Akira pushed through the end of Viridian Forest, followed by his team and once through they spotted the outskirts of Pallet Town. With the skies around them getting darker, Akira knew that they didn't have long before they were utterly shrouded in darkness. "We should hurry and get you home Gilbert..." Akira vocalized as he looked at the boy they had rescued from Team Rocket though he was quickly turning towards his team "...Ash. Forrest. I would like you to drop the prisoner off at the guardhouse with the other and let them know that we will be bring him along with us when we leave and Mikey you may go with them."
With his orders given, Akira watched as his two friends and their newest ally walk away with the prisoner they had brought with them from Team Rocket's base. Now with just Akira and Gilbert, the two boys made their way to the entrance of Pallet Town so they could return Gilbert to his father.
It didn't take them long to get from the beginning of Pallet to the structure that housed both the Mayor and his son and pretty soon the two were pushing through the doors that would allow Akira to complete his missions within Pallet.
Once within the home, Gilbert immediately started to call out in hopes of getting his father's attention. "Dad! I'm home!" Gilbert roared as he started to search through some of the rooms that made up the bottom section of the house. Though when Gilbert obtained no reply he turned towards Akira. "He must be asleep. Follow me and i'll take us to his room." Gilbert explained to Akira before taking off up the stairs.
Not wanting to get lost within this gigantic home, Akira made sure that he kept up with Gilbert. Since Gilbert lived within this house he was able to get to his father's room in no time and pretty soon both boys were pushing their way into the room. Once in the room Akira saw that Gilbert was right since he could both see and hear that the Mayor was sleeping. Akira waited near the door as Gilbert made his way towards his father. "Father. I am home." Gilbert whispered as he gave his father a gentle shake to his shoulder.
It didn't take long for Gilbert to get his father to come out of sleeps embrace and once he did, the Mayor jumped from his bed. "Oh, my son! I am thrilled to see you return safely to me!" the Mayor cried out as he seized Gilbert. Akira watched the interaction between father and son and felt a pang of jealousy, though this feeling was quickly buried so he could focus on completing his business with the Mayor.
The Mayor's embrace with his son didn't last much longer and soon both the Mayor and his son were staring at Akira. "Thank you for returning my son to me. I am in your debt..." the Mayor voiced to the young Tamer.
Akira, sensing that the Mayor was trying to find another way to repay him instead of giving him the manuscript that he would need to complete his contract decided he would kill that idea before it was even voiced to him. "...no offense intended Mayor Haynes but you can repay me by returning the manuscript that you had stolen from my client." Akira informed the leader of Pallet Town.
With Akira's words spoken the Mayor's face fell slightly though this expression was quickly replaced with one of calm. "A deal is a deal. Hold on a minute while I get the manuscript." the Mayor muttered out before leaving the room to get the item in question which thankfully didn't take very long and soon the Mayor was back within the room and ready to hand over the manuscript that could cause his son a lot of harm if published. "Here is the manuscript and since you are dead set on allowing this book to be published then I would like to make another request of you as well as your Order." the Mayor informed Akira as he handed him the manuscript.
Figuring that listening to what the Mayor's request couldn't do any harm to the contract, Akira consented to hearing what the Mayor had to say. "Alright. I will hear your request." Akira informed Mayor Haynes.
"Since I have been unable to persuade you to get rid of the manuscript and it will no longer be safe for my son to stay here with that information about him out there then I would like you to take him with you to be trained by your Order. I would also like to request that to have a Tamer Outpost built within Pallet Town so my people will not be defenseless when it comes to Pokémon and those who use them." Mayor Haynes explained to the young Tamer.
Akira was thrilled to learn that Mayor Haynes was taking what happened to the orphanage seriously and was happy to bring the message to the Commander though there was something that Akira wanted to make sure of. "As long as no one tries to stop the orphans of this town from getting trained by the Tamers then I have no issue with taking your request to the Commander or with taking Gilbert with us." Akira advised the Mayor who nodded his head in understanding. Now that Akira knew that the Mayor wouldn't try to keep any orphan who was interested in learning about taming Pokémon from doing so he once again started to speak "Alright then. I will be back to pick up Gilbert before I leave Pallet Town. Also, I am not sure on how the Commander will handle training someone who haven't caught a Pokémon so I will give Gilbert one I confiscated from a member of Team Rocket."
With that said Akira took one of the Pokéballs that he had stored in his bag and threw it towards Gilbert, who was able to catch the item with little effort. Now with his business concluded, Akira decided to make his leave so he could return to his hotel room for the night.
The walk from the Mayor's home to the hotel wasn't a long one and as such Akira was able to make it quickly and was pretty soon pushing his way into the room. Once inside, Akira saw that Forrest was already in bed though from the slight snoring that was coming from him Akira knew that his friend and one time lover was asleep.
Exhausted from the days activities, Akira decided to follow suit. Quickly stripping his clothes off him, Akira was left in only his underwear which he contemplated taking off as well. "He has already seen me naked and I would enjoy doing what we did again...screw it." Akira concluded as he stripped himself of his underwear as well before jumping in bed for the night.
Authors notes: Thank you to everyone who read the chapter and as always please review and comment. Reviews are what keep me wanting to write a story. Until next time!