Hello there! Geez... it's been a while hasn't it? I apologize to everybody… I am not certain how you guys seem to enjoy this shameless rip-off excuse of a story, but the numbers don't lie. You guys do. I have received quite a bunch of positive reviews, and that makes me happy. More than most of you can imagine. This year has been tough to say the least. Fighting parents, my finals, stuff with sexuality. It's all been really depressing, so I am happy to see you guys like it, and seeing a positive review cheers me up. But hey! Who wants to hear me whining about my life? Let's get on with the story.

I wish to post at least once every two weeks from now on, preferably weekly, so expect more activity. But don't blame me if it won't work out, because I have a LOT of stuff to do :P

Touko opened her eyes. She sat on a display. In the front of a shop. A pet shop. Seated in a pretty pink basket, locked down with a collar. Seated there for the world to see. She was wearing a pink, frilly dress, and a puffy white diaper. A small crystal tiara was set on her head.

Behind her was an audience. Staring at her. Journalists and other press people, stinging her with questions. Touko stared outside, where children were looking at her. She could hear the press behind her.

"Touko! Do you know how happy we are you are safe? Touko? Your parents love you! Touko! You must be so happy to be here!"

It was all a blur. Words crawling over into one another, like ekkans'… But the press was not her focus…

As she stared outside, she saw the children. She could hear them too….

"Touko… why did you betray us? Touko… I believed in you… Touko… you prefer those pokemon over your fans?" was what she heard. The children just stared… their eyes an emotionless void…

Then somebody came trough the horde of children… A green haired boy. His eyes were pitch black, and his smile crooked. "This is all a nightmare Touko… and I will make sure, you never wake up!" The boy laughed, as everything around Touko was set aflame. Everything burned away, except for her, and the boy.

The boy smiled some more.

"your parents… Your fans... you can't go one way without betraying the other… But I think… I think you will break first" The boy laughs as he moves towards Touko, who was unable to move. The boy smiled as his mouth was more of a jagged maw now.

He came closer.

"You will hurt them Touko… You can't save everyone…" The boy laughs.

A white light appears.

Touko wakes up. She was sweating. A ray of sunlight had touched her face, waking her up.

Touko sat up. Her weak legs hurting from her experience earlier today. The nursery was empty.

"Hey…. Eh… Nathan? Could you give me a hand?" she calls out. Soon after, Nathan entered the room. Though, he didn't pick her out yet.

"Hey lil' champ… How'd you sleep?" he asks sitting down on the rocking chair in the room.

"I slept fine…" Touko spoke softly

"You lying to me is only going to make this harder Touko… but if you prefer not to talk about it, that is fine. I do have something to discuss…" Nathan spoke, in a more serious voice.

Touko looked at him.

"Do tell…" she just said.

"Cathrynn is taking this very hard. You have behaved mostly okay, but you are not very cooperative either. For this reason, she has gone to an old friend of hers for advice. Ophelia has always been there for her, especially on parental advice. Ophelia has a kid of her own now too, so she will help her"

Nathan paused for a second, before continuing on.

"Meanwhile, you and I are going to make some changes here… and before you go all fussy, no, I am not dropping you in a stroller dressed as a toddler, and expecting you to babble your way trough life. But we are going to take a step there" He said

Touko frowned.

"this is not a good move Nathan…" she just said

Nathan looked at her and sighed.

"Here's what I have in mind. Clothes. Clothes and feeding. That's all. We'll give you some more childish clothes, and feed you. That's all I want. Just a step. You can be a big girl all you want outside of that, but it'll keep Cathrynn happy. Can I ask this of you Touko? As two adults… can we make this agreement?" Nathan spoke as he kneeled down at Touko's crib.

Touko looked at him. Nathan had a point here. And clothes and feeding didn't sound all that bad. Maybe doing this will get her more trust, to run if she needed to.

"Deal." She said quietly.

Nathan smiled at her.

"thank you… this shows that you indeed are an adult like you say you are" he said.

Nathan stood up and walked to the wardrobe. He got out a simple baby blue T-shirt with frilly sleeves, a pair of denim overalls, and a pair of pink pull-up diapers.

Touko frowned at the last bit.

"hey… I don't think that last one is such a good idea" she said quietly.

"I do. It's part of clothing… unless you prefer an actual diaper, just to get used to them… you don't have to use them" he said quickly.

Touko thought about this.

"no… that'll only make it harder to walk… and I am not wearing a diaper. Ever." She said quietly.

"fair enough princess" Nathan said as he picked her out of the crib, and left the clothes for her. "I'll be right out if you need me" He said as he walked out.

Touko sighed. She picked up the pull-up and saw a Teddiursa with a pull-up staring back at her. The diaper was white with a pink tint. It looked extremely childish.

"welp… here we go then" Touko sighed as she undressed herself. When she had nothing on but her bra, which she kept on for obvious reasons, she pulled the undergarment up. It was a little bulky, but doable. Touko then proceeded to dress herself further.

"Nathan, I'm done!" she yells out.

Nathan walks in and grinned as he saw her. "I know you don't like it, but you look adorable Touko" He said as he picked her up. The pull-up crinkled softly under his arm.

Touko blushed

"shut your hole… I'm hungry…" she said

Nathan rolled his eyes as he carried the girl downstairs. He placed her in a chair, and went to make lunch.

Touko sighed as she sat there, drawing circles on the table with her head resting on her hand. The dream she had was weird… she couldn't make out the meaning. It puzzled her.

Nathan saw her lost in thought, but decided to leave her be. She had too much on her head anyways…

A little short again, but expect this length for my upcoming posts. I have put some actual mental meaning in her dream, for those who want to puzzle it out! Anyways, I will try to post every two weeks from now on, so yay! Hope you enjoyed, and see you all next time,

-Gahlgutt, out.