THE HEART OF BATTLE

~ A MYSTERIOUS MESSAGE/ PG.4 ~

-Pokemon Belongs To The Pokemon Company -

- original characters Milli

Millie holds Aurora's Pokeball in her palm and presses her head against it. "thank you for everything, Aurora." she then sheds a tear and remembers her father for a few minutes as she keeps her head close to the Pokeball.

"Dad, you may not be on this adventure with me, but I know you're always by me even though you're at home right now enjoying your calm & peaceful life with your team."

Millie then opens her eyes and looks down at Cyndaquil, looking up at her and pushing a Pokeball to her feet. She kneels beside Cyndaquil and grabs the Pokeball. "Do you want to be a part of my team?" Cyndaquil sits down & looks up at her with a smile.

Millie giggles as Cyndaquil hits the capture button on the Pokeball and vanishes into an orange streak of energy. "Welcome to the team, Solstice." Millie's phone goes off, and an ai voice responds to her.

"Cyndaquil, the fire mouse Pokemon with a height of (0.5m/1'08") and weight of (7.9kg/17.4Ibs) Cyndaquil Hails from the Johto region. Though usually curled into a ball due to its timid disposition, it harbors tremendous firepower." Millie looks at her party of 4, then walks over to the young child.

"I'm heading back to the city; want to tag along with me?" the young child nods and smiles. "Sure, Millie." Millie smiles and then pats the Child's head. "What's your name? I didn't quite catch it." The young child giggles. "My name is Lex; thank you for protecting me & stopping the fight between your Ninetales and the Charizard."

Millie smiles. "You're welcome & thank you for your speech." Lex hugs Millie. "I don't like to see beautiful Pokemon hurt." Millie pats Lex's back. "I understand how it feels to see a creature you love get hurt." She then releases the hug & offers her paw.

"Let's get out of here. It's getting close to nightfall & I don't want to keep my friend waiting too long."

Lex nods, hears a rustle in the woods, and quickly stops. "Millie, did you hear that?" Millie nods, then holds the Pokeball of Speranza close. "don't worry, whatever it is, my team will protect us."

Lex nods, then sees Lucario & Delphox leap out of the trees and approach them. "Millie, look out." Millie then gasps as she recognizes the two as they both have a necklace that her father gave them. "Anubis & Day, is that you?"

The two Pokemon run to Millie & hug her. "What are you two doing out here? Shouldn't you be back home with my father?" she smiles as she looks at both Anubis & day, wagging her tail happily; she then hears a familiar voice & sees her father step out from beside Anubis & Day.

"they are supposed to be home with me, but they wanted to come out here & enjoy the beautiful night sky together." He smiles at her, then notices Millie has a young child with her.

"I see you're helping out young trainers in these woods; well, I shouldn't waste any of your time; how is Aurora doing?"

Millie looks to her father "he's exhausted, so he's back in his Pokeball, Dad; we had a battle with a strong trainer, so I couldn't defeat him, not yet." Millie's Father places a paw on her shoulder.

"I see. At least you're safe & are learning that not all battles can be won; you sometimes must stop the battle and accept the defeat." He sits beside her. "When I, Anubis & tamao first became a team, it wasn't easy to defeat other trainers." He smiles and then looks at Anubis & Day.

"no matter how strong your Pokemon become, Millie, there will always be ways where you will get into tight spots, but that means you must change your strategy. Not every trainer will be the same and will be defeated using the same strategy, so use all your team to their full potential. Remember, type advantage is a big thing regarding Battles."

Millie looks at her father "Dad, I have a question. I don't know if you can answer it, but I want to ask since you are the new champion."

Her father smiles at her.

"Sure, Princess, what is it you want to ask me?" he sits down and smiles as Day & Anubis sit beside them. Millie looks up at him, then Aurora appears beside her with a soft yelp and lies by her, letting Millie rub her paw against his back. "Aurora, you shouldn't be out of your safe zone; it's dangerous." Her father places his paw on her shoulder.

"Aurora likes to be beside you; Millie let him lie by you; remember, Day & Anubis are here, so we're safe." He smiles at her & notices Aurora has evolved. "Wow, Aurora looks beautiful, Princess; I see he evolved; when did this happen, Milie?" he admires Aurora's beauty & pats his head gently so Aurora can feel calm.

Millie smiles at her father & places her paw against Aurora's ear & giggles "he evolved while we were battling that strong trainer; I was surprised that he evolved during battle."

Her father smiles and takes his paw off Aurora's head. "that's amazing, Millie; well, it's time for me to go." He stands up & calls Day & Anubis to his side.

"keep training hard, Millie & take good care of your companions; I can't wait to see your full team when you can come back home."

"wait, Dad; you didn't answer my question; please don't leave yet." She then walks with him & speaks to him. "Dad, you know I was able to meet the former champion of the Pokemon League?" V looks at her. "The former champion; do you mean Galaga?"

Millie nods her head. "Yes, I met her, & we battled. I thought I was about to win, but my team was folded like an omelet." She looks down. "She then used this strange power known as a paradox form; I was wondering if you know anything about paradox forms & how is it used?"

"Well, my sweet daughter, you came to the right person with that question; how about I teach you a little about this Paradox form?" he smiles at her.

"I won't show you too much because you must return to your new ally before it darkens." He then points to Anubis, "Come over here, please." Anubis growls faintly, then comes over to his side and grunts. "now, tamao, come on out!" a purple streak of energy appears, and tamao appears beside V and wags his tail happily. V smiles at Tamao and walks over to Millie.

"Here, if you want to paradox form your companions, you'll need this." He tosses Millie a crystal-like Pokeball and smiles at her.

"that Pokeball you have in your paw is known to be called a terra orb in other regions, but here we call them Paradox Orbs, but these things come in different variants; more experienced trainers like to use what I have on my arm."

V picks up his arm and shows Millie the armband he is wearing. "this is called a Paradox band, but I will teach the simple way to paradox form since my armband is different compared to your crystal ball, now since tamao is close to you he will be your companion for this lesson since Aurora is resting."

Tamao yips & rubs his head against Millie's leg & gets beside her.

"Don't worry, Millie, you won't need to battle me, I want to show you how to use this very impressive & strong skill, so you won't have to be left in the dark & not know how to paradox, especially against your rivals."

Millie nods her head and then looks at Anubis, who is standing beside her father with an intimidating look towards tamao.

"now, Millie, you won't need to battle me, but you already know how much Anubis likes a challenge, especially against tamao." Millie gasps. "Wait, Dad won't. I still have to battle Anubis." V laughs.

"Correct, so get ready because Anubis will not be taking orders from me; he will do his own thing to train against you & tamao."

"What, but what about Tamao won't he get hurt?" V shakes his head. "Tamao won't get hurt because he and Anubis train with each other daily but will need to paradox quickly." Millie's eyes widen. "What do you mean quickly." V picks up his wrist.

"Now, Anubis, it's time to form a paradox!" the armband glows, and a small crystal marble floats from the armband. V presses it with his palm, the marble shattering into galaxy-themed energy and covering Anubis with a galaxy-like aura, surprising Millie as Anubis is now covered with a hooded see-through blue cloak, & galaxy themed caped head & ears covered by a hood as he growls, then reveals his bone like weapon and smirks at Millie.

Millie gasps. "What, how do I stop that?"