Prologue: Little Princess

A young girl with blue hair was running around with a bunch of young growlithe with a smile on her face, soon tripping and tumbling into the side of a large arcanine with a Soothe Bell attached to a cord around its neck. "Owww…" the girl rubbed the top of her head, the arcanine staring at her a moment before licking her cheek to clean it. "Ehehehe~ Quit it, Arcana~!" she giggled, falling onto her back and letting the little growlithe flock to her. "Heyyyy, quit it that tickles~!"

"Akemi~" A melodious voice carried on the wind to where the girl was. The girl sat up, the growlithe moving away and the arcanine looking over in the direction the voice came from. "Akemi~?"

"Over here, Mama~!" she called back, Arcana standing up and barking. Soon, a woman with shimmering white hair and soft lavender eyes walked over, smiling as a Lucario with a small bag full of herbs walked over to the girl. "Hi Ruka~"

"Hello, little one." the female Lucario pat the child's head gently. "Does your head hurt?"

"No, I'm okay~ Arcana made it all better~" she giggled, hugging onto the Lucario as her mother knelt next to her. "Hi Mama~"

"Hi sweetheart~" the woman picked up Akemi and nuzzled her. "Having fun with all the pokemon?" she asked, her daughter nodding and smiling. "Well, we have a surprise for you back at the house, so let's go~"

"A surprise? Okay~!" Wrath nodded, getting up and dusting off her dress before following her mother and Ruka back to the house. A young boy with black hair waved at them from where he stood at the front door, a big luxray standing next to him. "Keiichiiii~!" Akemi launched herself at the boy, hugging him around the waist. "Keii, Mama said she has a surprise, do you know what it is?"

"Now now." The boy chuckled. "Don't spoil Mother's surprises." He said. "Go see for yourself. I'm sure you'll love it." He added, looking over his shoulder at the table inside. Akemi nodded, letting go and rushing inside, the children's mother and Ruka chuckling a little. Akemi stared at the case sitting on top of the table with wide eyes.

"Is this…? A pokemon egg?"

"Yes, it is." Ruka stated. "My second child, to be precise."

"Wow, it's Ruka's second baby?" Akemi turned to the Lucario and her mother. "Mama, is it a boy or a girl?"

"We don't know yet, silly." She chuckled, opening the case and allowing her Lucario to pick it up and cradle the egg. Ruka handed the egg back to her trainer, who knelt before the little bluenette. "Ruka trusts you, sweetie. Take care of this egg." Akemi's hands came up to her face, a look of awe and surprise coming to her eyes as she reached to accept the egg. She hugged it close and her smile grew even wider.

"I will, Mama! I'll protect this egg with my life~!" Her mother smiled and pet her daughter's head, Ruka doing the same afterword.

"Thank you, little one." The lucario said, placing her paw onto the egg. "When you are born, take care of her…" she let her voice trail off, the little girl looking up at her mother's pokemon. She caught a small, almost sad expression on her face before the lucario smiled again.

"Now, why don't we have lunch?" the woman asked, smiling cheerfully as she went to prepare lunch. "I think we'll have some grilled cheese and corn chowder~"

"Yay, grilled cheese and corn chowder~!" Akemi cheered, Keiichi going to help his mother in the kitchen as Akemi and Ruka moved the egg to be somewhere safe for the time being.

A few weeks later, Akemi was sitting infront of the house, watching the Butterfree fly by when she felt the egg shift, turning to see it start glowing. "Waaaah! M-mama! Keii! Ruka!" she exclaimed. "I-I think the egg is hatching!"

"It's hatching?" the girl's mother came to the door, Keiichi following close behind and Ruka coming over from the garden where she was replenishing her herbs. "Oh, so it is~" she smiled as the egg opened up and the little riolu that emerged opened it's eyes. The first thing it saw was Akemi and Ruka, smiling cheerfully as it hugged onto the lucario's foot, but then let go and hugged onto Akemi.

"Seems like he recognizes you." Ruka smiled. "That's good, you've done an excellent job taking care of the egg." She pet the bluenette's head and smiled more. "Now be sure to keep up that good work and keep raising him."

"Of course~" she nodded, hugging onto Ruka, surprising the Lucario a bit. "Thank you for trusting me, Ruka~" she nuzzled into the Lucario's shoulder, the Riolu copying her gesture. "I'll do my very best~!"

"… I know you will. After all." She looked up at her trainer. "You are your mother's daughter."

"Yes well~ There's more than just me in my little girl." Their mother chuckled, seeing a shape in the distant sky flying their way. "Oh, speaking of which~ Looks like my husband is home~"

"Papa's home?" Akemi exclaimed, looking at the sky while still hugging Ruka, letting go so she could wave at the incoming silhouette. "Papa~! Welcome home~!" she called, the shape soon becoming recognizable as the girl's father and his partner pokemon. They landed, the large Salamence letting his trainer down and bowing his head to the family. "Salamence~!" Akemi rushed over with her Riolu in hand and stopped before the large dragon type. "Hi there~"

"Sala." The pokemon nudged the girl's cheek with its nose before looking at the new arrival. "Sala mence?"

"Wan wan?" Riolu tilted his head, smiling. "Wan wan wan!"

"What a courageous little Riolu you have there." The man with black hair walked over, placing a hand on Akemi's head. "Is that Ruka's son?"

"Papa~!" Akemi hugged her father, the Riolu blinking before hugging the man too. "Yep yep, Ruka's second son~!" she nodded, picking up the Riolu and offering her father a look at the pokemon. "I'm gonna take super good care of him~!"

"Wan wan~!"

"Haha, that's wonderful Akemi." He smiled, tousling his daughter's hair before his wife walked over to them. "Misako~" he stood up and hugged onto his wife, the woman smiling as Keiichi walked over.

"Welcome home, Aaren~" she chuckled, moving away so Keiichi could see his father.

"And Keiichi~" he pat his son's head. "I have a present for you~"

"Huh? A present?" Keiichi asked, looking confused as his father looked to Salamence, the pokemon nodding and leaning his neck over to his trainer, the secured container attached to his collar being removed by Aaren. "I-isn't this…?" the boy's eyes were wide. "A-a Dratini egg?!"

"That's right~ You said you wanted to be a Pokemon Professor like your mother?" he smiled. "I figured since you're such a go getter, you should have a little challenge. Raising a dragon type is pretty difficult. Do you think you can do it?"

"Y-yes, father~!" Keiichi's eyes were wide and his smile was wide.

"Perfect~" Aaren smiled.

The next few months flew by, Akemi and her Riolu were becoming inseparable. They slept together, bathed together, they ate their meals together, they played together, and they trained together. And meanwhile, Keiichi was taking care of his Dratini egg. Misako and Aaren were proud to take care of their children who were both turning into such fine pokemon people. But… then tragedy struck…

By the time the tragedy had settled, Keiichi and Akemi were orphaned, their home in shambles, and their whole world had been turned upside down. Their mother's apprentice, a young lady named Willow, took them in while the town's mayor helped rebuild their home and the lab. However… neither child could be the same… Keiichi remained in the hospital for a few weeks, and his little sister refused to leave her brother's side until he was better, ending up getting bedridden with sickness for a while. Keiichi became rather panicky over his sister and it never seemed to fade away. However once she was better, Akemi began dressing in all black and she became a little bit antisocial. So to remedy his sister's behavior, Keiichi made a suggestion. "Akemi? Why don't you try going on a journey?" Keiichi smiled.

"A… journey?" Akemi asked, accepting a pamphlet from her big brother. "Kanto?"

"Yes, Kanto. Professor Oak, do you remember him?" Keiichi asked, placing his sister's lunch on the table. Riolu climbed onto Akemi's lap and sat down there, reading the pamphlet as well. "He said he would be happy to meet you at the port in Kanto so you can get a good head start."

"… But what about you?" she looked up at her brother.

"I'll be staying here and continuing my training to be a pokemon professor under Willow." Keiichi smiled, petting his sister's head gently. "I have a few friends in Kanto as well, so you can get into contact with them if need be." He added. "So, what do you say, kiddo?" he asked, smiling more.

"…" Akemi looked down at Riolu, who looked up at his trainer. "What do you think, Riolu? Want to try?"

"Wan wan~" he nodded, hugging onto his trainer's arm. Akemi smiled a little.

"Okay, Keiichi." She looked back up at her big brother. "I'll do it. I'll go on a journey to Kanto."

Name: Akemi Ryugazaki

Age: 11

Appearance: Cerulean blue hair that comes to just below her shoulders, bangs fall into her eyes a little and lays relatively flat. Her eyes are lavender and her skin is fair and she is relatively thin. Akemi's childhood dress was pale blue and had dark blue lining and ribbons. But after the tragedy, she began wearing black long sleeves and skirts to mourn her parents.

Pokemon: Riolu (Male) Quiet Nature, Ability - Inner Focus

((Ahahaha, starting a new story~ ; v ;

I've been trying to figure out a good way to start this one for a very long time... Pokemon was a good chunk of my childhood.

I hope you look forward to it~ And look forward to more detail in the later chapters, this is just to give some backstory to Akemi and her family.

-Winter Cheshire))