Daughter of The Peace-Makers
(A Pokemon Fanfiction)

June: I'm finally letting Hiruka's true self out! Yay!
Ash: Why would she need to go to spear pillar to see her parents?
June: That doesn't matter right now!
Hiruka: For once, I'm siding with June... I really don't want to get into it. June, can you do the disclaimer so we can go now?
June: Sure. I'll be nice this time. Ahem... I don't own the generally well known characters of the Pokemon series, or Pokemon itself... I do own, however, the plot alterations I made to help myself write this! Yay!

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That evening, Hiruka could not sleep. She tossed constantly in her bed, enthralled in a nightmare of some kind. After awakening abruptly, she went outside to get some fresh air, dressed in nothing more than a simple, off-white gown for her sleeping. Her hair was a mess and for once the top of it was visible without her hat. "I hope mom and dad are alright... This is getting to be rather difficult to cope with..."
Ash as well could not sleep that night, and decided to take a walk. His lack of slumber was due to confusion and worry, amongst other numerous emotions that cause such turmoil to keep one from resting well. He could see a figure, though it was a bit dark, sitting on the edge of the sidewalk just outside the Pokemon Center. Walking closer, he recognized it as Hiruka. "Couldn't sleep?"

Shaking her head, she looked up at the figure from which the familiar voice had come. "No... Neither could you, I am assuming?"She moved slightly to give him more room as he took a seat next to her.

"I don't know, something just feels off I guess." He looked at her curiously, though it was hard to see for either of them. "Why are you up?"

"I had a nightmare... So I came out here for some fresh air to calm down. The nightmare doesn't really help my feeling that something bad will happen, y'know?"

"Yeah, that makes sense." Ash laughed slightly, watching the girl next to him begin to shiver slightly from the cool breeze. "Why are you staying out here if you're so cold?"

"What're you talking about?" She hadn't noticed she was shivering- or rather, she was ignoring the fact. "It's not that cold..."

"Then why are you shivering?" He seemed concerned, which only caused her to become a bit more concerned than she already was.

"I'm fine okay?" She looked away, her sea-colored hair tickling her bare shoulder. Suddenly, a strange voice could be heard from nearby. A blue-haired man was causing an elder problems, it seemed. Hearing yelling, Hiruka jumped out of her sitting position to run after the noise- she could tell this was the start of a problematic situation. Curiously, Ash ran after her.

"Tell me where the key is, Professor." The blue-haired man groaned, holding the elder up slightly using the collar of his shirt as a grip.

"Why would I tell you such a thing?"

"Oh, you will-"

"Hold it right there!" Hiruka stood tall, her eyes narrow as she kept her legs and arms spread slightly as if getting ready to fight by hand. "Hands off the professor. Now."

"Hm? Who are you, his assistant?"

"I assist a lot of people, but that's not the point, mister." She smirked slyly as she continued, "I'm just someone who likes to help- but I help for good reasons, not bad. Besides, you'll never find the 'key' to whatever you're looking for."

"Oh? And how can you be so sure? I know that if I hold the key, I can make Dialga and Palkia come to me. After all- they say that the Dialga and Palkia will do anything to protect their key."

"Oh, so you're going to use someone defenseless for your own selfish needs?"

"Someone? Oh, no no... No people will be harmed. Only the key will be in my possession." The Professor managed out of the man's grip, managing to just barely hold him back.

"Hiruka, get out of here! You have to hurry!"

"What? But Professor-"

"We can't let them get hurt by this man! I'll hold him back, you hurry away from here! Now!"

"R-right! I'm on my way off!" Suddenly, her legs began to sprint away to the Pokemon center, letting her get her things and hop onto her Staravia, whom she had gotten healed, and fly off. Ash, whom was watching the entire time, left a note in the room he and his friends were sharing and flew off after her, concerned about what was going on.

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Sorry for the strange, quickened pace. Writers block does that sometimes. I think things may get a bit more interesting now, though! 8D