**_~Claire and Groudon, Road to Hiden.~_**

_**~Interaction with Corivana, John, Zavier, and Sindri.**_

_"Quite bloodthirsty, aren't we?"_ She thought as he introduced himself. She herself didn't like fighting, but wasn't opposed to it. Of course, she was never one to attack first unless ordered or had a really good reason for doing so. Such as her target being a morph, or it was an order from someone higher ranking than she was. However, before she could say anything to the man, he asked a rather interesting question that caught her slightly off guard.

**"Darkrai? I would question the existence of such a pokemon, but I don't think I have a right to do so."** She thought for a moment, trying to recall any legends about the notorious legendary. While she was familiar with all the other legendaries and their respective houses, she was unsure if Darkrai had a patron house. She wasn't sure anyone of any reputable standing would revere such a pokemon, in any case. **"Unfortunately, I can not say that I know of any houses that represent the pokemon. If there is one, I am not sure that they would be anyone I would ever associate with or allow to exist in the first place."** She perhaps stated a bit to harshly.

By now, Groudon had mostly finished getting rid of the earth spikes he had created during the fight. However, for some reason, he felt...agitated, and was restlessly shifting its massive weight between its feet. It couldn't quite place this feeling, but it wasn't the first time he had felt it, but what was it? Whatever it was, he decided it didn't matter. Claire had told him to level the road, so he did.

And then a flying blue blimp came crashing down from the sky. Claire, was stunned. It was Kyogre, the legendary pokemon of house Espada. What was it doing here, of all places? Had it been attracted to Groudon? No, someone was coming off of the pokemon, someone who had most likely commanded the pokemon to land here after seeing them. That was good - if these two pokemon battled, then chances were it was not going to end well for either of them. 

The woman in question...seemed to be the crude sort, as she started to question them about destroying the road. A simply misunderstanding, so Claire did not think much about it. However, the way she talked, she actually found quite amusing. She sounded just like a pirate, or at least how she sounded when she played pirate with Gallade as a kid. She had to refrain herself from giving an amused chuckle. This woman...who was she? She wasn't overly familiar with her, which means that she wasn't someone to spend a lot of time with the rest of the Espadas. Judging from her mannerisms and her partner, she spent quite a bit of time at sea and very rarely made port.

The stare she was getting from Corivana though, was a bit...unnerving, to be sure however.

**"Ah, I apologize."** She gave a friendly smile. **"I am Claire Terrane, head of the House Terrane and supplier of most of Ayeros precious metals and ores. And you must be someone from house Espada, since you are riding their legendary-"** However, before she could say anything else, a loud roar was heard. She immediately knew what that meant. Groudon, was not happy about something.

The large pokemon was looking right at Kyogre, claws raised and its mouth opened in a snarl completely ignoring the small pokemon prodding at its feet.

Claire immediately acted, running over to the large pokemon and climbing up the straps that crossed the pokemons body. She made her way up to his eye level, wrapping one of her hands around the spikes that jutted out from its head, just behind it's eye. She should have known he might not react kindly to Kyogre just showing up out of nowhere. She knew the legends about their cataclysmic battles well, better than most probably. 

**"Alright, easy there boy. Kyogre isn't going to trouble us, and I doubt it's here to cause you trouble."** She spoke in a calming, almost motherly tone to the beast. However, Groudon didn't seem to respond, and took a threatening step towards Kyogre, almost crushing the small pokemon under its claw. Claire frowned, her expression going from one of motherly concern, to disappointment and disapproval. **"So...let me get this straight. You're disobeying me?"** At that, Groudon immediately stopped. **"Good. Now, you and Kyogre are going to play nice, at least for now. If you don't..."** her voice lowered to a whisper that only he would be able to hear. Whatever she said, caused the large legendary to immediately take two steps back from Kyo, and lower its head in a seeming apologetic manner.

Claire climbed off the legendary, giving him a friendly rub on the side of his leg. **"Sorry about that, I should have guessed he wouldn't like being near Kyogre. Now, where were we, miss?...."**

**_~Levinia - Ladyl Woods~_**

Levinia had tracked the bird pokemon to a cave in a rocky outcropping next to the caves. Unfortunately, one of the humans had beat her too it. She wasn't as fast as that bird pokemon, Belle. She growled in annoyance. If only she could have gotten here first, she could have taken it out before those foolish humans had even gotten involved. Tch. In any case, she needed to lay low until all of them got into the cave, or at least that one got far enough in for her to approach without being seen. Though, now that she thought about it, the humans would have trouble seeing in the cave, wouldn't they? Unless it had a natural light source, it was bound to be dark.

She wouldn't have that problem of course, but she wasn't sure she should get directly involved with them...She shook her head in impatience as she continued to obverse from a distance.