"Again."

Tyson looked at his Growlithe and who soon nodded at him and soon sprayed a wall of flames against a tree bark in order to make it singed as Felix looked on.

Tyson for his Shadow Stripe was attempting to teach his Growlithe Flamethrower with Felix's help given that he had a Pokemon that could help them out with it.

It took a couple of tries (and soon changes of clothes when they got burned) but now it seems like they had finally managed to get the hang of it.

"Alright great! You guys are finally getting it!" Felix said with a smile as Nova was on his shoulder, also giving them a look of acknowledgment.

Tyson felt good, no he felt great as Growlithe soon ran up to him and licked his face furiously at the prospect of finally achieving their Shadow Stripe goal.

Felix came up to him as Nova began to play with Growlithe as congratulations for finally learning Flamethrower.

"Thanks man, I would have never been able to accomplish this without your help." Tyson said to him.

Soon as they were about to leave, Tyson saw Rex waving to him as he and Weiss soon skidded to a halt in front of the Kanto-born trainer.

Felix soon sweated seeing Weiss and unconsciously moved behind Tyson to avoid the Sneasel.

"Hey Rex what is up? Last time I heard, you were helping out Kenan with his Shadow Stripe goal." Tyson said to his friend.

"Yeah that is the thing, I think he is about to achieve it and he wants all of us to be there." Rex said to him.

Tyson looked shocked and surprised as he turned to Felix.

"Hey man, thank you for all the help but I got to go and see if my friend will accomplish this." Tyson said to Felix.

"Of course, take care man and hopefully we can battle again some other time." Felix said in a bit of a panicked voice.

Soon Tyson and Rex made their way to where Kenan was as Felix sighed thankfully that Weiss was gone for now.


Meanwhile in Decidueye's Grove, Shion and Robyn were hanging out.

They were talking about their respective Pokemon and the recent announcement the school made in the midst of the Shadow Stripe period for the freshman students.

"So a field trip? I always hear that the academy takes one every year just for the freshman. So I wonder where we are going?" Shion said to Robyn.

"I hope it is Paldea or some place else, I really want to try those new Paldean sandwiches that are famous over there." Robyn said as she suddenly got a message on her phone as did Shion.

Shion also looked at her phone and saw that it was a message from Rex saying that Kenan was about to achieve his Shadow Stripe goal and they should be there with them.

"Wow! That sounds exciting right Shion!? We should definitely go there!" Robyn said to her roommate.

Shion looked apprehensive, she was still getting comfortable with Kenan, Tyson and Rex within their little group…

But Robyn was right, they were friends and they should be there for him.

"You right let's go." Shion said.

And soon both Shion and Robyn left their dorm room and headed for the Trainer Course building.


Tyson, Rex, Shion and Robyn soon went to Trainer Course building where Kenan and Kasumi were having a practice battle with Sydney and Chun Li.

"Sydney, use Poison Jab!" Kenan said to his Pokemon.

Sydney's body soon glowed purple and rushed towards Chun Li. Kasumi soon ordered to meet the attack with Fire Punch.

The two attacks collided creating a brief explosion as both Pokemon skidded back.

"Now use Sky Uppercut!" Kasumi said to Chun Li. Chun Li soon ran up toward Sydney with their arms glowed and struck a vicious blow against the Poison/Ground type that sent her toward the ground.

"Sydney!" Kenan cried out as Sydney was on the floor of the battlefield looking down for the count.

"Come on! Remember how we met? Remember that I promised that I would help you get stronger!" Kenan said to his Pokemon as a desperate attempt to help her keep battling.

For a second, it looked like Sydney might not be able to continue battling… that was until Kenan's words finally got through to her as she got up.

Memories of her meeting Kenan and of her capture went through her mind as she let out a determined cry… and began to glow.

The glowing took everyone by surprise, especially Kenan as they all saw Sydney change shape.

Her body grew to the point it went forward with stubby fins growing on her sides and her body began to elongate as the glowing died down and the transformation was complete.

It was official. Sydney had evolved into a Clodsire.

Kenan was in shock, the thing that they had been working towards for the past week had finally come true and soon he ran towards Sydney in happiness.

"SYDNEY! YOU DID IT! I am so happy for you!" Kenan said as he threw his body around her in a hug.

Sydney nuzzled her trainer back as Kasumi came towards Kenan.

"Congratulations Kenan, I always knew you and Sydney could do it." Kasumi said as she and Chun Li approached both of them.

Kenan's friends soon clapped for him as they had finally achieved their Shadow Stripe goals.

"Not going to lie, Clodsire is kinda cute wouldn't you say Shion?" Robyn said to her.

Shion looked at Clodsire, she wasn't the biggest fan of Poison-types (which made sense given her favorite type) but she had to admit… Clodsire was pretty cute.

Kenan was in happiness to have finally completed his Shadow Stripe and was about to return Sydney was he heard someone call his name out.

"Nice going Kenan, I had a feeling that you would be able to pull it off. Now if you don't mind I like to have a battle with you and your Clodsire."

Kenan turned around as he saw Kazuma staring at him with a smile on his face and a Pokeball in his hands.

Welp… so much for getting a break after his Shadow Stripe.