To the hotsprings

[Kiki]

"Yeah," Sanira said. "I know. I'm actually around forty., but I look in my twenties or so. This is Senshi, or Sen for short. She's my first born."

[Blade]

"Hello there." Damini nodded respectfully toward Sen. "I'm Damini."

[Kiki]

Sen nodded. "Obviously, I'm Senshi, but call me Sen," she said.

[Blade]

"All right, I will do so." Damini said, moving from foot to foot. "Man, i've never stood in one place for so long before, leading Alek around usually takes up all my time." then noticing that Sen would probably have no idea who Alek was, and why he needed led around, he added "Alek's my close friend, he's blind, although he can use aura. he can't see objects without a aura, though, so i help him through doors and around corners."

[Kiki]

Sen nodded. "Obviously, I can use aura, but I have one up on it," she said. "It's a Fairy ability called the Brenon. It allows you to see the magic and energy currents of everything. Since everything was once natural, it still has an energy signature that allows you to see it. Quite useful in the dark, I might say."

[Blade]

"well i can't say Alek has that, but he does have something somewhat like it, called Tarmo. I don't know how it really works, but he's learned to see energy currents." Damini looked thoughtful, then added, "He says it's a ability you have to be born with in order to learn it."

[Kiki]

Sen shrugged. "I dunno if it's the same or different," Sen said. "The Brenon's well over 200,00 years old. It's pretty much exclusive to those of Fairy blood from the 3rd Dimension though there are some oddball cases where those without Fairy blood have it."

[Blade]

"from his explainations, it seems he uses his energy to manipulate his environment, moving water, earth, fire, and air to his liking. Of course, he's mastered Tarmo, so he's able to manipulate all four, usually people like him can only learn one." He blushed as he realized he was going on and on, and shut his mouth so Sen could talk.

[Kiki]

"I've got a lot of the six Elements I can use," Sen said. "Earth, Wind, Fire and Water are considered basic where my dad comes from."

[Blade]

"yes, where you come from it's basic, but where Alek is from, those are the only four, each taking up one-fourth of the energy of the realm. It's no easy task to learn one, trust me, i've tried..."

[Kiki]

Sen nodded. "Learning six Elements isn't any easy task, either."

[Blade]

"I don't even know one, after a month of training, i'm still the same as when I started." Damini said, "But that only makes me want to do more for Alek than ever, because i don't want him to think I'm a total failure." He laughed, "not that he ever would, he's a nice guy."

[Kiki]

Sen smiled. "Most humans are like that," she said. "But one month isn't really enough to do much. Even in the way of Water, the easiest Element of the 3rd D, you'd barely be able to make a small wave in a cup."

[Blade]

"that's the thing about Tarmo, you are born with the ability to use one element, and you can learn it easily. But go to learn the others and you'll usually have trouble." Damini said, "Alek was... special, he managed to learn all of the four elements within his lifetime."

[Kiki]

Sen nodded.

[Blade]

Damini shook his head, confused. "I don't know how he did it, but he managed to. He doesn't talk about his past as much, even with me." He looked down, "I wish i knew more about him."

[Kiki]

Sen nodded.

[Blade]

Damini looked around, finished talking.

[Kiki]

Sen sat down.

[Blade]

"So, what's your life been like, if you don't mind?" Damini asked, trying to be polite.

[Kiki]

"A bit hard, living as a wild Lucario and having to constantly run from trainers," Sen said.

[Blade]

"Yes, i know the feeling. Like I said earlier, as a Riolu i was constantly chased by people because of my coloring." He shuddered, "I never want to relive that..."

[Kiki]

Sen nodded. "And once people saw my abilities, they constantly chased after me," she said

[Blade]

"People don't understand what it's like to be hunted. They've never been in that position." Damini said, looking out across the hot springs. "I've never gotten over the fear of being chased, although as a tiny Riolu it seemed worse than it was, but still, it was horrifying. You must be very brave to be able to live like that." He smiled, "Then if you ever want a change of pace, I'm sure Alek would agree to watch over you for awhile."

[Kiki]

Sen nodded. "I've found the area around here is pretty peaceful. The trainers I see mostly are just explorers, not really bent on catching Pokemon. Well, I lived with my mom and dad for ten years before going off by myself, but still."

[Blade]

Damini smiled. "Well if it starts getting bad, Alek's apartment is always open. He's more like a pokemon ranger, he befriends pokemon instead of catching them."

[Kiki]

Sen nodded sne she looked around; her mother had disappeared.

[Blade]

"Hey, where'd she go?" Damini asked, looking around. He had thought that the whole time her mother had been standing behind him. "Well, that's strange. I could have sworn she was behind me that whole time..."

[Kiki]

"My mom's like that," Sen said. "Her name literally means 'wind phantom' in a language called Yeneo."

[Blade]

"Ah, that's interesting." Damini said. He felt... happy. He had found other Lucario who had strange abilities and skills. He didn't feel alone anymore.