A/N: Okay, I apologize sincerely for being such an idiot and not updating this story... I've realized now that lots of people like this story and want to see it continued, so... here you go. I'm so sorry. It's still mostly in Blacktail's POV.

Jealousy

Blacktail told himself he would never admit that he was jealous of Mighty. Not ever. Of course he wasn't! Not even though he was no seated in the corner while the other commanders were sitting in the middle of the cave, laughing and remembering The Old Times, AKA The Times Before Blacktail. Even Lord Darkrai seemed interested in the discussion and had stopped tormenting Arceus for a moment just to listen to the friendly conversation.

"Do you remember the Griseous Orb? And End Lake?"

"Of course I do, Marionette. I'm not stupid."

"Do you remember when I defeated you at chess?"

"I seem to recall no such thing, Spirit."

"It's nice to have you back."

"Why, thank you, Dusk. It's nice to see all of you too."

"Hmph." Blacktail frowned with disgust. All this nostalgia was making him sick. He'd never liked thinking of the past; what was the point of dwelling in memories?! He just couldn't understand. Just what did Mighty have that he didn't have?! He glared at the mightyena. He was a traitor. He had to be. And Blacktail was going to prove it.

"What do you think you're doing?" Blacktail spat suspiciously. It was in the middle of the night and he had caught Mighty sitting outside all on his own. If that wasn't a strange thing of him to do, Blacktail didn't know what was.

"I'm howling at the moon." the mightyena explained as if it was completely natural. He then raised his gaze to look at the fullmoon above, and let out a fierce howl. "It's something my species do. It's a kind of ritual. No other species of pokémon can understand it. Just now I said hello. And now I'm saying it's beautiful moon tonight." He howled again, not as loud this time, but Blacktail could hear another howl in the distance.

"What's that then?" he muttered and glared at Mighty. The older pokémon just looked at him, clearly seeing the eevee as inferior.

"Oh. That's just another mightyena out there somewhere, replying to me." He twitched his ears, taking in the faraway sound. "Oh, I see." He let out a shorter, more confident howl.

"What did you say?" Blacktail asked, trying to sound accusing but he probably ended up sounding more curious now because he actually found it rather interesting.

"She said she agreed, and I told her good night." Mighty grinned confidently, before slipping past Blacktail, back into Newmoon Cave. The severely annoyed Blacktail was left standing out there alone in the night, wondering if Mighty had been honest or not, and not coming to any conclusion.

"What did he say, Yena?" Whitetail asked, pouncing up and down in anticipation. Yena glared at the eevee in annoyance and cleared her throat. She wasn't used to communicating with howling.

"First, he said that everyone trusts him except Blacktail the eevee. Then he said that Blacktail seemed jealous of him." Yena explained. Whitetail's teammates all listened curiously, the meowth and the pidgey looking a bit more lost than the others.

"What did you say to him, then?" the pikachu asked, sounding a bit worried under his cool and calculating gaze.

"I asked him whether he was going to be okay or not." Yena told him. "Whatever you think of me, I actually care about my brother. I don't want Darkfur to get into trouble."

"Says the one who tried to kill him." the riolu muttered to herself, rolling her eyes.

"Hey! I heard that!" Yena spat. "And I don't want to be reminded of that, so shut up! That's in the past, okay?"

"Okay, okay!" Whitetail shouted. "So what did Mighty reply?"

"He said he'd be okay." Yena replied, twitching her ears, wondering if there were going to be any more messages from her brother. "I believe him. He has a Purity Crystal, and no one else can understand a mightyena's howl."

"Okay." Whitetail stated, glaring at Yena. "But they better not hurt my mother or Mighty. 'Cause if they do, I'll make them pay. I swear I will. Darkrai will be punished." When Yena looked into the eevee's eyes right then, she saw a fierceness beyond her age burning in Whitetail's age, a fury that seemed ancient in its nature. In that moment, the shiny mightyena could truly understand that Whitetail was the daughter of Arceus and Giratina. Then, after a second, the rage was gone, and Princess Whitetail was just Whitetail the eevee again.

"All right, let's have a rest now, shall we?" the pikachu interrupted, clearly sensing the tension in the air. "We need to be strong now."

"I need to talk to you." Blacktail said to Marionette. After a lot of thinking, the eevee had come to the conclusion that Marionette was the one he could trust the most out of the commanders; the one that was the most clever and the one who would be able to put her old friendship with Mighty aside for this.

"What is it?" the banette asked, sounding annoyed as she leaned against the cave wall. Blacktail cast a few glances around to make sure no one else was listening, and then leant close to Marionette's face, whispering:

"I think Mighty is a spy."

For a second, Marionette just stared at him. Then, her mouth twitched, and burst into a wide grin. She broke into a laugh.

"Oh my... Hahahaha! Blacktail, don't be ridiculous! Why in Lord Darkrai's name would he be a spy?" she asked, chuckling all the way. "I get it. You're joking. Stop being ridiculous, kid. See you later." She then walked off, probably to join the others in yet another discussion about The Times Before Blacktail.

"But...!" Blacktail began helplessly, before crying out in frustration. He couldn't believe it. Marionette had just ignored him and treated him like a child!

That was the moment when Blacktail finally had to admit that he was jealous of Mighty.

A/N: That took me less than an hour to write. I really need to keep writing Seven Powers. I'm so sorry, everyone. I can't give any promises to when I'll next continue this, but I'll try, ok? If you haven't given up on me yet, please review. It would really motivate me to keep going. There are only seven chapters left now.