[center][color=red][h3]Kasumi, "The Shadow"[/h3]

So that was the emperor... He didn't seem as majestic as she thought he would. To be fair, Kasumi had never seen someone in power before, so she didn't have anything to compare him to. He spoke well though, simply and without any extra nonsense. She liked that. However, his words on groups worried her. Kasumi knew that technically she would have to group up for this mission - after all, this wasn't something to take on your own. However, she hadn't really realized it until now. How could she group with someone when she couldn't even speak to anyone in the large hall? Even as she watched, people grouped up without a care and left, leaving the room much emptier than it had been before. There were still some stragglers here and there, but Kasumi thought about going towards them and her legs trembled.

Biting her lip hard in order to try and overcome her fear, she took a deep breath and forced herself to her feet. She hadn't traveled all the way here, met and fought for her Pokemon, and survived the orphanage from hell in order to falter here. No, she would find someone to partner up with, and that was that. Taking another deep breath to keep herself calm, Kasumi let her gaze roam over the hall in search of a partner. It seemed that there were some people outside as well, and she couldn't resist the urge to take a look. Was that... a dragon? A Salamance, to be specific. And upon it's back... An Absol! And a human, but Kasumi (and Kiseki) were more concerned with the Absol. They were so rare and here was another one! [b]"Wait!"[/b] Kasumi cried out in an attempt to stop the dragon from taking off. [b]"That's... That's an Absol! I have one too!"[/b] Kiseki, Taika, and Tsubasa had followed her out and the female Absol couldn't help but preen slightly when faced with another of her kind.[/color]
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