A/N:Time for the latest chapter! Just play the song...Remember Everything by Five Finger Death Punch. It will help stave off the pain some of you may feel upon reading it.

Chapter 21:Himitsu (Secrets)

"Every man has secrets they wish to hide. The brighter the photo, the darker the negative."-Rupert Thorne, "Batman the Animated Series"

Celebi stared at Future Kentachi in interest as the two of them headed out to help the savior of the world-or was she the apocalypse maiden for this world? She remembered now how energetic and full of life that girl had been, until the incident with Dusknoir had made her change and close her heart off to the world. '

She was very happy now that she knew Hikari was still alive and well, but what she was worried about the most was the fact that she was now a reincarnated pokemon without any of her memories.

"What kind of pokemon is she?" Celebi inquired.

"She is an Azurill. The kind of Pokemon she looked the most like, ironically. She has blue skin now and purple eyes, just like she had as a human. Well, her skin wasn't blue..." FK joked, causing Celebi to laugh.

"Kentachi-kun, when will you tell Kako Kentachi about...?" Celebi asked.

FK blinked for a moment. "Not yet. When I get back to him, I'm afraid I will have to tell him everything. He needs to know."

Celebi just smiled. Everyone hid secrets, after all. She had one or two that she didn't like to tell anyone, so it was only natural that FK liked to hide things from his past self. After all, he knew things his past self didn't.

Kentachi knew this was turning into a bad situaion very fast, so as he and the gang fled, they ran into a Pikachu and an Absol.

"Hey, you guys! You're our past selves, aren't you?" The Pikachu exclaimed.

"Yeah, who else would we be, genius?" Kentachi said sarcastically.

Pikachu's ears twitched suddenly. "Shiro, come on out!"

An Absol who resembled the Shiro they all knew appeared, but he had a scar running down his blade and shaved fur on his back.

"Nice to meet you, Kako no Jitsutachi. I am very pleased to see all of you. Alas, you do not know what fate has in store for you."

"Is he just a troll?" Kentachi joked.

"What is a troll, exactly?" Future Shiro questioned, blinking a few times.

"You cannot comprehend humor? What kind of world is this?" Hiyoko asked aloud. She cast a glance over at Azuri, who seemed to be utterly shocked from what she had witnessed. She put her beak onto Azuri's head. "It's all right. I am always by your side. You know that."

"Thanks. You've been one of the only true friends I've had in my life...er, both of my lives." She said.

"What do you mean?" Hiyoko asked.

Future Kentachi arrived at that exact moment and pulled Kentachi aside. "I must talk to you about something very dire, Kentachi."

"What now?" Kentachi replied in annoyance.

"I am sorry. I have...lied to you about many things. Most importantly is my name. My name is not Future Kentachi...my real name is Kenichi. And most of all, I am not your future self, Kentachi. I am your...brother. Your twin brother, actually."

Kentachi gasped. "What...but how? My family never had any other children than me!"

"That's what they told you to believe...but the truth is that they threw me out shortly after I was born, because twin cubs were believed to be a curse. So I wandered around for a bit, and somehow I fell through a portal into the future, where I have grown up ever since. Sounds unbelievable, right? But it did happen, and now I'm facing you, my brother. Forgive me for never being with you or standing by you."

Kentachi's eyes were filled with unshed tears. "So...does that mean that everyone else is twins, too?"

"No. Only you and I, I'm afraid," Kenichi stated. "Forgive me for lying to you, brother. I took on your name to hide my identity and posed as you. It worked for a long time, too. The only one I ever told was Te, but he had his memories wiped."

Kentachi hugged his previously unknown brother and let out his tears. "How did my parents die?"

"Your memories were tampered with, too. You thought you had loving parents, but the truth is far different, brother." Kenichi said. "You'll have to ask Beheeyem for that. But he's too evil to be trusted."

"Please, tell me!" Kentachi begged.

"You're better off not knowing. Also, one of your team members is going to betray you. Beware." Kenichi warned.

"What was that about?" Azuri asked. "So you're related to him?"

"You listened in on us!" Kentachi asked. Suddenly, images came into his mind...of blood everywhere...of him, covered with the blood of his parents.

What was that?

"So...I killed my own parents?" He stammered in pain.

"Yes." Kenichi said softly. "Beheeyem tried to help you forget. He was good at one time, but the corruption of his powers made him turn evil. He is now a warped individual."

The tears trickled down his face freely. He didn't mind. Azuri stared at him in confusion.

"I remember...when I was a human, I cried like this once. Someone had hurt me badly. I can't remember who it was, though." She frowned. "Anyway, Hiyoko comforted me..."

She looked around in confusion. Where was Hiyoko, anyway?

That girl had been with her since the beginning. She was her friend, after all.

"Stay away from this girl!" Grovyle said sharply, pointing at Hiyoko.

"Why?" Azuri asked.

"She is a spy for Darkrai. She has always known who you were. She was the one who killed you in the past, Hikari!" Grovyle cried.

Azuri's eyes widened. "No! You can't be serious!"

images of a loving caring chick came into her mind. The Torchic she had known had been the one who had cheered her up when she had grown depressed, had been the one who had stuck up for her whenever the experiments had become extremely depraved and horrendous to live through, and had generally been the one who had made her life what it was today.

"Yes, that's right, Hikari. I hated you from the start! I only pretended to like you!" Hiyoko sneered, with a hate that did not suit her loving voice.

"Why? Was it all a lie, Hiyoko?" She asked, tears dripping out of her eyes.

Hiyoko kicked her hard. "Yes, you little sucker and you fell for it, hook, line, and sinker!"

Kako no-past.

Jitsutachi-selves.