Aaaand 2nd chapter! Things are gonna get moving along pretty fast in the next chapter but for now, it's STORY TIME. It can't all be about SEX. Gonna need some PLOT going on here. Also gonna use a DOT to create an empty line since FF doesn't let me just skip a line.

Enjoy~

EDIT : PLOT FIX. Changed some history stuff. Rio never met his father.

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Rio was looking over at his mother from behind a box of crates outside the house. His mother was having light conversation with the contractor who had helped them move to Redlyn. The contractor, boasting about his Machamp and flexing his own muscles was completely unaware of the little Riolu watching them from afar while Rio's mother seemed completely unconcerned about her missing child.

"Well, I did write her a message saying I would be leaving on my adventure, but... isn't she concerned at all about what happened yesterday night? The crate breaking and the bright flash?" thought Rio to no one in particular. "Strangely enough, I don't think anyone noticed the light. Such a blinding flash should have woken up the neighbours."

As Rio was immersed in his own thoughts, his mother had bid farewell to the contractor and heaved an annoyed sigh as he left. Even though Rio's father had left them before he was born, Rio's mother was unfazed by the many men who tried to charm her. She merely entertained and hurried them off, destroying their dreams of being with such a beautiful woman. She always seemed distant whenever other men tried to chat her up. It was only the few who had the same passion for ruins that ever really energized her. Again she sighed, but this time with a more determined face she turned back into the house.

Rio stirred from his thoughts as he heard the sound of the door closing. "I need to ask her about my transformation. The mysterious ball DEFINITELY had something to do with it and it's her fault for always keeping junk like that!" Rio reflected angrily as he marched towards the front of his house.

"Whoaah, the door is so BIG," said Riolu as he looked up at the giant door before him. The doorknob literally doubled his height and even though he tried reaching for it, he couldn't grab it.

"Gonna have to jump. On the count of three. One. Two. Three!" Riolu shouted and as he jumped higher than he anticipated, the door SLAMMED right into him, face and body.

"Auuh!" he cried as he flew backwards from the door.

"Oh? What's this, a Riolu?" said the woman who knocked him back with the door, his mother. She did not even realize that she nearly killed her own son.

"It's your fault! All your fault!" Riolu barked angrily as he rubbed his injured nose.

"Shhh Riolu! I don't know what you're doing here but stealing is not good!" his mother scolded him, completely oblivious to what he was saying. Rio looked back in disbelief. His mother couldn't understand a word he said. And with that, his mother threw him an Oran Berry as she walked off carying a bag full of pickaxes and hammers.

"This is going to be harder than I thought," Rio said to himself. Not being able to speak to his mother means he could not tell her what had happened. Or could he? With a sudden rush of inspiration, Rio ran into the house and found himself a pen and paper. He tried to write some words down but with only 3 fingers on his paw and no opposable thumb, it was impossible to form even a single letter. Disgruntled, Rio had to manually search for the ball himself.

The ball was his one clue to figuring out his transformation. In fact, Rio was sure that it was the cause. If only he could find it... what then? All he could do was search for it and maybe it would react once more, this time reversing the process. He had a clear picture of the ball in his mind, a black spherical shape like a Pokeball except covered in clay-coloured stone.

What was it and how could it transform human to Pokemon? Where did his mother get it from? Rio knew that all his questions would be answered as soon as he found it.

*WHACK*

Deep in thought, Rio did not see where he was going and knocked his head off a pillar. "Oww," he groaned as he landed on his butt. "Who designed this place? What a moron."

A picture was shaken off from the pillar and landed on Rio's head. "What's this?" Rio said as he examined it.

It was a picture of Rio and Monica back when they were children. Before Monica had left on her journey and when they were together. Rio stared at the picture. So much around him had changed. His crush left, his friends too and now he even lived in a different place. Rio, however, was still the same. Aside from his blue and black fur, his heart had remained. The same feelings for Monica flooded into Rio as he continued to reminisce about the old times.

He still disagreed with how Pokemon Trainers handled things. Catching Pokemon without a care, letting those very same Pokemon engage in vicious combat with one another. He refused to believe Monica was like that. A Pokemon Trainer who doesn't care about Nature and does things according to her whim.

No, she's definitely not like that.

Maybe he had been looking at it from the wrong way all along. Maybe he was mistaken. Regardless, he made up his mind to seriously pose Monica this question when he turned back to human, and with renewed vigor, began to search for the ball.


Finding the ball proved to be much more difficult than Rio had anticipated.

Having spent the entirety of the morning searching for the ball, Rio could not find it ANYWHERE. He searched the boxes, drawers, cupboards, under the bed, under the sofa; everywhere but it was naught to be found. It was already well into the afternoon and our little Riolu had still not managed to find the ball.

Searching through his mother's junk was a lot more effort in his small physique. He had to jump to even reach the top of a crate and had little strength to carry even what should have been light objects. Although, he did find out that he was a lot more agile than before. Moving faster and jumping higher, Rio found his newfound abilities to be incredibly enjoyable, though his shortcomings as a Riolu was a major annoyance.

"It has to be with Mom!" he declared, feeling both annoyed and tired. He was sick of this pointless search and his Riolunian instinct was telling him his mother had the strange ball. Rio jumped off from the crate he had been standing on and walked towards the mines where his mother was always at.

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"What's the matter, little Riolu?"

"Huh?" Rio heard a familiar voice from atop the trees. He looked around frantically and saw Lopunny sitting atop a tree branch, smiling serenely at him. Her fluffy fur not concealing her abundance of curves and her beautiful figure.

Rio blushed as he remembered the fun they had not awhile ago. Lopunny just smiled looking at his determined composure change into a shy one. "I-I'm going to look for my Mom! I know she has the ball which made me turn into a Riolu!" he shouted to her from the ground.

"Ball?" Lopunny asked, looking puzzled.

"Yeah, there was a weird glowing light when I touched it, then a flash of light and I turned into a Riolu."

"Still going on about that, little Riolu? I'm beginning to believe you because you always seem so defiant about it," she said with slight sarcasm toned in her voice.

"Honestly, it's the truth! How come you won't believe me? I need to become human."

Lopunny stood up in frustration, shaking the tree branch violently. "I have no idea why you look up to humans so much. What good will becoming one do for you?"

"I..."

"Humans aren't all that great, little Riolu. They hurt Nature, cutting down trees and polluting our waters! They catch us only to battle one another! They separate Pokemon from their families and even I..." Lopunny shouted out, her voice straining out.

Rio stood stunned. What she said shot straight to his heart. She held the exact same thoughts that Rio had of Pokemon Trainers, but Lopunny was a victim of them. "I-I just..."

"You don't understand, little Riolu!" Lopunny cried out stomping her foot on the branch.

"Spina! Spinarak!" Angry cries from the tree could be heard as some angry Spinarak spun down. The violent shaking of the tree branch stirred the nocturnal Spinarak and they were not pleased about it. Seeing Lopunny standing on their turf, an angry Spinarak jumped out to attack her from behind.

"LOPUNNY! WATCH OUT!"

"Huh?" Lopunny wiped her eyes and as she turned around, she was tackled by the Spinarak.

*BASH*

And Lopunny was knocked off her feet, plummeting to the ground. Rio, with all his strength, ran out towards her. Lopunny was falling down from a great height and if she were to fall from that height, the damage could be deadly. Rio could see it all as if in slow-motion. Lopunny falling down from from the tree, her hands covering her eyes in fright as tears glistened in the air.

"LOPUNNYYY!" he shouted out and with a burst of speed he caught Lopunny in midair as he turned and landed on his back, taking the brunt of the fall for her.

"Huh?... little Riolu... you... saved me," she said, her hands muffling her teary and blushing face as she looked at Rio who hurt himself protecting her.

"Owwhh, you need to lose some weight, Lopunny."

"Huh?"

"Nothing," Rio responded as he laid Lopunny down and stood up, staggering. "As for you!"

Rio looked at the angry Spinarak. Three of them had descended from the tree and were looking over at them menacingly. They had every right to. Lopunny had messed with their home and their anger wasn't without reason. However, Rio was having none of that. He was angry at them for hurting the first person who had listened to him when even his mother wouldn't. Lopunny, who held the same outlook on Pokemon Trainers as he did. Rio was not going to forgive them for hurting her.

Rio directed his anger towards the closest Spinarak and released a ball of pure concentrated energy at it, knocking it out in one hit. The other Spinaraks were still angry and closed in on the two of them. One pounced and tried to string Rio but he quickly dodged and countered with a powerful punch. The Spinarak was knocked back and they scuffled into a retreat as Rio eyed them menacingly.

"Oof," Rio panted. He just did a Pokemon Move. He didn't know it took out so much strength from him. In fact, he was surprised he even managed to accomplish that, having never done it before.

"Rio..." Lopunny began but he interrupted her.

"Humans aren't all that bad, Lopunny. You might have had bad experiences with some of them but I can assure you... *cough* that most of us did not mean it. *Cough* I mean, you have Monica don't you?"

"..."

"Phew. I need to go and find my Mom now and find that ball. Don't worry about me, just think about what I said." Riolu begged as he turned around to enter the mine. "I used to think the same way but I don't want you to hold a grudge against humans. I want us all to live together peacefully."

Lopunny just stared as Riolu limped into the cave, her puffy hands covering her chest. Her heart was beating faster than usual. Faster and stronger than the night before. "What am I feeling right now?" Lopunny thought to herself. She closed her eyes and Rio was gone, already in the mine, but she could still see the image of him breaking her fall. She could still see him standing off against her assailants. She could still hear his gentle, yet strong voice.

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"I really don't want you to turn human, little Riolu."