Vuplix Khione's Point of View
This is so weird feelings of acceptance, bitter happiness and a touch of guilt flow forth into my mind. They don't belong to me, I can't accept wearing them, the guilt in my heart is much stronger than this. In between my sobs I manage to get out.
"How are you?"
"You already know I can feel others' feelings, I can also share my with others. In this state others' emotions affect me so I prefer not to use it." Martin replies in a soft tone.
"Are you part psychic?"
"No, Riolus are fighting and later I will be part steel."
"So you can't read my thoughts?"
"No, only emotions."
He starts patting the back of my head, running his hand down my neck to my shoulder blades. I stop crying and emit a low pur, mum used to do this. Then he moves to behind my ears, that's the spot. I would never let one of my friends do this, it is a bit demeaning but no one is here to judge. Not like he is going to say anything. His other arm lets go of the back of my head as I lay my head in his lap.
It lands against his soft crinkly diaper. It smells a bit of pee and baby powder, things I am used to myself for better or worse. My mind wanders to my chest of drawers, my relationship to them is complicated. Leaning over he tries to touch my tails, quickly retreating as my inner flame flares. At least he listens.
"Wearing diapers is nothing to be embarrassed about, I wet the bed until I was 8." Martin says.
That is not the whole reason.
"How do you feel about being back in them?"
He tenses, not sure how to continue. His emotions retreat for a second then return. I was about to tell him that I wouldn't believe a word he said, if we didn't stay the way we are. It is harder for him to lie like this I think.
"It is not too bad, still not fully used to it. I have cried multiple times over pooping myself. Peeping is not as bad, I get a little excited each time. It means Anastasia will change me soon, and this body craves the closeness it brings. This body needs to feel others' emotions like you need to breathe or eat. The more interment the better, a bit like this.
Diapers also make me feel safe and they are comforting. The bulk between my legs can make it hard to walk, so I waddle a bit. I think I would feel uncomfortable not wearing them and not just because I am afraid of having an accident. I think I would feel naked without them, after all humans wear clothes. My fur helps, but I still feel anxious about not wearing pants or a shirt. Also I am afraid of getting horning at the wrong time, at least my diaper can hide that a little."
There is more he wants to say, although he hesitates, why? He fears something else, also like me. Why does he keep saying this body?
"Well that is understandable, humans find it weird if other humans are not wearing clothes. Do you like wearing diapers?"
Nervousness wells up as I try to push it down, this is a two way street, he can feel everything.
"Do you too?"
I am stunned I didn't think I would meet someone like me. Martin continues.
"In that case, I know why you feel guilty as I did too. There are others like us, there are in my world, there must be in this one. Have you ever peeped yourself on purpose or worn them during the day?"
My body somehow relaxes even more, it is nice to know I am not alone.
"I have peeped myself on purpose many times but never worn them during the day, it is very difficult to put them on myself. Never told mum, I was scarce of what she would think."
"My parents didn't react the best, they both even forgot about it several years later. Probably for the best. They never caught me wearing them, I just tried to tell them."
"So I shouldn't tell my?"
"Well that is up to you, I am sorry, I can't support you there. Although Minato did ask if I would like to sleep in her pouch after lunch, she misses those feelings. Did you enjoy it and if so why did you stop?"
"Of course I enjoyed it, being close to her was very comforting. The reason was because I was expected to stop, my friends at the time teased me about it. What does it feel like to poop yourself?"
"That sounds about right, if you wanted you could still do it in private. That might be the first step. Not sure if she would say yes, if I fit you should be able to. As for pooping your diaper, I would advise against it. It feels disgusting, sticking in all of your fur, although after a few times it is feeling more natural. Still wouldn't do it, if I could stop it."
"I will have to think about trying to ask mum about it. Are Samantha and Prince just made up, after all you did say you don't remember how you got here?"
"Yeah they are, they don't exist here. Samantha is the name of my human mum and Prince is from a story I read."
"Can you read Kanton? You understand it don't you?"
"Yeah I do, it is called Japanese from where I am from, not very good at it. My reading is better than my talking. I can probably understand Unovan too if it is like English."
"Does it feel different to, you know, in this body?"
I can't even get the words out, it is so embarrassing even thinking about it.
"If you mean pleasure myself, no it feels pretty similar. The only extra thing I have done is chew on my tail lightly, it was great. Try it if you get the chance."
My face just burns bright red. I need to change the subject quickly.
"Have you managed to use a move yet?"
"Yeah I used Quick Attack this morning on purpose, can't believe how excited I was, even though I face-planted again."
I start smiling, his happiness is infectious. Does he mean Lightning Speed?
"Do you want to go outside and show me? I can show you the moves I know."
Turning my head I look him into his maroon eyes. His tail looks like he is about to take off.
"Yes, yes, yes. Let's go, I want to show you."
In his excitement he gets up with my head slamming against the floor. He is now back to being a little kid, this is what I was expecting to deal with today. It is also like he is two different people.
"Ow."
He rushes back to me,
"Are you hurt, I didn't mean it. I will try…"
I interrupt his panicked mumbling."
"I'm fine, it takes more than that to hurt a Pokemon, come on show me what you can do."
We rush outside with him dragging me the entire way, but Anastasia stops us as we enter the living room as she gets off the couch.
"Martin, can you let me check your diaper? It has been a little while."
Martin stops in his tracks as he lets her feel his diaper.
"Someone is a little wet aren't we, I should change you come on."
She pulls out a diaper, from a slightly burnt bag and motions for him to lay down in the middle of the living room. His emotional barrier is still down as I feel him become uncomfortable. He shakes his head.
"Can we please do this somewhere a bit more private?"
Anastasia looks a bit confused.
"You don't have a problem when I do it in front of Rebecca."
A wide smile spreads across her face.
"You don't want me to do it in front of you new little friend do you. You must really like her, your emotional barrier is down."
"No it's not like that!"
Both me and Martin shout, with him still holding my front paw. Not really helping our case. I feel his emotions quickly grow a lot weaker. It was nice to have him sharing them, why do I feel a little empty now?
"Khione, it's nice you have made a new friend so quickly. Do you enjoy playing with Martin?"
Mum says. I simply nod it is all I can do in my current state. Also I try to convey, to Martin, that I will not judge him for having his diaper changed through my feelings. Hopefully he is listening.
"Well if it bothers you that much we can do it in the bathroom I guess." say Anastasia
Letting go of my paw as he lays down in front of Anastasia, mum is on her cushion still across from them.
"It is fine actually, I should probably get used to it."
"If you say so."
I advent my eyes just to make him feel a bit better, it doesn't last very long. Mr Fuji signs that she wants to talk without Martin seeing this can't be good. I tell Martin that I just have to go to the toilet and that he should wait outside for me. He does, I'm sorry.
Delphox Anastasia's Point of View
Just after Martin and Khione go off to play in her room.
After they leave I let my telepathic connection with Mr Fuji and Minato end, there is no longer a need for it. Mr Fuji can understand Pokemon common and is the first to speak.
"Minato thoughts?"
"He is scarcely smart, far beyond even what I was expecting, those pictures you sent me Anastasia I thought were fake. If his father was a psychic that might explain some of it. That last game was very different from his first two, I am not familiar with the chess player he mentioned. His speech alone is better than most of the children I teach (she teaches grades 1-4) and he would beat most of them in chess with no problem. Even if what he said about him only knowing a lot of theory is true. If what else you have said is true, he is almost beyond the realm of belief, even if he knows nothing about being a Pokemon
I truly have no explanation why he is like that, but moving away from that. He is very untrusting, I do not know how he would do around large groups of children. Despite Riolus typically being notoriously bad at lying, you should be careful for it, he is capable of it."
"When did he lie?" I ask
"When I asked if he was wondering about what it was like in my pouch. His reaction was a little over the top even if he was just embarrassed about it and I just have a very strong feeling he was. Call it motherly instinct, after all I have raised more than my fair share of kids. His tail was also twitching in an unusual way. Tails are often a great way to tell how a Pokemon is feeling, we always forget they are there."
"Apart from the lying bit I agree with Minato's analysis. To add, it is surprising you have managed to get him to trust you as much as you have. Sharing their emotion is something a Riolu normally only does with their mother or close friends." said Mr Fuji
"Yes but there are definitely things he is keeping from me, I just don't know what."
"Do you have any idea what it might be connected to?"
"It had something to do with after he goes back home."
"Maybe he just doesn't want to leave you." Minato offers.
"No he would have said that if that was the case. This was gnawing away at him, the pain in his chest was unbearable."
"Well in time he may tell you. I can not think of a reason. How is the search for his family going?" Mr Fuji questioned.
"There has been some progress; they have confirmed where Samantha lived, on route 17 in a small town two hours out from Nuvema and are currently searching the house for clues. Interviews of her friends have started, and have only done 2 so far. Neither of them have seen or heard from Samantha for weeks. Last thing they knew they were going to be going away for a while. Not sure where.
This was her first major trip outside of the town in a few years. Apparently she did have contact with a few family members in Sinnoh, but they haven't found any contact information yet."
"That is a lot to get done in what 3 days?" Minato says.
"They got lucky on the first day they put out the missing person information one of her friends contacted them."
"You said you have been teaching him to control his emotions and how to use Chi, how has that been going?" Mr Fuji said.
"On both fronts he is doing amazing, he can completely cut off his ability to feel others' emotion and he used Lightning Speed on purpose the first time this morning. He did face plant after he was knocked off balance by a Force Discharge, he was thinking of using that move directly after."
"Back to back moves, that is impressive, I will take the videos I suggested were of some help?"
"With emotion control yes but the technique he used to get Lightning Speed to work properly was strange. Have you ever heard of a Pokemon imagining themselves as a trainer then telling themselves to use a particular move?"
"No where did he hear about that from."
"Apparently he saw Prince using that method to teach another Pokemon, but he is not sure."
"Has he done anything else unusual?"
"Well there is one thing, but please don't mention it to Rebecca I don't need her knowing. Not sure if she would be able to accept it, you two are a bit more understanding."
They both nod.
"I caught him humping his pillow after he had a nap, he was very embarrassed when he noticed me and then cried. I didn't get mad at him, I tried to comfort him as best I could. I didn't ask how he knew how to do that either."
"That might be why he trusts you so much, you have not once but twice let him take things at his own pace. Buying him all of those things undoubtedly helped as well. This has clearly been a very stressful time for him, acceptance and comfort are the two best things for him."
"As for him masturbating that is nothing to worry about, he might have just discovered it by himself." Minato added.
Suddenly I remember.
"There was one more usual thing both friends mentioned, a female Lopunny that lived with Martin and his family. Martin has never mentioned her. Her name is Lily."
"Really I will ask Khione if he has talked about her." Mr Fuji said
I hear yelling coming from Khione's room. On instinct I got up, I couldn't quite make out what was being said. Minato eyes me.
"It would be best if you go, that sounded like Martin. If you need any help just say so and don't run, you will probably make things worse. Be calm."
I walk down the hallway creating a weak psychic connection with Khione and Martin. Hopefully they will not sense it. Based on how they feel they know I am coming, both are tense and Khione is scared shitless. I open the door, Khione is on her stomach with both paws on the ground and Martin is standing directly in front of her, quite worked up.
"What is going on?"
I tried to stay as emotionally neutral as possible, but it is so difficult as a fire type. Worry creeps into my voice. Martin speaks, he is unnaturally calm.
"It's ok, Anastasia, Khione just surprised me when she went to cuddle me. I was upset and she tried to comfort me, nothing is wrong."
He barely even looks in my direction staring straight at Khione, who is looking at me. Tension leaves her face as those words are said. It sounds reasonable, Martin did the same thing with Minato and Khione has no concept of personal space. Something just feels off, their emotions don't completely match the situation. I have to play along.
"If you say so, just call if you need anything."
"Ok." Martin says
I close the door and head back. Mr Fuji askes.
"So?"
"Khione tried to hug Martin and he freaked out or that is what they are going with."
"You don't think so?"
"It sounds reasonable, just something was off."
The two kids' moods are still tense.
"I'm sure nothing is wrong, Khione has dealt with children of all ages before you know she helps me out with me and Mr Fuji with re-homing."
"I guess."
I get up again.
"What's wrong?"
"Martin felt confused and scared for a moment, it was incredibly strong, I have to go find out what happened."
As I start walking Mr Fuji grabs my hand.
"Let them sort it out themselves, if anything goes horribly wrong we will be here. Martin can't have every problem sorted out by you. Just let go of the psychic connection and let them play, if Khione finds out anything important she will tell us. That is what she always does, even if it means betraying the trust of the one she is working with."
I sit down and do as he says.
"If anything bad happens to him, while he is in that room you know I am holding you responsible."
"That is fine, now let's continue."
"Something I want to know is why was Khione mean to Martin when they first met?"
"I stopped her from going shopping with some of her friends today, it was planned after this playdate so it lost out." Minato says
"So she was a little annoyed I see, but still not the best impression to make."
"Don't be so hard on her, she is still a kid too, no matter how much she denies it."
"Does she still have that bed wetting problem?"
"Yes, despite my best effects, I have tried all of my usual tricks. It stresses her out a lot, which is probably making it worse, so I have decided to let her outgrow the problem by herself. If she wants help, then that is when I will step in again. It is possible she might have this problem for the rest of her life, it is not too uncommon. Her diapers have to be quite thick given that she is a heavy wetter. She is afraid of being teased over it, so she refuses to go to most sleepovers. Only one of her friends knows."
We continued talking for a bit longer. They do their best to give me tips on how to handle Martin, but he is so different to what they are used to I am not sure if they will work. Eventually I hear laughter and strong emotions, Martin's barrier is down. He is dragging Khione by one of her front paws. Both of them have beaming smiles. I stop them, as they are about to head outside.
"Martin, can you let me check your diaper? It has been a little while."
He stops, I get up. I pull back the back of his diaper, he has not pooped himself. Feeling the front he is a bit wet, probably not enough to change him, but I am not sure when I will get the chance next.
"Someone is a little wet aren't we, I should change you, come on."
I grab a diaper from his bag as he grows uncomfortable.
"Can we please do this somewhere a bit more private?" Martin says
Why would he care, he hasn't before?
"You don't have a problem when I do it in front of Rebecca."
Wait, is he embarrassed over that?
"You don't want me to do it in front of you new little friend do you. You must really like her, your emotional barrier is down."
"No it's not like that!"
Khione and Martin shout at the same time, they are so cute. Watching them reminds me of my first crush, too bad he was a jerk and I didn't release it.
"Khione, it's nice you have made a new friend so quickly. Do you enjoy playing with Martin?" Minato says
Khione stiffly nods.
"Well if it bothers you that much we can do it in the bathroom I guess."
If he continues to be so self conscious about diaper changes it might incentivise him to toilet train more actively, which I don't want. I want him to wear them as long as possible, at least until he is ready to go to school. We would still have diapers at night for a few more years, but I wouldn't be able to be so interment with him as often.
Hold on what am I saying he has to eventually grow up he can't be a baby forever, but we could at least take it a little slower than needed. Assuming his mum isn't found, why couldn't he just have been adopted by me. Without realising he is now lying in front of me.
"It is fine actually, I should probably get used to it."
My mind goes blank, is he doing this for me? I simply say
"If you say so."
I change his diaper, it is over quicker than I would have liked, as he goes outside to play. I just sit there motionless for a bit as Minato taps me on the shoulder.
"I know letting them become more independent is hard but it is also very rewarding. Even though you have only been with him for 4 days it feels so much longer right?"
"Yeah, I want him to live with me."
"Well you know that can't happen, if you want I can help you adopt your own pup. It might not be a Riolu, but they will love you just as much. I have done this many times, it is worth it everytime."
"But they will not be as smart as him."
"Most likely not. Now come on, let's throw this dirty diaper away."
I let her take it from my hand as I just sit back on the couch. I space out for maybe another 20 minutes. I didn't realise he meant that much to me.
Vuplix Khione's Point of View
I followed Mr Fuji to my bedroom.
"Has Martin mentioned his family?" Mr Fuji said
Fuck this could be dangerous.
"In passing, I don't know that much about them."
"Ok, did he say anything about a Lopunny?"
"No, why?"
"Well apparently she lives with him, according to some of Samantha's friends."
How can a fake person have friends? Mr Fuji must have noticed my reaction.
"Is something wrong?"
Fuck change topic maybe.
"No. Just something I was wondering where Martin is from as he used a strange name for a move. Quick Attack I think it was."
"He is from Unova, they do have different names for some moves. So he hasn't said anything strange?"
"He hasn't. I have not really been actively asking as I didn't know that much about him. I already upset him once so I played it safe."
"Minato was meant to." He sighs. "No matter what is done, is done."
I really want to tell Mr Fuji, this should help Martin a lot, but he doesn't want me to. Well, he might tell them my secret also, in revenge.
"How is the search for Martin's family going?"
"You know I can't tell you very much right?"
"Yeah, just what you can please. I promise I will keep quiet about it."
"You are worried about him aren't you?"
"Of course I am, he is surprisingly fun to play with."
"Well they have learnt where Martin was living, before all of this, but they don't know how he ended up in Kanto. Samatha was a trainer by the looks of it too and they can't find any trace of her. Are you sure he hasn't said anything usual, it could save lives."
What should I do, was never very good with stress, I hate making decisions I could regret. Just go with my gut. I open my mouth it answer his question
Riolu Martin's Point of View
Khione finally comes out, she took way too long. The happiness from earlier has been replaced with nervousness and guilt.
"Did something happen?"
"Mr Fuji just asked me if you had said anything usual of course I lied."
"Is that why you are nervous?"
"Yeah, do you want to show me that move you know?
I don't like her uneasiness, although I just go along with it, hopefully it passes.
"Sure."
I walk out onto the grass and now Riolu Quick Attack. Running forward I feel nothing why. I stop.
"Is something wrong?" Khione asks.
"Yeah I can't get the Chi to flow, it is the problem I had before."
"How do you usually do it?"
"By imagining myself as a trainer, and telling my Riolu to use a move."
"Weird, but I guess it works. Maybe you're not in the right mood. It is a problem us fire types have all the time when we are young. Mind over matter and all that stuff.
"How do I fix it?"
"Getting angry worked for me. It is not as much of a problem for me now."
As she spits an ember into the air.
"Anything else? I have enough trouble controlling my emotions at the best of times."
"Do you easily get distracted by others' emotions?"
"Yeah."
"Can you block them out? That might work."
"I hate doing it, but I will try."
I create the solid barrier, it is easy enough, ok focus. Feel the Chi, will it to my legs. Move them with purpose.
"Quick Attack!" I shout
Next thing I know I am part way across the yard. Khione runs up and hugs me.
"See that wasn't that hard. Pretty amazing for someone who has only been a Pokemon for less than a week."
That last bit was said pretty quietly. I feel a bit giddy,
"Do you want to show me what you can do?"
"Yeah sure, just don't laugh, I am not that impressive."
In all she knows Quick Attack, Ember, Disable, Confuse Ray and Hex. She is also trying to learn Incinerate and Will-O-Wisp. Not having the best of luck with either.
"As you can see, fire moves are something I suck at."
"It is still pretty cool that you know a ghost move. Anastasia said it can be hard to learn moves outside of your type, why is that?"
"Well it is, because you have to learn how to change your Chi from one type to another. It is harder than simply moving it. In the case of Hex though I did cheat a bit as I got it from one of my parents."
"How does Hex being an egg move help?"
"Egg move, that is an odd term, not all Pokemon come from eggs. I have heard them as hereditary moves or parental moves. It makes it easier as your body just knows what that particular move already feels like, I am not really sure why."
"How do you know you know you have an egg move?"
"Mostly by accident or a parent teaches you the move. I have heard of a test of some kind too, plenty of Pokemon have hereditary moves. Do you know any that Riolus can have?"
"Most I think. I want to try to improve my control over Chi, how about we play tag. We can use Quick Attack to try and dodge or get each other."
Khione disappears in a small flash and then hits me on my back.
"You're it."
I give chase, she is way too good at this. Always dodging me, even when I get in a hit she quickly gets me again. Controlling my Chi is hard, I keep overshooting too. I haven't lost my balance at least. These bursts of Chi are just not working, I wonder what happens if I try to sustain the flow. I stop running for a moment.
"Don't tell me you are already tired, I thought fighting type had good endurance."
"Shhh, I am trying something."
She stops talking. Don't just draw the Chi in all at once, a contrast flow is what we want. Breath in and out. A small trickle of Chi runs to my legs and go. Khione appears to be caught by surprise. She barely dodges me the first go, appearing to my left. Pivoting I build up some Chi, not too far now. I undershot, she starts running again. I am gaining on her a lot faster than before. Come on a bit more speed, the flow of Chi increases.
I am about to get her and she goes to dodge again not this time. The Chi feels a bit different to normal. There is a sudden burst of Chi as I tackle her to the ground. Weird quick Attack still feels like normal.
"Got you."
I forgot that fucking barrier is still solid I weaken it. Khione has a wide grin.
"Yeah you did, what did you do there? You were moving a lot faster."
"I just tried running a small trickle of Chi into my leg constantly, it worked."
"Wait, that sounds like High-Speed Movement can Riolus normally learn that?"
"Not sure on the names of that move, but I doubt I would know either way."
"Do you want to go ask?"
"Sure."
We head inside with Minato letting us in.
"Mum were you watching us?" Khione asks
"Yes I was, that looked like fun." Minato replies
"Do you know what move I was using, if so what is the name of it in Unova?" I ask
"Well you were a bit blurry around the edges so it was probably High-Speed Movement, which give me a second."
As she grabs her phone off the kitchen bench.
"Is called Agility in Unova. You must have got that from one of your parents, it says that Riolus normally don't learn it otherwise. Only by TMs which I doubt you have used."
"Yeah I have never used one, that is pretty cool. Wait, I learned a new move that is so cool."
Minato smiles at me as she pats me on the head.
"That is very good, why don't we have lunch now and after that you can have a nap, ok."
"Ok."