yamato2706: Tadaa! Here you are, the first special episode. And why do I say 'first'? Because there will be more special episode in the future. YAY!

Slowking: In today special episode, I am the main character, and most of it will be in my POV. Hope you all like it. (bow down)

Rhyperior: I am the main character, too~!

yamato2706: Yes, you are, Rhyperior. Anyway, if you are wondering why there is this special episode instead of the episode 6, then I think you are one of my old readers and just clicked on the last chap option in the main page. If that is the case, then hurry up and click on the previous chap before reading this one.

Slowking: Oh, and one more thing. At the end of this chap, it is the answer for the question about episode 2, and also a new question about this special episode. Please read this story carefully, and don't read it again after you see the question. Try your best to answer it, ok?

yamato2706: It's too bad that we don't have a specific prize for the winner, but I think it is a fun thing to do.

Slowking: Wait, what? There is no prize? Then how can you expect someone to care about it?

yamato2706: Oh, come on! It's not like I can give them something like real TV show. Even though I want everyone to think they are watching a TV show, there is still something I can't do.

Slowking: Just think of something before this episode ends, got that?

yamato2706: Fine. So hope you enjoy this episode, and review after that. Remember, I'm not a perfect writer, so if there is any grammar error, or wrong word usage, tell me in review, ok?


Slowking's POV

"RING RING", an alarm clock went off next to me, and my small hand, or paw, turned it off. I then got up, opened the window, and had a short exercise. The view was marvelous to me: the rising sun, the chirping Pidgey,… After the work out, I turned around and wrapped up my futon and put them into the closet. I picked up the small gong by the door and went out of my room. "Well, hopefully this will be a great day," I thought to myself.

SPECIAL EPISODE 1: A Slowking's day in Takahashi Residence.

Oh my, where's my manner? I haven't introduced myself yet. I'm Slowking, one of Yamato's Pokémon as well as the butler of this house. As you can see, I'm really busy running this whole house by myself, since his parents are in the Kanto region. Right now, we are in Pastoria City so that Yamato can go to high school and fulfill his duty as a Gym Leader. But… for some specific reasons, he will not be around for a while. And so, I have to take care of his spot as a Gym Leader, too, just because I can speak human's language. Life is so cruel, sometimes (sigh).

Anyway, let's get back to where we left. I entered every room, upstairs and downstairs, as well as the garden and dojo, then hit the gong and yelled: "WAKE UP!" Yeah, I know that this is a really traditional way to wake someone up, but those lazy guys will not move an inch when the alarm clock goes off. Even worse, they may crush the clock into pieces, which will be really wasteful. Sometimes, I have to use a loud speaker to wake them up, too.

"Ugh, today is Sunday, so why we have to wake up so early?" Machoke said, still covering himself in bed.
"Stop complaining! If you aren't in the garden on time, no breakfast for you," I warned him.

The Pokémon quickly left their rooms and was still sleepy. Among them, the only one that would be lively and happy most was… him.

"Good morning, Slowking~!" A really big Pokémon approached me, talking with that childish voice again. This little guy, I mean big guy, is Rhyperior, my best friend, and maybe my only friend around here. We were born in Kanto Safari Zone, and had been friends since then. One day, he was wounded, but luckily, a Trainer treated him. He then decided to follow him, and asked me to join in, too. Obviously, that Trainer was Yamato, so basically, he is the reason that I became Yamato's Pokémon.

Author note: Just imagine a chibi-looking Rhyperior. I think he is very cute that way.

"Good morning to you, too, Rhyperior. Did you have a good sleep last night?" I asked him.

"Well, not really. Aggron-onii-chan's snore was so loud that I couldn't sleep much," he said as he yawned.

"Was it?" I smiled. "You know, you are always welcome to my room. If you think Aggron annoys you, just move into my room, ok?"

"Nah, I think I will pass," Rhyperior answered. "After all, I am the one that choose him as my roommate. I want to me more like him some day".

"If you want to be more like him, you have to at least act more mature," I thought, then ran through the hallway and said: "Let's hurry to the garden. If you are late, you will be punished, hehe".

"Aww~! Wait for me~!" He ran after me, and the two of us arrived at the garden.

In the garden, all of Yamato's Pokémon were there, since they had no other choice, anyway. As soon as I had checked if everyone was there, I announced: "Starting from today, everyone has to wake up and do the morning exercise before the breakfast. Now, let's get to work already".

Of course, all of them didn't agree to the idea when they first heard it, just like my expectation. Feraligatr raised his claws and asked: "Wait a minute! Why do we have to do this again?"

"Do I have to remind you that we are not only Yamato's Pokémon, but also Pastoria Gym's Pokémon? That is why we have to train to strengthen ourselves," I answered.

"Then, why do we also have to do this?" Marowak raised his bone and asked. "I understand why the Pokémon who battle for the Gym need training, in this case are Blastoise, Feraligatr, Golduck and your substitute, Floatzel. But the rest of us aren't Gym Pokémon".

"So what you are saying is you can play and sleep in this house just because Yamato no longer goes on journey and becomes a Water-type Gym Leader? I don't think so!"

"Well, what you said is true…," Marowak said. "But…"

"No 'but'," I interrupted him. "We have wasted enough time around here. Let's get started our training. I have already made the plan. For those who can stand on their hind legs, push up 20 times, then run 5 laps around the house, For those who can only stand on four legs, run 10 laps around the house…"

"Hey, isn't that too much?"

"Do you want to kill us or something?"

Some of them started complaining. But I ignored them all.

"Stop your complaining. I have already reduced whatever I can for you guys. Let's continue. For those who can fly better than walk, fly around the whole neighborhood and deliver these," I said as I pulled out a bag full of newspaper. "I have already signed up for you guys as the news delivery Pokémon. Make sure that every house in Pastoria City can read the news today".

"Ok, now you are telling us to deliver the news?" Staraptor complained.

"You're just using us to make money," Braviary joined him.

"First, we do this for free, since this is one of the Gym Leader's responsibilities. And second, instead of standing here and complaining, you guys can start your work now. Besides, this is the easiest training. Pastoria City is not really big, you know," I handed over the bag to the flying group. Since they had no way to argue, they just divided into smaller groups and started their delivery job. "Finally, for those Pokémon who are Water-type, they don't have to do the training mentioned before. Instead, you have to swim in the pool 10 laps. That's all for today," I finished. "Since all of you know what to do, let's get on with it, or no breakfast for you".

All of them immediately started their morning exercises. The first group did the push up, while the second group left the house and ran around it. Of course, the old couple living next door noticed this, since there was a lot of noise. The old man, who was brewing the tea, asked his wife: "The Gym sure is always busy, isn't it?"

"Sure it is," his wife answered, drinking the tea.

After the first group finished their push up, they left the house and join the second group, too. But then, I finally noticed two lazy guys who were sleeping in the corner of the garden. They were Torterra and Bastiodon. I came over and asked them: "What are you guys doing? Aren't you in the second group? Why aren't you doing the exercise?"

"Geez, give us a break, Slowking," Torterra answered, still lying down on the grass.

"Yeah, it's not like we can run 10 laps around the house like the others. We're like, super slow," Bastiodon said. "Can you give us any other exercise?"

"Argh, these two are so lazy that I just can't stand them," I thought, then said: "Fine, I will let you guys pass this time. But tomorrow, I'll give you another exercise, so be prepared for that".

Both of them yawned, then went back to sleep. I sighed, then went to the pool to check the others. At least those at the pool were doing their exercise without any resistance. Maybe their training was easy. I should make a harder one tomorrow.

At that time, I heard that the phone was ringing, so I ran over and picked it up. "Takahashi Residence's speaking. How may I help you?"

"Hello there," a female voice on the other side said. "I'm Kobayashi, the homeroom teacher of class 1-B at Pokémon Academy"

"Oh, Kobayashi-sensei," I answered. "It's my pleasure to speak with Yamato's teacher. I assume that the reason you are calling is Yamato, am I correct?"

"That's right. I wonder why he hasn't showed up at school for the whole week. As a teacher, I need to know his condition".

"Err, you see…," I tried to think up something. "He is having a really bad cold that he can't even get up. The doctor said that it wasn't a big threat, but he needs to rest until he recovers completely," I lied to her.

"Oh, he is?" she worriedly asked. "That's too bad. I should come over and visit him…"

"No no no, you don't have to," I quickly interrupted her. "I mean, the doctor said that this was an infectious disease, so I don't think it is a good idea to see him. But don't worry! I will take good care of him".

"Well, if you say so," she said. "Please give him my best wishes, then".

"I will. Have a nice day, sensei".

"Have a nice day to you, too".

I hanged up the phone, then sighed in relief. Come to think of it, it had been a week since Yamato disappeared, and there was no news about him. To be honest, it is kinda sad without him here.

I turned my head around and saw the whole running group had come back, and they were staring at me.

"What? Why are you guys looking me like that?" I asked.

"Slowking, you were lying," Rhyperior said. "That is really bad, you know. And you were the one say that to me".

"What other choice do I have? Saying Yamato have gone to another world? As if she would believe me if I said that," I said.

"The kid has his point, Slowking," Aggron said, and somehow, he sounded like he was teasing me. "After all, lying is the start of every crime, hehe".

"Say whatever you want, Aggron. Now, if you will excuse me, I have to make breakfast for you guys".

I went into the kitchen, which is also a dining room and started the cooking. And you won't believe me how much these guy eat each meal. And the thing is, they don't want to eat normal Pokémon food. That is why I have to cook every meal for them.

"Hey, where is the meal?" Blastoise went into the kitchen, along with the rest of the swimming group. "And I thought that the meal would be ready by the time we finish the training?"

"Be patient. It takes a lot of time to cook for the whole house, you know," I answered him.

"Well, I guess we will have to wait for another hour," Feraligatr said. "They don't call him the king of slow for nothing".

The whole room laughed at his joke, while an anger mark could now be seen on my shell. Seriously, can't they show any respect to me for once? I turned around, handing the fry pan to him and said: "If you think that you can cook faster than me, then I don't mind leaving the cooking duty to you".

"Err, no thanks," he gave the pan back to me. "You know that our cooking skill is no better than Yamato's".

A small round panel appeared on the lower left of the screen, showing Yamato: "Hey, don't say something like that about someone who isn't there, guys". It quickly disappeared and I continued my line.

"Then you'd better be grateful that you have someone to cook for you," I returned to my cooking job.

"Geez, I wonder if your ability is really Own Tempo. It's more like Oblivious to me," Feraligatr whispered to Blastoise.

"I heard that," I said, making them silent.

As usual, during the breakfast, like any other meal in the day, it was a battlefield. They always have to fight over the food. There were some exceptions, though. For example, Rhyperior never joins in those fight and really well-behaved, as well as some others. But most of them were like wild Pokémon. I wonder why Yamato didn't teach them manner before.

After breakfast, those who joined in the fight for food had to clean up the mess in the dining room as well as other parts of the house. Meanwhile, I went to the market and bought more food for the rest of the day as well as the next morning. I have become a regular customer of the market. I still remember the first time I came here, everyone was surprised that I could talk and acted like a human. But they soon got used to it, and they all supported me.

"Hey, Slowking-chan," an old lady called me. "I have prepared the stuff you might need. Here you are," she gave me some plastic bags containing food, which I used Psychic to lift up.

"Thank you very much, madam. How much do I need to pay?" I asked her.

"Oh, my. How can I charge the Gym Leader like that? Just take it," she stopped me.

"Madam, I can't accept these without paying. You can't treat me higher than the others just because I'm from the Gym, you know".

"Don't worry about it," the man from the opposite shop said. "Those stuffs are from every shop in this market giving to the Gym Leader. Thanks to him, we can have a peaceful life around here. This is all we can do for him".

"Well, if you say so, then I will accept it. And I'm sure that the Gym Leader will try harder to improve everyone's life," I bowed down to them. "Thank you for your support. I really appreciate it".

I returned to the Gym and put all the food into the fridge and checked if the others had already done all the chores around the house. But of course, they usually made a whole mess later, so it was not really important to check now.

From 8 AM to 12 PM is the time that the challengers usually come by most, so I always have to prepare for them. When the doorbell rings, I need to run over and greet the challengers. And do you know what is the first thing that they ALWAYS say?

"YOU CAN TALK?"

"AH, a talking Slowking!"

"Hmm, you can be a really good sample. I must catch you and conduct an experiment".

Those were the first words of the 3 groups of Trainers who came to challenge the Gym. I must say they really annoyed me, especially the last one, who looked like a scientist.

"IS THERE ANYONE IN THIS WORLD KNOWS THAT US SLOWKING …"

"…ARE REALLY INTELLIGENT AND ARE CAPAPLE OF SPEAKING HUMAN?..."

"…AND YOU CALL YOURSELF A SCIENTIST WITHOUT KNOWING THIS?"

That was my reply to those people when I was completely frustrated. And I added the last sentence to the scientist-looking man. Now that I look back, I'm so embarrassed about myself. If Rhyperior didn't come over and stop me, I may release my anger on them. That would be really really bad for the Gym's reputation. I then said sorry to them and showed them the way to the Gym.

"I know that I already asked this, but does he really have Own Tempo ability?" Feraligatr whispered to the others, who were looking out at the gate from the garden.

"I heard that!" I shouted at them.

We had 3 Gym battles that day, and I must say the younger generations really has some talent. They completely defeated the whole Gym team. Well, that or because some of them didn't listen to my command. And by 'them', I mean Blastoise and Feraligatr. They always act on their own, and obviously, those two knuckleheads lost right away. The only battle that I won in that morning was the one against that scientist. Hah, serve him right. He'd better study harder if he wants to become a real scientist.

The lunch was similar to the breakfast, so there is no need for me to describe it. After lunch, I went to the living room, bringing with me some paper and some tools needed to write calligraphy. The living room has a beautiful view of the garden, and it makes me feels calm. I brewed a cup of tea and drank it, then I unrolled the roll of paper on the table and practiced my calligraphy skill. Kanji is really hard to learn, so I usually do this in my free time. Sometimes, I read books to gain more knowledge.

"Slowking, you looks so cool~!" Rhyperior was standing outside, looking at me. "Can I join you?"

"Sure, no problem. Just pick up a paper and a brush and come here. Then grind it on the inkstone over here," I instructed him.

"Ok~!" he did as I said, but he grinded the ink a little too hard that it splashed all over. "Oopps! I'm sorry, Slowking~".

"Don't worry. Next time, do it gently and you will be fine".

"You look really funny, Slowking~! You have ink all over your face~!" he laughed at me.

"Well, maybe not funny as… your face!" I splashed the ink on him from my brush.

We continued splashing the ink on each other and laughed. Rhyperior always knows how to make me laugh. After playing this for a while, we cleaned up the mess as well as the ink on ourselves. It was good to have fun sometimes.

Since it was almost evening, I should go and make the dinner. You already knew how it would be. So right now, I don't think I have anything else to say about my day. I guess this is the end of this episode. (Slowking bow down towards the audience, and the screen started focusing only his head). Good day to all of you. (The "THE END" was about to appear on the black screen, but it stopped midway)

"DING DONG," the doorbell rang. That was the sound of the Takahashi Residence's doorbell, not the Gym's one.

"Please wait for a bit". I ran over there and opened the gate. It was the mailman.

"Hi, Slowking. Here is your today mails," He gave me some develops and left. I came back into the house and put those letters on the shelf right next to the door, along with a lot of other mails that were already on it. Rhyperior came over and picked them up, asking:

"Hey, Slowking. Why don't you read these letters?"

"They must be sent to Yamato, so it's not a good idea to read them," I answered.

After looking through the pile of letters, he found something, then showed it to me.

"But this letter is for you, Slowking~!"

"Huh? Who is it from?" I received the letter from him, then looked at the sender. It was from… Yamato's mother. I quickly opened the develop and read the letter inside it. Here was what it said:

"Dear Slowking-chan,

How is your life in Sinnoh? It has been over a month since Yamato started running the Gym. To think that he becomes a Gym Leader in such a young age makes me really happy. Even though that I'm sometimes worried for him, I know that I can count on you. I understand that looking after the whole house is a hard work, but try your best. Oh, and say hi to Rhyperior-chan and everyone else for me, too.

Remember, if something troubles you, even if it is the slightest thing, I will always be there to hear you out.

Love,

Hanako Takahashi"

Yamato's mother... She always cares about me...I had never felt the love of a mother before I met her… Back in those days, when I was still in Kanto's Safari Zone, I was an orphan. I was abandoned when I was still an egg. Either that or my parents were all captured by other Trainers. Because of it, I was always bullied by my own species. That was when I met Rhyperior, who at that time was still a Rhyhorn. We always told each other everything. He also had some family issue, too. He was always criticized by his horde because he was..., well, different from them. They didn't even consider him to be part of the horde. In the end, they forced him to battle someone. If he won, he could stay in the horde. But my friend here didn't want to injure anyone, so he was the only one receive the attack. He was kicked out of the horde, and he was serious injured, too. At that time, Yamato found him and treated his injuries. You know what happened next, right? I already told you at the start of this episode.

So basically, Yamato's mother is like my mother to me, and maybe even for Rhyperior, too. But I don't have the courage to call her that, since I'm not really her son.

"Are you crying, Slowking?" Rhyperior asked.

"N-NO, I'm not crying," I quickly swept my tears.

"What did the letter say, Slowking?"

"Yamato's mom asks if everything is ok over here. She also says hi to you, too".

"I'm so glad to hear that. But shouldn't you read the whole letter?" He asked.

"What do you mean? I just read the whole thing".

"Wow, you are so great, Slowking~. You don't even have to turn to the next page to read. How can you do that?"

I turned the paper over, and saw that there was something written there. I read it, but then, I was so shocked that I couldn't even move myself.

"Slowking, what's wrong?"

Here was what it said on the other side of the letter:

"P.S: The whole family will come over and have a visit this Sunday. Isn't it great? We may arrive around the afternoon. And you don't have to pick us up at the port. We can go there by ourselves.

P.S.S.: I can easily imagine in my head that you are so surprised and shouted: "YAY!" after you read this".

"NOOOOOO!" I shouted.


Eye catch 1: A bunch of cards shuffle while face-down and a card is picked randomly. It shows Slowking and Rhyperior.

Eye catch 2: A bunch of cards shuffle while face-down and a card is picked randomly. It shows Slowking and Rhyperior, but all of Yamato's Pokémon suddenly appeared from nowhere and filled the whole card.


"Oh, no! This is a big problem. REALLY, REALLY BIG PROBLEM!" I shouted, while running in circle, which easily attracted the whole house.

"What's going on, Slowking?" Blastoise asked.

"I told you that he couldn't have Own Tempo. Just look at him. He totally loses his mind," Feraligatr chuckled.

"Yamato…Yamato's parents are coming in any moment…And Yamato is not here. How can you expect me to be calm at this moment?" I said in confusion. "At this rate, they will…"

Start of imagination:

"What kind of butler are you that makes my son went to an unknown place like that?" Yamato's father said.

"It's all your fault, Slowking," Yamato's sister, Ayumi, said.

"I trusted you, Slowking-chan. But now, I'm really disappointed. How can I ever entrust Yamato to you again?" Yamato's mother said, crying.

End of imagination.

"NO, it can't be. I have to find a way to prevent it from happening. If I don't, I can't be Yamato's caretaker. Everyone, we have to work together," I asked them to cooperate, but sadly, the result wasn't like I expected.

"Why should we?" Aggron coldly said. "If you aren't the one in charge around here, then we won't have to listen to your order".

"Yeah, that's right. If his family stays here after knowing the situation, then we don't have to worry about missing any of our meals," Machoke said.

Most of them agreed with the idea. What did I do to deserve this? I know that I was strict to them, but it was for their own good.

"I'm on Slowking's side this time," Blastoise said.

"Me, too," Feraligatr said.

"Guys…" I'm so touched that I couldn't find a word to say.

"Don't take it a wrong way, Slowking. I do this for Yamato. He will be in serious trouble if his family knows this. Not to mention that they will be worried sick for him," Feraligatr explained.

"Me, too. To be honest, I really don't care what would happen to you, Slowking. But if it involves Yamato, then I can't just leave this alone," Blastoise said.

"You two must really enjoy ruining someone else's mood," I said to them. And a few seconds ago, I thought that they wanted to help me. But who cares about that right now? The more supporters I have the better.

"Feraligatr-senpai. Why do you have to work with that Blastoise, and for that Yamato's sake?" Swampert came over and asked Feraligatr.

"I always work for Yamato's sake, you idiot," he smacked Swampert's head. "And believe me, I really don't want to work with this guy, either. But at least he wants to help Yamato, not like you. You are the only one that dislikes Yamato here. If you don't change your attitude toward him, then don't expect me to talk with you again".

"Argh, fine, I'll help. But it's only because you ask me, senpai," Swampert growled.

"Of course I will help you, Slowking~!" Rhyperior ran over and said. "I will do my best~!"

"We would like to help you, too," Arcanine and his friend, Mightyena, came and said. "Like Blastoise and Feraligatr said, we don't want to make Yamato be in trouble".

"Thanks, I really appreciate your help. Now we have to get ready. They will be here in anytime. We have to think of something," I said.

"Maybe I have an idea," Feraligatr seemed to remember something. "Let's go to Yamato's room".

When we were in Yamato's room, Feraligatr pulled out the drawers of his table and searched something. "Here they are," he said as he showed the group some cassettes. He put one of them into the cassette player and played them.

"Please leave me alone. I'm trying to study here," it said. The voice was Yamato's. "Tomorrow is the deadline, and I haven't finished even one exercise",… There were many sentences like these in the tape, and I couldn't believe what I just heard.

"What are these? Explain right now," I asked him.

"Chill down, will you? Yamato recorded these in case he wants to sneak out. He asked me to help him with this," Feraligatr explained.

"He did WHAT?" I angrily shouted.

"But isn't it great? With these, we can make his parents believe that Yamato is in the room," Mightyena said.

"That's right!" I thought about it. "They only stay here one night. If we can prevent them from seeing Yamato until the next morning, everything will be ok".

"I will stay here and operate this thing," Feraligatr said. "You guys lock this room and let Blastoise guards outside. If something happens, he will knock on the door, and I will play the cassette".

"Got it," I said.

"Hey, I want to guard the door," Swampert said.

"Seriously, you started annoying me," Feraligatr said. "Leave the guarding duty to Blastoise, while you go downstairs and help the others".

"But…"

"No 'but'. That is my final decision. And make sure to listen to everything Slowking says, you got that?"

"Fine," he growled

"DING DONG"

"Oh no! They are here already. Feraligatr and Blastoise will stay here, while the rest of us will head downstairs and do whatever we can to adapt with any situation we may face. Is that clear?" I made the final announcement.

"Aye aye, sir," all of them shouted in unison.

Normal POV

Meanwhile, the others who didn't want to help Slowking were discussing something.

"Hey, I just have this idea," Aggron said. "Let's find a way to inform Yamato's parents about him, and make sure that Slowking is busted".

"Well, to be honest, I think Blastoise and Feraligatr are right. I don't think we should make it more difficult for Yamato's family as well as Yamato when he comes back," Nidoking said. "So even though I don't like the way Slowking acts like a boss around here, I will stay out of this".

"Oh, come on, buddy. Do you want to let him rule over you?" Machoke said to him.

"Of course not, but like I say…" Nidoking said, but quickly be interrupted by Ursaring.

"Look, we are all Yamato's Pokémon, and we of course respect Yamato. But we should focus on what is ahead of us. We don't know when Yamato will come back, but until he does, we have to do whatever that Slowking says. So right now, let's all join hands together to stop that first. After that, we will find another way to calm his parents down".

"Well, if you put it that way," Nidoking was finally convinced. "But how can we tell his parents? Slowking is the only that can actually speak human around here. Alakazam is with that Mira kid so we can't communicate through telepathy. And I bet that clown can't do any of above".

"Hey!" Mr. Mime said from the crowd.

"Hmm… You're right. But there is more than one way to tell them. Heheh," Aggron sneered.

Slowking's POV

I nervously opened the door, knowing what lie on the other side of the door. But I couldn't turn my back now. I had to be brave and faced the situation.

"Hi, Slowking-chan. Long time no see. How are you these days?" Yamato's mother asked.

"I-I-I'm fine. I'm re-really glad that you pay us a v-visit," I nervously said. Arcanine saw that I was trembling, so he whispered to me.

"Stop shaking! They will get suspicious if you keep on like this".

"R-right," I turned to Yamato's parents and his sister. "Please come inside. I will make you some tea".

The whole group went inside the house. As we were walking to the living room, Yamato's mom petted on Rhyperior's head and asked:

"Is our Rhyperior-chan still a good boy?"

He nodded his head and smiled.

"It seems he is still cheerful as always," Yamato's dad said.

"I wonder why he can be like that while having that fierce look," Ayumi said.

"That's our Rhyperior. You won't be able to find another one like him in the world," I said. We soon arrived to the living room. "Here is the living room. Please come in and have a…" As soon as I slid the door that lead to the living room, I saw numerous paper sticking on the walls, the window and the ground that were written something like: "Yamato is not here", "Look for Yamato", "Slowking is responsible for Yamato's disappearance",… I immediately slammed the door back and turned to the visitors. "I-I'm really sorry. I forgot to clean the room, so it is a little messy".

"It's ok. You don't have to be so shy about that. People makes mistake sometimes," Yamato's mom said.

"No no, please wait just for a little bit. It will be cleaned in an instant," I said, then signaled Swampert, Arcanine and Mightyena to come inside with me, while Rhyperior stayed outside to prevent them from entering. I opened the sliding door slightly so that we could get inside and closed it right away. The four of us removed all those paper from the walls as fast as we could. And thanks to Arcanine's Extreme Speed, we finished the job really fast. I opened the window door and asked both of them to dispose those paper, then opened the door. "You can come in now. Please have a seat and drink the tea".

I prepared the zabuton for them and sat on the other side of the table. I brewed some tea into the cup, then served them.

"This is the best tea in town. Please have a drink," I said.

"Thanks, Slowking," Yamato's mom received the cup of tea from me. I also did the same thing to his dad and Ayumi. But Yamato's mom then said: "That's weird. It seems there is something written at the bottom of my cup".

"Mine, too," his dad said. "I wonder what it is. It's hard to read while the tea is here".

"Excuse me, can I borrow those cups for a moment?" I asked them, then took back all the cups. I tried to read the letters at the bottom of them, and found out that they were the sentences that were similar to those paper. I quickly checked all the cups in the tray, then gathered all of them and said: "I'm really sorry. These cups are a little dirty. I'll clean them up right now. Please wait here for a moment!"

I whispered to Rhyperior: "Rhyperior, stay here and make sure that nobody except Swampert, Arcanine and Mightyena enter this room. Got it?"

"Sure, no problem~!" He replied.

Normal POV

"Heh, right now, that Slowking must be suffering because of the traps we have set up for him," Aggron snickered while writing something on a board. The others are doing the same.

"Yeah, and those are the words coming out from the guy sleeping through the whole time when Yamato taught us how to write and read basic words," Machoke said.

"Hey, you guys are no different from me," Aggron said. "Now, let's begin the next stage of our plan".

Slowking's POV

I quickly went to the kitchen and washed all those cups. Thanks Arceus that they couldn't read them. And this must be the Aggron's group doings. They really want to start this war, heh? But I am in a disadvantage position now, so I can't really fight back. All I can do now is defend.

I went back to the living room, where they were waiting for me. Rhyperior was sitting next to Yamato's mom and was doing something that made them laugh. Arcanine and Mightyena were also there. I sat back down on the zabuton and brewed the tea. After they had drank the tea, Yamato's mom suddenly asked me: "You know, I haven't seen Yamato yet. Where is he?"

I was so nervous when I heard her question. But luckily that Arcanine hit me on the head and calmed me down. I answered them: "Yamato… is doing his homework. He was too busy doing the Gym Leader's duty that he couldn't do it at all. And the deadline is tomorrow, so he locked himself in his room for the rest of the day".

"That's not good!" his father said. "I understand that he is a Gym Leader now, but he still has to balance his duty as a student, too. I need to have a talk with him".

He stood up and went to the door, but I quickly stopped him: "It's ok. You don't have to do it. I already yelled at him. And he really doesn't want to be disturbed right now. He must be really focused".

"Well, if you say so," his mom said. "I'm counting on you, Slowking-chan. If there is anything he doesn't understand, tutor him for me".

"I will, although I prefer letting him solving the problem by himself," I said. At that time, I noticed a wooden board was floating outside the window. It said: "Yamato is not here". It must be Mr. Mime's Psychic. I quickly used my own Psychic to move it away. Luckily, the family was sitting with their back facing the window, so they couldn't see it. However, Aggron and his gang started making noise and each holding a board with similar meanings. We were so scared when the family noticed the noise, but I quickly used Psychic to move the curtain and cover the window.

"It's really noisy out there, isn't it?" Yamato's father said. "And why do you cover the window, Slowking? It's dark here".

"I-it's Yamato's other Pokémon. They are always noisy. You know them, right?" I nervously answered his question. "And they always make a mess in the garden, so it's best to not see them".

I whispered to my group, except for Rhyperior, since he couldn't do it anyway: "Go out there and stop whatever they are doing, immediately! And make sure to clean up any board that you see on your way".

Just when they had gone out, Yamato's mom asked: "Can you show us around the house? I want to have a tour".

"Uh… That's fine, but…" I tried to find a reason, because let them leaving this room was a really bad idea. "The whole house is in a mess, thanks to those guys. They always conduct a fight wherever they go".

"It's ok. We don't mind a little mess," his dad said. "Just give us a tour already".

I guess I had no choice. I will have to be really careful when showing them around. "Ok, let's begin our tour".

I led them out, then opened the door that lead to the dining room, which was also the kitchen. I looked around to see if there was any board inside. "The coast is clear," I thought, then let them in. "This is our dining room, where all of us gather around to have our daily meal".

"It's really bigger than the one in our home," Yamato's mother said.

"Well, it has to be, since onii-chan has a lot of Pokémon," Ayumi said.

"The next one is my room," I said as I lead them to the room next to it. It was kind of plain and simple, with only a bookshelf. There was also a closet where I keep my futon set, as well as a kotatsu.

"Even though it is not really big, I think we can all fit in it and sleep for tonight," I said.

"What about Rhyperior-chan? Where will he sleep?" Yamato's mom asked me.

"He will sleep in his room, which he shares with Aggron," I answered her

"Oh, so you live here alone. That must be really lonely," she said.

"It's ok. I have gotten used to it," I said, tried to hide my sadness. "Let's go to the Gym field next. It's behind the house, across the garden," I said.

"What about the upstairs?" Yamato's dad asked.

"There are only Yamato's room as well as some other Pokémon' room, so you don't have to see it," I said to him.

"Well, then let's go upstairs," he said. "We should at least say 'hi' to Yamato. We can't come here often, after all".

Ok, this is a really dangerous situation now. I have to stop them before things get worse. "No, don't. Yamato really needs to concentrate for his studies right now. We shouldn't disturb him".

"It won't affect much to his study, Slowking-chan. We only say 'hi'," his mother said. "Let's go, dear. I can't wait to see him again".

Despite my effort, I couldn't stop them from going upstairs. It all depends on Blastoise and Feraligatr now. When they went upstairs, they saw Blastoise standing in front of a door. Blastoise knew what to do. He stopped them from entering.

"Blastoise-chan, is this Yamato's room? We want to see him for a moment," Yamato's mom said.

Blastoise only shook his head, then knocked on the door a few times.

Normal POV

Feraligatr was in the room when he heard the knocking on the door. It was the signal for him.

"Let's see. When Blastoise knocks on the door, I have to turn on this thing," he said as he turned on the cassette player.

"Please leave me alone, I'm trying to study here," Yamato's voice from the cassette said. Feraligatr then turned it off for a moment.

Slowking's POV

Wow, I must admit that the voice was really real. It sounded like Yamato was really in there. That means Yamato will be in serious trouble with me when he comes back here.

"That's not the way you can say to your father," Yamato's dad angrily said. "Come out here and say 'hi' properly".

This is really bad. Even though that sounds like Yamato, it couldn't fit in the situation. I have to do something before things go out of control.

"Uhhh…Yamato's dad, please calm down. The reason he is acting like that is because he is focusing on his school work. I will punish him later, but for now, please let him finish his homework".

"Since Slowking says that, I will forgive him for now," his dad said. "Give him a big punishment for me, ok?"

"I will, sir. You can count on me!" I said. "Now, let's get to the Gym field, shall we?"

Normal POV

As the group left, Blastoise said to Feraligatr through the door: "They have already left, so you should be glad that this trick wasn't discovered, or we would be in serious trouble. But there is something that I don't understand. Why did Yamato ask you to do this kind of stuff but not me?"

"Good question. Maybe because he trusts me more, and that makes me his best friend," Feraligatr grinned.

"If you say that again, then I hope you like dirt, because you will eat it," Blastoise angrily said.

"As if you can make me, you idiot," Feraligat mocked him.

Slowking's POV

OK, nothing in the garden… for now. Arcanine's group must have taken care of those guys. I opened the door that leads to the Gym field. No one was there, thanks Arceus.

"This is the main Gym field, as well as the swimming pool. On some occasion, the Gym can take place in the dojo next to this one," I said.

"If I knew there was a swimming pool, I would have brought my swimming suit," Ayumi said.

"Hey, look at that!" Yamato's mom said, pointing at the group of Pokémon swimming in the pool. And somehow, I had a bad feeling about this.

The Floatzel greeted the family, then signaled the others to follow his lead. They swam elegantly around the pool, like some kinds of water show.

"It's so adorable," his mother said.

"But isn't it weird? They keep swimming around in a repeat cycle," his dad wondered. And that was when I realized what was happening. I looked really closely at the performance, and I realized that they were making letters by swimming around.

"Yamato's mother, it's a little bit late. Let's prepare the dinner. It has been a long time since I ate the delicious food you made," I said to her.

"Slowking-chan, you're flattering me. I'm not really that good of a cook," his mom said. "But if you really want, I will do it".

"Great, then Rhyperior, follow them to the kitchen. I have something to take care of first".

I left the group and entered the dojo. I knew that they were all there, since they weren't anywhere else in the house.

"Well well, look who are here to see us?" Aggron said. "Do you have fun with those little games we set up for you?"

"Look, Aggron, and the rest of you, too. Right now, I really want to punish you all, but I don't have time for that. But don't you dare doing another funny thing. I will make sure that you all have to pay for that" I angrily said.

"Oh, please. It's not like you can do anything at that time," he said.

"We'll see about that," I said. "And I haven't seen Arcanine group for a while. Do you have anything to do with it?"

"Oh, those three? We already knocked them out cold, so they can't assist you from now on I must say that was pretty dump of you to think that those three could match all of us. And since Blastoise and Feraligatr have to stay upstairs, all you have left is that Rhyperior kid. Oh wait, that means you don't have any other help at all. Mwahaha," he laughed, and so does the others.

"I really don't know why you are his favorite 'big brother', Aggron. All I see in you is a real big jerk," I said as I headed to the door.

"It's not like I want to be called 'onii-chan'.I keep saying him to stop calling me that, but does he listen?" Aggron said. "I don't know if he tries to be cute or because he wants to annoy everyone".

"He has his own reason to call everyone his 'onii-chan'. But if you want to know, go ask him yourself," I said. "I have to go now. And like I say, don't do anything funny".

The more I know about that Aggron, the more I hate him. And Rhyperior said that he was always nice to him. Yeah, right. I really want to see the nice side of him for even a second. But… Rhyperior would never lie to me, would he? Maybe he DOES act nice to him. (sigh) Poor, little guy…

"Hey, Slowking~! What's with the long face?" Rhyperior cheerfully asked me when I was standing outside the dining room.

"It's nothing, Rhyperior. Don't worry!" I noticed that he was covered in flour. "But what happened to you?"

"I am helping mom cooking. It's really fun~!" He said as he wiped the flour onto my face.

"Hey, what did you do that for?" I cleaned my face.

"To make you smile, Slowking~! That suits you better~," he smiled.

"Thanks, Rhyperior. I feel better already. Now, let's go inside".

I walked into the kitchen. Yamato's mom was cooking dinner for all of us, and it smelt really good. She set the food down on the table and

"Hey, Slowking-chan! I'm almost ready. Can you call everyone for dinner?" she said.

"I don't have to do that. They will come when they are hungry. Besides, I'm sure that you won't be able to eat if you see them," I said.

"Why?" she wondered.

A little while later, the rest of the house came in, except for Blastoise and Feraligatr of course. And you know what happens next, right? They fought for the food, as usual. And it could never be prettier.

"Are all the meals always like this?" Yamato's dad asked.

"Yep, sir," I answered while looking closely at them in case they tried to tell his parents something. At least the Arcanine group was there and helped me.

"Well, it's good to be energetic," he said. "I can see that Yamato raised them really well".

"Speaking of Yamato, should we bring him some food?" Yamato's mom said. "He should have a rest after all those hard work".

"D-Don't worry! I will bring something to his room later," I quickly covered that up. "Can you help me clean up after this? It will be a whole big mess in here later".

"No problem," she said.

Normal POV

"Argh, I'm starving," Feraligatr said with his belly growling.

"Me, too. By now, everyone must have finished their dinner," Blastoise said.

Slowking came by and told Blastoise, who was guarding outside Yamato's room: "Hey, come downstairs and have dinner. If you don't hurry, there will be nothing left".

"Did you hear that, Feraligatr?" Blastoise happily said.

"Yeah, I am not deaf, you idiot," Feraligatr opened the door from the inside. "Let's see who can make it to the dining room first".

"See you later, Slowking," Blastoise ran to the stairs, waving to the Slowking.

Slowking's POV

I was cleaning up the dining room with my group. Yamato's parents were also there to help us, so we could easily prevent the Aggron group from getting close to them. I then remembered about Blastoise and Feraligatr, so I picked up the leftover that I reserved for them and headed to the door. But before I could open it, Blastoise opened up the door, which leaded to my surprise.

"Oh, for someone is called the king of the slow, you are pretty fast. How can you get here before us?" Blastoise asked.

"I am the one asking questions here. Why do you leave your position and come here?" I angrily asked.

"But… Didn't you just tell us to come down here and have our dinner?"Feraligatr confused.

"I don't remember saying that to you. I was here all the time," I said. "Oh, I see. I know that you two are hungry, so you make up that excuse so you can come down here and eat".

"Wait, what? We really saw you upstairs just now," Blastoise said.

"Say no more. Here, I already prepared the dinner for you," I give them the food tray. "Now, please return to your position…"

"Um… Slowking~," Rhyperior interrupted, poking at me.

"Wait until I finish talking with these two, Rhyperior. It's really rude to interrupt a conversation," I turned to them. "And don't leave your position again until I say so".

I turned around, and didn't see Yamato's parents anywhere in the dining room. "Where are Yamato's parents? Aren't they just here cleaning with us a while ago?"

"Aggron-onii-chan and everyone else just asked mom and dad to go with them outside," Rhyperior said.

"WHAT? Why didn't you tell me that sooner?" I shouted at him, which made him scared.

"I-I tried to tell you, but you didn't listen. WAHHH!" He cried.

"Oh, I'm sorry, Rhyperior. It's my fault for not listening to you, so please don't cry," I petted on his head. "I will make up for you later, but now, we have a bigger problem ahead of us. Let's go upstairs as soon as possible!"

Normal POV

"Where are you taking us, Aggron-chan?" Yamato's mother asked the big Pokémon, who was guiding her and Yamato's father upstairs. The group saw that no one was staying guard at Yamato's room. They pointed at it, signaled them to open it.

"Yamato's room? But isn't he doing his homework now? Shouldn't we interrupt him?" His dad said.

Aggron signaled him that it was ok, and let him opening the door.

"If you say so," his dad said, then reached his hand out to the door handle.

Slowking's POV

"Oh no! This is really bad. I have to do something about this fast, or else," I thought as all of us ran upstairs. Just when we arrived, I could see Yamato's father was about to open the door. And in that instance, my previous imagination came at me.

Start of imagination

"I trusted you, Slowking-chan. But now, I'm really disappointed. How can I ever entrust Yamato to you again?" Yamato's mother said, crying.

End of imagination

"NO!" I shouted as I ran toward them as fast as I could. Yamato's parents look at me with a confused look. Then suddenly, something unexpected happened. The door… was opened from the inside, and Yamato… was on the other side, which shocked everyone, except for Yamato's parents.

"Why is it so noisy out here? I can't concentrate at all," Yamato said.

"Oh, hi son!" his dad said. "We're sorry for interrupting you study. Aggron and his friends keep telling us to come here, and we don't know the reason".

"Oh really?" he looked at the Aggron. "I don't know what you are up to, but stop this, ok? I'm really doomed if I can't finish this homework by tomorrow". He then said to his parents: "Anyway, I hope that you will enjoy your stay here. Slowking, please guide them to your room and prepare their sleeping places. Then come back here later. I want to have a talk with you".

"Uhh…" I was still too confused about this, so it took me a while to know what was going on. "Oh yes, of course. I will do it right away".

"And you guys," he told his Pokémon. "Please leave immediately. I still have a mountain of homework to finish".

Everyone then left after that, still in confusion. I didn't know what happen. Did Yamato really come back? But why do I have this uneasy feeling? Something was wrong, but I didn't know what it was.

"Hey, Slowking~," Rhyperior said to me. "Do you think that was Yamato-onii-chan?"

"Huh? Why are you saying that?" I asked him.

"Um… I don't know why, but that person… really weird… I don't know how to say it…"

"That guy definitely isn't Yamato," Blastoise said. "If that guy think he can fool me, his first friend, with that act, then he is wrong".

"Yeah, I think so, too," Feraligatr said. "But at least he helps us. Yamato's parents almost know the secret".

"Yeah, and he said that he would talk to me later," I said. "He may know something about him".

Later, in my room, I prepared some sets of futon for Yamato's parents. It was lucky that we have some extra ones.

"I'm sorry. This room is a little small, so we may have difficulties sleeping here," I apologized. "I will sleep in another room so you can all feel comfortable".

"What are you saying? We still have space in here," Yamato's mom smiled.

"Slowking~! Can I sleep in your room tonight?" Rhyperior came in and said.

"Umm… Rhyperior… Tonight we have Yamato's parents here, so I don't think it is a good idea," I said.

"Slowking, please~! I just have a small fight with Aggron-onii-chan, and I don't want to see him tonight," he said. "Besides, you said that I was always welcome to your room, didn't you?"

"Rhyperior, I really want to help you, but as you can see, we already have too many people in here, while you are too big…"

"Slowking, you are meanie~, WAHHH!" Rhyperior burst into tears.

"Oh, I'm sorry, Rhyperior. Don't cry. I will try to fit you in, is that ok?" I tried to sooth him, then said to his parents. "Is it ok for Rhyperior to sleep here? I will sleep on him to save space".

"Although I don't understand much, but it's ok. We don't mind having him around," Yamato's mom said.

"Yay, thanks Slowking~," he hugged me, then came over and hug Yamato's parents. "Thank you, mom and dad"

"Oh, that's right. I have to talk with Yamato," I remembered about it. "You can go to sleep first without me," I said as I left my room.

"I want to come, too~. Wait for me!" Rhyperior followed me.

"Oh, by the way, dear, have you seen Ayumi-chan anywhere?" Yamato's mom asked.

"I don't know. She finished her dinner early, then ran off outside the dining room. Maybe she is only around here," Yamato's dad replied.

When we got upstairs, we saw Blastoise and Feraligatr were already standing outside Yamato's room.

"You guys are too slow. We have waited for a while, you know," Feraligatr said.

"Because your rooms are right next to him," I said. "Where are Arcanine and the others?"

"Oh, they are tired, so they go to sleep early," Blastoise said. "They told us that we could tell them about it the next day".

"Ok, so let's go inside his room. He must be in there," I said as I opened the door to Yamato's room. Yamato, or we could say, the guy that looked like Yamato, was sitting on his bed and greeted us.

"There you are. I think you should give me an explanation about what is going on around here," he said.

"I think you are the one that has to give us an explanation," I said. "Who are you?"

"Oh, come on. At least you have to thank me for helping you out, Slowking," he said as his body started… melting? He suddenly melted into purple blob, and revealed another person inside it. It was… Ayumi.

"What? How…" I said as she interrupted me.

"Because you have been acting really weird since we came here, I thought that something was really fishy around here. And when I heard onii-chan's voice, which you played on the cassette player, I knew that you wanted to keep this a secret from my parents," she said. "So I decided to lend you a hand, by using my Ditto, and transformed into him".

"So that Slowking we met back there was her?" Blastoise thought. "She's really good in this stuff".

"But how do you know that we play the cassette?" I asked.

"Oh, please. I'm his sister, so I know every trick he has," she replied. "Anyway, tell me why are you doing this? And where is my onii-chan?"

"Uhh…About that…" I tried to find a way to answer her, but I don't know how to explain it. It would sound really crazy if I told her.

"Well, it's ok if you don't tell me," Ayumi said. "You have to go that far, lying to my parents like that, so I guess it is really serious". She then left the room. "If you don't have anything to say, then I will go to sleep now. Good night, everyone".

"Good night to you, too," I said.

"Wow, I'm really impressed," Feraligatr said. "How can she imitate Yamato's voice like that?"

"I don't know. But I'm glad that I'm safe for now," I said.

"Well, I'm tired, so I will hit the sack for now," Blastoise said, heading to his room.

"Me, too. See you tomorrow," Feraligatr yawned.

"Well, I guess we should go, too," I said to Rhyperior. "By the way, Rhyperior, can I ask you something?"

"Of course you can," he smiled.

"I… have noticed that you call Yamato's parents… mom and dad… How can you do that?"

"Hmm… I don't know… Maybe because I like to call them mom and dad, that's all," Rhyperior said.

"I guess being innocent has its good side, too," I sadly said. "I just can't say it so easy like you".

"What are you saying?" Rhyperior said. "I really think them as my mom and dad". He paused for a while, then continued: "I used to live in a horde, where I couldn't feel the family love for even once. Even my parents… had no feelings for me when they kicked me out of the horde".

"Rhyperior…"

"But… ever since I met Yamato-onii-chan, I finally found the real family I truly belong. His mom and dad also treat us like their kids, so it's natural for me to call them mom and dad. Don't you feel the same way, too?"

"…You're right. I shouldn't be embarrassed about something like that. Thanks for clearing my mind, Rhyperior," I said.

"No problem. But if we both call them mom and dad, doesn't it make us sibling?" He asked. "If that is the case, I will finally have a younger brother~. Yay~!"

"Hey, why do I have to be your younger brother?" I asked. "I prefer us to be friends like we are now".

"Yeah, me, too," he sighed in relief. "Because I would be tired to take care a naughty younger brother like you~!"

"Hey, that's my line!" I said.

"Just joking~!" he laughed.

We both entered my room, where Yamato's family was there right then. Yamato's mother greeted us, then asked: "What took you so long? What did Yamato say to you?"

"Er…" I took a quick glance at Ayumi. "It's nothing. Nothing at all, madam…"

Rhyperior hit me lightly on my back. He signaled me to do something, and I quickly understood.

"I…I'm sorry for troubling you,… m…mo…" Say it, Slowking. You have always wanted to call her that, so why are you hesitating?... No, I can't say it. What if she doesn't want me to call her that? She won't be pleased, and it will be hard for us to talk to each other.

"You can call me 'mom' if you want to," she said, which surprised me. "I know what you want to say".

"But… is it really ok for me to say that?" I asked.

"Of course. Yamato's Pokémon are also my children, so just call me 'mom'".

"Thank you,…mom," I cried, then lean over her and cried. "You don't know how much it means to me".

For all those years, I have always wanted to call someone that for just once. It likes a dream comes true to me.

"What about me?" Yamato's dad said. "Don't you have anything to say?"

"Yes, …dad," I said in tears.

"Slowking-chan, I also want to know something," mom asked. "Are you lonely in this house?"

"No, not really. I have my friend Rhyperior here, so it's ok," I said.

"But since I came here, it looks like most of Yamato's Pokémon was trying to tell us something". I was really scared when she said that. "I have noticed that you tried to prevent them from telling us. But don't worry, I won't ask you what it is, because it must be really important to you. But the thing I try to say is… they are all against you, aren't they?"

"Yes…yes, they are," I sadly said.

"You should think more about everyone and about their feelings. I know that you want the best to everyone, but you shouldn't force everyone to do something they don't want to," she said as she petted my head. "Promise me that you will treat everyone better next time, ok? Soon, everyone will open their hearts for you".

"I promise, mom. If you have said that, I will listen to you," I said.

That was the most memorable night in my life. We all went to sleep soon after that, and of course, I slept on Rhyperior's stomach, since we didn't have enough space. But I was still happy, because we hadn't slept with each other since we were still in Prof. Oak's lab, although it is a little uncomfortable to sleep on that rocky body of him. And I was also happy that I could spend a night with Yamato's family, as if I was really their son.

In the next morning, we woke up early and helped Yamato's family packing up their stuff, so that they could catch the boat.

"Should I go with you to the port, mom?" I asked her.

"It's ok. We can get their on our own. You should stay here and make breakfast for everyone," she said.

"Oh, that reminds me," dad asked. "Shouldn't Yamato at least say good bye to us? Where is he?"

"H-He already left for school. He said that he would finish his homework before class started".

"In that case, say hi to him for us," mom said. "We hope that we will see you again soon. Bye!"

We waved good bye to them, and went back inside the house. I saw Aggron's group was hiding in a corner of the garden.

"Just come here already. I have an announcement to make," I said.

They heard that, and slowly approached me. It looked like they were scared of me.

Normal POV

"We are so dead now," Aggron whispered.

"That is why I told you to stay away from this," Nidoking whispered. "He must be really angry now".

"Well, we can't go back now," Sandslash whispered. "I suggest we run away for a few days".

"Are you out of your mind?" Marowak whispered. "It only makes thing worse. And where can we run to anyway?"

Slowking's POV

They were all whispered to each other. They must be really frightened now. When they stood in front of me, I finally made my announcement.

"Good morning, everyone. Today, I want to apologize all of you for my behavior over these days," I bowed down and said. Everyone was so shocked when I said this. Well, I couldn't blame them. Even I was shock at this. "Starting from tomorrow, everyone has the rights to participate the morning exercise or not. I will also listen to your idea about the exercise, the meal you want to have, and if there is something you don't pleased about me, don't be afraid and tell me".

"What happens to him?" Blastoise asked.

"Is he not feeling well?" Feraligatr joined in. "And I thought that he would release his anger on them. I was really looking forward to it. Something like this…".

Start of imagination

"YOU, clean up the floor until it sparkles like diamond… wash all the dish… take out the trash… clean up the pool…" he commanded each of them.

"AND ALL OF YOU, become slaves for Blastoise, Feraligatr, and those who helped me yesterday for a month. MUWHAHAHA…"

End of imagination

"Ooh, I like the last one of that idea," Blastoise said.

"It's not like that, Feraligatr-onii-chan. You see, last night…" Rhyperior told everyone what happened, and so they understood.

"A-Are you really serious about this?" Aggron asked. "This is so not like you at all".

"Well then, from now on, I will be like this," I proudly said. "I have realized that I have given you guys so many hard times before. That is why I want to live more open-hearted. I hope you guys agree with me".

"I guess that is not a bad idea after all," Machoke said.

"I think I like the new you, Slowking," Aggron said. "You should have done this before, instead of bossing us around. That is really annoying".

"Well, we would happily to deliver the news in the morning," Staraptor said. "I think we have more spirit to do it if you don't force us".

"It's true," I thought. "It seems everyone is treating me completely different from yesterday. It's a good thing that I listen to mom's advice. Thank you, mom".

And then, we continued living our daily life. Everyone was nicer to me, and we all did our best to maintain the Gym. To be honest, I sometimes almost lost my nerves, but thanks to Rhyperior, I could calm down.

Yamato, can you see this? We are more like a family now, and we are all waiting for you together. I don't know what happens in the other world, and what are you doing now, but we all hope that you will come back safely to us. No, we KNOW that you will come back to us, because we all have connection, no matter how far we are.


yamato2706: Wow, that was really long. I really enjoy writing this that I didn't notice it at all. Ideas just keep flowing into my head, that there are some scenes that weren't in the original plan.

Slowking: This episode's title is completely mimic that special episode of the Pokémon series, you know that?

yamato2706: Yeah, I know. I just think that it will be more fun like that. And before I give you the question about this episode, here is the answer for the question about episode 2.

Question: There is a mistake in episode 2, can you spot it? Whoever has played Explore of Sky can easily do it.

Answer: In this sentence:

-Urgh… it's still dark outside- Rio used his hands rubbing his eyes, then looked outside through the "jaw" of the Sharpedo. Only a small part of the sun had risen on the other side of the horizon - Can I sleep a little longer? (from episode 2)

yamato2706: Can you see it now? In the games, after the player and his partner return from the future with Grovyle, the next morning, the sun can be seen rising on the opposite side. It's not really a big thing for you, but for me, it is. I have played this game so many times, and I can't even see it when I first wrote it. I will fix it later, but now, let's move on to this episode question:

Question: How many Yamato's Pokémon can be seen in this episode?

Slowking: Wait, hold on a second. This question is really weird. What do you mean by "can be seen"? This is not a real TV show, so the readers can't see those who only stay in the background and don't say anything.

yamato2706: Well, I think you are right. Then let's change into this:

Question: How many Yamato's Pokémon which is mentioned in this episode?

yamato2706: Is this a challenging question or not? To be honest, I don't even know the answer myself, because I decided to make another question when I was writing the last part, so I don't remember who was mentioned or not. Hihi, better read this again to check. But can you guys answer this without reading again?

Slowking: Please answer this in your review, along with your review. That means, do NOT only write a number in the review and nothing else. We don't want the review page is full of number, but not any review.

yamato2706: But I still can't think of a prize, so I guess you guys won't get anything. But despite that, I hope you guys have fun. And I hope that episode 7 will come out soon. Just hope that college won't slow me down too much. And like I say, after chap 10, I will start accepting OC, so that I can think of the storyline. So bye for now, and hope to see you again.