One month has past since the Lucario has seen a very surprising scene being played out by Robert, someone she wouldn't have expected to act like that. After this month, everything was somewhat normal again. Everyone went about their lives in this little home and did their normal little thing, no one said or did anything that would have brought up old memories, for now.
Saphia has finally managed to adapt to her and her sons new life with everyone over the last month. Draco had finally fix the motor for the door, Scarlet had fixed Draco's motorcycle after what seemed to have been ages. Perfect timing too, the Gallade just got a call from Mary, the Gardevoir, asking for him to come to her house and talk about something. The sound of rapid footsteps storming down the upstairs hall could be heard throughout the house as the Gallade quickly leaped off the remaining steps and landed in the living room.
"You seem pretty excited, sweetie", Susan said as she lifted her head up from her paws.
"What's the rush?" Scarlet asked as she walked into the kitchen, wearing nothing but a white tank top and for some reason, a pair of Robert's boxers.
"Mary called me a while ago and said she wanted to say something to me!" Draco said excitedly as he rushed towards the closet and began to look for his helmet, causing some old books and random objects to fall out of their shelves.
"So? She calls you a lot", Scarlet said as she plopped down on the couch, bouncing the Riolu who was sitting on it to bounce into the air a little.
"She sounded really nervous, and you know what that means!" Draco said as he turned around, yanking out a bottle unknowingly.
"Gauh!" Draco exclaimed as a mountain of objects came crashing down on him.
"So... what the heck does that mean?" Scarlet asked as he stared at the Riolu while she was upside down.
"Oh come on, you're a girl, you should know what that means", Draco said as he lifted everything off of himself with his Psychic.
"Oh, does she have a little secret to tell you? It's finally come, hasn't it?" Susan smiled as she wagged her tail.
"Yeah! I think she's going to say she loves me!" Draco said as he carelessly threw things into the closet, several things fell to the floor from missing their shelves, but Draco ignored them.
"Oh... yay for you then...", Scarlet said as she flashed him a supportive smile.
"This is perfect too! I can finally confess to her about how I feel about her!" Draco laughed as he ran towards the front door.
"Draco, catch", Robert said as he tossed Draco's helmet at him from the top of the stairs.
"Thanks Pops! See you guys later!" Draco laughed as he ran out the door and slammed the door behind him.
Everyone but the Riolu and Scarlet watched as Draco drove off on his light green and white motorcycle through the now clear weather. The sound of his motorcycle driving away from the house faded more and more until it disappeared completely, Scarlet let out a sigh as she smacked her face down onto the cushion.
"Guess it's too late for that then", Scarlet said.
"You waited far too long", Robert said as he walked down the stairs.
"Did something happen? It got really noisy for a moment", Saphia said as she came out of the hall.
"Noting...", Scarlet said into the couch cushions.
"Aunty! Can we go play again?" Junior said as she poked his head out from behind the arm rest of the couch.
"Okay, let's go outside then", Susan said as she got up and gave herself a little shake before walking towards the door.
Junior ran after Susan as she walked out the front door. The front door closed, leaving Robert, Scarlet, and Saphia in the house. Looking over at Scarlet, Robert shook his head.
"Scarlet, could you stop wearing my clothes? Let alone my underwear", Robert said as he walked towards the kitchen.
"... Nah", Scarlet said, her face still buried in the sofa cushion.
Saphia ignored the two and walked towards the kitchen to get a drink. She stumbled a little when her paw stepped on something, causing it to slide against the floor of the living room. Looking down, she saw that it was a picture, though she did adjust to her new life here, she never did learn every little thing. Picking up the picture, she noticed more that were sticking out of the top of a book that was labeled, "Old Mems.", though she couldn't read human language.
"Hey, what'cha go there?" Scarlet asked as she turned her head to the side.
"Draco left these on the floor when he was looking for his head wear... what does this say?" Saphia asked as she turned the book towards Scarlet.
"Well...", Scarlet said as she got up from the couch and walked towards the Lucario, "I would read it for you, but ya' got it upside down", Scarlet said as she turned to stand by her side.
Grabbing the top part of the book, she pushed up so that the title of the picture filled book was facing towards the. A small smile spread across her face as she read the short hand written title.
"Wow, I forgot this was even here...", Scarlet smiled as she flipped through the pages, "I actually made this a long time ago", she said as Saphia let go of the book.
"What is this?" The Lucario asked as she pointed at the book.
"It's a scrap book I made a long time ago. There's so many old memories here", she said as she flipped through the pages some more.
"Oh, this is Bubby when he was little!" Scarlet let out a laugh as she pointed down at a picture of a child whose hair was done in a braid that went down to his shoulders.
"I still don't know why he did that, but he kept his braid the entire time he was a trainer, he was a pretty damn good one too, managed to beat the first seven gyms on his first try, and all within a single week too... he walks pretty damn fast", Scarlet said as she flipped to the next page.
"Oh this you're going to love. When Draco was just a Kirlia, he lost every single fight he had with Draco, even the first fight he had with Bubby when he evolved, he lost!" Scarlet said with a smile.
"Robert's that strong? Even when he was a child?" Saphia asked, amazed that Robert had such strength then as he has now.
"Well, this family is made up off strong people", Scarlet said as she laid down on the couch.
"But what is this?" She asked as she showed Scarlet the photo she had picked up.
"Oh, that. That's one that accidentally got burned when Draco finally learned how to use Fire Punch, he kind of got carried away and was swinging wildly at smashed the picture frame this used to be in", Scarlet said as she took the photo from Scarlet and looked at tit.
"This is the picture of Bubby's old team. He never changed a single member in it", Scarlet said as she opened the book and looked for an empty slot for the photo.
Placing the photo into a slot. Sitting up right, she placed the bottom of the scrap book onto her lap and looked at the slightly burnt photo. Saphia sat down beside her, looking at the book. The photo was half burnt, showing half of Robert, Draco on the right of him, Susan sitting in front of Robert on the tiled floor of the Hall of Fame, and there was a Dive Ball in Roberts hand. Everything else but a single light gray arm that only showed from wrist to elbow.
"Who are the others of this team of his?" Saphia asked asked as she pointed at the burnt left hand side of the photo.
"Oh them... let's see", Scarlet said as she quickly flipped through each page for a picture of the old team Robert had.
"Huh... guess this was the only picture we had of the old gang...", Scarlet said as she closed the book.
"Will I meet the others someday?" Saphia asked as she got up from the couch.
"Probably. We do visit one of them from time to time when we go to Undella Bay to visit old faces", Scarlet said as she tossed the book towards the large wooden structure that held the tv.
"Well... I'm bored... feel like doing anything?" Scarlet asked as the scrap book landed upright in a slot in the wooden frame.
"I do no know what there is to do. All I've ever done was sit in that spot and look out the window, I haven't done of much of anything here...", Saphia asked as she looked at her paws and flexed her 'toes'.
(A/N: I think it'll make more sense to call those things, "fingers, but meh)
"Wanna try the gym?" Scarlet asked as she threw her legs up into the air and was now standing behind the couch.
"I do not know...", she said as she looked out side.
They could barely hear Junior playing in the snow with Susan, Susan would most likely just be watching over the Riolu in case of any wild pokemon coming out.
"How about sparring?" Robert asked as he came out of the kitchen, a wrench and a rubber mallet in his hand.
"Sounds fun!" Scarlet said as she jumped over the back of the couch and ran towards the stairs.
"What are those things that you are holding?" The Lucario asked.
"I was going to fix the sink, but I over heard your conversation", Robert said as he placed the two on the table opposite the table that had the colorful vase.
"I see...", Saphia said as Scarlet leaped over the railing and landed right next to the Lucario.
"That was fast", Robert said as he walked across the living room.
"I was always fast when it came to putting on clothes, but...", Scarlet said as she walked up behind Robert and slung her arms over his shoulders, "I'm even faster when it comes to taking them off", Scarlet said as she kissed his cheek.
"Let's go already", Robert said as he walked forward and grabbed his coat off of the coat hanger and opened the door.
"Boo, you're no fun", Scarlet said as she followed him out and grabbed her own coat from the coat hanger as she left the house.
"You coming?" He asked the Lucario.
"Yes... but why outside?" She asked as she walked towards the door.
"You'll see", he said as he flicked the light switches off and closed the door behind them.
Once the door was closed, Robert slapped a snowball that was flying straight for Saphia's face.
*P.O.V. Change: Saphia*
I backed away a little when the ball of snow was slapped away by Robert. He said nothing but shook his hand once to shake the snow from his hand. Turning my attention to my son and Susan, I saw that it was my son who was throwing the balls of snow around. My son was trying to hit Susan with one of them, but she kept moving out of the way with Extreme Speed.
"Robert, deary, what are you three doing outside for?" Susan asked as she ducked her head.
"We're headed over to the field for a little sparring", Scarlet said as she ran towards my son.
"Oh, this will be interesting", Susan said as she shook the snow from her fur and then walked through the deep snow.
"Field?" I said.
"Draco and I built it to make it better for trainers to come and battle me when they want", Robert said as he walked through the snow, drawing deep lines through the thick snow on the ground.
I followed the two as they went towards this 'field' of theirs. My son charged straight past us, running on all fours, as Scarlet chased after him. I followed the two until we reached the side of the house where there was plenty of space between the house and the surrounding forest. A small curved indent was at the far end of the field, but wasn't directly next to it, it must be a river or something that has been iced over. While I had stopped to observe my surroundings, that was no longer being blocked from the blizzard several weeks ago, Scarlet and Draco were looking at Susan as she walked away from them. I walked towards the two, and watched Susan with them.
"What is she doing?" I asked as we watched Susan sniff the snow covered ground.
"Just watch", Scarlet said as she plugged her ears with her fingers.
Confused, I looked at Susan as she suddenly used Extreme Speed to move the same distance from us, backwards. Opening her mouth wide, a small black orb formed just outside her maw.
"That move... it's Shadow Ball", I noted as the orb grew bigger, but shrunk slightly as well.
"Susan! The snow from a few weeks got frozen over at the bottom areas, you're going to have to charge a bit more", Robert shouted from where we were, though his face remained the same, he didn't even move his body to help project his voice.
"Understood, deary!" Susan said.
Suddenly, the orb grew twice its size in an instant. Whipping her head backwards, she crouched down and then launched herself into the air. I was amazed as to how high she could jump into the air, she went higher than the trees themselves! Swinging her head downwards, she launched the oversized Shadow Ball. Colliding with the ground, snow and plates of ice were blown everywhere from when the Shadow Ball struck the ground. A few seconds past and the snowy cloud that was knocked up into the air had finally died out and the area was clearer.
"This is the Field I was talking about", Robert said as he dust his coat with his hand.
"Hey, has anyone seen the little pup?" Scarlet asked as she looked around.
"Here I am!" My son exclaimed as he poked his head out from a large snow bank.
"You're wide open!" Scarlet laughed madly as she dove at the snow bank.
Robert ignored the females flailing legs as she dug around the snow bank with half of her body buried in the snow. Finally, she turned over and brought her arms up into the air, flinging snow at me.
"Gotcha!" She laughed as she sat up.
"Can we play some more?" He asked as he looked at her while she held him upside down.
"Sure kid, just gotta do a little sparring with Robert and your mom", she said as she placed him on top of the snow bank.
"So, who will be going first?" Susan asked as she shook herself free of snow.
"How about you and me, Scarlet?" Robert asked as he unzipped his coat and balled it up.
"Eugh, this is gonna hurt, but whatever", Scarlet said as she removed her jacket and threw it over her shoulder, the jacket landed over my son.
"How about this, hit the other five times, you win", Robert said as he threw his jacket across the field, landing on top of my sons feet.
"Whatever. Let's just go!" Scarlet shouted as she charged onto the bare dirt field with white markings on it.
Susan sat down by me as we watched the two spar with on another. Scarlet swung her leg at Roberts legs, but was stopped by the bottom of Roberts shoe. Bending his knee, he stomped her foot onto the floor, pinning it down as he swung his fist at her face, but quickly opened up his hand and touched her cheek with his open hand.
"Why did he do that?" I asked Susan as Scarlet twisted herself around, freeing her foot.
"My, I'm surprised you saw that. Though the two are strong, Robert doesn't want to hurt her", Susan said.
"He cares enough to not hurt her, even in a practice fight", I whispered as I crossed my arms across my chest.
"Of course he cares about her, that would be silly for him not to. Though that isn't the real reason why, he can hit pretty hard", Susan said as Scarlet planted her hands onto the ground and swung one leg into the air, bringing it down about his head.
Robert swung his fist at her leg, but opened his hand again and slapped her leg away and swung his own leg at her left arm. His attack missed as Scarlet pushed herself up with her arms. Planting the curves of her legs onto his shoulders, she lifted herself up and jabbed at his face. Grabbing a hold of her fist, he jabbed at her exposed stomach, but opened it again and pressed his palm against her skin.
"They fight really close", I noted as Scarlet continued to swing and jab, only to have her attacks slapped away, or caught in his hand.
"Robert would do this, since he was trained to fight like this by his father at first, and then at the army, but the army's training wasn't as good as the one his father put him through. Scarlet learned from her mother, both of which were taught close range fighting, it's supposed to make it hard for the opponent get close to land one of their own blows", Susan said as she looked up at me.
"You seem to know a lot of their past experiences...", I said as I looked down at her.
"Well of course I do, I've known the two since they were little... Well, only Robert, I only met Scarlet a little after we came back from our first victory at the first Elite Four we defeated. I've fought alongside Robert and his team in the army as well", she said as she turned back to the field.
Suddenly, a loud shout caught my attention. My eyes opened wide at what I saw. Robert had grabbed hold of her waist and lifted her above his head, her belly pressed against the top of his head. Reeling himself backwards slightly, he curled his body, swinging Scarlet's entire body at the ground. Some loose snow was blown away from where Scarlet was supposed to hit the ground, but Robert had stopped just above the ground.
"Why do I even bother", Scarlet said as Robert lowered her the rest of the way and set her on the ground, "no one's ever gonna beat you anyways", she said as she threw her legs up into the air and stood up after rolling backwards.
"Yo', why don't you have a go at it?" Scarlet asked me as she walked over to the snow bank where my son sat covered in jackets.
"I will... and this time I'll win", I said as I walked onto the field.
"Ready?" He asked as he took up a different stance than he did with Scarlet.
"Rea-!" I stopped as I was suddenly on the ground.
I was now staring up at him. His shin pressed against my chest, his hand on my shoulder and his other hand balled up in a fist, ready to strike.
"Like I said, no one's gonna beat you, Robert!" Scarlet said as she took her jacket off of my son and slung it over her shoulder.
"I thought you said you were ready", he said as he got up.
Though his facial expression remained the same, his voice sounded like he was mocking me.
"You're fast...", I said as I sat up.
"But he's not flexible like me", I heard Scarlet says as she leaned over me.
Planting her hands between my legs, she slowly moved her legs above herself and bent forward, planting her feet back onto the ground.
"Show off", Robert said as she walked past him.
"You're just jealous", she laughed as she slapped his rear with her hand, "I'm gonna head to town. I don't wanna be here when Draco comes back from his little confession", Scarlet said as she walked away.
"You'll be back tonight though, right?" Susan asked as she walked over to us, my son riding on her back.
"Nah, I'll probably just stay at the Pokemon Center for the night or somethin'. See ya'll later", Scarlet said as she disappeared around the corner of the house.
"Here", Robert said as he offered me has hand.
Suddenly, I could have sworn that I saw... him again. Placing my paw in his hand, he pulled me up.
"*Sigh* Why does Scarlet have to act like that... I thought she knew that about Mary already", Susan said.
"She does know something about Mary, but it's not the right thing that we know", Robert said as he picked his jacket off of my son and took it under his arm.
"You mean that?" I asked.
"Yeah, that's the thing we're talking about. Though it's kind of odd... shouldn't take that long for him to come back from them just saying what they have to say to one another", Robert said as he walked towards the house.
"I just hope he's alright... hearing it from her", Susan sighed as she followed him towards the house.
~Time Skip: 10 Pm~
The sound of the news continued to blabber on news of the New Team Rocket, that no one was paying attention to. Susan was pushing a ball back and forth with Junior while Robert fixed the sink. Saphia was sitting on the window sill as usual, but was sitting with her legs crossed and eyes closed, she was meditating. She was trying to block out the memories of the real reason why she had attacked trainers, though the others have not asked her anymore of why she did, they still waited for her to tell them on her own. Saphia twitched her ear as she heard the sound of a light crunch of snow and plastic hitting hard ice underneath the snow. Thinking nothing of it, she went back to focusing on blocking out her unwanted memories.
Suddenly, the door opened and in stepped Draco, who seemed a bit odd.
"Draco, how... did... it go?" Susan asked as she looked up at Draco, his face blank.
"Draco, you okay?" Robert asked as he came into the living room.
Without warning, Draco fell forward, his entire front of his body smacked the floor, causing the Riolu to jump over Susan and take cover with her body.
"Huh, wasn't expecting him to take it that badly", Robert said as he walked towards the front door.
"What's wrong?" Saphia asked from her spot at the windowsill.
"Mary... Mary... she's-she's...", Draco started to break down.
"SHE'S A LESBIAN!" Draco shouted as he started to cry into the floor.
"Stop crying", Robert said as he slapped the top of his head, kicking the door close as well.
"We did tell you to not to go for her, didn't we?" Susan asked as she shook her head.
"But you never said it was because she was a lesbian! And with Lily of all people! GAH!" Draco shouted as he smacked his face onto the ground again.
"Come on, Draco. Let's get you cleaned up...", Robert said as he placed his hand on Draco's shoulder.
"Mary... she was a lesbian... and I loved her!" Draco said as he began to cry again.
"This'll take a while", Robert said as he got up.
Aw, poor Draco :3 Don't worry, there will always be someone else to love :D Who knows? She could be right there and you might not notice... and you can't read this because you're not real... I'm just a writer who's type-talking to himself... that's just said. This seems a bit weird in my opinion, mostly because I wrote this piece by piece while I was feeling bad, sorry :P
Sorry for the wait everyone! (Only have two followers for this...) Two regents are comin' up back to back for me this week, thank Arceus it's the last two I take this year :P I'll try and get more chapters up after that! The poll's still up for if you want this to be long, though it might end before 30 or 35 chapters, I'll still try and get this past that!
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