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Nothing much really going on over here, except none of my favorite stories ever get updated.

Pokémon isn't mine, otherwise I would release Hoopa and Volcanion already, 'cause no one wants to shut up about it.

Anyway...

"-Hic!-"

Arceus Damn it, I've been hiccupping all afternoon.

"Ooh, looks like someone is going to learn a new move soon." Cobalion said with a chuckle.

"Oh, that's why he's been doing that all afternoon." Zane then said. "I wonder what move it's going to be?"

That makes two of us.

I then watched as Cobalion pulled out his holo-caster.

"Let's see here…" The deer said and fiddled with his device. "If I'm going to make a guess, it'll probably be Detect or Close Combat."

"No." I replied. "I -hic- learned those moves a while ago."

"What moves do you know anyway kid?" Hiro asked. "I'm a bit curious."

Oh really?

Another hic left my mouth.

"I know Fire -hic- Lance, Poison Jab, Solarbeam, and Ice Beam." I said.

I also knew Aura Sphere and Rock Tomb, but I wasn't going to mention them.

This was also pretty weird considering that I didn't do this the last time that I learned a move, which was Solarbeam.

"Well, since we're all here for once," Zane suddenly said. "Why don't we all to Raimon to eat. It's been awhile since all of us hung out like this."

"Should I call Leaf and Leo, and ask them if they want to come?" Kicks asked.

Wait, what?

"-Hic!-"

"As long as Leo makes sure to wear a shirt, then I have no objections." Cobalion replied, as well as the others.

Well, Ratchet let out more of a grunt then a reply.

Also, I would take that as my cue to leave.

"Where're are you going Tandor?" Cobalion asked as I got out of my seat.

"Oh, just -hic- back to the hotel." I replied.

"Oh, no you don't." Zane said and tried to grab me, but this time failing. "Get over here, you're coming with us."

I then let out a sigh.

"Maybe some -hic- other time." I replied. "I have some things to do regarding -hic- Team Magma and those people on the -hic- loose."

My main thought was asking for Nox, Kitako, Zap, Tatsuki, and Flare to come help. Maybe Lewis, Darrius, and Slasher too.

The only reason I said Lewis though is because maybe he would want to see his father and brother.

Also, I wonder if they're taking me seriously, with my hiccuping and all.

"Are you talking about those four cloaked figures?" Cobalion then asked, getting a nod and a hic from me. "The police are already on the case."

"Well a little Team Magma help wouldn't hurt." I stated. "I was just -hic- thinking about calling a few friends of mine to come over for a -hic- few weeks."

That said, everyone except for Hiro went silent, then turned their heads away.

Was it something I said?

"Umm, Tandor?"

That voice came from the blue Nidoking.

"Do you think that you could ask Aladar to come?" He asked. "We all miss him over here."

Shit, I should have known that they were going to ask that.

I really need to tell them…

"I'll see what I can do." I replied. "I can't guarantee that he'll -hic- say yes though."

Everyone's face then lit up.

"I'll tell you his answer as soon as I can." I then said.

"Can I come with you?" Michael then asked.

"Yeah!" Zane said. "Why don't you just use my Holo-Caster to call him?"

I then growled.

"Because, Aladar isn't -hic- priority number one right now; at least not to -hic- me." I answered. "I -hic- need to talk to -hic- Groudon first, and discuss stuff with him before anything else."

Stupid hiccups.

With that said, I turned my back to the group and made my way back to the hotel.

xXOOOOOXx

"You okay Al?" Groudon asked with a chuckle. "It's kinda hard to take you seriously right now."

Arceus Damn it.

"Now is not -hic- the time Boss." I replied. "Can you -hic- send them over?" I asked. "And if you're -hic- wondering. I'm learning a new move soon."

"Mr. Seon."

I turned my head and rolled my eyes when I saw Cloudbreaker at the front desk.

"Be back in a sec." I said and turned off the public caster.

"Your package has arrived." The Noivern said with his usual smile.

"Yeah yeah." I replied and took the box. "I -hic- swear; you're everywhere."

With a small nod, I walked to the elevator and took it to my floor, then walked to my room and set everything down on my bed.

A few sets of clothes, a few bottles of blue (supposed to be red) dye, the new holo caster, my favorite set of Tms, and few other minor things.

"Good, now I can take a -hic- shower." I said to myself. "It's been a few days since I've -hic- taken one."

Now that I think of it; if the red dye I was wearing turned blue, then what color would my green marks have turned?

I didn't wait to find out.

I lifted up my shirt to reveal the lightning bolt that ran from my side to my chest. I kinda expected it to be green, but it was light-orange color almost like a topaz gemstone.

"Well, looks like I -hic- still stand out as a shiny." I said with a light sigh. "Well, I guess it still looks pretty cool."

Saying nothing else, I spent the next hour getting the dye off of my body and changing into some of the clothes that were sent to me. At the moment, I was just watching some Tv and relaxing.

"Mr. Seon!"

That was Cloudbreaker, who was now knocking on my door.

Arceus that Noivern…

"Are you by yourself?" I asked, hiccuping afterward.

"Yeah, everyone is at Raimon right now." He replied. "It's safe to open up."

I sighed and opened the door, revealing the green Noivern.

"Ooh, love the color." He said and stroked my ear.

"Do you -hic- need something?" I asked. "I'm trying to relax here."

"No, not really." He said. "I just wanted to check up on you."

Oh, how nice…

That was sarcasm by the way.

"And I kinda want to know that new move that you'll be learning, so I thought that I would hang with you for a bit." He continued. "It's my break anyway."

Great, so much for relaxing.

"-Hic-"

"So," The Noivern said and walked in. "Whatcha watchin'?"

"Morenatsu." I said, a hiccup following. "It's one of my favorite shows."

And now that I think of it; it's funny how that the Tatsuki I know as well as the Tatsuki in the show are both shiny Dragonite. The only thing different about them is that my Tatsuki has abs while the one in the show has a gut.

"I see." He replied. "I have the uncensored versions."

He what?!

"I don't think they would be able to play the uncensored versions on Tv." Cloudbreaker continued. "You would be surprised of how much story has been cut because of it. Do you want me to go get it?"

Yes, but I wasn't sure if it would be a good idea to watch that kind of stuff when he was around.

With that thought, me and Cloudbreaker spent the next few hours playing Smash Bros together.

"Shouldn't you have gone back to work a while ago?" I asked as I pressed buttons on my Ds.

"I should have done a lot of things." He replied. "But in the end it doesn't really matter."

Wow…

Our conversation was interrupted when the sound of sirens and an explosion happened.

What the…

The two of us immediately dropped our game systems and ran to the bottom floor to see what the hell had just happened.

The town square was in flames.

"Guys!"

That voice came from a Lucario.

"Anti-Blades!" He shouted, then ran towards the fire.

"Anti-Blades?!" The two of us repeated, then did the same.

This made no sense; with Tocaro away, the Anti-Blades shouldn't be attacking the town, let alone be active at all.

"Kid, watch out!"

I wasn't really thinking as I ran, so I almost ran into a set of spikes that someone had left before me.

"Wow," A Krookodile said with grin. "Now you're cute; I think I'll take you."

I remember this Krookodile; he was an Anti-Blade who joined a little after I left. He was also the guy that Windy punched six years ago.

"Cloudbreaker, go help the others at the fire, I'll take this guy." I said, receiving a nod from the dragon.

I then turned to the dark-type.

"I don't really know why you're here, but I'm not going to let you get away with this."

I said that with a glare, but the Krookodile wasn't fazed at all.

"And what exactly are you going to do about it?" He asked. "You're just a little Zan-"

I really love it when people underestimate me sometimes. Sending an Aura Sphere his way and shutting him up was really satisfying. Speaking of Aura Sphere, I'm actually more of a special attacker than a physical, seeing how I have more ranged moves.

Well sorta, seeing how Fire Lance counts as both.

As much as I wanted to gloat to the nearly unconscious pokemon, I had other things to do. I continued my way towards the square, only to be met by more Anti-Blades.

But on the bright side, all of my friends were here.

"Agh!"

That sounded like Michael!

It didn't take me long to find the blue Nidoking; he was fighting was a Rhydon who looked overly-happy for some reason.

Hold on, Michael has two injured hands, he shouldn't be battling!

"Where is your Zangoose now?" The Rhydon asked. "It's a shame, if you had just stayed with me, this wouldn't have had to end like this."

"I never liked you!" Mike replied. "And I'm not ready to give up just yet."

Well, it looks like these two know each other.

Better ready a Solarbeam.

"You just don't know when to move on do you?" Mike said and blocked a Hammer Arm from the rock-type. "You need to start chasing someone else, because we are never going to happen!"

"You're the one who needs to move on!" The Rhydon replied. "That Zangoose doesn't love you! He left you, if he loved you, he would still be here!"

Mike didn't seem to be happy when he said that, seeing how he used Dark Savor and drove it right through the Rhydon's leg.

That didn't do much though.

"That Zangoose is just an excuse for you to not be with me."

Michael was now panting from exhaustion, and the Rhydon was no longer in a good mood.

"I pity you Michael." He said and knocked the Nidoking to the ground with an Ice Punch. "You only fall for little sluts, no wonder he left."

The Solarbeam that I had just fired was probably the strongest one since I learned the move. Rhydon have pretty bad special defence, and also being a rock-ground he took quite some damage.

Okay, now to get Michael out of here.

"Michael!" I shouted and ran towards the Nidoking.

He was unconscious…

"Don't worry, I'll get you out of here." I said.

"No!"

What I didn't expect was to get Ice Punched in the back by the Rhydon that he was just facing.

How was he still up?

"He's mine! I won't let you take him from me!"

The two of us then stared at each other, and it felt like everything went silent, all but the wind.

And that's when it hit him…

"It's you…"

The Rhydon was now shaking from all the rage he was feeling.

Man he looked pissed.

"You are the reason why he'll never love me. You, you…"

Oh my.

"I'LL KILL YOU!"

He then rushed at me with probably the strongest looking Ice Punch that I've ever seen in my life. It wasn't hard to dodge it though, since he was so slow.

"I did everything I could to show him how powerful I was!" He shouted, then tried again to attack me, now going crazy because none of his attacks were landing. "Why did he have to choose you over me? How are you better than I am?!"

I sighed a little, and he was now panting from exhaustion.

"There is so much wrong with you, that I don't even know where to start." I replied. "You look strong, but you're so reckless. Strength is nothing if your attacks don't hit."

"Stop being a smartass!" He replied. "You know that isn't what I meant!"

I then sighed again.

Time to be blunt.

"You're whiny, you're clingy, you can't support yourself in battle, and the only thing that you do is try to impress!"

He froze right after saying that.

"You're not his type at all." I continued. "Michael doesn't like you because you can't see yourself."

"Wha-what's that supposed to mean?" He asked.

"It means that you've lost your path." I answered. "You want something so bad that you forgot who you were. Look at yourself, you're trying to kill me because I have something that you don't; isn't that just ridiculous?"

It took a few minutes of silence, but the Rhydon eventually fell to his knees, tears now rolling down his eyes.

"I… I-"

He couldn't find any words; it's surprising how much words can impact people.

And now for my favorite part…

"Huh?" He said, then looked up when I sat next to him and patted him on the back. "Why are you… Aren't you mad at me? I hurt you, I hurt Mike…"

"True." I said with a chuckle. "But you've learned something, and it didn't take you long to figure out that you did wrong."

I then stood up.

"Come on, let's get you and Mike to the hospital." I said, stretching a little.

"Good idea." He replied. "Watch out!"

Huh?

Right behind me was a really large Drapion, and his arms pulled me into a crushing grip.

"I'll save you!" The Rhydon quickly said.

What happened next was crazy.

The Rhydon raised his arm and it glowed a neon green, then glowing green arrows shot up from the ground, instantly knocking out the poison-type behind me.

"What the hell was that?!" I asked, moving away from the Drapion.

"I have no clue!" He replied, just as shocked as I was. "I was using assist, hoping that Michael knew a ground-type move!"

"Michael knows Poison Jab, Icicle Spear, Dark Savior, and Earthquake. He doesn't know whatever move that was!" I stated

"Well I don't think the Drapion knew it; we're the only ones in this area!" He replied.

I then took a look around.

Despite everything that just happened, I failed to notice that we were the only ones in this area, and that the flames had died down.

But who knew that move?

Hold on…

I also failed to recognize that my hiccups had gone away, and had completely forgotten how to use Rock Tomb…

xXOOOOOXx

"Thousand Arrows?!" Zane said in light shock.

"That's what the doctor said." I replied.

It was now eight in the evening, and I was once again back at Zane's Pokepuff stand, chilling with a very exhausted group of friends; save Michael and Ratchet, who were at the hospital, and Cobalion, Chester, Terrakion, and Turbo, who were working with the police.

So right now I was with Cloudbreaker, Hiro, Zane, and Kicks.

The moved that I learned was Thousand Arrows, and it was a Ground move that worked like Smack Down. I could use it one of two ways; make a bunch of arrows shoot from the ground, or pull a Rock Tomb and summon a few around me then shoot them in a certain direction.

So I guess forgetting Rock Tomb wasn't such a bad thing.

"Arceus, I'm tired." Hiro said with a yawn. "Tandor, I know I'm not the only one who wants to ask this, but why are your marks orange?"

I froze.

Apparently I also forgot that I left the hotel without dye on.

Arceus damn it.

"Well, I guess I'd better come clean here." I said with a nervous chuckle. "I'm actually a shiny Zangoose."

"But how could that be?" Zane then asked. "My son Leaf is a shiny Zangoose, and his marks turned the standard red color."

What?!

So shiny pokemon turn the standard color...

Fuck you Leaf, you screw me over even when you don't know it.

I guess now it's really time to come clean…

"My marks aren't blue though," I continued. "They're actually green, so that must be why they turned this topaz color instead of red."

Cloudbreaker smiled and nodded, Hiro looked a little confused, but Zane and Kicks froze.

"And my name isn't Tandor, it's actually, umm... Aladar."

"And I knew this already." Cloudbreaker added.

Hiro, still confused, said nothing, Zane was tearing up, and Kicks had put his head in his hand a let out a huge sigh.

"Aladar!" Zane nearly shouted, and pulled me over the counter. "It's really you!"

And now it was my turn to shed a few tears.

"Zane!" I replied and returned the dragon's hug. "I missed you so much."

The two of us then spent a minute crying.

After that minute, I wiped away my tears and looked back at Zane.

"I have so many questions." I said. "When I left Ray Town six years ago, I thought you were dead, what happened?"

"Oh Al," Zane said and hugged me tighter. "I'm so sorry I worried you, and I'll make sure to tell you everything in due time."

Kicks was now gone, and a sigh escaped my lips.

"Give him time, he really missed you." The dragon said and scratched my head. "I'm sure he just needs some time alone."

Yeah…

"Guys, I need to ask you a favor." I said. "Can you guys not tell the others that I'm here? I'm planning on telling them on my own time."

"Okay." Hiro said.

"It's fine." Cloud replied.

"You'll still come here right?" Zane asked.

"Of course, but I'll just be wearing the blue dye." I answered.

The better question is why wouldn't I come back; I just got a little load off my shoulders.

"Oh well," I said and let go of my dad. "I need to get back to the hotel now. See you guys tomorrow."

"Good night!" They all said at the same time, making me chuckle a little.

"Bring me my Ds in the morning!" Cloudbreaker added.

Okay, this is where things get a little weird.
The plot and end of this story is going to stay the same, but I don't know how to take it.
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