Hezzo all! Sorry it took so long for me to do the next chapter… been so bored lately. Ho well… yay x-mas is heeere! We gots our tree… and after 3 days the tree is STILL not fully decorated… hmmm I need to pull down my own little fake tree… and see what fell off of it. Oh well, enough blabbing about this before I spill out my x-mas wish-list… oh, and theres a couple of sidetracks here in this part… a fuzzy scene too… HA I MADE A FUZZY SCENE -

Santia left Oldale the next day and headed out for Petalburg. The events from the past few days finally convinced her it was time to move on. It wasn't long before she had her first pokemon battle, either. A couple of hours after she left, she came across a strange man. He was about 6'4" in height, wore a white t-shirt with blue jeans, had golden eyes and messy black hair. He looked to be in his 20's comewhere. Perhaps the most notable feature about him was the strange tattoo on his forehead. The symbol looked like two crescent moons back to back, resting on the curves with a circle above and below each of the moons.

The man smiled at Santia when she approached. "Well, hello there. Fine day, isn't it…?" Santia stopped and stared blankly at the man. He chuckled and said, "Don't stare for too long, your eyes will catch on fire." Santia turned her head and began to walk the other way, when she bumped into a woman. The woman had long blonde hair and green eyes. "Oh, excuse me," she said. Santia backed away a little and let the woman by. "Brother Kaiyou, it has been so long!" the woman cried and ran for the man, giving him a bear hug. "Yes, nice to see you too, Yasille…" the man said. Santia watched them for a bit, then turned away once again to continue on to Petalburg, when a cold hand grabbed her by the shoulder.

"Don't run away like that, it's not nice.." Santia whirled around to face Kuvai. "DON'T DO THAT, YOU SCARED THE CRAP OUTTA ME!" Santia yelled. Kuvai arched his eyebrows, shrugged, and went over to the man called Kaiyou and began to whisper something to him. Kaiyou's eyes lit up, and he smiled. He then held out his arms, and a flock of Dark pokemon suddenly came from all over and crowded around the man. "Say, Santia, how would you like to have your first battle?" Kaiyou said, grinning. Santia, totally confused by everything, stammered, "S-sure…" The woman called Yasille clapped her hands together excitedly and jumped up and down; Kuvai just hung back.

As the trainers prepared themselves for battle, they were (mostly) unaware of a man in a black cloak watching them from atop a giant rock. "So..." the man said, "this is the girl that will reveal everything… the girl that hides a secret she does not know about yet… we must capture her before those freaks say too much…" With that, the man vanished.

Kuvai shifted his gaze back from that same rock to the battle that was about to unfold. "Something is wrong, Kuvai?" Yasille asked. Kuvai turned his head to Yasille, and their eyes locked. Yasille suddenly collapsed on the ground, breathing heavily. "Hey Kuvai! Quit playing your mind games on her!" Kaiyou yelled. "I did not do such a thing! It is one of her visions, I assume," Kuvai shot back.

"Think you can handle her?"

"Well, someone has to look out for you. I don't have the patience for it."

"Yeah… and how many times have I had to save your behind?"

"A better question would be: How many times have I had to save YOURS?"

Kaiyou shrugged and pointed his finger at the battlefield, and an umbreon stepped forth. "Go, Blaze!" Santia yelled, and sent out her torchic. The umbreon suddenly charged forth, and shot a shadow ball at Blaze. Without saying a word (or before she could have), the torchic jumped into the air, avoiding the ball, and shot an ember attack at the umbreon. The pokemon's fur began to singe as the flame hit it. Santia suddenly noticed that Kaiyou was clutching his arm – exactly where the ember attack had hit the umbreon.

Kaiyou noticed this and smiled. "Dang mosquitoes…" Kaiyou stopped holding his arm and called the umbreon back. Santia could see a black singe mark where he was holding his arm. Before she could say anything, a murkrow came out of nowhere and rammed Blaze. The pokemon was sent flying backwards, and he never got up. "Blaze, return!" Santia said, and Blaze disappeared into his pokeball with a flash of red light.

As Santia was sending out Bandit, Yasille was gathering flowers while Kuvai was watching. He walked over and stood behind her. "What was the vision about?" he asked. Yasille hummed a little tune and continued to pick more flowers. "Well… is she the one?" Yasille turned around, smiled, and place a flower behind Kuvai's ear. Kuvai smiled, then coughed a little bit. Yasille blinked, then turned around quickly, her hands leaving Kuvai's shoulders where she had left them and pretended to look at the clouds.

As the murkrow fell due to Bandit's hard head(butt), Kuvai tapped Kaiyou on the shoulder and whispered something into his ear. Kaiyou thought for a moment, then waved his arms, and all the dark pokemon went back to wherever they came from. Kaiyou walked over to Santia, clapping softly. "Well done! It seems you have considerable skill as a trainer. Your pokemon react without you having to tell them to."

Santia shrugged a bit. "It has always been that way with me, ever since I got Brick. But I have a good feeling that's always been there…." Kaiyou smiled and looked over at the tauros, who was taking a nap in the sun. "Well, we must depart for now. Perhaps we shall meet again?" Kuvai walked over with Yasille. He winked at Santia, then they all vanished in a dark cloud.

Santia blinked several times, unsure of what to make of what just happened. She rubbed her temples, woke Brick up from his sleep, and continued on to Petalburg, studying the ancient tome all the while.

Yay tis done… I wrote this at TEN THIRTY IN THE FREAKING NIGHT! Are you happy now, LIZZY? Hmm.. page break… bah… hope ya enjoyed this round…

SEEYAS