"Ready when you are." Sean smirked as Charm stood calmly on the board for Pokemon to stand on in the pool. Wendy was still laughing while her Blastoise loosened up.

"Why wold you use a fire type?! HAHAHAHAHHA! Torpedo!" The turtle was fast as ever and blasted at full speed toward the lizard. Charm smiled and jumped high into the air.

"Burn it up girl." Sean twirled his staff while watching the flames blast the pool. The power of the blast kept Charm in the air while she roared out the inferno. After a few seconds she stopped and landed nimbly into the now empty pool. Blastoise was standing on the edge and looking at his home in astonishment. He jumped down with a thud and roared in rage.

"Hydro Pump that meanie!"

"Flamethrower the feet fast." Charm was quicker as Blastoise got his canons aimed. She shot a quick blast at the turtles feet and melted the pool beneath him. As soon as his attack went off, his feet sunk into the melted pool only to harden as his water began to fill the pool and thus cooling his trap. He didn't notice as Charm jumped around onto the different platforms making the water continue to rise. Once the water hit the normal level he stopped and tried to attack only to find himself rooted.

"Puppy!" Wendy smacked her face while looking at her shocked partner before pulling out a pokeball and recalling him with a few tears forming. Shi, Claire, and Selena all cheered as Sean stopped his twirling and patted Charm on the head. He walked around the pool and knelt down to Wendy with a smile.

"You did really well there. Do you know why you lost?" She stopped sniffling long enough to look up at the young man while thinking. After a short bit though she just shook her head and looked down. "You were angry. You got upset when we dried the pool out that you became easy to read. Emotions can be useful but if used unwisely they can cause you a great deal of trouble. Your on the path to be a great gym leader. Keep at it."

"Thank you. You really earned the badge. I hope you make it to the top Uncle Sean!" Wendy smiled before handing the badge over and going into her house while her grandmother followed. Sean watched as they left while frowning a little at her words.

"Wish I could make that hope real." He regained himself and walked over to his eager friends while twirling his staff again and placing his new badge next to his previous one.

"That was awesome. You and Charm are so good together." Claire knelt down to pet the fire poke while Charm smiled at her. Selena smiled before looking at Sean who seemed to be in his own thoughts.

"Why did she call you Uncle Sean? Do you know her?"

"Never met her before. Kids are weird like that. You ready for your match?" The girl looked up with her hand on her lip for a second before smiling back.

"I'm not gonna rematch her just yet. I'll come back here." Claire nearly fell over with her mouth wide open before jumping up and glaring at her friend. She was stopped by a finger though. "I won't feel good if I won after Sean did against her. I know Shi can win, but it just doesn't feel right."

Shi looked up at her partner with much admiration. She could feel her friend's level of caring even for her opponent. It was while feeling this she began to feel strange. The others looked over as she began glowing and growing. After a few seconds she became close to the size of Charm if not slightly taller. She was still split down the middle and very slender. A new feature was she appeared to have a more present mouth. She also seemed to have two altering hair styles as the white hair on her black side hung down in front and nearly covered her eye while the black hair on her white side was pulled back into a pigtail. Her eyes were as big and bright/dark as ever as she looked at her smiling trainer. She smiled with her now slightly showing mouth revealing apart of her first of 6 rows of teeth. Without warning, Selena's pokedex scanned the new evolution.

"Shiba, the Dark Vocalist. Shiba is a Psychic and Dark Pokemon with the ability to give all around her bad or good dreams depending on her mood. She has the power in her psychic screams to shatter glass from a mile away. Earplugs are recommended when near during a battle. When feeding, her face will split along her mouth until her mouth is open to 180 degrees. Can eat a human whole." Everyone except Sean looked shocked as the poke's belly began rumbling. After a few seconds Selena smiled and patted her partner on the head

"We better get you some food then." The pair giggled as the group went back to the center to eat and plan what to do next.

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The next hour was filled with Sean throwing all sorts of food around the cafeteria in the Pokemon Center to see how fast Shiba was at catching and eating it. She surprised everyone except him when her mouth opened fully with the top half of her head pulling back almost completely. It was also funny how people looked when she caught something in her mouth and her teeth started spinning like a grinder. Nothing was ever left when she finished and went for the next target. A short time after the forth hunk of meat, Selena caught her partner who was giggling at her ability.

"I think that even your tummy should be good with that. We should be heading out soon anyways." The trainers all nodded and went for their bags just as Sean felt his phone vibrate. Looking at the number he quickly grabbed his bag and took off with a worried look. His friends and Charm all looked at where he had ran with worry as they tried to hurry to follow. They heard him after leaving the center but made sure he didn't see them as he appeared flustered.

"I thought the medicine was working well enough to prolong it. What do you mean a mutation? So it is getting worse like I thought. How long do I have? So a two months tops. No I won't come in. I'm finishing this on my terms. I won't die in a hospital." With a quick flip his phone was put into his shirt while he tapped his staff against his head. He didn't realize his friends were right behind him and had heard everything he had just said. He found out in the worst way.

"What was that about Sean?" His face went white as Selena put her hand on his shoulder. She could feel his trembling. She could also tell he was about to lie to her but she wasn't going to give in to him this time.

"Nothing. Just a prank call. You know how they are." He put on his cheeriest smile and started to try and walk off until he was grabbed hard and pulled back around to face the one person who he hated lying to every time he did so. Her face was hard as she was in her serious mode. Claire, Shiba, and Charm were all watching them from a safe distance.

"What was that about you dying in a hospital? The truth." Her eyes searched for a sign to relieve her fears. There wasn't any.

"I have a heart condition that has altered my body to a point where I am dying. It can't be stopped or reversed. I went to every medical professional worth anything and they have all said the same thing. Before this trip I went to see one who told me I wouldn't see the end of it. I was bull headed enough to try and do it anyways because I wanted my last few months to be with my best friends. That call was my timer being set. I won't get to see the league let alone you win your badges to qualify. I have at most two months to help you and for us to just hang out. You probably hate me righ-" He was cut off as a hard smack landed across his face. His eyes widened as Selena grabbed him in the strongest hug she could manage while her tears fell.

"Shut up! I don't want to hear that stuff from you. Your the strongest person I know. You can't die. You can't." She cried for a few minutes while everyone else just waited. After her tears were dry Sean pulled her back and looked at her with a fierce determination.

"Everyone dies. Mine is sooner then most but don't think for a second I'm going out peacefully. Your going to win the championship for our team. I'm going to train you to be better then you knew you were. Your going to be my mark on the world. Everyone will remember you, and you will remember me. That way I'll always be. Now let's get going before it gets too late. I know a great restaurant in Vermillion. Plus I told a good friend of mine that we would be there tonight." With that his silly smile was plastered on his face as if nothing was wrong. Charm, who had known from the beginning of his heart, was instantly by his side as they started walking. Selena just stared after wiping her red eyes. It dumbfounded her how this man could be such a jerk for having not let her, his best friend, know what was wrong and then act like nothing was a problem after telling her on accident.

"Why do I love him?" She thought the thought was private until Claire and Shiba looked over at her. She immediately went red-faced and took off while the other two girls sighed and gave chase.

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"Where are you going?" A man pushed his glasses back up as his long black hair fell around his head. He was looking over at a young girl who was putting on a pair of pink tennis shoes. She was wearing a pink skirt with purple tights and a lavender colored hoodie. Her pixie pink and blonde hair ruffled as she finished before placing a piece of black cloth over her blind eyes.

"Big brother called me for aid. No reason was given other then he missed hanging out. I'll see ya when the time comes." The girl smiled before a white light surrounded her and she disappeared. The man sighed before turning back to the computer monitor where a body was shown to be being formed. It was designed to look like a champion of his people. A red R on the chest lit up as the tests began.

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The group were on the outskirts of Vermillion still in silence. Sean was reflecting on his many lies, Selena was in her thoughts of the future she had wished for that was never going to happen now, and Claire was trying to figure out how to help her friends through this. Sean stopped suddenly and smiled as his ears heard a familiar sound.

"Claire, come here a second." His friend was still in thought while coming forward. As soon as she was in place he sidestepped just as the body of another was going to crash into him, thus colliding with her instead.

"Got ya this time bro!" A girl in pink and purple with her eyes covered was sitting on top of Claire who was dazed from the crash and who this person was.

"Try again sis." The girl's face dropped as she realized she had missed the target. She immediately stood up and marched over to him with a pout.

"How do you always dodge me?"

"You like to whistle before you attack." The girl began to try and argue but dropped it as she knew he was going to be right. "Also, you might want to apologize to Claire for tackling her."

"Your the one that should be doing that with the calling me forward just to tackled by some insane girl who is apparently your sister we never knew about! Any more secrets to get off your chest?" Claire's anger had hit a boil. She knew a few of Sean's secrets but the last one was too much causing her to explode. Everyone but the new girl backed down. She just walked up and bowed gently.

"I'm sorry for him. I didn't know what he had done or I wouldn't have done that. It's just a game we play when we see each other." Claire looked at her sad she had caused her to be this remorseful.

"Who is the girl? She says she is Sean's sister but no way he would know someone this nice...and cute." Claire saw as the other girl blushed as if she had heard her. She went red at the next statement.

"My name is Nali. Sean helped raise me when I lost my sight which is why I call him bro. Yes, I can hear your thoughts. Same to you by the way." Both were blushing furiously while Sean was trying not to fall over with laughter. Selena just watched with the same disjectedness she had put herself into since she found out about Sean. Shiba was also not in a happy mood even though Charm was trying to get her out of her slump. The two poke's were good friends but being half of the Ralts family meant Shiba felt what her trainer did. Right now it was overwhelming sadness.

"So whose hungry? My treat." Shiba instantly jumped into Nali's arms hugging the girl while crying happily. She may have still felt the emotions of her partner, but her tummy was a powerful force all it's own. It won the battle.

A/N: Finally The Yoch has come back to . He was gone for a long long time but has returned to finish what he started. He knew he would never be able to write anything new with a story he had been working on still in his head. He didn't know how to restart though. He was flustered, afraid he had been forgotten. He climbed to the top of the mountain and learned from sacred monks absolutely nothing. The monks don't write stories. He called upon ancient demons and harnessed their powers for his own to return to finish what was started. He apologizes for not having been there for his fans, but he promises to finish this as the final story of the Razal Saga. It must be done, it shall be done, IT WILL BE DONE!

In all seriousness I did have to come back to this. I kept getting writers block and had left the story only to find I couldn't start anything new until I finished this. The thoughts of how I envisioned it wouldn't let me go.I will end this for myself and everyone who will see this story pop up, remember who I was, and maybe give me another shot. I know it may seem like it is going fast in terms of development but I had planned it to be this way. Remember to review and I'll see ya later.