There stood a small house within the tree tops of Twin Needle Village. The walls were made out of rosewood which was tightly held together by thick dried up vines. The roof was simply made out of leaves, it was in the shape of a cone that was tied off at the top. Around the roof were rain catches, and due to a recent storm they were completely full.

Two individuals stood in the home, one of them wore a dark black suit and held a silver flask. The other had wore a simple purple dress in her hand was a glass filled to the brim with whiskey.

In a rough voice the man spoke out. "So today is the day huh..."

The young maiden coughed. "Don't worry my visions are never wrong."

Wendy was exhausted, walking from Daniel's house all the way to the next point in her journey was very tiring. Hibiki seemed to have an infinite amount of energy and so did her poochyena Rei, who had practically been running circles around them. Her bright smile never ceased and it did bring some hope to the group. Aiden on the other hand seemed to have a new found confidence in his step. He held a small eevee in his along with having Kei ride on his shoulder. He had already explained to Wendy and Hibiki that Daniel ended up giving eevee to him after he had managed to impress the guy in a pokemon battle. Aiden did end up naming her Yvei which she seemed to really enjoy, and Daniel ended up giving Aiden a water stone, fire stone and thunder stone just in case he ever wanted to evolve Yvei.

Eventually all of them had finally reached Twin Needle Village. The village itself was known for being a entirely up in the trees. That wasn't to say that at ground level that the village was beautiful. Along the ground of the massive trees that supported the village were many multi-coloured flowers that seemed to change depending how much light shone down on them.

They walked over to the hollow tree to where they would have to walk up some spiraling stairs to enter the village. At the base of the hollow tree it the width of it was simply too large to completely wrap your arms around a quarter of its total circumference. Walking inside they saw quite a sight. It was simply a large spiraling staircase with a beam of pure light at the very top with many vines dangling down. Looking further up they could even see a few trainers on their way down from the village. Ideally you would have a pokemon assist you on your way up, but for everyone, they didn't have that luxury.

Mid Way Up

"So uh... how much money do we have? The village doesn't have a pokemon center, just a help board." Wendy said.

Hibiki put a bright smile on her face. "Don't worry I got this covered... I have... uh..." She quickly took a look in her wallet. "Let's not worry about the details. Aiden, you got much of anything?"

Aiden scratched the back of his head and sort of just smiled. "Unfortunately I'm kinda broke."

Wendy let out a huge sigh and crossed her arms. "Well I guess we'll have to get some cash. When we reach the village let's see if there's any trainers willing to battle with us. If there are we have to win, then maybe we can find a cheap inn to stay at."

End of The Hollow Tree

Stepping out of the bright light before them stood Twin Needle Village. Just looking at the front of the village there were many huts that were supported by a single tree branch, and many were dug into the trees themselves. There was so much shade due to the tree leaves blocking out a good amount of sun, but some of the sun's rays did poke through the holes that the leaves failed to block. There was an oddly sweet aroma that did make its way through the wind, and Wendy knew that it must be the Divinity Fruit that was exclusive to the village.

Aiden pulled out a pamphlet on the village and started talking with Hibiki asking her a bunch of questions on what they should do. He turned to Wendy to see what their course of action would be, he just wanted to make sure everyone was on the same page.

"Wendy, if you don't mind Hibiki and I are going to go look around the village for cheap places to stay at. We're also going to try and get some food." Aiden said.

Hibiki pointed to Aiden's pamphlet "Hoi! Aiden look! What the heck is Divinity Fruit!?"

Hibiki and Aiden looked at Wendy pointing to the diagram of the Divinity Fruit. "You were born in Yava, what is this fruit and where can we get it?"

Wendy kind of just laughed as she saw both of her friends completely cheek to cheek looking at her with big sparkly eyes. "It's a fruit that is exclusive to this village, and I know that this village sells a ton of foods using the fruit. I'm sure if you look around you can find someone willing to sell them. Anyway, I'm going to see if there are any trainers willing to battle me for some cash, let's all meet up at the help center by sunset ok."

Aiden placed his hand on Wendy's shoulder. "Alright, but please be careful."

Wendy laughed and shoved away Aiden's hand. "What are you? The brother I never had!"

Hibiki let off a bright smile. "Good luck battling!"

Aiden quickly butted in. "Seriously though Wendy, be safe... uh... also uhm... just let's all meet up at the help center by sunset ok."

Wendy smiled and pinched Aiden's nose. "Fine fine! Alright I'll see you guys later then!" She ran off freely towards the other end of village. She took in her surroundings, and the freeness of running across a long wobbly wooden bridge without fear. This actually wasn't her first time in Twin Needle Village, her uncle Steven took her here so many times when she was little.

She could think back on all the times she would pretend to be falling off of one of the bridges, and her uncle would scream for help, as she thought about it now, it was kinda stupid, but back then it was the funniest thing in the world. She thought back on all the times she'd be laying down on Justin's lap as they sung sweet little tunes, which usually happened to be the Captain Oshawott opening song.

She made her way to the battle area that was free for trainers to use. It hadn't changed much from her past, but it was definitely more beat up than she remembered. It was a large battlefield that was said to be dug out from a lighting strike that hit the biggest tree in the village. As a result of constant battles and hard work from the villagers now stood a mighty battlefield supported by the trunk of a tree, its branches and a few steel bars just in case.

She ran up to the battlefield taking in its scent. Then she noticed someone she had lost to before it was the same girl who completely wiped for the floor with her back in Berry Grove Town. Wendy was looking for cheap cash, but she wanted revenge for her previous attempt, she slowly walked up to her and tapped her shoulder.

"Naoki, I challenge you to a pokemon battle!" Wendy yelled.

Naoki turned around, her dark brown eyes met with Wendy. She had a confused look on her face as she scratched her head. "Uhm... do I know you?"

Wendy embarrassingly sighed and rubbed her eyes. *Of course she doesn't remember me, who in their right mind remembers the people they defeat in a random battle* "Look here we battled once at the iron rich river banks way back in Berry Grove. You beat me, but this time it'll be different! This time I'll be someone you can remember!"

"Alright sure! I have one condition can we make it a one on one! A bunch of my pokemon are still really badly beat up from gaining our fifth gym badge!" Naoki said.

Of course she has her fifth badge. She's already two gyms ahead of me. Wendy took in a deep breath. "Alright I accept your one on one!"

10 Minutes Later

Wendy stood there embarrassed, shocked and upset. In front of her was pikachu who was completely knocked out cold from a single attack. The lampent that destroyed her last time had done the exact same thing as before, and Wendy knew that there was a barrier in something that she needed to cross. Like last time Naoki gave Wendy a lemonade, and some advice to help her out, but everything was muffled due to her raging anger.

Aiden and Hibiki were walking through the village. They went to go see many of the historical shrines, a good amount of them were shrines for the local pokemon, but then there were a few that were placed within the holes of some of the trees. These were the special shrines that really only allowed offerings that usually included the use of Divinity Fruit.

The particular shrine that Aiden and Hibiki were appreciating was a shrine that Hibiki was slightly familiar to. It looked nearly identical to the celebi shrine tucked away in Ilex forest. Like every historically important monument, Aiden made a small offering of coins and bowed in respect.

When he had finished making his offering he noticed that Hibiki was taking a look at his pamphlet. He lightly tapped on her shoulder. "Is there anything you'd like to do?"

Hibiki smiled. "Yeah it says there's a small bookshop in this village. Can we go visit it?"

Aiden scratched the back of his head. "I don't see why not! Maybe I can find something interesting there."

The two of them were walking to the bookstore, it was a nice calming walk. In truth the two of them really enjoyed spending time with each other, for once it was nice not to have Wendy screaming at her team yelling at them to come along. It wasn't that they disliked Wendy, it was actually quite the opposite, as her screaming brought an energy to the group that everyone kind of enjoyed.

Aiden's hand gently grazed the skin of Hibiki's hand. He quickly pulled his hand away in embarrassment, and Hibiki slowly looked over. She could see a nervous sweat on Aiden's neck and the bright redness in his face. She found it incredibly cute.

Hibiki let out a soft giggle that made Aiden blush. "Ha ha ha! Don't worry about it Aiden, it was bound to happen. We're both walking so close to each other!"

Aiden fumbled with his fingers. "Uh... uhm... y-yeah I guess you're right!"

The two of them asked around to see if the locals knew where the bookstore was. Turns out that it would be too long of a walk to get there. The walk alone would take them right to just after sunset, so it was decided to stop and have a break. The two of them ended up finding a bench to sit down on and take in the simple sight of the village.

Hibiki had Rei sleeping on her lap, and Aiden had the newest member on his team on his lap. He felt that Yvei was cold, so he simply wrapped her up in his arms. Hibiki looked over at Aiden and admired his soft smile, it was something that he did that made her heart skip a beat.

"Hey Aiden, do you mind if I ask you something?"

Aiden looked at Hibiki. "Uh... sure,"

"What was it like growing up for you? I'm just curious, we've spent a good amount of time on this journey, I'd like to know you a bit better." Hibiki said.

Aiden leaned back on the bench and let out a loud sigh. "It's not really that exciting, but do you know anything about two individuals from the sinnoh region. They go by Rory and Chloe Jackson."

Hibiki smiled. "Who doesn't! The star crossed league tournament champs! Sure there have been awesome stories of many league tournament winners, but their's was just so passionate, just so heart warming, and so cool at the same time! Rory Jackson a battling prodigy a great trainer that won with overwhelming confidence, and a young girl named Chloe that was taken in as his pupil for them only to fall in love! Their story continues in their children, Roy Jackson a trainer that win with simply overwhelming power. Cheryl the master tactician and finally Robert Jackson the prince of all pokemon! I was a massive fan of them!"

Aiden scratched the back of his head. "Yeah they were quite popular among many people. Then you get me. Someone who can't even battle, someone who just loses all the time."

"Hey Aiden, don't talk down on yourself like that! Amateur trainers like us don't have to be as strong as them. You talk like you know them." Hibiki quickly said.

Aiden let out a soft chuckle. "Well Roy, Cheryl and Rob are my siblings." He took in a deep breath and in a sarcastic voice and said. "Wow so amazing!"

Hibiki sort of just stared at an Aiden before spitting out. "Yes! I can see the resemblance now!"

Aiden let out a loud sigh frowning just a bit. Hibiki picked up on why Aiden probably felt so disappointed in himself. She reached forward and without realizing grabbed him by the cheeks.

"Aiden, I know it might not be much comin from someone like me, but... I think you shouldn't be so hard on yourself. Your life shouldn't matter where you come from or who your parents are, you are you, and I think you're just dandy!"

Hibiki could feel the warmth of Aiden's cheeks soon rise. He looked at her with tender eyes and said. "Thanks, you're a good friend, and I'm lucky to have you."

Aiden, Hibiki and Wendy had finished up what they wanted to do in the village, and as they each promised they met up at the help center. Much like every building in the village it was a simple wooden hut supported by a few tree branches. Walking in it was clear that the help center was built specifically for pokemon trainers on their journey. Down the middle there were local doctors and nurses taking care of pokemon, off to the right were buyable supplies for trainers, and to the left was a lounge with food you could order. Although most if not all the services came with a fee unlike a pokemon center which was usually completely free of cost.

The three of them all found a table to sit at in the lounge. Wendy could feel the awkward air between Aiden and Hibiki, and her curiosity soon took over.

"So what's going on between you two? You guys spent the whole day together and now you're acting like a couple that's just broken up."

Aiden blushed pressed his finger tips together. "I-it w-was nothing! We did nothing! Yup nothing at all!"

Hibiki face palmed in utter embarrassment. "I... well you see... I kinda... I kinda..."

Wendy smirked. "Hibiki, did you make Aiden's 'PP' go Doki Doki"

Both Aiden and Hibiki's faces were bright red as they slammed their hands on the table. In unison they screamed. "No! Nothing like that happened! Get your head out of the gutter!"

Wendy let out a soft giggle. "Relax guys, you know I'm just joking."

The sun had finally set on everyone's day. They had found a cheap inn to stay in for the night, but unfortunately it was the only night they'd be able to stay with the combined cash they had. Wendy had waited in her bed for both Aiden and Hibiki to fall asleep. She pulled out her phone and placed the device up to her ear to answer a call from someone very important to her.

"Wendy, are you up?"

"Uncle Steven, of course I'm up. I was the one who called you silly. Aren't you going to ask how my journey has been?"

"What am I your dad? So how has your journey been so far, well at least since the last time we've talked?"

"It's been going great, right now I'm traveling with two people, and it's been a ton of fun. Money is tight, but we're definitely managing."

"That's good, by any chance what town are you in right now?"

Wendy giggled. "I'm in Twin Needle Village. The same place you used to take me all the time when Grandma got sick of my crap!"

"Wait seriously! You're in Twin Needle right now!? Hold on are you staying at the Grapefruit inn by any chance?"

"Yeah why?"

"I'm in the lobby! Come down here and give your uncle a hug!"

Wendy quickly hung up the phone, and rushed to put on her clothes. She opened the door gently and instantly rushed down to the inn's lobby. To the outside it might seem weird that she would come running for her uncle, but truth is that Wendy saw her uncle more like the father she never had. She grew up never knowing her real parents, and was completely raised by her grandmother and her uncle.

Rushing out into the lobby there she saw the fatherly figure she loved with all her heart. Her uncle was about 5 feet and 11 inches or maybe he was just reaching 6 feet tall. His hair was long for a guy. It was sort of messy and jet black it went all over the place, and was spiked at the back and front, but in a free form kind of way. He had the same bright green eyes that she did, and quite a sturdy body. He wore an old tattered black suit and on his left hand was a silver watch.

She ran up to him and wrapped her arms tightly around him. "It's so good to see you Uncle!"

Author Notes: So sorry that this was such a set up chapter for things to happen in chapter 10 truth is chapter 10 is practically finished as it was originally just part of chapter 9. However the reason I didn't keep the chapters as one big chapter was, because it was simply getting too big.

I wanted to split them up to keep with digestible chapter sizes.

Anyway let me know on your thoughts, this chapter was basically written for one of my betas. Just let me know if you enjoyed it and any special parts that you really liked, and that goes to all of you reading!

See you guys in the next chapter!

Extra Stuff May 15 2018: SYOC submissions for all the elite 4 have been filled out. I am still accepting OC submissions, and you are more than free to submit more than 1 character.