Hm~ Try to guess who else are Julia's guardians aside from the five I provide, okay? I guarantee you, you'll have a hard time guessing, simply because a bigger chunk of them are not within this story and won't appear until the rising of the main story.

1st Legal Guardian: Jessie/Musashi

"Happy birthday, Jubei-kun."

"Yea, dude, another year close to finally being a man. Fifteen already, huh? Just five more years, and you'll be recognized as a legal adult by the State. Way to go, June. Happy birthday!"

A boy with lavender hair and blue eyes in the middle of it all huffed, but smiled and mock-punched the shoulder of his friend who greeted him with the salutation. "Don't call me that! It sounds like a girl's nickname. Call me Junius, or Jubei, dammit."

Above them by the alcove of the atrium, two adults stared at the celebration down below. Jesiie gushed at the sight. "I'm so glad we Jubei-kun decided to celebrate his fifteenth birthday here. We hardly get to see him anymore since he went on that awful journey. I have half a mind to lock him in his room forever and just let him out to eat, you know?"

Meanwhile, James had a different reason to smile. 'I really don't think that's a good idea, love. If that boy is anything like me, he won't want to get incarcerated against his will. He's also a bit of a flirt, but I can see that he's always been a free spirit. I've seen it since he was ten. That was before he went away for his journey. He'd make a great Pokémon Champion someday, if he can beat the twerp, that is. He really seems to be peeved that when he got home, a big wall of gifts was blocking the way to the door. I know I would be, and I'd prefer a small gathering. At least he doesn't know yet, and if Jessie doesn't do anything, he'll be a lot happier that way.'

A gasp of surprise came from below, and the patriarch looked, aghast that most of the gasps came from the guests of female gender, and the reason why they were shocked. 'It seems I spoke too soon. Love, what have you done? It's already bad enough you made this into a swanky, formal affair when he didn't want it, but this…'

Down below, Junius glared at the offending present. In front of him was a box. A velvet box, that opens when the lid is tilted upward. It was obvious what was in the thing, and the shock and clamor caused a lot of murmur among the girls, wondering who would be lucky to receive it in turn and be the consort of the heir.

James looked at his wife, wondering what was going through her head right now. She was animatedly chatting with the other women on the floor. He would've reprimanded her for the present, but he suddenly heard her talking about it, and he listened in to the grating voices, trying to wait for his wife's opinion on the matter.

"What a maaahvelous gift, dearie, and so young too. Your son wiiii simply be the object of adooooration among the ladies, and there are so many candidates to select and vet. Dahling, you ah simply a genius. One is nevaaah too young to have grandkids and heirs to their fortune."

"You flatter me, countess. Ohohoho, but I must admit that I didn't plan it. I only snuck it in as a gift. James' parents were the ones who decided that Jun-kun must choose a fiancée by now. They decided that instead of being like his dad were the arranged marriage failed, they'll let him be a free man and explore his options among the young ladies he was bound to meet and select to marry when he's finally all grown."

James resisted the urge to facepalm and do anything unbecoming. 'Of course. Mumsy and dad would want the heir to marry. They did it to me, and now that Junius is old enough, they changed tactics and are doing it to him, and now Jessie's on the bandwagon."

Everything that could've gone wrong that night, all of them nearly went wrong, the only thing that would've made it worse if something like a band of marauders or pirates and murderers stormed the place. Fortunately, it didn't. Unfortunately, the second worst thing that could possibly have happen did happen: the wrath of the birthday boy.

After that escapade with the engagement ring, Junius tried to calm his nerves with birthday cake and casual conversation with some of his guy friends. He couldn't approach any girl without being in the line of fire, and those who he had thought as just friends made it clear that they had an ulterior motive of being interested of taking their relationship on an upgrade. He had never lost so many friends in one night, most being girls, and the others, guys who were interested in the girls that were interested in him. It was a birthday disaster.

When his temper was about to snap, he had asked his parents for Meowth. The little lavender-haired man-child loved the Pokémon; after all, Meowth is his first friend. It was a terrible blow when Jessie said that Meowth was probably busy spending time with his new girlfriend, another Meowth. The boy's mood took a turn for the worst, and if that wasn't enough, she had asked him if he liked his birthday present. He answered with a question on why it was even there in the first place, and she answered in a larky manner that now he's set for life and won't have to worry about anything else. He has many miai coming his way and all of the candidates are ladies just as noble as them, if not more so, and probably a lot wealthier.

At the very least, instead of losing his cool, Junius asked to be excused from the birthday dinner. Jessie was hesitant at first, but then James mouthed toward her that he and Junius would have a heart to heart talk later.

Later that night, James walks by his son's room, knocking. He was rebuked by a whiny "Go away! There's no one here." 'Wearing a bikini and fake boobs was so much easier than talking to an adolescent.' He stood there, waiting for the door to open. It never did that night, and the sounds of wall punching and angry grunts contrasted with the lively voices from the party.

Lots of trouble, eh? Junius is another OC, named after the month of June, and after a samurai, respectively in accordance with the way Julia is named, and the way his parents were canonically named: with "J" in English and a legendary warrior in Japanese.