"Renard, I'm bored." The young master said, sighing. Renard, the butler of the estate, shook his head and smiled.
"Why not play with your friends?" The butler asked. Young master shrugged. "Most of them have already left home and are on their pokémon journeys. They get to leave home on their tenth birthdays, but I have to stay and learn about a company that I know nothing about!"
"Young Master Steele, it's imperative that you know about your fathers company." Renard replied, shocked. This young boy was supposed to be the heir to the company should anything happen to his elder sister, who had a perfect grasp of the company.
"I know Father is friends with this Devon, and they work side by side to come up with many cool inventions, but I just want to do what my friends are doing!" Steele whined, pushing himself from the breakfast bar and hopping to the floor.
"Vulpix?" The vulpix curled around Renards feet asked, tilting it's head. Steele smiled at it and pointed towards it. "You even have a pokémon of your own! So why can't I?"
Renard sighed inwardly and scratched Vulpix behind her ear. "Because, Master Kendrix thinks you are still too young."
"Betheny got her first pokemon on her tenth birthday!" Steele countered, frustrated. "I can't see how I'm any different from her. I'm going exploring!" With this, he exited the mansion through its glass back door, making his way towards the Granite Cave's entrance.
The Kendrix Mansion, as the locals called it, was built east of the Granite Cave, making it difficult to reach the large estate without having to go through the Granite Cave itself, which was why the butlers and maids all had pokémon to help them get through it.
The reason the mansion was built in such a way was because the owner, Charles Kendrix, wanted to find a certain pokémon. But no matter how hard he looked, he couldn't find the one he wanted.
Steele had just reached the entrance to the cave, but stopped, knowing Renard would be strict if he ever went in. With a grunt, the ten year old kicked a small rock into the mouth of the dark cave. He saw the rock sail into the cave, heard it hit several walls, and turned just as it smacked into something that replied "SABLEYE!"
Steele froze, looking back towards the entrance. Out of the darkness came a strange Pokémon. Well, stranger than the one's he usually saw. Sableye were common in the cave and they were always eager to frolic outside in the backyard, by they were usually purple with diamond eyes.
This one was a golden color with orange colored gems for eyes. It was holding the rock that Steele had kicked into the cave in one hand and was rubbing it's forehead with another. It caught sight of Steele, and the two stared at one another for a few seconds.
With a sudden jerk, the golden Sableye chucked the rock back at Steele, catching him between the eyes, and dashed back into the cave. Rubbing his wounded forehead, Steele dashed after it. "Wait! Come back! I didn't mean it!" He called, forgetting about the cave for a moment.
He followed the pokémon until he was clearly lost. He looked about, unfamiliar with the area, and started to feel frightened. The corners all looked the same and he couldn't see farther than his hand.
Everything was pitch black as he tried to find his way out. He thought he heard a group of Sableye run past, but ignored it and kept moving. He tripped over a large rock that was left in the middle of the path and fell to the floor. The rock he had tripped over rumbled. "Geo?" It asked, turning to look at its assailant.
With a hasty sorry, Steele tried to run, but the Geodude ran into him and brought him down to the floor again. "Geo! Geodude!" The rock pokémon demanded.
"Geez, I said I was sorry!" Steele replied, backing up into a wall. Just as it seemed that the Geodude was going to pound him, the Sableye that he had been chasing earlier hit the rock pokémon with a black beam that shot from his eyes.
The Geodude fled after the assault, leaving the golden Sableye and Steele alone. Steele stayed silent, wondering why the Sableye had helped him. Sableye held out a green gem towards Steele and pointed to the kids' pocket. "Sable." He said, simply.
"Did that fall from my pocket? I should really stop carrying around those stones." Steele replied, gently taking it back. He looked at the Sableye, who didn't seem to be going anywhere, and smiled. "Oh take it. It's not like I have more." He said.
The Sableye was delighted and happily snatched the gem from Steele. It nibbled around the edges while looking up at Steele. It tilted its head as if asking a question. Steele looked around for a moment then sighed. "Do you know the way out?"
The Sableye nodded and pointed down a dark pathway. "Well, could you take me?" Steele pressed. The Sableye held out a paw and swallowed the emerald full.
"What? You want more?" The Sableye nodded, gesturing for him to hurry. With a groan, Steele checked his pockets and found he was empty. "I have more at the mansion. If you help me, I'll feed you one every day!"
The Sableye clearly liked this idea, as it tugged at Steele's pant leg and hurried down the path.
Renard was worried. Usually, Steele would have his fit, leave for a few minutes, and return to the normal and loveable kid he was.
Vulpix clearly sensed his distress and rubbed up against his leg. "I know, let's at least see if he's still outside."
He peered around the counter and outside, surprised to see Steele, a bit scraped up and dusty, holding the hand of a golden Sableye, the very same one that Master Kendrix had been so fixated to find. He grasped his pokégear from the table and dialed Master Kendrixs' number.
"Sir, the pokémon you were looking for?" He said as soon as his employer picked up. "Steele found it."
Steele was told to wait outside his father's study while his father, elder sister, and butler remained inside, studying the Sableye. At first, he wanted to complain, saying that he had to keep his promise to the Sableye and feed it some of his daily allowance.
As he sat out, the Sableye was worried that it wasn't going to be getting its food from the boy outside the doors. As soon as the man with the Vulpix burst from the mansion, Sableye had led them all around the backyard in an attempt to get away.
The boy had yelled for them to stop, which was when another man came from the cave, accompanied by a woman younger than the second man, but older than the boy. It was this distraction that led him into being in a strange room with three people staring at him while he gnawed at a diamond.
"This is clearly a shiny pokémon, but I cannot let it out of here, not without letting Professor Birch know about it." The second man said, seemingly in charge. The first man, maybe an un-evolved form of the second man, nodded.
"I've tried calling him, sir, and I keep getting the same thing. His daughter claiming he is in the Kanto region conducting research with Professors Oak and Elm." The female pipped.
The first man sighed, and told the second man to bring in the boy.
As Steele entered, he saw the Sableye gnawing on a diamond while sitting directly on the study's only table. "So, what's going to happen to him?"
His father, a man whose pitch black hair has begun to fleck with white, sighed and motioned for his son to come closer. "He is going to stay here, with you, until we can get Professor Birch. We don't know how long he will be in the Kanto region and maybe the Sinnoh region for all we know. So, until we get word, he sticks close to you."
He pulled out a pokéball from the desk. "Here, use this." He said, tossing it to his son. Steele looked at the ball, then at the Sableye, who stared at him, the diamond forgotten. With a smile, he held out the pokéball and Sableye shrugged.
With a click, Steele activated the ball and sucked the Sableye into the sphere. It clanged closed and shook once, twice, three times before resting.
"He's all yours son. Don't get into too much trouble." Steele's father remarked, smiling. Steele smiled and released the Sableye from its confines. "He likes it out here better, right?" The Sableye nodded, smiling back and showing its sharp teeth.
"I'll call you Gold, how about it?" Again, the Sableye nodded and the two sprinted out of the study and to Steele's room.
"Are you sure about this?" Renard asked. "This could lead him to wanting to go out on his own again."
"Let him. Seeing this kind of bond, even after just meeting, is enough to let him have his own way. Besides, Rachel here will run the company if I take leave." Rachel, the elder sister, nodded, keeping professional.
"I also want a son who becomes the region champ too. That has its benefits." He added, just before hearing a crash coming from downstairs and a startled Gold make a yelping noise. "Renard, make sure they don't destroy the house."
Hullo, Author again. I've been offline for a while and I don't know if those reading would be happy with me. But this story just sort of came up. Well, I'll leave it to you guys to see if I should continue this story or not. I'll post about four or five chapters. If you guys find the story interesting and are wanting more, then I'll continue. But if you guys don't like it, I'll continue my Bionicle Fanfic. It all depends on what you guys think. Kay then, Next chapter will be on the way!