Journey Towards Greatness

Julian didn't have to wait long before Riolu brought the massager with her, seeing Julian the massager was surprised but happy, she thought how happy her daughter would be if she was here right now.

Massager "Thank you, Mr. Julian, for coming to my house, please come in"

She said and invited Julian inside the house, Julian walked in and saw the house was filled with photos of the massager's family, he saw the picture of a young girl next to her.

Julian 'She must be her daughter'

Julian thought and sat down on the couch, the massager went into the kitchen to bring a glass of water after she gave him a glass of water she also sat down and looked at the photo of her daughter.

Julian "So she is your daughter?"

Julian asked.

Massager "Yes, her name is Shofie"

Julian "Shofie, its a nice name, what is your name, you didn't tell me"

Julian said.

Massager "Oh, sorry for that my name is Ellie"

Julian "Ellie, have you thought about what I said yesterday?"

Ellie "I... have, I want Riolu to accomplish her dream she shared with Shofie so I won't stop her from going with you, please take care of her"

Ellie said in an emotional voice.

Riolu looked at Ellie and approached her.

Ellie "Riolu, you have to behave and not cause trouble to Mr. Julian ok, he will be your new trainer"

Ellie said.

Riolu looked at Julian as he smiled at her.

Ellie "You both can bond, while I prepare something to eat for you"

Ellie said and walked away.

Julian looked at Riolu and picked her up and put her on his lap, at the same time Crystal popped out its head and looked down at Riolu, it then got out of his pocket and appeared right in front of Riolu.

Riolu got startled by this and pulled her head back, she then closely looked at Crystal who is staring at her with its big red eyes.

Crystal then smiles and lifts its little hand and says hi to Riolu, Riolu started at Crystal then looked at Julian.

Julian "Crystal is your friend don't worry"

Julian said.

Crystal didn't wait for long and approached right in front of Riolu and hugged her nose, Riolu shook her head as she got startled but Crystal didn't let go, it seems to be enjoying this, swinging from left to right.

Julian picked up Crystal from Riolu's nose and flicked it.

Julian "Don't cause trouble or no MooMoo milk today"

Julian said.

Crystal became quite after hearing no MooMoo milk and went back to Riolu and this time it is a lot calmer and introduced itself friendly to Riolu.

Riolu seems to be a little shy around Crystal but that was over in few minutes, Crystal could befriend even the most aggressive pokemons if it wants to.

Ellie walked in and saw Riolu happily playing with a pokemon she has never seen before, but she is happy seeing Riolu enjoy herself, she was not at her fullest because of Shofie's death but seeing Riolu back to how she was Ellie felt relieved that she agreed to Julian's request.

It's just been an hour and they have already made such huge progress, it showed why Julian is such a great champion.

Ellie served the food she prepared, Crystal and Riolu shared a plate together as it told Riolu about her new friends and other.

Hearing Crystal Riolu is excited to meet her new friends.

Ellie "I am very happy to see Riolu back to how she was before"

She said.

Julian "Crystal is special, it can make anyone happy so its no surprise, I promise that I will take good care of Riolu"

Ellie "I trust you, here"

Ellie said and gave a Pokeball to Julian.

Ellie "This is Riolu's pokeball"

Julian took it and nodded at her.

Once they were done eating Julian and Riolu visited the burial site where Shofie is buried, Julian and Riolu paid their respect to her and went back to Ellie's house.

Julian soon decided to leave as it was time to do so.

Ellie "Riolu be careful and don't cause trouble"

Ellie said and hugged Riolu one last time.

Julian and Riolu left with each other.

Julian didn't directly go to his room, he put Riolu in her Pokeball and drove off towards the forest where he trained the day before yesterday.

After arriving there he let out his pokemons, it is training day so they already started to warm up.

Julian "Ok everyone we have a new member in the family"

Julian said and clapped his hand to grab everyone's attention, all of his pokemon looked at him, as he got their attention he tossed Riolu's Pokeball up in the air, Riolu came out and landed on her feet and looked at the pokemons in front of her.

As she looked around she saw Infernape and rushed towards him as fast as possible with sparkling eyes, Infernape was surprised by this sudden approach from Riolu.

The reason why Riolu got excited seeing Infernape because she also wanted to battle like Infernape, she and Shofie would watch Julian and Infernape's battle every time they finished training to learn from them, she is a huge fan of Infernape as well.

Julian "Riolu is our new family member, everyone, be kind and Gengar, don't scare her"

Julian said.

Riolu looked around and saw Gengar, Snorlax (who is sleeping), Tyranitar and Absol, she had seen all of them in television and always though of battling like them, seeing her Icons right in front of her made her light-headed.

Julian just smiled seeing this.

Julian 'She might need a little time adjusting to the environment'

He though.