This was an interesting turn of events. I login her late tonight to find my email filled with many reviews from a single reader. His comments were ever so insightful that I almost wanted to laugh at the pleasant irony that my earlier request from last chapter actually came to be. However, it seems that Warrior7's main complaint about my writing seems to be the fact that it is full of loopholes and I answer very little of questions. I ask that any reader who actually pays attention to these statements listens very closely Eclipse has a purpose and her powers are there for a reason. I may display illogical trains of emotional thought, but that is due to my own lack of experience in such emotional aspects... and too much TV ^^'. Although, I may have the characters as overly emotional because I am often the same way. As to why she has the Divine Servant form will come somewhere in chapter 15 or 14 when I get to the desert scene. Also... this is actually only story number one. Every character that I have made serves some purpose or another. Blaze, Sherrie, Scar, even the Houndoom shall be explained later. If you want me to tell you now and partially ruin my attempt at actually trying to develop a complex past for each character in my next story, allow me to private message you and tell you by telling in a review.
Eli: Dear Arceus, you talked a lot this time.
Me: Well, I couldn't help it when I was told so many things in such a small amount of time. Keeping everyone in suspense would be unjust of me; thus, I must explain everything and respond as quickly as possible. And to go with this explanation, I have posted this long chapter as thank you to the multitude of reviews that I suddenly received.
Chapter 10: Repentance and Repetition
The rest of the day was informative where Blaze showed me some of the places past the field that I trained in. She took me to the source of the river that was in the field, which was actually a large lake at the base of three mountains. One was covered in a lot of trees; another was covered in nothing but black boulders; the last one was covered in what Blaze called the 'never-ending snowstorm.' She was serious that it never ended. It had been going on since the oldest pokemon could remember, which was a Ninetails—I learned that these pokemon can actually live for a thousand years!
I was glad that I was able to actually do a few interesting tricks without the 'Divine Servant' powers coming out. I wondered how that worked anyway. I was able to control water without using my 'Divine Servant' powers. That walking on water thing could come in handy though in the future. I did not dwell on it as it came to me that I was putting these pokemon in danger the longer I stay here. I needed to disappear now, but how? How?
Blaze and I continued to peer out to Blizzard Mountain when the idea came to me. I had the power over water in the air, so the snow probably counted as well. I could run away to there where no one was brave enough to tread the mountain for fear of dying of the cold, but I still needed a way for pokemon like Blaze to not care about me. This would have been so much better if that Houndoom just killed me when he had the chance.
It took me a minute, but I got the idea of how to disappear. However, I just hoped that it did not backfire harshly. A random pokemon came running up through the forest to us and told us that the Furret that took the jewel back wanted to give Blaze an apologetic gift. I wanted to stay and walk around the base of the lake. I saw Blaze walk off with the pokemon while I took my tour of the water's edge.
I stayed there till the sunset. I needed some food soon enough. I went into the forest to find some berries. I got them and went back to the water's edge. That was when I saw a high enough cliff off to the side with a large rock on top of it. This was my only chance. I hoped that Blaze would not hate me for what I was about to do.
I walked up the hill to the top as I looked at the rock, which was about my height, and probably weighed more. I quickly pushed it off to see it fall deep into the water, and thankfully, the water was not shallow. I just hoped that it was not too deep. I looked over the edge with a gulp as I started to get second thoughts.
"Um… Eclipse, what are you doing?" I heard the question behind me. I turned to see that Pichu, again. "There is a party going on to celebrate the banishment of the real murderer and justice prevailing."
"Oh, that sounds great, but I need to do something. I actually never got your name." I stated a bit sheepishly as I looked at the innocent child. Pokemon like him is the reason why I need to separate myself from them. I was doing it for him, Blaze, and all the rest.
"Oh, my name is Milo." He answered as I nodded to signify that I heard him.
"Alright Milo, could you give Blaze a message before I do what I need to?" I asked as he nodded. I need to make this convincing, so no one started looking for me. "I hope you don't hate me for what I've done."
That seemed to confuse the pokemon, which gave me the perfect chance. I smiled at him with a little sadness to try and make it look believable. I stepped backwards and felt my back leg touch nothing where I just jumped off. I survived this fall before, so I could definitely do it, again. I heard the Pichu yell my name while I fell down the cliff. It was amazing how slow the actual thing seemed, but I had no time to think about that. I turned my body in mid-air and looked down at the water. I needed the water to part for me.
I was a little late when I hit the water a little hard with my shoulder as the water engulfed me and pushed me with the underwater currents sending me rolling over the bottom. It was not that deep, but I grabbed a rock underneath as I thought of the water being pushed away from my eyes. I opened them to see without the water bashing into my eyes. I then thought of an open space over my mouth as the water parted for a bubble of air for my mouth. I breathed a deep breath as I pictured more air coming down for the bubble. I looked up through the water to see that it was too murky to see all the way through. The Water pokemon couldn't really see me either, but now, I had to maneuver through them. I stopped struggling against the current as I got my bearings.
The current kept my down under the water's surface no matter where I went, which was probably a good thing as it kept me underwater for longer than any non-Water type pokemon could have hoped for surviving. I had to control the currents to keep the Water pokemon from knowing. That basically made it certain that I was dead to them. I swam a little up to the surface to see if I was in a clear spot to look for the mountain. I did not let my head go past the surface as I just part the water partially to let me see where I was. I was in the middle of the lake with my body facing the Rocky Mountain. I turned myself to be pointing toward the Blizzard Mountain.
That night was where I swam in that direction, and landed on the shore in about half an hour. I hoped that I did not hurt Blaze terribly, but I needed to keep pokemon like Blaze and Milo safe. I took one final look back to see large fires around the edge of the water. They must be trying to find my body. I ran up the hill while mentally forcing the water out of my fur. I was in the storm as I forced the snow to whip around me instead of at me, but that did not stop the chilling wind. I was at least able to see well with the snow out of my way.
I pushed through the snow-covered hill with a determined grunt every now and then while the cold nipped at my skin through my thick fur. I had to do the most dangerous thing there was. Of course! Why am I questioning that fact? I need to keep as many pokemon as possible away from me. I kept that fact in mind as I scaled the mountain. I did not know how long I had walked up that large creation, but I finally made it to what would be my new home.
I made it to a large gaping entrance in the mountain that offered shelter from the cold. I took it as my new home in an instant to get out of the frigid place. It was actually a very small entrance compared to the actually interior of the cave. Dear Arceus, it was huge. It could have stuffed probably twenty, no fifty, more of me. What was perfect about the size of the cave was that it gave me plenty of room, rocks, and time to practice my powers.
I even heard a little surprise in a deeper part of the cave. I entered through a much smaller hole to see a lake inside the mountain with several cracks above it that flooded with snow constantly as it poured into the lake. It had multiple streams going down in different directions, but two actually led back the way I came. Those would be good to explore in the future. I decided to sleep after I went back to the main room when I heard a rumbling from that general direction.
I stopped and hid behind a rock till the final sound was made. I waited a minute before I noticed that the cave got darker. I did not notice actually how little light got through when I saw that the only illumination was from strange crystals in the walls. They must have been ones similar to those in The City of Lights.
I looked at where the entrance should have been and found a pile of rocks and snow had covered the entrance whole. Great! An avalanche happened and trapped me in this caver. At least, it did not happen while I was trying to find this cave. That would have been bad. I probably would have died if I was out in the blizzard while that avalanche occurred. I controlled water and ice, not rocks. I would have been crushed underneath one and die.
Well, I guess that means this hole is all to myself, but I should at least have some entrance to the outside through this… snow! I found a thinner part of the snow that looked like I could squeeze through. I started digging through the snow as I popped my head out and saw the blizzard before me. Good, it was now perfect. I was tired, so I slept the rest of the night and the morning away.
I spent a month to train in that place while using the lake as my source for practicing with my water abilities. I discovered that the rivers actually led to the outside, but I first had to swim quite a ways to get outside. However, it was a great way to get in and out because of how my abilities kept me going through that liquid faster than most fish could. I was getting good at it. I probably could whip Blaze's butt now with the powers I kept developing. I could now control water that was within several meters of me, and I soon saw that I could see figures up to 15 meters away in water-I practiced with it mostly in the lake.
Anyway, a little something happened also after that first month. I saw Milo getting abused by a bad pokemon, which made me angry. I used a little mist to cover me and beat him using some ice and water, which made him scamper away. Milo seemed surprised and asked me for a name when I hid in the nearby water. I never actually told him a good name because I did not have one.
The next day, I went down a separate river to explore and found more pokemon mucking up the lives of others. I think I started to fell some sort of empathy towards all of them. I had the power to stop them, so I used it. I became a hero around the Mountains of the Shamans for three months. I trained at random intervals this time and saved pokemon in any time I could as 'The Mist.' I never could think of a good name, so the pokemon in the area named me after the cover I used. The fog actually became my symbol of armament. Whenever it rolled in, I was not far behind.
I helped a lot of pokemon in the area, and no one had been brave enough to fight me. I did go out once in my fog and walked across the lake back to Blizzard Mountain in order to see how I had improved by walking back home instead. It was a straight shot up the mountain to my home with a little obvious stick in the snow showing where the small entrance was. One foolish pokemon tried to follow me, but once I disappeared into the blizzard, he stopped.
I heard the rumors the next day of where I lived, which got pokemon speculating I was an Ice type or some sort of super strong Water type. I found Blaze once who seemed to have her own little theory. She said something along the lines of "that Eevee that helped me could use Water moves. I'm sure that even in 'death' she is trying to help those that she sees are in need." I actually wondered if she had actually figured it out. If she did, She got it a lot faster while others were just making up stuff that I was something like a Glalie—and thank Arceus that I am not—or some Swampert.
The leaves on the trees finally became a lot greener as the snow melted and watered the ground. It was March when I started doing this heroine work, and while it was colder here than in other places, the snow was melting and creating a lot of moisture. The perfect time of year for me, but then summer came in the following months I did it, and a lot of the snow started to melt on Blizzard Mountains and caused the lake to flood once, which soaked me when it caught me by surprise.
However, it was probably some time in June when I heard the news that made my heart leap in happiness and scared me to death. Jiru came looking for me. Well, he came looking for 'The Mist' at first. I came as an after thought, but it was amazing at what I found out. I was an hour later than him, so I only caught the aftermath of the conversation he had with Blaze.
"Oh, looks like you're here." Blaze stated as I forced the mist onward to keep my identity hidden. "I heard that an Eevee is looking for you. It is sad cause you missed him by an hour. I told him that you lived on Blizzard Mountain."
"Name?" I asked in a flat voice in order to keep the recognition to a minimum. I had done this sort of thing to take down bad pokemon for as long as possible.
"I believed he called himself Enjiru." I froze in my invisible position as she went on. "I feel bad for him. He said that he was a friend of Eclipse, and that he hurt her and wanted to apologize. I bet he was the one that probably hurt her so badly. However, when I told him that she was dead, he seemed to almost breakdown. Well almost, he immediately shook it away and walked to the mountain. It is probably a good idea to catch him before he freezes."
Jiru came here to find me! It was probably to kill me, and when he realized that he was too late, he felt saddened by the fact that he could not do it himself. The betrayer is walking into his own death, so why should I care… I should care because he is still a pokemon, and I still care about him even if he did hurt me as badly as he did.
I silently sighed to myself and ran back to the river as I forced my mist to follow me. I found it and delved into the currents. I forced them to keep me going upstream as I sped past anything that could have seen me. Then again, I made sure to keep the mist following me even in the water. I memorized the routes and location of everything based on the rivers, streams, and other sources of water. I jumped out of the water and ran more as I hit the lake. The travel took me several minutes.
I scoffed at myself as I then started taking a direct route across the water as I ran across the water. I got there in fifteen minutes. I just wasted something like twenty-five minutes while Jiru was probably already in the cold for that long. What was worse was that he did not know where to look for my home. He could be traveling aimlessly in the blizzard and possibly suffering from hypothermia.
Dear Arceus, I had to find him! I blasted through the blizzard and forgetting my mist as I forced the snow away from me as I looked back and forth using my eyes to see past the snow to any aura I could find. Maybe, he had traveled a little to the right! I searched for Arceus knows how long up and down where I thought he could have been. I was panicking. Maybe, he had traveled a little to the left! I traveled again up along that side. I did not find a trace of him!
I was panicking as I spent up too long looking for him! Not to mention, he had enough of a head start in the mountain that he could be dying right now! Or worse, he could be dead! No! I had to search. I had to find him! It would be my fault if he died just like with Mali, Storm, or Mom.
Yellow? In front of me, a little spot of yellow was laying in the white! Yellow could only mean two things! I sure hoped it was the better one. I ran with all my soul as I forced all the snow in my range to part, and thank Arceus, I did find what I wanted.
He was there lying in the snow. Although as shown by his aura, he was weak in strength. He was suffering! I had to save him! I can't let him die. He was too much of a friend even if he did not see me the same way. I was the one that was supposed to die for him not the other way around. I cannot make him another sacrifice for my life. I had to save him!
I picked him up in my paws when I felt a shiver run up my spine. He felt cold! However, he somehow opened his eyes where he looked up into mine. I froze a bit expecting him to ball up in rage, but instead, he actually smiled.
He put his paw up to my cheek where the cold sent another shiver down my spine. He raspily stated, "I knew this was a win-win situation. I would either find him or you. I'm glad that I found you Eli. I'm sorry, I'm so sorry for what I did." Tears actually started to form as his smile wavered. "I'm sorry that I did all those mean things. I'm a terrible pokemon."
"I forgive you." I stated as I pulled him into my fur. I heard him stifle a breath as he looked up at me as if telling me that he did not hear me correctly. "I forgive you because I was never mad. Sad, yes, but never mad." I put my head over his as I whispered more into his ear. "Now, you need to rest. You have to do more."
"But I don't want to leave you alone, again." He said sadly as he spoke into my fur. "I want to be selfish for once. I want to have a friend like you."
"I will always be your friend, but you need to rest Jiru. After all, we always have something that we still need to do." I looked down at him with all the happiness I could muster. He still cared for me. I was not alone after all. Jiru still cared!
I must have been pretty convincing because it was not long till he fell asleep in my fur. Now was the time I had to transfer him to my home. I kept up the big orb of safety as I finally found my home with the stick poking out of the snow. I noticed that the hole was too small for me to fit Jiru, his pack, and myself through at once. I sighed and placed on the snow as I went in backwards while dragging my friend and pushing his pack inside. Wow, he was a heavy sleeper if he could sleep through all that.
I placed him down on a small patch of rock away from the entrance as I kicked his pack off to some place to the side. Then, I waited. I waited and waited and waited. Dear Arceus, it felt like a century of waiting as I stared at him hoping that he would wake up soon. I felt his forehead hoping that was at least not freezing. He was a bit cold, but not freezing. Also, he was breathing. He was alive.
I looked at him sleeping form and could not help a sudden thought enter my head: he looked so handsome asleep like that. I blushed as the thought's implications came tumbling down into my head. I threw myself around as I panicked. I must be delirious. That was it!
I just needed some water. The cold must have gotten to me, too. I just needed a quick splash of the reviving liquid in my face, and then, I would be thinking straight. I left my friend to the cave as I stopped at the lake. I jumped down to the surface and landed on the water. I rolled a bit to keep the impact from hurting as much as it should have. I sat there as I dunk my head under the water and immediately pulled it back out. The water dripped from my fur as it splashed down creating little ripples. I shook myself dry as I went down to get some water in my system.
I felt amazingly refreshed afterwards. I thankfully did not think more of those strange thoughts. I must have been delirious. I was thankful for the reprieve of strange thoughts as I used a solid platform of water to push me back up to the top. I had done it several times before, so things like this were almost like second-nature.
I suddenly heard a rustling of fabric before I entered the large cavern. I froze as I hid next to the wall as I looked at Jiru. He was awake and seemed oblivious to the fact that I saved him in the blizzard. He seemed a little sad but happy as well. It seemed like he was in a bittersweet moment.
He pulled out something that I never expected to see: he held out my purse and it was refurbished and everything. It looked almost brandnew. He looked sadly at it as he started to chuckle like he hated what happen. He held it to his heart as he looked up toward the ceiling.
"Eli, thank you." He said to the ceiling considerably loud considering he was not really talking to anyone. "Although, I had hoped that I would be with you more than just those few moments. I miss you, my…dearest friend."
I looked away and down to the ground in guilt. I should just show him that I was alive, but one thing still bothered me: why would he be looking for 'The Mist'? What purpose would that character serve him? I needed to find the answers, and the best way to do that would be to come up to him as 'The Mist.'
I silently backed up till I got to the lake without making any noise. I called up a large fog as I spread it to the inside of the cave. I silently walked forward, again, as I controlled the mist around me to keep its shape. I walked in to see Jiru aura change to a surprised color. It was not totally unexpected, but his posture from the outline of his aura seemed to become more formal and business-like.
He was facing the wrong way, so I knocked over a rock on purpose, which made his quickly turn to my position as he looked in my general direction. "Who are you?" I asked first to put the conversation in motion. I made sure to keep my voice as indiscriminate as possible.
Jiru acknowledged my want to talk as he answered, "My name is Enjiru of The Sacred Plates. I have come a messenger to ask your assistance to fight off a menace that would otherwise be difficult without pokemon of your certain skills."
"You mean 'Divine Servants.'" I defined more thoroughly for him, which surprised him. "You wish for me to fight off the demons that will start attacking this world with the red-eyed leader."
His aura became sad, but he quickly shook his head. "No, the red-eyed pokemon is dead. We are hoping to increase our forces in case of some unexpected retaliation from the demons."
"Are you a part of this organization? I mean as a 'Divine Servant.'" I asked deeper as he looked a little hesitant to answer.
Jiru looked in my general direction and seemed a little uncertain as he shook his head. "No, I'm not a 'Divine Servant.' I am just a messenger, so please as the saying goes, 'don't hurt the messenger.'"
"How do you know the red-eyed leader is dead?" I asked a little hoping to illicit some sort of significant emotional response. "Did you know him?"
Jiru looked away a little depressed. "I've travelled with the pokemon in question. Her name was Eclipse, and she became a friend instead of an asset. I've recently learned that she took her own life a few months ago."
"So that means that young Eevee, Eclipse, was a friend with a pokemon from the very organization that was hunting her down." I was more than surprised by the fact. Jiru, my only friend, was also a pokemon that wanted me dead! However, he had plenty of chances to do it himself. "I'm surprised you did no kill that demon to begin with."
"She's not a demon!" He yelled out in anger, which through me off. "I've learned from spending time with her that she could never be the same pokemon. She had a purer heart than some of the pokemon I know in The Sacred Plates." He did care? "I was stubborn and an idiot. I hurt an innocent pokemon, and I should be punished for it."
I smiled to myself. He admitted his own fault, and defended me against someone that he was trying to recruit. "I don't care if you decide to not join, but I will not have you bad-mouthing her." He furthered, which sent my heart fluttering as his anger to defend me was also sent at me. It was kind of paradoxical, but I still felt that maybe there could definitely still be a friendship between us. I sure wanted it. I wanted it so badly.
I sighed to myself and continued my questionnaire, "Why did you even follow Eclipse?"
"Well... I guess it doesn't matter now that she's gone." Jiru looked straight at my left. It was kind of funny that he was not even looking at me. "My higher-ups and friends thought that, if killing was a failure, we could have followed and learn something about the demons from Eclipse. Obviously, we were wrong. Eclipse was as much a victim as any other pokemon hurt by the demons. It was just so hard to swallow especially when I discovered that she was not even remotely close to a demon."
"You sound like you did something serious." This was my chance. This was my chance to find out why he did this. "What did you do?"
"I hurt her." Jiru looked back out in the general direction of the exit. "I hurt her because I was scared from the fact that everything The Sacred Plates had taught had been a lie. I was angry because I was confused, and I was stupid enough to take my anger out on Eli."
"Okay, I have acquired enough about your morals from that, but I wish for you to answer one more question before I decide anything." I looked at him as he thought for a second and nodded. A little annoyance at my question popped into his aura. "What is my name?"
I so did enjoy his flustered aura as it flared into confusion. He went deep in thought as I started to make my move. I looked to the ground as I took each careful step around my prey. I made sure that he was still in thought. He seemed stumped, but he was stubborn. He did not give up. How admirable! I made it behind him. He was as good as mine.
I took him in my paws as I let the fog dissipate. I rested my chin on his right shoulder and whispered, "Here's a hint."
He froze at my touch, but it was changed into happiness as he looked over his shoulder to look me in the eyes. I think he was wanting to cry. He got out of my grip and pulled me into his own hug. I actually did feel tears start dripping on my back. I hugged back as I let myself start being overwhelmed with joy. My friend was back. My friend was back!
"You're alive!" He whispered happily as he pulled away. "You're alive, and 'The Mist'?"
I think I had a lot of explaining to do, but then again, so did he. "And you are part of the same organization that killed Mali and wants me dead?"
"I'm sorry." He looked away from me as guilt ravaged his aura. "I never wanted them to die. When I heard the order that they had supposedly betrayed our order, I felt betrayed. I heard that they were harboring a demon. Those idiots don't know a demon from a berry. They killed them, and then, I had to get stuck in the same mess."
He explanation was flawed in many ways, but I could have only assumed he was affected very much by the experience. "Did you care very much for Mali and Storm?"
"Remember how I told you my parents abandoned me?" He asked completely out of nowhere. I nodded for him to continue. "I lied. My parents were Tourmaline and Storm." I could not stifle a gasp as I thought of my kind adoptive parents as the real parents of my best friend. I almost felt like I stole them.
"I'm sorry. I can imagine what it is like to have lost your parents." I told him truthfully after all.
"No, I'm aware that you have been through far worse treatment than I have." He stated as he wiped away his eyes. "After all, you lost your parents, too, and I hurt you."
I could not help but kind of giggle at his stupidity. "You've lost someone important." I started as I pulled him back into our previous hug. "It is okay to feel sad about it. I'm sure that wherever they are Mali and Storm are wishing the best for their son."
He started to tear up a bit as he kept his head in my fur. We were like that for a good few minutes till he pulled himself together. "Now, you have to explain what happened after we… um, separated." He told me as he cleared his tears while kind of stuttering at our fight.
I started to think over the events myself and realized that I became secluded and alone as I wanted, but even with that fact in the end, I craved—and satisfied that craving unknowingly—the company of other pokemon. I believed that helping the pokemon in need was a way to keep that craving at bay. I did not want to be alone after all even if it seemed like I had to.
"I walked the first day." I began as I looked up to the ceiling in thought. "I did nothing but train for the first couple months. I became obsessed with getting stronger, so I could protect pokemon like you or Sherrie. I wanted to use my powers to hopefully help pokemon in any way I could. I also hoped that I would be alone." He looked a bit strangely at me as I stated this. "I thought that I hurt the majority of the pokemon that I am near, and I had hoped to never have to deal with the pain of being the source of the suffering for the pokemon. I seemed to have hurt you; I caused Mali's death; I got Mom killed…"
"Shut up about that!" Jiru suddenly yelled sternly as he pulled me toward himself and effectively shut me up in his mane. "You take too much of the blame. Let someone also share it. I hurt you because I was too stupid to realize that the pokemon that I always thought was a demon was never one. We killed Mali and Storm and all the rest. You've never hurt anyone, and you should never take the blame of something you never did. Being too much of a martyr is causing you more pain than anyone else, and I'm always here to carry the load."
His speeches were horrible, but his intent was noble especially when he complained about being a martyr when he was too good himself. I smiled in his fur while just accepting his words as the truth. I had my friend back, which means I had someone that could hold me up in my self-inflicted depression. He will be my crutch when I need it, but that will only be when I need him. I pushed myself away. I then found myself looking right back into his eyes. Those glowing blue irises and warm feeling they gave was addicting. I wanted a closer look, but if I got any closer, I was probably going to lock lips, which would not be so…
I furthered myself from him as I got out of his arms and shook my head. I need to get those thoughts out. "Well, after I was able to control my powers well enough, I was forced to fight a rogue pokemon believed to have committed a string of murders." He gave a loud yell of fear as he asked me endless amount of questions about my well-being. "Don't worry. She was not a bad pokemon. I could tell. Her aura was nice, but I learned that some fake hero of the valley used her to steal a sacred treasure and kill a lot of them. I helped exonerate her, and after that, I disappeared in order to see if I could train my powers in more depth. I found this place useful because it was secluded, and I could practice my 'Divine Servant' powers without a swarm of pokemon coming at me in astonishment. Also, there is a lake in the back of this cavern that has rivers to all over this area. I used those to become 'The Mist' in order to help all the pokemon in this area."
Jiru started laughing as I finished as he shook his head. "That sounds like you. However, when I tell them that 'The Mist' is you, they will freak out and more than likely throw you out to be chased by their assassins. The idiots." He ended with a sigh while looking back at the entrance.
"However, there is another option." He stated as he looked at the back of my cave. "We could just start traveling, again, and when they find us, I could say that I found you to be 'The Mist' and created some stupid story about resuming information gathering, and we can go see those canyons that I promised you several months ago. How does that sound?"
"As long as you actually keep it this time," I looked at him slyly as I smiled. "I would love to go traveling with you, again."
I think I started to see him blush a bit when I said 'love,' but I attributed it to nothing more than a trick of the eye. He was happy to hear my response as he smiled back at me. However, he looked questioningly at the entrance to my big home. He must not want to go back through the snow.
"Oh!" He exclaimed before I could state my next comment. "I nearly forgot." He went back to my purse that he had thrown to the ground when he hugged me in happiness. It was a little dusty but still looked good. "I never let it out of my sight after I left you especially when I realized that I kept it in my pack. I hope that you can take this as my apology."
I grabbed the purse and immediately kissed his cheek, which caused him to reel backwards onto his back. I laughed loudly at his antic. When I got myself together, I stated, "Thank you, I accept the present and the apology, and I gave you something in return, so I hope that could be a start."
"A kiss from a cute pokemon." He stated as he rubbed his cheek. However, he seemed to state it absent-mindedly, but whatever the reason he said it, I blushed in response. When he realized that he said something, he froze and started fumbling over his own words, "It is not what I meant… I mean… it is not that your aren't cute… I mean you are, but I don't mean that I'm in to you… Not that you aren't attractive… I'm sure any pokemon would be, but we're just friends." He started to nervously laugh as he awaited my reaction.
To tell the truth, I was listening but did not care what he said. The banter did start making me giggle a bit, but the statement was still vivid in my mind. He thought I was 'cute.' It sent a little flutter in my heart, but I needed to get back to business. We were friends and solely friends. He was in that weird organization—'The Sacred Plates'—and I was being hunted by the same organization. We could not be together or that would cause very confusing and possibly harmful consequences, mainly for Jiru. I could not do that to him.
"I know. We are just friends." I stated while his aura changed strangely to happy with an undertone of faint hurt. "Anyway, I noticed that you probably don't want to go back outside into the blizzard." He gave me a look as if saying 'of course.' "I can use my powers to get us down to Blaze, the Charizard you talked to earlier, using the lake. Come on!"
I ran to the opening while he grabbed his pack and followed behind me. I ran to the edge of the small cliff that led to the lake below. He stopped beside me, as he looked a little uncertain at the water and how the rivers seem to disappear under their rocky covering. I motioned for Jiru to get on my back, which he hesitantly did so. When he was securely on my back with his paws around my neck, I called forth a cube of water as it lowered me to the water.
"Wow!" He exclaimed at my mastery of water as I walked across the surface of the lake. "You do have Suicune's powers. You're incredible."
I slightly blushed at his complement, but continued to the river entrance. I waited there for a minute for some reason. It was probably because I would have to face Blaze who probably was at least saddened by my departure. I sighed and just thought that would have to deal with it when I get to it. After re-affirming my resolve, I jumped, which surprised Jiru as he screamed, and we both were submerged. I had made the little bubbles to begin with as I stood in the water and waiting for Jiru to stop holding his breath.
I looked back and saw him closing his eyes and puffed out cheeks to hold whatever breath he had. I started to giggle, and he heard it. He opened his eyes to see what was going on and gasped at the bubble of water that cradled us under the water level. He then glared at me for humiliating him, but that only made me laugh harder, and he in turn started laughing, too. It was a first laugh together as friends, again, and it felt exhilarating, divine, uplifting… bluntly put amazing.
When we finally stopped, I crouched a bit to give Jiru a little hint that I was going to continue. He tightened his grip around my neck as I forced myself to go horizontal with the water. Using the water as the initial burst, I jettisoned us through the first few meters of the water as I let us get caught in the downwards current. I made the veil of air around us in order to keep us dry and a bigger bulge of the bubble at our mouths for breathing purposes while the current pushed us like any other object. I did make the current stronger in order to get there sooner and to make Jiru scream a little louder as he gripped tighter in fright as we rocketed through the rocky tube.
I was inwardly giggling at his screaming until he stopped. We popped out at the bottom of the lake only a few minutes afterwards where we calmly went to a stop and floated back to the top of the lake. Jiru was breathing deeply as he looked back at the mountain. He then gave me a look that seemed to portray the question of 'you did that everyday?' I nodded as I started walking to shore.
His mouth was gaping when I answered. I laughed audibly at his silly reaction as I stepped foot on dry land completely dry as I was back in the mountains. Jiru did not hesitate to get off as he shook his head to re-center himself. I just smiled the entire time while looking around at the greenery. It looked so different from outside the fog than in it. It was so much more lively, bright, and alive. I looked back to the mountains to see that the Grass Mountain had sprouted into random blooms of splotchy color from what I assumed to be wild flowers, and the Rocky Mountain was as dull—but seemingly glossed over.
Jiru got my attention back as he tapped my shoulder and pointed to a pair of eyes that stared awestruck at me. I felt slightly uncomfortable, but it would make total sense coming from the pokemon. The pokemon walked slowly towards me. She used her claws and tightly squeezed her hide to emulate a pinch. She did it harder and visibly winced as she looked at me.
"Eclipse, you're alive?" Blaze asked utterly confused and bewildered by my presence. "But Milo saw you fall off the cliff, and the current was too strong even for the most skilled of swimmers to navigate well enough to find a body. How did you survive? Where have you been?"
"Actually," I started slowly as I sheepishly looked away. "I was talking to you about Jiru hear a little while ago: about two hours or so."
"Wait, you're The Mist?" She asked a little skeptical, but that was immediately brushed aside when I nodded and used some of the water from the lake to make a mist along the side of me. "Oh Arceus, I knew it. I knew it! However, I thought it was you as a spirit rather than actually you."
"I know." I told her while gesticulating for her to calm down. "What do you think I did when I was out? I was listening in on conversations to make sure I knew if some pokemon was being cruel or not."
Blaze nodded at my simplistic explanation and accepted wholeheartedly. She immediately turned to Jiru and looked at him questioningly. "How did you find him?" She immediately asked me, and then, turned to Jiru to ask him her next question. "Who are you, anyway?"
I decided to start since I got the first question, and Jiru waved to me to start. It would probably start getting hairy when Blaze learned exactly who Jiru was. "First, I can control any form of water, so that includes that solid form like snow and ice. I could easily bypass the blizzard and try to find him. However, I found him out cold, so I took him to my home up on the mountain where it was secluded and perfect to live alone and without anyone knowing I was alive. There we talked, and he apologized to me."
"And that is where I come in." Jiru stated as he sighed. "I'm a friend of Eli. She and I got into a little fight a while back, and I had been searching for her for a long time. I heard that she died, and it tore me apart. The next thing that I heard was that a pokemon that I was looking for as well lived up on Blizzard Mountain. I was surprised to find that the two pokemon I was searching for were the same."
"This is the pokemon that 'betrayed' you, Eclipse?" Blaze asked a little unsettlingly. I could see her anger welling up inside her aura. I hoped she would not do anything brash. However, my hopes were dashed as she balled her fist and yelled, "You're the bastard that hurt her!"
She kicked Jiru squarely in the jaw (her arms are stubby, so of course, she had to use some other limb). He was forced to the ground from the blow. In surprise and instinct, I ran over him protectively while Blaze was yelling something about wanting to hurt him more. However, because I obviously forgave him and her own leniency, she would let him slide with only that injury. He got up and winced as he put a paw to his maw.
He nodded and responded, "Thank you. I fully deserved that for hurting a pokemon like Eli. She is too kind hearted to hurt anyone out of anger, so I needed someone to reprimand me in some way."
Blaze paused a bit surprised by his statement, and I had to admit that I was shocked as well. She smiled and gave a hearty laugh. "Well, if you keep that up, you may actually be worth keeping. However, I have to ask. Why did you want to see The Mist, Jiru?"
He looked a little uncomfortable about it, and he sighed. I can see his predicament. Jiru could not just go out and tell everyone that there were 'Divine Servants' and demons running around in broad daylight just itching to ignite a war. They just needed the right incentive. Jiru looked at Blaze with a more determined look, which probably meant that he got his thoughts straightened out.
"I am in a defending organization that works hard to try and take down all types of evil pokemon." Jiru answered as he put his paw behind his head. "I'm actually a messenger that tries to get information and persuade powerful pokemon to try and join our organization. The Mist fit the requirements perfectly. We're part of The Sacred Plates."
Blaze was lost in thought for a few minutes. "I believe that I heard that name before." She responded finally as she relapsed back into memories. "Oh yes! That was it. You're part of an organization that tried to kill me back when everyone thought I was a mass murder. They called me something like the 'Fire Demon of the Mountains' or something like that."
Oh, that was bad. I looked to Blaze who was glaring angrily at Jiru who in turn was waving his paws in front of himself while trying to stutter out something. I thought that Blaze's anger was going to emerge. However, she looked at me with a wry smile crossing her lips.
"Well, you can finally do some good when you got her around." Blaze retorted to Jiru as she nodded to her own statement. "After all, she actually gets the facts straight and then tries to set it right. She's a good pokemon."
Jiru chuckled a bit and added, "Of course, I already know that. She probably is better than most of the pokemon that I can remember in The Sacred Plates."
"Well," Blaze started slowly as she looked sadly at me. "I am sad to see you go after only a short visit. However, I'm also relieved that what you did for me will be spread out to everyone."
She smiled, which I immediately responded to with my own. However, I did hope without a shadow of a doubt that she would not pull me into another one of her emotional, crushing hugs. "I'll miss you, too, Blaze. I'm glad that I made a friend out here. Also, I hope you can keep the peace while I'm away."
She nodded while her eyes started watering. Oh Arceus! Blaze reacted faster than I could as she took me in her claws and crushed me to her chest. She sobbed out several 'I will miss you' and 'please visit this time.' At the very least, she had learned to control her strength to where I was not being flattened into a sheet in her arms, but it was still strong. I patted her back with my free paw in return.
She finally let me down while wiping away a few stray tears. Jiru was smiling while obviously holding back a chuckle for the overemotional dragon. I waved one final goodbye as Jiru led me away from the spot. We walked side-by-side through the forest, which seemed so right. I felt happy just being there, again with him. 'We' sounded so much better than 'I.'
I looked back as we hit a large, clear hill where I could see out to the mountains that I called home for the past several months. I was about to start walking when a large explosion erupted on Blizzard Mountain. The explosion dissipated the ever-present blizzard as I saw a large hole gaping in the mountain where my cave used to be. They were looking for me!
"It was a good thing I got to you when I did." Jiru commented, and he became a little anxious at this development. "They are probably pokemon that don't really like what you were doing."
"I know." I stated bluntly while I kept looking at the devastated mountain. "I'll give them what they want. Jiru, get all the pokemon in the surrounding area away from those mountains. I don't want anyone hurt."
"Worry about yourself before other pokemon." Jiru ordered back as he sighed and nodded. "Be careful and don't go easy on them. I feel a dark energy radiating from that spot. It may be a demon. Promise that you'll come back alive."
I was a little surprised that he could determine that from this distance, but if it was true, then it was a sure good thing that I had him to tell me before I went into battle. "Thanks, I'll be careful, and I promise." I gave a small smile to him that he promptly reciprocated.
I started running to the mountain, but could not help a peek back towards Jiru. He was looking a little mixed up in happiness and fear. However, it quickly turned to determination as he went some other direction. Weaving through the trees was not my best ability. I was better above the trees or on water. I got to the lake quickly as I immediately started running across it.
"Take this ya bitch!" I heard from my right as I saw a large rock hurtling from Rocky Mountain.
I reacted instinctually and had a water barrier at my side. However, my attention was concentrated the boulder that I was hit by the next attack from my left. It was something like a Razor Leaf attack only with sharper leaves. It cut my back, side, and my front left leg. I kept my right barrier up as I saw another volley coming from my left. I sank into the lake as the leaves hit my barrier and cut into the rock where they were embedded.
I made my bubble in the lake as I saw a large white beam heading right at the lake. It was a large Ice Beam that immediately froze the whole lake around me. I had to protect the Water pokemon, so I created a globe of water that absorbed most of the freezing power. However, it froze the surface as well. I was glad that no one was hurt. I opened an air bubble and a air tube from the ice as I held my leg and took a deep breath. Three against one, those were not good odds. Judging from the attacks, they were trying to kill me and had fairly decent strategies at hand. One was definitely a Grass-type; the next one was possibly an Ice-Type; however, the last one that threw the rock would be questionable. It could have been Rock, Fighting, Ground, or any combination as long as it was physically strong.
This was going to be a hard fight. I needed a little cover and take them out one at a time. I took long breaths and stemmed the bleeding with Ice scabs. I melted the ice coating of the lake and looked up often to see if I could find any of my opponents above the ice. I could not find them after a minute of searching, so I decided to rise and risk it.
I popped out to the surface and kept looking around to see if any attack was coming my way. Strangely enough, nothing came and no one was on the lake with me. That meant one of two things: they were trying to catch me off-guard, again, or they thought I was dead in the lake. I heard another explosion emanating from the forest that I was in earlier! They lured me hear in order to attack the pokemon of the forest! I growled a bit and realized that my usual way to travel had been frozen and transforming it to water would take too much time. I growled to myself and mentally to these pokemon. If they were going to freeze my water sources, then I will have water with me.
I let my long fur soak up more of the water as I started running towards the explosion. My idea turned into a problem later as I started having to carry what felt like twice my weight in water, but it worked when I started lifting the water to at least not slow me down. I got into the middle of a fire as I saw pokemon screaming and running through the fire away from the enemy presumably. I gritted my teeth as I ran past the pokemon who did not even pay attention to me.
"Hey, kid!" I heard some pokemon yell to me. I kept my eyes forward.
"Run away from here now. I'll be fine." I yelled back at him, but he was persistent. I used a little of the water in my fur to cut a tree in the middle of his path.
He yelped back in surprise as the tree fell. I took my chance despite the pokemon's protests and ran towards my opponents. This was going to be one tough fight. I visibly cringed at the idea of it. It turned out that the three pokemon were all gathered in a trio with dead pokemon scattered all around them. One in particular made me sad.
Milo, the little Pichu from earlier was lying there at the pokemon's feet. His aura was non-existent. He was dead. I did not know him well enough to actually have formed a significant bond with him, but it was still sad to see him dead. After all, he was still young. I immediately replaced my sadness with anger as I stared at the three pokemon in front of me.
One in particular made me angry. It was that Garchomp from before, and he brought friends. The two pokemon beside him were a Grass-Type and a Fighting-Type. The Grass-Type was one I had never seen before. She was short compared to the others. It was probably because of her legs that seemed constantly bent, and her feet had weird single slabs of wood to the ground. She also had a small body. Her body was completely a bark brown, except for her leaf fans as hands. Also, she had long white hair that covered her head and past her shoulders. In fact, the back of her hair reached the ground. She had two ears like mine only looking like they were made of wood and hollowed and a long nose. Through her hair, she has yellow eyes.
The other pokemon was a species that I recognized. It was a Machoke. I looked at the trio who seemed surprised by my appearance. The Garchomp shrugged while I took a battle stance and glared at the pokemon.
"Why are you attacking these pokemon?" I growled out to the Garchomp and friends. However, I could already guess that he was just having fun killing them. How sick!
The Garchomp merely laughed and answered, "Hey, can't a pokemon take back what was wrongfully taken from him. After all, I got that jewel fair and square."
"You killed innocent pokemon!" I yelled at him with my anger flaring up. He was way too nonchalant about taking so many lives. "And who are you two?"
The weird Grass-Type pokemon spoke with fake astonishment and hurt, "Well, I never. It is common courtesy to introduce oneself before asking the name of another, but alas, such is the unfortunate teachings to these poor youths." She kicked Milo away with a smirk growing on her face. "However, I am here to teach these youth a lesson that we elders can give. After all, learn from this child who simply yelled when we liberated him from this horrid life."
"Shut up, you sadistic monster!" I yelled at the pokemon. "My name is Eclipse, and I'm here to defeat you three. I will stop your killing spree."
"What a brave one!" The Machoke guffawed and slapped his knee. "But I think she at least deserves to know our names before we kill her. After all, she survived that surprise triple attack back at the mountains. No ordinary pokemon could have survived that."
"However, remember my dear partner that she was walking on water and has red eyes." The Grass pokemon pointed out. "She was never ordinary in the beginning, but I agree." She did a quick dip of her body and bob of her head. "Well, my dear Eclipse, I am Emile the Shiftry. I advise that a Water user like you will be at an extreme disadvantage. However, I digress. A worthy opponent is so rare in these parts."
"Eloquent as usual and overdramatic." The Machoke stated a little annoyed. "Name's Bash the Machoke. From what I hear, you are the one that gave Scar here a bit of trouble a few months ago, which greatly surprises me."
"Of course, I can't let bad pokemon like you all go while an innocent one suffers." I retorted and glared at the high and mighty muscled pokemon. "That goes more so when I see them as nothing more than a pack of murderers!"
"Ah well," The Shiftry scoffed as she simply shook her head in displeasure. "It seems that this one can't be persuaded otherwise. What should we do, honorable Scar? We haven't found the jewel yet, and the smoke is starting to become a nuisance."
"Shut up." The Garchomp glared at Emile. She immediately quieted down. "You will stay here and kill the girl. It shouldn't be that hard. After all, she's a Water user, and Grass beats Water. Why the hell do you think I put you on this mission? Use your head for once you aesthetic crazed bitch!"
"Yes, sir!" She yelled and bowed to the seemingly unprovoked dragon. She bowed several times and cowered a bit. He must be painfully strong. "I will do as you please."
"Good!" Scar growled out a bit calmer. "Bash, we're leaving."
The Machoke nodded and followed the large dragon away from the carnage. I tried to stop them with a flick of water from my fur, but the stream was torn and my concentration, destroyed by a wall of leaves. My attention shifted to the cocky Shiftry with her fan held high. I took a deep breath to center myself and turned to my opponent.
As much as I would hate to agree with them, Scar was right. My Water attacks would be ineffective against Emile, but Ice would be pretty effective. However, in an environment surrounded by flames, Ice moves will be hard to form. I would have to base my attacks on the moves I already knew. That included Water Gun, Shadow Ball, Iron Tail (that was a good one that I copied from some pokemon that I battled when I was 'The Mist'), and Quick Attack. None of them are effective against Grass.
Emile was scrutinizing me overzealously with a smile that never faltered. I was seriously annoyed and a bit intimidated by the grin. I bared my fangs to the evil pokemon, which seemed to have sent Emile into a fit of laughter. It was like she could not believe something. It was unsettling.
"I can't believe that Scar would be worried by you." Emile stated as her fit settled down. "I know he was worried when Shein did not make it back when we sent him to the City of Lights, but you could barely do anything."
"City of Lights!" I gasped out in surprise. That was the city that Jiru and I stayed in during the New Year's Festival, and the same one attacked by that demon Arcanine. "Is this Shein an Arcanine?"
Emile seemed a little surprised when I asked and was a little unsettled, too. "Yes, he is an Arcanine. The same one sent to the City of Lights several months ago during the New Year's Festival. He died with stab marks that were too clean, and he was soaked in water. What do you know about him?" She was slowly losing her own temper.
"I fought him. I fired the water that soaked his body." I answered, which seemed to set her off. That was not good.
"You're the bitch that killed him. I'll kill you!" Emile loudly declared with fans ready for another onslaught of leaves.
I growled and got a Shadow Ball ready to blow away the leaves. "No, I did not kill him. An Eevee in a white cloak did."
Emile did not listen. She threw the first volley of leaves, and I fired my Shadow Ball. They collided very quickly and created the large smokescreen around the place. Having my eyes open was hard, and the smoke made me cough a bit. However, I made sure to not let my eyes leave that dark red aura. Suddenly, a large blast of wind forced me a pace back. I dug my claws into the ground and fought against the gale.
It was strong, very strong. I needed to bunker down or else I would be blown skyward and possibly fall to my death. I was squinting through the wind as it buffeted my form. Emile was using her fans to create this storm, and unfortunately, it was winning. Somehow, the Gust had found a way under my body and threw me up into the air. It was surprising to suddenly be in the air to the point where I started to flail widely.
I was stuck in the air as I looked down to see the Gust calming and myself slowly coming to the apex of my ascent. This was bad. I cringed and kept my legs towards the ground and eyes facing my opponent. Emile was smiling. That could not be good especially with the feeling of bloodlust that permeated from her form. She knelt down as if ready to jump. She did that same action only a lot bigger.
She reached the same altitude as me in a few seconds, which left me little time for action. Summoning as much water out of the atmosphere as possible, I tried to from them into a possible shield in front of me. However, Emile had different plans. She made a quick flick of her fan, which sent me flying down into the burning forest. The fire! It burnt my fur. I hit some branches on my way down, and the loud thud that I made when I hit the ground did not feel great either.
I gritted my teeth, but this pain was probably nothing compared to the suffering of the pokemon that were killed by this monster. I would defeat Emile. After all, if I died, I would make Jiru sad, again. I gave a small chuckle to myself while rising to my feet. I firmed my expression and stance and looked back to my opponent. She seemed to be looking at me a bit confused but still holding onto the rage that fueled her previous attack.
"I'm sorry, but a little blast like that is not going to break my promise to my friend." I growled out as I formed my next attack. Water Gun better hit. "I will not lose for his sake!"
I fired the largest amount of water I could muster from my tiny body and fired it at high speeds toward the cocky tree. I kept up the blast for several seconds and effectively coated her in water and doused some trees in the water. Now, we were in my element. Mist was rising from the trees and within my reach. Furthermore, when a pokemon has a Grass-type and water, that same pokemon can use effective Ice especially if she can manipulate the water like I could.
I cocked a grin and readied an Iron Tail. I gave a quick glance to the grass to see a little moisture in the greenery. That means I can use it, too. Done with my viewing, I turned back and was taken a little by surprise to see her firing two sets of Razor Leaves at me. I solidified the moisture at my feet and orientated it as horizontally as possible to get a better thrust out of the dive. I made it on the outskirts of the attack, but something had cut my back leg and clipped my tail. The Iron Tail helped reflect the attack, but it gave me a good working point. The bladed leaves could not cut my metal, and they kept their momentum when they rebounded.
Grunting a little bit in pain, I cringed. I still kept my attack ready but quickly froze the liquid in my blood over my leg wound to clot it. Emile used the opportunity to attack me head on with her fans. I used my front legs to swing my tail out in front as she unleashed some physical move on Iron Tail with just her fans. She was strong with this one. I tried to keep pushing. I needed more power with it, but she was easily keeping up with the power I was using.
I was too caught up in the power struggle to hear that Emile was laughing till she suddenly came out louder than ever. "Do you think a little move like that can handle my Brick Break? Especially when it is of a lesser type!" She laughed out. I was not liking that news. I had to test if freezing her would work. I focused on the water on her other fan and took a small amount of water barely over her fan. It solidified as expected. "Well, lesser trash like you would never understand the beauty and elegance that we hold. Furthermore, the barbarism you show to your own kind is horrendous."
"I am nothing like you!" I yelled back at the annoying Shiftry. How dare she compare me to a demon like her! I would never become a demon!
She kept her smile and flicked her fan with my tail away with surprising and unsettling ease. "You're right. I would never be as weak as you." With that statement, she used her other fan to come at me.
I needed a shield! Her fans were sharp as she sent me hurtling into the next tree. The pain! It was excruciating. With a gasp and slight haze, I gripped my stomach and moaned. She broke the tree, or I did with her force. Furthermore, she was able to cut me pretty badly on the right side of my stomach.
"Oh, you were able to divert it a little because of the little moisture in the air so you could move my blade away." Emile mockingly copied surprise. In fact, she seemed more annoyed than anything else. "That will only prolong your death, and make you suffer even more. That is it! I will help you. I will cause as much pain as possible to make sure you live for a little bit longer, and I get to see you suffer the same pain that I did."
She still only thought that I could control Water. How naïve! I probably could have frozen her if I had not tried to use blunt force. That was stupid of me, but I needed to Ice now. She would kill me if I did not. Emile was walking towards me with an evil glint in her eyes that just screamed 'I want to kill you.' I flinched when I first saw it, but immediately, I focused my attention on the water on her body. She had plenty.
I risked a small, quick grin. Acting quickly, I solidified several strands of water on her body, which surprised her. I realized that I could not freeze her completely when she started trying to jump away from the ice, so I did the next best thing: I used it to lacerate her. I got several good cuts on her arms, fans, and legs. However, they were not as damaging as mine were.
Emile looked at her blood. It felt like hours while I just stared at her, and she stared at her crimson fluid. Soon, her aura started matching her blood. That was not good. Her face slowly crunched into a snarl. She stared into my eyes with amazingly angry eyes. She wanted to kill me a lot.
"How dare you destroy my beauty!" She yelled out in an amazingly intense fury. "I will kill you."
She readied her fans while I took the ice I used earlier and placed it in front of me. My frosty blades and her fans faced each other in suspense to the next move. She fired a single leaf, and then, time slowed down. I was lowering my body and firing a shot at her legs when the leaf actually started to dive down at my chest. If it hit, it would have killed me. I tried to move another icicle in the way, but something yellow came out of the forest and cut the leaf in two while my ice spear jabbed into the Shiftry's left leg. I was breathing very heavily. I turned to see a pokemon in a white cloak.
Well, there is a new long chapter of how I re-introduce Jiru.
Eli: Yay, I knew Jiru would come back.
Me: Of course, I am not that horrible of a person.
Eli: Yah, right... -_-
Me: What? Anyway, please review and comment about the tons of loopholes that are in there.
