Leodas: Whew, okay let's get this thing started!~

Disclaimer: You all know I don't own pokemon. For now…*MWA HA HA! *Gets hit in the face by a Lawyer* Ow!

"Woah… Where did everyone go?" Ivory asked looking at what now looked like the ghost town. "It's like they all left."

"Hn. One thing goes wrong and they all scatter…" Mitsunari mumbled from behind her which was because they were on the same Zebstrika. For because of the incident that happened at Aurora castle almost all the Zebstrika had fled and there were only three left. So they agreed on Mitsunari and Pawniard riding with Ivory and Glaceon, Kiyomasa and Fraxure with Rouikou and Flareon, and Masanori and Krokorok with Oichi and Jigglypuff.

"COTTONEE!" They heard a high pitched voice shout.

"What the heck…?" Masanori started.

"Cottonee!" It shouted again only this time Cottonee with bandages wrapped around it crashing down from above and landed on Ivory's lap.

"Hey… You're the Cottonee from before!" Ivory picked it up and held it up so she could look at it face to face. "But I thought I told you stay at the castle."

"Cottonee! Cottonee!" Cottonee protested.

"Heh, I think Cottonee may have taken a liking to you." Rouikou smiled.

Ivory nodded. "Well in that case you can come along. But be careful, kay?" She asked warmly.

Cottonee nodded happily while puffing itself up.

"Good. Because in that case why don't you sit in a more comfortable place…" Ivory smirked and then turned around to place Cottonee on Mitsunari's headdress.

"What are you doing…?" Mitsunari asked her blankly as Cottonee started to puff itself up on his head.

Ivory laughed a bit. "Cottonee's still slightly hurt so I'm giving her a soft place to sit." She replied.

"My headdress isn't that soft…" He muttered.

"Yes it is."

"Pawn-pawniard!" Pawniard agreed jumping up and sitting on his head.

"Ack. You too Pawniard?" Mitsunari's head was starting to hurt.

"Glac!" Then Glaceon jumped up on him.

"AW COME ON! IT'S NOT THAT SOFT!" Mitsunari yelled and everyone started to either laugh or snicker.

Ivory turned back around slightly amused my Mitsunari's reaction.

After that a moment of silence pasted by as they continued to go through the silent, seemingly to quiet town that no longer had many people there. That is until Oichi asked,

"Rouikou…?"

"Yes?"

"That's sword you used back in Aurora… Was that… One of the Swords of the sacred swordsmen?" She asked.

Rouikou turned around and looked right into Oichi eyes, which made her face turn a little pink. "Maybe… I'm not really sure…" He pondered for a second. "It was a sword given to me by our grandpa. But I've never actually been able to use it before…"

"Then how come you were able to use it yesterday?" Kiyomasa asked.

Rouikou shrugged. "I don't know really."

"Well, according to the Legend the sword comes to the aid of ones soul in a time of great need." Mitsunari interjected.

"Wha? What are you talking about?! I don't understand any of this!" Masanori yelled with a facial expression that resembled an angry Krokorok.

"Do I really have to explain it?" Mitsunari sighed at his friend's clueless-ness and looked down at the ground.

"YES."

"Um… guys? What's wrong with Cottonee?" Ivory asked as Cottonee suddenly started shaking.

"I don't know… But something doesn't fell right." Rouikou replied growing cautious after realizing they were no longer in town, but they had stumbled in an unusually quiet forest.

A piece of yellow wed suddenly attached itself to Masanori as the Zebstrika passed through one of the trees. "Yuck!" Masanori shouted.

"Shhh! be quiet!" Rouikou snapped.

"What? I can't help it! This yellow web got all over me!" Masanori replied getting the web out of his hair.

Cottonee started to shake more.

"Wait. Did you say a yellow web?" Ivory asked starting to grow very concerned.

"Yeah…"

Ivory and Rouikou looked at each other warily. "You don't think…" Rouikou trailed off.

"ZEBSTRIIIIKA!" The Zebstrika Oichi and Masanori were riding on yelped as a piece of webbing got wrapped around it's leg putting it off balance causing them to fall off.

Rouikou turned his Zebstrika around towards them. "Hey are you alright-" He was suddenly cut of by an array of Signal beam attacks shot at them that caused him and Kiyomasa to fall off.

"Galvantulas!" Ivory exclaimed as a large number of them began to come out of the trees and surround them.

"Why are they here?! They don't appear here at this time of year!" Mitsunari exclaimed before some more signal beams were shot at them.

"Glaceon use protect!" Commanded Ivory. Glaceon managed to create a barrier just in time before the attacks hit causing a large impact between it causing the Zebstrika to fall back and drop them on the ground.

"C-Cottonee!" Cotton cried as winds of the impact caused it to be whipped up and be blown through the air.

"Oh no, Cottonee!" Exclaimed Ivory as she and Glaceon went running after it. Mitsunari and Pawniard got up and followed as well.

"Cottonee!" She cried again as the wind continued to blow Cottonee through the trees and to the edge of a cliff.

Suddenly a Galvantula jumped out of the trees and aimed itself right at Cottonee with what seemed like a bug bit attack.

"Jigglypuff, Hyper voice!"

"Krokorok, Sandstorm!"

A blast of sound surrounded by a stream of sandstorm swivel around Cottonee and clashed into the Galvantula, resulting with the impact causing it to be slammed up against a tree and causing it to faint.

"Glace!" Glaceon jumped up into the air and grabbed softly with her mouth (not enough to harm it) and landed in front of Ivory.

"Thanks Glaceon." Ivory nodded and took up Cottonee.

"Cottonee!" Cottonee thanked. "Glace~" Glaceon relied happily.

"We got your back, Ivory!"

Ivory turned to see Masanori and Oichi some distance behind her and she nodded slightly in response. Then Mitsunari and Pawniard started running up to her with concerned looks.

"You guys… alright…?" He asked slightly out of breath.

"Yeah, we're fine." She replied. "But where is Rouikou and Kiyom-"

"Fraxure, use dragon rage!"

"Flareon, Lava plume!"

Right as Ivory had said that Rouikou and Kiyomasa came slowing towards them with there backs turned at there pokemon's attacks blasted them away. But the Galvantula were still growing in numbers and came nearer.

"We have to get out of here!" Rouikou yelled.

"Ack! We can't! Look, there's nowhere to go!" Kiyomasa replied suddenly realizing that they were near the edge of the cliff that led to a river below.

They all backed away slowing towards the edge of the cliff sending there attacks at the Elespider pokemon, but were failing as they slowly neared. Ivory and Glaceon started to be the ones who were farthest on the egde until…

"Aaaaaaaah!" Ivory screamed as the cliff below her started to crumble and she and Glaceon started to fall.

Mitsunari's eyes widened "Hold on!" He yelled grabbing onto her arm to try and keep her from falling while Pawniard and Cottonee grabbed onto Glaceon. Kiyomasa and Masanori, seeing what was happening also ran over and held Ivory up, along with Fraxure and Krokorok who helped Glaceon.

But the cliff below them crumbled as well and they all fell into the water below.

"Come on we have to help!" Rouikou yelled running over to the very edge cliff with Flareon.

"Not if I can help it…" Rouikou suddenly felt a sharp pain in his back from what felt like a leaf blade attack that sliced him from right to left. Rouikou fell on the ground and moaned in pain.

"Flareon!" Flareon cried before being hit by a group electro balls and falling unconscious.

"Rouikou!" Rouikou could barely make out his name being called as he looked up to see the silhouette of Oichi and Jigglypuff tied up and a man standing in front of him beside of a long black grass-snake figure.

"Who are…" He then blacked out.

"Mitsunari, Kiyomasa, Masanori, everyone!" Ivory exclaimed as she and the others were dragged along the river.

"Aaaah! The river's too strong!" said Kiyomasa.

"I don't think we can last much longer!" Mitsunari shouted.

"Bleh, I hate water!" Masanori added.

But suddenly Ivory noticed that they were now near Greenleaf castle and that there was a small shore near the edge of the castle walls.

"Everyone grab onto me!" She yelled grabbing Glaceon and Cottonee. The others didn't question her and grabbed on as well.

Then Ivory swam as hard as she could grabbing onto a branch and she then pulled herself up along with the others and managed to get on the shore.

Ivory fell over on her back out of breath. "I… Have to… Keep… going…" She managed to say before everything around her went black… And she passed out.

Rouikou: How come i'm the one who always gets hurt a lot?!

Leodas: *Shrugs* I don't know

Rouikou: *glares*

Leodas: Er... uh, please read and review! If you do Rouikou will give you an invisable cake! :D

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