My New Best Friend: The Injured Puppy

Story by Andy232000 on SoFurry

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#2 of My New Best Friend: a riolu fanfiction

This is my very first story ever. I wrote it in like 4hours. Also english is not my native language so my apologies for the grammatical errors and spelling mistakes, there might be a lot.


My new best friend:

It was a sunny day in Canalave City. The sun was shining bright and the little birds were chirping and singing all over town. The day was beautiful. But for our 15 year old Alex Christensen, it was just like any other crapy day with the same routine: Getting up at 6:30, taking a quick shower and head off to school where he had to keep up with the craziest teachers. Life was quite boring for Alex; ever since he stopped traveling, life had become miserable. To give you a little more information, Alex was a pokemon trainer, a very good trainer actually. His loyal Prinplup, his energetic Ponyta and his noble Staraptor formed his team. Alex had won four gym badges already, but decided to quit traveling to go back to school. He was anxious, and couldn't way till vacations started to continue his journey. To leave his home and be free once again. To be able to smell the fresh air and have great adventures with his Pokemon. And that day was tomorrow. What Alex didn't know, was that today was rather special. Yeah sure, it was the last day of school year, but something even better was about to happen...

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it was 3:54 in the afternoon, and Alex couldn't wait for the last bell to ring. The bell that would signify the end of school; the bell that would resume his beloved journey. He was currently in Math class.

"What an excellent way to finish the school year" Alex thought sarcastically as he stared at the clock.

"Just five more minutes,I can get through this!" "certainly it would be ten times easier to wait if this bitch wasn't blabbing about algebra though..."

What were just five minutes seemed live 5 hours,but when the bell finally rung for the last time in the day, Alex run to his locker, grabbed his things and raced down home. Usually his mom would pick him up, but she had some errands to do, so Alex decided to walk home, it wasn't that far anyway...

But as much as Alex wanted to get home and pack his things for tomorrow, something, or rather "someone" caught his attention on the way home. Alex was walking down the old road near the forest around Canalave City, when a little shadow moved unsteadily. Alex thought it was his imagination, but he wasn't seeing things. He actually saw a shadow in the forrest. He thoughts were confirmed when he heard a cry; a cry for help to be more exact. Alex, not knowing why, decided to go into the forrest. As he approached the shadow it became clear to him. It was a little puppy with light blue fur and a dark mask around the eyes and torso, it was a Riolu! Alex had always wanted to have a Riolu ever since he won his gym match against Maylene, but he had never seen this Pokemon around the region. Sure, Riolus are native to Sinnoh, but they were still quite rare. But something was wrong about this little guy. Its body was covered in scratches, bruises and gashes; blood was even dripping on some of his wounds.

"Oh gosh your injured!" "I can't leave you here, you'll die if I do!"

Alex scanned the area surrounding them to see if he could found the little pup's trainer or any sign of its owner, maybe a pokeball or name collar. To Alex amusement, the only thing he could find was a piece of "shard". It look like a broken piece of something. After looking at the piece even further, Alex figured it out. It was a piece of a broken egg! Alex walked a little further, not loosing track of the damaged pup, and found what he was looking for. The broken egg was smashed to pieces, but it still resembled the shard Alex had found. The egg was a dark navy blue with black spots all over it, it was clearly a Riolu egg; and that meant the little dog was a newborn.

"How in Earth did that little pup got so injured? Did it rolled over the hill and smashed itself?" "Well thats not important right now! I better get this little guy to a Pokemon Center right away!"

Alex got near the baby Riolu and tried to carefully pick it up. But it was useless...the poor thing got scared and started growling at Alex as soon as it felt his hands wrap around him.

"Easy little pup" "I'm not going to hurt you, I'm trying to help you here!"

As much as Riolu wanted to bite Alex, he simply couldn't, his energy was drained out, he couldn't even move. As the growling started fading, Alex picked up Riolu and hugged him as the damaged dog started fainted in his arms.

"Don't worry buddy!" "You'll be fine,I promise! Alex said as he started running with Riolu crying in his arms

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It was 5:00 pm and it was getting late. The sky was changing to a beautiful orange and the sun began to set.

"If I don't get this guy to a Pokemon Center soon, my moms gonna start to worry about me. I should be home by now! Alex said looking sadly at the fainted puppy. As Alex started sprinting down the old road Riolu started moving.

"Ri...rio..." Said the Pokemon faintly, as if asking for help.

"Don't worry Riolu! I told you you would be find, and I always keep my promises!" He said in a reassuring tone.

"Damit! Its really getting late! And I don't remember quite well how to get to the Pokemon Center from here...maybe i should ask for directions....

Alex saw a man on the other side of the street and decided to ask him.

-"Hey! Excuse me sir! Do you know how to get to the Pokemon center from here?"

-"The Pokemon center? Thats quite a long run from here kid....a 45 minute walk.

-"A 45 MINUTE WALK!?!?!? Are you kidding me!? I'll never make it!

-"Sorry kid...I don't now what to tell you...

-"Its ok don't worry sir...

"Dam! It would take me forever to get to The Pokemon center. This little guy would die if I go, its just a matter of time until it gets weaker." Alex though...

"On the other hand if I go home, I could ease his wounds for the day and take him tomorrow morning for a check out, and it would only take me 10 minutes to get home..."

"Rio...ri ri!" Said Riolu...Was he understand what Alex was thinking? It seemed he was almost barking "do it!"

"Alright! Im taking you home!"

A fainted smile formed on Riolu's face and he closed his eyes once again.

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It was starting to rain when Alex got home and slammed the door open. His mom, worried and surprised came to help him.

-"honey where were you!?" "I was getting really worried!" "Your sisters even got home first!"

-"sorry mom, its an emergency, I can explain later. Now help me out here!

-"whats that!? I've never seen that Pokemon before."

-"its a Riolu, they are very rare, now help me! Grab those super potions and a warm towel!

Riolu could here nothing but whispers and desperate voices. His vision was blurry and he could not distinguish anything. The only thing he saw clearly were Alex's c hazel eyes and dirty blond hair.

(RIOLU'S POINT OF VIEW)

"Whats going on? Mommy whats going on? Im scared! Where am I? I cant see anyth-- Ouch!...whats that!? It stings....what are they doing to m-- Ouch! I feel weak I cant stay awake---

(END OF RIOLU'S POINT OF VIEW)

Riolu fainted once again as the burning sensations of the spray hit his fur...

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It was about 8:15pm when Riolu finally woke up. He woke up suddenly and lifted itself quickly. The little pup scanned its surroundings with a confused look on its face. Riolu was very scared. It didn't know anyone nor anything in this world it was just a newborn after all. Riolu was laying on a couch, a rather comfortable one, but decided to get down and leave. Everything just seemed to big and scary for him. The only thing Riolu really wanted was to find its mother. As he got down from the couch, Riolu's paws started aching. Riolu drifted his view downward and realized that his arms and paws were bandaged, and all his wound were cleaned and fairly treated. It took some work but after a good 7 minutes, Riolu managed to reach the closed door. Now the challenge was to reach the door nob (^-^)

As Riolu made the attempt to grab the door nob, he felt a tight but cautious grip around his waist.

"Gotcha little buddy!" "Where do you thing you're going little guy?"

"Rio! Riolu!!!!" Screamed the little pup

"Hey, relax buddy Im not gonna hurt you! Its just that you are still to week to go back into the wild. You're gonna have to spend the night here pup..."

"Ri..olu?" The dog said in a more calmed tone

"Hi! My name is Alex! I found you injured near the forest and took care of you" "I also found your egg so I'm guessing you're a newborn"

"Um, also I hope you don't mine, but, I kind of "examined" you to see what you were" said Alex blushing slightly. "I wasn't surprised. Most Riolu's are males anyway.

Riolu didn't responded to that last comment, he just blushed a little. But he didn't mind that Alex had done that. Something in his aura told him he was worthy of him, like if something was telling him to stay with him. Suddenly and urged overtook Riolu's body as he hugged Alex around his neck and pulled him closer. Riolu started licking Alex's cheek when he was pulled away.

"Jaja looks like someone is affectionate!"

"Rio Rio!" He said in a happy tone.

"Hey are you hungry? Now that I think of it, you haven't eaten anything since you were born! Why don't I feed you something?"

"Riooluuu!" He said chirping loudly!

"Alright lets see what we got here...well Prinplup ate the last of the pokefood...sooo how about some soup? "Its chilly anyway.

"Ri rio!"

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Riolu sat on Alex's lap as his mouth watered from seeing the soup Alex had made for him. Alex grabbed a spoon and started feeding Riolu. As he was eating, Riolu started smiling and moaning. He had never even tasted food and this was incredibly delicious!

When Riolu was full he leaned on Alex's stomach and closed his eyes yawning.

"Hmm looks like someones tired" "what time is it?" Alex glanced at the clock

"10:23!?" "How much time did we spent down here,no wonder why you're so tired!

"Riolu" he said moaning, already half asleep.

"How about if we go up stairs?"

"Ri!"

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The storm kept swirling up and thunders were beginning to strike near Mount Cornet by the time Alex and Riolu got to his room. Alex made a little comfy bed using pillows and blankets for Riolu. Alex took of his clothes and stayed on his underwear as he covered himself under the blankets. Riolu tried to climb up to bed but was too little and weak to get up (^-^)

"Sorry Riolu, but I kind of like my own space when sleeping, thats why I made you a bed. But if you need something don't doubt to wake me up ok?

Riolu didn't responded, just nodded. He was quite sad because Alex wouldn't let him sleep on the bed but instead of complaining, he got on all fours and laid on his blanket pillowed bed.

"Good night Riolu!"

"Good night mom..." Said Riolu in poke-speach to himself as he drifted up to sleep.

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It was 3:57 in the morning and the storm had taken a twist for the worse. The thunders were louder than ever and little Riolu was scared as hell.

BAM! A thunder struck right in front of the street were Alex's house was located scaring Riolu even further

"RIOLUUUU!" The little puppy screamed loudly waking Alex.

"For Gods sake Riolu what the hell, why are you screaming like that at 4:00 in the morning!?" Alex said scoldingly!

"RIOO!!!" The pup started sobbing uncontrollably.

"How could you be so stupid? His just a baby you dumb!" Alex though to himself as he picked Riolu and hugged him tightly.

"You are scared of the storm are you?"

"Rio..." He said a little embarrassed...

"Don't worry pup.......ok ok! You can sleep with me..."

"Rii!! Riolu gasped and smiled!

"But with one condition! If you wake me up again I'm gonna be really mad, do you understand!?"

Riolu nodded as Alex covered both of them under the blankets.

BAM! Another thunder struck in front of the house scaring Riolu again.

"Don't worry sweetie" "i will always protect you

Riolu's eyes gazed in Alex's hazel eyes as his gazed on Riolus blood red eyes.

"And remember, I always keep my promises."

Alex hugged Riolu even tighter than before, as both fell asleep once again.

(To be continued)