Hello everyone before we start I would like to tell you that School will start soon so I won't be able to post chapter as fast as I have been for some time. But don't worry I will still work on them. Now on to chapter ten _

Chapter 10

A Day Of Problems

Oliver P.O.V.

It was good to see Ava again. I miss her, even if she did try to make me a dartboard. She led us to the Union and during the run Ava talked to everyone getting to know everyone. During the walk me and Ava then returned Aurorus, Manectric, Pyroar, and Houndoom. Once we got to the Union Ava lead us to The Don's room. Once we made it into the we saw Flynn in the room already talking to The Don. "So you've come back have ya?" The Don said to us. "Well where else would I go Don." Ava said walking to the right side of The Don. "Drampa." Drampa said from behind The Don. "Yuri." Flynn said, turning to us.

"What do you two know about each other?" Raven asked Flynn as he walked to The Don left. "Drilbur." Dlibur said standing next to Raven. "Yes we're old friends."

"Ya don't say." The Don said to Flynn. "So where is your Pokemon partner?" Ava asked Flynn. "I don't have one." Flynn said. "Intesting? I figure that a friend of Yuri would have one." Ava said to Flynn. "I see you know Yuri as well." Flynn said to The Don and Ava. "I walked with them into the city." Ava said. "And we crossed paths during the assault on the city. Now then what business did ya have?" The Don asked Flynn. "Uh." Flynn said. "Uh is not a good answer." Ava said. "Wow they even sound the same." Rita said, looking at Oliver. "Solosis." Solosis said agreeing with Rita.

"We came to ask you about a man named Barbos of the Blood Alliance. It looks like he's the one behind the recent string of stolen blastia cores." Yuri said to The Don. "I see so Barbos is tied up in your problem as well." Flynn said to Yuri. "You have a problem with him too?" Yuri asked Flynn. "Pawnirad?" Pawniard said, wondering what Flynn's problem. "We have come to ask that the Union relinquish all ties with the Blood Alliance. Other guilds have begun to follow Barbos' example. Abusing blastia on other areas and disrupting the order of society. If we can count on your assistance. I feel that together we should move to put an end to the Blood Alliance." Flynn said to The Don.

"Barbos. He's been testing the limits of my patience lately." The Don said to Flynn. "And he and his Blood Alliance have no love for Pokemon." Ava said to The Don. "Looks like it's time to remind that brute how a proper guild behaves." The Don said. "Drampa." Drampa said nodding his head yes. "A clash between the guilds and the empire was avoided the other day. Largely due to your intervention. However if Barbos is left unattended the relations between our two states may yet again be torn apart." Flynn said to The Don. "That's not gonna be fun for anybody." The Don said to Flynn.

"Agree sir." Ava said to The Don. "The time for stopping Barbos is now." Flynn said to The Don. "Since we'd be cooperating with ya I assume we and our Pokemon will be on equal standing with the empire in this." The Don asked Flynn. "Yes. Sir." Flynn said to The Don. "Humph if that's the case a united front with the Empire might not be such a bad idea." The Don said. "Then?" Flynn asked The Don. "Yeah we'll deal with this together. Hey send a message to Belius. Tell Belius that Nordopolica' gonna help us." The Don said to one of his men. The men then left to deliver the letter.

"Man this is serious." Karol said to us. "Well we are talking about removing a guild here it's not something taken lightly especially one of the master Guilds." I said to Karol as Flynn gave The Don a letter. "I've brought a letter from his Highness Ioder." Flynn said to The Don as he took the letter. "A secret note from the Imperial candidate. Huh?" The Don said reading the letter. "Read it aloud." The Don said to Raven. "If Don Whitehorse is taken out of the picture we are willing to overlook the Union's responsibility in the Barbos affair. As well as help kill the monsters invading Dahngrest." Raven said reading the letter out loud. "What?!" Flynn said surprising everyone in the room.

"Delphox come out and use Psychic on Flynn." Ava said letting Delphox out. "Delphox." Delphox said pulling out one of her sticks and pointed it at Flynn. Flynn then was wrapped in a light purple outline and held into the air. "Hah hah hah! Nice work Ava." The Don said as Ava took the letter from Raven. Ava then let Flynn read it. "What... What is this?" Flynn said shaking a bit. "Don't play dumeb." Ava said yanking the letter away. "Looks like you and the young master see things a bit differently."

"There must be some mistake! Master Ioder would never say such a thing." Flynn said to them. "Show our guest here to his own private suite!" The Don said. "Yes sir you heard the man Delphox." Ava said to Delphoz. "Delphox." Delphox said turning Flynn upside down. "Don Whitehorse please listen to me this is some sort of trap!" Flynn said as Delphox took him away.

"Flynn!" Estelle said trying to help him. "Estelle wait." I said as me and Yuri stopped her. "Why would you?" Estelle asked us. "Hang on. If we screw up. It'll only make things worse for Flynn." Yuri said to Estelle. "Or get us in a cell next to him or killed." I said to Estelle. "Togepi." Togepi said trying to comfort Estelle. "All-out war with the empire! We'll take everything we've got and march on the imperial capital! Try and make a fool out of me?! I'll tear these little messengers limb from limb!" The Don said as he started to walk. "DRAMPA!" Drampa roared as everyone started to leave. On the way out Ava turned to me and gave me a wink before leaving.

"Th-this is bad!" Karol said watching them leave. "Skiddo." Skiddo said nodding his head. "And it looks like he's forgotten all about talking with us." Rita said to us. "He's got other things to worry about now." I said to them. "Yeah I don't think The Don's in much of a talking mood right now." Yuri said to us. "I have to return to the empire and find out what's really going on!" Estelle said to us. "I doubt you can do anything Estelle. Remember there's no one in charge so the higher ups of the empire are trying to gain more power." I said to Estelle. "I agree we should hang on. We should sit still for now and see what happens." Yuri said to Estelle. "I… I suppose you two are right." Estelle said to us. We then left the Union then Yuri stopped. "What is it Yuri?" I asked Yuri. "Huh? That's strange." Yuri said, looking around. "What's strange?" Karol asked Yuri. "It looks like I dropped my wallet somewhere." Yuri said to us. "At a time like this?! Karol said to Yuri. "Maybe it fell out of my pocket at The Don's place? I'm going to go look. You wait here. You two Pawniard." Yuri said to us." Yuri said to us. "O-okay. Don't take too long!" Karol said to Yuri. "And stay out of trouble." I said to Yuri as we walked away. "Pawniard." Pawniard said waving goodbye.

NO P.O.V.

Yuri then walked to the pension cells where Flynn was kept after leaving the team. "Yuri." Flynn said to Yuri as he heard Yuri walk in. "Thought I was being quiet. But I guess you heard me." Yuri said walking to Flynn's cell. "So you've come to have a laugh at me in this sorry state? Is Oliver here too?" Flynn asked Yuri. "Yeah I wanted to see what kind of expression being locked up put on your face. To bad Oliver isn't here." Yuri said to Flynn. "It doesn't hurt to be forced to view things from behind bars every now and then." Flynn said to Yuri. "What the hell you think you are doing coming here with a letter like that?" Yuri asked Flynn. "That was the red eyes. They attacked after you left." Flynn said to Yuri. "You don't screw up like that. Was it one of your people?" Yuri asked Flynn.

"Even if it was the responsibility is mine." Flynn said. "I see. If the red eyes are involved. Then Ragou's gotta be behind it all." Yuri said to Flynn. "But how do you know?" Flynn asked Yuri. "At the harbor we saw Ragou giving orders to one of their assassins." Yuri said to Flynn. "I hadn't heard about that." Flynn said to Yuri. "Do you know what they're trying to do?" Yuri asked Flynn. "Most likely they want to force a clash between the guilds and the Knights." Flynn said to Yuri. "That's bad. You think another one of those false letters went to the knights?" Yuri asked Flynn. "Yes to put them in a fighting mood." Flynn said to Yuri. "If you know that much then get out there and get the real letters back." Yuri asked Flynn to open the cell door.

"I was wondering how long it'd take you to get rid of that damn lock." Flynn said walking out. Yuri just stayed quiet. "You've got to stay here." Flynn said to Yuri. "What and be your scapegoat?" Yuri said, as he did not like this idea. "You're just itching to get rid of me. Aren't you?" Yuri said to Flynn. "Yuri if I don't make it back. You'll have to die in my place." Flynn said to Yuri. "Yeah." Yuri said as Flynn left and he entered the cell closing the door.

Yuri waited in the cell until The Don and Ava came in. "Taking your friend's place in a jail cell? You lost your mind son?" The Don said to Yuri. "Yeah this is a stupid idea." Ava said to Ava. "This coming from an old man who gets rid of his own guards on purpose." Yuri said to The Don. "Humph I had a special favor ta ask that rookie knight." The Don said. "And you ruined it." Ava said to Yuri. "You mean Flynn?" Yuri asked. "No Denice, of course Flynn." Ava said slapped her face with her hand. "The rats that plan these sorta stunts usually like ta enjoy their handiwork from somewhere nearby." The Don said. "And we have a pretty good idea who's behind this." Ava said. "If you two knew the letter was fake. Why'd you fire everyone up like that?" Yuri asked them. "If I didn't make a good show of things whoever's behind all this wouldn't bother ta come watch." The Don said to Yuri. "Yeah, no one's going to show up if the show is canceled." Ava said to Yuri.

"Besides, we've got a lot of hotheads around here who'd never let me hear the end of it if I didn't raise hell." The Don said. "That to." Ava said. "So that's where it stands of course if our friend the knight doesn't show up again you life is mine." The Don. "And I will pull the trigger." Ava said as they turned their back towards Yuri. "I know." Yuri said as The Don started to move. "Tell me one thing. Though what made you want to start a guild in the first place?" Yuri ask The Don. "I realized I couldn't protect the things that were important ta me. Playing by the empire's rules." The Don said to Yuri. "There have to be some things that were easier to protect when you were on the other side though. Even in the lower quarter where I'm from, we still had the barrier to protect us." Yuri said to The Don. "Sure, but were you happy with just putting up with all the things ya didn't like?" The Don asked Yuri. "Well I." Yuri said, but Ava interrupted.

"Well I is not an answer." Ava said to Yrui. "So if the rules the empire sets don't suit ya. You've got two choices. You can do like your friend is. And put everything you've got into changin' the system. Or can tunr yer back on the empire and live by the rules ya set fer yerself." The Don said to Yuri. "That's pretty clear cut." Yuri said to The Don. "Yep I think yer gonna have ta take responsibility for letting mt prisoner go." The Don said to Yuri. "You want me to do something besides rotting in this cell?" Yuri asked The Don. "The sap who's been putting together this little show's gotta be somewhere in this city. I'd been planning on askin yer armor-wearin friend ta hunt them down for me but." The Don said, but Ava stopped him. "But you let him go so now you have to find them." Ava said opening the door. "So you want me to find them?" Yuri asked them. "Your job is ta pay debt back ta me. How ya go about it is up ta you." The Don said. "And I will keep an I on you so don't try to run." Ava said to Yuri.

"You know that young lady ya brought with ya is running all over the place helping with the injured folks. Yer not the type ta be the only one sittin around twiddling his thumbs. Right?" The Don said to Yuri. "Estelle. Huh. that sounds like her." Yuri said. Then let's get to work Yuri." Ava said leading Yuri out. "You first." Ava said making Yuri walk ahead of her. "What don't trust me?" Yuri said to Ava. "Don't take this the wrong what, but you don't look like a trustworthy guy." Ava said as they started to walk. They walked outside to see The Don, Drampa, Raven, Drilbur and a lot of soldiers.

"Out of the way! The Don is passing through!" A soldier said running past Yuri and Ava. "Is he really planning on going to war just to lure those rats out of hiding?" Yuri asked Ava. "Sometimes the best plan to find someone is to spring their traps they set for you." Ava said to Yuri. "We'll teach those imperial bastards to look down on us!" The Don said to his men. "Drampa dram drampa." Drampa said to the Pokemon. "Oh Yuri! Ava!" Karol said to Yuri and Ava. "Yuri and Ava turned their head to see Karol, Skiddo, Estelle, Togepi, Pawniard, and Oliver sanding nearby. "Have you finished healing the injured yet?" Yuri asked Estelle as he and Ava walked to him. "How did you know that?" Estelle asked Yuri. "The Don told me. This is from him-his way of saying thanks." Yuri said to Estelle. "But Yuri, things have gotten really bad!" Karol said to Yuri. "Yeah we're all in trouble." Oliver said to Yuri. "Yeah I noticed." Yuri said to them.

"No, that's not what I mean." Karol said to Yuri. "Yeah we have a problem." Oliver said to Yuri. "What's the problem?" Yuri asked them. "We saw them!" Karol said to Yuri. "Saw who?" Yuri asked them. "The Blood Alliance! Barbos wasn't with them but..." Estelle said to Yuri but Oliver interrupted her. "But there were a lot of them heading to the same place so something is going on there." Oliver said to Yuri. "Sounds like they are having a party. Where is it?" Ava asked Karol and Oliver. "Rita, Solosis, and Repede are shadowing them right now." Karol said to Ava. "Just what the Don wanted." Yuri said to them. "Let's catch up with Rita." Karol said to Yuri. "Skiddo." Skiddo said leading the way.

"So Ava why are you here shouldn't you be with The Don?" Oliver asked Ava. "I'm here to keep an eye on Yuri." Ava said to them surprising them. "Why?" Estelle asked. "Apparently they were going to use Flynn to stop the people behind this, but I let him go so now they are using me." Yuri said. "What?" Estelle said surprising her. "Yep and if he tries to run or fails his life is ours." Ava said. "WHAT!" Karol yelled. "Relax Karol we just have to stop the people running the show then Yuri gets to walk." Oliver said to Karol. "Yeah we just have to stop them then Yuri can live happily ever after." Ava said to them. "Guys there's Rita." Oliver said as they walked to Rita, Solosis and Rita.

"Rita." Karol said to Rita as they reached her, Solosis and Repede. "Yes." Rita said to Karol. "Let go inside." Yuri said to them. "Yuri wait we can't just walk in theirs to many guards there." Oliver said to Yuri placing his arm in front of them. "But if Barbos is in there." Estelle asked Oliver. "Then we can't just sit around and watch either huh?" Yuri said to Oliver. "What should we do?" Karol asked everyone. "Let me give you a tip." Raven said as they turned their heads to see Raven and Drilbur standing nearby. "Raven perfect time in all ways." Ava said to Raven. "Oh, it's you again." Rita said to Raven. "Hey hey is it okay. You being here?" Yuri asked Raven. "Yeah shouldn't you be with the troops?" Ava asked Raven. "No it ain't okay, but The Don asked me to make sure you youngsters don't screw things up and to protect Ava." Raven said walking to them. "Raven I don't need protection." Ava said to Raven. "Why don't you guys come with me to a tavern hear what I got to say?" Raven said to them.

"Go idea Raven come on guys let's go." Ava said leading the way to the tavern. "We don't have the time to-." Estelle said, but Raven intruded her. "Aw come on. You would like you to think I'm gonna trick you." Raven asked them. "Well you have tricked us before!" Rita said to Raven. "Solosis." Solosis said agreeing with Rita. "I can handle getting tricked a couple times. But there are limits to my patience old man." Yuri said to Raven. "Well guys are options to charge into that large crowd or go with them." Oliver said to the group. "Oliver is right just come with use this will work." Ava said as they followed her to the tavern.

Once they made it to the tavern Ava, Raven and Drilbur wear walking to a room with a guard in front of it. "We're coming through." Raven said to the guard. The guard just moved to the side, letting them in. "What is this place?" Yuri asked Raven and Ava. "Just a place The Don has for drinking with important guests and having secret conversations." Raven said to them. "Nice place isn't it?" Ava said to them. "Are you telling us just stay here and drink?" Yuri said to them. "Yeah we don't have time for this." Oliver said to them. "Don't worry if your friend comes back with the real letter. Things could be settled peacefully." Raven said to them. "Sorry, but I can't let Flynn hog all the glory." Yuri said to Raven. "We need to find the criminals behind all of this trouble!" Estelle said to Raven and Ava. "And we can't let them get away with this." Oliver said to Raven and Ava as they walked to the back wall. "And if that happens to be Barbos..." Estelle said, but raven interrupted her.

"Easy now haste makes waste." Raven said to Estelle. "Yeah you just gotta relax." Ava said as she and Raven leaned against the back wall. Then they notice a handle on the wall next to Raven and Ava. Yuri and Oliver then walk to them. "What's this?" Yuri asked them. "The reason we're here." Ava said to Yuri. "There are sewer tunnels that sprawl in a labrinth beneath this town. Long ago when the town was occupied by the empire the guilds used these tunnels to fight back." Raven said, looking at the handle. "Wait. don't tell me this place is connected to those sewer tunnels." Karol asked Raven. "That's exactly what it is! And our plan is to use them to sneak right up behind those guys." Raven said to them. "Quickly sneak in and catch them huh? It's a bit of a detour, but it's the best chance we got." Yuri said to them. "That's the idea aren't ya glad you trusted me?" Raven said to them. "Raven your plan is for us to walk through the sewers. I'll agree that this will be easier to catch them, but it's the sewer." Oliver said to Raven.

"He's right let's see how this goes first." Yuri said to Raven. "So you two still don't trust me huh?" Raven said to Oliver and Yuri. "Naturally. You'll be coming with us too. Right old man?" Yuri said to Raven. "Yeah if you want us to trust you then you can lead the way Raven." Oliver said to Raven. "Aw crap and I was totally planning on skipping town…" Raven said, but stopped when he felt Ava's crossbow on the back of his head. "I mean I will gladly help guide you through the sewers." Raven said to them. "That's what I thought you said." Ava said, putting her crossbow away. Then they walked into the pitch black dark sewer.

Oliver P.O.V.

We walked down some stairs and it was so dark we couldn't see anything. "Oh it pitch black." Estelle said. "Togepi." Togepi said. "Oliver don't try anything funny." Ava said to me. "I poke your back one time in the dark and I never hear the end of it." I said to Ava. "I'd rather not get lost here and never see the light of day again." Yuri said. "Yuri if you keep talking like that, then it will happen so please don't talk like that." Ava said to Yuri. "Pawnirad." Pawniard said aggring with Ava. "yo genius mage girl, can't you use some fire magic and light up this place?" Raven asked Rita. "Drilbur." Drilbur said. "Are you trying to use me as your personal lamp? You've got some nerve old man." Rita said to Raven. "Solosis." Solosis said to Raven. "Rita, isn't there something you can do?" Estelle asked Rita.

"Hmm nope Fire magic is only used for combat." Rita said to Estelle. "Oliver, Ava can't one of Pokemon help?" Estelle asked. "Not one of our Pokemon can generate light. Rita you got any ideas?" I said to Estelle before asking Rita. "For us to have continuous illumination. Aer would need to be constantly supplied like lux blastia." Rita said. "You mean this thing." Ava said as suddenly as a light was turned on. "Where did you get that?" Rita asked Ava. "I had it in my bag The Don gave it to me." Ava said. "Then why didn't you pull it out sooner?" Yuri asked Ava. "I'm sure Oliver told you about our bags and it was dark, I had to fish for it." Ava said to Yuri. "Ok let's move." I said to the group. "But before we go first you must know the aer in the charging stations here are weak so we have a limited amount in the lux blastia. So we need to keep finding charging stations or else things will get dark again." Ava said as we all nodded and started to walk.

We walk for a bit when Karol and Skiddo notice something in the water. "M-Monsters!" Karol said to us. "Skiddo." Skiddo said as we looked over to see a few monsters. "Umm they won't attack us will they?" Estelle said, looking at the monsters. "I vote we go before we find out." I said trying to get us to move. "Agree let's move." Ava said as the lux blastia started to die. "The light." Estelle said as the lux blastia light went from a torch to a small candle. "Oh great." Ava said looking at the lux blastia "We need to charge up some aer before it goes out." Rita said to us. "But before that we may have a problem." I said as three monsters jumped in front of us. "What the?" Karol said as we all grad are weapons. "Doublade / Delphox come on out." Me and Ava said letting Doublade and Delphox out. "Doublade. Delphox." They said as they got ready to fight. "Doublade uses Aerial Ace." I said to Doublade. "And Delphox uses Shock Wave." Ava said to Delphox. "Doublade. Delphox." They said as Doublade disappeared and reappeared killing one of them. And Delphox pulls out its sticks from her arms then snot electricity out of it frying the other monster. "Pawniard uses Aerial Ace too." Yuri said to Pawniard. "Pawniard." Pawniard said as he disappeared and reappeared killing the last of the monsters.

"That was scary. I never expected monsters to wait for us to drop our guard before an attack." Karol said, looking at the dead monsters. "There's no way any monster's that smart." Rita said. "They aren't the monsters down here don't like light so they flee from it. That's why I said we need to find another charging station." Ava said to us. "Perhaps they're weak against light or something?" Estelle said, looking at the monsters. "There are monsters like that?" Yuri asked Estelle. "There are indeed. Creatures that live in dark places such as caverns and the ocean floor sometimes have an aversion for light and work hard to avoid it." Estelle said to Yuri. "Oh right so that's why they didn't attack when it was bright. But how could Doublade, Delphox, and Pawniard attack in this light?" Karol said.

"It's their moves Aerial Ace and Shock Wave, are two Pokemon moves that never miss. They pack a punch, even if it's a little weak sometimes. But it never misses then there is no problem." I said to Karol. "What do you mean?" Rita asked me. Rita quickly asked. "What's better a giant fireball that burns out before it could hit it's target to a small fireball that never misses?" I asked her. "Fair point." Rita said to me. "Can we continue this take after we get the lux bastia charged." Ava said to us. "Oh there's another one of those machines!" Karol said as he found a charging station. "Hey how do you know this?" I asked Ava as she charged the lux blastia. "The Don took me down here the night I joined the guilds." Ava said to me. "Why?" I asked her. "Come on I'll show you." Ava said leading the way. "Ok, but can I look Delphox up in the pokedex first?" Estelle asked Ava. "Sure just be quick about it." Ava said as estelle pulled out the Pokedex.

Delphox

The Fox Pokemon

Fire / Psychic

Using psychic power, it generates a fiery vortex of 5,400 Fahrenheit, incinerating foes swept into this whirl flame.

We then started to walk for a bit longer avoiding the monsters until we made it to an area with some natural light. Then we walked to a wall with words on. "What's this?" I asked, lacing my hand hand on the wall. "The reason The Don brought me here." Ava said walking next to me. "Hm. there's something carved here words what is that?" Yuri said looking rubbing away from some dirt. "Long ago our ancestors abandoned their nations for forgetting their duty to protect their people and thus became the true defenders of freedom. This is how the guilds first began but now the iron shackles of oppression threaten to strangle us once again. It is because we have forgotten the oath of our ancestors and spent our time fighting one another for our own self-interests. Therefore, we must once again return to the basic principles behind the guilds and join our strengths together as one. We offer our sword for freedom, our shields for friendship and our lives for the common good. Here we renew our ancient oath." Estelle said reading the words on the wall.

"Hey isn't that the Union Oath?" Karol said looking at the wall. "What is that?" Rita asked Karol. "It's like a slogan that the Don came up with when he formed the Union." Karol said to Rita. "We can't depend on the empire so we have to protect each other. In order to do that we need to join forces and put our lives on the line for one another." Raven said leaning against the wall. "But what's the oath doing in a place like this?" Karol asked. "This is where the Union was born." Ava said, placing her hand on the wall next to mine. "The Union is based on the guilds that resisted when this town was occupied by the empire. Before that guilds just did whatever they wanted and only joined together when there was a problem. Once things were resolved. They'd split up again. With the empire's occupation. They changed that." Raven said to us explaining the guilds history.

"So the guy who led those guild forces was Don Whitehorse?!" Karol said to Raven. "Skiddo." Skiddo said wondering the same thing. "Yep these sewer tunnels must've really come in handy back then." Raven said to us. "Drilbur." Drilbur said nodding his head. "So that's when they made the oath here?" Karol said. "Seems that way. I'd heard there was an actual written oath but I had no idea it's be etched in a wall like this." Raven said to us. "Then I guess I'm more important them you Raven." Ava said making us laugh. "Mean." Raven said frowning. "There's something beautiful about how the oath is written on a wall." Estelle said looking at the wall. "It is beautiful after all the Union started from this and grow to be a force that can rival the empire." I said removing my hand from the wall.

"It says Aifread right here." Estelle said reading some of the names on the wall. "Oh yeah that infamous king of the pirates." Yuri said. "Yeah didn't Patty mention him?" I asked. "The way The Don tells it he was supposedly a sworn ally. But he was such a shrewd and cunning individual that even the Don had difficulty dealing with him." Raven said to us. "The Don's a pretty impressive guy to be able to call someone like that a sworn ally." Yuri said. "Yuri I'm sure there's a reason they worked together." I said to Yuri. "Our lives for the common good huh?" Karol said. "I'm glad I got to see something so fascinating, but we take care of Barbos now let's go." Yuri said as we continue to walk. While we walked Yuri and Karol talk about the oath. We soon made our way to some stairs.

We then walk up the stairs. "Where are we?" Yuri asked looking around. "It looks like a tavern?" I said looking around. "A tavern in the eastern part of the town used by Barbos as a hideout. Basically it's the place you guys were trying to sneak into." Raven said to us. "Then Barbos is somewhere around here?" Yuri asked to Raven. "If he is I don't see him." I said looking around. "It looks like there's a second floor let's see what's up there." Yuri said as we walked up the stairs. On the way up I looked out a window to see the guilds and their Pokemon getting ready to fight the knights. "We have to hurry." I said as we picked up the pace. I turned my head to see Delphox make a few psychic orbs then sent them flying into a few portals.

When we got close to the second floor I heard Ragou and Barbos talking. "Barbos what is the meaning of this!" Ragou said to Barbos. "I haven't the slightest idea what you're talking about." Barbos said to Ragou. "The tower and the blastia of course! I have yet to receive any reports about them!" Ragou said. "Why should I have to report to you about something like that?" Barbos said. "Wh-what?! Building that lousy tower fortress of yours without speaking a word of it to your own employer. You even went so far as to use Leviathan's Claw for help!" Ragou said. "I'm not your lapdog Ragou. I just gathered the cores together like you requested. It's thanks to my effort that you were able to make that weather-controlling blastia." Barbos said. "And just what made you think it was okay to carry off the extra cores?!" Ragou said. "Our mutual non-interference was a condition of our agreement was it not?" Barbos said. "Wh-what!" Ragou said. "And did I ever interfere with what you were doing?" Barbos said. "Barbos how dare you!" Ragou said. "You will leave now magistrate." Barbos said. "Remember this Barbos! Black-hearted filth like you always get what they deserve in the end!" Ragou said. "You're one to talk Ragou." Barbos said.

"I'm sure you both will face justice." I said as we reach the top of the stairs. "It's the world series series of villains and you had to take the best seat in the house?" Yuri said to Barbos and Ragou. "What fool would dare to heckle my exquisite performance?" Barbos said to us looking away. "The fool that will put an arrow throw your head traitor." Ava said to Barbos. Borbos then turned to us with an angry look on his face. "Oh ho if it isn't The Don's beastmaster and the little runts I met on the ship." Baros said to us. "You're the one who's been causing all of the recent chaos!" Estelle said to them. "Togepi." Togepi said getting mad. "And what of it? You fools will never manage to capture me." Barbos said to us. "I'm sure we can capture you the question will you be awake or asleep when we drag you to The Don's feet." Ava said to Barbos making him mad. "She's right we handle people like you before and now your out number 6 to 1 and I doubt Ragou can fight." I said to Barbos.

"You two got some big mouths brats." Barbos said to me and Ava as two more men showed up. We all then drew our weapons. "You would dare to oppose me? I thought I told you before that next time you wouldn't get off so easy." Barbos said to us. "All the better for us to tear things up!" Yuri said to Barbos. "Yeah let's get this party started." I said to everyone. "Take them down!" Barbos said to his man. But before the fight could start we heard the drums of war. "Haha the fools have started to march!" Baros said laughing. "Oh no." I said looking out the balcony. "Now that meddlesome Don and the Knights will destroy each other!" Barbos said as he got up. "He did this to destroy the Union and to eliminate The Don!" Karol said. "That monster." Ava said. "If the knights are destroyed who will protect the empire?" Estelle said.

"So that's your plan to remove the armies so the only fighting force in the whole world is under both of your control." I said to them. "Ragou why would you oh!" Estelle said looking at Ragou. "Of course he going to weaken the Imperial Knights so that the Council can step in and control the empire." Rita said looking at Estelle. "And he's going to use the Blood alliance to seize Altosk and rule over the Union." Raven said looking at Ragou. "Oh my." Estelle said. "You would kill hundreds just so you can rule the world?" Ava said aiming her crossbow at Ragou. "Ava aim for his arms and legs I made a promise to Ragou. I promised him a "Special" show the last time we meet." I said looking at Ragou who was trying to hide. We then heard the march of the armies. "The Knights and the Union going down together it's just as Flynn said." Yuri said as Estelle ran to balcony. "Hmph so what if you know now? No matter what you do. You won't be able to stop the battle!" Barbos said looking out over the balcony. "Hmm we'll see." Yuri said to Barbos. "And your existence come to an end here!" Baros said to us.

Estelle looked out over the balcony looking for Flynn. "Damn it he's too late!" Yuri said. "If he is then we'll have to take Barbos and Ragou down with them" I said facing Barbos who had a smirk on his face. "Flynn?!" Estelle said surprising us all. We all looked out the balcony to see Flynn riding as fast as he can to the front lines. "Stop! All of you, sheathe your blades! Sheathe them!" Flynn yelled to the armies as he stopped in between them. "Looks like Flynn pulled throw." Ava said making her smirk. "I am Flynn Scifo of the Imperial Knights. I have come bearing a letter from Master Ioder! The letter you received from the empire was false! It was the work of a rebel! Draw back your armies at once!" Flynn yelled as The Don walked up to him. I could hear what they said but it looked like The Don was thanking Flynn.

"Ragou you fool you didn't keep up your end of the bargain." Baros yelled at Ragou. "Don't hurt me!" Ragou said cowering in his hiding space. "Damn!" Barbos said. "It's over Barbos give up." Ava said to Barbos. "No it's not." Barbos said as one of his men pulled out a cannon. "Yuri Oliver! They're aiming at Flynn!" Estelle said worry in her voice. "Don't worry about it Estelle." Ava said as portals apperied around the man with the cannon. "What the?" The man said as the psychic ord's came from the portals before hitting the man. "AAAH." The man screamed as he was knocked out. "What was that?" RIta asked. "Solosis." Solosis said with sparkles in her eyes. "It was Future Sight a move that attacks you in the future. I asked Delphox to use it before we came up here." Ava said to Rita as Barbos picked up the cannon.

"You brats think you can stop me?!" Barbos said aiming the cannon at Ava. "Ava." I said as he shot the cannon at her. I pushed her out of the way landing on top of her, making the cannon hit the wall. "I'm good you can get off me now." Ava said to me. "Or right sorry." I said as we got up. "Get out of here. Head for the exit." Yuri said to us as he charged at Barbos. "Yuri no it's too dangerous!" Estelle said to Yuri. "Pawniard." Pawniard said as he went after Yuri. "Pawniard what are you doing?" I yelled at Pawniard. "It should take time for the aer to recharge. I'll try and stop him before then." Rita said. "Then do it." Ava said as she and I ran after Yuri and Pawniard. "You're too late!" Barbos said aiming the cannon at Yuri. "No! It charged up too quickly!" Rita said as Barbos was about to fire again. "YURI." I screamed. "Pawniard." Pawniard said as he used Headbutt on Barbos arm making the cannon hit the ceiling.

"You little beast." Barbos said hitting Pawniard with the cannon. "Pawniard." Pawnaird said as he went flying. "Pawniard." Yuri said as he caught Pawniard. "Nice catch Yuri." I said to Yuri. "Pawniard you ok?" Yuri asked Pawniard. "Pawniard." Pawnaird said rubbing his head. "Now let's try this again." Barbos said aiming the cannon at Yuri and Pawniard. But then the dragon rider came charging in and the Trapinch on the dragon back jumped off and used Crunch on the cannon destroying it, then jumping back on to the dragon. "Wh-what the hell?!" Barbos said staring at the rider. "What in the world is that?" Raven asked. "Drilbur." Drilbur said as he hid behind Raven. "Oh so you're back for more dragon freak!" Rita said to the rider. "Dragon freak?" Ava asked me. "Rita loves blastia and that rider destroys blastia." I said to Ava. "Oh." Ava said as Rita started to cast a fireball. "Rita knock it off! Our enemy's over there." Yuri said to Rita. "Pawniard." Pawniard said to Rita but not taking his eyes off Barbos.

"My enemy is this dragon freak!" Rita said with anger in her voice. "Solosis." Solosis said floating right in front of Rita's face. "Rita let's worry about the bad guys first." Ava said. "She's right we can deal with the rider later." I said as Barbos drew out a weird sword. "I'm gonna make you wish you hadn't done that!" Barbos said pointing the weird sword at us. "That's what they say before we defeat them." I said to Barbos. Barbos then raised his sword up and he started to fly. "What? He can fly?!" Karol said watching Barbos. "Skiddo." Skiddo said wondering the same thing. "Oh ho so the boss is heading for the hills eh?" Raven said as Barbos flew out of the room. Then it looked like the rider was going after Barbos.

"Ah! Get back here you freak! Think I'm just gonna let you get away?!" Rita said to the rider running to him. But me and Yuri got to him first. "If you're going after him. Let me come with you! We're a little short on wings around here." Yuri asked the rider. "And Doublade isn't as fast as your dragon." I said to the rider. "Are you crazy? This jerk's our enemy!" Rita said to me and Yuri. "One he's your enemy not ours and two we don't have a choice if we want to catch Barbos." I said to Rita. "He's right no matter what happens I've gotta catch that guy." Yuri said to Rita. "Pawnirad." Pawniard said agreeing with us. "Come on!" Yuri said as the dragon let Yuri and Pawniard on. "Yes thanks!" Yuri said jumping on. "Pawniard." Pawniard said as he jumped on. I jumped on the Doublade back and he wraps his clothes around the dragon tail.

"Wait what about us?!" Karol asked us as he and the rest of the ran to the balcony. "This guy's overloaded enough as it is!" Yuri said to them. "And Doublade can't carry more than one." I said to them. "But what should we do?" Karol asked us. "You guys hold down the fort here!" Yuri said to them. "And try to have dinner ready will be back soon." I said to them. "What?" Estelle said to us. "Togepi?" Togepi asking the same thing. "Stay out of trouble." Yuri said to them waving goodbye. "Pawniard." Pawniard said waving like Yuri. "Dammit Yuri, Pawniard, Oliver," Karol said to us. "And let Flynn know I'm stepping out for a while!" Yuri said as we started to fly. "See you all later." I said to them. "Oliver get back here you jerk." Ava screamed as we flew out of her ear shot.

We flew after Barbos which lead us to a giant storm. "Please tell my we're not going to fly into that storm?" I asked them. But the rider said nothing and went in. "I guess we are." I said holding on for my life. As we got closer I noticed a few giants gears in the middle of the storm. When we flew into the storm the dragon fired a fire beam at some of the gears overloading what I thought was a bastia in the middle of the gears. Soon the gears stopped and the storm started to stop revealing a giant tower. Then the dragon rider went in. As we got close to a platform Yuri and Pawnaird jumped off the dragon with Doublade letting go of the dragon and me getting off Doublade soon after.

"So that cyclone was his doing." Yuri said looking at the blastia in the middle. "Looks like he was trying to hide this place with it, but why?" I said rubbing my chin. "Pawniard." Pawniard said nodding his head no. "Yuri we got some company." I said looking at Barbos drawing my weapons. "Here comes trouble." Yuri said as the dragon rider flew past us. "You... You've destroyed the blastia!" Barbos said to us as Yuri drew his sword. We were about to attack when three fireballs went passed us and hit the rider. "Hey are you Okay?!" Yuri asked the rider as landed in front of us. "Yuri we have a bigger problem." I said as I notice three men with the same cannon from before. "Bastards!" Yuri said with an angry tone in his voice as jumped down to stop them. As we jumped I notice the rider facing Barbos.

The men fired a few more shots this time at us. We then dodge the shots and move close to them. Yuri slash one of them across his chest. Pawniard headbutted one in the face. Doublade slashed the cannon in too three pieces. And I bashed my two maces on the sides of the man that had the cannon. With that all three of the men down we turned our head to see Barbos. "You're next punk and monsters!" Barbos said to us as we saw the dragon leave. "Come on we're just getting started." Yuri said to Barbos. "Yeah why stop now." I said to Barbos as few of man came around us. "Heh. My men won't have any trouble taking care of brats like you two." Barbos said to us. "Will see about that." I said as me and Yuri went back to back. "Now rip them to pieces!" Barbos said to his man.

Barbos men attacked us but we dodge the first attack then I swing my mace up hit on of them in the jaw. "Doublade use Sacred Sword." I said swing my other mace to the man's left side. "Doublade." Doublad said as his blades turned long and purple and then slashed a V shape on one of the men. "Pawniard Use Metal Claw then Headbutt." Yuri said to Panwniard as he blocked one of the men attack. "Pawniard." Pawniard said as his arms turned silver. He then slashed one of the man's legs making him fall to the ground. Then he headbutted the man in the face when he fell to his knees. Yuri then slashed one of them men ignoring another one. "Yuri watch your back. "I said throwing one of my mace at the man that was about to attack Yuri. My mace hit him with enough force to stop him in his tack. "Thanks." Yuri said slashing the man then throwing my mace back at me. I then caught it then used it to on another man. "No Problem." I said as Yuri and me went back to back. "Doublade / Pawniard use Aerial Ace." Yuri and I said at the same time. "Doublade. Pawniard." The said as the disappeared and reappeared throwing the last two men into the air. Me and Yuri then jumped up and struck them making the crash into the floor. We then landed with smirks on are face.

"Is that all you got?" Yuri said as we turned to Barbos. "Yeah I thought the people of one of the five master guilds were stronger than this." I said to Barbos. "Looks like I'm gonna have to teach you two your place." Barbos said as he fired a pulse of energy sending are weapons over the side. "Well great." I said as we watch are weapons fall. "Huh that's a handy sword you've got." Yuri said to Barbos. "Yeah you got a few more of those laying around for us." I said to Barbos. "Think you lost because of this sword huh?" Barbos asked us. "I don't know what do you two think?" Yuri asked us. "Well yes he did just send are weapons over the edge." I said pointing to the edge. "Yeah talk it up while you two have the chance. We've got a nice painful death all set up for you." Barbos said to us as more men should up. "Well Yuri it was nice knowing you." I said as we all raised are hands in surrender. "You to Oliver." Yuri said as we were taken away. Well this could have gone better. I thought as we went into the tower.

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