Sonar walked along the trees, the spring leaves rustling made it easy for him to determine where the trees were, he relied on his hearing to get him around. He was maing his way to where his friends say a blaziken master lived. He was listening for any signs of movement, he wasn't sure of how far he travled already, he never did relly know where he truly was. He was unsure about what he was going to do, he was afraid his blindness might make the blaziken turn him down. he still strived ahead, although he could tell his position he tripped often. Finally he caught something, he could smell smoke. there had to be someone or something nearby, he followed the scent until he heard what sounded like sharpening.When he got closer, he could hear something, someone was calling out to him

"Well, what have you come here for?" came the voice, it was the blaziken who was sharpeing one of his blades, he detected Sonar's presence almost instanly

"Are you the Blaziken master?" Sonar asked,

"Aiy, I'm him" he said, "Have you come to ask me to give you a sword?"

No, I actually came to seek your guidance" Sonar said,

"Ah, so it's training you be wantin? come out then little flareon, let me see if your worthy" the blaziken said

"how did you know what i was?" Sonar asked surprised, he hadn't shown himself, yet this blaziken knew excatly what he was

"Sometimes you can know presecne without the aid of your eyes," he said still not taking his eyes off the sword he was sharpening.

"I know how it feels to not use your eyes..." Sonar said as he stepped out of the shadows to reveal the bandages he had over his eyes, the blaziken then looked at him

"So your blind. yet you can find your way?" The blaziken said "Well, how about a reflex test?" he said as he pulled out a kunai and threw it at Sonar

Sonar could hear something skimming through the air, he jumped out of the way and hit the ground

"Not bad" the Blaziken said "you seem to have good reflexes, that could be useful, but you need to work on your landings"

"Will my blindness hinder that?" sonar asked, sounding nervous about that subject

"Come in my cave me, I'll show you something" the blaziken said, he walked into his cave followed by Sonar. as he reached a small circle and sat down and sat on one end and told Sonar to sit on the other side "Ok first off, those bandages are unsightly, put this on instaed" he said as he pulled out a blue blindfold and handed it to Sonar, he put it on after he took off his bandages. The Blaziken then got out a sheathed sword "Get used to this sound" he said as he pulled it out. Sonar herd, for the first time, what a sword being drawn was. "I'll explain about weapons later, right now I'll teach you how to maximise you other senses so you can fight without your eyes" he started to explain "Calm yourself" the Blaziken said "Get relaxed and feel everythng around you, and it will seem as though you can see it" he said, Sonar tried to relax until he seemed to be somewhere else. Suddenly, Sonar could picture his surrounding in his mind, this new sensation made him jump and fall back, the blaziken started laughing,

"New feeling surprise you?" he said while still laughing

"What happened?" the confused flareon said

"It's like i said, you can feel your surroundings, try it again but this time try to do it while moving"Sonar nodded and started to relax again, this time he was prepared, he pictured his surroundingg again and tried to maintain it while moving

"This is...new" Soanr said as he walked around

"Very nice" the blaziken said, impresed my Sonar's quick learning "Ok then come back" he said, sonar went back to the circle and sat down "You have what it takes...give me your paw" the blaziken said, Sonar held his paw out and the blaziken place a sword in his hand. "This is a training sword, it's not very sharp, but it will let you get the feel for wielding a real one" the Blaziken said "I can train you...but forst you must promise me this. you are never to use the skills you learn here to kill"

"I promise" Sonar said

"Repeat it" the blaziken said

"I vow, that the skill i shall learn here shall never be used to kill" Sonar said solemly

"Very good, what's your name?" the Blaziken asked

"Sonar" he replied

"Sonar, call me Sensei. you are now my student" Sensei said,

For two years Sonar spent under the training of his master, Learning how to use a blade, as well as use a weapon known as a kunai, he felt unbalanced with just one sword, as his Sensei said"My training can only take you so far Sonar, you must learn your own style" with his new knowledge of how to forge, he crafted two blades which he named Moon and Silver, he took it upon himself to become good with these blades

He continued to train and sparr with his Sensei, although he never questioned it, it bothered him until one day he had to ask

"Sensei?" he asked

"Yes Sonar?" his Sensie said

"About my vow two years ago...it may seem odd, but is there a reason you made me take it? it felt like you were trying not to repeat something

"...Yes" he replied after a short while "I should tell you about my previous student..."

"Who?" Sonar curiously asked

"A few years back, before i met you, an umbreon by the name of Neminda..." Sensei started "...asked me to train her, she seemed defenceless so i agreed, she seemed to be a good student for a while, but her arrogence grew with her skill..." Sonar was listeing with full intrest by now "...She soon learned that she could get just about anything she wanted by shear force alone, i tried to steer her away from this corrupted path, but she was already too deep...she left me and soon after i heard of her expliots, they got worse and worse, from simple robberys now to cold-blooded murders, she hires herself as an assassin to satiate her thirst for blood now, she became evil. I've regretted being the one who taught her

Sensei..." was all Sonar could get out

"When i first saw you, you felt different...yet simaler at the same time, I never asked before, but what was your purpose for asking me to train you?" his Sensei asked, Sonar was hesitant at first but then said,

"At first, revenge...When i was still young I witnessed a dark figure kill my parents, then it sliced out my eyes...it used a sword...now that you told me that, i have reason to believe it was this, Neminda" he said, "But you showed me what it means to have honor and virtues, I made a vow never to kill, even my worst enemy"

"Very good, my student. you have been taught well, but there is always more to learn get some rest for now"

Another month went by uneventful, until the day Sonar felt a strange feeling, he didn't know what it was

"You feel the disturbance too don't you" His Sensie asked him

"What is it?" he asked

"A darkness aproches...you must hide tonight..."

"What? Sensei..." Sonar got out before his Sensei interupted,

"Don't ask questions just hide...my student returns tonight..." Sonar wasn't one to disobey his teacher, so at night he consealed himself, he waited for something to happen, until he heard a now familiar nose, the clashing of swords. He kept his presence hidden but got a view of what was happening, his jaw dropped whan he heard that same laugh from when he was an eevee, it was indeed Neminda, Locked in a battle with his sensei. He wanted to help, but he knew that he'd just get in the way, he remained hidden, when he suddenly heard a cry of pain and a collapse to the ground. to took every ounce of will power for Sonar to to react to it

"You...cheated" came his Sensei's voice

"Hah! you merely let your guard down, normally I would finish you, but you will die from blood loss from that leg wound, you can't get any help either because the wound prevents you from walking" Neminda's voice said "I'll let you suffer out here" she said as she ran off laughing, that laugh still haunted him. but without anyone near, he ran to his Sensei

"Sonar" His Sensei said as he approached "Have i taught you enough first aid to help?" Sonar nodded and instantly ran to the Oran berry bush near the cave, he gatherd up a few along with some leaves and sap from a nearby tree, he remembered how to handle open wounds. He took a few of the leaves and crushed a few beeries on it, then applied sap, he remembered that the oran berry will help seal the wound while the sap keeps it in place and absorbs to slow the bleeding, his Sensei watched as shis tudent raced to apply the makeshift bandage, he winced a little at the sting of it but he knew it would help

"Help me to my bed" Sensei said, Sonar helped lift him up to his bed, when he reached it, he lied his Sensie down on the bed

"Are you going to be ok?" Sonar asked

"Yes, I'll recover, however, this wound is critical, I'm afraid my teaching days are over now"

"Sensei?" Sonar asked,

"I guess there is nothing more I can teach you, you need to devolp your skills on your own now Sonar, Travel the world and seek to better yourself, become Nemind'a opposite, help out as you wander, and try to stop her should you meet her, hopefully you will be strong enough to, your vow prevents you from killing her, but find a way to stop her...I'm weary from the fight, let me rest, you should leave for the world soon" He said as he drifted off to sleep, Sonar decided to spend one last night in this cave.