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Chapter two hot off the... Da Word, uh... *Insert Clever One-liner Here*!

Ok, chapter two is here for your enjoyment! I was honestly surprised when I got my first few Watchers and votes! One was even a 5 Star vote! Gah, it made me all giddy so I whipped this one up!

Made it so Leanna's dialogue a little more noticeable. Thought it'd be a little easier to distinguish ^.^

Well again enjoy the story. Don't be afraid to leave a comment if I left any grammatical / spelling error(s), or if you have any helpful Critique, or if you liked it!

Toodles!

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"Why are we going so slowly?" Leanna exclaimed, "You dealt with those other bandits' just fine, why we have to continue this sneaking is ridiculous." Letting out an annoyed huff she brushed the dirt clinging to her dress, seeming to hold her appearance higher in regard than their safety.

Adrian groaned inwardly, greatly wishing he could ignore Leanna's constant lack of reason. Granted this is a little difficult when someone can speak directly to you through your mind.

"We have to be cautious!" He snapped in a harsh whisper, "And earlier those men were alone and easy to subdue because of that. It would be infinitely more difficult if everyone suddenly all knew where we were."

The Pokémon let out another huff of frustration crossing her arms as she suddenly found an interest in the walls around her than Adrian.

Finally there was silence between them as they walked through the seemingly endless corridor, the numerous small lanterns providing just enough light to see by. Hearing distant voices Adrian crouched low seeing the corridor turn to the right abruptly with a bright orange light from the entryway. Approaching the corner slowly Adrian stops Leanna from walking passed him with an outstretched hand, pulling her behind him as he peeked around the corner.

"Don't touch me you-" Leanna snapped only to be silenced by a chorus of laughter coming from around the corner where Adrian was still watching from. "What's going on, are there more of them?"

He nodded motioning her to come beside him. "Here, stand by me but don't lean too far out, don't need you falling over."

Giving Adrian an uneasy look she leans over peeking passed him and gasps ducking behind the human once she saw what was just around the corner.

Dire Wolves, three in total all locked in separate cages lined together in a row, their matted fur looked unkempt and wild just as they were in behavior as they growled and bit at each other and at a passing bandit if they drew close. Even from their spot the wolves looked huge and dangerous in their rattling cages.

Motioning Leanna to sit down she easily followed Adrian's instruction shivering slightly under his touch.

Taking another peek at the open chamber Adrian began devising a plan.

The center of the room was occupied by a large bonfire with a group of six- no seven bandits gathered around the fire. The Dire Wolves and some empty cages sat across the room a little to his left, benches and chairs were scattered about still close to the fire but provided little cover. There was only one way out, the smell of fresh air over the smell of smoke drifted through the cave. The exit must be through there, past the bandits and Dire Wolves...

'We can't stay here,' Adrian grimly thought, 'It won't be long till the others become suspicious of their missing men.'

Taking another peek he stared intently into the room, searching for any sort of way to get out safely. His gaze falls back onto the Dire Wolves when a pair of Bandit's passes by the entryway towards the bonfire.

"Will those dogs Ever shut up?!" One scoffed, "They've been howling and snarling non-stop."

His partner shook his head, "Nope, boss had 'em starved a bit so they'd be a little more vicious."

"A little!? Didn't you see what happened to Pike, he had his hand and throat torn apart!" the first exclaimed loudly, earning a few glares and voiced complaints from the other bandits enjoying their dinner for the evening.

"Would You shut up?" a voice called out, "Sometimes I think you're worse than the wolves!"

"Hey I'm just sayin' that we should be careful is all..."

Adrian turned away from the corner leaning the back of his head against the wall closing his eyes in thought.

"You have a plan?"

_ _Snapped out of his thoughts Leanna watches Adrian's face furrow in concentration before giving a heavy sigh. "No, not yet anyways."

"Typical human." She scoffed as if expecting no less from him shaking her head.

Adrian bristled at the comment, giving the Gardevoir an exasperated glare. "Then do you have some suggestions?" he asked making sure to keep an eye on the bandits and their bonfire. "Because all I have is this dagger and a headache."

Ignoring his comment Leanna pulls Adrian away from his spot earning an annoyed 'hey' as she took his spot taking another look at the chamber. Her crimson eyes narrowed until she turned back to Adrian with a smirk.

Dread immediately began to worm its way into his thoughts.

"Something tells me I'm not going to like this..." he groaned.

Smiling wider she nods. "You see the Dire Wolves in their cages?"

Nodding Adrian's dread only climbed higher at the mention of the beasts.

"You heard the talk about them being extremely violent." She stated, glancing back to the chamber as she laid out her plan. "We release them, they create our distraction and we can leave!"

The human's eyes widened, his face suddenly a pale white as he watches Leanna's body suddenly become enshrouded in a purple outline. "Hold on, let's think this through! If we do that the Dire Wolves would-"

*Clang-Clang-Clang*

"THE WOLVES ARE LOOSE! EVERYONE RU- GaaaAAAH!"

Left and right screams and howls resounded in the caves, the three Dire Wolves didn't hesitate charging out of their cages upon their release, and were now in a killing frenzy tearing limb from limb of anything it could clamp its long fangs and sharp claws into! Bodies, tables, and chairs flew everywhere as the Dire Wolves crashed through anything in their path towards their 'Masters'.

Without a second thought Adrian took Leanna's hand and ran through the screaming bloodbath with the Gardevoir in tow, making a beeline for the only way out. Suddenly Adrian was sent sprawling to the floor with Leanna stumbling in front of him; a bandit that was knocked over in the beginning of the diversion had tripped Adrian holding his leg with an iron grip, but before she could turn to help he yelled for her to run pulling out his knife and slashing at the man's arm leaving him to grasp at his mangled hand before a Dire Wolf pounced on him, clamping its jaws around the bandit's warm neck spilling hot blood everywhere, some of it even splashing on Adrian for being so close.

Not wasting any more time Adrian scrambled to his feet leaping over the fire and nimbly stepping between bodies not slowing his efforts to catch up with Leanna.

The walls were a blur; a mess of stone, dirt, and light with the echoes of the dying cries of the bandits behind them. Rounding a corner Adrian and Leanna ran up a slope following the smell of fresh air, but upon seeing a faint white glow they needed no more guidance, the sight of the moon and the howls behind them making them double their efforts going into a sprint for their freedom.

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Words failed the both of them.

They finally escaped their prison, after what seemed like an eternity of navigating the caves they were free.

Gasping and gulping down the forest air Leanna and Adrian slowly limped through the forest. The night air a welcoming cold to their burning lungs. After much urging Adrian coaxed Leanna into a jog to put more distance between them and their captors. It wasn't until they put a few hours' worth of walking and jogging did they stop to rest in a clearing. The open tree line giving way to the midnight sky with the stars twinkling against the black, the full moon bathed the clearing in a white light, certainly making the area feel like it was straight out of a fairy tale.

Leanna sat with her back against the tree while Adrian lied on his back on the forest floor, eyes clenched shut in exhaustion.

"Why...D-didn't... You... "Adrian gasped out, the rest of his question cutoff from his body's need for oxygen.

Opening her crimson eyes she wearily laughs both in his mind and in the open, sounding almost as if there were two Leanna's laughing at the same time.

"Why I didn't wait to explain my plan? Simple," her legs protested to any sort of movement but she pushed herself to her feet, using the tree to support her body. "-You wouldn't have agreed to it."

Rising to his feet Adrian fumed his emerald eyes glaring into Leanna's crimson, "Of course I wouldn't have, I would have found-"

"Found what, another way? I don't know about you but all I did was getting our skins saved!"

Adrian couldn't argue with that. Letting out an irritated groan he waves the comment away, "Alright... Fine you got me there." Brushing his bangs out from his face he begins fixing his hair back into its ponytail with his long bangs framing his face. "Just wish there was a different, safer way..."

"I'm sure there was, you were just too slow to find it." Leanna smirked watching the human glare at her again. "Humans, so idiotic-"

A flash of movement caught her attention but she was too slow to react. With several splinters of wood flying past her eyes and the sound of a loud 'thunk' in the tree next to her, looking to her right she saw the dagger buried into the tree just a smidge away from burying itself in her head.

Looking from the knife then back to Adrian she shuddered speechless, she hadn't even seen him throw it let alone see the dagger. Just who was this man who'd she escaped with?

Wait.

Something didn't add up.

Thinking back upon their escape how did he preform with such ease? Escaping their prison with a Lockpick, killing and subduing the bandits with such lethality, the way he carried himself in the midst of danger with her in tow all the while keeping the both of them alive, and now here he waited. Patiently watching the Gardevoir's every move with his sharp glare. His face was a stone mask with no emotion, but she could feel the emotions broiling within him. The anger, the exhaustion, the happiness and relief that their freedom brought, and... Something else.

Anticipation, but for what? For her to attack? No it was something else. Going off her hunch she tentatively speaks her mind, her heart racing a mile a minute as she sorted her thoughts.

"You're not a woodsman, are you?" she asked, carefully choosing her wording.

Adrian's eyes widen in surprise but shook his head letting out a small chuckle, making his bangs wave in the gentle breeze. "That's a bit random!" He smiled easing his stance as he walks over to the Gardevoir.

"No, I didn't used to be. It's like I told you..." Grasping the hilt of the dagger and with a mighty tug wrenches the old knife from its wooden confines making Leanna wince from the movement and the few wooden chips that flew to the ground.

"After my years of wandering I wanted to settle down." He continued, walking away as he sheathed the knife back into his belt. "The town near my home is a quiet, peaceful place... Away from all the turmoil the war causes."

His shoulders slumped at the mention of the war, and his frown only deepened. "At least that's what I thought."

Leanna visibly stiffened, "Why do you say that?"

The human snapped his gaze back to Leanna, looking as if he were deciding he should indulge her curiosity with some secret before shaking his head.

"I'll tell you the summary of why... Later."

Leanna frowned. "And how come?"

Again Adrian smiled though a thoughtful smile of one still in thought. "I'm still thinking on it, it's a hunch but I think it carries some weight. Besides you'll probably be long gone before I could think it through all the way- Y'know, being a slow minded human and all!" He laughed tapping the side of his head as he turned and began walking away, leaving Leanna stunned.

"Hey! Wait a minute where are you going?"

Continuing walking away not turning back to the Gardevoir.

"I'm going home, and you should too."

Leanna paused looking down at the ground.

Not hearing a reply Adrian turned back to watch the Gardevoir pause then slowly approach him her head down, once at arm's length she looked up with a deep frown expression while she looked into his emerald green eyes. She looked conflicted and troubled, as if what she had on her mind was difficult to say or put into words.

"Adrian before you leave I... I wanted to say-"

A loud howl pierced the calm night drowning out Leanna's voice. Covering their ears Leanna watched as a giant mass of fur bowling Adrian over in a blur. She watched in horror as the black blur and Adrian rolled over the green forest floor till the beast was hovering over his chest, only held back by his hands clenched around the front of its neck at arm's length. Relentlessly the Dire Wolf snapped its jaws at Adrian's face over and over as drool and specks of wet blood flew in the air; no doubt from its earlier victims, as his arms slowly began to give from the weight of the beast and his own exhaustion weakening him further.

Several sharp points of pain shot through his body followed by his own cry of pain, trying his best not to weaken further with the Dire Wolf's claws now biting into his shoulders, tearing his already bloodied shirt as he desperately tried to push its hulking frame off his body. But the thing might as well have been as heavy as a bear; it was already the size of one!

"Adrian!"

Whipping his head to the source of the voice he watches Leanna's body slowly glow purple, and then suddenly the weight on his chest vanished. Gasping in surprise he watches as the Dire Wolf was held in midair, a glowing purple outline covering its entire body while it flew across the clearing picking up speed until the Dire Wolf crashed through a tree, the body rolling and skidding until coming to a stop on its side on the forest floor.

Thinking it was finished Adrian slowly rose to his feet letting a tired sigh of relief escape his lips, at least until he saw the Dire Wolf unsteadily rise to its paws, shaking its head before setting its angry yellow eyed gaze on the human and Pokémon, growling and snarling giving them both a grand view of its deadly fangs glinting in the moonlight.

"Leanna you think you could use your powers again on this thing?" he called back; uncertainty creeping in his voice, all the while keeping his eyes on the Dire Wolf slowly approaching and circling them like a predator stalking their prey.

He felt a feeling of sorrow and fear in the back of his mind, "I'm sorry I can't, I'm just too exhausted..."

"Don't worry about it; I think I can do fine after that little reprieve you gave me." He smiled though still facing the crossbreed, for once not entirely sure how to go about fighting a wild animal like this one.

Pulling out his knife he felt absolutely naked without his bow, he truly wished he had searched for his belongings back in the bandit caves.

But his mental anguish ceased the second he saw the Dire Wolf leap at him claws extended reaching for the kill.

Diving to his right he felt fur brush his leg as he rolled to his feet, though the dodge was successful the agony in his shoulders screamed otherwise. With another leap the Dire Wolf cleared the short distance between them giving Adrian barely any time to react to its attack. This time jumping to his left the dagger snaked its way through the air biting into fur and flesh, where a pained yelp signified a gash across its eye.

The wound was only superficial however, not drawing much blood but obviously giving the crossbreed something to pause and think about rather than just rushing in head first.

Again man and beast waited; Adrian's labored breathing and the Dire Wolf's snarls were the only sounds that night their concentration on each other. Slowly Adrian began to edge his way to the Dire Wolf's blind spot where he cut its eye before quickly sprinting towards it.

Gasping Leanna shouted at Adrian to stop, but the call either was ignored or lost in the loud snarls and grunts of the fight.

The Dire Wolf bit and swiped at the empty air becoming more enraged in its bloodlust, watching as the human evaded its attacks with a calculating eye.

All was going well until Adrian was sent sprawling across the forest floor. The Wolf had adapted and anticipated his attempt to rush it; he had played right into its hand.

Winded from the attack the human desperately rose to his feet trying to fill his aching lungs with the air they so desired. Then a familiar weight squashed his chest forcing the air from his lungs as he glared at the Dire Wolf that had his arm holding his dagger pinned.

With a howl the beast reared its open maw about to deliver the killing blow not noticing the wind begin to pick up, scattering leaves floating in midair that slowly all began to glow in a rainbow of colors.

"Magical Leaf!"

The leaves spun and all dove for the Dire Wolf cutting deep into its flesh forcing it off of Adrian. Once the attack ended however the Wolf still stood now charged for her leaving Adrian to yell for her to run. The sound of scratching glass echoed loudly as the Wolf dug its claws gouging into the purple barrier that separated it from the Gardevoir.

Again and again the attacks rained down upon Leanna's barrier, each impact making the psychic Pokémon wince as the barrier slowly became covered with cracks and gouge marks. The Dire Wolf leapt back giving another howl before opening its maw, a small ball of white light forming inside its jaws.

Leanna only stood there, watching as the small ball of light was building in power and grew larger while her barrier cracked and shattered into pieces before falling to her knees. The Hyper Beam was almost ready as it pulsed dangerously in the beast's massive maw.

Adrian's eyes widened seeing the Gardevoir stand defenseless for the incoming attack, "LEANNA GET DOWN!"

Jumping to his feet he dashes across the clearing, running up a large rock he leaps from it propelling him through the air onto the beast's back, startling as he grabs two handfuls of the matted fur; ignoring the blood coating his hands from Leanna's Magical Leaf, holding on for his life as the Dire Wolf went berserk bucking and jumping in a frenzy to free itself of the human on its back, the Hyper Beam passing harmlessly over the Gardevoir and into the sky as Adrian held on trying to steady himself to attack only to almost lose the weapon from his grasp.

Leanna's eyes widened at the scene before her watching as Adrian plunged the knife into the beast's body again and again all the while barely keeping hold on the wolf's pelt, until with one final blow and a vengeful yell he plunges the blade into the back of the wolf's neck, puncturing and severing the bone and into the delicate organ inside.

With a final howl it collapses to the forest floor, dead, bleeding profusely from its wounds that covered its entire body as it laid there.

Adrian's eyes remained on the corpse of the beast until he remembers Leanna; the realization dawning on him he turns to search for her finding her on the ground unconscious, her already white skin somehow looking sickly paler. He rushes to her prone form, checking to see if she were alright, relieved to find she was still breathing and alive.

"I'm... Sorry... I didn't- I didn't listen to you-"

Waving her apology away he shushes her, "Quiet now, what matters is that you're alright. At least I think."

The dark rings under her weary red eyes looked heavy and the Gardevoir really didn't look well. Leanna tried to sit herself up but fails landing with a 'whump' on the cold grass, to which Adrian shakes his head telling her she needed her rest. But she remained adamant trying to push herself up but stopped when she felt a gentle hand held her by the shoulder.

"Don't worry, the Wolf is dead. We're safe for now."

Obvious relief graced her features as she relaxed knowing the immediate threat was gone. Looking back to the Dire Wolf he shudders remembering that he again was so close to death, remembering some memories he thought he'd never relive again. Turning his attention back to Leanna he lets out a small laugh seeing her fast asleep.

With a groan Adrian picks up the exhausted Leanna, carrying her on his back ignoring her breasts and chest spike digging into his back.

"Rest up you stubborn Gardevoir." He chuckled, a warm smile on his face as he carried the Pokémon. He was honestly touched that she stayed with him to help him fight; even though she was already at her limit Leanna saved him with her quick thinking. That was twice she saved him now, as much he didn't want to admit it.

Hearing her snore softly against his ear Adrian wished he could take a good long rest... But that could wait. A few days in a warm bed sounded Much better than spending a night on the ground.