The time on the hallways of the school rang 3:25 PM; buses however did not wait for both of the awakened teens. The school decided to have their parents to pick them up with their car and not to discuss why of such reasons until they were inside their homes. Anton hated the fact that he would have to rely on his parents to come and retrieve him, he would imagine the immense struggle that they would have to go through considering their work schedules. Dennis however came from a wealthy family that lived off the "old money" business, it didn't stop Dennis from wanting a job whenever the money ran out.

"Where did this money come from?"

"My grandfather was part of the whole stock broker business back in the day, these stupid people that would 'buy' their products but really they were losing their money for no reason. I can't say anything about this to the police otherwise we would be short of money, and probably put up for adoption." Dennis sighed deeply to himself but still kept a smile on his face, "I'm glad I got to meet you since you weren't like those jerks from this morning trying to beat us up. I'm grateful for you to protect Araki and I."

Anton stopped for a little to hear the weird name. "Wait, who and you? Were you even speaking English?" Dennis laughed a little and slapped the back of his friend's shoulder.

"No! It's a name that I made up for my partner." As he said his explanation, he held up his arm and looked at it briefly; soon his personal Froakie was summoned and sitting proud on his forearm. "I was thinking of so many names for him as soon as I held him in my arms. I think it suits Araki well, despite that I got it from an artist." He rubbed the back of his head in embarrassment, but his frog partner smiled as it hopped in place to face his trainer.

Ah, a name for your partner. Sounds like fun!

Anton twitched as he heard the voice in his head, forgetting that Lugia was still in his mind. He couldn't help but look back at Dennis and his new friend on the arm thinking that there was no better combination. Except maybe for him and the Legendary bird.

The both of them turned around to face the main door of the campus and pushed against the metal pulley bar, the air was feeling just as crisp from before. Trees swayed in accordance to the wind and other fellow students were conversing right outside by the steps. A few of said students however stopped talking as they saw Anton walk through, staring at him as he walked along. Anton had a sinking feeling that the rest of the school did not feel accustomed to his new almighty partner. Or at least currently, seemed to be the least of his problems.

"There he is!"

Dennis and Anton both swiveled around from the awkward gazes and saw a heaping herd of reporters running toward the duo, the crowd all the more becoming dense and relentless to get their story cover.

"Mister, how does it feel to be chosen by the soul of a legendary?"

"What is going through your mind about who you will be representing at this school?"

"Is it true that you killed those students in the cafeteria with your partner taking over your body?"

Anton could hear a mental face palm in his head, Lugia feeling all the more disappointed from the questions (especially the last one) that the reporters relentlessly wished for his answers. But Anton was curious when it came to realizing it all. How were the students going to treat him now that he virtually had a "god" on his side? What else could he do to prove that he isn't as violent as he may seem?

Anton couldn't do anything else but push past the reporters, responding would make the whole ordeal worse for him in the matter. Dennis was able to squeeze past the crowd due to his small size, guiding his friend to pop out of the swarm. Anton noticed his dad's car sitting right beside the trucks of the news reporters, his father waving for him to get into the car along with Dennis. The teens quickly made their way over to the car and locked the door, blocking out the noise of the reporters.

"Phew, that was a close one, I thought you and your friend would be pancakes, heh!" Anton's dad cheered, putting his seatbelt back on. Dennis felt somewhat uneasy for the dad to just let in someone that he never knew personally. "The friends that Anton makes are very few, but I know for certain that when he chooses someone special, I know it's someone that I can trust." He simply responded to Dennis' question, shaking his hand in the process.

As the car moved into motion, the father hummed to himself as he asked about their day. "So, recently I heard that the two of you got into trouble…but didn't actually get punished. What happened today at school anyway?"

"Dad, I have to show you something after we drop off Dennis back home and we get into ours. It's important and no one else should have to see." Anton looked down at his hands, his thumbs twirling around in circles as he felt guilty over time. "Just please drive…"

He looked back in his rear view mirror to look back at Anton, seeing the sad face made his dad feel worse. He was still patient to find the truth about the events at school. He refused to look up any information online as people could easily tamper with such delicate news. All of what Anton was going to spill out was going to be fresh for him, but it could not possibly be bad news for sure, since he was not punished.

After Dennis was dropped off to his own house (with a warm thanks from the other parents and a warm welcome from Anton's dad), the two of them that stayed in the car did not speak to one another. Walking into the house was not even questionable until Anton's mom decided to speak while in the middle of preparing a home cooked meal.

"Hey sweetie, did anything interesting happen at school today?"

"Elene, I think he needs to say something about what happened." Anton's dad piped up quickly to assess the situation. Anton put his book bag on floor beside the front door, then sitting down in the living room. Both of the parents looked at their son with worried eyes, wondering why for his shift in personality.

"I don't know if you both have been informed by the news lately that somehow got spread because of a video but…It's something to do with my Pokémon partner." Anton did not look up at his parents, his guilt growing stronger as he wished that he would never bring this up to the both of them.

"What's he like, surely you two couldn't cause such a huge disruption in your classes, it's only the first day of school." Elene responded to her child, holding her hands onto her chest as she felt her breathing grow dense, attempting not to think of the worst case scenario.

Anton knew that he wouldn't slip himself out of this petty predicament, he unlocked his mind to bring forth Lugia from his mind. The whole body of the Legendary wrapped around the room in a circle, blocking off the room entirely with both Elene and Ned trapped inside.

Why is this place so small? I thought I could fit into it since I could see through your…

Lugia turned his head to face the nervous couple, the both of them completely shivering. The beast started to look around trying to think of a new solution to the problem, assuming Anton wanted to confess something while there was a huge whale-bird hogging up the space.

O-o-oh uh…you see, I didn't have enough time to shrink myself since Anton called me out, sometimes he can be very needy at times. I-I'll just go back into his head if you want me to.

"No, you shouldn't leave, I was gonna say something to Anton about this to begin with." Ned tapped his foot, impatient as he looked at his son with a serious gaze. Anton slowly stood up and walked toward his dad, half-expecting a slap across his face for the thing that he wanted to hide most of all.

"Dad, I'm sorry. I know it isn't fair that I was capable of such a powerful partner, I'm still questioning myself about why he chose me." Anton sighed as he couldn't look at his father in the eye, the fear creeping into his mind that made Lugia shiver within reading said mind.

"It wasn't fair for you to not tell us sooner."

Anton covered his face trying not to cry like a toddler out loud, but before he could react to anything else, his dad held onto his shoulders and gently shook. "I mean we didn't have enough time to set up a party for you, for once you never took the time to notify us ahead of time."

The teen looked up to his father, who finally started to show off his charming smile. "Why would we be mad at our son for being so well gifted by a legend?" He then proceeded to hug him tightly, cradling his head softly against his chest. Anton could hear his father's heartbeat; calm, peaceful, full of life. Elene also came over to Anton and rubbed his head. "What would you expect us to do for being with your new friend?" As the family came together to warm each other, Lugia couldn't stop his eyes from tearing up from the sight.

M-m-man why can't family be like this all the time?

Anton couldn't help but chuckle as the mighty beast cried with tears of joy once more, "Don't know, maybe because we never grew up hating each other."

I wish I had parents like yours…

All of the Keeton family started laughing at the Legendary beast, who which was hiding his face poorly with a vase on a small table. Hey, t-that's not fair to laugh at me for wanting something so lovingly…

"No, it's not that. We thought you realized that you WERE part of the family, Lugia." Anton let go of his family in order to rub Lugia's long neck, "since mom and dad are ok with you being in our house, I would think it would be great to call you my brother, heh."

Lugia moved his head around Anton and rubbed his feathers against his partner, the two of them completely happy with each other's presence. The Keeton's finally decided to eat their full for tonight's dinner, for Anton to tell his parents about the day (that he spent awake), meeting Dennis and being friends with him, all the good times. He did however eventually break the bad parts of his day when it came to why Lugia stepped in to help him. He felt uncomfortable to spill the beans to his parents but they still supported him thoroughly.

"When the season for Dual-Brawling starts, that's where you are gonna shut them up." Said his dad, still smiling while he cut his steak. Dual-Brawling was the main sport that people were anxious to participate in for the spirit. Many people believe that this sport was intended solely for the purpose of said Pokémon partners, and their only reason to exist in the first place. Lugia winced to himself as he felt a sense of depression in the event that he really was meant only for a simple sport; he shook it off just to keep his mind off of the thought.

Anton and the couple finished their plates of dinner, heading off to their respective bedrooms upstairs to relax for the rest of the night. Anton laid onto his bed and looked up at the ceiling, the gray underside staring at him as he rested.

This Dual-Brawling thing, what is it supposed to mean to us since…everyone believes you are the new god that lives in their neighborhood? I feel like it's not fair for others if they were to be severally harmed from the powers that we both share.

Lugia rested his head onto Anton's chest, sighing at the constant thoughts of tomorrow. The two of them stared outside the window, a waxing crescent shining back through the open space in the wall.

"I'm not concerned about that, what we should focus on is to not make it look awkward. We are supposed to be welcome into the school, we shouldn't get kicked out of the school because of something like this. I'll ask for a schedule change tomorrow and see if we are aimed to go for higher classes." He brought his hand over to Lugia's neck and rubbed softly, "Since you are a Legend and I'm your host, our expectations are high, we should be fine."

I hope you are right; Dennis was feeling different about you when he saw me for the first time. Back in the office, his face was trying to hide feelings of disgust, I feel like he is jealous of us both…you should probably talk to him about it later in the future.

"I wouldn't think that he is mad at the both of us, or at least he hasn't found a reason to." Lugia turned his head to face Anton.

But…he was mad at something. I certainly do not want him on his bad side anymore, he hits hard with his hand.

Anton rubbed his friend around the eye masks (for some reason made Lugia growl uncontrollably) still looking at the bright moon. "But there is still one thing that you should have noticed by now, and I'm sad that you couldn't figure it out yourself."

And what would that be?

Anton pushed the sheets from under him and covered himself with the comforter, reaching over to his desk lamp to turn off the light from inside the shade.

"It's still the first day, anything can go at this school now that we are here together."