Chapter 18: Kitsune: Good or Evil? Part One
I shouldn't have done it. Lilac was the only one who has ever been nice to me my whole life, and now I've attacked Kitsune she'll never accept me… But I had to of done something, if I didn't that smeargle would of killed me. That I a certain of, my visions are always accurate unless I play a part in changing the results. I just cannot see the results of my interference till I actually interfere— If only I could have had time to think of some other way to save myself.

Katar ran. There was nothing else to do. His white fur shimmered as the wind buffered against it, though the illusion of this wind was caused by his speed. To him it seemed like he was running against the wind when he knew he was running with it. Jumping from tree to tree, he did his best to combine speed with a lack of a trail that'd allow him to be tracked. It was not long before he stopped.

"They are not following," puffing with exhaustion he mumbled to himself, "or at least will not harm me if they are. Some times I wish I could see the full future not just the truly bad parts. I am alone but I do not see a period of painful loneliness, perhaps I will be happy with being alone."

"Or perhaps you will not stay alone for long," a voice spoke from behind him, "we both have a lot in common, we both see the future for one thing. The only problem with us becoming is that I'm a representation of all that is good and see only the miracles of the future, while you are evil and see only the bad. Alas, I can still not bear to let you be alone, thus you could not see it happening. I blame my good nature for making my want to befriend you and most likely give you a chance to betray me in the near future…"

Katar turned to see the beautiful golden fur of a ninetales. There was a fading golden glow around it, as well as the fading figures of various unown around the ninetales. It was in the eyes that the flaw was; their blackness was so deep they seemed to try grasping at one's soul to tear it away.

"Most would say you're far more evil than I could ever be," Katar hissed, "going around to all sorts of wondrous events and trying to take credit is not good. Plus you've enslaved quite a few unown to enhance your abilities, temporarily banishing them to some empty plane of existence when you're not using them. Really, Huxian, you are more of a freak than a hero. At least my species all see the futu—"

"Correction, your kind is usually just drawn to where disasters are about to happen, not see it in detail before hand. I know because I asked a few other absols since we last left and asked them about it. Still I understand your mistake since that witch who used to own you never let you meet any of your own kind," Huxian's nine tails wagged in pleasure at Katar's reaction of surprise to him referring to that lady as a witch. "Yes, that assassin is really a witch. It's what they call evil humans with supernatural abilities, as far as I know, even if it's just the ability to live over five hundred years without aging like she has. Not like you actually have been alive long enough to realize her age, but I certainly have."

"Enough talk, lets just get down to why you're here. You came to me because of how miraculous it is for me to actually be desperate for company, thus came to rub it in my face, though that alone wouldn't have brought you so far. You've come because you've some how heard of this hot white vixen with ninetales that is into violence, exactly the type you love. Too bad I can feel that she's going to bring some all mighty destructive event, something you certainly wouldn't like, good or not."

"There are two beautiful white ninetales here? I could only sense the one who's to bring something of inexplicable wonder to the world, something not even I can even comprehend," Huxian stared at Katar, a few unown appeared around him and glowed for a moment, "there is only one, isn't there? It's as if she has the potential to do both, it'd probably mean we will have to compete to get her to turn to our side."

"Actually, why not work together?" Katar whimpered as he took a few steps back, "I may be all for comprehendible destruction, but I'm not for incomprehensible destruction as it might include my death. Neither does competing with you sound like a good plan, since last time you broke all four of my legs with a single glance when I'm meant to be immune to being telekinetically crushed like that. Trust me; you need my ability to make sure you don't just make things worse."

"Are you sure this will work?"

Some time had passed and a plan had been formed (after discussing old times and what they have been up to since). It was a cautious plan of just observing the full situation before thinking of anything else, but a plan none the less. The ninetales and absol walked with many unown floating around them releasing a golden glow that surrounded them… at least from their perspective.

"It has never failed me before so why do you doubt me?" Huxian glared at Katar as they walked, "you're the evil one not me. The unown will make it seem like we are not here. No being will be able to smell, hear or see us as long as the barrier is up. My powers are flawless."

It was not long before a mightyena came into sight, laying down in the grass, his ears as limp as his tail, "Why could I not let Kitsune take the blame? I want her dead but I couldn't let it happen. Now I have to live with my punishment…"

"Let's test your barrier then," Katar growled, walking towards Omega, even when he walked straight into Omega's line of sight there was no reaction, "so far so good."

"Yay! Katar's back with a ninetales friend!" a voice cried out from off to one side, turning Katar saw it was the umbreon Biohazard. He also noticed Omega jumping to his feet looking wildly around.

"Where?" Omega yelped, seeming to look right through Katar, "are you sure he's here? Catching him seems to be the only way to get on Sketch's good side after what happened. Another ninetales would explain how Katar lit Sketch's stuff on fire for sure, but I don't see either of them."

"You're looking right at them, but since you seem to be blind at the moment I'll deal with them myself. It'll please Kitsune," Biohazard barked as he began to charge right at Huxian and Katar. Katar leapt easily out of the way, but wasn't looking to see how Huxian did. There was a thump as Biohazard continued to run straight into a tree.

I didn't need to see it to know Huxian only barely dodged that attack.

"There is nothing there…" Omega sighed, "Thorn was right you do have eye sight problems."

"It's impossible," the ninetales panted, "it is far more likely he was hallucinating that we are here than actually seeing us. He almost hit me too; the unown couldn't deflect him, as was my first instinct to try either. Leaping out of the way lacks the elegance I try to hold at all times. Now let's continue to where the ninetales is, the one whom I shall have no matter what… I sense you are a little smug all of a sudden, who's going to get killed this time?"

"It is no one worth saving. I'll be sure to watch of course, but you need not worry yourself as it is no one Kisune actually knows. Thus attempting a rescue wouldn't help your chances much."

It was easy from there; no one else seemed able to see them as they went to the pokemon centre where they both felt the presence of the white ninetales. Walking in was easy.

"It seems Kitsune is in a private recovery room, I'm sure you know why," Huxian growled at Katar, baring his white fangs, "I thought you'd be telling me everything, yet you never mentioned this— I'm glad you're not disappointing me by actually being good. Still, you need to work on a bigger betrayal than this if we are to stay rivals."

"Kitsune was attacked for destroying some artwork that had nothing more than sentimental value. She's lucky to be alive, saved only because some stupid mutt wanted to take some of the blame… Look, there's Cinder waiting outside the surgery door. He's the typhlosion if you didn't know, and the smaller pokemon are waiting with him."

The typhlosion lay curled up on the floor with a smeargle and a pichu snuggled into his fur. All three looked sad; tears were in the eyes of the smaller pokemon, while Cinder looked to be doing his best to push some guilt out of his mind. On the other side of the room stood a large Skarmory, staring at the ground mumbling to itself while looking quite annoyed.

"Sorry, I'm about to show off. I can't help it in these circumstances as it's such a miracle," Huxian barked loudly, though no one around looked in their direction, "if there is no interference then this Kitsune and Cinder will fall in love with each other, developing into a closer relationship than is usually acceptable between different species as long as neither of us interfere."

"Yet the relationship break apart into hatred when Cinder finds out it was all just a part of Thorn's plot for revenge," Katar added, noting Huxian's stunned glare at him, "I told you my powers are going to be useful. You could even tell that the relationship will be a set up; I know it doesn't change anything as you were going to try stealing Kitsune away no matter what, thus ruining the relationship. Just wait before doing anything stupid, we might get a better idea of what'd do the most damage"

It was then two shadows of humans, as well as the shadow of some floating object, appeared outside the pokemon center door, though they did not enter straight away.

"They are talking," the ninetales said then paused for a few moments, his tails perking up and wagging as viciously as Kitsune's would of when toying with a meal, "I think I know what to do. It seems there is another unown to add to my collection out there, and it knows that a ninetales is about with many enslaved unown (I guess I slipped up and it sensed me for a moment), both are quite worried about it and suspect Kitsune already… Odd that they call it Bug and refer to it dragging them out of a gym battle to get to the bottom of what happened. The plan is you open the door of the recovery room while I create a blur to make it look like some super speed is involved; at the same time I snatch the new addition to my collection. They should come to the conclusion that Kitsune did it, thus drive her away, leaving her no one to stay with but me. Now tell me, any bad results from doing it, for example them harming her before she escapes?"

"Nope, let's get to work."

No plan could go as smoothly, a simple button operated door that Katar jumped at and pushed the button to open, much to the surprise of all the pokemon who couldn't see what happened. Huxian did his part well, and Katar only caught a quick glimpse of the unown, barely seeing it was of the 'F' variety before it was caught in the golden glow and faded away into wherever the ninetales kept unown that weren't in use. Both Katar and Huxian ran out the door before it closed, thus not risking raising suspicions.

"We better keep moving at a steady pace," Katar hissed, "we just stole a pokemon of Ryan's, and I've seen what that little smeargle of his does to those who annoy it… The girl with him, Lilac, would be a problem though. Good thing we aren't going to be caught."

Taking an opportunity while Huxian wasn't looking, Katar sliced one of his front legs with his head blade. It wasn't long till blood trickled down his leg, leaving the occasional drop of blood on the ground. They continued walking away from the pokemon centre and deep into the Dewford Island wilderness.

It seemed like a lifetime of walking in silence before Huxian stumbled and fell to the ground, barely managing to get up again. "What's happening? Why am I feeling ill?" He whimpered with the fear of uncertainty, "I can't sense any cause, so why?"

"You're starting to feel the effects of the poison," Katar tried to laugh, but only managed a nervous giggle, "I never told you everything. Perhaps if I told you I could feel that Biohazard managed to touch you and his toxic sweat is capable of being absorbed through the skin unlike the sweat of other umbreons, but that'd of ruined what little faith you have in the forces of evil. I'm sorry old friend but I had to betray you because you expected it of me. Without help you'll be dead in a few hours, but too weak to struggle back to the pokemon center in less than fifteen minutes."

"My powers are meant to leave me immune to poisons… What is Biohazard really? How can he see through my special barrier and produce a toxin magic can't combat or even sense?" Huxian stumbled once more, and then stood glaring at Katar, with his nine tales standing erect, "at least I can take you with me, and then secure all my unown so they can't escape just incase I recover despite what you said… It might happen because I sense a great miracle coming."

Katar's body was lifted from the ground, surrounded by a golden glow.

"Now our rivalry ends with your death," Huxian's attempt at an evil laugh was far better than what Katar managed earlier.

I do not see my death, I only sense only the destructive energies of Kitsune coming to me. Good saves good, evil saves evil. I'm right and he's wrong. I wish this didn't mean Kitsune was going to do something worse than destroy the whole world.