Riolu Martin's Point of View
Nothing really important happens at lunch, that or I am just too distracted to care. We are eating at the low set table so Khione can eat with us. Anastasia and Mr Fuji aren't with us for some particular reason. Why is this body so excited to sleep in Minato's pouch? As I finish eating I hear nature calling, may as well try not to shit my diaper.
"Minato, I have to go to the toilet. Can you please show me where it is?"
"Of course, little one."
We leave Khione behind, as I follow Minato down the hallway towards the back of the house. On the way she grabbed my bag. When she opens the door I am met with a somewhat familiar sight, now I get what Anastasia meant by their toilet being weird. It is exactly like a Japanese squat toilet, it makes a lot of sense how else are four legged Pokemon meant to use a toilet. Well or many other Pokemon for that matter I don't even see a Kangaskhan using a regular toilet.
"Do you want any help, this is a little different to what you are used to?" Minato asked
"Besides wiping I should be fine."
I take off my diaper wet again, no surprise there and have no problem using the toilet. It wasn't very much.
"Are you done?"
I nod. She wipes my bum, I have to hide my intelligence just a little. I was not as excited last time I did this, I wonder why? I lay down for Minato. Really I just want to be back in a diaper, even pooping myself doesn't sound like the worst idea. As Minato is applying the baby powder, I yawn and start sucking my thumb. I feel very sleepy suddenly.
"Martin, you shouldn't be sucking your thumb at your age."
Minato goes to pull it out as I turn my head and start fighting her.
"Please let, only do when tired."
As she manages to pull it out, as I put my other one in my mouth. I start to tear up, my emotional barrier broke at some point. She sighs.
"You were being such a big boy a minute ago, where did he go?"
"Maybe don't want be one." I half mumble with my thumb still in my mouth.
"You don't mean that, you're just a bit craggy."
I don't bother responding as she finishes putting my diaper on. She picks me up and puts me in her pouch. I curl up, it feels like leather and is quite warm, but not as much as Anastasia. I can feel her heartbeat, along with the rhythmic swaying of her walking. My diaper grows warm as I squeeze my legs, not long after I close my eyes and fall asleep.
I stir from my sleep, I'm in someone's arms. My body hurts all over, a female human is carrying me. I start panicking, but am too weak to move.
"Martin why did you have to take that hit for me, I knew I shouldn't have brought you along." The female said in English.
"How would have we known we would get caught up in this? By the time we knew it was too late." A gruff Pokemon says, followed by a robotic sounding voice repeating his words imperfectly."
"You know we could have just not saved that Pokemon."
"Then what, let them do whatever they want with that power."
"Well I this one is thankful you saved them." A childish voice says.
The human screams as she stumbles dropping me, her bag lands next to me.
"Time to get out of here." The childish voice says.
"Stop them, Magmortar Fire Blast." A voice shouts in the distance.
"Not so fast." The childish voice says.
A Weavile dashes past my vision, then there is another scream. Some golden hits me in the head, next thing I know I am in a burned forest and still too weak to move. A Mew appears before me.
"What happened to you?"
I can't speak and it enters my mind as I can't put up any resistance.
"An altruist one aren't you, and it is too bad you are beyond my ability to heal. I know I can offer you something else, how about another go around? Sadly due to the rules I must follow there are some restrictions."
I can't make out the next thing I say.
"I'm sorry, no."
I plead for him to help my friends.
"O, selfless to the end are we. I assure you your friends are safe and far away from the people that tried to hurt them. Not completely out of danger yet but they have some time. I will try to help them a bit but I can't directly interfere."
I relax, it turns out my sacrifice was not in vain, they still have a chance. I am ready to accept their offer.
"That good, you are not the only one that will benefit from this, although it looks like you are going to need a lot more help than them. See you on the other side, Martin."
I open my eyes, I am back in Minato's pouch, that was a weird dream. Was it even real, how could it be it implies I was a Pokemon along. The TV is on and I can hear it, still a bit tired. Because of all my shifting around Minato noticed I was awake.
"Up already that wasn't very long."
"How long?" I ask
"About an hour."
"Think that is about usual for me."
"If you say so, do you want some help getting out?"
"Can I just stay in here for a bit longer? It is so comforty."
"I guess."
I create my emotional barrier, I can't let my emotions betray me now.
"Minato, this is probably something I shouldn't say but Khione said she misses being in your pouch. Would you let her if she asked? I don't think she has the courage to ask you and please don't be mad at her for wanting to."
Minato pads me on the head.
"I am not mad at her, although she is too old to do so. True she can still probably fit, but she has to leave the pouch eventually that is all part of growing up. Why did she stop in the first place then?"
"Her friends were teasing her. Would it really hurt that much if it was something that you two just did in private, after all both of you miss that feeling of intimacy. Don't lie, I know exactly how you feel about it."
As I say the last part I scowl at her and try to sound intimidating. She just cracks a smile, starting to chuckle a little.
"You are just too precious, you know that."
I refuse to even acknowledge what she said as I continue staring. You are not getting out of this. Her smile fades as her ears droop.
"I do miss that feeling of intimacy, that is something all mothers miss. At the same time I don't want to delay her ability to grow as a person. If I did what you are asking, what if she wanted to go further?"
Somehow I manage to keep a straight face, it takes every bit of will power I have to not have my mouth agape. Keep control don't let this body fuck Khione over, I couldn't forgive myself. She continues, maybe thinking that I have not gotten her point.
"For example if she wanted me to bottle feed her again, wouldn't that be strange to you? I am sure you miss such things?"
"What if she does, as long as it is only done between you too, it will not hurt anyone. Also many people grow at different paces. Society dictates that we have to live a certain way, anyone outside of that is considered weird or a freak. It shouldn't be that way, we should choose how we want to live or love. As long as that person can be a productive member of society, I don't see a problem. If she did want to take it further that is something you two will have to discuss."
I turn away with my face going red, I see 4 nipples. That is where they are just like a Kangaroo.
"I do miss being bottle fed, by the way. When Anastasia asked on the first night if I wanted one, I almost took it. Probably will work up the courage to ask tonight."
Minato shakes her head as she places one of her hands on her forehead.
"Why are you so wise beyond your years and at the same time such a little kid? If you are that determined, I will not hear the end of it until I let her. Fine, I will let her, if she asks and only if she asks."
Upon hearing that I let my emotional barrier break again letting myself enjoy our emotions mixing. I hear a hissing sound as I pee my diaper again, pleasure running through my body as a shudder. My little guy even starts growing a little afterwards. The diaper is definitely heavy at this point, how much did I pee in one hour! Probably drank too much at lunch. Minato sighs as I look up at her with puppy dog eyes.
"When it comes to getting you to do number 1s on the toilet it is going to be a nightmare isn't it? Number 2s will be easy, most babies are the other way around. I remember Khione would often run off and poop herself just so she didn't have to do it in the toilet. I know it feels comforting, but it is something you will have to learn."
Sheepishly I look up at her.
"Yeah I know, being toilet trained is important, hopefully Samatha will at least let me wear them around the house if I want."
"Is that why you have such a strong opinion about me letting Khione sleep in my pouch?"
"Yeah, I think everyone should be able to live how they want to. Not just me."
Minato picks up and puts me on the ground. I shiver, it was warm in there.
"Hey, I thought you said I could stay in there longer if I wanted."
"Hold your Ponytas, you can get back in if you want after I change your diaper. I don't want it leaking in my pouch, it is enough of a pain to clean without smelling like pee."
Imminently I lay down and quietly say. "Sorry." My thumb moves into my mouth as I start sucking, it makes me feel so much better. Minato just looks at me and then grabs what she needs from my bag that isn't too far away.
"Thought you only did that when you were tired, do you need more of a nap?"
I pull my thumb out just enough so it does muffle my words. "I lied, like doing it more than just then. Makes me feel a lot better."
"You know if you keep doing that it will fall off." Minato teases
"No, it will get wrinkly and at most hurt a little if I keep it in there for too long. I would have to keep it in my mouth pretty much constantly for days before it even starts bleeding. As long as I only do it for a few hours at a time then let it dry off in between nothing bad will happen." I clap back, with my thumb sliding back into my month.
"Well aren't we a little smarty pants." Minato giggles as I smile at her cheekily.
I close my eyes as I just let all the sensation roll over me. This feels much better than when she was putting my diaper on before. She is actively enjoying herself, is this what was missing before. Her hand is so much bigger than Anastasia's and feels very different as she wipes on genitals and bum. Once she places the clean diaper under me I feel a second cold sensation. It must be nursery jelly as it is quite thick. I must be getting a diaper rash.
As she finishes putting my diaper on I am disappointed, it didn't last very long. I should just poop my diaper next time at least it would last longer. I want to know what it is like to be completely incontinence like a real baby. That time I pooped myself while playing doesn't really count. I want to notice it but have no control of stopping it, like I do peeping.
I feel her walk off somewhere as I just lay there, enjoying myself. Eventually she comes back and cradles me like a baby. I pay no attention as she starts walking again. Once I hear a door open I hear Anastasia's voice.
"Is Martin asleep still?"
I open my eyes, stop sucking on my thumb and look at her and Mr Fuji. We are in what looks like an office. I go to talk, apparently interrupting Minato.
"No, just enjoying myself."
"I was wondering if you wanted to try something with Martin."
What is Minato talking about? I don't see her pull the baby bottle out of her pouch.
"Why would I? Does he want to?" Anastasia asks
"What are you talking about?" I ask
Minato moves the bottle up so I can see it. I start stuttering. "I I I" Anastasia interrupts me, with her orange eyes staring back at me. Her emotions are incredibly strong, completely blocking out the other twos'. Mr Fuji is just looking at me with curiosity.
"Do you want to?"
I simply let my body take over, as I reached my hands out to her. She grabs me and cradles me close to her chest. Her warmth radiates through my body. I feel a soft plastic nipple enter my mouth, too bad she isn't lactating. My suckles start out uneven and greedy, but eventually even out. I feel something watery hit me, Anastasia is crying with joy. Even though my eyes closed when I started to drink warm milk, I can feel everything she is. The milk is warm and is no different to cow's milk, but it is all the emotions that I am feeling that makes it worth it. Once I start sucking air I stop. Opening my eyes, Anastasia pulls away the bottle and starts burping me. Much to my surprise I do a few times. I am still in my own little world not even noticing that Khione has walked in at this point.
"Why didn't you tell me you wanted this before?" Anastasia asks
"Didn't have the courage to, also didn't know what you would think. I am meant to be too old for this, I just needed a little bit of help."
"Well if you want to do anything else, we will have to talk about it. It was nice to feel like I had my own little baby for a while."
She turns me around as I notice Khione, my eyes go wide as I start to panic. Khione intendly dispels any fears I had.
"I am not going to judge you, I am past that."
Minato pats her on the head as she blushes.
"That is very mature of you, unlike this morning, I wonder what changed?"
Khione dodges the question by asking me one.
"Do you want to go play?"
"Can you please put me down, I would like to play." Looking at Anastasia I ask. She is sad, but does so.
I build up my emotional barrier as I follow Khione to her room. She is nervous again, what is going on. As we walk towards her room her walking is uneven and she is shaking slightly. It is definitely not a physical problem, it is all in her head. She fumbles to even open the door, if I wasn't worried before I am now. She sits on one of the cushions we were earlier, ears back against her head and tails wrapped in front of her body. Her tails cover most of her body but I can see her ears are pulled back. She can't stop shifting them every few seconds.
"Martin, have a seat, we need to talk, this is important."
Looks like I am about to find out. Then something clicks; did she betray me and tell them that I was human? Is that why she took so long to come outside and why Mr Fuji and Anastasia were not having lunch with us. Mr Fuji was acting a bit weird before in the office too. I stop moving as Khione sees a scared look on my face.
"It is about Samantha and Prince."
"What?"
I don't even fully comprehend what she is saying, why would she be so nervous if she wanted to talk about those two. They don't even exist.
"Please take a seat, I don't want you to freak out."
Her tails stop obscuring her face, she is now looking very serious, her mood has shifted too. Determination is now mixed in with the nervous, whatever is going on she has committed to telling me. I take a seat crossing my legs, the bulk of my diaper making it a bit hard.
"I think they are real."
"How can they be, I just pulled them out of my ass when I was pressured too." I reply back very confused
"Earlier when I told you I had to go to the toilet Mr Fuji wanted to talk to me." I interrupt her
"Did you tell him that I was human?"
Her face goes red and body temperature spikes as she slams her paws against the ground. I can feel it even though I am almost half a metre away.
"Can you just shut up and listen you stupid baby." She almost yells, hopefully they didn't hear that.
I cower, this body appears to not handle conflict very well as a human this would probably would have turned into a shouting match. Khione's face softens as she moves to try and comfort me. Her tails rap around me as she sits beside me. She pulls me in close, with her tails, so I am leaning up against her with my head on her shoulder. Her speech becomes very soft and I get the feeling she gets a lot of practice comforting others.
"Please don't interrupt me, this is going to be difficult for you to accept, can you just listen. Answer any questions I may have and only speak if you have one. I will do my best to help you work through this, sorry Mum would be better suited but she doesn't know what you are going through."
"Ok." That is all I manage to say.
"When I was talking with Mr. Fuji asked me if you had mentioned anything about a Lopunny. Do you know of any from those stories you liked to read?"
"One a male Lopunny named Luke, he might be missing an ear."
"Well it can't be him, she is female."
"Do you know their name?"
"No, unfortunately I was trying to dodge talking about it as much as possible, but I know one thing for sure. Some of Samantha's friends said that they lived with her and he didn't mention anything about Prince. So it is safe to say that they are all real in this world. The adults are still unsure of how you ended up in Kanto. O, too Samantha was a trainer as well at one point or still is."
I still can't fully believe her, it sounds so strange. How would those two be real? The chances are so unlikely.
"I know it is unlikely, but that might explain that dream a little."
I tell Khione about my dream I just had during my afternoon nap.
"Ok, I understand all that but what is a Mew?"
"What, how does that make sense? By Mew saying my name it implies I have been a Pokemon all this time?"
"How does that imply that? The Riolu you saw might just also be called Martin, after all does it look like Mew hasn't helped you out so far."
A look of realisation appears on my face.
"I didn't think of it like that. To answer your previous question, Mew is a pink psychic feline that is said to be the ancestor of all Pokemon. It would be even smaller than me and is extremely powerful."
"I will take it, they are very rare."
"Yeah, in some versions of Pokemon only one exists at a time. They are reborn every now and then in those versions."
"I think at the very least you should tell the adults about this dream. It might be a memory from you or this other Riolu, if they exist of course. Maybe even consider telling them you are human, it would help you a lot. You would be able to learn more actively about this world, it might trigger more of these dreams."
"I don't think they would believe me, even if they do I don't want to become a lab rat."
"Do you really think that Anastasia would let that happen? She clearly loves you very much and wouldn't let anything happen to you. As for them believing you, just start saying stuff that no baby no matter how smart would know. Or even better just let Anastasia into your mind she will be able to see your memories."
"Maybe, it just scares me so much about what they may think."
She nudges me with her head to get me to look her in the eyes.
"It will be fine, it may be a surprise to them, but not completely unexpected, Mum and Mr Fuji are at least familiar with old souls. Anastasia already knows you are weird and will be the one directly viewing your memories."
I turn away from her, as a bit of guilt rolls in, I may as well tell her.
"Before we do that there is one thing I should tell you. I said to Minato that you missed sleeping in her pouch and she said that you could try it again if you asked."
Her body starts to heat up again, I flinch preparing for the worst. She sighs.
"You were just trying to help weren't you?"
I look her in the eyes again and they appear to hold no malice.
"Yeah."
"Well it shouldn't be a problem then, you said that would be the first step. You didn't mention what I am truly scared of her knowing, so that is ok. Just try to keep me in the loop next time."
"Ok."
"Now are you ready to do this? I will be beside you the whole time, if you can't get the words out I will try to help to the best of my ability. Those words that particularly matter just have to come from you."
"Are you trying to be my guiding light or something, I swear if you were male and your name was Shane."
"Wait, what does this have to do with anything."
"Nothing just saying something dumb."
I shift around nervously. It is probably just me putting it off but there is something I want to do.
"Before we go and tell them I try one thing, it might calm me down a bit. Can you please pat me, it is something you enjoyed."
"You know I don't have hands right, that makes it kind of hard. It would be closer to a crappy massage as I would be putting a bit of my body weight into it."
"I guess you are right, just something else I will have to get Anastasia to do. Let's go."
We head down the hallway to the office, now it is my turn to be freaked out.
Kangaskhan Minato's Point of View
Once Khione and Martin leave the room Mr Fuji is the first to speak.
"What was your idea of doing something like that, you are always pushing Khione to be more mature."
"Martin said he wanted me to let Khione sleep in my pouch again, as she misses the closeness. It turns out bottle feeding was something he missed so I wanted to see if he could practise what he preaches. Also seeing how he would react could be useful to understanding him more."
"He is a baby, why would you expect such a thing from him? This is clearly a stressful time for him, why put him through more?" Anastasia snapped back.
"Anastasia we both know he is far smarter than any normal baby and more mature in many areas. That is why I am trying to see the extent of both of those things. We are playing a game, but we don't know what rule set we are using. We have to figure out the best way to handle him for however long he is staying with you. Isn't that why you brought him here?"
"I brought him here for advice on how to care for him, not for you to run your own little experiments on him for your own entertainment."
"Really now how I am meant to give good advice when I don't know what I am dealing with and have limited time."
We both get up from our seated position, not sure if this is about to get physical. Mr Fuji interrupts both of us, getting in between us.
"Ladies please calm down, we are both adults here, words are all we need. Calm discussions provide the best results. Minato was that little test of yours actually needed and what have you learned."
Both of us sit down.
"It was the quickest way of answering some of the questions I have about him, if I had more time a different route would have been better. Martin has a good grasp of how to win an argument, incredibly stubborn, can't easily be tricked, knows what society expects of different people and even appears to know about gay people. At the same time he enjoys being babied, he likes wearing diapers and loved it when you bottle feed him.
"How do you get he know about gay people?" Anastasia says with a confused look.
"When he said we should be free to live or love how we want. How else is that meant to be interpreted?"
There is a knock at the door.
"Come in." Mr Fuji said.
Martin and Khione walk in and just stand there for a few seconds. Martin's tail is low to the ground, he is trembling and trying to put on a strong face. Did they break something? Khione nudges him.
"Go on, I am here to support you."
"Do you three know what an old soul is?"
Oh no, here we go again. I ask in a stern voice
"Khione, what have you been putting into this child's head?"
Martin stamps his foot, angrily saying.
"She has put nothing in my head, will you just listen to what I have to say please, don't make it any harder than it has to be. I have been wanting to tell Anastasia for a while now, Khione only gave me a proper reason too."
"What is an old soul?" Anastasia asks.
"It is a person that is born with memories of a previous life, I believe I am something similar to it." Anastasia's eyes widened. "I don't know how, but before I woke up in your house Anastasia I was human."
"But there are records of you being alive before then, how is that possible? Samantha and Prince are real."
Me and Mr Fuji are stunned. It explains most of his odd behaviour and his knowledge.
"I made them up on the spot when I was pressured to give you names, it just happens that they exist in this world too. Samantha is the name of my human mother and Prince is from a story I like. I only realised they are real because Mr Fuji talked to Khione about them and that female Lopunny. Also I had that weird dream this afternoon as well."
"What dream?" I ask.
Martin proceeds to tell us about his wild dream of how he ended up in Kanto and was saved by some powerful legendary named Mew.
"How could that be a real memory of yours if you were reborn after all that?" I ask
"Not sure maybe there is a second Martin and I swapped places with him or we are somehow now sharing the same body, might explain some of this body's desires. Like how I am way more into this being a baby thing than I was as a human."
"In what way?" Anastasia asks
Martin gets very anxious again, he is fidgeting constantly.
"Please don't freak at me like my parents did, when I tried to tell them. It is really hard for me to tell anyone as it is. As a human I enjoyed wearing diapers and peeing in them even though I didn't need them. That is why I cried when I pooped myself the first few times, it upset me greatly and this body doesn't deal with emotions very well. I didn't enjoy other babish things as a human, only diapers, but as a Riolu it is very different. They are something I enjoy greatly like sucking my thumb, even pooping myself is starting to feel natural."
Mr Fuji finally speaks up.
"This is all well and nice but say we believe you for a second, how do you want things to change?"
"You don't believe me, well why don't we let Anastasia share some of my memories with you two."
His story is definitely weird and has many loose threads.
"I didn't say I didn't believe you, I asked how do you want things to change?"
"I want this dream to be mentioned to the police, at least everything before Mew shows up, it might give them some clues. I want access to a computer so I can learn more about this world, especially the geopolitics, and my future options as a Riolu. After all, I come from a world where Pokemon are not real. As for how I am treated I am fine with all of the baby stuff, I just want to be taken seriously when I make it clear I want to be. Can this secret also please stay between us and Rebecca."
Anastasia and I are shocked by this last bit, how can this be true? Mr Fuji's expression is unreadable. Khione has not changed expression once she must already know all of this.
"That is doable, do either of you two have any objections at this point?
Neither of us say anything,
"Good Anastasia, can you create a psychic link between 5 people?" Mr Fuji questions.
She looks towards him.
"It would be difficult to maintain for a long period, as long as we keep it short and stay close I should be fine. Memory sharing is difficult to do under normal circumstances. Are you all ready?"
We nod. We end up seeing a world much like ours, only humans are only completely unchallenged in this one besides by nature herself. Martin has much knowledge on us Pokemon, some real, some misconceptions. By the end of it we are all convinced that Martin is telling the truth.
Arthur's Note: This chapter was a bit harder to write then most as it fell outside of my usual day dreams. Also things are getting a bit busy with work so my release cycle is likely to slow down a bit, hopefully it will pick up again when I have my holidays at the beginning of the year. I have no plan to put in dead lines for chapters they will just come out as I complete them
Have you been enjoying the little easter eggs I have been putting into this story? Most at this point are just names of characters from fanfictions I like. Martin and me are not quite one to one but he has been through many of the things I have.