Chapter twentie-three: At the Seaside Cave...

The both of them sat, both looking at the beach in front of them. Amazed by the view, Beai smiled widely. The gentle caress of the breezy waters blew on her face and his face. She closed her eyes, and soon some images came to view. A few second passed and her eyes snapped open. For some reason, the place that she is in, seems alike to the image of her mind.

'Richan? When you said that it had been a long time since you've been here, did you mean like...I don't know. For some reason, I feel as if I have been here before...' Beai's amber eyes started to widen a bit when looking at the roselia next to her.

At that moment, he bursted out laughing. 'So, you're saying that you have been here before? Man, that has to be ridiculous. If you had been here, then why so surprised before? I'm saying like, come on!' Later, his laughing stopped to a polite giggle.

Beai just looked at him and nodded. 'Yeah, I must've been going crazy. Yeah, that's it...' She held her hand to her forehed, and shook her head. She had not told him what she was really trying to say. Deep down, what she wanted to say is that he isn't making sense. Why would she have images of the same beach--or maybe a beach that looked like this one-- when she haven't been here before? It wasn't a long time ago when she started to get these images.

----------------------Somewhere else----------------------

'Hamirana, are you sure that everything is according to plan?' A female houndoom turned her head at the voice. It had belonged to Naraku, the voice.

'Yes, my master. It is all according to plan.' She turned away and said, 'it looks like we should send the next wave. They have beat them! Ah well, I'm sure they won't last a second on the next one. Toby's whole clan is almost destroyed, and two of them aren't anywhere in sight. This means that we are having a good chance of winning this.'

'Okay, okay. What about that roselia peon of yours? Have she made any progress?' No answer came from her so again he asked, 'well?'

'I don't know yet, but she said that she has this great plan that she had maybe years ago when her long gone cousin was still alive. honestly, I have no idea what it is, not even a foggy thought.' Hamirana's eyes glowed a shade of orange-red.

'Very well. I guess it has to be good since she has the highest ranks out of the other peons. But for now. We need to launch the next wave. My dream will be complete soon.' He turned and smirked.

-----------------Back at the battlefield------------------

Tolea looked at the now vacant area. Her now radiant and brilliant eyes scanned the whole area, searching for their two friends. Toby still don't consider them as friends yet, and Onia was desperately searching for the both of them, or one of them if you count the unnoticed rivalry.

'No sign of them yet. Hey Toby, how about you?' She while landing, her wings started to fold down. Her eyes are still filled with worriness for she did not know where the other two are. She had searched everywhere out of fear that they may run out of time. The afternoon is ending and drifting into evening.

'No sign either.' He replied. His mind was so focused on finding the two missing pokemon that his mind was blocked off by Onia's cries of desperation and worry. Once I find those two dead plants, the both of them shall pay. Making us worry for them and they're ungrateful for it.

Onia was having it worse. She was desperate as it is mention a few lines before. She searched north, south, east, west and anywhere else. Her eyes were wide with each failed atempt to find them.

--------------Back to where Richan and Beai is----------

Richan looked up high and stared up into the sky which was starting to darken. He soon realized that it had been a long time since he left the field with Beai (A/N: a.k.a. his fair maiden X3). He turned his head towards Beai and sighed.

Hearing his sigh, she began to wonder why. She saw that Richan was looking at her with a concerned look. She turned her head away from his face and started to blush as he placed his right rose on her shoulder. She hated to admit it, but she had a feeling that she was finally in love. Yet again, she feels like that she had fell in love before.

She turned her head towards his face, red and all. 'What's wrong?' At the sound of his voice, she turned even redder than before.

'Oh,' she replied, her fingers starting to fidget,'it's...it's nothing...really...' Her heart was beating wildly, and she fidgeted her fingers faster. She closed her eyes, and wished for the feeling to end soon.

Soon, she felt two arms wrapped around her. They weren't as warm as hers, but it felt okay. The arms are cold and uncomfortable, but to her, well, she can just die in them. It's more like a dream come true than a nightmare. Sure, she wanted the red feeling on her face to end, but she wanted this moment to last.

She closed her eyes and enjoyed the current feeling. It was just...nice...

The arms let go of her and a familiar male voice rang in her head,'well, I hoped that you liked that. It looks like we have to go.' He shot an arm at her and asked,'well, you coming?'

She looked his arm and the rose at the end of it and placed her hand on it. 'I'll go with you.' She smiled widely now and her face was still having hints of pink. Soon, all of the remaining blush had disappeared for now that she know that she was in love and had died and went to her dreams...