NEW CHANCES, NEW FAMILY & A NEW LIFE

A/N: I DON'T OWN POKEMON… AND I'M SORRY FOR THE TIME IT TOOK ME TO UPDATE, I HATE RL RIGHT NOW…. MY FAMILY WANTED ME TO GET MY PHD, SO I'M IN COLLEGE AGAIN, EVEN IF I DON'T GET IT BECAUSE I WILL STILL WORK AS A BARMAN CUZ ITS WHAT I LOVE! THANK YOU IF YOU ARE STILL READING!

Dedicated to: Sakura Lisel!

CHAPTER 7: SHOCK AFTER SHOCK PART 2

"M-my g-guardian?" Asked Rush.

"Yes your guardian." Assured Giovanni before a thought came to him. "Do you know what a guardian is?"

"N-no Sir." Answered Rush feeling small, well smaller than he was.

"Well a guardian usually is an adult responsible for a minor, responsible for everything: from clothes, food and education to any needs their change might have emotional or physical." Explained the man gently and Rush nodded to show that he understood. He bit his lip and laid there thoughtful: 'So that would make this man a human version of Ariel? Or kind off?' The boy was startled out of his thoughts by the closeness of the Italian, Mr. DiAngelo, he reminded himself.

Giovanni almost had a heart attack himself when he noticed that he had startled his charge. His approach had been slow as not to do just that! 'Must have been lost in thought: probably wondering how the hell he got here…' Rationalized the man and he took in consideration that he was practically a stranger so he decided not to take the reaction personally. Both humans were unaware of the looks both Persians were giving each other. "Sorry for scarring you like that! So… how are you feeling?"

"D-D…don't apo-apologize sir: it's fine…" Said Rush feeling nervous: which he didn't understand because Mr. DiAngelo was only being nice to him. "A-and if I'm ho-honest I-I've felt better." Answered the boy honestly. "Ho-how are y-you feeling sir? I-i-if you don't mind me a-asking…"

Giovanni felt for the kid he really did: while the Bambino wasn't exactly afraid of him he wasn't fearless around and of him either. He seemed to stutter unconsciously and he worded his thought specifically as if he was afraid to anger him… If the boss of TR ever found out WHO had done that to his Bambino well said person wouldn't be happy at all and begging for death. Even with those thoughts the gym leader was able to keep a gentle look on his face.

"I'm sure you have felt better Bambino." Said Giovanni with a gentle chuckle before carefully ruffling the boys hair observing the reaction he got: Rush flinched, but didn't flinch away from him. Something that the man considered a good thing. "And yes you may ask me questions: I'm feeling good, thank you."

"You are more than welcome, Sir." Mumbled Rush with a hesitant and shy smile, which Giovanni returned with a smile of his own.

"So…? You know my name Bambino may I know yours?" Rush yawned before nodding.

"Yes, Sir: I'm Rush…" Giovanni was listening to the boy with rapt attention when he was suddenly shoved aside by a blur of white. "Ari!" Was what the boy exclaimed and when he looked up he saw the huge Persian with its head on the kids lap: purring rather loudly.

Giovanni wanted to feel offended, he truly wanted, but none could have stopped his own Persian from doing the same, talking about Persian the Pokémon looked amused so the man did his best to stand up with as much dignity he could muster and started dusting himself off while he listened to the reunion.

"Nice for you to join us the living."

"Ari! I'm sorry you must have been so worried, but you shouldn't have thrown Mr. DiAngelo to the floor like that!" Rush did his best to sound stern, but the happiness in his voice was way too evident.

"He's fine, but he was taking his sweet time moving away from you so… I did what I had to do! Plus you're about to fall asleep: again." Rush gave his friend a small glare before returning his attention to his guardian who was observing them with a small smile.

"I'm sorry for what Ariel did sir!" Apologized the child while said Pokémon just snorted.

"No need for it Bambino: my own Persian would have done the same thing." Informed the Italian while he pointed at his own Persian as he petted Ariels head: he saw how Rush looked awed at his Pokémon and how those eyes filled with questions, but he was also aware that the boy was getting very tired. "You gave him a beautiful name: Ariel… Well now I know what to call him, I hope that the two of you will be fine on your own while I go looking for your Doctor: Victor Shakuza." When Rush nodded Giovanni gave him a last smile before leaving to look for his friend.

Giovanni was aware that Rush wouldn't be awake when he returned with Victor, but he really wanted to tell his friend that Rush had finally woken up and he also knew that the next time the boy woke up that there would be questions asked that needed to be answered…..

A/N: Hey guys! I shall do my best from now on to update when I can. If any of you has ideas for an OC they are welcome! I really need some cool OC's for this fic: you ppl are allowed to suggest everything regarding the OC's you make: from gender, age and Pokémon to sexuality and profesion and such!