Hi guys! Sorry for the huge hiatus, I had lots of work going on! Anywho here is the third chapter of PMD: TWP. Hope you all enjoy and please do review as I'd like some feedback on how this is going thus far.

Disclaimer: Me... own Pokémon or PMD! YES! YES YES YES... Oh wait I don't, pity that!

"I was returning to the town after a series of missions on the Ice Mountain pondering the meaning of something I had been told out there. It had been cryptic and I love to unravel such mysteries so I sent the other two back while I took a more scenic route to give me time to ponder."

"I was walking round the fringes of the Green Forest when I heard a yelling howling sound coming from a small clearing I knew from ages back. It was getting dark and I thought that I recognised that howl so I made my way towards the sound. As I closed on the clearing I distinctly heard the sounds of a scuffle so I hastened here through the tree tops, to get the drop on a potential foe."

(Flashback)

'That fight sounds vicious; I hope no one gets badly hurt', Shruikan thought as he jumped closer to the forest clearing the sounds were coming from. He knew the area well and was worried because this was an area well known to be a playing area for many young pokémon.

When he reached the trees surrounding the clearing he carefully pushed his head through the last few branches to gauge the situation. What he saw both frightened and awed him.

Three young pokémon were facing off against three dangerous looking adults all of whom seemed to want to do them more than superficial harm. The young ones were a dark Eevee, a Riolu and a strained looking Kirlia. The Kirlia was trying to hold up a barrier against a huge Skarmory, the steel clad silver bird crashing again and again against the shimmering shield with his steel wings. The Riolu was launching combinations of Hidden Power and Focus Blast attacks at a nasty looking Infernape while the Eevee was squaring off against a sinister looking Mismagius.

Behind the attacking pokémon was a fourth large one with an evil grin on his face that Shruikan had only seen once before; in the vision shown to him by the soothsayer he had met on Ice Mountain! He knew this was very bad and was just about to leap in when the Kirlia's barrier finally collapsed and the Skarmory dealt a horrible slash to her side and she fainted. At that same moment the Infernape brushed aside the Riolu's attacks and hit her hard in the jaw with a sickening Mach Punch.

The Eevee heard his friends fall and went still for a moment. The Mismagius saw this as an opening and tried to use a Thunderbolt but the Eevee snapped to and fired of a very quick Shadow Ball which hit Mismagius clean and knocked her out. 'That was one very powerful attack for one so young', thought Shruikan, stunned by the speed of the knockout. The Eevee then turned on the other two aggressors and growled at them. It even intimidated Shruikan as he could feel the fear and anger etched into the sound. The Eevee then charged the Skarmory and hit it right in the head with a sloppy Iron Tail, luckily hitting it right above its eyes and dealing critical damage and taking down the second attacker. However, this left him blind to the Infernape who used his momentary distraction as a chance to close and land a crippling Close Combat on him that nearly broke his ribs.

The Eevee was knocked back and looked badly hurt, but that didn't stop him from standing back up, albeit wobbling, and glare at the Infernape with hatred. Suddenly he charged the surprised fire ape and landed a Last Resort right in her chest, where she had previously been hit by a water type hidden power from the Riolu, finishing her off too. IT was obvious to Shruikan that this battle had been drawn out as the Eevee looked exhausted. The Granbull growled and shoot a look of murderous intent at the Eevee before charging at him jaws ready to crunch the young Eevee in two. That was when Shruikan finally shot into action jumping out of the tree releasing his blades and charging a massive Psycho Cut. He thought he was too late, but, just as the Granbull reached the Eevee he fainted and fell to the ground just missing the massive jaws and tripping the Granbull. There was a loud snap as the Granbull tripped and Shruikan slashed at him with his blade dealing huge damage and driving off the Granbull, not before he glared at the Gallade in hatred. When he was sure that Granbull wouldn't return he psychically called his team mates to him and started to check on the Eevee. That snap sound had him alarmed and he was right to be. The Eevee's ribs and front right leg had been broken by the Granbull as he tripped and it didn't look good for the young pokémon. His teammates teleported o his side surprised and immediately he told them what happened saying, "These three need medical aid. Pyrite take the Kirlia and the Riolu, Gardel the Eevee, we're going to the academy. I'll get Garchomp to call Blissey."

(Present)

"We brought you back here and Blissey fixed up the other two easily."

"They were only knocked out, you Jazz were more badly hurt than Shrike here lets on", said Blissey gravely. "I won't go into details but I thought that if you even survived then you wouldn't be wakin' for at least two weeks!"

"How long's it been?" asked Jazz weakly.

"Three days!" cried Chrissie, "I was so worried you wouldn't pull through!"

"So was I. How could I thank our gallant hero if he'd died?" Em said dramatically, though Jazz could see a mischievous glint in her eye as she said it.

Jazz would have laughed but it hurt too much. He knew that Em was joking and was thankful that she wasn't too badly affected by the fight to keep her joking side going. She was special, even for a Kirlia, small white body with thin, legs and white arms and a short white skirt that was part of her and that made her look like a ballerina, she had large crimson eyes framed by two long locks of hair that were coloured gold along with the top half of her face and her legs. She also had the characteristic deep red plates extruding from each side of the top of her head.

Chrissie just rolled her eyes, though silently thinking that Em's words were truer than she realised, she just pushed her away and said, "Honestly Em, not in front of these important guys, sheesh!" Chrissie was a small canine like pokémon with black feet chest and stripe across her eyes, like a mask, and blue arms upper legs and face. She has small ears with small locks of fur hanging just behind then one and each side. She could see the pain in Jazz's aura and it hurt her to think that he was suffering like this because of her own weakness.

Lord Garchomp just laughed and said, "Such good friends you have young Eevee, I wish I'd had friends like yours when I was your age."

Em and Chrissie blushed and Jazz was just amazed that such a powerful and intimidating pokémon was speaking to him in such a fatherly tone.

Blissey then cut in by saying, "Enough drama, this little guy need 'is rest and I'll make sure 'e gets it! Out, and y'all can visit 'im tomorrow okay?"

"We want to stay with him!" both Chrissie and Em said, to which Blissey smiled and allowed on the condition that Jazz got his rest. The others all trooped out and they were left in peace. Jazz's eyes started to close again and he thought that maybe Blissey had spiked that berry drink with a sleeping draught as he couldn't keep himself from drifting off. His friends sat on the seats beside his bed and dosed off too, each thinking about what Shruikan had told them and about how, in Em's words, 'gallant' and brave their best friend was.