Chapter 2: Aura
I dont own pkmn
Cody's pov
Days melted into weeks very slowly. I was quickly getting ill tempered from the constant waking up every night. Sometimes Azure would tell me to go back to sleep, and she could handle it. Other times I said the exact same. He also began sleeping less and less during the day. Good, maybe he will sleep through the night. I thought.
We had tried sleeping with him and it worked. Instead of waking us up 4 or 5 times every night it was down to an average of 2 or 3. There were very rare nights where he would sleep soundly through the night but that was maybe once every two weeks.
Being a pokemon meant he developed a little faster than humans and he could walk and understand small commands we would give him. He had gained enough control of his thoughts to say a word here and there and partially understand what they mean. We were proud when he said his first word but we were surprised he didn't say 'mommy' or 'daddy' like most children.
He had walked up to Azure one day with his sippy cup and held it up. "Juice."
We were a little startled when we first heard it but he repeated it again. "Juice." He said shaking his cup.
"Aww..." Azure said, "He said his first word! Come on, momma is going to get you some juice." She said, picking up the little boy. "Apparently he loves juice more than us." She joked.
Azure officially weaned him after 5 months. We were both surprised that he began sleeping through the night more often, so he began sleeping in his crib. That didn't do much because he was a smart little riolu and figured out how to climb over it.
Mom and dad did visit frequently, like promised. I would feel relieved when they did because I began having a few questions about Aaron. They were always happy to answer them and they would bring him little toys every now and then. I was VERY annoyed when they had brought him a rattle. The first time they had handed it to him and showed him how it worked, it never left his paw. Every now and then he would run around the house shaking it as much as he could. "Yay! Yay! Yay!" He would scream. All the while I glared at my parents as they laughed.
"It's ok dear, it is just something we had to get used to with you. Now it's your turn." Mom said with a smile.
"Oh! That reminds me. Azure, do you remember what had happened to that little doll I had made for you?" Eris said, with a smile. "What was her name again?"
"Oh… She is with Aaron. I buried Apple with him so he wouldn't get lonely." She said, rather glumly.
Another week passed. It was a regular day. Aaron would run around with his rattle, I would make breakfast, Rose would try to calm down her little nephew, Titan was nowhere to be found, Azure would be in bed, and Eris would be reading a magazine about pokemon health or something.
When breakfast was done, we would all gather at the table, eat, talk, laugh. joke. The usual family things.
"You know. I am thinking about teaching Aaron about his aura soon. I have heard of humans being able to control it, what do you think?" Azure said to me.
I thought about it for a minute. It would be pretty cool using glowing balls of energy. "Sure! That sounds like fun." I agreed, imagining myself using aura like Azure and Eris.
"Well I am not sure how well that would work dear. Only a few humans out of a handful can master it." Eris said as she took a bite out of bacon.
"Doesn't hurt to try." She said, smiling. "Besides, whats the worst that could happen?"
When we all finished eating, we decided whose turn it was for dishes. Mine. Of course it was mine. On the day I might get to use aura. Eris surprised us when she came into the kitchen with me and Azure with a pair of gloves.
"I know… I know this might sound wrong. Here, if you are going to teach Cody how to use aura, these might help. I sense a fair amount in him and I think he might be able to." She said, handing us a pair of blue gloves with black lines going down the middle of the fingers. In the center of the gloves, and origin of the black lines, was pearly stone about the size of a baseball half, but not as convex as a full sphere. "These were Wattson's. They were his most prized possession when I was his pokemon. I didn't think he deserved them when I left so I took them. Don't look down on me because I regret it now. These are the gloves of Sir Isaac. A famous aura weilder and a follower of Sir Aaron. These gloves helped him manipulate aura and I think it will do the same for Cody."
"Wow… I… I don't know what to say." I stammered. "And I don't think wrong of you for taking them from Wattson. He was a cruel person and he didn't even mention them when we were in his gym so I don't think he treasured them that much." I said, trying to cheer her up.
"I...I guess you are right." She said.
"This is an amazing gift mom." I said, hugging her.
"You are welcome." I tried them on. They were a little loose but they would not fall off. I took them off and finished the dishes.
After dishes, training began immediately. At first I didn't understand a word Azure had said. "Ok. You two need to focus all of your aura into your hand. Just like this." She said, charging up an aura sphere.
Aaron and I looked at her with confusion as she sighed. "Like father like son i guess."
"Whats that supposed to mean?" I said teasing her.
"I MEAN you are both clueless." She said with a giggle. "I will try to make it simple. Just focus everything into your palm and think of making a ball." Aaron did as he was told and soon I could see a little fleck of light between his paws. "Look at that! My boy is a natural!" She said, picking him up and hugging him.
"Mama! Mama!" He laughed and hugged her back.
"Ok Cody, now it is your turn. Put on the gloves and just focus all of your energy into your hand." She said.
I closed my eyes and shoved everything out of my mind and began to focus like I was told. Soon, I began to feel… Something. I opened my eyes to see nothing. I could feel something inside me growing and so I tried focusing a little harder. Then I saw it. Only for a second, but for that split second I could see a small blue light, no bigger than what Aaron had summoned, but it was there.
I was then almost tackled by Azure, who hugged me, followed by Aaron, who attacthed himself to my leg saying "Daddy! Daddy!"
"Both of my boys can use aura. On their first try too… Maybe I should become a teacher…" She joked.
After that she decided not to teach Aaron any more aura because he might start throwing it around. Even though he was a riolu and his aura wasn't very strong, it could still knock things over.
"Aaron." Azure said to get his attention. "Why don't you go play with Aunt Rose?" He nodded his head and ran off with a smile to find Rose. "Now, back to you. To make your aura stronger, for the next few weeks I want you to make atleast…" She thought for a moment. "10 Aura spheres every day. Aaron is sleeping through the night so it shouldn't tire you out too much."
"Alright, I guess that is possible." I said, kissing her. "I should have it down in no time with a hot teacher like you." I smiled, causing her to laugh.
"Well I can be hot all I want. Just not in your bed." She teased. "It's almost that time of year again." She said bitterly, counteracting her happy mood from a few seconds ago. "I cant complain though. I got out of two because of Aaron. Maybe in another month babe. And it isnt as simple as just making a ball. If you want to use it for more than just a lantern, you need to learn to throw it. If you be good I might teach you how to make a staff."
"If I am good huh?" I asked. "Does this count as good?" I began playing with her tail. "And besides, you said almost. We can have a little fun before then."
I don't know… You have to behave. No that doesn't count as being good either." She said, swatting me on the chest. "Now go make aura spheres."
I did as I was told and I soon noticed that my aura spheres were getting bigger and I could hold them longer.
That night was the scariest in my life. Azure and I were in our bedroom and things were getting heated. She was on my lap and we were locked in a passionate kiss when we heard a voice at our door.
"Mommy, daddy. Man." He said, sleepily. I didn't even bother to look at him as Azure jumped off of me and I rushed to my closet and groped around for my bat i had gotten for christmas one year.
"Where is he?" I whispered to Azure, Who was using her aura sight. I also slipped on my aura gloves, in case they might be of some use. It took me a minute but I charged up a small light to see with.
I heard her gasp "Aaron's room!" She whispered and we rushed quietly toward the intruder. We stopped in front of his room, I let my aura sphere fade, and slowly opened the door. "He is right in front of the crib." She said, barely audible. I saw a black shillouhet and made my way behind it. I Quickly grabbed his arms and immobilized them as Azure charged up an aura sphere, to light up the room and attack if needed.
The man was average height and looked about 22. His face was clean shaven and he had short ragged blonde hair, with green eyes. He looked dirty and rather poor. His voice was smooth, but a little high pitched for a guy. "Please don't hurt me! I thought this house was abandoned! I am just a trainer looking for someplace dry!" He begged. I had been oblivious to it at the moment but I noticed that there was a familliar patter of rain on our roof and his clothes were wet. "I started a few days ago! Please don't hurt me! Look on my belt. I only have one pokeball with a young treeko."
I motioned for Azure to take his belt and pokeball. Sure enough, he was telling the truth. He only had one.
"Whats going…" We heard rose say from Aaron's doorway, but she cut herself off when she saw the intruder. "Oh Titan!" She called in a sweet voice. The man saw the taller than normal scizor walk by her and he started to panic.
"Oh god! I really don't want you to hurt me. I didn't mean anything!"
"HEY! Chill out. If my wife opens that pokeball and there is only a treeko, I will let you go. However. If this is all a trick, and you are trying to rob us, the police will need an ambulance instead of a cop car." I said, making myself sound tougher than I actually was.
"Open it. I am telling the truth I swear." He said to Rose.
"Me? Open what? I am not his wife. She is." She said, pointing to Azure.
"I don't care, open it please." He said desperately.
Azure opened the pokeball and out came a little treeko that looked a little beaten up. I let out a breath of relief when I saw that and let the man go. "I am sorry." I apologized. "I didn't want to take the chance."
"No, It is my fault. I should have knocked to see if it was abandoned first."
"Daddy, man!" Aaron said, pointing at the intruder.
"Yes, I see that." I said, walking over to him and picking him up. "But just because you are a new trainer doesn't mean you haven't taken anything. I will need you to empty your pack and your pockets to be safe."
"Oh yea, I understand." He said, showing us the contents of his bag and pockets. "Like I said, I am SO sorry for the fright here recently. I just want to get out of the rain. My name is Jason by the way. My poor treeko got hurt in a battle and we couldn't find a pokemon center anywhere nearby, especially in this weather. Cute little kid." He said reaching for Aaron. I felt a little defensive and pulled him to the side a little. "Ahh… Right, still a little on edge. Gotcha. Well i might as well get going. I wouldn't want someone who walked into my house staying around for too long either."
"Stay." I heard. It surprised me even more when i saw it was Azure who said it. I quickly pulled her to the side.
"Are you sure?" I whispered.
"Yes. You looked through his stuff. He didn't have anything of ours, he didn't have another pokeball, his treeko is hurt, and the weather outside if terrible. It would be heartless to throw him out there in that situation." She said, changing my point of veiw. "He doesn't look untrustworthy either, I say we let him stay while his treeko rests up and the weather dies down."
"Ok. We have talked it over. You can stay until your pokemon is ok. I need to get my son here back to sleep though, Azure, dear? Can you lead Jason into the kitchen so I can put Aaron to sleep?"
"Of course. Follow me please."
Azure's Pov now
"Quite a nice home you have Mrs.?" He said.
"Thank you. My name is Azure. Would you like some coffee?" I asked, hoping to start a conversation.
"No ma'am. Thank you though." Well he is polite. He doesn't seem too bad, but then again, neither did that cowboy by Lavaridge.
"So you look like you are 25 and you just started your trainer journey, why so late?"
"Close. I am 23. I started so late because my parents thought it was stupid so they didn't get anything for me. I got a job and set off on my own. I actually started the trip two days ago. I started in Fortree, got my own pokemon and was wandering around lost in these woods ever since."
"Mhm. Is there anything you would like? Water, milk, tea?"
"Do you have apple juice? It's my favorite." He said.
"Oh, sorry." I said with a smile. "My son gets very defensive about his juice. I think he can manage though." I said, pouring him a small glass.
"Thank you. You are being really kind to a stranger." He said smiling. "What makes you want to help me?"
"I think everyone is a little good on the inside and you don't seem to be a bad person."
"Mmh." He said, drinking a little out of the cup. "Do you have the time?"
I looked at our stove clock which was pointed away from him. "12:48." I said, realizing how late it actually was. "Feel free to sleep on the couch. We don't have a guest room. We didn't expect too much company, living out here in the woods and all." I said.
Cody came in a minute later, holding Aaron. "He refuses to sleep." He said, walking up beside me.
"Let me see him." I began humming a lullaby that I couldn't remember the origin of as mom walked in.
I didn't notice her at first till I heard her gasp. I opened my eyes to see her standing in the doorway of our kitchen. "Oh my god… I haven't heard that since I used it on you when you were smaller than Aaron is now." She said warmly.
I just smiled and continued humming until Aaron was sleeping in my arms. I went to put him in our bed because I didn't trust Jason enough to have Aaron sleep away from us. Even if I did, the mood from before Aaron stopped Cody and I was gone.
I walked back in the kitchen and stood while Cody and Jason talked. He seemed to try and be intimidating but Jason seemed unaffected. at about 1:30 i decided i had stayed up long enough and gave Cody a kiss goodnight. I began walking to our room but was greeted by a crying face.
"Oh no. Whats wrong honey?" I asked as I picked Aaron up from in front of our door, which was ajar.
"Bad dream." He mumbled as more tears leaked fown his face.
"It's all right. Mommy's here." I cooed, licking his face clean of his salty tears. "Come on. Come sleep with mommy." I carried him back to our bed. "Shh Shh, mommy is here. I will make it all better." I cooed some more as i pet his head. He eventually fell back asleep and Cody walked in.
"Shh. Aaron had a nightmare and I just go him back asleep." He gave me a nod and slipped into bed where Aaron would be between us. "What about that Jason guy? Is anyone watching him?"
"I asked if anyone volunteered for it and Titan nodded and stepped forward so I took that as a yes." He explained.
"I also saw what you did earlier. You are getting better at aura control." I whispered.
He smiled. "Yea, what you said is really helping." He gave me a kiss goodnight and we both drifted off into sleep.
I woke up to a loud crash… My eyes shot open and I realized Aaron was no longer in between us. Great… What did he break? I thought to myself a little angrily. I walked into the kitchen and first noticed the glass on the floor, next i saw my little puppy crying on the floor next to the remains of a glass cup he had accidentally dropped.
He saw me with his teary eyes. "Sorry mommy." I navigated around the shattered cup and picked him up. "Mommy. Hurts." He said as I licked his tears away.
"What hurts dear?" I asked. He lifted up his foot and I saw a small peice of glass lodged in the pad of his foot. It wasn't deep enough to do any serious damage, but it did make it bleed a little. I managed to bite the peice of glass and get it out of his foot, spitting it onto the ground with the rest of the cup. To make him feel better I gave his little foot more kisses and tickled it some, causing him to laugh.
"Sorry." I heard again. "I try to be big." The way he said it melted away my anger.
"It's ok. Just as long as you aren't hurt." I said, kissing his nose. I went into the bathroom and put a bandaid on his foot so he wouldn't track little drops of blood everywhere. "Now go run along while I clean up the glass. Don't play with your rattle though, Daddy is sleeping."
"Ok." He said with a smile as he ran off. I felt happy all of a sudden. I guess it is because I love being able to care for my child. I thought. Being a mother is one of the happiest jobs a person can have. Other than the pregnancy, and occaisional worrying. I concluded.
As I walked out of the bathroom and into the kitchen I noticed something. Jason was nowhere to be found. Rose saw my confusion and fixed it. "He left this morning. He left in one peice so he must have been good all night. In fact, he even LEFT something. This is yours." She handed me some money.
"He left this? For us?"
"Yea Titan sai-..." She cut off at the end, obviously saying more than she intended
"Wait...Titan said what? He can talk?"
"No.." She sighed. "I can talk to him, and almost every other pokemon for that matter. It has been my secret ever since I was little. I guess not so much any more."
"You are fine. I won't tell anyone." I said with a smile, reassuring her. "What did he say exactly?"
"He said that Jason gave this to us for being good people and helping him out. He left around 6 this morning."
"Wow. So early. Where is the broom?" I asked. "Aaron accidentally broke a glass 'trying to be big'."
"Aww. I think it's by the trash can."
"Thank you. I was honestly going to give him a nice swat on the butt. When he said that though, my heart melted."
Cody walken in for the last part. "Talking about me?" He asked jokingly. I smacked him on the chest.
"No. I am talking about my BOY, not my MAN." I said laughing. "Hey, watch out. There is glass on the floor."
"Who broke something? Was it you? Hmm… You be naughty and I have to spank you." He said with a smile, as he brought me close and put his hands around my hips. We heard dry heaving noises as Rose faked throwing up with a finger in her mouth.
"Eww. Get a room you two." She said laughing.
"No… But I might have to. Getting spanked souds...kinky." I said, intentionally messing with Rose. She fake vomitted again and we laughed. "But it wasn't me. Aaron tried getting juice and he dropped the glass. He wanted to be a big boy." I said as I began sweeping up the glass. "I don't think he should get in trouble though." I said defending him. "Not this time atleast. I thik he learned his lesson."
"How so?"
"Aaron!" I called. He came running.
"Mommy?" He said. He noticed Cody and looked at him with his big eyes. "Daddy!" He hugged his leg.
"Good morning sport. Mommy said you did something this morning."
"Show him your booboo." I told him. He sat down and lifted his foot to show Cody the bandaid on his foot. "He stepped on some glass."
"I try to be big." He said with a smile.
"I tried." Cody said correcting him.
"I tried to be big?" Aaron asked.
"Yes." Cody said with a smile. "Now come here." He said, scooping the little puppy up and tickling his belly. I felt incredibly happy seeing Cody play with our son. He threw him into the air a few times as he screamed with laughter.
When I finished cleaning up the glass and threw it away, I went up to Cody as he threw up Aaron and intercepted the little riolu. "Mama's got you now! Daddy cant tickle you. You are safe." I looked at him and noticed his fur was messy. "Look at you! Your fur is all in knots. You need a bath."
"Aww. But I was fun." He said.
"You were having fun." I said. "Baths arent fun?"
"No. Silly mommy." He said with a smile.
"Well you don't have much of a choice." I said, returning the smile. I began bathing him, much to his displeasure. He was eager to leave when I was done, and he ran off.
We heard a knock at the door. "Who could that be? I wonder if it's Jason again. Speaking of which, look at whay he left us." I said as I showed him the money he had left us. "I guess he felt bad he gave us a fright."
We heard the knock at the door again. "Oops I forgot." I said.
I went to the door and was surprised to see Cody's parents. "Surprise!"
"What is this about?"
"I will tell you in a minute. May we come in?"
"Of course." I said, confused. I then got a shock of my life when they had told me their plan.
OK. This chapter had a few turns. I didnt want it to be overly violent becaquse of the fact that Aaron is still practically a toddler. I also made Cody capable of using aura due to the fact that pokemon have all of these amazing powers and humans are kinda just there... so i made it slightly more fair.
Like always R&R and dont be scared to pm me with ideas X)