Author's Notes: Yeah, my profile changed again and the summary of the story changed. once again, the stories changed a bit. Instead of it being 4 separate stories, I've decided to just put it all in one story. However, it will be separated into 4 different acts. These acts will most likely have breaks between when I write them.

Also, I've decided to take more time to make these chapters. Most likely weekly updates from now on.

Also, no, the chapter name is not a reference to Disney, I didn't know until a friend told me about it after I told him the name of the chapter.

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Guest: Erm... no problem I guess? I don't know who you are that reviewed. Are you one of the previous reviewers?

Jaliff: Well, i hope you like it! Also, sorry, but I won't be taking OC suggestions.

Something Dictionary Related: i will admit, when i first saw your name, I had to double-check and triple-check that I just saw that. Yeah, that is one issue I am trying to fix, keeping to one tense is kind of difficult. Did I misspell Eevee at some point? Darn, didn't mean to do so.

STr222: Sorry about those not happening anymore. However, i hope the longer chapters are worth the wait!

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~Chapter 4: The Jungle~

Separated. That is the word that can be used to easily describe how our heroes are. On one hand, Liz and Rion are in a pair. They found themselves in a sort of crag. on the other hand, Yin is alone, in a jungle. He was knocked out by an odd monster.

However, one question remains on both Liz and Yin's mind. Spiritomb spoke of a destiny that they are meant to fulfill. What is their destiny? What does Eevee know about it? Since he clearly knows something? Only time will be able to provide the answers to these questions, but with answers comes even more questions.

Yin woke up, despite where he had been when he was knocked out he felt surprisingly comfy. He looked around him, seeing the jungle around him, although he was resting on a rock formation that made a sort of bed. He looked around before spotting a brown haired girl. She wore armor, and it had a similar design to that of a Druddigon's body. Was she using the hide of a Druddigon to make her armor? If she was able to take down Druddigons all on her own, she was certainly a good fighter. Yin also noticed the lack of a conventional weapon, did she also use magic like Liz? "Oh! You're finally awake!" She said when she noticed him awake. She ran over to Yin. "You know, you shouldn't take on a Thunder Elemental if you can't use earth magic! That's just a bad idea all around!" Yin was surprised, she didn't know who eh was yet she already felt the need to lecture him about safety? How was she one to talk about safety? After all, she did live in this probably incredibly dangerous jungle!

"Says the girl who lives in the jungle," Yin said. The girl merely grinned and rolled her eyes. She extended a hand to Yin, which he accepted as she helped him get up and off the bed. Even though she was probably crazy for living out in this jungle; Yin felt he could trust her. After all, she did save him from that Thunder Elemental? "Wait, so the Elementals DO exist?" He asked the girl. She nodded then gasped.

"Oh! I get it now! You aren't from around here are you? Well, nice to meet you! My name is Nira!" Nira said, smiling.

"My name is Yin, so where exactly are we? As you guessed, I'm not exactly from around here."

"Well, you're in the Everlasting Jungle! I don't know why the people who named the jungle named it that, but they did!" Nira shrugged to support what she said.

"It is a pretty weird name, isn't it? I mean, it might NOT be everlasting. Nature can be a jerk sometimes, ya know?" After Yin said that he noticed a sad look on Nira's face. He was at first confused why she was sad, but then he realized what he just said. Yin face palmed at his stupidity there. "Oh, sorry, I guess I didn't think about what I said. i didn't mean to say it like that." Nira nodded before wiping her tears away that were building up in her eyes. Yin was surprised that just one thing like that had made her cry. Now he really did feel bad about accidentally saying what he said. He never liked to make anyone cry.

"It's fine, Yin, sorry I just get really upset when someone brings up this beautiful place being destroyed! I try to protect it as best I can. Why else would I accept the curse of magic?" Yin was a bit confused there. A curse of magic, he had never heard of something like that before! Where he came from, Magic was considered to be a gift, and ones who could wield it were looked at as really important people. After all, only a couple people in their village's history ever wielded magic. The elder, who was the first human to ever live according to legend, and Liz. Legends are lore must be very different here, Yin thought. He shook the thought and decided to ask his next question.

"Hey, could you help me out? I kind of got separated from my friends. Would you maybe mind helping me find them?" Nira gasped, this guy got separated from his friends!? She thought the idea of being separated from HER friends was an absolutely terrifying one! She knew she just HAD to help Yin find his friends now!

"Oh my gosh, you're separated from your friends!? That must be absolutely awful! Of course I'll help you find them! First thing is first though, follow me, you'll want some better supplies if we have to go to a lot of places looking for them!" Nira then set off down one of the paths that were in front of them. Yin thought about it for a second, then he followed her down the path. After all, she was offering to help, and did he really have anywhere else he could go? As he walked he couldn't help but admire the scenery, it was just so gorgeous. The way the light filtered through the canopy of the jungle was just so amazing. The odd orange plants that wrapped around the large trees seemed to be constantly pulsing, like some sort of energy was flowing through them. Yin was quite intrigued by this. However, he knew it was probably nothing, so he ignored it.

"So, how long is this walk going to take?" Yin asked Nira. Nira stopped for a second and put her hand on her chin, thinking about it for a second. In her past experience, it had taken her at least a week, but she was always taking breaks to enjoy the jungle around her. Now that they were going to be moving if they weren't sleeping, the amount of time the trip would take would be cut down by a lot. "Wait a second, where are we even going?"

"We are going to a village that is quite a long way from here. As long as we keep moving through the whole day, we should get there in three days." Yin groaned when he heard how long it was going to take. He started to wonder just how big this jungle was if it took 3 days to get through it! Heck, he was sure it normally took Nira longer, since she probably always stopped and rested quite a bit whenever she left eh village to come out this far. He sighed and shook his head.

"So, we're in for quite a long walk? Well, let's get moving then; we can't afford to waste anymore time," Yin said before starting to move again. Nira nodded, taking the lead again. Their walk continued like this for quite a bit, but soon a group of Simisage, Simisear, and Simipour had them surrounded. Yin drew his blade thinking there was going to be a fight. However, He was surprised when Nira whispered something to him.

"Put your weapon away, let me handle this." Nira then looked all of the pokemon. "Listen, my friend here is no threat to us!" The pokemon didn't change their expressions one bit. Nira was a bit confused. usually the pokemon around here would listen to what she said! What had changed that useful thing she exploited to get her friends out of trouble? Then it hit her. They only listened to Nira previously because they thought she was special. No other human lived in the jungle, so the pokemon thought she was a unique creature. Now that there was another one of her kind around them; they realized they had been lied to. Nira knew that from here on out, the only place she'd be safe was the village. After all, she was a great friend to many of the pokemon who lived there. Her armor was evidence of it!

The pokemon began to charge in and Yin quickly realized that Nira's tactic didn't work. He drew his weapon and slashed at two of the charging monkey pokemon. They dodged back swiftly, avoiding his slash. Reluctantly, Nira readied her magic; she now knew they'd have to fight. Although, Nira really didn't want to fight any of the pokemon in the jungle, as it her home just as much it was their home. She fired a spell at that ground. Quickly Wind shot out from around her and Yin, knocking the pokemon off their feet. Yin took this as an opportunity, he sliced at three of their attackers, able to defeat them in one slash. Yin and Nira quickly learned that this tactic was working well. They looked at each other and nodded. They repeated this a couple times, until all of the pokemon that were attacking them had been defeated.

Afterward, Nira dropped to her knees, she looked quite upset with herself. Yin was concerned so he approached her, keeping his weapon ready just in case. "What's wrong, Nira?" After he asked, Nira started bawling. Yin hadn't really noticed it until now for some reason, but Nira seemed to be quite young. She looked kind of like she was barely even his age. Perhaps, the armor she wore hid her age from him until now. "Nira, what is the problem?" He asked. nira stopped her sobbing for a moment to answer Yin's question.

"It's my fault their angry. Most of these pokemon; they've never seen another human in their lives. I'm the only one they knew their whole lives. I guess I king of always knew a little bit, but it just hit me. They thought I was special this whole time, and that is why they treated me so well. Now that they've seen you; they know that I hid the truth from them. I don't know if I hid the truth on purpose, and that... that scares me. Did i really exploit their naivety? Oh goodness, will Rachel hate me for this!?" Yin listened to the whole story. Although, eh didn't know who Rachel was; he could guess that it was a pokemon she was close to. Thinking of the reminded him of Eevee; he wondered for a second if the little guy was okay. Then, his thoughts went back to Nira.

"Hey, you know what, let's get to that village. Maybe when we're there, we can try to fix this problem? I mean, you live in the village right? Surely, they'd let you come back to your home!" Nira looked at him for a second then brought up one point.

"Yeah, but, the entire jungle outside of the village is probably out to get me now! How are we supposed to get back with pokemon constantly attacking us!?" Yin merely put his sword into the ground in front of her, putting one of his feet on the hilt. He smiled.

"I'll keep us safe, okay? Let ME do all the fighting if you want; you can just lead me through the jungle." Nira smiled back at him, wiping her tears away. She nodded before standing up.

"Alright, that sounds like a good plan," Nira said. She then started to walk down the path once again. Yin smiled before picking his sword up out of the ground and putting it back in its sheath. Soon, the landscape around them began to change. Instead of there being trees all around them; Yin could finally see just how high up they were. He looked through a large break in the trees. They were on a huge cliff, even higher than some low hanging clouds! "Beautiful, isn't it? I never get tired of this view," Nira said, standing next to Yin. Yin looked at her before nodding in agreement.

"Yeah, this is a really good view. I feel like I could just stand here for hours and look at this view." Nira and Yin stood there for a couple minutes. They just couldn't get enough of the view, despite Nira having seen it hundreds upon hundreds of times. Before long, Nira pulled hon Yin's arm as she started to walk along the path again. "Hey! What was that for!?" Nira giggled in response.

"I tried to tell you 5 times it was time for us to get moving again, but you never responded! Geez! I thought I got wrapped up in that view!" Yin scratched the back of his head sheepishly. They then continued forward. Yin was kind of upset he had to leave that view behind though. he felt coming back to this place would be worth it just to see that view again. Yin was pulled away from his thoughts by a scream. He quickly looked up. There, in front of Nira, was a Flygon. It swung its tail at Nira. However, Yin jumped in front of Nira and blocked the tail with his sword. He then slashed at the Flygon but it flew backwards just in time for Yin him to miss. A beam of ice came from behind Yin, hitting the Flygon square in the face. Yin looked behind him, seeing it was Nira who fired the Ice Beam at the dragon. Yin charge forward, dealing a heavy blow to the Flygon. The Flygon could obviously tell it was outmatched by these two humans, and it quickly flew off.

"Thanks for the backup, Nira. i guess I was kind of dumb to think I could handle all of the pokemon that attack us myself, wasn't I?" Nira merely nodded before continuing forward. Soon, the sun was setting, and the duo found a nice place to set up camp for the night. Yin saw this as a good opportunity to ask a question he had been wanting to ask all day. "Hey, Nira, earlier you mentioned someone named Rachel? Who is that?"

"Oh, Rachel. Well, you see, I found a one egg out here in the jungle a year ago. i took it back to the village and kept an eye on it. A couple months later, it hatched into an Eevee. She is a really fun and energetic girl, and well... I'm pretty much her mother." Yin was shocked to say the least to her the last part. How was Nira the mother of the Eevee? All she did was care for the egg!

"How does that work?" Yin asked.

"Well, pokemon naturally have an instinct to think the first thing they see if their mother or father, depends on the scent of the creature what they identify it as. She thought I was her mother. She was so cute that I couldn't resist. I raised her up as if I was actually her mother!" Yin smiled at the thought.

"Ya know, I met an Eevee a few days ago. he's pretty nice to. Eevees seem to be a pretty cool pokemon, ya know?" Nira merely gasped at what he said.

"Did you say he? Hehe! When you find him again, you should bring him to meet Rachel. I think she has been looking for a mate, but there aren't any other Eevees around." Yin just sat there for a minute before nodding. Wait, did he just nod? Did he just set his friend up for a date? Yin shook his head and laid down; he needed some sleep.

Yin woke up the next morning. To his surprise, nothing at all had happened during the night. Perhaps most of the pokemon that were nocturnal didn't live up this high? Yin got up and stretched. He then grabbed his sword, which was laying on the ground next to where he way laying, and put it back in its sheath. Yin decided to sit down while he waited for Nira to wake up. Inside of his mind, Yin was still dealing with quite alot of questions. The biggest one though was about the safety of Liz and Eevee. were they both safe and sound? Yin shook his head, now was not the time to worry about things like that. His primary goal right now was to help Nira with her problem, then he could once again focus on finding Eevee and Liz.

Soon after Yin woke up, Nira also woke up. She yawned and stretched as well. "Oh, good morning Yin," Nira said when she saw Yin was also awake.

"Morning, Nira." Yin responded. Nira stood up, looking over to Yin. Yin stood up as well; he guessed it was time for them to get moving once again. He was correct as Nira began to walk down one of the couple of paths that branched off from the circular area they had decided to rest for the night at. Yin followed her down the path, wondering what would happen today during their little trek to the village. Soon, they came to a large clearing. Nira gasped when she saw who was at the end of the clearing. It was Rachel. Nira waved to Rachel, but instead of running up to her, Rachel just glared at Nira. That is when Nira saw the expression on Rachel's face, anger. She really was angry with her!

"Rachel, are you angry at me?" Nira asked. Rachel merely walked towards her, not breaking the stare she had with Nira. Rachel growled and bared her teeth at Nira. Rachel looked ready to pounce right at her! Then, Nira felt a hand on her shoulder. She looked behind her, it was Yin. Yin said one thing.

"Nira, you need to wake up."

Nira suddenly woke up from Yin shaking her awake. "Nira, look over there!" Yin pointed towards the other end of the clearing they were at when they decided to rest. Nira followed his point, and there on the other side of the clearing were two Bastiodon. One was the typical colors of a Bastiodon while one was strangely blue. Nira recognized these two and gasped audibly. She was quickly on her feet and ready to fight.

"These are the Bastion Brothers, they kill anyone who wanders into their territory for to long. I think we exceeded the time limit." Yin looked at the two pokemon. At first, he thought he would be useless in a fight against these two due to their heavy armor, but then he noticed their weak spot. Their undersides weren't well guarded! That was his target! Although, one problem still persisted, to be able to that; Yin would have to get right next to the two pokemon. That could turn out very bad for him. He shook his head and readied his weapon. Nira attacked first, firing a magical water attack at the brothers. Yin followed close behind, managing to sneak in one small attack before he needed to jump back just in time to dodge an incoming attack from the Blue brother.

The Gray brother suddenly charged right at Yin, however, it was knocked back from an attack from Nira. Yin used this as a chance for an attack, dealing a heavy slice to the Gray brother. However, he was then knocked away by the Blue Brother; who had recovered from Nira's previous attack. Nira quickly intercepted the Blue brother as it charged with another powerful wind attack, blowing the Bastiodon into a wall. Yin managed to get up, and he was just in time to side step the Gray brother. It suddenly tried to skid to a stop, as behind Yin was a large cliff. It did fall off, however, Nira quickly shot a wind spell towards it, managing to lift it back up to to where they were. The Bastiodon looked shocked that Nira had saved it. "Bast bastio bastiodon!" It said it its brother. The Blue Bastiodon merely nodded its head.

"Any clue what they said, Nira?" Yin asked Nira. Nira nodded and started to walk onto one of the paths.

"They said we could go on! They're thanking us for saving the Gray one!" Yin smiled, before following Nira. He was going to ask how she was able to understand pokemon so well, but he then realized that the answer was quite obvious. Since she had spent her entire life around pokemon; it was likely she could understand the pokemon like they were speaking their language. In fact, Yin thought it was a miracle that she could even speak their language. Maybe, like pokemon have their own language in their mind by instinct, humans know their language by instinct? Yin was also sure of one thing: if a human could lean the language of a pokemon; he wanted to learn it. Althouhg, he was sure it was probably something that took years to master, but if he could master he certainly wanted to do so!

After a long walk, Yin gasped as he and Nira came to a larger area. It seemed the the path was finally opening up. Then, Yin looked ahead, seeing a large clearing the jungle. In that clearing, there was a small village built. Was this the village Nira had been saying was their destination? "Here we are!" Nira said, confirming Yin's thought as they approached the village. When they got close, an Eevee could be seen running in their direction. Nira smiled, kneeling down and extendeing her arms out towards the Eevee as it got closer. YIn assumed from the gesture that this Eevee was Rachel.

"Eevee!" Rachel jumped into Nira's arms, licking the girl's cheeks affectionately. Nira laughed at Eevee, hugging her tightly. Rachel then noticed Yin, giggling as she did. "Ee eve eevee ee eve?" Rachel asked Nira, giggling as she did. Nira immediately had an embarrassed look from whatever Rachel had asked.

"No, of course not!" Nira said, setting Rachel down on the ground. Yin was sort of confused as to what was said, but he decided to not worry about it. It probably wasn't very important anyways. "Well, let's get going into the village. The pokemon there will want to meet you! I know they will!" Nira said cheerfully as her and Rachel started to run back towards the village. Yin followed quickly, not wanting to be left behind. They entered the village, and was surprised to see it full of Goomies, Sliggos, and Goodras. Although, the Goodras were quite less populated, perhaps it was because they were the elders? "Welcome to Dragon Village!" Nira said, as the Goomies, which Yin assumed to be the children, rushed over to him. They happily chanted out their names saying incomprehensible things to Yin as they crowded around him.

One of the Goodras, who was clearly older than the rest due to how slow it moved. Walked up to Nira. "Goo, goodra, go good goodra go." It said to her, then pointed to Yin. Nira nodded.

"He said 'Welcome to our village!'" Nira translated. Yin nodded to Goodra. "So, I'm guessing you'll want to leave tomorrow? I mean I totally understand if that is the case!" Yin nodded, following Nira as she started to lead him around town.

~End of Chapter~

Author's Notes: My first try at a long chapter, and I feel like I did well! Okay, first things first, I need to talk about something. In the next chapter, I'm going to start using first-person, I've been trying first person writing out, and I feel like I write better in first person. Also, a few ideas in future story events work much better if I do them in first person.

As for the next chapter, well, we'll be checking in on Rion and Liz! Hope you're looking forward to that; I know I am!

As always, please review and give me feedback!