Even though I didn't get much sleep, I was still up at the crack of dawn. I wasn't the only one. Leavanny was up making cloths out of leaves and Mewtwo was fighting with Lucario. Mewtwo was using his spoon while Lucario was using bone rush.

"Hey," Meloetta said, coming up beside me. "You're up early. I thought you would sleep longer since it took you forever to fall asleep."

I looked at her. "How'd you know?"

She shrugged. "I have insomnia. I'm pretty sure that it's only temporary, but I always am the last one to fall asleep."

I decided to not press the subject, and started to watch the battle again. Mewtwo was winning. "I was told that you are a very shy pokemon. What changed?"

She smiled. "You already know the answer to that. It's because I've been training with S. Ridley thought that if I became stronger, if someone tried to steal me again, I could fend for myself. I'm still shy, don't get me wrong, but I am able to suppress it. I can be outgoing, but other times it's harder."

I nodded. It was odd, but it made sense. "What is training with her like?"

She had to think about this one. "It's kind of hard to explain. She is a very unconventional teacher. Traditional teachings can only get you so far. You don't learn some essential things, such as improvising and fast thinking. But before you can train with her, you must pass her entering exam. That's what we are going to train you for."

We watched the battle until it ended; Mewtwo disarmed Lucario and pinned him to the ground with his spoon. Leavanny put her leave cloths away and went with Mewtwo to the forest to get wood. Lucario sat down and started to meditate.

"Do you know anything else about this tournament?" I asked Meloetta. "I don't get why she wanted me to join up with her when she already has you and Lucario."

Meloetta frowned. "I'm unsure about this as well. Don't get me wrong, I trust S completely, but her motives for just about everything are shrouded in mystery."

I sighed. "Guess we won't know until we get there."

Mewtwo and Leavanny came back with fire wood. Mewtwo turned to Meloetta. "Can I get a hand over hear?" She sighed and walked over. She opened her mouth, but no sound came out. She was using ultrasonic sounds to loosen the ground. She stood there for a minute, then closed her mouth and walked back over to me. Mewtwo held his hands out to where she had stood, and his eyes glowed blue. The ground turned to rubble in a perfect circle, and all of the grass was buried. "Thanks."

Leavanny walked over to Victini and woke him up. He wordlessly crawled over to the pile of wood Mewtwo had arranged on the circle of dirt. He sat down on it, and fire whirled around him. Once he was sure that the wood was lit, he hopped off of it and curled up right beside it.

Mewtwo had gathered a giant pile of different ingredients last night. Pulling many things out, he created a frying pan out of psychic energy and threw them on. "Does that actually conduct heat?" I asked him.

He smiled. "It does if I want it to." Without warning, everything in the pan combusted, making large amounts of noise, and the rest of the pokemon jerked awake. He laughed. "Rise and shine! Breakfast in five minutes." The all groaned.

When Mewtwo was finished cooking, he put it all in a psychic bowl and called Weavile over. Weavile shot a beam of ice on it, and steam wafted up. He then put it all in separate bowls and handed them out. I looked at it. It was pokemon food. I had never had it before, but I had been told if made properly, it was amazing.

I took a bite, and officially decided it was the best food I had ever eaten. It was even better than the Darumaka box lunches I had eaten with Ash, Cilan, and Iris. It would be nice to see them again.

"So, what is this training I'm supposed to do?"

Mewtwo looked up from is food. "That depends. I sent a psychic message to some of S's pokemon friends who usually help out with our training. It depends who shows up."

"I showed up," a voice came from behind us. Everyone jumped and looked at the arcanine that seemed to appear out of nowhere. "And right at breakfast. Nothing beats S's recipes." Mewtwo smiled and got him a bowl."

"So," the new pokemon said, "did I miss anything when gone?"

"Nope," Darkrai said. "It's been the same old, same old."

He looked at me. "I don't believe I've trained with you before. You're Keldeo, right?" I nodded. "I helped S train the other Swords of Justice. Why aren't they here?"

"I'm helping S with the typhoon tournament," I replied. "The others had to stay and train some of the forest pokemon."

He smiled. "Ah, I see now. I'm going to be part of your training. S calls me in when she is off doing one of her errands. I wonder where that girl has gotten herself now."

We all finished our breakfast, and Mewtwo stood up. "Our water supply is out, so I'm going to go find some. Try not to get into too rough of a fight while I'm gone." He flew off towards the mountains.

The second he was out of view, Arcanine crouched down. "Aright, Keldeo. If I'm going to help train you, I must know what you're capable of. I challenge you to a battle."

I stared. What was it with all of these pokemon and battling? "Okay then." I crouched down as well.

He started off the battle. He ran to my left, and white aura surrounded him as he ran at blazing speed. Extreme speed. I tried to follow his movements, but he was moving too fast. I saw a ring circling me, and nothing else. After a bit of this, the aura turned blue.

He finally stopped running, and looked at me. I noticed why the ring had turned blue. There was a bunch of small blue flames circling me. Will-o-whip. He smiled evilly, and they all flew towards me.

I was prepared for these improvised moves. I stood on my front two hooves and spun around using hydro pump out of my back two hooves. As I did this, I willed myself to change to resolute form. Landing back on all of my feet, I saw that I had managed to put out every flame.

Arcanine was impressed. "Not bad, but I'm not done with you yet." He charged at me, the white aura surrounding him once again. I decided to go with my strongest move, secret sword. I felt energy form around my horn, and the long glowing sword was hit by Arcanines fierce attack. I skidded backwards, but I stayed on my feet. Arcanine growled in frustration and jumped away.

I decided I was going to have to do something about his extreme speed. I tapped the ground with my hoove. The dirt was somewhat loose. Hopefully loose enough. I got back onto my front to hooves and started to use hydro pump again. I made sure that I made a perfect circle around me.

Arcanine used his speed again to cut through my shield of water, and he leapt at me, his fangs bared and crackling with electricity. Thunder fang. I moved out of the way and shot him with hydro pump from my front two hooves. He flew away. I continued with my wall of water.

When I was satisfied, I stopped with this move. All the grass around me was flattened and soaked. Arcanine growled and charged again.

My plan worked perfectly. The second he hit the edge of my circle he slipped and fell. I had managed to make the ground slick with mud. Using hydro pump, I lifted myself just off the ground and charged him. I flew right over him, drenching him with hydro pump, then shot him with focus blast.

He got up wearily. "You are doing well," he said. "But I have beaten stronger." He ran out of the ring and retreated a great distance. He then charged at me. I went back into the middle of my circle. Before he reached the edge, he jumped up, and he flew at me, his body becoming outlined in yellow and shrouded in white. Giga impact.

I knew he wasn't going to miss. I used secret sword again, and he slammed into me. We had to have skidded back at least fifty yards before I finally was thrown off my feet. I landed hard. Arcanine was on top of me in an instant.

But he wasn't attacking. He was smiling. "I am majorly impressed with you. I can see much room for improvement, plus some things to get rid of, but this should be rather fun. The Swords have trained you well." He looked forwards. "So, did you find any water?"

I looked to see Mewtwo. "Yep. Do you think he's up for it?"

Arcanine nodded. "He should be fine."

I stared at them both. "What am I doing?"

Arcanine smiled wickedly. "Why, your first bit of training, of course."