"Why is it so dark in here?" Sean sighed while he continued with Charms tail lighting the path for him, Shi, and the ever complaining Selena. She had started with Sean waking her up at eight in the morning and hadn't stopped since.

"Gee, I wonder if it's because this is a cave." Sean rolled his eyes while continuing to ignore the girl. She fumed while puffing up. Shi sighed while looking at the Charmander for advice but just got a shrug in response. So the group continued this way, for a while, a long while...they were through Mt. Moon before the complaining stopped.

"Ya know Charm, I miss the silence. Wonder if we'll get anymore of that sweet stuff again?" The Charmander shrugged while the two continued walking with Shi behind them trying to avoid laughing at her partner's face. They got to Cerulean quickly afterwards in complete silence. It wasn't until they got to the Center that Sean said anything.

"So here we are. Finally a good place to take a nap."

"What about the gym? Aren't you going to challenge it now?" Selena realized her silent treatment had just failed when her friend smiled and patted her head.

"After I nap I may. You can go ahead if you want." He smiled and went into the building while the girl thought for a moment. Shi looked up at her while listening to the girl's thoughts to know what was coming. She started dancing happily when she found out they were going to try it.

"Hope I don't need a second poke though. Bah, I'm sure you can do this." The pair held their heads high as they entered. The room was lit nicely with a giant pool in the center with floating platforms. On one side of the pool was a small girl with long red hair and a blue sundress playing with blocks while a Blastoise lay next to her asleep. She looked up at the pair who entered and smiled widely.

"New people! Are you here to challenge for the badge?" The Blastoise seemed to wake up at that moment and stood while yawning. "We got new friends to face Puppy!" The girl danced around the turtle who seemed to sigh but was smiling at her as well. "Oh wait, I gotta go get grandma. She said I'm not allowed to fight without her permission."

"Huh?" Selena was still in shock while Puppy got into the pool and swam around to loosen up. Shi stood at the edge and looked down as the turtle moved fast from side to side. Her eyes tried to keep up but were having some trouble doing so. She eventually looked away when her head began hurting from it. A short time later an elderly woman came in with the little girl from before. The girl was dancing happily befor getting onto one of the floating platforms. The old woman stood next to the pool seeming bored.

"Grandma said she'd ref for us. You win and you get a badge, but you probably know that so let's get started! It'll be one on one with a ten minute time limit cause my nap is coming up. I'm Wendy Ketchum, leader of the Water Gym of Cerulean." The little girl smiled brightly while pulling out and holding up the Cascade Badge which was her proof as a gym leader. Selena shook the disbelief off and got into position with Shi.

The two Pokemon got on to opposing platforms. As soon as the flags were raised to begin, it was over.

"Torpedo!" The Blastoise went into his shell, spun around, shot his cannons and used them to shoot straight into Shi, instantly knocking her out and across the room. "Boo. I thought you'd be tougher then the others I've faced. Oh well, come back when your ready to really go at it."

The trio left while Selena, just coming out of shock ran to get Shi before bolting to the Poke-Center. The run took her all of a half minute. The nurse saw the pair and sighed while signalling for a Chansey to come and take the little poke for treatment. The girl sat in the front room just staring at the ground even when Sean and Charm came and sat next to her.

"Eh, can't always win the first time." He patted his old friend on the back while watching the people in the room. She felt his hand and heard him, but was so far out she didn't care.

"I know Shi isn't the strongest, but that thing destroyed her. She didn't even have a chance to fight it. Maybe it's my fault. I'm just not that good a trainer. Guess it doesn't pass through the blood of Grandpa."

"Wow, she looks down." The small voice caught Selena off. She knew it and who it belonged to. She looked over to see her other best friend Claire Twilight. She was small and thin which easily lied her true age and her pale skin only made her even more innocent looking. She had big violet eyes that were almost hypnotic and white hair that reached her back. She was wearing a yellow sleeveless dress with black shorts and a white jacket and sandals. Around her neck was a silver chain that had a yellow flower shaped charm on it. She set her bright green backpack down and sat next to Selena. "Did Sean do something to you?"

"Why is it automatically my fault?"

"Because your a guy and guys are jerks." Selena smiled finally as the pair bickered at each other. She had missed it since the journey began. Almost at that moment a nurse came toward her.

"Miss, your Pokemon is stable now. You and your friends can go and see her if you wish. She should be fully healed in a day or two." The kindly lady bowed and left while handing Selena a room key with the number 13 on it.

"Lucky number, don't fail me now." The two girls got up and went to the back while Sean picked Charm up. Just before following, he felt a vibration in his coat pocket. He sighed and set his partner back down.

"go on and check on your friend. I'll be there in a bit." He smiled as Charm watched him leave the center. After a bit a thought though, she shrugged and took off to see Shi.

-This is the time to go use the restroom or get a drink.-

The three girls entered the room quietly to not disturb Shi. She was hurt and bruised, but stood on the bed and stared at the pillow in anger. As soon as Selena saw them, she knew what she had to do and got over her pity party. She turned to Claire with ire in her own eyes.

"I need your help. when Shi gets the green light, I want you to help us train. We're gonna take that overgrown turtle down!" The other human girl giggled with delight as she nodded and felt the surge of energy from her friend. The pair began talking about strategy while Charm got onto the bed and looked at Shi.

"How long ago did the pain meds wear off?"

"About ten minutes ago...please kill me." The Charmander laughed while patting her friend on the back, much to her dismay.

-Aw, poor Shi.-

"Yeah I understand that but...your not listening, it won't...I'll have to intervene if theres any danger. She is not to be harmed no matter what. Those are still the most important instructions. Yeah whatever, you heard what I said. Agent Thirteen out." Sean sighed and pressed the off button on his phone. He knew when it wrung it would be bad news. Anytime the thin black phone did, it was more things to go onto his list of drama. He took a final look at the big red R on the back before putting it into a secret pocket.

"Shits getting complicated now."

-A/N-

Indeed it is getting complicated. I can't say more then that really. Sorry for the big delay but I've had a lot to do and I'm not gonna rush this story. Hopefully it will make up for it's length with what it had in it, a new character and a new reveal. I'll try to get the next chapter out sooner with plenty of battley goodness. See ya next time.