"Hurricanes?" Thought to himself. "What sort of message is that? A threat? Either way, I probably better do it. To at least warn them."

"I will Yaves." replied Axel, nodding. "Can you give me more details on what this book will lead to?"

Facing Vaess and trying to keep his eyes on her face and not on her more prominent regions, he formulated a response. "This is all a lot to take in, Sai Vaess, maybe I could ask for something simpler and a tad bit safer. Would you maybe empower my Natrelmon and I? They are not yet quite strong enough to take on the trials and neither am I."

This was a sad yet true statement. After Chu was slung out of the Arena in a Team Rocketesque manner, Axel knew he would be in trouble challenging a leader if he could not defeat a single trainer, although, to be honest, Itsuki was no pushover.