Part III: Seeing with Your Heart

" Oh my, you poor little thing!" came a feminine voice from the tall figure.

Evin opened an eye as the figure scooped him up and he got a good look at her face, she was a female Lucario, she didn't seem so bad, and he was weakened and tired, Evin passed out in her arms. " Poor little guy" she said and carried him over to a stone temple that served as her home. She set him gently on the stone floor and went to go get some plants and other things to help with his injuries. When she'd gathered what she'd need she came back to the young one and patted at where he was bleeding with some cold water and gently tended to his wounds with healing plants, most of them were easy to heal, but she could not repair the notch in his ear. " Poor little thing, he's so young and he's already had it rough" the Lucario sighed to herself and scooped him up and took him to an old cot she used as a bed, she'd lived in this abandoned temple for some time now. She put a few old blankets over the tiny creature and watched over him, awaiting when he would awaken.

Evin slept through the day and awoke the next morning with a start. He ran in circles on the bed frantically, he didn't remember this place, he felt the notch in his left ear with one of his front paws and whined slightly. " What did happen, by the way" came the female Lucario's voice from behind him and Evin jumped " I wish others would stop doing that" he said. " Sorry, my name is Lexa and I'm a female Lucario, and you are?" the lucario said.

" I'm Evin the eevee, and I'm far from home" he said.

" I can tell you aren't from around here, what happened to get you so far from home.

Evin bit his lip " Well.. You see" he told Lexa his story thus far in his young voice and she came over and stroked his furry head gently " I'm sorry hun, the world can be a cruel place, and you've had it rougher than you should have, especially this early in life."

Evin liked the feeling of her stroking his head, but then his stomache growled loudly and he whined a bit " My tummy's all empty" Lexa smiled lightly " I know how to fix that, follow me, little one"

Evin followed Lexa into a large stone kitchen where Lexa grabbed a bottle of Miltank milk and put it in a small dish and set it on the floor for Evin. Evin sniffed the white liquid curiously, it smelled good. He stuck his tongue in it. Slurp! Slurp! It TASTED good. Evin beamed and lapped it all up hungrily. " Careful, don't drink it too fast" Lexa warned. Evin shot her a slightly annoyed glance, but began to drink more slowly. After he finished lapping it up he licked his lips " Mmmmmmm-mmmmm" he said happily. " You full now?" Lexa inquired. Evin burped cutely and nodded " Yup!"

" Well then, I guess I'll show you around my training grounds" Lexa said to Evin nodded and pranced after her. She had several targets and other makeshift training equipment all around. " So, what were you doing with the aura sphere yesterday?" Evin asked. " I was practicing aiming at those three targets"

" But you were so far from them at first, how'd you hit them all without missing?" he asked.

" My aura powers helped me sense where to aim." Lexa said and smiled.

" Aura? What's that, and how could it help you see something you couldn't see?" Evin asked.

" Aura is a force surrounding all things, especially living things, it's inside us and all around us, but very few can feel it, sense it all around them and use it to aide them if need be" Lexa said.

Evin frowned " I still don't get it"

" Your eyes help you see the world around you, but they are not always accurate, using aura is like seeing with your heart, and it's aim is always true" Lexa explained.

" But, my heart's on the inside of me, how can it see?" Evin asked, confused.

" Hmmm, I know" Lexa said and she backed up a few feet and called to eevee " attack me" she said.

" What?!" Evin asked in shock.

" Just do it, you'll see what I'm talking about" Lexa said calmly. Evin gulped and charged at Lexa with a tackle, he was so sure of his aim, but he missed her because of her quickly moving at the last moment. " I don't understand, my aim was-" Evin began and lexa cut in " Your aim was based on what you saw with your eyes, not what you felt with your heart, your aura told me what you were doing so I could evade. Your eyes can deceive you, but aura can never leave you fooled" Lexa said. Evin blinked slowly as he took that in. Somehow, that made sense…