It was almost nightfall by the time Anya arrived back in Littleroot. She and Ike had taken their time to actually take note of the route back home instead of rushing about like a 10 year old off on their first adventure. Anya had enjoyed the slow walk back, it felt nice to have Ike spawled on her shoulders feeling the vibrations whenever he made a noise. In fact Anya had given up trying to get Ike to walk next to her since whenever she placed him on the ground the treecko climbed back up leaving tiny cuts to show his annoyance. Pausing in the town square she wondered whether she should stop by the lab and talk to Birch or go home and talk to him tomorrow.
"What do you think Ike?" Anya asked the snoozing treecko. His response was a long yawn that left Anya feeling like she would fall asleep standing up. "Ok then. I'll just give him a call when I get home."
When she got home Anya made sure to head straight for the phone and dialed in the lab's number. While it was ringing Anya heard her mothers voice drift down from the upstairs hallway causing her a flash of panic.
'I never told her about Ike!'
However it was to late to recall him to his pokeball as her mom's head peaked in from the kitchen door and the lab's answering machine finally kicked in.
"Anya is that your pokemon?" Her mom asked, confusion flicking across her face, and Anya raised one finger asking for her to wait. She left a quick message for Birch explaining that she would be in tomorrow to check in and that she was sorry she hadn't come in tonight. During this Ike had slipped down to the floor and was enjoying getting scratched on the head by Anya's mom.
"Mom meet Ike. Ike this is my mom." Anya finally replied as she hung up the phone. "I got him from the Proffesor." Anya paused for a second unsure of how to approach the topic of her leaving. Lucky for Anya, her mother knew exactly what getting a pokemon meant.
AN: Sorry about the extremly long wait and the spelling or grammer errors that appear in the story. I'm using a basic program that dosen't have spell/grammer check. I'd make promises about better updating but honestly i will try and update as much as I can. I'm kinda busy but I have a vacation coming up so hopefully I can write a few chapters as a buffer of sort.