Chapter 16.
Xavier walked out and into the Garden. He walked around, letting his mind wander as he looked around at all the different plants.
Off in the shadows, someone was watching him...
Xavier felt this presence, and looked around, but brushed it off, just coming to the conclusion that it was a Pokemon. He walked off further through the Garden.
"That's the kid. Heh heh heh..." The strange figured whispered to itself.
. . .
"And that's the whole story?" Key questioned as Rukia finished telling the remainder of the team how she met Tal.
"Yup." She replied simply.
"Well, it seems like the boys will be a while. What do you guys think we should do in the meantime?" Key said.
"I don't know about you guys, but I'm gonna go look for Xavier. He was acting weird earlier. See you guys." Then Rukia walked away from the group, and out of the Waterfall Paradise.
"Do you guys think one of us should go with her?" Jason questioned as he looked around at the group. Key shook her head,
"Let's just give them their space. Alot's going on right now. But...Jason, have your pokemon watch over her from the sky, just to be sure."
Jason nodded, and went off into the Waterfall Paradise to find his Skarmory.
"What'll we do then, Key?" Silver asked.
"We'll wait. That's all we can do."
. . .
Rukia looked around the Garden, trying to find Xavier. She continued to run through the Garden, until she finally spotted him sitting on a bench.
She ran over to him, "Xavier, there you are!" She called to him. He looked over to where she was and was surprised to see her.
"Hey, Rukia, what are you doing here?" He asked as she stopped infront of him.
"Ha...I came to find you. Why did you run off eariler?" She asked as she sat down next to him. She turned to face him,
"I..ah...Okay, straight up, I didn't like the idea of having some stranger coming into the Paradise. But never mind that. What's our 'guest' doing now?"
Rukia looked at him curiously, not fully believing his explanation, but desided to ignore it for now.
"Andrew and Alex took him into the cave behind the waterfall to talk with him. But they didn't say about what." Xavier nodded.
. . .
"Hahaha! Come on, Ninetales!" Silver called to her pokemon as they raced around, playing chase.
Hope was in a tree, picking Apples with his Emolga. Jason stood by the tree, waiting for Hope to hand him the freshly picked fruit.
Key was leaning up against a tree, chatting with Mia.
That was until Silver and her Ninetales ran into them, knocking them all over onto the ground.
"Silver, could you please watch where your going?" Mia asked calmly. Silver smiled sheepishly, "Sorry guys."
Jason walked over to the girls, just as Hope dropped the Apples down for Jason to catch.
Hope peeked his head down below the branches,
"Jason, did you ge-uhhh...?" He looked around, then Emolga popped it's head down, and pointed toward the group. Jason was helping them up.
Andrew, Alex and Tal walked back to see the chaos. "Is it like this everyday?" Tal questioned as he looked over what had happened.
"Pretty much." Alex and Andrew said in unison.
Tal looked around once more, "Where's Rukia?"
Key stood up, "She said she went off to find Xavier. I'll guess that they'll be back soon."
Suddenly, two figures walked into the Waterfall Paradise, but it wasn't Rukia and Xavier.
"This is...Complete insanity...How could this place exist in our Garden and we never had an inkling it was here?!"
Everyone looked toward where the voices were coming from, and were shocked to see Rukia's parents standing there.
"Honestly, We've lived in this palace all these years, yet we never knew a place like this existed..." Her mother said.
"Uhrmmm..." Was all Andrew could get out.
"It's alright. We're not going to call the guards. We don't quite understand everything, but one thing is for sure-Our little girl is upset, and in trouble. So, we need to talk." Her dad said.
Andrew looked around at the group, then back to Rukia's parents. He nodded.
A/N: Just so you guys know, and I'm sure some people have wondered this, but the Garden is more like a forest than a garden :P