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Sultrie had enough waiting, so she launched another lightning ball towards Charlie, but he deflected it with his wing.

"You'll have to do better than that, Sultrie", said Charlie, launching his own blue orb towards Sultrie, who side stepped it.

"Likewise, Barkin", replied Sultrie, crossing her arms, then extending it, launching crystal bullets towards Charlie.

Charlie didn't have time to get out of the way, so he had to shield himself. The crystals were bombarding him with great force, damaging his wings. After it ended, Charlie opened them, but Sultrie disappeared.

"BEHIND YOU" shouted Ninetales, but too late. Charlie turned around to come face to face with Sultrie's electrical fist. Charlie fell to the ground, putting his paw on his cheek where the attack landed. Sultrie jumped and was about to stomp him, but Charlie rolled to his side, got up, and launched his aura beam towards Sultrie. Sultrie took it at full force in her chest, but she was able to recover quickly.

Meanwhile, Annabelle recovered from her attack and watched as Charlie dodged Sultrie's attacks while launching his own.

"This isn't good", said Annabelle.

"You said it", said the other Annabelle.

"Is there anything you can do to help him, or me, or the me fighting her!?" said Charlie.

"Sultrie is half as strong as her Master", said Annabelle, "So Charles may not be able to win against her, but…" Annabelle pulled out the green gem.

"Annabelle", said Sasha, "No offense, but that gem may not do much good here".

"No Sasha", said Annabelle, "This gem is the Stone of Almalgamation"

"The Stone of what?" replied the two Itchys at once.

"Almalgamation", said Annabelle, "It causes an angel to merge with another soul, becoming one"

"Oh, fusion", replied Flareon, "You mean, like in Dragon Ball Z?"

"Oh yeah", said Vaporeon, "The little dance they do in order to fuse"

"Remember when they did it wrong in the movie", said Jolteon.

"Guys", said Sasha, "This isn't the time to talk about that".

"Either way", said Annabelle, "This stone would merge the angel and soul when both have a certain connection and when they say 'Fuse'. We need someone to give it to Charles".

"I'll do it", said Flo, "After all, I do have the Shield of Purity".

"Alright", said Annabelle, handing Flo the Stone, "But be careful".

Flo took the gem and headed towards Charlie, who was at this point, badly injured from Sultrie's attacks.

"What's wrong little puppy", said Sultrie in her sweet, sickly voice, "Getting tired. I still want to play. How about 'fetch'". Sultrie launched a crystal towards Charlie, but Charlie dodged it easily.

"Miss me", said Charlie.

"Wasn't aiming for you", said Sultrie.

Charlie looked back as the crystal headed straight for Flo.

"FLO!" said Charlie as he quickly raced to save her. Flo looked up and froze to see a crystal heading straight for her. Flo was quickly grabbed by Charlie, who took the full hit.

"GAAHH!" yelled Charlie in pain.

"CHARLIE!" screamed Sasha, watching as the crystal pierced right through him.

"Charlie", said Flo, "Hang on. Annabelle wanted you to have this: a gem that will allow you to fuse with another soul".

"H…how?" said Charlie, unable to keep his balance, while Sultrie prepared another attack.

"This time", said Sultrie, "IT WILL BE YOUR END!"

"Charlie", said Flo, handing over the gem in Charlie's paw, "All there is to it is saying 'fusion'".

"What…" said Charlie.

"Fusion", said both Charlie and Flo. All of a sudden, the gem glowed green and engulfed both Charlie and Flo. Soon, the two canines were within a shining green light.

"What's going on", said Sultrie, looking at the light.

Ninetales, still trapped, was able to see a lone figure emerge from the light, but who was it. This figure was standing on its hind legs, but it had a dog tail. The light dimmed away, leaving not Charlie or Flo, but a figure standing on its hind legs with ease, paws that almost looked like hands, and the head looked like Charlie's, but it had Flo's long creamy colored hair.

"Who are you", said Sultrie, looking at the mysterious creature.

"I really don't know myself", said the figure in a voice that sounded like Charlie's, but had Flo's voice echoed, "But I do know one thing: I'm going to be the one who's going to bring you down".

"Let's see, freak", said Sultrie, launching another of her crystal bullets at the canine.

"It's not freak", said the canine, disappearing, then reappearing behind Sultrie, "You can call me Charlence".

Saying that, Charlence elbowed Sultrie in the back, which caused her to loose her balance. Then, Charlence unfolded his wings, which were snowy white, and aimed the ends toward Sultrie. Sultrie turned around and shot her crystals towards him, but Charlence countered as his own feathers flew like arrows towards the crystals. The feathers struck right threw them and headed for Sultrie. Sultrie shielded herself with a crystal wall just in time. After the feather barrage was over, she noticed that the canine wasn't there anymore.

"Where did you go now?" said Sultrie, undoing her shield. Just then, she saw him at her side, next to Ninetales.

"Who are you", said Ninetales, amazed to see the fused canine.

"A friend", replied Charlence as he took a feather from his wing. The feather turned into a blade, like Equi's but feather shaped, and in two seconds, sliced open Ninetales's crystal prison. "Now, get to the others, I'll handle her".

Ninetales obeyed and went towards Shaina and the others. Shaina hugged Ninetales, happy to see him alive. Charlie watched with utter amazement to see himself merging with Florence and becoming a cool new person. Flareon, Vaporeon, and Jolteon were all excited to see a real fusion take place, although, they did wish there was more to it than just saying "fusion".

Meanwhile, Charlence turned to face Sultrie, who was still trying to figure out how a normal dog like Flo was able to merge with Charlie and become stronger than her.

"Let's end this", said Charlence, readying his blade.

"I don't think so", said Sultrie, holding crystals between her fingers, "Now is the time for me to launch my greatest attack". Spinning around, Sultrie threw the crystals up, following by electrical charges.

"CRYSTAL STORM" shouted Sultrie as a rain of crystals and lightning bolts came crashing on top of Charlence. The attack caused a lot of the ash to swirl around Charlence, hiding him from view. When Sultrie stopped, she was exhausted, but still grinned.

"No…one…ever survived…that attack", said Sultrie.

No, thought Sasha, looking down, It can't be true. She would have lost both her love and friend. The others stood still, waiting to see if it was true that Sultrie beat Charlence.

The dust cleared and there stood Charlence, not a scratch on him.

"IMPOSSIBLE!" shouted Sultrie, shaking, "YOU COULDN'T HAVE…"

"I did", said Charlence, "All I did was sidestep each attack without difficulties".

This thing, thought Sultrie, is fast…too fast.

"Now", said Charlence, "Where was I?"

As quick as a blink, Charlence appeared before Sultrie, swinging his blade so fast that not even Sultrie could see where he was aiming for. In five seconds, Charlence finished his attack and faced Sultrie. Sultrie looked at him, and fell to the ground, defeated.

Impossible, thought Sultrie, holding on to consciousness, I didn't even see the attacks. I have better get away before I'm finished.

Just as Charlence was about to finish her off, Sultrie quickly turned into a dark fog. She bypassed Charlence and engulfed both Equi and Nox and disappeared.

"I WILL RETURN" echoed Sultrie's voice as the last bit of fog vanished.

Charlence stood there for a moment, reminiscing on her words. Then, he headed straight towards the others.

"Everyone ok", said Charlence.

Everyone, still amazed, nodded.