Edit(ed) by: Andrizzi

So, it has been a while. I'm back, though, and the full act will be published within a few more days, a month tops.

One of the main problems I had was that Adam and Kyo became too powerful in the later parts of the story that were not published yet (late act 4 and act 5), so I rewrote them a few times. I do not know how long I'll need to finish the fifth act, but it will be within summer break, hopefully.

Anyways, on to the story.

{You know you will get hungry enough eventually, right?}

He just huffed and turned away.

I was half impressed and half annoyed that the little fox managed to develop a sweet tooth – after a WEEK.

Downstairs, Adam was finishing his preparations for school, and I was trying to get Kitsune to drink the juice of an oran berry.

I was impressed that he was able to walk around on his own already, I took much longer. I am not sure what caused that though, but if I had to guess, it was the difference in species and the resources I had access to.

The house fell silent, and I waited and waited.

Eventually, the little fox sniffed at the berry (I cut it in half) and took a small slip from the juice.

Then, he turned away again.

I groaned. That would be a looong day, and not just on this side of my life.

"…and a folder in any color to store the class tests in. Now, that's it, you can go in your break."

A minute later, I was sitting at a table, my head lying on said table.

"Bad day?"

"It's always like this," I responded, completely spent.

"Well, I'm sure that's not only because of school, is it?"

I shook my head.

"I'm still trying and failing at making the mega evolution and the transformation of Kyo more bearable, but no matter what I try, I'm still exhausted after turning back. Luckily, it's not as bad as if there would be an actual fight following. Then there's Kitsune."

"The vulpix, right?"

I nodded, then took my water bottle and drank it half in one go.

"Better. Anyways, yes. He's also picky about what he's eating…"

Lino blinked in surprise.

"How old is he? Just a week, right?"

"You can imagine my surprise."

"Let him run around."

"I'm already doing that. While you can't call it running, at least he eats when he gets hungry from that."

"Maybe you can show him around?"

"Well, after a week he's already grown stronger. So, he should be able to take a day outside. I'll ask the professor though before I do that. Why the suggestion?"

"There will be a pokémon day at our school in a few weeks, maybe two or three. Everyone who owns a pokémon they can keep under control is invited to come."

I shrugged.

"I'm not sure that's a good idea, though. He is already not listening to me, even though I can tell he sees her as his mother."

Lino winced.

"Yeah… that could be a problem. Anyways, do you think he'll understand why it's important to listen to his elders?"

"He will, probably when I tell him not to sleep in front of the door and he gets knocked over by it when dad walks in."

"Are you not worried about injuries?"

"Nah. Pokémon can take being thrown around a bit."

"If you say so. Please be careful."

I nodded.

After that, I looked down on my clock and noticed that it was already time for our next class. In this case, geography.

Which was quite interesting, all things considered. After all, it told me where I'd find which weather – and that told me where I would meet which types of pokémon and find which sort of berries.

However, our geography teacher was one of the sorts who gave us a few worksheets and then left us to ourselves – worked sometimes, surprisingly enough – as such I could look over them later and concentrate on Kyoyhoa and Kitsune again.

{You see? Wasn't that bad, now was it?}

He grumbled but nodded. Then, he looked around and noticed the bed, moving in its direction.

I followed him and helped him up, since he could not jump that high as of now.

After that, he laid down, and I smiled, pulling him to my side while doing the same. However, while he was tired from playing around and growing, I was it because I had to watch him the whole time and remember what our teachers were telling us in class.

When my head hit the pillow, I was out like a light.

A few days later, I was reading an online article over vulpix, and to my annoyance, I found out that they usually were accepting whatever they were given to eat, as long it was edible, of course.

I looked over Kitsune, who was lying on my bed, sleeping. It has gotten a bit better, and he seemed to like the other berries as well, but he still made it very clear that he wanted more of the cheri berries.

Though, I knew well enough how bad of an idea it was to only eat one berry. They would boost you or sustain you for a short while, depending on what your goal is at the time, but you should not do that for too long.

Interestingly enough, he seemed to understand me really fast, but I couldn't tell the reason for that. There was no information online describing how fast pokémon understood each other or humans, and what little I found clearly indicated that it did differ from pokémon to pokémon, and of course, the species was important as well.

{Kyo?}

{Come in,} I said, having recognized Imai's voice. He started to visit me more often after I showed myself to be comfortable around him.

He entered the room and laid down next to me.

{What are you reading?}

I pointed at the screen.

{I'm looking up a detailed entry over vulpix. Since I wasn't sure what was actually good for them, I started searching for things I might have overlooked or done wrong. Interestingly enough, it seems as if the sweet tooth Kitsune developed was something caused by me feeding him the berries, but not entirely. Usually, pokémon aren't picky about what they eat, but since I gave him enough food to be able to be picky, he eventually became this way. Currently, I'm circling through all the berries I can find, hopefully snapping him out of that.}

{Did you try the berry from the park?}

I nodded.

{I brought him one at the day school started. The juice seems to be what has the effect, as when I tried the berry after taking all the juice out of it, it tasted kind of bland, if that makes any sense?}

{Yeah, berries can become bland.}

We sat there in silence, and after a while, I looked back up.

{Do you want to spend some time with my other half?}

{Why would I?}

I grinned.

{Don't you want to become stronger?}