Chapter 4 A Very, Calm, Relaxing Day
The morning light was shone down on Greninja's face. He stirred, opening his eyes. Greninja looked around the room when Lucario open her eyes.
"Good morning, Lucario." she greeted him.
"Good morning." Greninja said, bowing his head.
Lucario looks over to the teen who was still sleeping. She wonder's if the teen was going show them something else they haven't done before. Josh let out a yawn that almost sounded like yawn. The teen stretches his arms and legs before he sat up.
"Good morning, Lucario and Greninja." Josh said.
"Good morning, Josh." the two said in unison.
"It's a beautiful day out there." Josh smiled, looking out the window.
"It is." Greninja said.
"So how are you two enjoying your stay so far?" Josh asked. "This is the third day ever since you came to this place."
"Our stay is interesting so far, I guess." Lucario answered. "You don't have to worry about us."
"I know that but I have to worry about you two." the teen said skeptically. "I still need to look after you two so you won't mess up. You have been here for three days now and it's too soon to leave you roam my house on your own."
Greninja looks down. "I suppose you're right." Greninja muttered.
"Now that we settle that, you two need to take another shower." Josh said.
The Aura Pokémon stares at him. "A-another shower?" Lucario asked.
"Yes," Josh said, looking mildly upset. "It's only right to take a shower daily. Do you expect to be clean for three days after taking a bath?"
"I... thought it was..."
"No way." Josh said. "You'll smell stinky when you wake up. You have to keep cleaning yourself every single day to be clean." The teen said. You two will feel nice after taking a bath."
The Ninja Pokémon saw Lucario smiled a bit. "The feel of the water felt so nice." Greninja said.
"Alright." Josh said, sitting on the side of his bed. "You two can take the shower on the third floor while I get breakfast ready for the three of us. I'll take my shower after I eat."
Lucario and Greninja walks out of the room towards the third floor. As they did this, the teen made sure they went upstairs. ("Are they still lamenting the fact they're stuck in this world?") Josh thought. ("If that's the case, it will make feel melancholic all over again...")
The teen had an idea that will make the two Pokémon feel better.
Half an hour later, Josh, Lucario and Greninja were sitting together in the living room having omelets for breakfast. The Ninja Pokémon and Lucario found the dish to be quite tasty. Josh watches them silent as the two Pokémon was eating the omelets. Greninja had his eyes close when he was chewing the food in his mouth.
("Hm...)" Josh thought in his mind. ("Looks like they're enjoying the omelet.")
As the teen continues to watch them, Josh realizes there's a way to please them. Lucario has a happy look for eating the breakfast the teen made.
("People say that using food is a nice way to their hospitality to others.") Josh wondered. ("Will it work though? Maybe I can make some progress with them if I made more for them to eat.")
Greninja was finished with his food and notices the teen was staring at them. "Uh... did we do something wrong?" Greninja asked, breaking the silence.
"No." the teen said embarrassed. "I was just daydreaming about some stuff after I saw you two how happy you look when you were eating breakfast."
("Is he thinking about some odd stuff of us?") Greninja thought worried. "Lucario and I are grateful you gave us this for the morning."
The teen forces a grin. "I'm glad to hear it." he said. "There's so many dishes I've never eaten before, but I still get to eat them. I'm sure you're familiar with meat?"
"The steak is meat?" Lucario asked.
"Yes it is." the teen answered.
"Interesting." Greninja said.
The teen puts his plate down and stands up. "I'm going upstairs to take a shower." Josh said to the two Pokémon. "After I'm done, I need to see how the flowers are doing."
"You have flowers here?"
"I know that sounds weird." Josh said. "But I care about the outside of the house. I don't want people to think this place is a dump on the outside. That's why I have several trees on both sides of the house." the teen said embarrassed. "My older cousin taught me to conserve the flowers by myself."
The Ninja Pokémon thought for a moment. "We like to see the garden ourselves." Greninja said.
"Are you and Lucario... into gardens?"
"No." Lucario answered. "But the atmosphere around flowers is a nice place to relax while mediating once in a while..."
"And it would be a good idea to have some fresh air." Greninja said.
"I see," Josh said nodding. "Figures, you two meditating and training..." Josh chuckled. "It was too obvious you two like to do that in a field." He picks up the TV remote. "You can some TV while I take my shower." Josh hands the remote to Greninja. "If you want to change the channel, flick the right switch to go up or down." The teen pointed a small switch. "You can turn down the volume on the left switch that is across." Greninja stares the remote in his hands before Josh left the living room. "Don't look outside if any people are coming by!"
"Alright." Greninja said.
After Josh took his shower, he came back into the living room. The teen was wearing a dark blue hat with a small picture of a Greninja sitting on a Water Shuriken. He was also wearing a black t-shirt with a Lucario shown in the front while he was wearing blue shorts and black sandals. But there was something that caught the Aura Pokémon's attention. The teen was wearing a Key Stone on his necklace and in his right hand was the Mega Stone Lucarionite.
"Where did you get those two stones?" Lucario asked, standing up.
"You know when I said that the toy Z Ring and the Z Crystal transforms into the real thing?" Josh asked. "It seems that the toy Key Stone and the Mega Stone transforms into the real thing the night you came into the real world."
"Amazing." Greninja said.
The Aura Pokémon walks up to the teen, taking a closer look. She puts a paw on the stone, feeling the stone's smooth surface. It was real.
"I'll let you hold onto it, Lucario." the teen said, handing the Mega Stone to Lucario.
"Shall we see this garden of yours?" Greninja asked.
Josh nodded his head as he turns around and leads the two Pokémon the backyard. The backward was huge. In the left corner was a shed. The yard has several trees from the side of the stone wall all the way to the edge of the house. There were several rows of flower beds with a flower that came from different countries. Two gate fences were seen on either side of the house. Lucario and Greninja stares at the firm grass on the ground before their feet touch it.
The wind blew against them, forcing Greninja to smile as Lucario closes her eyes. Lucario and Greninja felt they were back in their world.
The teen smiled as he walks past them to look at them. ("This gives me more confidence in them.") Josh thought. "Do you feel relaxed already when you had your first step in the yard?" the teen asked.
Lucario opens her eyes. "It's so refreshing here." she said. "There's so much life here."
"I see."
"Since Lucario can use aura," Greninja explains. "She can sense all auras of living things."
"Not only I sense living things, I can sense bees, trees, mountains and the earth itself." Lucario said. "There is some places that are full of aura, and when they're full of aura, they are full of life."
"That's sound to me the life of relaxation and peace..." the teen trailed off.
Lucario stares at the flowers. "Your flowers here very soothing auras, to be specific. The flowers are always full of life. It feels nice."
"Thank you." Josh thanks her, his face blushing. I've been taking good care of these flowers, especially these two." He turns half way to see a crystal and a flower alone together away from the other flower beds. Josh, Greninja and Lucario approaches the two flowers. A white amethyst flower shone as it bathe in the sunlight. A vine stood next to it. The leaves has a very interesting bluish, mint green color.
"I can feel these two full of life." Lucario smiled.
"These two flowers are very special." Josh said. He points to the white crystal. "This crystal is the Angel Aura Amethyst."
"And what about this one here?" Greninja asked, staring at the vine.
"That's the Jade Vine." Josh answered. "This flower is rare and it is rarely seen in the wild."
"Why are these two special?" Lucario asked.
The teen's eye were still fixated on these two. "The crystal and the vine are my parents." he explains. "My parents left them here before they disappeared."
Lucario kneels down to have a better look at the crystal. "These are nice." she said. "I've never been close to these flowers before."
Josh rubbed his chin. "I've been taking good care of the flowers that gives so much aura energy as you were saying..."
"That would be the case." Greninja said as the Aura Pokémon stood up.
"Greninja and I feel very relaxed here." Lucario said.
"I'm not relaxed as you two." the teen said. "I only feel relax when I look at a beautiful view. However, humans have limited ways to feel relaxed.
"Lucario and I still have yet to know more about all the things we haven't experience yet." Greninja said. "We can't do more without someone to help us, I think."
("Hm.") the teen thought. "Since you enjoy being here, I'll have to start working on the flowers." he said. "I just have to water them and check if there are any weeds around in there. After that, my duties will be done for today."
Greninja and Lucario looked interested. "How many times do you have to water them?" she asked.
"I only water them every three days." Josh said. "My older cousin told me to take great care of the flowers since she planted them in the first place. I like her after I watching over the flowers."
"You've done a terrific job of keeping everything in order at your house." Lucario complimented. "Your home doesn't look like a dump."
The teen look a bit concerned at that last sentence. "Thanks... But sometimes I wish there was someone else who can help me out," Josh said, "But other than that, I can do it just fine, even if is a big responsibility."
Greninja stared at him. "..."
"What is it?" Josh asked.
"Oh." Greninja said. "I was just thinking about how Lucario and I was going to relax here. You can leave us and water the flowers."
"Okay then..." Josh said before he walks over to the green shed. He retrieved a pair of gloves and a watering a can before going to the hose at the house.
Both Pokémon watched the teen sprinkle the water on the flowers. The sun shone brightly as the flowers shone with drops hanging on the petals. Greninja saw Lucario smiled as she closed her eyes to sense the radiation aura growing with life.
Josh took a moment to see Greninja meditating right next to Lucario. The teen chuckled a bit after he saw them sighing in perfect relaxation. ("I would feel better if they were my Pokémon...") He sighed, looking up at the sky. ("I know Lucario and Greninja are not my Pokémon legally. Lucario is still under the ownership of her trainer. Greninja, however, used to be Ash's Pokémon under his ownership after Ash released him to help Squishy and Z2 to track down the remains of The Giant Rock. But thanks to Pokémon Sun and Moon Special Demo, people can get a special Greninja with the Battle Bond Ability. I don't think it's a good idea if I ask them to be my Pokémon... Those two may get angry if I ask them that...") Josh thought nervously. ("As long as Lucario and Greninja remains here... they are only two guests in my home until I find a way to get them back to their world. I don't know a way, that's the truth. I feel sorry for them...")
Josh closed his eyes to feel the breeze of the wind, blowing in his face.
("So here I am, thinking about the video game mechanics and the anime ruling over their lives... It isn't fair for them...") the teen thought concerned. ("I know that the anime show and the video games are separate in their own world. When the company makes a special Pokémon based from the anime as a online gift or code, people goes crazy just to get them like Ash's Pikachu for example or Ash's Charizard.")
The Aura Pokémon opens her eyes to see how the teen is doing. Lucario saw the teen slowing his pace down. ("Is he tired?") Lucario wondered. ("Perhaps we should help him out.")
She looks over to the left where two watering cans lied a couple feet. Lucario looks back at the teen and blink her eyes.
("I have to stop thinking about it,") Josh thought. The teen sprinkles the flowers with water. ("If I keep thinking about this, I'll never get this job done.")
As he was sprinkling the flowers, the sound of a watering can caught his attention nearby at the east near the trees. Josh turns his gaze and sees Lucario standing in front of a row of flowers with a watering can while Greninja was filling his watering can up. The Aura Pokémon sensed the teen looking at them, making her to look over her left shoulder.
("Well what do you know? I've never see a Lucario and Greninja watering the flowers before with a watering can.") Josh shook his head and a smiled a bit. "Don't worry about it!" he called out. "I can take care of it myself!"
"That's nonsense." Lucario said. "We want to help you with this."
"Are you sure?" Josh asked.
"We are sure of it." Greninja said. "To be honest, it feels wrong that you're doing the work around here by yourself while Lucario and I are sitting around in the yard doing nothing." He looks at Lucario watering the plants. "And..."
"Greninja and I want to do this a bit." Lucario finished.
The teen fell silent. "Do you two like watering flowers?" he asked.
"I think it is our duty to watch over the flowers." Lucario said. "The water you give them, you give them more life. With more life, their aura becomes much stronger. It gives this place much better to relax." The Aura Pokémon looks at the teen. "Please let us do this."
"Hm..." Josh said. "Since you two really want to..."
"Please." Greninja said. "Lucario and I should preserve life for the nature of this place. Isn't this the only place Lucario and myself can stay besides going out from here?"
The teen scratches his chin a bit to think about the Ninja Pokémon's decision. He smiled a bit and nodded towards Lucario and Greninja. "Okay." Josh said.
"Thank you." the Ninja Pokémon said.
Josh turns his gaze away as Lucario waters the flowers and Greninja pulling the weeds. He looks over his shoulder to see if the Pokémon couldn't help themselves with their eyes staring at him. The teen didn't want to look at them for a while but he'll check up on them to see if they're doing okay. ("Am I discovering their true colors?") The trailed off in his own thoughts. ("They seem both nice. It's nice of Lucario and Greninja to treat the flowers as if was theirs. Their abilities... I know Ash's Greninja's moves from the anime but in the special demo has different moves from the anime... Lucario is based on her aura abilities... Maybe I should ask them sometime later about what attacks they know provided they don't destroy anything within my house...")
Lucario gazes at the teen. ("This day turned out to be a nice day.") Lucario thought. ("Hm... I feel like Greninja and I are supposed to live here.") She shook her head, throwing the thought away when the Aura Pokémon thought about it. ("What am I saying? Greninja and I belong in our world. We enjoy our stay here. But... there is something telling me that Greninja and myself should see what else we can learn here from Josh.")
Greninja notices Lucario staring at the teen.
("And he is the only one cordial enough to show us all there is to know and do in this world.") Lucario thought.
An hour later, Josh, Lucario and Greninja stood next to the deck as they looked around the watered flowers. Thanks to sun, the drops made some small glitters that made Lucario feel their aura covered the yard.
"I want to thank you two for helping me out in the yard." Josh said with a smile. "Thanks to you two, I've finished earlier than I expected. And it seems to me that you looked relieve, Lucario."
The Aura Pokémon snapped out of state and looks at him. "Actually, Greninja and I should thank you," Lucario said, surprising Josh. "We learned a lot more than yesterday."
Josh turns away, his face turning red a bit. "Oh... I-I'm glad to hear you're thankful." he said. "Do you two feel in home a bit?"
Greninja thought for a moment. "It's hard to say... Even though we're enjoying our stay here so far... it's going to be a long time before we start calling this our home..." He shook his head.
"We mean to say your home is nice as a replacement until Greninja and I go back to our world soon." Lucario stated. "I believe if this is our home, we would already betrayed our trainer's wishes to go back."
Josh has a concerned look on his face. ("There's so much that I want to tell Lucario that their lives are much better here than a video game.") the teen thought. ("It's true that video games today are much more better when video games started in 8bit. Plus, the anime show proves that the video game. Perhaps I should change the subject...")
"I have to say," Josh said, "All the stuff about auras caught my interest."
The Aura Pokémon stares at him. "It did?" she asks him.
"That's right." Josh said. "I never thought that it was so amazing to sense auras like you do. I would love to hear more later since you were talking about how much aura the flowers radiate and everything else make you feel relax."
The Aura Pokémon thought for a moment. ("Teaching a human how aura works... That is an interesting idea...) I honestly never thought about showing a someone how auras manifest..." Lucario stares at the teen and smiled. "I suppose I could teach you what to know about auras."
"Thank you." the teen smiled. "It's like something you're showing me in return of showing you two everything in this world."
"We're glad." Lucario said.
("Sweet.") Josh thought. ("If I establish a strong bond with Greninja and Lucario, they would stop feeling bad about being here rather than their world. But I need to be careful so they don't think I want to own them...) You can show me about auras later." Josh said. "Let's head back into the house."
"Why?" Greninja asked.
"There's no one around the area and I don't sense any human auras nearby." the Aura Pokémon said.
"I know." the teen said looking away. "But there is REALLY interested battle scenes on some anime shows today."
This caught Greninja's attention. "Are they going to be shown on the TV today?" he asked.
Josh looks at the Ninja Pokémon and nodded. "Of course. It's only shown five times a week. I've seen all the episodes and the new episodes are coming out soon."
"If that's the case... we'd like to watch them." Greninja said.
The teen raised his eyebrows. "Wow. A Lucario and a Greninja interested in anime? You're really starting to give me a different look on the Lucario and the Greninjas." Josh said amused.
"We just wanted to see if there's intense action... like the video game you showed us yesterday..." Lucario muttered.
"I can tell you two want to be part of the action." Josh guessed.
"It's plays out like a Pokémon battle, but without actual Pokémon with humans fighting to the death." Greninja said. "Can we head back inside the house?"
The teen nodded his head. "Alright, we'll head back inside." he said. "I have to think about what to eat for our meal."
The three of them decided to head back inside the house as the flowers glimmer with the drops that fell to the ground.
The day passed on into the night, and Lucario was looking at the Mega Stone in her hand. Josh was sitting on his bed and Greninja was sitting down next to the Aura Pokémon.
"I can't believe that it feels real." Josh said, staring at the Key Stone in his hands.
"I'm still shocked that the Key Stone and the Lucarionite is yours, literally." Greninja said.
"I know." Josh said, looking at the Ninja Pokémon. "I have a question, Greninja."
"What is it?"
"Is it possible for you to undergo the transformation when you're with a different person since Ash released you in the wild to help Squishy and Z2?" the teen asked.
Greninja looks over his shoulder. "The trainers that I was owned has no traits that I expected except from Ash." the Ninja Pokémon said.
"I know." Josh said. "I've seen your adventures with Ash in the anime. Even the Bond Phenomenon."
"Huh." Greninja said, looking over his shoulder. "You know it as well?"
Josh nodded his head. "I do." he said. "But in the game, you are featured in the Special Demo Version with a unique ability called Battle Bond."
"Battle Bond?" Greninja asked confused.
"Greninja and I never heard that before." Lucario said.
"It's an ability that is similar to the Bond Phenomenon." Josh explains. "The Battle Bond directly causes another Pokémon to faint by an attack where it will change into the Ash-Grenina. It's similar to the anime but slightly different."
Greninja said nothing as he turns his head forward.
The teen continues to stare at the Key Stone, resting on his palm. Josh began to wonder if he can use Mega Evolution. He did watch Korrina Mega Evolved her Lucario in the anime, but her Lucario lack control of its new power and attacked Pikachu in a violent frenzy. Would he expect the same results from a Lucario that is not even his? The teen shuddered the thought of what would happen. Josh said goodnight to them as the Ninja Pokémon was already asleep before him.
The Aura Pokémon leans back against the bed in a mediation position. She looks outside the window as her thoughts reflected about their new experiences. ("Josh has told we have to take a shower daily.") Lucario thought with concerned. ("Greninja and I don't want to stink so we don't have a choice. It feels nice somehow.") She thought as her face turns red.
The teen muttered a few words before falling silent.
("The gardening we did today feels so much lively surrounding the house than before.") The Aura Pokémon thought. ("I feel so much better with an aura like this... Is it going to help me calm down? I don't want to glare at him for... having that kind of fur that I don't want to mention.")
Lucario looks over her shoulder at Josh's calm look. She turns her attention towards the TV. Then the Aura Pokémon closed her eyes to sleep. ("This world has still a lot for Greninja and I to see and experience. That's the only one thing we both learn in this world.")
The flowers in the garden continues to radiate with more aura throughout the night.
This story will be a slow bond for all three. In the end, Josh is in some kind of battle to bond together with Lucario and Greninja if they decided to stay or return to their world. Each chapter will be brand new to prolong further of their slow bond. I wanted to add the Key Stone and the Lucarionite as well for the story.
I encourage everyone to leave a review and enjoy the story!