I'm back with a new update. But before we get to the story I would like to say a few things. 1) I apologize for how the first chapter looked, with it all being one huge paragraph. I had meant to go back pre-upload to fix it, but I forgot, so I'm sorry for that. 2) I want to thank all who viewed, reviewed, favorited, or followed, so thanks for the support. 3) I'm not sure if I made this clear in the first chapter but in this story humans and pokemorphs live together as equals, while pokemon are still kept as pets. And now onto the chapter
One Hell of a Day.
That right there, that's what I'm after. I was currently hiding in a bush on the edge of a park in the middle of a city, watching an Eevee morph and a Flareon morph, who I assumed to be his daughter, putting groceries in the trunk of their car in a store's parking lot. If I can get at those oranges and take one they'll never notice. All I have to do is wait for them to go and put their cart up.
My stomach suddenly growled, reminding me to hurry up. It's been four months since my "departure" from the house, and I have been living on the streets, bouncing from town to town, stealing food and, whenever possible, doing odd jobs for food, money, and a place to stay for the night. Over the time I've been able to get other clothes to replace the horrid tracksuit I left in. I'm currently wearing a pair of dark gray sweatpants, a black jacket over a dark purple t-shirt and a pair of black skate shoes.
I sat there watching the two for another two or three minutes of them loading the bags in the trunk before Flareon went to the passenger side door and got in, while the Eevee went to put the cart in a rack, leaving the trunk open as he left. Okay, now's my chance. I quickly but quietly moved to the back of the car and reached into the bag containing the oranges and grabbed one. I quickly took my hand out, but as soon as my hand cleared the bag I felt a hand land on my shoulder, causing me to freeze in place.
"May I help you, young man?" A voice said behind me. I quickly spun around, hiding the orange in my hands behind my back, and came face to face with the Eevee. "Well, would you like to answer?" He asked, dropping his hand to his side. I just stood there, silent. "Very well then," he said, "then would you like to show me what is behind your back?" I turned my face to the ground and slowly moved my hand from behind my back, revealing the fruit. He took the orange from my hand and said, "Would you like to explain to me why you took one of my oranges?" I just shrugged as I heard the car door open then close, followed by the Flareon appearing around the car.
"Hey Dad, what's taking so long?" She asked the Eevee. She then noticed me standing there and said, "Oh. Hello. Who are you?"
"Riku." I said, finally speaking up.
The Eevee looked at me with a slightly surprised look on his face and said, "Well Riku, would you like to say anything to me for attempting to steal from me?"
I simply nodded and said, "I'm sorry, sir. If you let me go I promise that it won't happen again."
He nodded and said, "Alright, apology accepted. Now, it's obvious that you are rather hungry and my daughter and I were on our way to eat dinner anyway, so would you like to join us?"
I stood there, stunned, which prompted the Flareon to say, "Let's take that as a yes."
"Okay then, let's go." The Eevee said. He put the orange back in the bag and shut the trunk. Then, before I could react, he put his arm around my shoulder and brought me to the back left side door. He then opened the door and I got in without question, not wanting to insult him by showing that I didn't completely trust him. He shut the door as his daughter got in, followed by him getting in the driver's seat. He then started the car and pulled out of the lot and began driving down the road.
After a few minutes the Eevee said, "Anyways, I believe we should introduce ourselves. I am Maxwell Mathers and this is my daughter, Jessica."
The car was silent for a few more minutes until we reached a small diner and pulled into the parking lot. When he parked we all got out and went to the door, with me following them a few feet behind. The diner was almost empty, the only other patron being an old woman sitting at the counter, drinking coffee and eating a slice of pie. The three of us all went to a booth near the door and sat down, Maxwell and Jessica on one side and myself on the other side.
After only a few seconds a Kirlia morph wearing a stereotypical diner waitress outfit and an apron came over to us and said, "Hey Maxwell honey, so what'll it be?"
"Just three of the usuals please, Gladys." Maxwell said. The waitress nodded and left, giving Maxwell a small wink as she went.
"So, Riku, how long have you been on the streets?" Maxwell asked.
"For about ten years." I said, deciding to only answer partially truthfully. He simply nodded at my answer.
"Wow, how have you been able to survive this long?" Maxwell asked
I just shrugged in response, not sure how to answer.
"So, um, you have a very interesting fur color for a Lucario, do you know how you got that?" Jessica asked me.
I just shrugged instead of voicing an answer. The waitress then came back holding a tray with three glasses of soda on it and set them on the table in front of us.
"Thank you." Maxwell said, sliding a drink in front of each of us.
"No problem hun," the Kirlia said," I'll have your food out in a few minutes." She left and went back into the kitchen.
"So how old are you kid?" Jessica asked.
"Sixteen." I said, already anticipating the comments about my height.
"Really?" Maxwell said, "You're slightly short for a Lucario of your age aren't you?"
Once again I only shrugged. Jessica opened her mouth to say something, but stopped as the waitress came back holding a tray in each hand.
She sat them on the table, one holding a plate with a hamburger and fries on it and the other holding two of the same plates. "Here you go sweetie, fresh from the kitchen." The waitress said.
"Thanks." Maxwell said, "I'll pay on the way out."
She left again and we started eating in silence. When we were all finished eating Jessica looked at her father and asked, "So, are you going to ask him?"
I looked at them, confused, as Maxwell nodded and said, "Yes, I was just about to ask." He clasped his hands together and put them on the table in front of him and cleared his throat. "Riku, I have a question to ask you."
I nodded to tell him I was listening, so he continued.
"I have another child, a son, and both he and Jessica come from similar pasts as you, meaning that they lived on the streets, but I have adopted them. If you will agree to it, I would like to adopt you as my son. I will send you to school, give you a home to live in, provide for you, and treat you as if you were my own, but only if you want me to. Would you like that?"
I thought for a second. I was in absolute shock, I had never expected anyone to even buy me lunch, let alone spring something like this on me.
"Well, what'll it be?" Maxwell asked patiently.
"That sounds like it would be nice." I said.
A smile spread across his face and he said, "Well then it's settled. Let's head on home."
We all got up and Jessica and I went to the car and got in while Maxwell paid for the food. When he got in the car we pulled out of the parking lot and started down the road. After a few minutes of driving through the city we pulled out onto a road that leads away from the city. As we drove the scenery slowly went from a city to multiple houses to forests surrounding us on both sides. We pulled onto a paved driveway with branches thickly rising over the driveway in a thick enough layer to cut off sunlight. It opened up into a circular driveway with a large two story house at it. Maxwell parked the car in front of the door and we got out. Maxwell popped the trunk and we all went back to it.
"Would you like me to help?" I asked as they started getting bags from the trunk.
"That'd be great, thanks." Max said, handing me a few bags. He closed the trunk and we all went in the house. The entrance hall was a large room with a set of double doors to the right and left with a large staircase in the center leading up to the second floor.
"Jessica, how about you let me deal with the bags while you show Riku around the house?" Max said.
"Okay," Jessica said, sitting her bags down, "C'mon, let's go."
I sat my bags down and followed her to the doors to the left. She opened it and I saw a large room with a flat screen TV hanging on the wall and two large couches in it.
"This is our family room." Jessica said, "We don't use it much, pretty much only when we have Max's family over."
There was a single glass door leading outside and we went over to it. Jessica opened it and I saw a large pool surrounded by a large tile deck with multiple beach chairs on it.
"This is our pool." Jessica said, "We normally spend a majority of our time in the summer out here, especially Ashley."
"Ashley?" I asked, looking at her, confused.
"Our Ninetails," She explained, "She really loves the water."
I nodded and we went back into the house, closing the door behind us. We went back into the entrance hall and saw that Maxwell had already left the room.
"That is the dining room, and through it is the kitchen. It's pretty much just like any dining room and kitchen, so there's no point in going in there right now" Jessica said, pointing at the doors to the right. We then went up the stairs to the second floor. At the top was a long hallway with two doors on my right and two on my left.
"To the right at the end of the hall is Maxwell's bedroom/ office. Next to it is Kyle's room. He's currently on a vacation with his girlfriend, her brother, and his boyfriend. Then to the left is my room and what I assume will be your room is the one at the end of the hall. C'mon I'll show it to you."
We went down to the door at the left end of the hall and Jessica reached for the door knob. When she opened the door I thought my jaw would literally hit the floor. It was a large room with a king sized bed in the center up against the wall with a chest of drawers across from it with a large flat screen TV, a Xbox 360 and a stack of games sitting on it. In the corner to the left of the door there was a desk with a computer sitting on it and a rolling office chair. On either side of the TV was a single door.
"Hehe, I see you're impressed." Jessica said, breaking me out of my trance.
"Yeah, I've never really seen a room like this." I said, chuckling.
"Well you should probably get used to it."Jessica said, "Seeing as it will be your room from now on."
I nodded as we went over to the door closest to the hall and opened the door, revealing an empty walk in closet.
"Obviously this is your closet." Jessica said, "We can go and buy you some clothes soon."
She closed the door and we went to the other one and she opened it. Inside was a was a full bathroom with a tile floor and tile walls.
"And this is your bathroom. All of our rooms have one and there's one in the kitchen" Jessica said.
As she closed the door I stifled a yawn, just now realizing just how tired I am. I looked out the window and saw that the sun had already went down.
"Yeah, it's getting pretty late." Jessica said, stifling a yawn herself, "We should probably get to sleep."
I nodded and she went to the door.
"G'night." She said stopping in the doorway.
"Yeah, goodnight." I said, walking over to the bed.
Jessica closed the door as she left and I got in the bed. This has been one hell of a day.
That is the second chapter. If there are any grammatical errors, then I apologize and I shall try to do better next time. I'll try to put up the next chapter in the next week or so, but it will most likely be up by the end of the month. I hope you enjoyed and accepted my apology for the visual state of chapter one. Until next time, goodbye.
