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{So, what did you want?} I asked, looking at the blue and yellow pokémon.

{Well, I wanted to talk with you about Seto.}

Right… they didn't know we were the same, and I felt like it would be a good idea to hide this peculiar fact.

{Hmm?}

{While I haven't seen all of your fight, I looked at the recordings while you were still healing. Are you forced to do anything?}

I blinked, once, then again.

{What in the world gave you that idea?}

{How he ordered you to defeat Pikachu.}

Yeeeah… that could be interpreted badly. I didn't saw how he would get to that conclusion, though, and I didn't think that would be the real reason.

I carefully used a small bit of my powers to read his emotions, but there was nothing unexpected. As such, I decided to answer truthfully-ish.

{Not really. He and I think alike, and I wouldn't do it if I wouldn't want to. And after that fight I think I can really use some time outside.}

{There's a great park nearby!} he exclaimed, looking oddly happy for some reason.

I looked up.

{Oh? Where would that be?}

{You were right,} I said upon seeing the wonderful park.

{Why did I never find this place?}

{It is intentionally hidden, so that only those who know of it can find it. A perfect resting place, and a few guards watch over it.}

{Human or pokémon?} I asked, remembering how bad humans were at fighting humans.

{Pokémon, humans don't really have a chance against us.}

He looked around for a while, then spotted a berry bush with a berry on it I've never seen.

{Those are really good!} he exclaimed, pointing at one of them.

After biting in one, I was pleasantly surprised by the flavor – and surprised didn't even came close.

{That tastes like meat…} I realized, only now noticing how much I, as a canine, craved meat.

{Well, the berry tastes like the thing you'd love most to eat. Mine taste like a berry I only tasted once when I was young, but I remembered the taste forever,} he explained, chewing on another berry he got from the bush.

Reaching to take another one, he placed a (comparably small) paw on mine.

{Don't eat them all. You should leave them for others, and I have only seen this type of berry bush once.}

Realizing what I was about to do, I pulled my paw back.

{Sorry, I lost myself.}

{Don't worry about it.}

He then smiled.

{There is also a lovely, although small pond nearby. Want to see it?}

I thought about it for a moment.

{Sure, why not. Lead the way!}

I was sitting in my room, looking at the small bag with my white clothes. I put it away on a shelf, in a small box.

Since the fight took incredibly much energy out of me, I was lethargic for a few days now. I of course was eating berries, as I knew they helped regenerating energy, but I still felt very exhausted and tired.

I took the mega stone in my hand, pondering about it. Maybe I should eventually tell the professor about my transformation.

Wait. Did I channel mystic energy while helping myself up? I think I did, back then, I couldn't really hold it all back to use it for myself, and since I wasn't needing it, I allowed it to flow freely.

I took out a pen and an empty page of paper, then started writing.

'Pokehumans, entry one.

Pokehumans are humans that adapted colors and part of the powers of a pokémon. They are able to fight with the same powers as a pokémon, but they have not as high of a resistance to attacks as pokémon do. The powers they have are nearly identical than of the pokémon they are from, but weaker.

It is possible to create pokéhumans, but I will not write down how to do so yet. What I will tell is that like all big discoveries it was made on accident.

The person will look like someone cosplaying as a specific pokémon, as even the eye color and hair color shift. That effect can be further enhanced by wearing fitting clothes, as I first demonstrated in my fight at the dynamo-arena in Caerdydd.

Additionally, I think that when a pokémon is channeling power in a human, be it through a key stone or some other means, they become able to fight like a pokémon. Since my bond with my absol is one that cannot be replicated in any way (that I know of), I cannot say this with certainty.

Any further information will be published in a similar fashion than this one, distributed to the newspaper in the Astral region, and later to those in other regions.

-Seto.'

After I put the paper sheet away, I took my clothes and walked straight to the nearest pokemarkt. There was something I think could become useful, but I was sure I'd forget getting it wouldn't I do it now.

Lying under the tree and looking down on the smaller pokémon playing there, I felt completely at peace. Luckily, only one half of me was tired, since a pokémon was built for battle, and back on it's feet fast after that again.

Looking at Imai – which was the manectrics' name – I realized that that feeling came probably from him. I smiled for a moment, then looked away as I could feel a blush started forming on my cheeks.

{It's nice, isn't it?}

I nodded.

{Yes. I would never have imagined that such beauty could exist this close to such a big town. This is something I would not think to be real, were it told to me.}

{Well, I quite liked our time together. Uh…} he said, trailing off. He blushed heavily, and I could tell there was something he wanted to know.

{What do you desire to know?} I asked, already guessing that 'how was it for you' wasn't the question he was thinking about. Realizing he wasn't going to say anything soon, I gave him a small push with my powers.

{How are you raised?} he then blurted out, causing me to blink in surprise.

{Pardon?}

{Uhhh… how do you court?}

Realizing what he meant, I blushed as well, but answered his question.

{Well… not like there are any rules. Like humans, I guess? You meet someone you like and want to win them over by showing them who you are, going out with them?}

{Well, that makes things a bit easier. I quite like you, Nakashima, and I hope you'll visit me again. I'm only required to stay with my trainer for battles until noon, so you can visit me anytime in the afternoon. I hope I'll see you again,} he said, still blushing and giving me a courtesy bow before running off.

I smiled. Maybe I'd honor him.

"Well, it's an odd request, but I can do it. What would you need that for, anyways?"

"Simply for a presence online. I have a normal live under a different name, after all," I replied, trying to sound like I did back in the arena. Unluckily, without the transformation that was nearly impossible, and I wasn't daring enough to find out what would happen were I to transform in this state of mine.

"Well, for that, I need a coin and 20.000 poké."

Handing him the coin and the money, I then thought about what I needed to do next.

Remembering I still needed a mailbox, I made my way to the post.

After a long day, I eventually fell down on the bed, Kyoyhoa already having returned without use of her one-time teleport earlier. I've eaten dinner with my parents and just wanted to sleep for a week straight.

Being way too tired to care, I pulled Kyoyhoa close, getting some much needed shut eye.

When Kyoyhoa touched the mega stone I wore the entire day, an arc of energy jumped from the stone to the key stone, causing it to glow an eerie, blue light.

I thought nothing about it and got to sleep, but the next morning would show me what happened in all clarity.

Waking up, I found that I had changed in my sleep. But this time not as Adam, but as Kyo.

Her body shifted remarkably, turning into something similar to a human. Her face became nearly human, but the horn stayed atop her head and her hair turned completely white, unlike mine.

The only part of her body where skin was visible was her face, which was colored a dark, ebony color. Her paws turned into something between paws and hands, retaining the claws, but gaining the mobility of human fingers. A thumb did not form, though. While that meant a loss in flexibility, it still allowed for way easier handling of tools.

The tail also became more like a real tail, not being as hard as it was before.

"{Great,}" I commented, both because I was really annoyed, and because I wanted to see if my voice box changed in any way.

It seemed that the transformation changed my voice in a similar way than it changed my other body, making my voice closer to an equilibrium state between human and pokémon voice. As far as I could see it, my voice was now understandable by humans, although it would still sound a bit animalistic.

After that, I realized I technically had a girl in my bed right now, but… she wasn't naked.

And even if – after living as Kyo for half a year, I had a pretty high tolerance developed for that, as I saw and lived on both sides of the spectrum. I wouldn't be aroused without a good reason – and not by myself, anyways.

Looking down on myself, I realized that this also caused me to shift as well, now being colored white. Pushing back the energy I found within myself in the mega-stone, but not touching Kyoyhoa with it again, I managed to nearly fully reverse the transformation. The only thing staying were the white lines on the back of my right hand, tracing my bones.

I then tried pulling on this energy, instead of pushing it to me over Kyoyhoa.

My bones shifted, but it was quite painful for me to do so. Interestingly enough, it forced me into a male copy of Kyoyhoa, also giving me the quite different voice of a pokémon-human hybrid.

Then, I started pulling and pouring more and more energy into Adam. The chances shifted, Kyoyhoa coming closer and closer to becoming a human, while I became more and more like an absol.

It was disconnecting, to say the least. It felt weird to have a human, female body, but being a male pokémon didn't changed much from being a female. Since I was uncomfortable, I pushed the energies back, creating the equilibrium state again, then toppling it again. I did not think it was a good idea to run around anthromorph.

Only after I did all that, I realized that this time, I did not grow tired from that transformation at all. Unluckily, there was no way to tell if it was because I got more stamina regarding this ability, or if just transforming took no energy out of me.

Though…

Taking the keystone, I started channeling energy through it as Kyoyhoa, and it had the effect I expected. Since a keystone was usually worn by a human, it had also the structure of a human in it. I once again changed in the equilibrium state between being pokémon and human, but only with Kyoyhoa.

I grinned. That was giving me ideas.

"Hey, where is Kyoyhoa?"

"She left earlier today for a tailor. She left me a note for that, though."

"Why would she need clothes?" mom wondered, having no idea what I just had done.

"Well…" I started, trailing off, giving the 'pure innocence' look to her.

So, she of course knew something was up.

"What. Did. You. Do?"

"I? Nothing. Have you seen the battle I visited?"

"Heard about it in the news. There was that Seto guy who turned in a pokémon, right?"

I nodded.

"Turns out, that effect can be reversed. I found out about that this morning."

"{Adam! I'm back!}" a clearly female voice was heard from outside. Were one to listen carefully, they could hear that it was not created by a human.

What came in was a nearly human looking woman, looking around twenty years old. She had red eyes and white hair through which ran a black stripe. He fingernail were of a black color, but they were of that color naturally.

The only thing that made it clear she was not human were her still present tail and horn, both for some reason solid again.

After I noticed that, I simply assumed that the less characteristics of a race a being has, the more pronounced they become, hence why I started turning white after only having a fraction of the powers Kyoyhoa wields.

Her clothes were partially similar, partially different to what Seto wore. She had a black lace up top which stopped above her belly and a white, light jacket with a collar of fake, white fur.

She also wore grey stockings below white shorts with a black belt. The belts on the shorts and jacket were the only place where was any color apart from her skin and eyes, as they had golden ornaments on them.

As soon as my father saw her, he did a spit-take, his eyes bulging out.

"That's Kyoyhoa?!" he asked, looking at me with wide eyes.

"Jep. Although…" I trailed off, before turning to Kyo.

"Say, didn't you want to visit professor Kalopanax and Imai?"

"{Yeah, I did. But I forgot the stones here, you know?}"

I groaned.

"You know perfectly well where they are, so just get them. And do me a favor and tell Hoseki, Fujita, Skylar, Imai and Lino about this, okay?"

She nodded.

"{Will do. Anything else?}"

"You are going through the market, are you not? Take a few coins with you and buy a few cheri berries. We're also starting to run out of leppa and oran berries, so buy a net of them as well, okay?"

"{Kay! See you later!}" she cheerfully replied, skidding out of the room.

Dad looked at me with squinted eyes and an unreadable look on his face.

"You know as well as I do that poképhilia is not outlawed here. Don't even think about it, mister!"

"She already has a friend," I responded, and a cry was heard from the outside.

"{HOW DO YOU EVEN KNOW THAT?!}"

"Still, I'm watching you. Uh – how did she even turn?"

"Key stone. Seems like pokémon are able to use their energies to change them in anthromorph beings by pushing said energy in a keystone. Maybe it's something about them we don't know yet?"

After shouting out that, I of course got noticed by the pokémon in our yard.

{Kyo, why are you that loud?}

Fujita poked up her head.

Whatever she wanted to ask got caught in her throat as she looked at me.

{Hey, don't just freeze there!} Skylar complained, then noticing me.

She blinked only once.

{Well… this is new. How did you do that?} she asked, looking me up and down.

"{Key stones…}" I responded, lifting Fujita up.

{Kyo? Is that really you?}

"{Well, yes. I'm going into town, are you coming with me?}"

{Are you going to show me the market?}

"{Why not, I have to go there anyways. Skylar, do you want to come?}"

{Nah, I'll pass. I'm training with Hoseki.}

I nodded, then started walking away.

I did not think this through.

"{Snap out of it. You know who and what I am, right?}" I chided Lino, having visited him before going to the professor.

"Yeah, but… it's so hard to remember!" he said, blushing slightly.

I gave him the 'insane' look with my eyes glowing slightly, and he turned white for a second.

"Geez, don't scare me like that!"

"{But it helped, right?}"

"Yeah… it did. Why did you visit me first, though?"

I lowered my voice so that it couldn't be heard.

"{Well, both humans and pokémon tried hitting on me. If I have you with me, they'll think you're in some way connected to me and won't be that obvious about it.}"

"Really?" he deadpanned.

I croaked an eyebrow.

"{You try turning into a woman, then tell me that again.}"

"I'll pass."

{I'll try!}

I shrugged, then lit up my horn to teleport us across a busy street. While I had by no means a useful range for travel, it was still enough to be useful in battle and to cross problematic terrain.

"{Unluckily, this, like many things will not become aviable to the public that easily. I will inform the professor about this though, hence why we are on our way to him. Hopefully he will be able to enable at least pokémon to do this, though.}"

Then, I caught wind of a scent I could not help but remember.

As such, I turned away from it, wanting nothing to do with that idiot.

I scowled when it started to follow us a minute later.

Pulling out a 1000-poke coin from my pocket, I gave it Lino and pointed to a Café a bit ahead of our position.

"{Get a table from where you can see the street further ahead,}" I ordered, my no-nonsense demeanor telling Lino something was up. He did not ask what was happening and simply did as I told him. Then, I ordered Fujita to stay with him as well. After that, I walked forward until I was near a crossing but still visible from where Lino was, waiting for what was surely to happen.