He was born in Mistalton City, Unova amidst much media attention and by the time he was only a week old his mother had left him with a babysitter and continued to work with her husband on their ultra-popular educational television series about searching for endangered Pokemon and helping them. His parents understood that he would be lonely and they wanted to be with him but felt that the show was more important. Call it selfish for them to believe that more people depended on them to produce this show on a weekly basis than they did on them taking care of their son. So Sean Ratchet, son of Jack and Mary Ratchet, never got to enjoy the company of his parents much at all. They at least had the decency to search for a companion for him though, if it were only for their selfish reasons. During their travels they found a small creature of the same age as Sean. Upon their return to Mistralton City they presented the tiny child with Riolu.
"We're going to see whether the bond between a Pokemon and a human is different when a child grows up alongside his Pokemon than when you capture it at an older age." Jack told Professor Oak via computer. "Maybe we'll learn something new. Maybe the bond will be greater, maybe not. But I think it's worth it."
Professor Oak grimaced. "Do you ever think about your son?"
Jack was taken aback. "I always do."
"You're treating him as a science experiment. I don't feel you're treating him as a son."
"I do! What do you know about my relationship with my son?"
"That he doesn't even know your face because you run off to tape your show instead of take care of him."
Jack clenched his fists. "What do you know about parenting?"
"Gary calls me daddy now and is the same age as your son. Can your son do that?"
Jack shook his head. "Sean has Riolu. That's all he needs."
Professor Oak shook his head. "Why you can't quit the show and take care of your blood is beyond me. I'm bringing Gary over and I'm going to take care of them both for a couple of weeks. I figure I owe you that much, and I figure your son and mine may as well become friends early."
"Do what you will."
A week later Sean would learn his first words from Oak. His first word, quite expectantly, was Riolu. Gary and Sean got along just fine but Oak noticed something especially different about the way Sean and Riolu acted. They shared, they slept together, they never fought nor cried around each other. Even though they couldn't speak, nor understood much of anything about the world around them, they at least seemed to care about each other. This was piquing Oaks scientific interest. Was Riolu using the telepathic ability the creatures were known for? Did the two share a strange telepathic bond?
This was part of why Lucario and Sean were as powerful and bonded as they were. This early telepathic bond meant that they learned at the same pace, they did the same things together, and they experienced things the same. The two were, essentially, the same. They were both blank slates that had been glued together. Now whatever was written on the slate was what both experienced.
Professor Oak had no idea who he was truly babysitting. He didn't see that in the future he would die protecting this child. He didn't see that this was the second child of three who would decide the fate of the world. He didn't even think that Sean Ratchet would become anything more than a television personality or Pokemon doctor.
He didn't see that this little boy and his Riolu were going to decide the fate of the world.
When Sean turned seven his parents took him on a cruise. Riolu went with him of course. This cruise was the closest he'd ever gotten to his parents and for all I know could have been the first time he spoke with his parents. To tell the truth, this could have been the only time he'd ever spent with his parents. He didn't particularly like them. They were snobbish, they were continually being asked for autographs, and as far as he cared he would have rather spent the time with Riolu. Which he did. He spent most of the cruise playing with Riolu at the pool or exploring with him. When the ship docked in Sinnoh Sean and Riolu played around in the streets. His parents didn't seem to care. They left him alone, only picking him up for a lunch where they barely spoke a word. His father and mother's attempts at striking up conversation failed miserably. Sean didn't particularly care for the two. The father was idiotic and the mother was just following the father's example like an obedient Pokemon.
On the return trip, though, something happened that would continue pulling the duo closer.
The ship scraped against a rock, tearing the hull open severely. The water entered the left side of the ship on the bottom, capsizing it. Amidst the panic of the sinking ship some people got away on escape boats or used their water type Pokemon, but Sean and Riolu didn't get to escape that way. They fell overboard and passed out in the water. The two held onto each other tightly.
They washed up on Rock Island. This island was thought of as nothing more than a large rock outcropping and was paid no heed. Thus, it was one of the best places to hide the God Stone.
The elder monks who lived in the caves of the island took Sean and Riolu into their care. As you well know the island is essentially a passage between the rocks and then a large arena like area. This arena is covered in jutting rocks so to anyone flying over it just looks like an outcropping. They never notice the caves.
Sean and Riolu awoke in the cave of the monks.
"Where are we?" Sean asked. He spoke not in the first person, but as a collective between himself and Riolu. This was how he always spoke up until the God Stone changed him.
"What is your name child?" One of the bald monks asked.
"We're Sean Ratchet and Riolu." He replied. He looked around the cave. There were carvings of me, carvings of the God Stone.
"He came to us as the prophecy said." One of the monks said.
"So the time of troubles is upon us?" Asked another.
"He is but a child!"
"Hush!" The monk who had initially asked Sean his name was the leader. Daigo quieted everyone and looked into the child's eyes, then into Riolu's.
"He speaks as if he is a single being with this Riolu. They were found washed up in each other's arms. These two are one and the same."
"He is One with Pokemon?" Asked one of the monks.
"He may be."
"One with Pokemon?" Sean asked.
"There is One with Pokemon, One with Humanity, and One with Innocence. One to rule Pokemon, one to rule humanity, and one to keep the peace." Daigo smiled pleasantly. "You may not know the legend of the God Stone. It is okay though. Soon you will be embroiled in the legend. Come child."
Sean and Riolu were taken to a recess in the arena-like area where a glowing stone sat.
"What is that?" Sean asked.
"The God Stone." Daigo said. "Have you heard of Mew?"
"Yes. It's a Pokemon that grants your wish if you see it."
"Correct. This is a Mew egg. There is only one Mew in existence. When another was to be born it was encased in an amber like substance to keep it from upsetting the balance of the world. Its sole purpose is to give its power to those who deserve it and will use it toward the betterment of the world. You are like the one mentioned in the prophecies. The one known as One with Pokemon."
Daigo would proceed to have Riolu and Sean touch the stone. It gave off the most glorious aura. This was Daigo's confirmation. He had found the second, One with Pokemon.
"You will be brought back here when the time is right. You will find me again. Right now I am only going to give you two the power to become one even further. When you return, you will get the rest of the power." The God Stone told Sean.
Riolu and Sean would pass out and awaken in a hospital, his parents standing over him.
Something strange was the fact that both Riolu and Sean's eyes flickered open at the same time.
His father, unbeknownst to Sean, was taking a lot of notes about his behavior. These papers would never get out though. The only other person to ever read them were Professor Oak. And the only other person to ever care about his behavior would be another person who cared naught for him but only for the money, Sillindra.
Sean met N during his days in a private school. His parents wanted him to become a scientist so of course enrolled him in the most high end facility they could find. He was only eight when he started being taught about biology and chemistry. He couldn't care less about it though. Neither could N, a young man of the same age with green hair. The two were essentially rebels. They didn't do their homework, messed around during class, and were told multiple times they would be kicked out of the academy if they didn't take their studies seriously. N and Sean were uncaring about the threats though. If they were kicked out of the academy, that was less work and more play time.
They didn't leave though. Their parents weren't happy with their progress and Sean's told him that if he didn't get good grades, Riolu would be taken from him. Thus Sean started to care and started to get good grades. Losing Riolu would be losing part of himself.
N continued to screw around. He loathed his parents. They beat him and told him how worthless he was. He'd show them. He would become the world's greatest Pokemon trainer.
"You're going to go into science! I will not allow you to be a trainer!" His father slapped him, sending him reeling backward. "You are going to make money, not travel around like some sort of nomad!"
Sean and N were good friends through the four years they were stuck in the academy. Sean got progressively better grades and actually was told he could become a Pokemon doctor if he continued his schooling and became an apprentice.
Upon leaving the academy, both Sean and N looked at what they could do with their lives. Sean decided he'd continue on the path of the Pokemon doctor, while N had different plans. Unova had an organization that took in young recruits, taught them to fight and take care of themselves, and helped them become people of worth. Sean liked this idea, maybe it would allow him to feel like he belonged. They were called Team Plasma and they were a closely knit organization that treated its members like family.
N continued to live with his parents for six months before he and Sean decided to join.
During his first couple months of apprenticeship Sean was taught by a nice Nurse Joy in the back of the Pokemon Center. He was made to read boring medical books and memorize a lot. The greatest part of his time in the back room of the Pokemon Center was his hitting puberty.
Yeah, I can see you giggling you pervert. I know you enjoyed puberty. But he enjoyed it because his Riolu evolved just as his body started to change. While the two watched the stars one night, Riolu changed. It was the happiest day of Sean's life to that point.
And it was the happiest day of Lucario's life. Now he was as tall as Sean again and the two could play on equal footing.
This didn't last long, but Lucario was happy while it did. And so was Sean. Sean would grow to be much taller than Lucario, making their playing together awkward, but as time progressed the two became more and more like one, and their selves disappeared, giving way to the one.
N and Sean joined Team Plasma together. They were both thirteen. Sean was joining to stay close to N and to have a real family, N was joining so he had a home where the owners did not beat him. Lucario, of course, followed Sean. If he were to have a reason for wanting to join, it would have been so that he could stay close to N and have a real family.
The two were becoming one.
Upon joining Team Plasma, N found himself a home within the Mistralton City branch of the organization. Sean became a member and would help the Team whenever they needed it. He continued his education at the Pokemon Center. Nurse Joy found that he was a natural at helping other Pokemon and could somehow soothe them and speak to them.
Nobody knew he was part of Plasma except N. That was changed when he met Skyla.
He was fourteen when he met her. She came into the Pokemon Center, the pretty girl with bright red hair and deep blue eyes, her Unfezant in pain. Nurse Joy expected Sean to get the Pokemon better. It was his test. With Skyla beside him, he helped heal Unfezant's wing which had been broken in a battle. After he healed Unfezant he became good friends with Skyla. The two ran around the city all of the time, eating dinner together or just getting into Pokemon battles. She was impressed by his ability to control his Lucario so well. The two were undefeated. Never had Lucario even been scratched during a battle.
Sean finished his apprenticeship when he turned sixteen, and his friendship with Skyla changed.
"Skyla? Where'd you go?" He shouted, searching around. Lucario checked around the alleys with him, searching every nook and cranny. Skyla had been with Sean just a moment before. Now, she was gone.
"This isn't funny Skyla!" He yelled.
"Sean! We found her!" Lucario said. The we, of course, referring to the two becoming one. I'm sorry I keep bringing that up but I don't want you to question the story. Anyway…
Sean ran to Lucario and looked down an alley at a group of boys attempting to rip the clothes from Skyla's body. She struggled against the men, but they were too strong.
"Get off me!" She tried to cry, but one of the men quickly pulled a handkerchief over her mouth to quiet her.
"Shut the fuck up bitch!"
"You should listen to her. Get off her." Sean said. The past few years he'd spent in Team Plasma had taught him how to fight. He had become a more prominent member. N and Sean were close to being lieutenants, getting to answer directly to the elders. This was mostly because of their helping defeat Team Rocket's insurgence into Unova. It had been their first big job with Team Plasma and they had accomplished it with amazing skill.
Now it was time for a more practical application of his talents.
"Who the fuck are you?" The thug who quieted Skyla asked.
"My name's Sean Ratchet. Let her go. Or we'll beat the ever loving shit out of you."
"Come on then tough guy!" There were three thugs.
Sean, true to his word, beat the ever loving shit out of them.
When he pulled the handkerchief from Skyla's mouth she grabbed him in a bear hug and they made out rather graphically. I'll spare the details about their tongues and…ha, made you feel rather awkward, huh? I know what humans don't like to hear about and what makes them cringe.
Wait till the sex scene!
Anyway, after he saved her they ended up becoming boyfriend and girlfriend.
Why are you so opposed to my telling you this part? Does it make you feel melancholy because you can't find a boyfriend?
Why are you my friend? Because we get along. You know I care about you. I care about everyone. I wouldn't be who I am if I didn't care.
So where were we? Oh yeah…
There are two Pokemon in this world who are probably the greatest of enemies. One is named Zekrom, one is named Reshiram. When Team Plasma caught both of them they assumed that there was not a giant rivalry between the two. So they didn't really figure that giving Zekrom to N and Reshiram to Sean as presents for becoming full-fledged lieutenants was a bad idea. Nor did they think that it would be cause for the organization to nearly fall apart.
Zekrom and N were not the greatest of friends at first. They actually got off on a bad foot with Zekrom nearly decapitating N in a fit of rage. Meanwhile, Sean and Reshiram were getting along quite swimmingly. This was more than likely due to his ability to communicate with Pokemon so well. Reshiram and Lucario trained together to become better combatants as Sean wanted to be able to take on anyone who challenged him.
It was strange to train a different Pokemon though. He and Lucario were training together; they were both trained in martial arts and back alley brawling. Reshiram couldn't be trained like that, and it took a long time before Sean and Lucario were fully able to make Reshiram even better than he/she already was.
Yeah, he/she is a god. Or a deity.
And Reshiram and Zekrom have no gender. I don't like referring to he/she as "it" so will refrain from doing so.
So Reshiram became more powerful with his/her trainer. He/she respected Sean more than anyone in the world. These two would share a close bond. Not as close as Sean had with Lucario because they were one and the same, but closer than humans can usually get with Pokemon.
Let's get back to that romance you so love. Don't give me that face. You're just jealous. Maybe you'll get a boyfriend someday. Though, they'd have to be drugged up beyond belief.
I kid, I kid!
Okay, Skyla ended up becoming the leader of the Mistralton City gym. She was good, and Sean really helped her out as well. When she moved into the gym, Sean followed her and bunked with her. They were both seventeen. She was actually a pretty tough gym leader and Sean had this especially friendly idea of just sitting and watching each Pokemon battle. After winning the battle with Skyla (losers just cried and ran away) they'd get this funny idea to challenge him. As he was in Plasma he had been beating all the gym leaders in Unova during his travels and liked to display his badges on the front of his jacket. Kids would challenge him just to show their superiority. And fail miserably.
Hey, I never said Sean wasn't an asshole sometimes.
Then again, he just loved to be able to train on some fresh meat. He'd wipe the floor with these kids. It got especially bad one night when the gym was holding a party for all the people heading to battle the Elite Four. Some of the people would challenge each other just to be assholes and show how great they were. One guy was going to propose to his girlfriend and needed someone to wipe the floor with to make her swoon over him and accept.
He chose Sean.
Lucario ended up shoving the guy's Raichu's head through a punch bowl.
Needless to say, his girlfriend was embarrassed. What happened to them, I don't know. Who cares?
Skyla had more respect for Sean than she did anyone else. This is a defining characteristic of the guy. He garnered respect from everyone he knew. Even people he pissed off respected him.
This is the part with the crazy sex that you've been waiting for. Because after the party, as everyone headed to their hotels to prepare for the pilgrimage to meet the Elite Four, Sean and Skyla were doing the dirty. Shall I explain what they were doing and saying?
Hey, I'm just asking a simple yes or no question. No need to be so rude.
What happened between him and her that he isn't with her now? I'll get to that. Settle down a bit.
"Sean, I don't want this night to end." Skyla softly moaned.
Oh quit pretend barfing! I know what you've done to women. I know you've done some very unsavory things. I watch my subjects. I know the weird things you've all done.
Weird things Sean Ratchet has done? Well, he tried to power his computer using a Pikachu and ended up frying it. Does that count?
You mean weird sexual stuff? So the regular, cute, loving sex scenes disgust you but the kinky weird shit is good?
You're weird. And I'm not telling you.
So anyway, Skyla was a gym leader, Sean was a Pokemon doctor. Skyla knew he was in Team Plasma. They were living a pretty good life. N and Skyla knew each other and were friends. All three grew closer over the years.
So one of your biggest questions about Sean Ratchet concerned his ability at Pokemon battle. I mean, I've told you enough by now, but this should firmly cement in your brain how good he was at Pokemon battling.
The Elite Four tournament. A bunch of trainers go to challenge them. About twenty-five. Twenty-four of them fail. Sean Ratchet is the last one to go. The first member of the Elite Four comes up. His name is Marshal and he specializes in fighting type Pokemon.
Sean Ratchet utters a line that to everyone watching was Zubat-shit insane.
"Throw out all six of your Pokemon. My Lucario needs a warm up."
Everyone watching on television and in the stands thought he was joking. Marshal did it though. Figured it was the last battle of the day. May as well.
Lucario wiped the gym floor. Marshal was done in forty-five seconds.
The next three were…well…Lucario beat them to a pulp too.
Why's he not that powerful right now? It's a gradual process. A human and a Pokemon mixed together. It's going to take some time before the power can be accessed by Sean. Lucario could access it by then because it had been ten years since he had touched the God Stone. Lucario and Sean are one being, but Sean is in control. When placed in Lucario's body, he had to get used to it and if you notice, he is gradually gaining the power back that Lucario had.
If Lucario had been allowed to continue to grow powerful, he could have faced me. I mean, eventually One with Pokemon will be able to face me if he wants, but for now he is just accessing the power and it is gradually flowing into his body. Overdose on power, and you know what happens…
You explode!
Or something like that. Something bad.
Anyway, Champion Alder was defeated by Lucario. I mean, Lucario got a little beat up, but not as badly as he should have.
So that should answer your question about how good a trainer Sean Ratchet was. I mean, if you had paid attention to the television you would have known this. Seriously, this guy was all over the news four years ago.
So now let me get to the romance laden, violence laden events that led to Sean's leaving from Plasma.
After that whole Elite Four ordeal Sean and Skyla ended up going on vacation together and the media followed. Sean hated the media, because of his parents caring about it more than himself, and especially hated how they couldn't tell the truth. They said that Skyla and Sean were married and he was suddenly getting calls from his parents asking why he didn't invite them to the marriage. Skyla saw his denying their being married as maybe something that meant he wanted to break up. He ended up promising her that he would stay with her forever and that he just didn't want everyone to think they were married because it would ruin the surprise when they were.
Why am I telling you this? You wanted the whole story! If you want to understand who Sean Ratchet is then you have to understand his past and his connections! Skyla was an important part of his life.
Okay, I'm moving to the exciting parts. Jeez.
Sean was planning on getting married to Skyla and wanted to leave Plasma. He didn't want to have to leave her to fight wars or make her fear for him any more than she already did and wanted to focus solely on running the gym with her. He was willing to give Reshiram back as long as he was left alone.
When he asked N about it, N told him it was a bad idea. Nobody could leave Plasma. The only way out was death.
Thankfully, things were about to get out of hand.
"Let's elope." Sean told Skyla. He sat slumped over in a chair, his hands clasped between his legs, his face downcast. Lucario sat beside him in the same state. Skyla handed him a cup of tea that he slowly downed. She pulled a chair next to him and laid her head on his shoulder.
"I don't want to leave Sean."
"We can start another gym somewhere else. We don't want to be stuck in Plasma and the only way out is to run." He looked into her face. "We just want to live here and be with you."
"What if they follow us?"
Sean shook his head. "We don't know."
And then the defining moment of Sean Ratchet's life before becoming a Lucario came. The moment that would change him forever.
Plasma caught on to Sean wanting to leave and had N make sure that he was killed before he could even try to run. N didn't want to do it, but Team Plasma was his life. He didn't want to leave. He decided to come up with a plan to fake Sean's death.
Little did he understand the violent rivalry between Reshiram and Zekrom.
When Zekrom violently attacked Reshiram and nearly killed Sean, N knew that their friendship was over.
He knew that what had been an attempt to save Sean's life was now a battle for their very lives.
"You take Plasma over your friends?" Sean screamed, running at N as Reshiram and Zekrom blew Team Plasma's castle headquarters to dust. "You worthless bastard!" Sean ducked under N's punch and lashed out with his left foot. It connected with N's stomach, sending him reeling backward. N started sending a volley of punches at Sean, pushing him toward the fight between their two Pokemon.
"Zekrom!" The Pokemon turned. N hopped onto his back and the creature started to fly away. Sean and Lucario got onto Reshiram and they took chase.
N took them to an active volcano on a small island in the sea.
The venue of the final showdown.
On the edge of the volcano, Sean and N started to fight as Zekrom and Reshiram flew about over the boiling lava, blood flying everywhere. Lucario moved in on N with Sean and the two pushed him back, nearly sending him over the edge. He caught his balance and surprised Sean with a kick to the groin, then a knee to the stomach, and then a shove that sent him opposite the lava, but down the sloped edge of the volcano. Lucario slid after his other half as he tumbled, breaking his arms and legs, scratching his whole body up. Lucario got a hold of him and created an aura shield that saved them from any further damage beside a little bouncing.
Reshiram and Zekrom both fell into the volcano.
And N left, knowing that Sean was still alive and now his worst enemy. A complete misunderstanding…
Sean spent two weeks in a hospital before he was released. He had a single night to spend with Skyla before he would leave. Team Plasma had been searching for the God Stone for all of the time he was there and he had hid the fact he knew where it was. Now he felt he needed to go back to the God Stone, both because he felt compelled to, and because he wanted to rub salt in Plasma's wounds.
The final night he spent with Skyla he proposed to her.
Yeah, it was kind of a cock move. I guess he wanted her to know that he was willing to do it and wanted to provide some sort of closure to the relationship. Maybe he felt that he would come back and they would get married then.
Who knows?
Is she still alive? Yeah. She does her job, but has been waiting for Sean for three years.
Sean's twenty-two. How many more questions are you going to ask? Yeesh.
So anyway, the next day he had his bags packed and, with Lucario in tow, went to kiss Skyla. He cried when he left, but he needed to.
And this is where things started to move toward his becoming Lucario.
Sean ended up back at Rock Island. The monks saw that he and Lucario were still very close, much closer than they had been twelve years before. Sean ended up spending a couple of days with the monks while he took the power of the God Stone. He took a picture of it with his cellphone and sent it to N's phone, then to the main computer of Team Plasma.
Needless to say, this pissed Team Plasma off.
They were going to kill Skyla but N protected her. They were still friends, she didn't know about what happened between him and Sean. Sean had hid it from her.
So instead Sean's parents were killed and Team Plasma hoped Sean would come for revenge.
He didn't. He didn't even care.
This was partly due to the fact his soul was being pushed into his Lucario's body, and partly because he just didn't care.
He ran to Sinnoh where he would meet a scientist, Sillindra, and finally become Lucario.
"When I asked about Lucario I didn't know I'd get a whole bloody history lesson. And I didn't know I'd end up hearing about the guy who turned into a Pokemon. So that other Sean Ratchet bloke is just a clone?" Devon asked, sitting on a rock beside a quiet river.
"Yup. He's just a clone with no memories of the past. He knows what he's good at because taking care of Pokemon is in his blood, but he doesn't really know that he's wanted dead by Plasma."
"So a good question is who is One with Innocence?"
"That will be decided shortly. What's it like being human?"
"Meh. The accent turns people away. And the fact I'm into males." Devon shrugged. "Whatever."
"And the fact your funny looking?"
"This coming from a floating embryo?" Devon smiled. "Wanker."
Mew smiled and did a backflip. "How's Bellossom?"
"Great! She's my little Bellossy-wossy."
Mew nodded. "Sure. Well, I better get going. I'll see you later."
"Thanks mate. Be seeing you around." Devon watched Mew go before getting off the rock and heading back to Cherry Grove.
"He's in Johto. He's doing well." N told Skyla, sitting on the bleachers in the Mistralton City gym. "He's apparently a Pokemon doctor. I had to beat him up a little. Of course I did. After all the shit that happened between us. I was crying when I did. God dammit! I want to leave Plasma! I wanted to leave back when he did! But I didn't have the balls! And now I have to pretend I hate my fucking best friend, my brother! I want him to take Reshiram back and destroy Plasma! I want us to be friends again! I want him back here with you. I miss our old life dammit!" N put his face into his hands. "FUCK!"
"Please, try your best to have Sean come back." Skyla wiped a tear from her eye. "I want things back to the way they were before. Minus Team Plasma."
"I'm going back. I'm going to talk to him. If he kills me, so be it. But I'm bringing him back to Unova and we're going to bring down Plasma dammit!" N and Skyla sat there reminiscing for another hour before he left.
Ash and Daylan stood on Rock Island, watching his men pull rocks aside and using excavation machines to dig for the God Stone that his men had buried two and a half years before.
"So do you really think that this will make you a god?" Daylan asked, shaking his head. "Just because it's called the God Stone doesn't mean it will make you a god. This is all a bunch of mythological insanity."
"You'll see. You know what it did to the Lucario!" Ash turned away from his scientist companion and went to talk to the man in charge of the excavation. Daylan started to his personal quarters within a Team Rocket battleship.
"The things I do for money."