A/N: As I'm sure I failed to mention this, this story is going to be a little dark. And there might be some things that aren't PG. That's why this is rated T. Also, the story is a little slow paced now, but it will start to pick up when I get through introductions and Blue (yeah, I decided to change his name back to blue) meets them. Of you have any questions or comments please review and pm me! Also thank you to Drabsage and ReD rIdInG rAvEn for their submissions Sage and Kailani. This is also unedited so sorry for mistakes.

Disclaimer: I don't own Pokemon. Sadly.

Kailani Volcyre
Cinnabar Island, mind you, wasn't exactly a family friendly place to live. In fact, most people believed it to be completely deserted. Of course, the occasional tourist might stop by but that was a rare thing. After all, there was nothing particularly special about the island, besides it's history and the volcanic eruption that had happened a few years before. There use to be a gym there, but it was relocated to a different island a year ago.

Actually though the island was quite populated- you just had to know where to look.

Truthfully, it wasn't, but it also wasn't totally abandoned. There were a few families living on the island, and together they had managed to put together a small pokemon center and a daycare/school. Kailani Volcyre was one of the "many" people who had parents crazy enough to live there. The red headed girl couldn't deny that if she hadn't lived here all her life, she might've thought that the notion of there being human life here that weren't tourist was crazy. After all, who was psychotic enough to build a community right next to an volcano? Especially one that had been active recently.

However, she could also see the appeal. The island, maybe dull to others was beautiful to her. The glistening sand and the simmering waters filled with oceanic pokemon life. The volcano itself also had an natural beauty to it, in a weird way. Not to mention, the waves they got there were epic. The last one, she knew, would only appeal to surfers like her. But that didn't make them any less awesome.

Currently, she was surfing further out than usual. She wasn't worried though. She was after all, a self proclaimed professional. She had been in many competitions, ranging from pokéathlons to contests and had come out victorious in all of them (other than contests, but that's another story). Besides that, her long time friend Sage was at the shore watching her. Well, if watching meant lying down on a beach towel, typing away on a laptop without a care in the world. She shook her head. At least she had her Kingdra, Draena with her. Surely she wouldn't let her get eaten by a Sharpedo.

Eventually though, she decided to return to shore. She called back the water type pokemon. Not even bothering to look up from his laptop, her lazy yet extremely smart friend threw a towel at her, missing the 18 year old by several feet. She rolled her eyes, and went after the drying material.

Sometimes she questioned how they had become friends. They were after all very different. She was an athlete, looking for a new challenge at every turn and loved being active. Sage, however, was the exact opposite. He liked to lounge around most of the time, and the most physical activities she had seen him engage in was typing on his computer and playing with his Steelix. She smiled. It was an was very usual friendship indeed.

As she bent down to get the towel, she heard a scream come from somewhere on the other side of the volcanoe. She stood up quickly, wondering what direction it cam from. After making a guess as to where it came from, she decided to follow the noise. "Stay here, I'll be back in a second." She called to the younger white haired boy although it was rather redundant. He showed no reaction whatsoever.

She followed the scream to its source, and found a group of five men huddled together. Kailani snuck forward, wanting to see what the commotion was about. The closer she got, the more clearly she could hear the whispers coming from the oddly dressed men.

"How much do you think she'd sell for?"

"This thing is ultra rare."

"The boss will be so pleased!"

What the men were talking about was a young and badly bruised girl desperately trying to protect the small pokemon in her hands. It appeared to be a shiny eevee. Both looked terrified, and the olive green eyed girl had a good idea of why. She didn't have to wait long to find out whether or not she was right though.

"Take the pokemon and we'll get rid of the girl."

Kailani immediately afterwards jumped out in front of the badly hurt girl. She stared down the men, not letting any of them get closer.

"I won't let you get near this girl." Seeing as none of them were backing out, she went for a different tactic. She called out Draena, the pokemon giving out a battle cry. The men pulled out their own pokéball as well.

Despite the odds being against her, she was determined to protect the helpless child.

"Draena, let's do this."

Sage Crises
Sage Crises was, in a word, lazy. However, he was also very intelligent. Which made for a dangerous combination. The 17 year old prefered to explore the world and drift through life, and unlike most trainers hated battling. It brought back memories of a certain person he'd rather forget.

When Kailani had wondered off, he hadn't thought much of it. He wasn't that concerned, knowing his friend could handle herself. But after her being gone for awhile, he supposed it wouldn't hurt to check.

Lugging himself up, he closed his laptop and put it into his bag. He walked across the sandy shore, following the girl's footprints.

As he approached the ending footprints, he heard his friends voice cry out, "Draena, surf!" He looked up in time to see a weakened Raticate had fainted due to the hit.

It appeared that she had already taken out a few pokemon, considering there were only 3 weirdly dressed guys left with standing Pokemon out of the 5 there. There was a Golbat, Arbok, and Weeezing. The Golbat looked as if it was barely holding on.

After being hit by twister, Golbat was down. Only two more left to go, but by the looks of it these pokemon were stronger than the others and aren't going down without a fight.

Sage smirked. This would be an easy win for him with his Steelix. But he didn't plan on getting involved. He'd just watch for now.

At least, that's what he planned on doing until he saw the reason for the battle in the first place. There behind his friend was a small child. A girl by the looks of it. And in her hands was a silvery looking pokemon. 'Is that...an eevee?' He wondered.

All of the men without pokemon seemed to be plotting something. They kept gesturing to the girl, and since Kailani was to caught up in the battle, she probably didn't notice that the thing she was protecting was about to be snatched away.

Sage frowned. He didn't want to be apart of this standoff, but he wasn't a total ass. He ran in the direction of the girl with a shiny eevee, taking out his pokéball in the process. He was then side by side with his friend, and his Steelix was out, prepared for battle. Sage kept an eye on the little girl behind him, and made a mental note to make sure Steelix didn't allow any entry ways for the pokemon-less men to grab their target.

"Steelix, earthquake!" Despite being mostly a defense pokemon, Sage hoped to knock out at least one of the last standing pokemon. However, he was met with disappointment. Arbok may have been hurt, but he hadn't fainted. Not yet at least.

Kailani turned to head to look at Sage and sent him a confused look. He knew that she had rarely seen him battle, especially voluntarily. Then she glared. Sage had a feeling that his stubborn friend believed she had this covered. And she probably did, but it was too late to back out now. Besides, now she had backup against the poison types.

"Arbok, Poison fang!" The serpent type pokemon immediately attacked, latching onto the Kingdra tail and biting. Kingdra managed to shake it off, but the bite had obviously hurt.

"Kingdra, dragon pulse!" The water type let out the dragon energy, and the hit knocked Arbok a few feet back. The poison type looked like it wouldn't hold out much longer.

"Weezing, Sludge bomb!" It was direct at Kingdra, but Steelix had taken the hit. He didn't look every effected by the looks of it also.

"Steelix, dragon tail!" The ground type tail glowed a purplish color as it swung its tail towards Weezing. The gassy pokemon let out a groan, looking as if it wanted to leer at Steelix.

Sage glanced around them again, noting that two men had moved forward. They needed to finish this battle quickly if they had any chance of keeping the girl safe.

Luckily for them, it seemed that the men's pokemon couldn't handle much more. Sage and Kailani had a silent discussion. They were going to win this battle.

"Steelix, Dragon tail one last time!"

"Kingdra, smokescreen!"

As Steelix launched the attack once more at the Weezing, smokescreen made it hard for it to see, letting dragon tail hit it directly. The Weezing fainted then, and a loud curse could be heard from the man whose last pokemon had fainted.

Arbok was the only one left. Sage decided to only defend on this one, and took one more look around him. They had started moving in.

"Steelix, protect the girl with the eevee." The pokemon nodded, building a defensive wall with it's tail around the girl. The men then backed up, preparing to retreat.

It was Kailani's turn now. She had this look in her eye that she always got when a battle was about to end. She let out a fierce yell at her last attack.

"Kingdra, let's finish this." She didn't even have to say what move, her pokemon just knew. The Kingdra used dragon pulse for the last time, summoning the energy. Arbok let out a weak cry, before finally fainting. It was called back.

"You'll regret the day you cross us, young trainers." A man hissed at the Kailani and Sage. Then they were gone.

Kailani and Sage called back their pokemon, and the blue and green eyed boy sighed. He didn't like battling. It reminded him of him too much. But this time it was necessary.

"What's your name?" Kailani asked the girl. She still looked a little spooked, but seemed to be calming down at the sight of his friend.

"It's Anna." She whispered, holding the eevee against her chest. The eevee looked at both of the teenagers suspiciously, growling softly. It was obvious the eevee cared about Anna.

"Do you know what happened? Can you tell me?" Kailani inquired. The girl shook her head, looking down. She obviously didn't feel like describing the events that lead to this.

"Where are your parents, Anna? Surely your not alone?" Sage questioned. If anything maybe Kailani could return her to her guardian. From the look of surprise on her face, Anna appeared to have just noticed him.

"They were at the pokemon center when I left." She answered hesitantly. Kailani offered her a hand, and the young girl took it.

"Then that's where we're headed." She looked over at Sage and stared him down.

"That includes you too, Sage." He held in a groan. He planned to go back to the beach, or home after that fiasco. Instead, here he was helping a child find her mommy and daddy.

'Why did I have to get dragged into this?' He thought as they trekked across the beach to the center.

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