Saki shook her head as she and Steven walked down the path, "why does it seem like we might have a habit of finding trouble?" she asked him as Steven wanted to laugh. "First Team Magma and now Team Plasma…"
It took Steven a while to explain what he had learned from the residents from Accumula Town, but to him Team Plasma was much worse. Stealing Pokemon as a way to prove that Pokemon needed to be liberated from their trainers and separated from humans. Claiming that humans would only abuse and use Pokemon for their own greedy ways, like they were puppets in a show, trainers controlled them while they did all the work. Some of the trainers in Accumula Town had lost their own friends to Team Plasma, as their rally wasn't the first time they had been there.
He understood that there were people in the world who didn't appreciate Pokemon like the trainers they battled and known on their journey in the Hoenn region, but stealing Pokemon just to prove a message. To Steven, that was going too far. "Thing is Team Magma originally came after you to capture Zoroark, these people just want to steal Pokemon so they can show how committed they are to their belief that Pokemon need to be liberated." He explained to her.
Steven jumped down a short ledge as he took Eevee out of Saki's arms and placed her on the ground besides him. Taking Saki's hand, he helped her carefully walk down the side. The pink petals of spring blew in the wind as a sweet floral scent was almost like a greeting as they saw the large trees that surrounded the entrance way towards a small town. "I really didn't plan on stopping another group of bad guys to be honest," she told him as Saki picked up Eevee.
"Neither did I, but…" Steven shook his head. "you know I can't stand the thought of Pokemon being stolen from their trainers."
Saki knew the story. Years ago, when Steven was still young his Beldum, which was a gift from his father, was almost taken from him by a member of Team Aqua. Ever since then he kept his best friend beside him and could never stand the thought of anyone taking another's friend away from them. "I know love, but you and Metagross are still together…" Saki looked down at Eevee.
There was no way she could really focus on beating Draygen, when in the back of her mind all she could do is worry about the trainers she could have helped. Even though there were few who stood up against Team Plasma, more and more seemed to join their cause. "Are you thinking what I'm thinking?" Steven asked her as they stopped before the paved almost golden colored dirt road that leads into Nuvema Town.
She knew what he was talking about; there wasn't a doubt in her mind. Saki nodded her head, "yea… looks like we have stop another team of bad guys." She was more than determined to stop them. If they could stop Team Magma they should be able to stop Team Plasma, even if it was just them going against a horde of grunts and admins, they needed to be stopped.
"I know it wasn't in our plans, but by the looks of Accumula Town I can only imagine what the rest of the Unova region must feel about Team Plasma's actions." Steven said as it did strike up a bit of curiosity within Saki. "Saki do you remember if Team Plasma was around before you moved?" he asked.
She tried to think back, "as far as I can remember I don't really recall hearing about them, but that was over a decade ago. Things have changed since I left," even though she was from the Unova Region, she had spent most of her life in Hoenn. "So far it would appear that we're both at a disadvantage here."
Steven shook his head, "I wouldn't call it a disadvantage love. We didn't know about much about Team Magma or Aqua before our conflicts with them, it would be safe to say that we might have an upper hand on them."
Walking along the beaten trail, Saki looked over at the few trails of smoke that rose from the chimneys that barely peaked over the tops of the trees. "How so?" she stroked Eevee's fur as they both looked curiously at Steven. "I mean, I understand that back then we didn't know anything about them…but I'm a bit confused when you say we have the upper hand."
"Eve?"
"Team Plasma doesn't know you have Zoroark, and since we don't know how rare of a Pokemon she is then we aren't necessarily a target for them. If we don't become a primary target for them, then we'll be able to stop them with them barely noticing." Steven explained.
It started to make sense to Saki. As long as they kept a low profile, they'll be able to take them down faster. "Even so, we still don't know who could be working from them. Or even if they have an even bigger goal in mind. What if they also want to summon a legendary Pokemon?" Saki asked.
She feared the worst if that was the scenario. After holding off Groudon back in Hoenn, the strange power that reverted Groudon back to its slumber state had somehow managed to de-evolve Zoroark back into Zorua. If Zoroark was to face another legendary would she suffer the same fate like last time? Or would it end much differently?
She almost lost Steven! After he had sacrificed himself to save her and his Skarmory. There were too many things at risk. "I really don't want to get involved in this Steven."
He looked over at her. Steven could see that Saki had gone white at the thought; he knew that was she must have been pained from the memories of last time. He couldn't blame her though, after all the experience they went through last time would be enough to scar many. Especially at the young age she was at when it happened.
Stopping, Steven wrapped his arms around Saki and Eevee as he gently held her in his grasp. Putting his head atop of her own, "I understand that Saki, I do. However we can't just stand by and let this continue. You know as well as I do that we'd never be able to forgive ourselves if we let this happen." He told her as he gently pressed a kiss on her head. "And it doesn't seem like anyone else is trying to stop them."
Saki knew that if nobody was going to stop them that it was never going to end. Taking in a deep breath, "alright, we'll try and stop them." She whispered. The trees around started to form a unison formation as the path was framed by the large pine needle trees that towered above them.
Looking up, the trio could see the small bird Pokemon that were perched up in the trees as they chirped amongst each other. There was no grass along the path, but Saki could barely make out a few shadow figures hiding behind the trees as they continued along. Up ahead, Saki saw the three paths of smoke that lead back to the three blue roofed houses as they seemed like fairly large homes for the few families that lived here.
"Doesn't seem like many people live here," Steven stated, but then again there were a few houses on their way here. "Either way, they said that Professor Juniper's Lab was here."
"I think it might be that one," Saki pointed. A large building that almost looked the opposite of the other houses stood in almost like a corner of the town. The orange roof was covered with what appeared to be a dozen solar panels as its retro white exterior was almost to blinding to look at. A tall white picket fence was built around one side of the building as they could hear the playful laughter of Pokemon behind it.
Walking towards the building, a few small grey flying type like Pokemon chirped at their arrival as they flapped their tiny wings; picking themselves up ever so slightly before taking flight towards the blue sky. "So are you going to let Eevee pick which Pokemon you're going to bring with us?" Steven joked as he tickled the back of Eevee's ear.
Jumping out of Saki's arms, Eevee practically launched herself at Steven. Quickly grabbing the brown furred Pokemon as he kept her arm's length away from him, as she her teeth clicked each shut with each attempt she made at trying to bite him. "I warned you before; she doesn't like to be tickled there. It sets her off," Saki laughed as she carefully took Eevee back into her arms.
Even when she had tried that before she too was attacked by Eevee, it was odd but to Saki it just seemed that Eevee was pretty picky when it came to where she was tickled. Cradling her Pokemon in her arms, the trio could hear the faint sound of footsteps making their way towards them. Looking towards the sound they could someone approaching them.
Before them stood a woman who appeared to be in her late twenties, her light brown hair was pulled up into a bun that had a lock flicked out towards the right. She readjusted the long white lab coat that covered over her white blouse and matte lime green skirt, she smiled at them as a small grey and white furred Pokemon climbed onto her shoulder.
Its large dark eyes starred curiously at Steven and Saki, as its large ears had white tips at the top of them as they twitched slightly before looking down at Eevee. Wagging its fluffy white and grey tail it almost felt like that it was examining them. "Don't worry Miccino," the woman said to her Pokemon as she pet it on the head. "Sorry he's just a curious little guy, that's all."
"Are you… Professor Juniper?" Saki asked as the woman nodded her head.
"Yes I am, let me guess, you must be Saki then?" she nodded her head. "Professor Birch called me a couple days ago; he told me that you would stop by here to get your starter Pokemon." Professor Juniper told them, she looked curiously at Steven "and who might you be?"
"I'm Steven Stone," he introduced himself as Professor Juniper snapped her fingers.
"I thought you seemed familiar, you're the former Champion of the Hoenn region." She said.
He nodded his head, "yes and as you know my girlfriend here, was named the current Champion for the last two years." He explained.
"So I take it you're going to try and go against the Unova Champion?" She asked Saki.
"Well that's the plan, but… Professor Juniper can I ask you something?"
She nodded her head, "I don't see why not, what do you need to ask?"
"You see I'm originally from this region, but I moved to the Hoenn region almost a decade ago, but I don't seem to recall any groups like Team Plasma or anything like that. I was wondering if you knew anything about them?" Saki explained as Miccino clung onto Professor Juniper's shoulder as they could see him visibly shaking.
Professor Juniper whispered to her Pokemon as he slowly started to calm down, "I do, but let's discuss this inside." She suggested as she motioned for them to follow her as they walked towards the glass doors towards the lab.
As the large glass doors slide open, Saki was amazed by what was inside. Large silver and metallic blue machines of various sizes filled the large space as a few of the lab assistants were working on them and analyzing the strange mysterious codes all over the monitors. The humming of the electronics and broken chatter, it was a bit different than Professor Birch's lab that was for sure. "This place is incredible," Steven whispered.
Professor Juniper chuckled, "thank you, but I will admit it's a bit difficult at times to manage-"
"Professor!" a girl shouted as they could see her dashing towards Professor Juniper. She kept one hand on the green hat that was atop her short golden blond hair, as she seemed to be taking small strides due to her white dress with an orange vest over it. She seemed focused on something, until she lost her footing causing her to fall onto the white tiled floor.
Saki placed Eevee down as she rushed over towards the girl, "are you alright?" she asked as kneeled down towards the girl. Looking up the girl nodded her head as Saki carefully helped her back up on her feet as she brushed any dirt off of her, "next time you might wanna be a bit careful." She advised.
"I will, thank you very much." She said cheerfully as she looked over at Professor Juniper. "Oh yea that's right! Professor Juniper I almost forgot to remind you that someone might be coming here today to get a Pokemon."
"Well thank you for the reminder, but she's standing next to you." She told her, "but are you ok Bianca, that seemed to be quite a fall you endured." She sounded concerned as Bianca nodded her head.
"I'm fine!" She reassured her as looked over at Saki. "I heard so much about you, but I didn't think I would actually have the opportunity to meet you in person! M" she held her hand as Saki took it.
"Nice to meet you, I'm Saki." She said as she smiled at the cheerful girl.
"How about we go ahead and continue out discussion in my office?" Professor Juniper suggested, "Oh that reminds me, Saki I'll need your Pokedex for a bit." She told her as Saki pulled the red device from her bag. She was very close to completing it at this point, but was curious why the professor would need it. "Don't worry, I just need to update it so that it'll be able to scan Pokemon in this region." She explained taking the device from her, "Bianca can you please update it and get the Pokemon for me?" she asked as Bianca nodded her head and ran off towards another part of the lab.
Saki and Steven followed Professor Juniper as she pushed open a grey door, as they walked in. Miccino jumped off of Prosser Juniper's shoulder as it ran towards the fluffy white bed that lay next to one of the chairs surrounding the light wood table in the center of the room. A few files were stacked neatly onto each other as the walls were covered in numerous copies of maps of what they could assume was the Unova region. Each having a certain amount of thumb tacks in certain spots and locations with a colored string trailing down to a picture of an unknown Pokemon, some with what appeared to be their evolution chain.
The light lavender curtains were drawn back as it gave a perfect view of the forest, along with what seemed like a small pond just a distance away. "Seems like you're a very busy woman, Professor." Steven remarked as he scanned over each of the maps.
"To get a better understanding of Pokemon, it's better to try and establish their locations and if they tend to migrate to different areas. Little details like seeing if they travel solo or in packs, their interactions with humans verses other species of Pokemon is very important." She explained as she sat down at the table. "Now about your question from earlier… it's a bit difficult to talk about."
"Why's that?" Saki asked. "Did something happen?" From the way her Miccino acted, it only made sense to her that something could be why.
Professor Juniper shook her head, "no. Miccino is terrified of being separated from me, so I'm sorry if that caused you to believe that. But to be honest with you, I don't know why much about them compared to anyone else." She told them.
"It's fine, their leader made some sort of scene in Accumula Town when we were on our way here and from what the residents there had told us, we were just hoping you might be able to fill us on in on anything we might have missed." Steven explained to her.
"I see," she took a deep breath; "it started about seven years ago. From what I heard for the first few years they seemed harmless, there would be times that they would speak in front of the public about Pokemon Liberation, nothing dramatic but it seemed that their ideas did attract a large group of followers. It wasn't till about four years that things started to escalate,"
"You mean?"
Professor Juniper nodded, "the first case was reported in Nimbasa City, a young child had their Pokemon abducted from them during one of the city events. Fortunately the Pokemon was retrieved and returned, but soon more and more incidents of Pokemon abduction were becoming more frequent over the years. Some were returned back to their owners, but some weren't as lucky…"
"That's just awful," Saki said as Eevee's ears pointed down. She looked over at Steven as his silver hair covered his eyes, "Steven?" she called out to him as she gently touched his shoulder. He slowly looked up at her as she saw the pained look on his face, as his hand gently grabbed Saki's hand. "So they're doing all of this just too free Pokemon?"
"To be completely honest with you, I don't know." Professor Juniper answered, "I thought about that at first, but I'm not so certain anymore. It wouldn't surprise me if they have a hidden agenda, but with how things are right now it might be a while longer till anyone really knows what's going on."
Knock, knock, knock.
"Come in," Bianca entered the large office space holding a metallic bronze cylinder. Getting up from her seat, Professor Juniper walked over to Bianca as she set the container on the table in front of Saki and Steven.
"Here are the Pokemon Professor, oh and here's your Pokedex back Saki." She said, handing back the device to her.
"Allow me to introduce you to these little guys." She announced, pressing a small button on the side. The top of the device opened up as it revealed three Pokeballs next to each other, grabbing the three Pokeballs in her hands Professor Juniper threw up in the air "come on out!" she called as the three small Pokemon appeared in front of her.
Saki and Steven rose up as they looked at the three before them, "this one right here is Oshawott, it's a water type Pokemon." The small blue and white Pokemon almost reminded her of a thinner and smaller version of Sealo. Its big black eyes looked up at Saki as it grabbed the yellow shell on its chest and pull it off, the dark blue fin tail pounded against the ground like it was signaling a fight. Jumping down Eevee stood between Saki and Oshawott as the two growled at each other.
"Eevee, calm down." Saki commanded as she pulled out her Pokedex. Oshawott placed the shell back on its chest it backed down as well.
"Oshawott, the Sea Otter Pokemon, it fights using the shell on its stomach. In response to an attack it retaliates immediately by slashing." The Pokedex's electronic voice explained as she looked at Steven.
"Well it definitely seems like a fighter." Steven commented as he noticed a small red and black pig sniffing at his bag, its dark red ears were pulled back as it's red snout was pushing towards the top of his bag. The Pokemon's wound up tail was moving up and down as it tried to examine his bag, "what are you doing?" he jokingly asked as he picked up the Pokemon, "I'm gonna take it you can sense the egg I have with me."
The small little pig exhaled a cloud of black smoke as it shocked Steven causing him to take a few steps back, Saki laughed seeing that there were black smudged across his face and dulling his silver hair. As the smoke began to dissipate she pointe her Pokedex towards the Pokemon, "Tepig, the Fire Pig Pokemon, it blows fire through its nose. When it catches a cold, the fire becomes a pitch-black smoke instead." The Pokedex spoke.
"At least it didn't blow fire at you," Saki said as she looked over at the Professor.
"That is true, but Tepig is a little unwell but it'll be ok within a couple days. And last but not least…where did you go?" she questioned, scanning the area around her. Looking behind her, "there you are, come here Snivy." She called out as the small light green snake stood a distance away. "I'm sorry, Snivy can be a bit stubborn at times and even a bit harsh, he has a tendency to also strike out."
"Huh, well so can I," Saki whispered to herself as she walked over to the Pokemon. "It's nice to meet you," she greeted the Pokemon as it crossed its small green arms over its green and yellow chest. Closing its light brown eyes it turned its head away from Saki, "I like you." She said to the Pokemon before looking back at the Professor.
"Snivy, the Grass Snake Pokemon, it is very intelligent and calm. When exposed to sunlight, its movements become quicker." Saki saw the blue symbol at the top, signifying that this Snivy was a boy.
"I think I'll go with this one." She said as Bianca gave a surprised look at her.
"Then it's settled, here's Snivy's Pokeball." She said, handing her the red and white Pokeball. "But Snivy is a bit stubborn; it won't listen to me at all." Professor Juniper honestly told her.
"Saki is the same way to be honest; I think their stubbornness will work to an advantage for them." Steven said as Professor Juniper returned the other two Pokemon.
Eevee rushed over as it examined the new teammate, a green whip appeared as it flicked Eevee away from him. "Hey that wasn't very nice," Saki said as she held out the Pokeball directly at Snivy. "Snivy return," she said as the vine whip came directly towards her. Both she and Eevee dashed out of the whips way as they were stunned at Snivy's defiance. "What was that for?" she calmly asked Snivy.
"Once he's out of his Pokeball, he doesn't like to go back in." Bianca spoke up. "He's very stubborn about that."
"Well I can't say I blame him, but he still shouldn't try and attack me like that." Saki sighed, "Either way I'm not gonna give up on him." She said as Eevee jumped in front of her as she latched her jaws on Snivy's vine whip. "Eevee let him go, you're only to make him-"before she could even finish her sentence Snivy had lifted Eevee up in the air and threw her off of his vine. Saki caught Eevee as she looked a bit rattled at that as a whip was heading towards them, closing her eyes; she clenched Eevee closer to her as she was prepared to take the hit but it never came.
Opening her eyes she saw Zoroark stand before them as she held Snivy's whip in her grasp. Yanking it towards her, she held Snivy in her hand as she starred him down, "ark ark!" she barked at him as she looked over at Saki.
"Put him down Zoroark, he's a part of our team now." Saki said to Zoroark as she gently placed him back on the ground. "Thank you."
"You know, I think if you show Snivy your strength he'll be more inclined to go with you. After all he's a pretty good fighter, from what I've seen." Bianca suggested as the idea didn't sound bad to Saki. Maybe Snivy did need to see that Saki would be a fit trainer for him in his eyes.
"That's a great idea Bianca; we have a battlefield in the back if you want to try it." Professor Juniper offered as she and Bianca started to head towards the door. Steven looked over at Saki as she nodded her head, as he followed them with Saki and Zoroark behind them.
Saki stopped as she saw Snivy standing in the middle of the room with its arms crossed, "hold her." Handing Eevee to Zoroark she went over and picked up Snivy in her arms as he tried to wiggle his way out of her grasp. "Hey you might be stubborn, but I can be stubborn too." She told the grass Pokemon as they left the room.
Bianca stood across the ways from Saki and Zoroark as they starred each other down on their sides of the dirt field. Standing at the edges of the white outlined ring, Professor Juniper and Steven stood with Eevee and Snivy a short distance away. After being barked at by both Eevee and Zoroark, Snivy sat on the ground as it seemed unenthusiastic about the fight. "Alright, you two will be able to use one Pokemon for this battle. Are you ready?" Professor Juniper asked as the girls nodded their heads. "Let the battle begin!"
"Let's go, Emboar!" Bianca called her Pokemon as it manifested out of its Pokeball and onto the field. Standing in front of her was a large, bulky Pokemon; a blazing red beard of flames surrounded its neck and upper shoulder as it flexed its black furred arms, flashing its white claws at Saki and Zoroark. The black fur around its gut was covered with a curved like design in yellow as it squealed out before spewing out a stream of flames from its snout.
"Looks like its eager to fight you," Saki said to Zoroark as she nodded her head. "Since its here, I might as well do this." She pulled out her Pokedex as it quickly scanned Bianca's Pokemon.
"Emboar, the Mega Fire Pig Pokemon, it can throw fire punches by setting its fists on fire with its fiery chin. It cares deeply about its trainer and its companions." The Pokedex spoke out as she placed it back in her bag.
Zoroark stepped onto the field as she clenched her claws together, "Emboar use flamethrower!" Bianca commanded as her Emboar tilted its head back before breathing out a wave of flames towards them.
"Jump up," Saki said as Zoroark launched herself up in the air, as she was practically hoovering over Emboar. "Now use Night Haze!" starting her descent towards Emboar, Zoroark produce a thick black smog as it surrounded Emboar and herself. The field was starting to become immersed in the inky black cloud as Bianca seemed to remain calm in the situation.
"Emboar use Arm Thrust!" within an instant a loud clap reverberated throughout the area, followed by a strong gust of wind as the smoke dispersed and cleared away, making the field visible once again.
Steven and Professor Juniper covered their faces as the smoke ran past them. Peeking out, Steven looked towards them. "What power! Bianca's Pokemon sure is strong." He said as Professor Juniper smiled.
"She and Emboar have been together for quite a long time, at first her father didn't want her to have a Pokemon, but that all changed when I offered her the opportunity to become my assistant." Professor Juniper explained as she felt overjoyed at seeing Bianca's and Emboar's progress, "to be completely honest with you, I only did it to make sure she and her Tepig wouldn't be separated."
"Separated?" he asked as Emboar looked around the clearing smog for Zoroark.
"When I first gave her Tepig, her father had asked for me to take it back, that he didn't want his daughter to go out into the dangerous world beyond out little town." She explained as Steven seemed a bit shocked, "but when I told him that I wanted to take his daughter under my wing in hopes of having her become a Pokemon Professor his whole demeanor changed and he was more than glad, knowing that I would keep an eye on his one and only child. And I don't regret it," she said with a big smile.
"Strange how things work out in the end," Steven laughed as he remember leaving his home and all the events leading up till now. He could understand why Bianca's father might have been worried, and in a way it made him think that his own father might have been just as worried about him when he left.
"Look out!" Bianca called out.
"Too late," Saki spoke as Bianca was shocked to see Zoroark standing behind Emboar, "Use Night Slash!" The black vines manifested from Zoroark as it struck Emboar from behind, sending it flying towards the center of the field only to it to turn and face Zoroark as she continued the onslaught of her attack.
"Looks like she's taking this pretty seriously," Steven said as he examined how Saki battled this time.
"Bianca is pretty talented when it comes to battling, but isn't Saki the same?" Professor Juniper asked, as Emboar charged towards Zoroark after Bianca commanded it to use Take Down only to be countered by Zoroark's Flamethrower.
Steven shook his head, "well she's not the Champion for nothing. Saki always takes her battles pretty serious, but seeing how she's being more strategic this time around…she must really want to prove to Snivy that she's a good trainer." He explained as they continued to watch.
"Emboar block it!" Crossing its arms, a large part of the ground was pushed down along with Emboar as Zoroark made contact with it while using Punishment. The grey haze dissipated as she jumped back towards Saki. Both Pokemon seemed to be a bit worn down as their determination burned in their eyes to continue the battle, "you're really good at battling, but then again I don't expect anything less from the Hoenn Champion!" Bianca yelled as Emboar let out a mighty roar at its excitement.
"Thanks, you guys are pretty good too, but how about we end this?" Saki asked as she saw Bianca and Emboar agree with her. "Then it's settled, Zoroark use Punishment and don't hold back!"
"Emboar use Take Down and give it all you got!" Bianca said to her partner as Emboar began to produce a large amount of flames around its body as it charged towards Zoroark.
All eyes were on the two Pokemon as they collided head on with each other in the center of the field, a strong rush of energy followed by a cloud of white smoke shocked everyone as it knocked them all down to the ground. Speckles of red and black flames flicked in the air for a moment as they faded away, as they turned their attention to the two Pokemon. With their backs turned towards each other, Saki and Bianca could see the smirks on their faces as they could hear their partner's chuckle for a brief moment before collapsing to the ground.
"Zoroark!"
"Emboar!" Their trainers ran towards them as they carefully picked their Pokemon up, "you did great out there." Bianca complimented her Pokemon as Emboar sat up and shook its head before visibly smiling at her.
"You too Zoroark, I'm so proud of you." Saki said as she helped Zoroark back onto her feet as they looked over at Steven and Professor Juniper along with the two Pokemon behind them approaching them. "I'm sorry if we did a bit too much damage to your field Professor Juniper," Saki apologized as she saw the countless craters and marking surrounding them.
"Don't worry about it, it was quite amazing to watch you too battle." She said as they all turned their attention towards Snivy as he approached Saki.
Standing at her feet, Snivy looked up at Saki as she kneeled down in front of him. "So…what do you say, will you please join me, Snivy?" she asked the grass Pokemon, holding out her hand as he turned his head away from her, crossing his arms. Her violet eyes looked down at the ground as she felt something touch the palm of her hand. In her hand Snivy had placed his own little arm as she saw a tiny little smile on his face. "Thank you," she quickly wrapped her arms around her new Pokemon as she hugged him closely to her.
Snivy tried to resist the hug, but quickly stopped when Zoroark flicked him the back of the head. "This is gonna be interesting," Steven chuckled as he could only imagine what was to come.
"She's more astounding than I thought," N whispered to himself as he leaned against the tree. Standing upon the darkness that immersed the branch, he glanced out at the group of people behind the abdominal Poke Lab. He couldn't stand the thought of such a place existing in this world, it made him sick that Pokemon would be examined by the cruel people of this world.
Placing his hand over his heart, he clenched his shirt tightly as he looked at her. The glimmer of her violet eyes, and how lovingly she held the green Pokemon in her arms and her visible care and concern for the Zoroark in her possession. He could tell that she had a pure heart, almost as pure as his own. She had caught his interests back in Accumula Town and now the thought of her ceases to stop running around in his mind.
Jumping down from the branch, N painfully walked in the opposite direction of the girl he knew as Saki. He had an idea of where she was heading next, in his mind he prayed that they would meet there soon so that he could see if his instincts were true. N wanted to see if her heart was pure and true, "if it is…maybe she's the one."
