Pokemon is copyright of Game Freaks and Nintendo, all characters mentioned here are not used with their consent, hence a fanfic.

This story involves the use of Anthro-style Pokemons, or Morphs if you prefer, basically, they are Pokemon turned into humans as par se, they have the characteristics of a person but remain as Pokemons (I can't really find how to explain it). Needless to say, only Pokemons exist in this world, no humans whatsoever...

All characters I make during the process are partly my property, the Pokemon model isn't, but the Anthros are... Or something like that... shrugs

Life as a Pokemon - Chapter 2 - Expanding the Cast! And some other stuff...

Lerus City was entering the night of that particular day. Not so far from the main, bustling city were various apartment complexes. On one in particular resided a young Arcanine. He was 'enjoying' the evening in the 'lounge' of his apartment sitting on a couch and watching TV, he was currently wearing a pair of white baggy jeans and an orange long-sleeved shirt, nothing too fancy. He flipped through the channels for the... Another time as he let out a long sigh, turned the TV off and threw the remote to the other side of the couch. He got up, stretched a little, put on his white/black shoes and left his apartment, he locked the door behind him and started to make his way down.

Rain had resumed not long after he had gotten home leaving his new friends. And then the rain left again leaving the whole city as one muddy mess... The streetlights started coming on as Ark walked through aimlessly. After walking through a few streets he reached Aria Street, not that he had thought of actually going there, but he had nothing else in mind. Aria Street was just one of the sides of the gigantic Rose Plaza, as the name implies, it was a large plaza, you could spot Pokemons of all ages and species in this place, and a lot of events were also held here. It was one of the liveliest places in the city. Not always for good though, the place had seen its bad moments as well.

Ark simple walked to a bench and watched around in the night, not really doing anything as various couples walked through.

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Cleo had also bored herself out, she wanted to let off some steam, not for anger, just to get all that off herself to be in a good mood at classes. She quickly changed clothes, now with a white button shirt of sorts (Ninetales size), and a pair of normal cyan blue jeans, with just enough space behind to let all 9 tails go out, "Boy it's a drag to put these things on..." she said to herself as she worked with all her 9 tails to finally be able to put them on. She jumped into a pair of light blue-shaded sneakers of sorts.

She left her apartment, walked a few steps and then took down two flights of stairs, ending in the parking lot. After a few blocks of walking, entering now Virian Street, one of the liveliest streets in the city of Lerus, she spotted Siria, the Suicune she had met not long ago, she sprinted not so fast to avoid the people and caught up with her.

"Siria!" she said behind her, Siria turned around in surprise.

"Cleo!" both smiled at each other. "What are you doing here?" asked Cleo.

"Just... killing time before tomorrow," Siria answered back in a shy way, Cleo giggled at her timidity.

"You really are shy..." Cleo shrugged, "Oh well, up for a walk through the place?" Siria nodded in answer.

They walked for at least an hour or so, simply sightseeing at the outdoor stores. Siria had apparently loosened up a bit and was a bit less shy now. They talked all the time, laughing a few moments. Cleo spoke up, "You thirsty?".

"Yeah" answered back Siria. Cleo pointed to her left, Siria looked up and spotted the title of Bellossom's Coffee Shop, again. Well, it wasn't all about coffee in there, they just excelled in the area. Both ladies walked in.

The place had an outdoor area with a couple of tables, it had a few inside, and a bar, just like a tavern of sorts. They say in the bar and waited for the one in charge to come. Coincidentally enough, a young female Bellossom (Ever tried to picture a male of these? I can't...) walked to them from behind the bar.

"I'm Lidia and welcome to Bellossom's Coffe Shop. May I take your order?" she asked cordially as both Cleo and Siria ordered. After a few minutes the Bellossom returned with 2 mugs with what both ladies had ordered. They thanked her and the Bellossom moved to attend another customer. Both ladies took a zip. And they continued in silence...

"So... Anyone in your life?" asked Cleo with a wide smile, Siria spitted back the coffee in the mug in shock.

"What?" she asked with a very slight blush in her blue cheeks.

"You heard me, interested in someone or is someone already in your life?".

"I-I... No, not right now. Wh-why do you ask?", Cleo giggled softly.

"Just curious," Siria then looked to her left past Cleo for a moment, in her line of sight was a female Articuno holding a cold mug of cappuccino; she didn't knew whether she had ordered it cold, or she cooled it. She looked young, probably to be in high school, she was wearing formal clothing however; a black-red stripped blouse and a black tight skirt to a little above her knee, her icy blue tail was sparkling and waving to her right. Her wings weren't open, and her hair, in just a lighter shade of the blue of her skin reached to below her neck ending in various spikes, just looking a little frozen.

Few minutes passed and she kept staring, Cleo noticed she hadn't moved so far, she looked at where she was staring. Then back at her. To the spot. At Siria. To the Articuno... "Is something wrong, Siria? You've been staring without blinking at that Articuno," Siria snapped back to reality.

"Aw, no... I was just... uh... Looking at her hair, it looks pretty good," she stammered.

Cleo put up a smug grin, "Well now, her hair is about a foot above where you've been staring," Siria looked simply shocked at her remark and blushed.

"Yeah, I-ah, was looking at the tip of her hair, the reflection of the light on the ice looks... pretty," she stammered as she looked away trying to hide her face from Cleo.

"Oh, heh, sorry," Cleo smiled sheepishly, scratching behind her neck.

"Ah, don't worry."

"So anyway..."

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Ark, still in the same bench was simply looking down at the floor, with his eyes fixed in no particular spot. "Excuse me..." Ark's ears ringed with the female voice above him, he quickly snapped back to reality as he looked to his right, a female Cyndaquil stood there, she was wearing a pink long-sleeve shirt with a blue overall/pants, Ark spotted violet/purple sneakers. Her fire-colored hair (red, orange, and all that blending together) reached around the back, she also had bangs to the front, her tail in the same color was only about thirty centimeters long, looking a little fluffy. Her hands and part of the face were a deep-black color and the under-part of her mouth was a brown tone, her eyes were just a pitch darker in the brown color.

"Yes?" asked Ark just a little mesmerized.

"Is this seat taken?" asked the Cyndaquil with a small smile.

"Not at all, please," said Ark as he moved to the side leaving enough space for the Cyndaquil to sit, which she did.

"Mind if I ask what's an Arcanine doing at the park in the middle of the night?" the Cyndaquil gazed at Ark.

"Just thinking... How about you? This isn't exactly the best time for a lady to be walking around in this place," asked Ark as the Cyndaquil giggled softly.

"The same as you, just sorting out my thoughts."

Ark hummed, "Forgot to introduce myself, the name's Ark," he said as he bowed his head just a little.

"I'm Sophia," she said with a smile.

"Now that I think about it, you seem a little familiar to me..." Ark mentioned as he place his right hand over his mouth in a thinking motion.

"Now that you mention it... You live down by Fieram Street by any chance?" Sophia asked as Ark turned to look at her, he moved his hand away.

"Actually yes, in one of the apartments in the complex there!".

"So do I! So I'm guessing we both are going to the Leisram Institute down by Mew's," Ark nodded.

"This is simply too... freaky to say the least," Ark breathed deeply as he laid back, Sophia did the same. They continued talking for a couple of minutes.

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"We better get going, it's getting a little late," said Cleo as she looked outside, the sun had already hid and only the streetlights illuminated the area.

"It's this dark already?" said Siria in amazement. Even though both were still at the Cafe, they hadn't ordered anything else and had already paid their bills, both stepped outside the store.

"Where do you live?" asked Cleo.

"Buriel Street," said Siria pointing to the East.

"Tch, that's kinda off my route, I'm by Selkurm Street," Siria snapped her right hand fingers.

"Oh well, guess I'll see you tomorrow at school."

Cleo nodded, "Right. Good night."

"Night," Siria hummed back as both parted in opposite directions.

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"It's getting a little late..." said Ark, interrupting Sophia.

"Huh? --- Now that you mention it, it it's getting late," Ark got up and turned to see Sophia.

"Mind if I walk you home?" Ark offered as he extended his right paw/hand to Sophia, which she took and used to get up.

"Not at all, though then again, we live at the same building," she smiled sheepishly. Both started walking through the park as they reached the exit on the south side, which lead to Fieram, after about five minutes of walking they reached the apartment complex they lived at.

Both started going up the stairs, at the 3rd floor Sophia stopped Ark, "This is my floor, I guess I'll see you tomorrow at the morning."

Ark nodded, "Unless one of us skips school," he let out a small laugh accompanied by Sophia.

"Good night," she said.

"Good night," Ark replied back as he waved her right paw back at Sophia's left as she entered her apartment. Ark went up the stairs to the 5th floor, where he entered his apartment.

Once inside, he took off his shoes at the entrance. His whole apartment (save for a small area at the entrance) was carpeted. He went to the small kitchenette annexed to the living room and grabbed a small glass of water, he quickly drank it and left it on the sink as he entered his room (the apartments in the complex were of two bedrooms. Ark lived alone however, his family was quite ways off in the city of Ryuwn).

He changed into his Growlithe/Arcanine pajamas as he set up his alarm he jumped into bed as he drew the covers over him and he went to sleep, it was already past 11 PM, or so his clock read, a thought kept running across his head... All across the city of Lerus lights kept going off. At Fieram, Buriel, Selkurm, and Shakhray, where Jaren lived.

After revising future plans, I remade this chapter to take off some stuff. You'll notice pretty easily which were them. If you had read this before, then you might know already one of the future changes, though I might not make too much out of it. So anyway...

And do not say anything about the names of the streets... I couldn't think of anything...

Signed as usual,
Alan "Gray Fox" Quirino - grayfox2510 (at) hotmail (dot) com
Until next time!