Chapter 10: School
Cody's Pov
I sighed contentedly as I was feeding Emerald. I was rocking her gently as she was holding her bottle and I smiled at the sight. "Daddy's girl." I sighed, kissing her on the forehead. She just smiled, making my own smile widen. "Hey beautiful." I said as Azure walked into the kitchen.
"Mhm.. Daddy's girl." She said sarcastically. "I think she is going to grow up confused." She said, giving me a peck on the cheek.
"Nope." I said as Emerald finished her bottle. I took it from her and began to burp her. "But I might be able to MAKE her grow up confused." I said with a small laugh.
"What do you mean?" She said, cocking her head.
"I could make her grow up without any manners." I said as she let out a small burp. "See? She is already a natural." I joked.
"Oh hush. My daughter will grow up to be a lady." She said with a smile, petting Emerald.
"Who will she learn from?" I joked.
"Me." She said, swatting my chest with a giggle.
"Mama." Aaron said, coming into the kitchen with a sad face and droopy tail.
"What's wrong sweetie?" She asked, kneeling down to look at him at eye level.
"My car broke." He said, holding up his favorite toy car without it's wheels.
"Aww." She said, taking the broken wheel and car. "Here let's see if daddy can fix it. Let me take Emerald form you." She said, picking up Emerald from my shoulder and handing me the car. I gave a small laugh as Emerald let out a burp right as Azure put her daughter on her shoulder.
"Come on bud." I smiled, holding out the car. "Let's see what we can do about your car." I went to the table and sat down the car. "Oh, it isn't broken buddy." I said looking at the 'broken' car. "All that happened is the wheel popped off." I said, pushing the wheel back onto the metal rod.
"YAY!" He exclaimed, his tail wagging vigorously. "Thank you dad!" He hugged me, making me smile. He took his car back to his room and I could hear little 'vroom's.
"Now.." I said, looking at Azure who was walking into the living room. "Hey, where are you going?" I laughed, following her.
Just as we got into the living room when Eris walked in through the front door. "Hello. How are you two?"
"Good,I just solved a crisis." I laughed.
"Oh? Do tell." She laughed.
"Aaron's car broke. It wasn't much, but I was able to fix it." I explained.
"Good." She smiled.
"Why were you outside?" I said as she flicked snow off of her shoulder.
"A nice chilly walk I guess. How is she?" She asked Azure, pointing to Emerald.
"She is doing just fine." She smiled.
"Oh, Cody." Eris said. "Where is Aaron now? I thought you said you were going to be spending the weekend with them. It is already sunday." This had caused me to sit upright, remembering that I had in fact, said that to Aaron. I felt a little bad because I had promised him the whole weekend with him.
"I totally forgot." I said, embarrassed. I walked over to Aaron's room and smiled to see him playing on his floor with his car. "Hey bud."
"Hi dad." He smiled. "Thank you for fixing my car." He said playing with it some more with his tail wagging gently.
"Wanna do something with mom and Emmy?" I asked, already knowing the reply.
"Yea!" He exclaimed, car forgotten and his tail picked up speed. I walked back into the living room with my excited puppy following me and I sat down on the couch, putting Aaron on my lap.
"So what are we going to do?" I asked. "We can't really have any summer fun."
"I don't care." Azure said with a smile. "Anything with family is fine with me."
"What about you? What do you want to do?" I said.
"Let's throw a party." He said with a laugh.
"I don't think we can throw a party." I laughed as well.
"Aww… Why not?" He said, looking at me with curious eyes.
"Because, we don't have anything to celebrate."
"Ahh."
"Well…. You are all pokemon…" Mom said, walking out of the kitchen.
"Are you suggesting a family tournament?" I asked.
"Sort of." She smiled. "You can use aura, Eris, Azure, Aaron, you all can go outside and have fun all day."
"That sounds like a good idea actually." Azure said.
"Wait a minute…" Mom said. "Isn't there a group of people that used to teach pokemon and humans how to use aura?"
"Yes." Eris said. "The Aura Guild disbanded centuries though."
"Oh. Well you guys can still do a tournament outside. They can take it easier on you, but otherwise, I think you guys will have fun."
"It's settled then. We will have a fight." I said with confidence. I went to the back of the house and heard Titan and Rose having a conversation.
"I know you are bored. You are only entertained when you are inside me or fighting." She laughed. I knocked on the door and I heard a sigh. "Yes?" She said, opening the door.
"I can solve that problem." I said, causing her to blush.
"Oh.. Um.. you.. heard that… huh?" She said, stuttering.
"Yes, but anyway. We are about to go outside and fight. The whole family, unless you don't want to." I said with a chuckle at her blush.
"You are going to fight too?" She said in disbelief.
"Yea." I said, summoning an aura sphere, reminding her of my abilities.
"Oh.. So you are going to be fighting in a pokemon fight… and so is Titan… That means I can technically battle you." She said excitedly. "Titan, come on. I found you entertainment."
He replied back, causing Rose to blush again.
"No, not THAT entertainment. You are going to battle."
I heard the bed creak as the massive pokemon got up. "Lets go… We will need to clear the snow first though."
"No problem." Rose smiled. "He knows razor wind."
"Speaking of which, if you fight me you can't use too violent moves. Even though I can basically use four moves, I am still human." I laughed.
"Fine." She said, faking disappointment "You hear that Titan?" She said as the massive pokemon nodded.
We walked back into the living room and I announced the start of the family fighting. The only ones that excused themselves were Rose and mom. "Are you sure Eris?" I asked. "You said you didn't want to fight anymore."
"Well if this is going to be light fighting, then why not?" She smiled.
With that we all went outside and Titan had cleared the front of our yard of snow with his razor winds. "Alright! Who is first?" Azure said.
"Scizor!" Titan said, stepping forward.
I thought it would be a fun little fight and so I stepped forward as well, slipping on my aura enhancing gloves. "I guess it's me and Titan." I said with a grin as Rose took her place behind Titan. I summoned my aura staff and got into a defensive stance.
"Alright Titan, lets win." Rose said with a laugh. "Start off with a bullet punch!" He hurried near me as I summoned a wall of aura and he relentlessly assaulted it with lightning quick punches. It didn't last long because pretty soon it began cracking and with the last punch he made, the wall shattered and dissipated. I summoned up my staff and swung at him, but he blocked it with a large pincer. I charged up a sphere and caught him by surprise when I shot it upwards and it hit him in the chest.
"Scizor!" He exclaimed, shaking his head and looked at Rose, waiting for a command asI resumed my defensive position.
"Use night slash!" She exclaimed and Titan flung his arm over his head and brought it down as a wave of dark energy flew towards me. I tried dodging it, but it caught me in the midsection, burning and tingling my skin. I could feel it sap some of my energy as well and I readied myself to launch a few more aura spheres. Two hit him directly, but the first one bounced off his claws and flew off behind him. "End it with Giga impact, but stop right before!" Rose yelled. Titan began glowing white and he rushed near me. I panicked and threw my hands up. Titan stopped right in front of me and extended his claw slowly in front of my face and shut his pincer quite noisily.
"Scizor." He said calmly.
"Translation?" I said, peering past him.
"He said 'Dead.' I told you we would win." She laughed as she ran up and hugged Titan.
"Who is next?" Mom said, obviously entertained.
Azure handed Emerald to Eris and smiled at me. "Come on Cody, this will be fun." She laughed.
"Oh, you are going to end up killing me one way or another." I laughed as well as I took a defensive stance.
"Only because I love you." She smiled and took her spot opposite me. I summoned my staff and Azure mimicked me. She took me by surprise when she jumped and lunged at me with her staff. I sidestepped her lunge and grinned as I tripped her. She landed on her back with a "Thwump."
"Well?" I said, returning on the defensive as she rolled over and hopped to her feet.
"Nothing." She smiled. I closed the distance between us and swiped downward. She blocked it with her own staff as I got close enough. "Hey sweetie." She said, leaning over our crossing staffs, puckering her lips. I smiled and kissed her.
"Hey! Is this a fight or a romance?" Rose said with a laugh.
"Both." I said as I pushed Azure away.
"Good… I was liking the whole love hate thing." Eris said with an amused grin as she rocked Emerald.
Azure let her staff fade and I did the same. She then rushed at me with a grin and she held up her paws. I quickly ducked under her assault and tripped her. As she rolled over I quickly jumped on top of her, pinning her arms at her sides. I gave out a laugh as I was panting heavily. "Well dear.. It looks like you are pinned."
"Mhm." She smiled, obviously defeated. I leaned down and gave her a kiss as I let her up and we wiped ourselves off. "That is because I LET you." She giggled, her tail wagging.
"Oh. Do we need to go again?" I asked, amused.
"Yes." She smiled. "Don't expect me to go easy this time love." She moved over to one end of the field again. Despite the weariness from the previous fight, I did the same. "Are you ready?"
"For you? Always." I said, charging up an aura sphere. She ran up to me and I smiled, spreading my hands out and letting a bright light to shoot out from the sphere, temporarily blinding Azure. I let out a groan as I saw her aura sensors shoot up and I got ready for another assault. "That's no fair." I said as she let out a giggle.
"I am a lucario, you honestly thought that would help your case?" She laughed as she tried landing a few punches at my side. I dodged them all and managed to grab one.
"I actually did." I said, pulling her into a kiss before pushing her away. I charged up my staff as she tried dodging me. I swung down as the staff hit the ground with a "Thwack".
"Missed me." She said, tackling me to the ground. We rolled around some more as we both struggled for dominance. I managed to finally get on top and I pinned her again.
"Are.. you.. convinced.. now?" I said, pausing in between each word for a gulp of air.
She opened her eyes with a big smile and leaned forward to kiss me. "Yes. Now as much asI like this position… we have children watching." She said with a faint blush and a giggle.
"Yay! CanI fight dad now?" Aaron said, running up to us.
"Of course." I said, not intending to use as much energy as I did fighting Azure.
"No… Your father is tired from fighting, give him a few minutes." Azure said as she was still pinned. "You can get off of me now." She laughed.
"Aww." He said with a frown as his tail drooped a little.
I got off of her with a laugh. "Give me ten minutes or so bud." I said, still panting heavily. I rested on my haunches as Titan moved back to the field and Eris walked up as well. "Well this should be interesting." I said. An idea worked it's way into my mind as I noticed Rose was still going to command Titan. "Hey Eris." I called.
"Yes?" She said, turning to me right before she took a defensive stance.
"Titan is going to have a trainer, what about you?"
She stopped for a second and thought. "Don't you lose this for me." She smiled as I walked behind her.
"Awesome." Rose said. "We never did get to battle. Titan, start this off with a night slash!"
"Take the hit!" I said, confusing both Eris and Rose. The wave passed over her, not doing much damage. " Now counter it!" Her face lit up and she rushed to the giant insect and dodged the pincers he tried hitting her with and she managed to smash her fist right into his midsection. I was slightly disappointed when I saw it didn't do as much damage as I thought it would.
"Quick! Use giga impact while she is close!" Rose ordered. The red pokemon suddenly flared up in white light again and used his claw to punch Eris away.
"Damn that hurt." She said, clutching her shoulder.
I knew it didn't hurt as bad as it would though, because she is fighting and steel. "Come on Eris! You are at the advantage!" I said. "Use a few aura spheres to weaken him down." She looked at me and smiled as she summoned an aura sphere for each hand and she threw three pairs of them at Titan.
"Block them!" Rose said.
She was too late however and the attacks landed. "Scizor!" We heard. When the smoke cleared Titan was on one knee and was panting. He shook his head again. "Scizor…"
"Ok." Rose sighed. "He says he realizes he can't win."
"Congratulations Eris." My mom said, clapping.
I gave her a confused look. "So you clap for Eris but not me?" I said, acting offended.
"That's because I like my pokemon family more." She joked.
I could see Azure next to me sticking out her tongue and so I grabbed it and smiled. "I win again babe." I smiled.
"Atleast Mary likes me better." She smiled.
"Mhm." I said, pulling her closer and letting go of her tongue.
"Dad, can we fight now?" Aaron said, pulling at my pants leg again.
"Sure son." I laughed and I went to the field. He ran at me and hefted his hand. When he was close enough he began trying to throw punches. I dodged most of them but I let him hit me a few times. Even though he was only a few months older than one, his punches still hurt. I picked him up and began tickling him and he giggled.
"Let me go, let me go." He said, yelling with laughter. I set him down and jumped backwards as he tried punching at my knees again. He figured out that the assault was pointless and he decided to tackle me and I let it happen. We landed on the ground with a thud and he laughed. "I got you dad."
"Sure did bud." I said, picking him up and setting him aside.
Eris stepped back up to the field and smiled. "Oh dear daughter." She called with a smile.
Azure grinned and gave Emerald a kiss. "Don't you remember what happened last time?" She giggled.
"You only won because your human was hurt."
"Ok." Azure said sarcastically with a laugh.
"This will be good." I said with a smile as I sat down on the sidelines and took Emerald from my mom. I gave her a kiss on the nose as she cooed.
"Daddy."
"That's right baby girl. Now lets watch grandma and mama fight." The fight started off like last time, only a lot less heated. Azure took a defensive stance while Eris held her paws out, ready to strike.
"Come on dear, I am not getting any younger." Eris said with a grin. Azure, who had grinned as well, charged up her staff and ran up to her mother. "You tried this last time. You DO remember how that… worked don't you?" Eris said, pausing to catch the staff that was aimed at her shins.
"Mhm." Azure smiled as she snaked her paw behind Eris' leg. "I learn from my mistakes."
"Not well enough." Eris said, as she pushed on Azure. Because she had her legs so far apart, she was rather unbalanced and fell on her tail with an "Oof".
"How did you-" Azure said, interrupted because she had to roll away from Eris' trying to grapple her. Both of the dogs hopped back on their feet, tails twitching. "How did you know I was going to try that?" Azure asked in disbelief.
"You aren't the first to try that." Eris said, quick to resume her assault. She threw a few light punches to Azure's midsection as she tried to block her daughters own attacks.
"Mommy!" Emerald said, holding her hands up.
When she was finished trading blows with Eris, Azure looked over at her daughter and smiled. "Mommy's going to win baby girl." She smiled as she jumped up and tried to kick Eris.
"Not if you do something like that." Eris said with a grin as she smacked her foot away in midair and sidestepped the kick. I could see the look of surprise on Azures face as she landed on her butt again.
She said it in a near whisper, but I could still hear Azure mutter "Geez… My rear is getting pounded harder than when Cody and I…" The rest was lost when she had to roll away from Eris trying to tackle her again. "Ok,I have got to end this. Mom, hit Cody." She giggled.
"No,I want this to be fair." Eris said, amusement spreading across her slightly wrinkled face.
I walked over to my mom, who was busy sitting by Aaron. "Hi." I said, sitting down and rocking Emerald gently.
"This is interesting. I never thought I would see you use pokemon moves." She laughed.
"Because Dad is awesome!" Aaron said, sitting by me.
"Thanks bud. See? Someone gets it." I laughed. I slipped off the gloves and tried to use the aura power Azure had done in our fight and I closed my eyes. I focused hard as I could, and pretty soon I could see blurry blue outlines of Eris and Azure fighting. "Awesome." I said to myself. I opened my eyes just to see Eris hop onto Azure's back and bring her to the ground.
"Say it dear." Eris said with a triumphant look on her face.
"Fine." Azure sighed with a small pout. "You win. Can you get off of me?"
"Of course." Eris said, getting up from Azure's back. "I just wanted to hear you say it. I may be old, but I can still put up one hell of a fight."
Azure walked over to us with a look of defeat. "Well that kinda sucked." She giggled. She walked over to me and took Emerald gently from my arms. I gave her a small frown and she stuck her tongue out at me at a safe distance.
"I heard that comment by the way." I laughed. I could see her face turn red and I laughed even harder.
"Well it was true." She said, turning away.
"What did she say?" Mom said, looking at me confused.
"Nothing!" Azure said before I could answer her.
"Mhm…" Mom said, not convinced. "I get the truth, one way or another." She laughed.
"Not this one." Azure said, walking back inside. "Anyone hungry?" She said before she opened the door. I smiled as everyone got up and walked inside the house. "Ok then." She said with a smile as she closed the door behind Aaron and I.
Azure's Pov
I let out a pleased sigh as I finished making the last sandwich. "Cody!" I called. He came walking into the kitchen and I smiled. I gave him a kiss before handing him his sandwich and I walked out into the living room where everyone is gathered. Rose was sitting in Titan's lap, talking to him, Mom and Mary were sitting and playing with Emerald, and Aaron was controlling the tv as the others busied themselves. I thought about earlier when Cody and I were fighting. I was pretty surprised when I found that he was stronger than me. "I hope he doesn't take advantage of that…" I whispered. I figured he wouldn't because he has tried so hard to protect me multiple times, but there was always the possibility.
"Hmm?" Cody said, looking at me.
"Nothing." I smiled.
"Liar. You hope I wouldn't take advantage of what?" He said, elbowing me.
"I was just thinking of earlier." I said with a sigh, hoping he won't remember.
"Oh… You are hoping I won't turn out like wattson." He said, looking at me with a reassuring smile. "Come on." He picked me up and I gave out an "Eep." He brought me to the bedroom.
"Umm… I think we should wait a while." I laughed. "I am about to go into heat and I think a third child would be nice, but I think two is good for me for now."
"Aww." He said with a fake frown. "But that isn't why I brought you in here." He sat me down on the bed and I smiled.
"I promise you. If you are ever hurt, it will never be by my hand. I will always be the comforting hand on your shoulders or the shoulder you can ALWAYS cry on. I married you for crying out loud. There is absolutely NO reason I would want to see you in pain, emotional, or otherwise." He said.
My heart did a small backflip and I smiled as I brought him into a kiss. "Thanks."
"Besides, if there is anyone we need to worry about, it's Rose." He laughed. "She is about as conniving as they come. I wouldn't be surprised if she had another trick waiting for us tonight."
"No, I would know about it." I laughed. "We are partners in crime."
"You are in crime? I might have to throw you in jail." He said giving me a sly grin.
"Hmm…. Is it a mixed gender jail?"
"Of course."
"Any cell mates?"
"You are looking at him" He laughed.
"Hmm." I rubbed my chin. "Maybe. Like I said, that time of year is approaching… I am thinking about just staying in here for the next week or two."
"Damn…" He said.
"Why?"
"That means I am on the couch." He laughed.
"Probably." I said, realizing the fact for myself. "I don't think I will use mom's help this time."
"Will you forget the pills again?" He said, causing me to facepalm.
"I still can't believe I forgot those." I sighed. "Anyway, I see it starting sometime next week, maybe thursday or something."
"Ah.. It's good that I can sleep right next to my wife tonight and give her a big kiss goodbye tomorrow morning."
"Well it is getting pretty late. I think the kids will want supper soon." I said, getting up and smiling at him. "Any suggestions?"
"Well.." He said, giving me a loving look. "That won't be your problem."
"We are really starting a kitchen fight now? It has been what? A few months at least?" I laughed, remembering how I chased him out the first time and slapped his butt with a spatula.
"Yea." He grinned at me as he walked out of our room.
"Hey! I don't think so!" I giggled, chasing him into the kitchen.
He stopped and turned around right before the kitchen door. "Going to be stubborn?"
"Of course. It's because I love you." I smiled. I was caught completely unaware when he stooped down and threw me over his shoulder. "Hey! What are you doing?"
"You want to be stubborn,I can't let you cook, so you will stay over my shoulder until supper is done." He laughed.
I let out a playful sigh. "I guess I won't be stubborn. You can put me down." He walked into the kitchen with me still over his shoulder and we saw Mary already at the stove.
"Umm…. Dang." Cody said with a laugh.
Mary had turned around sharply at hearing Cody's voice. "Oh, geez you scared m- Why is Azure over your shoulder?"
"Because he doesn't want me cooking, but it seems you already beat both of us." I laughed.
"Well I saw you two go into the bedroom so I thought you would be gone longer." She laughed as I became red-faced.
"Well…" I said, trailing off.
"Well what? I know somewhat about pokemon mating… Is it that time?" She asked, causing me to get even redder. "Ahh." She laughed. "It must be. Anyway, I am cooking so you two go sit down, play with the kids, relax."
We did just that. Cody walked into the living room and laughed as everyone stared at me over his shoulder. "Oh crap!" I said as he gently threw me down on the couch. I flicked my ears back slightly. "You could have warned me."
"I could have, but this was more fun." He laughed as he laid down next to me.
"Well maybe we need to change your definition of fun."
"To?"
"Being nice. Anyway, what are we watching sweetie?" I said, turning to Aaron, who still had the remote.
"Tyranitar's playground." He said happily, wagging his tail. It was his favorite show about a talking tyranitar and a few pokemon it watches in it's playground. They would go on imaginary adventures that the tyranitar thought up.
We sat there watching his cartoon until Mary had called us for supper. We walked into the kitchen, smelling the wonderful aroma of pork chops and fresh peas and carrots. "Mary, this looks delicious." Rose said with a smile.
"Thank you." Mary said.
Supper went by rather well. There was normal chatter as people talked about their day and quite a bit about the battles that were had today.
"I beat up dad." Aaron said rather proudly.
"Did you now?" Cody said with a grin.
"Yup." Aaron said, wagging his tail.
"DoI need to beat you up this time?" Cody asked, playfully balling up a fist.
"Nope." He said, shaking his head.
"If you so much as hurt a hair on my baby's head, you'll have mama to deal with." I said with a smile as I took a bite out of my pork chop.
"Maybe tomorrow bud, you have to go to bed soon and we don't need you all wound up." Cody said.
"Aww… But I'm not tired." He said. His body betrayed his words because soon he gave out a small yawn, baring his sharp teeth.
"What was that sweetie?" I giggled.
"Maybe a little."
Supper ended and we all put up our plates and Rose started on the dishes. "Come on Aaron, it's time for bed." I said, picking up my sleepy child. I gave him a small smile as I rubbed our noses together. I carried him into his room and I put him into his bed with a sigh.
"Rub my back please?" Aaron said sleepily. I did as he asked and gently pet his back. "Thank you mama." He said, yawning again.
"Of course. I love you Aaron." I said lovingly.
"I love you too."
I sat there petting his back until I heard soft snoring and I slipped out his room, almost tripping on his toys. "Tomorrow he is cleaning his room." I whispered to myself. "But he will most likely get lucky and I will forget." I laughed to myself as I silently shut his door. I looked at the clock. "8:30 sharp." I went to go find Cody.
"Hey beautiful." He said as I walked into the living room. He was feeding Emerald her bottle on the couch and I smiled.
I really don't want him leaving tomorrow, I thought to myself. "I am gonna miss you." I said, wrapping my arms around him.
"Well… I would much rather be here with you and the kids, but things need to get done." He sighed.
"I know." I said.
"You need to go to bed soon. You have school in the morning." Mary chimed from the kitchen door.
"Well,I can't say I miss that line too much." Cody said with a laugh. "I'll give it a little longer." Emerald was soon finished with her bottle and Cody burped her and then put her to sleep in her cradle in our room.
"What to do, what to do." I said, looking around the living room for something to relieve me of my boredom. My eyes landed on the movie shelf and I smiled. I went up and pulled out my favorite movie. Greninja's Revenge. It was about a greninja kicked from his clan and he fights tooth and nail to redeem himself. It was my favorite because it was the one Cody and I had seen in the pokemon center soon after beating Roxanne. Cody came back and I showed him the movie case.
"I guess." He chuckled as we sat down on the couch next to Mary. We watched the movie in silence and I giggled as Cody gave me a kiss on the forehead every now and then. The movie ended and Cody sighed. "Well I guess I have to go to bed for school tomorrow. Coming hot stuff?" He said to me, causing me to giggle.
"Hot stuff? We were saying that back when I was a teenager." Mary laughed.
"Allwell." He said, dragging me to the bedroom. I gave him a kiss goodnight and I plopped down onto our bed with a happy sigh and drifted off to sleep.
I was woken up by the sounds of sad sobs. "It's 2:30." I sighed, getting out of bed and checking on Emerald. "It's not her…" I said, beginning to worry. I perked my ears up and noticed the sound coming from outside our door. I slowly opened the door to reveal my son, teary eyed and sitting down. "What's wrong honey?" I said, kneeling down to his level.
"I had a nightmare…" He sobbed.
"It's ok. It was just a dream." I said, stroking his cheek.
"Y-you and dad didn't love me anymore and g-got a human a boy." He cried harder.
"No, no, no." I said, picking him up. "Your father and I love you more than anything in this whole world. We wouldn't trade you or your sister for… a bajillion dollars." I said, wiping away his tears.
"So you two aren't getting a human boy?" He asked, tears still falling.
"Nope." I smiled, giving him a kiss. "We love you more than you could ever imagine." He slowly stopped crying and I felt relieved.
"C-can I sleep with you?" He asked, wiping away the remainder of his tears.
"Of course." I said, carrying him into our bed. "Here, I'll even let you sleep with Petunia." I said, grabbing the treeko doll I won in the game center in mauville and handing it to him.
"Thank you mama." He said, hugging me. He continued the hug even as we lay down to sleep and I smiled.
"Anything sweetie. Why didn't you knock on the door though?"
"Because I didn't want you or dad to be mad at me." He said, looking down.
"Aaron. Aaron, look at me." I said, bringing his chin up so we were looking eye to eye. "We love you so much. It's our job as parents to make sure you are a happy little pokemon, so if you are scared, have a nightmare, or just want to see us for any reason, we will never be mad at you." I said, giving him a kiss on the forehead. "Ok?"
"Ok." He said, yawning.
"Good. It's late, let's go to sleep." I smiled, petting his head as he began purring.
I woke up again as the lights flashed on. "Wake up!" A familiar voice chimed. "Time for school." Mary said, coming over to the bed and shaking Cody awake.
I heard a groan from beside me and I saw Aaron cover his eyes. "Shh, go back to sleep sweetie."
"Oh, sorry." She said with a frown as she noticed Aaron was in the bed.
"Ugh… Five more minutes." Cody groaned.
"Nope, that didn't work in middle school, it won't work now. Come on, get up, shower, get dressed."
"Wait… Mom?!" Cody said, sitting up quickly. "Jeez, what are you doing in my room?"
"Waking you up for school. I thought that was obvious dear."
I decided to speak up for the first time that morning. "Hey, please be quiet. Aaron is trying to sleep." I looked down and he was still clenching his eyes closed. I got up and turned on our bathroom light and shut off our room light, that way we could still see, but Aaron could go back to sleep. "Mary, thanks for the help, but I can take it from here. You can go back to sleep, I'll make sure he gets ready."
"Ok." She said with a smile and slipped out of our room.
"I swear that woman is too cheery sometimes." Cody said, rubbing his face.
"Well she should be." I smiled. "She is the mother of a very successful man." I laughed.
"Nahh… Ash Ketchum… Now that is a successful man." He laughed.
"Not in my book. Now you need to shower. Go get ready, I'll be here with Aaron."
"Whats wrong? Is he sick?"
I shook my head. "No.. He had a really bad dream last night."I said, petting his cheek. "I'll tell you more later."
"No you won't." He said with a smile. "You are going back to sleep. It's 6:30, go back to bed. I know I hate getting up this early, I wouldn't want to force it on someone else."
"I know, but I just want to see you off on the first day of school."
"Dad is.. leaving?" Aaron mumbled.
"Yea, not for a while though." Cody said, heading into the bathroom.
"I want to say goodbye to him too." He said, gradually waking up.
"No, you need your sleep honey. I promise your dad will come in here and give you your own goodbye, but for now go to sleep."
"Yes mama." He said, slipping back into his own imaginary world of dreams.
Cody went into the shower and I laid back down on the bed. Cody is leaving all day. What am I going to do? As much as a pain he is, he is the man I love most and my main form of entertainment. Maybe Rose, the kids, and I could do something. As I was thinking I didn't notice Emerald wake up.
I heard a sad "Mommy" and I got up.
"Yes precious?" I asked, walking over to her crib. I picked her up and felt her diaper. "Great. Little miss has made a mess of herself. Lets get you all cleaned up." I said, walking to Aaron's room. I changed her and I looked around. "Hmm… This room is plenty big enough for both of them… In a few months, we can split this room in half and they can share." I smiled, looking back at Emerald. I went into the kitchen to begin making me breakfast, but was again stopped by Mary. She had already made us breakfast and Cody was eating at the table, dressed for school. I had been in Aaron's room longer than i thought because i didn't expect Cody to be out of the shower so soon.
"Morning ladies." He smiled.
"Morning." I said, returning his smile.
He didn't stay sitting long because he finished and got up to grab his bag. "Wish me luck." He sighed, shouldering his bookbag.
"Hey, hold on. Aaron said he wanted to say goodbye." I said.
I lead him back to our room and gently shook Aaron. "Aaron, your father is about to leave." I said softly.
"Goodbye.. Dad." He said, extending his arms out for a hug.
"Bye bud." Cody said, pulling him into a warm embrace. "You be good for mom and I will be back later, ok?"
"Yes sir." The puppy said sleepily.
"Now go back to sleep." Cody said, putting him down and kissing his forehead. He started to head for the door and I followed after putting Emerald back in her crib. "You coming with?" He chuckled.
"No." I sighed. "I'm going to miss you."
"I'll miss you too. I love you." He said, pulling me into a kiss.
"I love you too. Now go to school, you don't want to be late on the first day."
He gave a playful sigh. "Ok,I guess." He said as he walked out the door. I stood in the window and let out a small whimper as I saw him walk into the trees and he disappeared from sight.
So this chapter was filled with a lot of action :D I thought it would be a good idea to make this Cody's big family fun plan because I figured it would be interesting. Especially the fight between Azure and Cody lol. Anyway, I am done with this chapter and must go on to the next!