was. In fact none of the other trees were in bloom either. This probably was no coincidence. Flower petals seemed to have some attraction for some humans and this probably lured her to the tree. How a tree would end up like this was beyond my knowledge but it had to be natural.

It had taken most of the day to find her, but we were probably still heading in the right direction to reach the next town. Lilac was at least smart enough not to lead us off course when running off, right?

Omega lay down silently a short distance from her, faking silent tears quite well for a first time, though he completely failed to stop his tail vigorously wagging. I carefully walked closer too, the petals felt nice under my feet.

?Lilac, please don?t be sad?? it wasn?t hard to sound sincere, it actually felt like I wasn?t faking, but that would be impossible, ?it makes us sad too. We can help if you let us, and there is no way that evil human female will be able to harm us if we?re together. Please tell Omega and I what is wrong.?

?It is always said that espeon would do anything to protect their master, and their very psychic powers are developed to meet that purpose,? Lilac?s voice sounded sad and quite empty, ?what if the danger was not physical, but mental instead? If they desired to protect then they?d just take away all the pain, all the fear, and all the emotions that were undesirable. Logically no harm could possibly come from such tampering, it?s not like they would ever stop tampering to keep their masters stable. It?s not like anyone would be willing to leave such protection behind??

?In a way I always knew they did do it, but part of the effect was stopping me, or any of my family from worrying about it,? tears began to drip down her face, ?I remember when I was quite young, I was right there in the same room as my parents as they were brutally murdered. I know I was too young to do anything to stop it but that was no excuse for what happened next? It was as if no one even noticed they were dead, not even my older brother. Everyone continued with life as normal, we were all prevented from doing anything else. The murder was never even reported to the police and as far as the world is concerned both of them are still alive. It was almost a perfect utopian state of mind we were in.?

??But even the espeon, developing their powers for that specific purpose, had limitations,? I stood in a shocked silence, though I managed to catch a glance at Omega. He was being quite quiet considering he shouldn?t have been able to understand what was happening, ?they are mainly diurnal, so the powers manipulating us were stronger during the day, and during the night it was much weaker, and especially round the time of the new moon. But the biggest problem, and certainly the one that allowed me to leave, is that no espeon uses their powers during the Twilight between day and night other than one. Why that one espeon didn?t stop me is something I will never know??

?I?m no Pokemon trainer, and I can never be one since I?m not used to my emotions like everyone else is,? she concluded, ?I?m not even sure I can manage to cope with life much longer outside the protection of espeon. I know it was easy for me to accept understanding Pokemon, as, in a way, I always could when the espeon wanted me to, but it is something no other trainer is capable of and thus isn?t a skill that is of much use. The worst part is that I?m sure of who killed my parents now, and I can?t even feel angry about it or make myself want revenge. In fact I would feel guilt if anything did happen.?

?No? you can become a great Pokemon trainer,? a sick feeling was in my stomach, and my voice was weak. A memory tried to surface in my mind, though I tried to remember what it was that Lilac had reminded me of. It was beyond my grasp, too painful to remember. All that mattered was cheering Lilac up about her painful past; my past would wait till another day, ?we will battle in a gym and earn a badge, it?ll prove you?re good enough. If we fail I promise I won?t hate you if you try to catch me in a Poke Ball??

I barely managed to stop myself adding the fact she?d fail if she tried anyway, it would not have been helpful. She glanced up at me with her sad eyes, but I could see things were going to start getting back on track faster than I hoped.

?Will catching you be enough to cheer me up,? she almost laughed, ?it?s difficult to decide which would make me happier, giving you a reason to behave or earning a badge. It?s not like I?m the type that feels getting a badge is a great achievement, but as much as I need to get control of my life, I?d hate to make you uncomfortable by catching you. Well the duty of a good Pokemon trainer is to keep their Pokemon happy, usually from good victory celebrations, so winning a badge it is.?

?Kitsune, you said we weren?t going to do that,? Omega whined, ?I don?t want to be battered around by some Pokemon for no comprehendible reason. Win or lose the gym leader is said to stay on top, there?s not even a good meal for fighting.?

That pushed Lilac into uncontrolled laughter, a successful plan well executed. It was hopefully the first of many to come on the way to my goal. Making promises like that would probably be necessary and keeping a good reputation would require me to fulfill those promises.

?You don?t have to participate if you don?t want to.?
 
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Chapter 12:Attempted Heroism
(From the perspective of Lilac, the human)
?Ouch!?

Kitsune?s yelp of pain woke me. But what had happened?

?Omega!? I yelled out, trying to leap to my feet though Kitsune was on top of me. I could feel the tears building up, as I could see he was no longer with us. It was my fault, ?they took him, didn?t they? We didn?t even get the chance to fight back. He was only with us because he liked me. It was me who got us into the trouble with that lady in the first place.?

?You?re not thinking straight,? Kitsune growled, struggling to get a foothold on the greased sides of the pit, ?he was only going to be a hindrance anyway, and he was probably even trying to come up with a scheme of sorts. You shouldn?t have liked him at all with the way he wanted you. A form of spite against me, you could say, he only wanted you so I couldn?t have you. Trust me, we?re better of without him? We should be more worried about the greased sides of the pit and how easy prey we?d be if someone decided to attack us, which is quite likely since he is here and woke us.?

?I just love to watch unstoppable forces of nature,? a cheerful voice called out, and it took a few moments for me to realize that it was from an absol, the absol named Katar, ?and that is what your presence feels like to me? I just got bored from watching you sleep for hours on end after those two got the jump on you, so I flicked a stone in to make it more interesting. So are you going to kill the human or is there something else that your destructive energies are meant to do??

??I suppose not then,? Katar muttered disappointedly when Kitsune didn?t even bother responding. I certainly couldn?t have said anything useful either, especially when he didn?t even acknowledge that I could hear him. He wasn?t to know I could understand, ?it would have been a bit disappointing anyway, your energy should be for something much bigger and the human is somewhat amusing. I might as will help you out so we can get to that point sooner, as it?ll be something to remember. Just trust me for a few moments??

I couldn?t see what was happening, but I could hear what sounded like the air somewhere above me was being shredded by something. Fur was shoved into my face. I couldn?t breath. Kitsune had gotten into a defensive position over me to protect us both. The sound changed, or at least was added to it. It sounded like a full-blown landslide, though it was muffled by Kitsune?s fur. I needed to breathe soon.

A moment longer and I would have passed out. Kitsune stood up off me and walked out of the pit. The pit had developed a much shallower slope at one side, and none of it was slippery anymore. As I got unsteadily to my feet, while taking some quite deep breaths, I caught a glance at Katar, his fur had gotten a few clumps of dirt in it. He must have used quite a powerful razor wind technique to cave the ground and blow away the grease. The wind was blowing quite strongly, and the sky was clouding over fast. The storm that was meant to hit was almost here.

?You have no concern for our safety and yet want us to trust you?? Kitsune?s growl was deep with anger, ?that technique would of ripped the flesh off mine and Lilac?s bones if I didn?t make a complete shield of Iron Tail to protect us. If it wasn?t for the fact you aren?t surprised about us surviving I would say you were trying to achieve just that.?

?Thanks Katar,? I had to try to be as polite as I could, partially to try and apologize for Kitsune?s rudeness, but it was just too difficult not to sound distrustful. I had to have him help us find Omega, ?can you please show us which wa??

?Follow me,? Katar interrupted as he made a sudden dash deeper into the forest, quite a logical direction, both away from the coming storm front and into a more sheltered area. A flash of lightning illuminated the forest for a moment. It was not going to be a nice storm to be caught in.

I quickly swung my backpack off, sliding my pocketknife out of it and slipping it into a concealed pocket on my dress. If I was to keep up with Katar, then I couldn?t let myself be weighed down by my pack. It was reasonably easy to catch up with Katar, as he clearly didn?t want to lose us. A quite glance behind me confirmed Kitsune was following, and that she was quiet just because she had grabbed my pack in her mouth.

The rumble of thunder reached us, followed by another flash, but this time the thunder only lagged behind a few moments.

?Mouthful, eh?? Katar was clearly talking to Kitsune again, but now wasn?t the time to persuade him to acknowledge my existence. Not while Omega was probably in danger. It was about time I started to act like a proper Pok?mon trainer. I had to, not just for Omega, but also if I wanted to stand a chance in a gym battle, ?I know you would probably want to ask what happened after you left if it wasn?t for that. Plain and simply, it was decided that I wasn?t mentally damaged enough to make me dangerous to a trainer, though returning to the wild wasn?t an option? Too bad I accidentally broke the Pok?ball they put me in while trying to carry it and run. The Pok?mon Centre did everything right to stop me escaping, but their responsibilities basically end as soon as they hand a Pok?mon to a human. At least the human I was given to should recover, since he was already at the Pok?mon Centre so treatment should have been administered quickly. I guess I might as well warn you that the police have sent a spy to keep your human from doing things they don?t want her to do, possibly an elite assassin like my previous master but that may just be wishful thinking on my part.?

Injured a trainer, possibly fatally, just to escape? I thought all that the mental tests would have been accurate enough to predict that would happen, and at least take longer. What reasons could Katar have to do such a thing, especially tricking Nurse Joy about his stability? This was not the time to question the only chance of rescue Omega has. It was quite possible that he was telling the truth about the police spy, though an assassin was impossible, right?

?It?s nice to have your company, I?d hate to have to run backwards and forwards between disasters,? Katar?s words suddenly struck me, he wasn?t going after Omega after all, ?I had a vision of someone important dying an unusually impressive death considering the circumstances and I want to see it, I?m sure there will be a free meal opportunity there too. We?re almost there and on time too. Quite lucky, but I can?t tell you what?s going to happen as that?ll give you a chance of interfering and ruining the whole thing.?

Rain started to hail down, with a few more flashes of lightning and rolls of thunder.

I could faintly hear Kitsune?s muffled growl, ?Dark types can?t see the future, so stop pretending, or announcing your delusions as it?s wasting our time,? judging by the lack of reaction from Katar, he mustn?t have heard her. It was then she dropped my pack.

?Look!? she barked. Up on the hill, some distance away, was a boy in a yellow vest, standing looking around as if searching for something. His glance came my way and he started running our way, ?he looks suspicious enough to be the spy Katar mentioned. What human would be out here in this storm by themselves? Look at it this way, he might be working with whoever took Omega, so for you, Lilac, it?s a win-win situation no matter who he works for.?

Kitsune burst into a quick attack, dashing round into the bushes so he would not see her, I could see exactly what was going to happen but I ran after her anyway. She was going to lung at him, knocking him to the ground, before sinking her fangs into his throat. Shouting would not stop her; nothing would save the potentially innocent boy. But that was not how it happened.

She lunged all right, knocking him to the ground. Although the flash of lightning hitting a nearby tree was unexpected, the tree burst into flames in the deafening thunder and toppled over towards where human would have been if Kitsune hadn?t attacked him. The wet grass helped them both slide completely out of the way. I continued to run, he was still in danger, and the thunder may not of given Kitsune enough of a fright to make her leg him free.

?Interfering Vixen!? Katar howled out, ?his death would have been more impressive than just being crushed by that tree, it would have been much more mess than that as there were some rather unique unknown variables involved, but you had to go and ruin it all!?

?Um..thanks, Ninetales. Now would you please get off of me?? I heard him say, and I could imagine him having a slight smile while he spoke, probably in shock from how close he came to death and the fact Kitsune was pinning him to the ground.

?Kitsune, get off him,? a firm voice always gets obedience right after a big shock, and such a voice came easily to me this time. The fact this was unusual also may have helped get Kitsune to obey and she let him up right away, ?now sit.?

As the boy stood up I managed to get a look at all of his features. He looked about 5 and a half-foot tall, probably weighting in the range of 100 pounds, and looking about 14 years old. Details that I?d normally miss flowed easily into my mind, unrestricted by emotions that normally took control. Blue-gray eyes with flecks of yellow, combined with brown hair that seemed to naturally spike out at odd angles, and his lightly tanned skin made him look a bit like my dream impression of a handsome prince. His clothes didn?t match that, as he was dressed in a light-weight yellow vest over a white t-shirt and dark-blue jeans.

?Oh, hi! Is this your ninetales that saved me? Well, thanks to both of you,? the boy said, recovering far too quickly from the shock to be human. Still he had to be human, as no one had made robots advanced enough to look perfectly human, ?so, what?s your name? Mine is Ryan, glad to meet ?cha. Not really time to talk, is it, for now we have to get out of this storm. I think I?ve got this mightyena that is looking for his trainer at a nearby cave. I told him to wait there, so he probably did. Is his trainer, by any chance, you? I found him with Teams Magma and Aqua.?

With a wave of his hand, gesturing for me to follow him, we ran through the forest. Hopefully it was Omega he had stashed away, I would never forgive myself if it wasn?t.

?I don?t like him, he could still be a spy,? Kitsune stated, her voice showed she was still a bit shaken by the lightning, as she followed, barely in earshot. It felt wrong to listen to her talk to Katar, but I couldn?t resist. She had underestimated how good my hearing was, though this was probably influence by the fact she was probably temporarily deafened by the thunder, ?but if Lilac likes him I suppose I can just watch him cautiously, only dealing with him when he makes a mistake. I?m sure you can?t wait to see that? Till then I might learn a bit about human mating rituals, but there will certainly more fun things to spend the night doing.?

?Sounds better than staying out in a storm, though it wouldn?t really appeal to me in any other circumstances. I can foresee that nothing especially fun to watch happening tonight.?

Lucky I have a perfectly good education in pokemon breeding, I know how to pick up on and manipulate love in eevees and adapting that knowledge should allow me to avoid any stupid romance. I have to stay focused on being a good trainer, and not get as emotional as I usually do.
 
Chapter 13:Learning to paint?
From the perspective of Katar, the Absol)
Staying the night in a cave with two humans can?t be too bad. The girl, Lilac, certainly seems nicer than I?m used to. Weak too. She is important, to the ninetales, the mightyena, my original master, and now it seems even this new human. Who is she really, beyond her name and her past? I sense that she does not bring chaos and she does not bring order, at least not by herself, a nexus perhaps, but of what?

Still it doesn?t explain why she, and the vixen are so willing to welcome me, inviting me to stay with them for the night. I?m sure I shall find out, and at worse my life will go back to the way it was.

?Omega!? I look up to see Lilac giving the mightyena a hug, tears rolling down her cheeks. Omega looked surprised and unsure about what to do, quite a boring reaction, as most mightyena?s would have mauled a person who surprised them instead of trying to think the situation through. Quite boring, ?I promised myself I wouldn?t cry, but just can?t help it. It was my fault that you had to go through that. Please forgive me.?

Kitsune was a bit too quiet. I took a quick glance her way; she had a similar confused look as Omega as well as a spark of jealousy. This could get interesting, though it should have already gotten into a violent situation with the emotions involved. Was that fox to concerned about harming her human to tear apart Omega? At least it?d happen sooner or later anyway, as soon as Lilac wasn?t hugging him. Perhaps I couldn?t see it happening in my mind because Omega is unimportant in the whole scheme of things. Certainly a flaw in my abilities.

?Ryan, you never told me what you were doing here.? Lilac looked up at the other human. Omega started to fall asleep! Tiredness should have made him more vicious, yet he fell asleep instead, ?you may have saved Omega?s life, but Kitsune saved your life and that of all your Pok?mon, so I should at the very least knew a bit about who she saved,? she finished with a childish giggle.

?Me? Well, I?m traveling through Hoenn for the Pok?mon Leaque,? there was only a hint of nervousness in Ryan?s voice. I was not perfect at understanding humans, but I got the feeling he wanted to change the subject so he wouldn?t have to lie too much, ?I haven?t been to any gyms over here yet, but my partners and I got through the Johto Circuit and made it to the top ten in the tournament over there. I?m sure they?d be glad to meet you.?

?I feel I should introduce my Pok?mon? I mean they technically aren?t mine? I don?t actually mean that either, as it?d just be weird for wild Pok?mon to travel with a human,? Lilac was nervous about meeting more Pok?mon, ?the ninetales is Kitsune and the mightyena is Omega, as you probably already managed to pick up. The Absol is called Katar, though I don?t think I?d like to call him that for too much longer as it might remind him of his previous trainer? um? That?s about it, I think it?s your turn now.?

?Your name is Kitsune? That?s a wonderful name, very beautiful,? Ryan looked towards the fox as if memorizing every detail so as making an exact copy would be possible if required, before giving both Omega and I the same treatment, ?Omega and Katar. Got it. Nice to meet you, guys.?

?This is Sketch, a smeargle, in case you?ve never seen one before,? Ryan said, releasing a Pok?mon, though it was no surprise that it was in fact a rather normal, though young, looking Smeagle. The red paint tail wasn?t too rare, so it probably wasn?t worth me noticing though I did anyway.

?Hi! I?m Sketch!? the smeargle seemed to speak a bit energetically at first, till he got a fright when Omega looked up at him sleepily and growled a rather pathetic growl, ?you?re scary. Stop it.?

Sketch looked like he was about to cry because of how frightened he was, though it only took him a few seconds to quickly dash over to hide behind Kitsune. I watched with my eyes wide open, as a minor twitch, unnoticeable to the untrained eye, indicated Kitsune was going to attack the young Pok?mon. She didn?t, and the glance she gave me and the way her tails slowly wagged told me why. She wouldn?t attack because I?d enjoy it too much. Yet still she had wanted my company for this night.

?Wow, Kitsune. Your fur looks soft and warm,? Sketch couldn?t have been aware of the destructive power he was so close to, too powerful to predict, since he showed no fear, seeming to forget about Omega instantly. Yet he somehow didn?t reach out to touch her fur, too bad as since her tails were closest to him it would have been her braking point, ?don?t you get really hot in that??

She broke. A quick spin, and she easily got the smeargle by the throat before anyone had time to react. She held him partially in the air as she began to lay down, and soon she had him back on the ground, holding him like a piece of meat she was about to eat.

?Kitsune, let go of me! I don?t want to hurt you!? I couldn?t believe it, not only had she not instantly snap his neck or rip his throat out, but by the way his voice was still strong she wasn?t even squeezing hard enough to give him breathing troubles. Of course he did not see it this way, and electricity started to spark off his paws, ?fine, Kitsune. If you won?t let go, I?ll make you.?

?Sorry about that, Kitsune is just a bit playful. Really, she?d never do any harm to anyone,? I hadn?t even noticed Lilac had let go of Omega, though I knew she was lying about Kitsune?s innocence. I could feel she had killed in cold blood before, and would bring a destruction that the world would remember till the end of time. Fear is always a good motivator for support. Surprisingly Kitsune just let Sketch go when Lilac got to her, and Lilac picked him up in her arms, ?don?t worry Sketch, as long as you don?t get too close to Kitsune she?ll never force you into these little games. In fact she only did it because you?d be scared, be brave and she actually can be quite nice.?

?You seem nice, Lilac. We should be friends. Can we be friends?? He seemed to think Lilac was good enough protection from Kitsune, and was already calming down already. Lilac looked comfortable too while cuddling such a small Pok?mon.

?I hear smeagle like to paint,? Kitsune didn?t give a chance for Lilac to answer, and Lilac did actually look like she would have. Yet humans can?t understand Pok?mon. A little more insight on why Lilac is important would be nice, yet it isn?t everything. If Kitsune doesn?t want Ryan to know about Lilac understanding Pok?mon then he probably doesn?t already know and there is some other thing important about her, ?I could always learn, as one such as I would love to leave a lasting mark that humans would recognize as mine. Painting is sure to have some other purpose too.?

As close to apologizing as I?ve ever seen a ninetales do, though she was probably had a selfish reason for doing so. Lilac slowly put Sketch on the ground with a smile, ?Ryan, don?t interfere with this at all, I think they?ll manage to become friends quite quickly now and I don?t want to risk ruining it,? things were getting less and less promising to get interesting by the moment.

?Sure, I?ll teach you to paint! It?s really easy, I?m sure you can do it,? quick to forget what had happened he began to draw on the ground, probably ruining his tail paint with the dust that covered the ground. He?d learn.

Kitsune tried to copy the technique in silence; though her strokes showed signs of her trying to improve on what she was seeing. Her ears stopped being as perked up as they were only a moment before, a ninetales hates being seen as a fool and I didn?t need to look to know that all she had managed with to shift the dust of the floor and messed up one of her tails.

?You need paint to paint, silly,? Sketch laughed hysterically, luckily he stopped painting or he would have ruined his work and he held his tail out towards Kitsune, ?rub your tail against mine then try painting, it?ll work better?

?How hard is the paint to get out of fur afterwards?? a ninetales would never risk ruining their fur, unless for something really important, like revenge, ?you wouldn?t want to ruin my fur, would you??

I caught glimpse of Ryan and Lilac out of the corner of my eye. They were both watching, both looking like they were trying hard to resist saying something. In fact it seemed like they both were reframing from commenting on what Kitsune had said. Is it even possible to find two humans that understand Pok?mon in the same place? No, it wasn?t. I must be wrong about one of them.

?It comes right out,? Sketch lunged his tail towards one of Kitsune?s, splattering it with paint. A smeargles fur is meant to resist being stained with paint, he was doomed now even with his ability to make his action look completely innocent, ?now let?s see what you can draw.?

I heard the running; everyone else knew Sketch was in trouble as they watched Kitsune fail to wipe the paint off on the ground. Omega leapt between both of them, turning his head towards Sketch, ?Run,? he growled, and it was amazing how quickly Sketch started crying in fear and running to Ryan.

But a ninetales is actually more likely to seek out revenge on a running target; it is bravery that makes them back down. Lilac managed to tackle Kitsune and hug her round the neck, thought this barely slowed her down. Kitsune shook around a bit, forcing Lilac?s weak hold on her to fail.

?He painted one of my tails!? Kitsune?s growl sounded demonic, at last some excitement. It even looked like blue flames were arching off her tails, swirling round into balls. One of these blue fireballs began to burn away the paint. Will-o-wisp. Kitsune?s tails started wagging again and she rapidly calmed down, ?well I can?t breath fire anymore, but this technique I can use and always wanted to. And they said my early evolution made it impossible. Thanks Sketch, but if you paint my tails again I won?t forgive you? I wonder??

A blue fire ball drifted to the tip of one of her tails, which she then touched to the ground. ??I guess I?m ready to learn from Sketch when he feels safe around me again, it looks like nothing I?ve seen before and certainly not what I intended,? she laughed.

I walked over to look at the two pictures? A picture of a very crude red ninetales, looking quite cute considering how terrified Sketch should have been of Kitsune. The other one was a round burn mark in the ground, though there was a strange symbol in the middle of it, but I could quite make it out from where I stood. I took a few steps closer. It was a symbol humans often use to mark areas they ruined with wastes, it meant biohazard.

?I don?t think anymore introductions would be safe tonight, and it?d probably take too long any way judging by the results of this intro,? Lilac giggled, as she sat on the ground where she fell after being shook off, ?we?re all getting tired and everything, and the storm should pass right over during the night. Since we have no fire you may still wish to have your Pok?mon out to snuggle with for warmth but then we might get kept awake all night as they introduce themselves to each other. We also should wait till we get to a Pok?mon Centre so as any accidental injuries will be quick to deal with.?

Snuggling up with someone else through the night? A new experience, and it shouldn?t soften me up too much.

?Katar,? Kitsune barked at me, ?you sleep with Omega, I really couldn?t stand him being around Lilac and I think I might be developing a conscience because I didn?t want to leave him cold by himself. If he wakes me up then you?ll suffer, too bad I didn?t get to see all of Ryan?s Pok?mon as I?m sure some of them would love to know how much you wanted to watch him die.?

?Sounds fine to me,? Omega leaped on me, knocking me over into Sketch?s painting which was still wet. Even though he was tired I had failed to notice him circle around me to attack like that. How could I have lost so much skill so quickly? ?You haven?t said a thing all night, but it?s right for the two most dominant to sleep together.?
 
Chapter 14: Gym battle!
(From the perspective of Kitsune, the Ninetales)
?Ryan I know what your hiding, I know what you really are,? I had gotten up early so as Lilac would not have to hear my conversation. I might have only met Ryan yesterday but it was already clear how things were. It just wasn?t time for Lilac to find out about it, ?I also know how much work you have put in to hiding the facts. The one mistake you made wasn?t even one a human would have picked up on. Humans just don?t have the sense of smell to notice.?

?Kitsune?don?t tell Lilac,? Ryan replied, his understanding of what I was saying was discomforting even though I knew why he could. His nervousness was still delicious, ?there?s no reason to. Besides, having human company in any form is making her happy. Would you really destroy Lilac?s happiness just because I?m not what I appear? Everyone lies sometimes, Kitsune. I just tell the same one constantly.?

?Exactly why I haven?t told her already,? I cared nothing about my tails portraying how I felt. It was not like him knowing my joy would cause any problems, ?you?re potentially useful and have already shown some intelligence. If we work together nothing could get in our way, as it is certain we both want the same thing in the end. To make the world a better place. The question is, are you willing to serve me and help my plans??

?We?ve just met,? his response was not that of total loyalty. It was too optimistic of me to think that would happen. The scent of fear betrayed his attempt to hide that he didn?t have the goals I assumed he did, ?I?d be happy to chat and everything, but I don?t think we should really be rushing things like this. Who knows how different our plans really are? Now that we?re up we might as well prepare breakfast for everyone before heading off to ?

Once Lilac was up there wasn?t much of a chance of continuing to talk to him, and soon we were off on the uneventful short trip to the Rustboro Pok?mon centre. Even Omega and Katar didn?t speak with each other, even though they stuck together.


It looked very much the same as the other two Pok?mon Centres I had been to. A gym battle would be a new experience and it wasn?t far off now that we were here. A win would be guaranteed anyway, as I was strong enough to make up for the weakness of Katar and Omega.

?Remember I don?t want to be involved in the gym battle,? Omega barked at Lilac as she approached the front desk to ask for Nurse Joy, ?I?m not into fighting... I always lose.?

?Before Lilac gets any strange ideas because none of her Pok?mon actually have Pok? Balls at this time, I?m only here to watch Kitsune cause serious harm to someone as a build up for her big rampage,? Katar stayed back away from everyone else all of a sudden, even away from Omega. He was slightly scared, but not the same fear as if he was hiding something. ?If I?m given a single order from her I?ll show her what I would have done when I was ordered to kill her if Omega didn?t stop me.?

?Lilac which two Pok?mon are you going to use in your gym battle,? Ryan emphasized the word ?two? since he had picked up on the fact I was the only one willing, ?I?d happily let you have your gym battle before mine, but your team doesn?t look like a good one to take on Roxanne, the gym leader here. Perhaps lending you one of my Pok?mon would be of some help.?

There was too much talking to get points through to Lilac. Needing two Pok?mon for the gym battle would cause a problem. Who out of Omega and Katar would be best to force into this? It?s not like I approve of gym battles, only that I promised Lilac that we would to cheer her up.

?Ah, Lilac Blossom All-Weather I assume,? Nurse Joy said, coming out of a back room. ?I just had a call from your brother Shisso who said you?d arrive now. Odd how he got the timing perfectly right, must be the espeon he has? Well he sent a Pok?mon for you, saying something about it being too powerful to keep as a pet. Referred to it as Biohazard for some reason. Here!? She tossed a Pok?ball to Lilac?

? Lilac fumbled with it, dropping it to the ground. It popped open and red energy flowed out, taking the form of a Pok?mon. As soon as it finished I recognized what it was.

It was an umbreon, though not perfectly normal for one. The fact that he looks noticeably smaller, not much really but still noticeable, was not the only thing different, the rings on his body were a pale blue, exactly the same shade as my eyes on the rare occasion I got a chance to see them in a reflection. The rest of the fur was certainly black, but there was just something odd about how light shined off it in a rainbow pattern. His eyes were like emeralds, looking almost like they were compound eyes because of the illusion of crystal shape the impurities in the colour created. The most noticeable thing was a yellow piece of fabric tied round his head, with a black symbol on the front. The same one that my will-o-wisp had burnt into rock yesterday.

?Greetings mortals,? he barked, his stance with his tail erect showed he thought he was dominate, ?I shall never fear anything like you mortals do as I am no longer like you. I cannot be harmed till we walk out into the light of a new world, as that is what my sister, the only other one that wasn?t born dead out of my litter, predicted? Of course a Pok? Ball does bind my loyalties somewhat. No time for hanging around here, I have to get to the gym to show off my immortality,? he turned to look at me, his stare felt quite insulting, ?then I shall have my fun with you, my vixen.?

Problem solved. Lilac certainly looked shocked, though Nurse Joy would probably just see it as shame of dropping a Pok? Ball. I?d have to let him get hurt quite a bit in the gym battle so his pride would be ruined when I come to save the entire match by myself.

?Off to the gym then,? Lilac said, ?Kitsune we?ll get your surgery to allow you to breath fire afterwards, if there aren?t any problems that?d get in the way.?


The gym arena wasn?t as large a battlefield as I was used to. Fights in confined spaces would quicken a fight, and removing many advantages I was used to exploiting. Certainly unfair, as was the fact the terrain was rocky with a few rocks bigger than I was. The rules that were called out by Roxanne seemed simple enough, though fights weren?t meant to have rules, and the battle was about to begin.

?Lilac, send Biohazard out first,? I barked, seeing how quickly Lilac obeyed me certainly gave hope to my long-term goals, ?if he?s powerful then I might not even have to fight.?

?Go, Biohazard!?

?Go, geodude,? Roxanne called out releasing her Pok?mon from its Pok? Ball. There is nothing special about a geodude. Hopefully she had better than that to come, ?use rollout attack.?

The ball of rock came rolling towards the umbreon, ?Biohazard dodge!? Lilac called out, but he didn?t move. He crouched down, preparing to jump. He was waiting for the last moment? When that moment came, he did the stupidest thing he could have done. Who would jump on a rolling geodude and run on it to stay on top?

As the geodude curved its path so as not to hit anything, Biohazard had no trouble staying on it. He winked at me, and his tail was wagging. An immortal would quickly get bored of such dangerous stunts, thus it must be a new thing for him, if he was actually immortal. There was no way his immortality wasn?t a lie from him, or maybe from his sister. My tails wagged in anticipation for when the truth would come suddenly to him as a shock. Lilac was silent in anticipation of the same thing, though I could sense she was dreading the moment unlike me.

?Kitsune, I?d hate to ruin it for you but he?s not going to get hurt,? Katar whispered to me, still delusional that he could sense the future. I?d save bringing that up with him because I need the pleasure of his reaction, ?I actually think he might be immortal, or at least he?s going to have some extreme good luck.?

?Geodude, speed up to get him off!? Roxanne called out, ?that tactic he?s using is against what his trainer called out and it is a stupid one too. Victory is ours as soon as he falls off.?

?Biohazard, jump off!? Lilac screamed, breaking her silence.

?I?m immortal!? Biohazard barked in reply, ?I?ll just show you how harmless this geoude is to one such as me.?

He stopped running. It only took a split second for the spin to throw him out in front of the rolling rock, and from it to run right over him with a crunch. I couldn?t see any movement from him as he lay there. Was he dead? Possibly. The geodude was already turning to take another pass at him just in case.

Lilac lifted her hand holding his pokeball, tear running down her cheeks. Win or lose, she would never forgive herself if she had caused the death of a pokemon. She was soft like most good humans were, too soft to change the world. Something I had to change about her.

?Wait, I?m fine,? Biohazard coughed, as he spontaneously got back on to his unsteady feet, ?give me an order of how I should attack to win this, I don?t think showing off is having the same effect it used to.?

?Biohazard, quick attack,? Lilac called out. Either she couldn?t see that the umbreon was in pain or she had hardened up quite quickly.

His burst of speed was great considering his condition. He ran head on towards the geodude. Lilac was too new at fighting to know how this would end, and I couldn?t just point it out, as Biohazard would assume it as a sign I liked him. His impacted against the rock shell of the geodude with his head, the momentum of his body pushed him forwards. Moving a rock isn?t easy, and his force bent his neck at an uncomfortable angle before he bounced off. As he tumbled and bounced across the ground with every part of his body limp, the geodude came right for him. With its impact and rolling over him, I could see his neck get bent further than safe for one?s health as well as his other limbs being twisted out of place.

It all happened too quickly for Lilac to call him back. It was too late for anything but to hope Nurse Joy could repair whatever damage had been done. Not like that seemed very likely either. As he finished tumbling it seemed everything had been knocked back into place, but that meant nothing about whatever damage was caused.

?Biohazard return.?

He didn?t live up to his name or being as powerful as Nurse Joy had said. Perhaps there was some misunderstanding. There would have to be. Could even humans be so stupid they would think he was actually powerful?

?Kitsune it?s your turn,? Lilac wiped her tears from her face, determined not to give up. She would not leave Biohazard?s sacrifice in vain, though I was only doing this for her, ?iron tail!?

I broke into a run, focusing my energy into my tails. I knew I was moving faster than Biohazard did when using quick attack, and the geodude didn?t have time to get out of the way while it was still rolling. I pounced knowing it didn?t have a chance.

As I went over it I gave it a full force hit with one of my tails, hearing the sound of rock shattering. I didn?t need to look to know that blow alone had done enough damage that it wouldn?t be able to do any harm. One of my other tails clipped it, putting a spin on it as it flew towards a large rock formation, shattering it upon hitting. Now to deliver a killing blow?

?Geodude return!? Roxanne called out, with the geodude dissolving into red energy before I could get to it. It wouldn?t have been considered Lilac?s fault or mine if I had gotten to it first. Lilac said the well being of a Pok?mon was the trainer?s responsibility, meaning it would have been the gym leaders fault. She wouldn?t be quick enough with her next Pok?mon.

Katar caught my eye. It looked like he was trying hard to resist saying something, ?Just say it, what you say cannot influence the out come of the fight,? I barked.

?Go Nosepass,?

?Well if I don?t talk then you?ll dodge Nosepass? zap cannon and kill it by hitting it with nine iron tails at once,? he grinned, ?Lilac would be quite upset by your accidental killing of it? But now I?ve told you it won?t happen like that.?

?Use Zap Cannon.?

I turned back to the fight too late. I was engulfed in the thick burst of electricity, feeling the pain of it surge through me. The pain caused me to close my eyes too quickly to get a glance at my opponent. I felt my every muscle jerking as it fried my nerves far too effectively to be a normal electric attack.

?Rock Tomb.?

I had to dodge whatever rock tomb was. It would only take a moment to focus my mind to break the paralysis, a trick that had saved my life more than once? too late. Pain struck me as it felt, and sounded like, like rocks had quick lunged out of the ground at me and had plunged into my flesh thus restricting my movement further.

?Finish this with body slam.?

I had to focus. I was getting weaker by the second and I had to break the paralysis and the rock tomb to be able to fight back? I couldn?t. I heard parts of the rock tomb shatter before I heard the sound of my joints cracking under the force. There was no pain. It was just over.

?Kitsune!? Lilac called out, as I lay there unable to feel anything below my neck, ?you did your best Kitsune,? her voice must have been closer, yet it seemed further away and was drifting away further?
 
Chapter 15: Gym battle Aftermath
(From the perspective of Kitsune, the ninetales)
My body was numb. I felt weak and tired. My eyelids were too heavy to open. I could barely move. What had happened? ?I remember. I had been hit quite badly in a gym battle. Not just once, all three attacks had hit hard without giving me a chance to brace myself. How long had it been?

?Kitsune!? I heard the voice. A human female?s voice, punctuated with sobbing, but it sounded familiar? Lilac, ?I?ve should have never made you fight in that gym battle. You?ve been unconscious for more than a full day. Please wake up from whatever dream you?re having, I don?t think I could handle it if your twitching this time wasn?t you starting to wake up. I failed as a pok?mon trainer, but I don?t want you to suffer because of it? You were too weak to have the operation to allow you to breath fire again. It?s all my fault.?

?I?m fine,? hearing my own voice sounding much better than I felt, helped me regain some strength. I tried to stand up; the numbness had faded enough to feel that Lilac had just moved to avoid being in the way. It felt as if I was rocking side-to-side, unsteady on my feet. It was unacceptable to show such weakness. I tried to compensate, but all I managed to do was fall.

A giggle. She wasn?t worried anymore. If I hadn?t been told what sort of mental tampering she had been through, I would have probably ignored the mood change.

?You need to rest, not try to be perfect the moment you wake up,? Lilac stroked my fur, and then hugged me, ?opening your eyes might also help a bit. We?re on a boat again, so I can?t blame you for falling over. Most people do when they aren?t expecting the boat to sway. Just relax a bit. Too much stress will make your fur fall out.?

I opened my eyes. Something was in-between my paws. It was small, yellow, with red cheeks, black ears, and black bent tail. A pichu? No, it didn?t smell like one. I had to bite it to be sure my sense of smell wasn?t deceiving me. No blood, no flavour of anything to suggest it was edible or was ever alive.

?I got you that while I went shopping with Ryan. A nice little toy for you,? I finally looked at her. It would have been startling if I weren?t aware of how humans wore clothing. She was no longer wearing pink. Her shirt was an aqua blue and her dress was a dark purple, ?he thought it?d help you relax. He?s been quite helpful, though he was a bit keen about getting us on a boat to Dewford. He couldn?t battle against Roxanne because of how badly you hurt that geodude, and he wanted us to go with him to the next gym? I have no clue why he wants to keep us all so close to him.?

Ryan wasn?t stupid enough to let me get out of his watchful eye. With what I knew I could easily destroy him. He can?t even afford to get rid of me because there is no telling who else I told? It was then I looked up at the room we were in. It was small, too small for comfort. The walls were just white, and the floor was too. It didn?t feel like we were alone in the room, but I was too weak to try looking around.

?Whatever happened to Omega and that stupid absol who thinks he?s psychic?? I asked chewing on the toy I had been given. There was a flash of yellow in the corner of my eye. My mind was probably playing tricks on me. Ignoring was the only option, ?that absol made three predictions and all three times he was wrong. He must be feeling quite down upon realizing how useless he is??

I remembered Biohazard, the umbreon who had fought before me in the gym battle. Why should I think of him? Why does it feel like his defeat was my fault? No one could have survived what he went through.

There was a creaking sound. It was an unnatural sound and thus most likely from a man-made object. Perhaps it was the door, but I wasn?t facing in that direction. There was a movement in the air, and I could smell the presence of Ryan, yet there was also the smell of a pichu, though it was probably in my head again.

?I just came in to check on you two,? Ryan?s voice showed no angry, hatred, or fear as someone at the mercy of another should feel. How dare he act like I wasn?t a threat, and even sound concerned? ?Omega and Katar are both showing some improvement, and I?ve got Thorn to entertain Biohazard. That umbreon is too energetic for anyone else to handle. How much improvement is Kitsune showing??

It couldn?t be possible. I wanted to shout it out. He had to be dead. This whole thing had to be a dream if he was alive.

?Kitsune I forgot to mention what else happened while you were unconscious,? Lilac seemed to ignore Ryan, just talking to me, ?we found out why Biohazard got his name, more specifically I was a little slow on figuring it out so Katar found out first hand. Katar fell ill quite quickly and he?s still recovering, though he wasn?t too bad compared to you. I did make a little potion that?ll make us all immune to such effects in the future but it takes a few days to build up the immune system. This was while you were recovering in your Pok?ball, since with all the walking around we were doing it would have been inappropriate to have you out.?

My Pok?ball? ?Yes, I had told her she could try if I failed the gym battle but I never expected to lose or for her to have the nerve to do such a thing. I don?t feel bound to her will because of it. Still the ball may become quite an inconvenience if Lilac also develops the nerve to keep me in it.

?Omega, on the other hand, seemed fine till he got on this boat. I never thought he?d get sea sick, but it happened anyway. Ryan offered to take care of them, plus Biohazard so I could spend all my time with you. Quite nice of him, especially with how you?d pick on them if you got better first, and they?d do the same to you.?

I felt another presence, apart from Ryan, Lilac, and hallucination of a pichu that now seemed to brush against my fur. I forced myself to turn towards Ryan and the door. A Skarmory stood silently behind him.

?Ah, so this is Kitsune. I thought you said she was supposed to be a good fighter?? it looked towards Ryan, whose face was turning red, then towards me with its cold, cruel eyes, ?so, Ninetales, what happened? What made you ruin my chance of fighting in the gym battle and yet fail to get a gym badge yourself?"

?Thorn, what are you doing here?? Ryan seemed surprised and shocked at the skarmory?s presence, ?you?re meant to be watching Biohazard!?

?He? um? knocked himself out on me,? Thorn seemed to grin. Pok?mon don?t grin like that unless they learned it from a human, ?just like you said he did against Roxanne?s Geodude.?

?We?d better check on Biohazard, I think he?s hurt or something,? Ryan spoke as he turned to the door, though Lilac got out first as she didn?t waste time repeating what the skarmory had said, ?Thorn you keep an eye on Kitsune. Do a better job than you did with Biohazard.?

He closed the door behind him. I was alone with a pok?mon I didn?t know, while not being strong enough to fight back.


?It?ll all your fault, you know,? Thorn laughed, circling me, ?I was looking forward to a good fight, but you got there first and ruined it. Then I got stuck with babysitter duty with that insane umbreon. He is the most annoying creature I have ever met, especially since it?s so hard to get a hold of him to punish him. He was always going on about how he is immortal, nothing can touch him, claiming the fact he escaped the gym battle with only a few cuts and bruises. How can one faint and be removed from battle with so little injuries? He?s your fault because if you were better he?d be annoying you instead of me??

?Please, you really think you can make connections between events,? I couldn?t help myself; it would have made me seem too weak if I didn?t, ?you?re clearly too stupid to think this through properly. You didn?t get to fight a gym battle because Ryan was foolish enough to let me go first. You were stuck with Biohazard because Ryan is such a nice guy. Yet, it is really your fault more than Ryan?s. It is you who allows yourself to be a slave to him. Also you are the only one with metal armour to protect yourself from Biohazard, thus it is your feathers fault too that you had to look after him.?

?That?s enough!? Thorn screeched, flapping his wings and chagrining at me. I was knocked over and he stood on my belly, rear end towards my face, talons digging in. The weight on one of them increased as he lifted the other one to grab one of my tails. He squeezed it tight, ?time for you to suffer, I wonder why your kind protects your tails so much. I bet it hurts quite a lot when they are squeezed.?

I wasn?t strong enough to push him off. I tried to focus a thousand year curse for him to suffer but it didn?t come. I felt like I was about to pass out from the pain. I actually got a glimpse of a pichu trembling in a corner of the room, frightened of the violent skarmory. The pichu began to spark?

The flash of electricity hit Thorn directly, and I felt it go through me as well, or more like just through my fur. I should have felt a shock too, but all I got was to see the skarmory stumble off me.

?Over here quick,? I whispered to it, knowing now that it was real not an illusion. Why it was here wasn?t important, ?he?ll kill you once he recovers.?

The pichu ran, and the smell of fear was stronger now. Escaping an angry pokemon that?d eat it once it recovers by running to another pokemon with sharp teeth is probably scary. Not like my kind ever went through things like that, we are just superior and don?t suffer like weaker species. I got back onto my feet as quick as I could, and with a small pounce, caught the pichu in my jaws. I let go and held it with my paws along with the toy one, just in time to hide it from Thorn.

?Who shocked me?? Thorn screamed, anger as was expected. Of course a mere pichu couldn?t of done anything more than cause pain for him, ?show yourself!?

?Hey,? I could feel more energy coming back to me, not enough to put up a fight, but enough to make my tails wag. What I said next was more of a joke than a lie, though I couldn?t tell why I would say it. It wasn?t the time for jokes and it?s not like I had any reason to protect the pichu, ?I though Ryan told you about me. I can?t breath fire but I can manipulate lightning.?

?You?re losing a tail now. You should have just fainted instead of trying to fight in your state,? he jumping on me again, though this time I resisted being knocked over. I held to pichu tight, pushing on its chest only just enough to make it impossible for it to make a sound. A sudden pain in one of my tails came once again. It was different this time, it felt like a sawing sensation. It felt like there was also a hot liquid oozing over my fur around that tail. He was chewing my tail off.

The door creaked open again and Thorn let me go. There was a moment of shocked silence.

?Oh, uh, Ryan!? he tried to cough my fur out of his beak, ?What are you doing here??

?I came to check on Kitsu-is that blood on your beak? Thorn, did you bite Kitsune?!? Ryan ran to me, looking all over me, not noticing I now had two pichu toys, before noticing one of my tails was what was injured.

?No, it wasn't like that. You see-?

?Thorn, you tried to bite her tail off! There's nothing else that you could have been doing besides that. Go get Lilac, I'll try to stop Kitsune from bleeding everywhere.?

The real pichu tried to whimper as I tightened my grip on it to help deal with the pain of Ryan tending to my tail. It had already proven worth more than the toy one? No need to ask for its name, it?d only make me feel guilty since it?d only be a friend till I got hungry.

Till then, I had to keep my snack hidden from all others.
 
Good chapter, as with the others I still have catching up to do...a bit of grammatical errors and confusion, but either than that, I liked the addition of the Pichu. Forgive me if I manipulated the chapter too much, just for my favorite pokemon's sake.
 
Yay another review! You didn't really influence my chapter that much, pichu has always struck me as a good chew toy for larger, cruel pokemon. I have no idea why this is, I supose I could of used a different baby pokemon instead but then it wouldn't fit with the reason the pichu was there (Wait for the next chapter to find out) as well as it does with pichu.
 
Chapter 16: Beginning a circle.
(From the perspective of the Pichu)
I could feel electricity flowing through every wire of this human construction. Feel its progress to do tasks. It was like a sound too loud to block out, though it was uncomfortable once I had the chance to get used to it. I even could feel weaker electrical currents through it. The nervous system of any living creature is alive with electricity. For every movement made, a burst of electricity had to be sent from the brain to the muscles. And the brain was always alive with electricity; each thought a burst of energy. The complexity of it all was so much that it seemed impossible to understand, but still I was able to see basic concepts within a mind. My parents and siblings just never put the effort in to figure it out.

Changes were happening too quickly to be normal in the ninetales mind, emotions instantly being switched. Kitsune had gone from caring for my safety to think I was a toy. She held me tight for a while till the male human left, which was a little while after the female one arrived. It was then she started to toss me around, always catching me in her jaws before I hit the ground. I was never given the chance to escape.

I stopped struggling because of how hopeless it was but it was obvious why she wasn?t eating me. I was too much fun for her while I struggled. Still I?d only survive so long, I needed to escape. I needed help from somebody. I had seen no pokemon here but the ninetales and the skarmory.

I had no one left to ask. Running from danger to danger had finally caught up with me. I had watched my family be killed and eaten by a family of delcatty while one of the skitty?s of the family merely toyed with me because it wasn?t hungry. I don?t remember how I managed to escape that, but I must have done something terrible to it, as it was the only one who didn?t chase me as I ran. I escaped them by getting onto this place that floats across water. If I stopped running then, and didn?t search for a place to hide then I wouldn?t have run into this ninetales.

It was a while before I saw anyone else to try to talk to. An absol staggered around later that day. It looked ill but I had to try. I let out a burst of electricity contain what I wanted to say, hoping it?d understand. Talking like other pokemon wasn?t an option for me. Yet all I got for a response was the ninetales clenching her jaws round me, sinking them into my flesh and a yelp from the absol. It was ove?

Suddenly, there was a sound of a human voice, the female one. I couldn?t understand the words but it seemed important, so I let my mind drift into focusing on her mind. Suddenly I understood what she was saying, ?Kitsune! That?s a live pichu! Put it down before you hurt the poor thing.?

Amazingly the ninetales obeyed, and I fell to the ground. I did not run. Out there were many things that?d quickly make a meal of me. I just felt like screaming out in frustration with the universe. I let my electricity burst out everywhere.

?Um? I think the pichu is speaking telepathically,? there was fear in the ninetales voice, a fear of her mind being open to me. Still she understood, and no one else did, ?you didn?t hear it did you, Lilac??

?It just means you can understand electricity,? it felt good to have someone to talk to after running so long. It was tiring talking though electricity but worth it, ?you?re the only one here I?ve seen who can.?

?Pichu, let my human pick you up, it feels like the boat has stopped and you need to have your injuries treated,? Kitsune?s fear was gone now she knew how I did it. Still she was being nice all of a sudden, ?I know the other trainer, Ryan, is probably rushing ahead as we speak to get the pok?mon centre prepared for us.?

I obeyed. There wasn?t much choice. As the girl picked me up I forced my head into her chest to block out the sights and sounds of the world?

?It was all too soon that she put me down on a table. I looked around. It was another human building, presumably the pok?mon centre. Beside me, but on the floor instead of on a table, was Kitsune with a bowl of strange round balls of food that humans often gave to pok?mon.

?Here have a piece if you?re hungry,? Kitsune said, and I jumped down to the ground. I quickly grabbed a piece to eat. It was nice but there was something wrong with it. Something about the tone of voice Kitsune had used. I suddenly felt sleepy, and as I drifted off I hear one last thing from Kitsune, ?I guess I?ll have to eat it anyway if I want my tail to get better.?


?The pichu is almost completely mute. It?ll never be able to talk to other pok?mon in the way they do. Don?t worry it?s not because of injury, it is merely a variation of the species that is sometimes seen. They only are able to communicate to other pok?mon through electricity, usually this means only to electric pok?mon, a few non-electric species, but there are the odd occurrence of other pok?mon being sensitive enough to electrical fields too, and even one or two humans that can understand it. Since no one reported a lost pichu it is safe to assume this one is a feral one that happened to sneak onto the ship, so technically it?s yours now.?

I felt what was meant instead of the words themselves again. It was a human speaking, the human who gave Kitsune the food. It felt weirder this time hearing what she meant to say in my head, as I knew some of what I picked up was from before I had been woken up by her actual voice.

?I suppose I?ll have to accept that,? Lilac sighed. I was in her arms, and I had to look around. Sure enough the ninetales was close by with the bowl of uneaten food held in her jaws. Not that I blame her for not eating it, it was clearly tainted as it caused sleep, the problem was her reasons keeping it at all. ?Come on Kitsune, we better meet with Ryan for dinner. By now he?ll of thought of how to punish Thorn for injuring your tail.?

It took no time to find the other human. There was a strange feeling about him now that I focused on him, but it didn?t seem threatening, nor had I worked out what it meant. I didn?t try to understand the two human?s conversations from the moment Lilac put my down on the ground. How could anything they said of been more interesting than another talk with Kitsune?

?Why have you kept the tainted food?? I spoke through a jolt of electricity into her fur. There was the yelp of surprise from a mightyena, still Kitsune wouldn?t let anyone hurt me so it wasn?t worth paying much attention to that, ?how do you intend to make it safe to eat??

?I?ll tell you if you do a little favour for me,? she was suddenly right in my face baring her teeth and growling quietly, her tongue licking her white fangs. Some of the growling was from her stomach. It wasn?t a favour she was really asking for. It was an alternative to being dinner that she was offering, ?sneak as much of it as you can into the skarmory?s meal.?

Easy. I used to steal food without notice, so giving food should be just as easy. I picked up a piece in my food and turned to run with it to Thorn. It no longer seemed easy, everyone was watching, ready to spring to save me from Kitsune. I could not act when they were expecting something. At least not in the way I first hoped.

I dived back behind the bowl, and began pushing it towards the skarmory. It was hard work to move something that big, and certainly slow. No time to tell Kitsune what I expected from her. I had to rely on her to act how any carnivorous pokemon acted when its food was being stolen. I was not let down?

?Hey, that?s my food!? she barked, as she pounced on me, picking me up in her jaws. It felt like she was really going to bite me in two for a moment, but I resisted panicking. She tossed me away. I was helpless in the air till there was the feel of metal talons grabbing me. It was quite a shock to me when I saw that Kitsune had her head in the bowl, slowly eating a little of the food. I then heard her mutter with her mouth full, ?nobody steals my food, especially to try giving it to a sadistic skarmory. Next one to try it will feel the full force of my power? not like anyone would stay conscious long enough to see.?

?You?re still weak from your failing at Rustboro, so stop talking so tough. Maybe a night without dinner will kill your attitude. Nothing else seems to,? Thorn laughed, as he held me. His grip tightened, though only because he was more focused on Kitsune than me. He leapt. Ramming Kitsune out of his way would probably have been easy anyway, but it was made easier by her muscles all relaxing at the last possible moment before impact. I could sense it, Thorn couldn?t. He fell right into the trap and began scoffing the food. He had finished all of it before even starting to feel the effects.

?Thanks Lilac for teaching me that trick, it always carries the element of surprise,? Kitsune yawned as the skarmory collapsed to the ground, with me barely able to struggle from its talons even when it was out cold. The tainted food had taken its toll. Kitsune slowly curled up on the ground, slowly dropping to sleep. Thus I was alone. No one else here could understand me. All I could do was listen, as the two humans came running to tend to the sleeping pok?mon.

?Lilac,? Ryan spoke, as he crouched down beside Thorn, ?I understand Kitsune did this to get revenge, but I have a feeling she?s planning something more. There must be something to do to allow us to have warning as to Kitsune?s next move; it?s difficult to know what to do. Perhaps leaving them both out of their balls would be best, if only we had something to make that safe for Thorn.?

Yes, I could see the problem. Within a pok?ball Thorn would be just as helpless as he was while in an induced sleep, with the difference he?d be easier to take to a place where the rest of the revenge would be harder to interfere with. Putting Kitsune in a pok?ball wouldn?t work either; it?d only take one of the pok?mon here to let her out for her to implement whatever she had planned. And I knew of at least one pok?mon that?d do it.

?Don?t worry; I?m sure we can find a bell to tie to her neck. That?ll make sure that we hear her whenever she tries to move. As long as one of us is a light enough sleeper to be woken by it everything will be fine. The more pok?mon around, the more likely one will be woken? I?d prefer to have a locked room to put one in, but that isn?t going to be a possibility so we?ll have to manage with what we have.?

So many other pok?mon around, one of which would have to be safe to snuggle with through the night. There was a strange one with paint oozing from its tail approaching me. It was certainly smaller than most of the other pok?mon around, and looked rather cheerful.

?Hi, want to be friends?? its voice had a tone of friendliness, matching its words. For it being willing to be friends with me was enough. I jumped at it and I was certain I was asleep before impact?


There was movement. I snapped awake. Even in the dark I could see the ninetales walking over to the skarmory, her tails wagging slowly with malicious intent. How did everyone else sleep while such emotion filled the air? A small bell tied round her neck sparkled in the low light though it remained silent, the reason for which was probably linked to its deformed shape and the fact there was a fading red glow to it.

I could do nothing but watch. I couldn?t risk going against her, I would only live till I ceased being amusing for her. Still, there was no hate emanating from her, as if she would be willing to accept friendship once they were even. Nothing would change the fact she intended to make Thorn suffer and she was smart enough not to make it possible for anyone willing to interfere even know till after it was done.

A blue glow came off her tails as she sat beside him; the tails? movements seemed to become more controlled, less natural. The glow began to arc off the tails, swirling together into orbs of unnatural fire. There were only a few such orbs, but they grew. Each one became large enough to totally engulf me. A scary thought, even if the fox didn?t intend to use them on me. One mistake could send one my way.

The orbs of fire floated down on to the skarmory?s side. It didn?t take long for the feathers to start to glow red, slowly melting? Whack! I didn?t even see Kitsune prepare such an attack, but I saw it hit. One glowing white tail that splashed the partially melted metal around? Even if Kitsune was willing to be friends after this, I doubt Thorn ever will. It?ll lead into a circle of vengeance, always growing stronger without end till one of the two is no more.
 
Chapter 17: Plots and Schemes
Chapter guest written by GoGoTenda.
Bleary eyes opened and stared up towards the sky. The world around him was foggy, but it slowly regained its typical sharpness as the metal bird blinked a few times. His great beak opened in a yawn, and he stretched his wings. Or, just one of them. Rightly confused, Thorn attempted to move his stationary wing, but began to panic when he could not spread his feathers apart, ?What?s going on? Something is wrong?wait, are they melted together?!? his voice rose in a mix of anger and yet more confusion. Such a thing had never happened to him, and he didn?t remember when it might have occurred. Frantic, Thorn leapt to a standing position and desperately tried to move his left wing, which failed to move an inch. He squawked a few words that would have made other pokemon blush. After more failed attempts, Thorn?s mind went to the next step: find Ryan. Thorn began to run through the rooms, looking for his trainer.

Ryan was lying on a simple bed, reading what appeared to be a trainer?s magazine. His face was in fact red from hearing Thorn?s outburst, but he had yet to notice the actual problem, ?Thorn, you know saying those sorts of things aren?t all that bright. Lilac could have understood you had she been in the room.? Ryan turned a page and continued reading as Thorn stood beside him, dumbfounded. The trainer seemed to look past the paper for a moment, then reached for a new pokeball that was beside him. ?Oh yeah, I almost forgot. This morning I went and got-?

?Ryan! You pathetic idiot of a trainer! Look at what someone did to my wing!? Thorn forced his left side into Ryan?s line of sight.

Ryan seemed to study the damage for a minute before his jaw dropped slightly, ?The whole wing is melted together. Doesn?t that hurt? A lot?? Ryan began to question Thorn, pushing himself up from the bed and moving towards the door out of the room.

Knowing that Ryan would help now, Thorn began to relax, ?Not really. I?ve been trying to move it, but it hasn?t been hur-ARGH!? Ryan ran his finger down the length of the wing, causing Thorn?s entire body to go rigid with pain. The skarmory?s breathing became faster and louder, then gently slowed and returned to normal as the pain subsided, ?that one hurt.?

?Come on, Thorn. We should go talk to the Nurse,? Ryan opened the door fully and allowed Thorn to enter the hall. Thorn ran down the hallway as Ryan closed the door and then followed at a reasonable clip. The bird skidded to a stop in the lobby area and headed for the Nurse?s reception desk. Ryan was right behind him and hit the bell when he reached the desk itself. Within seconds, Nurse Joy had appeared while Thorn shifted anxiously the whole while, ?um, miss? It looks like someone melted my Skarmory?s wing. Is there anything we can do??

?That?s awful! Their feathers can get damaged from heat in battle, but this is a fairly severe case,? Nurse Joy walked out from around the counter and kneeled next to Thorn. She gently tried to lift the wing from the body, watching Thorn?s face as he fought to contain a shriek, ?this had to be intentional?but yes, I can treat this. There?s a fairly simple operation but, unfortunately, it isn?t free,? Ryan nodded, and Thorn pulled his wing from the woman?s fingers, ?if you?d like, I can give you an estimate???

?No, that?s okay. Just please go ahead and do the operation. I?ll be able to pay in full.? Ryan smiled timidly, which was returned by Joy. She motioned for them to follow into a back room, and they obeyed. Thorn was helped onto an operating table, lying on his stomach with his mangled wing easily accessible. Joy explained the basics of the procedure and recommended that Ryan allowed Thorn to be put under. Thorn gave Ryan a look that said that he would prefer it to be pain-free, and Ryan agreed to an anesthetic. As Thorn felt his eyelids begin to droop, he felt Ryan?s hand on the top of his head and faintly heard a few words which he assumed to be comforting. Then, everything was as black as night.


He was out of the operating room in the same day, but with a large amount of cloth bandage around his newly reformed wing. After taking a short nap to combat the aftereffects of the pain killer, Thorn was brought a few pieces of fruit by Ryan (who refused to let Thorn know how much the operation had cost). He tried to listen as Ryan explained what was going to happen the rest of the day, but zoned in and out. What Ryan really said was as follows:

?Thorn, I?m going to leave you here with pretty much all the other pokemon with us right now. Lilac, Bug, and I are going into town to buy a few things and so I can get the badge from the Dewford Gym. We shouldn?t be gone all that long; the battle will be quick and shopping should be short. Sketch will be here in case you need anything, and so will someone else. I was about to tell you this morning before I noticed what was wrong. Anyway, this morning I went and had Cinder transferred from Elm?s to the Center. I thought that Cinder would really like to be with us instead of at the Lab, and he agreed whole-heartedly. He?s in charge while I?m gone, so listen to him. Otherwise, just try to rest so you can heal. It?s okay if you aren?t in battle shape for Slateport, but we could use our ace at Fortree. Sleep well, Thorn,? after stroking the Skarmory?s beak a few times, Ryan was off to the gym with Lilac and Bug in tow. Almost immediately, Thorn fell asleep.


?Hey, Thorn, how are you doing?? the Skarmory?s eyes opened and were greeted with an actually welcome sight. A large Typhlosion, naturally imposing, was smiling down at him with the most un-fearsome expression possible. Thorn managed a tiny laugh while still under the effects of the drug, ?heh heh?Hi there, Cinder,? Cinder chuckled and sat down next to the metal bird, sending small vibrations through the ground. The vibrations caused Thorn?s free wing shake slightly, and his feathers made a sound like windchimes, ?so, that ninetales go the best of you, huh? Well, you did try to bite her tail off?all?s fair in love and war, I suppose.?

?It was not war, and it definitely isn?t love. She?s a demon in fox?s clothing, perhaps the very epitome of evil.?

?Aw, Thorn has a girlfriend,? Cinder reached over and punched Thorn gently in the shoulder, drawing his hand back quickly when Thorn playfully snapped at him, ?ooh, I might just lose a finger from the love bird,? they laughed a bit, but Thorn stopped and winced when his wing start to hurt.

?What did Ryan tell you so far? You obviously already know what happened today,? Thorn grimaced and fought back the pain that threatened to bring him to tears.

?Well, he told me why we?re here. He also told me everything he knew about Lilac and her pokemon. Like, he told me that that Biohazard would probably do something idiotic within seconds of them leaving. The umbreon did so, and is now lying in a peaceful sleep with Sketch and the pichu nearby. Katar said some thoroughly uninteresting premonition type things before running off. I believe Omega is with him, and Kitsune is down there with Sketch as well. Probably still recovering from what you did to her, she is. Ryan said he was going to the gym with Lilac and Bug, and that they would be gone for awhile because of a few things Lilac wanted to pick u,.? Thorn sighed as Cinder confirmed his fear that the two trainers really were too far away to help in case things got bad. Sensing this and that Thorn still needed rest, Cinder stood up to leave, ?I?m going to go make sure that Sketch and the pichu are alright. We don?t need anymore injuries, do we?? with that, the typhlosion walked a little ways away and down the side of a hill. Apparently, Ryan had left Thorn on top of a small hill so that he would be able to watch what was going on without being close enough to be disturbed. There was also a gentle breeze that carried the scent of all the pokemon down below.

Cinder reached the clearing where most of the others were gathered. Sketch and the pichu, whom Sketch had begun a habit of calling ?Chu Chu?, were rolling across the grass as Sketch laughed childishly. Though the Pichu couldn?t emulate the sound, happiness was evident in the way it moved and smiled. Shifting his gaze to Biohazard, Cinder sighed and then moved on to someone less asleep. Kitsune was watching him with one eye, apparently trying to rest still. Hoping to start things off well with the fox, Cinder spoke, ?I?m sorry about what Thorn did to you. Sometimes, he just gets really carried away. He won?t bother you now that you melted his feathers together.?

The large pokemon turned his head and caught Sketch?s eyes with his own. As the smeargle smiled broadly and broke away from Chu, Cinder charged and gave a mock roar. He caught Sketch?s legs with his arms and lifted the smeargle into the air and then held him so that Sketch dangled behind him. Sketch was laughing wildly with excitement, thrilled to be able to play with Cinder again. Eventually, Cinder gently dropped Sketch, who landed gracefully and then charged the typhlosion. He wrapped his arms around the bulk before him and pushed with all his might. After a minute or so, Sketch collapsed at Cinder?s feet, panting heavily; Cinder had yet to move or even break a sweat. ?Good try, Sketch. You?ll get there eventually,? Chu had been standing off to the side, watching the two roughhouse. Sketch staggered to his feet and then rushed Chu, who let out a tiny charge in surprise before turning tail and leading Sketch away.

Over near Kitsune, a lone figure stepped out of the bushes. It was Katar, and he held a vaguely unnerving air about him. Cinder was suspicious of the absol, his motives, and his intent. Katar bent to speak into Kitsune?s ear, and both her eyes opened in apparent surprise. Katar smiled a devil?s smile and darted off the way he had come. Kitsune quickly stood and followed after him with great speed; she would not let her reputation be falsely destroyed. Cinder watched them go without any idea of what Katar had said, but he assumed that it was really nothing to worry about and went back to watching Sketch and Chu.

In a few minutes, Omega burst from the way Kitsune had went with an apparently frantic look, "Hurry, come quick! I saw Kitsune with a whole bunch of Sketch's stuff. I didn't like the look in her eye either, I think she?s jealous,? Cinder raised an eyebrow, but heard Sketch break from his mock fight with Chu and scamper over to where Omega stood. The dog was shifting as if nervous, or with excitement.

Chu ran over to stand next to Sketch, who looked at Omega and spoke, ?Show me where!? There was a tone of anger in Sketch?s voice that Cinder had heard only on a few occasions. Wait, I thought Ryan said that Sketch was afraid of Omega? He must be really upset to override something like that. Omega was visibly startled at Sketch?s defiance of fear, but began to run deeper into the wood nonetheless. It didn?t take long before they found what Omega had been talking about. Kitsune was standing over a number of Sketch?s paintings, and all of them were ablaze.

?Oh, crap,? were the only words Cinder could think of.

Kitsune turned to look at the crowd and attempted to explain, ?this wasn?t me. Katar said I would be framed, and I had to protect my reputa-? Sketch was already running towards with a shout of pure rage. Quickly, Cinder lunged and managed to grab Sketch by the scruff. Thinking that Sketch was disabled, Cinder almost toppled over when the smeargle began to drag him towards Kitsune.

Cinder shouted, ?Omega! Grab him or something! He?s going to tear her apart!? Omega hesitated before pouncing on Sketch, knocking him to the ground. Cinder?s grip broke, and Sketch began to roll through the dirt with Omega on top of him. For the first time that he could remember, Cinder was watching Sketch actually snarl at another Pokemon, and then heard a yelp which he thought to be Omega?s. The dust finally settled, and Omega was holding Sketch down with his teeth on the back of the Smeargle?s neck, ?good you got him?wait, are you bleeding, Omega?? a tiny trickle of red was running down Omega?s right leg. Sketch was still struggling slightly, but stopped completely when he felt Omega nibbling the back of his neck.

?Kitsune, do you know what could have happened? If Omega hadn?t attacked Sketch, you could have lost your head. Quite literally, in fact. Why would you destroy his paintings?? at that last phrase, Sketch struggled angrily against Omega?s weight, but failed to free himself.

?I told you, I didn?t. Katar said I was going to be framed, so I came here to stop that from happening,? Kitsune stepped away from the smoldering remains of the paintings, and Omega shifted uncomfortably, ?it had to be Katar. He would have made his own prediction come true by setting this up.?

?If you were going to be framed, why did you follow him instead of staying where you were? We can?t be sure if any of what you said was true. You could just be blaming Katar for what you did, using him as a convenient scapegoat just because he isn?t around,? Cinder realized what he was saying, and was startled when he realized just how absent the absol was. Kitsune might be telling the truth. The real criminal secrets himself away while setting up someone at least a little more innocent to take the blame?

?Of course I?m here. I?m always around where there?s trouble,? Katar?s voice spoke from above them, yawning slightly. The absol was perched on a tree branch, watching the group with half-interest, "Kitsune, I only told you what you'd end up saying. It doesn't change whether you burned the paintings or not. I can't get visions of the non-living."

It was then that Sketch twisted his neck suddenly and clamped his teeth into Omega?s forepaw. The Mightyena yowled and released his grip on the Smeargle?s neck. Sketch wriggled out from under him and then charged at Kitsune. His hands glowed before they elongated into shining blades of light: the guillotine attack. Cinder remembered the day that Sketch had learned the attack, which Ryan basically forbid to be used. A trainer had called out a Pinsir while Sketch was battling for Ryan. Predicting an attack completely different, Ryan had told Sketch to imprint the next move with the Smeargle signature attack. When the Pinsir used and failed to hit with guillotine, Sketch automatically used Sketch (the attack) in response. And now he was using the deadly move against Kitsune. Sketch swung his right arm towards Kitsune?s throat when Omega blurted out ?It wasn?t her! It was Katar?and me. But mostly Katar, because he?s the one who thought of this whole plan. Kitsune is innocent,? Sketch had stopped his attack mid-swing, the very tip of the blade lightly touching Kitsune?s neck. A single drop of red ran down the blade and fell to the ground. The guillotine disappeared and Sketch collapsed to the ground, panting.

?Omega! It was just about to get good, and you had to go and tell everyone the truth,? Katar leapt from the tree branch and landed gracefully on the ground, immediately next to Cinder. Cinder growled at him, but Katar merely stepped a little away from the typhlosion and otherwise ignored the threat. The exhausted Sketch looked at him with a tired anger that manifested itself in tiny cross hairs in his eyes. Katar noticed them and knew what they were: Lock-On. Immediately, wind began to whirl around the area, gathering at a spot in front of Katar. Sketch lifted a hand and directed it at the Absol, muttering ?Sheer Cold?, while Katar swiped the blade on his head forward in response.

In a flash, Kitsune had leapt onto Sketch and completely enveloped him and herself with her tails. Each tail was glowing with the power of Iron Tail. Katar?s Razor Wind whipped towards them, slamming into Kitsune?s shield and then continuing around it. Cinder grabbed Chu in his arms and turned his back to the weakened but still powerful wind. Omega tumbled a bit before managing to stand up against the force, and even Cinder was moved a few inches. When the huge amount of dust that had been stirred had settled, nothing remained of Katar except a chunk of ice where he had been standing last.

Kitsune stepped off of Sketch, who stood shakily and threw his arms around his protector. There was a sobbing sound, and Kitsune felt the strange feeling of water against her perfect fur. There was also a sort of aching from one of her tails. She turned her head to look, and saw the damage that Katar had caused. The one tail that Thorn had injured was bleeding because it wasn?t able to use Iron Tail completely. Cinder made sure Chu was still with him and then walked to where Kitsune and Sketch were. Omega followed with his head and tail bowed a little, ?Is everyone okay, at least for the most part?? Cinder had noticed Kitsune?s tail and gave her an apologetic look before touching it with one finger. The tail pulled away and Kitsune tried not to growl in response to the pain, ?Kitsune, we can?t go to the pokecenter for this because we don?t have a trainer. You or I could cauterize it, or we can look for something to put on it. Otherwise, I think we?ll have to wait for Ryan and Lilac to return.?


Thorn sighed. It had been a while since Cinder had left, and nothing exciting had happened. A lone Zigzagoon had wandered up to the hill, but had frozen when it noticed Thorn. After a few minutes of the Zigzagoon standing motionless, it had decided that Thorn was not a threat, and had continued on its way. Not a threat. What a fool. If I wasn?t hurt, he would have gone running home instead that little prancing walk thing it did. Thorn snorted as he remembered the incident, then turned his thoughts elsewhere. This injury Kitsune caused has made me miss yet another Gym, and I probably won?t be needed in Slateport either. I?ll need to find a way to pay her back for this?but how? That pichu seems to be some sort of plaything to her, but is far too important when compared to prey that any predator would play with. I could tell her that we?d be even if she promises to leave the pichu alone and just let me take it from her. Or I could always try to get close to Lilac; I can tell how much that?d make Kitsune squirm. There?s always the plan for me to get both her and Cinder at the same time. Kitsune for obvious reasons, and Cinder because of that love crack. We?ll see who?s in love once I enact my revenge. Thorn laughed a sort of evil laugh, then laid his head down and chuckled himself to sleep.
 
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Chapter 18: Kitsune: Good or Evil? Part One
I shouldn?t have done it. Lilac was the only one who has ever been nice to me my whole life, and now I?ve attacked Kitsune she?ll never accept me? But I had to of done something, if I didn?t that smeargle would of killed me. That I a certain of, my visions are always accurate unless I play a part in changing the results. I just cannot see the results of my interference till I actually interfere? If only I could have had time to think of some other way to save myself.

Katar ran. There was nothing else to do. His white fur shimmered as the wind buffered against it, though the illusion of this wind was caused by his speed. To him it seemed like he was running against the wind when he knew he was running with it. Jumping from tree to tree, he did his best to combine speed with a lack of a trail that?d allow him to be tracked. It was not long before he stopped.

?They are not following,? puffing with exhaustion he mumbled to himself, ?or at least will not harm me if they are. Some times I wish I could see the full future not just the truly bad parts. I am alone but I do not see a period of painful loneliness, perhaps I will be happy with being alone.?

?Or perhaps you will not stay alone for long,? a voice spoke from behind him, ?we both have a lot in common, we both see the future for one thing. The only problem with us becoming is that I?m a representation of all that is good and see only the miracles of the future, while you are evil and see only the bad. Alas, I can still not bear to let you be alone, thus you could not see it happening. I blame my good nature for making my want to befriend you and most likely give you a chance to betray me in the near future??

Katar turned to see the beautiful golden fur of a ninetales. There was a fading golden glow around it, as well as the fading figures of various unown around the ninetales. It was in the eyes that the flaw was; their blackness was so deep they seemed to try grasping at one?s soul to tear it away.

?Most would say you?re far more evil than I could ever be,? Katar hissed, ?going around to all sorts of wondrous events and trying to take credit is not good. Plus you?ve enslaved quite a few unown to enhance your abilities, temporarily banishing them to some empty plane of existence when you?re not using them. Really, Huxian, you are more of a freak than a hero. At least my species all see the futu??

?Correction, your kind is usually just drawn to where disasters are about to happen, not see it in detail before hand. I know because I asked a few other absols since we last left and asked them about it. Still I understand your mistake since that witch who used to own you never let you meet any of your own kind,? Huxian?s nine tails wagged in pleasure at Katar?s reaction of surprise to him referring to that lady as a witch. ?Yes, that assassin is really a witch. It?s what they call evil humans with supernatural abilities, as far as I know, even if it?s just the ability to live over five hundred years without aging like she has. Not like you actually have been alive long enough to realize her age, but I certainly have.?

?Enough talk, lets just get down to why you?re here. You came to me because of how miraculous it is for me to actually be desperate for company, thus came to rub it in my face, though that alone wouldn?t have brought you so far. You?ve come because you?ve some how heard of this hot white vixen with ninetales that is into violence, exactly the type you love. Too bad I can feel that she?s going to bring some all mighty destructive event, something you certainly wouldn?t like, good or not.?

?There are two beautiful white ninetales here? I could only sense the one who?s to bring something of inexplicable wonder to the world, something not even I can even comprehend,? Huxian stared at Katar, a few unown appeared around him and glowed for a moment, ?there is only one, isn?t there? It?s as if she has the potential to do both, it?d probably mean we will have to compete to get her to turn to our side.?

?Actually, why not work together?? Katar whimpered as he took a few steps back, ?I may be all for comprehendible destruction, but I'm not for incomprehensible destruction as it might include my death. Neither does competing with you sound like a good plan, since last time you broke all four of my legs with a single glance when I?m meant to be immune to being telekinetically crushed like that. Trust me; you need my ability to make sure you don?t just make things worse.?


?Are you sure this will work??

Some time had passed and a plan had been formed (after discussing old times and what they have been up to since). It was a cautious plan of just observing the full situation before thinking of anything else, but a plan none the less. The ninetales and absol walked with many unown floating around them releasing a golden glow that surrounded them? at least from their perspective.

?It has never failed me before so why do you doubt me?? Huxian glared at Katar as they walked, ?you?re the evil one not me. The unown will make it seem like we are not here. No being will be able to smell, hear or see us as long as the barrier is up. My powers are flawless.?

It was not long before a mightyena came into sight, laying down in the grass, his ears as limp as his tail, ?Why could I not let Kitsune take the blame? I want her dead but I couldn?t let it happen. Now I have to live with my punishment??

?Let?s test your barrier then,? Katar growled, walking towards Omega, even when he walked straight into Omega?s line of sight there was no reaction, ?so far so good.?

?Yay! Katar?s back with a ninetales friend!? a voice cried out from off to one side, turning Katar saw it was the umbreon Biohazard. He also noticed Omega jumping to his feet looking wildly around.

?Where?? Omega yelped, seeming to look right through Katar, ?are you sure he?s here? Catching him seems to be the only way to get on Sketch?s good side after what happened. Another ninetales would explain how Katar lit Sketch?s stuff on fire for sure, but I don?t see either of them.?

?You?re looking right at them, but since you seem to be blind at the moment I?ll deal with them myself. It?ll please Kitsune,? Biohazard barked as he began to charge right at Huxian and Katar. Katar leapt easily out of the way, but wasn?t looking to see how Huxian did. There was a thump as Biohazard continued to run straight into a tree.

I didn?t need to see it to know Huxian only barely dodged that attack.

?There is nothing there?? Omega sighed, ?Thorn was right you do have eye sight problems.?

?It?s impossible,? the ninetales panted, ?it is far more likely he was hallucinating that we are here than actually seeing us. He almost hit me too; the unown couldn?t deflect him, as was my first instinct to try either. Leaping out of the way lacks the elegance I try to hold at all times. Now let?s continue to where the ninetales is, the one whom I shall have no matter what? I sense you are a little smug all of a sudden, who?s going to get killed this time??

?It is no one worth saving. I?ll be sure to watch of course, but you need not worry yourself as it is no one Kisune actually knows. Thus attempting a rescue wouldn?t help your chances much.?


It was easy from there; no one else seemed able to see them as they went to the pokemon centre where they both felt the presence of the white ninetales. Walking in was easy.

?It seems Kitsune is in a private recovery room, I?m sure you know why,? Huxian growled at Katar, baring his white fangs, ?I thought you?d be telling me everything, yet you never mentioned this? I?m glad you?re not disappointing me by actually being good. Still, you need to work on a bigger betrayal than this if we are to stay rivals.?

?Kitsune was attacked for destroying some artwork that had nothing more than sentimental value. She?s lucky to be alive, saved only because some stupid mutt wanted to take some of the blame? Look, there?s Cinder waiting outside the surgery door. He?s the typhlosion if you didn?t know, and the smaller pokemon are waiting with him.?

The typhlosion lay curled up on the floor with a smeargle and a pichu snuggled into his fur. All three looked sad; tears were in the eyes of the smaller pokemon, while Cinder looked to be doing his best to push some guilt out of his mind. On the other side of the room stood a large Skarmory, staring at the ground mumbling to itself while looking quite annoyed.

?Sorry, I?m about to show off. I can?t help it in these circumstances as it?s such a miracle,? Huxian barked loudly, though no one around looked in their direction, ?if there is no interference then this Kitsune and Cinder will fall in love with each other, developing into a closer relationship than is usually acceptable between different species as long as neither of us interfere.?

?Yet the relationship break apart into hatred when Cinder finds out it was all just a part of Thorn?s plot for revenge,? Katar added, noting Huxian?s stunned glare at him, ?I told you my powers are going to be useful. You could even tell that the relationship will be a set up; I know it doesn?t change anything as you were going to try stealing Kitsune away no matter what, thus ruining the relationship. Just wait before doing anything stupid, we might get a better idea of what?d do the most damage?

It was then two shadows of humans, as well as the shadow of some floating object, appeared outside the pokemon center door, though they did not enter straight away.

?They are talking,? the ninetales said then paused for a few moments, his tails perking up and wagging as viciously as Kitsune?s would of when toying with a meal, ?I think I know what to do. It seems there is another unown to add to my collection out there, and it knows that a ninetales is about with many enslaved unown (I guess I slipped up and it sensed me for a moment), both are quite worried about it and suspect Kitsune already? Odd that they call it Bug and refer to it dragging them out of a gym battle to get to the bottom of what happened. The plan is you open the door of the recovery room while I create a blur to make it look like some super speed is involved; at the same time I snatch the new addition to my collection. They should come to the conclusion that Kitsune did it, thus drive her away, leaving her no one to stay with but me. Now tell me, any bad results from doing it, for example them harming her before she escapes??

?Nope, let?s get to work.?

No plan could go as smoothly, a simple button operated door that Katar jumped at and pushed the button to open, much to the surprise of all the pokemon who couldn?t see what happened. Huxian did his part well, and Katar only caught a quick glimpse of the unown, barely seeing it was of the ?F? variety before it was caught in the golden glow and faded away into wherever the ninetales kept unown that weren?t in use. Both Katar and Huxian ran out the door before it closed, thus not risking raising suspicions.

?We better keep moving at a steady pace,? Katar hissed, ?we just stole a pokemon of Ryan?s, and I?ve seen what that little smeargle of his does to those who annoy it? The girl with him, Lilac, would be a problem though. Good thing we aren?t going to be caught.?

Taking an opportunity while Huxian wasn?t looking, Katar sliced one of his front legs with his head blade. It wasn?t long till blood trickled down his leg, leaving the occasional drop of blood on the ground. They continued walking away from the pokemon centre and deep into the Dewford Island wilderness.


It seemed like a lifetime of walking in silence before Huxian stumbled and fell to the ground, barely managing to get up again. ?What?s happening? Why am I feeling ill?? He whimpered with the fear of uncertainty, ?I can?t sense any cause, so why??

?You?re starting to feel the effects of the poison,? Katar tried to laugh, but only managed a nervous giggle, ?I never told you everything. Perhaps if I told you I could feel that Biohazard managed to touch you and his toxic sweat is capable of being absorbed through the skin unlike the sweat of other umbreons, but that?d of ruined what little faith you have in the forces of evil. I?m sorry old friend but I had to betray you because you expected it of me. Without help you?ll be dead in a few hours, but too weak to struggle back to the pokemon center in less than fifteen minutes.?

?My powers are meant to leave me immune to poisons? What is Biohazard really? How can he see through my special barrier and produce a toxin magic can?t combat or even sense?? Huxian stumbled once more, and then stood glaring at Katar, with his nine tales standing erect, ?at least I can take you with me, and then secure all my unown so they can?t escape just incase I recover despite what you said? It might happen because I sense a great miracle coming.?

Katar?s body was lifted from the ground, surrounded by a golden glow.

?Now our rivalry ends with your death,? Huxian?s attempt at an evil laugh was far better than what Katar managed earlier.

I do not see my death, I only sense only the destructive energies of Kitsune coming to me. Good saves good, evil saves evil. I?m right and he?s wrong. I wish this didn?t mean Kitsune was going to do something worse than destroy the whole world.
 
Chapter 19: Kitsune: Good or Evil? Part Two
Injured again. Is this new path I have chosen really so different that I am no longer able to take care of myself? Things are falling apart so soon, it looks like my plans will go nowhere. A few unknown variables have knocked everything off course, but I mustn?t let myself feel depressed about it. I no longer have the option of turning back, it was lost as soon as I failed the gym battle and was weakened enough to be caught in a pokeball, the only choice is to go forwards, hoping to find a way around the problem.

Kitsune lay alone in the pokemon centre; her eyes were closed as she lay in a private recovery room, but she was anything but asleep. While her tails lay limp because of both her mood and the fact one of them hurt to move, her ears were up and twitching. It felt like her ears were hearing something but the message wasn?t reaching her mind to be perceived. Kitsune?s jaws clenched and she bared her fangs and growled slightly. It wasn?t just Thorn outside the recovery room that wished harm would come to her.

The sound of the recovery room door sliding open made Kitsune?s eyes spring open, perceiving nothing more than a blur of movement? no, there was a feeling that the sight wasn?t coming from her eyes, more being forced into her mind. An illusion. A good one at that. The door slid shut after a few seconds of what seemed liked shocked silence.

No point acting too hastily, I?m not in the best shape after losing so much blood, thus waiting to learn more is the best action.

?Bug?s gone!? Kitsune could hear Ryan clearly through the door, even if he wasn?t shouting in shock she would have heard, it would have just required more focus. Kitsune closed her eyes again and concentrated on not missing any part of what was being said. Ryan?s voice turned to a sob, ?He said he sensed a ninetales forcing a group of unown into serving it without question? I hoped it wasn?t Kitsune doing it, but I should?t have led Bug here, right into a trap.?

?Kitsune?s taken Bug!?!? Thorn screeched out, his rage seeming to vibrate every wall. Then there was silence, or at least the sound of some of them being quiet as if trying to plan without talking for fear of being over heard. They were clearly not stupid, even if they had already misunderstood the situation; they were doing their best not to under estimate her. Though by the sound of metal claws gently rubbing against paper and the occasional non-committal grunt from what sounded like Cinder, it seemed like the planning was being done by the Skarmory with Cinder being the only one even slightly interested in whatever plan was being made.

?Kitsune wouldn?t have done it,? Sketch was one of the exceptions; he still thought the best of her. Kitsune?s tails almost started wagging at the thought of how much optimism in others was too much, and how Sketch was clearly beyond that point. He must have lived a very sheltered life. He was actually crying, ?She?s not bad, she?s? she?s? only hurt Thorn for damaging her beauty. She can?t be punished for that and her bad luck.?

Yes, it is odd how I seem to be having a run of bad luck.

?Sketch does have a point,? Ryan seemed to also want to break the lack of talking. Lilac would have had to be with him, but why hadn?t she said anything? ?Glitch would point out how my bringing of Bug directly to Kitsune after he sensed what was happening was such a logical action that it could of easily been predicted and a trap been set here to catch Bug. Kitsune may just of been unlucky that we?d come to her fir??

Ryan had stopped mid-sentence as the recovery room door open once more, and Cinder leapt through and at Kitsune, though he did not look overly aggressive. She merely shifted her front paws under herself as if about to jump out of the way. She didn?t dodge. Cinder landed on her, knocking her over on to her side, though positioned most of his weight on the bed around her, instead of her, while biting into her neck. His teeth only touched the skin of her neck and how he held her he seemed to be expecting very little struggle, showing that he didn?t want to use any more force than was necessary. He was treating Kitsune like she was a normal delicate ninetales. She pretending to struggle a bit, probing the weak spots of his hold more than testing his strength. He grinned, showing that he felt he had won and had no idea that his hold on her was worse than nothing. It only made her seem helpless.

?Now you?re going to tell us what you did with Bug!? Thorn screeched while entering the room, though it quickly turned to a laugh as he leapt at her, raising one leg up towards her underbelly as she lay. She could feel his talons touching her fur as a threat. ?Let?s see how much I have to rip out of you before you talk.?

?Sketch you really shouldn?t watch?? Omega?s voice spoke, and there were a few whimpers of terror from sketch as there was the sound of him being pushed to the ground.

It was all too easy. Kitsune?s tails flashed instantly to glowing bright white as she slipped out from under Cinder, pushing him off the bed, and she spun around. As she turned she felt a brief bit of resistance on one tail for an instant, and even though using iron tail made them all numb, Kitsune was sure the only thing she could of hit was Cinder with a tip of a tail. It would certainly cut his flesh. She continued to spin, whacking Thorn?s damaged wing with as many of her tailing as possible and as hard as she could manage.

There was no time to look to see what damage she had caused, and she used her hind legs to propel her towards the door as soon as she was facing that direction. She was mid-air before she saw Omega was holding Sketch to the ground in the doorway. One swish of her tails, with the white glow quickly fading, moved her trajectory so as she knocked Omega off Sketch and used him for her next bound, hearing a sound much like him choking on something as she did so. The only other thing she noticed on her way out of the pokemon centre was Biohazard unconscious on the ground outside and a trail of drag marks showing for certain he was dragged to the pokemon centre.

They won?t underestimate me again. I doubt I would have stood a chance, even just against Thorn, if I hadn?t completely caught them off guard. I feel so weak because of my tail injury. If it weren?t for that, I?d stay and talk to them about what?s happening and that I didn?t do it.

Something caught Kitsune?s eye, a spot of red. She turned towards it and continued to run; feeling lighter headed every moment. Once closer it triggered an instinct within her mind. The instinct said to her, ?You are weak and need food, there are drops of blood leading a trail towards injured prey,? alas without anywhere else to turn to sort out the problems she had, she just gave into the instinct without a fight and followed the trail. It felt bad to be going after prey when there were more important things to deal with and Kitsune put down the lack of a scent on the tail of blood drops to the blood loss.


She snapped out of her instincts managing her every thought. She saw Katar floating in the air and heard him screaming in pain, though the screams quickly subsided, as he seemed to lose consciousness. A golden glow surrounded him and it linked to the golden glow of a ninetales surrounded by floating black objects that reminded Kitsune of some of the symbols humans use, though they also all had one large eye each.

It was too hard to think clearly, and she just charged at the other ninetales, ?Katar is mine!? she growled as she head butted him, disrupting his hold on Katar. ?I cannot let him die till I?ve gotten pay back for him framing me. Tell me what makes your claim of a need for vengeance against him greater than mine or be gone.?

?My lovely Kitsune, it is good to finally meet you, you may call me Huxian,? the other ninetales coughed some blood while he tried to be as charming as he could and stand up. ?Katar here is a long time arch-nemesis, though I never expected him to stoop so low as to promise to help me and then lead me away from all possible medical attention when he knew I was poisoned and didn?t know it. My claim is quite strong, and death is the only punis??

?He sliced a wound open on one of my tails and then proceded to drain blood out through it. You can see the injury?? Kitsune barked, turning her side towards Huxain and for the first time she noticed the white bandage wrapped around the wound. ??Okay, you can?t see it, but still you should know something?s come above life and death for our kind. Katar is rightfully mine.?

?My unown slaves can heal that injury?? Huxian spoke, though his voice started to fall weak as the realization of what he was probably letting Kitsune know dawned on him. Still he continued on talking, merely starting to take a few cautious steps backwards, stumbling because of the toxin, his tails limp and his ears flat. ?Yes, I was behind taking that unown from that human at the pokemon cen??

It was too late for talk. Kitsune was already literally at his throat, about to bite it with full intentions of ripping it out. A flash of golden light knocked her back, then slowly lifted her into the air.

?I?m sorry, but I?m going to seal them away now. It?ll only take a few moments,? Huxain sighed, using the unowns? powers to levitate Kitsune and move her around a bit so he could inspect her every detail as the unown around him slowly faded with a very sad look in their eyes. ?Katar says the toxin that is within me will kill me soon, but I can always hope that he is wrong. While weakened I am likely to lose my control over my servants if I don?t seal them away somewhere they cannot escape? If I die they?ll spend all eternity in an inescapable empty world. I wish that you?d help tend to my need while I?m ill so that I can teach you to exploit this power once I recover. It took me nine hundred years, but I?m sure I can teach you in much less as I had to learn with no help.?

Kitsune?s tails started wagging. ?I?ve never met anyone so pathetic. You must have come all this way just to try wooing me, yet I?m not even a hundred years old yet. You?ve wasted your life as you?ve clearly missed all the chances of love in your life, plus nothing is impressive about having slaves do all your work. It actually looks quite easy to do and much easier for me to manipulate. The fact that you can?t even use them to manipulate love adds to how inferior you are? I?m glad our species won?t have to put up with you for too much longer, you?re too much of an embarrassment.?

Kitsune?s fur started to puff out and glow a pale blue that, though the golden glow of Huxian was much a stronger colour, it seemed to be unable to hold around Kitsune?s and the blue glow quickly spread. A sudden burst knocked Huxain backwards into a nearby tree, and Kitsune collapsed on to the ground. The blue glow intensified and suddenly the black forms of the unown started to appear all around them. Though the blue glow, nor a golden one, did not cover these as they were not under Kitsune?s power or Huxian?s.

?I?ll deliver a killing blow to Huxian,? Katar spoke, and somehow Kitsune wasn?t surprised he was conscious, ?he?s more of a friend than a nemesis and I don?t want him to suffer. I?m sure I can do it without damaging his pelt at all, though I?m not sure whether I?d actually have the heart to skin him afterwards. My old master taught me how so as to make money when there wasn?t enough in killing people.?

?No. He must suffer life,? Kitsune growled weakly, feeling how little strength she had left, ?death is too good for him, he needs to feel powerlessness for the remaining decades of his life and feel how much of a mess he?s made of himself. Katar help me drag him to the pokemon centre, if he lives I?ll forgive you for what you tried to get done to me.?

?No, you lack the stamina to do so.? a voice spoke within Kitsune?s mind, ?you have less strength left in you than he does. For now you must sleep so we can repair what damage we can.?

Kitsune was plunged into darkness?
 
I am sorry, but I've decided to give up posting chapters of my fic here and am probably going to give up on these Pokemon Community Forums altogether. For those who actually read this fic, chapters of it will still be posted on SPPf and fanfiction.net where my user name is Kawaii Kyuubi Kitsune.

I know this is unacceptable double posting, but considering that I'm leaving, beening banned for this will mean nothing.
 
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