Chapter 5

"Mmm. I get what you're saying… but Palkia is going to hunt us down… you do understand that." Siarnaq was slowly sharpening his scythe.

"Siarnaq… you and I are both 26… why can't we just settle down and start a family like we talked about?" Pallene had a bow strapped to her back, something he didn't remember noticing earlier. "Siarnaq… why can't we just hide?" she pleaded. "We already lost Thrymr… and I almost lost you."

"Pallene…"

"Epime!" She turned to Tsunami. "Tell him!"

"I…"

"Pallene. You know how vengeful Palkia is. He's not going to let this stand."

She turned away. "I just want a quiet life… we had it all planned out, remember?" She spoke very softly.

"After I can assure our children will live safely…"

She walked out the cave without speaking. Siarnaq sighed before walking out after her.

Lily hadn't spoken since she had spoke to him last night, or even looked at him. All he could guess was that she was humiliated about what had happened to her. Which he didn't get at all… she had no choice. "Lily…" He spoke softly and as gently as he could.

The Espeon wouldn't look at him. "What?"

"Are you alright?"

"Yeah. I'm fine…" She pulled out her staff, and chanted, "Inthrin." A wisp of pink smoke started forming at the tip of the scepter. It gently cleaned the food off the plates that they had eaten on.

"Lily…"

But she was done speaking with him, and picked up the plates before heading deeper into the cave."

"Oh… what happened between you two?" asked Aero.

"She… she told me a secret last night… and now I think that she is embarrassed."

"What? Tell me!"

"No. It's terrible."

Aero didn't speak for awhile. "I'm going to go for a fly. I want to visit a friend I have around here."

"Of course. See you."

The bird Pokemon quickly flew away. Tsunami sat down, looking out the cave, legs crossed. He narrowed his eyes. Something along the top of the cave had moved slightly.

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Landon froze. Had the Vaporeon seen him?

The Vaporeon was staring right at him, a frown on his face. The Vaporeon reached for something tucked against his hip. Fool! You should just die easy! One quick slice! You don't have to resist!

"I see you there. You can come out."

Landon jumped down from the ceiling. His mouth was covered with his cloak. He pulled out his shuriken. "Should've kept looking forward, Vaporeon."

The Vaporeon pulled out his sword. "Really? And let you kill my friends?"

"You don't understand." He pulled out his own steel blade and swiftly took a swipe at the Vaporeon, who jumped back. He quickly spun around and launched a ninja star at the Vaporeon, who sliced it in half with his blade. It looked almost like it was made of water.

"There is still no excuse to kill innocent Pokemon." The Vaporeon quickly stabbed at Landon, who sidestepped and launched a close range dark pulse, which the Vaporeon narrowly ducked under. He swept his leg at Landon, and he fell to the ground. Fuck. He's pretty quick… time to outsmart him.

Landon quickly used flash, forcing the Vaporeon to step back. He quickly stabbed at the Vaporeon. The Vaporeon couldn't avoid it as the steel blade pierced left of his stomach. The water type's eyes opened wide. "You… cheated…"

Landon pulled the sword out of the Vaporeon. He held the blade against the Vaporeon's neck. "I'm sorry for this." He swung his sword back gently, preparing for the final blow. That was all he remembered before feeling a heavy hit on the back of his head. Fuck… must have been… I'm sorry Madison…

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Tsunami awoke, pain in the left side of his abdomen. He felt a wet towel against his forehead, and tried open his eyes.

"Shh… don't speak." It sounded like Lily's voice. He felt her hold his limp hand. "How do you feel?" she asked gently.

"You told me not to speak," he groaned.

She giggled. "Oh, sorry." He felt her gently apply some paste to his wound, and he grit his teeth in pain. "I'm sorry if this hurts."

"Lily… how's he doing?" He heard Siarnaq's voice.

"He'll be fine, I think." Lily seemed so concerned for him. He felt her gently stroke his cheek, before standing up. "How is the Umbreon?"

"Pallene thinks he'll be fine." He heard the Absol chuckle. "She's more worried about the brain damage you might have caused with that pan. You sure gave him a healthy wallop, Lily."

"Well, he was going to kill Tsunami, and… I… I couldn't let that happen!" Tsunami opened his eyes to see the Espeon's embarrassed face staring at him. "Oh, your eyes are open!"

He gently pulled himself up, rather painfully due to the gash in his stomach. "Urgh… all I remember is attacking an Umbreon… then a bright flash, then…"

"I know. He's here too." She smiled at him. He noticed that it looked as if she had been crying earlier, her eyes puffy. "I thought they might have hit a serious organ at first, but…"

"Yeah. I think I'm fine."

"That's good. Just lie here Tsunami. I'll go fetch you some wa-"

He stood up, clutching the gash a little. "I'm fine. Lily, could you take me to the Umbreon?"

"Of course, Tsunami."

He let Lily lead him to where an Umbreon was sleeping. The dark type looked far less intimidating when he was out cold. He had a large bump on the top of his head. "How is he?"

Pallene, who had been sitting next to him sighed. "I don't know. He's been murmuring a name… it sounds like Adson… whoever that is."

"Okay. Can you tell me when he wakes up?" He noticed Aero hadn't returned yet. "Did the bird come back yet?"

"Aero? No, not yet." Siarnaq looked out the cave.

"Urgh…" They all turned to the Umbreon. He pulled himself up and grabbed his head. They all watched as he opened his eyes and stared at them. "Wh-what happened? Gah…" He groaned and rubbed his temples.

"You tried to kill me," said Tsunami.

The Umbreon blinked. "I remember… ah! Madison! Palkia told me…" He looked at the four of them. "He…"

Pallene put her face right in front of his. "What did Palkia tell you?"

The Umbreon blinked. "I cannot tell you. He will…" The Umbreon's face grew suddenly somber. "Listen… I…"

Lily stepped in front of him, and pointed her scepter at his face. "Listen, blacky, you tell me why you tried to kill Tsunami."

He sighed, as if he didn't take her threat seriously. "Oh get that thing away from my neck. I don't care if you kill me. I do care that you are keeping my mate in serious danger."

"What?" Pallene, who had been looking at the ground, stared at him.

"I… argh, never mind." He unsteadily pulled himself to his feet. "Tell me… I remember being hit on the head… who did that?"

"It was me. And I'll do it again if you hurt Tsunami," snarled Lily.

"Easy, easy cutie. I… OW!" He rubbed the spot she had just slapped him. "What the fuck was that for?"

"Nobody calls me cutie, shallow male!"

He frowned. "What, can't take a compliment?"

Tsunami gently pulled her away from the Umbreon. "Calm down, Lily."

She sighed, and seemed to calm down. "Alright, tell us what happened to you and your mate, cutie." Mockery edged her voice.

The Umbreon merely shrugged, clearly ignoring the Espeon. "I already told you, I cannot tell you. My mate is in danger. That is all I can tell you."

"So what?" Siarnaq was polishing his scythe. He looked at it, clearly unsatisfied. "You try and kill our friend, and you now expect to waltz out of here?" He looked at the Umbreon, eyes glinting dangerously. "How do we know this mate of yours isn't some stupid story so we let you go?"

The Umbreon glared at him, then took a deep breath. "I can tell you about my mate. Her name is Madison, a 20 year old Leafeon. Her smile is like the breezes of spring. Her eyes are soft and gentle, and we had plans to have children." He hissed angrily. "You tell me; I love Madison with my life, and I would never lie about any of this."

The Umbreon pushed his way out of the cave, and disappeared from their sight. Siarnaq huffed. "What do you think, dear?"

"I… well… he seemed to truly believe what he was saying. I think he was telling the truth." The Ninetales sighed. "I just don't know. He's hiding something."

"Well… he hurt Tsunami! Oh… we should have beat him!"

"Lily… you hit him on the head hard. I think that's enough."

"But I thought Tsunami was really hurt…" When Pallene shot her curious look, the Espeon blushed. "I mean, he's a friend, and I don't like having friends get hurt." She awkwardly stepped into the shadows, hiding from her obvious awkwardness.

"Did you say something mean?" Tsunami heard the flapping of wings and turned to see Aero flying in.

"Where were you?"

He sighed. "When we were in the village, an old Swellow asked me to give a pendant to his daughter. When he said daughter, I instantly thought, score! So I went to find her, but got caught in a storm. So I had to rest, then I gave her the pendant."

Siarnaq huffed. "While you were away, Tsunami got attacked. By an Umbreon."

"An Umbreon?" Aero's eyes grew wide as he saw the cloth against Tsunami's stomach. "Oh, fuck… that looks terrible! Oh, I should have helped you…"

Tsunami shook his head. "It's okay. Nothing permanent. Right Lily?"

"Yeah, you'll be fine." Her voice echoed from deeper within the cave. He heard glass, and suspected she was working on some sorcery stuff. Whatever that was.

Siarnaq took a sniff. "Something is up." He turned to Tsunami. "I think that something is wrong. That Umbreon… I have a feeling he'll be back."

Pallene's face grew pale. "On the run again, it seems. I have a bad feeling Palkia is involved with this. That legendary won't let us go."

Aero looked at Tsunami. "We have to go? But what about the sorceress? Are we just going to leave her?"

Siarnaq looked at Tsunami seriously. "You must convince her to come. That Umbreon… he wasn't heartless, but I wouldn't put it past him to come after her. We must flee soon."

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Lily gulped the bitter yellow potion. "Damn… bad timing…" Instantly, the warmth faded, and she sighed. Already, her thinking was clearing up.

"Lily?"

She recognized Tsunami's voice. "Yeah?"

"Umm… well, Siarnaq was saying that…"

"I heard. I was listening. He wants you to convince me to leave here. Am I right?"

"Yeah."

They stood there for awhile. It was obvious Tsunami was thinking about how to convince her. "Look, Tsunami… this is my home. I've lived here for a few years, and I've grown a bit attached to it. It's like my memories… not always pleasant, but…"

"Lily. You are lonely!" His voice was stern. But it quickly grew gentle. "Lily, you're a sweet young Lady…"

"You sound like my daddy…"

"Lily…" He spoke little more than a whisper. "I may have lost my memory. But I don't think I've yet felt so strongly."

"Tsunami… I…"

"Let me in, Lily. We can be friends now."

"I've heard that before."

We can be friends. The Mightyena which she so despised now had said those words to her.

Really? She had felt happy to be accepted.

Yes. I won't hurt you, my apprentice. Biggest lie ever. But it had hurt her sould and mind more than her physical side. Sure, there were those bite marks; one on the top of her right breast still hadn't faded. But the memories were still the worst. And yet standing here, in front of the most likeable male she had met since her father, she understood that she didn't want to spend the rest of her life this way.

"Lily."

"I… I… y-yes." She was surprised she was able to let go of this cave so easily. But maybe it was more than the cave. Maybe she wanted deep down to let go of this loneliness within her. Maybe it was time for a new beginning.

He gently held her hand. "Alright Lily." He looked at the potions. "Is there anything here you need?"

"Yes! My book, my love potion, my calming potion, my pans, my chair, my…"

"Lily. We can't bring it all."

"Okay. I suppose… I just need my clothes and a few pans and my book."

He smiled at her. "Make it quick." He walked to the entrance of the cave, and disappeared around a large rock.

She quickly packed it into a large towel and tied it. "Book, pans, love potion… we're all good." She sighed, then looked at the large stone she kept her potions. "Oh my! Nearly forgot you!" She quickly picked up her special, lust-relieving potion. "Phew… looks like I'll have to make some more on the go." She looked at all the vials she had collected. One for remembrance, one for sleep, one for sadness… She swiped her tail over the rock, knocking all the vials onto the ground. "It's time to move on. I am changed." She thought of Tsunami. Can I trust you? She thought the answer was yes. But could she really? Well, maybe we'll open the door for him a bit… maybe…

Ooh… what's next? Will Landon attack again? Will Lily try give Tsunami a chance to know her? Or will another Eeveelution appear? Read and review!