Xatu's Story

Meanwhile on the other side of Renovia, Claris Town was just beginning to awaken and start it's Saturday morning traditions. The sun shone down and cast a merry glow upon the peaceful people. Children awoke excitedly as they had the whole weekend to look forward to with no school.

Riolu
Riolu awoke just as the suns rays peeked over the horizon. He always got up early so that he had time to train. His morning activities consisted of a quick shower, a bowl full of porridge before heading off to a secluded meadow in which to train. His uncles were never awake at this time, not that they would have minded his little excursions. Riolu knew how to look after himself.
Riolu strapped on his rollerblades, his hair still dripping from the shower. He sprung up and began to make his way down the street energetically. He passed Miltank who was delivering the morning milk but that was all. Everyone else seemed to still be asleep or at least lying in bed contemplating getting up. Within ten minutes Riolu came to his usual spot and skidded to a halt.
Without ceremony he took off his blades and sat cross legged on a tree stump beginning his morning ritual of meditation.

Kirlia
Kirlia's alarm buzzed and she automatically hit snooze. She was not in the mood to do anything but her parents told her that she needed to go and see Xatu. Kirlia had been neglecting her psychic training and hadn't been to see Xatu for a proper session in several weeks. The shaman although nice seemed rather strange. Indeed the only reason Kirlia paid any attention to him at all was because he was attractive. Although she knew nothing would ever happen as he was way older than her she could still appreciate his beauty.
Kirlia grumbled to herself as she slipped into a simple white dress, did her hair in a ponytail and swilled her mouth with mouthwash. She planned to visit the shaman spend no more than 30 minutes with him, head home and go back to sleep. Usually she would spend at least half an hour getting herself dolled up but she doubted she was going to see anyone who cares this early in the day.
Kirlia grabbed a poffin before slipping out the door and beginning her tiresome walk. She munched thoughtfully as she walked contemplating her days activities when she suddenly saw a blur of blue. It was Riolu. Kirlia didn't know the fifteen year old very well nor did she care to know. He was two years younger than her and a loner. Kirlia shrugged her shoulders and continued on her way.

Plusle and Minun
Minun awoke first as per usual and bounded from the double bed that he shared with his twin sister Plusle. She slept on dreaming of candy and rainbows no doubt. Minun dumped all his toys out on the floor and began to play, waiting for his sister to wake up before they headed downstairs for breakfast.

Xatu sat as the sun rose he smiled but then felt a strong pain and a vision came to mind. He saw the town being overtaken by darkness. He saw Darkrai floating over courpses as some of the cizitens. He saw himself and a few other shamans from other towns all with dark and purple replacing their vivid colors. All of them had a haunted, possessed look in their eyes. He saw a few last survivors as the fell to the ground dead. Darkrai laughed as Xatu left the visoin and he hunched over gasping. He was about to be sick.

"I must warn the others. " he rushed down the side of the mountain. He was fearing for the citizens, if his teachings had taught him anything then that would not be a pleasent time. He wasn't sure how long it would take but it wouldn't be long. He rushed and got the the bottom, out of breath. He clutched his chest and started panting. He bated going down the moutakn quickly the reason he rarley flew down.He continued to the path as he fell from exhaustion. He crawled to a nearby tree and leaned on the trunk and started breathing heavily again.

Kirlia
Kirlia used her psychic powers, something she rarely did, and tried to sense Xatu's whereabouts. His position suddenly became known.
"Are you frikkin' kidding me!" She cried. "Why the hell is he up a mountain?" Kirlia didn't feel like walking all the way up a mountain but she had little choice in the matter. Her parents had threatened to ground her and cut off her allowance if she didn't attend. Half walking, half teleporting she made her way towards Xatu. There was a large explosion from somewhere on the outskirts of town but Kirlia chose to ignore it.
Thankfully, she sensed Xatu was heading back towards the town which meant that she wouldn't have to go mountain climbing at all. It wasn't too long before she found him leaning against a tree and panting heavily.
"Hey," she said without ceremony. "So can we get this lesson over with as quickly as possible. I have places to be, people to see." Kirlia completely failed to notice the look of panic on Xatu's face choosing instead to gaze at her fingernails.

Xatu peered up at Kirlia and tried to get up one of his lesser students but he didn't have quite anything to teach her at the moment he was to exhausted. He stood himself up. "I cant teach you to today I have to warn the village. " he grabbed his chest then collapsed again blacked out.

Another vision was made this time two people one dressed in a long dress and the other with a halo. He distantly recognized the one with the dress. She was the infamous Mismagmius she had once been a great shamans but she was banished for her working for Darkrai. He did and still has a crush on her but he told no one. He saw her and the other trying to overtake the village. He saw the villagers falling left and right as the cackled. Xatu stood slightly frozen in horror.

Kirlia
Kirlia frowned at Xatu. It was as though he was a clockwork toy that needed winding. He stared out into space with a expression of terror on his face. Kirlia rolled her eyes and snapped her fingers in front of his face a couple of times.
"Warn the village about what?" said Kirlia bored. She doubted it was anything too important but still the decent thing to do would be to carry him to the town. Unfortunately, Kirlia was not very decent and couldn't be bothered to help Xatu in the slightest. Instead she sat down on a rock and shoved a wad of bubblegum in her mouth.
"You better wake up in the next five minutes or seriously I'm leaving," she said to the frozen man.

Riolu
“Months? That’s not too bad. I’ve met worse,” said Haunter emphatically. Riolu grimaced, he was really keen to be by himself but the bloody spirit showed no signs of moving.
If he wasn't a ghost type I would totally kick his ass thought Riolu. Unfortunately for Riolu, he had not branched out any further than fighting type moves and although he was very skilled in that respect it would no effect on the likes of this Haunter.
"Really? Tell me about them," said Riolu. Not that he really cared but he could do with hearing about pokepeople who were worse than he.

Xatu awoke from his trance his breath had returned and his shaking had left. He stood up and pulled the hood off his head and he brushed his bangs from his eyes. "Kirlia " he walked over to her on the rock " your lesson will have to wait my dear there are bigger problems ahead of us then you ignoring me for a few hours." he turned towards the horizon and remembered the two coming near. He shuddered and turned back to the girl. " There is a battle coming bigger than anyone could imagine , a battle against the dark lord." he shuddered at the thought of him. "We need to get to town as fast as possible you know teleport don't you."

Kirlia
"Dark Lord? I feel like I've heard that somewhere? Whatever..." Kirlia heard exactly what Xatu said but figured he was exaggerating. A battle; nothing like that ever affected Claris Town. It was protected by it's little bubble of dullness and everyone interesting stayed a million miles away.
"We need to get to town fast as possible you know teleport don't you," said Xatu. Kirlia raised an eyebrow, "If you honestly think I'm teleporting the two of us all the way back to town you've got another thing coming. I have a ton of things to do today and I need to keep up my energy." With that Kirlia turned around and started the slow march back ot town. She could teleport the two of them of course but she'd probably faint from the sheer amount of power that would take. Kirlia didn't want that and being the selfish brat she was decided not to help Xatu.
What is he going to do? Tell my parents? Please... she thought.

Plusle & Minun
Their faces were washed, their teeth brushed and their boots were on.
"Let's go get us some berries," Minun cried punching his little arm in the air. Plusle skipped after him carrying a little basket to put the berries in. Pachurisu was still in bed but he wouldn't mind them going out, they did it nearly every weekend. It did not take long for the twins to reach the edge of town and they both skipped merrily into the woods. Minun ran ahead of his sister shooting off sparks as he ran causing Plusle to giggle. On their own their electric attacks weren't very strong but together if they both used thunderbolt they could really pack a punch.
"Hey Plusle! I found some berries!" shouted Minun. Plusle ran towards Minun's voice and sure enough there was a bush covered in pecha berries. Near the bush stood a pokeperson that Plusle didn't know. Minun was too busy eating berries to notice her however.
The Skarmory was looking up at a tree and Plusle followed her gaze to wear Luxray lay. Plusle gave Luxray a friendly wave before turning to the Skarmory.
"Hi I'm Plusle and that's my twin brother Minun," she smiled sticking out her hand. "Oh and that guy in the tree is Luxray. Be careful he's a bit moody," she giggled.

Riolu
Riolu was grateful that the Haunter had left him alone and he sped through the town. He passed what look like Xatu who shouted at him but he ignored him and bladed onwards. Riolu stopped off at the library and headed inside. Riolu loved to read almost as much as he liked to train. It made his mind stronger which made up for his physical flaws. Nodding slightly to the Kecleon librarian he went to his usual quiet corner and cracked open a book on mythology. Although he had his doubts in the existence of the likes of Uxie, Lugia, Raikou etc. he still found the stories fascinating.

Kirlia
"Fine suit yourself," said Xatu angrily. He quickly flew away leaving Kirlia all by herself. Kirlia sighed, "Rude much." She was surprised how pissed off Xatu had been, he was usually very calm. Perhaps, he was being serious about this battle or whatever.
Guess I should back she thought. Her feet were already aching but she had little choice it was that or teleporting all the way and that would kill her, not literally but she'd be left dead on her feet probably unable to walk. And so the long, lonely walk began.

Xatu continued his walk down the path trying to figure out the best way to tell everyone without them over reacting. He was deep in thought when he jumped suddenly. "Wasup" screeched the person behind him as Xatu jumped and flailed around for a minute. " Wha whose the- oh uh ms.zubat I didn't see you there. " he was a bit nervous trying not to anger her if she had the temper of her sister he'd be sick for a few dys unless he chose his words carefully.

He was debating to himself to flee quickly or possibly use her to help spread the word of a possible meeting when he was struck again. He didn't faint he jus grabbed his head and shut his eyes for a second. He saw the two once again giving orders to a large man leading am army. He faded back into reality and whispered under his breath. " They are coming. "

Goldeen had a pretty quiet morning. The day before, she went on an excavation for new shells, gems, and precious stones so she could finish making new accessories to sell today. All morning she sat in her work room crafting beautiful jewelry and accessories to sell all over Renovia. People usually come all the way to Claris Town to buy her crafts. After completing her work early she figured she’d go into town and see if anything interesting was going on, it was her day off after all.

“perhaps I should call Kirlia, maybe she’ll be free to hang out a bit.” Goldeen said as she picked up her pokegear. The pokegear rang twice and Kirlia answered.

"Hello?” Kirlia answered.

“Hi hi Kirlia~! It’s Goldeen! Are you free to hang out by anychance?” Goldeen spoke in a cheery yet elegant voice.

"Yeah sure I'll come hang out with you!" Kirlia replied.

“Oh wonderful! This should be fun!” Goldeen cheered.

"Actually Goldeen something came up. Rain check?”, Kirlia replied.

“Sure, I hope that everything goes well.” Goldeen was a little disappointed that she wouldn’t be able to meet with her friend but she totally understood and hoped for the best in whatever Kirlia was up to.

“ ... Cool thanks, I'll see you later." Kirlia replied.

After the pokegear call came to an end, Goldeen decided to head into town alone. She walked down the road, looking at all of the pretty foliage the land had to offer. She usually spends a lot of time in the lakes, rivers and waters of Renovia so any trip along the land was exciting for her. Upon nearing Claris town, she spotted Xatu and a zubat. She’s seen Xatu once or twice before, he once stopped by her accessory shop that lay just outside of Claris Town. She found his poise to be very alluring. She smiled brightly and waved as she approached the two.

“Good morning Xatu! How are you this morning? I hope there is something exciting afoot. I am afraid I’ve nothing in particular to do this morning.” Goldeen spoke to Xatu and made sure to smile at the Zubat as well. She had never met a Zubat before and she didn’t want to make a bad first impression of Goldeens either.

“Hi I’m Goldeen, pleased to meet your acquaintance, Miss Zubat.” Goldeen introduced herself eloquently as she gave a curtsey.

Xatu was quickly swarmed by the loud screaming of Kirlia and Riolu. He couldn't make out two words from either of them. He sighed then levitated both of them off the ground. " Now both of you one at a time please Riolu you first since I talked to Kirlia earilier today. " He didn't think much of it then it hit him. " Kirlia if this is about your lesson I won't tell your parents okay? ". He then looked back at Zubat " Ms Zubat if you could can you please excuse me ,maybe we can talk in a few minutes?". He then heard Goldeen come up behind him as he turned around and saw her smiling happily. " Ah hello madam Goldeen can we talk at another time I have a lot of things going on at the moment. He grabbed his head again seeing another vision this time smaller but equally stressing. It was simply Mismaius teasing Dusknior with her charm. He growled and shooed her away. Xatu knew he needed a team if this town was to survive the army. He then zapped back into reality and dropped the two on the ground with a thus as Xatu collapsed.

Riolu & Kirlia
Kirlia and Riolu fell abrubtly to the ground with a yelp.
"Ow," groaned Kirlia. "What the hell is your problem!" she shouted at the unconcious Xatu.
"Just a shot in the dark here... but I don't think he can hear you," said Riolu sarcastically. Kirlia shot him an angry look and only just restrained herself from sending him flying into a wall. She finally noticed everyone else and instantly regained her compusure.
"Hey Goldeen, I'm free to hang out now," she smiled. As she stepped towards her friend Riolu was suddenly in front of her a menacing expression across his face.
"I don't think so. You're going to go to the pokemart and get a revive from your mother. Zubat, Goldeen please go with her and make sure she does it. Abner can you help me carry Xatu to the dojo?"
Kirlia glared but started heading to her mothers shop, "Come on Goldeen guess we're hanging out today after all." She didn't bother looking at Zubat who could accompany them or go die in a ditch for all she cared.

"Alright! It's the least I can do!" Primeape lifted Xatu onto his back. "Seriously, though, Riolu! You need to keep your cool! We fighters have enough discrimination to worry about without someone adding fire to it! That, and had Kirlia stuck to her training, you would have been creamed! We have an arena for a reason, you know!"

Abner did not say anything else from that point on. He focused on bringing Xatu to the dojo. It was not that hard. His training program paid off. Moments like these made him proud to be a fighter. He had prowess from the arena and a rigid code of honor he developed for how he behaved outside it.

((this is a bit of a short post, but I am a little stumped as to what to add. Pity, and I aspire to write a novel.))

"Hey you try and hold a two minute conversation with her and see if you don't end up punching her in the face," Riolu snapped. Honour and codes were all very well but Riolu didn't care about any of that. Besides anger was a powerful emotion, Primeape was an idiot if he thought anger was pointless. They carried Xatu back to the dojo, Riolu's uncles were no where to be seen.
"Here lie him down on the matress." Riolu quickly ran to the tap and wetted a towel before running back and applying it to Xatu's forehead.
"Something's up. And I think Xatu is the one with the answers. My aura is going crazy with bad energy." It was like an itch that started at the back of his neck and as time went by it was spreading all across Riolu's body. The only problem was he had no idea what was causing it.

As he let Xatu down on the mattress, Abner chuckled and said, "Oh, trust me! I have my moments when I let anger control me! You've never seen me deal with a machop with an ego before I entered the arena to fight him! He was loads worse than what you see with her! It was too late at night for you to spectate that!"

Abner brought out his medical equipment in case it was needed, though he doubted it, since the harm was to Xatu's brain than on the rest of his body. He had to admit, though: Xatu was tough for a shaman his age. Had he been in the arena against other psychics, that man would have been the champion, no doubt about it. Then again, Abner was tough for a fighter his age, so he could relate somewhat.

"Ah hello madam Goldeen can we talk at another time I have a lot of things going on at the moment.” Said Xatu as he acknowledged Goldeen.
“Oh that’s quite alright.” Goldeen said with a smile as she nodded her head.

Just then Goldeen observed Xatu turn and hold his head. He seemed to be concentrating or either in pain, as if he had a headache. She couldn’t quite tell. However, she was worried. She glanced over at the Zubat with a face of great concern and then looked back to Xatu .

“Uh, Mr. Xatu, are you okay? You don’t look too well.” Goldeen asked hesitantly.

She saw Kirlia and Riou Drop to the ground suddenly. At the same moment Xatu collapsed!

“Oh dear, Mr. Xatu!!! Are you alright?! Goldeen kneeled down quickly to attempt to comfort the incapacitated poke-person.

“Someone call for help please!” Goldeen cried out.

Kirlia approached and Greeted Goldeen. "Hey Goldeen, I'm free to hang out now," she smiled. She didn’t seem to notice the unconscious Xatu.

“oh my, Kirlia! There you are! Mr. Xatu needs help!” Goldeen addressed Kirlia.

“"I don't think so. You're going to go to the pokemart and get a revive from your mother. Zubat, Goldeen please go with her and make sure she does it.” Riolu spoke to the group.

"Come on Goldeen guess we're hanging out today after all." Kirlia said.

“Yes, we shall indeed go then.” Goldeen replied as she nodded to Zubat as well.

The three headed out toward the pokemon mart as swiftly as they could. She was glad to see her friend for she honestly thought she would be hanging about on her own today. However, Goldeen wondered what was the cause of Xatu’s collapse. Goldeen lived in just outside of Claris Town and came into town for frequent visits but she still wasn’t familiar with all of the town’s people, so meeting Zubat today was indeed a plus.
As Zubat, Kirlia, and Goldeen sped off to the Poke mart, Goldeen turned to Kirlia and smiled, “Oh (pant…pant) where are my manners! How are you my dear friend? So much has happened this morning it seems. It most certainly can’t be called an uneventful day huh. “Goldeen asked with a giggle as the three ran.

Kirlia
"Yeah eventful seems an appropriate choice of words," Kirlia sighed. "Its been pretty hectic. First off I had to travel alfway up a mountain to go see Xatu for a lesson then he has some weird vision about something or other and then he says he doesn't have time to teach me. Plus then he got all stressy because I wouldn't teleport the two of us back to town. Then I ran into that stupid Riolu kid and now this. My hair can't take all this stress." Kirlia ran her hands worridly through her green locks.
The automatic doors of the pokemart slid smoothly apart and the three girls stepped inside. It was cool and air conditioned inside which was a nice change to the humidity outside.
"Ooo!" Kirlia squealed. "They have the latest edition of pokezine." Kirlia excitedly skimmed through the pages competely forgetting the task at hand.
"That Charizard is so hot!" she giggled.

Riolu
"Where the hell are they?" Riolu muttered. Abner took out his medical kit, Riolu nodded. It wouldn't help but at least Abner used his common sense.
"So what's the toughest fight you've ever been in?" Riolu asked. He'd never fought in the arena not because he was afraid of getting beaten but because he was afraid people would mock his poor fighting skills. Riolu was actually a good fighter but he didn't have too much confidence in himself especially after the exploding bush fiasco.

Plusle & Minun
"Juice and water it is then," Minun grinned. He zipped around the kitchen grabbing glasses filling one up at the tap before zooming to the fridge and pouring out some oran juice.
"Here you go!" Minun said with a smile. Minun loved to be helpful and he liked to do it as fast as possible. If it wasn't for Plusle to slow him down Minun probably would have died from exhaustion ages ago. Plusle started to prepare the base of the pie humming as she did so.
"So what are you guys doing here?" asked Minun curiously. The twins knew the brothers and Peo were here to protect the townsfolk. They had mentioned it earlier in conversation but the twins had no idea what they needed protection against.

"The toughest fight..." Primeape had to put some thought into it. "I'd say my toughest battle was against a Blaziken for the championship, last week. With one of those, the stronger and tougher the opponenet, the more intense the flames on the arms and feet are. That in of itself was a challenge for me." He shuddered a little at what he said next. "As if that were not enough, a Blaziken has the advantage in kicking and leaping capability during seemingly any battle. Their legs and feet are powerful enough to knock you out before you even get started on your combos, if you're not careful. If you put all those pieces together, you know you have an opponent that should not be underestimated! I won by a hair, barely able to stand up!"

Abner smirked. "It's a pity you don't take many things seriously, Kirlia! You'd be a great contender in the arena, otherwise!" With that, and an affectionate wink to Goldeen, he sprinted back to the dojo.

Once inside, he applied teh revive to Xatu, using his medical knowledge to speed up the recovery process. "Relax, Riolu! Xatu will get up, soon, now!"

Xatu woke up in a cold sweat as he had been inflicted with energy from the army approaching. " Siarkrad ymra si gnivom resolc ! " he said as he sat up and started panting. He pulled his hood off and swiped the sweat from his forehead and ran his fingers through his dark hair. " W what where am I. " he said startled as he looked around and saw Primape and Riolu. " Riolu , Primeape who did I get here how long was I out. " he said slightly panicked as he clutched his head again. His head hurt but he wouldn't faint again. He saw the army getting slowly closer to the town. He shook off the feeling and tried to steady his breathing.