Welcome one and all to the fifth chapter of The Tales of Aaron the Riolu. I hope you've all been waiting for this. And sorry for the wait; I'm writing three different fanfics and I'm doing them one at a time. So, please, be patient and good things will happen. But enough of my jibber-jabber, let's get on with it.

DISCLAIMER: I don't own Pokemon.

Chapter 5: Aaron's Jealousy

The two males were at it again with there training out in the woods. Lucario and his son Aaron duking it out to sharpen each other's skills. Punches here. Kicks there. Special moves everywhere.

Lucario signaled a timeout, "Break!"

Aaron put down his little fists and ran over to his father and sat down. "That was fun!" Said the young Pokémon.

"I'm glad you're enjoying this." Stated Lucario.

The two of them just sat for a while, enjoying their break when suddenly…

"Hey there, cutie!"

The two males turned around and behind them was a Lopunny. A female Lopunny. She stood there, leaning next to a tree and a rather…sensual way. "You like what you see, big boy?"

Lucario used his paw to cover his son's eyes, much to Aaron's dismay. "Uh, Ma'am, my son is present!"

"Oh! You're a father?" Asked the Lopunny, "There's nothing sexier than a man who can take care of his children." She starts cat-walking toward Lucario, "You're much older, but I've always had a thing for older males admittingly."

Once she stopped her carnal movements, Lucario moved his paw away from Aaron's innocent eyes. "Look, Ma'am. I think there's been a mistake-"

"You're pretty." Aaron spoke, unintentionally interrupting his father.

The Lopunny giggled, "Why, thank you!" She looks at Lucario but continued to talk to Aaron, "And your dad is very handsome." She leans in on him, resulting in Lucario to move his head back. "So lean and muscular and serious. I like that in a male."

"You don't understand! I-"

"You're perfect! The two of us would make wonderful mates."

"What‽"

KER-POW!

Lucaria appeared out of nowhere and landed a powerful blow to the Lopunny's… uh, shall we say "lower stomach region" using her Bone Rush. The Lopunny collapsed to the ground as Lucario and Aaron stood there in absolute surprise, witnessing Lucaria loom over this defenseless Lopunny, giving her the most ruthless death stare known to Pokémon.

"Keep away from my mate, you hussy!" Lucaria ordered.

The Lopunny, who was in nauseating pain, replied in a queasy manner, "I-I-I'm—Sorry. I didn't—know he was—taken."

"Well, now you do!" Lucaria quickly barked back, with her gaze unchanged and pointing her Bone Rush staff at the injured bunny Pokémon. "Now, beat it!"

The Lopunny inched away from the assaulting Aura Pokémon. Lucario walked up to his mate, "Lucaria. Why did you hit that girl?"

"She was trying to take you from me!" she stated in her still annoyed voice.

Lucario glared at her for raising her voice at him. Lucaria's features softened and she looked apologetic, "Sorry." She simply stated.

Aaron walked up to his mother, confused by her actions, "Mama. Are you okay?"

She sighed and kneeled down to speak to her son, "It's okay, Sweetie. Mommy's just a little upset."

"Why, Mama?"

"Well, Aaron, that Lopunny was trying to take your daddy away from me, and so, I got jealous and attacked her."

Aaron looked confused, "Jealous? What does that mean?"

"Well…" Lucaria tried to explain the word the best she could, "You see…"

"Aaron!"

The little Riolu turned to the voice from afar and saw that it was his friend Aura running at him.

"Aura!" he exclaimed.

Aaron ran up to Aura and gave her a big hug.

After the hug, Aura said, "Aaron, there's this new guy and he's really cool!"

"Really cool?" questioned Aaron, "How?"

"I'll have to show you. C'mon!" she starts pulling on his arm to take him with her.

"Hold on, you two." Lucaria interjected, earning the two Riolus' attention, "If you're going to play with your friends, then you'll need the energy. Here." She proceeds to give her son some berries she picked for his and Lucario's training. She then witnesses Aaron's expression of surprise and confusion as his paw was soaked in berry juice. She looked at her own paw and noticed that the berries she was carrying were crush with her previous fit of rage. She chuckles apologetically, "Sorry, Love."

"That's okay, Mama!" Aaron stated as he licked his paw clean of the berry juice. "Okay, Aura. Let's see that new guy!"

The two young Pokémon ran off and Lucaria stated, "I guess I'll talk to Aaron about it after he plays with his friends."

Lucario walked up to his mate. "In the meantime," he said, "We need to talk, Lucaria."

The female sighed, "Okay…"

The two Riolus walked a way until they finally met their patch of friends; they saw their Zorua friend, Shadow, and his older twin sister, Umbra. If it wasn't for Umbra's somewhat longer eyelashes, then it would be impossible to tell the two apart.

There was also a Buneary with them; her name is Silk. She was older than the rest of the crew, but young enough to still play with them. She's like the older sister of the group. And in front of them was Pikachu, with a smug look across his face.

Aaron saw the Pikachu and thought; he remembered the tale his dad told him when he was released from Sir Aaron's staff and met a boy and his Pikachu who later guided him to the Tree of Beginning…he shook away the thought. That story always made him cry, even though he knew that his dad came back to life not long afterward.

He focused his attention back on the Pikachu before him. He was being all smug and overconfident looking in front of all his friends. He and Aura then made themselves known. "Hi, everyone!"

The others noticed them. "Hi, Aaron and Aura!"

"Aaron! This guy is so cool!" said the excited Shadow.

"His name is Amp and he can do so many awesome things." Umbra described.

Amp the Pikachu walked up to Aaron, with Silk following him admiringly. "Ah! So, you're the Riolu I've been hearing from these guys. They told me that your dad is Sir Aaron's Lucario."

"Yeah." Aaron answered simply.

Amp smirked, "Well, let's see what you got!" he points to a tree, "Let's see you get up that tree over there."

Aaron grinned, and he raced up the tree, using his powerful jumps to get up one branch at a time.

"Not bad." Amp noted, "Now, get a load of this!"

Amp put both his hand behind his back and jumped up the tree using the other trees around him; jumping this way and that and land on a branch much higher than the one Aaron was standing on.

"Wow!" Shadow exclaimed, "How'd you do that‽"

"Practice!" He answered.

As Amp jumped off the branch he stood on, Aaron was rather impressed at the Pikachu's performance. He did notice, however, that Aura looked VERY infatuated at Amp's routine. He was a bit unsure what to think of it, but he then ignored it and jumped down from the tree.

"Man! I wish I can jump up a tree like that!" Said Shadow in awe.

Umbra commented, "Well, first you need to cut down on the berries."

"Hey!" Interjected the younger twin, "Like you're one to talk!"

The twins argued among themselves as Silk admired Amp's skills. "Wow! You're so very cool!" she cooed.

"Thanks, baby!" Amp flirted back.

This made Silk blush and cover her face in her fluff.

Aura esteemed Amp as well, "I bet you can do anything!"

Amp shrugged, "Maybe…but, hey Aaron, you fight?"

"Uh, yeah! I do!" Aaron said enthusiastically. Fighting was his specialty. Spending long hours training with his dad really sharpen his skills.

"Well," Amp smirked, "You up for a round?"

Aaron grinned and wasted no time in attacking the cheeky Pikachu, who jumped out of the charging Riolu's sucker punch. Aaron flew more punches at Amp and the Pikachu dodged every swing of the young Pokémon's swings.

After a few more swings, Amp decided to stop teasing him and used his Thunderbolt on Aaron.

Now, normally, Riolus only take normal damage from electric-type moves. And not to mention, Aaron is known to take a hit. But, Amp proved that he was a lot stronger than your average Pikachu, as with that one zap send Aaron flying! And as he landed, little Aaron was out cold.

Naturally, the Zorua twins were praising Amps power. Aura and Silk, however, ran over to the knocked-out Aaron. "Are you okay, Aaron?" asked Silk in her concern voice.

Aaron lifted his head and shook off the dizziness, "What happened?"

"Amp kicked your butt." Aura said.

Aaron groaned as got back on his feet, his fur all frizzy from Amp's electric shock. This earned a chuckle from Aura. Umbra and Shadow straight-up cackled at Aaron's frizzy fur. Silk, although the sight made her giggle a bit, comforted him by giving him a hug.

"It's okay," assured Silk, "at least you tried to fight back."

"Yeah, but you still got your butt kicked!" Aura taunted. Aaron wasn't really fazed at the fact the Aura jeered him. She usually picks on him a lot; since they first met in fact. But what did upset him was the fact that she was taking Amp's side!

Amp walked up to him, "Hey! Don't sweat it! Not everybody can win all the time." Of course, his cocky smile didn't help make Aaron feel better. If anything, it made Aaron angrier at the yellow mouse Pokémon.

This guy was starting to rub him the wrong way: He smugly made himself look better than him by showing off his skills and beating him up. It wasn't that he was mad at him for being so skilled and strong. In fact, quite the contrary, he was amazed at his capabilities like the others. But he couldn't stand how arrogant he is about it all!

And worst of all, Aura was flat-out fawning over him! Aaron couldn't imagine how it could get worse.

Then it happened:

Aura went up to Amp and said, "You're so awesome!" and gave him a big hug. "We need to be parring buddies!"

That did it for Aaron. Aura, his best friend, his sparring buddy, was choosing this—this—JERK over him.

Fed up with it, he stormed off.

"Hey! Aaron!" said Silk, "Where are you going?"

Aaron roared back, "I'M GOING HOME!" he wiped away the tears of anger off his face.

In the Lucarios' cave, the two had talked about Lucaria's behavior and decided to, how you say, "kiss-and-make-up". Their moment of quality time was interrupted by the sound of their son walking in on them.

"Oh! Aaron!" Lucario exclaimed, moving his mate aside, "Your mother and I were just-uh-" He noticed his son's look of absolute anger as he saw him sit in the corner of the cave with his little arms folded, completely disregarding his parents' presence.

The two looked at each other then back at Aaron. "Son." Lucario said, "Is there something wrong?"

Aaron didn't respond.

"Aaron, sweetie." Lucaria then spoke, "Please talk to us."

"Amp is a jerk!" Aaron simply put it.

"Who's Amp?" Asked Lucario.

Aaron huffed, "He's that new guy. Aura likes him a lot."

The two looked at each again and quickly understood what was going on here. After a subtle nod, Lucaria smiled, "I'll handle this." She walks up to her little boy and kneeled to talk to him. "Sweetie. I think I know what's wrong."

Aaron turned to his mother.

"I think you're jealous of Amp."

The look on Aaron's face when she said that.

Jealous.

That's what she said when she attacked that Lopunny earlier today. She said she got jealous.

"Jealous…" he repeated.

"Yes, love." Lucaria said, "I haven't gotten to tell you what it means." She breathed in, "You see, Aaron, to be jealous means you're upset or angry that someone's trying to take something or somebody away from you."

Aaron's memory flashed back at the event; he remembered his mother saying something like that to his father. What exactly did she say to him? He thinks it was, 'She was trying to take you from me!'

"Is that why you hit that lady, Mama?" Aaron asked.

Lucaria sighed, "Yes, Aaron. And I shouldn't have hit her. I should have just talked to her, but I let my anger get the better of me. Your daddy had corrected me though." She turns to her mate and he nods in agreement.

Aaron was starting to understand: Being jealous means you're angry at the idea of losing someone or something you like to someone else. Amp was gaining Aura's attention from Aaron. Aaron is jealous of Amp because he has Aura's attention.

"Aaron."

His mother's voice snapped him out of his thoughts.

"You didn't hit your new friend, do you?" she asked concerningly.

Aaron pouted, "He's not my friend!"

His mother continued, "Regardless, you didn't hit him, right?"

"No, Mama." Aaron confirmed, "I didn't."

Lucaria sighed in relief.

"He hit me!"

"What‽"

Both Lucaria and Lucario were astonished by that. "What happened?" Lucario demanded to know.

Aaron explained, "Amp wanted to fight me. So, I tried to fight back, but he kept moving around until he knocked me out with his Thunderbolt."

Lucario kneeled with his mate and put his paw on his son's shoulder. "It's okay, Aaron." He said, "Sometimes you win, sometimes you lose. The best you can do is be a good sport."

"I know, Papa." Said Aaron, "But, I don't like how much Aura likes him."

The expression of realization washed over his parents' faces.

"Oh, so you're mad that Aura likes this Amp guy?" his mother asked, her voice laced with her typical teasing manner.

The Riolu nodded.

"Well, Son, what exactly happened?" Asked Lucario.

Aaron said, "Well, after our fight, Aura hugged him and said, 'we need to be sparring buddies'." He folds his arms, "Aura's my sparring buddy!"

"Aaron," Lucario said, "Anybody can train with more than one Pokémon if they want to. You train with both Aura and me. Do you think it's okay for you to train with more than one Pokémon, but Aura can't?"

The young Pokémon didn't say anything. He knew his dad made a good point, but he'd rather think of Amp as a friend-stealing jerk than give him any credit as a respectable Pokémon.

Then again, it would make him look like that he's in control of Aura's every decision. Much like-much like how his mother took matters into her own hands. And his dad got angry with her.

But to be fair, that Lopunny was hitting on his dad, but his mom didn't need to act all possessive over him.

"Son."

Aaron looked back at his dad.

"I know you're upset, but Aura can train with whoever she wants. Besides, I'm sure even with two sparring buddies, she'll still be your friend."

Lucaria nodded in agreement, "That's right, Aaron."

"…"

Lucario continued, "Maybe you should talk to Aura about this. I'm sure the two of you can sort things out."

Aaron smiled weakly; he was still upset about everything but a talk with Aura didn't sound like a bad idea. "Okay, Papa." After he hugged his parents he ran out of the cave to pursuit of his best friend.

Lucario wrapped his arm around his mate, "That's my boy."

"You mean, 'Our boy'." Lucaria corrected as she put her head on his shoulder.

"Yeah, you're right." Lucario wrapped our arms around her this time, "You know, while Aaron's out, you want to pick up where we left off?"

Lucaria smiled lovingly, "I'd like that." She kisses him as her mate sets her on the cave floor with him.

Aaron ran back to where he last saw his friends and he was happy to see that all of them were still there; more importantly Aura. "Hi! I'm back!"

"Aaron!"

Aura was the first of his group of friends to run up to him and welcome him back. She hugged him tightly around him as the Zorua twins nuzzled up next to him and Silk hugged him from the back.

Amp was there too, walking to him saying, "Welcome back, Tex. Been missing ya."

"Why'd you leave us?" Aura asked.

Aaron was glad to see that Aura still recognized him. But he quickly pushed aside the others and said, "Aura, I want to talk to you."

Aura was a bit wide-eyed at that, "Uh, sure Aaron."

The two walked away from the group as they heard snickering from the twins.

"I knew it would happen." Umbra whispered to the others.

As they were far enough, Aaron finally spoke to Aura, "Hey, uh, Aura, sorry I stormed away earlier."

"That's okay." Said Aura; Aaron thought her how to be forgiving, "I would be mad to if I got my butt kicked so easily."

"But that's not why I got upset!" Aaron said.

This caused Aura to change her expression of understanding to confusion, "Oh? Then why were you mad?"

Aaron took a deep breath, "I was jealous of Amp taking you from me."

This caused Aura to have a black look on her face as if she didn't understand a word he said. Then suddenly, she started to laugh, much to Aaron's own confusion.

"You thought Amp was taking me from you?" Aura chuckled, "Aaron, Nobody can ever take your place. To me, you'll always be my best friend."

That made Aaron smile. But he had to ask, "then why were you so happy around him?"

She got in closer to whisper in his ear, "Don't tell this to Silk, but I was trying to make Amp look good to her."

"Why?" Asked the puzzled Aaron.

Aura explained, "Because Amp has a big crush on her and he wanted to make himself look strong for her. In fact," She got closer to him, "Amp wanted to fight you 'cause after hearing all those things about you, he thought you would take Silk from him!"

Aaron's jaw dropped.

Really‽‽

Amp was jealous of him‽‽

He guessed that made sense: He is the son of Sir Aaron's Lucario after all. Knowing that, what female wouldn't want to be his girlfriend?

"I didn't tell you this because, well, you're not the best at letting others win on purpose." Aura chuckled.

This made Aaron laugh too. He wasn't the kind of Pokémon who would rig a battle in his opponent's favor.

"Did the plan work?" he asked.

Aura pointed to the Amp and Silk, "See for yourself!"

He witnessed Amp, sitting beside Silk while talking to the twins; most likely talking about his accomplishments, with his arm around Silk's shoulders. Silk was blushing like mad with the Pikachu next to her and nuzzled next to him with her head on his shoulder.

Aaron smiled, "They do look cute together."

"They sure do!" Aura giggled. "So, you don't to worry about me. I'll always be your best friend." She then smiles lovingly, "And here's something to prove it!"

Aaron stood there in absolute surprise as Aura, his best friend, gave him a kiss on his cheek.

"Does that prove it?" Aura asked teasingly.

Aaron simply nodded.

"Good!"

She starts running toward the group, "C'mon Aaron! Let's go ask Amp if he wants a rematch. I'll be rooting for you!"

The male Riolu smiled and ran with her. It's been a roller-coaster of emotions today; but despite all that, he was just happy at the fact that Aura was still his best friend and she would never trade him for anyone else.

He had the kiss to prove it.

Well, that was the chapter! How did you like it? I thought it was cute. But, i doesn't matter what I think of it. I want to hear what you think of it! Be sure to leave a comment and don't forget: If you have any ideas for a chapter, don't be afraid to tell me, either in the comments or through the PMs. And on that chapter, I'll give complete credit to them.

However, one question remains: Who was that Lopunny at the beginning? Well, that will answered in the next chapter. Good bye!