A/N: Hey, y'all! I hope that you all have enjoyed the story so far. Anyway once again, I own nothing and the original plot belongs to WizardsGirl. Now then, before we go on, I have one thing to say to all of you. Thank you all for the constructive criticism reviews but to those who just put down one line criticism reviews or are tempted to...please go into detail! I can't make changes to my writing if I don't know what I need to improve on. Otherwise, I'm going to just A) get confuse over what you mean, B) completely ignore it and finally C) possibly ignore any more of your reviews if they contain criticism since I can't incorporate your criticism or keep it in mind as I write. Also, I'm so sorry about how I did the first six chapters with the Japanese translations at the bottom! Maybe later on when I'm not so busy with school and work, I'll do some editing on the Japanese parts of the chapters... Anyway, lets get on to the chapter! Read, review and finally enjoy the newest chapter of Discovering a New Family!
Nozomi was completely exhausted when she finally got back inside the limousine, stumbling in after Giovanni while holding onto Persian. She managed to get into the car with Marc's help, who received a sleepy thank you, and happily showed him her newest possession which was then put back into her pocket to be placed into her new Badge Case later on once she hunted down the thing. Once in the car, she slumped into the seat next to Giovanni where Persian laid across her lap like a warm blanket before slowly falling asleep. Nozomi briefly woke up, only to find herself being carried into the Makino family home. However, she was still mostly asleep so she just barely heard Rei asking something softly.
"Kanojo wa chōdo tatakatte, kanojo ga shita shoppingu, ensō no subete to jibun jishin o tsukare.(She just tired herself out with all of the playing, battling and shopping that she did.)" Giovanni answered, amused, though his smooth deep voice had answered close to her ears. Nozomi yawned before she went back to sleep, finally feeling safe enough to completely trust the man to not hurt her. She dreamed of battles with Pokémon that never really left the shadows and a Pokémon of which she could only see its' eyes.
Nozomi woke up mere hours later and found herself in Aiko's room. Yawning, she got out of Aiko's bed and staggered into the living room. Nozomi paused and started rubbing her eyes before putting on her glasses. Curiously she blinked at all of the people in the room. Rei, Akito and Giovanni were sitting on the couch while Aiko was on the floor and playing a game with Cho. Persian was nowhere to be seen. There were two people and a Pokémon that she didn't know in the room with everyone else. One was a woman who had sapphire blue eyes, red lips, and green earrings while her hair was long and curved. The other was a man with soft periwinkle blue shoulder length hair and green eyes. As for the Pokémon, it was a small feline Pokémon with cream-colored fur that turned brown at the tips of its hind paws and tail. Its ovoid head had four prominent whiskers, wide eyes with slit pupils, two pointed teeth and a gold oval coin embedded in its forehead. The tip of its tail curled tightly. It was also standing up on its hind legs in between the human duo.
"Um…dō natteru no?(What's going on?)" Nozomi asked as she blinked big sleepy jade green eyes at everyone. Giovanni arched a brow at her when he looked over at her. He then gestured Nozomi over to him which she did and sat down.
"Nozomi-chan, meet a few of my…employees. Musashi, Kojirō, Meowth meet Yagami Nozomi. She's living here with my imouto to kanojo no baka otto.(little sister and her idiot husband.)" Nozomi smiled shyly at them before getting out her Pokédex.
"Do you mind if I scan you, Meowth-san?" She asked as she looked at the Pokémon standing in between the two humans. Shocked at the question, the Pokémon just nodded his head. With a brighter smile, Nozomi scanned the Pokémon.
Meowth—the Scratch Cat Pokémon. This Pokémon wanders the streets on a nightly basis to look for dropped loose change. It is fascinated by round objects and loves anything that shines, sparkles or glitters. When Meowth sees a shiny object, the gold coin on its head shines too. Much like their non-Pokémon brethren, Meowth can withdraw its sharp claws into its paw to sneak about.
As soon as Nozomi put away her Pokédex, Persian came sprinting out of the kitchen before stopping in front of Nozomi and pouncing on her causing her to fall to the ground with a huff. He then proceeded to lick her face and hair vigorously, which caused Nozomi to sputter and lightly try to get him off her.
Oh, hold still, my cub. You've been playing, battling and sleeping all day. Now let me have some quality time with you, sweetheart With an annoyed sigh, Nozomi stopped trying to push him off.
"Sate sate, shikashi, anata wa hontōni watashi o nameru suru hitsuyō wa arimasen!(Alright, but you really didn't have to lick me!)" Nozomi said before Persian chuckled while nuzzling her cheek and purred. "Anata orokana neko.(You silly cat.)" she said fondly before sitting up when Persian finally allowed her to. She carefully wiped the saliva off her face with a slight grimace before turning to her glasses to clean them. "Ew, Persian!" Meowth snickered and Nozomi was surprised when Persian turned and gave the Scratch Cat Pokémon a glare. The Scratch Cat Pokémon glared right back with both Pokémon growling.
"Both of you, break it up!" Akito said, frowning as he carefully put Aiko and Cho into his lap to keep them safe should the two Pokémon start fighting. "I don't want to be cleaning up after you two."
"Persian, that's enough." Nozomi said softly as she frowned slightly. "Don't be rude." Persian stopped growling with a huff before sitting down next to Nozomi and returned to grooming her hair. Nozomi's eye twitched slightly before she shook her head in exasperation and turned to Meowth. "Hello there! As Giovanni-san said, my name is Yagami Nozomi but you can call me Nozomi." She held out a hand, which the Pokémon took.
"The name's Meowth. It's nice ta meet'cha." The Pokémon said revealing a voice that had a slight twang to it. Nozomi didn't even blink at the fact that the Scratch Cat Pokémon was even speaking English. She just smiled warmly, though still just a tiny bit shy. It soon became obvious that Meowth liked the girl already when he smiled back at her.
"Dakara, nani ga okotte iru no?(So, what's going on?)" Nozomi asked as she looked around the room at everyone while absently reaching out to scratch Meowth behind the ear (unknowingly his favorite spot). When she realized what she was doing, she stopped with a blush. "Sono koto wa gomen'nasai.(Sorry about that.)" she apologized softly before Meowth all but hopped into her lap.
"Do that again." Meowth all but commanded and sighed blissfully as Nozomi complied, purring as she did. Persian looked at him for a moment to assess whether or not the other Pokémon would be a problem, but when he heard Nozomi giggle, he decided that there wasn't going to be any problems and went back to grooming his human 'cub'.
"These three have been running all around the Regions chasing this…boy with a Pikachu…for a long time." Giovanni informed her while Nozomi looked at him curiously as she paid close attention to him. "Mā, soreha saishūtekini hitotsuhitotsu no jikan o nagura re ni tsukare ete to shigoto ni modoru koto ni shimashita. (Well, they've finally gotten tired of being beaten every single time and decided to get back to work.) On their way back, apparently they found a clearly abandoned house and inside they found a little less than a dozen Pokéballs. All of the Pokéballs have strange designs on them. They were just about to show us when you came in, little one." Nozomi turned her large curiosity filled jade eyes to Musashi and Kojirō, who had pulled out a medium size sack and upturned it on the coffee table. Nozomi was quick to count out ten Pokéballs as they tumbled out. Just like Giovanni said, each one of the Pokéballs had swirls of at least one different color on it though some of them had a second and third colored swirls.
"Tabun Aiko-chan ga heya o denakereba naranai.(Maybe Aiko-chan should leave the room) It's possible that whatever is in those Pokéballs could hurt her." Rei said worriedly as she eyed the strange Pokéballs warily. She had no idea what was in those Pokéballs but her instinct as a mother was going into overdrive for her daughter while she knew that Persian would protect both her brother and Nozomi with his life should any Pokémon come out enraged over something. Akito nodded his head before he lead Aiko and Cho back to her room. Once he was back in the room, everyone turned their attention back to the strange Pokéballs.
Nozomi was mesmerized as she leaned forward and briefly caressed a Pokéball with her fingertips. Something about these Pokéballs…just called to her. They all just seemed to be...SO…alive. Powerful, even. Suddenly it was like she was no longer in control of her body.
"Clefable," she murmured with her eyes glazed before she moved on to the next. "Flareon." She moved on. "Vaporeon." The next. "Jolteon." The next. "Aerodactyl." Next. "Venusaur." On the next one she paused as she tilted her head slightly. "Persian and pregnant, by the feel of it." With that, she moved on to the next one. "Blastoise." Next one. "Kangaskhan." She touched the last one and her expression softened greatly. "Charizard. Extremely old. Ancient, really…" She sat back with her expression pleasantly blank while her eyes were glazed over and seemed to be empty. It was a look that scared everyone who was in the room and watching her, even more than the…little show that she had just put on did.
"Nozomi-chan?" Rei asked softly before Nozomi turned to her with a blank yet pleasant smile. Just seeing such a look on the normally expressive girl was enough completely unnerve her.
"Karera wa watashi ni sasayaku, anata ga shitte iru.(They whisper to me, you know.)" Nozomi said as she turned those terrifyingly blank eyes back to the table with her head lolling on her neck. "The Pokémon in these Pokéballs are terrifically old. Karera wa watashi ni ko no yōna subarashī hanashi o...(They tell me such wonderful stories...)" Her voice had gained a soft almost dreamy quality that it made the fine hairs on everyone's bodies to stand on end.
"Dore dake furui, Nozomi-chan?(Just how old, Nozomi-chan?)" Giovanni asked gently, feeling unnerved but interested. Nozomi let her head fall back, lolling on her neck as if her neck was boneless. She rolled those disturbingly empty jade green eyes to Giovanni's onyx black and suddenly there was just barely a hint of life in them that was there one second and gone the next.
"Nanseiki mo...motto shinai baai...(Centuries...if not more...)" she whispered before she trailed off and then started rattling off in that dreamy yet disturbing monotone. "Clefable, three hundred sixty-nine. Flareon, nine hundred fifty. Vaporeon, nine hundred forty-nine. Jolteon, nine hundred forty-eight. Those three are siblings. Aerodactyl, seven hundred ninety seven. Venusaur, six hundred eighty-eight. Persian, eight hundred twenty-seven and nearly ready to lay her egg. Blastoise, five hundred. Kangaskhan, four hundred eleven. And Charizard…" Her eyes flickered again, this time the recognition was stronger than before and her voice was less dreamy than what it had been as she regained a little more control over her body while she whispered the answer. "Thirty-seven millennia have passed since she was a Charmeleon, thirty-eight since she was a Charmander and over forty millennia since she was considered a baby. Kanojo wa hontōni redi, roiyarutidesu. Sore dake ga, kanojo wa mata kanojo no hajimete nodearu koto.(She is a Lady, royalty really. Not only that, but she is also the first of her kind.) Ancient. Powerful…" Her eyes closed as her head fell forward while her shoulders slumped.
Meowth had already scrambled form her lap with his fur standing on end in horror and fear. Persian whimpered, feeling terror and fear grip his heart as he looked at his cub. He slowly crept forward from where he had hidden when Nozomi started to act like she had and carefully nudged her shoulder with his nose. Nozomi slowly roused from the hold over her body, her eyes opening only to start blinking at her lap. She slowly lifted her head and looked around, feeling both confused and nervous at the way everyone was looking at her. Everyone was staring at her and were holding their breath as they watched her.
"...Watashi wa uete iru.(...I'm hungry.)" she announced after about a minute and the entire room face faulted.
Nozomi was shocked and scared while Giovanni and the others had just recounted what she had. She couldn't remember…all she knew was that after she touched that one Pokéball, she had heard whispers that were so soft and far way that they were more of a murmur of sound than anything else. She had barely heard Giovanni when he had asked her how old the Pokémon were. Then she had felt Persian nudge her and had opened her eyes to find everyone staring at her.
"Watashi wa chōdo watashi ga mōichido…kizetsu omotta.(I just thought I fainted...again.)" Nozomi admitted sheepishly with the last part being muttered softly to herself. Giovanni just looked at her for a few moments with calm and curious filled eyes. Nozomi realized then that Giovanni had heard the last part.
"When were you going to tell us you were psychic?" Giovanni asked before he asked the question that Nozomi was dreading. "And what do you mean by again?" Nozomi shifted nervously, ducking her head as she nudged the ground with the toe of her shoe. Her eyes flicked over to Akito then away again, but Giovanni's perceptive eyes missed very little and he turned hard glittering onyx black eyes on Akito who flinched slightly. It was the first time Nozomi fully realized just how intimidating Giovanni could be when he was angry.
"And just how long have you known about this and kept it quiet, Akito?" The last word had been hissed out and Nozomi shuddered slightly. Akito didn't look at anyone.
"I just found out yesterday. The Professor and I both thought it would be better that she keep it a secret." Nozomi was looking at her feet again with tears in her eyes and was shuddering. Memories were assaulting her. Horrible memories of how her aunt, uncle and cousin treated her back when she still lived in that other world. She knew that they wouldn't want her now, just like what was left of her biological family. She was different, abnormal. A FREAK. Suddenly, large yet infinitely gentle fingers gripped her chin (much like Professor Oak had yesterday), lifting her face until her watering jade green eyes met gentle onyx black.
"What's wrong, little one?" Giovanni asked gently as Nozomi sniffed.
"None of you'll want me anymore cause I'm a freak." Nozomi said morosely as tears silently slide down her cheeks. Giovanni's eyes widened then narrowed in understanding and anger.
"Who in the world would think that you're a freak, little one? There are plenty of psychics in this Region and even more around the world. You are not a freak, Nozomi-chan. Do you understand me?" Nozomi nodded weakly. "Now, who were the ones who told you that you were?"
"Watashi no shinseki...(My relatives...)" As she said that, Giovanni's eyes went blank—the way someone's eyes go when you're willing and ready to kill someone…and you'd enjoy it. While she said that, Nozomi made a decision that hopefully wouldn't affect how the Makinos and Giovanni treated her. Giovanni's eyes softened once more and he wiped Nozomi's cheeks gently before handing her a tissue before standing up and straightening his ruffled suit.
"Now then. Let's stop that crying, alright?" Nozomi nodded quickly, blew her nose before she threw away the tissue and smiled sheepishly at everyone.
"Sono koto wa gomen'nasai…(Sorry about that...)" Rei gave her a loving smile before wrapping her in warm hug and gave her a light kiss to her head since Nozomi still had some problems with people touching her. Persian meanwhile licked her hand from where he was and rubbed his head against her.
"Quite alright, little one." Giovanni said before he cleared his throat. "Sate, naze anata ga okonau koto ga dekinaide kurenai ta ni nan?(Why don't you tell us what else you can do?)" Nozomi once again blushed slightly as she shyly nodded her head.
"I can…talk to Pokémon and understand them." Nozomi blushed brighter before she briefly buried her head against Rei, who just stroked her long auburn hair gently and comfortingly. She took a deep breath before she lifted her head to face everyone in the room and brought out both of her Pokémon. "Everyone. Before we do anything about these Pokéballs, I have to be honest. Watashi wa watashi no kako ni tsuite anata to kanzen ni shinjitsude wa nakatta(I haven't been entirely truthful with you about my past)." As she said that, three familiar Legendary Pokémon appeared in the room with everyone else, startling most of the room's occupants.
Oh, Nozomi-chan! We're here to help you tell your story to these people. Oh and fortunately none of you can't catch us for now, at least Mew said as she lazily circled around Nozomi. When her soft blue eyes landed on Musashi, Kojirō and Meowth, her eyes narrowed slightly before she shook her head. The other two just floated over to her to say hello then went over to Giovanni and Persian, floating around them like they did when Nozomi first met them.
Don't worry, Nozomi-chan. We wouldn't reveal anything that you don't want them to know about Celebi said before she turned to the others in the room and projected her thoughts to everyone. It would be best for you all to see what we saw before we got her out of that…place. Jirachi, if you would, please?
Of course Jirachi said projecting her thoughts as well before she revealed what the three Legendaries had observed what happened to Nozomi back in her world. The others watched, horrified as her male relatives started to beat her for the small imperfection in anything she did other than her grades for school as well as for no other reason than they could. They watched as Nozomi was starved the first day that the three watched over her. They saw her struggle to complete the tasks given to her by her female relative while the younger male was treated like a prince. They saw where she slept in the house. They saw her teachers doing nothing about the obvious bullying done against her. In fact, they even saw some of the older humans besides her family treat her as if she was some sort of dangerous creature. No one could speak until a few minutes after Jirachi finally stopped showing Nozomi's life before she came to their world.
As soon as they got over Nozomi's old home life, Hikari and Haru both jumped into Nozomi's lap and started nuzzling her. Giovanni , Persian and Akito were having trouble with controlling their anger. Rei, on the other hand, wrapped her up in another hug with tears in her eyes. Musashi, Kojirō and Meowth didn't really know Nozomi but even they knew that what she went through was not something that she shouldn't have gone through.
Nozomi-chan, we have to go but we'll try to check in on you when we can Mew said as she twirled her tail around. Oh, I see that you found the Pokémon that Celebi managed to convince into being put into Pokéballs. We'll be seeing you around, Nozomi-chan, so try to be safe! With that, the trio of Legendaries headed back to wherever it was that they came from though they all gave the auburn haired girl a hug before they left.
"Let's take a closer look at those Pokémon, please?" Nozomi asked as she pet both Hikari and Haru, trying to change the subject that had everyone so upset. Everyone nodded their head before Rei moved Nozomi to be closer to her husband, who placed an arm around the somewhat shaken girl, and went to get Nozomi something small for her to eat. The older woman soon came back in with a small sandwich for Nozomi to eat, which was gone in minutes thanks to Nozomi barely chewing. In the time that it took for Nozomi to eat the sandwich, Giovanni had gotten control over his anger at what had happened to the girl who had managed to get into his little sister's heart as well as her family and picked up one of the strange Pokéballs; the one that he had chosen had royal blue designs on it. He cautiously pressed the button.
A large bipedal Pokémon with two vicious eyes, pointed ears and a mouth full of serrated fangs erupted from the ball. It had light violet-gray skin over much of its body that was decorated with royal blue stripes, two pale violet membranes stretched between its arms and sides. It also had plate-like spines going down its back leading to its strong, triangular spade-tipped tail while its feet were talon-like. The Pokémon had to be at least four to five feet taller than Nozomi and the two other Pokémon in the room. Once the Pokémon was out of the ball, it gave a window-rattling roar as it spread its wings as if in preparation for flight. Nozomi had covered her ears to try to protect her eardrums with her eyes shut tight. When the Pokémon had stopped roaring, Nozomi uncovered her ears and opened her eyes.
Who dares to awaken me? the Pokémon snarled out while glaring at everyone. It's eyes fastened on Giovanni, who was looking at it with cool assessing eyes (unlike the others except for Nozomi) and still had the Pokémon's Pokéball in his hand. You! It moved to start an attack but Nozomi quickly moved from her place beside Ren and stepped in front of Giovanni with her arms spread while her eyes narrowed and became ice cold.
"Sore wa kare no seide wanai!(It's not his fault!)" Nozomi stated as she stared into the Pokémon's eyes. For a few moments, the two stared at each other. "Kare ya heya no dare o kizutsukenaide kudasai. Karera wa anata o kizutsukeru koto wa arimasedarou, watashi wa yakusoku shimasu.(Please, don't hurt him or anyone else in the room. They wouldn't hurt you, I promise.)"
Dare o, kodomo, ni tsuite no watashi o chūmon suru nodesu ka?(Who are you, child, to order me about?) it, a male by the sound of it, hissed as the Pokémon's eyes narrowed. Nozomi swallowed and kept eye contact with the Pokémon before she answered.
"Watashinonamaeha Nozomi to watashi wa mawari no anata no tsuyo-sa no dareka o chūmon suru koto o yumemiru koto wanai. (My name is Nozomi and I would never dream of ordering someone of your strength around.)" She said as the Pokémon's eyes widen in shock of the auburn haired girl's answer. The Pokémon continued to stare at her for a few minutes before he nodded and turned his gaze back to Giovanni, scrutinizing the man.
Kare wa kachigāru(He is worthy) the Pokémon finally said after a few minutes. Leaning forward, he nudged Giovanni's hand with his snout after Nozomi quickly got out of the way. Giovanni looked at Nozomi, who merely nodded her head signaling that the Pokémon wouldn't hurt him, before he started rubbing the Pokémon's snout. As he did that, the Pokémon gave a low rumble of pleasure before he spoke to Nozomi once more. Watashi wa kare o ukeireru. Shikashi, ima, hoka no dore mo ga narimasu.(I accept him. However now none of the others will.) Nozomi looked at him with confused filled eyes . My name, child, is Dragomir. The auburn haired girl merely nodded her head before she turned to Giovanni.
"Giovanni-san, this is Dragomir and according to him, since he has accepted you as his Trainer none of the others will." Nozomi said softly as Giovanni nodded at her before he recalled the Pokémon.
"It would appear that I now have an Aerodactyl." Giovanni said with a somewhat amused voice. He then turned to Musashi and Kojirō before he gestured to the Pokéballs. "You two pick one of them." The duo quickly grabbed one at random. Musashi had grabbed one that had Japanese carmine red designs on it while Kojirō had pick one that had tawny brown designs on it. Akito and Rei soon did the same with Akito taking one that had vivid orange designs while Rei had chosen one with soft grey designs, leaving behind only five of the original ten Pokéballs. A somewhat loud presence wormed it's way to the back of Nozomi's mind before whispering to her, telling her that one was for her while another was for Aiko. She quickly picked the one that was meant for her, which had mantis green zebra-stripes on it, and the one for Aiko. When Giovanni notice that that Nozomi had taken two of the Pokéballs, he looked at her with an arched eyebrow.
"Kanojo wa kanojo ga dete shoyū shite erabu koto ga dekinakattanode, soreha, Aiko-chan no tameda. (It's for Aiko-chan since she couldn't pick her own out.)" Nozomi explained softly before she walked towards the room that Akito had placed Aiko in to protect her from any rampaging Pokémon. "Aiko-chan? Ai-chan! Come on out, sweetie." Shortly after Nozomi said that, Aiko poked her head out of the doorway to her room. When Aiko revealed what room she was in, Nozomi entered the room after her.
"What's going on?" Aiko asked in a demanding voice with a slight scowl on her face. "Tou-san and Kaa-san sent me out." Nozomi merely smiled and held out the Pokéball that Nozomi just knew was for the younger girl. It had soft purple and soft blue swirls on it. Aiko's eyes went wide as her mouth fell while she took it from the older auburn haired girl. When Aiko took it away from Nozomi, she accidentally hit the button on it.
Suddenly, a tall pink Pokémon with a vaguely star-shaped body and long pointed ears with dark brown tips and black, oval eyes with wrinkles on either side appeared. A curled lock of fur hanged over its forehead, much like its large upward-curling tail. It also had dark pink three-pointed wings on its back. Its hands had three fingers each, and its feet had two clawed toes and dark pink soles. It had a long, tightly curled tail. All over the Pokémon's body, there were soft purple and soft blue swirls. Both Nozomi and Aiko gapped at the Pokémon since it was about two to three feet taller than Aiko while it was about one or two feet taller than Nozomi.
"Clef?" It asked sleepily as it looked around. Doko?(Where am I?) a soft feminine voice asked while filled with curiosity. Nozomi pulled out her Pokédex and scanned the Pokémon.
Clefable—the Fairy Pokémon. The evolve form of Clefairy. A timid fairy Pokémon that is rarely seen by others for it will run and hide the moment it senses others. Their ears are very sensitive, as such they do not like loud noises or busy places and can pick up sounds from far away. Clefable moves by skipping lightly as if they were flying. This bouncy step allows them to even walk on water. This Pokémon is known to take strolls on lakes during quiet moonlit nights. Clefable is said to have a protective side to those that they care for and are known to adore children as well as treat these children as their own.
Nozomi nodded to herself as she put it back into her pocket. It looked like she had managed to give the much younger girl a playmate that could be a protector if Aiko needed it.
"Kon'nichiwa! Watashi no namae no Aiko!(Hello! My name's Aiko!" the young girl said as she beamed up at the Pokémon. Nozomi wondered why it seemed like all of the Ancient Pokémon were so much larger than their descendants as she caressed her own odd Pokéball. She didn't know what Pokémon was in it but she knew that it was powerful and even despite that, the Pokémon inside of it would make a good member of her team. The Clefable, on the other hand, looked down at Aiko and laughed slightly with a soft smile.
Kon'nichiwa anata mo, chīsana ichi ni. Watashinonamaeha Kamilladesu(Hello to you too, little one. My name is Kamilla) With that, the six-year old turned to Nozomi with her eyes filled with delight.
"What'd it say, Nozomi-nee-chan?" Aiko asked as she looked up at Nozomi. Nozomi smiled lightly as she turned around before answering the younger girl.
"She said hello to you too, little one and that her name is Kamilla." With that, Aiko giggled before throwing her arms around the startled Clefable who was staring at Nozomi with curiosity filled eyes.
"You're going to love it here, Kamilla!" Aiko said before she started to babble on. "Kaa-san and Tou-san are really nice and I'll keep your Pokéball safe cause it's really pretty, and you and me'll have so much fun together! And maybe when Nozomi-nee-chan comes back from her Journey with all her new Pokémon, we can battle her and it'll be loads of fun so you and I'd have to practice a lot cause I wanna beat her and—"she took a deep breath before Nozomi let out giggles. The younger girl turned to the older girl with a glare and her eyes narrowed. "What're you looking at, Nozomi-nee-chan? You told me earlier that you would pick something up for me while you were out with Uncle!" Nozomi sweat-dropped before remembering something.
"Oh, yeah! I did get you something while in Pewter City! Sore wa mada watashi no tabi no aitemu no nokori no bubun to rimujin ni suru hitsuyō ga arimasu.(It should still be in the limousine with the rest of my Journey items.)" With that, Nozomi ran out of the room and into the living room after almost running into the blue eyed woman on the way into the room.
"Hey, watch it! Oh…it's you." The blue eyed woman said as she rubbed the back of her neck before she gave a nervous laugh. "Sorry 'bout that, sweetie. I'm Musashi." The two shook hands with Nozomi blushing while ducking her head down shyly. The older woman could tell that the auburn haired girl didn't want to talk about what the group saw earlier, espically since the six year old was right next to the ten year old.
"Like I told Meowth-san earlier, my name is Yagami Nozomi but you can call me Nozomi." she said softly before looking up at the older woman with a shy smile. "Is Giovanni-san still here?" Musashi nodded her head before she stepped out of the doorway so the younger girl could get through. "Musashi-san, arigatōgozaimashita!(Musashi-san, thank you!)" With that the auburn haired girl walked past the older woman and went into the living room though she could tell that the older woman along with Aiko and Kamilla followed after her. "Giovanni-san! Tōsha no shōhin wa, rimujin no toranku ni mada arimasu ka?(Are our items still in the trunk of the limousine?)" Giovanni looked up from his cup of tea before he blinked and set it down on the table.
"Hai, which is a good thing that you reminded me of it. We'll need help to bring everything of yours in. Musashi, Kojirō, come help." Both nodded their head as they followed Giovanni and Nozomi out the door to the limousine. Akito and Rei decided that they would help too while Aiko held open the door with Kamilla keeping a close eye on the six year old in case she needed to protect the younger girl. There were almost forty bags of stuff, not counting the bags that they had left in the car which contained items Giovanni had bought for Persian.
"What is all of this stuff?" Musashi asked as she heaved two heavy bags onto the couch since the ground around it was littered with bags. Nozomi shrugged as it became obvious that she was blushing even with her tanned skin.
"I don't have any clothes that aren't Rei-san's old clothes or anything else to take with me on my Journey...heck, I didn't even a toothbrush. Then again, have I ever?" Nozomi said as she brought in two of the more light weight bags though the last part she muttered to herself but all of the adults heard. "No, I don't think I ever did. I think I just used mouthwash." She shook her head before she started looking through the bags in earnest, trying to find the PokéDoll she had spotted in Pewter City and had gotten for Aiko. While she did that, Rei started going through the clothes, folding them and putting them in separate piles so she could go through them later. Soon there was a muffled "Ah-Ha!" from somewhere in the pile since somehow they had managed to lose sight of Nozomi.
Her head popped out and soon the rest of her body followed with one small bag that was done in baby blue and fuchsia rose(Aiko's favorite colors). She happily gave it to the younger girl who opened it and pulled out the Pichu PokéDoll before tackling Nozomi in a hug cause Nozomi to once again stiffen slightly before slowly relaxing. Once she was relaxed, Nozomi laughed and hugged her back before spinning the two of them in a circle. The adults smiled sadly at Nozomi before shaking their heads and getting the young girls' attention so they could start to take items out to put the items away.
There were thirteen jeans (in blue, grey, black, and green), eleven pants (in cameo, blue, and grey while some had lots of pockets and others were more like work pants), four shorts (jeans and black) and two one piece swimsuits. Nozomi had also gotten two dresses (one in white and gold while the other was black and silver), fourteen shirts (in the same colors as the jeans), five sweaters (in green, pink, purple, blue and grey), and four jackets (in the same colors as jeans in cameo and cotton). Not only that, she had also gotten some work boots, tennis shoes, sneaker and finally some pjs along with plently of underwear and socks. Everything that she and Giovanni had gotten for her actually fit her unlike the clothing that she was wearing.
"You really did spoil her, aniki." Rei said softly to her older brother as she looked through all the items that they had gotten during their shopping trip earlier. Giovanni just shrugged nonchalant as if he hadn't spent over four hundred dollars on a child that he barely knew and had just met a day ago. "Where are we supposed to put all of this stuff?" Giovanni rifled through some more bags and eventually pulled out six long plastic shelf-like items with white lids.
"Just store them in these." he said easily as he handed them over to her to fill. "They're water-proof." Nozomi quickly got three pairs of jeans along with enough shirts to last her a while and put them in her backpack. Once those were in, she started putting in all of her various supplies for her Journey and by the time she was done, she still had more than enough room in the main part even though most of the pockets were nearly full. Slightly surprised, she simply stared at the backpack in shock before she shook her head.
"Persian-san, you really can pick a bag." Nozomi said before she rubbed his head. Persian just groomed himself with a pleased look on his face. Nozomi shook her head before she started going through the other bags. She eventually found some Pokémon Treats which she put in one of the pockets along with a pink flashlight and some extra batteries. Carefully and reverently she placed the two books Akito had given her into the front pocket, right under where the majority of the cherry blossom petals and plum blossom petals were located.
As Nozomi was going through one of the bags, she tripped and fell hard on her bum which sent her odd Pokéball rolling out of her pocket. She scrambled after it and grabbed it before it could roll under the couch. Her finger accidently pressed the button and red light erupted from the ball. Everyone froze as a large shape started to form. Suddenly, Nozomi found herself staring into the dark sapphire blue eyes of a draconic bipedal Pokémon that was primarily orange with a cream underside from the chest to the tip of its tail, which was burning with a very large flame. Not only that the Pokémon had a long neck, raised nostrils, and two blunt horns protruding from the back of its rectangular head. Two fangs were visible since its mouth was closed. Two large wings with teal undersides sprouted from its back, and a horn-like appendage jutted out from the third joint of each wing. It's arms were short and skinny compared to its robust belly, and each limb had three white claws while it's legs were stocky. Not only that but along the Pokémon's back, the Pokémon's orange scales were decorated with mantis green tiger stripes that went all the way down to the very tip of the Pokémon's tail while the teal underside of the wings had forest green stripes. The Pokémon was taller than her by at least four feet and that was at the head of the Pokémon. However what really caught her eye, though, were its' two visible fangs. The visible fangs reached the Pokémon's chin and looked to be razor sharp. Nozomi straightened herself from her position on the floor while clutching the Pokéball to her chest. The two of them simply stared at each other for long time with their eyes locked on the other's when the Pokémon slowly nodded its' head to Nozomi, who merely curtsied back while keeping eye contact with the Pokémon. Somehow she knew that this Pokémon was a Charizard.
"Lady Charizard, I welcome you with an open heart." she said simply and somewhat formally on instinct with a soft voice. The Ancient Pokémon's lips twitched slightly upward as it moved to crouch down.
Hatchling, I thank you for allowing me to be here. As my thanks, you may know my name. My name is Daphne the Charizard said with a soft slightly rumbling soprano that made Nozomi smile widely.
"It is a pleasure to meet you, Daphne-sama. Giovanni-san's Persian calls me cub, just like you call me hatchling." she told the Pokémon who was looking over at the Classy Cat Pokémon with a slightly warm smile but wary eyes. Persian looked over at her before getting up. Once he was up on his paws, he stalked forward with his eyes narrowed assessing the much larger Pokémon while wondering if she was a threat to his cub. Finally, he nodded his head in greeting and gave Nozomi's face a gentle lick before trotting back over to his Trainer to sit at his feet. Daphne let out a slightly rumbling chuckle that was seemed to Nozomi to be more of a growl before she raised her head slightly and Nozomi instinctively lifted the Ancient Pokémon's Pokéball. Daphne pressed her nose to the button and returned to it. Once the Ancient Charizard had returned to the Pokéball, the room was silent for a few minutes.
"Well…now that we're all done unpacking and we've met Nozomi-chan's newest Pokémon, what do you say to having dinner?" Giovanni said finally as he smiled slightly at the ten year old girl. Nozomi, Aiko, Meowth and Kojirō all cheered as they rushed into the kitchen. The rest of the group all shared a look that said just one word as they followed after the five that were now doing something in the kitchen.
Kids.
A/N2:I hope that everyone's enjoyed this new chapter! As I told you before, please review! Reviews help me to improve my writing for the story. Admittedly, I had problems with revealing the abuse and neglect Nozomi went through but over all I'm happy with it and I hope that you all enjoyed it as well.