(Lucario POV)
I had woken up one morning about a week after the last incident we all had to deal with and I noticed Jae was nowhere. I checked all the rooms in the house and the only place I hadn't checked yet was the training room. What do you know I found him. He seemed to have aura in his paws and when I came in he stopped.
-Oh hey Lucario, what's up?- He asked.
-Hey Jae, just looking for you, I couldn't find you anywhere, so what were you doing?- I asked.
-Oh nothing much, I would rather it be a surprise anyway. So if you could give me some time, I will call you when I have everything ready.- I gave him a nod and let him do what he needed. I went to go check on everyone else and found Martin.
'Hey Martin what are you up to?' I asked with telepathy.
"Oh hey Lucario, I was looking over the profiles of the people we captured. This guy was really a junkie looking for money. We all know who Caden is. Nifa was actually telling the
truth, she is hired help. But the last guy, Piers, he is the most interesting."
'Oh and what is so special about him?' I asked.
"That is just it there is nothing. He had no criminal background, no crimes committed, nothing at all that would consider him to do this." He stated. Wait he wasn't a criminal.
'Wait you are telling me there is nothing bad, is he affiliated with a high-end company?!' I asked.
"No, he had his own private business, made bank. There was really no reason for him to do any of what he did." He explained.
'Then how the hell do we find who he was working for?' I asked curiously.
"Simple, we can't at the moment." Guess that was that.
Then all of a sudden I saw Carol from upstairs but she didn't notice me. "LUCARIO! WANT TO COME PLAY DOLL-HOUSE!" Nope, nope, nope, nope! I quickly ran into the training room where Jae was practicing with his new sword.
-Lucario what are yo- I then cut him off.
-Just be quiet! Don't let her find me!- I then hid behind the door and she walked in.
"Hey Jae! Have you seen Lucario, I want him to play dollhouse but I can't find him." Jae looked at me then turned again to Carol.
'Nope, sorry Carol haven't seen him' He said innocently through telepathy.
"Oh okay see ya." And she walked out. The door shut and Jae looked at me.
-You know you could just ask her to play something else?- He said smartly.
-I know I just don't want to right now.- I said. He gave me shrug and I left the room. Jae ran by me before I got a chance to ask and he came back but was carrying Martin's tablet. He then ran back into the training room without a word, just what was he doing?
After that I went outside and saw Claire working in her garden. I walked up to her and she noticed. "Oh hey Lucario, could you hold this for a sec?"
'Sure.' I replied. She then handed me this little pot and she went back to digging.
"Hey Lucario, you have known Jae and what he is like longer than all of us right?" She asked.
'Yes that is correct.' I answered.
"Well all of us have only really known him for a full week now, what is he like, what does he normally talk about, I mean I have talked to him but I just don't know what is the norm for what is usually said." She stated,
I thought for a moment before speaking, 'Well, he is very caring, he wants to make sure everyone around him is happy, but if you try to say something that upsets him he can get out of hand.'
"Yeah that makes sense, when Martin came home that day yelling at him Jae didn't take it well and I thought he was going to attack Martin." She brought up.
'Well that is another thing, even though he can bark and bite he will usually never bite the ones he cares about, even if they have made him extremely mad.' I stated through telepathy.
"Well what else?" She insisted.
'Well as you know he likes a lot of your type of things.' I stated.
"Our type of things?" She asked confused.
'Yeah you know he likes to do human things that you all normally do, like play video games.' I said such as.
"Oh yeah! I get you, I always wondered about that! It was very surprising to see a Pokémon act more human than others. Like how he is able to work the shower and use our bathrooms with no help at all." She stated.
'Yeah, you know there was this one time around when we first brought him here that he stayed up later than everyone and I woke up and found him. Get this he had Martin's tablet and was watching videos on it as well. Plus he had gotten a butter knife out of the drawer and used it to open a soda can and drink out of it as well.' I exclaimed.
"That clever little sneak! You know Riley was so mad at us because he thought we drank his soda that one time. I didn't even consider Jae was the one that did that!" She paused for a moment and I saw her expression turn grim, "Lucario, be honest with me." I looked at her confused and she continued, "Martin hasn't told me anything since the day those thugs attacked, did…. Did Jae kill someone again?" I didn't know how to answer this, she should ask Jae this question.
'I don't believe that is my place to tell you, if you want the truth than it will be Jae who will tell you it not me.' She got up and looked at me.
"You are right, I am sorry Lucario it is just, I can sometimes get scared about you and Jae. I have that fear that I could wake up one morning and find that one of you killed one of my children. I think I am more scared of Jae though, he lost it when that woman who died, I didn't think something that had given me one of the cutest smiles in the world could become a monster in a split-second. Lucario has Jae told you who that woman was, I know her being at the hospital was false, I called that nurse Delila and she said no one but herself visited, please tell me if he has." I didn't want to lie to her, but I couldn't tell her, I promised I wouldn't.
'Yes he has.' I stated plainly.
"Can you tell me why he asked you to keep it from us?" She wanted to know so I let her.
'Because if I told you, you wouldn't believe me. Again if Jae wants to tell you who she was then you will have to ask him. Another thing about Jae, he won't lie, he hates it.' I stated.
"Then I won't, thank you for being honest, if he wants to bring it up then it would be his business. But it isn't my place to ask so I will leave it as it is. Thanks for talking to me Lucario." I gave her a nod and went back inside.
Once I did Jae came out of the training room exhausted, -Lucario! Quick come here I have mastered what I was trying to do!-
-Alright lets see it!- I exclaimed. I followed him in the room and he stood in the middle of it.
-Alright watch this!- I saw aura forming in his paws. He let it sit there for a minute before he put his two paws together. Once he did he seemed to focus for a minute more and then.
*WOOSH!*
In his paws formed a Bone Rush Staff! I don't believe it! He actually learned Bone Rush!
of the staff and sent his knee up, when it did it broke the staff in two and he held both of the parts backhanded. -Pretty freaking cool! Right Lucario?!-
-JAE! THIS IS AMAZING!- I screamed.
-Well get this! That isn't all I learned!- He let the staff dissipate and he held one arm over the other. I waited there for a moment before I saw it. A dark blackish purple colored energy started forming on his new claws on the top of his wrists. The energy got stronger until it fully enveloped his claws.
-Wanna guess whet this is Lucario?!- He asked.
-Is..! Is that Shadow Claw!- I exclaimed.
-You got that right! When I was using Martin's tablet I looked up a video on how to learn it. I knew from when I had played the fictional Pokémon games that I always taught my Lucarios I had how to use Shadow Claw. All I had to do was follow the instructions in the video and surprise! It worked.- It was amazing. He learned all of this in a day.
-Now this last one I have tried my hardest to learn. Thankfully the video I watched on it helped in so many ways. Best part is that it doesn't take anything for me to use this attack. Shadow claw does but thankfully Bone Rush doesn't. This one I was actually amazed I learned how to do.- I wondered what he was going to do but then I saw him flick his tail and it turned to steel.
-IRON TAIL!?- I exclaimed.
-Yep! Once I watched the video it turns out any steel type that has a tail can simply learn this move as a reflex. It is as simple as this, when I want to activate it I just make sure I first off want to activate it and then I give my tail a good flick. Best part is if I can time it I can swing my tail and during mid swing it will do the move!- He then let his tail turn back to it's normal wavy self.
-So do you think I can give you a real fight now?!- He asked.
I waited a moment before speaking, -You can try!-
(Jae POV)
Oh mister tough guy wants a challenge huh? -Well then let us do this!-
-I won't be holding back this time Jae!- He screamed.
-Did I say I want you to?- I asked. Our fight began, he started sending a bunch of small aura spheres and I kept dodging. I brought out my sword and charged at him, he wasn't used to the extra range and got caught off guard. He used his spikes to block them. I saw his paws turn bright white and he tried to send a Flash Cannon at me. Thankfully I backed away and I saw he tried to send a psychic attack at me. He fired and I used an Iron Tail to block it. I tried to go at him with my sword again but I added some flare to it. I activated my Shadow Claws along with slashing with my sword and he was not expecting that. He tried to dodge it all but he was hit within a second. I used multiple slashed with the sword and the claws and it stunned him. Before I could land another hit he sent a high charged Aura sphere into the ground beneath our feet. It caused smoke and I saw him charging a Flash Cannon. I made a Bone Rush staff and threw it over at him so that the Cannon got blocked. Then I saw a dark energy forming around him. Was he using a dark type move? That would be stupid. Then I saw the energy recede into him and he gave me a sinister smile. OH NO! That was Nasty Plot! Which means he just got a giant boost in power! I then saw him start charging something giant in his paws. Oh No! that was a Focus Blast. He threw it and thankfully I was able to get out-of-the-way, I still felt the force from where it hit though, that would have been bad. It caused a whole bunch of smoke to form. I took my chance. I made two Bone Rush staffs that I use back-pawed and ran toward him. He never saw it coming. I bashed him a bunch of times with them. Then I hit one over his head. Then went back with the other one under his chin. That hit sent him up. I leaped into the air and bashed both of the staffs right into his back. I landed on my feet while he fell with a thud.
-Okay! Okay! You win, I give. Man you are something else, who knew a human could fight this well.- He stated.
-Well I am not human anymore.- I announced.
-Yeah I guess not.- He said. I then sat down too because the fight tired me out. We both sat there just getting our breath back before Lucario spoke again.
-Hey Jae, thanks.- That was odd.
-For what? What did I do.- I asked humbly.
-Thanks for saving me, Martin, Barry, Gareth, and Griffon. Thanks for protecting my friends and family from those people. I never even got the chance to thank you for that and I am sorry.- He apologized.
-Lucario, you don't have to thank me. I did that because I wanted to do it, not because I got asked to. Besides I should thank you Lucario.- I stated.
-Thanking me *huff* for what?- He asked clueless.
-I should thank you for everything. You all took me in, I wouldn't have survived in the wild. I should thank Riley for saving me. I should thank Martin for trusting me. I should thank Claire for feeding me. I should thank Carol for helping me through my grief. And most of all I should thank you, you have been here for me through all of this, you taught me how to live like this, you have been there as a friend for me and even kept probably one of he biggest secrets in this world. Lucario, thanks for being my friend and having my back, and if the events from last week happened again I would have done the same thing over.- I stated proudly.
-If the events did occur again then I would make sure I would be the one saving you, I owe you that. You saved my life Jae, anyone who would do something like that is a true friend.
I will pay you back, I promise.- He stated.
-Hey don't sweat it, you aren't going to have to put your life on the line anytime soon, anyway I am starving, let us go get some food.- I stated.
-I think Claire has just come in with her fruits from the garden.- Lucario stated.
-Really? Well if she needs it.- I let my claws alight up with the shadow energy then. -I think I can help cut the fruit.-
We walked in to find Martin sitting in the kitchen with Claire cutting. 'Hey Claire what you doing?'
"Oh hey Jae! Just cutting some of the fruit, this stuff is good I promise." She stated.
'You don't have to promise anything, it is always good!' I exclaimed. 'Hey would you like some help cutting?' I then let my Claws light up.
"WHOA! When did you learn that Jae!?" Claire screamed.
'I have been practicing all day.' I said simply.
"Smart, learning a move to take on a weakness, what else have you learned Jae?" Martin asked.
'Besides that I have learned Bone Rush and Iron Tail, and I guess Metal Claw because well, the claws.' I stated through telepathy.
"Hmm that is good, now you have more options to defend yourself with. That will come in handy when you are signed up to join the police force." Martin stated.
'By the way how is that coming along?' I asked.
"Not so good, you might have to wait a while, we are dealing with rioters that think you are too dangerous to let join the force." Martin explained.
'Well take your time, I am not going anywhere any time soon.' That seemed fair, I did kill a man in public. But that doesn't matter, I will be able to do what I have wanted to do as a human very soon, I can't wait. Being a part of the police will be amazing.
*Ring* *Ring*
Martin picked up the phone after it started ringing, "Yes…This is he…..Um let me ask, RILEY!" He screamed.
Riley ran into the room as fast as he could, "Yes dad!?"
"Tomorrow would you and Jae want to go over and hang out at Darian's house?" That sounded awesome so I said my piece.
'I would be fine with it, what about you Riley?' I asked.
"Sure that is fine! Tell him we will be over there tomorrow." So Martin did and I was happy, haven't gotten to hang out with Flynt in a while, boy would this be a shock to him!