A/N: There's been over a MONTH since my last update? It's about time to do something about it, don't you think so?

The aura guardian and the desert king

"So... This is the desert?" Feather asked and landed on Mighty's head. The mightyena cast a few looks around him, watching the sand everywhere around him.

"It sure is..."

"I wonder where the pokémon are?" Aura asked as she studied the map. "I'm very curious, I want to know why they don't believe in Arce... Hey!"

"What's inside of this?" Feather asked and snatched her bag. He opened it and started checking through it. He then took out a yellow bandana. "What's this for?"

"It's a thing we got from a mission once." Shadow explained. "It makes your stats better."

"I want it!" Feather yelled and tied it around his neck.

"Well, whatever." Aura said and took the bag back. "As long as I get to keep the bag."

"Hey, guys!" Whitetail yelled from a few metres forward. "Can you sense something special right here?" Everyone else approached her. Mighty immediately pressed his nose against the ground.

"I can feel a scent." he said and walked onward, following the scent. "But it stops... Right here." He started digging at the spot, and soon discovered a path under the ground. "This must be some kind of entrance to their lair." Aura stepped forward and placed her hand at the ground.

"I can sense some auras down there." she stated and slided down into the hole.

"Wait, Aura, don't go down there alone!" Shadow said. He and Mighty quickly followed, and Whitetail knocked Feather down into the hole before following her teammates.

"It's getting dark..." Aura said. They continued through the underground path, and there was no light at all.

"Well, what if we should try this out, then?" Shadow asked and released a bright light from his body.

"Oh, that's the Light Screen you used in the Dark Void!" Whitetail yelled. Feather stared at Shadow with big eyes.

"That's COOL!" he yelled.

"Both of you, keep quiet!" Mighty hissed. "We don't know how friendly the desert pokémon are, so... Crap." After that last statement, everyone noticed the two pokémon, a nidoking and a nidoqueen, that stood in the shadows, gazing at them with furious eyes.

"Yup, I agree with you, Mighty." Whitetail stated. "Shut up, everyone, I'll fix this." Then she stepped forward. "Ahem. I am Whitetail, daughter of Arceus, almighty Creator of this universe, and..." She stopped as the two pokémon started laughing wildly at her. "Hey! What's so fun about that?"

"So ridiculous." the nidoqueen said. "How is it possible that someone still thinks that Arceus exists? Do you understand that, Kiru?"

"Definitely... not." Kiru the nidoking replied. "So... What should we do with them, Kina?"

"Let's bring them to Master Crush." Kina replied and grabbed Feather. "You're all coming with us, or I'm going to do something nasty to this little guy." Team Saviours, having no choice, followed Kina deeper into the darkness, while Kiru walked behind them, just to be sure that they wouldn't be able to run away. They soon came into a huge room with torches on the walls. In the middle of the room, a tyranitar sat on the top of a big rock.

"Master Crush, my sister and I captured these strangers!" Kiru said. "They're babbling something about Arceus!"

"Oh, not again." Crush muttered in annoyance. "As if that dusknoir hadn't been enough... Although, he already made me promise to keep believing in his version of the story."

"A dusknoir?" Whitetail spoke up. "Did he happen to have this... black necklace thing around his neck?"

"Maybe, maybe not." Crush grinned viciously. "Whatever. I'll listen to your version if one of you defeat me in battle. And I get to pick my opponent." His eyes passed over all the members of Team Saviours. Then he spoke up. "The riolu will be my opponent. I will show you my power! Get ready!" He crawled down from the rock.

"Why me?" Aura whispered. Then she stepped forward. "As a member of Team Saviours, I won't ever back down from a challenge... even if I'd want to..." Crush laughed meanly.

"You don't stand a chance, girl!" he yelled and fired off a Stone Edge towards her. She dodged and used Force Palm, aiming at his face. He opened his mouth, grabbed her and threw her into a wall. Shadow was about to rush forward to help her, but Mighty stopped him.

"Don't." he said. "Aura is, after all, one of the prophecy trio. Don't you believe in her power?" Shadow froze as he said that, and then, relaxed.

"Of course I do, but..."

"Then let me prove it!" Aura spoke up as she got to her feet. "I know that I might not be that strong, but..." She glared at Crush, a new fire burning in her eyes. "...when I'm pissed off, no one's going to get in my way." If her teammates had been able to see her aura right then, they would've seen the usually faint blue light blazing like a flame.

"Who are you?" Crush asked as Aura stepped towards him.

"I am the aura guardian." she replied. "Be prepared for the battle of your life." Crush laughed again.

"Battle of my life? I highly doubt that." he smirked and fired a Hyper Beam against Aura, who got hit. An explosion occured, and smoke filled the cave.

"Aura!" Shadow, Whitetail and Feather yelled, about to dash forward. But as the smoke disappeared, Aura still stood up, arms crossed, not looking hurt at all.

"Ever heard of the move Endure?" she asked as Crush stared at her in shock. "With the most simple of moves, you can take down even the strongest opponents, if you've got brain enough how to use the moves." She then charged towards Crush and hit him in the face with Force Palm.

"You little...!" Crush growled and used another Hyper Beam. This time, Aura dodged it and used Aura Sphere against him before he got any chance to react. While he was still shocked over the first Aura Sphere, Aura fired off some more Aura Spheres, making him trip over.

"She's winning!" Feather cheered. "Go Aura! Go Aura!" Shadow couldn't but smile as he saw how much Feather reminded him of a certain pidgeot right now. Crush got to his feet again, just as Aura fired another Aura Sphere against him. He then used Protect and created a shield around his body. The Aura Sphere bounced away from the shield and almost hit Kiru, who had to jump to the side.

"So, what are you going to do now?" he asked with a smirk. Aura started running towards him. She jumped into the air and slammed her fist, which went straight through the shield, straight into Crush's face. He collapsed to the ground, defeated.

"That was... Feint, wasn't it?" Shadow asked. Mighty nodded.

"Yes, Feint is a move that works even if the foe has used Protect." he said.

"Wow... Guys, can you explain how I did this?" Aura suddenly looked very confused as she watched Crush on the ground. "I don't recall anything after being thrown into the wall..." Her teammates stared at her, eyes wide.

"Hey!" Kina yelled. "You beat Master Crush! You're not getting out of here alive!" She and Kiru stepped towards Team Saviours.

"I get the feeling that we should run." Whitetail stated. Her teammates nodded, and they started running away to escape the two angry desert pokémon.

A/N: Some important information. This story consists of three so-called arcs. This one, the first(and longest) arc, will end in about three chapters. The plot will change a bit after that, and the story's getting different and more(in my opinion) thrilling. We'll be seeing more of Darkrai and the commanders, too... Until next time(which hopefully won't take this long again), see ya!